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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-10-31
IN cII,NcERY
STATE OF VERMONT Chester Downer ,
WINDSOR CoUNTY,S IS Lucy Wiley nm

STATE OF VERMONT / Chester Downer rs
WINDSOR COUNTY IS Lucy Wiley and
Roy Wiley
Whereas Chester Downer Of Sharon has fiji
ed in the office Of the Clerk Of the Court Of
Chancery within and for the County of Wind
sor his bill Of complaint, setting forth. in sub
stance, that said Downer ON the first day of
March 1873 executed TO David l.. Wiley then
OF Hancock in the county OF Addison condi-
tional deed of certain lands situated in that
part Of the town OF Granville formerly known
as Avery Gore, to wit, lot No. y, as marked
on the town plan Of said Granville, conditioned
for the payment Of a certain promissory note.
dated March ], 1873. for the sum Of $3.50 by
the said Wiley executed, and payable TO said
Downer or order, in several equal annual pay
ments. With interest annually which said note
IS now justly due and owing and has not been
paid according 70 the effect Of the same; and
further setting forth that said Wiley has de-
ceased, leaving a widow, Lucy Wiley, and one
child, Roy Wiley; that no letters of admins
tration have been taken out on the estate Of
said David l. Wiley; that said Roy is a minor;
and praying that the equity Of redemption Of
said Lucy Wiley and Roy Wiley be foreclosed.
And whereas it appears that said Roy Wiley
resides without this state, 50 that the summons
OF this Conrt cannot be served upon him;
It Is thereupon ordered that the said Roy
Wiley be notified of said bill of complaint and
required TO appear and make answer to the
same at a term Of said Court Of Chancery next
TO be held at Woodstock within and for the
County of Windsor ON the first Tuesday of
December. 1850, by Publishing the substance
Of said bill of complaint, together with this or
der, three weeks successfully in the Herald
and Courier, newspaper published at Bethel
in said Windsor County. the last publication 10
be at least twenty days previous TO the COM
mencement of said term of said Court which
pubhcrtion shall be deemed sufficient notice to
said Roy.
: Given under my hand. at Woodstock in the
county of Windsor, this fifth day of October.
A. ID. 1889.
JAY READ PEMBER. Clerk.
JAS. j. WILSON, Solicitor for Orator.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-10-31
Final Settlement.

STATE OF VERMONT, In Probate Court held Al,
RANDOLPH DISTRICT. IS Niiliamst0wn In said
uisfrlct. on the 18th dav OF. Oct A. ID, 1850 lanes
Martin. administrator Of the estate Of Iesyitf
). Hayward late Of Wiiliamstown in stid DIST
ton and allowance, and makes application fer de-
cree Of dstrfbn Ion and partition Of the estate Of a
deceased. Nhtreupon IN Is ordered nv -, f,,,--
that said account and application be referred TO se
sion thereofto be held at the Probate Office in
said Randolph
on the SIN day Of Nov. A. d. 1853. forhearlne and
decision thereon; and II is further ordered that an
persons interested be notified
thereof by publication Of notice OF said auplicatjou
md order thereon. three weeks successiyev in tie
deraid and News newspaper published at Tla1dolph
before said tine II hearing that they NAV ansr Al
sala time and place ands show cause hxuy they may
nave WY sueh account should MT be allowed and
sucn decreee made BY the Court. Attest.
50 WILLIAM II. NICHOLS Judge.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-10-31

G. W. Buzzell recently sold an organ
to Mrs. W. Fuller and one To Miss Ber-
tina Bostwiek. ace. Miss Gcrtie Taylor clos
ed the fall term of the village school last
Friday and Miss Minnie Fulierthe school
on the West Hill. Miss Katie Lamb fin
ished her school in the South Hollow
last Friday and IN the evening held a
candy party. which gave pleasant time
TO all attending. We hear her school
highly spoken Mrs Back is better.
Mrs. K. J. Flint has returned from
Boston... Mrs. O. l.. Sabin Of Hin, n.
IL. is visiting friends in town. -. Mr.. L.
Goodyear and wife are happy over the
arrival of "A ten pound girl.... Mrs. J. V.
Wilson has gone TO Lynn. BE sure and
read the great serial story 'Dunraven
Ranch begun in supplement accom-
panying this paper. Only - cents for
the 5 page HERALD till the story is fin
ished and the Mirror and Farmer till
Jan. 1890.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-10-31

There is usually more profit in ex-
pensive furniture than in the cheaper
grades. One house, Paine's Furniture
Co., As Canal St, Boston, make an ex-
ception to this rule. Some of the most
elaborate pieces in their warerooms are
sold at prices which are inconceivably
low, and all Of their higher grades Of
work are marked at very small margin
for Lrofit.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-10-31
e0nn GIRL WANTED.

To do homework in small family
easy place. good pay, situation permanent NE
T., p. 1nAYER, West Randolph Vt.
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0iED D..

In SO. Royalton, Oct. II, George Lew,
i aged three months and Is days, child
Of George E. and Mary J. Gardner.
A bud the Gardener gave us.
A pure and lovely child;
lie gave il to our keeping.
To cherish undefiled.
But just as it was opening.
To the glory of the dav
Down came the heavenly Gardener,
And took our bud away.
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NJ A R & / E D.

In Brookfield, Oct. 10, by Rev. VIM.
Carr, Walter 5. Howard Of Randolph
and Adaline w. Wilcox of Brooktield.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-10-31

STATE OF VERMONT In Probate Court hold
kANDoLfH DISTRICT. s. en- Al Chelsea on the
I'h day Of pcl.A. u lsss. Ella - Colby Admir-.
Of the estate OF Justin ID. Colby. late Of Tunbridge
IN said district. deceased make application 10 said
Court Tor license 10 sci ALL OF the real estate Of
said deceased representing
That he sale 4 necessary for the payment q the
dthis ~ said deceased Whereupon
IS ordered by said Court that said application come
under consideration aud be heard on The 18Th day
OF NoV- A. ID. lsoH. AZ the Probate Office in Randolph
ami D. & further ordered that an persons interested
he notified hereof by publication 81 notice Of this APP
phcuuon and order thereon. three weeks seccessivey
iu tie HERALD AND NEWS printed at West RAN
dolph and which circuiafes in ihe neiehborhuod Of
those interested before said time of hearing that
they may appear at said time aud place and II they
STE cause object thereto.
BY The Court Attest
SIS WnLIAMH NICHOLS. Judge.
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NOTICE

This Is 10 cerdf, tiat have this day given my son
Ferd Nee er, his time during he remainder Of his
minority and shRl claim OF lis wages nor pay
any debts 81 his Contracting after this date.
ELIAS WHEELER
WILL 5. SPEAR. Witness.
West Randolph, Va. Oct. 2lst. 1859. SSsp
Notice.
Whereas ETA, wife Of Edwin W. Wallace % Slar-
on. INSANE, Nas eit the bed aud board OF the said
Edwin ailace without just cause this IS to Tor.
bid all perous harhorne cor trusting her on the ac-
count of said Edwin ". Wallace or on account Of
lne subscriber.
AMsu FoLLErr.
Guardian Of Edwin ". Wallacp. SIS
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-10-31

Rev. VIM. Carr Of Brookfield has q
call to the Congl church Of West Med
way, Mass.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-15

energy liberated by the explosion Of a
ton of gunpowder can do, that meteor
weighing only pound is competent to
accomplish. If the weight of the
missile were greater than one pound,
the velocity remaining the same, the
available energy would be increased in
the same proportion. For example, if
the meteor weighed ton pounds, one
hundred pounds, or one thousand
pounds, it would discharge as much
energy as could be awakened by the
defamation of ten tons, of one hundred
tons, or of one thousand of gun-pow-
der Need We wonder, then, that gor-
geous lights and that majestic thun-
ders have occasionally accompanied
the humiliation of large meteors.-Sir
Il. S. Ball, Astronomer Royal for Ire
land, in Good Words.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-15
THE WAY SHE. MADE THE CAKE.

NY rule! Why certainly! It's Queer
But no one ever eats that cake.
VINO doesn't ask mo for my rule,
\hoW much to use-how long to buke-)
I've given it to scores, and yot,
NAS knack there's no one seems to Get,
take my ftour-sometimes a pint
ihough several cakes require quart,
ANA slit it twice. or may be thrice,
VI only once, if time is short,
Ihree eggs Cor four, if under sZe,
IL scarce, two large ones might suffice.
"A coffee cup of sugar. then,
With just enough Of butter, heat
Or. add more sugar, if you wish.
Should you prefer it very sweet
With milk, tho butter increase,
With cream. use u smaller piece.
Don't let your balzing-powder make
Your cake too tender or too tough;
Flavor the whole to suit your taste,
And stir it till it's stiff enough;
And now, your work is wasted quite,
Unless your ovens heat is right.
If you should have good luck, I'm sure
You won't regret the pains you take
But. after all it's Judgment, more
Than quantity, that makes the cake:
For scores have had my rule, and yet
My knaclS there's no one seems to get.
Mrs. George Archibald, in Good House
keeping.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-15
TO REDUCE DISCOMFORT.

How Ladies and Gentlemen Should Con-
duct Themselves in Public Places.
Do not carry your umbrella or cane
SO that the person behind you is
threatened with the loss of an eye, or
must dodge to avoid a thrust in the
face or ribs. Be especially careful not
to carry it under the arm at an angle
of forty-five degrees going up stair
ways.
Do not wait until in front of a rail-
road ticket window to consult the time
table. Do not wait until in front of the
ticket-seller before your pocketbook is
found. Try to have the money ready,
the exact change if possible, and re-
member that, awhile you may have
plenty of time, every one following
you is not so fortune.
When entering pew in church, do
not sit down in the aisle end, and COM
pei each person to crowd past you. Go
through to the end, and remember that
to be polite requires that the least dis
comfort and excitement shall be caused
by your acts. Brigands, robbers, or
Indians are not likely to make descents
on public places of worship or amuse-
ment in our day, and women may be
trusted to sit in the aisle end of the
pews and seats.
When there are no reserved seats,
and the whole house is sold at uni
form price, it is hardly fair for one
person to go and reserve three or four
seats for her friends, saying 1.-The seats
are engaged" to those who, more Just
and polite, refuse to question the in
justice, and unquestioningly take less
advantageous seats, though they sacri-
feed time to secure better, and are dis
turbed, after the performance or lect-
ure has begun, by the late arrivals
who had used friend to defraud the
public.
If you meet friend in store, do
not forget, in your own joy of meeting
her, that the clerks time is paid for,
and that you have no right to monop-
olize it to the exclusion of other trade.
In leaving church or any public
hall, do not stop in the aisle-ends of
seats, preventing other people from
leaving the building who may have no
time to spend that way.
To remember that there are other
people who have their own affairs that
need immediate attention. who make
engagements for certain time which
they expect to keep, is to be simply
just. To clog little as possible the
currents Of travel IL the part Of every
confederate man and woman. Chris.
tan Union.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-15
EASTER "llFTlNG.

Peculiar Custom Observed in the North
ern Counties of England.
A peculiar Easter-Sunday custom is
still in vogue in some of the northern
counties of England. On that day the
men parade the streets with the priv
ilege of lifting" every woman they
meet three times from the ground. and
demanding in pay either kiss or a
sixpence. On Easter Monday the tables
are turned, the women being entitled
to the chance of recovering their kisses
or the sixpence as the case may be.
Chambers "Book of Days. thus al
ludes to this custom of lifting: I'm
Lancashire, and in Cheshire, Stafford
shire. and Warwickshire, and perpaps
in other counties, the ridiculous custom
of lifting or 'heaving,' is practiced.
On Easter Monday the men lift the
women and on Easter Tuesday the
women lift, or heave, the men. The
process is performed by two lusty
men or women joining their hands
across each others wrists; then, max
ing the person to be heaved sit down on
their arms, they lift him up aloft two
or three times, and often carry him
several yards along the street. A
grave clergyman who happened to be
passing through town in Lancashire
on Easter Tuesday, and having to stay
an hour or two at an inn, was astonish-
ed by three or four lusty women rush
ing into his room, exclaiming they had
come to lift him. TO lift mel! repeat
ed the amazed divine; what can yo:,
meanP' why, your reverence, we've
come to life you, cause it's Easter
Tuesday, Lift me because it is Easter
Tuesday, Il don't understand. Is there
such custom herep' Yes, to be sure,
all us women was lifted yesterday, and
us lifts the men to-day. And in course
it's our rights and duties' After a
little further parley the reverend
traveller compromised with his fair
visitors for half crown and thus es-
capped the dreaded compliment. -
Table Talk. <s.. ~
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-15
HOMES OF CASTAWAYS.
Thoughts Suggested hY Recent Dill
COyerY at Palmerston Island.

Thoughts Suggested hy u Recent Dis
covery ut Palmerston Island.
The recent discovery by British
bark that the small Polynesian island
known as Palmerston island is inhab.
tied by men of our race, will revive the
hopes of those who have long mourned
for relatives lost on the Pacific. There
is hardly a person in California who
can not recall the memory of some one
who went to sea long ago on the widest
OF the oceans, and was never heard OF
again. Spiritualists and other impos-
tors have reaped a living by deluding
survivors with stories of the happy life
OF the supposed corpse on some sunny
isle, where, as the poetess sang, the
skies forever smile and the beaches
forever weep. Now that we are actu-
ally finding crews long since wrecked
on islands far out of the track of pass
ing vessels, it must be expected that
these sanguine hopes will be revived.
Palmerston island is only one exam
pie. It was found to be occupied by
an English sailor, who had lived there
for twenty-five years. He had DESERT
ed from his ship at Tahiti in a small
boat, had picked up q wife on a pass
ing island, and had made himself a
home on Palmerston, where he was
lord of all he surveyed The nearest
land is three hundred miles away; his
subjects number thirty three, of whom
fifteen are his own children. In two
years it will be a century since the
mutineers of the Bounty established
themselves on Pitcairn's island. They
lived there eighteen years before they
were discovered, and even now one
only hears of them at intervals. Three
quarters of century ago three sailors
established themselves on Tristand
Acunha. They got wives from St.
Helena, and led happy lives, seldom
communicating with the rest of the
world.
''1n the tropical zone an island
which bears cocoanuts and plantains,
and on the shores of which fish are to
be found, will sustain human life in
definitely without imports from the
civilized world. But little oclothing is
necessary, and food, with but slight
labor, can be made abundant and
varied. What sort of life the inhabit-
ants would lead we can learn from
Robinson Crusoe'' and Charles
Reade's Foul Play" TO one who is
accustomed to his daily papers and to
the hum and Stir Of the busy world,
life would be trifle monotonous, but
there are persons in every age for
whom the career of a hermit has
charms. It is quite possible that many
islands which sea captains class as I'M
inhabited are really the home of casta-
ways, and it might be worth the while
of the schooners which sail out of this
point to Polynesia in quest of oopra to
keep lookout as they pass them
San Francisco Call.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-15
AN AMUSING CASE.

A French Widows Glass Eye Creates Con-
siderable Merriment in Court.
A very curious cause lately came be-
fore the justice of the peace of Neuilly,
France. Some time ago Madame Plu-
yette. a widow of fifty, but who still
attaches much Importance to personal
appearance, had the misfortune, in
playing with a lap-dog, to receive from
it 80 severe wound in one of her eyes
that it came out of the socket. Hav-
ing heard much of artificial eyes, and
being recommended to apply to an ex-
pert manufacturer in this way, named
Tamsier, she gave an order for glass
eye for which the optician charged her
100 francs ($20). Refusing to paythis
charge, the manufacturer summoned
her before the justice of the peace.
Madame Pluyette having appeared,
holding the glass eye in her hand, the
Judge asked her why she refused to
the bill which Monsieur Tamsier had
sent IMP
''For a very good reason" replied
the defendant; II can see no more with
this eye than I could before"
WHAT" said the judge, Ibid you
really imagine that you would be able
10 see with glass eyer"
did I think SOP" retorted the angry
dame. 'Certainly did. Will you be
so good as to tell mo what eyes are for
except to see with? I ordered the eye
for use, and until Monster Tamsier
makes me one with which can see
will not pay him a SOU"
The justice of the peace endeavored
TO convince Madame Pluyette that glass
eyes were for others to look at, and
not for the wearer to look through;
but finding all appeals to her reason OF
no avail, he condemned her to pay the
plaintiff the amount of his demand.
When the defendant heard the decision
she became furious with anger, and,
after dashing her glass eyeon the floor,
she rushed out Of court, amid the laugh
ter Of the crowd. IN. X. Ledger.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-15
"BILIN' TIE WATER"
A Maine Girls Comments Upon Seeing
Steam Fire Engine,

Steam Fire Engine.
1t was not many years ago that Ka-
fury Barker, a brisk and talkative
Maine girl, came up from York County
to Boston to look for household en-
ployment. She found it in a family
where the people were willing to sub
nit to her talkativeness and familiar
ways-she had no idea that she was in
the family on any other than equal
terms-for the sake of getting capa-
BILE and industrious he'll per. One after
noon Katury was sent by her mistress
to the square to get some thread which
was very much needed.
The errand was not likely to take
more than fifteen minutes, and Katury's
mistress did not think it necessary to
tell the hustling Maine girl to make
haste. But after long time had
passed, and the girl did not return, the
mistress began to worry.
'What can have happened to the
childp I have never known her to
loiter."
Soon after, however, the girl came
in, red and breathless with excitement.
"Why. Katury, where have you
been?" asked her mistress.
"Beem! My goodness, ma am, there's
fire down t. the square-the awfulest
fire you ever see! More'n five bundled
folks stan'in round lookin' on, an the
craziest lot O. fools-my! Why, what
do you think they're a~doin'?"
what, Katury? Putting out the
fre?"
mo, and that's the wust ont. There
they be, fellows with big hats on an
red shirts, an their sleeves rolled up,
stan'in' round a kind of b'iler, pilin'
on coal, an bilin' that there water be-
fore they put it ont the fire!''
Boiling the water! Why, Katury, it
must be a steam-enginer'
"Steam-engyne? I guess not! Them
fellers they jest went to work, kinder
cool an collected, an got lot o. coal
an stuffed it in underneath their b'iler,
an there they was, b'ilin' the, water
an not goin' a step toward that fire! I
jest stepped up t the policeman that
stands there, an says L: May be they
call US folks from Down East green,
but if that ere amt the greenest thing
I ever see, my name amt Katury Bar
kerr says 1.
"'Green?' says he, kind O. careless.
What's green?'
A-stoppin' to bile that water fore
they put it out the fret says I. No,
SIR says 1, we don't ketch the folks
down in Maine dom a stupid thing like
that!' An that policeman he laughed
right in my FACET
The joke was so good that the family
were soon all in possession of it, and
finally an anecdote based upon i: crept
into one of the newspapers. This
printed anecdote was shown to Katury.
"Oh, dear! dear!'' she exclaimed.
''Itll get copied into the York County
papers, an what'll L do them"
20 Katury," said her mistress, to
reassure her, "you see there is no
name given in this story; it just says
"a country cousin Nobody could tell
it was YOU"
LANDS sakes, ma am" said Katury,
shaking her head sadly, 1.-The minute
they see that down in York County
they'd jest knoV twas me!"-Youth's
COMPANION.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-15
SHOOTING STARS.
Wonders of the Great Fire-Balls
That Visit Our Planet.

Their Tremendous Velocity and Intense
Brilliancy-A One-Pound Meteor Con-
tains the Energy of a Ton of Pow
der-Startlins Figures.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-07-11
GRO. a. EDDY AND H. C. CROSS. Receivers.
J. WALDO. General Trafiic Manager.
CASTOR NESLIER, Gen. Pass. & Ticket Ag


The Globe has the following inter
esting special from Washington about
Congressman Kelly: Tom Ryan's sue
cessOr is still here. He has a hale,
hearty manner which captivates the
officials, and it won't be long until he
has his paws in the official trough away
up to the elbows. In the absence Of
DIR. Crumbaugh, the gentleman who
makes up the fourth class postofice
cases for Kansas, Congressman Kelly
has captivated a widow. the prettiest
woman in the postoffice department,
and she makes up the cases for him, in
addition to her regular work. When a
green congressman can come to Wash
ington and do that well, he bids fair to
own the department soon, or at least
controlling interest in it. Mr.. Kelly
has been watched very critically ever
since he came here last week, and no
one has discovered fly on him.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-07-11

NEW ORLEANS, July ga repre-
sentative of the Associated Press,
while crossing Lake Ponchartrain at IL
O'Clock this morning, had chat with
the veteran Jack Turner of Rochester,
New York, formerly Paddy Ryan's
trainer, also one Of Sullivan's party on
his sparring tour. Jack believes the
battle will he to finish and that the
best man will win. He does not be-
lieve that either of the men desires or
can AFFORD to have a draw, as there has
been too much of that kind of business
in late years. He says that If Sullivan
fails to accomplish anything with his
first notorious rush, he will become dis
Outraged and somewhat ratified,
or out of patience and loose
nerve il he should. In landing
his man with his first rush the fight
will be short one. Turner has great
confidence in Kilrain and his opinion
is based OH the fact that Charley
Mitchell, above all other men, knows
the skill, staying and hitting powers of
both men. He believes that Kilrain is
a good short side in the betting, as to
the dispute now going on about the
London prize ring. He says the rules
are perfectly plain and there should be
no Quibbling about them. He gave a
brief version as follows: Twenty-four
foot ring on turf; no gloves: round to
end when man is knocked or thrown;
a man man cannot drop or throw him
self himself without being either
struck or thrown or thrown by his an
tagonist; the time between rounds is
thirty seconds with an allowance of
eight seconds to toe the scratch from
the time time is called. A round may
last indefinitely, for il is not complete
until one of the men are either knocked
or thrown down.