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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-19
Red clover is called the foundation
sxQp Of continued fertility.

"A man time When we'll husbanded
Is like cultivated fed, of which a fau
acres produce more of what is useful to
lie than extensive provinces even q,
sne richest soil when over run with
weeds and br;snbles. Hume.
How true was Emerson's conclr-
sion when he said that the best part OF
health is a fine disposition. NOTHING
Will supply the want of sunshine tn
peaches and to make knowledge valua-
Ole. you must have the cheerfulness of
wisdom -
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-19
MARVELLOUS MEMORY.
a Talk with Man Who Had the rcr.
OF Knowing Washinptor "o

a Iaik with Man Who Had the For,,
OF Knowing Washington. ""s
Look yere, said an old naoro
whats all dis yere marchin' an hiow
In an sky-larkin' gwine on erbout9r
It's the centennial celebration q,
George Washington's Inauguration a.
President of the United States.n 40
How? What you meanpn
why. it has been one hundred ro.~
since Washington took his scat 80
President 0"' az
elias it been dat long?n
"Yes."
''Is you shop"
"Yes, sure
"W'y didn't know il had boon J..
long. Amt seemed dat LONG to mo NOV
sah.' W Ao'
DO you remember ftp"
fuh' reckon / does when 7 made
ten dollars dat day drivin er bacl, "
You must have been very small
boy at the time"
Nv no er a small boy? Me er small
DoyF No. want. wuz ez bio ezT;s
now dats how much O. er small boy
wuz Wife tole me dat day"
what you were not .narriedpr
Huh, who want married? Me9
reckon | wuz Wife she saw: .Stenbor
you go on out yander now an ma,,s
some money
How going make money! ST.
'Drlbin' er hack she lows.
"'W har de hack?' ST.
"'Dat's what you mus look ont rrr,
she lows.
wall, | went on down the street.
did" WV
wv hat town was it?"
cairo, down yers. sab; Cairo.
went on down de street, | did an
seed Genl WashingtOn's hack stop in
'front.' 0 de tavern, an | went up, Ibid.
an ez de greet man got out walked I'M
ter him an, ST: Gen'l, how long Won
gwiue be in dar?'
".Doan know. zackly,' saws he,
'Wharfo' you ax?'
Gaze, l wanter hor yo' hosses.'
81.
'''All right says he, an he went on
inter de house. After he'd gone |
jumped up an driv dat hack off,
Right dis way l hollered, take er
ride in GENT Washington's hack. Las
'tunity you'll git. Ride you 'roun' de
block fur fifty cents Wall. sab, de
folks da filed in. an eff de Gent hader
staid in dat house long ernuff I'd err got
rich right dar. but he had ter come
out an go on up ter de pos office an
lake his seat. seed him when he sot
down. Da fotch er greet big rockin'-
cheer out in front O. de do, and de.
postmaster he say: 'Genl. set down.
An de Gen'l he say: 'Thankee, sab,
dOan kere eff Does
WAS there much of crowden
''Yas, sab, err right smart sprinktin.'
county cot an de gran jury wuz hold
n fort, an, sides dat. dar wuz err
rood many folks in frum ober the
'iber De Gen'l knowed err good many
J 'em, he did. an once in err while
led say; Billy. is you done planted
20 con yit?' Alb, hpw's all de follls?'
Nath, gwine ter set out any terbacker
lis season. How many chickens you
'ot, Aunt Nancy?' wy, bless me.
airs Aunt janet" Oh, vas, sab, |
ichOllecks all dat ez well ez eff it WIZ.
istidy. An you say it's been er hun,
ud years. Huh. how time do ny!"--
Arkansaw Traveller.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-19
The hog wallows in mud and e

The hog wallows in mud and en-
cases himself in shining armor,
which suffocates his backbiters. When
it dries the mud and the cause of his
misery falls off. Horses seem to I'M
derstard that dust is death to their
creeping foes, so they roll where they
can find dry earth. Hens free them
selves from parasites by the dust bath.
And cows-who has not seen them
throw dirt over themselves They,
too. want the earth. so we might take
the hint and store away road dust or
dry earth for winter use in keeping
our stock free from the tOrmentOrs.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-19

lie m.aister who divides his dis
course into may heads will find it diff
flcult to procure attentive ears for all
of them.
-"Tain't loud pr yiag which counts
with the Lord SO much a. giving four
full quarts for every gallon says the
Arkansas circuit rider Texas SlfsinQe.
-Slcth makes all things difficult, but
industry all easy; and he that riseth
late must trot all day, and scarce over
take his business at night; while Lazi-
ness travels SO slowly that Poverty soon
overtakes him. Franklin.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-19
Escort Ito Miss Penelone Waldo

Escort Ito Miss Penelope Waldo, of
Boston, on the lawn Don't be
frightened. Miss Penelope, but there's
big green worm on your skirt"
Miss Peneiope-''Oh, don't disturb it,
Mr.. Wabash. should like to take it
home with me. 1t belongs to the
species known as the capillus capillary
capil, and is very rare in these parts.
Dear little fellow, shall prize it so
highly. Would you mind Mr. Wabash,
putting it in your hat?"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-19

Michigan University has now more
students in attendance than any other
American institution of learning.
in Korea the native Government
last year ordered the missionaries to
cease preaching. Eight months alter
ward, comparing notes, they found that
the converts had doub ed in number.
~ Copenhagen school dealing
with social and poll zeal questions has
just been opened for women. Among
the branches taught are contemporaries
Gus history since 1913. constitutional
law, ethics and psychology.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-19
JohnsOn-..Dat's a mir

Johnson-''Dat's mighty pore
dawg OBJ yours, Yallerby. He's bones
mos stick out trough he's skim"
Yallerby : Huh! OATS jes' whad
meks him a good watch-dawg. He
KANT lie down wivout hurtin' so
hissalf" -Tndge.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-19

Keep your tools sharp, when the
work is pressing. A man with sbarn
tools can do more work in day than
two men with dull tools. 1t NAV take
little time to sharpen the tools, but
it will be labor saved.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-19
QUEER BIRD NESTS.
Strange Places Sometime, Selected by
Winged Builders.

Winged Builders.
Birds have some queer fancies in Sc
Letting spots for building their nests
Some time ago, near Seaville, n j., |
noticed in Il grove of oaks that nearly
avery tree had an old tin can nailed up
in it. | found on examination that the.
cans were all occupied by wrens and
blue birds. But what attracted nv at
tention most was an old boot fastened
in one of the trees. AS | approached
it blue bird flew out, and although it
was twenty-five feet from the ground.
climbed up and saw inside five young
birds comfortably sitting in the nest.
once found veritable tOwer-nest.
built by a pair of robins. They had
built nest in a cedar tree and it had
been found unsuitable for some rea-
sons that they alone knew. Immedi--
ately afterwards they built second
one on top of it. and still being unsat-
isfied they built a third one. But they
were very hard to please, for still
another nest was constructed on top OF
The fourth before they were cOntenied
to begin housekeeping. Not long after
that four little heads were pcepiEg
over the edge of their lofty home.
An old gentleman once told me that
his wife. ON certain wash-day, missed
lace cap that she had hung out on
the line and fastened with Il clothes
pin. Several days afterward when
walking in his garden, he noticed
som ething white tluttering in the
branches of II cherry tree. and an cX-
am inatiOn showed that IL pair OF robins.
had taken the cap from the line and
fastened it among the twigs and grass.
of their nest. The birds had undoubt-.
eddy pulled the cap from between the
prOngs of the clOthes-pin, for they could
not otherwise have obtained it. They
were left in undisturbed possession OF
their prize.
A pair of sparrows in Central Park
New York. have regularly for several
years built their nest and reared their
young ones in the right hand Of Danlet
Websters statue. But stranger place
than that has been used by pair Ill
Charing Cross, London, for SIX years
past. These brave little fellows have
made their home right in the mouth Oh
a lion-but the lion is made OF stone
In St. Thomas, Ont, several neSIsW
wrens were found inside street gas,
lamps, where during the night oslgn'
light was always burning. out INC!
seemed in nowise disturbed by H.
Philadelphia Times.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-19

-money will buy almost any thlnS'
from "a pOstage-stamp to peerase VI
an opinion.
Never reply in kind to a sharp VI
angry word; it is the second word lha'
makes the quarrel
He that hath no inward oeaaH
none perceives, though all arounu -
beautiful. = Young.
1t is when the Young Idea tlrSl u
gins to shoot that a little learning .
dangerous thing. Life.
Il am often reminded that althoas
/ had the wealth of Croesus, my aeSi'0'
would still remain the same. -14ore'~
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-06-19

the same article il is to-day. With ordin-
airy weather good butter can be made in
July and August that will find preference
over ice-house goods, and farmers who are
holding their product for a rise of two or
three cents more than to-days mark ct price
should bear this point in mind.
THE wool market is more active than for
months, chiefly owing to the fact that more
woods are coming to hand, and the selec-
tions is correspondingly improved. Manu-
facturers have been in the market and have
called to buy wool. They have generally
accepted the fact that If not prepared to pay
more than last year or last month they
must close their mills. The business has
been very largely confined to New Texas
and California woods, which are now com
ing freely to hand Tie general range Of
prices is from ten to fifteen per cent the
secured pound above last years figures,
and with the present outlook the chance of
marked reaction is small
Is there anything new in the poultry
line nowadays?' was asked of a leading
poultryman at Faneuil Hall. Eyes" he
replied, there are new ducks and geese in
market-ducks weighing from seven to
eight pounds per pair and geese ten pounds
each The entire supply of geese at pres
ent come from Rhode Island and the ducks
from that state and also from a few towns
in Massachusetts. There is very little de-
mand for either, as the price (25c per pound)
is too high to permit of general consump-
ton. The West sends no geese nor ducks
here in the summer, the seasons demand
being wholly supplied by New England.
Chickens are very plenty, and in the knowl-
edge of the trade prices were never lower
at this season. Missouri, Kansas, Illinois
and Indiana are sending more spring chick
ems than ever before. Three years ago
there were no spring chickens shipped here
from the West. While our best home stuff
is worth 25c. l5c is fair price for western,
which are inferior in quality, color and mode
of dressing. Western chickens are very
small, and are being shipped East packed
in finely-chopped ice in barrels, averaging
fifty pairs to the barrel.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-06-19
Remarks.

THE supply of northern and eastern cattle
in market for the past week has been light,
with but few nice beef cattle for the butchers
trade The best cattle are selling at 81 to
&c per pound, dressed weight. Light
grades of northern cattle and cows sell at
p to SIC per pound, live weight, or to DC
per pound dressed weight.
TRADE in western dressed beef has been
about the same as that Of a week ago, sides
selling at Ct to 64c; kinds, 8 to 10c; fores,
Al to DC; rumps, II to 124c; rumps and loins,
II to l24c: loins, II to 13c; short ribs, % to
104c; back halves, 81 to 6bc; rounds, to
nc; rattles, 81 to Ale; chucks, Al to DC.
Western lambs sell at 10 to l21c; yearlings,
q to l0c; sheep, 8 to 94c per pound.
RECEIPTS of butter are liberal and the de-
mand light. Northern dairy lots are in full
supply, but have to be strictly extra TO meet
with fair sale. The heavy receipts all
through the week have left Il large surplus on
this market, and though most of this stock
is only second and third grades, it sends a
depressing effect over all kinds. From pres
ent indications the make of butter this sea-
son promises to be the largest on record, and
il is mainly on this account that dealers do
not dare venture in speculation until the
close Of June. Most OF our butter con-
sumers want fresh-made butter, and,
as a leading dealer remarked recently, the
time to sell it is when the people want it,.
June stock a month or two hence will not be
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-06-19

to wine-growers and exempting fine brandies
from taxation for five years.
The miners at Westphalia have formed a
mutual protection society, and are about to
start newspaper in support OF their inter-
ests.
EIGHTEEN miners at Essen, Prussia, who
were recently on strike, have been SEN
fenced to imprisonment, for terms ranging
from one to six months, for rioting.
THE firm of j. G. Aver & Co., of Lowell,
Mass, has entered q claim against the Do
minion government, amounting to over
S124,0 600 for damages in connection with an
illegal customs seizure made three years ago
A LETTER received at Zanzibar from Ururi,
on the southeastern shore of the Victoria
Nyanza, dated December g reports the ar
rival there of Henry M. Stanley with num-
Der of invalid members OF his force. The
letter says that Stanley had sustained
heavy losses, a large number Of his men
having died from disease and famine. The
explorer had rejoined and left Emin Pacha
at Unyara, on the northeastern shore of the
lake.
A TRAIN containing an excursion party
was wrecked near Armagh Ireland, last
week Tuesday. The party occupied three
trains and the accident occurred on a steep
grade. The engineer of the second train,
finding his engine powerless to phil the train
up the grade, unlinked several of the cars,
with the object OF taking the front portion
of the train to the next station aud return
ing for the remainder. Heavy stones were
placed behind the wheels of the detached
cars, to prevent them from slipping, but the
locomotive, on restarting, gave the entire
train shunt that displaced the stones. The
result was that the detached cars began to
slip backward down the grade, their speed
gradually increasing, until they had attained
a frightful velocity. After running four
miles they crashed with terrific force into
the third train at point about a mile and a
half from Armagh.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-06-19

CONSUMPTION CURED.-An old physician
retired from practice, having had placed in
his hands by an East India missionary the
formula of simple vegetable remedy for
the speedy and permanent cure of consump-
ton, bronchitis, catarrh, asthma and all
throat and lung affections, also positive
and radical cure for nervous debility and
all nervous complaints, after having tested
its wonderful curative powers in thousands
of cases has felt it his duty to make II known
to his suffering fellows. Actuated by this
motive and desire to relieve human suffer
ing, will send, free of charge, to all who
desire it, this recipe, in German, French
or English, with full directions for prepar-
ing and using. Sent by mail by addressing,
MOVES, 149 Polcer's Block, Rochester, ". Y.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-06-19
Advice to Mothers.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, for chill
dren teething. is the prescription of one of
the best female nurses and physicians in
the United States, and has been used for
forty years with uever-failing success by
millions of mothers for their children.
During the process OF teething its value is
incalculable. 1t relieves the child from
pain, cures dysentery and diarrhpa, gripping
in the bowels and wind-colic. By giving
health to the child it rests the mother.
Price twenty-five cents a bottle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-06-19
Contagious Blood Poison

IL the constitutional blood disease which
has for several centuries past been infesting
mankind with its annoying features and de-
structive results, and is now the great bane
of the human race. This is the worst OF all
blood contagion, as the horrible poison is
transmitted from one generation to the next
and even the third and fourth. We do not
honestly believe that the terrible scourge
has ever been cured and thoroughly eradi-
Gated from the human body by any other
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-06-19
DR.. Wilber's Pile Ointment.

A word to the afflicted: No matter how
long you have suffered, il will cure you.
1t has never been known to fail. 1t gives
instant relief 1t has been used by DIR.
WILDER many years, and after many urgent
requests it has at last been given to the
people as a cure that is sure and in reach OF
all. 1t has cured cases of twenty-five and
thirty years standing, and now those who
have spent many dollars find their only
salvation is in the use of DR.. Wilber's Pile
Ointment. For the piles and nothing else
Price thirty-five cents. Take no other. Sold
by all druggists in Montpelier and by N. o.
Evans in Waterbury, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-06-19
TEO LONGE,s ESTATE.

Il STATE OF VERMONT, Washington District, IS.
In Probate Court, held a. MontPelieS, IN said Dis
Orman l.. Hoyt, Administrator of the estate of
Leo Longe, late of Planheld, in said District
decea sed presents his administration account for
examination and allowance, aud makes application
for decree OF distribution and partition OF the es
tate OF said deceased Whereupon II Is ordered
by said Court that said account and said apph
cation be referred to session thereof to be held 40
the Probate ONCE, in said Montpelier, the 18th
day Of July, A. u. 1859, for hearing and decision
thereon, And, it is further ordered that notice
ton of the three weeks successfully In the
Vermont WatchtnGn 4 State Journal a newspaper
pointed 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
lIle FREDERICK Z. CARLETON, Register.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-06-19
ELORILLA McELRoY,s ESTATE.

IL COMMlSSlONEhS NOIlNEs
The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of wash
ington Commissioners, to receive, examine and ad.
Just all claims and demands of all persons against
the estate of Florilla McElroy, late of Middesex in
said District deceased, and all claims exhibited in
offset thereto, hereby give notice that we viii meet
for the purposes aforesaid, at the dweing-house of
and 18th day of November next, from one o'clock
z. NJ. until four o'clock ?. NJ, each OF said
days, and that six months from the LIST day OF
June A. ID, 1889, is the time limited by said
Court for said creditors TO present their claims TO us
for examination and allowance
Dated at Middesex, this 10th dav of June A. u.
1889. GILBERT 4. MILES, Commissioners
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-06-19
THOMAS f. sANBoRN,s ESTATE.

II
The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court FOR the District of Wash
ington, Commissioners TO receive, examine and adj
Just all claims and demands of all persons against
the estate of Thomas T.. Sanborn, late OF Water
bury, in said District deceased, and all claims ex-
hibited in Offset thereto, hereby give notice that
we will meet for the purposes aforesaid at the
dwelling-house of Mrs, Edwina L; Sanborn in
Waterbury village the 9Th day of July and 18TH day
of November next from ten o'clock A NJ. until four
o'clock p NJ, each Of sad days, and that SIX months
from the 2st day OF May, A. ID, lsss, is the time
limited by said for said creditors to present
their claims to us for examination and allowance.
Dated at Waterbury, this sth day OF june
A. ID. 1889. ~
O. +. CLOUGH, Commissioners.
l+l6 IL. NJ. BRUCE \
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-06-19
Found Dead in Bed.

How often we hear or read of some one
that has been found dead in bed the follow
ing morning. Anti-Apoplectine is the only
apopexy preventive and paralysis cure.
John j. Barnard of Vergennes, VT, says
:" I have long been a sufferer from heart
difficulty. Upon the recommendation of a
friend / purchased and used bottle of
Anti Apoplectine. In few days / ex-
perienced great relief" DR.. Hutchinson &
Co, Enosburgh Falls, VT, furnish circulars
fraa
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-06-19

81 HAVE not used all Of one bottle yet.
suffered from catarrh for twelve years, ex-
periencing the nauseating dropping in the
throat peculiar to that disease, and nose
bleed almost daily. | tried various remedies
without benefit until last April, when l saw
Ely's Cream Balm advertised in the Boston
Budget. Iprocured bottle, and since the
first days use have had no more bleeding
the soreness is entirely gone."-D. G. Dd-
uidson, Cith The Boston Budget, formerly Nth
the Boston Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-06-19

THE father Of all disease is impure blood
when loaded with foul humor How i'm
portant then, that the blood should be
pure, rich and strong, without which there
can be no health. To purify the blood Sui
phur Bitteis is incomparably the best medi-
cine that it is possible to obtain.-The Editor.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-06-19
Marria9ss.

In Marshfield, June TO- by Rev. J. d. Bailey, George
#. Bliss to Lena NJ. Shepard, both of Marshfeld.
In Montpelier. May q. by Rev. S. G. Hayford, A.
J. Smith of Marshfeld to Emma c. Hayford of East
Montpelier
In Nerth Randolph, May 20, by Rev. william Carr,
Frank Il. Richardson OF Brookheld to Carrie L.
BlOdgett of North Randolph.
In Montpelier, June Y, in the Church of the
Messiah, by Rev. j. Edward Wright. Albert ".
Ferrn to Laura II. Sabn, both of Montpelier,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-06-19

COLONEL CLARK, United States army
writes: " For the last two years my health
has been excellent this, think, is due to
my using Sulphur Btters, as formerly my
health was miserable, owing to the frequent
changes of climate, etc, SO incident to
soldiers life."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-06-19
1eatbs.

In East Corinth, June II, Jesse Mcfarland, 70.
In STAFFORD June T. Ira Sanborn, 81 years, 6months
and "A days.
Ign, N. Y, So
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-06-19

The benefits of vacation season may be
greatly enhanced if, at the same time, the
blood is being cleansed and vitalized by the
use of Ayers Sarsaparilla. a good appe-
tite, fresh vigor and buoyant spirits attend
the use of this wonderful medicine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-06-19

"SwIFT's SPECIFIC entirely cured me of
severe case Of blood poison which obstinately
resisted and refused to be cured for over
twenty-six years. The regular medical
remedies Of mercury and potash only added
fuel to the flame. 1 suffered during most
of this long time with ulcers, blotches and
sores Of the most offensive character, and
was for long time practically an invalid
In less than thirty days use OF s. s. S. was
all cleared up sound and well. This has
been nearly year ago and no sign of any
return Of the old enemy. JOHN B. WILLIS
81 Clark street, Atlanta, G a."
TREATISE on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free. The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.