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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-16
Sound Advice to Girls.

o girls, learn to talk have been
among girls good deal; in fact was
once girl myself, and the folly of talk
ing idle nonsense seems so plain to me
that would like to make my girl friends
see it too. / have known so many
girls, bright girls, who were hiding
their talents behind empty chatter and
Joking with their young gentlemen
friends, making such foolish retorts
and pointless little speeches, that have
wished they could see themselves as
others see them. Be well read in the
best that is in the wide-awake literary
world. Be original and fight bravely
for your opinions, but if your good
sense detects their instability, retire
gracefully into the background. Make
yourself well informed in all the hap
penings and writings and GREETINGS of
this lively nineteenth century. Now,
girls, don't you see, just mean this /:
Have your ammunition stored up ready,
but don't burn your precious powder
until you can hit the mark.-Christian
at Work.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-16
Partially in the Home.

If parent has two daughters, one is
usually more attractive and commands
the most attention. The sighted one
soon gets very sensitive and concludes
it's no use, she never can be her sisters
equal, and very often sisterly love
turns TO jealousy and hatred. Now is
the time the discerning parent can
prove his love. Show her that you are
not carried away. If she has any talent
that outranks her sister, call her atten-
ton to that; show her that public opin-
ion changes very readily, and prove to
her that all virtues will get their just
reward. The danger of being partial
to children is much greater on the
farm than in towns. How often do we
see certain children enjoy nearly all the
favors that can be given; how often do
We learn of parents saying TO certain of
their children, you can't learn any,
and / would like to see So ething you
are good for" Several years ago q
mother said to her oldest girl, when she
had offended her, You black, ugly
thing, you are good for nothing. always
did hate you" From that day to this
there has been an impossible gulf be-
tween them. Her mother appreciates
her worth now, but too late; her
daughter says she respects her mother
only because it is her duty to do so. AS
far as business qualifications and intel.
ligence are concerned, she outranks
the rest of the family, but her child
hood days have received blight from
which she will never recover.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-16
Hasty Judgments.

1t is well to suspend judgment in
many cases until we have had time TO
review circumstances and trace motives.
Espt cially where children are con-
cerned should we be very careful not
to confuse their sense of right and
wrong by acting with injustice, scold-
ing or censuring them for mistakes due
to their inexperience, and perhaps in
flicting punishment when none was
deserved. A little child once ran nearly
a mile from her own home to that of
friend carrying an umbrella to her
mother, whom she supposed to be there.
Great gusts of wind arose, and streams
of rain fell and drenched the little one
before she arrived at her destination,
wet, breathless, and quite unable to
explain why she had come when met
by curious eyes and amazed questions.
The mother had seen the impending
storm and gone home, and the result of
the whole proceeding was--for this true
story took place in sterner days than
ours-that the child was shut up for
hours of the next day to think over the
fault of equivocation.
A mother whose temper is impulsive
should never trust her first hasty iudg-
ment in the management of her little
ones. In the larger affairs of the neigh
borhood and of society the prudent per-
son refuses to judge hastily. He gives
the benefit of the doubt wherever and
whenever and to whomsoever he can
People have right to ask that before
they are weighed in the balances and
found wanting their cases shall be
looked at from all sides and from the
lost favorable point of view. 1t is not
well to assume that bushes and down
dropped eyes always indicate guilt.
Innocence, falsely accused, is often
ashamed to look its accuser in the face
Judge not, that ye be not judged, was
said by the purest lips that ever spoke
on earth.
The man or woman whose habit it is
to indulge in snap judgments of any
kind is necessarily narrow and unde-
veloped. -Harper's Bazar.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-16
Appeal to Mothers.

The Rev. Dr.. Tnomas j. Conaty, ed
itor of the Catholic School and Home
Magazine, advocates strongly total alb
stinence as "the safest and best way to
guard against all possible intemper-
ance," and makes an earnest appeal
to mothers as follows: "Mothers of
Christian homes, be apostles of temper.
ance. You can succeed where the
printed word and the eloquent address
will fail. Preach in your homes; preach
total abstinence by word and example
and in your family prayers beg heaven
to send its sweet influence into the
hearts of your loved ones. When your
boys are pledged at their first commu-
Mon, watch over their pledge very
carefully, especially in their dawning
manhood. Keep them out of clubs,
which are frequently the places where
their pledge is most endangered.
Watch them, pray for them, advise
them, and you will be the mothers of
good men who will be your pride"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-16
MisteIlanp.
Forest Trees.
BY j. A. BATES, RANDOLPH, VT.


Who is cultivatipg them in Vermont?
If any one has had any experience, let
us hear from him. There is no sort of
question that we have acres OF land IN
our state that ought now to be planted
with maple, ash, chestnut, oak ana wal
nut trees.
And isn't il time also for us to hear
about some experiments in bringing in
some other forest trees, not native to
our state, like the black walnut, or In
introducing some lost natives, like the
cotton poplar and the tulip poplar, or
western whitewood v?
can tell of two such experiments,
some thirty years ago. When their
neighbors were transplanting some fifty
elms and perhaps dozen locusts for
shade trees. two men Cor boys) in two
Vermont villages set out tulip tree
and black walnut tree. The locusts
were all cut down long ago; but their
sprouts are even now greater pests TO
those villages than the burdocks and
the witch grass multiplied by the kale.
A few of the elms are handsome
shade trees; but the majority are tall,
awkward, scrawny things that spoil
the lawns for rods around them, and
they would have been cut down long
ago il the frewood in them would have
paid for the labor of cutting and split
ting it. But that tulip tree is one of
the beauties of the village. And the
black walnut, when it dies of old age,
will be worth more than the saw-mill
logs of all the fifty elms.
Your paper has been telling us of
{ Thara nf Mi
Holyoke Seminary graduates in YER
mont who remember the giant black
walnut tree on the seminary grounds.
] saw it last fall, and 1 think it is the
grandest tree in New England. We
ought to have some like it in Vermont.
We may have them if we will. l have
half-a-dozen small ones in my expert
ment station" that have stood one win
ter well, and are growing nicely.
Suppose every Mt. Holyoke graduate
should send two or three stamps to the
seminary gardener (whom they all know
as a very generous sort of a MANI
and ask for half dozen nuts from the
old tree as souvenirs, and then put
them into the ground for preservation.
Will your paper agree to report results
in its " Vol. 200"?
But, speaking of big trees, what is
called the d" the biggest in Chittenden
county" is cotton poplar on the Shell
burne road in South Burlington. Will
some one of your correspondents give us
its measure? The largest naples l have
seen are in Underhill village. Who
will measure them? And those giant
spruces on what used to be the Deacon
Whitney farm in Willistonl If they are
not yet cut down, viii somebody meas
ure them for us?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-16
Where the Name " America "
Originated.

1t was not until 1887 that Alexander
Won Humboldt, in his Critical Exam
ination of the History and Geography of
the New World" pointed out the real
culprit, and showed beyond question
that the name "America /" was first
suggested in small Latin treatise on
cosmography, written by one Martin
Waldseemuller, and published during
the year 1907 at Saint Die, village
situated in the upper valley of the river
Meurthe, in southeastern Lorraine.
This little book was entitled Cosmo-
graphic Introductio "-Introduction to
Cosmography-and the story of its au
thorship and publication, and the I'M
foreseen part that it played in christen-
ing the western hemisphere, forms
one of the most curious narratives in the
whole record of photography. Whether
Humboldt made this interesting discov-
cry by mere accident of research, or
was led TO it by Foscarini or Bandini-
who in two successive editions of Soil
nus had noted the suggestive passage in
the Cosmographi@, without apparently
comprehendng its real importance
cannot low be ascertained. However
this may have been, it was the auh or
of" Cosmos who first took up seri-
ously The task of indicating the long
maligned Florentine, and in so doing
threw into the arena topic in the dis
cussion of which photographers have
ransacked libraries, labored and dis
puted, until the whole line of evidence
has been developed, arranged, and the
demonstration made complete. A pub
LEGATION which in the dim early twilight
of American history made the little
hamlet of Saint Die the godmother of
our mighty continent is an object of
no ordinary interest to Americans,
and this fourth centenary of Columbus
dis covery would seem to be fitting
moment in which to bring together
in simple narrative form the substance
of what is known concerning the Cos
mographi@ " itself, the men by whom
it was written and published, the place
where they lived, and the motive by
which their work was inspired.-H
per'S Magazine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-16
Mistell
How to Roll an Umbrella.


No, not that wayl l never knew
one man in hundred to do it right"
said the clerk in the umbrella store.
His remarks were directed at Gus
toner who had grasped the handle with
his right hand and was twisting the
silk through with his left hand.
"That will spoil that umbrella when
you have repeated the operation half
dozen times" the clerk continues.
"You were making pretty roll, but did
you notice that you were twisting the
ribs and braces in spiral around that
stick as well as the cloth? You may
have noticed that your umbrella sticks
and catches when you try to raise it,
That's because you didn't know how to
roll it. You twist the joints Of the
ribs and braces all out of shape. Now
let me show you how an umbrella
should be rolled"
The clerk took out the maltreated ar
tice, shook out the folds of silk, and
worked the spiral out of the ribs, and
proceeded to demonstrate the proper
methods of umbrella-rolling. Grasp
ing the handle in his right hand, he en-.
circled the silk at the tip with his left,
which he slipped down about half way
of the cloth, pressing the ribs and
braces firmly against the stick. The
right hand was then shifted to the tips
of the ribs, which were held firmly
against the stick, while the left hand
adjusted the roll of cloth around them
BY this method the ribs were kept
straight along the stick and not partly
twisted around it as the customers
roll.-NelC York Sun.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-16

BEFORE cold weather comes on, and
colds, sore throats and all the other at
tendant evils of our variable climate are
fairly with us, mothers should see that
their children accustom themselves to
the use of cold water on the throat and
chest. A vigorous washing and scrub
bing with cold water every morning,
followed by friction with coarse towel,
will do much to prevent any throat
trouble later on. A child should also
be taught to gargle the throat well with
cold water every time it brushes its
teeth.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-16

A MILLION FRIENDS" A friend
in need is friend indeed" and not less
than one million people have found just
such friend in DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs, and
Colds. If you have never used this
great cough medicine, one trial will
convince you that it has wonderful cur
alive powers in all diseases of the throat,
chest and lungs. Each bottle is guar
auteed TO do all that is claimed, or
money will be refunded Trial bottles
free at G. Blakely's drugstore, Mont
pelier, Vt. Large bottles, fifty cents and
one dollar.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-16

lT is reported from Hanover that the
trustees of Dartmouth College have de-
cided to unite the Academic and Scien-
tific departments on a plan which has
long been under consideration. Under
this arrangement the Chambers will be
classified as scientific students, but in
other respects will have the same in
structors and all the privileges pertain
ing to the college proper, The sum OF
800 900 is to be raised in aid of the
scientific school, which will continue
its corporate existence.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-16

BUCKLEN's ARNICA SALvE.-The
best salve in the world for cuts, bruises
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores
letter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns
and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles, or no pay required. 1t il
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price TWENTY-FIVE
cents per box. For sale by G. Blakely
Montpelier, VT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-16

IN autumn, winter and spring, colds
are the rule rather than the exception.
Hence it is the part of every wise and
prudent mother to keep on hand a sup
ply of Dr. Bulbs Cough Syrup, the great
domestic favorite and iniallible cure
for all affections of the throat and
chest.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-16

THE advertising of Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla is always within the bounds of
reason because it is true; it always APP
peas to the sober common sense of
thinking people because it is true; and
it is always fully substantiated by en-
dorsements which in the financial
world would be accepted without mo.
ment's hesitation.
For a general family cathartic we
confidently recommend Hoods Pills.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-16


GORDON, NEBRASKA, July %.
take great pleasure in recommending
the Kickapoo Remedies and have known of
them among the Indians, as | have lived on
the extreme Western frontier for the past 80
years, and am at present Sioux Indian
interpreter for the government.
My personal experience with Sagwa,-
which in the indian tongue signifies The
Best has been considerable but one of the
most wonderful effects from personal knowl-
edge in my own case was the curing of
Chronic Catarrh with which | became afflict-
ed, owing to the great altitude OF the coun-
ny in which had been living.
IL did not at first occur to me to take Kick
apoo Indian Sagwa for this trouble; and it
was not until | had visited the Hot Springs,
and failed to obtain relief, and the disease
had become very alarming that | was
afraid ii would get the best of me and devel-
OPP into consumption that concluded to take
Sagwa. ! got one bottle of 1t and bottle OF
the Indian Oil The effect was so marked
that Immediately ordered twelve bottles of
each, and now bless the day that the thought
occurred to me, for am entirely cured of
that most disagreeable and distressing of all
diseases, catarrh.
i am satisfied my catarrh was cured owing
to the perfect manner in which "Sagwa"
purifies the blood; and claim that Sagwa
taken in connection with Indian Oil, will
positively cure the worst cases of catarrh
ever known and so far as the use of Kicka-
poo Indian Remedies as general family med
icines are concerned, there is nothing on
earth which can equal them.
An Indian would almost as soon be without
his gun and blanket as to be without a supply
of these remedies.
FRANK ID. YATES, Indian Interpreter.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-16

A FATHER and mother can do much
toward advancing their children's fu-
ture happiness by teaching them habits
of business and a knowledge of finance
during their youth.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-16

THE question often arises in the mind
of dairy farmers as to how many years
a cow can maintain profitable flow of
milk. Among the Hollanders it is the
fashion to slaughter the most of their
cows after eight years of age.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-16
Advertisements.

There was a young girl in Racine,
Whose age was but just seventeen,
But the citizens said
She could make the best bread
For she shortened it with " CoTToLENE."
A restaurant keeper named Green,
Has the biggest trade ever was seen,
For all know he makes
His pastry and cakes
With the lard substitute" CoTToLENE."
A famous society Queen,
Who practical cook long has been,
Says she's very well sure
There is nothing SO pure
As the shortening called " CoTToLENE."
The wives that are careful and keen,
Who like their food wholesome and clean,
Frying oysters or fish,
Eggs, or similar dish,
AS fat always use " CoTToLENE."
Now from these few verses you'll CLEAN,
The purport of what the lines mean;
That for shortening pies,
And all pastry likewise,
There is nothing excels CorToLENE."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-16
BRADFORD ACADEMY.

ings unsurpassed for comfort and health. Twenty.
hve acres.twelve in grove; lake for rowing and
skating. Classical and general course of study also
preparatory and optional. Gymnasium, music and
art rooms, and chemical laboratory, library and
readiug rooms. Competent teachers. Year com
menced September IA, 1892. MISS ANNIE L. JOHN
son AND Miss IDA c. ALLEN, Principals. Apply
to MISS IDA G. ALLEN, Bradford. Mass
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-16
FOR SALE.

The premises State street now occupied by
Charles A, barnard, situated between the dwelling
houses of Charles Dewey and George ". Reed. and
consisting of house, shed and barn, with about
fourth acre of land. Possession given ON April Is.
For terms OF payment and price, apply TO GEORGE
w. WING, Room 4, Union Block, Montpelier, VT
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-16
Tn nm MIR OUR FAITH IN
IuPkuV THE MEDICINE,

On and after October T. 1891, we give every
person selling our medicine the privilege of
selling six bottles for $780, 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,
kidney Complaint, Neuralgia Distress after
eating, Palpitation of the Heart, Collie, 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, 1892-11-16

CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoria.
CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoria.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-08-28
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Frank Wilkeson returned from Ham
ilton yesterday.
An interesting meeting Of the Fair.
haven Art League was held at the
home Of Mrs. t. w. Gillette Friday
evening.
Chas. Rode, "A mason, received an
ugly scalp wound from a falling brick
while working in the sewer tunnel yes
terday.
j. ii. Shively, Of the Express, will
occupy the pulpit Of the First NJ. T..
church morning and evening. Mr..
Shlvely Is an interesting and pleasing
speaker.
Reports come TO the HERALD that
quite "a good many small thefts are be-
ing committed i'm the city. Peter
Ahern reports the disappearance of a
big map which he got from this office
as premium with the WORLD and
Post-Intelligencer. Now Peter likes 10
study geography and doesn't mind
giving lessons occasionally. lie Is
even quite anxious TO give the fellow
who stole mis- map lesson. He Is 80
much In earnest about IL that he will
give ten dollars TO have him brought
into court with evidence sufficient TO
convict him Of the theft.
j. A. Strong, p. NJ. Isensee, NJ. l..
Jameson, Victor Roeder, 5. l.. Butler,
l.. w. Nestelle and Emory McGinnis,
delegates 10 the state Democratic con-
vention, returned yesterday. NJ. J..
Maloney is laid up at the Olympia
hotel with huge carbuncle on his
neck. j. A. Strong was elected mem
ber Of the state central committee for
his county. The Whatcom county del
egation divided on the ditch resolution
and stood 10 B. Maloney, Jameson
and Nestelle voted for the resolution
adopted, while the other ten favored a
compromise resolution.
The nominating speeches at the Peo-
ple's party convention yesterday were
principally distinguished for their
brevity. There was very little oratory
about them, 80 little, In fact, that that
little should be mentioned, especially
as IL emanated from our own DOnnelly,
who really made a most excellent
speech, the best Of the day, in nominat-
ing Requa for sheriff. Donnelly is an
enigma-a constant surprise to his
friends and a dread to his enemies, II
he has any. His speech for Requa un-
doubtedly gained him the nomination,
as his friends were by no means hope
iul Of his candidacy at the outset.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-08-28
Peter Ahern's Old Lodging House Feeds
the Flames

Peter Ahern's Old Lodging House Feeds
the Flames
The story and half frame building
at the corner Of Harris avenue and
Sixth street, until recently occupied by
Peter Ahern's lodging house, was to-
tally destroyed by fire in about two
minutes shortly after o'clock yester-
day afternoon. Boys playing in the
street near the building first saw the
flames and gave the alarm. Almost in
stantly after the first appearance of the
smoke the entire building was wrapped
in flames, and il made, while il lasted
one of the fiercest and quickest fires
ever seen here.
In small building in the rear there
were stored twelve boxes of giant pow
der, owned by Chas Zurn. Its pres
ence was not generally known, and
the firemen rushed fearlessly around
the burning building. Fortunately
Mr.. Zurn arrived in time to have the
powder removed. The hose companies
and fire engine arrived in good time.
A small explosion startled the specta-
tors soon after the flames enveloped the
house where the powder had been. All
apprehension Of danger was soon dis
missed, and the crowd remained about
the burning building. Suddenly, how
ever, terrific detOnatiOn was heard, "A
shower Of cinders and charred debris
was hurled alon. Two firemen who
were holding IA nozzle were knocked TO
the ground. Frank O'Dell's face was
slightly lacerated by missiles, and some
thing was hurled through the crown of
his hat. The explosion caused panic
IN the crowd men rolled over each
other In their mad haste to get away,
and many jumped of the high side
walk to the beach. Mr.. Zurn saws the
powder was ali removed and that the
explosion was caused by boxes of pow
eriul 9O-pound Illuminating caps.
Had not there been "A strong west
wind the entire block would have been
destroyed by the fire. As il was, the
Blaine building adjoining escaped with
out damage. The building was owned
by the Fairhaven Land Company, and
was one Of the first buildings built by|
that company. 1t was vacated by Mr..
Ahern four months ago. The origin of
the fire is unknown. The loss is
about $500.