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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-11-23
A HEALTHY GROWTH.

n E1f1I11I 0ISO W I n.
Acker's Blood Elixir has gained a
firm hold on the American people
aud is acknowledged K be superior
to all other preparations. It is a
positive cure tor all Blood and Skin
Diseases. The medical fraternity
indorse and prescribe it. Guaranteed
and sold by DR.. Q. Hooker, Drug
gis,.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-11-23
POISONED WITH MALARIA.

Mr.. S. d. Price, a native Of this
State, but now a prominent and in.
fuen,ial citizen of Dallas, Texas,
writes under date of April II, 1889:
ABOUT three years ago | was living
in a malarial district Of Georgia, and
while there frigh,ful sores broke out
all over my body. The poison in
my blood was so bad that it ruined
my health and Frustrated me. l
was at length so reduced in health,
and apparently incurable after taking
large quantities Of different med
icines prescribed by my physician,
that they, al a last resort, advised
me to go to Hot Springs, as it was
the only chance of recovery left, and
in this they expressed their serious
doubts tina! l would derive any ben
eft from the trip. l went to Hot
Springs, and while there took a
thorough course Of medicine under
the physicians, which seemed to ben.
eft, but did not cure me, tor in one
month after my return the malady
re~appeared. l Immediately began
taking S. S. S, which made me per-
%manen,Iy well-well from 1856 IN.
til now
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-11-23

North and South Dakota, Wash.
ington and Montana are new States.
President Harrison has issued his
proclamation to this effect.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-11-23

LADIES
Needing Q tonic. or children that want building
up, should take
BROWNS IRON
It is pleasant to take, cures Malaria, images
ton. and Biliousness. All dealers keep it.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-11-23

sS Subscribe for the Orarpa
County Observer. Only 81 for II
months.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-11-23
TILLSBORO MALE SCHOOL.
UILLSRORO. N. c..

Hills5oro Male school will open the
first Tuesday Of September Of each
year. and continue ten months. The
Principal, 10 June, 1889. has hal IN e1-
rerience of twenty-five wears. =
Terms :-English Branches per quar-
ter. (ten wreks.) $3.50 TO $40; Latin or
Greek $l.M per month each. extra.
Board. Fuel. Lights and Washing
per month. *12.J.
For further particulars, address the
Principal.
Il. G.. PATTON.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-11-23
SKIN ERUPTION r

One Of my customers, a highly re-
spected and influential citizen, but
who is now absent from the city. has
used Switt's Specific with excellent
result, He says it cured him of skin
eruption that he had been torment
ed with for thirty years, and had re-
sisted the curative qualities of many
other medicines.
ROBERT CLBGG, Druggist,
Fails Guy, Neb.
Treatise OF Blood and Skin Dis
ease mailed tree.
SWIFT'S SPECIFIC CO,
Atlanta, Ga.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-11-23

We see it stated that out of every
500 taxes paid 10 the South, white
men pay $3.50.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-11-23
from Trade Review Norfolk. Val
Our Cotton Factors.

EOYSTER & STRUDWICk,
Cotton Factors aud Importers and
Dealers in Fertilizers, and Man
aoers Of the Old Dominion
Guano Co. Fertilizer Fac
tory in Atlantic City.
Ofices-S, 9 and ~
Hare Building.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-04-17
Soldiers &uoqet.
Pensions Granted.

Mrs. LEWIS RODNEY, Montpelier,
Si4 month and $50 arrears; Sophro-
MIA II. Kellogg, Waterbury, IS a month
and $50 arrears; Hershel Il. Markers,
Albany, S4 a month and S765 arrears
James f. Lille, Orwell, increase from
So to SO month; Samuel A. Stone,
North Hyde Park, increase from SO to
$40 month; William S. Walker, Chit
tenden, increase from S4 to IS a month /;
Robert n. Fulton, Fletcher, increase
from S4 to IS month; John ID. Sheri-
dan, Newport, increase from so to $50
a month; Henry Ballard, Winooski,
original, So a month and $500 arrears ;
William Il. Church, st. Adams, SIG a
a month and $3.50 arrears; Corwin
Graves, Mechanicsville, "a month
and $40 arrears; Joseph Lapier, Rut-
land, increase from "a to S12 a month ;
Levi Barker, Sheldon increase from S4
to IS a month; Allen S. Wright, Bur
lington, IS month and $50 arrears
Luther Johnson, Ludlow, increase
from S4 to IS a month; Jarius d.
Clark, Eden Mills, 50 a month and
$685. arrears; William Mercy, South
Hero, increase from 81 to IS a month
Lafayette NJ. Perham, Charleston, in
crease from S4 to So month; Harriet
NJ. Wilson, S12 a month and $50 ar
rears; A. A. Allen, Milton, increase
from S12 to ga a month.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-04-17
Governor PrOctOr's Veto.

In 1878, when Redfeld Proctor was
governor of Vermont, there was con-
siderable excitement in the state over
the fraud imposed upon soldiers in pay
ing them the balance of state pay and
allotment money from the treasury due
for service in the rebellion. Parties
who had access to the records showing
the amount due soldiers would inform
a claimant that the amount was one
half or one-fourlh what was actually
due him and offer to procure it for
small fee on the execution and return
of a power of attorney. The soldier,
of course, supposing the amount
due him was correctly stated, the fee
for services appearing reasonable,
would comply with the request and re-
ceive, perhaps, S25, when he should have
received 500. In the fall of 1878 the
legislature, more to destroy this fraudu-
lent practice than anything else, passed
an act providing that all claims against
the state of Vermont for arrears of
state pay or allotted pay due the soldiers
of the late war shall be presented, with
the proper proof, to the state treasurer
on or before June l, 1879, or the same
shall be forever barred. The amount
then due the soldiers was about Sl1 900.
Governor Proctor, in vetoing this bill,
said: THE granting of the state pay
was an act of great liberality on the
part of the state, and was fully merited
by the soldiers. But the payment of
the balances now due is not gift or
bounty, but merely fulfilling con-
tract. The soldiers have performed
their part of the contract and we have
no more right to this money than to
any other which happens to fall into
our hands for safe keeping. The money
in each case has belonged to the soldier
ever since he performed the service.
| trust the time may never come when
a statute of limitation, passed after the
debt is contracted, shall be thrust in
the face of a soldier or his family to
bar an honest claim, however small.
Such claim should be outlawed only
when the memory of the service of our
soldiers has entirely faded from the
minds of the people, and that time has
not come in Vermont"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-04-17
A Dream and Its Interpretation.

A laborer at the Dundee harbor lately
told his wife, on awakening, curious
dream which he had had during the
night. He dreamed that he saw COM
ing toward him, in order, four rats. The
first one was very fat and was followed
by two lean rats, the rear rat being
blind The dreamer was greatly per-
picked as to what evil might follow, as
it had been long understood that to
dream of rats denotes coming calamity.
He appealed to his wife concerning this;
but she, poor woman, could not help
him. His son, sharp lad, who heard
his father tell the story, volunteered to
be interpreter. "The fat rat, y said he,
" is the man who keeps the public house
that We gang till sac often, and the twa
lean anes are me and my mither, and
the blind ane is yersel', father"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-04-17
For the Other Boys and Girls.

Here is a problem for you which we
found in a western periodical, and the
boy or girl who can explain it is re-
quested to send the solution to the
Scribe " at The earliest possible date
Two women had thirty chickens each
which they took to market. They
agreed to divide equally the proceeds
of their sale. One sold hers two for a
dollar, getting for her thirty chickens
SIS. The other sold hers three for a
dollar, getting for her thirty chickens
SO. This made S25 for sixty chickens.
The merchant being called on to divide
the money, said: You sold your thirty
two for dollar; and you sold your
thirty three for dollar; that makes
sixty chickens at the rate of five for So
Well, five into sixty goes twelve times,
and twelve times 50 is 1924. That makes
S24 your chickens have brought?' But
the women actually had S25 in their
hands. Now do figures lie or not?'
Send answers to Is South Lo1ing
street, Lowell, Mass.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-04-17

was shot off and the sight of my right
eye lost; but by fastening the pen
holder to my right hand l am enabled
to write. pen this letter in my cot
tage on Main street, surrounded by or
ange trees and rose bushes in bloom.
The air is laden with other fragrance,
birds of variegated hues sing their
sweetest songs, the mulberry trees are
full of ripening fruit like large black
berries, the sky is clear, the sun shines
brightly and the air is balmy. Car
riages are passing with their freight
of northern visitors, and we are in
the fullness of spring. But here in
my southern home | often remem-
Der my many friends in Vermont
and the happy hours l spent there.
After the war ended | served nine
years in the custom-house in Burling-
ton under Generals Stannard and
Wells. General Stannard was from st.
Adams and General Wells from Water
bury. The positions l held were in
spector and secretary to the collector
And now my dear comrade, must close,
hoping this letter will find you well,
prosperous and happy, with the request
to give my kindest regards TO other
comrades of the Fourth Fraternally
yours, CHARLES G. FISHER,
" Late Captain Company +, Fourth YER
mont Regiment"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-04-17
Questions Answered.

r. c., MORETOWN.-In writing TO the
commissioner of pensions for informa-
ton concerning the condition of your
claim, give the company and regiment
in which you served and the number of
your pension certificate. Application
for increase of pension always bears
the number of the certificate.
p. H., WooDsToCK.-For more than
a year prior to the last presidential
election the pension office at Washing
ton gave list of all pensions granted
for publication in the newspapers.
Since election it has ceased furnishing
the list for publication. The list of
pensions published from week TO week
in the WATCHMAN is furnished by T.
j. Deavitt of Montpelier, by whom most
of them are procured. On March 30,
1889, there were pending in the pension
office 1874 ,314 claims for pension. The
last week in March there were issued
2,57S pension certificates, of which ,346
were increase.
G.. W, PLAINFIELD.-It is not by
virtue of the ruling of the new COM
missioner of pensions that accrued pen
sion is now paid to the estate of de-
ceased pensioner. 1t is by act of con-
gress approved March /, 1889. 1t was
attached to the appropriation bill for
the payment of pensions for the year
commencing July |, 1889. 1t is as fol-
lows: Provided further, that here
after, whenever a pension certificate
shall have been issued and the pen
sioner mentioned therein dies before
payment shall have been made, leaving
no widow and no surviving minor
children, the accrued pension due on
said certificate to the date of the death
of such pensioner may, in the discretion
of the secretary of the interior, be paid
to the legal representatives of said pen
sioner." If Corporal Tanner, in pro-
mitigating this law, did it in way to
have it appear as an original ruling
with him it is no worse than General
Black did when he first assumed the
duties of commissioner of pensions, in
making favorable rulings over his own
signature that had existed for years as
the practice of the pension office. Such
harmless things Gin bad taste, however)
may always be expected when the Of
flee of commissioner of pensions is
filled by a politician who is bent on
making the largest amount of capital
for his party. A strict business official
would not make such intentional blum
ders.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-04-17
L" ENTERPRISE Florida,
March 20. 1850.


&" M Dear Conlrade: Your letter in
viting me to the reunion of the Fourth
Vermont Regiment last fall was duly
received, and | take this late occasion
to thank YOU and our dear comrades
for the invitation. regret being I'M
able TO tender you any other excuse
than that at the time your invitation
was received we were in the midst of a
yellow fever scourge, from which some
twenty-nine of my neighbors died.
Your letter was mislaid and | have just
found the envelope, with the printed
address on the back, and hasten to make
apology for my apparent slight OF your
call | would indeed have been glad
to meet the dear boys of the old Fourth;
to have shaken hands with them and
listened to their stories of the times so
long ago, when we marched and camped,
and fought and slept on the battle-felds
of Virginia. Maryland and Penusylva-
nia-and (may | say it?) when we
suffered and bled to perpetuate the
Union. With sadness l recall the inn
mense sacrifice of that grand struggle,
but with pride do contemplate the glo-
rious results of our humble efforts.
Sixty millions of people to-day rejoice
that such men as yourself and your COM
rades had the courage and fortitude to
maintain the country's honor in the
hour of her extreme peril. The world
to-day does homage to the nation which
had the moral courage to maintain a
government of the people, by the
people and for the people, We could
not then anticipate this great result,
but we can now rejoice, with our coun-
trymen and fellow-cilizens, that in re-
stored Union and under the overshad-
owing wing of continual peace the
American people are to-day as pros
porous and as happy as under divine
Providence a nation may hope to
be- Yes, Tom, remember you
well. think you came to us at
Hagerstown, recruit, and continued
with us throughout the remainder of
the service. Sergeant Carlos II. Rich
often called my attention to you. For
my own self, | am well and gaining
strength. of course had the yellow
fever, l am somewhat of an invalid
from gun.shot wound in the right
shoulder. | have lost the use of my
right arm. Two fingers of my right hand
were lost in the service, my right elbow
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-04-17

THERE is more catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until within the last
few years was supposed to be incurable.
For a great many years doctors pro-
nounced it a local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly fail
ing to cure with local treatment pro-
nounced it incurable. Science has
proven catarrh to be a constitutional
disease, and it therefore requires con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney
& Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only con-
stitutional cure on the market. 1t is
taken internally in doses of from ten
drops to tea-spoonful. 1t acts di-
rectly upon the blood and mucus sur
face of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case it fails to
cure. Send for circulars and tesla
monials. Address F. j. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists at
seventy-fve cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-04-17

Rod. To give you some idea of how
many words a single Latin word can
give us we want to ask jest one more
question in word study. Those who
are studying Latin can answer it more
easily, though others can find help in
the dictionary:
|. How many English words can
YOU think of which are derived from
the Latin word fdcio tdctum
Our other questions will be:
2. What were the two chief works
of Sir Philip Sidney?
3. What facts of interest can you
state regarding Sidney and his works?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-04-17

CONSUMPTION INCURABLE?-Read
the following Mr.. c. II. Morris, New
ark, Ark, says: "Was down with abscess
of lungs and friends and physicians
pronounced me an incurable consump-
tive. Began taking DIR. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption; am now
on my third bottle and able to overs e
the work on my farm. 1t is the finest
medicine ever made" Jesse Middle
wart, Decatur, Ohio, says: Had it
not been for DIR. Kings New Discov-
cry for Consumption would have died
of lung troubles. Was given up by
doctors. Am now in best of health"
Try it, Sample bottles free at any
drugstore.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-04-17
Our Mons ann Girls.
A Mite Song.

Only poor little penny,
II was all that had to give;
But as pennies make the dollars,
II may help some cause TO live.
A few little bits of ribbon,
And some toys-they were not new;
But they made the sick child happy,
And that made me happy too
Only some out-grown garments,
They were all had to spare;
But they helped to clothe the needy,
And the poor are everywhere.
God loveth the cheerful giver,
Though the gift he poor and small;
But what must he think of his children
Who do not give at all
The LUtie F0iks' Paper
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-04-17
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Sick Headache

is a complaint from which many suffer
| and few are entirely free. Its cause
is Indigestion and sluggish liver, the
cure for which is readily found in the
use of Ayers Pills.
q have found that for sick headache,
caused by disordered condition of the
stomach, Ayers Pills are the most re-
liable remedy. Samuel &. Bradburn,
Worthington, Mass.
"After the use Of Ayers Pills for
many years, in my practice and family,
am justified in saying that they are an
excellent cathartic and liver medicine
sustaining all the claims made Tor them
w. A. Westfall NJ. D., V. p. Austin
& n. w. Railway Co., Burnet, Texas.
"Ayers Pills are the best medicine
known to me for regulating the bowels,
and for all diseases caused by dis
ordered stomach and liver. | suffered
for over three years from headache, in-
digestion, and constipation. l had no
appetite and was weak and nervous
most of the time. BY using three boxes
of Ayers Pills, and at the same time
dieting myself, / was completely cured.
Philip Lockwood. Topeka, Kansas.
81 was troubled for years with indi-
gestion, constipation, and headache. a
few boxes of Ayers Pills, used in small
daily Doses restored me to health.
They are prompt and effective. w ii,
Strout, Meadyille, Pa.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-04-17
Henry Johnson e. Lord, Propretors of
Arnica and Oil Einiment for Man

Reumaism Bruises
all other
and Aches and ehecua Remedy Calls Strains Scratches
trial will merits 1t effects
and per bottle. everywhere
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-04-17
DR.. Henry Bakers Mandrake Bitters ar


Bowels and Digestive good working order and perfect health will
Sick Headache will find relief
mildly
they purify the blood Price bottle For sale 10y all dealers medi
Henry johnson g. Lord, Projectors, Burlington, VT
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-04-17

ECZEMA, ITCHY, SoALY SKIN ToRrUREs.-
The simple application of SwAYNE's ONT
MINT, without any internal medicine, will
cure any case of letter, salt rheum, ring
worm, piles, ITCH sores, pimples, eczema,
all scaly, itchy skin eruptions, no matter
how obstinate or long standing. 1t is po-
tent, effective and costs but trihe.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-04-17

THE man who monopolizes two seats in
railroad car may be called pig in clover
and the puzzle is how to kick him out when
he is bigger than you are.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-04-17


Influenza Splitting Blood Bronchitis Asthma Lung Peusy and
without number
all Ftys
Sold everywhere johnson Lord Burlington
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-04-17
An Interesting Letter.

The following letter from Captain G.,
G.. Fisher to Comrade 7, I. Farrell of
Waterbury will be read with interest by
all acquainted with the gallant captain :
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-03-28
JAMAICA.

Norman Allen has moved into the
+. G. Hosley tenement, and will
work in the mill.
l.. NJ. Barry moves into the house
with Mrs. Abijah Muzzy.
A. S. Codding has left town and
moved on Mr.. Williams farm above
West Townshend.
A. l.. Clayton goes to Worcester
with his family to work for Foster s..
Jaquith.
Edwin Clayton has moved to Ches-
ter and works for his brother Ellery.
w. V. Howe has taken the Edwin
Clayton place, and moved thereon.
Mr.. Joslyn of Keene, N. H., has
moved here and commenced to get
out chair-stock at the grist-mill.
Revillo Howard was badly injured
by falling through a scuttle in the
barn that had carlessly been left
open. He came home late at night
and in putting up his horse was en-
trapped and injured.
Your dealer now has HOP Compound PINT
soc. Enormous sales in other towns. Gran'
Spring medicine. Do you need it: TRY IT.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-03-28
so. WINDHAM.

Ida E. Chase came home from
Newfane Friday for few days rest.
Ella Chase is at Ezra Edson's.
Ida Wellman is at work for Mrs.
Deacon A. J. Baker.
Charlie Whipple has commenced
work for VIM. C. FAIR.
BERTHE Sage, who has been at B. NJ
Pierce's the past winter, will work
there the coming season. Lindsay
Ballou is there sugaring.
A. w. Clayton will work for Mrs.
j. Z. Whipple.
John Harrington is at work for
Mrs. A. NJ. Goodell.
Allie Goodell, who has been earn
ing good wages at the Brattleborc
insane asylum the past winter, is ex-
pected home about April list.
Rev, c. A. Votey of South Wind
ham and Julia Prentiss of Windham,
attended the Fellowship meeting OF
the Young Peoples Society of Chris,
tan Endeavor held at BrattleborC
last week.
Frank B. Pierce, who has beer
visiting at Mrs. M. A. Francis, has
returned to his home in Springfield.
The Baptist church and Society
raised nice looking frame for new
vestry last January. 1t is large
enough to fill the space reaching from
the church to the parsonage on the
east side of the yard. Funds are
wanted to complete the good work
Last Wednesday evening the young
people had an entertainment and net
ted Sll.93 for that object.
They all chew it What? "Do
minlon Navy" the best plug to
bacco on earth.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-03-28
Women Ought Not to Toll.

| think the women who have been en-
gagged in the struggle for equal rights
have done some good for women in the
direction Of obtaining equal wages for
equal work. There has also been for
many years tendency among women
in our country to become independent
desire to make their own hving--to
win their own bread So many husbands
are utterly useless, or worse, that many
women hardly feel justified in depend
ing entirely on a husband for the future.
They feel somewhat safer to know how
to do something and earn little money
themselves.
If men were what they ought to be,
few women would be allowed to labor
that is to say, to toll 1t should be the
ambition of every healthy and intelli-
gent man to take care Of, to support, to
make happy, some woman. As long as
women bear the burdens of the world
the human race can never attain any
thing like a splendid civilization. There
will be no great generation Of men until
there has been a great generation OF
women. For my part, am glad to hear
this question discussed-glad to know
that thousands of women take some in
terest in the fortunes and in the mis-
fortunes of their sisters.-Robert G. In
gersoll.