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, 1891-09-19
SCATTERING SHOT

Just eight days ago a modest little card
paid for at regular advertising rates, ap
peared in the columns Of the Tribune 1
bore the signature Of Col. Coutant anC
was to the effect that at the proper time,
In the prouer place and to the proper per.
sons I; would be the pleasure of the sub
Gerber to produce vouchers TO show that
certain moneys collected for the purpose
of giving an excursion to Gold Hill had
been properly expended and il the gentle
public would keep its eyes peeled they
would find something in the ensuing issue
OF the Commonwealth. The issue of that
interesting publication was delayed about
a week, as it made its appearance yester-
day instead OF last Sunday. which was its
regular publication day. Some three
columns are devoted to vitupertation
aimed at THE LEADER and Sun and their
respective editors but as to the point at
Issue, viz: What Col. Coutant has done
With the money, there h but this amblg-
nous and unsatisfactory reference:
The business part relating to the people
Of Gold Hill and Rawlins. will be settled
with the parties in interest and Mr.. Cou-
tsnts name will not be allowed to suffer
any lasting stain in that direction.
The con6ding people Of Rawlins, Sara
,oga and Gold Hill will be exceedingly
grati6ed to learn this information about
Col. CoutaDt's name and will wish him
all possible success in the task which he
has assumed. But in the meantime the
contributors TO the excursion fund GER
tainly have a right To inquire about the
disposition Of the money, and to gently
but firmly urge upon the secretlve colonel
the desirability Of coughing up"
He should not forget that the fact that
the editor of the Sun and the editor of
THE LEADER NAV occasionally meet at
in a public restaurant cuts no figure
in considering the question of what Col.
Coutant has done with these excursion
funds. The argument that the gentle
men named met at lunch, hence Col.
Coutaut didn't make away with the ex
cursion funds. Is quite a~ttenuated and
even fraugbt with some elements OF ride
ulous humor.
The colonel should not be back ward in
coming forward for the eyes of a wide
spread constituency are upon him. Once
again we respectfully urge upon he colo
mel TO cough IT.
, 1891-09-19
Good Land Under Ditch.

Over 10. 900 acres of the best land in
Wyoming is covered by the Blacks Fork
canal in Uinta county, and abundant
crops we're raised on the land this season.
says the Evanston Register. The trustees
OF the canal company met in Evanston
this week and paid for all construction to
date and instructed Mr.. South, the con-
tractor, to further prosecute the work of
construction. Not all Of the land has yet
been settled upon.
, 1891-09-19
A WORTHY CANSE

The fearful accident on the Oregon
Short Lane. in which the promising
career of a youpg Cheyenne man was
suddenly brought to a close, calls public
attention once again to the dangers which
beet the lives OF railway mail clerks. To
succeed IN the business requires a techui-
cal education that is almost professional in
it, extent. Ii requires a never tagging
alertness, a capacity for prolonged labor
and an ability to hurriedly and accurately
perform exacting duties amidst the con-
slant jars and jolts and noise of the fast
moving railway trains. 1t is an occupa-
ton always attended with danger. The
mail clerks, next to the engineers and fire.
dents happen they arc nearly always in
volved aud with fewer opportunities of
escape. And yet these men, who are OF
such vast importance in the of
the country. are among the poorest paid
Of government employees and in case of ac-
cident receive no remuneration and in the
event of death their families are left un-
aided to work out their own salvation.
There are few government employees
who deserve better OF the public than the
railway mail clerks. A movement to more
literally provide for them should be
generally encouraged aud urged upon the
attention OF congress. 1t is a direction
which public philanthropy should take
and me which possesses the merit of
being deserving and practical.
, 1891-09-19

The nio proprietor of this paper has
been subject to frequent colds for some
years, which were sure to lay him up il
not doctored at once. He finds that
Chamberlain Cough Remedy is reliable.
1t opens the secretions, relieves the lungs
aud restores the system to a healthy con.
dition. II freely used as soon as the cold
has been contracted, and before it has be.
come settled in the system, it greatly
lessons the attack and often cures in q
single day what would otherwise have
been a severe cold. -NorthWestern Hote
Reporter. Des Moines. la. Fifty ceni
bottles for sale by druggist.
, 1891-09-19
nE Is ENTHUSIASTIC.
Six Hundred Families Tor wheatIand
bv 1893.
1.-THE Irrigation Age.


The Wyoming Development compan,
are pushing forward their work as rapid,
as possible, now that they have received
patents to their lands. The land will b,
colonized without delay. On this poinI
Mr.. Rylander is emphatic, expressing
himself as follows:
Perhaps | ought to say that l will at.
tempt or engage to occupy the lands OF
the Development people. lean do better
than that. l will stake my life that l will
place 600 families there by the summer Of
1898. They will be good farmers and de.
sirable citizens-Americaus, Scaudinavians
and Germans. No raw emigrants will be
handled. | shall recruit from Ohio,
Illinois, Michigan, South Dakota, Kansas,
and Nebraska. There isn't a better OPEN
ing in the whole world for farmers than
right here
About September goth l will be back
here with a party of men representing the
sections from which the Laramie county
farmers are to be drawn. They will take
notes and report to their communities.
There can be but one verdict. The land
is productive, climate agreeable, market
certain and no danger of drought. In
New York or Chicago l could get in
twenty-four hours the money to float this
scheme in style. but funds are available.
On my next visit | will gather matter for
a pamphlet which will detail correctly the
conditions about Wheatland and the in
ducements offered.
Next February fifty families will set
tie on the lands and start in to make
homes. In April they will pillow and
plant 10 August and September l will
bring excursions from Nebraska and Kan
sas and even from further East. The
land seekers will deal tor farms eagerly.
In the fall of 1898 | should have the last
acre placed.
VI tell you these lands will be grabbed
at. The next three years will be big ones
Tor immigration and other parts of Wyo-
ming will get farmers.
Il will give you some miner farmers
from Michigan, for there are some good
ron and copper prospects about Wheat
and and all through the country north of
here. In thio business | am like a grain
niddleman. In seventeen years | have
earned how to coloDize. | speak en-
Enthusiastically over this affair, but | have
never seen anything more attractive"
, 1891-09-19

There was a lively runaway in town yes
terday. The team, which belonged to a
Mr.. Morse from just over the line in
Nebraska. started from in front of the
sore of the Wyoming commission house
and ran down Ferguson street, bringing
up ID the yards between two trains Of
cara. The wagon was loaded with butter
and eggs and each Of the mares had a colt
tied by their side. The damage was slight.
, 1891-09-19
Ut soc on the Dollar.

Our entire stock OF Kid
gIOces except Gent eshae,-i.D
Comm eaciMg On Monday,
Sept. rs, zoe aUsH sell oar 81
giOce for 5Oc,.OMr 1925 for
6Oc, OAR $3.50 for Csc. Col
ores and black Button
hook, plain and esabrOid-
cred back. Call before the
st>es are broken. THIS as
the opportunity Of a life
time Ia bMV good gIOces at
hair price. They sUOM'E last
long at the price.
CLARrE KELLEY,
The Fnfr-.
, 1891-09-19

e +. Woolston, Yates, Orleans county,
N. Y. writes:
MY wife, five years ago, was con
fined to her bed with infammatory rheu.
matism of the muscles of the back. The
doctors thought ner case hopeless, and
doomed her to be a bedridden invalid.
The violent pain kent her awake almosi
every night. She lost over thirty pounds
In weight. To ease her pain | thought !
would put on Allcock's porous plasters.
| covered her back with them. To my
great delight she began TO sleep well.
The pain very much abated in one week.
| then took the plasters off, washed her
back, and put on fresh ones. At the end
OF the second week she insisted on getting
up, and by the third week was entirely
well and able to attend to her household
duties.
, 1891-09-19

Special Correspondence.
LUsK, Wyo.. Sept. l6.-At this date
100 Street cattle cars have been loaded
at the Belle Fourche, on the Missouri
Valley 4 Elkhorn road, and shipped to
Chicago. The cattle arrived in good
condition and brought good prices.
On the 18th G.000 cattle. belonging tc
the Continental Land and Cattle company,
will arrive for shipment to Chicago at the
Belle Fourche.
On the 18th, Bill Magginls, who
lives four miles south of Lusk. was
arrested on the charge of stealing cattle
from the LIZ (Voorhees) Cattle company.
He was bound over in the sun of 81, 900
for his appearance at the October term of
the district court.
, 1891-09-19
7IO.

Engine 10, the historical engine which
has been so often in print is about ready
for use again. Since the recent accident
10 has been repaired and nicely var
nished and is now the handsomest engine
in the yards. She will not 20 tut on Fri
day this time but will probably leave the
round house Sunday or Monday.
, 1891-09-19
THE EIGHTH WONDER
Is the

This festival opens Oct. /, closes Oct.
II, 1891. Among the numerous attrac-
tions are the Mexican Military Band of
Sc skilled musicians, and an exhibit from
Central and South America. accompanied
by a family OF natives in their peculiar
dress. The Union Pacific has made a
rate of One Fare for tho round trip, plus
twenty-five cents for double bridge fare.
For dates Of sale; limits, etc., apply to
your nearest Union Pacific agent.
, 1891-09-19

With each succeeding day comes an in.
creased demand for better service on the
railways Of our country. The Union Pa.
ci6c and Missouri Pacific railways to the
front as usual. have been leading in these
lines Of improvement for some time and
ruuoing through Pullman sleepers be.
tween Salt Lake City and st. Louis via
Denver.
, 1891-09-19

s e ted. His
business declined
and he was re-
duced almost to
poverty.
The other morn
ing his corpse was
found in his Office
at % Murray
street, and it was
o o demonstrate
ed that he had
taken n fatal dose
, 1891-09-19

Here is a novelty in actual crime that
beats anything imagined by the fiction
writer. Harmon Murray is a negro despe-
RADIO and murderer who has long terrorized
the people OF southwestern Florida. One
Sunday recently he entered a colored
church near Melrose and forced the minis
him.
, 1891-09-19

Everything in the grain. grocery. -four
aud fruit line in abundance and cheap at
Thco r. Woeilens & Co.'S. corner Eddy
aud Seventeenth street.
, 1891-09-19
S p e CIFIC s !.
V1COR OF MEN

EahIy, QuIckIJ, P~6Fman0ntIy W0otoF0d.
Weekness, Nervousness, Debility. md nl
the train OF evils from early errou or later excuses,
the results of overwork. sickness, worry, etc. Full
strength, development and tone given to every
Urenn nno portion OF the body. Simple, natural
metnods. Immediate Improvement seen. Failure
Impossible. 1000 references. Book. explanation.
ana proois mailed tsealedl free. Address
ERIE MEDICAL CO., 6UFFAio, N. v
, 1891-09-19
Pari. Green HI. Last resource.

Paris Green His Last Resource.
A few years ago Alfred II. Hildick was a
prosperous dealer in imported hardware in
New York city, rated as worth SIS, 900, and
living in apparent content with his wife
and two children. Trouble arose and they
, 1891-09-19

OF pairs GREEN, Then the clerk OF the hotel
where he boarded related hi he had once
tried to kill himself there by stopping all
entrances to his room and turning on tn
gas. He was sixty-eight years old and an
Englishman by birth. His wife and grown
son and daughter are living, but have had
no Communication with him for vears
, 1891-09-19

Ine largest STOCK of fine brandies, old
WHISTLES. choice hqueurs and superfne
cigars at GEORGE Masten's well known
honse. corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
, 1891-09-19

Courtesy of Hyo. Archives & HI s+orioa
, 1891-09-19
WANTED.

WANTED-A RESPONSIBLE YOUNG
L. p, Leader office.
, 1891-09-19

Is practiced by many people. who buy
inferior articles of food because cheaper
than standard goods. Surely infants are
entitled to the best food obtainable. 1t is
a fact that the Gail Borden Eagle"
Brand Condensed Milk is the best infant
food. Your grocer and druggist keep it.
, 1891-09-19

WANTED-A COMPETENT GIRL FOR
Wv general house work in n small family.
at this office,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-04-15
Grand Army Badges.

Commander-in-C Veazey has is
sued general order No. 20, in which he
says: " Post commanders are enjoined
to at once ascertain how many badges
are needed in their respective posts,
that each comrade may have one, and
to cause requisition therefor to be i'm
mediately forwarded by their post quar-
termasters, that all may be supplied be-
fore Memorial day. They should urge
all comrades in attendance at post meet
ings, or when on duty elsewhere, on &C.
casions of parade and ceremony, to dis
play their badges. A few extra badges
should always be in The hands of post
quartermasters; and upon the death of
a comrade measures will be taken to as
certain the wishes of his family as to
his badge, and in case they wish to keep
it, the post should furnish new one to
be placed on his breast and to be buried
with him. Comrades upon retiring
from any office, elective or staff, in the
order, will cease to wear the rank badge
for such office, and will at once replace
the eagle at the top of the badge ribbon
proper for the highest Office held by
them, and put the rank strap below the
eagle as prescribed by the rules and
regulations, and all post officers should
see that these badges conform thereto"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-04-15
WILLIE ID. MARsH,s ESTATE.


In Probate Court held at Montpelier, III said Ms.
trct on the 18th day of March, AID. 1881:
Herman e. Cutler, Administrator of the estate of
Willie ID. Marsh late of Planeld, i'll said District,
deceased presents his administration for
animation aud allowance, and makes application for
decree of distribution ana partition OF the estate of
said deceased. NhereupOn, 1t is ordered by said
Court that said account and said application be re-
ferred to session thereof to be held at the Probate
ONCE in said Montpelier, the 18th day of April
A. ID. 1891 for hearing and decision thereon;
And is further ordered that notice hereof be given
to all persons interested, by publication of the same
three weeks successfully in the Vermont Wdtchndn
g. State Journal, "A newspaper published at Mont
peler previous to said time appointed for hearing
that they may appear at said time and place, and
show cause, If any they may have why said account
should not be allowed and such decree made.
by the COurt.-Attest,
1885, HIRAM CARLETON Judge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-04-15
Devoted to vermont's Soldiers.

The Free Press last week interviewed
Acknowledgment T. S. Peck, among
others, regarding the retirement of
Senator Edmunds from the senate.
Said General Peck: " In my position as
Acknowledgement, 1 have learned much
of Mr.. Edmunds in his attitude toward
the soldier. Vermont's veteran SOL
diers will miss him; his work for them
showed no Partially as to rank, and l
could relate almost numberless in
stances of his disinterested endeavor.
The new rifle guns of the Fuller Bat
terry and the guns for the regiment
were fastened in arrival through his
influence. Memorial day checks were
always received from him. Personally
l deeply regret his action, while know
ing that his reasons for so doing were
satisfactory. He is wonderful man,
and his greatness over all is his de-
votion in the domestic circle. He is
proud of his state and his state is proud
of him."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-04-15
Stratagem OF q Pair Of Foxes.

In the spring of 1888, pair of red
foxes took up their homes on Dakota
farm. They dug several holes on
knoll in a wheat field, and soon after
four kits or young foxes arrived.
Every day, while narrowing and SOW
ing wheat in the field, says the farmer,
saw the two old foxes lying on little
mound in front of their home. The
kits rolled about in the sun, played
with the bushy tails of their parents,
and enjoyed themselves, apparently, as
much as group of kittens.
One morning a neighbor came to
work in field adjoining, bringing with
him dog; and the dog, with all the
curiosity of his kind, soon began the
investigation of both farms.
He was still long distance from the
fox den, when | heard sharp warning
bark, and saw the kits disappear. AS
| looked, the mother fox lay on the
mound, her ears erect, her nose on the
ground, all attention. The father of
the family, with his tail swinging in
the wind, trotted toward the dog.
Can he intend TO attack him, | won
dered? | had never heard of such a
thing; and the dog, though not large
one, was larger than the fox. But
Reynard knew his business better than
1. lie approached the intruder until
the dog saw him, when both stopped
for an instant, and then the dog gave
chase. The fox, with a bark of de-
fiance, turned and ran in a direction
away from his home.
AT first the dog seemed to gain
rapidly upon the fox; but | watched
them for nearly mile before they dis
appeared in the long prairie grass, and
concluded that the fox was able to keep
out of the others way.
In about an hour the dog returned
from a fruitless chase, and for time
he contentedly followed his master
Then he began proving around again
All this time the mother fox had re.
NAMED on the mound, picture OF
quiet vigilance; but now, as the dog
again ventured near, she rose and
trotted toward him, and the dog was
soon chasing her over the prairie
Hardly had they disappeared when the
male trotted back from some hiding
place, and took up the position vacated
by his mate. The dog returned after {
time, unsuccessful as before.
During the day he was again and
again tempted to chase, first by thu
male and then by the female; and while
the one kept him busy, the othe
watched over the young, who did no
show themselves after the first sight 0
the dog.
1t is hard to say which we admir-
most, the bravery of the pair in chal
longing the dog to race that woul,
have proved fatal had he caught them
their ingenuity in taking turns so tina
each might be fresh when chased, thei
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-04-15
A Good Lesson Learned.

Colonel Ludlow, who was chief of the
water department of large city, one
day received a call from wealthy
manufacturer, whose establishment had
many favors to ask of the department.
Before this man made his request, he
handed the colonel a s so bill, which
the colonel laid upon the desk before
him, without saying a word. When
his visitor rose to go, however, he in
quired: Now, my dear sir, what is this
for?" holding up the bill. go, that's
to buy cigars for the boysl" Yes;
then l suppose you are fond of the
weed?" The manufacturer acknowl-
edged that he did like a good cigar.
Then allow me-" said the chief, in
his most genial manner, to insist upon
your trying one of these" He took
two cigars from box, lighted his own
with the fifty-dolar bill, and passed the
burning paper to his amazed visitor.
The man said nothing, but he never
made second attempt to bride Colonel
Ludlow Youths Companion.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-04-15
Beginning Business.

A boy on entering business is about
to launch his boat in new waters. A
very trying time it is--to some uncon-
sciously so-this transition period. A
boy, with all of boys fondness for
play and harmless sport; a boy with
brain ready to receive the hundred i'm
pressions daily presented to it; boy
with no conception of the word re-
sponsibility, and but very little of
duty-how can he but make mistakes
at first? He can not-but OF if he
would only profit by these errorsl Few
of us--I might almost say none-will
receive the experience of those who
care for us.
Let me illustrate the unconscious
wrong an honest boy did his employer.
1t was in September, the height of the
"busy season." and siXteen-year-old
boy had obtained position as assistant
entry clerk, his duty being to aid in
charging and shipping goods. But a
week had he been at his post. Satur-
day came, and it was the first he had
ever worked. 1t came to him like a
shock, particularly as his "nine," for
which he pitched, was to play a
"crack" team from an adjoining
town. Membership of this club he
had not thougot of giving up. After
dinner his employer was told of his de-
sire to leave work about two O'Clock.
Well, my boy, there are those bills
to be charged"
He hadn't thought of them, and his
heart sank. His club would be beaten,
and all on account of his absence; so
he mustered up courage.
&C But, sir, promised the boys I'd be
there, and they'll be beaten sure if 1
don't pitch"
The response came quickly: You
can GO, but don't let it occur again"
That night at supper, flushed with
victory-for they had won close
game-this boy told his father of the
conversation and the result, adding
He's bully man, father"
After a few moments thought this
wise, and sometimes severe, parent
said: "My son, had a clerk in your
position who made such a request, in
volving work left undone he was paid
to perform, should have told him to
get out and take up baseball as means
of livelihood. You are paid SO for a
weeks work, and before the first week
is finished you shirk your duty. Leave
your club or abandon your position al
once"
The boy thought his father harsh
but he was only just; and when, or
Monday morning, he learned that his
bully" employer had taken his place
and done what he had left undone, the
implied and merited rebuke cut him
Manfully he apologized for his "short
sightedness, and never again in thu
many following years did he allow any
personal preference to interfere will
his plain duty. Wherever neglec
is, trouble will follow shortly Chris
tidn Union.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-04-15
Longest Tunnels in the World.

The Mont Gents tunnel in the Alps
is seven and one-half miles, the Arl-
berg six and one-haf, the st. Gothard
nine and one-quarter. The Simplon
will be twelve and one-half. The cost
of the tunneling is very great. The
Mont Gems tunnel cost $4,000, 900,
the st. Gothard S12 100000. The long
est railway tunnel in the United States
is the HOosac, in Massachusetts, four
and one-half miles. The longest tun-
mel in the world is that of the Croton
aqueduct from the Croton dam to the
New York reservoir. The length is
over thirty-three miles and the whole
distance is practically tunneled through
solid rock.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.