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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
For the Boys.

! will begin few notes on natural
history for you, children, and will come
to the point in the first few lines. If
the boys anticipate any blood-chilling
stories in the adventures of my sixteen
years of forest life, they will be disap-
pointed. Before me is the calendar of
1859, an Object-lesson of the dime-novel
order. | have been anxious all my life
to find one of the kind of bears pictured
there. Those in the forests | have fire.
quented have never been willing to
wait for an introduction, and am sure
that | can not run fast enough to make
their acquaintance when one has seen
me, for | have made the trial in an
open woods, and one man saw the race
and knows | did not sell out, but ran
out my wind. Only twice in my life
have known an animal to get angry
about being disturbed in his native
wilds. Neither of the animals so dis
turbed made an attack, but did not like
to leave a chance for a good supper of
eel-grass in order to let my boat 90
past in a narrow stream. A Vermonter
carried away the head and antlers Of
one of those-a bull moose. He would
~ away IL 0dNc Illn lllllt tuOu8ll, Dul II
| tried to hasten his steps he would erect
the hair on the back and shoulders and
face about. | learned to sleep when
wolves were bowling near. | know
they had venison for supper, but they
do not wish to quarrel with man. a
large panther once followed me two
miles on my sable line after | had tried
hard to get a sight at him in a tract of
woods that was swept by whirlwind.
| think he wanted to be sure had gone
to camp and would not disturb him if
he wished to finish a midday nap. !
found by the tracks in the snow the
next day that he saw me safely out of
the woods. We both trapped success
fully in that region after that, but did
not try TO modest each other again. My
next will treat Of muskrats, mink, etc,
and how to trap them at home in Yer
mont and make it pay. In doing this
| will only have to refer to my expert
ence the present season.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02

THE VERDICT UNANMoUs.-W. ID.
suit, druggist, Bippus, Ind, testifies;
% | can recommend Electric Bitters as
the very best remedy. Every bottle
sold has given relief in every case.
One man took six bottles and was
cured of rheumatism of ten years
standing" Abraham Hare, druggist,
Bellville, Ohio, aflirms "The best
selling medicine | have ever handled
in my twenty years experience is
Electric Bitters." Thousands of 9TH
ers have added their testimony, so that
the verdict is unanimous that Electric
Bitters do cure all disease of the liver,
kidneys or blood Only IA half-dollar
a bottle at any drugstore.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02

In a house on the Boulevard Ma
poleon of Toulouse a woman locked up
her money in desk and went out shop
ping. Ga her return she missed three
napoleOns, a gold five-franc piece
and a franc in silver. There was no
trace of burglary. Very much be-
wildered by these losses, the good
woman was deep in reflection over the
matter when she heard a roar of laugh.
ter from her neighbor's garden. ooh,
the thief' cried several persons at
once. Where has he stolen this?"
The dame descended instantly, ran out
and said; "Oh, my money, messieurs
where is the thief" :" He is up a tree,
madame" pointing up TO a monkey in
a high branch above them, but here
is the money! The monkey, who GER
tainly would be an invaluable assistant
to burglar, had been seen to climb
into window of one of the good lady's
rooms, had unlocked the drawer, found
the money and, concealing it in his
iowl, had brought it to his master.
find that no less an authority than Buff
fon declares that female chimpanzee
who went out to service at Loango made
the beds, swept the house and so far
assisted in the cooking as to turn the
spit. NJ. de Grandpre, an officer of the
French navy, tells of another chin
panzee, on board French man-of-war,
which assists the cook and turns the
capstan and furls the sail as well as any
of the sailors. In China monkeys help
in tea-picklng, and Lord Monboddo
used to gravely contend that apes
could talk readily enough, but that their
superior cupqiug told them to hold
their tongues lest they should be put to
hard work. -Lsois Mercury.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
$ctettcO $torp.
Lessons.

with open book before her,
In which her task was set,
A little child sat sorrowing,
with cheeks and lashes wet;
She saw the roses blowing
She heard the wood-brds sing
q All mel" she sighed, " but learning
Is such weary thingl'
With open book before her,
Where life's sad lessons lay.
A woman sat and screwed
Through all the lonely day;
She saw the roses wither,
The bird of peace take wing
" ALI me" she sighed, forgetting
Is such weary thing"
Alice HHtt. ia cottage Hedrth.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02

ELI RoBnrvs, Rmuo p o., ColgmLlG Coz Co.,
She WIS five years old. very badly. ! saw lr.
Sare's Cntarh Remedy advertised, and pro
cured bottle for her, and soon saw t1mI J
MONT cure. She is now eighteen years old ana
sound and hearty
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
Eczema ON Bnby Cnred.

My baby has been troubled with Eczema on his
face neck, head ears and entire body. He was one
mass of scabs and were obliged to tie his hands
TO prevent his scratching. have spent dollars ON
remedies without effect but after using one box of
CUTICURA and one cake of CUrlCURA SOAP the
child is entirely cured. can not thank you enough
for them L. W. BROWN
IL Null Street, brooklyn, L. D. y. Y
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02

Morning entered into afternoon. and
afternoon slowly mcltedintO early even
ing. The shadows were GENTLY creeping
over the land, the birds were twittering
a goodnight and still the soldiers slept.
Softly, cautiously, band of fifteen men
were vending their way towards the
Whitcomb farmhouse. Nearer and
nearer they got, until you could see
that they wore the Continental uniform.
They reached the house and were met
by its mistress. She pointed to the room
where tie soldiers were, then sat her
self rigidly down in her rockingham
TO have AN argument with her con-
science.
Suddenly-what is that she hears?
a hearty laugh re-echoed throughout
the house. She hurried to the door
where the soldiers were. And what
did she see? Her two redcoats shak-
ing hands heartily with the Continent
ais. And what does she hear?
Captain one of the men says,
"we had given you and the colonel up
for lost and the camp was in sore dis
tress about YOU"
And he, the admirer OF the cream
jug, Wers, IN full. rich voice: 4" The
colonel and | were surrounded by the
British on every side. We Just escaped
capture; stole these uniforms from two
dead Tories and travelled, weak and
weary, through boys and swamps to join
yon hut, overcome by fatigue, stopped
here for few hours rest. Thinking
the people were loyalisis, we kept M
the disguise. But how did you come
'here?"
We came to capture two British
soldiers, but instead have found our
colonel and our captain. Three cheers,
men! three cheers"
And they did cheer, strong and
hearty.
And Mistress Dorothy? She crept
back to the kitchen, rocked herself
back and forth, and said, Dorothy
Whitcomb, what fool you've
beenl''-New York Mail and ErpreSs
Prize Story, by Bertha Loomer, HoJoken,
~ j.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
Eczema ON Hands Cured.

Two years and half ago Salt Rheun broke out ou
my right hand. II appeared IN white hlisters at
tended by terrible itching, aud gradually spre I'd,
until it covered the entire back Of the hand. 7.
disease next appeared on my left hand tried
many remedies but could hnd no cure until OBJ
tanned the CUriCURA REMEDIES, which effected a
speedy and permanent cure.
JAMES T.. KEARNEY,
PSI Wood Avenue, Detroit
Sold everywhere. Price, CUTICUEA, 50c.; SOAR,
25c5 EEsoLNENr. ~ Prepared by the POTTER
DRUG AND CHEMICAL CO., Boston. Mass
II send for " How TO Cure Skin Diseases " a
ptges, 80 Illustrations aud TOO te stim puials.
phpVjc skin and Scalp preserved and beau
DHD y tilted 10y CUrlsURA INDICATED SOAR.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
NOTICE.

The annual meeting OF the stockholders OF the
Waterbury National Bank. for the choice of Di-
rectors for the ensuing year, will be held at said
Bank In Waterbury on Tuesday, January ), lssg, at
one o'clock Z, NJ CHARLES WELLS, CdshieF.
Waterbury, VI, December 3, iSss
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02

lT has been demonstrated that the pro-
duction of eggs can be largely increased by
a scientific system of feeding. This is why
those who use Prolific Poultry Food get
such marvellous results, as the food is com
pounded on scientific principles, and, used
according to directions, reduces science to
simple practice. l.. b. Lord, proprietor,
Burlington, VI. Sold in Montpelier by
Marvin x Sherburne.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02

SYMPTOMS OF CATAIkHU.-Dull,
heavy headache, obstruction of the nasal
passages, discharges falling from the head
into the throat, sometimes prOfusc, watery,
and acrid, mt others thick, tenacious, mucous
purulent, bloody and putrid; the eyes are
weak, watcry. and iniiamcd; there is ringing
i'm the cars deafness, hacking or coughing to
clear the throat, cNpcctorution OF offensive
matter together with scabs from ulcers; the
voice is changed and has nasal twang; the
paired; there is a sensation of dizziness, with
mental depression, hacking cough and gen,
cral debility. Only few OF the ahoVe-namod
case Thousands of cases annually, without
manifestug half of the above symptoms, re-
suit in consumption, and end IN the grave;
No disease Is so common, more deceptive and
dangerous. or less understood by physicians.
by its mild, soothing, aud healing properties
cnsns Of Tatarrh. " cold In The head"
Coryza. ana Catarrhal Headache.
Sold hY drnrgsts everNMhore; 80 cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02


listeners. The doctor continued
" Men, and women even more, drink ten and
coffee constantly aud wonder why they feel
dull and stupid, have headaches, bad taste
in the mouth, pains in the limbs and about the
body aud iucgularity Of the secictions Nine
cases out Of ten these things are caused by
too free a use of tea and coffee. These drinks
clog the SYSTEM weaken the tissues and de-
stloy the most important organs. Few men
or women who indulge in tea and coffee regu-
larry have clear urine but on the contrary,
sediment, scum and brick dust, all Of which
invariably mean coming disease or death"
"But what are we to do, Doctor2 Shall we
give up tea and coffee altogeherW
"No. ! do not advise that, but regulate IT,
Keep the kidneys clear and active. There is
nothing in the world so good for this as the
well known and popular Hunts Remedy. Any
one who uses thi. medicine regularly can drink
tea and coffee moderately without fear. The
reason is that Hunts Remedy Pushes or wash
os ont the kidneys, and keeps them free and
healthy Any number Of prominent men and
women can confirm what I say, among the
number scorcs of doctors and ministers, Gen.
Butler, Gen. Monroe and Miss Alcot."
II was plain that the warning and advice Of
the doctor had made a deep impression on his
listeners, as it also should upon the millions
Of mon and women who are shortening their
lives by the use of these drinks.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02

FEEBLE souls always set TO work at the
wrong time. -Cdrdiudl de Retz.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
THE LATEST DISCOVERY.
A Prominent Physician Reveals Some
New md Startling Secrets.

" DO you know" said
DR.. Boditch, ofBoston, at
the club, one evening re-
Gently, what the starting
point of most physical
troubles is2"
Z" No, indeed" replied
"a circle of anxious on.
quirers, as they crowded
about the doctor.
Tea and Coffee" an
swered the eminent ply
stefan.
There was a look OF
horror on the faces of his
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-01-10
ANGINA PECTORiS.
Nitro-Glycerine an Almost Infallibie
Remedy for Breast-Pang.

NitrO-GlyCerlne an Almost IntalllDle
Remedy for Breast-Pang.
Angina pectoris (agony of the chest)
carries off many people, the last of
whom, according to the newspapers,
was the novelist, Rev. E. p. Roe, who
expired in one day because of its
crushing anguish. Major General
George B. Mcclellan (according to
published reports of that time) like
wise suecumbed after twenty-four
hours of uncomfortable pain. just how
these patients were treated | am un-
able to say, but DIR. Richardson, OF
London, long before General McClel-
lan's death, had received a prize OF
%, 900 francs from the Academy OF
Medicine in Paris for having discov-
cred an almost infallible remedy for
angina pectoris by the administration.
in the very small dose of 1-100 to 1-25
of grain of nitro-glycerine! This dis
covery entities DIR. Richardson to the
never-ending gratitude of every suffer
ing man, woman or child afflicted with
angina pectoris-
l know number of persons who al
ways carry tablets of nitro-glycerine
with them, and | am equally certain
that all these people, by the use oi
nitro-glycerine, are living in compar-
ative comfort. who would otherwise
have fallen under the insupportable
torture of that form Of heart-neural gia,
the most dreadful OF all pains, pr
Pallen, in BeJords AdgasiHe,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-01-10
ARTIFICIAL BEAUTY.
Family the Most Munlficent of All Human
Weaknesses.


Vanity is a munifcent weakness. No
virtue, not even Charity, is so lavish
IN its expenditures. Whoever minis
ters to it successfully, on comprehen-
sive scale, is almost sure to amass q
fortune.
Several of the followers Of Columbus
spent years in searching for the fount-
ain of Eternal Youth, which supersti-
ton assigned to some portion of this
hemisphere, and the ladies of CASTLE
and Aragon-especially the old duen-
subscribed, 1t is said, most liber-
ally toward the exploring expeditions
that went forth on that rational errand.
All hope of discovering q natural
source of rejuvenescence has long since
been given up, but of artificial sue
cedaneums the name is legion. The
lily and the rose are for sale at every
drug store, and private interview OF
ten minutes with fashionable hair
dresser will enable ''any lady with hair
of an obnoxious color" (see the bar
bers' advertisements to launt ringlets
of bloomy black deiantly in the face
of Time. The operation must be re.
peated every FIVE or six weeks, how
ever, and costs many dollars. But
what of that! Vanity is liberal tc
itself. The poor shall want bread, ere
Vanity shall lack its ''aids to beauty.
Thus it happens that while those
who labor to benefit the mind are bu
too often poorly rewarded, your toilet
tinkers. inventors of liquid blooms
floral lotions, hair dyes, depilatories
pomades, and the ct ceteras with which
fools vainly endeavor to counterfeit th'
charms which nature has denied, o
age obliterated, often accumulate grea
wealth. The carriages of such me-
roll along Fifth avenue daily. and tn
fashionable world is indebted to ther
for the ''make up" of innumerable In
dividuals of both sexes, who, if natura
beauty resembled the wax-work image
In hair-dressers' windows. might pas
muster, but who. as 1t is, are locke
upon with ineffable contempt by rel
men and women,-N ]. Ledger
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-01-10
SOME ENGLISH IDEAS.
A Few Facts About Things on This Sid'
of the Water.

For my part, could almost wish
that we in England would give up
making any comments on American
literature, manners or social habits
We can make none that will give
pleasure; we can hardly speak without
making what is recognized as mis-
take. If we praise, we praise the
wrong thing; if we blame, our blame is
mere ignorant jealousy. This | know,
for | have tried, in an ineffective but
hearty manner, to praise Mark Twain
as one of the greatest of living genuises
(perhaps it is not saying much) who
now uses the English language. Yet
this humble appreciation has not
seemed to be welcome to all literary
Americans. They are not as proud of
Mark as one could wish. On the
other hand, if / chance to describe
the style of an esoteric Ameri-
can novelty, a queer medley OF bad
Ruskin and Indifferent Bret Harte, l
am once more looked down upon from
the frozen heights of literary disap-
probation. The fact is that over here
we do not know what is the correct
thing either in current American liter
ature or society. We admire Amer
lean authors whom American critics
despise; we have never heard Of
authors whom the more serious Amer
lean reviews, which ought to know,
distinguish by their applause. 1t is
the same thing, of course, in America.
There they appreciate English writers
who are not or have not yet become
prophets in our own country, and they
| disregard some very considerable
(minor) prophets of our own alto
gether. We do not mind this much;
in our fine native bumptiousness we
fancy we know best. But one can
easily imagine that, to an American
man of letters, English praise of a
countryman of his whom he does not
admire seems another proof of our
insularity. -MurraVs Magazine.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-01-10
MARK TWAlN'S DAUGHTER.
She Kept Diary Until She Suspected Her
Father of n Mean Trick.

father OF u mean Irlcks
Mark Twain, if he is in the mood,
will tell the story of his own courtship
in manner worthy of the greatest of
living humorists. When he first met
the lady who afterward became his
wife he was not so distinguished as
now, his origin was humble, and for
some years of his life he had been a
pilot on the Mississippi river The
future Mrs. Clemens was woman OF
position and fortune; her father was
Judge, and, doubtless, expected "fami-
ly," and social Importance in his SON.
in-law. Clemens, however, became in
terested in his daughter, and after a
while proposed, but was rejected.
"Well," he said to the lady, II
didn't much believe you'd have me,
but thought I'd try"
After awhile he "triedn again with
the same result, and then remarked,
with his celebrated drawl; 81 think a
great deal more of you than if you'd
said 'Yes;' but it's hard to bear,n A
third time he met with better fortune
and then came to the most difficult
part of his task, to address the old
gentleman.
Judge" he said to the dignifed
millionaire, 'have you seen any thing
going on between Miss Lizzie and
me?n
"What? What?" exclaimed the
judge, rather sharply, apparently not
understanding the situation, yet doubt
less getting a glimpse of it from the
inquiry.
"Have you seen any thing going on
between Miss Lizzie and me?'
mo, no, indeed!' replied the mag
nate, sternly. mo, sir, l have not "
"Well! Look sharp and you will"
said the author of "Innocents Abroad"
and that's the way he asked the judi
cial luminary for his daughters hand.
Mark has child who inherits some
OF her fathers brightness. She kept a
diary at one time in which she noted
the occurrences in the family, and,
among other things, the sayings of her
parents. On one page she wrote that
father sometimes used stronger words
when mother wasn't by and he thought
1--WE" didn't hear. Mrs. Clemens found
the diary and showed it to her hus
band, probably thinking the particular
page worth his notice. After this
Clemens did and said several thing:
that were intended to attract the
child's attention, and found them duly
noted afterward. But one day the fol.
lowing entry occurred:
Il don't think I'll put down any
thing more about father, for Think he
does things to have me notice him, and
| believe he reads this diary" She
was Marks own ehild.-N !. Nal ana
Express.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-01-10
One Dollar Per Year.

thought that the boy who was willing
to do my errand for the sake of being
obliging deserved tho treat"
"Oh, to think what / missed!' Harry
mourned az he fell back in the ham
mock, and am afraid he regretted the
lost ice-cream soda more than the TACT
that he had grumbled about doing an
errand for DEAR patient grandmother,
who was always devising pleasures for
him.
After that, when he was inclined to
grumble over an errand. he remem-
bered what he had missed that day by
his unwillingness, and went ut once;
but he never found ice-cream soda
waiting for him at the end of his jour-
ney, as Zed did that afternoon.
That was something he had missed!
Minnie Z. Kenney, IN S. S. Times.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-01-10
How the Parrot Settled It.

Mr.. Brown had a "bird dog" a very
handsome hunter, and must tell you
how he was spoiled for hunting; 1T was
so funny a circumstance that his mas
ter always laughed when he told the
story, although he was much vexed to
lose so good game dog.
His housekeeper had a parrot given
to her. and the first time the dog came
into the room where the bird was, he
stopped and pointed. The parrot
slowly crossed the room. and came up
In front of the dog, and looked him
square IN the eye, aud then, after
moment, said she: You're a rascal?' >
The dog was so much astonished to
hear bird speak that he dfp1ped his
tail between his legs, whesled about
and ran away; and from that day to
this he has never been kEe ~n to
point" at bird.-0ur Little Men ana
| Won en-.