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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-05-27
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A Word About Words.

All me- these terrible tongues of ours
Are we half aware of their mighty powers2
DO we ever trouble our heads at all
Where the Jest may strike, or the hint may fallP
The latest chirp of that little bird"
The spicy story you must have heard -
We jerk them away in our gossip rash,
And somebody's glass, of course, goes smash
what flames have been blasted and broken,
What pestileut sinks been stirred,
by a word in lightness spoken,
BY only an idle word
A sneer-a shrug-a whisper low
They are poisoned shafts from ambushed bow !
Shot by the coward, the fool the knave,
They pierce the mail of the great and brave;
Vain is the buckler of wisdom and pride
To turn the pitiless point aside;
The lip may curl with careless smile,
But the heart drips blood-drips blood the while.
All me what hearts have been broken,
What rivers of blood been stirred,
BY word in malice spoken,
by only bitter word
kindly word and tender tone
To only God is their virtue known
They can lift from the dust the abject head
They can turn a foe to friend instead;
The heart close-barred with passion and pride
Will fling at their knock its portals wide
And the hate that blights and the that sears
VIII melt in the fountain of childlike tears.
What ice-bound grefs have been broken,
What rivers Of love been stirred,
BY word in kindness spoken,
by only gentle word. -Uhidentifed
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-05-27
Bad Manners in Society.

How ruthlessly rude some people are
in the matter of interrupting conversa-
tons. One may be enjoying very in
teresting talk, when one of these will
rush in with, "Oh, l want to intro
duce Mr.. So-and-So;" or " am dying
to hear what the true story is about
the Thingamies." Once on a time
there was an understanding that a
happy moment was to be waited for be-
fore interruptions of this kind; but
now everyone seems so eager, 80
hurried, so unreposeful, that they
pounce upon one the very moment that
it occurs to them to do so-London
Truth.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-05-27
Letters NJ on the Dollar.

There is popular idea prevalent
that the minute letter NJ" TO be seen
at the base of Liberty on the face of
the present issue of silver dollars stands
for " Mint" and is an evidence Of the
genuineness of the coin bearing it.
This is a mistake. The an" stands
for Morgan, George 7. Morgan, who is
the originator of the design. Upon the
same side there is another M also
the initial of the designer. This is to
be found in the waving locks of the
fair goddess, and is so cleverly concealed
in the lines of the design that it can
only be seen after long scrutiny, A
prominent mint official, in speaking of
This other initial, said that he had had
it shown to him scores of times, but
could never find it unassisted.-Phila-
delphid Record.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-05-27
We Should Complain.

Englishmen who come here complain
that we are forever shaking hands.
The boot should be on the other foot.
1t is the American in England who
should complain that the people over
there do not shake hands. 1t grows
TO be a frightful predicament when it
has happened twenty times in day
that you have put out hand to seal an
introduction or meeting with a shake,
and have found the other fellow look
ing at your hand coldly, and not offer
ing to put out his own. We are the
ones to complain, not the English
NeaC York Sun.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-05-27
He Could Not Read.

An old man stepped into down.
town restaurant last evening and, seat
ing himself in the lunch department,
took up a bill of fare and began looking
it over carefully. | sat next to him
munching frugal newspaper mans
meal that cost fifteen cents. The old
mans studious perusal of the menu ex-
cited suspicion, which was turned to
ludicrous situation a moment later.
The old man looked over the bill mo.
ment longer and then he called a
waiter. " Here, boy" he said, 81
want YOU" This black youth re-
sponded promptly and stood with the
obsequious air of man who had not
had tip that day. Well, sir" he
suggested respectfully. "You may
bring me-" said the old man, resting
his finger on the last line of the bill of
fare-"you may bring me" he went on
with deliberation, "some of that"
The black boy gazed at the place indi-
Gated by the elderly gentleman's finger
and could scarcely believe his eyes.
He looked again and a second later a
bit of native humor began to show it.
self in the sparkling of his eyes and
the widening of his mouth. Some Of
that, sir" the old gentleman broke
out, impatiently; "d'ye hear?" The
waiter slipped back and laughed the
story to his chief. AT the place indi-
Gated this line appeared: Unless
otherwise ordered, cream will be put in
coffee before drawn, as it improves the
flavor" The old man could not read
Kansas City Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-05-27
A Joke on the Mind-Reader.

Cholly Slimleigh: 81 don't be-
lieve in mindweadehs, you know"
Miss Alert: 81 supposed they could
do anything" Slimleigh: "They're
all fwauds, all fwauds. We had one at
the club last night, we know, and he
twied to wead my mind. Made a fail
ure Of it-total failure. Had to give it
up" Miss Alert: Don't you think
the joke was crue?" Slimleigh: "There
wasn't any joke about it, assuah you.
He twied and twied and couldn't make
anything out of it. But we tweated
him we'll gave him all the cigawettes
he would smoke and told him we didn't
doubt his ability to wead ohdinawy
minds, you know, to make him feel
comfortable" Miss Alert: Poor
fellow l''-ChicagO Times
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-05-27

vulgarsms came directly from the
"well of English indebted" AT least,
such is the impression left by the read
ing Of paper on "The Origin in Lit
erature of Vulgaiisms," by Professor
Edward A. Allen of Missouri Univer-
sity. If we accept the result of his in
vestigations into the origin of the YER
nacular, the supposed corruptions of
the ignorant Yankee, the benighted
denizen of the Tennessee Mountains,
or even the untutored African of the
southern cotton fields, must hereafter
be classed as fine examples of classical
English. Professor Allen does not say
or intimate that all the so-called vulgar
isms are really classicisms, but he cites
an astonishing number of examples to
show that many of them are. The
"Shet the gate !" of the Yankee farmer
has its counterpart in And the gate
was shett," found in Tyndale. The
more familiar " SIGH" for such, and the
more vulgar mought," for might, are
exactly duplicated in Shepherds SIGH,
God mought as many send" unearthed
in the old "Shepheard's Calendar"
Even the " cotch " of the southern ne
gro, and of the white man, too, for that
matter, is duplicated in the recent
4 find" by Professor Allen in Cam
mer Gurton:"
And, as good fortune served me, it was my
chance him for to cotch.
These examples suffice to illustrate
some of the curiosities and condolences
of language, although we shall hardly
go among the Hoosiers of Indiana or the
Bald Knobbers of Missouri to perfect
our linguistic standards. -Erchdnge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-05-27
The Modern Greek.

The average normal Greek is a wide
awake, active, shrewd individual. They
are proud of their ancestry, and this
pride finds expression in the naming
of their children. 1t is common Gus
tom for them to name them after the
gods and demi-gods of the heroic period.
You hear on the streets one ragged,
dirty urchin hailing another of kindred
appearance with Hi, The mistocles, :"
or " Oh, Phidias." You behold Plato,
Demosthenes and Theseus indulging
in noisy games at the street corners,
while mothers come to their doors
shouting at youthful Socrates to "stop
pulling Aphrodite's hair" or for Ath-
enc to stop making faces at Apollo. y
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-05-27

A bachelor tradesman who has just
died in Hamburg adopted a novel
method of revenging himself on the
woman who once Tilted him. In his
will he left her legacy of 10000 marks,
but also indited the following letter,
which he ordered to be handed to the
lady, who is now a widow: " Madam
Some thirty years ago was sutton for
your hand in marriage. You refused
my offer, and as a consequence my
days have been passed in peace and
happiness. Now | requite your good
ness.n
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-05-27
A Plea for Your Wife.

Do you know the secret anxieties and
sufferings of your wife2 If you do not,
you should. For years she has toiled
indoors. She has cooked, and washed,
and sewed, and busted, and swept, and
waited and watched for the small pit
lance you have doled out to her. That
pittance has not been simply a con-
temptible trifle in money, but more
contemplate trihe of genuine ,outspoken
sympathy and tenderness. You are
buffeted and crowded in the business
places of life. You have learned, amid
hard usage, to grow sturdy and muscu-
lar. You are accustomed every day to
dealing with things which require from
you the voice of authority and decision.
In all this there is nothing to cultivate
tenderness of feeling, of tone, or of
manner. When you come into your
house you meet timid, retiring woman,
who has been shut in all the long hours,
struggling against dependency. She
has waited for you. The tears are al
ready in her eyes. If the husband
cannot sympathize, who will? Now,
can you not drop your gruff manner
and voice for the few moments you
iluoJ SpCuu AZ uOtuO, anu DO tCnuCI,
gentle and confiding? Why do you not
sit down and draw your wife to you, as
you did when you sought her in that
home which you robbed her of, but
never replaced? 1t is not enough that
you mean all this. She sees your look
and manner, and hears your voice. If
these are gentle, and tender, and WOO
ing, she will open her heart to you; but
if otherwise, she will repress the tear
for the moment, but it will flow when
you are gone. The world is full of I'M
spoken bitterness-all because men
take things for granted. OF course the
wife can have money if she will ask for
it. OF course she will find sympathy if
she will bring her burdens and unravel
them. OF course she is loved, and
thought of and planned for. All this
is not enough; but thousands never find
ii out until the black horse and the
hearse convey the tired and WORKOUT
body of the long-waiting one to the
only rest she has ever had.-Selected.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-05-27
A Symbol of Hospitality.

1t is not in civilized countries alone
that tea is the symbol of hospitality. 1t
is the same in Morocco, among other
countries, but the customs there vary
considerably from those heretofore con-
sidered. When party of guests enter
the house, or the tent of rich Moor,
one of the near relatives of the host is
charged with the duty of making tea.
He squats in one corner, having on
either side of him a large server or
platter. Upon one of these servers is a
number of cups, and upon the other
sugar bowl, box of tea pile of fra
grant menthe leaves, copper apparatus
for heating water, and a tea-urn. The
tea-maker sets the water to boiling with
little fuel, and then pours the boiling
water into his tea-urn, quickly adding
to it some tea and some sugar, and al
lows the compound to steep a few mo-
ments. Then he pours out cup of the
tea and tastes it, smacks his lips, shifts
the odor of the liquid and draws long
breath-all with an air which says, "
am going to get this tea just right"
The chances are that he does not find
the compound to his taste at the first
attempt, for he pOurs the tea in his cup
back into the tea-urn, adds little sugar
or little tea, and pours out another cup
for a second test. The process goes on D.,
the tea maker tasting his tea and pour
ing it back again until he gets it just to
his mind. Then the guests are called,
and if any one of them does not finish
his cup, he is expected to pour it back
into the urn, for it is the custom in
Morocco to take three cups in success
sion, and the tea-making has to be be-
gun over again. The first of the three
cups offered is plain tea with sugar, and
the two succeeding cups are perfumed
with menthe or vervain. In preparing
these successive kinds of tea, the cups
go back to the tea maker, and change
hands at the next serving without any
washing.-Good Housekeeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-05-27
1Glistellanp.
The Greek Girls Song.

To-day my lover tends his flocks;
lie roams with them through fragrant meads
And guides across the barren rocks
with his own hands the lambs he feeds,
And soothes them when the winds are cold
or terror comes among the fold
They soon forgot the nights alarms
When folded in his shielding arms.
SO good and true to them Is he,
know he will he kind to me.
My lover walks in paths Of peace,
He would avoid the conflicts noise,
And bid the warning legions cease;
lie lie content with simple joys
He fain would always journey through
Tall grasses shining in the dew,
And tendhis sheep and dream his dreams
Beside the quiet mountain streams.
So faithful is his love Of home
know his heart can never roam.
-Neredith Nicholson.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-05-27

STAND Your GRoUND.-When you
make up your mind to take Hoods Sar-
parills, do not be induced to buy some
other preparation instead. Clerks may
claim that ours is as good as Hoods {"
and all that, but the peculiar merit of
Hoods Sarsaparilla cannot be equaled.
Therefore have nothing to do with sub
stitutes and insist upon having Hoods
Sarsaparilla, the best blood purifier and
building-up medicine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-05-27

"YoUR ladyship made quite con-
quest to-day" said the kitchen maid.
" Did l. And with whom?" asked her
mistress, graciously. "With my sweet
heart. He saw you going out, and l
tell you, lady as suits him must be a
lady. "-FRegende Bldetter.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-05-27

THE LADIES DELIGHTED. - The
pleasant effect and the perfect safety
with which ladies may use the liquid
fruit laxative, Syrup of Figs, under all
make it their favorite rem
edy. 1t is pleasing to the eye and to
the taste, gentle, yet effectual in acting
on the kidneys, liver and bowels.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-05-27
GEORGE w. BOULTER.
Read This, Ye SceptiCS!

GEO. w. BOULTER, of Belfast, Me-,
for three years member of the city
government, and also member of Thos.
H. Marshall Post, No. AZ, G.. A. r., is
well and favorably known as a thor
oughly reliable man. He says under
date of March "a, 1890 =
For some years l have been afflicted
with Dyspepsia, BiliouSnesS, Muscular
Rheumatism and LameneSs across Kid
neys. Added to all this, was, for two
years, daily attacked with a
deathly sickness at pit of stOm-
ach, followed by copious flow of water
from my mouth; then l would vomit,
which would relieve me for the time, only
to be repeated the next day. l commenced
taking DANA'S SARSAPARILLA, and
before had taken one bottle the deathly
sickness departed; and for over four
months l have not had the slightest symp-
tom of return. My STOMACH FEELS AS
WELL AS EVER IN MY LIFE. My BILIOUS
NESS is ALL GONE, and my bowels are regu-
lar. My DYSPEPSIA IS THING OF THE
PAST, AND | CAN EAT ANY KIND OF FOOD
AND DIGEST IT.
My wife has also taken DANA'S SAR-
SAPARILLA for Biliousness and Neural
gia, and has been helped by it more than
by any other medicine she ever took. 1
consider it a 1conde,Jm remedy"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-05-27
Ancient Vulgarisms.

The purist must no longer sneer at
the vulgarisms of his uneducated neigh
Dor, for the chances are that these same
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-05-27

CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoria.
CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoria.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1891-08-15
Meeting of the Southern
Literary Association.

The Southern Literary Association
convened in the parlor of the Capital
Hotel Wednesday morning at II a. m. 4,
with Col. Thos. B. Ford, President, in
the chair, and Mr.. Joe A. Parker as
Secretary. Col. Ford announced, in
a very appropriate speech, the inten-
ton of the Convention, referring to
the necessity of magazine, which
has SO long been needed by the South
ern States. He was followed by the
Rev. George Darsie, Prof. Mccormick,
S. A. Cunningham and Col. John o.
Hodges, all making very enthusiastic
speeches on the need of such an in
strument.
1t was resolved that Prof. John R.
Mccormick be appointed to prepare
an address on the need of the estab-
lishment of a Southern literary mag
azine for Southern writer's, and, as
there is none such in the South, to
give full detail of the character Of
"hdu was w pC uOilO dV a. uiCOViiIS VI
the Association to be held In Nash
vile, Tenn, some time in October, at
which all the leading literary people
of this section Of the United States,
and many from foreign fields are ex-
pected to be present and take part.
This meeting will be called early in
October, though the exact date has
not been fixed. Letters were read
from Hon. Randolph Tucker, Mr. Jas.
Lane Allen, Mr.. Chas. O'Malley, Miss
Mildred Lee, Gov Fitzhugh Lee, Hon.
John G. Carlisle, Gen. Joe Wheeler,
Mr. Thomas Nelson Page, and others.
About fifty other letters, which were
not read, were from the most promi-
nent literary people of the time, wish
ing the success Of the Association.
Great enthusiasm was aroused and
all present taking part seemed to
think that success was not far off.
Among those present were Mrs. Gov.
Cantrill, Georgetown; Prof McCor-
mick, Henderson; s. A. Cunningham,
editor Nashville American; Col. John
o. Hodges, Lexington; Miss Hamil-
ton, the poetess, of Louisville; Mrs.
Alice Hawthorne Mudd and Mr.. AL
fred w. Harris, of Louisville; Mrs. |
J. G. Morton, of this city, and many |
others.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1891-08-15
The Parent Of Insomnia.

The parent of insomnia or wakefulness Il
In nine cases out Of ten dyspeptic stomach.
Good digestion gives sound sleep, indigestion
interferes with 1t. The brain and stomach
sympathizes. One of the prominent symptoms
Of weak state Of the gastric organs is a dis.
turbance of the great nerve entrepot, the
brain Invigorate the stomach, and you re.
etore equilibrium to the great centre. A most
reliable medicine for the purpose is Hostel.
rer's Stomach Bitters, which is far preferable
to mineral sedatives and powerful narcotics
which, though they may for time exert q
soporiic influence upon the brain, soon cease
to act, and invariably injure the tone Of the
stomach. The Bitters, on the contrary, re.
store activity to the operations of that all
important organ, and their beneacent influ;;
state of the nervous system. A wholesome
impetus is likewise given to the action Of the
LIVER and bowels by Its use.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1891-08-15
HaIched From a Broken
Eggs.

Mrs. G. G. Atkins, of Shelby county,
was in possession of a setting of
turkey eggs several weeks ago and
by accident one of them was broken.
After removing the broking portion
of the shell a piece of cloth was
pasted over the hole and the egg
placed with the others under hen.
In ,duetime the the turkey came
forth, and is now doing as we'll as the
rest Of the brood.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1891-08-15
Happy HOOsiers.

VIM. Timmons, Postmaster Of Ida
Vile, Ind, writes: "Electric Bitters
has done more for me than all other
medicines combined for that bad
feeling arising from .idney and
Liver trouble" John Leslie, farmer
and stockman, Of same place, says:
"Find Electric Bitters to be the best
Kidney and Liver med cine. Made me
feel like new man." J. w. Gardner,
hardware merchant, same town, says:
Electric Bitters is just the thing for q
man who is all run down and don't
care whether he lives or dies; he
found new strength, good appetite
and felt just like he had new lease
on life. Only SOC. bottle, at P. II
Carpenters Drug Store.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1891-08-15
oh, What a Cough.

Will you heed the warning; the
signal perhaps of the sure approach
of that more terrible disease Con-
sumption? Ask yourself if you can
afford, for the sake Of saving 50c., to
run the risk and do nothing for it,.
We know from experience that
Shiloh's Cure will cure your cough.
1t never fails. This explains why
more than a Million Bottles were
sold the past year. 1t relieves Group
and whooping cough at once.
Mothers, do not be without it. For
lame back, side or chest use Shiloh's
Porous Plaster. Sold by j. w
GAYLE. 81
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1891-08-15

South Side, returned home Monday
accompanied by Mrs. Edwards sis.
ter, Miss Fannie Suter.
Mr.. Jack Brady, wife and child, OF
Georgetown, visited the family Of
Judge Craddock, on the South Side
Sunday.
Misses Lilly Patterson and Hattie
Lawson, of Eminence, who have
been visiting Miss Sally Robinson,
have returned home.
Misses Maggie Haly and Lucille
Tobin left Tuesday for Lexington,
where they will spend a few weeks
with Mrs. Jennie s. Kane.
Mr.. Jas. A. Campbell, of st. Paul,
Mimi. arrived in the city on Satur-
day and will spend the winter with
his daughter, Mrs. George Darsie.
Misses Junie and Lucy De Armit,
of Pittsburg, Pa, who have been Wis.,
iting their cousin, Mrs. Thomas Tan
ner, left Tuesday morning for home.
Mrs. ]. T. Williams and daughters,
Misses Bessie and Jennie, of Emil
hence, are visiting Mrs. l.. 9. Kendall
and Mrs. X. @. Berry, on Main street.
Mr.. Pat H. Newman, the handsome
ex-City Clerk, who has been attend
ing the races in Chicago for the past
three months, returned home Tues
day.
Miss Fannie Robbins, of Louisville,
who has been visiting Miss Annie
Crutcher, in Bellepoint, for the past
week, returned home Thursday after
noon.
Mr.. Ben. L. Bryant, Of Louisville,
the popular travelling passenger agent
formerly with the Air Line, was In
the city Saturday working up
party to go with the excursion
over the G. & o. to Old Point Wednes-
day. Ben is hustler, and if the G.
& o. people want good man they
could not do better than give him
regular job. No railroad man has
more friends in this section than he
and he will be valuable man to any
road.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1891-08-15
Maysville Fair.

The Kentucky Midland will make
rates to Maysville during the fair,
Aug. 18th to 92d, good returning on
the oath, at one fare for the round
trip.
On Thursday, Aug. Goth, there will
be through coach from Frankfort
which will return that day by special
train from Paris, where it will arrive
on train leaving Maysville after the
races.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1891-08-15
More Cheap Rates.

The l.. & N. will sell round trip
tickets to Pleasureville, Aug. Is, goo d
to return same day, at one and one
third fare. Account Of picnic.
The L. & n. II. r.. will also sell
round trip tickets to Elizabethtown
Aug. 18th, at one fare, limited to Aug.
21st, account Of reunion of Federal
soldiers.
E.P. BRYAN,
Agent.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1891-08-15
Sunday-schOOl Union.

August 25th the Kentucky Midland
will make rate Of one fare from all
stations to Paris for delegates attend
ing the Sunday-school Union at
Middlesborough.
Train No. 1, leaving Frankfort at
5:45 a. M. will connect at Paris with
special train from Covington.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1891-08-15
The Majority.

The majority for the new Constitu-
ton in the 112 counties heard from
officially is 134,s54. The vote in the
counties yet to hear from will run up
the total majority to $4,000. Large
enough for anybody.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1891-08-15

Pabst's Milwaukee beer, the coolest
and the best in the city, can be found
at Geo. b. Salender's, As st. Clail
street. 49-2tF.