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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-01-12
How Five Cents Grew to Fifty Dollars

How Five Cents Grew to Fifty Dollars
Rosa Wise. young girl of Meridian,
Miss, had five cents given to her as
joke for a birthday present. She
bought yard of calico with it and
made sunbonnet, which she sold for
forty cents. This she invested in more
calico, made it up, sold the garments
and reinvestei the capital until she had
$40. With this she bought potatoes,
planted them, Paid for the cultivation
of her crop, for gathering aud carting
to town, and made $50 clean profit.
ATLANTA Constitution.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-01-12

face deposits Of which havc been l.r..
ly exhausted, but tho gold bearing roo.
exists in enormous quantities. -IDetroi,
Free Press.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-01-12
Tho Eclipse OF the Son.

II is recorded of Daniel Webster that
he hated tobacco, and if his guests at
Marshtield wanted to smoke they had to
60 out to the horseshed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
Well, WHY is 1t!

WHY is a cats tail like the earth? 1t
is fur to the end.
WHAT is a waist of time? The mid
die of an hour-glass.
WHY is door in the potential mood?
It's would, or should be.
WHAT sticketh closer than brother?
y postage-stamp, by gum.
WHAT is the board of education?
The schoolmaster's shingle.
WHY is tin can tied to a dogs tail
like death? It's bound to occur.
WHY does a sailor know there is a
man in the moon? He has been to sea.
WHAT is it that will give cold, cure
cold and pay Doctors bill? a draught.
WHY is the north pole like an illicit
whiskey mandatory? 1t is secret
still.
Why is city official like a church
bell? One steals from the people and
the other peals from the steeple.
WHAT is the difference between an
engineer and school-teacher? One
trains the mind, the other minds the
train.
WHAT is the difference between an
apple and pretty girl? One you can
squeez4 to get cider aud the other you
can get cider to squeeze. baltimore
american.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
To the Readers of the Household.

This department has shared in the
decentralization that a national election
and a legislative session has brought
upon its sister departments. With the
new year we intend to turn over
new leaf " and to seek to make these
columns as entertaining and instruct
i've as we are able, and as sociable and
attractive as the ladies-and gentlemen,
too, and children also-of the House
hold will help to make them by their
contributions. We shall be glad to hear
again from old contributors and shall
cordially welcome new ones. At this
point we wish to express our sorrow
that physical infrmities have compelled
our accomplished " Evergreen " to lay
aside the pen-temporarily at least.
We know we also voice the sorrow of
many readers of this department of
both the Vcrm0nter and WATCHAN
constituencies who were reading her
articles with Increasing interest, and
lney Will JOIN WIN us IN sincere eX-
pcessions Of sympathy in her enforcedre-
tirement. Permit us to say that every
inch of space in these columns is valu
able. Writers should, in the first place,
have something to say, and should then
write to the point, making their articles
as condensed as the nature of the sub
ject will permit. Thus more writers
can be accommodated and their writings
will have the greater interest We
make this suggestion TO discourage no
one, but by way of applying that great
economic maxim, the greatest good
to the greatest number" Come, now,
sisters-and brethren, and children
give your inspirations vent
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02

A Dakota Blizzard.

Little or no snow falls in Dakota
from November to April. 1t is too cold
to snow, and the blizzard is not a snow
storm Gin the ordinary sense of the
word), but a cold wind which comes
sweeping down from Behring Strait
with velocity of from fifty to sixty
miles an hour, bringing with it blast
of finely-powdered ice. Imagine a
thick fog, all of ice, blown along by
high wind. The tiny particles, coming
with such velocity, sting like a blow
from a whip-lash. Nothing can stand
before it. Those buffaloes and cattle
who are used to it make for the lee
side of the nearest hill, hay-stack or
building, and huddle close together for
safety, trusting to being covered by the
snow and thus kept warm when, if the
storm does not last too long, they may
escape alive. You can not see across
the street from one house to another,
and men have been frozen to death
within a few feet of home and safety.
The thermometer falls many degrees be-
low zero, beyond the power of mercury
to measure il; only the best spirit Their
mOmeter can be used for these low
temperatures. When going with the
wind you are driven along with resist
less force; if againstit you are knocked
down and buffeted about. Unless you
are so fortunate as to find speedy help
and shelter you are almost sure to be
frozen to death.-St Nicholas
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
Something About Dresses.

Last summer heard lady say eff
| ever have another lawn dress | will
shrink the cloth before it is made up.
This having to make a dress all over
after it has been washed once doesn't
pay" And | have been thinking,
Would it not be a good plan to do the
same way with ginghams? | have
quite made up my mind not to have
another calico dress-so many pieces
do not pay for making up. A bingham
does not cost much more, and it is no
more work to make one-not as much
if the sewing is done by hand, and the
bingham wears much longer. The last
one | had was made with two waists
one lined and the other unlined. Speak
ing of this to friend, she said. "Why
wouldn't it be good plan TO have two
waists for erefy dress? The waist
wears out much sooner than the skirts,
and if it is d wash material needs wash
ing sooner" / have a flannel dress
made for everyday wear. The skirt is
straight and plain, except narrow box
plated ruflle at the bottom. | had no
lining, facing, hem or drapery, because
| did not want it heavy. 1t is finished
with braid at the bottom, and is light
and warm enough to be comfortable.
The waist is plain basque and has be-
gun to wear out, while the skirt seems
quite good. If had made two waists
to begin with, | might have worn them
alternately and the skirt would have
done duty for both. A. c. W.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02

for sailing and packing, j can only say,
" Suit your customers" | made two
kinds of butter the past summer-one
sailed as much as possible. In the other
/ have used one ounce of salt for one
pound of butter. have had some ex-
perience in caring for the milk from
Durham, Devon, Jersey and the com
mon scrub COW. ! have found the
Durham the best for cheese-making, but
for butter-making prefer grade Jersey,
and the higher the grade the better
In summing up my experience, find
that good cows, good feed, any available
labor-saving machines and as much in
terest and care in the work as an artist
gives the picture she is painting, are
the chief and best requisites for the
making of good butter.
DRIFTwooD."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
How Thread is Numbered.

Everybody knows the sizes of thread.
Every seamstress knows whether she
wants No. 30 or 60 or 100, and knows,
when she hears the number, about what
is the size of the strand referred to;
but how the numbers happen to be what
they are, and just what they mean, not
one person in thousand knows. And
yet it's simple matter to explain, was
the information accorded reporter by
an employe of one of the largest spool
cotton manufactures in the United
States. When $40 yards of yarn weigh
I 900 grains, pound of cotton, the yarn
is No. |. If $50 yards weigh pound,
ii will be No. yarn. For No 30 yarn
it would take 80 multiplied by $40 yards
to weigh a pound. This is the whole
of the yarn measurement. The early
manufactured thread was three-cord,
and the thread took its number from
the number of the yarn from which it
was made. No GO yarn made No 60
thread, though in point Of fact the
equal No. 20 yarn, being three 60
strands. When the sewiEg-machine
came into the market as the great con-
sumner, unreasoning in its work and
ineXorable in its demands for mechani-
cal accuracy, siX-cord cotton had to be
made, as smoother product. As
thread numbers were already estab-
lished, they were not altered for the
new article, and No. 60 siX-cord and
No, GO three-cord are identical in size
as well as in number. To effect this
the siX-cord has TO be made of yarn
twice as firm as that demanded by the
three-cord. The No. 60 six-cord would
be six strands of No. 100 yarn. Three
cord spool cotton is the same number
as the yarn it is made of. Six-cord
spool cotton is made of yarn that is
double its number AS simple thing
as thread is, there are 1900 different
kinds made.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
A Word to Husbands.

a friend Of mine asked me the other
day, says a correspondent OF the Maine
Farmer, why ! didn't wife a piece TO
the husbands, as | had written one to
the wives. | told her l would do so
soon, as l thought men should try as
hard to please their wives as wives
their husbands. ! have seen families
where the mother did all she could to
make life pleasant for her husband and
children and the husband never once
thought of the self-denial, hard work
and care she underwent to encourage
and please him, and never thought of
praising her. Love and appreciation
are to woman what dew and sunshine
are to flowers. They freshen aud
brighten her whole life. They make
her strong hearted and keen-sighted in
everything affecting the welfare of her
home. They make her to cherish her
husband when The cares of life press
heavily upon him, and to be a very
providence to her children. For "a
woman TO know that her husband loves
her and is proud of her, and believes in
her-that even her faults are looked
upon with tenderness, that her face, to
world, that the heart which to her is
the greatest and noblest holds her
sacred above all other womon-gives
her strength and courage that will
not fail. Words of encouragement
from a husband give an energy, a
sweetness, vivacity and peace which
all the wealth Of the world can not
bestow. Let a woman's life be per-
vaded with such an influence, and her
heart and mind will never grow old q,
but will sweeten and brighten into per-
petual youth. Husbands little think of
the weight of word spoken by them to
their wives, and | often think OF these
lines, and they have made my life hap
pier and caused me to speak many kind
words that had it not been for them |
might never have spoken:
" Words they are little, yet mighty and brave;
They rescue a nation an empire save;
They close up the gaps in "A fresh bleeding heart
That sickness and sorrow have severed apart
They fall on the path like ray of the sun.
Where the shadow of death lay So heavy upon;
They tighten the earth oyer our blessed dead
word that will comfort, Oh leave not unsaidl"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
Beware of 0intmentS for Catarrh
that COmIain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucus surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on pre-
scriptions from reputable physicians,
as the damage they will do are tenfold
to the good YOU can possibly derive
from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manu-
featured by f. j. Cheney " Co., To-
ledO, Ohio, contains no mercury, aud
is taken internally, and acts directly
upon the blood and mucus surfaces of
the system. In buying Halls Catarrh
Cure be sure you get the genuine. 1t
is taken internally, and made in Toledo,
Ohio, by f. j. Cheney & Co.
@ Sold by druggists. Price seventy
five cents per bottle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
Origin of Words.


Many of the English words of the
last century come from the gypsies
Thus kidnap comes from the mapping
or stealing of a kid, gypsy for child.
When we talk, therefore, of kidnapping
an old gentleman for his money we
mistake the etymology of the word, I'M
less he is in his second childhood. One
sometimes travels far to find out the
meaning of word. No one thinks he
is speaking Italian when he says he
" has made fasco." Yet it is the
Italian for flask. Why does it mean
failure, then? Because the glass blow
ers of Murano, trying to make piece
of window or mirror-glass, and failing
in the attempt, merely blew or made a
common flask, a " liasco," with the bit
of glass, So with fresco, which simply
means fresh. The paint must be put
on for frescO when the lime is fresh
Fresco painting is fresh painting. The
common slang word "mash - is from a
beautiful gypsy word mafado, which
means "to charm with the eyes. ;"
These vagabonds by the waysde are
responsible for much beauty as well as
dirt. The word loafer comes from the
German land laufer, vagabond and
unsettled roamer over the country.
Why should a man be called a spoon?
Why spoony when he is making love?
Simply because he is " loffel, +" which
also means spoon The idom is also
Swiss German, Liebe macht loffel
/ hOetz aus manchen junsen knabe
/ stolz'-" Love turns many proud lad
/ into wood to make spoon of him. -
! The word boss comes from the low
/ Dutch. The word boss means master.
a . rum chap " is simply a gypsy lad
it has no relation to the product of the
still. The far-famed beverage which
inebriates more frequently than il
cheers has not to answer to the phrase
$ he's rum un to look at" 1t simply
means he is manly man. Certainly it
is not by literary dignity that we have
to measure language in these days, and
yet it is curious how many slang terms
are from the most classic of sources
To nigg at whist " means to renigg-
that's Saxon for deny. Pal is a brother
and conk" for nose comes from the
spouting fountain, the concha of the
Romans. "Pow-wow " comes from the
Indians. 1t is curious we Americans
have no more of this hereditary Ian
guage of the Red Indian tribes. A few
years ago a wit declared that his antag,
/ onist was not worth a tinker's eXecu.
ton" which was thought very funny
until some other wit exclaimed What
is tinker's DAMP" 1t has nothing tC
do with swearing. 1t is merely the
dam or stoppage made of flour anC
water, with which the tinker stops the
gap he is mending until the tin or the
pewter has cooled. When this breaC
pill is thrown away it is a very worth
less piece of dough. Hence its name
and fame. 1t passed into proverb fol
worthlessness. 1t is much harder t(
trace the origin of "a prOverb, or to fine
out quotation, than to follow up {
word, because both are frequently
quoted wrong. For instance, the" goose
hangs high" is entirely wrong. L
should be, : For everything is lovely
when the goose whangs high" mean
ing that if the geese flying south ute
their peculiar "whang," then the
weather is sure to be fine.-MrS. Sher
lrOO1
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
Going to Sleep.

The light is fading down the sky,
The shadows grow and multiply;
hear the thrush's evening song,
But have borne with toll and wrong
So long, so long
Dim dreams my drowsy senses drown,
So, darling, kiss my eyelids down.
My ife's brief spring went wasted by,
My summers ended fruitlessly;
learned to hunger, strive and wait,
! found you love-oh, happy fate,
So late, SO latel
Now all my fields are turning brown,
So darling, kiss my eyelds down
on, blessed sleep! oh, peaceful rest!
Thus pllowed on your faithful breast,
Nor lite nor death is wholly lrear,
OH tender heart, since you are here,
So dear, so dear!
Sweet love, my souls sufficient crown!
Now, Tling, kiss my eyelids down!
Florence perrU
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02

the reign of King Robert Ill, man
was missing from the Clan Chattan
combatants and the payment of a gold
crown was proclaimed to any able
bodied man who would I'll the vacancy
in the field. Henry, surnamed Cow,
or the Smith, and sometimes Henry
of the Wynd," volunteered, went into
the contest, and being able to use as
well as make a sword, speedily
killed an antagonist, after which he
struck no blow, but contented himself
with warding off those aimed at him.
The chief who had hired him, seeing
that the fight was fierce and the issue
doubtful, demanded why he had ceased
to assist in the combat The reply was:
81 have done enough for my days
wages" Said the chief " He who
serves me without counting his hours,
| reward him without reckoning his
wages"
a RETURN TO TIE BATTLE.
On this, II ynry jumped up, saying:
"Good; those who do not reckon with
men, I'll not recken with them" and
rushed into the battle with such vigor
and valor that the triumph of Clan
OudIldu was utCldIGu W nave U6Gu
mainly gained by him. When the
strife was ended the Black Douglas,
who admired good fighting men, offered
to retain Henry of the Wynd in his
army, and offered him knighthood and
liberal pay. Henry refused, saying he
had bad fighting enow." odd you
not fight for Clan Chattan?' asked the
Douglas. L" fought for my own hand, :"
said the smith. And to the present day
these words are often used to express
81 did such thing for my own pleas
ure." AT the present day, too, the
Smyths and the Macdonalds, descended
from Henry of the Wyud, are called by
the Gels " the slashiug Smiths tribe"
A FAMOUS STONE.
An old Highland proverb prophesies
that whenever the stone of destiny"
nowi in Westminster Abbey, shall return
to Scotland that country shall be free.
This stone, the Gaelic bards say, formed
Jacobs pillar at Bethel How it got
into Scotland is unknown, but for cen
turtles it was carefully preserved at
Scone, and successive kings of Scotland
sat upon it at their coronation. Ed
ward /. removed it to London in the
year 1896, and it has been retained
ever since in the coronation chair of
the sovereign of England, kept in
Westminster Abbey.-Troy Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
Mistellanp.
New Years Eve.

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light;
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
Ring out the old, ring in the new;
Ring, happy bells, across the snow;
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Ring out the grief that saps the mind
For those that here we see no more;
Ring out the feud Of rich and poor,
Ring In redress to all mankind
Ring out a slowly dying cause
And ancient forms of party strife;
Ring in the nobler modes of life,
with sweeter manners, purer laws.
Ring out false pride in place and blood,
The civic Islander and the spite;
Ring in the love Of truth and right,
Ring in the common love of good
Ring out old shapes of foul disease
Ring out the narrowing lust Of gold,
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years Of peace.
Ring in the valiant man aud free,
The larger heart, the kndier hand;
Ring out the darkness of the land,
Ring in the Christ that is to be.
-Afred Tennyso
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
AMONG TuE EARLIEST.

The Gaelic proverbs are strongly col
ored by the race whose village Solo
mons threw into a few words of poetry
or prose the experience of their hard
and war-like lives, These shrewd say
ings contain many illusions to the old
fighting days of rival clans, and among
most of them are traces of the beliefs
and the courage of this strong and
choleric race. The Highlander Objects
to letting the mountain, the wood and
the pool to be fenced around by hered-
itary claims. So the old Celtic proverb
says: A salmon from the pool, a
stick from the wood and a deer from the
hill are thefts that no man is ashamed to
own"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02

ECZEMA, ITCHY, SCALY SKIN ToRTUREs.-
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, 1889-01-02
Scottish Proverbs.

Scottish proverbs are very numerous
and many of the Highland are of great
antiquity, as might be expected in a
wild country where for centuries the
small quantity of eXtant learning was
handed down by oral tradition among
rough men whose whole time was spent
in watching for deer, fishing for sal
mon, sheep-minding among the hills,
peat-dgging and the cutiyating of
patches of niggard land.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
Gbr Dousebolo.

Contributions to this department may he sent
either TO DIR. r. II. HosKINs, Newport, W., or d.
rectly to THE wATCHMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02

RHEUMATISM is caused by Tactic acid in
the blood, which Hoods Sarsaparilla neu-
tralzes, and thus cures the rheumatism.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02

THERE is little influence where there is no
great sympathy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
A HIGHLAND FEATURE.

Highland scenery is wildly painted
in one of these proverbs. If a man is
asked why he does not do some difficult
thing, he often replies: "Im stopped
by what keeps the goats from the ivy -
that is. by the steepness of the cliff.
Often when Highlander is literally
treated in bargain he uses the proverb:
" If man does not reckon with me, I'll
not reckon with him" This was the say
ing of Harry of the Wynd, the sturdy
swordsmith and armorer of Scott's
" Fair Maid of Perth"
AN INCIDENT RELATED.
When the Clan Quhele fought the
Clan Chattan on Tho Inch OF Darth in
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
AN INCIDENT RELATED

When the Clan Quhele fought the
Clan Chattan on the Inch, at Perth, in
The Livingston enterprise., 1889-12-25

ton as far as commanded by this town
Shortly after the firm built on Parl
street and removed thereto, where
Charlie remained until 1887 when, con
| cluding to open up in business for him
self and thereby receive all the profits
accruing from business operations, he
leased the building adjoining his pres
ent location and opened out into the
liquor business. His trade in his new
venturen icreased SO rapidly and to such
an extent that he was compelled to
secure another location and he accord
ingly leased the building he now occu-
pies. Here he has prospered exceed
ingly we'll. his large building being
filled with barrels and cases of the
choicest and most sparkling wines and
liquors and most fragrant cigars. Dur
ing the past season an addition Of 2Ox25
feet has been added to the rear Of the
saloon and is being used as card room,
while two small club rooms are boxed
off for the accomdation of those who
desire friendly game, of whist, in a
private manner. A few months ago Mr..
Burg made trip to Miles City and pur-
chased one of the most elegant and ex-
pensiye bar outfits in Montana for his
saloon, which was then undergoing ex
tensive repairs. This was fitted in place
and today there is not u saloon in Liv
ingston that can compete with it in
point Of equipment. Behind this bar
the most experienced mixologists cater
to the wants Of patrons. They make q
specially of Manhattan, Martini, Yer
mouth, Cosmopolitan and whiskey cock
tails, gin tizz and all other fancy drinks.
The wholesale department is complete
in every respect. The extensive and
growing trade Of c. A. Burg makes it
necessary for him to keep large stock
of his line of goods continually on hand
and the wholesale department is con-
filed with barrels and casks
of whiskies and brandies, cases of wines
and beer, cigars and everything neces-
sary to make it the most complete
wholesale and retail liquor store in
Montana.