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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-04-05

London. This rich man Of POP Chow
i known rs All Hols. and he gave
fi",VUo not long ago TO found a school
or college TO teach Chinese boys the
science and culture OF Christendom.
lie i Christian himself and Just be-
fore arrived ia Foo Chow our Bishop
Fowler, OF the Methodist church. per-
formed the marriage ceremony which
united his son 10 a Chinese maiden.
The ceremony was tho Christian cerc-
mony adapted 70 the Chinese. and the
Bishop tells me he had great trouble
IN getting the Young lady to say that
she would take this young man 10 be
her welded husband. II j. Chinese
etiquette that the bride keep perfectly
silent on such an occasion. and the coy
damscl would not open her lips. The
Bishop refused to 60 on with the ccre-
mony, and the young lady finally com
promised the matter BY nodding her
head 1T was not cmbarrass-
ment." said the Bishop to me. '.that
made the girl tongue tied. for felt 81
her hand and il was warm and moist
as yours or mine. Had she been
troubled II would have been cold and
clammy She thought il would be inn
proper TO answer. and she refused to
do So" As evidence OF the genuine
ness Of All lIok ) conversion he had
long since destroyed his idols. and he
gave the gold crown which covered
the head Of one OF them a. a present
TO Mrs. Fowler. lie is "A bright mcr-
chant and a good business man. and
his home is one OF the most comfort
able in China. Frank 6. Carpenter,
in St Louis Post-Dispat Oh.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-04-05
A Tough Watch Story.

On his last birthday, month or two
ngo. youngster in knickerbockcrs
who lives in the East End received
from his father silver watch. the
price OF which. IL Is safe to say. did
not exceed fifteen dollars. 1t will not
surprise you TO hear that the boy took
the watch TO pieces after 1t had burned
in his pocket but three days. Whom
every wheel lay ia his hand the boy
naturally fell to thinking how he might
put the watch in running order again.
He must be something Of a mechanical
genius. for he succeeded in getting the
dismcmbcred works inside the case in
some sort Of shape. II Is hardly re-
Election on the boys skill either. that
after the mechanism was put together
IL failed to respond to the winding
stem. But the boy pcrscyered. lie
detected the root Of the trouble in the
balance wheel. which seemed to inter-
fcrc with other parts Of the setting.
So at the balancc-whccl he tinkercd.
until, to his unfcigncd establishment.
after he had lacked up the wheel with
d bandago OF cotton thread, the watch
began to tick again. Pittsburgh Dis.
match.
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HUMOROUS.

---"Oid Mr.. Skinner is very chart
table man. isn't hep '.Oh. yes; o
course. But II he ever casts his bread
upon the waters you bet he expects i
to come back q sardine sandwich. -
The Hatchet
Managing Editor-''I think we
can stand another minion editorial. !
Writing Editor what. minion yeti
Well. Ill write you daisy" Manag.
ing Editor (faintly)-.'No bouquets,
please. '-Washington Critic.
-Farmer-.'I didn't have any money
for the paper. so thought | would
bring you in load OF turnips." Ed
ltor-..Ycs: that 8 as good 10 me rs the
money. Er-bcfore you 60. MIR. Hay
seed. there's little matter Id like TO
speak to you about" Farmer well.
what Is it?" Editor-.Y don't want
to buy a load Of turnips, do you" -
Judge.
Mrs. Bullion-'I'm afraid, Mary
Ann. that you are inclined to be ex-
travagnnt. Mary Ann---.'Mc. cxtrav-
agant, Is IL? Sure ycz are mistaken. Y
Mrs. Bullion-"You burn too many
candles Mary Ann--..Me, burnin'
sandlese Divil wan!' Mrs. Bullion
That's worry odd. As ] passed the
kitchen door. when the butchers
young man was here last night, am
sure | heard him speak to you about
your taper waste. - America.
-Napicr's famous dispatch from
India announced his victory in one
word: .'Peccavi' which Is. by inter-
probation. II have Scindc." Very much
OF the same kind was General dc Bouv-
mont's message TO the French War
Minister in 1880. when the Dey OF AL
gicrs escaped him after being taken
"Pcrdidi Diem -s'I have lost Dey. =
II Il said that Drake, when the ships
OF the Armada turned their sails, sent
to Elizabeth the word "Cantharidcs'
that Is. The Spanish fly." This last
Is probably fable. Temple Bar
Clara--"Oh. mother. we had such
fun at the party! Young Smith pro.
posed that he and should 60 through
mock marriage ceremony just IN
:un. you know; and II was too funny
Tor any thing. Aftcrward, some Of Tho
Older people who heard Of II said W.
were really married; but were not
arc wc?" Doting Mothcr-.Of cours,
not Besides. young Smith couldn'
support d wife II he had one .Oh
IL wasn't that Smith. II was the othcl
Smith. from Gold City, the one wh'
owns bonanza mine. you know.
.EhP That Smith! My dear. mar
rage ike that before witnesses I
binding ~ ". Waakiv
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What do the birds do when the winter neareth,
And dead leaves drop downward, and every
bough Is bare.
And the pools are ce-crustcd. and he who
listens heareth
The rustic Of the snow-wings In thc.uppcr air.
Oh tho birds they are brave: their nne per.
vasise senses
Discern tho distant warmth and balm beyond
the frost and sting.
The old ones tell the young ones m secret con-
ferences,
And the young ones learn the lesson. and
trust IN the spring.
In the close pine covercis they crowd for pro-
lection
The lefi-hehind who cling TO home and Will
not southwark 80.
They know the hardy berry beds, and need no
direction
TO seek out drinking basins in the half
melted snow.
when the sunshine warns the world the
BIRDS rehenrse the nging;
Low trills and twitters break the quiet OF the
woods.
Ani while spring is yet o long way on they see
her and come. wingiug,
B.uebiid nud thrush aud robin in joyous
bsotherhoods.
Teach US your lesson, dear birds, OF bright en-.
durance.
To face the cold and face the gloom, and
bruyely wait and sing.
And trust the love that never fails. In confident
assurance
That out Of " ntcr's deepest drifts shall
bloom the spring,
Susan Coolidge. in s. s. Times.
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The lsss Edmund Quincy. OF b

The late Edmund Quincy. OF Bos-
on. on hearing much OF a popular
novel and being asked II he had read
II. said: mo. ] have been waiting
for II 10 blow over +"
| Colonel Elliott +. Sheppard. the
editor OF the New York Mail and Ex-
press. carries a tortoise-shelI handled
cane. On the broad gold band dividing
the handle OF the cane from the stick
the following suggestive text 10 en-
graved: "a soft answer turneth away
wrath
| " One hears great deal nowadays
about the difficulties between author
and publisher" said an author. "brt
can think OF at least two women who
discovered an admirable plan to avoid
all trouble Of this kind. Irefer to Miss
Braddon and Miss Muloch. both Of
whom married their publishers.
| Mr.. Surgeon, the famous Baptist
preacher. has for many years been in
the habit OF sending fresh hooks to
country clergymen who are unable 70
buy such books themselves. Heber
| Newton. OF New York, has been doing
the same thing and other clergymcn
have been doing similar good work.
! Noah Brooks and William ID.
| Howells are among the few wcll-known
writers who have learned TO manipu-
late the type-writing machine. Mr..
Brooks. who has been used TO dictnt-
ing his literary productions to stem
ographer, now sits down 10 his type
writer and plays on the keys H. he
:omposes- He finds that this process
saves a great deal OF time.
| s. sailed" says George KEENAN,.
the Centurys Russian explorer, = from
/ New York for San Francisco "A pale
faced. gloomy. morbid boy, only nine
teen years Of age. and weighing only
l2O pounds. but rough outdoor life SO
quickly restored my health that before
| | had been in Siberia a year weighed
lJG, and could endure more hardship
and privation than half the atives.
Stevens. the bicyclist, who has
gone to look for Stanley, is described
by a friend who spent a summer in his
company as fellow who delighted in
all kinds OF athletic sports HE was
a splendid swimmer, good boxer,
and could pull an oar against pro
fessional. In conversation he wal
reticcnt and modest l never heari
him advance an opinion unless he was
asked to give one, and ! never heart
him willingly talk about himself. O
all the men know who could hes
withstand the hardships OF a trip Il
Central Africa think he Is the bcs
adapted.
T he american language" is get
ting on. Very soon English render
will have to read Yankee fiction Will
crib" in which it shall be trans
lated word for word Gas nearly as tn
diverse idiom will permiD into tn
vulgar tongue still retained in thes
islands. The compositors began 1t b
. misspelling most Of our words. SO tina
their own mothers wouldn't kno'
, them. But their literary accomplish
have gone step further. They hav
coined a new tongue in the earth
, tongue whose compounds are as h,
brid as volapuk, whose vocabulary
, as pellucid as that Of 1.-THE Jabbcf
wocky. Pail Mall Budget
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He Disappointed His Friends.

There were dozen men on the car
who saw NJ, Blank waiting on the
crossing ahead. and one Of them re-
marked:
Now you soc IL he don't lead right
on BY saying what an open winter this
IL.
Blank stepped aboard. entered and
greeted half dozen people, and,
whiic all were holding their brcalhs,
he said
Gentlemen. what cool summer
20 had last ycarr'--Det-oit Free Press,
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Ham Toast Fry somc thin sip
pets Of bread. either rounds On diamond
shape. and spread the toasts with a
little ham chopped fine Make q
thick mayonnaisc sauce 70 which has
been added chopped onions and capers.
Spread the sauce between the sippcts.
make into sandwiches, and serve with
water crcss
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TRUE perception Of the Gospel the
entire forgctfulncss Of self. utter absence
OF any protcnsicn and the complete and en-
tire refusal 10 accept tho worlds praise OF
Judgment WV General Gordon
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TO ONE who believes that tho Bible Is tho
Word Of God, and that Jesus Christ Is the
only Saviour Of sinners, nothing can bo
moro astonishing than the careless indif-
ference with which millions treat both
They nav no attention TO what ought 70 be
their first concern. This Is one Of the mys-
tcries OF human dcpravisy y indie
pendent
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-03-28
Free Library Building,
bennington, VT.
Notice to Sell Real Estate of Nathan Bot
tum, Deceased.

Notice to Sell Real Estate of Nathan Bot
tum, Deceased.
STATE OF VERMONT o..
District of Bennington,
In Probate Court, held al the Probate Office il
Bennington, in and for said district, on the 9Otl
day Of March, A. ID, 1883.
Present, Hon, Edward l.. Sibley, Judge.
Clark Stone, administrator of the estate of Ma
than Bottum. late of SALISBURY in said district
deceased, makes application to said Court, TO
license to sell all ofthe real estate Of said deceased
to wit The Home Place OF deceased, situate il
said SALISBURY, containing about 10 acres oflanC
with buildings thereon, and used and occupied b.
the deceased at the time ofhis death. One othe
piece Of land, situate as aforesaid, and commonly
known as or called the King lot. containing abou
IS acres, One other piece or parcel Of land, stu
ate as aforesaid, and on the west mountain, con
tanning about acres. One other piece or parce
of land, situate "a aforesaid, and commonly
known as the Carpenter lot, containing about II
acres. One other piece or parcel Of land situAt,
rs aforesaid and known as the Blakely and Stick
les lot, containing about lsA acres. one othe
piece or parcel OF land. situate rs aforesaid anC
known as the Mccarthy lot. Also one other par
eel of land situate in SALISBURY aforesaid anC
owned in common by the said deceased and II
Merle Bottum, with building thereon reference
TO be had to records in the town clerks office o
said town for description and bounds represent
ing that the sale Of said real estate would be ben
efcial to said estate and all persons interested
therein.
Whereupon, 1t is ordered by said court, tina
said application be referred to a session thereof
to be held at the Probate Office in Bennington, il
said district on the 9Th day Of April, A. d
1889 for hearing and decision thereon and, II I
further ordered, that all persons interested b.
notified hereof, by publication of notice Of saiC
application and order thereon, three weeks soc
cessively in the Bennington BANNER, a newspaper
published at Bennington, and which circulates IL
the ne'ghborhood of those Interested, before sale
time Of hearing, that they may appear at sait
time and place, and, If they see cause, Objec
thereto By the Court. Attest,
9t3 SIDNEY j. WILKINS, Register.
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ABOUT READY TO GIVE UP THE
SEARCH.

James Hughes Has Been looking for his
For twenty five years James j, Hughes.
a young man employed in the compos-
ing room of the Catholic RevieiO. and
residing at No. 148 Tellsry Street Brook
Ign, New York, has been trying to get
some news of sister whom he has never
seen. In all that time he has written
over 500 letters to different pats of the
country and received but single an
swer, and even this didn't give him q
clue.
In 1884 Mary Augusta Landon, then a
girl of 10, left her home in this city,
where she lived with her mother and
stepfather, went to Pittsfield, Mass. to
learn the dressmaking business. She
never returned to New York, but from
Pittsfeld went to Bennington, VT, to
live with Miss Jane Elizabeth Harring-
ton, an aunt. She wrote letters home
at odd intervals to her stepfather, but
in 1872 the letters suddenly ceased, and
nothing more was ever heard from her
by her family. Her last letter minated
that there was some great trouble dis
tressing her, but she did not tell what 1t
wac.
About six years ago her stepfather,
the father Of the young man who lie now
searching for her, met Myron Landon
on Fifth avenue, an uncle Of the missing
women. They had not seen. each. other in
ten years,
81 have news for yon," said Landon:
Mary Ia still alive, and lie married to
the cashier Of a bank in Holyoke or
Pittsheld.
Landon could give no further infor-
nation, and all inquiries Mr.. Hughes
made at the time proved fruiiless.
In 1884 Mrs Huges died. Just before
her death she exacted promise from
her son James that he would spare no
effort to find his sister. This promise
he has faithfully kept, and for years he
has written letter after letter to bank
officers and others in Massachusetts and
other states who, he thought, might he
able TO give him some clue. He bas
written, be says, as many as twenty-f
and thirty letters on Sunday 10 which
he has told again and again the story Of
his sistsr's disappearance, and the prom
ire given to bis dying mother, and now,
after over five years Of frpitless work
Of this Sort he ia about ready to give
up his task disheartened.
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
. Estate of T. Spencer Hathaway

The undersigned, having been appointed by III,
Hon. Probate Court for the District Of Bennington
commissioners. to receive, examine, and adjust al
claims and demands of all persons against the es
tate Of T. Spencer Hathaway. lite of Bennington
in said District, deceased, and all clams exhibited II
offset thereto, hereby given notice that we will nee
for the purposes aforesaid, at the store Of j. Z
Gibson. In said Bennington, on the 10th day o
NJ, until four o'clock p. NJ. each Of said days. an,
that six months IRON the 18th day Of February,
ID. 1850, is the time limited by said court for sal
creditors to present their claims to US for examn
alton and allowance,
Dated at Bennington this 18th day ofFebruary
A. ID, 1854
/. Z. GIBSON. / g..
N3 n NJ pIfFFERI Nom TO-
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MAhone'sshsnd ought:to be strength
ened. He is the true Republican leader
in Virginis, as he is u natural leader OF
men. He captured more Union prison
ers than any other Confederate genere
But when the war was over he accepte d
it's results, and has been faithful under
difficulties and persecution to the Re.
publican cause. II Harrison's admins
trstion would sustain him he would
speedily redeem the state. But the ad-
ministration seems to be run on the sys-
tenn OF rewards and punishments-which
10 good Calvanism but poor politics.
Malone at the Chicago convention COM
mltted the objectionable sin of perfer-
ring Sherman to Harrison as the Presi.
dental nominee, Senator Sherman Ia
the one man In the Senate who has
shown that he knows and proposes the
only efficient remedy for suppressing a
free election In the South, as 1t is eyi
denced by his bills to regulate Congress
sional and Presidential election Col
Macarthur.
President Harrison's first proclama-
ton has good American ring. 1t is in
tended to carry into effect The law pas
sed at the last session OF Congress, to
prevent the unauthorized killing of fur
bearing animals, and the illegal taking
Of salmon in Alaskan waters, 1t more
oyer suggests at least the American idea
that Behring sea is land-locked, and
that thus, according to the international
law, Russia and the United States have
sole Jurisdiction over its waters.
Notwithstanding the fact that letter
can now be sent from New York to San
Francisco in trihe over 112 hours, when
not long ago it took about as many days
to accomplish the same feat, a railroad
man who has been given careful consid-
Grafton to all matters of experimental
locomotIon, says that within two years
We shall see letters make the distance in
about 90 hours-3 days and 18 hours
about a thousand miles per day.
From the edition of Geo. P, Rowell
& Co.'S American Newspaper Dirrec-
tor" published April first Gts twenty
first year., il appears that the news
papers and periodicals of all kinds Issued
in the United States and Canada now
numbering 17,107, shows gain of 797
during the last twelve months, and of
1889 in ten years.
Massachusetts han two legal holidays
in April-one on the 4th, which is Fast
Day in that state; and one on the 22d,
the day on which the people vote on the
question of prohibition.
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All efforts to end the Fall River strike
by arbitration have failed he mill own
ers refusing to arbitrste. As in the case
OF the recent street car strike in New
York, the state arbitrators were told by
the employers that they had no use for
them and would manage their own bust.
ness, 1t was mistaken policy on the
part Of the strikers not to have had re-
course to arbitration before they struck.
It was equally unwise for the mill
owners to reject all the overtures OF their
men looking to a settlement. 1t m usI
be cause with some element Of justice
that would lead to the strike of some
5000 operatives, Might does not alwayf
make right.
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STATE OF VERMONT,
District Of Bennington,
In Probate Court held at the Probate Of
fee in Bennington, within and for said District on
the 18th day Of March, A D., 1889.
Present, Hon. Edward L. Sibley, Judge.
Edward Rice, administrator Of the estate
of Sylvester Peelor, late Of Bennington, in SAID
District, deceased, makes application to said
Court for license 10 sell certain Of the real estate
OF said deceased. TO wit Certain leasehOld prop.
erty described as follows. viz. The same being
a piece or parcel OF land situate on the west side
Of School street. in the village Of Bennington
and occupied by James ] Nevils as lessee, refer
ence to he had to the records In the town clerks
office of said town for description aud bounds
representing that the sale Of said real estate
would De beneficial TO said estate and all con
cerned therein. and Herewith files the consent in
writing of all persons interested residing in this
State
Whereupon, tits ordered by said Court, that said
application oe referred to a session thereof, to be
held at the Probate Office In Bennington in said
district, on the a0th day Of March, A. d. 1859
for hearing and decision thereon: And, It is fur
ther ordered, that all persons interested be mott
fed hereof, by publication OF notice Of said ap
plication and order thereon, three weeks success
lively in the Bennington BANNER, a newspaper
published at Bennington, and which circulates IL
the neighborhood Of those interested, before sale
time Of hearing, that may appear at said time
and place, and, II they see cause object thereto
BY the Court, attest
SIS SIDNEY j. WILKES, Register.
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INTERPRETING THE NEW SCHOOL
LAW

LAW.
Answering inquiries from all parts of
the state, Superintendent Palmer gives
the following Interpretation to certain
provisions Of the school law:
~ Section ninety requires notices of
school meeting to be posted up in two
of the most public places in the district.
Clearly, unless this section is complied
with, a school meeting is illegal, and
also every thing done in consequence
of it-as the hiring of teachers, raising
of money elc.
(2) A school district clerk cannot IL.
e. IL VAIN q meetir 6, except the annual
meeting, unless ii ls applied for in writ
ing by the three voters Of the district.
Section eighty -nine.)
(3) The public money can not be divid
ed until July; for the new law, section
two hundred thirty three, expressly de-
clares that the selectmen shall divide
the school moneys "between the Sd and
9th days of july" and chapter thirty
nine (section six hundred sixth one) Of
the revised laws, by which a division
could formerly be made in March is re-
peale6.
| az The attendance of this,spring term
must be reckoned with the attendance
of last year in the division of the public
money: because section two hundred
thirty-fiv provides that the money shall
he divided lin proportion to the aggre
gate attendance y during the preced-
ing school year." and section two hun
bred eighty-fve provides that "the
school year" commencing on April 1,
1888, "shall be held TO continue and ex.
pire" on June 80, 1889.
(5) 1t is evidently the intent Of the new
law that each district shall support a
school during the coming spring; for
section two hundred eighty-six provides
that the superintendent Of education
shall distribute supplemental registers
to record "the attendance Of pupils to
the end Of the school year." and the reg
listers have been distributed for that pur-
pose.
(8) I also think that it is the duty Of
school directors in tow ne that have abol.
ished the the town system to provide
for the schools until July; it is not plain
why they were continued in office by
section two hundred eighty eight until
at the date.
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CHRONOLOGY OF THE BENCH.
The Year 1895 Appears to Have Been A
Lucky One For Judges

The Year 1895 Appears to Have Been A
Lucky One For Judges.
A correspondent furnishes the follow.
ing interesting table of dates Of the birth
of the Judges Of the Supreme Court OF
Vermont:
Hon. Homer E. Royce of st. Adams,
was born in Berkshire. VI, in 1919.
Hon. Jonathan Ross of St.IAlbans, Let
assistant Judge, was born in Waterford,
W., on Sunday, April 80, 1926.
Hon. Henry H. Powers of Morristown,
I'd assistant judge, was born in Morris.
town, VT, on May 30. 1885.
Hon. Wheelock G.Veazey OF Rutland
Sd assistant judge, was born in Brent
wood, N. H., on Saturday, Dec, 8, 1885,
Hon. Russell Taft of Williston, 4th as
sistant judge, was born in Willlston, Vt,
on Wednesday, Jan. 90, 1885.
Hon. John w. Rowell of Randolph,
9th, assistant judge, was born in Leban'
on, N. H., on Tuesday, June 0, 1885.
Hon. James NJ. Tyler of Brattleboro
9th assistant judge, was born in Will
mington, VT. on Monday, April q, 1885