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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-07-10
Interesting Will Contest.

The New York Evening Post saws
the question of the validity of the vii
OF the late Fannie NJ. Kellogg, who
died last winter, was discussed before
Surrogate Ransom last week, and
was OF interest to New England PEG.
pie because the testatriX left upward
OF S3OO,OOO to establish and main
tain library in Montpelier, Vt. The
deceased was the widow of Martin NJ.
Kellogg, a retired capitalist, who died
few months before his wife, leaving
her a large amount of real estate.
Mrs. Kellogg's will was made on Nov
ember s, 1889. 1t bequeathed to the
executors, Herman H. Camman and
William Mari, in trust $4,000 with
which to build a chapel in the ceme-
terry at Montpelier, where her husband
was buried, and an additional $4,000
with which to build an ornamental
entrance to the cemetery. The re-
malnder OF the estate, which is esti-
mated to be worth between $35O,000
and 500, 700, was also bequeathed to
the executors, to beeXpended by them
IN building, furnishing and stocking
with books a public library in Mont
pelier, the details of the undertaking
being placed in the hands of the ex-
ecutOrs. The will is contested by a
brother and sister of the dead wOm-
an, who was a daughter of Erastus
Hubbard of Montpelier. Daniel G.
Rollins appeared for the contestants,
while Henry Mann and John E. Par
sons defended the suit.
The witnesses to the will were E. p.
Young, clerk of the Chelsea apart
ments, and Dr. F. NJ. Townsend, the
physician. They testified
before the surrogate that the will was
not read over to the woman, who was
at the time supposed to be dying
that she did not declare it to be her
will, and that when she signed it she
was propped up in bed and the place
for her name pointed out. In their
opinion she was not in a dispOsing
mind. On the other hand, Mr.. Cam
man, one of the executors, and who |
was present at the signing of the will, |
testified that in his opinion the testa-
5rix was of disposing mind and was
.ully conscious of what she was do
ng. The testatriX did not die imme-
lately, but made a partial recovery
and lived for some weeks. The sur
'Ogate intimated that he should re-
ect the will unless further testimony
vas produced inits behalf, and he adj |
burned the case until October next. |
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-07-10
Who is the Most Popular c. A. r.
Man?
WHEN FOUND THE BOSTON GLoBF WILL GIVE
HIM A $1,000 SWORD.

WHEN FOUND THE BOSTON GLOBE WILL GIVE
HIM A $1,000 SWORD.
+ BOsTON, July S.-The Grand Armyencamp
ment i'll Boston next month has received ii
startling impetus from the announcement of
The Boston Globe that it will give n hand
some sword, made by Tiffany and costing
$1,000, to the most popular Grand Army
comrade in the country.
The encamnment committees are full of sur
prise and delight over The Globes PROPOSE
ton, and they agree in declaring that no 9th
er single feature of the programme will excite
as great interest this, or tend as much to
increase the attendance, which already prom
Uses to beat the record.
The contest for the sword is now fully open.
Coupons cut from The Globe and filled out
with the names of hundreds of favorites are
coming in by the thousands every day.
Orders are also pouring in from distant
places where there is no supply of Globes, and
in response papers are being expressed by the
tens of hundreds to enthusiastic people who
intend to cut out the votes, write in the
names of their friends and return them by
mail
The rivalry will continue daily until the
close of the encampment next month, The
Globe publishing each morning the record of
the votes received the day before.
The excitement caused by this contest is
fast spreading beyond New England, Judging
by the rapidly increasing demands that flow
in from the Western States, as well as from
the Middle,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-07-10
VIZ ESTEIEID

Luther Reed and wife of Danvers, Mass, are
in town.
Ada Brown is visiting Lily Blanchard of
Derby Line.
About $40 was received at the lawn party
held at the Methodist parsonage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cary of South Hadley
Falls are visiting Mrs. W. d. Miller.
William Elliot of Midway, Mass, is visiting
his sister, Mrs. Reuben H. Wright, also Mrs:
Calvin H. Eastman of New Sutton, Canada,
is visiting her.
Mrs T. jefferson Boynton and daughter
Marion are still remaining in town on ao-
count of the prevalence of diphtheria at their
home in Montpelier.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-07-10
FAIRFAX.

VIM. Bellows has rented his farm to Clark
Woodruff.
Our drum corps went to Burlington the 4th
and enjoyed themselves very much.
We are pleased to see Geo. Minot about
again. He has been confined to the house
a long time
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-07-10
Notice of Sale of Real Estate

Attached on the original writ and leyled on
the execution to me directed;-
One House and lot situated just out of johnson
VILLAGE bcinp the same property now occupied
nv Albert Kelley, being about one-eighth acre OF
land and the same will sell at PuDlle Auciloh
to the highest bidder at the Hotel of A. ID. Rob
Inns i'm johnson Village on the 18th day OF July;
A.D $780,, at one O'Clock p. M, to satisfy salu
execution and the costs thereon and legal charges
as the ls W directs.
d. G. HOLMES, Constable.
JOHNSON, Vt. June II, 1890. 54w3
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-07-10

Interiors decorated in French, Oil or
Paper from Latest Designs, Estimates
given when required. First class refer
ences,
Will be at Morrisville about two
months and am open to engagements
either by contract or day. Having
special line of wall and ceiling papers,
borders and decorations for the same,
will agree to paper and furnish stock
for what the owners can buy the paper
for. For proof and samples, drop a
postal to the above.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-07-10
LIBERATION NOTICE.

To ALL WHOM IT MAY CoNCERN- 49,
hereby give public notice that nave gwen
nv son WIN. f. Cunningham the remainder OF
his time during his minority and | shall claim
none of his wages nor pay any debts of his con-
tracing after this date. -
hated nj johnson, this 2lst day of June, A. ID.
1890. 3iw3 WILLIAM CONNlN"hA"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-07-10

The following is said to be the
shortest sentence which contains all
the letters in the alphabet: Pack my
box with five dozen liquor jugs.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-07-10
MARRIAGES..

WEST-DYKE.-In Morrisville, July 4, 1890,
by Rev. Perrin B. Fisk. Joseph West to
Cora l. Dyke both of Johnson.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-07-10

WANTED--A situation as Waterman bv n
man who has watched three years Can give
good references Address NJ. g. GRADY,
Morristo own formers Vt
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-06-06
w. C. T. IT,


puliers and represented the injury and
disgrace that the election of such a man
would be to The town. They said he was
supported by all the liquor sellers and it
would be impossible TO defeat him. Mrs.
Scatcherd said: Secure the domination
OF a thoroughly good, respectable man,
and | will canvass the 400 women house
holders of the ward and We will elect
him." Such a man was found and was
induced 10 stand. Mrs. Scatcherd, in her
canvass of the women, went to one who
kept a d%isrcputable house. Mis-. Seatcherd
talked to her about The two candidates.
The oman listened and finally said: II
am no saint; but | bave a daughter, and
don't want her TO grow up like me. |
know enough about bad men. They are
cruel, every one of them. | will vote for
your candidate And whcn election day
came the better of the two candidates was
chosen, almost all the women, both bad
and good, voting for him.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-06-06

take no thought for your life, what ye
shall eat, or what ye shall drink, nor yet
for your body, what We shall pnt on. Is
not the life more than meat ard the body
than raiment? Behold the fowls of the
air, for they SOW not, neither do they reap,
nor gather into barns; yet your Heavenly
Father feedeth them. And why
take ye thought for raiment? Consider
the lilies of the field how they grow they
toll not, neither do they spin, and yet say
INTO YOU that even Solomon in all his
glory was not arrsyed like one of these.
The first of this fine passage was deliv-
cred in a slow, measured way, looking the
while at the older and graver faces OF the
audience at his front. Then turning him.
self partly around so as to face the tier OF
seats in the gallery he swept his long dex-
ter arm in that direction and said: "They
toll not, neither do they spin, and yet | say
unto you that even Solomon in all his
glory vas not arrayed like one of these.
A pause followed this apparent extempo-
rancous sally of Wit and wisdom, and
when the speaker had resumed 'the thread
of his DISCOURSE" the mind rcaders all
over the house were possibly Eliminating
on the similarity of the lilies i'll Solomon's
day and those who figured in the ABOVE
little episode.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-06-06

The Drink EVIL In Africa,

Mrs. Mary Clement Leavitt, the first
round thew old forger of the white-ribbon
chain, wrote a letter to Margaret Bright
Lucas, of Ell gland, which arrived after
Mrs. Lucas death, and was then printed
In the British Romans Temperance journal.
Mrs. Leayitt wrote from Banana, Congo
Free State, and very deeply deplores the
evil of the liquor traffic there in these
words: Il have heard that from all whom
| have met which makes me the more
earnest TO do something toward stopping
this fearful tide of drink, more fearful
than one can imagine until one has really
seen, as | have done, the steamers full of
the yilest spirits, much of which is simply
alcohol distilled from the cheapest sub
stances that will produce it, brought out
in this form 10 be reducod with water,
favored with anise st ed, and so sold at an
enormous profit. Missionaries have told
me that whole villages, men, women and
children, are often drunk, and that they
have been obliged to give up preaching
places alter the people had begun to send
for the drink. saw one caravan-that is,
a large company of men-go out of a
traders premises with drink, anL nothing
but drink. - Chicago Meas.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-06-06

1t was only Ii little mouse, out ii was the
cause of Farmer johnson breaking both his
arms, three ribs and his nose. Mr.. Johnson
recently purchased a farm at Cohansey, neal
Bridgeton, and had an old-fashioned barn
moving last week, when one of the men play.
fully picked up n mouse and threw 1t at MI.
johnson, who IN trying to dodge 1t, let go his
timbers, which fell on him as above stated
nearly killing him.
Senator 1. T.. Nichols, who was appointed
and confirmed as postmaster of Bridgeton, is
not at all %sanguine of ever receiving his COM
mission. After his appointment in April he
negotiated with ex-postmaster Jos. Miner for
a lease of the building occupied by the Office.
On Tuesday he requested to be released from
all obligations for the building, as he declared
that he did not think 1t was possible to secure
the commission until Postmaster Laning's
time express, which is in March, 1891. Mr..
Nichols announced that he would probably
engage in business before that time.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-06-06

Senator Blair says in "The Temperance
Movement ''Theie are used in making
one gallon of beer SO 2 ounces of barley of
which 70 ounces are lost in "malting," in
''mashing," ''fermenting, " and filming
leaving Is 2 ounces of nutritious CD sub
stance. Consumed by the glass at 5 cents
each this would cost SO cents, or about
two-thirds of a days labor; at 80 cents per
bushel for barley the same amount ofnutri.
ment in the form of bread. allowing about
60 per cent for waste and making, would
cott 9 cents. In other words, if a mar
drinks daily 4 quarts Of lager beer lie will,
in about 12 months succeed In taking inl(
his stomach in that form the nutrimenI
contained in a five pound loaf of bread"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-06-06
ueredfty in Alcoholism,

The British Medical Journal, referring to
NJ. Paul Sollier's Aubanel prize essay on
''Thc Role of IIeredity in Alcoholism"
says, IA more suggestive study for the
physician ard a more saddeniDg one for
the philanlbrorist it would be difficult to
imagine. Here is original sin in TENS Of
modern science, and the punishment
threatened in the decalogue to the third
and fourth generation is exhibited at
work in perhaps its most terrible form.
BY abundant and well arranged statistics
NJ. Sollier traces the Affections ofthe IDIOT,
the epileptic, the imbocile, the hydro
cephalie, the cholerie and the mentally de-
bilitated up ~ the alcoholic father, mother
or grandparent, in so many and such
clearly marked instances that it is impos-
sible 10 deny his conclusions from the data
he gives. All alcoholic subject runs a ter
rible risk of comforting upon his descend
ants either insanity, oi tendency to vice, or
suicide, or hys.eria, the milder nervous
disorders. Tho legacy Of evil may miss a
generation, and Then appear in the next
like govt. 1t will generally manifest
itself, If it appears in the form of dipso-
mania, i'll a taste Tor the same liquor as
that lTt ieIrod by The ancestor, and in its
mildtst foim it will tend so TO pTedispose
the unhappy descendant to lie evil Of in
ebriety that he will find the freedom of
his will in that direction seriously i'm
periled. +"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-06-06
What the w. e. L. a.. Has Done.

Until The organization of the w. c. T..
clnsively r~eformatury. When mother-lo love
came to the fore, it quickly recognized the
fact that the awful liver of drunkenness
was fed continually by streams whose
springs were i'll the home; every man
swept TO destruction by its terrible flood
was some mothers boy" Other organi-
cations had stood on the bank and drag
ged here Il and there another victim
from the food, too often only to see them
staggel back aid be engulfod in the black
waters. These mothers said: The stream
must be stopped at the fountain head, :"
and this is prevention. They had learned
the lesson laugh. by an insane asylum; the
patient whese sanity is to be tested is
taken TO 4 tank into which a steam OF
water is flowing from a pipe, and told to
empty it. If, unheeding the flowing
stream, he attempts to dip the water out,
his sanity is clear; bnt if, compromising
the situation, he first turns the faucet
shutting off TIE stream, and then pro
ceeds to empty the tank, his sanity is
equally clear. The w. C.. T.. U. has
proved its sanity by turning the faucet,
and thus originated its preventive work.
Union Signal.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-06-06

Out yonder is a man very old at forty
years of age, when he ought to be buoy
ant as the morning. lo got bis bad habits
on him very early, and those habits have
become worse. He is a man on fire, on
fire " liz alcoholism, en- fire With all evil
world ont with him. Down, and falling
deeper. His swollon haEcs in his thread
bare pockets and his eyes fixed on the
ground he passes through the street, and
the strong step of a young man or the
Toll of a prosperous carriage maddens
him, ard he curses society aid he cursts
God. Falling sick with no resources he
spectacle he lies all day long, waiting for
death or in The night rises on Lis cot and
fights apla itions Of What he might have
been, and Of what lie Will be. He started
life it'll as gc,da rrCloet as any man on
the American continent. but there he is, a
bloated carcass Mating fol the shovels Of
public clarity to put him five feet under
ground. He is only Itaping what he SOW
ed-a harvest of wild oats.
"Thcre is a way that seemeth right to
man hut the end thereof is DEATH"
Young mon, as you cannot live yonr life
over agaiL-Ea,e your one lie right
My son, go home. Don't go 10 night
where you may be tempted TO so. Go
home. Your father will be glad to see
you your mother need not tell yen
how she feels. would like TO make your
parents a pI,stLt of a ~wayWard son repen-
tant, and in his right mind. ! would like
TO rite a litter and have you carry it
saying z. by The blessing Of God on my
sermon | wish to introduce to You one
whom you have never soon before, for he
has become a new creature in Christ
Jesus My son, go home and put your
tired head OH the bosom that nursed you
SO tenderly in yonr childhood years.
Young man, captive of waywardness and
sin, your mother is waiting fer you. Go
homei Go home!-Tdlmdge.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-06-06
UWanamaker's

Sturdy stuffs. Pull a thread
from either: strong enough to
sew with-almost. Each has
goodness peculiar to itself, and
the color is woven into the
fabric every time.
Madras is the stuff that has
driven out that old-time favorite,
Printed Penang. Cooler, light
err, pleasanter to wear, and
prettier withal. 81 styles at 4oc,
% styles at soc.
For hard knockabout the Ok
ford. Look of linen, wears like
linen; solid, substantial. %
styles, 3oc.
Cambridge is a twin brother
of Oxford, only that it is a twill
instead of a plain weave. "a
styles, soc.
Any of these stuffs are excel
lent for women's dresses, mems
shirts, or for children's wear.
Styles that are as bright and
breezy as a May morning.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-06-06

Last Sabbath we listened to a sermon
preached by a ~neighboring Presbyterian
clergyman from the words "CoEsidel the
lilies of the field low they grow" Matt.
8, 90, and was reminded of a similar SCI
vice delivered by I he Rev. DIR. Whitaker,
then Presiding El.sr of the Bridgeton Dis
trict, aud now holding a ~supernumerary
relation and residing in Camden.
This service was held at the Olivet, a
small church on Broad Neck charge,
located a mile or so month Of Centreton,
this county. The day was hot, aven sultry,
and the little church was packed in every
part, The younger and more dressy portion
of the audience occupying TIE galleries.
Promiscuous sitting at this time 1S62)
was not SD common as now in NJ. f.
churches, and the right wing of the gal
lery, just above the level of the speakers
head, was filed by a throng of wall-fower
divinities, who, bifuIcated with frill and
s~pangle, made the air tremulous with the
rYthmical and wave-like motion of their
fans and presented an exceedingly beauti-
full array of pretty dresses and pretty
faces.
We have let slip the text Of the doctor
now, and don't even remember tho sub
iect at this distance, but one incident In the
happening We shall never forget. This
was quoted Therefore | say unto you,
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-06-06
santn Jersey Naaea.

Many farmers in Cumberland county are dig
ging up all their peach trees on account OF
The continued failure OF the fruit.
Internal Revenue Collector Isaac Mofiett,
over whose confirmation there has been so
much delay, received his commission from the
President last week.
Bridgeton City Council! has offered II reward
of 800, the Cumberland Mutual Fire Insur
ance Company 800. and Newton Elmer 300 for
the arrest of the inccndiaries who have been
Mt work there.
The wife OF Daniel Lockwood, of Nineiand,
was arrested last week on a charge Of trying
to poison him by placing morphine in his tea
cup, and WINS subsequently dismissed, there
being no proof to ustain the charge.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-06-06
National temperance Congress.

Circulars will he ready for distribution
June LIST in which sill be given full par
t~iculars as to Taiiw ay and hotel reductions
to persons attending the National TEN
perance Congress to meet in New York
June 18th and 18th. These circulars will
also give the programme for the session of
the congress. For copies Of the circular
address the secretary of the committee,
Joseph A. Bogaidus, 167 Chambers street,
| New York.
The programme will open at 10 o'clock
June 11th with an address by Gen. Neal
Dow on State and National Prohibition, TO
be followed by Robert Graham, the secre-
tary of the Church Temperance Society.
Ga all questions like the above, over
which there is controversy among temper
ance men, the rule adopted by the commit
tee is to permit a representative of either
side to open the question, and then these
addresses to be followed by five minute
"talks."
Among those who have already agreed
to participate in the congress are ex- Presi-
dent McCosh, of Princeton; Joseph Cook,
Gen. Greene Clay Smith, Of Kentucky;
Gen. Palmer, of Pennsylvania; Judge
Bonney, of Oh icago; Judge Noah Davis,
Col. Chevos, Mary A. Hunt, N. S. Davis,
M. d., of Chicago; How ard Crosby, the
Silver Lake Quartette, Eugene Clapp, of
Boston, and a host of others representing
every shade of temperance opinion. All
persons opposed to the saloon will be well
come.
Charles +. Deems, d. D., Chairman of
Committee Of Arrangements.
Joseph A.. Bogardus. Secretary, 1G7
Chambers street, New York.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-06-06

There were two hundt ed and ten out of
about -four hundred voters in our borough
that went to the polls on Tuesday and
voted ON the water works question, giving
a majority of eighteen in its favor. 1t is
generally believed that the ia votes that
were cast for it was about the entire
strength that the project could command,
as an aStra effort was made to get out the
affirmative vote and no effort or interest
taken by the opposition, as is manifested
by the light vote cast. 1t is therefore safe
to assume that out of the 400 voters 2SG are
opposed to it in its present or proposed
shape, and ia in favor Of it in any shape
it may present itself.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-06-06
rink Destroys the Brain.

The Christian Inquirer mentions an i'm
pressiye lecture on "Alcoholic Inheri-
t%ance," by DIR. sJmcs Thompson, at Ores
ham College, and reports him as saying:
ave doctors are often tempted to wish
that the human race could be propagated
with as much care as is shown in the
breeding Of horses" The lecturer follow.
ed with a really terrible list of the evils to
which "alcoholic Subjects" or the chill.
dren and children's children born o fdrunk-
ards, are liable, net the least of which are
insanity and every form Of mental abbera-
tion. 1t was very noticeable, said the doc
tor, how much the moral character of the
drunkard was destroyed, and the same ef-
feet Of the parents sin was traceable in
his children. Again, drink was the great
est destroyer of brain power in the world,
and its results were wonderfully manifest
ed in the drunkard's issue. 1t is well I'M
derstood that drink destroyed self control,
and a great necessity of the present day
was The training of drunkaId's children in
s%elf-control.