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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-02
DEADLY FIRE-DAMP.
Terrific and Fatal Explosion in
Coal Mine at Wilkesbarre,
Pennsylvania.
Twelve TO Fifteen Men Mortally In
jured, and Thirty Others More
or Less Hurt.
IWilkssbarre pa special. /

Forty-two men were seriously burned by
an explosion of fire damp Friday morning
in the Conyngham shaft, owned and oper-
ated by the Delaware and Hudson Com
pany. Several other persons were slightly
injured. OF the forty-two meR severely
burned two have since died, and ten more
will probably die. Two miners, whose
names are unknown, are missing, and it is
believed that they were blown into a sump
containing thirty feet of water and were
drowned. The names of the dead are:
Thomas O'Brien, aged thirty, miner,
leaves wife and large family; Cornelius
Boyle, aged thirty eight, miner, leaves
wife and family. The names OF those be-
heved to be fatally burned are: Hugh
Sweesey, aged ~, laborer; Edward Kerns,
aged %, laborer; Richard Coulter, aged
%, has a wife and family; Condy Sannon,
aged 81, miner, has wife and large fami-
ly; John Cannen, aged 40, miner, has
wife and family; Christopher Brundage,
aged 30, laborer; Michael O'Brien, aged
80, laborer; Daniel Ferry, aged 80, miner,
has a wife and large family; John
Dougherty. aged 81, laborer; Dennis Nc
Cabe, aged 40, miner.
The shaft was known TO contain gas. No
work was done Thursday, and consequent
ly there was moro gas than usual in it.
The accident occurred at 40 a. m, while
fifty miners and laborers were sitting at the
foot of the shaft, waiting for the inside
boss. The accident was due 10 the care
lessness of Cornelius Boyle, who has paid
the penalty with his life. Boyle entered
worked out chamber with a naked light on
his hat, aud the explosion followed Many
mules were killed and wounded, aud great
damage was done to the inside workings of
the shaft.
The scene at the colliery while the injured
men were being taken from the shat was
terrible. A crowd of several hundred per-
sons had gathered at the mouth of the shaft,
among them the wives, mothers, and daugh-
tiers of the injured men. AS the victims were
taken out of the pit they were brought
to the engine-hous and the women made
desperate efforts to gain entrance. The
frantic demonstrations of grief were
heart rending, but they were sternly
kept outside the building, while the black
ened, scorched, and bleeding victims of the
disaster were wrapped in blankets soaked
in oil. The engine house floor was COW
cred with writing human forms so disfg-
ured by fire as TO be unacceptable. AS
fast as possible they were taken to the hos
pital or to their homes.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-02
A Lesson i'm Manners.

Hon. Leopold Morse, in Liverpool
hotel, was advised in an offensive tone
by an Englishman. of whom he asked
a question, to address such inquiries in
future to the porter. Il thought you
were the porter" returned MIR. Morse,
"and furthermore" added our ex-Con-
gresham, "since you say my address
ing You was O rudeness, let me give
you lesson in manners. In America
q gentleman thinks il only decent to
answer, if he can, q decent question.
The rudeness was yours, sir, whoever
you may be. "-Boston Transcript.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-02
Orrin Skinner. formerly a reputable |

Orrin Skinner, formerly reputable
lawyer in Chicago, has been sentenced by a
London Judge to five years penal servitude
fer defrauding banking firm by means of a
forged letter OF credit from Chicago bank.
The action for diverse brought by
Lady Colin Campbell against her husband,
Lord Colin Campbell, fifth son of the Duke Of
Argyll, came up for hearing in London last
week. So great was tho interest in the case
that the officials had to barricade the corridors
in order to prevent a dangerous jam
Russia has debt of three billion
three hundred and sixty million dollars.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-02

the East. As the agent of the Gar in
Bulgaria he seems TO have performed
his work we'll Gen. Kaulbars was re-
Gently recalled 10y the Gar. Before leav-
ing Sofia he asked the German Consul to
protect Russian subjects. The Consul,
after consulting his Government, replied
that he was willing to protect genuine
Russians, bat not Montenegrins or Bulga-
rians. This implies Germany's censure of
Russias protection of the Zankof and other
conspirators. The Gar instructed Gen.
Kaulbars 10 confide Russian subjects to the
care of France.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-02
GENERAL KAULBARS.
A Soldier and Diplomat of Distinc

Soldier and Diplomat of Distinction.
General Kaulbars, the Russian who for
the last few weeks has been the subject of
a large share of attention throughout the
civilized world, on account of his close
connection with the Bulgarian imbroglio,
is less than fifty years of age. He is an
able soldier, and statesman and diplomat
as well, having devoted years of close
study to the politics of Europe and
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-02

A BEAUTIFUL form is better than o
beautiful face; q beautiful behavior is
better than beautiful form: it gives a
higher pleasure than statues and
pictures: il is the finest Of the fine arts.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-02

SCENE-Bridal reception. Several OF
the guests, after shaking hands with the
bride, and all speaking at the same time
"where is the bridegroom" Bride naive
ly)-"Oh, he's up stairs watching the we'd
ding presents"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-02

"wHY do you wink at me. sirY" said a
beautiful young lady, angrily, to stran-
ger, at party an evening OF two since. II
beg Your pardon, madam" replied the
wit; 81 wink as men do when looking at
the sun-yeur splendor dazzled my eyes,"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-02

You can gain knowledge by reading,
but you must separate the wheat from
the chat by thinking.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-02

ANY one who is quick at repartee must
necessarily have great response ability.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-02

The man who could not catch his
breath for a moment" had probably
been eating onions
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-02

HOWEVER little we have to do, let us
10 that little we'll.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-02
Russia has stepped somewhat back

Russia has stepped somewhat back
from her aggressive position, and will en-
deavor to absorb Bulgaria in some other way.
All the European nations are now charging
their armies in the belief that war will GER
certainly come in the spring. In Germany
the feeling GEMS to be that war is near at hand
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-08
A Story of a Match.BOy.

"The only good use l ever knew old
postage stamps to be put to-" said a
gentleman in Boston the other day,
was before the present craze. About
1850 there was boy who went about
law offices selling matches. He was a
bright, intelligent lad, and professed
himself anxious for an education. An
old gentleman who stood high at the
bar, wishing to test the boys honesty
on this point, told him if he would
paper a good-sized closet adjoining his
Office with old postage stamps he would
pay for his education. The boy at once
set to work and interested every lawyer
on Court street, who saved all their
stamps for him, and in due time the
undertaking was accomplished and the
agreement carried out" In that way
the match-boy was enabled to rise in
the world, and no doubt by this time, if
he still lives, he is man of conse-
quence.-Golden Days.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-08

ment, and it will be seen how much less
pauperism, ignorance and crime we
should have. We spend more for in
toxicants than for bread, meat and edu-
cation. Judge Noah Davis estimates
that nine-tenths of the crimes in New
York city are traceable directly to grog-
shops, and the London Lancet attrib-
utes nine-tenths of disease to the same
source. Great Britain drinks up liquor
enough every year to pay all the house,
rent and buy all the wooden and cotton
goods used, with millions of surplus
besides. In Liverpool the consumption
of drink equals the entire earnings of
fifty thousand laboring families. In
New York city alone there is a larger
number of men employed in the sale of
liquor than the entire army of the
United States. Germany and England
spend four times as much for drink as
for their vast military establishments,
and France three times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-08
fur tbe Gbiloren.
A Dog that Could Count.

Old Fetch was shepherd dog and
lived in the highlands of the Hudson.
His master kept nearly dozen cows,
and they ranged at will among the hills
during the day. When the sun was low
in the west his master would say to his
dog, " Bring the cows home;" and it
was because the dog did his task so well
that he was called Fetch. One sultry
day he departed as usual upon his even
ing task. From scattered, shady and
grassy hooks he at last gathered all the
cattle into the mountain road leading to
the distant barn-yard A part of the
road ran through low, moist spot
bordered by thicket of black alder,
and into this one of the cows pushed
her way and stood quietly. The others
passed on, followed some distance in
the rear by Fetch. AS the cows APP
preached the barn-yard gate he quick
ened his pace and hurried forward, as
if to say, "Im here, attending to bust
ness" But his complacency was dis
turbed as the cows filed through the
gate. He whined little, and growled
little, attracting his masters atten-
ton. Then he went to the high fence
ouiiouhuinS ehS yalu, anu SlduuluS Ol
his hind feet, peered between two of
the rails. After looking at the herd
carefully for time he started off down
the road again on full run. His mas
ter now observed that one of the cows
was missing, and he sat down on rock
to see what Fetch was going to do
about it. Before very long he heard
the furious tinkling of bell, and soon
Fetch appeared, bringing in the per-
verse cow at a rapid pace, fastening
her on by frequently leaping up and
catching her ear in his teeth. The gate
was again thrown open and the COW
shaking her head from the pain of the
dogs rough reminders, was led through
in way that she did not soon forget
Fetch then lay down quietly to cool of
in time for SUPERB. p. Roe.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-08
The Anti-SaIOOn Movement.

The liquor-saloons are multiplying in
numbers, increasing in impudence and
rapidly enticing and destroying their
victims. More than all else, they con-
tribute to the swelling tide of in
temperance that threatens to deluge the
land. Thus the worst elements are
combined from vicious associations
everywhere, the corrupt foreign influx,
the slums of the cities, the idle and base
OF all descriptions. The liquor-saloons
minister to the passions, reduce the
unwary, make fearful havoc of its vo-
taries. Too long already have they been
tolerated, and they should be speedily
suppressed. 1t is high time for all
true friends of temperance, morality,
religion and the common welfare to
unite in putting them down. In what
ever other respects we may differ, here
we can all agree, use every proper
means, and persevere in the work until
this right arm of the rum-power is
broken.-Morning Star.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-08
BentOn's Hair Grower,

All who are BALD, all who are becoming
BALD, all who do not want TO be BALD,
all who are troubled with DANDRUFF, or
ITCHING of the scalp, should use Bentons
Hair Grower. EIGHTY PER CENT of those
using it have grown hair. 1t never fails to
stop the hair from falling Through sick
ness and fevers the hair sometimes falls off
in short time, and although the person
may have remained bald for years, if you
use Benton's Hair Grower according to di-
rections you are sure of a growth of hair
In hundreds of cases we have produced a
good growth of Hair on those who have
been bald and glazed for years. We have
fully substantiated the following facts:
We grow Hair in so cases out of 100, no
matter how long bald.
Unlike other preparations, it contains no
sugar of lead, or vegetable or mineral
poisons.
1t is a specific for falling hair, dandruff,
and itching of the scalp.
The hair grower is hair food, and its
composition is almost exactly like the
oil which supplies the hair with its
vitality.
DOUBLE AND TRIPLE STRENGTH.
When the skin is very tough and hard,
and the follicle is apparently eifectually
closed, the Single strength will sometimes
fail TO reach the papilla; in such cases the
Double or Triple strength should be used in
connection with the Single, using them al
ternately.
Price, Single strength, $1.OO; Double
strength, $500; Triple strength, $500. II
your druggists have not got il we will send
1t prepaid on receipt of price
BENTON HAIR GROWER co.
Cleveland Ohio.
Wholesale Agent, JNo. ii. FRANCIS, Il
Maiden Lane, New York City.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-08
The Rescue of the Lamb.

The other day a gentleman was rid
ing with lady along the pretty prairie
road that leads to the Falls of Mime
haha, when they saw flock of sheep
feeding beneath an oak-tree In the
center of the field was long trough,
fed from a spring, where the lambs and
so thirsty, and had probably played in
the water so much that the ground
was very soft and miry all about the
trough. AS the carriage rolled along,
a pitiful bleat was heard; and, looking
down into the mire, the lady saw lit
tie lamb buried almost to its neck in
the black mud, and steadily sinking
deeper and deeper, as it struggled to
get free. "Oh, the poor lammie," she
cried. Her friend, who was kind
hearted man, instantly stopped, handed
her the reins, jumped from the car
riage and leaped the fence into the
pasture. Finding an old piece of fence
rail, he laid it across the mud toward
the lamb. The intelligent little beast
seemed to know that help was coming
and ceased to bleat. When the end of
the rail was close beside it, it tried once
HOre W get OUT, Dul cOulun move al
inch. Its good friend, however, walked
out on the rail. reached forward
grasped the young horns that were JUS
sprouting, and with steady pull drew
him out of his miry bed. The laml
gave bound, cleared the rest of the
muddy way, and with a grateful " baa
baa," skipped over the field to it:
mates, very black but happy little
creature Tignish Neocs.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-08
A Natural Question.

Jamie is little Boston boy. Last
summer he went with Uncle Tom to q
little town away down in Maine for q
weeks fishing. The next morning
after their arrival Uncle Tom asked 8
man about the best places to go to.
" WE'LL" the man answered, " there's
trout in most any brook, and there's
plenty o. perch in the river" Jamie
heard and he looked puzzled. He
didn't say word then, but little
while afterward he asked Uncle Tom
What do you have perches in the
river for, Uncle Tom? For the fishe:
to roost on?"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-08
Temperance.
Their Worst Enemy.

Rev. DIR. T. De Witt Talmage re-
Gently delivered an eloquent and thrill
ing sermon in relation to liquor and
the working-classes in which he said
I" The most persistent, most overpower-
ing enemy of the working-classes is in
toXicating liquor. 1t is the anarchist
of the centuries, and has boycotted, and
is now boycotting, the body and mind
and soul of American labor. 1t is to it
a worse foe than monopoly and worse
than associated capital. 1t annually
swindles industry out of large per-
centage of its earnings. 1t holds out
its blasting solicitations to the mechanic
or operative on his way to work, at
the uoon-spell and on his way home at
eventide. On Saturday, when the
wages are paid, it snatches large part
of the money that might come to the
family and sacrifices it among the
saloon-keepers. Within three hundred
yards of Sands street Methodist church
Brooklyn, it has iifty-four saloons, and
is plotting now for another. Stand
the saloons of this country side by side,
and it is carefully estimated that they
would reach from New York to Chicago.
Forward march, says the rum-power,
and take possession of the American
nation. The rum business is pouring
its vitriolic and damnable liquors down
the throats of hundreds of thousands
of laborers, and, while the ordinary
strikes are ruinous both to employers
and employees, l proclaim universal
strike against strong drink, which
strike, if kept up, will be the relief of
the working-classes and the salvation
of the nation. | will undertake to say
that there is not healthy laborer in
the United States who within the next
twenty years, if, he will refuse all in
toXicating beverages and be saving,
may not become capitalist on small
scale. Our country in year spends
one billion five hundred million and
fifty thousand dollars for rum. OF
course the working-classes do a great
deal of this expenditure. Careful sta
tistics show that the wage-earnine
classes of Great Britain expend in
liquors one hundred million pounds, OF
five hundred million dollars a year. Sit
down and calculate, o workingmanI
how much you have expended in these
directions. Add it all up. Add ur
what your neighbors have expended
and realize that instead of answering
the beck of other people you might
have been your own capitalist. When
you deplete workingman's physical
energy you deplete his capital. The
stimulated workman gives out before
the unstimulated workman"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-08
A Husbands Sad Story.

We shall never know half the evils
that intemperance causes in the homes
of this and every city. There are
proud, sensitive natures that would
suffer death rather than betray the Sc
crets of the home, and it is only in a
moment of complete frenzy, when the
heart would otherwise burst, that an
occasional revelation is made. A friend
of mine, man filling a responsible po-
sition, has been carrying such an untold
sorrow for years. l met him unexpect-
eddy an evening or two ago; he had
two children with him. stopped to
exchange the courtesies of the day and
speak to the little ones, and found that
the elder, a boy of about six years, was
deaf and dumb and blind of one eye.
He is able to converse a little with his
father by articulation, and is under in
struction at school for deaf mutes.
On inquiry if he had always been deaf
and dumb, his father replied: " Yes {;
deaf and dumb and blind :" the latter
he emphasized, pointing to one of the
continued, "when child, and lost his
speech and hearing through cold and
neglect, and when he was mere child
boy ran SHARP. instrument through
one of his eyes" And where was
his mother?" / naturally inquired
The man was completely overcome with
the question, and, after suppressing
his emotion, said: 81 have some
trouble in the home;;" then, pointing
to the boy, continued, Il could not
live if it were not for that lad; could
not live. Rum has desolated my home.
When woman is under the mastery of
strong drink she will barter heaven
for hell! l only live for these helpless
things. l have nothing else to live for.
Oh! merciful God, the load is heavy!"
After sigh, as if his heart would break
he went on to say that the younger of
the two children was lately saved from
dreadful death at time when the
mother was under the control of the
demon. said: Can't you try and
save her?" "No," he replied; 81 con-
ceal my suffering and beg and plead
and supplicate, and she promises to re.
form, and sometimes keeps her word
for a few days; but the giant over.
throws her again, and my happiness is
completely wrecked, and these helpless
ones are the sufferers" l said: "
shall speak to faithful, devoted lady
who will come and talk and reason ant
pray with her." After pause he said
g I'll try her little longer and let yol
know" This is only one home of thu
thousands that are being ruined by in
temperance at our very doors. -Bosto,
Traveller.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-08
4.--Hidden Bible Verse.

One word hidden in each sentence:
Ibid Rose bring the letters from the
Office last night?
1.-The banished convict will ever yearn
for his native land.
81 am afraid you will take cold with
that thin garment on.
THAT hat is very unbecoming.
81 think you will not find Hannah at
home this afternoon.
6-Hal left his sabre at Hartford.
Phillip raised one hundred bushels of
corn last season.
S-Let us learn our lessons, then we can
enjoy our play.
9-The quality of color depends upon the
skill of the painter. STELLA.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-08
Hates Drunkards.

The drunkard-maker always hates his
old and most reliable customers, and is
proud of cursing them and kicking them
out. How we should be surprised to
hear shoemaker slam the door against
an old customer and say: " You villain
Gus old scamp. l have made boots and
shoes for you and your family for twenty
years and have been paid for them, and
here you are after more shoesl Get
out, and don't let me see your face
again" How funny it would look to
see tailor basting an old schoolmate
into gutter because, after getting his
clothes there for over fifteen years, he
wants to buy an overcoat. Or minis
ter assaulting an old standby because
he has been twenty-five years COM
municant and elder in the church, and
therefore must be unfit company for
anybody. Isn't it time for drunkards
to be ashamed of the drunkard-makers
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-08
DRAIN NJ. GILLETT,s ESTATE

II Il.
The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Wash.
ington, Commissioners to receive, examine and
adjust all claims and demands of all persons against
the estate of Lorain NJ. Giett late of Waterbury in
said District, deceased and all claims exhibited in
offset thereto. hereby give notice that will meet
for the purposes aforesaid, at the residence of I.
Il. Crossett. the 18th day of September and
25th day of December next, from one o'clock p. NJ.
until four o'clock p NJ each of said days and that six
months from the 3st day of July A. ID. 1855, is the
time limited by said Court for said creditors TO pre-
sent their claims to us for examination and allow
ance,
Dated at Waterbury, this 2ith day of August, A.
ID. 1855. 4. Is. CROSSETT lCommissionars
WILLIAM WADE,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-08
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