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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-03-31
Interesting Documents.
THE FIRST REQUEST.


UNITED STATES SENATE, January 8, 1885,
Dear .Sir:--Referring to the accompanying nomina-
ton Of in place of -, suspended will you please
communicate to the committee on finance, United
States senate, the reasons for such suspension, or
the papers on file in your department which show
the reasons for this suspension? Very truly yours
JUSTIN S. MORRILL,, Chairman.
Hon. Secretary Of The Treasury, Washington, D. G.
Hereupon followed the refusal of Secre-
tary Manning to give reasons or papers, the
debate in the senate and the Presidents
npsgaOp
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-03-31

When baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was a child she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had children, she gave them Cas-
tora.
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WHERE'S the sense in spending money for
a doubtful affair, when sure and reliable
thing is offered? Hop Porous PldsterS for all
aches, pains and soreness. The greatest
strengthened known.
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Business Motites.

HAIR VINE stimulates the hair and pre-
vents it from falling out, cures itching of the
scalp and removes dandruff. Try it for
headache and neuralgia. At druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-03-31

BAD drainage causes much sickness. Bad
blood and improper action of the liver and
kidneys is bad drainage to the human sys-
TEN, which Burdock Blood Bitters will
remedy
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-03-31

MINISTER'S, lawyers, teachers and others
whose occupation gives but little exercise,
should use Carter's Little Liver Pills for
torpid liver and biliousness. One is a dose.
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ScOtts Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil
with HyDOphOSphites,

Is Most Nutritious and STRENGTHENING.
DIR. G. f. KNIGHT, St. Joseph, Mo-. says:
81 have used Scott's Emulsion for three
years with the greatest satisfaction in all
cases where nutrient medication is re-
mi
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&irtbs.

In Mortified, March "a, son to Mr.. and Mrs e.
W. Hopkins
In Granville, March Is, a daughter to Mr.. and Mrs
George NJ. Derbey.
In Berlin, March q, n son to Mr. and Mrs H. d.
Currer. Weight l02 pounds.
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ANOTHER STYLE OF REQUEST.
COMMITTEE on FINANCE 49,

UNITED STATES SENATE, March II, 1861
Dear .Sir:-will you please advise the committee
on finance whether or not there are any papers
moral character of -, late collector of internal
revenue for the first district of =, suspended? If
there are any such papers or charges will you
please communicate their nature and character to
the committee? Very truly, JUSTIN s. MORRILL,.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-03-31

LOVE turns his back on slovenlness, as
regards the teeth. Keep them pure, all we
who wish to be beloved and caressed.
SOZODONT is unequaled as a means of
whitening, polishing and preserving them.
SPALDING's GLUE" cheap, convenient
and useful, Mends everything.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-03-31

They stroled along the broad parade,
John Jones and pretty Miss Maria.
"Your teeth are awful, John" she said;
"Why don't You buy the beautifer?
See minel How whitel Yes It's my wont
To polish them with SOZODONT"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-03-31

The labor troubles throughout the coun.
Try are the sole cause of the flatness
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-06-16
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-Nantasket beach was strewn with
shingles the other morning, the result
probably of a spanking breeze.-Con'-
1nerctaI Bulletin.
-He-"If you had the sense Of
donkey you would listen to me" She--
II fear I should. my dear" ."--Harper's
Bazar.
Well give eleven dollars for the
sight of the boy ten years old who can
get out of bed in the morning and find
his hat and shoes without half an
hours hunt. - Exchange.
"A writer says that 'melancholy is
another name for tough" 1t may
sound less harsh to call a beefsteak
melancholy, but the word doesn't seem
to describe its condition so truthfully.
Toledo Blade. II.
We think it neither fair nor proper
to make ballet girls the subject Of
newspaper witticisms. Respect and
consideration should always be shown
for elderly people, whatever their sta
tion.-L0aOeU Citizen.
johnny had commenced the study
of Latin. "Ma. what's hic?' he asked,
turning from the book to the cat. "Ask
your father, child. That is an expires.
sion with which he is very familiar.
Binghanston Republican.
Bachelor friend Ito recently mar.
ried man)-'Why this detection, dear
boyP Have you suffered a disappoint:
mentp" ''Yes-my wife can not sing"
"Why, that should not distress you.
think you are to be congratulated y
"Ah. but she thinks she can"
The Trouble with Him.
When you see q business man look melan
with SsSsard face and dull. complaining
It's not because Of biliousness or collie;
Thetrouble 10 he doesn't advertise.
Utica Observer.
An illustrated paper of Cincinnati
is about to send John Il. Musick to
travel among the various tribes of In
dams and write descriptions of them.
Probably on the principle that Musick
hath charms to soothe the savage
breast. #aa. HNl. Np
Innocent Mother. "Who is thi,
Mrs. Up overheard the boys speaking
of last night in their roomp" Indifferent
Father--"Neverh heard of her" Innocent
Mother-"I think she must be an ole
colored woman who does their wash
ing. They always speak of her a.
Auntie Up. ."-Boston Post.
81 really can't sing, believe me
sir" we. the reply of q young lady to
| the repeated requests of an empty fop
II am rather inclined to believe
madam" he rejoined, with smirk
'.that you are fishing for compli
| ments.'' ''No, sir" exclaimed tn,
lady, II never fish in so shallow ,
stream. Chicago Ledger. -<+aa
! MARY Ann. did yez get that jol
yez answered the advertisement fur il
the papers As lady's wash ladyr
..Faix. I donno,, Mrs. McGinty; m,
social engagements has previnted mt
from calm on the parties. But sim
them me kyard de wisite, As they call
It, and I expects to hear by Chewstay,
Rambler.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Bishop Taylor, Of the NJ. E. Church,
has penetrated over 400 miles into
Angola, Africa, with forty missionaries.
DIR. w. r. Harper, Of Morgan Park
Baptist Theological Seminary, ILL.,. de-
clined the presidency of Chicago Uni
versity, and accepted the chair Of Orr.
entail Languages in Yale College.
The State Superintendent of Schools
of Vermont has carried the Arbor Day
idea to an extreme by recommending
that hereafter the scholars plant willows
around the school buildings. SCHOOL,
boys will scarcely be such FOOLS
Omaha. Herald.
The Primitive Methodists Of En-
gland have sent out Rev. H. w. Burnett
to take charge of their mission work at
Fernando Po, in Western Africa, from
which their former missionary was ex-
PEELED by the Portuguese. He hopes
they will allow him more freedom of
worship.
1t was stated at a recent Wesleyan
missionary anniversary at Bristol. Eng.
that native gentlemen in CeylOn send
their daughters to the same schools
with Christian girls and allow them to
board in the same houses. Caste rules
evidently are not as strong there as in
other parts of India. Hff
One sultry Sunday q minister no.
ticed many of his congregation nodding
from drowsiness. He effectually awak-
ened them by saying: II saw an ad-
vertisement last week for five hundred
sleepers for railroad. I think / could
supply at least fifty and recommend
them as good and sound."-M Y In.
dependent. .|I 1851
George w. Gilmour, of New York
| d. A. Bunker, of Ohio, and H. b. Hurl
bert, Of Vermont, have been nominated
| by Commissioner Eaton, of the Nationa
Bureau of Education, to introduce the
English language and American
methods of teaching at the request o.
the Corean Government. During theil
two years residence in Corea they will
be paid by the Corean Government.
The public school building at Colo
Spring, Long Island, was built ninety
six years ago, and is still In good re
pair. 1t was raised on the 28d day o,
April. 1870. On that day George Wash
ington was returning from tour of the
island, and while passing from Hunting
ton to Oyster Bay Cove he, came upor
the spot where the new school hous'
was being raised. He stopped, and
after assisting to place one of the rafter,
in position, left one dollar with which
to treat the workmen and drove on
N. Y. Tribune. a Vi
"A newspaper in Maine quotes SOM
reports of 'deestrick school, com
mitteemen, which read like those o
half century ago. One such is: "Mis
Abram did not allow the children T.
make any noise, and made but littl
herself. moving her pupils around a
old Dea. Drinkwater did his oxen-b
the snap of her finger" Anothe
school ''made fair progress, som
scholars getting ahead Of their ow,
accord and others being dragged along
Strap oil properly applied might hav
helped the matter" Birch OIL is tn
lubricant which ''made things rul
smooth" at another school.
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IMMORTALITY.

Is There Not for Man Another Existence
in Which He May Realize tho Unattain-
able on Earth.
All but man reach their highest de-
velopment here. The beast lies, down to
die, with his whole nature satisfied;
food and shelter are all he asks. But
man lives not on bread alone; he dies
with the best half of his nature unsatis-
fed, the best powers undevelopeds
dies hungering-dies, growing. His
great actions are only specimens. earn
ests of what he, could do. were not time
SO niggard of its days. We may SEQ
the possible progress by the actual
achievement of man., Open your Gen.
esis, and of all the creatures whom the
angels with their flaming swords drove
out of Eden, man is, the weakest and
poorest in resource. The lion and ele-
phant are stronger, the horse and roe
swifter, the eagle, keener-sighted All
are better equipped for the struggle
than man; they challenge him and he
accepts the challenge. But to-day he
is lord of earth-the victor in the bat
He; last at the. start he is, first at the
goal first, without a. second in sightI
BY the cunning hidden in his fingers,
by the magic latenb in, his brains, he is
to-day swifter than, gazelles keener-
eyed than the lynx and mightier than
als lions. Through his telescope he
secs wildernesses of burning worlds
that the eagle eye never saw and never
will see. He nushes through valleys.
under uptainS and over, continents,
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FUNERAL EXPENSES.
A Clergyman's Sensible Advice to tami-
lies Visited by Death.

A Clergyman's Sensible Advice to ami
lies Visited by Death.
In connection with the subject Of
funerals, would like to make a sug-
gestion to all who, through a sad
necessity, may become interested. It
is the custom, of course, where death
occurs in family to send at once for
an undertaken. II there be no male
relative to make business of the
matter, the suggestions of the under
taker are listened to and assented to by
the widow and the orphan. The SUBJ
ject of the cost CRATES so harshly upon
the ear of the afflicted ones that cost
and prices are not much talked over,
but left to the judgment of the under
taker. The undertaken, however kind
and sympathetic, knows but little Of
the financial affairs of the family, and
his thoughts running naturally in the
business line of getting up nice
funeral, he selects and brings up a
rather expensive coffin or sarcophagus
probably one that costs sixty or
eighty dollars. Its price scares the
family, but 1t has been "ordered," and
''is there, and can't be helped" And
the straitened family finds that the pay
ment of it, together with all the other
expenses incident to sickness and death,
becomes as great a weight upon
their hearts as is the earth upon
the form of their dear one in his grave.
This is no fancy picture. But let it be
understood that there are in every
undertaking establishment in this city
not only those modern abominations
called "caskets," made of iron, or OF
chemically-steeped boards to initiate
iron, but also rosewood" cotfins,
light in weight and very beautiful, for
prices from seventeen to thirty dollars.
My suggestion is, to all families, that,
when death enters among them, they
at any cost of feeling make the ex.
penses of the burial personal and
business matter, and thus avoid sorrow
upon sorrow.-St. Louis Globe Demo
cf0t,
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FOB SUNDAY READING.
THE LIGHT OF Liee.

me sun hath never lifted from his brow
His crown OF light that giorines the day.
TleouGh ages immemorisl, bright as now.
His smile hath flled yon sky's unbounded
He shines 70 e shield the simple flower from
n thrill sSe br..s. Of man with living
Caro- can not move him with her iron arms
Death can not seize his throne with 10Y
:..l y: ss.u. from II. . s,s.e Of .: s:y
Or erseve him with the tale Of psrished
years.
The wild flowers lift their sweetness to his
They smile, and looking up with holy eyes,
They view him in the splendor OF hs might
Knowing bis. Brightness clothes them with
They bloom their lives away in Beauty's
Great Lord! Thou art my sun. and I, poor
Thrive from Thy goodness through my life's
Thy 'nlIs: ga. ike mamma sweet my hunger
And On ny Hfe's frail stem, my soul-poor
Ss ksssas A. sss .sss T. ss IL Tss stsi:: ss
The rains have beaten me, yet have felt
Thy peace draw near and soothe away my
And have seen my tears in rainbows melt,
Beneath Thy gentle love that warns and
And have learned. whate'er my lot may be.
To turn; kind Lord. for light and hope to
Oh. make ,., me strong. and nli my days with
Oh. teach my trembling soul to cling te
For this first life whose blossom falls to dust
Must SOW its seed in immortality
Help this poor weed to bloom with loveliel
birth
when its first petals fade upon the earth!
My life hath hopes that with glad voices call
Like angels hidden In this heart Of mine.
Thy will be done! Yet let not darkness fall
When hushed with trust their earnest faces
shine!
And teach me not to hold one longing dear
Whose Joy to me would be auother's tear!
Just Lord Sr,n,.' my sum- immortal pure ant
Hear this the pleading of life that grows
1 Not from itself, but Thee, its day, It's light,
/ And all its being to Thy bounty owes!
Teach me to bear the fruit Thou lowest best,
| To live and die and wake upon Thy breastl
-Erpcst ". Shurtlef. IN YottHs Companion.
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The Tongue in Disease.

A white-coated tongue indicates
febrile disturbance; brown moist
tongue indicates disordered digestion
or overloaded prime vie; brown dry
tongue indicates depressed vitality, as
in typhoid conditions and blood-poison-
ing; red moist tongue indicates de-
bility, as from exhausting discharges;
q red dry tongue indicates pyrexia, or
anyinflammatory fever; a strawberry"
tongue with prominent papills indi-
Gates scarlet fever or rotheln; red
glazed tongue indicates debility, with
want of assimilative power Of digestion;
. tremulous, fiabby tongue indicates
delirium tremens; hesitancy in pro-
truding the tongue indicates ooncus-
sion Of the brain; protrasion at one
side indicates paralysis of the muscles
Of that side. Scientific american.
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A PRECIOUS MACHINE.
Tho Modest Statements Of . Strictly
fHf Truthful Hardware Clerk.

Tho Modest Statements Of . Strictly
t Truthful Hardware Clerk.
It was plain TO see by his looks and
actions that he had no idea of pur-
chasing a lswn-mower. He might,
possibly, have been argued into buying
two papers Of tscks for five cents, or .
summer Thermometer at slaughter
prices, but it wasn't likely that he even
had lawn to NOW. And yet he came
to q sudden halt before a hardware
store, slid up to three or four specimen
mowers on exhibition, and a minute
later he was making a close examine
ton. A clerk came out and said
'Good morning. We have few left,
but they are going like hot cakes"
The man seized the handle of one Of
the mowers and pushed the machine
back and forth.
"Any child can run it," observed the
clerk, ''and you notice that it makes
no more noise than a sewing machine"
The man upset the machine on its
back and spent three minutes investi-
eating. y y ,. D.I
Nothing to get out of order, SIR"
continued the clerk as he bowed to a
good-looking woman. '.We warrant
this machine for two years, and will
replace any part that Breaks
The man stood the machine up on
one wheel and squinted and examined
some more. ifAF
"Cuts through the heaviest grass
and cuts closer than any other machine
made. We are willing to let you have
it for a week on trial"
The man counted the places for oil
ing the bearings. There were four Of
them.
"Over eighteen thousand of these
machines were sold last year." said
the clerk, as he menaced dog with a
hOe-handle. ut has taken more first
class premiums than any other ma
chine In the world. The best is always
the cheapest
The man pushed the machine few
feet away from him, thrust his hands
deep into his pockets and seemed
about to whistle, but he didn't"
II can give you list OF two hundred
and thirty prominent citizens who have
used them" said the clerk, as he firted
| with . woman on . passing street car.
IDOu W ucCclVeu lutO UuylHS Ill III
ferior machine. The lawns of the no
bility of England are moved with this
machine"
The man suddenly advanced ant
seized the handle of the machine.
''This machine sharpens itself, and
the only care needed is to oil it nov
and then. Those who have used then
the longest would not part with then
for double the cost price,"
The machine was pushed and pulled
1--WE not only guarantee the machine
but the price shall be made perfectly
satisfactory" said the clerk, as hi
waved off a boot. black. "What is tn
use of paying twenty dollars for lawl
mower which will get out of order il
half an hour? Beware of base imfta
tions. There are machines in hi
market which are not worth the cost y
sending home by an express wagon
Let me have your number and 1 will
send this one up on trial. If it doesn'
work"
The clerk turned to look for the ma
but he had been gone minute and
half.-Detroit Free Press. U..
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A Diminutive Engine.

Charles Cox. q jeweler of Salem.
Ore, has constructed steam engine
inside the wreath on one dollar gold
piece. Its weight is two pennyweight
and six grains. and the length of the
stroke is sixteen hundredths of an inch.
The length of the valve stroke is three
hundredths of an inch. and the machine
when run by steam is capable of five
thousand revolutions per minute. It ID
now run by compressed air. The cylin-
der and bright work is gold-plated. and
the little thing is quite curiosity In ii
way.-Oregonian.
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DR.. Sundel is a young man with q
new girl, and the other evening. in a
bit of enthusiasm, he made q dive at
her and kissed her on the forehead.
"What do you mean, sirp" she said,
Indignantly.
"Ibeg your pardon-I-I-" he hes
itated. n.y.. ..
Excuses are useless. sir. Apologies
are in vain. l could never forgive a
man for kissing girl on the forehead
when her liIs were In easy reach and
entirely unengaged at the time. Go
sirw tfale 8Hf
But he didn't get gone. Not hardly
Merchant Traveller.
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BIRD HOUSEKEEPING.
Struggles for . Nest Between Little
wrens and wrathful Bluebirds.

Struggles for q Nest Between Little
wrens and wrathful Bluebirds.
The bluebirds early took possession
and in June their first brood had flown.
The wrens had been hanging around,
evidently with an eye on the place (such
little comedies may be witnessed any
where) and now very naturally thought
it was their turn. A day or two after
the young bluebirds had flown, I no.
ticed some fine, dry grass clinging to
the entrance to the cavity, circum-
stance which I understood few mo-
ments later, when the wren rushed by
me into the cover of small Norway
spruce, hotly pursued by the male blue
bird. 1t was brown streak and blue
streak pretty close together. The wrens
had gone to house-cleanlng. and the
bluebird had returned to find his bed
and bedding being pitched out-of-doors,
and had thcreupon given the wrens to
understand in the most emphatic man
ner that he had no intention of vacating
the premises so early in the season.
Day after day, for more than two weeks,
the male bluebird had to clear his
premises of these intruders. 1t occu-
pied much of his time and not a little
of mine, as l sat with book in q sum-
mer-house near by, laughing at his
pretty fury and spiteful onset. On two
occasions the wren rushed under the
chair in which l sat, and streak of
blue lightning almost flashed in my
very face: One day. just ~ had
passed the tree in which the
cavity was placed. heard the wron
scream desperately; turning. l saw the
little vagabond fall into the grass with
the wrathful bluebird fairly upon him;
the latter had returned just in time to
catch him, and was evidently bent on
furnishing him we'll. But in the
squabble in the grass. the wren escaped
and took refuge in the friendly ever
green. The bluebird paused for a
moment with outstretched wings look.
ing for the fugitive, then few away. A
score Of times during the month q
June did see the wren taxing every
energy to get away from the bluebird
He would dart into the stone wall
under the floor of the summer-house
into the weeds-anywhere to hide hi
diminished head. The bluebird will
his bright coat looked like policeman
in uniform in pursuit of some wicked
rusty little street gamin. General,
the favorite house of refuge of tn
wrens was the little spruce, into whic
their pursuer made no attempt to folio,
them. The female would sit conceale
amid the branches, chattering in
| scoldinp. fretful Way, while the male
with his eye upon his torimentor, woul
perch on the topmost shoot and sins
Why he sang at such times, whether !
triumph and derision. or to keep hi
courage up and reassure his mate,
could not make out. When his son
was suddenly cut short and I glance
to see him dart down into the spruc
my eye usually caught a twinkle I
blue wings hovering near. The wrel
finally gave up the fight. and the
enemies reared their second brood
peace. "-John Burroughs, in Centur
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There is nothing in life one-half SO
sweet as to think Of God. The hand
feels after Him in the dark, grasps q
thousand things and relinguishes them
instantly, for they are not what II
seeks; they sre not God. The eye
wanders over a multitude of objects,
restless and dissatisfied, but when y
lights ON God it has found its peace and
the vision Of its joy. God is the home
both of the mind and heart and when
His will has of truth in act as well =
in desire become the home OF the WIZ
then ii Is Heaven atready.-Esber. !
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The Bartholdi statue at New York
is to be lighted at night by shaft
light from torch which will be seen
ninety miles out at sea, and therefore
long before any lighthouse On the
coast, and also by four large lights at
the base Of the statue.