davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-01-20
Soldiers Budget.
Driving Home the Cows.

Out Of the clover and blue.eyed grass
lie turned them into the river.lane;
One after another he let them pass,
Then fastened the meadow bars again.
Under the willows, and over the hill
He patiently followed their sober pace;
The merry whistle for once was still.
Aud something Swallowed the sunny face.
Only boy and his father had said
lie never could let his youngest go;
Two already were lying dead
Under the feet of the trampling foe.
But after the evening work was done,
And the frogs loud In the meadow-swamp,
over his shoulder he slung his gun
And stealthily followed the foot-path damp.
Across the clover and through the wheat
with resolute heart and purpose grim.
Though cold was the dew on his hurrying feet,
And the blind bat fitting startled him
Thrice since then had the lanes been white,
And the orchards sweet with apple bloom,
And now, when the cows came back at night,
The feeble father drove them home.
For news had come to the lonely farm
That three were lying where two had lain;
And the old mans tremuous, palsed arm
Could never lean on sons again.
The summer day grew cool and late,
He went for the cows when the work was done;
But down the lane, as he opened the gate,
He saw them coming one by one,-
Brnde, Ebony, Speckle and Bess,
Shaking their horns in the evening wind,
Cropping the buttercups out of the grass
But who was it following close behind?
Loosely swung in the idle air
The empty sleeve of army blue;
And worn and pale, from the crispng hair,
Looked out face that the father knew,
For Southern prisons will sometimes yawn,
And yield their dead unto life again;
And the day That comes with cloudy dawn
In golden glory at last may wane.
The great tears sprang to their meeting eyes;
For the heart must speak when the lips dumb
And under the silent evening skies
Together they followed the cattle home.
Kate Putnam Osg0od.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-01-20
p OSIT lively

Kem-Kom is not an untried novelty
of questionable value. Of grocerS.
t will save 259S of coal. 1t will
destroy coal gas. 1t will prevent
clinkerS. Guarantee fact.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-01-20
A PRACTICAL TEST.

FREMONT BANK BUILDING, BosToN.
have been using KEN Kom, in this
building, for the past year with best results.
comparatively no clinkers in ashes, about
one third less ashes, and little or no smoke.
Formerly necessary to clean out hues every
morning, with nixon only necessary to
clean them out once week.
w. P. DEAN, Engineer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-01-20
Editorial NOtings.

A GOOD many farmers have wanted
to know just how the gambling of the
produce exchanges is injurious to farm
ers. The farmer. governor of Georgia,
Governor Worthtn-who was taken
from the dairy house to occupy his
present position in the state h use has
made study of this matter, and clearly
explains it, as follows, in the Southern
CultiUdtOr:
The old law controlling the price was
found in the supply and demand. This
fundamental principle seems now entirely
destroyed in fictitious supply far above
any possible demand. The markets are
made up, and the prices determined, not by
actual products and bona jide sales, but by
Offerings and "options." One day dur
ing the early spring of the last year, New
York spectators sold forty-four million
bushels of wheat Nothing like that
amount of wheat will reach that market in
an entire year. ] will not undertake to say
that the controlling evil in these depressed
times is found in the sale of options, nor do
! believe it, yet it is an evil of immense
magnitude, and it ought to be corrected.
But few things can be more destructive of
the interests of legitimate trade, as it affects
a farmer, than the market method, which
allows for each unit of any actual product
he may grow-a bushel of wheat or pound
of cotton, sold and elivered-thousands of
fictitious units of like character offered at
prices from five to twenty per cent below
the price at which the cost of his labor will
allow him to sell. Such prices, founded
purely upon fiction, bring about unsteady
fluctuations, variable markets and hurtfully
low prices. These conditions can be readily
appreciated, if not understood, when we
know that there are thousands of dealers,
so called, having contracted to deliver what
they do not own, and are not able to buy,
resortng to all kinds of devices and frauds,
mixed with falsehoods and misrepresenta-
tions, to break the market and reduce prices
before their contracts mature, so as to leave
margin for another speculation, to be be-
gun in the same way, with fictitious or fiat
products.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-01-20
Hoods Sarsaparilla

The best blood purifier, the best nerve
helper the best strength builder. Try it.
HOODS PILLS cure liver ills. consti-
patton, hiiousness iaundice, sick headache.
indigestion. Sold by all druggists. Price
p cents
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-01-20

it may yet be hoped that they are not
like the citizens of Rome, who, for
bread and the circus" surrendered
all their political rights to men who,
not daring to call themselves kings, yet
ruled, as imperators, with far heavier
hand than any king had been able to do
over the Roman territories.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-01-20

GRANTING that peculiar organiza-
ton of any industry on nom
competitive basis is greatly favorable
to economical production and distribu.
ton, and that the people at large
thereby are as well and as cheaply
served as before, can any free coun-
try afford to allow such a power as
is thus produced to remain in the hands
of any citizen, or combination of citi-
zens? Americans are motor, at least,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-01-20
farm ann 6aroen.

Address all inquiries communications in relation
I - agriculture to DIR. I. II. HosKINs, Newport, VT
The National tribune., 1892-03-03
ABOUT PEOPLE.

DR. John Hal ,asdat -ac ministerial meet
iEe iu jay GOu.l's HaEs u Nt# York, that in
- ears he AHd never been obliged 20 20 20 a
p ssgr tp lro}. COR Que &C AIS parishi0ucFs. But
then, tess pastor, are bic ,I with such sub
srauiia' Cocks o. Dr. Halle. I.liouaires don't
60 % ps.',., a. "a Fu.o, even If they are not
church members.
Senator .;gicc. &c Ohio has way. when on
the Hpor at ,ac SENATE, 81 g.tgag about among
his co. 'c--aas during tec moments occupied by
uuimpUr.Ju' business aUH bending over their
dr,~s tor brio! chats. Ills rambling visits are
welcomed by the ~.Ea'1rs, anl by means Of
tHaIl be has established % reputation for good
hunJr and passing cpUGt.sv.
TX Cos. Bob I.yor, OF Tennessee is
noted as e n.au who ID oii of practical joke.
IL = said tit@t on one oCc,5iou when he and his
brother AiG' the Congressman, wore 10 DC
liver addresses in a school in East Tennessee,
All carefully wrote out his speech and sab
mitted 10 % his brother for criticism. The eX-
Governor read 10 through aaj then, when the
exercises began. repeated IL almost verbatim
TO the aG'ic"cc leaving Ar when his turn
came, ut loss for pn iioaaYd badly frustrated, p
rs they say in that region.
GIs o. ..lc .CW genuine Ceutenarian5 In the
country * Aunt Bctzey Mckay who Is dy-
ing at the age OF lHG years IN Tayloryille. Ky.
She is a remarkable OH lady, with eyesight
still clear enough 10 enable her to read her
Bible and a memory that enables her to recall
for the edhcatiOu Of her friends the horrible
massacre at Pigeons R0ost in the early
Kentucky days which she saw and the story
Of the excitement aroused by the passage of the
first steamboat down the Ohio. She has 1l2
descendants living.
Senator Stanford has contributed $4,000
toward the expenses Of an chronological expedi-
tiOn 20 Colombia in the interest Of the Worlds
Fair.
Seventy-six Cardinals have died within the
last IA years, since tho present Pope began his
reign. The entire college only contains SO
members.
Passamore williamson Of Philadelphia the
famous Abolition agitator celebrated his 10th
birthday on Monday. lie is Of Chester County
stock and n Quaker.
Charles W. Elliot President Of Harvard Uni
versity, is going to the Pacific Slope next
month, and has accepted an invitation to q
reception 10 be given in his honor by the
Harvard Club Of Seattle.
The National tribune., 1892-03-03
marJland's HexIcan Veterans Celebrate.

The survivors Of the gallant band Of Mary
landers who fought in Mexico under Watson,
Ringgold, and other famous leaders bad a ban
quet at Wagner's Green House, in Baltimore,
on Tuesday, Feb. %. The white haired men
who sat ut the table told stories and recalled in
eidents of their adventures in the campaigns
against the troops of Santa Ana, and cheered
with enthusiasm the names Of their old COM
manders. The veterans are becoming fewer in
numbers each year. but the memory Of the
stirring conflicts of their youth is still fresh
with them. OF all the soldiers who went from
the State to fight in the armies of Taylor and
Scott only about 200 survive, and on the roll OF
the Association, which has been formed to pre-
serve their comradeshiP, are now but so active
members.
Col. VIM. Louis Schley, who was present, re-
called some matters of history connected with
tho Maryland troops who took part in the inva-
sion Of Mexico He said the principal bodies
of military from the State who helped to do
the fighting were the 1s5 Baltimore Battalion,
of six companies, under Col. VIM. II. Watson,
who fell at Monterey, and whose name IS pre-
served in the song Maryland, MY Maryland o.;
the ID Md. and District of Columbia Vols. six
companies. led by Col. George W. Hughes, with
the late John r. Kenly as Major Mai. Samuel
RinggOld's Flying Artillery Co. /, Can't Joseph
Archer, and Co g, Capt. John Eager Howard,
of the Regiment of YOltgeurs and Foot Rifle
men, commanded by Col. Timothy P. Andrews,
of which Joseph E. Johnston was Lieutensns-
Colonel; Capt. Richard L. MerrickS Co. Fl, OF
the Sd U. $. Dragons, most of whom were from
Frederick. Charles, and st. Marys Counties,
and Capt. Walkers Flying Dragons. Alto
gether Col. Schley said, between $500 and 5000
Marylanders were actively engaged.
The Mexican flag, which fell many times
before the assaults of the veterans in former
days, was part of the decoration in the ban
quet room. It is two solid bars of color, one
green and the other red, the green being next
10 the staff and bearing the design of an eagle
grasping a serpent in it's beak. tattered
American flag, which was borne in the war,
and newer one, which was never q target for
bullets, hung on the wall near the Mexican
banner.
The National tribune., 1892-03-03


The prospectus Of Gen. Buffers book con.
tsins at the head Of the subscription list the
names Of ex-GOys. Boutwell,, Gardner, Banks,
Clahin, CASTOR, Rice, Long, Robinson, Ames
and Brackett, with the dates Of their terms as
Chief Executives. and that Of the present Gov
ernOr, RUSSELL These signatures were fac sim
lies and were underneath this inscription
The Ez-GOyernOrs and Governor Of Massa-
chusetts as q token Of appreciation Of thoir dis
tinguishcd colleague" According to thsSpring-
held RePROicaH, this prospectus was shown
x-GOv. Robinson by an agent, who remarked
that it WAS probably no use to ask him 20 SUBJ
scribe for the book, as his name was already on
the list. Ex-Gov. Robinson was a little puzzled,
for he had not subscribed, nor had he signed
his name to such a testimonial. Finally, he
thought the list resembled something hs had
seen, and among his souvenirs found the menu
card OF the banquet given By ex Gov. Ames
last year to the ex- Governors and Gov. Russell
Then the guests had signed their names. with
the dates of their service, at the request Of ex-
Gov. Ames, for souvenir OF the occasion. Tb
was moro in the nature of a testimonial to their
host, and had nothing TO do with ex- Gov. But
Ter. excepting that his name was in the list.
This list of autographs has now apparently been
reproduced in the facsimile, with Gen. But
ler's name left out, and used by the willy pub
fishers as a testimonial to Gen. Butler Ex-
Gov. Robinson cheriShes no gTudge against his
old antagonist, but he is not writing teStimO.
malls to the Generals worth, and is naturally
Indignant that his name should be used in
So Oh a way"
The National tribune., 1892-03-03
JOINED TIE MAJORITY.
Ey-Reeor'er Of Brras Trottrr Dies al Ills Home ia
MasSaehuSs It's.

AN-fsfDhft'g on nfruE iFufirr Dies no Ills Home
NaSsaehus, It's.
Lieut.. James ". Tsotter a prominent cot.
ored man who was Recorder Of Deeds o. the
District OF Columbia under Clovelaud'5 admin
Is;TatICu, succeeding Frederick Douglass, died
at Bis home no Hyde Park. Mass, on Friday,
Feb 2G. Lieut.. Trottcr was taken seriously ilI
while siding in Washington, and he never
iulIy recovered. He WAS a very ght mualtO.
IN fact, almost white man his hair alone in
dicatinS Hs negro blood lie was a member Of
Timothy laEraham Post 12l, Of Hyde Park.
lie leaves q widow and several children. Lieut
IrOtter was IS years Of ago and was born near
New Orleans When young he went 60 Cincin.
natl and was a bell-b0y in the National Hotel
lie next Was csbin-JOy on river 81 Gamer DO
tween Cincinnati aud New Orleans. OF stu
dIous tusa oi mind, he acquired enough edu-
cation ID secure admissi on to Oberliu College
and was graduated from that institution. lie
then Taught school, and married a colored
teacher at Chi!licothe.
Mr.. TTottor studied music and wrote book
on musical colored people, which had quite =
large sale.
After the outbreak Of the civil war he went
to Boston and entered the army he rose to be
a Lieutenant in the 55th Mass. (cOlored) regi-
ment. Alter tho war he was appointed to a
position IN the Boston pOst-OGice By President
Lincoln, and remained there about 10 years,
finally giving up the place Of Assistant super
lHtendent Of the Money Order Department be-
cause white man was promoted over his
head.
During the Cleveland administration he bo-
came part Of the independent movements
and was Secretary of the independent Com.
mittee OF One Hundred. At the time Of the
tight between President Cleveland and the
Senate over the appointment Of a man to sue
ceed Frederick Douglass as Recorder of Deeds
OF the District of Columbia, attention was
called 10 Mr. TrOtter, who was in the district
represented by Senator Hoar, the front Of the
opposition 10 Ar. ClevelaHd's first nominee.
The Senator persisted in his opposition until
large petition reached him from the Massa-
chusetts Legislature asking that Mr.. TrOtter Be
confirmed. Upon receipt Of this the Senator
announced that he withdrew all opposition.
The National tribune., 1892-03-03

Cav Both these comrades are from Spring.
Held o.. sud came to che city TO engage quar-
tiers a; tie National Encampmeut for their
Posts. t'mrgdo Reeves is Past Department In
spectOr, mi Gomradc elise IS q prominent cau-
dIdate H.r senior ics-Commander Of the Do
plrtmc 9i Ohio
J. w. truvin, Cadiz. o. Comrads Garvin
served l1 Co G., l26th Ohio, and was in the
City visiting with his wife
Isaac Brown, room -. rs Broad wav New
\ ork cry COmrade Brown was an officer in
the nav dHring the war. Tie was iu the city
with his nephew, NJ. III. Brown, attending 70
some business
Col @Hc10 Higgins. JObustown. Pa Col.
Higgins Is a veteran Of two wars. in both OF
which E' aged a considerable part. lie was
a Colon ia Geary's Division in the Mexican
War - Ihc outbreak nf the war of the rebel
non, DC urCams Captain ia the ist Pa. Cav
and ne i".i That regiment rs Lieutenant Colo
nel. Laser be was Colonel Of the i2jlh Pa,
and commanded it in the bat, les OF Aut.ctam,
Frederic shurs. and ChauccIlorsviIr BIO was
next Colonel OF the ed Pa Cav, and Tor q tine
commanded "a brigade Boz one Of the divisions.
He is n"u IN excellent health aud spirits. aud
tor years H85 been Keeper Of the Cambria Club
House az J9huS'Own
The National tribune., 1892-03-03

President wil. dash of 20, Of signatures for
these crauks bus more frequently he refuses 20
u5s ais spare moment FOR This purpose. The
pages are the medium r.raugh which the auto
graph hunter P'ys his vacation with senators
aud members Of Congress. ft is said that these
boys make a COOL thing ont Of the cranks, and
that they receive $40 f,g an album bearing the
signatures Of Senator's. while SO is willingly
paid for oHe continuing tne signatures Of the
members OF the lja4s,. &c is said that Senator
Niantord's signature IS much in demand, and
this is not % bo wondered at for il il should
happen to be to a check 30 would certainly be
worth whatever 70 ca lei Tor.
The National tribune., 1892-03-03

A grand memorial has been proposed by the
friends and admirers Of the late Col. Gardiner
Tufts, who was the agent appointed by Gov. An
drew to look after the Interests Of Massachusetts,
troops during the war at Washington. There
is hardly a soldier from the Old Bay State that
does not remember Col. Tufts with gratitude.
He was indefatigable in working in their in-
terest, and they think that no ono is more
worthy of fitting memorial, and one viii
doubtless be erected at Concord, Mass.
The National tribune., 1892-03-03

SATURDAY, FEB. ga Congress Of Medi-
Ums" WAS held nc the Builders Exchange,
under the auspices OF the Progressive Club
A large crowd was present and enjoyed the
efforts Of the mediums and musicians TO IN
tcreSt them. Prof Peck, the inspirational
speaker" gave r brief review Of spiritual
ism, its aims and methods. Two lady test
mediums gave exhibitions Of their powers,
which were satisfactory 10 those who received
messages, but which appeared 10 the I'M
initiated as rather diSi0iHted and incoherent.
There were also several writing mediums
present who gave exhibitions Of their power,
The proceeds of the entertainment VIII be
applied toward building n SPirituRlist Temple
in MashingtOn.-A new military company
was formed 10 be called the ST. Andrews
Cadets. The organization Is under the
auspices Of Christs Church Of East Washing
ton. full corps Of officers were elecied.---
meeting Of Insurance Agents Of the coun-
try, which has been i'm session for several
days past adjourned 10 meet at Niagara Falls
six months hence IL was a very important
meeting 10 insurance men, but the business
transacted was not made public,
The National tribune., 1892-03-03
Nervous Men.

If You desire To be restored 10 complete vigor
promptly, permanently. and cheaply. we viii send
YOU full particulars ssarsn &c reliable, uuitiling
home treatment frse. NJ electric nonsense. no
stomach dragging. Address Cox 9S.
ALBION PHARMACY CO., Albion, M.ch.
The National tribune., 1892-03-03

When Baby was sick, we gave her CastorE-
When she was . Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung TO Cnstoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoris.
The National tribune., 1892-03-03

ln answer to resolution Of the Senate Sec.
rotary Rusk, Of the Department Of Agriculture,
communicated TO the senate on Thursday. Feb.
%, the report OF the Special Agent Of the DE.
partment Of Agriculture the results Of the ex-
periments to produce rainfall in the arid soc.
lions Of the country. Gen. r. g. Dyrenforth,
who had charge OF the experiments in sum-
ming up the results produced, says that "the
few experiments which have been made do not
furnish sufficient data from which 10 form def
mite conclusions or evidence upon which 10
uphold OF condemn the theories Of the arti lcial
production or increase Of rainfall by concus-
sivn. Experiments extending over period Of
The National tribune., 1892-03-03


President Harrison, accompanied by Mrs.
Harrison, Mrs. Dimmick. Private Secretary
Halford and the Mckee children. left Washing
ton on Friday morning. Feb. %, Cor visit to
Virginia Beach, where he proposes TO take
much needed rest for week or 10 days The
Presidential party left by the Atlantic Coast
Line in a special car, which they occupied as far
as Richmond, where they were transferred to
special train, which arrived at the Beach at
o'clock in the evening. The President has been
invited by the Ragged Island Cunning Club 10
accept their Inequalities. and be will enjoy
shooting at the eanyasback ducks which
abound in those waters No official business
will be transacted by the President during his
stay at the Beach, as he intends to thoroughly
rest and enjoy himself. When the Presidential
train arrived at Norfolk, Presidential salute
OF II guns was fred by the Norfolk Light
Artillery Blues, the crack veteran company Of
that city, and large crowd OF citizens were at
the depot TO welcome the distinguished party.
They were taken in charge by Gen. p. ID.
Gruner and escorted TO Virginia Beach, where
they had supper. All along the line of the
railroad people gathered at the stations to
welcome the President, and wherever the train
stopped the President shook hands with the
people. At Petersburg the President was in
trOdueed by Mayor Collier, AID made brief
| speech from the rear platform Of the car.
The National tribune., 1892-03-03
VETERANS IN THE CITY,

J.W r. Cline, 44th Ohio and Sth Ohio Cav;
Chas A. Reeves, 10Th Pa Res. and 5th Kan.
The National tribune., 1892-03-03

new patriotic association WAS formed in
Washington on Washington's Birthday, and the
local organization is named " The George Wash
ington Corps Of Home Protectionists." il seems
that the organization was started in Kansas
about five years ago, and there are many lodges
in tho West, where the greatest strength Of
the association lies. 1t seeks members only
from the working classes, the objects being the
education Of its members on questions Of Ma
tionsl aud political interest. The members Of
the organization are pledged to activity in mat
ters OF public interest. one Of its aims being TO
arouse citizens who are apatbetic in these mat
ters. Mr.. il. Cameron is the President Of the
Washington Corps aud Mr.. A. w. Smith Is the
Secretary. The Corps starts with good mem
bership aud is likely 10 grow rapidly.
The National tribune., 1892-03-03

Maj.-Gen. Alfred Pleasonton one Of the most
distinguished cavalry leaders Of the war Of the
rebellion, is spending his last days in a small
room in a hotel on the corner Of Thirteenth aud
j streets IN Washington. For the past two years
the General has not been outside the house,
and FOR over q year has refused to see anybody,
even his relatives, some Of whom live here in
Washington, which Is the native city of Gen.
PleasontOn. lie has not had his clothes on for
months and Tor several months has not been
outside bis ROOM During his confinement the
General has been operated on several times for
/ fstula, but these painful and dangerous opera
tions appear 10 afford him little II any relief
! The General draws the salary OF Major Of the
Regular Army, having been placed on the Re-
tired List Of the Army by special act Of Congress
several years ago. Men who knew and
/ were intimate with him when he
was the gallant and dashing com
msnder OF the Cavalry Corps Of the Army
1 OF the Potomac, OF those whom he commanded
On the &C 'cbratcd raid which resulted in freeing
I the State Of Missouri from rebel dominion in
the Winter Of 1864 would not recognize the
emaciated figure now cooped up in n small
room here in Washington as that Of the dash
ing and brave leader whom they followed in the
dark days Of the war. The General is bache-
Tor having never married. and he is attended
only by a colored woman as he does not like
TO have the family with whom he is living dis.
turb him, as be calls il, by any little attention
they might wish 10 show him. He has plenty
Of money for oil his wants, and he desires
nothing from his old friends and acquaiutancos
but 10 be let severely alone. He Is growing
very weak, aud his days are numbered II is
hardly possible that he viii live beyond the
coming Spring. He was much amused not very
long ago al reading obituary notices OF himself
ar il WAS enormously reported that be had died
In Philadelphia he humorously remarked at
The time that il was seldom anybody was per-
mittod 20 know in what estimation he was held
by his fcllow-citizens after he was dead. lie
was much put out by some Of the opinions that
were printed regarding has career