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u mean TO play out-of-doors great
dea,, she said, smiling to see the scarlet
leaves fall from the trees by the road
side. Wouldn't you, Mr.. Nutting?"
"Yes, indeed This air win do city
child good" replied the man. eYou
must come and call on me and Mrs.
Nutting. We live in that brown cot
tage at the end Of the row of naples,
it's but little way now to your grand
pas"
The next morning as Mamie looked
out at window she saw boy and girl
go by. ut is Henry and Lucy Lee"
said gandma, ''going a-nutting, by the
looks of their bag and basket Chest
nuts are very plenty this year"
Near noon Henry and Lucy were seen
returning home, with bag and basket
full of nuts They had had good luck,
grandma said.
After dinner Mamie thought she
would go admitting She asked her
grandma for something to bring nuts
home in. Grandma gave her q pretty
Indian basket
Are you sure you know where to
go?" she asked.
''0h, yes" answered Mamie, for the
man showed me as we rode from the
station"
The chestnut grove was in sight of
the house. But instead of going out by
the back way and through the orchard,
Mamie went out at the front gate and
down the road The row of naples led
her to the brown cottage.
''If you please, Mrs. Nutting, have
come for some, like the other children"
said Mamie, showing her basket
"Some what, my dear9" the woman
inquired.
"Chestnuts ma'am; grandma let me
come a-nutting."
In short time grandma, sitting by
an open window. saw the child return
ing. her basket filled with shining
brown nuts.
"See, l have had good lucls!" called
Mamie.
But you can not have picked up from
the ground all those so soon?" said
grandma.
mo grandma. | went a-nutting to
Mr.. Nutting's, of course. Mrs Nutting
was so pleased she laughed all the
while she was filling my basket. But
why are you laughing, grandma"
Grandma explained that people COM
monty went nutting to the nut trees,
and gathered for themselves.
"Ohp said Mamie, 81 made an odd
mistake. "-Lavinia S. Goodwin, in Our
Little Ones
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Ahout the Human House.

A teacher was giving a lesson on ths
human body to a bright class of six
year olds. She began by asking about
the school-houses, then let them tell
something about the houses they lived
in. Then she told them that God had
made little house for each of us alone.
They quickly understood, and eyes were
shining and hands raised. "Oh, Miss
NJ, that house wears Clothes" cried
one. "And it's shingled with hairF'
cried another. "The windows are the
ewes, said dear little Lenore. Mamma
saws she can look right into my heart
through my eyes" THE door is the
mouth" cried round little fellow, put
ting his fingers between his rosy lips
Little Willie jumped quite out Of his
seat with the suddenness of his idea:
And the nose is the porch over the
door. and the buttons on my coat are
the steps up to my front doorl'-Youth's
COMPANION.
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STATE or VERMONT Al a Probate Court,
DISTRICT OF HARTFORD s. held al Woodstock
within and for said District, on the 2nd day Of Nov
A. ID. 1891.
PRESENT. HON. THOMAS o. SEAyER, Judge.
Whereas Oliver n. BarFows admir-. OF the estate OF
Lavonia Shortt late OF Bethel. In said district
deceased int tate,
proposes to render account Of his administrations a
TO present his account against said estate for
nation aud allowance az Probate Court 10 be held
In Woodstock aforesaid ON the LIST day ofDec., 1881.
And whereas said court has assigned said time
and place for the settlement OF said account and
for decree OF the residue OF said estates to the
heirs OF the said deceased and ordered that nhlc
tiee thereof he given to all persons interested In
said estates by publishing copy Of the record Of
this order three weeks successfully previous TO the
dav assigned. aforesaid T. the
Herald and Courier a new spaper published at
Bethel IN the county OF indsor. In the state Of
Vermont: n eiefore all persons concerned In said
estates noided 10 appear at the probate Office In
Woodstock Ia said district. on tile day assigned as
aforesaid then and there 10 contest the allowance
said accounts u THEY and to establish
their rig Is as heirs h gatees and lawful claimants
of said residue true record at
test. n. j. SKAVER. Register.
A true copy Of record. Attest.
"a TO. sEAvER. Judge.
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TEMPERANCE BREVITIES.

LONDON has $4,000 grog shops. How
much these cost nobody can figure up.
Never win there be any way out of
darkest London, or the bottomless
miseries and degradation of any other
city, so long as the grog-shop curse is
tolerated.
FROM the records of Yale college DUR
ing the past eight years it is shown that
the non-smokers were twenty per cent
taller than the smokers, TWENTY-FIVE
per cent. heavier and had sixty-six per
cent more lung capacity. In the last
graduating class at Amherst college,
the non-smokers have gained in weight
twenty-four per cent. over the smokers;
in height, thirty-seven per cent, in
chest girth, forty-two per cent; and in
lung capacity, eight and thirty-sixth
hundredths cubic inches. Western
Medical Reporter.
is THIS the way to the poorhouse?"
asked one man of another. as he pointed
in certain direction. "No, but this
is" answered the other, as he pointed
to a whisky flask sticking out of the
inqurers pocket The answer was
surely very correct The whisky bot
tie is what drives many people to the
poorhouse. 1t makes them neglect
their business. it steals their earnings,
it gives them bad habits, it clothes
them and their children in rags, and
robs them of their daily bread Yes,
and at last it robs them of their very
souls.
DRINK is the great curse of Australia
High wages only too often lead to in
diligence in bad colonial beer and wine
that is even worse than malt liquor or
spirits. Girls and women drink much
more in the colonies than they do in
England. This is partly owing to the
hard work, partly to the hot climate.
Il shouldn't like the girl who made me
this shawl to see me in this place.
said a girl while unpacking her box in
a miserable Melbourne lodging house.
She looked up, and there stood the
maker of the shawl, the daughter of a
poor but respectable Irish farmer.
Both girls had been emigrants, and both
had come to grief through drinking.
EVERYBODY respects a young man
who refuses to drink. and in these days
sensible men, even those who are not
opposed to drinking on pr-aciple, are
giving up the consumption of alcohol
as bad practice They know by ex-
perience that it is one of the most
serious of the obstacles to material sue
cess Hunt out the real cause of half
the bankruptcies and you would find
it in drinking. Discover the true cause
of the inability of young men to get
ahead and in the majority of cases it
would drinking. The country boy
who tl1es his fortune in the city cannot
afford to take that risk. He must be in.
lighting trim always, with every power
at his full command
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ELSIE'S IDEA.
How She Found Little Girl who Could BE
Spared.

How She Found Little Girl who Could BE
Spared.
Elsie is a delightful little girl only
eight years old. For some months
Elsie's mamma has not been well, and
she has felt the need of performing the
social duties of the home circle. In
carrying out this idea she recently
made call on a neighbor who. before
she left, said: elsie, do you know
any dear little girl like yourself who
could come and live with me? ! should
be delighted to have such little girl.
Do you think your mamma could spare
your
''Oh. am quite sure she couldn't, I"
was Elsie's quick response, land do
not know any little girl who could be
spared. My cousin DorothE's mamma
couldn't spare her, and know my cou-
sin Mildred couldn't be spared, and
really don't know any little girl who
could come and live with you"
"Well. " said the lady, think about
it, and if you do happen to think of any
little girl, be sure and let me know"
The next morning Elsie was very
quiet at the breakfast table. out she
finally announced that she wished to
call that morning at the house Of the
lady where she had called the after
noon before. Elsie lives in a very wise
family, and no questions were asked as
to why she wished to repeat her call so
soon. She was merely advised TO wait
for an hour or two after breakfast be-
fore she made her call; and this is what
Elsie said when her hostess appeared:
"Mrs. Brown, have come to tell you
of little girl who / am sure could
come and live with you. She lives now
at the Home for Consumptives, and she
came from the Home of the Destitute;
but she is all well now. Her mother is
in prison, and her father is drunkard,
and think you would be doing very
kind act if you would take that little
girl into your home. / know she could
come"
Elsie. you see, lived in a family where
the little waits and the big waits in this
world, the homeless children and the
homeless men and women, were often
the subjects of conversation, and Elsie
had listened, and listened to purpose,
for Just as soon as she heard of home
that needed a child, she remembered
there was child waiting for home
Christian Union.
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TEMPERANCE NOTES.
The EIRsT GLASS.


Glass number one, only ia fun:"
Glass number two, ''other boys do"
Glass number three III won't hu-t me-"
lass number four, only one more"
Glass number five, before "A crive;"
Glass number six. brain In a mix.
Glass number seven, stars up IN heaven;
Glass number eight. stars III his pate;
Glass number n.ne. whisky. not vine;
Glass number ten. drinking again;
Glass number twenty, not yet plenty.
Drinking with boys drowning his joys;
Drinking with men, just now and then,
Wasting his life. killing his wife.
Losing respect, manhood all wrecked,
Losing his friends, thus IL all ends.
Glass number one, taken In fun.
Ruined his life. brought on strife;
Blighted his youth, ruled his truth;
Gave only pain. stole all his gain;
Made him at last a friendless outcast
Light-hearted boy, somebody's Joy,
Do not begin early in sin;
Grow up man brave as you can;
Taste not in fun glass number one.
Central Baptist.
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GIRLS in JAPAN.
Two Things That Are Always Taught
Them.

Two Things That Are Always TauRht
Them.
In Japan there are two things which
are taught to all the little girls; one is
how to place flower or a branch of
leaves in vase, and the other is how to
play on the guitar.
If you go into a Japanese house you
hear tinkle from almost every room.
You get used to this soft, light beat Of
music as you do to the gurgle of a
brook or the drip of fountain.
There seems to be no Japanese house
without its flower vase, its picture on
the wall and its guitar.
The Japanese have four kinds OF
guitar or harp. The samasin is the
common kind; it has a long neck, its
square body is covered with tight cat
skin, and it has three strings or wires;
the player strikes these wires with
curious little piece of ivory or she picks
them with her fingers. Then there is
the big koto with its thirteen strings,
and there is tiny lutte with four strings,
and there is a very fine sort of harp
brought from China and called ''gik-
ken"
This gilxlken has three sets of wires,
and if Miss Chrysanthemum is an ac-
complished musician she makes very
CAV music on her Chinese harp. With
the rosy finger tips of her small brown
hands she can bring forth from the
wires all the sounds of the great Japa-
Inese hunt which takes place each year
,on the third of November.
On one set of the wires she can call
like a hunter to his hounds, and from
another set at the same time, you hear
/ the hounds bark and bay. She will give
you from that little harp the most en-
chanting notes.-the cries of the Japa-
nese wild animals, and the notes ofthe
swamp and water birds.
The Japanese are so fond of music
that they scarcely take meal without
the harp or guitar. This table music
is furnished either by daughter of the
family or by singing girl" hired from
outside, of whom there is a large class
in Japan.
This singing girl" will come in on
her little wooden clogs, bringing her
guitar; and with the jeweled hairpins
STUCK III Her NANrSN hinoh h"iis civ -
CAV sash tied in big bows at the back
she looks exactly as you see her on
Japanese fans. While the family eat
rice and beans and raw fish she will
sing them song of Towering cherry
tree or a red peony, or chant them a
ballad of the Golden Dragon, sounding
the guitar all the while. am sorry to
say She sings Through her nose" and in
a very high key.
Sometimes a small drum is used, and
now and then the singer accents her
song with dull, soft boom, boom,
boom
The japanese girls have very beauti-
full names
Our names, like Harriet Frances"
Jenny" Susan" do not mean any
thing" they are simply names by which
we distinguish one girl from another
girl
But Japanese girls have names which
mean Little Purple, Little Butter
fy," SILVER" Bird" white Bright
ness" brightness of the Flowers"
Pearl Harp and many other lovely
things. Scissors, in Our Little
Men and Women.
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Estate of LYDIA :. PAIGE.
The undersigned. having been appointed by the Hon
Probate Court for the District ofIlarif0rd commits
sionere. 10 receive examine and adjust all claims
and demands OF all persons against the estate Of
Lydia :. Paige late Of Bethel In said Dstric, de-
ceased. and all claims exhibited In Offset thereto
hereby give notice that will meet for the purpos-
es aforesaid at ". p. Snith's'gtore az r. Bethel
the day of Dec. and the 2Srd day OF Feb,
next from 2p. m. unt
o'clock. p. Of said days and that six months from
the 81 day OF Oct. A. d. 1881 Is the time limited by
said Court for said creditors present their claims
10 ms for examination aud allowance.
Dated East Bethel this 30 day OF Oct. A. ID. 1881
Nm. +. SMITH. I Con mission
"a MENDAIL WOOD y
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STATE OF VERMONT. tAt Probate
DISTRICT OF HARTFORD, IS Court held at
Woodstock within and for said district, on the 9Th
day OF Nov. A. ID. 1891.
Present. Hon. T. o. sEAvER. Judge.
An Instrument purportingto be the last VIII and
Testament OF Fred II. Marks late Of Bethel
IN said district. deceased, Is presented 10 said
Court foi probate aud allowance by Robert Noble
the executor therein named
II Is ordered by said Court
thar all persons concerned therein be notified 10
appear before said Court al thr Probate
once in Woodstock aforesaid on the LIST day OF
Dec. A. d., 1891. and show causeif any they may
have against the Probate akd allowance ~ said in-
sirumenf as the last will OF Fred n, Marks
for whicht
purpose Il Is further ordered that copy OF the rec
ord This order be published three weeks successive
~. In the Bethel Courier newspaper published
at Bethel In this state soon as may be.
true record attest, n. y. sEANER Register.
as +. o. sEAvER. Judge.
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Commissioners Notice.


Estate Of A. A. WILSON.
The undersigned. having been appointed by the
Hon. Probate Court for the District OF Addison
Commissioners. 10 receive. examine and adjust all
claims and demands of all persons against the estate
of A. A. Wilson late OF Hancock Ia said Dis
trict, deceased all claims exhibited in offset thereto
hereby give notice that viii meet for the purposes
aforesaid. at the late residence OF deceased
on the 2jth day OF Nov. and the 9Th Of April
next from 9o'clock. a until O'Clock. p. m. OF
said day. and that six mos from the 28h day Of Oct
1891 Is the time limited by said Court for said credit
Ois 10 present their claims 10 ms for examination and
allowance. Dated al Hancock this 2nd day ofNoy.
A. ID. 1891.
A. ID. MARS. Com
sH RoLLA FLINT missioners.
Mrs, Emily Wilson. admN
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The under l,ei. s.-1iag been appointed BIZ the
Probate Court tor the Dslrlc q Hartford Commits
soners 10 receive. examine and adjust claims and
demands Of All persons azainsfthe e. Cvuthia
Pike late Of Barnard IN sal deceased
and the claims OF the 1ece Offset
thereto hereby kire motto 3 vin meet for the
purpose aforesaid. a. the ale r nee Of the said
deceased on the 9nd d. and End
q Of April mex lcipck. p. N.
sftN 4 O'Clock ~ sAil and that six mos.
fr0m the md day o. -fg- A. D. lSe' Is the rims
limited hv said Court Iur said creditors TO pre-
sent their claims for examination and allow
ance Dated a. Barnard this 7th day Of Nov ISL
CHARLES COX. f,---,.
Is GEORGE HAMMOND in. Commissioners.
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STATE OF vERMoNr IAtaProbate couriheld |


STATE OFVERNONT ! AT aProbate Courtheld al
District OF Hartford.SS Woodstock. within and for
said district on the fth day OF Nov. ID. 1881
Present. Hon. Thos. O. seAver. Judge.
Whereas Carl ID. Cushing admr.
of the estate Of Josiah ID. Gushing
late Of Bethel In said
district. deceased, testate propose rendering first
account of his administration and presenting his
account against said estate for allowance al a
session OF said Court be held the Probate Once
In Woodstock. In said District. on the 2nd day of
Dec A. n, 1891. And Whereas. said Court has as
signed said time and place iOl settlement Of said ac-
count and for decree OF the resdne Of said estate 10
the heirs Of said deceased. and ordered
that public notice thereof be given TO all persons in
terested In said estate by publishing copy Of the
record of this order three weeks succes.iyey prevl
ous to the day assigned. aforesaid in the Herald
and Courier a newspaper published at Bethel in
the county OF Windsor In tn state of VT
Therefore. All persons concerned in said estate are
notified TO appear At the Probate Once in Wood
stock in said District, the day assigned as afore-
said then 4Ad there 10 contest the allowance ~ said
account they andto establish their rights
heirs egaees, and lawful claimants Of said resi-
due.
as '''s Attest. T. o. sEAvER Judge
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AnExcellent sien.

A little Massachusetts boy. who
deserves election to the Law and Order
league, recently printed a sign and
fastened it on one of the posts OF the
front piazza. The sign read; NO
smoke-ness, nor drunk-ness. nor swear
words, nor wickedness round this
house, 'sOf course we don't do such
things" said little Master Virtue, but
/ thought it would be good TO have the
sign up there for the tin peddiers ana
Abe visitors 70 read-"
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LEGAL NOTICES.
orange County Court,
EvAJ. LIBBEy

VS..
HARRY W. LIBBEY. Dec. Term, A. D. 1881.
Whereas the above named Eva J. Libbey has III
ed her libel for divorce in said court setting forth
therein in substance that she duly married al
Newbury in SAID county on the 3rd day OF April A.
d. 1878 TO said Harry W. Lbbey by Rev. 5. L. Bates
minister OF the Gospel and that after said mar
riage she cohabited with her said husband at Brad
ford in the due observance Of her said marriage
covenants but that her said husband on to wit the
31st day Of March, A. d. 1855 without just cause
wilfully deserted her and has deserted ever
since that time; and further setting forth therein
that she resides at Bradford in said county but that
her said husband resides out Of the state and pray
ing that he may be cited to appear by publication
in some newspaper and further praying that she
may be granted divorce from her said husband by
said Hon. court: therefore It is ordered that the
said Harry w. Lbbey be cited 10 appear at Chelsea
in Orange County on the third Tuesday Of Decem-
Der A. D. 1891 to show cause in said court any he
has why divorce should not be granted in accord
with the prayer Of said petition, by publica-
ton Of the substance OF said libel and this order
three weeks successfully in the HERALD AND NEWS
a newspaper published at West Randolph In said
county the last publication TO be three weeks be-
fore said term OF court.
Given under my hand at Newbury this End day Of
Nov. A. d. 1891. JONATHAN ROSS,
Judge Of Supreme Court.
SMITH & SLOANE, Attys. AL
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FOR GIRLS AND BOYS.
THE LIFE I'd CHOOSE.

uIto choose the life that
Would like TO lead were free,
I'll tell you what. my girls and boys,
Ny choice would surely be;
Not that OF lady rich and proud,
Who but for pleasure caree,
Who dwells in stately mansion and
The rarest jewels wears,
With many servants at her call
And all that gold can buy
That's not the life I'd choose, my girlA
Oh. no, my boys, not l.
Nor that OF one by genius set
Above the work day crowd,
OF whose great gift, whate'er ii be,
The whole wide world is proud;
Around whose brow a wreath is twined,
The laurel wreath OF fame,
And who, wherever she may go,
Is met with loud acclaim.
While with each other eager throngs
To do her honor vie
That's not the life I'd choose, my girls.
OH NO. my boys, notL
For, to my mind, a dreary thing
Is idle, costly mirth,
And splendid dress and jewels seem
To me of little worth.
And laurel crown, i fear me much,
May be most bravely worn.
And yet hide, mid its shining leaves,
To wound the brow, thorn.
Aud then both wealth and fame must bea,
The public ever nigh.
So neither would have. my girls,
OH no, my boys. not /.
country life for me, my girls,
On some old farm, my boys,
Where many trees make pleasant shade
Far from the city's noise;
Where might watch the sewers SOW.
While birds sang loud and sweet
In early spring the fresh plowed fields
With oats and corn and wheat,
And soon thereafter leaflets green
Above the mold descry-
On that's the life I'd choose, my girls,
Indeed. my boys, would l.
Where might hear the low of kline,
The hum of busy bees.
The whirr Of insect wings, the sweet
Faint whispers of the breeze,
And see the fruit on tree and vine
Grow ripper day by day,
And smell the honeyed clover tufts
And fragrant new-mown hay.
Beneath my feet the grass green earth,
O'erhead the vast blue sky
OIL that's the life I'd choose, my girls.
Indeed, my boys, would
Margaret Eytinge, In Detroit Free Press.
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The undersigned. having been appointed by the
Hon PROBATE Court for the district OF Hartford Com
mfssioners 10 receive examine. and adjust all claims
and demands Of all persons against the estate OF
Reuben Whitcomb late Of Stoekbridge in said Dist.
deceased and all claims exhibited in Offset there
To- hereby give notice thar will meet for the pur-
poses aforesaid. the late residence OF the said
deceased on the 9Th DAY Of Dec. and I'D day Of Mch.
next fnom l O'Clock pm. until O'Clock r. NJ.
On each Of sara days and that six months from
the 2lst DAY OF Oct. A. D.. ISL Is the time limit
~ b said Court for said creditors present their
clair1s to US for examination and allowance.
Dated At StockbridgeVt this sth day oNov. AID. 81
n. ". BLACKNER. Commits
A. IL. rAkER. sionerk 81
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AN ODD MISTAKE.
How Mamie Went a-Nutting, and the
Good Luck She Had.

How Mamie Went a-Nutting, and the
Good Luck She Had.
Little Mamie rode thirty miles into
the country, in the cars, aid no friend
with her. The conductor took charge
Of her. and when the train stopped at
the station she was led out to the plat.
form.
Instead of her grandpa stranger
spoke to her: Il gress you are the Wis
itor that Grandpa and Grandma Reed
- h aid. Il am their neighbor
hlt.mg and win take you 10 their
house"
Tney rode in an open buggy 1t was
q lovely October afternoon Mamie
had been here only once, at Christmas
Then the days were .cOld and snow lay
- the CroI ID
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IHE Saloons WoRk.

Two Lives pa Penalty Of PamperIng
lsrs COR Rum.
Do you ask 8ss why ] hate the
saioon9 ] wi ell you I once had a
dear sister Mary. We were constant
companions. Mary was a conscien-
tious girl. and anxious to live a good
life. She used to say: Anna. when