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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-19
Markets,
Brighton and WATERFOWL
Live Stock,

VEALs.-Receipts, 1878 head. Sales were
slow. Prices ranged at % to 6lc per pound.
PoULTRY.-Th receipts were less than
one ton. The ruling price was l0c per
pound, live.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-The receipts were
1915 head. Sheep sold at 2 to &c and lambs
at 81 to 65c per pound.
SwINE.-The receipts were 22,2S9 head,
Northern dressed selling at g to 6Yc and
Western live at % to 5ic per pound.
CATTLE.-The receipts were 1866 head.
The market was active. Northern dressed
sold at to &c and fancy at Tic per 10.
HIDES, TALLow Erc.-We quote Brighton
hides at to &c and country lots at to 54c
per pound; calf-sldns, 3 to &c per 10: pelts,
75c to SIP each; dary-skins, 10 to zoe
each; Brighton tallow, to 4c and country
lots at to pc per pound.
Boston Produce.
FRUIT AND BEANs.-Market quiet and
prices steady.
VEGETABLEs.-The market is rather dull
at steady prices
HAY.-Fair demand prices ranging from
Sl5 to $40 for the best.
EGGs.-Demand quiet and prices are I'M
changed. Vermont extra, u to 2Sc.
BuTTER.-Very little demand. Western
markets higher than Eastern. Extra West
ern creamery, 30 to 32c; Vermont extra
dairy, % to Doc. Cheese is also quiet
FLOUR AND GRAIN Business continues
light, with no material change. There have
been heavy arrivals Of corn and under the
pressure prices are in favor of the buyer.
WOOL Total sales, 4726,700 pounds.
Prices still firm, but demand has fallen off
slightly, Dealers are a little nervous.
Prices have probably reached high-water
mark
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-19
The Holidays.

THERE is nothing more conducive to the
enjoyment Of the holiday season than good
free from paralysis, heart disease, rheuma-
ism, dyspepsia, kidney and bladder troubles.
Use AHti. 1poptcct1tc, price ST. at your drug
gst's. Henry Abbott Of Augusta, Me, says;
" Anti-Apoplectine has done me the most
good of any thing have ever taken for par
alysis of the legs"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-19
Business slutires.

MY wife said to me last night: I" How
much do you suppose we have paid out for
doctors and medicines in the last year," |
told her ! did not know. "To doctors have
paid nothing, and five dollars worth Of
Sulphur Btters has kept health in our fam
ily.''-L 1ndrclcS, ~ BocdOm street, Boston.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-19

SOUTH RoYALToN.-Charles Braley of ST.
Johnsbury is visiting Perley Belknap.
- John Shepard is at work in A. p.
SINNERS market. - K. Winslow and
wife visited in Burlington last week. -
The dancing-school at Southworth Hall,
under Mr.. Curtis of West Randolph opened
with seventeen couples. - Mrs. A. p,
Skinner returned Saturday from her visit
to Manchester, n. II. g. p. Abbott
and Frank Hoyt returned from their trip to
Lowell, Mass, with five horses. - f.
G. Avery and his mother of STAFFORD visited
l.. G. Dickerman last week. Mrs. NJ.
G. Bradstreet and Miss Belle Blake start
Monday, December "a for Orlando, Florida.
- Charles Southworth has completed
arrangements with Everett Dodge to move
back to his farm after the year at the hotel.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-19
Marr1a9es.

In Bradford. NOV. 20 by Rev. A. J. Hough. Amos
b. Sawyer to Nance Avery.
In Vershre, Dec g. by Rev. w. +. Harding, Will
lam Eastman of Barre to Bertele johnson of Yer
shire.
In Waterbury, Dec. 10, at the hotel of f. J. Ennis,
by Rev. w. X. Davenport, William j. Pike of Middle
sex to Mrs Eliza j. Darby of East Alburgh.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-19

Inc ponce DOatS ran out WIN cannon look
ing for the pirates and the " coppers avow
their intention of fighting it out to the
bitter end.
Two girls were walking on railroad
trestle near Raleigh, N. c., when a train
came upon them suddenly. One of them
caught foot in the cross-ties in attempting
to escape, and, her companion stopping to
assist her, they were both run over and hor-
ribly mangled.
ATTORNEY GENERAL SELLERS of Indian
apolis has rendered his resignation. His
acknowledgements have been abusing the
poor man for his failure to find sufficient
evidence to secure an indictment against
Colonel Dudley and succeeded in making
his place too hot for comfort
The Sackville incident is not yet ended.
1t is rumored that a letter has been sent to
the British government protesting against
Lord Saisbury's action in refusing to send
a minister to this country. In the house of
commons last week Thursday inquiry was
made in regard to the matter.
The United States secret service officers
have discovered "a gigantic scheme for
smuggling opium across the Canada line.
One OF the gang was captured in Denver on
Saturday and confessed. Several hundred
pounds of the drug, worth $4,000, were
seized in Colorado and Michigan.
MINISTER PHELPS will not remain in En-
gland, unless Lord Salisbury at once ap-
points successor to the late Sackville. II
would hardly consist with the dignity OF
| the United States to retain a minister in
England while the British legation here is
left in charge of a third secretary.
AMONG the lady passengers on the I'm
| bria," which landed at Queenstown on Sun,
| day, was Mrs. Gallagher. On reaching the
shore she was arrested and searched and
| fifty cartridges were found concealed in her
dress. She is now imprisoned and the au
| hn M in m rala har
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-19
Home Investment.

There is limited amount of the capital stock of
the Standard Light and Power Manufacturing Com
pany for sale, and subscription blank can he found
at either of the banks. at the Office of the Com
pauy where subscriptions will be received up to and
including January Is. 1889.
STANDARD LIGHT AND POWER MFG co.
Montpelier, VT, December Is, lsss.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-19

Nor like other kinds. Hop PldsterS are
fresh, sweet, quick-acting, soothing and
strengthening.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-19
Deatbs.

In Bradford Dec. s, Mrs. Ralph Mum, IS.
In West Fairlee, Dec. l6, Mrs. Nancy f. Morey, ST.
In Middetown, Conn., Dec. 49, Mrs. Lucia Wash
burn Hazen, widow of the Rev. Austin Hazen for
many years pastor of the church in Berlin, VT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-19

LEON MORSE had one leg broken and the
ankle badly injured while drawing logs at
Island Pond
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-05
victim. Of ..Nervou. Dyspepsia"

A malady that seems to have become
alarmingly prevalent of late goes by the
name of nervous dyspepsia" The doc
tors are. getting up as great a run on this
term as they did on malaria few years
ago. If man has queer fancy of any
sort, or woman imagines that burglar
is really under the bed. 1t Is certain case
of nervous dyspepsia, just as an ordinary
headache Is set down to malaria. 1t is
astonishing, though, how heartily some
Of these victims of nervous dyspepsia can
fill themselves with food. and how ready
they all are to grab every good thing go
ing that they can reach. It is sheer hum
bug in the doctors to use this term at all,
or to encourage people in the notion that
they have any such malady. but then
there is quite as much humbug among
the doctors as among any other class,
possibly even little more. Hundreds of
men in perfectly good general health. and
attending to business as regularly as they
ever did, viii tell you, II asked how they
are. that they are utterly wretched from
nervous dyspepsia. and go on to dilate on
the symptoms at tiresome length. The
doctor has told them that's what's the
matter, when probably the real trouble is
only stomach temporarily out of oSler.
and as the phrase sounds well they repeat
1t at every opportunity. It is o peculiar
ity Of the man who fancies he has nervous
dyspepsia to DO more Of . crank than any
other crank.-Eew York Cor. Detroit
Free Press.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-05

1t Is hopeful sign of American civiliza-
ton that never before in the worlds history
were there so many men of wealth using
their wealth as trust, not as private pos
session visited not long since ono of the
largest single coal mine owners in Pcnnsyl-
vania He had built up in the wilderness a
village with 5000 population No roof COW
cred more than two tenements; every tene-
ment had about it ground for garden plot
The day school was kept open ten months in
the year; evening schools afforded special
facilities for such as wished to pursue special
studies; great hall furnished them
with opportunity for every kind Of
recreation, from ball to a lecture; free
library and reading room gave an even
ing lounging place free from beer and to-
',acco; there was not a liquor shop in the
town; the ladies of the mansion equipped
every year Christmas tree for the children
OF the village, dressing many out Of the hum
dreds of dolls with their own hands; but
what was best of all. the owner Of mine, and
land, and cottages lived in the midst Of
his workingmen, and administered with his
own hands the estate which furnished the
1900 workinSmen with employment, the
5000 villagers with bread, and homes, and
life. thought how it would have delighted
the heart of grim old Carlyle to have visited
Drifton. and how even John Ruskin would
have found something to praise in such a
mining community.-Lyman Abbott In The
Century.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-05
,1snlieancr of u,erar, rolk.

Il sent an article TO that editor, said one
friend to another 81 told him how much I
needed money, end how necessary it was
that my stories should be accepted; but he
returned it without a word Of explanation.
I think it was heartless."
Perhaps it was, but publishers are governed
by business rules instead Of by sentiment,
and l should like particularly to warn all
who are begirling to write for the press to
refrain from writing pitiful letters to pub
fishers, setting forth their need Of money,
saying that they have family to support,
younger brothers enc sisters or parents de
pendent on them, or making any other heart
rending plea Such pleading is but form
Of mendicanry. and cannot faii to disgust
and prejudics the reader of the letter.
If manus ript is declined, 10 not attempt
to expostulate or reason with the editor. He
knows, or should know. what is suited to his
readers, and argument ill be useless.-Mary
Currier Parsons il Tie Writer,
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-05
A WONDERFUL RAILROAD.
From Moscow to St. Petersbury-Ivan an
His Friend.

From MOSCOW to st. Petersburg Ivan and
His Friend.
When the railway was first opened be.
tween Moscow and st. Petersburg it was
an object of great terror to the supersti.
tious peasantry Of northern Russia, who
thought there must certainly be some
witchcraft or magic in an invention which
could make train Of heavy cars run
along without horses at the rate of
twenty miles an hour, when the best
speed of the wagons to which they were
accustomed was only three miles an hour,
or four at the very outside.
Some Of them would not even 90 within
sight of train. and made the sign of the
cross whenever they heard one rattle past.
Others peeped timidly over Sthe palisade
of the railway station to catch glimpse
OF the smoke breathing creature, which
they believed to be living monster, and
when the steam whistle sounded they
cried out, Hear him screamingi He's
hungry, and wants to eat somebody" and
took to their heels at once
Eut little by little this terror began to
wear away. The village priests were seen
to go to and fro by train, and the simple
country folk thought that what they did
could not be wrong. By degrees the
peasants themselves began to try the
smoke wagons" too, and one day an old
man named Ivan Petrovitch Masloff, who
had never been out Of his own village till
then. made up his mind to go and have a
look at Mother Moscow" which all Rus
sian peasants reverence as the finest city
In the world. and the real capital of
Russia
Now it happened that the down express
and the up express met each other at the
station Of fologoe midway between Mos
,ow and st. Petersburg). where the pass
,,ngers of both trains stopped half an
hour to have supper. Among the crowd
Of people that got out of the other train
Ivan suddenly recognized an old friend
The two went into the refreshment room
together, had chat over their steaming
tumblers of tea and lemon Juice, and then
Ivan, without thinking of what he was
doing. got into his friends train instead
of his own. and was soon travelling back
toward the spot whence he had started.
Their talk went on merrily for while,
for Ivan's friend never thought of asking
the old man which way he was going
But presently Ivan began to grow silent
and grave, as II pondering something
which puzzled him very much; and at
length. after sitting for nearly FIVE min
utes without uttering word, he sud
denly broke out:
'.Ah. Pavel Yurievitch" paul, son Of
Georgel, what wonderful thing these
railroads are, to be surel Here am going
to Moscow, and here are you going to st.
Petersburg, and yet we're both travelling
in the same car!"-David Ker In Harper's
Magazine
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-05
Trousers or Whats

Which is it-pants, pantaloons or trou-
sers?
Pants" which Is as bad as "gents, !" is
probably corruption Of pantaloOns- The
word ''pantal00n" is derived from the
brceches and stockings, all in one piece,
which were worn by the pantalone, a masked
figure In Italian comedies, and who CORE
spends to the harlequin of modern pant0-
mime.
The word trousers" Is derived from the
old French word ''trousses," the name of
the pages loose breeches, tied or hussed up
with ribbon.
Trousers" however, is, by good usage
and common consent, the correct word to
use, and we will just add that the proper
place to see the brightest. newest line Of
Fall Patterns in the city Of Springfield is at
the establishment of Jason W. Phillips. No.
80 East Main street, where you can get for
less money better fitting, more stylish
custom-made garment than you can possi-
bly, obtain elsewhere.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-05
An Ordinance
To assess a special tax on reaiestate bound
ing on Market street. between Main and High

To assess a special tax on real iestate bound
ing on Market street. between Main and High
streets.
SkCIIoy l. Be IL ordained by the council Of
tho city of Springfield. Ohio, ttwo-thirds Of the
whole num-.er of members elected thereto
concurrirg). That there be levied and as
sessed on each front foot Of the several lots Of
Land bounding and aeutting on Market street,
from the north line Of High street to the south
line OF Main street, the sums hereinafter
named for each and every year AS specined.
to wit:
1889 One dollar, seyenty-two cents, four mills
and eighty hundredihs OF q mill ......s17lls0
1880 tine dollar. siIty-six cents and twelve
hundi edths Of mill =. .-........... 81 66Jl2
1891 Une dollar. nltS-nine cents. i've mills
and forty-tod hundredths OF a milI-s 81 .595tl
1892 Que dollar, hfty-thfee cents and seventy
six hundiedrhs Of mill...-.......... ..s 81 1915
lS05 One dollar. forty six cents, six nsills and
eight hundrecths of mill.......- - 81 4660S
1894 One dollar. forty cents. one mill and for
ty huldrcdrhs of a mill 81 4Oi 20
1895 One dollar. thirty three cents, sax mills
ana seventy -wo hundredfhs OF
mil. ........ -. Isl 33S72
anc four nunurc,, tbs oI y ,.lilI. 81 Z72u4
1897 oie dollar. tx 3nfy eel .. seven mills ana
tnir,y-six hundredths Of q mill. ..-si .2OI36
1888 One dollar. fourteen cents. two mills and
stxfy-eight hundredths of milI.-...--sl 426s
To pay the cost and expense OF improving
Market streeijbetween the points Aforesaid In
the manner provided in an ordinace passed
on the bonds issued TO provide fund 70 pay
for said Improvement, according TO the es;i-
mate OF the city engineer.
SIC 2 That the owners of the several lots Of
land upon each front fool of which the sums
aforesaid ar assessed, shall pay the amount
Of money By them severally due In that behalf
to tho city elerk on or before the twentieth
day following the pa sage Of this ordinance
In each Of the said several years. and in de-
fault OF such payment the ssid city clerk shall
forth with certify all IN paid assessments TO the
county auditor, Co be by him placed upon the
the tax duplicate and collected according to
law.
Sxc. g. That to provide fund for the pay
ment Of the cost and expense of improving
said Market street, the mayor and city clerk
be an hey are hereby authorized TO issue
twenty t3e bonds Of the city of Springfield for
the sum OF four hundred and thirty one and
twenty hundredths ti3f D-10o) dollars each
payable at the city treasury In one, two, three.
four. i've. six. seven. eight. nine aud ten years
from the twentieth day following the day Of
the passage OF this ordinance, with interest
thereon at the rate OF six per cent. Der annum.
payable semi annually. said bonds 20 be
signed By the Aforesaid officers. sealed with
the seal OF the corporation. have the name OF
said street legibly written or printed upon
them and sold for not less than their par
value, and the proceeds thereof shall be ap-
piled TO the payment of the cost and expense
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-05
Mhirl and HIch Pressure.

The children of this world having
within the last City years found some
new toys-to wit eteam, elect ricity.
telegraphs. telephones, tickers and other
rapid transit apparatus for mind and
body-are playing too. hard with them.
There is species of mental intoxication
evolved out Of all this rushing things"
which is even more subtle and deadly
than that coming of alcohol In this
whirl and high pressure Of business there
are those who. in mind as well as body.
are on the run from morning till night,
and every act o. theirs, every epistlc they
write, every lei ter they shape with the
pen is in the doing pushed and hurried in
mind by the thought of the next. Of many
other pressing things which must be done
in given time.
There ia no repose, no rest for the mind
from morning till night. no time or incli-
nation to dismiss thought or care if for
ever so few minutes, and at last there Is
no capacity for so doing. This habit of
mind grows into fixed one. II leads.
away from precision 1t leads away from
exactness. 1t leads away from order or
method. 1t does lead even brilliant intel
lects into n sort of helter skelter way of
doing everything 1t leads to forgetful
ness, for the memory cannot make a
clean record when so much is forced on it.
This habit of mind goes with its owner
everywhere. Il goes home with him. 1t
goes TO bed with him. II keeps away
sleep. 1t gives only an unhealthy, fever
ish sleep at best to the body. 1t leads,
and has led, 10 the insane asylum.
But if you owned the whole state Of
Naxu NnrE-lan1 lots hnraaS y-tv and
all, and next the whole United States
land. rocks. rivers, mountains and all
and last both continents. and, finally, yor
held bill of sale for the whole earth In
your trousers pocket. and the effort and
strain and excitement in gaining it caused
softening of the brain, what an aggravat-
ing thing it would be for you to be i'm,
prisoned in an insane asylum you owned
yourself and guarded by your own hired
keepersl-Prentiee Mulford in New York
Star.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-05
Excluding Rats from ships.

A Philadelphian has invented a patent ap-
pliance for hnwser> which is intended to
prevent n rat from climbing up on a vessel
The patent is an appliance, shaped like q
funnel, over which tho varinints can neither
crawl nor climb. II this invention should
work it would make the patentee q fortune;
but old sailors don't think that anything can
keep rats out, and they declare that if they
the rats could not get on board ships any
other way they would swim out and crawl
up the slippery sides of the boats. No one
appears to be able to say why the wharf rats
have taken such fancy to Philadelphia this
summer Every vessel that comes into the
port brings a swarm of them here, but the
vessels which are outward bound have very
few of these unwelcome passengers aboard
Philadelphia Record
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-05
Hindu Women and children.

Hindustani women are passionately at
tached to their children. especially to the
sons, who are the crown and glory of
their lives. Nor are they without affec-
ton for their little daughters. who must
be transplanted SO early to other house
holds. They try to take good care of
them ALL If prayers and offerings to the
gods and to Brahmins could keep the
little ones in health, then would Hindu
children never know pain; but in their
ignorance of the simplest rules of health.
the mothers often cause sickness to come
to the beings they love more than life.
Diseases Of the eyes are very prevalent in
India, and the children suffer even more
than adults. A curious custom prevails
of drawing black line at the base of the
lower eyelashes with preparation called
surma They think this protects the eyes
from inflammation, Ind also that it adds
to their beauty.
In sickness they formerly depended
upon their priests, who have little
knowledge OF roots and herbs. Now
there are well educated native doctors in
all the cities, who are employed by
government to take charge of hospitals,
under the superintendent Of an English
physician But the poor people in the
villages suffer greatly from the lack of
medical treatment. When child is sick,
the anxious mother gets the best advice
and medicine she can. and redoubles her
prayers to the gods. If the child dies
She is overwhelmed with sorrow and
despair. fearing that some sin of her own
has caused the death of the child. or that
its sin has hurried it into another exist
ence where, IS q savage beast or venom
Gus reptile, it must expatiate its guilt.
The vague doctrine Of the transmigration
of souls does not afford much comfort to
the Hindu No hope Of recognition or
reunion is held out; and yet, with the
utmost inconsistency, the people often
speak Of paradise and of meeting dear
ones there.-Mrs. E. ]. Humphrey in
Demorest's Monthly.