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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-01-15
Federal Elections Bill.

This bill has received blow on the
head that may result in its demise. As
we understand the matter debate upon
it was to be resumed at certain time.
Just previous to the time Vice-Presi-
dent Morton had occasion to leave the
chair and called Senator Harris to pre-
side. During his absence the time to
resume debate arrived and one of the
Senators moved its resumption. Just
then another Senator moved the re-
sumption of debate on some other bill.
The last Senator gained recognition.
There were enough republican Senators
absent and enough present willing to
aid the democrats, to permit of the last
Senator's motion being carried. This
threw the Elections bill out of its place
on the Senate calendar. The difficulty
viii be to find a place for it again. If
this is not an exact statement of the
situation it comes near enough to show
that a sharp democratic trick was play
ed. The presiding officer of the Sem
ate intended to show his courtesy to his
political opponents and they seized the
advantage to strike blow at meas
ure thew did not ike. There Is some
thing said somewhere about trusting a
dog with ones dinner.
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Judge Devens.

Judge Devens of the Mass. Supreme
Court has just died at Worcester, Mass
He was a fine specimen of New Eng
lander. He studied law, served his
country in the Civil War, afterwards
resumed the practice Of law, became
Attorney General Of the United States,
and during the later years fh's life he
sat upon the bench. We remember
one incident of his life. 1t became his
duty to remand Thomas Sims to slav-
cry. When the abolitionists began to
raise money to redeem him, he propos-
ed to assume the entire burden. The
beginning of the war cut short Degotia-
tions, but he never lost sight Of his man
and in course of time gave him place
in the Department of Justice at Wash
ington. He knew the difference between
law and Justice.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-01-15
Many Religions.

1t is said that the census returns
show 140 distinct religions in the u. S.
This recalls the saying of the French
traveller who said that he had found a
hundred or more religions in this coun-
try, but only two or three kinds of pie.
The statement above about religions is
rather ambiguous. 1t is evident that
the writer of the above confounds relig-
ious denominations with religion. In
the proper use of the word there are
only five or six religions in the country
for only about that number have been
discovered in the world. Countless va
riations, however, have grown out of
these. This is the natural result of
the unrestricted freedom we enjoy. We
can have our choice, these variations,
or our liberties bound in where those
of our ancestors were in the dark ages.
Give us the variations by all means,
even if it does worry the census takers.
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pews, one after another for mere trife
until he came into possession of the en-
tire building. He then secured the aid
of a revival preacher. His efforts were
remarkably successful. The spiritua,
status Of that community was entirely
changed. The former owners wanted
their pews back again, and they want
ed them so bad that the business man
is said to have cleared $4,000 by the
transaction. This may SAVIOR of busi-
ness too much to strike one as agreea-
Bile. But there is something said some
where in some of the epistles by some
writer about saving souls in some way
if not in just the way OF our own choice.
We hope good enough will come out of
this ten thousand dollars to set YER
mont far into the possession of the same
generous spirit, the same energy, and
the same moral force that moved the
honored testator.
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The School Business.

We do not believe anybody finds any
fault with the recent opinion of the
Judges in regard to the school year, but
the necessity of seeking their opinion
affords an occasion for numerous thrusts
at the late legislature. Almost every
paper has its little joke. 1t seems to
us that the recent legislature did some
of its work on the school law a little
slovenly. But inasmuch as the people
were not satisfied with any school law
under which they had previously lived,
that body thought it best to strike out
in new direction and it is not supris-
ing that it should occasionally stumble.
1t is fortunate that we have Supreme
Court to make crooked things straight.
We are glad the legislature will not be
required to meet, not that we fear its
work or its cost, but we do not wish to
read all the old jokes about it over again
in the press of the State. We see no
other way than that the newspaper man
must scurry around and find something
new.
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A Rich Request.

Frederick Billings at his death be-
queathed ten thousand dollars to the
VT. Domestic Missionary Society. The
Society has come into possession of the
legacy. We suppose that only the in
come is to be used. We do not know
the terms of the legacy, but if made
unconditional, we presume it will be
the Judgment of the directors TO use it
in this way. 1t has been suggested
that this viii grant facilities for more
extended work, that it will not be so
circumscribed as heretofore for want of
means. We know that Societies like
this are usually poor; it is expected
that they will be. They are expected to
use all the money entrusted 10 them
and be ready to use more. OF course,
the more they receive the more they
can expend, and if it be expended wise
ly the more good can be accomplished.
But communities are made up of a GU
rious combination of elements. Relig-
ious societies are not essentially differ
ent They like to receive help when
they know they can get it. 1t will be
a good thing if this legacy does not cre-
ate any pauper churches. Churches
are rich or poor about as they happen
to feel, or as they happen TO like the
minister. We know of a church that
has been in child-like attitude of depen-
dence most of its life, and it was born
before the home missionary society was
thought of, which has suddenly reveal
ed its ability to go alone. The fact is,
too much of our missionary money goes
to help the religious development of
communities that are too indolent and
penurious to help themselves rather than
so poor as to be actually disabled. Peo-
pie can usually pay for what they are
determined to have. While booming
Vermont is in order some enterprising
business man might initiate the exam
pie Of the one down in Maine. This
happened some years ago. In Ger
tain community a once flourishing Bap-
list church had been for some time in
the agony Of dissolution. The church
buil'ing was going to decay. A Ashrewd
business man quietly bought up the
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-01-15
The Indian Troubles.

The trouble with the Indians is be-
ginning to assume the magnitude of a
war. OF course, it is not easy to tell
what may happen as the unexpected is
continually taking place. There can
be no such thing as what is termed
"honorable warfare" with the Indians
there is so much of treachery in their
nature and method of fighting. There
are two views of the causes of the pres
ent trouble, one is that the Indians are
to blame, the other that the govern
ment is to blame. We think both are
to blame. The government has not
kept faith with them but it has shown
lack of wisdom in treating with them
as though they were foreign power.
The Indians have been suspicious and
and when for any reason
the government has failed to meet its
obligations promptly they have gone
on the war path. It should be remem-
bered that the Indians are divided into
two classes, the friendlies and hostiles.
The former are not mixed up in the
present affair at all, aud resent the
idea of being included in the anathemas
Of the whites. The educational work
which the government is carrying on
among them is intended to civilize them
and bring them into friendly relations.
But there are some, as among white
men, who cannot be civilized. They
form a disorderly element and gather
around them the idle and dIssolute. 1t
is foolish for the government to feed
these Indians and allow them to live
in idleness. The quicker every one of
them can be put upon self-supporting
basis the better will it be for all con-
cerned.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-01-15
Nicaragua Canal.

Mr.. Sherman has reported from the
Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs
bill authorizing the issue of bonds
guaranteed by the United States for the
building of the Nicaragua ship canal.
These bonds amount to 500, 900.
The argument is, that if the Company
issue the bonds without government
guarantee they must be sold much be-
low par. This would make it necessa.
ry to impose heavy tolls on shipping.
As the canal would really become a
part of the coast line Of the country the
burden would fall heaviest on the Am
erican people. This government guar
antee is urged as matter of economy.
II will raise the stock and thereby less
en- tolls. A private company is now
doing the work, and it is said that good
progress is being made. 1t is thought
that the bonds which this bill asks the
government to guarantee will be suflic-
lent to complete the work. Does it
not look like tendency towards ma
tionalism to ask the government to aid
private enterprises? We have no OBJ
jections to this bill and therefore think
it will pass.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-01-15
Game Laws.
cerned.

The Argus makes some sensible COM
ments on our fish and game laws. In
substance it emphasizes the Importance
of obeying these laws. We wish to
endorse what it says, and make ii more
emphatic if we can. These laws ought
to be obeyed on general principles. the
same as all other laws. They should
be obeyed because of the necessity of
doing something to preserve our fish
and game. There seems to be a gen
eral disposition to go for fish and wild
fowl in such reckless kind of way
that if they had no legal protection all
would disappear in haste. There is
a disposition now to be constantly vio-
lating these laws. Men who would
not think of stealing from one another
will in the way of poaching, steal from
the state in perfectly reckless way.
No man can construct and stock a fish
pond and feel that it is safe for a mo-
ment. He cannot put fish into any
stream or pond he may have on his
own land and sleep at night with the
feeling that all is well though he cover
his whole farm with bulletin boards.
The only way We can see out of the di-
lemma is to make every man who owns
fish a special policeman with the right
TO hunt down and wing every man who
encrokches upon hts preserves The
Argus emphasizes the fact that the vi
olation of these laws is not simply an
offence against individuals but against
the public, and in different sense from
most petty crimes. The moral sense
Of people generally needs Frightening
up on these points.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-01-15
A Sign of Health.

The Thorn Medicine company is re-
ported to be about to leave Brattleboro
for Fitchburg. 1t is reported that they
can get more capital there to carry on
business. We are inclined to think,
however, that the medicine has done
its work so well as to work the compa-
ny out Of a job in its present location.
Or, it finds Vermont so healthy as not
to be a congenial field for its operation.
We are sorry to lose the enterprise, but
we are glad to be SO healthy as not to
need the medicine.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-01-15
BETHEL HOME NEWS.
Mrs. A. B. Bird is i'll with heart dis

Mrs. A. B. Bird is i'll with heart disease.
The "Public Opinion Club" met at the
Wilson House last week
The Y P S. A. met Monday evening at
the home of Miss Mabel Dyke.
Jennie Wynn is learning telegraphy at
the passenger station.
Lorenzo Atwood is to be taken to the
Mary Fletcher Hospital in Burlington.
Mrs. Fred Welsby and son Of North Ad-
ans, Mass, are the guests OF Mrs. F. L
Martin, her sister.
A very large quantity of poplar wood is
being shipped from this station.
The Universalist ladies are to hold their
sociable this week with Mrs. NJ. Z. Var
rington at the Wilson House.
Rev. J. P. Marvin Of Rochester preach
ed for the Universalists Sunday in ex-
change with Rev. S. A. Parker.
1t is reported that F.. H. Rood put one
knee out Of joint recently while lying in
bed.
A. L. Stearns was called to Saxton's Riv-
er lest week by the death OF his sister,
Mrs. Spauiding.
F. H. Chamberiin had a horse die last
week
Continued on last page.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-01-15

STATE OF VERMONT .At Probste court held
RANDOLPH DISTRICT IS at Randolph in sae
District. on the 10th day Of Jan. A. d., 1881.
Jesse W. Carter executor of the estate OF
Harriet Carter late Of Randolph 10 said Dist. de-
ceased. presents his admr. account for examination
and allowance. and makes application for rec o
distribution and partition Of the estate OF said de-
ceased. Whereupon II Is ordered Oy
said Court that said application be referred TO ses
sion thereof. held ut the Pr6baie Office In said
Randolph the 4th dzy OF kcb. A. ID. 1891. for
bearing and decision thereon. Ano
II Is further ordered, thar all persons interested
be notified hereof by publication oi notice Of said APP
pcaton and order thereon, three weeks successiyeiy
"a the Herald and News, newspaper pubnsheo ~
Randolph and which circulates in the neighborhooo
Of those interested, before said time OF hearing, ths
they may appear at said time and place, ana SHOW
cause II any they may have why said account snouio
not be allowed. and such decree made.
BY the Court,-Attest. -
g2 WILLIAM II. NICHOLS. Judge.
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Tours truly,
MRS. d. BRACKETT.

The only Sarsnparila guaranteed to dbso-
lutely cure Diseases oTthe Stomach, Liner, and
Kidneys, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Loss Of Ap-
petite, Sick Headache, Muscular Rheantdtisn,
Dizziness Female Weakness, Einaciation, Gen
erdi Debility, Eruptions Of the Skin, P,nptes,
Boiis, TuDlors, Scrofulous 16ections, Cancer
Gus Htmors, Salt Rheum, Syphilis, Catarrh,
RiHqDorm, Cdrbuncies, Ulcers, and Sores,
HaidriGl Poison, Pain IN the Bones.
DANA SARS4PdRLLLA co., Beifast, Ne.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-01-15
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Dairymen's Association is in
session at St. Albans this week. The
annual meetings of this body have de-
veloped into quite an affair, and it is
expected that the present meeting will
be the most useful ever held.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-01-15
Wanted.

10 young men and girls wanted in
Chubb's Fishing Rod Factory. Bright
young men with a mechanical turn can
find steady work and good pay by apply
ing at once, in person il possible, to
THos. H. CHUBB,
Post Mills, VT. 2w
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-01-15
WANTEn.

Energetic men can make money by organizing
lodges Of the Best Endowment Fraiernty Pays $50
week Tor sickness and accidents, also Funeral Ben
ehts. Perfectly safe. certificates have a surren-
der value. Tie most liberal commission paid for
active work. Experience advantage but not nee
essaTy For papers containing full information, de-
scrip'i0n aud terms, write
AMERICAN PROTECTIVE LEAGUE,
No ISL fremont St.. Boston. Mass.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-01-15
FLORIDA ORANGES
We offer for sale STOCK of
THE BOSTON ORANGE GROWERS co
d. P. IVES, Pres. VIM. Z. MURDOCH, Treas.
CAPITAL STOCK, $4,000.
PAR VALUE OF SHARES $50.
No Personal Liability, No Assessments
Possible.
As safe as First Mortgage.
Better than Life Insurance.


The Company is owner of unencumber-
ed Orange Groves and Orange Lands in
South Florida, which are rapidly increas-
ing in value. Twelve shares Of stock only
are issued for each acre of grove of one
hundred choice trees.
The American Loan and Trust Co. OF
Boston, having cash capital OF II 900, 600,
by Endorsement upon each certificate OF
stock iss ued, guarantees to pay s per cent.
annual dividends on the stock beginnin :
Jan. l, 1891 and continuing for six years,
payable semi annually at their office In
Boston. After the six years, stockholders
are to receive the full profits OF the groves,
and increased dividends to ten, fifteen,
twenty, twenty-five, and perhaps thirty
per cent. per annum, may be expected, ,
with correspondingly increased value OF
the stock
Stock will be sold in lots of one or more
shares, as desired, at its par value, $50
The undersigned have examined the
business and methods of tie Boston
orange Growers Co., are acquainted with
It's officers and are ourselves investors IN
the business.
Geo. B. Warren, State National Bank,
Boston, Henry B. Pierce, Secretary Of
state, Doston, John Hopewell, Jr.s IL y
Chase & Col Boston, Fletcher Ladd, At
torney, Boston, W. s. Ladd, ex-J ustlce ou
preme Court, Lancaster, \. h.
Certificates of stock, with guarantees as
above, VIII be forwarded upon receipt Of
Dankable funds therefor.
NJ. d. BROOKS. General Agent,
Al0 "a School St., Boston, Mass.
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MRS. BRAcKETT.
ALMOST A MIRACLE!
Read and Remember!

MRS. BRACKETT is THE WIFE OF THE
REV. DAVID BRACKETT, PASTOR OF THE
FIRST F. BAPTIST CHURCH, OF THORN
Dixie, ME-. AND LADY HIGHLY ES-
TEEMED BY ALL WHO KNOW HER.
SHE SAYS =
Brooks, Me-, Oct %, 1890.
Gents:-When | commenced the use of
DANA'S SARSAPARILLA for Rheuma
tism, had lost the use of my right arm
The SHOULDER JOINT WAS VERY TENDER
AND VERY STIFF. j could not sew,
and could not get my hand to my
head. had great deal of pain in the
chest, especially around my lungs. My
skin was yellow and rough, and was tired
all the time.
| have now taken four bottles, and the
pain and soreness are gone. Complexion
natural, and tired feeling fast leaving. |
sleep well nights, and the STIFF JOINT in
the SHOULDER is FAST REsUMING ITS NAT
uRAL ELASTICITY. / can sew or do
any work as usual.
am still using the SARSAPARILLA,
and expect to entirely recover from the
effects of the rheumatism that has trou-
bled me so long. / think DANA'S SAR-
SAPARILLA is DEATH TO RHEU-
MATISM.
Yours truly,
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-05
PERSONAL NOTES.

New Haveners Who Are Going to
 Europe.
 Attorney Julius Twiss is confined to his home by illness.
 Conductor Charles H. Lincoln has been promoted to the position of conductor on 8 passenger train on the Hartford division. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Scharff and daugh- ter of Tacoma, Wash, are visiting friends in this city. Mrs. Scharff is the daughter of Mrs. Mary W. Curtis, formerly of this city.
 Dr. E. H. Jennings of this city read a paper on the subject, "Pasture Lands as the Most Valuable Part of Farms" at the convention of the Connecticut Dairymen's association Wednesday in Colchester.
 Among the New Haveners to go to Europe this summer are Professor and Mrs. Sumner, Professor and Mrs. Dubois, Mrs. George H. Watrous and family, President and Mrs. Dwight and Miss Dwight, Mrs. Day, Miss Day, MT. Day, Miss Carmalt, Miss Wurtz, Miss Meta Fellowes, Miss Wightman, Professor H. M. Reynolds, Professor Hadley, Mir. and Mrs. w. K Townsend and family, John Knox Tibbits, Miss Hannah Whitney, Miss Hugh Dickey, Mrs. and Miss Line weaver, MT. Lineweaver, Professor and Mrs. Hubert A. Newton, Professor and Mrs. Cook.
 The divorce case of Rev. c. H. Gleason of Somers, against his wife, was set down for trial in the superior court, Rockville, yesterday. Consul for defense asked a postponement until September, and Judge Phelps Bin decide Tuesday.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-05
A MURDER MYSTERY.
A Dead Body Found on the Highway
 Near Danbury.

A DCSAu "Ouy IT OuAAA VII sAO " ey
 Near Danbury.
 DANBURY, June 4-This place has murder mystery. This afternoon about 3 o'clock Clarence Kent and William Will Hams, with two others, drove to the farm of Benjamin Lypes, just outside the city limits, on Park avenue. to fish for bait. In order to reach the brook they had to de- scend a steep enbankment which is cover ed with thrifty growth of small trees. Another brook runs through the place and it was near this, in 8 sort of ravine about 200 feet from the highway, that the fisher men stumbled over the dead body of a man. The police and Medical Examiner Vile were notified and the body was brought to this city and placed in the morgue When the medical examiner saw the body he said it was case of murder. The man was killed and laid out there. Across the back of the victims head there was long ugly gash, evidently caused by a blow from heavy instrument like 8 club. From the gash the blood had been washed clean. There were few traces of blood upon the body, except upon the hands. About the body in the ravine was found miscellaneous lot of articles. There was broken demijohn, ham partially eaten, broken bottles, glasses and other articles. The police recognized these as part of the goods stolen from Wilson's store, which was robbed in Mill Plain Tues day night. The dead man is believed to be one of the burglars and the police think he was murdered by his companions and left there. Coroner Doten was telegraphed for and an investigation will be made. The murdered man had not been identified up to late this evening.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-05


 In the post, telegraph, telephone and pos tai savings bank departments of France women are employed as follows:
 As aids in offices of secondary impor- tance.
 AS employees at the telegraph and tele- phone offices in Paris and important towns.
 As clerks in the savings bank and book keeping department of Paris.
 As receivers.
 The personnel is recruited from the aux diaries, who must be sixteen years of age and free from any weakness which would prevent their being employed in any branch of the service. These aids are under the direction of the receivers, and rise by ex- aminations. Postulents must prove that they have lived honorably in company with persons of their own families. Age for en- trance, eighteen to twenty-five
 The relatives of employees have the right to come up first for examination. The value of the appointments varies from 800 to 1900 francs a year, rising at the rate of 100 francs at time. Posts in the savings bank are reserved as far as may be for the wives, daughters, daughters-in-law and sis ters of public servants and officers of the army and asyy.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-05
Beecher,s Opinion of Crows.

Henry Ward Beecher speaks of the crow as follows:
 Aside from this special question of profit and loss, we have warm side toward the crow, he is so much like one of ourselves. He is lazy, and that is human; he is cum ming, and that is human. He thinks his own color the best, and loves to hear his own voice, which are eminent traits of humanity. He will never work when he can get another to work for him-a genu- inc human trait. He eats whatever he can get his claws upon, and is less mischievous with belly full than when hungry, and that is like man.
 Take off their wings, and put them in brooches, and crows would make fair, average men. Give men wings and reduce their smartness a little, and many of them would be almost good enough to be crows.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-05

The children's health must not be neg 1ected. Cold in the head causes catarrh. Ely's Cream Balm cures at once. It is perfectly safe and is easily applied into the nostrils. The worst cases yielding to it. Price soc.
 One of my children had very bad dis charge from her nose. Two physicians prescribed, but without benefit. We tried Ely's Cream Balm, and, much to our sur prise, there was a marked improvement. We continued using the Balm and in a short time the discharge was cured.-O. A. Gary, Corning, N. Y.
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