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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-04-25

General e. Bass seems to be failing quite
rapidly of late. The gangrenous sore on his
foot progresses and n sudden general break
down is now feared. - Harry Fogg has
sold the south part of his small farm TO A.
w. Farnham for $3.50 go Dea. Burn
ham Seaver, son Of the late Mr.. Cyrus
Seaver, has just died of consumption, at his
home in Burlington. "He was good
man " is the testimony that those who knew
him seem ready to bear. =@ George Bal
ley who lived on Herbert p. Martins hill
farm last year, is to return to Chelsea.
- 1t speaks well for George Edison, son
of the late Mr.. Elijah Edison, that he has
been hired for the third year in j. X.
Lynde's store. - Frank j. Martin was
called from his law studies in Northied
last week to the store of Perry & Camp in
Barre, where he had formerly worked, while
Proprietor Perry and wife were in market
for goods. - DIR. Dana Dickinson of
Boston, who has been wintering here, is re-
jocng at the prospect of the coming of his
wife to this place soon. 80 To people in
the West who write friends here of trees
putting forth leaves, of garden making, etc,
this section would look rather dismal with
the amount of snow there is. We get a lit
tie of 1t additional most every day of late.
- j. X. Lynde is in Boston this week
buying goods - Miss Eta Martin will
teach in the Jacob Flint district the coming
summer. 80 The examination of teach
ers will be held at the village school-house
next Saturday, beginning at nine A. NJ.
- Henry Lasell has hired the farm adj
joining the Joseph Norris place on the
south. - Miss Ella Benedict returned to
Burlington on Monday. G. G. Barnes
is canvassng at present in Washington, ID.
G. - John Miller, son of Rev. Il. ID.
Miller, is to marry a lady in Fair Haven
this week. They are to reside in or near Bos
ton. - Mrs. Dea. Edwin c. Smith was
called to Washington Monday by the illness
of her mother. She will remain there
through the week John Boyce, a
foreman on Langdon x Martins quarry,
who has been ailng for some weeks with
heart disease, was taken worse Monday
night and lies in very critical condition.
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of cousin, which took place on Monday.
- Mr.. and Mrs. Egerson OF Montana
Territory visited her mother, Mrs. Clark
Shipman, last week. 80 Miss Kate Mox-
ley OF Portsmouth, N H.. is at her fathers
for few weeks vacation. 80 w. p.
Smith is in Boston this week. =- James
Gould is on the sick-list and Albert
King is recovering from severe attack of
pneumonia.
Rochester.
THE sick are generally improy ing -
Royal Gibbs of Chicago, ILL.,, was in town
last Saturday buying maple sugar. -
The new store will commence business this
week under the firm name of Guernsey &
Upper. - The young son of j. S. Tower
shot off two toes recently while attempting
to kill cat. -=- The remains of Mrs
Trask, mother of j. II. Trask of this place
were brought here from Galesburgh, ILL.,.
last week Thursday for burial
Gaysville.
REV. s. II. TUCKER has returned from
conference and will remain here another
year. - Romaine Eggleston lost a COW
last Sunday. - Sherman and Orwell
Harrington saw grasshopper last week.
- Mr.. John Boutwell, and Mrs. Charles
Cobb are i'll with pneumonia. 60 Mr..
Aldrichs daughter Mrs. Hines) and her
husband have been visiting him the past
week.
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Call for Soldiers National
Conventions.

A mass convention of all Union soldiers
in favor of a law making every soldiers
honorable discharge his pension certificate
for life is hereby called, by authority of the
Indiana State Association, to meet at Gin
cinnati May II, for the purpose of placing a
resolution on this matter before the national
convention of the union labor party to be
held in that city May Is; adiourning to
meet at st. Louis June 2 and 4, to place the
same resolution before the democratic ma
tional convention, and adjourning to meet
again at Chicago June II and Is, to present
the matter to the republican national con-
vention. Place of meeting will be announced
in the local press of the cities named on
dates above named. We urge our comrades
in all parties to attend these conventions in
large numbers and secure the adoption of a
resolution in favor Of a service pension law
at the next session of congress. Pension
certificates should be granted as diplomas
of honorable service not as badges of de-
pendence, charity or poverty. (Signed)
ciation G. A. Power, secretary.
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New Publications.

PETERsoN's MAGAZINE for May is at hand
and its contents are varied enough to suit
the most fastidious taste. Peterson is
always so fresh and bright that one might
think it still in its teens instead of almost
ready to celebrate its semi-centennial. Old
subscribers always look on it as a friend
that can not be dispensed with and new
ones never fail to regret that they have not
long before made its acquaintance. Capital
stories and poetry are the rule, not the
exception and, together with its superb
steel-plate and other illustrations, make the
contents of each month rich treat. In all
matters of dress, toilet and needle-work,
Peterson's designs and suggestions are
fresh and novel, and its practical hints to
housewives are always trustworthy Our
lady readers should all take this magazine.
Terms only $500 a year Address Peter
sons Magazine, Philadelphia, Penn.
BRIToNs AND MUsCovITEs By Curtis
Guild Boston: Lee & Shepard. For sale
by ID. F. Long, Montpelier. In this book
Mr.. Guild continues his vivid sketches of
European countries with the same practical
wisdom and clear accuracy which distin-
guished his former well-known works. His
chapters upon England express the opinions
of every American who misses abroad the
conveniences of hotel life and travel which
he has found at home. Many anecdotes
show the conservatism of country where
" they have been keeping hotels for three
thousand years." and the author complains
of draughts in hotels, of poor fare and of
the tyranny of the tall hat, his complaints
being made in frank plain manner, at
which nobody could take offence. Russia
was seen in the usual manner of sight-seers
who are able to visit the chief places of in
terest without endeavoring to penetrate into
social conditions Palaces, cathedrals and
other points of interest are described with
vivacity, which shows that the traveller saw
at once the salient features of the country.
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An Interesting Character.

Lewis George Clarke, the original George
Harris - in Harriet Beecher Stoves story
of Uncle Toms Cabin, is in Chicago. To
a reporter for the Inter- ocean he said that he
was born in Madison county, Kentucky,
apout seventy-one or seventy-two years ago
He does not know the exact date of his
birth. His parents were slaves and were
nearly white, Clarke and his brothers and
sisters having but the faintest strain of col
ored blood in their veins. There were nine
children. His sister Della was the original
of Emeline in the story. She was sold with
lot of slaves in the pen at New Orleans
and was bought by Frenchman, who took
her to Mexico and married her. She came
back to Kentucky to visit her brothers and
sisters once afterward, but has been dead
many years. His brother Milton escaped in
1910 and settled in Ohio at Oberlin George
made his escape in 1871, and went to Canada
on horseback, just as is stated in the story.
He came back to Ohio later, and settled at
Oberlin for time. The students there got
him to lecture to them and also to deliver
lectures at other places. An attempt was
made to kidnap George and Milton Clarke,
the original of Marks, the lawyer, engineer
ingit. Milton was captured, but George was
not Milton was taken to justice court in
Madison, Lake county, Ohio, and the abo-
litionists were out in force at the trial. They
managed to recapture Milton, and he was
never taken again. George lectured all
through the Eastern States and lived for a
year with Garrett Smith, when he met Mrs.
Stowe, and gave her the facts upon which
she founded her great story. Eliza, who
was chased by the blood-hounds over the
ice, was not the wife of George, but other
wise the facts are as given in the story. The
characters were all taken from life, the
names being changed. The character of
Uncle Tom was combination of the lives
of two old negroes, Josiah Henson furnish
ing the first half and Sam Peck the latter
half. Peck died Just as stated in the story,
and Henson, who was a preacher, died two
years ago. Henson had both his arms
broken because he showed fight, and they
were never set, consequently he was Grip
pie all his life. George was sold ON the
block twice, the first time at Stamford, Ken
lucky, to Tom Canada, the original Legree,
and the second time at Garrett Kentucky,
to young Canada, or Legree, Jr. He was
put up third time, but no bidders appeared,
though many other slaves were sold The
buyers said he was bad niger, and they
did not care to have him among their slaves.
After he made his escape he lectured all
through the North, and of late years he has
been lecturing in the South, and has spoken
to large assemblages in the very places
where he was once a slave. He has been
treated with uniform kindness wherever he
went in the South He says that he feels
as clipper as can be, and never has the
aches and pains usually incident to old age.
His white hair gives him a venerable ap-
pearance, but his walk is spry and he car
ries himself as erect as he did in the old
slavery days.
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"The Voice - a Democratic Organ.

1t is well-known that The Voice is
being sent gratuitously, or partly so, all
over the land to ministers of the gospel,
for the purpose of deluding and ensnaring
them into the third-party temperance move
ment. 1t seems hardly necessary for us to
say that this is democratic newspaper in
disguise for any impartial, well-informed
reader ought to he able to see that at a
glance on perusing its columns. 1t is ap-
parent on its face that the intended mission
of The Voice is not so much to serve the
cause of prohibition as to sow seeds of
discord in the republican ranks, and thereby
aid the democracy. " The Voice is the voice
of Jacob, but the hand is the hand of Esau,'
and it does not take the average clergyman
long to discover this fact on reading its col
umns. The following letter from a we'll
known clergyman, formerly resident of
Clinton county is fair illustration of the
way they look at it:
GRINNELL, Iowa, March 10, 1888.
W. lansing g. Son: Dear Sirs--You are aware that
large amount of money is being raised to furnish
clergymen with The Voice. 1t is time these benevo-
lent reformers of the cergymen and the country at
large should know how this benevoence to the
ministers is appreciated. The idea of raising fund
in New York city, the worst dram-cursed city the
continent, to convert the ministers of Iowa, the
foremost prohibition state, so far as the cergymen
concerned at least, is too ridiculous for any
thing. So it seems to me, an old-time abolitionist
and liberty party man and prohibitionist also, who
IN as Fl oTso
mour, who had vetoed the prohibitory Maine law.
How any temperance man in New York state can
abotionst or republican can vote to keep the
South in the saddle and the negro under foot is in
4. E. EVEREST
These pointed words of Mr.. Everest will
meet with warm response from the mass
of the clergymen in this section.-PldttS-
burgh Sentinel.
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Windsor County.


Hon. j. j. WILSON and one of his sons
narrowly escaped serious injury Sunday
afternoon by being thrown from their
wagon. They started out for ride with a
pair of young colts, one of which became
frightened after reaching the road. The
colts began kicking and running when in
front of X. S. James dwelling and ran up on
to the sidewalk, passing between trees
which stood hardly far enough apart to al
low the wagon to pass between them and
following the walk up as far as A, l..
Stearns'. Mr.. Wilson reined them down
the bank into the street, and in so doing he
and his son were thrown from the wagon.
The colts then pulled away from him and
ran up to j. G.. Sargent's, where the wagon
was turned bottom up and one of the colts
thrown down, in which position they were
caught In passing between tree and
lamp-post in front of A. L. Stearns' Mr..
Wilson's head struck the lamp-post and he
received quite long, but not dangerous cut
Just behind one of his ears, which was the
only damage done, with the exception of
the wagon being somewhat demolished.
- The sixth and last lecture of the
course by home talent was delivered in
Bascom House Hall on Wednesday evening
of last week by Rev S. A. Parker, whose
subject was "The South Before the War. 4"
The lecture was a very fine and fitting one
with which to close the course, which
has been one of great eXcelence-better,
ever been delivered in the place by foreign
talent. We understand that the assoc
citation has saved S2S, which will be
deposited in the bank as a nucleus for a
lecture fund another year. - We
understand that Mr.. G. H. Dutton has
moved to South Royalton and will come
from there to preach the few remaining
Sundays that he is to supply the desk of the
Congregational church in this place -=
George IL. Edison and his brother-in-la law,
Charles Brown, of White River Junction,
with their families, spent Sunday with rela-
tives and friends here, =- Kate Martin
of Rochester is visiting her brother, f. l.,
Martin, i'm this place. -= George Clark
was confined to his house with rheumatism
last week. -- Clara Barrows, who has
charge of the grammar school, is detained
at her home by illness and Mary James is
supplying her place in the school this week
East Bethel.
JACOB SMITH had a shock of paralysis
Thursday morning and remains in an UNI
conscious state. 80 ID. b. Howe went tC
RoXbury last Saturday to attend the funeral
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right the dissatisfied element" will settle
down to business, emigration will be
stopped and our state be made as good as
any In which to live.
"And this can all be secured through
state legislation; we have only got to put
out our hands and take it," We can not
very well get along without the railroads,
and they and the farmers are in a measure
dependent upon each other. We would not
like to have them take advantage of the
farmers, but to have laudable pride in
the welfare of the state and its material
prosperity. Perhaps some things may be
regulated by legislation or bettered, but is
1t not true that too much legislation has an
adverse effect, and injury rather than bene-
fit is the result? We believe this has been
the case sometimes. Some wisdom and
Judgment is necessary in this as well as all
other things, and when 1t comes to sizing
up" matters, perhaps the railroads will not
be the only objects that will need attention
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Winnipesaukee Lake Assembly.

Arrangements are about completed for
holding the second session of the Winni-
pesaukee Lake Assembly at Weirs, n. H.
for ten days, beginning July H. The chief
attractions will be the religious and literary
work along the Chautauqua and Sunday
school line. Rev. A. E. Winship of Boston,
editor of Education, will be superintendent
of the normal work. Rev. Edward Everett
Hale, DID,, one of the board of Chautauuua
councillors, will be in charge of the Chau-
tauqua Literary and Scientific Circle work
besides delivering addresses on other topics.
In addition to these, the following are
already engaged for service: Revs. f. e.
Clark, founder of the Christian Endeavor
Society w. j. Haven, president of the
Young Peoples Christian League; Professor
Ford, elocutionist, of New York; Rev. Will
lam Butler, ID, the veteran and success
full missionary; Rev. j. l.. Willis, an elo-
quent divine, of Delaware Professor T. II.
Bailey, the practical astronomer, of Boston
Hon. George Makepeace Towle, an ex-
consul; Wallace Bruce, Miss l.. j. Gregg
and others. The music department will be
under the direction of Mr.. George l.. San
born of Worcester, Mass, with Miss Mary
Spofford, pianist. The rising tide of enthll-
siasm during the last ten days of last year
warrants the confident expectation that the
attendance will be greatly increased this
year. All minor information will be sup
piled by the programmes to be issued later.
Application can be made at any time to Rev.
j. Nj. Williams, Ph.D., president, or Hon.
John G. Lane, treasurer, Manchester, n.
H., or to Mr.. Charles f. Stanels, secretary,
Concord, n. H., and they will be sent as
fast as issued.
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Extraordinary Medical Success.
UNEQUALED CURES.

Mrs. ORRIN WEBER, Bedford, n. H.,
cripple and on crutches fourteen years, with
terrible ulcers on her limbs soundly cured.
- George III. Stevens, North Lynde-
boro, n. H., cured of terrible burning and
itching humor which covered the entire
body. ~ Mrs. William E. Russ, North
Hartland, Vt, given up by counsel, with
large ovarian tumor, heart disease and
dropsy; perfectly cured and tumor disap-
peared. Doctor did not see her. - Mary
Smith, East Gambia, n. H., Mrs. Mary
Urann Baskerville, n. H., also cured of ova-
rian tumors. - Oliver Pelren. Concord,
n. H., wife cured of ovarian and female
difficulties after she had been made worse
by the usual treatment - G. l.. Butfum,
North Monroe, n. H., helpless with spinal
disease, involving liver, kidneys and blad-
der; perfectly cured and the doctor did not
see him. - Miss l.. o. Turner, Berlin,
VT, had spinal disease and could not walk,
caused by injury seven years ago; cured
and the doctor did not see her. -
Thomas Cochrane, 223 w. Seth street, n. Y;
son was helpless with spinal disease; was
cured and is sound and well. 81 know this
to be true.-Rev. j. r. Kerr, pastor 4th Pres
byterian church, 34th street, n. Y."-
Miss NJ. A. Barnet, Walpole, n. H., so deaf
she could scarcely hear a word; radically
cured: - Isaac Buttrick, Londonderry,
n H., son cured of discharging ears
and deafness. - Mrs. A. l.. Celly,
West Andover, n. H., given up in the
last stage of consumption is now well.
- Mrs. l.. A. Sawyer Keene, n. H.,
terrible bleeding from the lungs; cured.
- Amos Young, Derry Depot n. H.,
catarrh had eaten a hole through roof of
mouth; cured. - Miss Lizzie Williams,
10 Blodgett street, Manchester, n. H., blind
ness cured. - DR.. Levi b. Dodge, Water
ford, VT, kidney disease with frightful
hemorrhages given up by counsel; cured
and the doctor did not see him. 80
Thomas luke, Levi Burt, Litteton, n. H.,
and hundreds of other cases. cured of nerv-
Gus debility in its various stages. - Mrs,
j. f. Fields Milford, n. H.. cured of a COM
plicaton of female difficulties after she had
doctored nine years with others. - Son
of w. b. Hill, Pittstield, n. H., was a most
terrible case of heart disease, dropsy and
epileptic fits; got well, went to work and
has not had "A tit for two years. - q.
Ambrose, North Londonderry, y. H., cured
of cancer. G.. &. Hail. Boscawen, n. H.,
cured of cancer. Alvin Bruce, Williams
vile, Vt, cured of cancer. 60 Rev. A. q.
Fargo, Hamilton n. Y. son cured OF lame
ness. 60 C. b. Marshall, Nashua, n. H.,
son cured of epileptic fits - Mrs. j. S.
Haley, 926 Putnam avenue, Brooklyn, n.
Y, cured of Bright's disease and dropsy,
80 Albert Clark, Underhill VT. bad
case of chronic rheumatism; treated at hos
pital with no good results; can now do a
good days work
DIR. CAGES APPOINTMENTS
Montpelier, Pavilion Hotel, Friday, April
27th Burlington, Van Ness House, Satur-
day, April 2Sth.
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Caledonia County.
Hardwick.

THE annual town tax list for 1887 was
turned over by the treasurer to the constable
April II. Amount of taxes assessed,
$40, 905.35; balance to he collected by con-
stable April II, 1888. - We understand
that the selectmen have employed Cyrus l..
Wheeler of this village to operate the road
machine the coming season. Mr.. Wheeler,
being one of the selectmen, operated the ma
chine the first season it was used. We hear
he is to receive $50 per day for the services
of four horses and two men. - a. j.
Kittredge is making extensive repairs and
improvements to the interior of the build
ing recently purchased by him on Main
street. The addition to the tenement of
four fine rooms finished on the third floor,
and the division of the main store room on
the first floor into three rooms, constitute
the principle improvements. The plaster
ing is to be done this week. His family
moved into the tenement last week. -
A. f. Clement is making important changes
and needed repairs to the " Stone" block
recently purchased. He contemplates oc-
cupying the tenement rooms on the second
floor as a residence when the repairs in
progress are completed, - The produc-
ton of maple sugar in this section is gen
orally reported as very slow, owing to the
continuance of cold weather. Alonzo Gran
dali is shipping some of his sugar to the YER
mont Maple Sugar Exchange at Brattleboro
- Mrs. G.. w. Houston is in poor health
she can not recover. - The remains of
Joseph Jones were brought here from New
port for interment April 49, Mr.. Jones was
for many years a resident of this town.
- NJ. f. Tucker has stocked his mill on
the West Hill with about one and one
fourth million feet of logs, nearly all de-
rived from his purchase of stunpage on the
"Aiken" farm about one mile west of his
mill. This is the largest stock ever sup
piled this mill and will keep business there
abouts lively for the season. 60. c..
Collier has rented w. w. Gates farm in
this town for the present year, taking pos
session May 1. S. j. Lovejoy, the present
occupant, moves to the George Paine p"
farm recently purchased by him of Charles
Moves, Esq, of Morrsville. We under
stand that Collier has rented his house in
this place to Nathan Morse, who works for
Tucker in the dressing-mill here. - Bert
Paige has his new house nearly ready
for the mason work. 1t was erected, COW
cred and sided last fall. Most all the floors
are now laid and the lathing done.
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TOURIST AND PLEASURE TRAvEL.-The
Chicago, Rock Island x Pacific railway an
nounces the sale of round-trip tickets at
greatly reduced rates to points in Colorado,
Utah, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming
These sales will continue ddily during the
spring and summer of 1888. Round-trip
tickets will also be sold to popular resorts
nearer home, such as ColfaX Springs, Spirit
Lake, Lake Minnetonka and hundreds of
other localities of interest to artist, tourist
sportsman and invalid. The great Rock
Island assures to all purchasing these
round-trip tourist tickets choice of routes
journey that fast through trains, composed
of the finest cars that run on wheels, can
afford. For further information address Il.
W. Thompson, New England passenger
agent, 296 Washington street, Boston, Mass.
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Orleans County.
Barton Landing.

EUGENE WILSON has gone to North Troy
to work in drugstore. f. ID. Wilson
is visiting in CRANKY. - We have a
BRASS band of about fifteen pieces. 1t has
been practicng nearly two weeks. -
Mrs Amazah Parker is recovering.
George Parker goes to Newport May l to
work at his trade during the summer.