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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-29
Unknown Islands in the Pacific.

The fact that two islands of consider
able size have recently been discovered
in the Pacific ocean shows thatwe have
yet much to learn of this great watery
expanse. The largest discovery is an
island lying less than one hundred
miles from the northern coast of New
Guinea. 1t has been named Allison
Island, is nearly three miles long, rises
from one hundred to one hundred fifty
feet above the sea, and has abundant
timber. Several specks of fertile and
inhabited land, some of them much
larger than Allison Island, have been
found within few years at distance
of one hundred to two or three
hundred miles from the New Guinea
coast, and similar discoveries are made
once in awhile in various parts of the
Pacific. Oceanica is so large that no
map of it can be given in an atlas, ex-
cept on minute scale. We see hun
dreds of groups and solitary islands
huddled together on the maps and get
the idea that the Pacific is thickly
studded with verdant bits of land. The
fact is, however, that vessels may sail
among these islands for many weeks
without once coming in sight of land.
Only a few months ago crew that had
been shipwrecked in the great island re-
gion of the Pacific rowed north for
forty days before they reached Hawaii,
the nearest land. Mr.. A. r. Wallace,
who has travelled widely in the Pacific,
expressed the opinion some time ago
that there are still good many islands
there that have never yet been seen by
white men, Once in awhile n Pacific
trader finds some new or little known
island, and opens trade with its inhab-
itants. If business thrives, he keeps his
secret as long as he can, SO as to enjoy
a monopoly. 1t was found awhile ago,
when the Woodlark Islands were ex-
plored, that an Australian firm had
carefully charted the islands several
years before, and had been quietly
trading there, all unknown to the other
Pacific merchants. -Ne,c York Sun.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-29

ETC., with bowling alleys, baths and ten
mis- court beyond. The dimensions of
the first section will be two hundred by
four hundred feet, approximately, with
future extension upon land beyond held
for the purpose. Above will be, as in
the Palais Royal, two stories of apart
ments with accommodations, with the
Casa Monica Ito which we are coming),
for the overflow of the guests of the
Ponce de Leon; and also for bachelors
and little coteries who are fond of Eu-
ropean modes of life and economy.
These can take apartments with meals
served therein or in the restaurants be-
meath, at pleasure. And yet the whole is
not told. Facing on the grand avenue
Alameda is to be the Casa Monica
"House Mother of st. Augustine Just
next door neighbor to the Alcazarand di-
agonally opposite the Ponce de Leon. A
section of one hundred feet range is
completed, and the remainder will fol-
low. The Casa Monica, together with
Villa Zorayda, on the other side of the
Alcazar, and the Ponce de Leon and
Alcazar form group of buildings un-
equaled in any country as an archi-
tectural illustration of style foreign to
itself. Goingup the Alameda from the
plaza you pass first Casa Monica on
your left; crossing Tolomato street,
you have on your right the Ponce de
Leon, with the Alcazar opposite, and
Villa Zorayda just beyond it. Casa
Monica is to be Spanish, with Moorish
motifs. For instance, the grand en-
trance will be by gateway, one tower
of which is eighty feet in height, mod
eled from the Moorish gateway, Puerta
del Sol, at Toledo, Spain. The facade
fronts on the Alameda and Cordova
street, distance of four hundred fifty
feet. The section completed will be
opened in January, 1887. This group
of buildings will be notable monu-
ment to art in architecture. And there
is more to tell of gardens beyond the
Ponce de Leon; of avenues overarched
by orange trees in bearing; of grassy
plots with huge tropical plants; of
costly and exquisite interior decora-
tons and hangings. Correspondence of
! Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-29
Questions Answered.

w. f. W., CHELSEA, MAss.-A bill
has been introduced in congress this
winter granting arrears to all pension
ers receiving pension under special
acts of congress. If this bill becomes
law it will benefit you.
G. w. S., NEwBURY.-We know
nothing of the Washington agent you
name. If he requires you to advance
money for the prosecution of your pen
sion claim you had better not employ
him, unless you have already appointed
him and cannot revoke the appoint
ment. Do not pay him until the pen
sion is granted. You owe him nothing
until the pension is paid you. The
government will pay him the legal fee,
which cannot exceed $25, and will de-
duct il from your pension.
j. g., HINEsBURGH.-You are not
entitled to the increase of pension pro-
vided by the act of congress approved
August 4, 1856, unless your disability
is in your arms or legs, and then the
disability must be such as to render
the arm or leg entirely useless. The
commissioner of pensions has recently
ruled in a case in which the claimants
arm hangs by his side, and he cannot
raise it except by using his other
hand, that his arm is totally disabled
within the meaning of the law and he
is entitled to S36 a month.
c. M. r., TACOMA, n. H.-This
correspondent says her husband was q
soldier and contracted chronic diarrhea
while in the army. He took his bee
the day he came home and did not dc
any work for six or seven months
He got so he could work some, but had
another sick spell and was troubled
with disease of the liver, which his
physician said was caused by the
diarrhpa and told him that he was en-
titled to pension, and advised him to
apply for it, but he did not. He dice
in 1867 by drowning. She desires tC
know if she can get pension as sol
dier's widow. Answer-No, not un
der the general law. If he was
drowned under such circumstances as
made it apparent that but for his fee.
BILE condition he would not have los
his life-that is, if his feeble and weak
condition, caused by disease contracted
in the army, contributed to,the fatal re
sult-congress would be quite likely tC
pass a special act granting pension.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-29
The Siege of Atlanta,

A well-diggcl, few days ago, in delv-
ing through the soil III the eastern part
of the city, struck something hard with
his pick. He found that he had dis
covered a bomb-shell, and carefully he
removed the soil until The deadly mis-
sile was cleared from Its bed of clay.
This well-digger was aware of the dan
ger of the rusty Bombs which lie en-
bedded in the soil around Atlanta. No
less than -four or five persons have been
Killed by the explosion of these shells,
which missed their original aim and
sank, apparently harmless, into the soil
During the siege of Atlanta in 1864 it
was practical question and one of vi
tai interest how to dodge them Grad
ually the confederate lines drew nearer
to the city. The faint echo of their
guns was heard ten miles away. When
the lines fell back to the river there was
universal wall in Atlanta. The river
had been regarded as barrier beyond
which the invader could not come, ant
there was constant expectation tina
Johnston would do something to par
alyze his enemy, One evening abou
dusk came the news to the city that tn,
confederate troops had crossed tn
river and burned the bridge benin,
them. That announcement stilled
thousand hearts in the beleaguere,
city. There was no alternative Blu
capture. The people knew the relativ
force of the armies. They were we
aware that Sherman had over 10000
men elated with successful march int
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-29
Things Soldiers Carried.

"There were lots of funny things
about the war;" said Colonel Frederick
Martin of the Brooklyn elevated rail
road, "now that you think of them
when the tears are dried away, and
about the funniest things | recall were
the queer articles the boys used to pick
up on the march and the eccentric way
in which they'd tote 'em along to finally
adorn some ditch by the wayside.
Stragglers were the worst at this, but
all the fellows were bad enough. When
ever the army went through first
family residence the boys would capture
what struck each as most attractive,
and some of their tastes were peculiar.
They had great weakness for cradles.
You may ask me what man treading
his way to the front wanted with ma
hogany cradle, and Pm blest if | know,
but they took 'em. First one man
would back a cradle and cart it a dozen
miles; and then he'd begin to cuss and
finally drop it. Now you'd suppose
that any ordinary idiot would just look
at cradle as it lay in the road and pass
on, but they wouldn't. Some one would
be certain to pick it up and lug ii few
miles further into the confederacy.
| recall one cradle that travelled a
! hundred miles On blue-backs before it
went 10 increase the blaze of mess
fire. Somehow, they seemed to think
! vaguely that there was a chance of get
ting the infant-soother home, but they
never succeeded. The funniest thing
| ever saw carried was a looking glass
as high as your head and two feet wide
| saw it first in the parlor of a central
Virginian mansion, and neYt on a sol
dier's back, headed for Petersburg
Then lost sight of it Cor two days
and found it again propped up agains
tree, forty miles along. The next day
| saw it travelling tenderly on strag
gler's back. We had gun in on,
hand and had somehow strapped thu
glass so he could get along withou
holding fast to it. Well, this fellow
must have got tired, for the next day
third man had it, and on the next
fourth. This chap toted it into tn
lines at Petersburg. He set it u
against tree, took a long, regretfu
look at full length of his shabby sell
! and turned away with sigh. 1t wa
: just as well that he did. The mex
minute along came mimic bullet, buzz
I ing like a hornet, and hit the glas
a square in the center and smashed
q into frame full of cracks radiatin
4 from around the hole"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-29
Stray Shots.

THE appropriation of SO, 900, 900 for
the payment of pensions for the COM
ing year is about the same amount paid
for that purpose the past year.
GENERAL LOGAN is confined to his
house in Washington, suffering severely
from inf1ammatory rheumatism. 1t has
settled in the left arm, which is swollen
to the shoulder and very painful.
JAMES E. CURRAN, special exam
liner of the pension office at Montpe-
lier, is at home in Troy, n. Y, on a
two weeks vacation. He is hard
working official and needs the rest thus
afforded him.
ROBERT MEADER of Danville has
received an additional pension of 81 a
month and $500 arrears by decision
of the secretary of the interior in his
appeal from the rating given him in the
pension office when his pension was
granted.
REV. S. H. WOODWARD, who was
known as Vermont's fighting chap
lain" died recently at Milton. Suit
able resolutions were adopted by
Reynolds Post, of which he was a most
worthy member. He was held in high
esteem by all his comrades.
THE newly-elected officers of Brooks
Post, No. -, G.. A. r., are Edward
Baker, commander; B. a. McKenna,
senior vice-commander; G. r. Bagley,
Junior vice-commander; w. f. Water
man, quartermaster; II. Wade, chap
lain; E. Sloan, officer of the day;
George w. Colby, officer of the guard.
LEWIS RODNEY of Montpelier, who
is suffering from disease contracted
while serving as Union soldier that
confines him to his bed the most of the
time and is supported by his devoted
wife, who works out by the day, has a
pension claim pending in the pension
office that has been delayed since last
June, waiting a report from the adju-
tant-general's Office showing his mill
tary history. Mr.. Rodney's claim has
been pending in the pension Office for
eight or ten years, and it is difficult tC
understand why the pension Office had
not procured his military history before
under their practice to call for it soor
after receiving the application.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-29
The Old Barn.

The Atteboro Chronicle talks about
the old-fashioned barn Just as all of us
farmer boys remember it: "There is
nothing on earth that Just fills the
niche in the human affections like
the old-fashioned, wde-doored, deep
moved barn of New England tradi-
tons. Old or new, such a barn has
possibilities of enjoyment which are
the despair of the 'effete monarchies
of the old world The barn of our
childhood! How its ample proper
tions rise gracefully in the back aground
whenever the melody of Home,
Sweet Home" salutes the earl What
infinite resources our childhood dis
covered in it, 1t was theater, gymna-
stun, playground, shelter from sum-
mers heat and winters cold, always
ready to give us a breezy welcome, linn
itless in its hospitality. A barn is the
only thing with four walls that imposes
no apparent limitations. There is room
to run and jump, room to play horse,
room to play house, room to mount a
scatfold and in it, as in steamboat,
make circuit of the world. No limit
to physical freedom nor the flights of
fancy. The child never lived who did
not cry to go to the barn as soon as he
learned there was such an Ell Dorado
close at hand. When playthings dis
gust, when mothers singing is weari-
someness of the flesh and everything
seems to baby's eyes stale, flat and
Improbable, visit to the barn will
bring back the smiles and dry the tears.
And in years somewhat later the barn,
fragrant with hay and piled with I'M
husked corn, comes to mind with the
recollection of red ears that brought
bushes to white ones. In youth and
age the barn is spot fragrant with
pleasant recollections."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-29
Soloiers' &uooct.
Pensions Granted.

To Henry II. Moore, Warren, an in
crease from "a to Sc month and 1904
arrears, granted after an appeal to the
secretary of the interior; Reuben Row
ley, Swift Water, N. H., formerly of
Berlin, an increase from S4 to SO a
month; Ransford G. Coburn, Roxbury,
an increase from So to SSa month; AL
bert Eastman, Braintree, SO month
and $3.50 arrears; Levi w. Seaver,
Waitsfeld, IS a month and S95 arrears
George w. Wise, Barre, an increase
from "a to SO month and 1920 arrears.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-29
advertisements.
"NEARLY CRAZED

with pain" is the sad cry of many victim
of rheumatism or neuralgia, and frequently
other diseases, such as kidney and liver
complaints, are directly traceable to rheu-
matism or neuralgia. These diseases, for
some unexplainable reason, are rapidly in
creasing, and in many instances are the
direct cause of much sickness which 80
hides its real origin as to be mistaken for
other diseases. In curing rheumatism, neu-
ralgia, sick headache, and in many cases Of
kidney and liver troubles, Athlophoros has
wrought wonders. Those who have used
it are best qualified to speak of its merit.
Great Falls, N. H., March IL, 1886.
With me Athlophoros outsells all rheu-
matism medicines and herewith give you
one sample of its work in this place. Mr..
Cyrus Curtis has been so afflicted with
rheumatism that for the past three years
he has been unable to walk, except to put
one foot out and drag the other up to it
and thus get along. Three weeks ago ]
recommended Athlophoros to him. Two
bottles has so las he states) unlooSened him
that he can walk natural again. He is
now an earnest advocate of Athlophoros.
f. II. WNGATE, Druggist.
Greenfield, Mass, May 10, 1886.
I have been troubled with rheumatism
in one of my knees for years, being at times
laid up for several days. Athlophoros has
entirely cured me. 1t has also cured two
friends of mine who were the worst cases
ever saw, one of them young man only
16 years old, who was SO bad the doctors
gave him up Two bottles of your remedy
entirely cured him. ! heartily recommend
it to any one troubled with rheumatism.
GEO. w. SPUR,
Manager Diamond Soap Co.
Every druggist should keep Athlophoros
and Athlophoros Pills, but where they can
not be bought of the druggist the Athlo-
phoros Co., liz Wall St., New York, will
send either Carriage paid on receipt Of
regular price, which is Sl.00 per bottle
for Athlophoros and soc. for Pills.
For liver and kidney diseases, dyspepsia, in
digestion, weakness nervous debility, diseases
of women constipation, headache impure
blood, &C. AthlophOros Pills are unequaled.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-29

THAT highly recommended remedy,
DR., Bulls Baby Syrup, is free from
opium. Price twenty-five cents.
ALL who lead sedentary lives should
use DR.. Bulls Baltimore Pills as a
preventive of constipation.
DAYS HORSE POWDER promotes the
growth of stunted pigs and prevents
the hog cholera.
FRAGRANT as incense, Drexels Bell
Cologne.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-29

ny A CHILD TWELVE YEARS OLD.
Long ago the summer left us,
And the flowers have gone away;
Ever colder grows the season,
Ever shorter grows the day;
Bare and leafess are the forests,
Autumn's days are almost done,
Growing shorter with each journey
OF the pale November sun.
Now no more I see the swallows,
In their swift aerial flight,
Circle round and round the house-top
At the coming on of night.
When the wind walls through the forest
II will seem to sigh and weep;
Twill he mourning for the flowers,
Fallen now in their long sleep.
Now no more see the fire-fiies,
They have gone away too soon;
No such help as theirs is given
To the waning hunters moon.
But the stars shine down as brightly,
With the same unchanglng light,
As they shone down on our planet
In the mldest summer night.
No more in the early morning
Sings the robin and the wren,
must wait until the spring.time
For the thrush TO come again;
No more in the sttrlt evening
Sings the plaintive whippoor-will,
No more builds the friendly blue-bird
On the lonely window-sill.
Sadly now descend the rain-drops
on the dead leaves meath my feet,
For they miss the fragrant flowers
They in summer used to meet.
Sooner ends the day in darkness,
And the world is cold and drear;
Earth mourns the departed summer
In the autumn of the year.
But thought, ere long the summer
VIII return with gentle breath,
And the rose will bloom as sweety
AS IT did before its death.
II will be as fair and fragrant
As it was ere it lay low
Meath the overspreadng mantle
OF the chilling winter snow.
Twill be so in years a-coming,
As 1t has been years ago. -EJchdnl
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-29

YOUNG or middle-aged men, suffer
ing from nervous debility or kindred
affections, should address, with ten
cents in stamps for large treatise
Worlds Dispensary Medical Associa'
ton, G63 Main street, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-29

He most lives who thinks most, feels
the noblest, acts the best; and he
whose heart beats the quickest lives
the longest.-JdmeS Martinedo.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-29

RHEUMATISM is primarily caused by
acidity of the blood. Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla purifes the blood and thus cures
the disease.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-29

We leasing machines at 5000 per with 500
the first year Two hundred machines will pay ten per dv
dend the par value of the stock viz $40 We expect
short time have these operation and then begin the second
two hundred Every hundred machines will increase the
per limited number of shares may be had
the market price by addressing the company.
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-29
NOTICE.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the
First National Bank of Montpelier Vt, for the cleo
tOn of Directors and the transaction of any other e
gal business, will be held at the banking rooms,
Tuesday, January IL, 1887, at two o'clock p. NJ.
F. l.. EATON, Cashier.
December 81 1856
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Select Mlistellamp.
The Departed Summer.

ny A CHILD TWELVE YEARS OLD.
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THE JUDGE PUBLISHING CO.,
-s6 Potter Building, New York City
, 1886-12-07

OF all these wears of Abraham Lin
COINS early childhood we know almost
nothing. lie lived a solitary life in the
woods. returning from his lonesome lit
tie games to his cheerless home. lie
never talked of these days to his init
mate friends. Once, when asked what
lac remembered about the war with
Great Britain, lie replied: Nothing but
this. | had been fishing one day md
caught a little fish which / was taking
home. | met a soldier in the road, and
having always been told at home that
we must be good to soldiers. | gave him
my fish" This is only n faint glimpse,
but what it shows is rather pleasant
the generous child and patriotic house
hold.
Bnt there is no question that these
iitat years OF his life had their lasting
effect upon the temperament OF this
great mirthful and melancholy man.
lie had little schooling. lie accompa-
MED his sister Sarah 10 the only schools
that existed IN their ncighhorhood. one
kept by Ilchariah Riney, and another
10y Caleb iiazrl, where he learned the al
phabrt and a little more. But of all
those advantages for the cultivation of Il
young mind and spirit which every home
now offers to its children, the books.
toys, ingenious games and daily dcvo-
ton OF parental love, he knew abso-
lutcly nothing. Tho Century.
, 1886-12-07

The relations of masters and servants
are ms admirable as possible. They are
mutual and confidential. While the
servant studies the interest OF the mas
ter, the latter makes the welfare of the
servant and his family his duty. The
servant il made to feel that he is n factor
of some importance in his employers
business by being consulted upon many
matters of importance. The master is
polite and kind and the servant defer
ential and respectful on all occasions.
The relation of parents and children
show the same refining influences. There
is no assumption of the drillmaster, no
exaction Of blind obedience, no ruling
by fear on the part Of the parent.
Obedience is induced by patient teach
ing day after day. The childis lovingly
taught why he should do certain things,
and why lie should not do certain other
things. The bond between parents and
children is one Of reason and regard,
and the result is that the child makes
his duty TO the parent the foremost OBJ
ject of his life, and his own interests are
made entirely secondary. a foreigner
might live in that country for years and
see less parental tyranny and violence
than he would see in most families in
some other countries IN a month, and he
can see more iilial devotion there in a
mont than is observable elsewhere in
yeas. Cor. san Francisco Chronicle.
, 1886-12-07

Dr. NORM. a French physician, in his
new work ON the hygienics of beauty,
makes IA dead set against earrings. In
numbers Of cases he has known crysipe-
las proceed from their use. The idea
that they are good FOR weak eyes he
quite %disposes OF. Iii is possible, he says,
that in cases of inflamed eyes they
might act as "a ountcr irritant, but If
they did they would make the lobe OF
the ear, which. not being rich IN blood
vessels, has little reenpcrative vitality.
in a state Of permanent liberation. There
Is no snrer test of a good or bad consti-
tuition than the state Of an ear which
has been pierced and exposed 10 the IT.
ritatlon OF hcnvy earrings. Il the lobcs
keep red and swollen, they proclaim bad
blood and srrofulous tendencies. Lon
don News.