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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-07
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Recently the New York Evening Sun
had an editorial under the title, Some
Crimes and Criminals" in which the
following para graph occurred: IAN I'M
usual amount Of homicidal assault this
morning arrests attention. a saloon
keeper assaults three; III another drunk
en- row man kills his antagonist and
then himself; one tough shoots another
in the head: hunchbacE inhamed with
drink takes three shots at an object of
his wrath; "A negro assassin is lynched
In these events. it viii be observed, there
is nothing noteworthy, All of them at
test merely the passion of anger under
aspects mostly commonplace, even to
the incident that its fame had been fed
in most of them by drink"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-07

The Chicago Tribune in reporting a
Paris doctor says:
think more liquor is consumed in
Paris than in any city in the world. Re
garded as matter of drink supply,
have no hesitsncy in saying that France
is country of drunkards. | saw some
statistics as was leaving which showed
that last year 6,O0O people have been
sent to the inebria,e asylums; they had
drunk themselves crazy. This is fright
full. And the appalling part of it is that
the majority of them were women. The
proportion was three to one. Drunken
ness is also increasing in Austria. in
Germany and in England. Belgium is
reeling from drink.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-07
The COFFEE HOUSES.
Besides Doing a Good Work They Are
Profitable.

Besides Doing Good work They Are
Profitable.
We have received letter from our
friend Mr.. H. A. Short, honorary secre-
FAIRY Of the National Coffee Tavern asso-
citation, of England. informing us that a
delegation of prominent coffee house
officials and workers will come TO Amer
lea next year to attend the Columbian
exposition. Their trip will be for pleas
IRE, but the suggestion is made that an
arrangement might be effected whereby
the friends of the coffee house move
ment in America could take advantage
Of the presence of these gentlemen TO
further the interests of the good cause.
Among those who will probably form
the delegation are Charles &. Smith, sec
rotary, Birmingham Coffee House com
pany; Joseph Bentley, secretary and
general manager, Bradford Coffee Tav-
ern company: George p. Johnston, pro-
prietor Johnston's Cocoa Rooms. London;
Frank Everill, secretary and general
manager Worcester County and City
Coffee Tavern company: John Pearce,
managing director Pearce's Dining
Rooms, limited: Samuel L. Short, gem
eral manager Birmingham Coffee House
company; Samuel Kay, general man
ager Bury Coffee Tavern company;
James Moffat. contractor (who has fitted
up many coffee houses: John Harland,
contractor (who has fitted up many cof-
fee housesl A. A Bryan, proprietor,
trading as Cardiff Coffee Tavern COM
pany: Frank Short, general manager
Central Tea and Coffee Houses compa
ny, Manchester.
We have no doubt that all who arei in
terested in coffee house work in this
country will he greatly pleased to learn
of the proposed visit of tnese gentlemen.
and will take every possible advantage
of their presence here to learn more Of
the practical workings Of the English
coffee taverns. Mr.. Short also calls our
attention to the last annualreport Of the
Birmingham Coffee House company.
The financial showing was magnificent.
The Dividend was 1915 per cent. Mr..
Short adds:
You VIII rejoice that Liverpool and
other leading companies have maintain
ed steady 10 per cent" All this is en-
couraging in the highest degree. Chris
tiaa 1T Work.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-07

Some men say to me: "What the
Lord has put in this world is for mans
use. Here is liquor. Isn't it TO be usedg'
Yes, and the Lord put iron ore into these
mountains, but he never intended that
it should be made into jimmies and bur-
glar tools. If man is known to have
a mania for suicide. the law will pro-
hibit him from taking his life in so sud
den manner. and see no reason why
we should not establish law which
will prohibit a man from taking his own
life by slow degrees. IT. Y. Powderly.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-07

STATE OF VERMONT A. i'rt bate Court
HARTFORD DISTINCT IS Nheld Vt Woodstock,
within and for said District the 9th day OF June
A. ID. i~y9.
Present. Hon. Thomas o. S,aSor. Judgc.
Mari r.. Bakers estate. Rochester testatc.
WI ereas H. n. Cushulan eNecn-
tor OF the last will OF Mary y. Bakeil
late OF Rochester deceased
has presented to sail Court hts petition
In writing making application for license 10 sell all
the real estate Of which said festatrN died seized aud
possessed, situate In srate.
representing that such sale viii be necessary TO
able him to pas The debts due from said estate. the
egacies provided for Ia sai1 will and the expenses OF
administration aud represen Ing that u part Of said
real estate cannot be sold without injury 10 those
interested 10 the remainder.
rhereupnn the Court appoints The 22nd day Of
July A. D.. lst2 next ~ time and the Probate
niice IN Woodstock aforesaid place OF hearing
and deciding said Application. md orders that no.
ce OF said application be- Owen a. all persons inter-
esied iu said estate. the for the same. place
aud time OF hearlng.by publishing thrc0 week
IL the Bethel Courier A newspaper publishes. at
Bethel Ia this state wn IA clrcuiAles IN tile neigh
bnrhood Of those interested. tall which publications
shall be previous 10 said inle Of hearing)a copy 81
record Of this orierih III may appear before said
Court AID Ice beard la the natter Ot said application
II they cause.A true rec lrd. Nh. sEANER.
true copy of record, REGISTER.
sss Attest. 7. o. sEAvER, Judge.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-07

at the hall of the Central Temperance
association in London Mrs. Annie Be
SAINT delivered notable temperance ad-
dress, in the course of which she said
that instead of the drunkard's being mo
mans enemy but his own" that he is "a
focus of poison to the community in
which he has physical presence;" and
it is the views which she holds of the re-
lationship of one man to another, and
the influence which he exerts upon an
other, that have made her total alb
sfainar
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-07

The Worlds Temperance congress, to
meet in Chicago during the Worlds
fair, will held four days session, dis
cussing the following phases Of the tenn
perance question, one ON each day, re-
spectively: /. Scientific and Medical;" ..
Educational and Economical" 5. Leg
islative and Political;" 4. Religious and
Miscellaneous. Specially prepared pa
pers will be discussed, but no resolutions
adopted The following named organ
izations viii also hold Worlds con-
gress, one day each, during the fair;
Sons of Temperance, Good Teinplars,
National and Worlds w. G. I. e., and
Nonpartisan w. CT. Z. Popular meet
ings will be held under Archbishop Ire
lands committee.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-07
Good Farm at a Bargain

Owing to i'll health am obliged to sell
my farm located miles from East Brook
field store, postotiice, church, etc, 5 miles
to railroad, good road all the way. Said
farm contains $50 acres of good land, no
waste land, 100 acres in wood, enough to
more than pay for the farm, 3 good or
chards, 1900 sugar trees. Building in good
comfortable condition. House, rooms
and ell Horse barn 25x25, barns, 39x60,
S0x2i, 7Ox30. Plenty OF sheds, schoolhouse
in sight. This is an excellent chance for
Young man as this place will be sold at
bargain, together with stock tools, etc. and
all on easy terms.
ID. NJ. ENGLISH, East Brookfield. VT.
R.E.A.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-07

Great Britain's drink bill for 1901
proves the necessity for continued activ-
ity among the earnest temperance work
ers of the United Kingdom. The total
amount shows an expenditure of GO 15s.
for each individual. counting the popu-
lation according to the census returns
of last year. 37,740, 1888. The amount of
increase, however, according to DIR.
Dawson Burns, is less than that of 1889
and 1890, and in this fact and the on
moving march of the temperance forces
there is much to encourage.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-07
Savings Banks and Temperance.

The League Journal, in well written
article on Savings Banks and Temper
ance," indicates the 'silver lining" to the
sable cloud" of drunkenness. 1t halls
the increased number of depositors (espe-
cially among youth and children) in the
savings banks of the United Kingdom as
bright and cheering sign for temper
ance reformers; and it claims that the
temperance agitation has wrought a
great change in the habits of the more
intelligent workingmen. directly and in
directly.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-07
prunlsenness in scotland.

In Scotland in 1891 there were arrested
for drunkenness 81, 800 persons. OF these
1862 were disorderly and the rest in
capable. OF the counties, Lanark stands
first with 26,Sl3 arrests; Midlothian next
with 6 $50. At the other end of the list
is Orkney, with only two arrests during
the year, and Shetland with none.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-07
A substitute for Alcohol.

A drink made out of ground quassia
"a half ounce STEPPED in a pint of vinegar)
is recommended as u substitute for alco-
holic dlirl;s 10 those who crave them. A
small &c ~ onful in little water should
be taken ienever the liquor thirst be-
comes overpowering. This is very help
full if a drinker will persevere in trying
it.-Union Signal.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-07

OF the 10000 criminals in German
prisons IA 900 were arrested for crimes
committed under the influence of intox-
icating drinks. And yet it is confirm
ally asserted that beer and wine do not
degrade the Germans.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-07

The opium habit has become so gen.
eral, even among people of good stand
ing, that'the necessity of an organized
warfare upon the habit is now painfully
In India. England and Amer
lea, thousands of pounds are annually
and it is as degrading as the
liquor habit. There will be a general
crusade against it.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-07
Cardinal slanning's rleage.

PROMISE TO GOD.
promise i-aee. sweet Lord, that
VIII never cloud the light
Which shines from thee within my soul.
And makes my reason bright:
Nor ever will lose the power
To serve thee by my will.
Which thou hast set within my heart
Thy precepts TO fulfill.
o let me drink as A dam drank.
Before from thee he fell;
o let me drink As thou. dear Lord.
When faint by Sychar's we'll
That from my childhood. pure from sin
or drink and drunken strife,
BY the clear fountain may rest
OF everlasting life.
Written for Children's League Of the Cross
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-07
A Temperance Autograph Album.

A temperance autograph pledge book
placed conspicuously in railway, Y. M.
e. A. or other reading rooms or libra
ries frequently attracts voluntary sigma
lures. This is suggestive note for
temperance workers.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-07
COMMISSIONER Notice.

Estate of IRA MI DGETT.
The undersigned, having been appointed by theTion
Probate Court for the district dolphC Commits
sioners to receiveexamne. and adjust ALI claims and
demands Of all persons against the estate OF Ira Mud
gett late Of Tnnbrdge IN said district. deceas-
ed, and all claims exhibited In Offset thereto. hereby
give notice that will meet for the purposes afore-
said. at the residence OF the late Ira MudEStt
on the 9Th day of August next from O'Clock p. NJ.
TO O'Clock, P.M.on said day. and that six months
from the nth day of May A. ID. 1882 Is the time linn
tied by said Court for said creditors present their
claims 10 Us for allowance.
Dated at Cambridge this q day OF June AID. lSe2.
r. A.WO0DWARD. Com
97s II. CHANDLAR. mlssioners.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-07

1t cost Ireland last year $4,000, 900
more for Intoxicating liquors than it did
for rent, and yet the saloon keepers are
not boycotted by the Irish.-Boston In
vestigator.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-07

Came into my enclosure Sunday, june 18th,
one brown horse. or years old, lheavy tail.
light name. The owner is requested TO prove
pay charges and take the same away
HORACE CALDWELL Barnard. VI.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-07
Nnfice.

! hereby forbid all persons to harbor or
trust anyone on my account as shall pay
no bills for anyone after this date.
Al CRAM, Williamstown, VT, June Is, 1892.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-07
rher Wand No prunkards

The Nashville and Chattanooga rail-
road will dismiss every employee who
drinks either ON or off duty.-Christian
Patriot.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-07

Eight Hundred Miles of Grogshops.
Think of i'll Eight hundred miles of
saloons in the United States.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-07

STATE OF VERMONT. In I'ropate Court hoden
RANDOLPH DISTINCT = ~ Randolph on the
18th day 81 June a. ~ 1889. an Instrument pur-
porting t. be STesiament of Hannah Thomas
late Of IA ndoph In said difiret. deceased Deinz
presenied to tie Cnuri by r. NJ. Kent The executor
therein named Probate: II y Orhs red by SAID Cri
thai all persons concerned therein be noihri 60 ap-
pear 81 said court 10 DE held at hcPfohate
Ofiicr tn Randolph tie l9th day 81 July A. ID.
1892, and show cause II any they may have. against
the Probate Of said VIII; for which purpose Ms FUR
he puhl shed three weeks succcssivciy In The Herald
aad News printed al Randolph previous 10 said
time appointed lur hearing. By the Court Attest.
"a NM n. NICHOLS. Jaage.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-07

gTATFO Of VERMONT. In Probate Court held al
Randolph DISTRICT IS Chelsea within aud for
said district on the l7ih das - June AID. 1872
j. NJ Comsfack administi ator of the estat, Of
stephen Montague late ~ Chelsea la said district
deceased presents his adul'n account for exam
ination and allowance and makes application for A
Of disTibution and partition OF the estate OF
said deceased.
Whereupon II Is ordered BY said Court that said
application Ice referred tV session thereof 10 De held
the Orange County Hotel IN Chelsea on the 2lst dsy
anil II Is i.rtler ordered fhat An persos Interested
Toe notified hereof by publication notiee OF said APP
pcatinn and order thereon three weeks successfully
in the Herald and News. newspaper published AZ
Randolph and which eireuiates In the aeighborhood
Those Interested before said time OF hearing, that
hey may appear said time aud pace.andf they see
sause object thereto BY the Court. attest.
81 WILLIAM ". NICHOLS. Judge.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-07

Chicago spends yearly ssO.OOO.OOO for
drinks.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-07

STATE OF VERMONT A. a I'rt bate Court
HARTFORD DISTRICT IS Shela vt Woodstock.
within and for said District the sIth day Oi June
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-02-10
High Kicking Girls.

High kicking is not so popular in
dancing as it used to be, but there are
lots of girls In this ballet who can out
kick the best men in the business.
Women, you know, are better dancers
than men, anyway, and they know how
TO encourage iexibility of the muscles
better. A girl who practices every
day for two or three years can elevate
her feet a good deal higher than her
head. Now, l am five feet four inches
in height, yet can tap a tambourine
with my toes even if it is held six feet
five inches in the air. There was a
young woman that used to travel with
me who could kick an even seven feet.
but never did it. Girls kick differ
emily from men. Men will run and
spring up into the air with hitch, and
then kick their foot upward while thev
are in the air. That isn't a kick at ali.
Watch a girl and you will see her raise
her skirts to her knee-if she has any
on-and stand squarely with both feet
on the ground. She will give just a
little jump and her foot-usually the
left one-goes up in the air as she
bends her body downward and for
ward. That is real high kick. Men
almost invariably use the right foot in
kicking at an object. but women send
their left one up at it. They use their
strongest leg-the right-to bear the
weight of the body and lend force to
the kick. It's awful hard work, this
high kicking, and if girl did it every
day she would soon be in a hospital
St. Louis ReD2IbLic
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-02-10
where the Bullion Is Deposited.

The Bank of England. which is the
great depository of bullion in the
realm, holds at ordinary times in its
vaults $125. 600. 600.
The Bank of Germany holds $780,
900, 900 of bullion in gold and silver.
The Bank of France usually holds
$475, ZOO. 900.
The United States holds in the treas
ury and in the various national banks
somewhere about $500, 600, 600, in gold
and silver.
The increasing wealth of the various
nations is somewhat remarkable. Dur
ing the last ten years the Bank of
France has more than doubled its re-
serves. The Bank of Germany il 1881
held about $40, 900. 600. In 1889 it
held $3.50. 600. 900.
In June. 1868, the amount of gold
coin and bullion in the United States
treasury was only $75 600, 900: in 1889
it had risen to over $780, 600. 900. In
the various national banks it stood at
So, 000 600; it has risen to $50. 600, 600.
In silver there is still more remark
able increase.
1t will be observed that among the
above England stands the lowest on
this list. This can be accounted for in
two ways. There being no issue of
notes under the value of $25 it necessi-
tates an immense quantity of gold be-
ing kept in circulation. Secondly, the
commerce of Great Britain with some
countries being so enormous and its
lending powers SO great a perpetual
drain is the inevitable result. Russia,
Italy and Spain have little or no finan-
cial influence. They are constant bor-
rowers from more wealthy nations, but
| lenders never.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-02-10
A western Wilmington and his Cats

Here comes a story for you which
sounds almost like an out-West fairy
tale, but am told that it is strictly
true: During the first days of Pike s
Peak when the country was being oc-
cupied by mining prospectors. their
cabins were overrun with rats-not
your domesticated, house-m ice and
rats of an old civilized commu nifty, but
rats-large, ravenous rats-with teeth
and digestive apparatus capable of
managing anything from a tough old
boot to a dainty piece of breakfast
bacon.
This state of affairs came to the
knowledge of a thrifty Dutchman.
poor, but willing to earn a bright dollar
if the way was only pointed out, and
reused his dormant ideas to take ad-
vantage of the rat nuisance and profit
thereby. The Dutchman secured a
yoke of oxen, rugged prairie -schoon Ell
with three stories, and filled the same
with good cats which his neighbors
were glad to be rid of. With this out
fit he started across the plain for Pike
Peak, tedious journey of some six
hundred miles. This with scant sup
plies of game. prepared the cats for
anv encounter with their victims.
Their arrival spread joy among the
householders, and everything was sci
aside to purchase cats. When the
stock of our worthy Dutchman had
been speedily converted into gold-dust
he sold his team. returned on foo
across the desert plains to Omaha will
over 81, 500, and bought farm neal
by. But the climax of this venture
was attained when his faithful oxeI
straved back to him.-St. Nicholas.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-02-10
A CHARMING oLo HERMIT.
He Lives Under Rock in q Hillside an
Is Clean and Unique.

A short distance west of Alexandria,
in Schuyler county, Missouri, there
lives man between so and 60 years
old who has been leading the life of a
hermit for thirty years. His home is
in cave under a large rock in the
side of steep hill. Here he has dug
for himself an abiding place and
passes the time in solitude, his only
companions being books, papers and
periodicals, with which in some man
ner unknown to others, and which he
will not divulge, he keeps himself
plentifully supplied.
His cave has the appearance of
cosey and comfortable room. 1t is
neatly furnished. Around it's sides
shelves are built upon which are piled
many of the best works of the most
noted authors. This strange genius
refuses to divulge his name or talk of
his history further than to say that his
family was one of wealth, prominence
and influence in southern state prior
to the breaking out of the war, and
that his father served with distinction
as an officer on the Confederate side.
He shows by his conversation that he
is man of education and refinement.
He converses intelligentlv about art,
music, science, literature, in fact upon
any topic that may be broached. He
is unusually well posted concerning
current events, and for a recluse ap-
pears to take great interest in the
world from which he has withdrawn.
When pressed as to why he adopted
such mode of living he said it was
simply matter of choice. He denied
that the step was taken because of any
disappointment in love, failure in busi-
ness, or ingratitude of friends or rela-
tives. As he first made his appearance
in the locality in which he has lived so
many years about the time of the
breaking out of the war, it is thought
by some of the people of the vicinity
that some incident in connection with
that event was responsible for the life
of solitude so long led by this man.
The cave in which the hermit resides
is at the end of a long and narrow
path, quite remote from any travelled
highway. He carefully watches this
approach to hi' den, and upon the ap-
pearance of a'.y person wIthdraws to
the seclusion Of his hole in the hill.
He carries Oh conversation from the
interior, and if satisfied the intruder
is not a person who has sought him
purely out of lille curiosity will admit
the visitor, who if he impresses the
recluse faVorably, will be delightfully."-
entertained. = Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-02-10
DiIatOry Lovers.


Without a dash of modest assur-
ance"-or shall we call it modified i'm
pudenee-no man is likely to make
much headway with any lady. No
woman, however bashful, admires
sheepishness in lover; on the con-
trary, retiring, tender. sensitive wom-
en- usually prefer bold, outspoken fell
lows, who push matters to a crisis
with earnestness and dispatch. He
who sits down before the fortress of a
woman's heart, with the hope of bring
ing it to terms of capitulation by slow
and regular approaches, will usually
find that it Laughs a siege to scorn. !"
and the chances are that while he is
drawing his lines of decentralization, a
more passionate wooer will assault the
work at some weak point and carry it
by storm.-N 7. Ledger.