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A Hard Lesson.

Roy loved to 90 to market with his
mamma. She let him carry her pass
book for her. 1t always made Roy
happy to help his mamma. Now
&c pass-book " is made of clean, white
paper. Each day the store-keeper
writes in it the list of the things which
are ordered. AT the end of the month
he sends in his bill, and the one who
buys looks it over with the book. In this
way no mistakes will be made. One
morning Roy saw at the grocer's a fine,
black cat, sitting on pile of boxes.
He gently stroked her. Tabby seemed
to like it, for she purred loudly. Be-
fore summer was over she knew Roy
well. She always ran to meet him as
soon as she saw him. Roy's papa told
him one day that they were all to 90
across the ocean to stay year. AT
first Roy was glad. His tongue never
tired with talking about it. But by and
by a terrible thought crept into his
curly head He must leave Tabby!
That night he cried himself to sleep.
But in the morning he had made up
his mind what to do. He asked nurse
to take him for walk. When he was
ready he took mammals pass-book, and
they hurried off to the place where
Tabby lived. Roy offered the book to
the grocer, as he had seen his mamma
do Tabby rubbed coaXingly against
him, as he said: "Please, sir, I'll take
Tabby You may put her on the book"
Then he lifted the cat in his arms.
Not so fast, my little man." answered
the store-keeper. owe could not part
with Tabby at any price" Roy's bright
face clouded. He put Tabby down, and
his tears fell on her pretty fur. Then
he gave her one good-by hug and walked
manfully out of the shop. When his
mamma heard about it she kissed him
and said: Mamma is sorry, dear. But
you must learn that money cannot buy
everything. Besides, we do not always
know what is best for us. We. could
not take Tabby with us; so she is
happier where she is" When Roy
came home again one of Tabby's kit
tens was waiting to welcome him.-C.
E. Cheney
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Temperance Instruction.

If every one of the numerous teach
ers in the country were to bring before
the youthful minds entrusted to their
care the temperance question in its
hygienic and moral bearings, the seed
thus sown would soon bear fruit well
worth the trouble. England has availed
herself of late with extraordinary sue
cess of this preventive means. She has
found among teachers the most Jealous
furtherers of the good cause. A temper
ance lesson book is in the hands of the
scholars as well as teachers of Great Brit
ain and the colonies, and in atranslated
form in foreign countries. 1t should
be the earnest care of the clergy of all
denominations and of physicians to
fight with every possible means in their
power against the wasting of the good
seed sown in school aud church, and
the destruction of the physical and
moral welfare of the people. Consul
General Oppenheimer.
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fur tbe CHILDREN.
" Isn't He Good 2"

Ellen had brought basket of nice
things for sick Mary, who had had
fever and was just getting well. Mary
was poor. They lived in little bit of
a house, hardly big enough for a
mousse" they used to say. Her mother
washed and ironed for folks about
town, and now that Mary was getting
better she had begun to go out to work
again. She got Mary all fixed up for
the day-put her medicine and cup
of water on stool, and the little Tesla
ment on the bed, and then, kissing the
child good-by, she left her all alone.
But she left the door Unattached, so that
if any persons came they could come
in. For some time Mary lay thinking.
What about? About what she would
like to have to eat. She was Just get
ting her appetite, and food tasted so
good! Mother had made her a cup of
tea and slice of toast for breakfast.
That was all she had for her, and the
poor child wasn't quite satisfied.
had some beefsteak once at grandma's,"
she said, "and it was so nice! and O,
how / should like an orangel But then
l can't get such things, so | mustn't
wish for them" Then she opened her
little Testament and she saw these
words, Ask, and we shall receive"
She stopped minute to think, and
then she said, aloud: "Dear Jesus,
please to give me an orange and some
thing nice to eat;" and pretty soon she
fell asleep. When Ellen opened the
door she saw that Mary was asleep, so
she put the basket down very gently
on the table and went out again with
out speaking. She was kind, thought
full child. She knew, too, that it was
not well to wake sick person out of
sleep. So she left her basket and ran
home, meaning to come back by-and-
by. Pretty soon mother came home ;
by that time Mary was wide awake.
Heigh-ho!" said mother, 1" who
brought all these nice things?'' " What
things?" asked Mary, turning her head
to look; and when she saw the basket
and the nice oranges on top she looked
at her mother, and all she could say was,
Isn't he good?" Who?" asked her
mother. "Jesus; it was he who sent
them. 1 asked him to, and he did"
"And nothing ever tasted so good"
she said afterward to Ellen; " for it
seemed as if they came straight from
him" $50 they did," said Ellen;
but he sends us all our blessings, and
he sent me. If we only thought of that
they would seem just as sweet and
good as the orange did to you. "-Sun-
BEAM
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That Great Chinese CITY.

There is an air of decay about Pekin
which extends even to its temples. The
number of its population is not accu-
rately known, but, according to Chi
nese estimate, which is probably in ex-
cess, it is 100000, of whom 100000
reside in the Tartar and 100000 in the
Chinese city. There is no direct for
eign trade with Pekin, and the small
foreign population is made up of the
members of the various legations, the
maritime customers, the professors at
the college and the missionary body.
In August, 1884, it was brought in di-
rect communication with the rest of the
world by telegraph overland to Tien-
Tsin. The estimated population of
China is 405 ,2l3, 152, or 263 souls per
square mile throughout China proper.
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The Blessings of Prohibition.

The Savannah (Ga.) Ne,os, one of the
largest and best of the papers in the
South, in a recent editorial on the pro-
hibition movement, says: More than
three-fourths of the counties of the
state have voted out whiskey, and there
is not one of them that is not richer and
more prosperous for its action. In
every one of them the people are hap
pier and more industrious, and there is
less crime and pauperism than there
ever was before. The prohibition move
ment in the state has grown rapidly
because wherever it has been adopted
its benefits have at once become APP
parent.n
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Maiden, Mass, Feb. 1880 Gentlemen
suffered with attacks of sick headache"
Neuralgia, female trouble, for years in the
most terrible and excruciating manner.
No medicine or doctor could give me re-
lief or cure until used Hop Bitters.
The first bottle
Nearly cured mel"
The second made me as well and strong
as when a child,
And have been so to this day"
My husband was an invalid for twenty
years with a serious
Kidney, liver and urinary complaint,
Pronounced by Boston S best physicians
Incurable'
Seven bottles of your Btters cured him
and | know of the
Lives of eight persons
In my neighborhood that have been saved
by your Bitters,
And many more are using them with
great benefit. "They almost do miracles"'
Mrs. +. d. Slack.
How TO GET SICK.-EXpose yourself day
and night; eat too much without exercise,
work too hard without rest, doctor all the
time; take all the vile nOstrums advertised,
and then you will want to know
How TO GET WELL-which is answered in
three words-Take Hop Bitters!
BtY" None genuine without a bunch of
green Hops on the white label. Shun all
the vile, poisonous stuff with Hop" or
Chops " in their name.
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Edna and the Wasp.

Little Edna Hayes is so fond of ami
mails, birds and insects that her father
often calls her his little naturalist.
While her playmates are busy with
their dolls she can often be seen wander
ing alone in the garden or orchard, try
ing to find some new kind of insect to
add to her store. She has place in
one corner of the yard where she keeps
her strange little pets, and there she
makes little houses for them, and the
oldest little beds, and does all she can
to make them live. But there was one
time when her love for these little crea-
lures got her into trouble. 1t was Just
at twilight. Edna was standing by the
window, when she saw something creep
ing along on the wire screen. She
thought it must be large fly, or per-
haps a grasshopper trying to find his
grassy nest, that he might go to sleep.
" Poor little thing!" she said. " You
must have got lost. / will take you to
my house in the yard and give you a
bed" She reached up and took it in
her little hand. Alas! what could be
the matter? Such screaming and dane
ing about was really frightful. Mamma
hurried to light the gas, the children
came running in from their play, and
papa FASTENED in from the yard to see
what could be the cause of such an I'M
usual noise. He bit me! He bit
mel" was all little Edna could say; and
this she kept repeating, as she tossed
her hand wildly about. On searching
for it, the little creature was found on
the floor near the window. 1t was a
wasp. Edna is still as fond of insects
as ever, but she is more careful about
taking them in her hands, unless she
knows them to be such as are harm
less.-Ou Little Ones.
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4.--DecapitatiOns.

1-Behead something used by school
children, and leave behind time.
2-Behead an article horsemen use,
and leave behind time.
3-Behead an oily substance, and
leave quantity of paper.
4-Behead an article used by farmers,
and leave weapon.
5-Behead to decorate, and leave the
edge.
6-Behead more rapid, and leave a
flower.
7-Behead recompensed, and leave
help. FARMER JOHN.
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Temperance.
The Drink. Waste.

The New York Engineering NeUs
ints the following significant statis-
Is, as given in a recent address by
is Pettee, Esq, concerning the ex-
nditure for intoxicating beverages in
is country SIN looking over the
est statistical returns of the United
htes, few days since, [ found the
IN of value of manufactured liquors,
Guiding the liquors imported from
reign lands, to amount in the aggre-
te to 1914 500, $50 My curiosity led
: to reduce this amount to avoirdupois
eight in silver currency. Upon in
/ Try at the sub-treasury | learned that
e thousand silver dollars weighed
ty-eight pounds and twelve and one
llf ounces. Using this weight as a ba-
}, it will require about three hundred
|rty thousand silver dollars to weigh
|n tons of two thousand pounds each,
)hich is an ordinary freight-car load.
b transport the nine hundred and odd
|illions of silver dollars would require
10 thousand seven hundred seventy
|e cars, with ten tons each, and allow
|g thirty cars for train, would require
|nety-two locomotive engines to draw
EN-. The ordinary length of car
thirty feet, and the entire trains, with
(eir engines, would reach sixteen and
be-eighth miles to transport the liquor
|oney made for single year in this
buntry. If the same amount of money
las expended for the necessities of
fe it would provide a barrel of flour, a
IN of coal, thirty pounds of beef and
NO bushels of potatoes for each and
very man, woman and child in the
buntry; and, if we add the tobacco
III, l rather think it would furnish
othing also. Take the subject home
18th you and think it over"
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3---Ladder.

UPRIGHTs (READ DOWNWARD.
Very elegant
2-Having respect to the feelings of
others.
ROUNDS.
IA white negro.
People who care for the sick.
3-Dreaded.
"A Roman who was slain by those
who professed to be his friends.
5-Freshest, or more recent.
DOLLY DEE.
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A Hint to Total Abstainers.

The Rev. DIR. Theodore l.. Cuyler
concludes recent article in the New
York Evangelist as follows: {" Let me
close this hurried epistle with hint to
the friends of total abstinence. Do not
waste time and breath in defending
your right to have voted for any man
whom your conscience approved. Go
to work harder than ever to teach the
young the perils of the bottle, and to
save the victims of strong drink. If
any violent partisans choose to revenge
themselves on us by voting for license, ;
the responsibility be on their own heads
The cause will outlive such enemies"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-13

THE pain and misery suffered by
those who are afflicted with dyspepsia are
indescribable. The distress of the body
is equalled or surpassed by the confu-
sion and fortunes of the mind, thus
making its victims suffer double Attic
ton. The relief which is given by
Hoods Sarsaparilla has caused thou
sands to be thankful for this great
medicine. 1t dispels the causes of dys-
pepsia and tones up the digestive organs.
Try Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-13

IT is a somewhat striking reminder
of the flight of time that there is not an
officer in our army above the rank of
major who did not serve in the army
during the war of the rebellion. OF
the majors, 2l3 out of 235, and of the
captains, 475 out of GIT served in the
army before June |, 1865. Most of
the men who participated in the war of
the rebellion have arrived at an age
which would forbid the active service
they saw twenty years ago.-Chicdgo
journal.
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If we could speak in tones of thun.
der we would use our voice to advise all
people everywhere to get at once a
bottle of JohnSon's Anodyne Liniment.
As preventive of diphtheria, pneu-
monia, congestion, and all dangerous
throat and lung diseases, its value is
priceless.
CERTAIN parties have been for years
flooding the country with immense packs
of horse and cattle-powders which are
utterly worthless. Don't be deceived
by them. Sheridan's Powders are the
only kind now known in this country
which are strictly pure. They are very
powerful.
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NDREW HAsKEhL,S ESTATE.

IA STATE Of NEKMONT, washington Dlstrlct, IS.
In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, in said Dis
trict, on the Both day of December, A. ID. 1855;
Chrstiana X. Haskell and Ira G. Jewell, Admins
of the estate of Andrew HASKELL late of Calais,
ton account for examination and allowance, and
make application for decree of distribution and
partition of the estate of said deceased. Where
upon, it is ordered by said Court, that said ac-
count and said application be referred to
session thereof. to be held at the Probate ONCE,
in said Montpelier, the Goth day of Janu-
airy, A. D. lss6. for hearing and decision thereon
And, 1t is further ordered, that notice hereof be
given to all persons interested by publication of the
same three weeks successfully in the Vermont
Wdfchman e. State Journal, newspaper published at
ing, that they may appear at said time and place,
and show cause, II any they may have why said
account should not be allowed and such decree made.
BY the Court.-Attest.
9l96 A ANERIII REGISTER.
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CHEts.TIElR By !s ll% ne ESTATE STATE

= STATE OF VER MONT, washington Dlstrlct. ss.
Probate Court, held at Montpelier, IN said Dis
trict, on the 5th day of January A. ID. 1856;
Truman C. Kelton Administrator De boHis of the
estate of Chester Bugbee late of Calais in said Dis
trict deceased, presents his administration account
for examination and allowance, and makes APP
plicatiOn for decree of distribution and
partition of the estate of said deceased.
Whereupon, it is ordered by said Court, that
said account and said application he referred
to session thereof, to be held at the Probate
ONCE, in said Montpelier ON the 3Oth day of
Jan, A. ID. 1856, for hearing and decision thereon
And 1t is further ordered, that notice hereof be given
to all persons Interested by publication of the
three weeks successfully in the Vermont HatchmdR
d state Journal, anewspaper published at Montpelier
previous TO said time appointed for hearing that they
II any they may have, why said account should not
be allowed and such decree made.
by the Court.--Attest,
1896 A. c, ANERILI Register
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2---Enigna.

2---Enigma.
Composed of II letters.)
My al 10 80 Al is display.
My II 5 20 is to work
Ny As "a 7 "a is to remain.
My 81 33 81 66 so 6 is to purchase
back.
My GO AZ 60 II 81 81 is a rainfall of
short duration.
My So 10 II 36 81 is to permit.
My II % 8 10 20 is humble.
My 80 As s 6S 43 81 is to think deeply.
My 36 26 20 80 is to establish.
My % 10 Ia 13 GO So So is to disagree
My 80 Is 3 6 Is So % is a sparkling
gem.
My SO % AZ 80 60 81 is another word
for country.
My 40 Fl 4 % is a young animal
My 81 16 "a 80 Is so 81 is to remark
My 40 81 46 is a domestic fowl.
My 80 GA is an exclamation.
The whole is quaint couplet relat-
ing TO woman. r. w. f.
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Farm for Sale !

The subscriber offers his farm, consisting of one
hundred fifteen acres, in East Montpelier, for sale
The farm will be sold for $4,000, or the farm, hay,
stock umber-wago sled harnesses. tools, etc, for
go 800. Possession will be given March LIST, or earlier
If arrangements can be made with the tenant now
occupying it. If the farm is not sold before Febru,
ary 18th. II will be rented. Information can be had
by inuuirng of George W. Sanders George Par
menter. or by writing to me. Address
j. AUSTIN PAINE, st. JOhnsbury, vt.
December 2lst, 1855. 32-35
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My friend, look herel You know how
weak and nervous your wife is, and you
know that Carriers Iron Pills will re-
lieve her Now, why not be fair about
il and buy her box?
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NEARLY fifty years ago Louis
Philippe said Wine is the curse of
France. | could wish every grapevine
destroyed, except for the production of
fOOd.N
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ANNlAIE VI NENMUNI, Washington IIstrIcI, S.
trict, ON the 9th day of January, A, ID, lss6;
Martha NJ and Joel Remington, Executors of the
last Will and Testament OF Azariah Il. Rem
ington, late of Waterbury, In said District, de-
ceased, present their administration account for
animation and allowance, and make application fOra
decree of distribution aud partition OF the estate of
said deceased WhereupOnit Is ordered 10y said Court
that said account and said application he referred
to session thereof. to he held at the Probate
ONCE, in said Montpelier, ON the LIST day of Feb,
A. ID. 1856, for hearing and decision thereon And
II is further ordered, that notice hereof be given
TO all persons interested by publication of the same
three weeks successfully In the Vermont Watch
man a state Journal u newspaper published at
Montpelier previous 10 said time appointed for hear
ing, that they may appear AT said time and place,
and show cause, IL any they may have, why said
account should not he allowed and such decree
maze, by the Court.-Attest,
1895 A, G, ANERILL, Register,
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Eeaal Notltes.
GRACE NJ. McCARTY's ESTATE.

u COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Wash
inEton Commissioners, to receive, examine and ad-
lust all claims and demands of all persons against
the estate of Grace NJ. McCarty late of Waitsfeld,
in said District, deceased, and all claims exhibited
in Offset thereto, hereby give notice that we will
meet for the purposes aforesaid, at the store OF
of w. A. Jones, in Waitsfield, on the 2sth day of
January and 10th day of June next, from one
o'clock until four o'clock r. NJ each of said days,
and that six months from the ith day of Dec,
A. D. 1885, is the time limited by said Court for said
creditors present their claims to us for examna
ton and allowance.
Dated at Watsheld, this 2sth day of Dec A. D. 1885.
w. A. JONES, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ALAG II n BUSHNELL COMMISSIONERS
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Answers to Puzzles of Last Week.

Warsaw.
"a last years almanac.
SD Truth, Ruth; (2) Islam, slam
(3) Marrow, arrow (4) Estrange
strange; CO. Adam, dam; (6) Naught
aught; CD Drum, rum (S) Thump
hump; (9) Ideal, deal; QW Dire, ire
QD Emotion, motion. Initials, "Time
and tide.n
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advertisements.
| Owe My Life.
CHAPTER L.
=" I was taken sick n year ago
With bilious fever"

With bilious fever"
My doctor pronounced me cured but I
got sick again, with terrible pains in my
back and sides, and / got so bad
Could not novel
i sbrunk!
From 22S lbs to 1901 | had been DOCTOR
ing for my liver, but it did me no good. 1
did not expect to live more than three
months. I began to use Hop Bitters.
Directly my appetite returned, my pains
lett me, my entire system seemed renewed
as II by magic, and, after using several bot
ties, am not only as sound as a sovereign,
but weigh more than | did before. To Hop
Bitters owe my lie." II. FITZPATRICK.
Dublin, June &, 81.
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Montpelier & Wells R. R. R.

Taking Effect Dec. Ia, 1885.
Leave Montpelier At At s M A 4, NJ =. M NJ;
arrive at Wells River at 1888 A. NJ, 3:l5 p. M,
I: % 2. NJ.
Leave Wells River at Mo- A. AZ III p iG Mi
arrive at Montpelier at 1856 A. NJ, IL; IS =. M,
$50 p NJ.
Trains leaving Montpelier at s:l5 A. NJ and AS p. NJ.
make close connections at Wells River for all points
in the White Mountains, and for points north ana
south on the Passumpsic rairoad also for Boston
and all intermediate points.
w. *. STOWELL, Superintendent.
L. w MORSE. GeneraI PASSENGER Anent.
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PATENTS!
r. n. EDDY,

N. T1s GDO
No. 10 State Street, opposite Kilby, Boston,,
Secures Patents in the United States also in Great
Britain, France and other foreign countries. Copies
of the claims of any Patent furnished by renting
one dollar. Assignments recorded at Washington. No
Agency in the United States possesses superior Jdces
for obtaining Patents dScertdintRg the pdtentdbthtt
Of nUentiORS
X. II. EDDY Solicitor of Patents
TESTIMONIALS.
az regard Mr.. Eddy as of the most capable and
successful practitioners with whom have had official
Intercourse. .
"CHAS. MASON, Commissioner of Patents"
" Inventors cannot employ person more trust
worthy capable of securing for them an early
and favorable consideration at the Patent Office
EDMUND BURKE. late Commissioner of Patents"
BOSTON, October 10, 1870.
ar. H. EDDY, Esq: Dear Str-You procured for me-
in 1910, my first patent. Since then you have acted
for and advised me in hundreds of cases and pro-
cured many patents, reissues and extensions have
occasionally employed the best agencies in New
York Philadelphia and Washington but still give
you almost the whole of my business, in your line,
and advise others to employ you.
Yours truly, GEORGE DRAPER
Boston. January |. 1856. 34s5
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a Hop Porous Plasters are sold by all
druggists and country merchants. The
best in the world.
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Dm3sle Corner.
1---Charade.

My FIRST is to soil or deface;
My merit often causes loud tones,
And sometimes we call It brawl;
The whoie may be found in the bones.
MARY BROWN
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5---AnagramS.

IA cord, Loo.
2-I wash Pen Herm.
3-N pays vain Mel.