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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-27
Household Hints.

WHAT American farmers wives really
need is little more help and less
drudgery in the house; less fear of sun
light, and more light work out of doors.
ONE can easily prepare a flower-bed
in clay loan soil by putting on ii few
barrow loads of chip dirt and about
half as much manure, and by giving it
a thorough digging over afterwards.
The addition of wheel-barrow full of
sharp sand would make it still better.
WILLIAM BLAKE, the exponent of
athleticism, says that among girls run
ming is lost art. President Seelye of
Amherst College says that if girls
would run every day they would never
die of consumption. Here is an incen-
tive for some one to start girls run
ming club,
"THE kitchen-garden would usually
suffer but for the attention and thought
fulness of the housewife" says the
! american Gdrden "She need not dc
hard work; but it will do her good to
spend an hour there every morning
experimenting the work and planning
improvements; even pruning and weed
ing a little herself"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-27
Answers to Correspondents.

N. NJ. j.. Coos, N. H.-The 5000 bounty
which you have already received is all the
bounty to which you are entitled. The bill
you mention, giving additional bounty, has
not become law yet.
j. T. c., Walden.-Bills have been intro
duced in the United States senate and
house of representatives to increase the
pension for loss of both arms or both legs,
or the sight of both eyes, or other injuries
resulting in total helplessness, to 500 a
month. You had better write to the com
mittees on pensions instead of our members
of congress. If the committees report in ia
vor of the passage of these bills, it is not
likely that our members will oppose them.
II. c., Craftsbury.-The party you name
would be as much entitled to his whole
claim for the expenses of the last sickness
and burial of the deceased pensioner as he
would to the small amount allowed him,
the accrued pension exceeding the amount
he claimed. 1t is held in such cases that
the last sickness contemplated by the law is
the immediate attack which ends in death.
If the attack is not acute, it is regarded as
commencing at the time the pensioner be-
came so i'll as to require the regular daily
attendance of a physician or nurse con-
stantly until death. If death is from some
acute attack, the beginning of the attack is
taken as the commencement of the last
sickness
p. ID. b., Mortified. decision you
refer to does not change the rate of widows
pension from what it has been. The follow
ing is the decision: /" Mrs. Burnett's hus-
band, General Ward II. Burnett, was al
lowed a pension of S72 per month by a
special act of congress- on account of his
totally helpless condition, due to wounds re-
ceived during the Mexican war. The widow
was allowed pension of $50, in accordance
with the provisions of the general law. She
however, appealed to the court of claims
claiming the same amount per month that
her husband had received. The court, in
its decision used this language: The widow
becomes entitled to pension, not neces
sarily at the same rate her husband was en-.
titled to, but the rate he would have been en-
titled to if his claim were founded upon
what in the pension law is technically
called total disability" The decree o
disability by which his pension was rateC
makes no difference with the widow right
After death all degrees of disability are con
sdered by law as one and the same, to wit
total disability" and the rate of pension
| given to that grade becomes the rate o
! pension for the widow The pensions to liv
ing soldiers are graded according to thei
respective incapacity to perform manual la
Dor. When the disability is total $50
month is given as an equivalent. a pension
of $50 month, the supposed equivalent TO
total disability is, therefore, granted thu
widow The decision of the United States
supreme court, which has been so mucl
misunderstood, simply affrms the judgmen
of the court of claims, and the long-estab
lshed practice of the pension bureau ha
thereby received the sanction of the highes
tribunal in the land"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-27
Chocolate Cream Drops.

For chocolate cream drops: One
cake vanilla chocolate, three cups pow
dered sugar, one cup soft water, two
tablespoonful starch or arrow
root, one tablespoonful butter, two
tablespoonful vanilla. Wash every
grain of salt out of the butter. Stir the
sugar and water together; mix in the
corn-starch, and bring to a boil, stirring
constantly to induce granulation. Boil
about ten minutes, when add the but
ter. Take from the fire and beat rs
you would eggs until it begins to look
like graduated cream. Put in the van
lila; butter your hands well, make the
cream into balls about the size of a
large marble, and lay on creased
dish. Meanwhile the chocolate should
have been melted by putting it, grated
fine, into a tin-pail or saucepan and set.
ting this into another of boiling water
When it is black syrup add about two
tablespoonful of powdered sugar to it
beat smooth, turn out upon hot dish
and roll the cream balls in it until suf.
ficently coated. Lay upon cold dish
to dry, taking care that they do moi
touch one another.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-27

cellorsville was his eighteenth battle,
and it proved to be his last. About
two O'Clock in the afternoon musket
ball struck him on the head, entering
the right parletal bone, and dropping
into the skull to the base of the brain,
where it lodged. The result in every
previous case of that kind was death
within seven days, but Monks is still
alive, and the musket-ball is still in his
brain. For nearly twenty-three years
he has been perpetual marvel to
physicians, who have named him the
Iron Man" The wound paralyzed
Monks right side, drawing it up and
distorting it terribly. 1t also COM
pletely broke down his nervous system,
and in the years since he received his
wound he has had no less than seven
thousand commissions. For the first
few years, Mrs. Monks, the mother of
the wounded man, had hard work to
provide for him. Several years ago,
however, he received some arrears of
pension, and since then he has been
more comfortable. His physician is
DR.. Thomas Holmes. 81 saw him
wounded" says DIR. Holmes, "but L
thought the wound fatal, and paid no
attention to him. He did not die, how
ever, and was brought to New York
city and placed in hospital, where DR..
Valentine Mott took charge of him.
Drs. Mott, Parker, and other great sur
geons consulted whether they should
open his skull, but decided that the
operation would be too dangerous, so
they sent him home to his mother in
Williamsburgh. Except during his
commissions, Monks mind is perfectly
clear. This afternoon l asked him if
he recollected the old army rule about
chickens. ooh, yes, said he, Any
rooster that crowed within two miles
of the army was condemned to lose its
life,' and then he laughed heartily
Monks is dying at last. He knows that
he is, but he has faced death so often
that he is not in the least alarmed.
All the Doctors in the world can't save
me now,' he said to me. 1--WE got my
summons from our Grand Commander,
and Pm going to obey it, "-Ne1c York.
! Sun, JunudTU l6.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-27
Old-FashiOned Jumbles.

One cup of butter, two cups of sugar
two eggs, juice and rind of one lemon,
one-half tea-spoonful of soda dissolved
in tea-spoonful of hot water, pinch
of salt, and flour enough to roll out
well. These must be rolled thin and cut
in rings, with hole in the center, anC
baked in a quick oven. - A very
delicious kind of jumbles is called
Ruth's jumbles," from an old colorec
cook. Take one cup of butter, two o
sugar, two eggs, three cups of flour
one cupof milk, one-half tea-spoonful o.
soda and little essence of lemon
spread the cake very thin on buttere(
tins, bake quickly, and while warm Gu
in squares with sharp knife. Be
careful as you take them from the par
not to pile the squares on one another
as they will then stick together anC
spoil the cakes.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-27

BILIOUSMESS.
Bilious SYMPTOMS invapiab1

Bilious symptoms invariably
arise from indigestion, such as
furped tongue, vomiting ofbile,
giddiness, sick headache, ir-
regular bowels. The liver Sc
cretes the bile and acts like q
filter or sieve, to cleanse impu-
rites Of the blood. By irregu-
larity in its action or suspen-
sions Of its functions, the bile
is liable to overflow into the
blood, causingj aundice, sallow
complexion, yellow eyes, bill
ious diarrh@a, a languid,
weary feeling and many other
distressing symptoms. Bilious
ness may be properly termed
an affection Of the liver, and
can be thoroughly cured by the
grand regulator Of the liver
and hillary organs, BURDOCK
BLOOD BITTERS. Act upon the
stomach, bowels and liver,
making healthy bile and pure
blood, and opens the culverts
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and guaranteed to cure.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-27
The Living Room.

Let us take the ARREST, choicest and
sunniest room in the house, says the
Home for our living room-the work
shop where brain and body are built up
and forwarded; and there let us have a
bay-window, no matter how plain in
structure, through which the good twin
angels-sunlight and pure air-can
freely enter. This window shall be the
poem of the house. 1t shall give free
dom and scope to sunsets, the tender
green and changing tints of spring, the
glow of summer, the pomp of autumn,
the white of winter, storm and sun
shine, glimmer and gloom-all these we
can enjoy as we sit in our sheltered
room, as the changing years roll on.
Dark rooms bring depression of spirits,
imparting sense of confinement, of iso-
lation, of powerlessness, which is chill
ing to energy and vigor, but in light is
good cheer. Even in gloomy house,
where the walls and furniture are dingy
brown, you have but to take down the
dingy curtains, open wide the window,
hang brackets on either side, set flower
pots on the brackets and ivy in the pots,
and let the warm air stream in.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-27

fer peace to righteousness, and out of
such indifference any wrong may come
to be permitted. To be without proper
temper is to be a moral shuttlecock,
making life a game, in which the motto
is " HushP and enjoyment anyhow
the pursuit. Courage and manhood
cannot live in such a nature. False
peace is bought to-day TO be heavily
mortgaged tomorrow, with moral bank
ruptcy as the sure sequel. In many a
home, if the first neglect or wrong had
been kindly and wisely dealt with, and
not passed over for peace's sake, a
career of ruin might have been stopped,
and hours weary with sorrow been
bright with love. When a great and
generous heart sees weakness injured,
and expresses wholesome anger, it
makes us feel safer to know there are
such men. Nofeature of Christ's char
acter is more beautiful and solemn
than his power of righteous indigna-
ton. Christ lives with men in life's
battle, while Buddha only dreams.
Christ is the Master of life and is never
mastered by it. Temper controlled
not either wearing the dress of false
patience or resignation, much less
killed-is the Christian ideal. The
OUirer
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-27
Puddings.

Cake that has become dry can be
made into very good buildings. Boil
one quart of milk, add sugar and flavor
ing to taste, and pour it over slices of
cake; when they have become soft and
light, stir and add four eggs, well beaten,
and half a pound of raisins or figs; pour
into a deep dish and bake just long
enough to cook the fruit. - Another
very misunderstanding and tasting pud-
ding is made thus: Break the slices of
dry cake-several kinds may be used
into inch pieces; pour over them just
enough boiling milk to mosten; butter
deep dish or shallow bowl very thor
oughly; line it on the bottom and sides
with the softened cake, so as to make a
crust over an inch thick; next put in a
thick layer of any kind of cooked fruit
liked, following the shape of the cake
crust, and pressing the fruit up against
it; fill up the center with the rest of the
cake mixed with Clipped citron; place
in the oven; bake half an hour; then
turn out on plate, and frost thickly
with egg and sugar. Return to the oven
long enough to brown. Serve cold with
auce.-Bdzdr
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-27
Rescue of the Monitors Survivors.

From paper on the loss of the Mon
itor, accompanying Captain Ericsson's
account of his vessel in the Century, we
quote the following: After fearful
and dangerous passage over the frantic
seas, we reached the Rhode Island,
which still had the tow-line caught in
her wheel and had drifted perhaps two
miles to leeward. We came alongside
under the lee bows, where the first
boat that had left the Monitor nearly
an hour before had just discharged its
men; but we found that getting on
board the Rhode Island was a harder
task than getting from the Monitor.
We were carried by the sea from stem
to stern, for to have made fast would
have been fatal; the boat was bound
ing against the ships sides; sometimes
it was below the wheel, and then on
the summit of a huge wave, far above
the decks; then the two boats would
crash together; and once, while Surgeon
Weeks was holding on to the rail, he
lost his fingers by a collision which
swamped the other boat. Lines were
thrown to us from the deck of the
Rhode Island, which were of no assist
ance, for not one of us could climb a
small rope; and besides, the men who
threw them would Immediately let go
their holds, in their excitement TO throw
another--which found to be the case
when | kept hauling in rope instead of
climbing. 1t must be understood that
two vessels lying side by side, when
there is any motion to the sea, move
alternately; or, in other words, one is
constantly passing the other up or down.
AT one time when our boat was near
the bows of the steamer, we would rise
upon the sea until we could touch
her rail: then in an instant by very
rapid descent, we could touch her keel.
While we were thus rising and falling
upon the sea, / caught rope, and,
rising with the boat, managed to raise
within a foot or two of the rail, when a
man, if there had been one, could easily
have hauled me on board, but they had
all followed after the boat, which at
that instant was washed astern, and |
hung, dangling in the air over the bow
of the Rhode Island, with Ensign Nor
man Atwater hanging to the cat-head
three or four feet from me, like myself
with both hands clinching rope and
shouting LOT SOluc OuG W saw Hliu'
Our hands grew painful and all the
time weaker, until | saw his strength
give way. He slipped foot, caught
again, and with his last prayer, O
Godp l saw him fall and sink to rise
no more. The ship rolled and rose
upon the sea, sometimes with her keel
out of water, so that | was hanging
thirty feet above the sea, and with the
fate in view that had befallen our much
beloved companion, which no one had
witnessed hut myself, still chung to
the rope with aching hands, calling in
vain for help But / could not be
heard, for the wind shrieked far above
my voice. My heart here, for the only
time in my life, gave up hope, and
home and friends were most tenderly
thought of. While / was in this state,
within few seconds of giving up. the
sea rolled forward, bringing with it the
boat, and when | would have fallen
into the sea it was there"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-27
My First Cavalry Charge.

| was lucky in drawing a good horse,
and felt when we should get into a fight
l should surely distinguish myself.
AT length the time came. Our regi-
ment was drawn up in line on
hill, and on the opposite hill, half
a mile away, the enemy appeared.
Orders to trot, gallop, charge, followed
each other quickly, and away we dashed.
My sword was going over and over
like the arms of windmill, and my
voice made good share of the noise.
noticed, however, that the enemy
commenced to charge at the same time
we did, that their swords flashed as
brightly as ours, and yet their yells
were far from musical. AT the rate we
were going the two lines must very
soon come together The thought of
the possibilities of the collision had a
chilling effect upon me. Involuntarily
pulled up little on my horse, and
my sword slowed up perceptibly. Still
the rebels came on. My sword went
round slower and slower, until it seemed
as if it would not make another revolu-
ton. Just as it was about to come to
dead stop, l noticed the gray-coats halt,
turn and skedaddle. The air grew
warmer instantly, 1 gave my horse rein :,
my sword began to revolve again with
astonishing rapidity, and the way we
ran those Johnnies up and over the
opposite hill would have made you
laugh. They did not turn second too
soon, as / found afterwards that nearly
every man in the squadron had the
same experience that did.-Sergeant
Queens, Second United States Caualry.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-27
Gbe Soldiers 8uoget.
Pensions Granted.

To Samuel s. Reyes, Montpelier, SO a
month and 81 O60 arrears; Patience Bean,
Gouldsville "a dependent mother, So a
month and 1916 arrears; Jane V. Graves,
Wolcott $1S month and S756 arrears
George w. Perrin, Barre, "a month and
81 ,030 arrears; William III. Smith, Wolcott,
S2 a month and S460 arrears; Jesse Cayhue,
Barre, S2 a month and S491 arrears; Clark
Stevens, East Barnet, an increase of pension
from IS to S12 a month and $500 arrears
Martin Day, Jay, an increase from S4 to SIG
a month; Thomas Henly, Richmond, an
increase from SIG to $50 month
Henry j. Hyzer, Brookield, an increase
from IS to $l2 month"; p. p Ripley, West
Randolph, an increase from "a to S16 a
month and $512 arrears; Joseph b. Siloway
Montpelier, an increase from SO to SIG a
month.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-27
Stray Shots.

COLONEL w. l.. GREENLEAF of Bur-
lington claims to have the champion
hospital record, having been in fifteen
Union hospitals and three confederate.
THE Soldiers Home in Vermont was
organized at Burlington last week. Gen
eral William Wells of Burlington was
elected president, G. G.. Kinsman, Rut-
land, secretary, and General p. p. Pit
kin, Montpelier, treasurer. Randolph
and Windsor made applications to have
the home located in their respective
towns. Barre offered to give farm
for the home if it was located there.
The trustees will proceed to ascertain
the number of needy veterans in the
state who will require the care of the
home, and to locate and build home,
it is believed, at an early day.
LAST week, at Pittsburg, Penn, Pen
sion Agent Errett paid to Alexander
Gilchrist the largest amount of pension
ever received by private soldier. His
back pay aggregated S12,151, and the
money came to a blind, decrepit old
man, who has been an inmate of the
poor-house for years. Justice was tardy
in his case, as in many others, but it came
al last. ne rates VI pcuslOl WeIc as
follows: IS per month from August IA,
1862; S25 from July 4, 1864; S3l,25
from June 6, 1872; $50 from June 4,
1874; So from June II, 1873. The
pension was issued December Goth, for
disease of eyes resulting in total blind
ness.
THE committee of special examiners,
under orders from the pension office to
examine the pension rolls of the New
York agency, has completed its labors
and submitted its report. Four hun
bred eighty-nine names are recon-
mended to be dropped from the rolls,
owing to death of pensioner or other
causes. In twenty-nine cases further
examination will be made. Two no.
taries public are reported for illegal
acts in connection with pension vouch-
ers. In one hundred eleven cases the
whereabouts of pensioners could not be
ascertained; in such cases full identf-
cation is required before payment is
made. The commissioner of pensions
has issued an order in accordance with
the recommendation of the committee.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-27
Friends.--Old and New.

Make new friends, but keep the old
Those are silver, these are gold;
New-made friendships like new wine,
Age will mellow and refine.
Friendships that have stood the test
Time and change-are surely best;
Brow may wrinkle hair grow gray,
Friendship never knows decay.
For mid old friends, tried and true,
Once more we our youth renew,
But old friends, alas may die,
New friends must their place supply.
Cherish friendship in your breast,
New is good, but old Is best;
Make new friends, but keep the old,
Those are silver these are gold. Selected
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-27
Temper.

Some people think it virtuous to say
they have no temper. They scarcely
realize, in their love for sweetness and
amiability, that the glory of man is
royal warm-heartedness, not the pass
ivity of the fish. Sweet amiability
which is too weak for temper will pre-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-27
A Peculiar Case.

Among the privates of the Eighty
sixth Regiment of New York Volun-
teers who were at the battle of Chan
cellorsville, fought on May Sd, 1868,
was George Washington Monks, a young
man, hardly twenty years old. Chan
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-27

SIXTY applicants to fill three vacancies
in examiners of the pension office were
recently examined at Washington, ID.
c., and only sixteen were found quail
fled and recommended for appointment
to the office.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-27

EVERY day adds to the great amount
of evidence as to the curative powers of
Hoods Sarsaparilla. Letters are con-
tinually being received from all sec
tons of the country, telling of benefits
derived from this great medicine. 1t
is unequaled for general debility, and,
as blood purifier, eXpelling every
trace of scrofula or other impurity.
Now is the time to take it, Prepared
by G. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-27

How's your back? Hop PlaSterS cure
weak back, sideache, rheumatism, and
strengthen tired parts,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-27
Tbe Yuusebulo.

y Communications for this column should be
to the agricultural editor, DIR. Hoskins, at
gport, VT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-27
7 PER CENT INVESTMENTS!

Iowa Mortgages Improved Farms, not exceed
ing one.third of the cash value of property bearing
interest at six per cent and seven per cent semi
annually principal and interest payable at address of
owner. Also six per cent Iowa School Bonds on
hand and for sale For particulars information,
call on address, j. W. BROCK or A. W. FERRIN,
Montpelier, Vermont.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-06-26
Postage Stamps.

1t takes eighty men and women to
make postage stamp. First the
white paper in cut into sheets, each
large enough for hundred stamps.
The stamps on each sheet are count
ed twenty-six times to make sure the
number is correct. The printer
counts and passes the sheet to the
GUNNER, the GUNNER gums the back,
and, having counted, gives it to the
perforator, who divides the stamps
by rows of little holes, not forgetting
to count. 1t is surprising how quick
ly and accurately the hands can
work. Seven hundred million post
age stamps are made every year in
the United States. New York City
uses 5000, 900 a month.