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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-06-06
A Doctors Idea of 1t.

Say what we may, there are queens
in our kitchens who govern the whole
house. The foods prepared by them
form the staple of our lives. If we have
poor food we are not well; if we have
good food, properly cooked, then our
lives run smoothly and in health. The
evils of strong drink are great, but the
evils of bad cooking and Unsolicited
food are greater. 1t is one of the curl
Gus things of our ethics that the really
most important matters of our house
holds are too often intrusted to the
lowest intelligences we meet with in
society; that when we hire cooks we
trust our lives and health to persons
who can neither read nor write Gin
many cases) and who do not have any
clear idea of what they are about, save
to get all the money they can, break all
the crockery and dress in what finery
they can of Sunday. Would that the
time spent by the queens of our par
Tors on crazy quilts, screens and fancy
needle-work (well enough in their
place. was given to the solution of the
beautiful problems connected with
food that are so vitality important and
constantly pressing on our attention
every time we eat.-Dr. Ephrdim Gut
ter, NeiC York.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-06-06

she said, angrily, to the officer whose
duty it was to search prisoners before
combining them in their cells. " Let
me see what it is, anyhow" he said,
half-coaxingly. 1T amt anything
you'll WANT" she said, drawing back
with her hand still in the folds of her
apron. :" 1t amt anything l can do
any harm with. It's just little kind
of a-a-keepsake." The old woman
began to cry, with her arm held over
her eyes. "You'll have to let me look
at it," said the officer, kindly but
firmly; "it's the rule of the prison.
You may keep it, perhaps, after I've
seen it," The wrinkled hand came
slowly out from under the apron, the
bony fingers were unclasped and there
in the shriveled palm lay a ragged little
shoe. Pshaw don't care for that"
said the officer, little huskily. 81
knowed you wouldn't" sobbed out the
woman; L" but l keer good deal for it.
It's keepsake, you know" A keep
sake-the one little bond between the
life that was and the life she now knew :;
tiny remnant of the happy past, chung
fondly to in the sorrowful present.
1t was my baby's shoe, his first and
only one" she said. GIVE carried it
thirty-five years, and I'd nave been a
worse woman N am now if it hadn't
been for that little shoe" There was
no proof that she was a bad woman
now. Unfortunate, she surely was,
and the world had not been kind to her.
Migrants have hearts and souls. That
ragged little shoe had for all these years
been the treasure and the comfort of the
one; it may have been the salvation of
the other. 1t may have been her shield
against temptation, her strength in
hours of weakness, her consolation
amid all the sorrows of her hard life
and, in the end, it might lead the help
less old soul to the cross of Christ, who
had carried her babe in his bosom and
whose arms were outstretched toward
self.-ChriStian Women.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-06-06
One WOman's Way.

In the morning, after beds are made,
the sweeping and busting done and
everything put in order for the day,
raise the window-shades and let the
sunshine flood the rooms, flowers and
canaries. / open the piano and draw
my husbands favorite chair to cosy
place near the fire, so that when he
comes home at noon, tired, perhaps, he
can have a few moments rest. Then
/ brush my hair, change my morning
wrapper for something fresh and clean,
put on linen collar and am ready to
sit down TO sewing or mendiug. When
he returns to dinner l always greet him
with smile and kind word. If | see
his brow is clouded and business is on
his mind l inquire into matters, be-
cause what interests one should interest
both, and wife should be a helping
hand, not a burden. We exchange
opinions. One never enters into any,
thing, no matter of how trivial nature,
without the sanction of the other. Our
motto is Bear and forbear." His
purse is mine. When / need money |
am not compelled to ask for it. If l
spend a few dimes / am not questioned
cent, as so many poor martyred wives
are compelled to do. When evening
comes l brighten the hearth with a
cheerful fire, light the lamps, place my
husbands chair beneath the rays of the
hanging-lamp, his slippers on the
hearth-rug and unfold his daily paper,
all in readiness for his coming. Ere
long hear his footsteps, and when the
door opens and he comes in he greets
with smile the cheerfulness awaiting
him. My husband never spends his
evenings away from home. Every day
see husbands going home to cherries
hearths and dowdy, scolding wives.
No wonder there are so many men who
spend their evenings in the bar-rooms
and at the gaming-tables. Wives, make
yourselves attractive and your homes
worthy the name of home, with cheer
full Preside a haven of rest for your
dear ones after the tolls and cares of the
day are done, and you will keep them
by your side.-A Happy WIFE.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-06-06
The Virtues OF Beans.

In no respect, then, are cooked beans
inferior to graham bread as food, and
in most respects they are more than
twice as nutritious, particularly in those
substances that 90 to brain and nerve
nourishment and to the building up of
the muscles and bones of the body. 1t
is fair to presume that beans would
have made more vigorous man than
wheat has done, with its large amount
of starch to be converted into fat and
heat. In case of famine and a small
supply of. food the advantage of beans
over wheat would have been consider
able, and the same may be said of them
for long marches and military cam
paigns. 1t is matter of common eX-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-06-06
Hints on Good Manners.

WHEN you talk keep your hands still.
WHEN eating bread and butter at
table butter small piece at time,
not the entire slice.
Do not be guilty of the discourtesy
of shaking hands with one person while
you are looking at or talking to another.
NAPKINS should not be used tucked
in at ones neck. In eating with a
spoon be careful not to put it too far
into the mouth.
CULTIVATE the habit of listening to
others; it will make you an invaluable
member of society, to say nothing of
the advantage it will be to you when
you marry. Every man likes to talk
about himself. A good listener makes
delightful wife.-Americdn.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-06-06
advertisements.
HOW TO PROCURE
NATURAL SLEEP,

GLEEPLESSNESS with restless and wakeful
~ nights. followed by weak, tired and exhausted
feeling arising in the morning, are sure forerun-
ners of physical prostration and complete nervous
exhaustion, ending in insanity. Thousands allow
themselves to drift toward the awful verge of in.
sanity without knowing that the feelings and sensa-
tons which they experience day by day are fast
hurrying them on to utter mental collapse and abso.
Lutte prosration of nerve power. Save yourself from
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1t soothes, Gains and quets the weakened rritated
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and refreshing natural sleep. At the same time 1t
imparts renewed fe strength vitality and vigor to
the nervous system and restores the physical en-
ergies and powers to perfect health and strength.
Ihave been troubled for the past ten years with
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10 Aflieck street, Hartford, Conn.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-06-06

perience that people are made corpulent
by eating starchy foods, and these un-
wieldy bodies are not so healthy and
workable as the leaner bodies of other
people. A good diet for persons who
want to reduce flesh is made up of legu-
minous foods, and these have been
eaten in such case with successful re-
suit. 1t is not easy to overeat the
leguminous foods, for they soon satisfy
the cravings of hunger. Professor At
water maintains that the bodily ills re-
sulting from overeating are greater and
more common than those resulting from
the Incorporate use of alcoholic drinks.
Whether this is fully true or not, the
ills from overeating are incalculable,
and they would have been and would
be greatly reduced if beans had been
substituted for wheat.-Erchange.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-06-06
For the Waterman.
BlOOdrOOt.



When mid the rugged northern hills
Falls in soft showers the warm spring rain
The snowdrifts vanish and the grass
Unearths its shining blades again.
Wrapped like a soldier in his cloak,
Upspringing from the damp, dark mould,
Weakened by warm south winds. there blooms
A snowy flower with heart of gold,
Close folded is its slender stem
by the rough leaf of graysh green;
And where the breath of fire has passed
The fairest blooms of all are seen.
Yet those who seek the early flowers,
In woodland Nook by field and flood,
Forbear to gather these because
The crushed stems stain the hands like blood
The land so SCARED and torn by strife,
Ger which wars seathing fire has passed,
Filings off her shackles to arise
nation fair and free at last
Beneath the gentle hand of Time
The old wounds heal, until to-day
BY loving hands the flowers are laid
Alike, above the blue and gray.
The fields once plowed by shot and shell
Are fair to-day with growing grain,
And DER their comrades fiower.strewn graves
Old foes clasp hands as friends again
And from the frozen soil of hate
Loves sunshine brings at last release;
Beneath the rain of tender tears,
Unfolds the Bloodroot flower of Peace.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-06-06
Perhaps You Like Hash.

BAKED HAsH.-Equal quantities of
chopped meat and stale bread--meat of
any kind. Suppose you have pint
bowl of each. Mix with the meat and
the bread heaping tablespoonful of
butter, paatable seasoning of salt and
pepper, and that of course will depend
upon the seasoning of the meat. You
may use corned beef or highly seasoned
meat, and then you will not need so
much seasoning as you would if you
used fresh meat; a heaping teaspoon
full of chopped parsley, enough cold
gravy, if you have it, or broth to moisten
the hash-just to moisten it, not make
it sloppy-or if you have not gravy
or broth you must use water and
butter. Mix the hash very thoroughly.
Have ready an earthen dish buttered.
See that the oven is hot, then very
quickly dissolve tea-spoonful of bak-
ing powder in tea-spoonful of water
or broth and stir it into the hash Just
as fast as you can and put it into the
oven to bake. AS soon as the hash is
brown on top it will be done.
CoRNED BEEF HAsH.-Take cold
corned beef and boiled potatoes, either
hot or cold, about equal quantities.
Sometimes people take a little more
potato than meat. Mix the meat and
potato together; add just enough water
or broth to moisten the meat and
potato. Season palatably with salt and
pepper and butter; have the hash
nicely mixed together; put into the
frying-pan, supposing you have quart of
hash, about two table-spoonfuls of but
ter and let it get hot, then put in the
hash. Stir the hash in the butter until
it is nearly hot. Then, using a knife,
form it into cake on one side of the
frying-pan and let the bottom brown.
Loosen the hash once in while from
the bottom of the pan to make sure it
on the bottom turn it out on dish
with the brown side up. Another
form of hash is the moist hash. That
is simply prepared and warmed with
out browning it, using broth or butter
and hot water for moistening.
FRENCH HAsH.-There is no potato
in it; it is simply meat and gravy, sc
you must not let the name mislead
you. Little slices of cold meat, fat and
lean together. For pint bowlful of meat
use about tablespoonful of chopped
onion. First slightly brown the onion
with tablespoonful of butter or drip
pings or fat from the meat; then when
the onion begins to brown put in the
meat and let that brown. Next a
tablespoonful of dried flour; stir the
flour with the brown meat and onion
until the flour is quite brown; then
cover the meat with pork gravy or boil
ing water. After you have covered
the meat with water or cold gravy, lei
the water or gravy boil; then season il
palatably with salt and pepper. OF
course the seasoning will depend upor
whether you have used gravy or broth
or water; so you want to taste for the
seasoning. After the gravy is bott
boiled and seasoned take the saucepan
off the fire and stir in the yolk of on;
raw egg with it and dish at once. You
must not put the hash back on the fire
after putting the egg in. If you dc
you will curdle it. Do not stir the egs
in till you are ready to serve it on toas
or plain.-Julet COrSon.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-06-06
advertisements.
'tts tptsefp sdio that there

'Tts tptsefp saio that there
be Organs and Organs.
There be those that are Or
gans in name alone; there be
others that are cen Organs
in truth. Reckon not in fair
Boosting thou hast bought
an organ till it doth verify
appear. There be two ways
in the which twill out. An
it have the name of EsTEY
on the face, It's not only a
true Organ thou hast ta'en
to thyself, but one that shall
have exc proper value in
the bye and bye. An it
bear not EsTEY as its maker,
thou shalt give to it great
tests. Mayhap to thee it
seemeth true. Zen if so
it appear, vaunt not thyself,
lest what thou hast to-day
be not possessed for long
abiding.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-06-06
The Lemon Incidentally.

Lemonade made from the Juice of
the lemon is, according to the Peoples
Friend, one of the best and safest
drinks for any person, whether in health
or not. 1t is suitable for all stomac h
diseases, excellent in sickness, in cases
of jaundice, gravel, liver complaint,
Inflammation of the bowels and fevers,
1t is a specific against worms and skin
complaints. The pippins crushed may
be used with water and sugar and
taken as drink. Lemon juice is the
best anti-scorbutic remedy known. 1t
not only cures this disease but pre-
vents it. Sailors make daily use of il
for this purpose. | advise every one
to rub their gums with lemon juice to
keep them in healthy condition. The
hands and nails are also kept clean
white, soft and supple by the daily use
of lemon instead of soap. 1t also pre-.
vents chilblains. Lemon is used in
intermittent fevers, mixed with strong
hot, black coffee, without sugar. Neu-
ralgia may be cured by rubbing the
part affected with cut lemon. 1t is
valuable also to cure warts and to de.
stroy dandruff on the head by rubbing
the roots of the hair with it. 1t will
alleviate and finally cure coughs anG
colds and heal diseased lungs if taken
hot on going to bed at night. Its uses
are manifold, and the more we employ
it internally and externally the better
we shall find ourselves. Lemon juice
according to writer on good health, is
anti-scorbutic, useful in removing tartar
from the teeth, anti-febrile, etc. A
doctor in Rome is trying it expert
mentally in malarial fevers with grea
success and thinks that it will in time
supersede quinine. -EDchange.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-06-06
fur tbs CHILDREN.
A Floral Alphabet.

A is Arbutus, that trails on the ground
B is for Bluets, in moist places found.
q is the Columbine, Cranesbil, Clover
ID is the Daisy, the broad fields over.
Il, Evening rimrose, that opens at night;
i is the Fern, very graceful and slight
q is for Gentian, the closed and the fringed;
II is Hepatica, trilobed, blue-tinged.
l. Indian-pipe (or the copse plant it's call ed;
is for Jack, in his pulpit installed
X is the Kamia, whose leaves are like wax;
i is Lobelia, a favorite with quacks.
NJ is for Mandrake, with apples to eat;
n is Nightshade we call bitter-sweet
o is the Orchid, producing strange flowers;
7 Is the Pitcher-plant, catching the showers.
Q, Quaking-grass in bouquets we admire;
II is the Rose both the swamp and swee t-brler
S is Sprngbeauty-C its name
T is for Thoroughwort (boneset's the same).
U, Uvuaria-pale-y ellow bell;
V Is the Violet, found in the dell.
w, Wintergreen-spicy indeed;
Y is the Xanthium, but a vile weed.
is the Yarrow that smells very nce
u is Zizania, the Indian rice.
-Good Housekeeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-06-06

INTERESTED Notwithstanding
a patent medicine in the peculiar way
which the proprietor of Kemp's Balsam
for coughs and colds does is wonderful.
He authorizes all druggists to give
those who call for it sample bottle
free, that they may try it before pur-
chasing. The large bottles are fifty
cents and 81. We certainly would ad-
wise trial. 1t may save you from con-
sumption.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-06-06
Her Keepsake.

You shan't have It'll won't give
it upl" A very old and forlorn-look.
ing woman had been arrested for va
grancy in the streets of a great city.
She was dirty, ragged and miserable.
Her brown and wrinkled face wore a
distressed and weary look. Her bony
fingers closed tightly over something
held in her right hand, thrust under her
ragged apron. "You shan't have it!''
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-06-06
We are Offering special inducements to
buyers of
C |othing, Hats and Furnishings.

We marked our goods down early in
the season. For instance, the same
SAWYER Suit that we have been sell
ing regularly for $1,000 you will find
advertised in the city papers as being
marked down from $500. Twenty
styles of light-colored Cheviot and Cas-
simere Suits, from $3.50 to $500
Call and see our New Store in the
Blanchard Block. A. D. FARWELL.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-06-06

TIRED and WORKOUT mothers, whose
delicate constitution does not admit of
giving healthy and sufficient nurse to
their babies, should use Lactated Food.
This is identical in effect with healthy
mothers milk.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-06-06
DR.. Greene'S Nervura Nerve Tonic.
PRICE 81 PER BOTTLE,
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS

The valuable book, :" Nervous Diseases How to
Cure Them" mailed free. DIR. Greene, the great
specialist in nervous and chronic diseases, may be
consulted at his office, "a Temple Place, Boston,
Mass. personally or by letter. free of charge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-06-06

A WHOLE heaven is contained in
drop of dew, whole soul within tear.
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Gbe 4onsebolo.

Contributions to this department should be sent to
the agricultural editor, North Pomfret, Vt.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-07-31
ON THE PEOPLES SIDE.
More Republicans Come over to Swell the
Army of Democracy.


Army of Democracy.
AUGUSTA, Me, July 3O.-There is
quite breeze in political circles here over
the stand taken by several prominent
Augusta Republicans for tariff reform.
Charles N. Hsmlen, large dry goods
dealer on Water street, and son-in-law OF
the late Lot NJ. Morrill,, has never voted
anything but the Republican ticket, but
when seen to-day said decisively:
~ don't see now l can conscientiously
vote for any other candidate than Cleve-
land. l believe in tariff reform. We need
free wool. WoOlen manufacturing in
many of the mills here is an Improbable
business. Two mills in this county are
idle. They had been manufacturing low
grade of cassimeres from our American
wools. The market being overstocked
with these goods and the manufacturers
being unable to import the high grade OF
wool needed to make fine cloths, because
of the ..ariff, were obliged to stop their
machinery"
Lendall Titcomb, one of the most exten-
sive property holders in the city and
u Republican, advocates tariff reform
daily.
DR.. W. B Lspham, formerly editor Of
the Maine Farmer and who has long been
a Republican, will vote for Cleveland and
tariff reform.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-07-31
THE SCALE SIGNED.
A Cleveland MIL Comes to Terms--Pr
parations to Resume at the Sligo.

A Cleveland Mill Comes to Terms--Pre.
parations to Resume at the Sligo.
PITTsBURG, July 30.-Word was receiv
ed at the Amalgamated Association head
quarters to-day that the Prospect Rolling
Mill Company, Of Cleveland, had signed
the scale. The firm employ about 4O(
men. The plant consists of a structural
mill, two guide mills and about twenty
pudding furnaces.
Preparations were made to-day for o re.
sumption of work at the Sligo Rolling Mil
on the South Side. 1t will be in full
operation tomorrow, giving employment
to large number of men.
A Youngstown dispatch says: The An
drews Iron Company, of Hazelton, signed
the scale last evening, and on Tuesday
will have the pudding department in oper
alton, and will start the finishing mills az
soon as the repairs now in progress art
completed. Every rolling mill in the
Mahonipg Valley has signed the scale with
the exception of the Hubbard Iron Com
pany, of Hubbard, and it is understood
they will do so as soon az repairs are com
pleted ready to resume operations.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-07-31
A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.
John Steele Assaulted and Dangerously
Beaten at Piedmont.
Srerinl TtleOrnJn 10 lhe PeOister

John Steele Assaulted and Dangerously
Beaten at Piedmont.
Special telegram TO The Register.
PIEDMONT, July 30.--Sunday morning
Michael Naughton found man lying be-
tween the tracks of the Cumberland and
Pennsylvania railroad nesr the Piedmont
bank. He called Sergeant w. Il. Powell,
who summoned assistance and had him
taken to the Council Chamber, where DR..
E. II. Parsons dressed his wounds. He
had cut across the back of his head four
inches long made by coupling pin, which
lay beside him with blood on 1t. After
working with him for some time he became
sensible and said his name was John Steele
and he resided On Phoenix Hill, Md. He
said at 1920 he started for Bloomington,
and rs he passed passenger car a men
struck him with something and knocked
him down, and that three men jumped on
him and kicked and beat him until he be-
came unconscious.
Fred Ross, c0lored, said he saw tine man
at 1890 lying there, but as he had nc
light he supposed the man was drunk and
did naS disturb HIM, which shows be must
have lain there nearly four hours. Steele's
arms, legs and body are badly bruised
where he WAS kicked, and he is internally
injured, which may prove very serious il
not fatal There is no clue to the perpe'
traitors Cf the outrage.