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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-23
All Fair and Square.

B. F. Jones, chairman of the republican
national committee, says: "Mr. Blaine will
not write another letter affirming or with
drawing his declination, at least, | see no
reason why he should. That was intended
as final. | believe that Mr. Blaine would
have been nominated by reclamation if he
had not withdrawn from the field. | do not
know what Mr.. Blaine would do if he
should receive unanimous nomination by
the Chicago convention, but should think
that it would be hard to resist the demand
of the party which had so highly honored
him. Upon the whole, / think these ques-
tons are not for me or even Mr.. Blaine to
answer, but for the republican party in as
sembly met. There is no truth in the re-
ports that few of Mr.. Blaine's close friends
have had concerted action for the purpose
of putting him forward again as a candi-
date, nor is there any truth in the report that
Mr. Blaine has relented and would now like
to have his name go before the convention.
Any feeling that may exist throughout the
country which favors Mr.. Blaine's nomina-
ton, understanding his declination, is
purely spontaneous. / have had conversa-
tons recently with Mr.. Whitelaw Reid and
Mr.. Elkins, but no mention was made of
forcing Mr.. Blaine's name upon the conven-
ton, nor was there anything said relating
to his possible candidacy, except an express
sion of wonder at the remarkable upris-
ing in his favor in spite of his letter of with
drawal. do not know that the gentlemen
named have letters from Mr.. Blaine that
would justify them in ignoring the letter of
declination. On the contrary, am conf
dent that they have not received any letters
from Blaine since the date of the Florence
letter which in anywise related to the poll
tics of the country, and know that have
not"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-23

SUMMER ToURs.-Round-trip excursion
tickets at low rates are now on sale via the
Burlington route, Chicago Burlington &
Quincy railroad from Chicago. Peoria and St.
Louis to Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo,
Salt Lake City, Ogden, st. Paul, Minneap-
oils, and resorts West and Northwest. The
d" Burlington y is the only line running
sleeping-cars from Chicago to Denver with
out change. 1t is the only line by which
you can go from Chicago to Denver and be
but one night on the road. 1t is the pic
turesque line to St. Paul and Minneapolis
1t runs daily " fast trains F" to Kansas City,
st. Joseph, Atchison, Council Bluffs,
Omaha, Lincoln, Cheyenne and Denver.
Fine government lands are located on its
new lines in Nebraska 1t is the best line
by which to reach all principal land points in
the West and Northwest. Tickets via the
Burlington route can be obtained of coupon
ticket agents of connecting lines. Send in
postage to p aul Morton, General Passenger
and Ticket Agent, Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy railroad, Chicago, Ill, four cents
for copy OF the Burlington Route Guide,
or six cents for an illustrated book about
Colorado and the Garden of the Gods"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-23
Chittenden County.
RiChnOnd.

Masonic BLOCK is being painted, as is also
the old hotel building. j. w. Hilton is en-
larging and raising the residence recently
purchased by him, making a two-story resi-
dence of it, in modern style. 1t will be
warmed by furnace. Charles Bostwick is
about remodeling his large block into a
hotel by changing it into three stories and
refitting the whole interior. j. II. Bates
has entirely repaired his residence and
painted the same, so that, all in all, our vii
lage is putting on better appearance. Let
the good work go on. - Farmers are
complaining Of the backward spring and
say the ground is so wet that it is hard
working it. Grass is looking finely, how
ever. - Farmers are bringing in their
potatoes and selling them at seventy cents
per bushel. - Herbert Marshall of New
Hampshire is here with another carload of
buggies of his own manufacture.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-23
Caledonia County.
Hardwick.

RALPH ARNOLD, four-year-old son of
o. &. Arnold of this place, was seriously, if
not fatally, injured on Friday afternoon last
by being run over by team driven by
Amasa Paine, who was speeding his horse
on Church street. The boy was PLAYING at
the edge of the street at the time and too
young to be fully conscious of the danger.
One leg was broken, his head badly cut and
he was otherwise severely bruised. There
is a strong feeling in the community that
the use of our streets for race-course
should be discontinued, if the laws are suf-
ricient to do it. - Some of our public
in front of the Methodist church and Town
Hall on Wednesday last. Arbor day came
a little too early for this locality this year.
The beautiful snow " has not all disap-
peared yet in this section. - A carload
of good horses was shipped from this station
to some point in Connecticut Monday morn
ing. - The Sons of Veterans here have
procured uniforms, consisting of cap, coat
and sash or belt. The uniform will add
much to the appearance of the organization
en- parade. - A. G. Clement has COM
pleted repairs on his tenement in the
" Stone " block and moved his family into
it. - II. w. Kemp, Esq, treasurer of
the Union Mutual Insurance Company, was
in town over Sunday. He had been to
West Danville to adjust a fire loss for the
nearly completed. His buildings are to be
covered with slate. G. w. Houston is
soon to move into the Kellogg house on
Main street vacated by Clement. Mrs.
Houston is rapidly failing in health with
little prospect of recovery. - Rylie
Batchelder returned home recently from
Providence, r. |.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-23
VermOnt's Corporation Tax.
Brattleboro Cor. Springfield Republican

[Brattleboro Cor Springfield Republican,
Since the decision of the United States
supreme court was rendered in the Alabama
tax case, sustaining the claim of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company that it's lines
extending through the states as they do
are not subject to local taxation, inasmuch
as such taxation is a direct interference
with the law governing interstate COM
merce, there has been considerable appre-
hension expressed on the part of the thought
full taxpayer in this state lest this decision
should successfully operate against our cor
poration tax law, which was enacted by the
legislature some six years ago, though
against the expressed opinion of some of
the most eminent lawyers and jurists that
the act would finally be declared unconsti-
tutional. These opinions, it will be remem-
bered, were declared, by those most inter-
ested in the enactment of the law, to be but
the utterances of paid attorneys of the cor
porations, and this served its purpose with
voluble farmers in the legislature, though
too many members were doubtful of it's ex-
pediency, while the law has not accom-
plished all that was promised by its Jealous
advocates. 1t was popular measure with
the masses, for it shifted the bulk of the
taxes " on t'other fellers the wicked cor
porations. The corporations, on the other
hand while protesting doubts as to the le-
gality of the law, rather than battle with
public sentiment chose to submit for a
time, at least, to its provisions. Conse-
quently they paid the several taxes assessed
but under protest, so that in the event of a
favorable decision by the supreme court
they were not only legally prepared to
claim exemption, but could also recover
back such taxes as had already been paid.
The courts decision now is, that communi-
cation by telegraph is commerce, and there
fore free under the law from local or state
regulation. The telegraph companies are
said to have paid into the state treasury
under the corporation tax-laws about 5000
year. If under this recent decision these
companies are exempt it would seem that
its application must be extended to include
telephone, railroad and other com panies
operating under general charters.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-23
Orleans County.
Barton Landing.

SoLoN EMERSON, a man in the employ of
Bartlett & Joslyn in their mill. was drawn
into the gearing and fatally injured last
week Tuesday. The accident happened
about nine o'clock A. NJ. and he lived until
half-past three p. NJ. Mr.. Emerson was
man of middle age and had been respected
citizen of this county for many years. His
remains We're taken to Irasburgh for burial
Glover.
REV. f. w. PIERCE, for several years pas
tor of the Universalist church here, has ac-
cepted call to the church at Wilmington
and will move his family to that place this
week.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-23

ANOTHER old myth is dead-America did
not derive its name from Americas YES
pucius, as is commonly taught and believed.
Rev. DIR. Hale, indorsing a statement of DIR.
Maroon, says, in the Critic, that this very
Vespucius derived his name from America,
precisely as we speak of Chinese Gordon"
because Gordon had lived in China 1t is
supposed that certain ridge of mountains,
near what we now call Cost Rica was
named Amerique," and that possibly
Vespucius, after his visit to this coast, had
the name on the brain.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-23

INTERESTED PEOPLE, Advertising pa
tent medicine in the peculiar way in which
the proprietor of Kemp's Balsam for coughs
and colds does is indeed wonderful. He
authorizes all druggists to give those who
call for it sample bottle free, that they
may try it before purchasing. The large
bottles are fifty cents and 81. We certainly
would advise trial. 1t may save you from
consumption.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-23
Addison County.
Hancock.

REV. A. b. TRUAx was in town Saturday.
- Joseph Williams has returned from
Barre. - Rev. NJ. II. Ryan was in Ran
dolph Monday. - Gertie Taylor and
Mabel Darling are teaching in Granville.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-23
Barnard, Sumner & Co.

(,
popular silk this year for ele-
giant dresses.
We have the best grade
Surah that we could find pro-
duced from looms.
We sell it as low as o. IL
cts and IS cts, but of course it
is light silk.
A heavier quality for 81 and
SI.25, and then a great jump in
weight and quality for $l.37 IL
and $3.50 a yard,
These two prices lead all the
rest ten to one. The quality
in them for the money is GER
tainly great.
Very fine and full luster Black
Satin Rhadama at 81 and at
SIPS; $3.50, too, for fine
dresses. We have Rhadamas
for IS cts and 81 1-2 cts, used
generally for Innings, etc, al
though many dresses are made
from them also.
Surahs in colors, plaids and
checks especially for summer
wear; pretty, of course; use
full for the summers Wear-5O
cts, 81 I-2 cts, IS cts, 81 IL
cts, 81.
Faille Francois in the rare
shades; nothing better for 81
a yard.
A little wider, same make
and grade, S1.25 both great
silks for the money.
India Silks, all sorts of de-
signs; have them at 81, S1.25,
S1.37 I-2. Some of them are
unique and striking.
Pongees, plain if you want
them, but this season most
ladies go wild over the beau
tiful printed ones.
We have them in ever so
many different designs, all of
them peculiar and all different.
The pattern covers 20 yards
and the cost SI2.5o.
The fine dress-goods department adoins the silk
We would like you to see the
new Cheviot Suitings shown
last week for the first time.
They are unusually nice
goods. Some of them are solid
color, shaded enough for con-
trast and to show the woven
figure, like the chevrons on the
arm of an orderly-sergeant;
others are checked off in white
and faint red stripes.
Others checked off in white,
red and canary.
They are 4S inches wide, 81
the price.
By the side of them you will
see the Arlington Suitings, So
inches wide, that have been
freely sold this season for $3.50.
We are selling them as freely
for SI.57 Ia, in the prettiest
of stripes; the same in checks,
SI.OO.
Whether you want to buy a
Chaille or not, we would like
to have you look at the new
shadow designs.
There may be a lady who
might not like them, but we
doubt it. They are certainly as
nice as any offered at any time
this season. Fifty cts yard.
Chambre Ginghams in all
possible colors, IS cts and 50
cts yard. These Ginghams
will make lovely summer
dresses when trimmed with any
of the white laces.
A charming young lady ven
tured to suggest that the
Chambre Ginghams, when used
in combination, make a dress
that is decidedly "chic."
Graduation dresses will be
wanted before very long,
Where can you get material
better suited to your wants
than with us?
Cashmere, Albatross, Batiste,
| A lt,ipa HypariND Raotrica Eli
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-23
Chelsea.

Chelsea.
A CONFERENCE of the members of the
prohibition party for the county was held
here last week Tuesday, Ezra Walker of
Randolph presiding. George w. Penniman
of Boston delivered public address in the
evening in Hotel Hall, after which pro-
hibiton club was organized, with j. A. r.
Corwin, president; Carl II. Corwin, secre-
tary; Miss Luvia g. Hatch, treasurer. -=
A. w. Whitney has sold to DR.. A. b. Smith
the brick house in which DR.. Smith lives
for 81 400. 80 The Woman's Christian
Temperance Union will hold a county insti-
tute in the Methodist church on Thursday
and Friday OF this week. The programme
is varied and interesting, and the meeting
ought to be success. - Jennie Il.
Moore is teaching in the Stanley district in
Washington, Lucy e. Corwin in the Bick-
nell district in Tunbridge and Myrtle Il.
Sprague in the Hovey district in Brookfeld.
- G.. l.. Hayward has gone to Lowell,
Mass, for few days. - Miss Eule Il.
Dutton has the measles - III. o. Bixby
and Hale X Darling attend the division
encampment of the Sons. of Veterans at
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-23
Orange County.
Braintree.

THE inside Of the church is being re-
paired. 60 There is to be an auction sale
of l.. II. Spears real estate and personal
property next Saturday.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-05
SOON TO FOLLOW
A GREAT STORY,
ROBERT L. ON,
IN THE GAZETTE.

The Gazette lCiU shortly begin q fascinating
serial By the great RoUeliSt, Robert L. Stevenson.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-05
PRIEsTLY DUTY.

Converting savage is as hard as tam
ing a rhinOceros, which, it is said, will
die of a broken heart before 1t will
abate It's natural ferOcity. The second
nature of an Indian is hate of the white
man, and this Unborn dislike must be
subdued to a respect for Il white teacher
before any good impression will take
hold. To see q savage, therefore, at the
feet of a Christian missionary learning
the divine precepts is an exhibition OF
wOnderfurswill power of the latter
over the f3Fmer. An instance OF the
kind is the mission service of Rev. l..
n. st. Onge, p. P, who, through very
trying exposure during ten years OF
hard Indian missionary life in the
Rocky Mountains region, pursued his
noble calling. Ofsthis he writes that
he encountered worse enemy than
the savage ideveloked from his mode
of life) and taking Bold of him with
the tenacity of death&self With this
enemy he struggled very hard, which,
like the Indians EYrejudiee, he had to
grapple becauseTit waSysiolent, and.
ike his own Wilt power Over tbe savage
-thatwhich hs employed 80 conquer
and subduc-Bas in its natursas over
towering as the influence he eSerted on
the savage mind. 1t penetrated with
magical effects and made its permanent
result. Let him explain. In 1662 he
wrote from Glens Falls, n. Y, stating:
Il am kept in bed by rheumatism and
am cripple trying the virtues OF your
great remedy. could not bear the
pain yesterday, but a single application
stopped it and made ME sleep comfort
ably. I trust it Will reduce the swell
ing and allow me to walk" Oct. 30,
1856, he writes again: Everything |
used failed to relieve me until l tried
st. Jacobs Oil. One application was
sufficient to stop the pain, and very
few applications TO reduce the swelling
in the Joints. I, therefore, recommend
that remedy to every one afflicted as
was. and consider it duty to give it
unqualified praise" As priestly duty
he makes it known.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-05

played with, the sooner am off the bet
ter, by Jove."
After pause:
"Wby have you been so unkind?" asked
Melanie in broken voice, while s little
"Unkind, Melanie?"
"Yes, if you knew all, why avoid me as
you have done?"
"I had no choice, and ever strove to
crush the wish to see you again"
"Atter all have sufered?"
"After ell l WAS told, rather"
"Of whst-of me?"
eyes"
"BY whom"
"Your Aunt Chillington-of sn in
tended second marriage"
A little convulsive, yet almost angry,
laugh escaped Melsnie.
Enough of that mischief-hoW can
you speak of it?"
"Beceuse 1t met me on every hand,
Melanie."
How much they had to tell and to ex-
plsin to each otherl OF the intercepted
letters; of the trickery OF Mr.. Grimshsw,
snd the use to which ne put his fatal dis
patch box; Of the sgonlzing newspaper
rumors; of all he had undergone abroad,
and all that she had suffered, but in a
different manner, at home!
By degrees this was all unfolded and
described again aud again, brokenly,
lovingly, at intervals, and Melsnie listen
ed to him with thrilling, yet happy
heart.
In marrying sgain-to come to prosaic
matters-she would lose more than half
her settlements; but little matter now, il
she lost them all!
All was well, now, and loves labor Was
won!
Even poor Reggie, who had suffered SO
much in body and spirit, and whose very
existence had proved SO fatal means OF
! tyranny over Melanie, WAS getting better
under new medical care and happier
auspices.
"No, one-nothipg can ever come be-
tween us, dsrling!" said Lonsdale, with
infinite tenderness; "all our future lies
in our own hsnds."
"Under God" she added, as her head
dropped on his breast.
Lonsdale's application to the Adiutaut
nent, wss successful; and certainly he
did so travel, but not sloue.
The leave comes in most opFortuuely
for the honeymoon trip-or, "Weddlng
tour" as Melsnie would call it, saying
that honeymoon was ridiculous eX
preston" And it did, perhaps, seem to
them, as Whyte Melville has it,
That life is short. though loveis life,
| And so the tale Is told.
The End.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-05

room and warned her against meeting
any advances from woman present. He
told her his reasons, and showed her his
proofs in black and white. "She could
and would only irjure you" he said,
land therefore avoid her. l am willing
TO face her with my own words il need
be-"
She took pains to Investigate the mans
statements, and proved them true. This
was ss foreign to gossip as the scarlet
from midnight attack by highwsyman.
One warns, the other assaults.
II was once my misfortune to meet and
introduce to friend woman who
proved to be professional blackmailer
and money-extorter. My confidence and
my friends pocketbook suffered in con-
sequence. l should not hesitate to speak
the evil l know of that woman, il l saw
other friends in jeopardy. But see no
good or benefit resulting from the criti-
Cism Of our friends faults or the unearth-
Ing Of old errors or sins. Let the dead
past bury Its dead Nothing belongs to
US but the present.
The most wholesale gossip ever heard
dealt out to suffering community was
in the house OF clergyman, and his wife
was the dispenser. l could not but
wonder whether by the earnest labor Of q
lifetime &c could scatter enough seeds Of
charity from his pulpit to choke out the
crop of thistles she was sowing from the
hearth stone. 1t seems to me it is always
easier to speak GOOD than evil.
II your friends faults annoy you, tell
him so; but for Heavens sake keep silent
about them in the presence of other peo-
pie. You will never reform him by call
ing the attention of the world to his
errors.
have made resolution which would
like to embody in an organized society,
end call 1t the Auti-Gosslp Club.
The resolution is this: Whoever speaks
i'll Of another person to me must meet
that person Gin my presence within 8
weeks time and repeat the words, thus
giving the accused an opportunity to de-
fend, explain, or reform his error. l
think a few experiences of this kind
would deter people from coming to us
with unkInd gossip.
The receiv. of stolen goods is held to
be equally guilty with the thief. There
fore the person who listens without re-
buke to scandal is equally guilty with the
gossiper.
Let every sensible man and woman
remember this, and refuse TO listen to
evil Of his neighbor.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-05

The Finest RazOrs IN the weEza
AtAnderson's gun store
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-05
Supreme Court d. ci.ions.
snecIal to the Gazette.

GALVESTON, Tex, Feb. 4.-The Court
of Appeals affirmed the following cases
Yesterday: J. a. Young vs.. is.
S. Natter & Bro, from FaYette
county; Jake Ayers vs.. the State,
from Austin county; Charles johnson
VS.. the State, from Colorado comfy;
Fred Wild vs.. the State, from Galveston
county; Carver W. Rains vs.. the State,
from Galveston county; Jim Thompson
VS.. the State, from Wood county.
Reversed and remsnded: Leon County
Cooperative Association VS.. II. Lever
and j. N. Black, from Leon county; John
H. Fowler VS.. the State, from Tyler
county; william Munich VS.. the State,
from Colorado county.
Motion for rehearing was oyerruled in
the case of Jim Kennedy VS.. the State,
from Red River county.
In the case of Dave Fahey VS.. the
State, from Galveston, the former judg
ment WAS set aside and cause reinstated
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-05
<Nature,s Own True Laxative.

The delicious favor and healthy proper
ties OF sound, ripe fruit are well known,
and seeing the need of an agreeable and
Reflective laxative the California Fig
Syrup Company commenced few years
ago TO manufacture a concentrated Syrup
of4Eigs which has given such general
sskisfsctloe that it BTspidly Aaperseaing
tie bittsfs drastic Diver medielns5 and
egthartics hithertesh use. n.eeosttye or
hilieds try itssgFor sala in 50-cent and 81
bottles by Threlkeld & Lyme, druggists,
Fort Worth.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-05
Murder in the Ems. Degree.
Special to the Gazette.

GREENvILLE, TEX. Feb. 4.-The grand
jury of Hunt county, which was recon-
vened yesterday, presented in the District
court to-day bill of Indictment against
RIB. (Doc) Turner for the killing OF r.
D. Hambrick q few days ago, charging
Turner with murder in the first degree,
It is understood that his counsel Will
make application for bail by habeas cor
pus proceedings on Monday next,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-05

The stomach is the human sewer,
Cleanse h,by the use OF Meguire's C0ndur-
engo, Which opens the beweis and psEges
away fecal matter, sEd good heEath is
sure to follow.