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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-14
MOther-TOngHe.

Z writer in Hyide-AtCdke remarks
upon the pathetic way in which a sub.
iugated people cling to their native
tongue. And it is true that a people can
never be said to be truly conquered SC
long as they refuse to speak the Ian
guage of the conqueror. The Welsh
that subdued yet unsubduable people
have never ceased to speak Welsh.
You will be told that they have al
ready ceased to speak it; that the use OF
the language is fast dying out; but di-
rectly YOU draw near the boundaries OF
that portion of Great Britain, you begin
to hear it. It is a formidable language
in print, but easily managed by the
tongue.
In many Welsh families, especially in
remote districts. it is the only language
spoken. And when, few years since.
the decree went out from London that
in the Board schools in Wales only En-
glish should be spoken, it fell hard upon
the little folk who knew no other tongue.
Try as hard as they might to express
themselves in unfamiliar English, the
familiar household words lcotlld drop
from their lips
SO q plan was bit upon to make them
cease to speak Welsh. If child spoke
a Welsh word, token was given him
What shape this token" took varied
according to the school. It might be a
fools cap. it might be a printed slip at
tached to the clothing. or It might be
simply a stick that was to lie on the
desk.
Whatever it was, he kept it until .
Welsh word dropped from the lips Of a
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-14
Possible bad ponbtful.

Mrs. Solid. who is stout aud not very
tall, has a daughter who is tall and
rather slender. Now. il there is any
thing about which Mrs. Solid is sensi-
tive it is svoirdupois; and when the
spirit Of mischief enters one of her fam
ily It Is apt to find this sensitive spot
before its work Is done. The other day
this good lady's tall and agile daughter
took occasion to rail at her proportions.
i don't care. Julia, exclaimed her
mother, when you're as big as am
you'll be a good deal bigger -Letris-
tOH Journal.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-14

second child, when it was passed on TO
the latter. And so on through the ses-
sion for the day. Whoever was so un-
fortunate as TO hold it when school
closed at night was logged poor little
fellow
However. the system, as might have
been expected, did not work it was bet
ter suited to the Dark Ages than to
modern England. Aud so it was dropped
and the small Welshman now chatters
and recites in his own familiar tongue
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-14

spot, without herb, plant, or verdure of
any kind to distinguish it from other
sand mounds. A gale of wind, accom-
panied by cloud-burst, happened to
strike it as traveller named Chavez
was passing, and disclosed to his as
constituent massive stone walls thanked
by towers of masonry. He undertook
some excavations, and had the satisfac-
ton of bringing to light remains of fig
ured pottery, arow-heads, beads and a
few skeletons, with ornaments lying
around them and strings of beads
round their necks.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-14
She Snat on Her Bait.

We had long since voted her the
prettiest girl on the boat. This would
have been an offset for poor luck at
fishing. if she had only known it, but
we weren't SAYING a word for fear OF
spelling her. and by and by she looked
up to the grizzly old Captain and asked
Captain, shouldn't spit on my bait
to bring luck ?"
Guess YOU should, > he replied:
-Lemme put on a fresh shrimp and
then You can spit.
Real hard p
Yes
All the spit l camp
Yes.
She held the hook within three
inches of her nose, twisted her tongue
three or four times, and then gave a
ehu-choor We saw something fly
overheard, heard a scream Of despair,
and the next moment the prettiest girl
fell in a heap in the bottom Of the boat
She had thrown both plates Of false
teeth ont Of her head into twenty feet
u water.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-14

The Foreign Labor Contract law has
zen again held mp to public ridicule
ID contempt by being invoked to pre-
Eat the members of a Presbyterian
l1rch in Erie, Pa. from calling pas
3 Of their choice VINO happens to live
/ Canada. The Labor Contract law.
'nder the construction that has been
laced upon it, is disgrace to civilized
|eople and should be swept from the
latute book as soon as possible by the
booming Congress or amended into
ne sensible shape that will prevent
le wholesale importation Of day labor
fs without going far beyond the inten-
o. Of the trainers.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-14

Miss STELLA Cox, a well-known young
lady Of Washington, was married on
July "a to Seneca Indian, at the Cat
taraugus Indian Reservation. Mr.. A.
Sim Logan, late of the United States
Indian Bureau, in writing of the affair,
remarks: I'VE have few more young
men to spare, if Washington should de-
sire to send some more of her daughters
among the dusky braves"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-14

Mrs. MARIA Nj. DEAN is a homeo-
pathic physician who took an Office in
Helena, NJ. T., three years ago. Her
income last year was in the neighbor-
hood OF $4,000 She is graduate of
Wisconsin University and from Bos-
ton medical school, and also studied
medicine in Berlin.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-14
canoe.

THE feat of lowering large house
intact from an undesirable location on a
hill 80 feet high to the street was ac-
complished in San Francisco lately, the
cost being 500. The building, before
removal, brought, on account of its poor
location, only $50 at an auction sale.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-14

THE first settlements in Arizona and
California were founded by Eusebio
Francisco Kina, Jesuit, who was an
explorer in those regions as early as
1850. He founded the first settlement
in Arizona on the ella River in 1870,
and in 1897 founded the first settlement
in California
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-14
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A Choice Selection of Inter
esting Items.

THE Emperor of Russia initiates Mr..
Gladstone. His Majesty is an amateur
woodchopper, and spends an hour a day
at the exercise.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-14

EMPEROR WILLIAM of Germany no
longer suffers from insomnia. 1t is said
that he wears night attire of peculiar
oriental texture which produces sleep.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-14

OKLAHOMA is an old story now, and
the next rush is to be to the fertile ter
ritory we have acquired from the Sioux.
At this rate of progress the course
Of empire will soon have to come to a
stop. The wilderness of yesterday is
the garden of to-day in our onward
march toward the setting sun.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-14

The contract for postal cards for four
|ears to come, calls for 1000, 600, 600
Ierds to be manufactured at cost of
100000, which will sell for $50, 900, 900.
IN the manufacture of these, 1000
ns Of paper viii be needed, represent
: g, without the addition Of ink weight,
%4OO0,OO0 ounces, OF at full letter
'Rtes Of postage, "a. 100000. Sol would
Penn that, in spite of the vastly greater
lumber Of pieces of mail matter repre-
fnted by the cards, and consequently
feater cost Of handling, there must be
Rfoft in them.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-14

II is reported that an American
'ompen has been discovered on the
ank Ct the Rio Grande. near Cochete,
ezas. A vast sand dune covered the
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-14

A GOOD story, told at the expense of
Frank f. Hotchkiss, Superintendent of
the grounds and buildings at Yale Col
lege, is due to the dry humor of Presi-
dent Dwight The highest of the col
lege dignitaries took a fancy to
some picture frames which graduating
students had had made at Critters art
store from the rails of the old fence.
He decided to obtain such frame for a
campus picture, and so he called at the
art store. 81 would like to have pic
ture frame made from part OF the old
Yale fence" said he to the proprietor.
" All right, said Mr. Cutler, but you'll
have to steal your own rails" Presi-
dent Dwight gazed meditatiyely at the
floor for moment and then remarked
as he turned away: well, I'll have to
see Mr.. Hotchkiss about that.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-14

OVER a grocer's shop in James street,
Westminster, which Mr.. Gladstone
passes every time he goes to st. Steph-
EMS, is a big sign, @Parnell's Bacon for
the Times" 1t is bona fde business
announcement, with no political signiti-
conce
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-14


PROFESSOR MAHAFFY, an English
lecturer Of prominence, in the course OF
lecture at the Chautauqua Assembly
on Primitive Man" recently rather
surprised his listeners by declaring that
Thomas jefferson was all wrong when
he wrote in the preamble of the Declare
ton of Independence that all men are
created equal, and by asserting that
the Declaration of Independence was
inspired by foolish platitude of hair
Drained French revolutionists.' As an
example of inequality of man he quoted
the disappearance of the Indians in this
country and their being supplanted by
new and foreign race Of greater origi-
nal strength. He says that what is a
good illustration of his theory is the
fact that one man is handsomer than
another, one is stronger than another
and still another is longer lived than
his neighbor. This is a rather queer
theory and created some amusement for
the professors listeners.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-14
A REMARKABLE sight was witnessed

A REMARKABLE sight was witnessed
BIT the Bailey depot, in Cass County,
Missouri, on a recent evening. The
Sun was getting low when atrain pulled
b, and the engine began to let off
|kteam. As soon as released the steam
began to foam. and in short time a
complete rainbow could be seen few
feet above the engine and reaching to
the ground on either side. 1t was a
beautiful sight, and remained as long as
|he engineer released steam from the
$<ngine.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-14

RELIGIOUS statistics in the annual re-
port of the New York Independent
show that the number of church mem
bers increased by Ss7, 900 last year,
while the number Of church edifices and
|clergymen increased respectfully 1852
and 1866. TIL fact is very encourag-
ling, but it would be much more so were
it not for the fact that the population of
the country increases much faster than
church members or church edifces.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-14

From reports that reach MS from all
sections of the country of doctors ~ex-
|perimenting with the elixir oflife" there
seems to be probable determination Of
this years crop of lambs and possible
hankering after grass by multitude
|of bipeds. 1t would seem wiser course
10 wait for a more careful demonstra-
Eion of the virtues of the .elixir made by
/ those thoroughly fitted and equipped to
test it. 1t scarcely need be said that
Hanger attends such experiments.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-14

AN ingenious citizen, with an eye to
adjusting himself to his environment,
has moved reorganization of the cal
endar. Winter, he contends, should
begin ON January first and include
March spring should commence with
April and include June; July, August,
and September should constitute sum-
mer, and the fall, beginning with Oc-
tober, should not end till after Christ
mas. His new calendar would play the
mischief with traditions, but it would
come nearer to actual experience than
does the present antiquated European
article. The procession Of the equinoxes
is too slow altogether for the American
climate. Facts are on the side of re-
form, and if the weather does not
speedily repent and bring forth fruits
more meet for repentance than rank
grass and dropsical potatoes, the newly
established Department of Agriculture
will be called on to revise the calandar.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-14

OPINION is the main thing which does
Good or harm in the world.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-14
Three Peculiar Trees.

Rev. W. b. Bachman. aleading Pres
byterian minister of Chattanooga. states
that on the top of White Mountain, in
Western North Carolina, are three trees
of the cachoin species growing close to
gether and each being about a foot in
diameter and about fifteen in height
The top of the tree is about twenty feet
in diameter and perfectly fiat. being so
completely interviewer that number Of
persons can walk on them with ease.
Twelve persons can lie down on the top
of the trees without danger of falling.
Indeed, so close are these tops that
holes had to be cut in the middle for
persons to get on top.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-14

'WILL You marry me- Bridget?- g
widower of a year asked his cook.
How many afternoons q week kin 1
have, sorr?' she asked in reply.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-05

LAW TERM-wEsTERN DISTRICT
. The law court adjourned sine die at O'Clock
SATURDAY. Inc iollo wing cases wers disposed of:
OXFORD COUNTY.
Fuller VS.. Gerrlsh. Motion sustained.
Hastings vs.. Bartlett. Motion overrued, Judge.
ment on verdict.
ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.
Jones VS.. Wood Exceptions sustained.
YORK COUNTY.
Buck VS.. City of Biddeford. judgment for
plaintiff. Damages $3.50.
Burnie VS.. Boston and Maine railroad. Motion
sustained and new trial granted unless plaintiff
shall remit all over $500 in 80 days.
York tHarbor and Beach railroad apnellants
from Co. Com. Exceptions overruled,
Page W. Wakefield. Motion overruied
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
Snow VS.. Bryan. Bill dismissed with costs.
sinnett VS.. Slnnett. Exceptions overruled.
In all criminal cases in Cumberland county ex.
ceptions overruled, judgment for State, except
state vs.. James e. Cady, which is to be argued
in writing.
KNOX COUNTY. ~
Buckln VS.. Bean. Exceptions by plaintiff over
ruled for want OF prosecution.
leonard Us. Early. Motion overruled for want
OF prosecution. ~ n '4fie0 glF's'FT-
LINCOLN COUNTY.
Burnheimer VS.. sidelnger. To be argued 1920
u 10 days. 4tF.h rs
Bruce vs.. sidelinger. To be argued 1920 10
days. So So. :. !.
sAoADAHoc COUNTY. #
Morse VS.. Robinson. To be argued In writing.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
:. Morton VS.. Milton. Motion oyerruled, Judgment
on verdict. 77H NkeLIH 70 f1aeS''-,s
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Porter vs.. town OF Eden. Motion sustained un-
less petitioner RENTS all over $3.50 on or before
"a day OIL next ntst prflts term in Hancock.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Inhabitants OF Phillips appellants from Co
Com. Exceptions overruled.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Atkinson VS.. Parks. Motion sustained verdict
set aside,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-05
SAD DROWNING ACCIDENT.
Mr.. George c. Kitchens Is Caught In
the Eel Grass and lDies Before His
Wife's Eyes.

Mr.. George G. Kitchens, a travelling man
and member of the wholesale millinery firm
OF S. Y. Owen & Co., Boston, was drowned at
Evergreen landing, Peaks Island, Saturday
morning. He, with his wife and step-son,
went to the island in yacht, making their
headquarters at Evergreen. Saturday MORN
ing he thought he would pass short while
on board the yacht before going to breakfast,
and on starting to go ashore he fell between
the yacht and tender, the waves made by the
steamer Emita coming In probably causing
the boat TO swing away from the yacht. Mr..
Hitchens's cries for help were heard and eff
forts were made to save him, but he sank be.
fore aid could reach him. The dense growth
of eel grass into which he sank prevented
the body from rising to the surface. and
when after time he was found by Messrs.
Rolfe, jerks, Sterling and Durgin life was
extinct. Efforts at resuscitation were at
once commenced, but without avail DR..
flies was attending patient at Long Island,
ana messenger soon brought him to Ever
green. sad feature of the accident was
That Mrs. Kitchens witnessed her husbands
death from the shore, and is completely pros
trated by the terrible event. Mr.. Kitchens
resided in this city at 20 Munjoy street, and
was thirty-nine years Of age. The yacht
from which he was drowned was built for
him here last year. Being travelling man,
he was well known and generally liked, and
his death is deplored by large circle of per-
sonal friends. He was a member of Ancient
Landmark Lodge, l. 0. o. F., of Boston.
The funeral will occur this afternoon from
his late residence on Munjoy street
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-05
Lodge Nofas.

The Atlantic Lodge of Masons will hold
their regular annual clam bake at Spurwink,
Aug. 18th.
VIM. Gardiner, South Portland, next We'd
nesday afternoon. s.
Members OF Mystic Lodge, I. 0. G. T., are
requested to meet at the horse car station,
Wednesday evening at o'clock.
Sir Oscar NJ. Metcalf. formerly of this city,
has been elected as Prelate of Paladin Com.
mandery, K. T., of st. Paul, Mimi, where
for the last few years he has been sue
cessful lawyer.
The members of the Wionna Council, d.
of p, are requested to meet at their wigwam
moon, Business of Importance will come
before the council.
Cumberland District Lodge Of Good Temp
lars will meet at North Windham, Wednes-
day. 1t will be picnic session and public
meeting will be held in the evening. Dele
gates from Mystic Lodge can take barge at
the horse car depot at a. m.
st. Alban Commandery, Knights Templar,
of this city, has arranged for an excursion to
attend the triennial conclave of the Grand
Encampment of the Knights Templar of the
United States, to be held in Washington, d.
c.. during the second week in October, tax
ing in also trip to Gettysburg, Lursy Cav
ems, Richmond and Mt. Vernon. Applica-
tions have already been received fully up to
the limit of the number and therefore those
who have decided to go will of course report
at once to the chairman of the committee
The Airing House at Washington, where the
Sir Knights and ladies are to stop during
their stay in the capital city, is prepared to
furnish accommodations that will prove sat-
isfactory to the visitors.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-05
oFIsrEREsrTo SOLDIERS.
ResImentai Reunions to be Held This
Month.

The Fifth Maine Regiment Association
will hold their 22nd annual reunion at Me-
mortal Hall, Peaks Island, Wednesday.
There lisa prospect of larger gathering
than usual of the survivors of the gallant old
Fifth and their families at this meeting.
Mrs. Mary M. Scribner Of this city, has
presented the Fifth Maine Memorial Society
with an elegant photograph album, and
Quartermaster Sergeant Clark has presented
them with handsomely framed picture of
the battle of Spotsylvania. These gifts are
to be placed in the Memorial Hall; also an
interesting collection Of war papers, notes of
hand, letters, etc, taken from the body of a
Confederate, has been presented to the Fifth
Maine Memorial Association by the late Cap
tain f. q. Sanborn
The Seventeenth Maine Regiment Asso-
citation will hold meeting at Bosworth
Post, G. A. K. Hall. this evening at 8 o'clock,
to complete arrangements for celebrating
the annual reunion which will be held at
Mechanic Falls on Tuesday, the Goth.
The 21st annual reunion of the 1-10-29th
Maine Regiment Association will take place
next Thursday at Reunion Hall, Long
Island. Members will be careful to take the
C.sco Bay line. There is every prospect of
large attendance at this reunion.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-05
PERsoNAL.

Mrs. Caroline Dana Howe, the poetess,
spent Sunday with friends in Gorham. sM
George A. Littlefieid. Esq, principal of the
State Normal School OF Rhode Island, is Wis
iting his brother, Henry LittIefield. Esq, in
this city. 3fi tHs pr a sfs5
Mr.. 4. E. Mcdonald, general secretary of
the Young Mems Christian Association Of
Portland, has arrived in the city from De-
troit, Mich.
Professor J. E. Doldt, formerly instructor
of the Portland Turnverein, was in the city
yesterday. Yestelday's Boston Globe con-
tanned a flattering notice of Professor Doldt's
work as dn instructor.
The party of railroad men who have been
on the trip through Aroostook county, and
through the eastern part of the State this
week, arrived in the city on the Pullman
train from Bar Harbor Friday night, travel
ling in the car of President Lord, of the Bos-
ton & Maine railroad. The party consisted
of President Arthur Sewall, General Mana
ger Payson Tucker, and Directors f. W.
Hill, William G. Davis, Mr. Jose. Mr.. Rick
er, John Ware. of the Maine Central and
President Lord of the Boston & Maine rail-
road
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-05
OBITUARY..
Mrs. Or. bennett.


News is received of the death of Mrs. Den
nett, wife of DR.. bennett of Boulder. Color
ado, a brother of M. bennett of Lewiston,
and of G. w. bennett of Saccarappa Her
death occurred July IA at Chicago, where
she was for medical treatment She has
been sufferer for several years and has
been in the East for over year for medical
treatment. OF late she underwent severe
and dangerous operation from which she
was destined not to recover. As soon as
DR.. Dement'S duties at the university at
Boulder were ended for the year he fastened
to her. Her case was hopeless and her
death followed. The local press of Boulder
speak in the most sympathetic and kindly
way Of the deceased. She was one of the
leaders in literary and social circles in that
university town and will be long missed and
mourned. She leaves son of about TO-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-05
DEATHS.

In this city, Aug. 2, Charles Henry, son of Mrs.
Jessie Rudgeman, aged 10 years months.
In this city. Aug. 8. George A. Sawyer, aged 40
years.
Funeral this Monday forenoon at 10. 80 O'Clock
at 80 Lincoln street.
In this city, Aug. 8. George q. Kitchens, aged
80 years. sa
Funeral this Monday afternoon at 8 O'Clock,
at his late residence, No. 20 MuDjoy street. Rela-
tiyes and friends are invited to attend.
In this city, Aug. 3, John H., son of James W.
and Cassie S. Mullaney, aged months.
In this city, August A, Mrs. Mary A., wife OF
the late VIM. II. Josselyn, aged ~ years.
Funeral service Tuesday, Augusta at o'clock
p. m, at her late residence No. 229 Cumberland
Street.
In Deering Center, Aug 8, William Henry, son
OF j. II. and the late Annie 4. Coolidge, aged 20
years.
Funeral on Tuesday afternoon at ESQ o'clk,
at his late residence, Central Avenue. Deering.
In Alma, July 10, Mrs. Jason Lewis, aged IL
years.
In Topsham, July %. Henry H. White. aged
SO years.
In Livermore, July 10, Amos o. Becklen, aged
Sc years.
In Industry, July IT, Mrs. snsan Morse. aged
In West Gardiner. July "a. Philip Zelinki, aged
81 years.
In Norway, July %, Charles A. Smith. aged
80 years.
In Dixfeld, July %. Col John J. Holman. aged
SO years.
In Dixheld, July 20. Stephen Cannon. aged
80 years.
Ia New York, August /, suddenly, of paralysis
OF the brain, Beverly r. Clarke, aged 30 years.