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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-06
The CARPET Industry.

A remarkable growth has taken place
in the carpet industry in this country
during the last thirty years. In 1860
the hand loom was in its prime through
out Kensington, where the power loom
was looked upon more as an expert
mental curiosity than a practical aid to
labor. Usually the employer worked
side by side with his weaver, who earned
good wages, and was as much respected
among his neighbors as high-class
merchant now is. Skilled Englishmen,
Scotchmen and Irishmen all found
ready employment and prompt return
for their labor. The total number of
factories in the United States was 213,
but the product only amounted to about
$4,000, 900 yards, valued at nearly SS,000,-
600, an increase of $2,500,000 over the
output in 1850. In 1870 the number of
factories was only increased by three,
but the amount of the product swelled
to 100000 yards, valued at about
S22 900, 900, with an invested capital of
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-06
WHAT'S in a Name!

'I am sorely annoyed and harrassed
by name," said dapper little man
with keen gray eyes and fierce NOUS
tache. Il bear a name that for CEN
turtles has been borne with pride, and
that to my positive knowledge has
never been dishonored. 1t is an hon
orable name and is associated with
many of mans greatest achievements.
And yet in these degenerate days of the
comic song writers and his arch con-
spirator, the wandering minstrel, my
name is weighing down my ambitions
and my hopes of prosperity and poster
ity. My name is Northumberland
j. McGinty-but not one man in fifty
to whom l am introduced believes
either my introducer or myself when,
with the most dignifed solemnity, we
assure him that that is my real cogno-
men. / have surrendered all hope of
ever utilizing the use of the tele-
phone, for as soon as the man at the
other end of the line asks who it is that
has rung him up and l tell him Nc
Ginty, he rails at me for disturbing him
with my jokes and snappishly rings me
off. ! never attempt to introduce my
self to any one as other men do, for
would only be considered an i'm
poster who was trying to disguise
his identity for some sinister motives,
or an Individual entirely too fresh.
About the queerest experience that my
name has occasioned me occurred last
summer on one of those magnificent
steamboats, that ply the Hudson.
joined party of friends for an excur-
sion up the river. In the party was
one of the most beautiful young women
| ever saw. at once sought an intro
duction to her. and imagine my heart
burns and chagrin when 1 was intro
duced to Miss Rooney. tried to re-
lieve the embarrassment we both felt
by making some peculiar remark about
the singular coincidence, but Miss
Rooney wouldn't have it. Her great,
liquid eyes filled with tears, and she
turned her back on me. All this may
seem funny to you and other people,
but l tell you the thing has gone so far
that there is no fun in it to me. "-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-06
Everyday Economy.

The following is taken from an article
on this subject by Georgia B. jerks, in
the Charities ReuieW: " We need to
learn new ways of making common
things palatable. There are many COM
binations, or rather DISCUSSES, to be
learned, that transform cooking from
commonplace drudgery into the learn
ing and discovery of something new
each day. Most people, and justly, too,
dislike the old-fashioned bread pudding,
but if you transform it into queen
of buildings by using ten minutes in
making the white of egg into a mer-
ingue, and adding a spoonful of Jelly,
you have accomplished the economical
purpose of the bread pudding, and
given infinitely more satisfaction to the
palate. In the same way half-cupful
of salmon or cupful of canned toma-
toes made into soup, with the addition
of quart and half of milk and crack
ers makes very good fifteen-cent sup
per or breakfast for four people, while
these same ingredients uncombined
would be only very unsatisfactory
part of a meal. A crust of bread grated,
an egg and tough piece of steak can
be made into very palatable croquettes,
the chopping-knife accomplishing what
the teeth could not. No one cookbook
or person has monopoly of the ways
of making everyday foods palatable,
and giving them variety. Time, pa
tience and thought will find them if one
earnestly sets to work to accomplish
something in accordance with these
plans"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-06

S12 100000. Wages on hand looms be-
gan to decrease, owing to the COMPETE
ton of the power looms. In 1882 the
capital invested in the industry was up
ward of $4,000, 900, involving $40 es-
adjustments Qncluding many small
concerns, not factories, strictly speak
ing), in which there were over 5000
hand looms, 4,200 power looms and
$4,000 operatives. The total output was
62,000,0 900 yards, valued at $50, 500 900.
OF this, over 81 100000 yards were in
grein (one-half of which was the cheap
cotton grade), 100000 tapestry and
S 500,0 900 body Brussels and Wilton.
The estimated increase in the number
of factories from 1850 to 1880 was over
eighty per cent; in capital, twenty per
cent, and in the number of employees,
eight per cent, the latter mainly an in
crease in the number of females en-
ployed, rendered possible by the intro
duction of the power loom. Wages had
increased twenty per cent. In 1890 a
considerable change was found. Hand
looms had practically disappeared, and
the factories, though numbering only
about $50, had been greatly enlarged,
and ran in the aggregate something
over 5000 power looms. The total out
put in that year was about 100000
yards Excluding moquettes), valued at
over S54, 100000, which, with the S3,000,-
600 worth of moquettes, made only in
New York and Massachusetts,, brought
the grand total to S57 900 900. OF the
S5,000,0O0 yards, 100000 were in
grain, 20, 100000 tapestry brussels and
velveD, and 100000 body Brussels
and Wilton. Philadelphia produces over
half of this, 10000 900 yards, valued at
S29, 00,000; New York, 10 900, 900, val
ued at S13, 800 900, and Massachusetts,
10 800 900, valued at 10000 900. The
cheapening of the product and the con-
sequent increase in the per capita con-
sumption, which is tenfold greater than
in 1860, is the direct result of improve
ments in machinery. Fine tapestries
and Brussels can now be obtained at
the former cost of the rudest ingram.
The enormous product, 81, 900, 900 yards,
is consumed entirely at home, making
a per capita consumption of nearly a
yard and half-far more than in any
foreign country.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-06
Mistellanp.
The Poultry-Yard Of Life.

THE following little poem was written for
the Ne,o England Poultry by Genie L. and
Florence Josephine Boyce of Waitsfield.]
A giant poultry yard is life, and like a band of
chicks,
As here and there and everywhere we go,
Wen find ourselves surrounded by fence Of
pointed sticks
But feed us, feed us, feed us and wen grow.
There's some Of us who spend our time to keep our
feathers straight,
And perk our heads just in the latest style;
There's some who only flap their wings from early
morn till late,
And cackle, cacxle cackle all the while.
But still there is a sunset CLEAN OF gold behind the
gray
And summer time is sleeping meath the snow;
For often It's that errors only on the surface lay,
So feed us, feed us, feed us and wen grow.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-06
To Get Rid of Ants.

A writer in an exchange says: Hav-
ing had years of torment with ants
both black and red, we lighted upon the
following remedy, which with us has
worked like magic. One spoonful tar
tar emetic, one spoonful of sugar,
mixed into a thin syrup; as it evapo-
rates or is carried off, add ingredients
as needed. A sicker lot of pests would
be hard to find. Whether they impart
the results to the home firm or whether
all are killed, l trow not; certain it is
they do not pay us second visit. For
ants on the lawn, a spoonful of paris
green cut with alcohol and made into a
syrup with sugar and water can be
placed on pieces of glass or crockery-
cover from domestic pets-and the
slaughter will be satisfactory"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-06
A Lie, and the Truth--.A Fable.

One day Lie broke out of its in
closure and started to travel. And the
man who owned the premises saw it
after it had started, and was sorry he
had not made the Enclosure Lie-tight.
So he called to his swiftest Truth and
said: =" A Lie has got loose and will
do much mischief if it is not stopped.
| want you to go after it and bring it
back or kill it," So the swift Truth
started out after the Lie. But the Lie
had one hour the start. AT the end of
the first day the Lie was going Lickety-
split. The Truth was long way be-
hind it and was getting Tired. 1t has
not yet caught up. And never will.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-06
Marie Never Forgot Again.

A German merchant in London has
servant girl who is excellent in many
respects, but was very forgetful. This
fault was especially annoying at meal
times, when something essential was
sure to be lacking from the table. One
day the family was seated at the table
and the bell was rung as usual. The
girl hurried to the dining-room.
" Marie," said Herr B., just run and
fetch the big step ladder down from the
attic and bring it up here" Marie, who
had been disturbed at her dinner, gave
grunt of dissatisfaction, but ran up
three flights of stairs to fetch down the
heavy ladder. In about five minutes
she returned to the room, painting with
her eXertion. So now" said Herr
B., "put it up at that end of the room
and climb to the top" Marie did as
she was told, and when she was at the
top Herr b. quietly observed: Marie,
you have now got better view than
we have; just look round and tell us if
you can see any salt on the table. My
wife and could not find it," That did
the business. Marie never forgot the
lesson.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-06
" WHAT'S woman's Work 2"

" We've heard the cry, from sea to sea,
what's woman's work2 What shall It be?
Yet every Patron In the land
Knows we've always had hand
In organizing every Grange;
And why these Questions2 1t seems strange
/" We've worked in every way we could,
And done what every sister should,
To help along this noble work.
And never have been known to shirk;
We've made our speeches, essays read,
And often in the sngngled
Il We've helped our brothers build our halls
And decorate the barren walls
And placed therein our emblems true,
For Husbandman and Matron, too
We've voted with our brothers there,
And helped to count the ballots fair.
" We've brought our flowers, rich and rare,
And put them under Flora's care
Ripe fruits we've gathered in their prime
And placed them upon Pomona's shrine
The grains and grasses, fully ripe,
Fair Ceres guards with sickle bright.
" The juveniles we've watched with care,
That naught but good should enter therei
For well we know their plastic mind,
If moulded right will soon combine
And keep our mystic Grange secure
From evil doors, we are sure.
" But as we work with brothers true,
We find there's more and more to de-
For work has been the lot of man
And woman, too-since time began.
I'm sure we've always done our share;
No Grange can work unless we're there"
Mrs. II. b. Phipps.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-06
Egg and Milk.

Take fresh egg, break it in saucer,
and with three-pronged fork beat it
until it is as thick as batter. Have
ready half pint of new milk sweet
ened with white sugar, stir the egg into
the milk, and serve it with a piece of
sponge cake or slice of toast. 1t is con-
sidered very light, nourishing food for
an invalid. Some prefer the yolk and
white of the egg beaten separately.
The yolk should be beaten till it is very
light and thick, then pour it into the
sweetened milk; afterwards beat the
whites till it will stand alone, and add
gradually half teaspoonful of white
sugar; pile the white on the top of the
milk and serve as before.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-06

Now TRY THIs.-It will cost you
nothing and will surely do you good,
if you have cough, cold, or any trouble
with throat, chest or lungs. DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds is guaranteed to give
relief, or money will be paid back. Suf-
ferers from la grippe found it just the
thing, and, under its use, had speedy
and perfect recovery. Try a sample
bottle at our expense and learn for
yourself just how good a thing it is.
Trial bottles free at G. Blakely's drug
store. Large sizes fifty cents and one
dollar.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-06
His UNCONVENTIONAL Trademark.

A very seedy individual, with his
trousers worn thin behind and before,
appeared one day in the office of the
late General G. B. Fiske and laid claim
to his charity on the ground that they
were both Methodists. so, yes" said
the general, after looking at him for a
moment, 81 see you are Methodist.
You have the marks. You wore out
your trousers at the knees praying and
you wore them out behind backsliding.n
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-06
1floraI ann Religious.
The Father KnOweth Best.


The days last splendor fades and dies,
And shadows one by one arise,
To light the candles of the skies.
o wild flowers, wet with fearful dew
O woods, with starlight shining through
My heart is back tonight with you
Footsteps beside me tread the sod
As in the twilight gone they trod;
And unlearn my doubts, thank Cod
l hear dear, familiar tone,
A loving hand within my own,
A earth seems made for me alone.
If my fortunes could have planned,
would not have let go that hand;
But they must fall who learn to stand.
And how to blend life's varied bues,
What i'll to find, what good to lose,
My Father knoweth best to choose.
Alice Carr.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-06

QUANTITY of feed is not all; the kind
is also important. The sheep of the
Cheviot and Welsh hills of England,
grazing on a certain kind of fine up
land nutritious. grass and aromatic
herbs, are noted for the peculiar excel
lence of their mutton. Without this
kind of feed the mutton loses much of
its distinguishing quality and flavor.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-06

IT is one thing to praise the beati-
tudes; 1t is another thing to practice
their spirit. Any one can do the former;
it requires grace to succeed in the lat
ter.-Ram's Horn.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-06
These Life Destroyers
vanquished.
What Think Ye Of This L?

WEEHAwKEN, n. j.
DR.. DAVID KENNEDY
Dear sir Il must write and tell you
of the wonderfW benefit your great medt
cine " IA VORI7'E RElfED Y" has been
TO me- For years l suffered from an
aggregated Kidney trouble and dyspepsia
caused by the constant motion of the en-
CINE. had been under the treatment of
some of the best PHYSICIANS and used
many preparations without deriving any
benefit. On the recommendation of Con-
ductor Frazer of our Road used Dr.
Kennedy'S Fdrorite Remedy and | deem it
prigileqe as well as duty to say that
after using it but short while | was
entirely cured.
Very respectfully yours,
VIM. HUSTON
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-06

REMEMBER the German proverb:
"Speech is silvern, but silence is
golden," and Burns more laconic
Aye keep something to yourself ye
wouldna gle to ony." There is no
greater fault in business dealings of all
kinds than that of being over-commu-
nicatiVe
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-06
tn nn0IIT OUR FAITH IN
IUfhlIv THE MEDICINE,

On and after October /, 1891, we give every
person selling our medicine the privilege of
selling six bottles for $500, and guarantee
that In case it does you no good you can
receive your money back. Read guaranty
with every bottle. We claim to cure Dys-
pepsia, Headache, Sour Stomach, Heartburn,
eating Palpitation of the Heart. Cole. Ner.
vousness, Loss of Sleep, Dizziness, Irregular
ity of the Appetite, Pleurisy Pains, Bloat,
Wind on the Stomach, Hacking Cough, and
Constipation. And why will 1t cure? Be-
cause it is Relaxing, Purifying, Soothing,
and Healing. 1t is compounded from the
purest roots and herbs, free from Alcohol
or Morphia. 1t is harmless to the smallest
child; children like it, and it is far superior
to Castor Oil and all other preparations
Call for Groder's Botanic Dyspepsia
Syrup. None genuine unless bearing our
trademark, the Beaver.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-06

THREE THINGS TO REMEMBER
Hoods Sarsaparilla has the most merit.
Hoods Sarsaparilla has won unequalled
success. Hoods Sarsaparilla accom-
plishes the greatest cures. Is it not
the medicine for you?
CONSTIPATION is caused by loss of
the peristaltic action of the bowels.
Hoods Pills restore this action and in
vigorate the liver.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-06
Tbs 9ousebulo.

Contributions to this department may be sent
either to DIR. T. II. HosKINs, Newport, VT, or d.
rectly to THE Waterman PUBLISHING COMPANY.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-06
HE COULD SHOOT TOO WELL,
AND WE HUNG HIM.

"Rather CHASTITY comment on our so
called civilization, was it not?"-Chi-
caqO Tribune.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-07
The Horses Knew the Tune.

A relation of mine. who has spent
many years in India, remembers well
how, when living i'll Lucknow and e4l-
ioying the evening drive with other
English residents in the Indian city, the
carriage horses would toss their heads
and paw the ground impatiently when
the first notes of "God Save the Queen
were played by the military band every
evening 1t was the last tune played
the signal for dispersion.
A skeptic-or, perhaps, more than one
having insisted that the horses only
knew the tune because it was always
played last, and they were able to calcu-
late time, the experiment was tried OF
playing God Save the Queen in the
middle, instead of at the end OF the
evening. Instantly there was the same
excitement in the horses standing round
''the course" The same impatient toss
ing of the head and prancing of the feet.
the same general stampede and eager
ness to start homeward.
No one could any longer doubt that
they knew and recognized the air; in
fact, that they could tell one tune from
another.-London Spectator.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-07
One Child,s Dream.

Harriet Martineeu relates that, of her
many childish fancies, perhaps none
was so terrible as a dream she had at
four years old. II dreamed" she says,
'that we children were taking a walk
with our nursemaid. Out of the public
house there came stag with prodigious
antlers. Passing the pump, it crossed
the road to us and made polite bow,
with its head on one side, and with a
scrape of one foot; after which it pointed
with its foot to the public house, and
spoke to me, inviting me in. The maid
declined, and turned to go home. Then
came the terrible part.
by the time we were at our own door
it was dusk, and we went up the steps
in the dark; but in the kitchen it was
bright sunshine. My mother was stand
ing at the dresser, breaking sugar, and
she lifted me up and set me in the sun,
and gave me bit of sugar. Such was
the dream whic1s;. 44-oze me with horror.
Who shall say -Shy?" concludes the mar
rator, looking back from her strong
minded maturity to that vividly remen-
bered childish G7eam, and utterly un-
able to understand what the fright was
about. "-Argosy.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-07
Great Men from an Accident.

The history Of a certain American
family furnishes several examples of a
benefcent result of disabling accidents.
The young son of farmer in a small
town in Massachusetts had his hand
crushed in his fathers cider mill, and
being thus untitled to gain his livelihood
by farming was sent in due time to the
academy to commence a preparation for
a professional life. He died a member
of the United States senate.
A boy who belonged to another branch
of the same family, in the vicinity of
Boston, cut his suee badly and was long
confined to thG rouse. His kind pastor
supplied him with books, and perceiving
that he had a natural aptitude for study
taught him Latin and finally induced
his parents to send him to college.
The young man was graduated at Har-
ward and became minister of the gos-
pei. One of his sons was general in the
army of 1912; another served his coun-
try in congress.
The son who entered college had six
sons who were college educated men, all
prominent in their profession-one a
judge of the superior court of New
Hampshire and another professor for
forty years in New England college
and eminent as an author.
All this life of education and useful
ness, extending through three genera
tions, may be said to have started in a
little boys cutting his legl-Youth's
COMPANION.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-07
A Lord in a Ditch.

Lord Mulgrave was distinguished by
singularity of physical conformation,
having two distinct voices, the one
strong and hoarse, the other weak and
querulous, of both of which he occa-
sionally availed himself. So extraordi-
nary circumstance probably gave rise
to a story of his having fallen into a
ditch on dark night and calling for aid
In his shrill voice. A countryman COM
ing up was about to help him, but Lord
Mulgrave, addressing him in hoarse
tone, the peasant Immediately exclaimed,
''Oh, if there are two of you in the ditch
you may help each other out of it,
London Tt-Bits.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-07
s,orie. rha. nl.hop Hars rells.

Bishop Hare, of South Dakota, is fond
of telling stories about himself to illus
trate the point which he playfully makes
that man who lives long on the pla' .,s
comes to be a good deal Of barb ,rian,
Once. so one of the stories runs Ne had
the misfortune while enterin.< a dining
room in this city to step ur ia the skirt OF
a lady's dress. Apo. .agixing, he said,
"You know that Lave been living with
the Indians latelYand have grown. some
what awkward"
The lady, Miss Potter, quickly replied,
Il don't think chat, bishop; but am sur
prised at one thing, that after living SO
long with the Indians you shouldn't be
better at following up trail"
A few evenings later another little af-
fair occurred, the story of which the
bishop tells as follows:
81 was talking with a charming woro-
an when up came a gentleman who
claimed her attention for moment in
another part of the house. AS she went
away she gave me her ice and asked me
to keep it for her. She had hardly gone
before brother Clergyman engaged me
in talk or the Indian question.
s'Now, If there is any subject in which
! am more interested than am in the
Indian question l can't think of it Just
now. At any rate, became absorbed
in my talk with my friend. Suddenly l
was aroused by an inquiry addressed to
me in woman's voice.
"'Where is my ice, bishop? was the
question.
upon my word, had eaten every bit
of it."-New York Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-07
Discouraging the Use of robacco.

Professor Smith, formerly of Bowdoin
college, did not like to have the students
chew tobacco during recitations and
took effectual means to break up the
practice A boy who was called upon
to recite one day, not expecting to be
pulled" as the saying goes, on the next
day in succession, would go into the
class and chew tobacco during the hour
Whenever "Cosine" noted this he was
morally certain to ask that student a
few questions, and by keeping him up
fifteen minutes or SO would manage to
put him in a position where he would
either have to swallow copious amount
of tobacco'or else choke. Such vigorous
treatment had a beneficial effect.-Lew-
iston Journal.