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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-02-01
His Uncle's Clocks.

OF an uncle who seems to have q
mania for clocks Fred. Richardson, the
artist, says in the Chicago Times: 81
have funny old uncle down in New
Hampshire-a crank on clocks. | spent
a night in his house not long ago, and
l don't intend to spend another there
soon. / am a light sleeper and when l
am awakened l have hard time TO get
back to sleep. Well, at twelve O'Clock
that night l was awakened by the loud,
lazy stroke of an old-fashioned, tall
clock in the hall. 1t struck twelve
times, and l thought it would never
quit and let me 60 to sleep. had just
swooned off in the direction of sleep
when nasty little Yankee clock, with a
busy, whanging knocker, pelted off
twelve more. In a few minutes the
soothing chime of pretty French
clock seeped up through my bedroom
floor from the parlor. might have
gone to sleep under this influence, but
in a few moments more the loud, iang-
ling voice of another clock in some
other part of the house drove all sleep
from my eyes. In sheer desperation l
lay and counted clock after clock until
fifteen of them had each struck twelve
O'Clock, and then, just as l had con-
cluded that was the end of the process
sion of noise, the big father clock of
all-the one in the hall-struck one
O'Clock, and the rest followed its exam
pie. In the morning discovered that
the fifteen clocks were set just five min
utes apart. What do you keep your
clocks all set differently for?' l asked.
Well said my uncle, when l wake
up in the night like to know what
time it is. Now as l have my clocks
arranged. one of them strikes every
five minutes, so l don't have to wait
long to find out whether it is time to
get up He knew the voice of every
clock in the house, and knew just what
time it was whenever any one of them
Sfrllcl -
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-02-01
Safety Kindlings.

These cold, dark mornings remind
me that now is the season when belated
cooks sometimes use the lamp-filler to
hasten the kitchen fire. One of these
occasions furnished not long ago the
heading to a fire record as follows:
"Fools not all dead yet" Though in
this particular case the fire-builder
and the house were both burned, few
tragic fact, but unfortunately this reck-
less practice in the use of kerosene is
not confined to the hands of fools.
One seldom reflects upon the daily es-
capes from such fatal accidents in what
are supposed to be well-regulated house
holds. Such reflections do not inspire
confidence in the prudent forecast of
the average housekeeper. Now my
purpose in writing this is to suggest
simple and efficient method for pre-
venting this kind of danger from fire
method more easily practiced than the
hazardous one | am criticising and one
which | have practically and carefully
tested during the last six years. 1t is
to split kindlings from old shingles or
bits of bark, or from old barrels, and
pack them upright in six-quart tin
pail with close-litting cover. Then
pour on these kindlings half-pint of
kerosene. The oil will at once be alb
sorbed and you have sticks enouth to
start easily and quickly twenty to thirty
fires at the total cost of about cent for
the oil. Thus the temptation to en-
danger the house and the lives of its
inmates is entirely removed. Prac-
tically the most stupid ignorance yields
to this method because it better and
more easily does the work required
Seth Rogers, In NeiU England Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-02-01
A Cure for HiccOugh.

A Mississippi practitioner was called
to attend gentleman who was suffer
ing from obstinate hiccough. knew
that he had large dog, so l took my
mastiff along with me. The house con-
sisted of only one room, entered by a
single door. The house was crowded
with ladies', who had assembled partly
out of sympathy, partly from curiosity
and partly from gossip. My patient
was on low bed when | entered with
my dog. No sooner did my patients
dog see mine than he sprang for him
and tremendous fight ensued. The
noise of the dogs, the screaming of
the ladies and the general confusion
was Undesirable. When it was over
the sick man was missing, but was
finally found under the bed, and never
had another spell of hiccough as long
as he lived Youths Companion.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-02-01
The Toilet of an Empress.

A Photographer of the New York San
has been hunting in an old book pub
lished in Paris in 1907 for particulars
of the Empress Josephine's toilet and
accoutrements, with this result; "Four
to six times day did she change her
dress, and she never twice assumed any
plain gown. Her weekly allowance of
stockings was four dozen of silk in
summer, and in the winter two dozen
of French silk hose and three dozen of
the finest English cotton stockings. AS
for gloves and shoes, Nine. Bonaparte
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-02-01
" THEN let the moon usurp the rule of day,
And winking tapers show the sun his way
For what my senses can perceive
need M revelation to belieyp.h

Ladies suffering from any of the
weaknesses or ailments peculiar to their
sex, and who will use DR.. Pierce's Fa-
yorite Prescription according to direc-
tons, will experience a genuine rerela-
ton in the benefit they will receive. 1t
is positive cure for the most compli-
Gated and obstinate cases of leucorrhea,
excessive flowing, painful menstruation,
unnatural suppressions, prolapsus or
falling of the womb, weak back, " fe-
male weakness" anteversion, retro
version, bearing-down sensations,
chronic congestion, Inflammation and
liberation of the womb, Inflammation,
pain and tenderness in ovaries, accom-
panied with internal heat
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-02-01
Washing---Again.

For several years we have used a
washing fluid with such good success
(and our washings are very large) that
/ have often thought / would like to
see the recipe in the Household
columns. A few weeks ago we could
not get all the materials for making it,
so we tried "borax," as given by cor
respondent about that time. 1t worked
well, but not nearly as well as the fluid ;
so when / again got that SO helpful
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-02-01
Education and Labor.

Mary Wagner Fisher writes as fol-
lows in the Rural Ne,c- Yorker: l
have lately been told of one Pennsyl-
vania farmer who gave his daughters the
advantages of superior education, an d
these cultivated girls, in harvest-time,
had not only to prepare and carry a
a forenoon luncheon, but also another
in the afternoon, to the gang of hired
men in the harvest-field. For the
afternoon repast they baked griddle-
cakes, buttered and served them hot,
until the men sent in word that they
wanted something better than hot but
tered griddle-cakes!"
Well, Mrs. Fisher, what's the matter
with that? Was that Pennsylvania
farmer to blame for giving his daugh-
tiers the advantages of superior
education" or do the advantages of a
superior education unfit young ladies
for farm-life and such duties as that
life may bring with it? Where as
the trouble? Would it have been
less Objectionable if he had not
given his girls such advantages, or
should cultivated girls be therefore con-
sidered excused from work and sit in
the parlor for fear of spelling their
compilations? Is labor to be con-
sidered the especial lot of the ignorant
only, and therefore the advantages of
an education denied the workers that
there may be an ignorant class to work?
Or was the trouble because they had to
carry out luncheon to the gang" of
hired men? We know plenty of daugh-
ters-aye, and wives too-who have
good sense as well as good culture, who
consider it neither hardship nor dis
grace to carry out luncheons, and who
meet the workers as they come to the
barns with the loaded teams, heated
and weary with their work, with cool
drinks for their refreshment. And
they, too, know more than to carry out
hot griddle-cakes for luncheon. And if
the gang" of hired men in the fields
behave themselves and do their duty
well and faithfully, are they less to be
considered than the gangs" of young
men who idle in the parlors and have
luncheons carried to them? And could
young ladies having the advantages of
superior education properly do that
and would hot griddle-cakes be in order
for them there? We rather guess, Mrs.
Fisher, that you don't know much OF
the " dark side of farm-lifen by eX.
perience, or that you must later have
imbibed rather heightened ideas, if you
view such case as that with disap
proval. Labor is honorable alike foi
the rich and the poor, Culture does not
excuse one from it. 1t should rather be q
means of doing more and better work
The Pennsylvania farmer should be
commended for having given his girls
superior advantages; and in Itself
there was nothing in the carrying out
of luncheons to the hired men in the
field to lower the young ladies or tC
call down censure on their fathers head
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-02-01
DON'T overwater your plants. 1t in
jures them greatly.

HAPPINEss.-T foundation of all
happiness is health. A man with an
imperfect digestion may be million
aire, may be the husband of an angel
and the father of half dozen cherubs,
and yet be miserable if he be troubled
with dyspepsia, or any of the disorders
arising from imperfect digestion or
sluggish liver. DIR. Pierce's Pleasant
Purgative Pellets are the safest and
surest remedy for these morbid condi-
tons. Being purely vegetable, they
are perfectly harmless.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-02-01
The Twilight Hour.

oh, twilight weird but peaceful hour,
That softens night and days close bounds,
IT'S meath thy spell, like spirit message,
The magic horn of memory sounds.
love thee most when round the windows
The flying autumn wind doth blow
Thro rustling leaves-breathes down the chime
Till embers mid the ashes glow.
The shades OF days departed hover,
As II with life renewed they rise,
To lift with silent hand the curtain
We call the Past before our eyes.
Grandmother's room, again I see 1t:
She sits and spins with sivered hair,
And looks anon to where her darlings
Sit at her feet happy pair.
There, nesting with their glad young faces
Close side by side with widening gaze,
This boy and girl hear tales and legends
From grandmothers gray world of days
The spindle huns, naught stirs nor rustles
As long as her soft voice holds sway
The tall old clock then breaks the silence
And strikes the hour that stole away.
"once on time" begins the legend
Grandmother's words-in quaint old rhyme
In still delight the children listen
There lived prince once on time"
" Once time" why with such tremor
Come back these words like vesper chime?
Oh, Joy and childhood, we have faded
And are tales" Once tme!"
Grandmother sleeps meath shade of cypress
Within the church.yard many year;
The sister has, wife, forgotten
That once a brother was so dear.
And others who were around me
To keep and cherish as my own,
AS then l thought have dropped and vanished,
And now stand fororn, alone
They come, the shades in twilight hour,
Like soft airs from faroff cline,
Pale wraths, and whisper to me only
While passing by" Once on a time"
Oh twilight, weird but peaceful hour,
That softens night and days close bounds
It's meath thy spell like spirit message,
The magic horn of memory sounds?
Oh, let those spirits hover DER me
That blessed my childhood's morning bright
Till my life, too, shall, fading, darkening,
Flow like the shadows into night,
Prom the German.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-02-01
Cooking Cabbage.

A great improvement in cooking the
farmers famous dish of boiled pork
and cabbage is to cook the cabbage
by itself in clear water. When tender
pour out the water, add salt and butter
to your taste, chopping it little. Serve
hot, and it is nice and digestible. Boil
the pork with the potatoes.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-02-01
Mistellanp.
The Falling Snow.

The fiickering freight shadows
On the ceiling come and go,
While sit by the aarkening easement
And dreamily watch the snow.
From measureless realms of ether
1t floats to this barren sphere,
Down on the leahess forests,
Down on the meadows drear.
Drifting among the hedges.
Hiding the garden walks,
The tangle of rain-bleached grasses
And the iower-pots' frozen stalks.
Falling, still steadily falling,
Like some rivers ceaseless flow
Which holds its source in the heavens
And the whole world seems but snow.
And wish that some magic mantle
Might drop DER our lives tonight,
Hiding our disappointments
And wearyings from our sight
Hiding our vain ambitions
And our heart-aches, long and slow,
As this great worlds frozen baroness
Is hid by the falling snow
- Good Housekeepin
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-02-01

How TO MAKE ELEGANT BRoNzEs.-
Plaster of Paris statuettes can easily be
bronzed with Diamond Bronze Paint
and will look like genuine bronze.
Diamond bronze, gold, silver, copper
and artists black cost but ten cents a
package at all drug and art-stores,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-02-01

nything that the best of its kind is be initiated and
Il the fact that article countereted is the best possible
evidence of its value There limitations of the
Soap which groce persuaded buy because they pay
profit than the Ivoy will On of this profit the
grocer represent them to be u good the Ivory they
but like all counterts lack the peculiar and remarkable
qualities of the genuine Ask for Ivoy Soap and insist upon
getting it.
ProcterG az
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-02-01
Gbe 9uusebolo.

Contributions to this department should be sent to
the agricultural editor, North Pomfret, VT.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-04-13
"uOnest Abe"

1t was while Lincoln was salesman for
Mr.. Offutt in Salem, that he acquired the
sobriquet Of "Honest Abe" OF many
incidents illustrating his integrity at this
time, one or two may be mentioned. One
evening he found his cash overran q little,
and he discovered that In making change
for his last customer, an old woman who
had come in little before shutdown, he
had made q mistake, not having given her
quite enough. Although the amount was
small, a few cents, he took the money,
Immediately walked to her house, and
corrected the error. At another time, on
his arrival at the store in the morning, he
found on the scales weight which he re-
membered having used just before closing,
but which was not the one he had intended
to use. He had sold q parcel Of tea, and
IN the hurry had placed the wrong weight
on the scales, SO that the purchaser had q
few ounces less Of tea than had been paid
for. He Immediately sent the quantity
required to make up the deficiency. These
and many similar incidents are told,
exhibiting his scrupulous honesty in the
most trifling matters, and for these the
people gave him the name which chung to
him through life.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-04-13
Mr.. Lincoln and Jerry Smith.


The Rev. DR.. Nourse is credited with
having told the following anecdote: The
president was very much annoyed by the
persistence of certain member of con-
grcss named Jerry Smith, who haunted
him continually wherever he went with
applications for Office on behalf of his
constituents. One day delegation of
clergymen called upon Mr.. Lincoln to pay
their respects, and one of them asked him il
he ever sought counsel and guidance from
the Lord during that time of his great
responsibility and anxiety.
"Yes,' replied Mr. Lincoln, 81 pray
every night before l retire. think Of
the hundreds of thousands of soldiers
calnpel in the south, the boys in blue as
we'll Us the boys in gray, and pray that
the one may be supported in their efforts
to preserve the Union and the other
shown the error of their unholy strife. l
think of the thousands OF deserted homes
in the north, of the thousands of weeping
women and fatherless children, and I
pray God to give them strength to bear
their bereavemcnts and the wisdom to see
that their husbands, sons and fathers
have died fighting for the right. l think
of my responsibility and pray for strength
and wisdom. Then look under the bed,
and, finding that Jerry Smith Is not there
with an application for office, thank the
Lord for it, turn out the light, lock the
door, jump in between the sheets and 20
to sleep instantly"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-04-13
The Old Sign, "Lincoln & Hcrndou."

n characteristic anccdotc is told by Mr..
Browne, showing Lincolns enduring
friendship and love of old associations
When he was about to leave Springfield
for Washington he went to the dingy
little law office which William III. Hern-
don and himself had occupied together for
many years in a professional capacity
lie sat down on couch, and said to his
law partner, Ierndon: 'Billy, you and l
have been together more than twenty
years, and have never passed word. ,
Will you let my name stay on the old sign
until l come back from Washington"
The tears started to Mr.. Herndon's eyes.
He put out his hand. Mr. Lincoln"
said he, Il will never have any other
partner while you live;" and to the day
OF the assassination all the doings OF the
firm were in the name Of "Lincoln &
lIernuOn"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-04-13
Crossing Swords With Douglas.

In 1854, while crossing swords with
Douglas, after the passage of the Kansas
and Nebraska bill the power of repartec,
for which Mr.. Lincoln was SO famous,
was admirably illustrated by most
laushable rctort made by him to Douglas.
Mr.. Ralph L. Hoyt, who was present,
tells the story:
''ln the course of his speech MI Doug
las had said, The Wings are all dead. )
For some moments before speaking, Lin
coin sat upon the platform with only his
honest, homely face visible to the audi
ence. On being introduced, he arose from
his chair and proceeded to straighten HIM
self up. For a few seconds l wondered
when and where his head would cease its
ascent; but at last it did stop, and honest
old Abe stood before US. He began;
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-04-13
"That Reminds Me-"

Mr.. John II. LittleflelG, who studied law
under Mr.. Lincoln, is responsible for the
following:
Several men urged Mr.. Lincoln to re-
move Secretary of the Treasury Chase.
They said he was in the way of the ad-
ministration and hampered the president.
A smile played around the corners Of the
presidents mouth, and he said:
''That reminds me Of farmer out west.
He was blowing with his old mare Nance,
one hot summer day, and his son was fol-
lowing another pillow in an adjoining fur
row. A horsefly got on Nance's nose, and
the son kept yelling to his daddy to stop
and get the fly of the mares nose The
father paid no attention to his vociferous
son for awhile. Finally the son kept yell
ing about the fly on Nancc's nose until
the old man answered:
Now, look here, you jist keep quiet;
that ere fly Oh Nance's nose makes her go
faster"
There was sudden collapse on the part
of those who wanted Secretary Chase re-
moved
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-04-13

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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-04-13
Not n Latin Scholar.

Mr.. Lincoln was never ashamed to con-
TESS the deficiencies in his early educa-
tion. A distinguished party, comprising
Mr.. George Thompson, the English anti
slavery orator; the Rev. John Picrpollt,
Oliver johnson and Hon. Lewis Clepham
once called upon him. During the con-
versation Mr. Pierpont turned to Mr..
johnson and repeated Latin quotation
from the classics. Mr.. Lincoln, leaning
forward in his chair, looked from one to
the other inquiringly, and then remarked,
with smile: (Which, suppose you are
both aware, DO not under stand"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-04-13
lAEHAT
N 4iis
YOU?

Do YOU feel dun: languid. low-spirited, life
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ness" or emptiness Of stomach in the morn
mouth. irregular appetite, dizziness. frequent
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alternating with chilly sensations. sharp,
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IF you have MI, or any considerable number
Ct these Is fFan
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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-04-13

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