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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1886-04-29
LAFAGAN's G

A fool who can conceal his folly is
at least a philosopher.
1t is human nature to commit sin
first and learn its penalty afterward.
Success is q proof of ability. Success
not abused is a greater proof, however.
Success corrupts about as many as it
benefits, unless it appeals to ones bet
ter nature.
Wit that comes natural and sudden,
like powder out of a gun, is the most
irresistible of all wit.
Man is not born with character. His
ancestors good name is his only as
long as he honors it.
The very best that many persons
could do that I know of would be to
forget half they know.
We look into the present or future
for our encouragement when we should
be studying the past for it.
The true logic of living is to enjoy
life if you get a chance, and, if you do
not, not to hinder others who can.
1 do not see any object in jealousy,
for ten to one if those we are jealous of
are not equally jealous of some n
else.
After all, beauty is like a fast horse
it has its day. Take beauty out of
some people and there is little left to
brag of.
will bet my last dollar on tenacity.
1t is a legitimate persecution. 1t will
even make Canada thistles pine for
death as a release.
1t is not creditable for a dog even to
bite the hand that feeds it. How to ex-
cuse man for the same thing is what
puzzles me just now.
I am not in favor of writing obitu-
aries. In my mind they are foolish.
Good people do not mind them, and bad
ones do not deserve them.
The pleasing ceremonies of polite
people are liable to be about two-thirds
show, yet are abont as nea the golden
gate as mankind eve gets.
All begin at the bottom and work for
the top round of the traditional ladder,
but / have never seen q person yet who
knew when the top round was reached.
A truth of much establishment is
necessarily weak. Truth alone and
simple is beauty in the rough. In fact,
it is all the virtue necessary for any one
person.
When on earth the Creator taught
truth in simple and homely phrases, yet
the simpleness of the language render
ed His words eloquent and more con-
vincing.
At sixteen all young men know more
than their sires. This is natural. But
if they still claim to wear the medal at
twenty-five they are gone beyond re-
demption.
There is not much genuine happiness
in the world. but those who do not
mourn over what they have not got,
and do not make fools of themselves
over what they have got, give happi-
ness a close shave.
Being either way up in the attic of
ecstacy, or way down in the cellar of
despair is bad policy. Any fool can
become comparatively happy in life if
he will take a position on the fence and
stick to it.
No one ever fully comprehends the
worlds nature, but many q man who
has had the bottom Of his hopes and
aspirations knocked into oblivion by the
unfeeling world has caught a faint
glimmer of humanity.-Chicago Led
ger.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1886-04-29
a WOman's Courage.

"War is a terrible thing. The first
fight L was in was the battle of Shiloh.
L tell you, boys, my heart was in my
mouth when the rebels commenced fir
ing on u.s." said old Tommy Hayfield
to visiting neighbors.
'You were a coward, Tom" remark
ed Mrs. Hayfield. at would doubtless
have frightened me if L had been a SOL
der in that battle. but it wouldn't have
scared me till my heart jumped into my
mouth" 4
'Oh, 1 don't doubt it," retorte6 ~.
old man. You are a
woman lets her heart getfhJ
''Humph!" CALCULATED the old lady.
81 suppose you think hat the reason
a woman never gets her heart in her
mouth is because she hasn't any heart?''
No, my dear" replied the old war
rior, between whifs of tobacco smoke;
cts because if her heart were in her
mouth she couldn't talk.-TId-Bjts
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1886-04-29

A Dakota lawyer-editor announces that he
Scan not live on wind" OF course not. No
manufacturer can use his finished product as
raw material.-ADany Argus.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-19
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 Benton's
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-
rectons you are sure of 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, II 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 effectually
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 it we will send
it prepaid on receipt of price.
BENTON HAIR GROWER co.
Cleveland, Ohio.
Wholesale Agent, JNo. IL. FRANCIS, 10
Maiden Lane, New York City,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-19
A Practical Joke.

A shepherd once, to prove the quick
ness of his dog, who was lying be-
fore the fire in the house where we
were talking, said to me, in the middle
of sentence concerning something
else, " l am thinking, sir, the cows are
in the potatoes" Though he pur-
posely laid no stress on these words,
and said them in quiet, unconcerned
tone of voice, the dog, who appeared
to be asleep, Immediately jumped up,
and, leaping through an open widow,
scrambled up the turf roof of the house
from which he could see the potato
field. He then (not seeing the cows
there) ran and looked into the farm
yard where they were, and, finding that
all was right, came back to the house.
After short time the shepherd said
the same words over again, and the
dog repeated the lookout; but, on the
false alarm being third time given,
the dog got up, and, wagging his tail +,
looked his master in the face with so
comical an expression of interrogation
that we could not help laughing at him.
On which, with slight growl, he laid
himself down in his warm corner with
an offended air, as if determined not to
be made fool of again. Exchange.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-19
The Newspaper Plant.

1t seems that in certain far-awav ter
ritories, called New Mexico and Arizona.
there are great tracts of desolate desert
lands, where the very hills seem desti-
tute of life and beauty, and where the
earth is shriveled from centuries of ter
rible heat. And in these desert-tracts
grow curious, misshapen, grotesque
and twisted plant that seems more like
a goblin tree than real one. OF all
the trees in the world, you would mag
inc this to be the most outcast and worth
less-so meager living does it obtain
from the waste of sand and gravel in
which it grows. and yet this goblin
tree is now being sought after and util-
lied in one of the worlds greatest indus
tries-an industry that affects the daily
needs of civilization. Those wise folk g.,
the botanists, call our goblin tree by its
odd Indian name of the 8 Yucca "
palm. This plant of the desert for a
long time was considered valueless.
But not long ago it was discovered that
the fiber of the Yucca could be made
into an excellent paper. And now one
of the great English dailies, the Lon
don Telegraph, is printed upon paper
made from this goblin tree. Indeed
the Telegraph has purchased large
plantation in Arizona, merely for the
purpose of cultivating this tree, and
manufacturing paper from it. So, you
see, the Yucca is now a newspaper
plant.-St. Nicholas for Nay.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-19

Couldn't your" said the other, half
musingly. Boy, you had a good
mother; for her sake l want to make
you a little present" There was a
tremor in the voice of the man whom
the world had learned to call hard !;
there was fervor almost boyish in the
handclasp that he gave the rougher
hand of the visitor; and then, with an
air that had resolution in it, the roll !,
that little while before had been laid
upon his desk, he picked up and
jammcd down deep into the pocket of
his old clerks son-iammed it so hard
that the cheap and well-worn materials
of that overcoat seemed almost ready
to give way into tatters.
1t does me good to write a story of
this sort of Russell Sage. The very
novelty of it is pleasing. His Wall
street training has not tended to de-
velop overmuch generosity in his ma
ture; men have never arraigned him as
a spendthrift; but here once, spasmod-
ically, at least he has acted the part
of a man with a heart.-Selected.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-19
A DDIs0N PECK,s ESTATE.


In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, in and for
said District on the 10th day of May, A. ID. lSS6.
:. s. kelton, Executor of the last Win and Tesla
ment of Addison Peck, late of East Montpelier, in
said District deceased, makes application to said
Court for license to deed the real estate of said de-
ceased, situated in Williamstown in the county of
Orange and State aforesaid, to wit Being about
twenty acres of Land, with buildings thereon, and
known as the Brassaw Farm" representing that
said deceased was in his lifetime under contract,
binding IN law and equity to deed said real estate to
one Henry Brassaw; that the said Brassaw has
agreed that said contract may he terminated, and
that he Will pay the balance ON the same and take
deed; that the assets in his, the said Executors
hands, will not thereby be SO reduced as 20 prevent
cieditorirom receiving his whole debt Mhereupon,
II Is ordered by said Court, that said application he
referred to session thereof to be held at the Pro-
bate Ohice, in said Montpelier, on the 5th day of
June, a. D. lSs6 for hearing and decision thereon
and, tits further ordered that all persons interested
be notified hereof, by publication of notice of said
application and order thereon three weeks success
lively in the Vermont WdfchmdH a. State Journal
newspaper published at Montpelier and which cir
culates in the neighborhood of those interested be-
fore said time of hearing, that they may appear at
said time and place, and, II they see cause, object
thereto. BY the Court.-Attest.
1884 A, c. ANERILL, Register.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-19
The Mole and the Robin.

A mole, who had been hunting earth
worms all day, stopped at the door of
his long, dark tunnel, and listened to
the evening song of robin. The bird
was perched upon clump of golden
rod, close by the mole's run, whistling
soft notes of praise. Who are you?o
asked the mole. 81 am robin red
breast" was the answer; " one of the
great bird family" You sing very
sweetly," said the mole. "Ah, that is
nothing" the robin replied. Have
you never heard the morning concert
of the birds, Mr.. Mole?" "Concert?
l know of no such thing" was the
mole's response. You surprise mel"
exclaimed the redbreast. How can
you have lived so long in these parts,
and not have heard the morning praise
of the birds? You have much to learn,
l assure you. Why, the air and trees
are full of birds, who float and sing in
the early sunlight, and soar away into
the heavens. Our mother earth has
many other beautiful things-there are
gay flowers of many colors and sweet
fragrance; there are green grass, wav-
ing boughs, and luscious fruits; there
are blue skies, golden, white and rosy
clouds, nodding forests, sloping hills,
and myriads of painted insects sporting
in the sun. But there is nothing fairer
to my eyes than the birds, the beauti-
full birds!" So saying, robin flew to
the very top of the golden-rod, and, as
he rocked back and forth, whistled
loudly the notes of his song. "What
are you saying?" cried the mole.
do not believe it! There are no such
things as these you tell of. Flowers
and clouds, forsooth! Insects, forests,
and concerts of birds-it is incredible
1 never saw them, never heard them,
and l am an old mole and am counted
wise one, too; for have burrowed
long and far, with scientific skill, be-
meath the ground" "Dear me-" whis-
tied the robin, merrily. "That is no
proof at all; for earth has life more
lovely and wonderful above its surface
than beneath" " Nay, nay!' laughed
the mole, scornfully. 81 have bur
rowed all my life, and know and affirm
that earth produces nothing but fish.
said the robin, and flew away towards
the setting sun. ''Poor deluded bird'
squeaked the mole, and ran back into
his MISUNDERSTANDING School Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-19
ID OsEL. GEORGES ESTATE.

III STATE OF VERMONT, Washington District, S.
In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, in said Dis
trict, on the LIST day of May, A. ID. 1855;
John Trow, Administrator of the estate of
Rose L.. George late of Barre, in said District
deceased presents his administration account for
animation and allowance, and makes application for a
decree of distribution and partition of the estate of
said deceased Whereupon II is ordered by said Court
that said account and said application be referred
to session thereof, to be held at the Probate
Onice, in said Montpelier, on the LIST day of June
A. ID. 1856, for hearing and decision thereon And
it is further ordered that notice hereof be given
to all persons interested, by publication of the
three weeks successfully in the Vermont Hdfchndn
a. State Journal, newspaper published at Montpelier
previous to said time appointed for hearing that they
may appear at said time and place aud show cause,
II any they may have, why said account should not
be allowed and such decree made.
BY the Court.-Attest,
5-53 A g. ANERIIl Register
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-19
4ussle Corner.
1.--Charade.

Two mighty lads of Baltimore
Resolved to go to sea,
And sail the ocean DER and DER
And be total free.
They shipped on board whaler,
Bound first the foreign seas,
They thought to be sailor
Would he naught but ease.
Alackl Alas these foolish boys
Were soon tired of their trip;
They found no pleasure and no joy,
And resolved to leave the ship.
one night it was intensely dark,
No stars shone overhead
Yet on ploughed the gallant barque,
The captain was in bed.
By working noiselessly and fast
A little boat was lowered,
And into it their clothes they passed,
Also some food they stored.
Alas, for our two heroes rash,
The wind began to rise,
The thunder roared, the lightning flashed
And lighted up the skies.
The boat o'erturned, our heroes sank
Beneath the cold, dark sea,
And this is all we second heard
of the lads who would be free.
GREEN MOUNTAIN Boy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-19
CALEB FISHERS ESTATE.

= STATE OF VERMONT, Washington Dlstrict. S.
In Probate Court. held nj Montpelier in and for
said District, on the Ith day of May, A. ID. lsS6:
Luke g. Fisher Executor of the last VIII and Tes-
lament of Caleb Fisher late of Cabot in said district
deceased, make application to said Court, with the
consent and appreciation in writing of the devisees
and legatees of the deceased aforesaid for license
to sell all of the real estate of said deceased situated
in said Cabot, to wit: The home place representing
that the sale thereof would be beneficial to the de-
visees and legatees of the aforesaid deceased
and those interested in his estate. Whereupon,
1t is ordered by said Court, that said application
be referred to session thereof, TO he held at
the Probate ONCE, in said Montpelier, ON the I'D
day of May, A D. lsS6 for hearing and decision
theron; and, it is further ordered that all persons
interested he notified hereof, by publication of no.
tice of said application and order thereon three
weeks successfully in the PermOHt HdfchmdR d
State Journal a newspaper published at Montpelier
and which circulates in the neighborhood of those
interested, before said time of hearing, that they
may appear at said time and place, and If they see
cause, object thereto.
by the Court.-Attest,
5-53 A. c. ANERlLL, Register
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-19

INSTANTLY is none too quick to re-
lieve Group. Many children have died
while fire was making. JohnSOn'S
Anodyne Liniment gives instant relief
and is a sure cure. Half a teaspoonful
on sugar. Every family should keep it
in the house.
The adulteration of condition pow
ders has got TO such pitch that one
can now buy pound pack of dust and
ashes for twenty-five cents. There is
only one kind now known that are
strictly pure, and those are Sheridan's
Coualry PO,0derS.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-19
EMELINE JACKsON's ESTATE.

u STATE Of VERMONT, Wash1ngtOn Dlstr1ct. IS,
In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, In said Dis
trict, on the Sd day of May, A ID. 1856:
f. c. Putnam, Executor of the last VIII and
administration account for examination and allow
ance, and makes application for "A decree of dis
trbution and partition of the estate of said
deceased. Whereupon, it is ordered by said Court
that said account and said application be referred
to session thereof to be held at the Probate
ONCE, in said Montpelier, the 3lst day OF May,
A. ID. 1856, for hearing and decision thereon: And,
it is further ordered, that notice hereof be given
to all persons interested by publication of the same
d State Journal, newspaper published at Montpe-
lier, previous to said time appointed for hearing,
that they may appear at said time and place, and
show cause, If any they may have, why said account
should not be allowed and such decree made.
BY the Court.-Attest
5l-53 A. c. ANERIII. Register
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-19

n II. II.
~ STATE OF VERMONT, Washington District, SIS.
In Probate Court held at Montpelier in and for said
District, the Sth day of May, A. ID. 1856
Alma r. Seaver Administrators of the estate of
Calvin Il. Seaver late of Moretown, in said
District, deceased, makes application to said Court
for license to sell all of the real estate of said de-
ceased, situated in said Moretown, to wit; The Home
Farm except the widows right of dover therein,
but including the homestead and reversion of said
DOVER representing that the sale thereof, except
the homestead is necessary for the payment of the
debts of said deceased and the expenses of admins
ration of his estate and that sale of the homestead
would he beneficial to the widow and minor child of
said deceased. Whereupon, it is ordered by said
Court that said application be referred to session
thereof to he held at the Probate ONCE, in said
Montpelier, on the 4th day of June, A. d. 1856, for
hearing and decision thereon; and 1t Is further
dered that all persons interested be notified hereof
by publication of notice of said application and order
thereon three weeks successfully I'm the Vermont
WdfchmaR a State Journal, a newspaper published at
Montpelier, and which circulates IN the neighbor
hood of those interested before said time of hear
ing, that they may appear at said time and place
and, If they see cause, object thereto
by the Court.-Attest
5ld A. @ ANERlIL. Register.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-19
2.--Blanks.

The word that will fill the first blanks
will fill the second, if beheaded and cur
tailed.
IL reached the - thicket in time to
hear the -.
PIT is - that Americans eat so much
3-We looked through the - in the
barn, and saw - full of hay.
Al - music 1t fingers yet in my -.
Dust for - they put him in the -.
g. - is she? / cannot see -.
THE dog is to - to - his collar.
S-The - must have found the - and
eaten it.
9 my name is -. EVA H.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-19
4-..Enigma.

Composed of "a letters,)
My 26 ~ 2S is little pie
My 3 q is mongrel dog.
My 10 II 9 is novel.
My II % is "dude."
My IA 10 30 y Is is placid.
My 80 20 u 81 "a is to defer.
NY Is 26 q % is mans name.
My "A % II II is silly man.
NY II 26 10 III 3 80 is uncivilized.
My 81 IL II % preys upon the dead.
My 81 80 80 10 is a small insect.
My % s 10 is little dear.
My whole is line from Grey's Elegy.
f. A. S.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-19
for tbe CHILDREN.
MY FlOwer-Garden.

My FlOwer-Garden.
DO raise fowers2 Yes, indeed,
And would you know the spot,
Where grow roses, lilies, pinks,
And blue forget-me.nots2
You cannot enter my garden
For It is very small,
But you may take a peep at 1t,
1t has no garden wall
just under my baby's chin,
That's where the lilies grow,
They're sweeter than nectar or honey,
And whittier than drifts of snow.
Here, on my baby's sweet cheeks,
Regardless of wind or weather,
Grow beautiful pinks by scores,
Red and white blended together.
My roses2 Yes, here is the spot
Where beauty her wild revel keeps;
Here rose upon rose and bud upon bud
Blossom out of my baby's.sweet lips.
Here. in the choicest of spots,
just in my baby's blue eyes,
Grow little forget-me-nots,
Buer than summer skies.
Ida A. Miis, in Good Housekeeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-19

AN English jury recently returned a
verdict that the defendant was guilty
of stealing hay, but that there was no
real evidence that he had stolen it.
Boston Transcript.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-19

MINISTER'S, lawyers, teachers, and
others whose occupation gives but little
exercise, should use Carter's Little
Liver Pills for torpid liver and bilious
ness. One is dose.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-19

IN some respects the gentler sex sur
passes us. No man, for instance, can
deliver lecture with mouth full of
pins.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-19

THE president of the Cambridge,
Mass, Fire Insurance Company rec
ommends Hoods Sarsaparilla as a
building-up and Strengthening remedy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-19
Geaal Notltes.
FISHERS ESTATE.

" COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Wash
ington Commissioners, to receive, examine and adj
just all claims and demands of all persons against
the estate of Caleb Fisher. late of Cabot, in said
District, deceased, and all claims exhibited in
offset thereto, hereby give notice that we will
meet for the purposes aforesaid, at the town
day of September next, from ten o'clock A. NJ. until
four o'clock p. NJ, each of said days, and that
six months from the 9Th day of March, A. ID,
1856, is the time limited by said Court for said
creditors to present their claims to for examina-
ton and allowance.
Dated at Cabot this LIST day of May, A. d. 1856.
so.s, HI R LAN WFI1s Commissioners.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-19
3..-RhOmbOid.

OsssNHUI1UUIU.
ACROSS.
kind regards.
"a worker in stone.
Entertaining to the nose.
4-To vie again.
"a nickname.
DOWN.
IA letter.
PA verb
ga large covered wagon.
"A low ridge of stone or gravel.
IA red color used by painters.
6-The hub of a wheel.
IA cover.
S-A mans nickname.
ga letter. EVA II.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-19

Answers to prize puzzles of last week lie
over until the announcement of the award.