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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-03-20

Representative o. A. Marshall of Brattle
boro has a thoughtful letter In the Burlington
Independent about the new ballot law anc
the chances of improving 1t. He says:
The danger of ballots being obtained from tic
printer, or otherwise, without authority, Is
overcome In New York, by rather complicated
system OF numbering the ballot which has a
stub OF the same number. II has occurred To
me that a simple, and effective methsd OF &C.
comprising this end would be to provide the
ballot clerks with q self-inking hand stamp,
prepared for the occasion and dated, the clerk
to stamp each ballot as 1t is given to the voter,
no ballot without an imprint being legal. II
would be difficult for outsiders to OBTAIN a bal.
the voting booths, as was done In some cases.
II giving the voter better opportunity to shift
. ballot from hts pocket, had he been provided
wy ~n Sn re- IRON no the Outside Tne booth pre-
70 the voter. in marking his ballot. You con-
slider the law weak, In admitting only one man
INTO booth 70 assist voter. The voter should
own political faith, o. believe both parties are
usually repr scented upon our boards of civil
authority. The hardest problem for the legisla.
ture commltee to solve was TO determine the
proper number of baIlots TO be provided. The
que suon would be very simple did a plurality
elect, but the committee were confronted with
reports OF prolonged voting. where. In some
cases, AS many as eighteen ballots we're taken
before an election was complished. Ii WAS
impossibl to ft the law 10 every case, go, in
cases where q majority lie required TO eject, the
law provides for sufficient number of tickets
Tor six ballots, and IL more are required the
presiding officer shall cause them TO be fur
nished. The committee were OF the opinion
that change In our law was very desirable,
making plurality instead of msjority elect,
pst at the came time did not deem it prudent 70
attempt the change al that time.
AZ our law now san5s. three separate bal
ote, ~ ~ present, will be required at our
Freemau's meetings, one containing names OF
ian iidates for state aud county Offices one Tor
Justics q Peace, and one for town represents
1--we.
Mshea plurality OF the votes elect. and al
'ames can be printed upon one ballot.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-03-20

THE Connecticut muddle Is still as far from
I, settlement as ever. The Republican bill fol
. the submission of the controversy to the
courts which passed the house last weel
steps in the senate with substitute The
substitute seats Democratic state officers pro.
visionally on prima facie evidence of returns.
The governor, however, Is not allowed, with
certain necessary exceptions where the two
houses agree, to exercise appointing power
until the Republican candidates have had
chance to present their petition to the su.
preme court and until such petition has been
ac ted upon. This certainly looks fair, but
the Republicans will not agree 1t it. The Re.
pGblicans came near being outyoted In the
the house last week. They found that there
were so many abseDtees that the Democrats
had majority and they got. out of it by
breaking quorum. There was special
election of probate judge at Danbury yesler-
day ordered by Gov. BuIkely and the Demo
Gratis there participated in 1t, so far recog.
nizing his authority.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-03-20

PRESIDENT K. P. COTTON, of the state
Farmers League, presented figures in re-
cent address at Chelsea, showing that the
average annual increase of legislative eX-
penses during the past ten years had been
SOS, $50, that the court expenses of the state
had been increased $685. 400, and that the edu-
cational expenses were $19,5O6 larger. Mr..
Colton's figures are under rather than over
the truth, to say nothing of the fact that
there has been no improvement or increase
of duties In either of these departments to
Justify this increase. Rather the contrary.
istration Is simply indispensable.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-03-20
Henry CABOT Lodge thinks his force bill
will be the Issue in 1892,

Henry CABOT Lodge thinks his force bill
will be the Issue in 1892.
| The Brazil lan government, according to
intelligence received by our state depart me ut
has issued instructions to officials throughout
the country for the admission of merchan.
die according to the reciprocity treaty lately
negotiated.
The Toledo Blade has this 10 say of Secre-
tary Proctor's new project 1.-The government
order to enlist Indians and have them dis
tributed in the various regiments of the
army Is the most advanced step yet taken
toward the settlement of the Indian problem.
The Indian. naturally warrior, never an
agriculturalist. will fin ) In the army that dis
cipliDe which the re q rvation can neye-
give" So say most OF the influential newsr
papers of the country.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-03-20

by local applications. ss they cannot reach
the diseased portion Of the ear. There l.
only one way to cure deafness, and that IL by
constitutional remedies.r Deafness Il caused
by an inhsined condition Of the Eustsch,sn
Tube. when this tube gels infsmed YOU
and when II Is entirely closed. Deafness Is the
result, and unless the infamma alton ran be
taken out and this tube restored to Its normal
condition, hearing win be destroyed forever;
nine cases out Of ten are csused BY cstsrrb.
which Il nothing but an infsmed condition Of
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for sny
case OF Deafness teansed by cstsrrh) thst we
esnnot cure 20 tsking Halls Cstsrrh Core.
send for ciicular-. free.
FL. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, q.
sold by druggists. % cents.-ady.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-03-20

Il. e.. CRAWFORD, the newspaper CORES
p6nde Mt, has this week published an inter.
view with President Harrison In which 1t Is
authoritatively announced that the president
will be candidate for denomination and re.
election. 1t Is also stated-less authorize.
lively, we imsgine-ihat Mr.. Blaine will not
enter the lists, but will do all In bis power
for Harrison. This Is pore likely to depend
on whether Blaine believes q year hence
that his psrty's nomination IL worth taking,
for be can have 1t II be wants 1t. The presi.
dent lays down the lines on which he wants
the fght made with singular buorbonish-
ness. He protests against any further agita
zion of the tariff question, as II an issue like
this reaching clear down to fundamental prip.
.cipals could be ignored any more than the
slavery question could. For the rest the
record of the late billion dollar congress IL
what be WANT to stand on. "In many ways
sLFas Q most remarkable one, he says. Mr..
ed's methods of strsnelIng celebration In
1e,slation are just what he likes, and the
elections bill, ship subsidies ana the extern
saop OF mail carrying facilities are what be
thinks should he the great party purposes.
BE l. convinced tbst . reaction has set IN
since last fall in favor OF the Republicans and
sdcs 81 think II T. about time to abolish tie
, .z.Tmanship ofibe spologeiics for the Ee-
uistiran parry This Is the sort of politics!
oning inst viii please Democrats - vel |
b 4 docs Harrison.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-03-20
MASSACHUSETTS, NEWS,


The Boston Herald publishes special
from Webster In which 1t Is stated that A lice
Hoyle mace a confession to her aunt Mrs.
Andrew Hoyle, in which she stated that she
murdered her sister, Lila Hove. who dis.
appeared on the night of Sept. 1, 1887. Alice
says she killed her sister because OF her zeal.
ousy and her desire 10 outrank her In the af
fections of Thomas McQuaid, who. with
Dixon X. Cowie. an uncle of the girls, were
arrested lfor the murder and afterward re-
leased on their recognizances. Alice says
that McQuaid, " bile not participating In the
crime, assisted her In dispesing of the body
In the old corn crib where 1t was found.
Alice does not give the name of the person
who drove them to the corn crib.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-03-20

MFssRs ALLISON and Cannon OF the SEN
ate and house appropriation committees have
issued statement with reference to the as
founding aggregate of appropriations by the
late congress. They figure them little Ut
der billion dollars, or $9sS 40, 1923, but adj
nit that this is $lTO.446, 269 over those of the
previous congress, and then go on to explain
how the increase Is made up.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-03-20
A Vermont View.
From the Montpelier Watchmal

" TTIUIH tHe UIUHtpeTItT w HtCHmaN.J
n If Mr.. Baine's scheme for reciprocity con.
templates the free admission of Canadian
farm products as an Offset for tree fish or
free fishing, 1t Is kind of reciprocal trading
which will be vehemently opposed by Yer.
mont farmers. The reciprocal benefits will
be for the Atlantic coast interests, the recip.
rocal Injuries for the Vermont farmers. YER
mont survived one reciprocity treaty that did
not reciprOcate, and doesn't want another.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-03-20
Retiring from Rainbow Chasing.
From the Burlington Free Press.

Vermont now offers inducements to her
young men which cannot be exceIled by
those of any other state, except In very rare
cases, ana some of her older sons who went
"rainbuw chasing" through the west, are re-
turning to her borders poorer but wiser men,
The next census of this state will have far
Grafton last made. j, In 1900 we'll have the,
men, no vacant sar4dT and we'll have TIE
money too. sfk
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-03-20

DIR. c. A Eastman, an Ox.saII. Sioux, bs.
been ut Pine Ridge, anu predicts another 10.
dian war. The young braves are bedding
secret conferences and even conservative
members OF the camp are talking war. Since
Kicking Bear, Short Bull and "a others were
taken to Fort sheridan not one Official word
~ to their treatment or their sentiments has
been sent to their families and the chiefs OF
the Sioux nation. II Is generally believed
among the Indians ,hs, the band OF IS are TO
he put to death. There Il no reason why
hostilfties should not break out In the spring.
The csuses OF discomfort still exist. Nothing
has beer done TO re Desly them. The Iaiian
bureau was rermiitei to Investigate tn.
charges sgs'n>t Itself and to whitewssh 81
self. The Indians arr not fools. They saw
through the miserable farce.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-03-20

|
| THREE notable deaths have occurred In Eu
rope within the past week. The first was
that of Nine Sophie Kovalesky, the professor
of mathematics at the university Of Stock
| holm, 81 years old who got degree of doctor
| Of laws from German university at the age
of 81. She was the daughter of a Russian
general, and has written several novels which
could not be printed In Russia because OF
their liberal opinion. DR.. Ludwig Wind.
thorst for years the parliamentary leader of
the German Catholic party ana long the most
formidable opponent of Bismarck, g.died
made man, OF peasant parentage and even
he started out in life somewhat liberal, taking
p art in 1869 In the lay congress at Berlin In
opposition to papal Instability. In the latter
days of the great chancelor's sway Wind
thorst compelled him to resclnd the anti.
Catholic May laws as the price Of the Catho-
lie support. DIR. Windthorst was a strange
looking person, of small staure. with dispro.
portionately heavy body. big head set close
to his shoulders, giving him an appearance
almost of deformity; he was bald. very short
sighted, with beetng eyebrows and prom
inent overhanglng upper lip. Prince Jerome
Bonaparte died at Rome Tuesday after sever
al weeks of illness at the age of 10. He was
the only living member of the Bonapartts
with the blood of legitimate royalty In his
veins, as hts mother was the Princess Fred
erika of Wurtemberg, whose marriage to
Jerome Bonaparte, the youngest brother of
Napoleon l.. was one of the results Of.the
battle of Austerlitz. Through her, Prince
Napoleon was second cousin to the Car, the
king of Holland. the empress of Germany,
and the duke of Sake. Wetmar, while his mar.
rage with Princess Clotlde of Sardinia
made him the son.ln-law of crowned head.
And vet he always, until he became the head
of the family, protested to be a hot Demo.
crat. He was in head and face almost per-
feet picture of his uncle, the great Corsican.
and but for the Inconsistency of his opinions
at various stages of his career, and the i'm
putation oftpersonal cowardice against him,
as well ias the debauchery of his private.
life, be would have been power in EurOp.
can politics. He served as soldier In the
Crimean and Italian wars and showed capac
ity and bravery atAIma,bu bis general Tepu
taton was that # a shirk and coward, which
was increased by later refusal to fight
duel with the Dire d. Aumale. After the re-
volution of JS4S he was leader of the ex-
treme Republicans for while, hut after his
cousin had seized the throne he
was proclaimed the successor until.
The birth of an heir. lie pronounced a
great Grafton on the occasion OF the unveil-
Ing of statue of Napoleon [, wnuse senti,
nents were SO revolutionary that Napoleon
LII wrote from Algeria letter disclaiming
my share IN Its sentiment. He was sent to
his country during the war for the Union,
md his keen insight and military know edge
enabled him to predict with assurance the
triumph of the nation and thereby to pre-
'ent the recognition of the confederacy.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-03-20

In another column Gov. Page has q word
to say TO the farmers ofVermont about proper
" prepar ing their dairy skins If they want to
get good prices for them. 1t will be thous-
ands of dollars in their pockets II bis offers
and suggestions are Needed
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-03-20

From the st. Johnsbury Caledonian.]
"Shrewd politicians predict that the trans
formation IN The ST. Adams office means that
the Farmers league will have candidate
for governor In 1912. Wonder If 1t will be
Col. George w. Hooker.u
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-03-20
PAeu h.. issued his proclaim,

Gov. PAGE has issued his proclamation
naming Friday April 8, rs Fast Day. The
proclamation says:
Implanted In the breast Of every human being
IL q spirit of worship. which from the earliest
days has found expression In fasting and pray
er. To establish civil and religious liberty on q
foreign shore. our Pilgrim Fathers endured rri-
vations and hardships unknowa to our genera
ton. with mum bers oecimafed by the r1gors of
their first New England winter, they met In
early spring rhine and Instituted that day of fast
Ing ami prayer which has been observed bv
their children md their cnidren's chi. ren until
IL has become time nouored
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-03-20

Siill aro'hcr Kansas bsnk.fhe United State,
Saving Of Topeka, has gone up.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-03-20

There are ro!be two and perhaps three set
OF officers to expend the 5000 appropriated
| by the state and the federal government TO
the promotion of fish culture In Vermont
The fish commissioners, Herbert Brainard O.
St.lAlbans, and +. H.Atherton Of Waterbury
have the control Of the 5000 which the law
establishing the commission provided tor
The $24OO appropriation by the last legisla
ture provided for three directors who should
"have control and direction of the construc.
tlon and equipment Of the hatchery and the
selection of the site Of the same," and two OF
the directors are Dr.H. II. Swift OF Pittsford,
and G. G. Warner of Waterbury. The con-
gressional appropriation Of $1,000 also provid.
ed for the appointment Of directors who have
not ye. been named. These three boards
ought to work together, .peol the money for
one well.equipped hatchery or II It is thought
desirable TO have two or three smaller or es
for the purpose of arousiHg interest In differ
ent parts Of the state, to do 1t under we'll
devised plan.
1t is said that St. Johnsbury has put
Ia an application for the location
Of the institution there. This is a habit
st. Johnshury has when there Is an
institution to be located. There has also
been suggestion Of Brattleboro as desira.
BILE point for 1t and one Of the boards has
been here to look over the private hatchery.
But there Is no organized movement In he.
half of Brattleboro and she certainly will not
Join In any teasing match for it. The fact
nevertheless, that Brstteboro Of
fers particular advantages. The Trout and
,lmon club has demonstrated this by their
successful hatchery here. When the late Dr.
Wesselhoeft was hunting for place to es-
.abllsh his water cure, bis chemists after
looking over the country reported that right
here In Brattleboro was to be found the
,urest water In the world. This Is the one
decisive consideration for the propagation of
rout. The very springs Of which such an
analysis was made are portion Of them |
lsed for the private hatchery now on Frost
meadow.
There is SO much for Vermonts future that
10 mistake ought to be made In overlooking
superior points.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-03-20

TIE HItisrd lier-li h..r- tina. Cos. Fuller
Of lsr~ 'ieNoro T. tn ips governor of Vermont
II 1872 aud ihst Gel. Woole,ry of Burin-.
on will have the Office In 1891,
, 1891-03-08

SEd she Is the granddaughter Of Gen
Thomas L. Hamer, of Ohio, in which state
she was born Her childhood was passed
in Kentucky. She is said 10 be able to
reach A in alt with ease.
Sybil Sauderson IS the San Francisco girl
who caused such a Juror in May, 1859,
when she sang the title role in "Esclar-
monde" and held high G without apparent
effort.
Marie Van Zandt, another American
singer Of great note, has been either very
unfortunate or very unwise. Probably the
former. She displeased her audience, was
Kissed of the stage in Paris in 1854 and her
appearance at the Opera Comique on sub
sequent nights nearly caused u riot. Late
ly she has gone through a somewhat sim
liar experiences at St. Petersburg. II these
distressing events do not affect her career
her prospects are very bright.
Agnes Huntington, whom Michigan
claims as a dauGhter, is wonderfully brill
liant singer, known principally in onnec-
lion with her f~avUrite part Of Pau Jones.
Laura Moore gained her reputation as
soprano In the McCsulI Opera company.
She was born in Terre Haute, Ind. and has
a voice designated as "birdlike." She is
said 70 be eccentric, and to belong to the
great army Of professional women who
devote much time and energy to pets.
DAyI5 DEACOSs.
, 1891-03-08
SPORTING NOTES.

George Kessler, the Montana pugilist
who recently bested 1.-THE Marine," has
challenged any man in the world to hght
him at 1888 pounds.
Elliott, the great wing shot, is arranging
for a worlds tourney, at which the winner
will be given a $40, 900 trophy for the high
est score at live bird shooting.
1t Is said that Arthur A. Zimmerman,
the famous New Jersey bicyclist, captured
1880 worth Of prizes during the season OF
1890. Zimmerman will make a tour OF
England during the coming season, and
test the mettle Of the best British ANA.
teurs.
Isidor Gunsberg, the great chess player,
soon after his defeat by William Steinitz
at New York, played thirty Of the best
men Of a chess club at Baltimore, Nd.
simultaneously, and won tweuty-four
games, lost one to J. Reaney, Jr., and
fought the remaining i've TO n draw.
Barney Allen, an Australian bookmaker.
says he is anxious to back Jim Hall, mid
die weight champion OF Australia, against
Bot Fitzsimmons for 5000 or $4,000.
1t is said that John Owen, Jr., the De.
troit Athletic club Splinter who holds the
amateur record for 100 yards 20 45s.), will
run no more, as his business will prevent
him from training properly.
The Amateur Athletic union has signi-
led Its disbelief in the charges of profes-
sionalism against A. f. Copeland, the great
hurdler; j. S. Mitchell, the hammer throw
er, and c. A. j. Queckberner, the well
known hurler of weights.
, 1891-03-08

o.
zRti0n Is more precious than life itself
Strange 70 say, however, one young WON
an, who is 20 going through the fiery or
deal OF scandal, retains the respect and
sympathy Of all who are houored by her &C
p~uainttnce. Her name is Frances Helen
Smith, her residence is West RoXbury,
Mass. and her troubles are OF a nature
singulHrly remarkable aud sensational.
Her parents and herself are members Of the
South Evangelical church; so also is, or
was, Mr.. Henry w. French, "A handsome and
intellectual man, something less than forty
years OF age, who has achieved consider
able fame a. a traveller and lecturer. A few
weeks ago Miss Smith went TO England on
4 visit. and Mr.. French began to send COM
munications TO her father.
One day recently the standing commit
tee OF the church called a meeting OF the
member "to consider a case of discipline"
At that meeting it developed that charges
had been preferred against Mr.. French,
who made a startling n vigorous de
fence. The accusation to which he was
asked TO plead recited that be had written
a letter under date OF Nov. 10, 1890, in
which be declared that "since the middle
Of last February Miss Helen F. Smith has
been my wife by every right, social, moral
and legal, except an open marriage" The
defendants reply to this WIS that the lady
and himself had solemnly sworn fealty to
zach other on the Bible. and that they sup
posed themselves as righteously welded as
II they had taken the customary VOWS be-
fore a minister ADD In the presence Of wit
naugna
, 1891-03-08

When Laura Fits, of st. Louis, left
nome one morning recently she was appar-
emily n gay and happy girl, across whose
sunshine path care had cast no shadow.
She told her mother that she was going to
a party given by a lady prominent In the
councils of the Knights and Ladies' of
Honor, a society to which Miss Fits be-
longed- She came home Mt noon the next
day in a carriage, and accompanied by a
woman whom she introduced to her family
as Mrs. Jennings.
She explained that during the festivities
Of the previous evening she had become
suddenly Ill, Int that to Mrs. Jennings she
was under obligation for kindly care and
nursing. After receiving the thanks of
Miss Fits family the woman departed,
and Laura took to her bed. Before her
death, which occurred within the next
t~wenty-four hours, n physician who was
called ascertained that the girl had been
subjected to an unlawful surgical opera
ton. Subsequent inquiry by the police
revealed that the so called Mrs. Jennings
was Mrs. Louisa Hotson, a female physi.
clan. As a result of the invest CATION Mrs.
Hotson and a married man named Dash.
man, with whom Miss Fits was well &C.
quainted, AVE been placed under arrest on
the charge Of manslaughter.
CARYL 2. BROWNE.
, 1891-03-08

Soon after the publication of this state
ment Miss Smith is reported 70 ave told a
London interviewer that she never entered
into "A common law marriage with Mr..
French, and that although she had been en-
gagged to him, that engagement was ter
mate without any lapse OF decorum on
her part. To his sweeping denial Mr..
French responded by publishing several
letters which he claimed to have received
from Miss Smith. One Of them contains
this sentences; II shall DO your own loving
wife, Harry; don't worry for me, for,
dearest, my love is fixed on an everlasting
foundation"
In his written answer 20 the charges
brought against him by the church Mr..
French reasserted the existence OF a secret
marriage, and acknowledged that In going
through the alleged clandestine ceremony
he had committed an error, adding, 81
stand ready to bear any penalty which the
church may deem appropriate to my
crime" By a nearly unanimous vote he
was suspended for one year for ~self-con-
tessed immortality" The developments so
fur, however, must be considered as only
preliminary to the dnal settlement OF a