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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-06
Soldiers &uoqet.
Pensions Granted.

To Clara Champeau, Montpelier, S12
month and $500 arrears; Calvin
Fullam, Brookfield, increase from 81 to
S12 month and 1888 arrears; George
Buck, minor of AFRO A. Buck, West
Windsor, $14 month and 5000 arrears !;
Amos A. Parker, Reading, S12 month
and 5000 arrears; Roxana Burns, Boil
ton, aged ninety-four and widow of a
soldier in the war of 1912, s12 month
and 81 100 arrears; Philander r. Pack
ard, Hinsdale, N. H., increase from
S16 to 1929 month.
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SALE.
will sell at public auction
Thursd ay, March 81, 1889,

At one O'Clock, p NJ, sharp on the premises at East
Montpelier, the following described property
The Henry keton farm containing 30 acres Of
land In high state of cultivation suitably divided
into tillage and pasture land. and provided with
dwellinghouse and bans The spring, bought of
A. A. Pratt, and which supplies the premises with
water, will be sold with the farm.
The sale will also comprise the following personal
property: Six Jersey cows-all fine stock-one year
ling. two horses, five sheep six swine, about 30 tons
OF hay three tons of straw 100 bushels of oats ono
buggy, one buck board, one sleigh, jumper one
twO-horse cart, one set traverse sleds, harrow
one cultivator, moving machine one horse. rake
one set of scales l5cow set of milk pans, one
refrigerator one single harness two buffalo robes
and number of other articles including chains,
ladders cedar posts, barbed wire. etc, etc.
CLINTON CUTLER, Assignee,
East Montpelier, VT, February rs, 1882
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-06
ARE YOU A MUSIC TEACHER :?


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forte So. New England Conservatory
Method for the Pianeforte $50. Mason &
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SO, and Masen's System of Technical Exer-
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Ideal Method for beginners 80 cents.
EVERY MUCIC-TEACHERn needs full set of
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SCHOOL MUSIC-TEACHERS INVITED to
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DOZEN, by l.. o Emerson to be used in high schools
for adult singingclasses.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-06

BUCKLIN's ARNICA SALvE.-The
best salve in the world for cuts, bruises,
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores,
letter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns
and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles, or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price twenty-five
cents per box. Sold by all druggists.
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Oliver Ditson g. Co. Boston.
One Word With You!

ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE A SPRING MEDI-
CINE? Do you want the best BLOOD Pu-
RIFIER in the market, the best REMEDY for
INDIGESTION, the best LIVER REGULATOR, a
SPLENDID INvIGoRATING Tonic that will
make you strong and well? Then try
BELLS SARsAPARILLA. Do not pay one
dollar for any other, but get " Bells " and
save 30 cents on every bottle. That it is the
best Sarsaparilla in the market there is not
question. By Druggists everywhere.
A. M. Robinson, IT, ApotheOay, Prop, Bangor, Me,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-06

Such is the account of probably as narrow an
escape from death as was ever known. The
first symptoms which Mr.. Smith felt were such
as many others feel but do not consider worth
noticing. 1t is plain, however, that the early
indications of dangerous disease cannot be
trifled with, but must be met promptly, and by
such remedy as has been proven to be indeed
friend in time of need.
WINTHROP
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ceptive, the most hor-
rible malady the world
has ever known. 1t has
no settled symptoms, but
assumes every imaginable
form. | had no idea that
it was Bright's disease that
was undermining me until
/ began to bloat, and
now that | am well and
enjoying life, / feel like
telling everybody about
my miraculous escape.
Is it any ond err this
tow is arou Sed
over my resurrec-
f4Ay, o.,
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SCROFULoUS hUMORs.

Last spring was very sick, being covered with
some Kind of scrofula. The doctors could not help
SOLVENT. did so, and in day grew better and
better, until | am as well ever thank You for
II very much, and would like to have it told to
the public.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-06

pHDvjc Skin and Scalp preserved and beautifed
DHD y by CUTIcURA INDICATED SOAP.
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CUTICURA, the great skin cure, and CUrIcURA
SOAP prepared from 1t, externally, and CUTICURA
REsoLvENT, the new blood purifier, internally are
positive cure for every form of skin and blood dis.
ease from pmples to scrOfula
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BoILs, pimples, hives, ringworm, letter
and all other manifestations of impure blood
are cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-06

Con loves his people when he strikes them
as we'll as when he strokes them.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-06

Our little will be four years of age on the 25tb
inst. In May, 1873, he was attacked with a very
painful breaking out OF the skin. We called in
physician, who treated him for about four weeks
The child received little or no good from the treat
ment, as the breaking out, supposed by the physi.
clan to be hives in an aggravated form became
larger In blotches and more and more distressing.
We were frequently obliged to get up In the night
and rub him with soda in water, strong liniments
etc. Finally we called other physicians, until no
less than six had attempted to cure him, all alike
falling, and the child steadily getting worse and
worse, until about the 10th of last July, when we
began to give him CUTICURA REsoLVENT in
ternally, and the CuTICURA and CUTICURA soar
externally, and by the last Of August he was so
nearly well that we gave him only one dose of the
REsoLvENT about every second day for about ten
days longer, and he has never been troubled since
with the horrible malady In all we used less than
one-half of bottle of CUTICURA REsoLvENT, a
little less than one box of CUTICURA and only one
cake of CUT1CURA SOAP.
II. Il. RYAN, Cayuga, Livingston Co., Ill
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th day Of
January, 1851. G, n. COE i p
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time but II did not. L don't see now cOulu
have been so blind, but / suppose | was like
most people who are troubled in the same way,
and Thought it nothing dangerous. After
awhile l noticed a peculiar color and odor
about the fluids was passing that they were
dark at times and very light Mt Others. Finally
/ began to gain flesh, but | knew that IL was
unnatural and that was boating. This fright
ened me and consulted physicians, who were
very kind in their attentions, but did not help
me in the least. My father then went with me
to New York, and we consulted the eminent DIR.
Reyes, who treated me for several weeks. At
that time my condition was horrible. | was
bloated from head to foot, it was almost impos-
sible to breathe, and ] could not sleep. In
several places on my body the skin burst open,
SO great was the pressure from within. The
agony | endured was indescribable. Then the
doctor told me my case was hopeless that / had
Brght's disease in its worst form, and that had
only few days to live"
fortunately had friend who accompanied
me and would not see me die without struggle
He did not urge, he insisted on my making one
more effort, and did so. noticed an improve
ment at once; in four days the swelling greatly
decreased and the pain wholly ceased. | con-
tinued to improve and am a well man to-day,
and owe my life to the marvellous effects OF
that wonderful preparation-Hunt Remedy.
l believe this is the greatest medicine that
was ever discovered by man, and | only wish
the whole world might know what it has done
for me-"
"Iknowt there are thousands of people troubled
as was and in just as great danger, but they do
not realize it. Bright's disease is the most de-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-06

Sold everywhere. Price, CUTIouRA Soc; SOAP.
26c. REsoLvENT, 81. Prepared by the POTTER
DRUG AND CHEMICAL Co., Boston, Mass.
nR@ Send for " How to Cure Skin Diseases.p "a
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advertisements.
OUR LITTLE SON,

Four years old, afflicted with painful skin
disease. Six doctors tried to cure him I;
all failed. Got worse and worse. Com
pletely cured by one set of Cuticura
Remedies, costing s1.S5.
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Ratio of expenses of management to
ceipts in s.96 per cent
Policies in force Dec. 81, 1883, 1850, in
SurlnB. El0l liSl3ul
The St. Johns herald., 1889-02-28
\ Calf-EatiRg Suake Killed.

An East Liverpool, O., dispatch says; The best snake story of1S89 comes from a well-known farm house near the township line, a few miles from this city, where lives an honest farmer named James Welch. For some time past the residents of the above vicinity have been trouble by the loss of sheep, hogs, calves, chickens and, other small animals generally kept about farm, and everybody was at a loss to know the cause oft until Monday, when a coal miner was put to work in a bank on the Welch farm. When the miner had mtde trench and was ready to light his fuse for a blast, a huge black snake wriggled past him and a moment later the reptile was buried under the fall of coal. The heneighborhood was aroused and the monester removed outside. It measured r feet in length and 33 inches in circumference. Tie half-digested remains of a young calf were found in the snakes stom- ack, together with several rabbits and other small animals. The skin will be preserved and stuffed.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-02-28
Earthquake Shocks.

A Panama dispatch of the 18th inst. says: The details of the re- cent earthquake in Costa Rica as published in the Costa Rican pa- pers, which have reached here, cor roborate the reports sent out in the Associated Press dispatches several weeks ago. The city of San Jose and other cities were terribly dam- aged. Whole streets are blocked with ruins, railroads blockaded, churches closed, etc. For weeks people living in the cities have camped in the streets and public squares, fearing to enter their shat tered houses on account of the con- stantly recurring shocks. The monetary loss in the city of San Jose alone is over 100000. The loss of life is not yet accurately es- timated, but is believed to be great.
 At Laguna an extraordinary geo. logical phenomenon took place, the earth assuming the appearance of a rough sea. The father of a fam fly and four children were buried alive in the crevice, while the moth CT and one child were thrown a dis tance of 1000 metres. All over the district, hills have changed their position and the ground is full of cracks. The Irau volcano is in a state of eruption.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-02-28
"IS Life Worth Liyingl"

The question lis marriage a fail ure," has gone the rounds of the Press, and fully and exhaustively "writ up," by both sexes pro and con. This marital question thus settled in the affirmative, that great army of "male-kind," known as "single blessedness," may now re- iterate with impunity its cherished maxim-"What use to marry?" Still, "tools rush in where angels fear to tread;" and, furthermore, these same fools will continue to do so, regardless of age, or sex, or pre- 'vious condition of servitude. Again, "is life worth living" is a question affecting its thousands, where the marriage question affects compara- lively few. Hunt up and carefully con the statistics of the human race, and doing this what do we find? We find thousands upon thousands of wretched human beings who merely subsist in squalid misery and destitution, to where we find one able to live decently happy. In other words, there are thousands of human kind whose very existence is to them a hell on earth; whose lives are eternally Steeped ill desti- tu;ion and consequent crime, which
The St. Johns herald., 1889-02-28
Cleyeland'S Answer.

A Chicago dispatch of the 20th says President Cleveland in declin- ing the invitation to be present at the convention of the national tar if reform league, which meets here this afternoon, expresses himselfi in accord with the leagues work and says: "The danger which we have to guard against is the misleading of our countrymen by spurious theories, cunningly conceived and falsely offering to the people relief from present burdens and legiti- mate expenses necessary to secure the benefits of benifcent rule under the sanction of free institutions. The declared purpose ofyour league will not be attained until all those interested in the economic question which Is now pressed upon their at tention, are freed from all sophis- tries and clouding fallacies and un- til the subject of tariff reform is presented to them as topic invol- ying the relief of the plain people of the land and their homes from useless and unjust expense. The question is a simple and plain one and needs but to be fairly presented to be understood. It is a positive duty of your organization to guard the people against deception"
The St. Johns herald., 1889-02-28
Tom Hughes and His Ancestors.

Since the receipt of that noted personal letter from Col. Chavez, the other day, We have been look ing up the geneology ot the Hughes tribe. A patient search in ancient tonnes discloses the fact that tEe family sprung from the south of Ireland. Before Julius Cesar's time they amused themselves knocking out the brains of Spanish Conquis- tadores" with buckthorn shillalehs, after which feasts would be held on the raw flesh ofthe ill-fated sons of Aragon and Castile. This is not is not intended as a defense of the family. There were no public schools in those days, and St. Patrick was not yet born. Since those days, the family has scattered all over the world, fighting the battles and drinking the liquor of all nations. They have generally held their own in street rows, and other amuse- ments. The colonel will find vs at the old stand when he calls.-Alb Citizen.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-02-28
St. Johne. Thureday, February 2s

IT IS generally supposed by the electors of 8 county, that in vo- ting for and the election of their legislative representatives, that such elected members will, as a rule, enact laws for the benefit of their respective counties particular ly, and for the Territory in general, and not put in their time wholly legislating in their own selfish in- terests. However, 1t seems that gratitude is not part of the general makeup of some people, and when these ingrates become clothed with g little brief authority, even for only sixty days, they manage to cut such asinine and acrobatic tricks before high heaven, as make the angels weep, and to cause their constit- uents to use many cuss words. We hope the Apache county delegation to the fifteenth session of the legis- lative assembly, will not be guilty of any such like reprehensible con duct, and that they will work for the interests of the county, by en- phatically voting against any dis memberment thereof. However, they are known to be gentlemen, and having previously given their word of honor that mo division would be permitted" we rest in comparative security, upon their previously made promises, as it is an accepted truism, that "a gentle man never forfeits his word of honor"
The St. Johns herald., 1889-02-28
Who The Criminals.

The report of the Pennsylvania penitentiary, which gives the moral condition of the criminals confined in that prison, startling one, and gives the National Prison Congress ample subject for discussion. The first fact brought out is that nearly all the prisoners are church-mem- hers, generally in good repute at the time that they were convicted, and still continuing, despite their incar- ceration in the penitentiary, devout in their religious duties, only nine, or barely per cent, being agnostics or without religious belief. Again, four ffths of the prisoners were good readers and only s Der cent. unedu- oated, while of trades and profes- sions nearly all figured, only two being tramps or vagabonds. What do such figures mean? Here is the leading penitentiary in the second largest and most prosperous State insthe Union, filled with men devout in religious matters, educated and following reputable trades and professions, while the agnostics, illiterates, and vagabonds keep out of prison. We confess 1t a problem that puzzles us, except to show that religion, education, and work which civilization regards as its protectors-in stead of preventing, or at least diminishing, crime, ire quently fail to do so.-New Orleans Times Democrat.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-02-28
Biggest Python in America.

''This fellow" said he "was caught by a sea captain in the Egy ytian marshes. This is the only python in the United States. He is IA feet long and can jump his own length faster than you can snap your fin- ger. In Egypt the natives offer re- wards for the heads of pythons, which they worship. There are nine colors in every one of the 375 spots on this fellows body. We have to keep him in box wrapped in IA pound blankets and constantly heated by means of copper cans fill ed with hot water. A serpent won't harm yousunless he fears you. I have tanned this one by kindness. When a snake learns that you will not harm him, he may even become affectionate. This fellow ate three rabbits few days ago, and they will last him about three weeks. His jaws are joined not by bones, but by ligatures, which allow the mouth to expand until it is about three times the size of his body. He has poison sacks in front of each jaw, and when his side teeth-three quarters of an inch long and as sharp as needle points-puncture these bags, the poison escapes and Is transmitted to the animal or per- son he attacks. He has only shown fight once since I've had him. New York Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-02-28
School Teachers and J. P'S.

An Act providing for the qualifications
 of Justices of the Peace, constables
 and other officers,
 Be it enacted by the legislative assembly of the territory of New Mexico;
 Section 1. That hereafter in this terrritory,no person who cannotread and write sufficiently we'll to keep his own record in either the Eng fish or Spanish language, shall be eligible to be elected or appointed to hold the office of justice of the peace, constable, school teacher, school director, school trustee, school treasurer or any other office or position of trust in which writing is required to be done or record is required to be kept.
 Section 2. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.
 Section 3. This act shall be in force and take effect from and after it's passage and approval.
 Approved by the governor, Feb ruary 2, 1889.
 Judging from the above, New Mexico is fully qualified (?l for statehood. We are now satisfied of the truth of the statement, that certain school teachers in New Mexico, signed their names with an X, and that not one Justice of the Peace out of every ten, could either read or write in any language.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-02-28
Supreme Court.

The tax cases which have occupied the attention of the Supreme Court during this session, involve ques- tions which seriously effect the northern counties, and indicate that there is absolute want of valid as- sessments against the Atlantic & Pacific railroad company. The main questions seem to be the pow CT to tax the company's franchise, it's right of way and rolling stock; the power to enter a judgement for taxes a special term of court prior the next ensuing term, pro- vided by statute, after the tax be- comes delinquent; and various ac- tions of tho Territorial and County Boards of Equalization, concern ing and affecting the validity of the assessment, are questioned. The tax case of Apache county for 1886 was decided. ThYe5 other cases were taken under advisement. In the case decided this court express ed grave doubts as to the validity of a portion of the tax, but as the judgment would be taken to the Su- preme Court on other matters, the judgment of the court below was affirmed. The court indicated that it was a duty of the company to appeal the case, so that the grave and doubtful questions involved might be settled. An appeal was allowed, the bond fixed and time given to perfect the appeal.
 Attorney General Rush was as- sisted by Harris Baldwin, and the interests of the railroad company are being looked after by Hon. Will liam c. Eazeldine, the company's solicitor, and E. NJ. Sanford, the company's counsel at Prescott.
 The importance of the questions in the cases as we'll as their yexed and unsettled condition, in this territory, suggested to the court a suspension of the rules of one hour to each side and the counsel have occupied the attention of the court for three days, thus giving to the cases an extended time which their importance demanded.-Phenix Herald.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-02-28

The infamous, unjust and uncalF- ed for law on libel, recently enacted by the New Mexico legislature, has received the treatment it deserves from the fair and independent jour- nals of the Territory, and is justly condemned by many of the better class of newspapers outside of the limits affected. All the criticisms this foul blot on civilization has re- ceived or may receive, will not re- lieve the territory from the odium of its presence on our statute books unless we utilize these criticisms in formulating some plan of action that will be effective with the next congress. The range suggests that the press of the territory arrange a meeting, some time in the near fu- ture, and place in some tangible shape the most forcible arguments to be made against allowing this law to remain in force, and in the most impressive way place such ar guments before the incoming con- gross. Let something be done and that soon, if we are to overcome the evil effects of this damaging legislation on the fair fame of our territory.-Raton Range,
The St. Johns herald., 1889-02-28

begins with their unfortunate birth, ending only with their regretless death. The immeasurableness of that gulf which separates these two questions, is only comprehensible
 by the Infinite. The first affects but a moiety of the human family :; the second affects it's countless millions. Again we ask, "is life worth living?" The answer comes to us in a vail of bitterest anguish, from the millions living, and bill- ions that are dead, in which we dis cern the words "Never-no, never,