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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-10-03
Interview with a Sexton.

Mr.. Calvin Flint is veteran sexton
in Williamstown, VT, having served
the town in that capacity during the
last fifty-fve years. He is now past
eighty years of age and retains his
physical and mental faculties remark
ably well. He has been resident of
the town for seventy-five years. In a
recent interview in regard to his work
as sexton, in answer to questions he
replied as follows: " | have dug nearly
seven hundred graves, and have taken
up and re-interred one hundred fifty
bodies that had been buried from one
to forty years; have seen them in all
stages of decay. Graves are usually
dug four to five feet deep for adults
and three feet for children. When
bodies are covered two feet above the
coffin, there will be no scent. When
buried beyond the common depth, the
great weight of earth above the casket
is liable to crush it in at once. Form
erly, outside cases were not provided.
Only during the preceding twenty-five
or thirty years have they commonly
been used. Collins are most durable
when made of first growth pine. They
were made much stronger formerly
than now. Now they are often made
of cheap material, only glued together,
and will soon fall apart and decay.
Once they were made by the village
carpenter and cost from three to ten
dollars; now they cost from $40 to SIS,
and do not last so long now with two
cases. Bodies decay soonest when
buried in sandy ground or light soil.
After burial the hair and beard con-
tinue to grow as before death, so long
as moisture remains in the body. With
this exception, bodies do not change
much in appearance for some months
after interment. A white mold then
begins to form, and, by processes of de-
cay which commence to work soon
after death, no flesh remains, ordinarily,
after about eight years. When persons
die in full strength, their remains decay
soonest. In lingering diseases which
waste the flesh, the remains retain
their form the longest. Bodies are
wholly decomposed and turned to dust
in fifty to eighty years. | took up
child that had been buried forty years.
The coffin was taken up entire, and the
remains enclosed. After it was set
upon the ground few moments and
exposed to the air, it all disintegrated,
like lime when slaked. 1t is COM
mon opinion that many persons are
buried alive. | do not believe that one
in ten thousand are. have never
seen single body that had changed its
posture after burial. Neither do l
believe that worms destroy the body,
In all my experience in taking up
bodies. | have never seen any, or any
trace of them; and l have noticed
bodies in all stages of decomposition.
AS have said, the face is covered with
a white mold which changes, or seems
to move on exposure to the air and
which may, to casual observation, form
some resemblance to worms, and may
in this way have given rise to the COM
mon belief" b.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-10-03
follows:

In ten years there has been a five-fold
increase in the amount the banks have
invested in western mortgages, but the
increase of deposits during that period
has been only about two-fold. The
inspector expresses his disapproval of
this tendency to put too many eggs in
one basket. He fears disaster from
this greed for large gains. High
rates of interest,"" he says, care not
the attractive feature of savings banks
in the eye of the depositors, but rather
absolute freedom from any misgivings
or uneasiness with reference to the
principal" This depends great deal
ON the depositor. Many will take or
sanction risks for the sake of great
gains. In the trust companies, it is the
stakeholder who has the first interest
in high rates on western mortgages or
other securities. The depositor's inter-
est is secondary.
About one-ffth of the assets of the
banks is invested in mortgages of real
estate in Vermont, and more than one
third in mortgages elsewhere. Within
the limitations imposed by the statutes,
the banks have right to invest their
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-10-03
THE HOME MARKET CLUB of Be

THE HOME MARKET CLUE of Bos-
ton has recently issued valuable pam
phlet containing the debate between
Everett p. Wheeler of New York and
Hon. Benjamin Butterworth of Ohio.
1t will be remembered that these
speeches were delivered at joint de-
bate between these two gentlemen,
held last winter in fremont Temple,
Boston. The debate attracted wide
attention, as it virtually amounted to a
trial of strength between the two great
political parties in the person of their
chosen representatives. The Free
Trade question was comprehensively
discussed in all its bearings. Mr.. But
terworth came in several lengths ahead
at the finish, and Mr.. Wheeler was
forced to resort to wholesale misrep-
resentation of facts to bolster up his
hopeless cause. Copies of this PAM
phlet have been placed in our hands
for distribution, and any one desiring a
copy can procure it by calling at the
office
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-10-03

tween this century and the one imme-
diately preceding it. DR.. Samuel John
son died in 1884, aged seventy-6ve, and
was regarded as literary nestor. DIR.
Holmes, who was born just one hundred
years after Johnson, is still living at
seventy-nine. Last century's poets,
novelists and statesmen generally died
early, for, like Parnell and Goldsmith,
they were too ready to partake of
bottle of wine on every OCCASION
Neither of the two men just named
passed forty-fve. Thomson, author of
The Seasons" died at forty-seven
Fielding was an old man when he died
at the same age. Gordtell reached only
fifty. Churchill was worn out at thirty
three. Sir Robert Walpole, a giant in
constitution, ate and drank himself into
his grave at siXty-nine. Gibbon died
at fifty-six and Hume at sixty-fve.
The abstemiOus Tardner reached eighty
four. The decorous Richardson and
the devout Watts survived well into the
seventies. Lord Mansfield and Young,
author of the Might Thoughts" were
almost alone in attaining eighty-seven.
In our own country John Adams was
past ninety at his death, and so were
General Stark and Charles Carroll.
Jefferson and Samuel Adams survived
until eighty years or more. These vet
Grams all wisely avoided the excuses of
their age. Pitt, Fox, Sheridan and
host of other public men, and the rank
and file of men of letters yielded to the
current, and in most cases died before
they were sixty. Extreme long life
must be exceptional under the most
favoring circumstances, but when we
contrast WORDSWORTH and Whittier's
eighty years of life, with the average
of forty or fifty years among celebrities
who might have been their fathers, we
see the beneficent results of careful
living. Emerson reached seventy-nine ;
Darwin seventy-three, Longfellow sew
enty-fve; Gladstone is tireless worker
in the study and on the stump at sew
enty-nine, and every village has its
little knot of octogenarians. Almost
every paper makes mention of some
man or woman who has celebrated the
completion of century of existence,
and, in short, the evidences of increas-
ing longevity are overwhelming.
Heredity has, no doubt, good deal to
do with length of days. There are GER
tain families which are VIGOROUSLY
long-lived. Yet the longevity of their
different members varies greatly.
When an investigation is made it
usually appears that habits of living had
more to do with the result than in
herited qualities. When we turn to
the professions and trades we find an
additional explanation. The classes
most liable to excess, such as saloon
keepers and saloon walters, generally
die young; physicians, whose time is
posed to the weather, generally reach a
good age, for they are rarely given to
vicious indulgence. Clergymen, who
would be well-behaved from necessity
were they not so from principle, are
among the longest-lived professions.
In brief, to live long one must live
rightly and soberly. 1t is for her dis
ciples alone that wisdom holds in her
right hand length of days.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-10-03

Two hundred fifty boys in two big glass
factories in Baltimore, Md, struck last
Saturday, causing the closing of the works
and throwing 700 men out of employment.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-10-03

Warmers Log Cabin Sarsaparilla Sold by
all druggists. One hundred twenty doses 81.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01

A bad white man is swindling
Georgia negroes He pretends to
be United States army officer, and
tells the blacks that they are enti-
tied to certain sums of money from
the United States Treasury. He
sells checks on the treasury forwhat
he can get. To one young negro Of
Americus, he sold 500 check fol
So; to an old man he sold $4OC
check for s2 Two of these checks
were recently presented at an Amer.
Gus bank by an old negro, who was
greatly surprised when he was told
that they were not worth the paper
on which they were written.-Er
This fellow is said to be bloody.
shirt Ohio Foraker Republican. A
Democrat would not do such q
thing.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01
An AbonI Ourselves.

Mason county is the salt center OF
the universe.
Point Pleasant is destined to be
a great commercial and manufactu-
ring city.
Natural gas and oil in abundance
in Mason county, if it was only de
yeIoped
Mason county has the finest farm.
ing and grazing lands of any Other
county in the State.
The bills of this county abound
in coal and iron.
The railroad will develop the coal
fields of of the sonth side of Kama
wha. in this county.
The Spring will witness the open.
ing up of at least two industries IN
Point Pleasant, Of great magnitude
The Kanawba River improve.
ment viii be a big thing for tbi.
city, Congress viii vote a million
dollars to continue this improve
mellt.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01
Death or MIR. Roman Menager

After an illness of some months
Mr. Menager died at his residence
last Thursday morning. He was
born in GaIlipoIis, July 10th, 1899,
and for many years was in the mill
ing and mercantile business with his
brothers, Edward, Peter and Lewis.
1t was a strong firm and did an ex-
tensive and profitable trade. In
1886 he removed to large farm in
Mason county, West Virginia, and
resided there until be removed to
Gallipolis in 1860. In 1897 he mar
ried Miss Maria Sutton, of PennsyI-
vania, who. with one son, four
daughters, and one grand daughter,
survives him. Besides the brothers
mentioned above, he had one sister,
Gabrielle, wife of the late Gen. Lew
is Ncwsom, but the brothers and
sister have long since passed over to
the esilent majority" and Mr., Me-
nager was the last of the family
In a desire to improve the business
of his native place he used his mo-
ney freely For many years he was
a partner in the and well-known
firm of Creuzet. Menager & Co, af-
forwards LeClercq & Co, of tie
Union Wooden Mills; he was one OF
the original partners of Enos, Me-
nager & Co., established in 1868; he
was principal owner of the Excelsi-
or Salt Company, of Pomeroy, du-
ring its palmy days. For the past
fifteen years or more he has been
out of business and lived quietly at
his home on Third street. yLc fu-
neral services were held at the resi-
dence on Saturday afternoon, the
Rev. VIM. Thompson officiating
Galtipotis Bulletin, Jan. 29th.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01
ConcIusiye EYidence.

"There, that story about tie st
Louis woman throwing pancake
at Mrs. Cleveland has turned ont
just as | thought it would"
aHow's that?"
"Why, it was all an accident ol
course. She didn't intend to throw
it at Mrs. Cleveland at all"
"What made you think it was an
accident?1
aWhy, confound it, the pancake
hit Mrs Cleveland, didn't it2"
HOf course"
aWell, did you ever hear of wo
man hitting what she threw at2''
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01
''Is 90 Dod?'- Chicago Man.

In Atlanta, Ga, the people are
going TO try high license instead of
prohibition. The city has consid-
cradle power in neutrality-suspicious.
to the granting of license and one
condition they attacl, we think is a
good one. 1t is this: If a man is
proved to be drunk twice then his
named is furnished TO every licensed
liquor deal@ and if they sell him
any liquor after that it viii forfeit
their license.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01
a sfartIlne QnestioIl.

Even the life of a newspaper can
vasscr is not totally devoid of poe
try. The unending round ofaTimes
is SO hard and money is SO scarce
that we can't take paper" and
MY husband brings a paper home
with him, and all the stock ex-
cuses, are sometimes broken up by
a little incident like this, that was
told by man who labors in that
ungrateful position: "The delivery,
boy had gone little ahead of me,
said the canvasser, 'tand as / stood
on the sidewalk a pretty little boy
in kits toddIcd up and stared Mt
me with pretty blue eyes. / made
friends with him at once. He put
his hand ON my order-bool and
says he:
"Hot's atg9
That's an order.book, 1 told
him.
"Hot does 90 do wiv atgv
"oli, 1 write down the names of
all the bad little boys know"
He looked at me minute with
his big eyes opened wide. Then,
his voice busIlcd with awe, he
asked:
.Is 90 Dod?'- Chicago Mail.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01
The Brigl.t side.

Count up the joys and not the pains;
Tins life win smoothly with you run.
Our gifts are more than all our blows,
And what is best we know God knows
And he will send his blessings down,
Some yelled. but all will hide a crown
If we could know the meaning grand
Then sweetIy should we take the cross
And count as gain what seems loss.
Only let us wait and pray,
When out of night will come the day;
And pearls long hid from human sight
Will crown our brows with holy light.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01
A Difference i'm Training.

Before Willie ks cousin Bertha
arrived at his home on a summer
visit, his mother had told him to OBJ
servo how graceful aud polite her
manners were, especially at the ta-
bic. When she came, Willie OBJ
served her with admiring interest.
One day his mother said:
Don't you think Berthas man
ners are better than yours2o
@Yesr mamma
@Why is it, my dear2p
II guess Bertha has been better
brought up than | have. Troy
Times.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01
wishing tile presIdens.


On the 24th ult., a party Of thir-
teen West Firginians, headed by
Representative Hogg. of the Fourth
District, called on the President and
were introduced by Mr.. Hogg. In
response Mr. Cleveland said.
aAre alIitheso West yirginiansq'
Mr. Hogg answered that they
wero.
The President said. "Why, you
have enough to elect man to Con
gress.''
Tho President was in unusually
good humor
Col, Alexander Campbell, one OF
the party said:
"Mr. President, we called simply
to pay our respects, and to express
our great qualification over the ap-
pointment of our fellow statesman,
Judge Hoge.
Tfhe President replied that every,
body spoke highly of the appointec
and he was fully convinced he had
found tho right man for the place.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01

/ the best and sweetest influences of
a home Now, my dear, I can read
what is working in your heart. /
know perfectly well that you are
wondering why the mcddIing little
old maid doesn't mind her own bus
mess.
No, I am not, tfuthfdlIy cried
out Mabel.
But ! think you are sensible
enough" went on Miss Crutchett,
.sto perceive the truth of what i
have been saying. I have been
looking around your kitchen and
jotting down in my memorandum
book few facts and figures. Dis
charge your useless, extravagant
maid. Save, to begin with, the sl4
a month which represents her
wages save the S12 which repre-
sents her board, save the not-to-be-
depressed sum of her waste, her
fbreakage, her carelessness, her un-
tidiness Typhoid fever and dip
liberia rise out of just such unclean-
ly corners as find in your kitchen
and pantry. Purify the place at
once; avoid doctors, bills; shut the
door on druggists. Housekeeping
can be made one of the fine arts-it
should be SO. When you save, you
earn. And in addition to all this
your husbands house is made beau
tiful and home=like. Now, my dear,
I don't know much about careers,
but in my eyes no career could be
more attractive, more necessary, in
fact, than this Will you give it
trial, Mabel2n
Yes said Mabel, in low voice,
81 will give it trial. Ii don't
know how it is, but never thought
of all these things before, Miss
.Crutchett.H
aThere must be beginning to
Everything, my DEAR said the old
lady, gently strolsing the sunny
braid's of Mabels dropping head;
"and you arc but a novice in lifc's
journey"
Mabel yerinder thought it all
over. She decided to take her &C.
centric old friends advice, and at
the end of the first month she added
up the debt and credit accounts of
the household.
"victoryl' she cried. al have
earned, or saved-or both-forty
dollars this month by doing my own
housekeeping. I've had everything
in exquisite order, and the same
supplies go twice as far as they did
in Christine's time And oh, have
enjoyed it SO much. What can
care for type writing andlegal copy
ing and authorship and decorative
art?'' I've found a career that's
worth a dozen of them"
"And really" said Charley, "do
.you know, May is the jolliest little
house-keeper goingl And my Aunt
Selma says it does her good to see
her beating eggs and sugar and
counting the spoons and napkin
rings
Mabel smiled and colored. She
would not have owned it for the
world, but the appreciation Of
Charley's Aunt Selma signifed a
great deal to her
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01

A swell young lady at Gallon,
Ohio, has had the proper thing done.
She has bad hole cut in the back
board of her pew for her hustle, IN
order to have sitting room to sit
erect She will have to guard
against Sunday school scholars sit
ting in the back seat. They would
be sorely tempted to stick a pin in
sit.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01
He Stopped me Fighf.


President Bartlett, of Dartmouth
College. is man over 40. but he
says thre can't be any arush be-
tween freshmen and sophomores
while he is around The other day
there was a struggle between the
two classes on the college campus
for tho possession of football.
The president saw 1t from the libra
ry window and he rushed ont and
into the thickest of the fray, Jerking
and Juggling at the tighting students
and shouting at them to stop. The
boys on such occasions are always
ready to, encourage Gne merit, 80
they yclfed $50 IN, Prexle "Get
into your balli' etc.
.Be rncnl' cried the president, as
he pulled a sophomore OFF from q
freshman by the coat tails. ..Chest-
nutsln shouted another. The Pres
ident tugged, threatened and inn
plored until he was nearly exhaust
ed with the exertion, when the row
stopped. His further remarks
We're inaudible for want of breath,
and were mainly delivered in pan
tominc, with his hat jammed down
ovcr one eye.
When u lot of eager and sinewy
students get struggling over foot
ball it isn't "a very good place for
elderly professors with short breata.
He might as well calmly observe
the fight from the library window
and give the boys ga talking TO,
afterwards. Active interferencc
can only beinduIged in at the expense
of official dignity,-Teras Sytings.
The First Kentucky Trottter.
Philadelphia News.
Up to 1860 Kentucky had never,
produced fine trotting horse, but
in that year John Morgan made
his appearance ON the track ami
beat everything that could be
brought againsthim. This remarI;
able beast was FIRST called Modocls,
but his name was changed before
he had been on the turfa month. He
was owned ut Louisville. When he
had beaten all the great trotters of
the West it was proposed to match
him with Flora Temple, who had
just made record of 2.l94 at Kala-
mazoo. The thing was settled.
There were to be three races. The
purse was 1000 side. The place
was the then famous track at Cen
treviIie, Z. 1. On the day of the
race hundreds of Philadelphia horse
men went over to New York, and
every mothers son of them backed
John Morgan" Alas for their
confdencel Flora Temple won in
three strait heats. The race was
one, two aud three-mile heats. The
system of free passes was then much
more elaborate than at present, and
none of the PhiIadelphians had to
walk home.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01
Judge Moore.

Gallipolis Bulletin.
Hon. Charles p. t. Moore. of Ma
son county, is mentioned in many
places as the Democratic candidate
for Governor of West Virginia.
Judge Moore is one of the ablcst
men in the State, and possesses
qualifications of the highest ordcr
for the position with which his
name is connected. He has render
ed distinguished services to the
State, and in whatever position pIa-
ced has proven himself worthy and
well qualified" For many years he
occupied seat upon the bench OF
the Supreme Court-a part of the
time as Chief Justice-and his rec
ord is untarnished by blot or-stain,
and he left the place of his own
choice, much to the regret of the
people of the State. He is Demo
crat of the strictost type, always
fearless in the expression of his OPP
inions upon all public questions
AS is usually the case with mon who
are outspokcn and honest in their
views of political policy, he has the
respect and good will of his poIiti-
cal opponents to a greater degree,
perhaps, than any other man in the
State. With Judge Moore at the
head of the Democratic ticket, West
Virginia is placed outside the list OF
doubtful States, and may be counted
in the Democratic column that will
sweep the country next November
and give to the people now lease
of good government
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01

1t is written in substance in the
big book that people who want to
own the Earth cannot expect much
of a share in Heaven.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01

God appreciates and rewards all
we do for others, even if those We
seek 70 benefit forget to thank US.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01

N0TIean i've at home and make more money a
VIII work for us, than at anything else IN this
NUN world Capital not needed; you are started
free Both sexes; all ages. Any one can
DO the work. Large earnings sure from first start
Costly outfit aud terms free. Better NOT deIay.-
Costs you nothing TO send your address and ind
9n5 q You are wise you Will do once Address
II. HALLETr & Co. Portland, Maine.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01
JOHN w. ENGLISH.

.1TTORNElT 1T L4IW,
Point Pleasant, w. Va,
WILL practice in the County of Ma
wv son; the United States District Court
or West Virginia, anu in the Supreme
Court of Appeals OF this State. Office in
Court House. jan 3, 1888.