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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-11-06
And this statement is supported by tn
conclusive testimony:
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR OF FINANCE,
WOODSTOCK, Oct. 30, 1889.

WOODSTOCK, Oct. 30, 1889.
George W. Chapman, Esq, President
Bradford SdCiHgS Bank and Trust Company:
My DEAR SIR understand that some of
the depositors in your bank are anxious re-
gardng the safety of their deposits. This
might be expected to certain extent, per-
haps, considering the wild and unfounded
rumors aHoat, but | desire to assure them
that the bank is utterly sound. with its capt.
tai and good surplus unimpaired, and that
it was never more worthy of confidence than
it is to-day Very truly,
Inspector Of Finance"
d" To the second question says the Opjn-
ion, which is in the greater part answered
by the statements above, we only need to
say in addition that this community has
only words of sympathy and assurances of
continued confidence for Mr.. Arthur and
a feeling of warm personal regard which
has been only strengthened by the trying
events of the past few weeks, coming, as
they have at time of severe illness and
physical and mental prostration. His many
friends stand StaunCh and true to him. ana
will support and honor him for what they
know him to be-a faithful, shrewd, pains
taking servant of the bank which he repre-
SCENTS, "A true and discreet friend, loyal,
public. spirited citizen, and, above all an
honest man. Having met, as we believe,
every material allegation of the argus
against the Bradford Savings Bank and its
treasurer with evidence of charf cter to
satisfy the mind of any reasonable and can
did person, we have only to add that this is
the last time we shall soil the columns of
this paper by any reference to the ArgUS
and Patriot, or anything, however directly
or indirectly personal to MS or any of our
friends, that may appear in its pages. The
readers of the opinion will be quick to see
that nothing which the ArguS may utter in
the future, after our exposure of its whole
sale Justification of facts in the case before
us, can be safely accepted without proof in
disputabe. We warn our readers against
it. 1t has no scruples whatsoever to deter
it from malicious attack on personal charac-
ter. however pure and above reproach, and
never hesitates to prostitute its pages to the
purposes of private pique and vengeance.
Anything for a sensation is its motto, and it
cares not who is hurt-wife, mother, daugh-
ter whoever it may be or however sacred
the tie that its cruel falsehood may assail.
Devoid entirely of virtue and truth in itself,
it can have no appreciation of the value or
sensitiveness of those qualities in others.
Out upon such journalism, we say. 1t is a
disgrace to the press of Vermont"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-11-06

iudiciouslv made upon securities of a doubt
mi character? And, second, has its trusted
treasurer disappointed them ?" In answer
to the first query, the following sworn state
ment of the condition of the bank October
81 is published;
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-11-06

Rev, l, p, Booth will preach at the Uni
versalist church next Sunday,
A. e. Plastridge, formerly of this Gown,
is in the employ of the futile Company OF
Rutland.
There was a husking bee at French Dole's
last Saturday night. The Mortified cor
net band furnished music.
Mrs. Il. S. Stebbns, Miss Emily Stebbins,
Mrs. A. t.. Downing, Mrs j, w. Jones, G.
N. Whitmarsh and Cadet Taber attended
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Orange County Brookfleld.

1t is reported that the Good Templars are
about to surrender their charter and give
up the ship. From recent appearances it
would seem that work enough yet remains
for them to do.
Henry Freeman Post will hold a camp
fire and oyster supper next Friday evening.
Eli Holden, Esq, Of Barre, who is well
qualified to speak on the subject, will tell
what he knows about rebel prisons.
" Is it advisable to repopulate the aban-
doned farms in this state with Swedes?''
was the question discussed at the last
Grange meeting. II. p. Abbott took the
affirmative and ID. ID. Howe the negative.
They were followed by several other men,
hers, some of the sisters venturing to throw
in a few of their thoughts.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-11-06

the Episcopal choir festival at st. Adams last
week.
The regular sociabe of st. Mays church
will he held at the rooms in the depot next
. Thursday evening. Supper at hali-past five
o'clock
The adjourned annual meeting of the
Dog River Valley Fair Association will be
held at Village Hall Saturday, November
9, at one o'clock P. NJ. All interested should
he present
Mrs f. S. Stebbns is visiting in Montreal
this week = b. S. Sylvester and wife
of Montpelier were in town few days last
week == Mrs. Homer White is visiting
friends in Enosburgh,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-11-06

George l.. Church and son have rented
the Eagle Hotel here and will be ready for
custom at once. Mr.. Church is well known
The Washington critic., 1889-04-16
A WOLVERINE.

A writer in the New York Tribune, de-
scribing an adventure In the Rockies, thus
alludes to the wolverine, the animal wanted
alive by the Government for the National
Museum. He says, after describing how n
dead elk had been cut up and placed as bait
for bears:
"Pretty soon we heard the baying Of the
coyotes, and we knew they had found the
trail. They came down the scent the elk
had made from every direction and com
pletely surrounded the carcass. The cow
ardly little whelps barked and yelped at IT,,
hut finding II really dead they pitched in,
and were making good square meal when
the heavy baying up the trails told us that
the gray wolves We're coming down. The
coyotes made off as fast as they could go.
They have mortal terror Of the big gray
mountain wolves and are cordially disllked
by them. The gray wolves ate the elk and
had nearly gorged themselves, when the
peculiar cry Of the wolverine, or man eater,
of the Rocky Mountains startled them from
their feast This hdeous and ferocious
beast is the lshmaelite of the Plains, and
well he deserves his name. lie will attack
anything, from buffalo or grizzly bear
down to a chipmunk, and is not the least
afraid of man. Pretty soon the ugly
beast, with his reached neck and pigs
head, made his appearance, and all the
other beasts ran away. He had been quite
a while feasting himself on elk, when We
heard cracking of the brush near, the
cabin, and huge grizzly bear came out on
the trail. He went directly to the carcass,
and the wolverine, looking more. than ever
like hyena, after showing fight foI m ,
legs and made OF through the forest
The Washington critic., 1889-04-16
DIED.


TAYLoR;-on sunday, April 4, 1880, at his
residences, the Portland, Washington, d. q,
Rear-Admiral william Roger Taylor, u. s. N.
Funeral services at st. Johns Church, ii
and sixteenth streets, on Wednesday, 18th
instant, at 2p. m.
BRUFF.-On Sunday, April II. 1880, at 7:a5
p. M, at his residence, 1909 Twenty fourth
street, Joseph Goldsborough Bruf, In the
S5th year Of his age.
Friends are respectfully invited to attend
the funeral, Wednesday, April II, at 1880 p. m.
HURLEY.-Suddenly on April IS, 1880, at
3:35 o'clock q. m, after u short and painful
illness, BERTHE Hurley, beloved daughter of
Harriet and Henry Hurley, aged 10 years,
months and II days
For now she dwells In heaven above,
While still liuger here below;
But thou still bearnest pure undimmed,
BY all my tears, grief and woe.
By HER FRIEND, A. p. SHIRLEY.
Funeral from her parents residence, No.
1905 Ninth street northwest, on Wednesday
at A O'Clock. Relatives and friends are re-
speotfully invited to attend. Interment at
Oak Hill,
K0SS.-Departed this life ON Sunday, April
IA, 1880, at o35 y. m, Frederick w. Koss, after
a lingering Illness.
A tender husband and loving father, May
Relatives and friends are respectfully in.
yited TO attend funeral services from his resi-
dence, 413 Spruce street, lie Droit Park on
Wednesday, April H. at 10 o'clock a. m.
ltichmond Va, papers please oopyl
The Washington critic., 1889-04-16
ON TO oKLAHOMAI"
New York Telegram. }

"Black with boomers is the word from
Oklahoma.
The dress parade Of locusts in Egypt
wasn't circumstance.
The swoop of Goths and Vandals on Rome
from the hills Of Lombardy was a corporal's
guard in incomparison.
One hundred thousand rampant ranchers
already on the ground.
And only ten thousand homesteads open
for settlement.
Boomers are perched like buzzards in the
surrounding trees waiting for the word TO
swoop down.
On the morning OF the 22d they will take
flyer above the promised land.
Each gentleman is prop erly supplied
with a hip pocket for his little gun, and a
number Of holes will be bored before this
pig-nic Is over
Rheumatism and malaria hang in tropical
profusion over the marshes, and brakebone
fever Is furnished for nothing while you
wait.
Plenty of excellent society supplied by
squaws, cowboys, ex-bandits and renegades
of the thirty-third degree.
Great country Oklahoma, If you're not
particular about your climate, your com
pany or spring styles in ague.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-16
VISITORS TO THE DEPARTMENTS,

Secretaries Blaine, Proctor and Tracy
have issued the following order for the re-
ception of visitors:
Reception of Senators and Representa-
tivcs in Congress, from 10 to l2 o'clock.
Reception of all persons not connected
with the Departments, at 12 o'clock, except
Tuesdays and Fridays, which are Cabinet
days; and Thursdays in the Department of
state, when the members Of the Diplomatic
Corps are exclusively received.
Persons will not be admitted to the build
ing after . o'clock each day. unless by card,
which will be sent by the captain of the
watch to the chief clerk or to the head of
the bureau for which the visit is intended.
This rule will not apply to Senators, Repre-
sentatves or heads of Executive Depart
ments.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-16
HOW THEY ALL WRITE.

The Phonogdphic World has been col
lecting news of how some Of the best known
journalists, novelists, poets and sketch
writer's do their work, whether by debating
to type-writers or to stenographers or by
writing with pen or pencil In the old-fash-
ioned way. As the news is all first hand
from the writer's themselves, II is as trust
worthy as It is interesting.
Charles A. Dana says: at does not hap
pen oftener than once n week that write
anything with my own hand" He dictates
everything to stenographer.
Whitelaw Reid habitually does the same
thing, except where he thinks special care
is required.
Oliver Optic has used Typewriter four
teen years and has not written a book or
story in that time by any other means.
Amelie Rives, beginner, says: ~
always use pen and ink In writing and never
dictate" Bill Nye travels so that he cannot
use typewriter or stenographer constantly.
Some day, he says, he will "dictate" till he
gets black in the face.
A. w. Tourgee writes with pencil or
pen. Mr.. Richard Watson Glider, editor
OF the Century Magasne, says he writes his
own compositions himself, but feels disap-
pointed II MS. sent to him is not type-writ-
ten. Captain Charles King, the novelist,
says ''it is hard to teach an old dog new
tricks" he writes with pen. George w.
Cable writes his novels in long hand. Geo.
Kennan, the Russian explorer writes his
stories in lead pencil, then dictates them to
a typewriter
Charles Carleton Coffln finds he cannot
compose as wen on a type writer as with a
pen. John Boyle 0'Reilly writes with his
own hand. Robert j. Burdette writes at
length detailing the usual experiences of
one who first attempts dictation. He says
now thar he never bought more ease and
comfort than when he bought Typewriter.
George William Curtis writes with pen or
pencil. Robert Grant, who wrote the
Confessions of Frivolous Girl" says he
still uses the pen.
w, o. Stoddard uses the pen. Murat
IIalstead resorts TO photography and type
writing. f. II. Stockton dictates to long
hand writer. Ella Wheeler Wilcox "com.
poses pen III hand.n
James Parton writes in the old-fashioned
way, Marion Harland dictates 10 hei
daughter, w. II. Riding is a pen pusher
and so is Edward Eggleston.
George Alfred Townsend dictates to Q
stenographer. Edward Atkinson, the stats
tician, dictates to stenographer. Thomas
Bailey Aldrich writes in the old-fashioned
way, with pen and ink. Margaret Deland
author Of "John Ward, Preacher" uses hei
pen altogether, but after her copy is ready
for the printer she has it typewriter
George Bancroft, the historian, dictates al
his work to stenographer,
The Washington critic., 1889-04-16
A Typewriter Girps Opinion.

A typewriter girl thus expresses herself
in the indianapolis Journal; ~ get sick of
men aud their ways. They are messy; they
sling paper all over the office, and loll
about on the desks and chairs In such un-
dlgni6ed attitudes. They smoke and chew.
We have fourteen drummers who come
into our Office, and only one of the fourteen
has ever had the courtesy to ask me II
cigar-smoke is offensive to me. Then, they
are silly; they talk such nonsense as six
teen-year-old girls wouldn't be guilty Of.
It is all about neckties, new hats, ballets,
good dinners, and so on. If you think man
Is the superior animal, you Just spend some
time IN business office with assorted sizes
Of him, and you will see. l am beginning
to believe that atrasfS dime novel Is better
sociesy than the ay'.age man, and equally
improving
The Washington critic., 1889-04-16
Survivors of the Rifles of 's1.

The nine survivors of the National Rifles,
which was organized in 1861, held a reunion
last night at Freund's to celebrate their
twenty-eighth anniversary. Mr.. Edwin T.
Matthews presided. Those present were
Y. AtLee, 4. N. Leonard, J. NJ. Clayton,
Gilbert Towles, j. T. Clements and Mr..
Brandt. Letters Of regret were read from
Colonel w. q. Moore. Colonel Sundberg,
Mr. Maynadier, G. M. Dresser. Joseph
McMackin and Rev. Charles M. Pyne.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-16
EpIsoN,s FIRST CHECK.


"Wizard'' Edison came over from Menlo
neeted with some Of his humorous enter
prises, and during the afternoon spent sew
eral hours with one of the officials OF the
big electric light company.
During lunch the great electrician became
chatty and told, IN HIS quaint way, the story
of his first acquaintance with any large sum
OF money.
II was In the days when he was struggling
along withhis earlier inventions and didn't
have big capitalists to back him. In fact,
he didn't have any bank account himself
and hardly knew what one was. Bank
checks were things he had never had oc-
casion to use and had about as much idea OF
their value as the man In the moon.
Edison had finally sold hIs patent on the
gold and stock Indicator TO the Western
Union Telegraph Company for $4,000, and
was coming over TO New York to get his
money.
He had heard of Wall street aud its bulls
and bears, and had been told that II was
full Of ''sharks," who would fleece a man
very quick. So he made up his mind that
Wall street was a very dangerous place and
that II he ever had occasion to 90 there he
would be lucky II he got away without los
ing his overcoat and umbrella.
At that time General Lefferts was presl-
dent OF the Western Union. One morning
Edison came into the company's general Of
fees to close up the sale OF his pateut.
After few prclininaries he was given q
check for $4,000.
=
lie looked at y tcuriously for moment
or two, and appeared to be puzzled what
to do with 1t. He knew that he had sold
patent to the Western Union Company
for $4,000, but he didn't see any money.
Observing his perplexity, General Lef-
ferts told him that II he would go down to
the Bank Of America, in Wall street, he
| could get the check cashed.
$50 started out" said Edison, ''after
carefully folding up the check, aud went
toward Wall street. SO uncertain was in
regard to that way OF doing business that
thought while on the way that II any man
| should come up to me and offer me two crisp
thousand-dollar bills for that piece Of paper
should give him up the check very
quick"
On arriving at the Bank Of America he
hesitated about entering, fearing still that
something might be wrong. At last, how
ever, he mustered up courage and deter
mined TO try it, He knew that General
Lefferts had told him he would get his
money here, so he braced ahead, and half
tremblingly showed his check out to the
cashier
Inc iatter serulini@eu " CLOSELY gave
Edison piercing glance ana sara some
thing which Edison could not understand,
The Washington critic., 1889-04-16
THE NEW YORK FooLIsHNEss.

The Centennial Celebration in New
York has been made in measure ridic-
ulous. The whole thing has become u
jest, because of a preposterous wrangle
between alleged leaders of what is called
society" or at least, because of certain
"society" features of the affair. How
absurd the whole business.
This is Republic. 1t is Nation
where brains and energy alone should
count. We have no fcudal lords nor
privileged families. Our so-called "old"
families are important only as they &C.
complish things in the present. The
"old" families Of New York, those who
seek to establish an exclusive circle, are
practically grotesque since their mem
bers are the descendants of very com
mon place hucksters and shopkeepers,
who never made record for anything
in particular and could transmit only
shop qualities.
A difference between social leaders of
this ridiculous New York group has in
terfered with the dignity Of what is a
national celebration. Is il not about
time in the United States for a cessation
of some Of this rot about social rank
The Washington critic., 1889-04-16
TO A CRICKET.

Piper with rusty quill
Filing on windy hill
In dusty coat;
Saddened by fading glow
Softer measures seem to flow
From thy russell throat.
Perched amid the withercd grass
Like afriar singing mass
O'er the blossoms dead;
Hauntingly note Of woe
Echoes from thy tremolo,
Mourning beanty fed.
AS listen fancy strays
Backward through the summer ways
Prankt with nodding flowers;
And anon the fragrant night,
Richin song and rare delight
Ones her musky bowers.
Glow-worms glimmer, fire-fles speed,
Lighting Puck and Mustard-seed
And their Pixie crew.
Then the darkness fees, and Morn,
Peeping DER the popped corn,
Becks to pleasures new.
Dimpled daisies, laughing, toss
Kisses DER the dewy moss
At my wayward feet;
While the lays Of bees aud birds,
Sweeter than all caroled words,
In soft chorus meet.
Rising from the lap of noon
Comes drowsy breeze to Groom
Mid the new-mown hay.
AS thou pipest thus | fare,
Fancy led to visions rare,
Down the summer day.
When the winds from arctic waves,
Wailing DER the fower-grayes,
Glass each shuddering pool;
Minstrel, flee thy frozen nest,
I shall wait thee; be my guest
On the hearth at Yule.
New York Independent.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-16
A NEWSPAPER CLIPPING.

Twas clipping from the paper
Telling of some funny caper
On the stage;
So read it, every letter,
Saying that I'd seen no better
For an age.
Then turned the clipping over
With no purpose 10 discover
What was there,
But In smiling contemplation
OF the humorist's creation,
Rich and rare.
As looked, know started
And the smile from lips departed
For saw,
Printed there In uncut column,
Notices Of deaths, sad, solemn,
Full OF awe,
So, thought, come grief aud pleasure.
Melted out with equal measure;
You may laugh
But some other one is wailing,
For the tear is SMILES unfailirg
Other half,
-lColambus Dispatch,
The Washington critic., 1889-04-16
WASHINGTON, APRIL 10, 1880
PRESIDENTIAL RECEPTIONS.

The Cabinet meets on Tuesdays and
Fridays at 1890 p. IN.
Senators and Representatives In Congress
will be received by the President every day,
except Mondays, from 10 until l2.
Persons not members Of Congress having
business with the President will be received
from l2 until on Wednesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays.
Those who have no business, but call
merely to pay their respects, will be re-
ceived by the President In the East Room
at p. IN. on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Saturdays.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-16
The Philadelphia Club.

The Philadelphia Club, composed Of Gov
ernment employees now in Washington, bnt
whose home is In Philadelphia, completed
its organization at meeting held at 1412
Pennsylvania avenue last night by the cleo
ito n OF the following officers: Colonel
Charles Fair, president; A. p. Marston,
first vice-president; s. M. Thatcher, second
vice-presfdent; NJ. McCully, financial secre-
tary; e. s. Wiler, recording aud CORE
spending secretary; Daniel Ramey, treas
urer; A. U. Sprague, doorkeeper, and a
finance committee composed Of Joseph W..
Deneam, chairman; John G. Hogan aud
William II. Milks,
The Washington critic., 1889-04-16
ohio Republican Association.

The Buckeye Republicans held an enthu-
siastic meeting at their headquarters, SIG
Ninth street, last evening, Colonel j. NJ,
McGrew presiding. A letter from Senator
Sherman, acknowledging receipt Of certlh-
cate Of membership as an honorary mem
ber, was read. a resolution was passed
congratulating Colonel s. A. Whitfield,
Second Assistant Postmaster-G General; Hon.
Thomas b. Coulter, Sixth Auditor of the
Treasury; Major f. G. Rathbone, Chief In
speotor of the Postofllee Department, nnd
Hon. George w. Wilson, Deputy Commls
sioner of Internal Revenue, on their appoint
ments. The president appointed Messrs.
u. A. Cirosyenor, NJ. ~ Holland and Wm.
Mayse committee TO call on Senator
Sherman and arrange convenient time for
the association to call aud pay their re-
spects to him before his trip to Europe.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-16

the appointment he is warned that he
must leave his bang at home, for Minis
ters to foreign courts must be very quiet.
and gentle, and when they shut the
doors and gates of castles and palaces
and halidoms and things, they can't do
1t with bang, and that's certain, any
native American breeziness and brash
TO the contrary Notwithstanding.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-16

THB GERMAN NEWSPAPERS unite In de
claring that Mr.. Halstead would have
been a minister most acceptable in
that country. They do not hesitate
to add that his rejection by the
United States Senate was due TO his
exposures of political corruption. Mr..
Halstead has thus one part OF his vindica-
ton already. The vindication with ven
ceance must come via Ohio.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-16

THE Boston Central Labor Union
protests against Whitelow Reid's ap.
poin,ment, and demands his recall.
The Central Unions attention is called
TO the fact that Whitelaw is n news
paper man, and newspaper man is no
"jawsmith" or walking delegate, >"
but is O working man, who puts in
about eighteen hours out of the twenty
four, and doesn't get rich ut II, either
The Washington critic., 1889-04-16

WE INVITE the attention of our real
estate agents to communication in to-
days CRrTIo headed "a Real Estate
Problem, % and shall be pleased to hear
from them in reply to the points raised.
We assume that they can satisfactorily
answer the inteTogatories Of our CORE
spOndent,
The Washington critic., 1889-04-16
CRITICULAR.

Maritana:
MIR. Hayseed: sallie, We must go to the
show tonight at Elbows opery House.
Mrs. Hayseed; What is It, Hezekiahp
Mr.. H.: don't know, sallie, exceptin'
the hotel clerk says its Mary Tanner, and
It's mighty good.
Mrs. H.: Mary Tanner, is 1t ? What does
she playS
Mr.. H.; Dinged II know, Sallie.
Mrs. H.; Well, | s'pose it's all right,
Hezekiah. | was thinking may be she
might be kin to the DR.. Tanner that was in
the show business several years ago, aud
we'd be getting into some Dime Museum
or other.