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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-28
Talk Among Ourselves.

We cannot all be beautiful, but we
can all be beautifully clean. There is
greater lack, however, in this matter
of personal cleanliness than most are
willing to admit. Yet it is a duty COM
mon to all conditions of men that the
body be kept clean and wholesome. A
busy housewife makes protest just
here, 81 am too busy for fixing upn
That is just the trouble. To be sweet
and clean does not, of necessity, mean
g fixing up" The soil which rests
upon garment from fresh contact
with the work in hand is not the dirt
which disgusts. The body does its
work according to natures laws, and if
properly cared for, does it well. If,
however, that care is neglected, it will
give off an odor which, to put it mildly,
suggests good bath made sweet by a
few drops Of aqua ammonia. The hair
is many times a source of great annoy-
ance. A woman whose hair has been
confined all day with pins OF various
kinds will often find, upon taking it
down, that it smells damp and musty.
This evil can frequently be relieved by
allowing the hair TO remain down for a
time in the sun and air. The tendency
to mat and be sticky which hair has
that has not been washed for weeks
did you say weeks? yes, months might
have said, for there are plenty OF women
who don't wash their hair from one
years end to the other; the odor from
such hair you can always detect if by
chance you are near the person or
standing directly over them. 1t is a
great mistake not to take time for these
personal matters. The woman or child
may be the dearest on earth to you, vet
the conviction that this habit of per-
sonal neglect has grown upon them
will fill one with distress and steal
something from the sweetness OF a
caress so long as the suggestion re-
mains in the mind. 1t is compare
lively easy matter to wash the hair if it
be thin. Ii thick divide in the back and
braid in two braids. Wash each sepa-
rately, usidg tepid water with liule
ammonia or powdered borax. After
washing and rinsing thoroughly, wipe
the bralds as well as you can with the
towel, unbraid, comb out while damp
and it will soon dry, particularly if you
can sit down before an open CRATE
Maine Fdrmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-28
The " Candy Cult"

Candy nowadays vies with flowers as
a current coin of polite society. 1t is
largely used in acknowledgment of
brief hospitality. A young man who
dimes and sleeps at a country house,
for instance, makes it his first duty on
returning to town to forward three or
five-pound box of bonbons to the dau h
ter of the household, or to the hostess
herself. The perfection to which what
some one calls the cult of candy -
has attained, makes the Offering of
these sweets one of almost any degree
of luxury. Candied violets and other
crystalized flowers range from So to IS
per pound, while some of the sugared
fruits are nearly as expensive. When
1t comes TO the boxes which hold the
toothsome goodies, it is possible to pay
a bill of sizeable proportions for the
choicest. Hand painting, real lace,
heavy ribbons, and even jeweled effects
are not cheap elements, and it is these
which go 10 the perfection Of the mod
ern bonbonniere.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-28

overtake him he would find it necessary
TO stoop. To avoid both these disagree
able contingencies, he gets measured
for his umbrella as he would for suit
of clothes. He is very particular about
the silk of which his rain-guard is made,
as it must roll up into the smallest pos
sible compass. His buttonhole bouquet
is another object upon which the mod
ern exquisite expends no small amount
of thought and attention. Rose, the
queen of flowers, is in disgrace; she is
no longer allowed to adorn the young
dandy's coat lapel. White chrysan-
themums, carnations and violets have
taken her place. The first-named
flower is the favorite in spite of all the
bad things said about it, One man
even went so far as to say that every
time he glanced at the blossom fashion
orders him to place above his heart, he
is reminded of spoonful of Kohl-slaw
with little yellow sauce in the middle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-28
Manners for Boys.

Poor fellowsl How they get hectored
and scolded and snubbed, and how con-
tinual is the rubbing and polishing and
drilling which every member of the
family feels at liberty to administer.
and they begin to feel that every mans
hand is against them, when, after all ,
if they were only in quiet way in
formed of what was expected of them,
and their manliness appealed to, they
would readily enough fall into line.
So thought Aunt NJ" as she pointed
out the following rules for little
twelve-year-o nephew, who was the
:" light of her eyes," if not always the
joy of her heart; for, though a good
natured, amiable boy in the main, he
would offend against the proprieties. !"
First come manners for the street:
Hat lifted in saying good-by" or
" How do you do" Hat lifted when
Offering seat in car or acknowledge
ing favor. Keep step with any one
you walk with. Always precede lady
upstairs, aud ask her if you may pre-
cede her in passing through a crowd or
public place. Hat off the moment you
enter street door and when you step
into private hall or office. Let lady
pass first always, unless she asks you to
precede her.
In the parlor stand till every lady in
the room is seated, also older people.
Rise if lady comes in after you are
seated and stand till she takes seat
Look people straight in the face when
speaking or being spoken to. Let
ladies pass through door first, stand
ing aside for them.
In the dining room, take your seat
after ladies and elders. Never play
with knife, fork or spoon. Do not
take your napkin in bunch in your
hand. Eat as fast or as slow as others,
and finish the course when they do.
Rise when ladies leave the room and
stand till they are out. If all go out to-
gether, gentlemen stand by the door
till ladies pass. Special rules for the
mouth are that all noise in eating and
smacking of the lips should be avoided.
Cover the mouth with hand or napkin
when obliged to remove anything. Use
your handkerchief unobtrusively always.
Do not look toward bedroom door
when passing. Always knock at the
door of private rooms. These rules are
imperative. There are many other
little points which add TO the grace of a
gentleman, but to break any of these is
almost npardonable. -Selected.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-28
Temperance.
A Temperance Object Lesson.

i was sitting at my breakfast table
one Sabbath morning, when was called
TO my door by the ring of the bell.
There stood boy about fourteen years
of age, poorly clad, but tidied up as best
he could. lie was leaning upon
crutches, one leg off at the knee. In
voice trembling with emotion, and
tears coursing down his manly cheeks,
he said Mr.. Hoagaud, am Freddy
Brown. l have come to see if you will
90 to the Jail, and talk and pray with
my father, he is TO be hung tomorrow
for the murder of my mother. My
father was good man, but whiskey did
it. l have three little sisters younger
than myself; we are very, very poor,
and have no friends. We live in a back
alley in a dark and dingy room. / do
the best | can to support my sisters by
selling papers, backing boots, and odd
jobs; but, Mr.. Hoagland, we are
awfully poor. Will you come and be
with us when fathers body is brought
home? The governor says we may
have his body after he is hung" |
was deeply moved to pity. | promised,
and made haste to the Jail, where |
found this father. He acknowledged
he must have murdered his wife, for
the circumstances pointed that way
but he had not the slightest remem-
brance OF the deed. He said he was
crazed with drink, or he never would
have committed the crime. He said:
My wife was good woman and
faithful mother to my little children.
Never did l dream that my hand could
be guilty of such crime" The man
could face the penalty of the law
bravely for his deed; but he broke
down, and cried as if his heart would
break when he thought of leaving his
children in a destitute and friendless
condition. | read and prayed with him,
and left him to his fate. The next
morning l made my way to the miser-
able quarters of these children. found
three little girls upon bed of straw in
one corner of the room. They were
clad in rags. They were beautiful girls,
had they had the proper care. They
were expecting the body of their dead
father, and between their cries and
their sobs they would say, Papa was
good, but whiskey did it; papa was good,
but whiskey did it," In little time
t"o oIloHB OHlCerS came, bearing tnt
bouy Of the dead father in a rude pine
box. They sat it down on two rickety
old stools. The cries of the children
were so heartrending that they could
not endure it, and made haste out OF
the room, leaving me alone with this
terrible scene. In moment the manly
boy nerved himself, and said: Come
sisters, kiss papa's face before it is
cold" They gathered about his face,
smoothed it down with kisses, and be-
tween their sobs they cried out: " Papa
was good, but whiskey did it," "Papa
was good, but whiskey did it," raised
my heart to God, and said: 80 Col,
did l fight to save a country that would
derive a revenue from traffic that
would make one scene like this posi-
ble?' La my heart 1 said: g In the
whole history of this accursed traffic
there has not been enough revenue de-
rived to pay for one such scene as this
the wife and mother murdered, the
father hung, the children outraged,
home destroyed" - Mrs. Cougar, IN
Exchange.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-28
Alcohol on the Brain.

l was present at an autopsy of "a
noted old "rounder" of my town few
weeks ago, said John A. Holiday oi
Troy, n. Y, TO a ST. Louis Globe re-
porter, and l was startled and shocked
at what | saw. The dead man Was
about sixty years old and bad been the
town drunkard for forty years. The
doctors had surmised that when they
cut his head open pronounced smell
OF alcohol would issue from the sku =.
l thought it only one of those gri y
jokes that the Ksculapians indulge in
sometimes when they are carving a
fellow-man to mince meat in the inter
est of their science; but | soon learne d
that it was no joke, for when the sur
geon's saw had cut off the top of the
mans skull the odor of the alcohol that
filled the room WAS strong enough 10
almost sicken one. Then one of the
surgeons struck match and held 1t
close to the brain. ediately blue
flame enveloped the entire portion OF
the cerebral organ exposed, and the
quivering flesh szzled as ii on a griC-
iron. That experiment and disclosure
set me TO very serious thinking about
the error of my way. l am not tenn
perance lecturer nor prohibition poll
tician, but L most respectfully and
firmly decline your invitation to have
something. don't want my brain to
float around in sea of alcohol as did
that of the poor old town drunkar6 of
Troy. There is no telling how many
other mems brains will reveal the same
condition if an autopsy is held upon
them.-E'Tchdnge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-28
A Year..

Spring sent word that she was coming.
This set all the bees n hummingi
Little birds their love confessed,
In soft twitterings expressed,
And began to build their nest.
Summer cried; Make room for me-
Then across the land and sea
Southern breeges softly blew,
Leaves put on deeper hue,
Buttercups and daisies grew.
Autumn came with new fall goods,
Then the orchard and the woods
All selected what they'd wear;
Dry leaves fiuttered in the air.
Fruit and nuts fell everywhere.
Winter came with snow and sleet,
Earth put on her winding sheet.
All without was cold and drear.
All within was warmth and cheer;
Happy thoughts of Christmas near.
-ThomaS jackson, in Housewife
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-28
The Young Man of To-day.

The fashionable youth of to-day is
not the least bit ready.made: :" al
most if not everything is ordered ex-
pressly Tor him, even his umbrella
The reason OF this is because should he
purchase one OF those manufactured
hap-hazaid and by the dozen, it might
prove either too long or too short. In
the former case he would be obliged to
crook his elbow at an ungraceful angle,
while were The latter M sfOrluue to
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-28

BARNYARD manure will nowhere give
better returns than when applied to
grass pasture in winter. The practice
of hauling direct from the barns has
many advantages. MANFRED pastures
should always be narrowed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-28

FIRST CLASS for cure of bruises.
spralns and rheumati-m. Captain ID.
H. Macaulay OF No. 8 Engine Company,
Baltimore, Nd, says: "The members
OF our company have thoroughly tried
salvation Oil for sprains, bruises ami
rheumatism aud it has given satistac
tlon IN every case. We regard it as =
lrsl-class liniment.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-28

lT is profitable to keep sows as gem
tie and quiet as possible, for by SO do
ing the pigs will soon learn to be quiet
and thrive better than to scramble and
run every time you come near.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-28
BRADFORD ACADEMY.

For the higher education OF young women. Build
ings unsurpassed for comfort and health Twenty.
I'VE 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
reading rooms. Competent teachers. Year com
menced September Il. 1s9l. MISS AIMEE. JOHN
son AND Miss IDA G. ALLEN. Principals, Appiy
to Mis- ID &. ALLEN, bradford hln.s
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-28
Gbe 4ouseboIo.

Contributions to this department may be sent
either TO DIR. T. II. HosKINs, Newport. VI. or d.
rectly TO THE wAToHMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-28
kickapoo Indian Remedies
For Sale by All Druggists.

FREE Send three 2-c. stamps to pay post.
H- ~ age. and will mail you free 4
thrilling and intensely interesting book of 17s
pages. entitled LIFE AND SCENES AMONG
THE kICkAPOO INDIANS" Tells all about TN,
Indians. Address, llEALY& BIGELOW, 52I Crane
Avenue. New Haven, Conn.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-28

DYsPEPsIA's victims find prompt and
permanent relief in Hoods Sarsapa-
rllla, which tones the stomach and
creates an appetite.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-28

CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoria.
ChiLDREN CIl for Pitcher CastJlia.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-28
4 REVEREND MO Their SPEAKS

The Reverend Mother Of the Convent OF
the Holy Family, Baltic, Conn, writes
that she can speak in only the highest
terms of the Kickapoo Indian Remedies,
and that she keeps a supply of each kind
constantly on hand the year round, as for
several years they have stood the test in
every case. "The health of two hundred
children under my care is paramount to
everything else, and fever, cold, and
cough is seldom known, thanks to the
Kickapoo Indian Oil and Cough Cure;
while the Kickapoo Indian Salve and the
Kickapoo Indian Worm Killer have often
proved their effectiveness"
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-06

the fact 10 that il we had been Obliged
10 sell our product A. 81 less per ma
chine our moderate margin would
rave been wiped out and our entire
pad up capital stock lost, and ali Ia
one wear.
AS 10 his query, "wouldn't il be a
God-send 10 the workingmen aud the
rect OF as poor devils II We could get u
good bicycle for $50 or s40.' l would
say that while this lawyer and otner
like "poor devils ~ their $50 per day
for Ax hours work may be or such
ability thai they can get but little work
and hence cannot afford a bicycle the
honest and industrious workmen ~
thIs city and of The country are rapidly
awaiting themselves or the pleasures OF
the bicycle and the saving OF street ear
fares.
While the Grand Rapids Cycle COM
pany is making less Ter bicycle each
year since IL started, owing 10 the use
OF higher grade materials and more
esactlng workmanship, still. by con-
tlnued careful manufacture and man
agement. and with The hope that We
and our thrifty mechanics may not he
Illuminated by contact with the low
prices OF English or prison labor, We
will expect TO continue furnishing COM
Portable support to large number OF
contented people and TO secure a
reasonable return to the company for
It's enterprise and investment.
l.. 4. WiLNARTH.
Grand Rapids, Nov. 4, 1872.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-06
WILL BE THE EVENT
Elaborate Preparations for the
Columbian Ball.
PERSONS THAT PARTICIPATE
Ii the Tabieaux Of the Evenins-Liss of
Scenes That VIII Be Represented by
the Performers.

There Is every reason 10 believe That
the Columbian ball Will be one of the
most unique aud elaborate social
events ever held ia Grand Rapids The
committee on arrangements has nearly
completed lts work. The taoieAux 10
be gwen IN the earlier part Of the eve
ming will be elaborate representations
OF scenes connected with Columbus
iifs- The participants selected are as
follows
i Court Ladies-Mesdames Hazeltine.
Penny. Hodenpyle, Boltwood, Camp
bell. Gay, Porter, Palmer. Fowler,
Temple, Clark, Wheeler. Grineli, Da-
VS., Tateum. Forbush, the Misses
Preusser. Wooster. SIsson. Moore.
Courusrs-Messrs Shelby. Stewart,
Johnson, f. Davis. c. w. Calklns,
Campbell, James Crosby. A. b. Porter,
ROsenthal, Charles Fox. DIR. Temple,
Marshall. Hodenpyle, Dr. WEIGH. Lit
tIeton. shelby, Leo Fisher, Foote,
Walter, McBrlsn. Dean.
W.R.snelby will impersonate Column
bus, and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Lowe
will take the parts of the king and
queen.
The program of the tableaux are as
follows:
First Scene. Children Dancing-First
tsDleau, Columbus at the Court Of
Ferdinand and lsabella;" second tab
Ieau, Landing of Columbus" third
taDleau. columbus Presented q, the
Court" This will be In pantomine.
During this scene the spanish dance
wall be danced before the court by
twenty four men and women. Next
will appear a company of mandolin
players, giving a concert before the
court. Scene will close with another
Spanish 1ance performed by twelve
young men and women.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-06
DEATH OF HARRY BAIRD.
He Suceumbed TO Consumption At Col
orado Springs Friday.

He Succumbed TO Consumption At Col
orado Springs Friday.
Word was received here yesterday of
the dearh Of Harry Baird IN Colorado
Springs, where he went last July FOX
his health. Mr.. Baird WAS one of the
most promising young men in tho city
and his large circle of friends will sin
cereiy mourn his departure. He WA
the son OF X. G. Baird, who for some
year, WAS secretary of the Agricultural
college. Harry was born IN Armada.
Mich, May 10, 1864. HIS father was
then a Congregational minister, but III
1875 no moved to Lansing to become
secretary of the college. Harry en-
tered the college In 1879 and graduated
IN 1883. From the time of ms gradu-
alton he served six years as assistant t.
his father and as postmaster at the COL
lege. In 1889 he came to this city anu
entered the law Office OF Uni x Crane.
He renamed portion OF one year anu
then entered the law department o
the state university, from which he
graduated in 1880. He then returned
to the Office OF Uni 4 Crane. where h,
remained until taken sick with con
sumption one year ago. He started
immediately for South Carolina. Hs
returned last sprlng somewhat I'M
proved. In July he, with his mother.
started for Colorado. His brother. VIII
Baird, left Yesterday for Chicago,
where he will meet his mother, who
will return with ths remains to this
city. The funeral will probably be helu
Monday.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-06

boyyn said Old Beeswsx Gas they called
hin) 10 a gang Of drummers In front Of
the st. James. ..On moonlight nights
We always had a game Of honey jug IN
my old place Ia Indiana To play honey
Jug YOU must get ten or fifteen boys,
big and little, together. They sit down
IN row on the curbstone, each fellow
clasping his hands under his legs at the
knees. and sometimes. 10 make il dead
sure, holding on TO his wrists. Two OF
the biggest fellows are detailed to test
the jugs. They take each one ia turn
by his arms, lift him up III the air as high
as their shoulders aud then drop him
with jerk. Ii he holds fast three times
be wins. II his hands break and are
torn apart no is adjudged rotten, and
told 10 stand aside until the others are
finished.
Half or more Of the little boys fail
generally 10 stand the test. Their pun
ishment is 10 run the gantlet.' The
other boys form in a row, one behind
the other, with their legs spread apart
The rotten jug gets down on all fours
and skittles through the openings as fast
as ne can-receiving as he passes from
each one divers slaps and whacks which
are merry enough to every boy but the
one who gets them. Occasionally he
makes quick time and is happy. Most
frequently he energies in a state Of
wreck and stands seriously aside, feeling
with his hands behind him if he is all
there. st. Louis Globe Democrat.