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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-02-06
The Little Wanderer.

A private letter from Fort Supply, in
the Indian Territory, relates pathetic
story of the winderings in the wilder
ness of mere baby, with only little
dog for its faithful guide and com
panion. Some twelve miles from the
fort there lives on ranch a woman
who supplies the post with dairy
products. She had three small chill
dren. The second of these, wee,
hrown-eyed, fair-haired baby of two
years, had little dog who was her in
separable companion. One day neither
could be found The anxious mother
locked up her two other children, and
getting a cowboy to accompany her,
started forth on horseback to search
for the infant wanderer All day long
she secured the country, finding no
trace. A searching party from the
post met with no better success. Mrs.
Gilman, the wife of one of the officers,
was, however, so strongly impressed
with conviction that the child had
not persisted that, in response to her
entreaties, another party was organ
lied and again set forth to continue
the quest. This time there were $50
men riding in all directions. On the
fifth day of the search detachment
espied the little dog crawling out from
under cliff above tiny stream.
They went to it, and there, lying on
the ground, found the poor baby.
Ii was still alive, but died before
reaching home. Its little bruised
and swollen feet had wandered
full fifteen miles from home. The
poor, faithful dog had chung to his
play-fellow all the time and had led
her to the water. Tracing back the
trail over which these small travellers
had wandered, it appeared that they
had gone where no foot of man could
tread. In some places they must have
fallen over lodges and rolled down de-
clivities, and they had crawled along
precipices where the steadiest head
might have grown dizzy.-Ne,o York
World.
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A Word for the Minister.

There are very few men in any rank
of society who work harder or longer
than the average minister. Two new
sermons a week, with incidental labor,
would kill any ordinary man in five
years, wear his brain out and lay his
body up for repairs. Clerical brains
are the cheapest commodity in the
market. In the United States the aver
age clerical income is not much over
six hundred dollars. An expert car
penter or mason. would think he was
on the highway to eternal smash if he
earned only that amount. The work
of the church is evidently prosperous.
Its membership is not only keeping
pace with the increase of population,
but going ahead of it. Men seem to
feel the need of a church, even when
they don't 90 to it. The life of clergy
man is peculiar, unique. and, unless
one is born that way, uncomfortable. If
an ordinary business man should ex-
change places with the ordinary minis
ter, they would probably both be dead
in three months. 1t is wearing life,
full of aches, pains and eXasperations.
The clergyman sees more of the under
than of the upper side of human expe-
rience. If there is a skeleton in any.
family, it is always exhibited in his
presence; any feud, it is generously
bestowed on his attention. His mem
DRY is simply a museum of bric-a-
brac. rare specimens of monstrosites,
dwarfed, twisted, broken hopes and
an assortment of miseries which would
drive most men into the mad-house. He
Is the honey that attracts all the bores
and nuisances within the radius of
days travel. New schemes for redeem
ing the world in twenty-four hours:
double back-action. patent-lever re-
forms; spiritual crankism in its infinite
variety of shapes, each more stupid
than the last; revelations by people
who were foreordained to turn the
world upside down, and who want to
begin the work next Sunday in that
minister's pulpit-these are only speci-
mems of the ugly, outrageous, bungling
matters with which he has to deal
Ne,c York Herald.
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A Rebuke and Its Result.

| was seated in one of the last places
in street-car in which there were
about twenty persons. All at once,
from some one at he farther end, a
frightful blasphemy was heard. could
not control my just indignation and
cried out, " What ill-mannered boor is
talking there?" A man about fifty
wears old turned around and said, Il y
| went on: g called you an ill-man-
nered boor and | say am right. If
YOU had any good-breeding about you,
YOU would have some respect for the
persons around you" 81 have done
nothing to YOU" Yes Won have done
something to me. When you insult the
father you insult the child, and God is
my father" AT these words the man
who had spoken grew little confused
and muttered, God never did me any
harm" $50 much the more reason
for not insulting him." Growing more
and more ashamed, he said, weakly,
" Some one trod on my foot" Well,
because some one treads on your foot,
is that reason for you to lay the blame
on God? If your neighbor strikes you
have you right to give me blown"
He kept the deepest silence and for
some time no one said single word
was one of the first to get out. AS l
passed in front of the man said to
him aloud, " spoke rather harshly to
you, sir, but you understand it was my
duty. am apriest." He held out his
hand respectfully to me, saying, 1
thank you, sir, for the lesson you have
given me. You have done me good. y
Selected
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The Minister'S Turkey.

A popular minister in Fifeshire, in
the good old times, used at Christmas
time to be inundated with hampers
filled with good things. On one occa-
sion an enormous turkey was sent to
him by the thoughtful kindness of a
neighboring farmer; but, as the minis
ter's family had already provided for
the Christmas dinner, the bird was sent
to the market and sold. A passer-by,
seeing this fine specimen of poultry,
said: " What splendid turkey Just
the thing for the minister's Christmas
dinner" To the minister it was again
sent. The prudent wife sent it sec
ond time to the market, and sold it
again for handsome sum. Another
friend, similarly struck with the mag
niicent proportions of the turkey, pur-
chased it, and also sent it to the min
lister. Not wishing to fly in the face of
Providence, the good man said at last
Il" 1t is clear the Lord means us to have
this turkey" and, with the entire APP
probation of the family, it formed a
part of the Christmas dinner.
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G. sHEPARD's ESTATE.

~ STATE OF VERMONT. Washington District, S.
u IN Probate Court, held at Montpelier. in said
District, on the 18th day of January, A. ID. 1889
James w: Brock, Administrator with the will
annexed, of the estate of tieorge G. Shepard
late of Montpelier, in said District, deceased pre-
SCENTS his account for examination and
distribution and partition Of the estate of said de-
ceased Whereupon; it is ordered by said Court, that
said account and said application be referred to
sion thereof to be held at the Probate Office in said
Montpelier, on the 2lst day of February, A. d. 1889
for hearing and decision thereon And Il is further
ordered that notice hereof be given all persons
Interested by publication of the same three weeks
successfully In the Vermont Waterman a. State Jour
nat newspaper published at Montpelier, previous
to said time appointed for hearing, that they may
appear at said time and place, and show cause, II
any they may have, why said account should not be
allowed and such decree made
By the COurt.-Attest,
gi.gh FREDERICK T.. CARLETON ReVister
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immediate and infallible remedy for
drunkenness. The craving of the in
ebriate for drink is said to be changed
into positive aversion in day, and
after treatment of eight or ten
days the patient may be discharged.
Even should the appetite return months
afterward the attempt to resume drink
ing will, it is claimed, produce such
painful and nauseating sensations that
the person will turn away from the
liquor in disgust The strychnine is
administered by dissolving one grain in
200 drops of water, and injecting five
drops of the solution every twenty-four
hours. Dr. Portugaloff recommends
the establishment of inebriate dispen-
saries in connection with police sta
tons. 1t is possible that strychnine
inebriate dispensaries may henceforth
become an important supplementary
feature of high-lcense liquor legisa-
ton, or perhaps all first-class saloons
may establish strychnine annex "
for the benefit of their tipsy patrons.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-02-06
Practical Piety.

The story the other day about the
pious little boy who tried to walk on
the water in the bath-tub recalls
another of an equally pious girl. She
was eight years old and lived in the
country. She had started one day
rather late for school with another
little girl about her own age. On
their way they caught glimpse of a
clock-dial through an open door. 1t
lacked five minutes of nine. "Oh,
dearl' said the pious little girl, " it's
five minutes of nine and we'll be late
to SCHOOL, 81 am afraid we will. -
" Jennie" said the pious little girl, i'm
pressively, "Tll tell you what we must
do; Well kneel right down here and
pray that we won't be late!" "Hmr"
said the other, l guess we'd better
skin right along and pray as we gol"
They " skun," and got there just in
time.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-02-06

A SAFE investment is one which is
guaranteed to bring you satisfactory re-
suits, or in case of failure return of
purchase price. On this safe plan you
can buy from our advertised druggist a
bottle of DIR. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption. 1t is guaranteed to
bring relief in every case, when used
for any affection of throat, lungs or
chest, such as consumption, inhamma-
ton of lungs, bronchitis, asthma,
whooping-cough, Group, ETC., etc. 1t
is pleasant and agreeable to taste, per-
iectly safe, and can always be depended
upon. Trial bottle at any drugstore.
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STATE OF VERMONT.
IN CHANoERY, MARCH TERN. 1859.

IN CHANCERY. MARCH TERN lsss.
AdtionM LIE insurance c9mPangvs. cglrip Johnson
Helen r. H0h0n, T.. n. COriisS and others.
Whereas The National Life Insurance Company
"A corporation established under the laws of Yer
mont, located and doing business at Montpelier. in
the County of Washington, has this day filed in the
office of the clerk of the Court of Chancery of said
County rs 6iii for the t9reclos1re of mortgage
Lamoille, Helen A. Holton of Hardwck, in the
S1pY The eoumtv Of aSd o.
johnson and T., u. Corlss late of said Wocott and
s. Peck, executors OF the last will aud testament Of
Alden e. Judevine, late OF said hardwek, deceased.
son and his wife Marnda t. Johnson on the 56th day
of August, A. D. 1872, duly executed to the orator
mortgage deed of certain lands in Nocott in the
County of lamoille, described as follows The whole
o. LOT No "a hrst division original right OF Samuel
Middlebrook supposed To contain lOO acres more or
less also one other piece of land off from lot No -
In the first division, original right of benjamin
mencing az the southwest corner OF said lot and
running thence lou rods in the south line, thence
the north line Of said aforementioned piece to run
parallel with the south line, being the same land
l.. Jackson by his deed dated April Is, lisa, 10 Sc,
cure ne Peymen, Of PrSmis SIS. note for the
orator or order OF is president January LIST, $50
w, Interest "Na sheu by the SAD "a
ceased that since the said 18th day of August 1873
Helen A. Hilton and T. d Corliss. aud said
executors through said Alden f.. acquired and nov
ises aud praying for decree of foreclosure against
said defendants And, Whereas, II is made to APP
pear that the said George A.. johnson aud 4. ID. Cor
liss now reside without this state, where the pro
cess Of this court can not be served upon them IL is
therefore ordered that the said George q. johnson
and H. D. Coriss he notified of the tendency of said
bill In chaneery and summoned to appear and make
answer TO the same, aud show cause, IL any they
have, why the prayer thereof be not granted be
fore the Honorable Court of Chancery next to he
held at Montpelier, within and for the County OF
Washington, ON the second Tuesday of March, A.
ID lSSs by the publication of the substance OF said
bill IN ehancery, together with this order, III the
Vermont HdfchWaR and State Journal "a weekly
newspaper published at Montpelier aforesaid three
weeks SUCCESSFULLY the last of which publications
shall be at least twenty days previous to said second
Tuesday of March, A. ID. 1889, which shall be deemed
sufficient notice To the said George C. johnson and
e. ID. Corlss
Given under my hand at Montpelier, in the County
of Washington, this 2sth day of January A. ID. lSs9
MELVILLE T.. SMILE, CLERK.
PITKIN A HUsE, Solicitors FOR orator,
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Mistellanp.
" Beautiful TO Me-"

I drew it across my hand
Her beautiful shining hair,
And smoothed it over her temples.
While she lay sleeping there.
Twas not of midnight blackness
That enchanted the bards of old
Gt was neither auburn, nor yellow-pale.
Nor brown, nor FURNISHED gold.
But 1t was fine and silvery white.
As soft as soft could he;
A crown from life's pure laurels.
The most beautiful hair to me.
l held the white hands folded
SO quietly on her breast:
They looked almost as II the Lord
Had given the promised rest.
They were not round and shapely,
As a sculptor might wish to see
They were not fair and snowy,
As some beautiful hands may be;
But they were drawn and bent with pain,
Vet beautiful hands to me.
kissed her face her dear, sweet face,
BY patience and love made fair;
The roses and lilies that beauty loves
Were missing-they were not there.
But instead were wrinkles woven deep
Where the dimples used to be;
OF all the faces in all the world
The most beautiful face to me
Cecil 81. claire.
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FREEMAN BIxBY's ESTATE.

n HIAIEU Ut NEIMONI T. WashInRtnh Dlstrlct S.
N Probate Court, held at Montpelier, In said Dis
trict, on the 18th day of January. A. d. 1897:
James w Brock. Administrator. with the will an.
peier In said District deceased presents his admin
istration account for examination and allowance and
partition of the estate of said deceased. Where
upon, tits ordered by said Court that said account
ana said application be referred to a session
thereof to be held at the Probate ONCE, in said
Mohtpeer on the 2lst day of February A. d. ls'sl,
ordered that notice hereof be given TO all persons in
terested by publication of the same three weeks
cessiyely In the Vermont WatchmaR a State Journal
newspaper published at Montpelier, previous to
said time appointed for hearing, that they may up.
pear at said time and place and show cause, II any
they may have, why said account should not be al
lowed and such decree made.
by the Court.-Attsst
Nih FREDERICK 4. CARLETON, Register.
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.TosHINr G. EMERx'S ESTATE:

A3.
In Probate Court held at Montpelier. in and for said
District, on the 18th day of January, A. ID. 1889
James w. Brock, Administrator of the estate Of
John G. Emery late of Montpelier, in said District
deceased, makes application to said Court, with the
consent aud appreciation in writing of the heirs OF
said deceased residing In the State of Vermont for
license to sell all of the real estate of said deceased
situated in Montpelier in said District, to wit
Home place on Spring street in the village of Mont
pelier; also farm consisting of about eighty five
acres OF land, with buildings thereon; also about
eight acres of land with barn thereon, except the
widows right of dover therein, but Including the
homestead and Teversion of said dower-represent-
ing that the sale thereof would be beneficial ~
the widow and heirs of said deceased and those
interested in his estate in order to convert
said real estate into money Nhereupon IL Is
ordered by said Court that said application
be referred to session thereof. to be held at
the Probate Onlce in said Montpelier, on the 2lst
day of February A. d. Ssi for hearing and decision
thereOn and. 1t is further ordered, that all persons
Interested be notified hereof by publication OF notice
of said application and order thereon three weeks
successfully In the Vermont Waterman s. state JOur-
nat, newspaper published at Montpelier, in this
state, and which cireuates in the neighborhOod Of
those interested before said time of hearing, that
they may appear at said time and place, and, If they
see cause, object thereto. BY tlfe Court.-Attest.
@Nb HIRAM CARLETON. Judge.
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John c. EMERY,s ESTATE.

Vr, -, , NVHMISoIUNEhn NUIINFl
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Wash
ington Commissioners to receive, examine and
adjust all claims and demands of all persons against
the estate of John C. Emery late of Montpelier, in
said District, deceased, and all claims exhibited in
meet for the purposes aforesaid at the office
of the Montpelier Savings Bank and Trust Com
pany, in said Montpelier, the 10Th day of Feb
ruary and 5th day of July next, from ten o'clock
A. NJ. until four o'clock p. M, each of said
days, and that six months from the sth day OF
January A. ID, lss9, is the time limited by said
Court for said creditors to present their cms to
for examination and allowance.
Dated at Montpelier, this Eth day of January.
A, ID. 1889.
HOMER W, HEAToN. lCommis.,oner.
1896 Ii. y. TAPLIN, i'ohuhlsslohers
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Cine Gables.
Central Vermont Railroad.
Commencing December 9, 1879.

Commencing December g. 1888.
Trains Going South and East wW Leore Mont
PETER as t0iloWS.
S;5f a. NJ MAIL, for Fitchburg, Boston, Spring
field, New London and New York.
12: 30 =. NJ. FAST TRAIN, for Boston via Low
ell and New York via Springfield,
6:3S =. NJ. PASSENGER, for White River
junction,
12: 40 A. NJ. EXPRESS for Boston via Lowell
and all points in New England
Trains Going North and Vest.
$3.50 A: NJ, EXPRESS, for Montreal, ogdens-
burg and the West.
6:25 A. NJ ACCOMMODATIONS, to st. Adams
Burlington and Rutland.
9:45 a. NJ. PASSENGER, for Burlington, ST.
Adams, RichfOrd, Rouse's Point and ST. Johns.
3 so =. NJ. PASSENGER, for Burlington. st.
Adams, Montreal Ogdensburg and the West.
$50 +. NJ. FAST EXPRESS. Pullman Sleep.
ing Car to Chicago.
Trains leave for Barre at 05 and l0 Is A. VI. and
g 10. a. 10 and s;0i =. Trains leave for Williams
town AZ 10; Is A. NJ. and I; IN p. NJ.
Through tickets to Chicago aud all points West for
sale AZ the principal stations.
!. W. HOBART. General Manager.
s. w. CUMMINGS. General Passenger Agent.
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NNffONut LDe insurance {.
son, Helen 4. HoHon i. d. Coritss and S. j.
Jaderine's last WI.
Whereas, The National Life Insurance Company,
a corporation established under the laws of Yer
mont located and doing business at Montpelier, III
office of the clerk of the Court of Chancery of said
county its bill for the foreclosure Of mortgage
Wolcott, in the County of Lamoille. Helen A. Hol.
Si of We G M aaS aGf
Washington and Malvina NJ Judeyne of said Hard
wick. II. Henry Powers of Morrisville in the County
of Lamoille and Hamilton S Peck of Burlington,
in the County of Chittenden executors of the last
will and testament of Alden f.. Judevine late of said
iardwck, deceased setting forth In substance that
the said George C. johnson on the 26h day of August
deed Of certain lands in Wolcot, in the County of
Lamoille, described as follows: The premises
A. L. Judevine. by their deed dated August 90 1867
and recorded in WOlcott land records in book TO-
u. johnson to the said George C. johnson. by deed
dated December IA. 1856, and recorded in Wolcott
said deeds and records for more particular de
scIiption to secure the payment Of prom'@f,S S
payable to the orator order of lis president Jan
d George g. that scs he
Of said mortgage deed the said Helen A. Holton
executors through said Alden E., acquired and
now claim to have some interest in the said mort
Closure against said defendants And, whereas, IL
is made 70 appear that the said George e. johnson
where the process of this Court can not be served
upon them, IL is therefore ordered that the said
George G. johnson and T. ID. Corliss be notified of
the tendency of said bill in chancery and sum
moned to appear and make answer to the same and
show cause, If any they have. why the prayer
thereof be not granted before the Honorable Court
of Chancery next to be held at Montpelier within
aud for the County of Washington, on the second
Tuesday of March, A. D. 1882 by the publication o.
the substance of said bill in chancery, together with
this order In the Vermont Wdfchmdn 6 State Journal
weekly newspaper published at Montpelier afore
said, three weeks successfully the last of which
publications shall he at least twenty days previous
to said second Tuesday of March, A. D. lss9, which
shall be deemed sufficient notice to the said George
c. Johnson and Il. d. Corss.
Given under my hand at Montpelier in the County
o. Washington, this 18th day of January A. ID. 1889
MELVILLE Il. SMILE. ClerR.
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TONIGHT and tomorrow night, and each
night during this week, you can get at all
druggists Kemps Balsam for the Throat
and Lungs, acknowledged to be the most
successful remedy ever sold for the cure OF
coughs, Group, bronchitis, whooping-cough,
asthma and consumption. Get a bottle TO-
day and keep it always in the house, so you
can check your cold at once. Price fifty
cents and Sl00. Sample bottles free.
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moral ano Religious.
st. Michael, the weigher.

st. Michael, the Weigher.
Stood the tall archangel, weighing
All mans dreaming, doing saying
All the failure and the gain.
All the triumph and the pain
In the unimagned years:
Full Of hopes, more full of tears
Since old Adams conscious eyes
Backward searched for Paradise
And, instead. the flame blade saw
OF memorable law.
In dream | marked him there
with his fire-gold pickering hair
In his binding armor stand.
And the scales were in his hand.
Mighty were they, and fun well
They could poise both heaven aud hell
Angel" asked l. humby, then,
Weighest thou the souls of men?
That thine office is I know"
i" Nay" he answered me, "not so.
But weigh the hopes of man
Since the power of choice began
In the world of good orr ill.,"
Then I waited and was still.
III one scale saw him place
All the glories of our race,
Cups that Tit Belshazzar's feast,
Gems. the wonder of the East
Kublai's scepter Cesar's sword,
Many poets golden word,
Many "A skill of science, vain
To make men as gods again
In the other scale he threw
Things regardless, outcast few.
Martyrash, arena-sand,
OF st. Francis cord a strand.
Beechen cups of men whose need
TASTED that the poor might feed.
Disillusions and despairs
OF young saints with grief-grayed hairs
Broken hearts that break for man.
Marvel through my pulses ran
Seeing then the beam divine
swiftly on this hand decline.
While earth's splerdor and renown
Mounted light as thistle-down
lanes R0sseN Lo,reN, IN .lmerica.
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l DON'T want religion that l put
away with my Sunday clothes and don't
take out till the day comes round again;
| want something to see and feel and
live by, day by day, and l hope you'll
be one of the true ministers who can
teach by precept and example how to
get and keep til. M. Alcou.
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grew paler and weaker.
" Like a worm in tho
bud" something seemed
to be consuming her life.
Her mother sought the
cause. II was not heart
trouble; it seemed to be
some mysterious malady.
Weaker and weaker she
grew until n doctor WINS
'called, but he either did
not understand her case