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The Newtown bee., 1890-08-22
GEORGETOWN.

Walter Mitchell, who was struck by
the cars on the 9th, has since died. He
leaves wife and one child; he was 26
years old.
Mr. and Mrs Samuel Lent, formerly of
this place, but now of Peekskill, n. V,
visit her mother, Mrs Barney Lee.
A barn belonging to w. F. Renoud of
Cannon was burned, last week, with two
horses, three wagons and seven sets of
harness. Loss about 1920; no insur-
The Newtown bee., 1890-08-22
PLUMTREEs.

Mrs Henry Patchen is in Massachu'
sets.
Mrs Gregory of Danbury has beer
with her sister, Mrs Stiles Smith.
The Sunday school has bought an or
gan of j. A. Beal of Danbury.
Dogs have visited sheep belonging to
IS. L. Dibble.
A COW belonging to r. L. Couch, miss
ing for four days, was found, Sunday, in
a suffering condition.
The Newtown bee., 1890-08-22

The following letter,i in child's uncer-
tain handwriting and addressed to .sMy
the Cincinnati post office:
"HoME-Dear Mamma l am so lonesome
sins you went to heaven Iwant TO go to you.
The time seams so long. You said could
come to you. Mrs Clark is SO kind TO me. bur
she is not like you You show this to god and
send for me sumo. My arm hurts me so, and
you said i would be well in heaven. send a
kiss. From your little-[DoRA."
The Newtown bee., 1890-08-22
MONROE.

MIR and Mrs Justus Hawley Of Bridge
portsenjoy the air Of the Monroe hills at
DIR John G.. Stevens's
Misses Mary and Ella Froeligh and
Miss =. Spence and nephew Willie are at
sinclairs. James McCaughan Of Park
vile, E. &, has also been here.
The Newtown bee., 1890-08-22

Miss Sallie Hollie, a Virginian, believ-
ing that self help is the only solution Of
''the negro problem" is establishing
small schools throughout Virginia, where
negro girls may learn in one year to read.
write and make correct change. From
newspapers, they are expected to CLEAN
sufficient geography, history and spelling
for their limited needs, while sewing,
darning and patching, dressmaking, mil
linery and cooking complete the course.
The Newtown bee., 1890-08-22

Edison, the inventor, who began life as
a newsboy and is now count and a
chevalier of the legion of honor. lives in
a sumptuous house on Orange Mountain,
New Jersey, which the splendor of its
electric lighting converts at night into a
veritable Aladdin's palace. Mrs Edison
is beautiful and accomplished young
woman Of n, one Of whose greatest diff
culties in life is making her absent-mind-
ed husband realize the necessity Of eat
ing when he is hungry and resting when
he Is tired.
The Newtown bee., 1890-08-22

Michael Doolan, an Ansonia man who
was attacked by epiieptic fits on the ex-
cursion to Coney Island, Monday, died
on the return trip. He was 36 years old.
The Newtown bee., 1890-08-22

Eminent author-You bought a manu-
script from me 10 years ago for as.
Yes, sir; but we haven't
printed It yet. Eminent author Well
let me have it back, and I'll give You a
hundred. I've got reputation now and
don't want to spoil I'll Puck.
The Newtown bee., 1890-08-22
EASTON,

Mrs Ii. w. Lyon has spent several
days with her parents.
The Newtown bee., 1890-08-22
BRooKFIELD.

Alfred Northrop spent Sunday in town
Miss Susie Whitcome has returned
from the Summer school at Nantucket
and will be with Mrs Horace Beers till
the family return from their Summer va
cation.
The Newtown bee., 1890-08-22
Paul Jones has been in Waterbury.

Paul Jones has been in Waterbury.
Misses Ella Stuart and Henrietta Rug
giles have been in Brooklyn.
Arthur Mansfield began threshing
with his power, last week. He is at
work on Whisconier and will work up
through the Center and back to Hawley-
vile by way of Obtuse.
Mrs Charles Vehslage and daughter
visit at II. d. Lakes.
Miss Firth, IA teacher in the public
schools of New York, is with Mrs A. III.
Taylor.
Died, Sunday, Darius Bristol, 20 years
old
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-03-13
A FEW DoN'rs.
The Right Way and the Wrong Way of
Using and P~ronouncing Some Common
Words.

Tho Right Way and the Wrong Way Of
Using and Pronouncing Some Common
Words.
Don't use don't" for 'does not"
Don't is an abbreviation OF do not. "
We can rightly say 81 don't, you don't,
we don't" But what do you think of
HE do not, she do not, it do not?" And
yet this is what you are saying over and
over every day Of your lives when you
say 'He don't, she don't, it don't"
Dent use amt" pronounced ~''aint,"
though it should o be spelled that
way) for isn't or is not. Amt is an alb
breviation OF ''am not or ''are not"
an ugly word according to my way OF
thinking, and the less it is used the bet
ter. But if you can not get along with
out it, remember that when you say he
amt, she amt, it ant, you are really
saying "He am not, she am not, it am
not
Don't say ''p0mper'' and mommer," but
papa and mamma, with the emphasis
on the last syllable. l car always tell an
English girl or boy by her or his pronun-
citation Of these words. They pronounce
them correctly, and | see no reason why
their American cousins should not do
the same, especially when you take in
to consideration that they sound eyer
so much prettier when spoken as they
should be. So girls and boys, practice
the correct way until you have it per-
feet, and then go and teach 1t to your
teacher. For, between you and me, all
of them thatI ever met were as faulty in
their pronunciation of mamma and papa
as you are.
Don't say dorg, instead of dog. How
would you pronounce bog, fog, log
and all other one-syllable words ending
in o-gl Well, pronounce dog to rhyme
with them and you'll be right. Don't
leave off the ''g" in such words as TAX
ing, laughing, singing, etc. A great
many people do, and as a consequence
we often hear sentences like the follow
ing: '0h, I've been out walkin', and
it's so cold it's freezin', and I'm just
starvin', and I DO hope there's a pud.
i n'."-Detroit Free Press.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-03-13

battle from the charges Of a Texas brig
ade led by General Rogers, who was
killed in the second charge. l mention
the names of places where battles were
fought to show that our initial duties as
soldiers were at the front and at the end
of the b~ayonet. History tells the story
OF these battles and the part our regi-
ment took in them. After this our regi-
ment was in the Vieksburg campaign.
and from that to Chattanooga, Tenn,
and in all of the battles of that famous
march from Atlanta to the sea and Sa-
vannah, Ca. to Columbia, S. c., TO RAJ
leigh, N. c., to Richmond, and to Wash
ington. We went from Washington to
Louisville, KY, where we were dis
charged. My rank at that time was
corporal of Company C, Forty-third
Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. l
had served three years and eightmonths.
l was not off duty n day in all that
time. My regiments war record and
mine are identical, and the record of the
old Forty-third Ohio in the war is
famous. Others may have been younger
at the time of enlistment, but can thcy
show that they did the duties of a SOL
der at SO young an age in the camp and
on the field of battle for SO long a time
without the interruption of a single
day2"-Chicago Tribune.
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A Wonderful Girl.

A pretty, talented girl in Springfield,
Mass, who has just completed her
school course with credit, and by rea-
o of rather special talents has re-
ceived more attention and admiration
than falls to the lot of most girls, was
asked the other day how she enjoyed
her vacation. 30, I'm enjoying it very
much," she answered, brightly. I'm
doing the Homework now, and letting
mother have a little rest" sYour moth
er is away on a vacation, them" was the
natural question. 20, no. she's at home;
but l give her a chance to rest in the
morning and to dress up and sit out on
the piazza when she feels like it. 1
think it will do her good to have a little
change"
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NEEDLES.
How These Useful Little Imf4ements Ar
Used.

How These Useful Little Implements Arc
Used.
Little girl, trying to sew a long seam,
do you know how many people it took to
make that shining needle which draws
your thread back and forth? Let it stick
in your work and come sit beside Aunt
Meg while she tells you of all the things
which happen before the one-eyed worker
is ready to do your bidding.
In a great factory. room after room is
crowded with needles in various states of
completion. In one shop is hung coils
OF wire, from a stout size used for cod
fish-hooks to the finest No. IL cambria
needle size.
In another room bits of wire long
enough for two needles are cut by big
shears, fastened against the walls.
These are tied in bundles, thrown into
a red-hot furnace, lifted out and rolled
on a metal table until they are perfectly
straight.
In another needle pointers roll
them on grind-stones-frst one end,
then the other-until both are pointed
sharp as can be. Then a machine fat
tens and cutters the heads. If you do
not know whatI mean, take your needle
and look at the tiny gutter at its head.
Then boys put them under a punch to
cut their eyes out. Then comes the
splitting, which is running a fine wire
through a dozen of these double-pointed
bits of wire.
A woman with a tiny anvil and file
separates the heads between the two
eyes and makes two needles instead of
one They are needles now, with points
and heads and an eye apiece, but rough,
rusty and bent. Now they are heated
red-hotin a furnace, from which they
are thrown into cold water, and then
tossed on a hot metal plate to be tem-
pered.
Now they are spread on coarse cloths
forty or fifty thousand at a time, and
the finest emery dust mixed with oil
and soft soap is poured over them. Then
rolled up tightly they are laid in a pot
and tossed about for twelve hours.
Dirty when they appear, after being
rinsed in not water and shaken in aw-
dust, they come out as bright asa
needle.
Then comes the sorting into sizes, the
sticking into cloth, packing into papers,
numbering and sending out to the ware
houses Santa Claus.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-03-13
Northwestern
LandandCOaICO.
New England City, North Dakota.
Capital, 50, 100000. Shares, $40.
Stock Non-Assessable.
10 Per Cent. Dividends Guaranteed
Payable February and August

The Company has purchased 81, $50 acres OF
fine Coal and Agricultural Lands in Hettinger
County, North Dakota. in which coal is found
from four to forty feet in depth throughout
the property. Two mines have been opened
on the fands of the Company, from which 500
tons of coal can be taken daily. To develop
this property 10000 shares of Preferred Stock
will be sold at So per share. The Company
expects to earn from twenty to twenty-five
per cent. on the capital invested.
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SAVED FROM pEATH.
How the Late ". ID. Kelley Preserved a
Soldiers Life.

How the Late w. ID. Kelley Preserved n
Soldiers Life.
In 1864 n young soldier of a Pennsyl-
vania regiment was convicted by a
court-martial for sleeping on post and
sentenced to be shot. Friends of the
unfortunate boy FASTENED to Washing
ton and enlisted the sympathies Of Mr..
Kelley in his behalf. Their statements
Of the boys grave offense indicated that
there were mitigating circumstances
which rendered him a proper subject
for executive elemency. 1t was claimed
that the soldier was in feeble health,
but had refused to go TO the hospital,
remaining with his company, which was
engaged in the campaign against Rich
mond. He had been marching and fight
ing for two days and nights without
sleep, and it was under such circum-
stances that, overcome by exhaustion,
he had suffered himself to fall asleep
while on picket.
Mr.. Kelley laid the case before the
President, and volunteered to go at once
to the army and investigate. To ena-
BILE MIN TO do this Mr.. Lincoln handed
him a reprieve for three days. So fully
did he trust the Judgment Of Mr.. Kelley
that he also wrote and signed a pardon,
which Kelley was to present in case he
found the statements of the soldiers
friends to be correct. II, upon the other
hand, he should find the case to be with
out extenuating feature, he should NOT
interfere with the execution. Mr.. Kel-
ley took the first train for the front.
Travelling as far as he could by rail he
rode on horseback nearly all night
through the great camps to reach the
regiment he sought. The execution
was to have taken place that morning,
but was stayed by the Presidents order.
Mr.. Kelley satisfied himself that the
demands of justice and the discipline of
the army did not require the sacrifice of
the young life, produced the pardon, and
the soldier was restored to duty. The
soldier fully redeemed himself by con.
spicuous g~allantry, and lost an arm in
the final assault upon Petersburg
Washington Cor. Cleveland Leader.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-03-13
RANDOM SHOTS.


THERE are forty-ive veterans Of the
late war in the Iowa Legislature.
THE old State Armory at Troy, N. Y,
was recently sold at auction; price S.
09O.
THE House military committee has
ordered favorable reports on the bills to
retire General Fremont with the rank of
Major-General. and appropriating s4O,-
600 for a branch of the Soldiers Home
at Marion, Ind.
BEGINNING with this year comrades OF
the Grand Army of the Republic will be
admitted to camps of Sons of Veterans,
a special countersign, however, being
necessary for admission. The latter will
be given to comrades in the usual nan.
ner.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-03-13
LITTLE PEOPLE.
THE STITCH THAT SAVES.

"Come, Dolly. now, and mend your frock,
Said careful Grandma Gray;
"That rent, though small, if 1t be left,
WIN widen every day.
"Here is your box well stocked with tnreat
And needles, coarse and fine
A stitch in time saves nine, my dear
stitch in time saves nine"
But thoughtless Dolly paidno heed;
She only tossed her head;
Sine only gave a saucy smile,
As to herself she said:
81 wish that grandma would not mind
About such little things"
And down the garden path she skipped,
As light as bird on wings.
But as she went, the tiny rent
Wa caught upon a thorn.
And ere her footsteps she could check
Her frock was sadly torn.
So now she needs must leave her play,
And 20 with rueful face
To sit within-doors for awhile,
And mend the tattered place.
While grandma, kind as kind can be,
Gives help and words of cheer,
And never hints, by look or tone,
Il told you SO, my dear
M. L. N. Hathaway, in Our Little Ones.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-03-13
al BOSTON man WALKED into a drur

"A Boston man walked into a drug
store and hurriedly asked the clerk il
there was a telephone in the store. The
clerk pointed out the instrument and
the stranger walked ovcr TO it, and, TAX
ing the ear trumpet in his hand, DELHI
erately placed it to his left eye, closing
zled that he did not see the object Of his
search, and at length, when somebody
pointed out that the telephone was for
speaking and hearing through, he roared
as loudly as he could into the orifce of
the ear arrangement His annoyance
and disappointment at the repeated fail.
ares were fully compensated for when
he was placed on the right track.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-03-13
JOE BROWNS Pixies.
Primitive Weapons Made by the Com
federate Authorities.

1FiIlfltfG weapons Nltuc ny NhC 1ohs
federate Authorities.
There are many interesting things in
the library of the Georgia Historical
Society, but the most curious and sur
prising are the pixies which Governor
Joseph L. Brown had made at the be.
ginning of the late struggle Of States
rights VS.. Federal authority.
1t win be remembered in 1861 tho
South had very few guns and 10 way Ia
make them. Dangerous times were
brewing. War clouds were gathering in
the North like a winter storm. The
Union forces were pre- caring al inva-
sion.
The Government owned the gun fac.
tories and every thing else. The Con.
federates were in as hopeless a plight as
were the six hundred at Balaklava. But
a mighty principle was at stake, and we
had decided to fling our flag to the
breeze and ''trust in the blood of the
brave and the God of Battles for the re-
suit"
1t was at this time that many thou
sands OF these pixies were ordered by
hOhtIlpI DIOAn W NC maui 40 weapons
Of defense.
The wooden part of the pike is six
feet seven inches long and bound by
four iron bands. The blade is eighteen
inches long, and reminds one of tho
two-edged swords that everybody has
read about. Its handle goes through
two-thirds of the wooden portion. 1t is
showed up by a spring and kept in place
by the upper triggers. 1t is dropped
down by the same spring and caught by
the lower trigger.
In close quarters it would be a danger
GUS weapon but it looks as il it might
be used rather for killing beeves than
spearing men. Such a weapon would
have been appropriate in time Of Julius
Caesar, but appears as a huge joke at tho
present day.
A lot of these pixies were sent to Sa-
vannah to be used in the defense of Fort
Pulaski. They were never used, how
ever, but they might have been-and
had the boys in blue seen them glisten-
ing in the starlight, they would have
prayed heaven to defend them from
primitive implements of warfare.-N.
Y. Evening World.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-03-13
ONE OF THE YOUNGEST.
An Ohio Boy who has Reason to be Proud
OF his War Record.

An Ohio Boy who has Reason TO be Proud
Of his War Record.
S. b. Moore, Of Huntsville, O., sends
the Tribune his wal record. He says it
eclipses hat Of any so far as heard from.
Others may lave been younger at the
time OF enlistment, he writes, but none
did more camp duty.
81 was" he continues, "a fully
equipped soldier from the start, and not
3 messenger boy at headquarters l was
born in Huntsville, Harrison, County O.,
October %, 1916, and ran away from
home to Mount Vernon, o., and enlisted
in the Forty-third Regiment Volunteer
Infantry December %, 1861. After
about two months drilling we received
orders February 81. 1862. to get ready to
go to the front. We left for Cincinnati,
thence down the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers. and landed at Converse, No.
From that point we marched to New
Madrid, Mo. That town is on the west
ern bank of the Mississippi river. oppo-
site Island No. 10, and was held by a
Confederate force from Missouri. We
gained possession Of the place and assist
ed the gunboats in the capture of the
island and took 5000 rebel prisoners.
On orders we proceeded down the Mis-
sissippi river to take Fort Pillow, but on
account Of the high water at that time
we were ordered up the Tennessee river
to Pittsburgh Landing; from there to the
siege of Corinth, Miss; then to Iuka and
back to Corinth, which place the
rebels made an effort to recapture with
IS. 900 men under Price and Van Dorm.
orr regiment suffered tea ribly in this
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Among my personal investors are:

GENERAL WILLIAM WELLS, OF Wells, Rich
ardson a. Co.. Burlington, VT
GENERAL WILLIAM II GILMORE, Quarter
master-general, Fairlee, VT.
GENERAL HENRY G. BATES, President pro
TEN Vermont Senate, st Johnsbury. Vt
COLONEL GEoRGE D.. TYLER, Wholesale Lum-
Der, Burlington, VT.
MAJOR N. P BOWMAN. Postmaster, st.
Johnsbury, VT.
]. W. BRocK, ESQ, Vice President Savings
Bank Montpelier, VT.
CoLoNEL l.. BART Cross, Director Savings
j. VI. ELLIS, ESQ, Banker, Montpelier, VT.
Il. r. SKINNER, ESQ, Treasurer Gas Com
lpany, Montpelier, VT.
$. l.. HOWE, ESQ, Station Agent, Mon
+. Il. STEVENS, ESQ. Capitalist. Montpelier
T. ]. DEAvIrT, ESQ. Pension Agent, Mont
HIRAM Atkins, ESQ, Editor. Montpelier,vt
GEoRGE W.. WING, ESQ, Attorney Mont
FRANK A. DwINELL, ESQ, President Farm.
ers' Trust Company, Montpelier, VT.
FRED l.. EAIOS, ESQ, Cashier First National
Bank, Montpelier, VT.
HENRY CHAMBERLAIN. ESQ, Conductor Cen
tral Vermont Railroad, Burlington. Vt
FREDERlcK BUTCHER, ESQ., Wholesale Drug
gist, ST. Adams, VI.
Ter National Bank. Vergennes, Vt
J. HENRY JACKSON, NJ. D., Professor uni
versity of Vermont, Barre, W.
W. ID. REID, Physician and Surgeon. Barre,
GEO. W. TnDEN. ESQ, Merchant. Barre, Vt
CHARLES II. HEAToN. ESQ, Montpelier, Vt
HIRAM NJ. PIERCE, ESQ, Wholesale Coal,
Montpelier, VT.
A. &. RANDALL, ESQ. st. Johnsbury, Vt.
c. +. lowell, ESQ, Banker, keene, n. II.
FRANK A. MCKEAN, ESQ, Cashier Indian
Head Bank. Nashua, N. ii.
WILLIAM y. THAYER, President First Ma
tional Bank, Concord. N. II.
j.. EVERETT SARGESr, President Savings
Bank Concord, N. H.
GEoRGEP p. DEWEY. General Life Insurance..
Portland, Ne, and many others.
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OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS,

ThIDIDLNIs
WIN. N. TITUS. ESQ, Globe Building,
Boston, Mase-
VICE PRESIDENT,
MAJOR ]. ii. HEWITT -. Thomaston, Maine
TREASURER,
Hon. RoBERr s. FRANKLIN. /. Newport, r. /.
CLERK,
]. II. DRuMMoND. JR. Portland, Maine
ASSISTANT CLERK,
ANDREW II. PATTON .......... Boston, Mass.
DIRECTOR,
CAPTAIN ALCOL SItLARs DanYers, Mass.
DIRECTOR,
Hon. JOSIAH ii. DRUMMOND,. Portland, Me
DIRECTOR,
FRANK II. BAsooM..........'. Montpelier. VT.
DIRECTOR,
PERCY f. STONE, ESQ. Waldoboro, Maine.
DIRECTOR,
WILLIAM JOHNSTON, ESQ.,. Boston, Mass.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-03-13

other things for the poor and suffering
wherever she could.-Youth's Temper
ance Banner.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-03-13

"A Michigan farmer claims to have
saved his large flock Of sheep from the
dogs BY putting bells on each one.
When the sheep get frightened and run.
the bells play a grand march and the
dogs scamper Of
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-20
Daniel Longs Fine Physique.

The appearance of Daniel Long, OF the
Trimount Athletic club Of Boston, at sew
eral athletic games in the vicinity Of New
York recently has caused considerable COM
ment concerning his wonderfully fine ply
sique. When p. DAWN, Of ireland, had
amateur athletic circles in Great Britain
talking of his wonderful powers seven or
eight years ago il was thought that no
one would be seen like him for many years.
DAWN was good at throwing weights, and
half a dozen years ago held the best rec
ords in the world for the running high and
broad jumps, q #. 2sl in. and % #. 8 in.
respectively. The combination he dis
played Of strength for weight throwing
and activity for jumping was spoken Of as
wonderful. His height was q feet, and his
weight 1913 pounds in athletic clothes.
He was very wiry, but indications are
that Long will prove TO be even a better
one, for al although he is one inch shorter he is
nearly fifteen pounds heavier, and already
has made records at throwing weights
which DAWN never approached. Longs
jumping this spring has been phenomenal,
and at the running high jump at his club
games on July 4 he cleared ; #. III in,
winning il and beating other good men
who have records close to O feet. The
ground was poor, which adds extra merit
to Longs performance. Although Long
Is a little more stockily built than DAWN
he has the same wiry sinews, and he and
DAWN would make a team unapproachable
by any other two athletes for all round
weight throwing and jumping now on the
nath.