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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-05

was brought to me that she was at the
lines. | sent word to have her imme-
diately passed through, but babe the
messenger tell her that her husband
was desperately wounded had no
idea that she would find him alive. The
next morning the battle was resumed,
and all that had passed was forgotten in
the great struggle. 1t was nearly two
years more to the close of the war. l
remained in the army to the last, and
was with General Lee when he sur
rendered at Appomattox. When all
was over | returned home to help re-
store the fortunes of my state, if any
thing were left TO her in the general
ruin. Years passed on, and | was
chosen United States senator from
Georgia. When in Washington / was
invited one evening to dine at Mr.
Clarkson n. Potter's. / did not arrive
till the guests were seated. Among
the others to whom l was introduced l
heard the name of Barlow, but took no
notice of it till an interval arrived in
the conversation, when | turned to the
gentleman so designated and said,
Pray, sir, may / ask if you are a rela-
ton of the General Barlow who was
killed at Gettysburg?' Imagine my
establishment at the answer: am the
mani And you, sir, he asked in re-
ply, 'are you the General Gordon who
picked me up on the feld?' l could
not deny it. AT this he sprang to his
feet, and l thought would have leaped
over the table. And then he told the
story of the scene in which we had
met before, at which not only the ladies,
but the men round the table, found it
difficult to control their emotion"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-05
An Incident at Gettysburg.

The following story is told by Gen
eral James b. Gordon of Georgia: SIT
was the first day of Gettysburg. The
battle was in progress when l came
into it with my division and struck the
federal line at an angle, which caused
it to break, doubling on itself, so that
it was driven back in some disorder.
AS it was retreating and our line adj
vancing, in crossing a field / saw an
officer lying on the ground, and dis
mounted to see if / could render him
any assistance. Raising him up, the
blood spurted from him, and thought
he must be MORALLY wounded. To my
inquiry for his name, he answered that
he was General Barlow of New York.
asked him if l could be of any service
to him. He said No. and told me to
leave him and go and do my duty. But
on my pressing the offer of assistance
he asked me to send word to his wife,
who was in the rear of General Meade's
army. | answered that / would not
only send to her, but send for her. |
called for bearers who were coming on
the field to pick up the wounded to
bring stretcher. They took him up
and carried him back to the branch
the name given at the South to a
stream on which camp hospital had
been improvised; and / sent an aide
with flag of truce to the lines to for
ward the message to the wife of the
wounded, and, as / supposed, dying Of
fcer. The message reached its des-
tination, although Mrs. Barlow was
seventeen miles back from the front,
and at two O'Clock in the morning word
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-05
Sunday Laws.

Are our Sabbath laws to be enforced ,
or are they not? is question that con-
fronts the Christian masses of Amer
lea. Everywhere there is tendency
to wink at all delinquencies in that di-
rection on the part of the officers of the
law, if not openly, boldly trampled I'M
der foot. In Cleveland, a few days
since, meetings were held, addressed
by English and German speakers, not
only to denounce the Sunday laws in
general, but in particular those prohib-
iting the sale of intoxicating liquors on
that day. We trust this country will
ever be the asylum of the oppressed of
all nations, but those oppressed who
have come to our shores, to share the
blessings of civil and religious freedom
bequeathed to us by the fathers of the
revolution, should learn that the citi-
zens of this country do not propose to
tamely sit by and see their land become,
through their acts, as those from
whence they have emigrated. That
while America is for more than Ameri-
cans, it is TO be, by the blessing of God,
as thoroughly and truly American in
sentiment and action as when it sue
cessfully declared itself to be a free
and Independent state. This is ma
ton of American citizens with Ameri-
can ideas, aims and purposes, and not a
petty offshoot of Ireland, France, Ger
many, Italy, with Irish, French, Ger
man and Italian ideas of sef-govern-
ment. Emigrants from these and all
other lands must conform to the laws
of this land, and not the people of this
country to those from whence they
came.-Presbyterian Observer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-05
Flowers on Grants Tomb.

The grave of General Grant was not
forgotten on Easter Sunday. All day
long numbers of people hocked about
the sentry who still PAGES in front of
the iron grating which guards the coffin.
The gorgeous flowers almost hid the
dark-steel casket which the occasional
visitor had been wont to see during the
winter months. Inside the tomb the
floor was one mass of blooming flowers.
The park commission emptied an entire
wagon-load of flowers into the vault in
memory of the day. Once a week
since the generals death Mrs. Grant
has visited his tomb, sometimes bring
ing flowers to lay beside him. A great
hydrangea, rising above the other flow
ers, was her gift on Easter Sunday.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-05
8eli9ious dflistellanp.
Help One Another.

Help one another" the snowaakes said.
As they cuddled down In their heecy bed:
" One of us here would not be felt
One of us here would quickly melt:
But I'll help you, and you help me-
And then what a big white drift wen see!"
Help one another" the maple spray
Said to its fellow-leaves one day:
" The sun would wther me here alone
Long enough ere the day is gone
But III help you, and you help me,
And then what splendid shade there'll be"
Help one another" the dewdrop cried
Seeing another drop close to its side
+" This warm south breeze would dry me away,
And should be gone ere noon to-day;
But I'll help you. and you help me,
And well make a brook and run to the sea-"
Help one another" grain of sand
Said to another grain just at hand:
The wind may carry me over the sea-
And then what will become of me?
But come my brother, give me your hand;
Wen build mountain, and there wen stand
And so the snowfakes grew to drifts,
The grains of sand to mountains,
The leaves became pleasant shade,
The dewdrops fed the fountains.
Parish Visitor.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-05
Gbe Soldiers 8uoget.
Pensions Granted.

To Samuel r. Fletcher, Marshfeld, $40 a
month and $40 arrears; o. s. Dodge, Wor-
cester, SS month and $l0j0 arrears; Ly-
man Seelye, Cambridge, IS month and
$3.50 arrears; Ira Battles, West Braintree,
So month and LBS arrears Oliver w.
Davis, Waterbury Center, SO month and
1852 arrears; Charles Haney, Richford, an
increase of pension from SS to S12 a month /;
Norman G. Lawson, Montpelier, an increase
of pension from So to Sl2 month and S526
arrears; Eli I. Marsh, Colorado Springs,
Col, formerly of Montpelier, an increase
from So to $24 month and $40 arrears
Henry A. Minor, Moretown, an increase
from "a to SO month.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-05
advertisements.
THE BEST
SPRING
MEDICINE.
.1Ve6etiI6
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Spring should not be omitted. Take vegetne now AMI
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should the blood mpurity develop an Eruption OF
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-05
Dissolution of Partnership.

The partnership heretofore existing between G. f.
Richardson and J. X Fullerton, under the name and
style of Richardson Fullerton, is this day dis
solved by mutual consent The business Will be
continued by G. Il. Richardson, who assumes all the
liabilities of the late firm and to whom all notes and
ace cunts due said firm should be paid without delay
q. Il. RICHARDSON.
j. X. FULLERTON.
Waterbury, April 10, 1886
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-05
Collapse OF Old Libby Prison.

The building known as Libby Prison
at Richmond, Va, which will be re-
membered with such horror by many
Union soldiers, collapsed on the 21st
ult The building has for some time
past been used as fertilizer factory,
and the accident was caused by great
quantities of weighty matter being
stored on the upper floors. The loss in
the demolition of the building and the
scattering of fertilizing material, it is
said, will reach $4,000.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-05

How many people say; Your plas-
ter beats everything ever tried" The
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stitch, sciatica, lame side or hip, or
pains in any part. The best porous
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-05

PAIN from indigestion, dyspepsia
and too hearty eating is relieved at
once by taking one of Carter's Little
Liver Pills Immediately after dinner.
Don't forget this.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-14
a Remarkable Robbery.

The most remarkable robbery ever
known in judicial annals has recently
come to light. Princess Montleart, of
Poland, lived a retired life in her beau
tiful chateau at Myslenice. Her house
was guarded by a pack of dogs, and no
one could enter without passing through
the portcullis. She had inherited a
large fortune, which she kept in vaults
constructed for the purpose, as she had
no faith in banks or bankers. A few
months since the Princess of L. Wis
tied the chateau to see the Princess
Montleart, who was her godmother.
She found her unconscious upon a sofa,
and, though medical aid was summoned,
the Princess of Montleart died. Upon
opening the safes and vaults nothing
was found-money, silEerware and dia-
monds were gone. Although every
effort has been made by the officials to
discover the perpetrators OF the rob-
berry, no clew has yet been obtained that
promises to lead to Identification of the
culpr;ts Chicago Journal. ..s
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-14
80
An Ancient Chinese Legend.

The accumulation of air in the sys-
tenn by swallowing the breath was re-
garded as an important method of pro-
longing life by the ancient Chinese.
Ch'ih Sung-tzu, legendary parsonage,
is said to have been the author of this
method; he fourished for period of at
least twelve centuries somewhere about
2600 B. c., when the Yellow Emperor
sought instruction from him in the art
of prolonging life. Leihtzu, the i'm
mediate disciple of Laotzu, inquired of
Chin Sung-tzu, the custodian of the
writings of his master, how the power
of traversing the air, of living unscathed
in fire. and the like may be acquired,
and was told that it was neither by WIS
dom nor skill, but through support by
the vital aura, by which was understood
to mean breath-swallowing. A man
who is permeated with the vital aura is
invulnerable. Disease appears only
when vitiated air can find entrance or
when the circulation of the vital aura
is defective.-M Y Post.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-14

.efunded But what is more remarkable still, we
never knew a woman willing to do her own family
sewing on shuttle machine after baving tried our
new Patent AUTOMATIC.
Even Shoe Manufacturers find it best suited to
their work-its elastic seams are more dursbles
Truly Automatic Sewing Machines fast super
seding shuttle machines, and it is no use to
deny it. Truth is mighty and does prevail Shuttle
Machines have seen their best days.
Send for circular. Correspondence solicited.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-14
SKILL IN FEEDING.
The Importance of Food I'm the Develop.
ment of Breedin stock.

The Importance of Food I'm the Develop.
ment of Breeding-stock.
The breeding of all farm animals re-
quires not only skill in mating, 80 that
proper conformation may be brought
about. but during the growing life of
the animal the food must be of such q
nature as best to develop the animal for
the purpose for which it is required.
The breeding animals in cattle, sheep
and swine must receive different feed
ing from that where the short life ends
at the slaughter-house. The breeding
animal must be fully developed in every
part. The animal brought to the block
at one, two OF three years of age re-
quires only such bony and muscular de-
velopment as will enable it to lay on the
proper amount of fat to bring the mus
Gle into the best condition for food. But
the breeding animal must be developed
in the specific qualities to be inherited by
the offspring.
In the breeding of horses all this must
receive the most careful attention The
bone and muscle giving strength and
speed to the horse, together with the.
form and perfect symmetry that always
accompany these attributes, must be
carefully guarded. Here the similarity
in the rearing of horses and other live
stock ends. Whether for breeding,
labor or work every colt must be fed
from colthood up with a view to the
perfect development of bone and muscle.
Fully as much depends upon the feeding
as in the breeding of the horse. Not
only this, however good the food, if the
proper care be not given as to shelter
and no less in exercise, the end can only
result in loss, for however good the
strain of blood the horse can not reach
that perfection to bring the best profit
for the money invested Chicago 1rt-
bx1ae
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-14
STEAM YACHT.
What 1t Costs to Enjoy the Luxury OF
Travelling in Ones Own Boat.

What 1T Costs to Enjoy the Luxury of
Travelling in Ones Own Boat.
The expenses of running a steam
yacht depends on number of circum-
stances. In the first place the cost va
ries with the size of the vessel A steam
launch forty to fifty feet long requires a
pilot, an engineer and one deck hand.
The wages of these ought to be $50 a
month for the first two, and $50 for the
last, making $3.50 month.
AS owners do not usually live on
board of such craft, there would be no
| expense for provisions, except for the
board of the men, which might cost
| $75. Then coal would not cost more
than $75, and repairs and sundries $50,
making an aggregate of $3.50 per
month, or. 81, $50 for the season of five
months. To this must be added the an
nual reft of clothing for the men,
amounting to say $3.50 more, making a
grand total of 81, 800
For vessels of the second class there
would be required, in. addition to the
! hands mentioned above, a stoker at $40,
a cook at $40 Cor any higher rate, as the
proprietor might choose), a steward at
| $50, two additional deck hands at $50.
l., Then the pilot and engineer would
have to- be of a higher class, requiring
$50 each, and thus raising the monthly
wages to $3.50. The commissariat
coal 5000, and repairs and sundries, in
GLIDING the mems uniforms, say $40,
making ST., 500 month, or 81, 500 for
the season. To this must be added
$1,000 for laying up and putting in
commission, making a grand total of
$40, 000.- outing.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-14
STORY OF a BELL.
From the Dreamy Towers OF the Alham-
bra to a New Jersey Church.

From the Dreamy Towers of the Alham-
bra to New Jersey Church.
The trustees of the new African
Methodist Episcopal Church at Haley
vile, down in the lower part of Cumber-
land County, received recently as gift
q small bell for the tower of their little
church, which is said to be a most re-
markable and valuable relic. 1t was
brought from the Island of San Andreas
by Captain Elias A. Newall, of the bark
Eva II. Fisk, and its romantic history
was related to the captain by the
islanders.
In the year 1892, when the war be-
tween the followers of the Crescent and
the Cross eliminated in the capture of
Grenada from the infdels by Ferdinand
and Isabella, transformed the famous AL
hambra into Christian temple, several
bells were cast to hang in the lofty
towers to ring out the time for mathis
and vespers, and among them was the
members of the Haleyville church to
prayer meetings and Sunday services.
On the departure of Columbus on his
fourth and last voyage to America, it
was presented to the discoverer by
Queen Isabella. Columbus gave it to
the chapel at Carthagena, on the Span
ish Main, where it again performed its
holy mission until the city was besieged
and looted BY the buccaneers in 1897.
In dividing the spoils the bell fell to the
share of the French shipL Rochelle,
and was used on the vessel until, during
furious hurricane, she was wrecked
on the Island of San Andreas. A few
of the crew were saved and the bell was
taken from the wreck to the island,
where it remained until it was obtained
by Captain Newall and brought to the
Jersey coast.-Philadelphia Times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-14
A THIEF'S huMOR.
The Characteristic Letter of q Berlin Pick
pocket to One of His Victims.

\
pocket to One of His victims.
Berlin pickpockets are not devoid of
humor, as appears from the following
instance: Some weeks ago lady hail
ing from Silesia, while on a visit to
Berlin, was relieved at the opera-house
of her pocket book, containing about
five dollars. Ten days later, having in
the meantime returned to her home,
she had her pocket-book and money
sent back to her by registered package
and accompanied by the following let
ter: "Most Honored Lady: Little I
had thought when I made the daring
dive into your pocket that my find
would fall so far short of my expecta-
tions. You can not conceive how
much money is necessary to live here
at Berlin in decent manner. I took
you for a lady from provincial town
who had come to see the sights of Ber-
lin with full bag, and thought to
make a good raise. But seeing so lit
tie in the pocket-book 1 have come to
the conclusion that you need it worse
than do, and therefore send it back
to you, hoping to bring you to a sense
of respect for our calling. The next
evening I found in the pocket of my
neighbOr portfolio containing three
thousand marks. That at least was
worth while. You perhaps will wonder
how / got your address; but we Berlin
ers are great fellows. But, to be truth
full, without the help of your janitor /
should not have succeeded. In conclu-
sion, | ask you to kindly pardon my
mistake and at your next visit to
the capital to bring along little more
money" Chicago Tribune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-14
A TRUTHFUL CITIZEN.
The Power of imagination at Three O'Clock
In the Morning.

The Power OfImagination at Three O'clock
In the Morning.
A well-known citizen was summoned
to serve as juryman, but he forgot to
make his appearance. After remaining
out until nearly o'clock in the morn
ing he entered his home. His wife
asked him why he had not come home.
In that peculiar voice usually taken
home on such occasions, a voice of
whose tones words fail to furnish sug-
gestion, he replied:
Hung jury. Thought we never
would git off. Murder case. Argued
with the other fellows till they gave in.
Mighty hard work -
They have had you all day, ehp''
Eyes, ever since early this morning.
Went down from here right straight
Mighty combining. Don't want to serve
any more. +"
"Are you sure that you were on the
juryp"
''Sure, why what are you talking
aboutp Take me for foolP"
''Oh, no." she replied, 'you've got
sense, even if you have no truth"
Nov, listen at you. Can't man
come home without being insulted?
What do you mean by truthp',
''Oh, nothing. A short time after
you left here this morning q deputy
sheriff came with an attachment after
you. Said they wanted you on the
jury, but couldn't find you"
"Well, we won't argue it, dear. Been
so busy that l thought was on jury.
Told man in store let you have all you
wanted. Worked SO hard don't feel
well. B'reve go bed. "-Arkansas
Traveller.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-14

TEN YEARS AGO, December Goth, 1875, The
CHICAGO DAILY NEWS was founded It was the po-
of low priced journalism in the From the first
se controlling conviction of its managers has been that
heap paper should be cheap only price, that its
sUuld be fresh and complete, its editorial discussion
able and it's general and character pure and
bhful its best and highest priced contemporary And
al this without the tresome application and repetition of
tie ponderous "banketsheet This has been its ideal
ow we'll it has succeeded in the actual attainment of
kgh standard is best evidenced in the fact that
rEgularly prints and sells 10000 papers day-a
hgrr circulation than that of all other Chicago dailes
cxmbined.
The CHICAGO DAILY NEWS is an INDEPEND-
ET newspaper. 1t is partisan Neither neutral
i paper of positive opinion expressed without fear
yor seeks the patronage of people who love country
more than party.
The CHICAGO DAILY NEWS is the only 2 cent
ppr the West that member of the Associated Press
1E prints
by
Addresvi torF Lawson,
We.
The CHICAGO WEEKLY NEWS pages 81
saIumns-is the largest dollar weekly in America.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-14

~1he London I23roeS prints the fol
lowing STORY Of ''a certain Irish M p. -
who had been describing his travels in
the far West and the virgin forests
there: What is avirgin forest?' asked
an auditor. 'Phwat Isl yairgin forest is
i ye whant to knoWP A vairgin forest,
soor, IS one phwere the hand of man
las never set fut, bedadi"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-14
Automatic Sewing Machine Co.
72 West 23d ST., New York, NY.

We invite special at
tention to our NEW
PATENT AUTOMATIC Ten
SION MACHINE, making
precisely the sa M q
stitch as the Wilcox i
Gibbs, and yet, if not
preferred to the Wilcox
& Gibbs Automatic Ten
sion Machine, can be
returned any time with
in 80 days and money
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-14
STATUE CT LIBERTY EhLIGaHIENIEG TIE WORLD."
More Money! Needed.


The Committee in charge Of the construction
of the pedestal and the erection of the Statue,
In order to raise funds for
it's cOmpl elton, have prepared, from
model furnished by the artist, perfect fac-simile
Miniature Statuette which they are delivering
to subscribers throughout the United States at
No. / Statuette, sac inches in height,-the
Statue bronzed Pedestal, l-silyered, at
One Dollar each. delivered.
No. Statuette, in same metal, ta0glge inches
high, beautifully bronzed. and nickeled, at
Five Dollars each, delivered.
No. 8 Statuette ta0el0e inches high, finely
chased, Statue bronzed, Pedestal, Heavily
S1Iver-Plated. WITH PLUSH STAND, at
Ten Dollars each. delivered.
Much time and money have been spent in
perfecting the Statuettes, and they are much
improved over the first sent out The Com
mittee have received from subscribers many
letters of commentator. 49,
I The NesU York World Fund of 100000 COM
pletes the Pedestal, but it is estimated that
$4,000 is vet needed to pay for the iron fasten-
ings and the erection of the Statue.
! Liberal subscriptions for the Miniature Statu-
cites viii produce the desired amount.
Address, with remittance,
RICHARD BUTLER, Secretary,
American Committee OF the Statue of Liberty,
SO Mercer Street, New York.