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Why Men Drink.

That wonderful humorist, Tom Hood,
once remarked: "There are five reasons
why men drink! Good wine, friend,
because they are dry, or at least they
may be bye and bye, or any other
reason why" The last is perhaps the
most common reason. James Parton
once headed an article Will the COM
ing man drink" but as he failed to an
swer the query, we will express de-
cided opinion: that until the coming
man learns to prize home, social family
ties above all others, will he learn not
to abuse his own organism. In March
last a writer in the Medical Age made
some practical remarks upon this sub
ject, and offered timely hint, which
prohibition advocates will do we'll to
note. He says: " AS long as the i'm
projections of humanity remain I'M
fitted to its surroundings and conditions,
so long evil and misery will continue,
and men seek refuge in strong drink
Increase the sum of human happiness
by whatever means possible, lessen the
burdens and ameliorate the woes of
mankind, remove hunger, disease and
pain by better physical and moral
education, and you will have plucked
out the fangs of that dire monster y
intemperance. Among the worst NOR
bid conditions resulting from the use
of alcoholic liquors, as well as from i'm
proper food and customs of eating, are
Inflammation of the stomach, bowels,
liver, kidneys and brain. 1t matters
not in what part of the body inhamma-
ton exists, or how severe it may be,
whether it takes the form of gastric in
fammation, in dyspepsia, or as in bron-
chitis, catarrh, hay-fever, pneumonia,
rheumatism, or as in common cuts and
bruises, Johnson's Anodyne Liniment
will conquer it, relieve the pain and
prove to you that it is indeed an ano-
dyne of mighty power and unlike all
others, as it is for internal as well as eX-
ternal use. A good Baptist deacon told
us not long since that she had known
Johnson's Liniment for sixty years, and
had used it in his family for over forty
years" l. S. Johnson & Co., Boston,
Mass, will send any person an instruct
i've pamphlet free, telling all about this
valuable household remedy and how to
use il economically. One tea-spoonful
properly used is worth a whole bottle
used as Some people use it.
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FRIEND
Are You Sick?

Do you have pains about the sides, chest and
back? Does your mouth have "A bad taste, especially
in the morning? Do you feel duh and sleepy Is
there sort of sticky slime collects about the teeth
heavy load on the stomach sometimes a faint, all.
gone sensation at the pit of the stomach which food
does not satisfy ? Do your hands and feet become
cold and clanmy? Have you dry cough Are
your eyes sunken? Do you expectOrate greenish
colored matter? Are you hawking and splitting all
part of the time? Do you feel tired all the while
Are you nervous, irritable and gloomy? DO you
of whirling sensation in the head-when rising up
suddenly? Do your bowels become costve2 Is
your skin hot and dry at times? Is your blood thick
and stagnant? Are the whites of your eyes tinged
with yellow? Is your urine scanty and highly
ing? Do you frequently spit up your food, some;
times with a sour taste and sometimes with sweet
Is this frequently attended with palptation of the
heart? Has your vision become impaired? Are
there spots before the eyes? Is there feeling of
great prostration and weakness? If you suffer from
any of these symptoms, call at your drugstore and
get bottle of
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-06-06

News ABOUT TowN.-lt is the cur
rent report about town that Kemp's
Balsam for the throat and lungs is
making some remarkable cures with
people who are troubled with coughs,
sore throat, asthma, bronchitis and
consumption. Any druggist will give
you trial bottle free of cost 1t is
guaranteed to relieve and cure. The
LARGE bottles are fifty cents and 81.
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&eaal Motites.
CHEsTER IL. NYE's ESTATE.

CHESTER IL. NYE'S ESTATE.
~ STATE OF VERMONT, Washington District, IS
In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, in said Dis
trict, ON the 22d day of May, A. ID, lsss:
$. II. Covel Administrator of the estate of
Chester Il. Nye, late of Berlin In said District
deceased, presents his administration account for
examination and allowance and makes applica-
tion for decree OF distribution and partition OF the
estate OF said deceased. Whereupon IL ordered by
said Court that said account and said applica-
ton be referred to a session thereof, to be
held at the Probate once In said Montpelier,
ON the 10th day of June, A. ID. ISIS. for hear
ing and decision thereon; And IL is further ordered
that notice hereof be given to all persons interested
by publication of the same three weeks successfully
in the Vermont Wdfchmdn q State Journal, a news
paper published at Montpelier previous to said time
appointed for hearing that they may appear at said
time and place and show cause, ii any they may
have, why said account should not be allowed and
such decree made. by the Court-Attest
1851 HIRAM CARLETON, Judge.
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IT is a truth of truths that he who
does not know God can not know that
which is best and truest in humanity,
just as it is true that he who does not
love his fellow-man can not truly love
God.-Smday-School Times.
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Compound almost takes the place of
this fountain. 1t is now used by thou
sands of old folks, whose renewed
strength and vitality show its wonderful
power.
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beckon to me to come over. go to
my comrades. Goodbye, and God bless
you alll' Thus ends the last of the
Grand Army of the Republic"
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L. G. WAKEFIELD, D. V. S
Doctor of Veterinary Surgery.

The only resident veterinarian of this state pos
sessing diploma from legally Incorporated Veter-
mary College of the United States Surgery and the
treatment of lameness a specially, Gedng per
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References furnished ON application Calls by mail
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advertisements.
She Tried and Knows.

A leading chemist of New York
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4oi Fulton St, sandusky, o., Nov. 81, 49,,
The Athophoros Plaster acted like
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Central Vermont Railroad.
Commencing Nov. |, 1887.

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THE treasury department uses $4,000
towels month and yet the surplus is
not wiped out.
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FARM FOR SALE.

The farm known as the Hiram Dexter farm in
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miles from Williamstown village on the road lead
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Williamstown, VT.
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here. Our champion skater, by the
way, so far as we have one, is an
American, GEORGE Frost. More than
that, L believe he is journalist.
Speaking of aristocratic sport reminds
me to say that our sport is mostly Of
that character. Such great games as
we have are played mainly by the titled
persons and the military. The leading
one | think of is O paper chase on
horseback, conducted in very much
the same way that the English and
Americans play hare-and- hounds.
With us, two of the most intrepid
horsemen start from given point at a
set time, and mark their course by
scattering bits of paper as they go.
They stop not for barriers of any de-
scription and disdain roads. The pack,
also on horseback, pursue them and
catch them if they can. This game is
always accompanied by considerable
concourse of spectators in carriages,
who keep up with the pursuit as best
Is great game, and calls for the exer-
else of no little nerve and vigor. The
courses are from fifteen to twenty miles
in length"
A striking difference between the
French and American ideas of sport
may be seen in this, for in hare-and-
hounds as played in this country on
foot the course is rarely less than fif-
teen miles long. 1t is evidently not O
sport for France. NJ. Dumont contin-
ued:
"At the country fairs, with which all
Americans are familiar through the
comic opera, for what opera ever was
written that did not include as one of
its scenes a country fair in France,
there are various physical diversions
that are more or less In vogue here in
modified forms. Perhaps the most
popular is pounding Bismarck's head.
In this game the player strikes with
mallet on an image of Bismarck, and
according to the force of the blow on
the skull with which it is delivered, a
bolt shoots up in a slot in an upright
plank. The game is of course to see
who can send the bolt up the highest.
Then the chasing of CREASED pig needs
no explaining, | suppose. The best
fun with creased pig, however, is to
be found in Paris itself There they
take pig into one of the swimming
houses in the Seine. such as | have
spoken OF, and having creased his tail
throw him into the water. Then the
swimmers who are contesting for the
prize, which is the pig, follow and
try to bring him to land. 1t is great
port, assure you.
"You have spoken, monsieur, about
the government providing exercise for
the youth. In what way?"
Hardly is a boy in school before he
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Is made to enter upon series OF gym
nastics. 1t is O regular part of the
curriculum, and increases i'll Importance
until the end of the course. Now, the
peculiar feature of all this is, that al
though the general character of the ex-
ercise is calculated to develop bodily
vigor, the main thing sought for is
uniformity of action. The drilling is
all in platoons. In the gymnasium the
same feature obtains. You cannot inn
agine the curious evolutions that the
future soldiers have to go through to-
gether. There is some individual work,
but, as q rule, if you enter q gymna-
SUM you will be met by half dozen
men hopping along on one foot, keep
ing their alignment as faithfully as If
marching on dress parade, or striding
in single file across the floor, their fists
doubled and their arms swaying back
ward and forward spontaneously, and
you may be lucky enough to see a man
standing on the shoulders of two COM
rades, driving with long reins several
pairs of men, who hold the reins light
iy in their hands above their heads.
This is favorite accomplishment o.
tire gymnasium, and is an interesting
feature of the public exhibitions. The
whole influence of even physical train
ing, you see, is military, and the
French, though by no means weak, do
not tend to develop muscle at the ex-
pense of skill and the mental faculties,
as it seems to me the Americans do"
The theory of M. Dumont, that the
governmental compulsory training
kills any desire for or possibility of
general games, is corroborated by the
fact that though the French in this
city have their annual balls, their
clubs and societies; though they OBJ
serve the great fete days of France by
picnics, parades, and public meetings,
a1d in other ways keep alive the ma
tional spirit, they have no gymnasium
even in which to cultivate or keep in
tact the physical training they have
received .cr IS the water.
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ability is at an advantage. He pursues
sport as he does art-striving to de-
velop it's fine points, aiming to become
expert, and admiring only the skill
that may be attained in the exercise.
We have no such thing as a national
game; nothing that approaches to your
cricket. Sport with us means, as a
rule, horse racing, and undoubtedly
our Jockeys, of whom we think highly,
would compare favorably with the best
that this country knows. The exercise
that really occupies our attention as a
national institution is fencing, and that
probably arises from the military char
acter of the national life. Much of the
energy that the American youth puts
into play and physical contests is alb
sorbed by the government in recruiting
the army. Here the boys of the village
have to provide their own amusements,
their own exercises, and have to de-
pend upon themselves for acquiring
the discipline that ID so essential to re-
ally successful sport. With us the
government provides the exercise and
the discipline, and if the young men
can get any amusement out of it, so
much the better for them. II is the
next war that is always uppermost in
every Frenchmans mind. 1t is the
necessary preparation for this terrible
event that makes the nation one with
out typical game, for the required
service in the army takes all the young
men into the military field at just the
time when they would naturally be
tossing ball on the diamond, or strain
ing at the oars on the river; and when
the few years of army life are at an end,
If no war comes along to keep the en-
rollment at its highest, those who re-
turn to the ranks of civilians find
themselves under the stern necessity of
making q living, and all the less is
their time available for play; and more
over the discipline of the army tends TO
make a man averse to taking up any
new department of physical activity.
He has already learned to do certain
things, and may be regarded as beyond
the age when it is desirable to spend
any more time in learning accomplish
ments, So l think we shall remain as
We have been, without national game,
and without ady special activity in
sports.
"There are, nevertheless, certain di-
rections in which the love of recre-
alton finds expression. One is swim
ming. 1t is a popular diversion in
Paris. There are q good many bath
houses floating in che Seine, some OF
them of vast proportions and magnifi-
Gently finished and furnished They
are, as o rule rooted over, but the
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floors are absent altogether, except for
a narrow platform running round the
four walls on the inside. This is al
most on level with the water of the
river into which the swimmers plunge.
There are instructors in swimming in
all these houses, and although there is
naturally no opportunity for long dis
lance exercise, or practice in making
time, there is yet considerable opportn-
atty for fun and unlimited means for
cultivating diving to its best. Many
good swimmers go to these places for
practice; indeed, it would be practi-
cally impossible for those ignorant of
swimming to go there at all unless
they attached themselves to the end of
the rope held by the instructor. Some
of these lighthouses are free, and 9th
ers are the result of private enterprise
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soaper riffik combind, BEGUN drowsey
an wuz air long travilen frum zeffur
pint ter the farey land Nv dremes.
Sweatly lokt in the arms Nv MORPHEUS
wuz livin oar agen mi boyyuds daze
in deer ole putnim keownty, wen a
voyse like steme-thratcher sowndid
in my yeres and roodly woak me frum
mi pesefull slumbirs.
"Yung mani" it kride in klarreun
toans. "yung man, say, at this very
mowmint air slumbrin, awl unkon-
shus NV yewer dredfil dainjur, upon
the brink Nv the lake Nv flyer an brim-
stunt" Up jumps with er start, fer
Wen fel asleap moo wuz seatid bi the
armless worturs Nv lake cry witch is bi
no menes fyurey nor yit brimstony. i
wuz jest erbowt ter kontridik the
showtir in langwidge mower forsabel
than eligint wen my ize restid on site
witch maid me wundir weathur wuz
not still in the land Nv nod. Rite bel
me wuz kroud Nv pepul under a big
ornin, the intire sho bein lit up hi mir
riuds Nv gass jetz. rubd my ize with
mi brorny fists an awl NV suddint
rikkolektid tibet tEare wuz er kamp-
meatin in progris at the pint an this
must be it. Sew droo in ter the
kroud an bein NV q batchfull an
retiren dispersishun TUX a bak sect.
Meow kamp-meetin in full serving
wuz er moo centsashun fer me an wat
with the showtin and weapin an singin
an allylujerin got considerably mickst
up. Evin in tibet strainje an noysy
asemblij mi thorts ware Mile away,
but wuz startled outen mi revverv bi
the approatch Nv larje solum-lukin
man atyerd in preastly garb. This in
devijual grarspt me bi the hand an
rollin up hiz ize in er way tibet remind.
id me NV er dyin duk in er thundur-
storum sed, SEE he:
mi brutbir. mir treddin the rode
ter zyun?"
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PugiIstic, Rowing, Running, or
Walking Contests Unknown
in France.
The Drafting of the Young Men In:o
Military Service the Chief
Cause for This
Fencing, Billiards, and Lacrosse-The
Paper Chase-POunding Bis
marck's Head.
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE. !

Not far from the Bleecker street sta
ton on the Sixth avenue road Is a
little court whose name, if it ever had
gotten. 1t is in the very heart of the
so-called French quarter. When the
infrequent snow-storm Of New York
winter finds the ground cold enough
to retain the flakes unmelted, the little
court becomes the dumping place of
the snow from the neighboring side
walks and the overhanging roofs.
And when the days and the Their
mometric mercury elongate stimuli
taneously, and the snow becomes slush
and disappears into the soil. the sewer,
and the atmosphere, the French boys
of the quarter bring out big iron
frog, and stand it up in the further
end of the court, and pitch pennies
into its mouth for hours at time, for
fun and profit. 1t is one of their most
popular games, and, to certain ex-
tent, Is typical of French sport. For
stand as sport is little known In
France, and little admired by the
French. Not all their recreations are
colored with gambling, but very few
are calculated to develop muscular
prowess, or require it. Contests for
a Champion in pugilism, or the
badge of championship in rowing. or
in walking, or in running, or in any
of the scores of exercises so popular
on this side of the water, are prac-
tically unknown in France. Neverthe-
less, the French residents of America
have furnished some of the best-ltnown
contestants in several fields, and the
undisputed champions in the one or
two departments of sport that they
pay considerable attention TO at home.
Monsieur Alphonse Dumont, a Paris
ian who is visiting this country, and
spending part of his time in this
city, said on this subject:
"The Frenchman cares little to con-
test in anything where mere muscul ar
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"Sir," seq j, ii air treddin no rode
NV no kind at the presint mowmint; i
air settin very kumtiterbil.
Then he SEE:
"Air saved?"
meow bekum panefully awair tibet
menny pares of lie ware restin on me,
but replide:
did say saved or shaved? if the
latter, air; if the formir. du not un-
distand."
"Ar, pore sinner" SCI he, III du not
compryend. Air infested undir the
bannur NV the lord or ar u not? o,
mi bruthir, woant jine the armey ter