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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-09-22
d. C. Denison is building a barn to
place the one destroyed by fire.
sharon.

Town meeting was a little exciting, the
contest being between q. +. Fay, republl-
can, and James Quimby, democrat. The
result was the election OF Mr.. Quimby on
the sixth ballot. Sharon cast the lightest
vote for many years. Our town is politi-
cally divided as follows: 2ls voters OF
whom 50 to 20 are democrats. II Is
funny we should elect democrat for rep
resentative. Jim is a good man, howev-
er.
A. B. Mosher lost s54 at the state fair,
Mrs. l. II. Read Of Shelburne, VT, win
speak at Sharon on her way to the State
Convention at Bellows Falls on the I'D
and 23d.
The State Baptist Association will meet
here Sept. goth and 2lst. Rev. l.. b. Steele
will give the Centennial address on Tues
day eve.
We should have stated ere this that w.
w. Howe committed suicide by hanging
recently, the cause being insanity follow
ing a shock Of paralysis. He was 10 years
of age and leaves wife and children.
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Recognized Their Brother.

Pm going to join the army, and will be
gone three years" Thus wrote young
man to his dear old mother and sisters at
home. The boy was under sentence to the
state prison when he wrote the letter that
be supposed would quiet all inquiry as TO
his whereabouts. He had been found
guilty of forgery, and the judge in pro
nouncing sentence upon him gave him
three years at hard labor in the Oregon
penitentiary.
This was several months ago. One Sun
day afternoon a couple of young ladies,
sisters, new arrivals in Salem, visited the
prison. They arrived too late to be ad.
mitted to the services, but were given seats
in the waiting room. At the first sound
from the choir they were interested, but as
the music of the song filled the chapel and
resounded throughout the corridors they
recognized a familiar sound in a sweet
toned voice that carried the air. They ad.
vanced nearer to the chapel, impelled by
they knew not what, and CHANGING through
the barred doors recognized among the
singers, wearing the stripes, the absent
brother who they believed was serving his
country in the army.
The recognition was mutual. And II
was pitiful. The shock was more than the
delicate nerves of the young women could
bear. But it is only one incident of the
many The prison is full of sad romances
and expectations that are never realized
Salem (Or.) Statesman.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-09-22

Mary f. wilkins, the story writer who
sometimes visits Brooklyn and whose latest
biographer, Kate Epson Clark. is Brook
lyn woman thinks it something remark
able that her handwriting varies good
deal and that it frequently resembles the
handwriting of the person whose letter she
is answering. Other New England women
say that their handwriting is initiative in
the same way. One might imagine that
these women never had learned to write
properly, but the fact is that freakiness of
penmanship is so common that it is strange
that any one should think it unusual. Al
most any one who was brought up in law
Office before tie days of the typewriter,
and who had to copy documents in several
different hands, will have noticed the vari-
alton either in himself or in some Of the
other clerks.
The only persons not affected in this
way, so far as the writer has observed, are
those of stolid temperament, on whom sur
roandings make no impression. A man OF
this sort would translate Horace Greeley's
historic scrawls, page after page, into a
stolid, even, heavy and perfectly legible
hand. But any young man impressionable
enough to be affected by fine acting OF
pictures or music will find himself imitat-
ing half dozen handwritings in a week.
Brooklyn Eagle.
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Everybody knows that while 1t IS
supposed to be prohibited, the sale OF
intoxicants goes on all the time in botn
the restaurants during the sessions OF
congress, and that besides that the
chairmen of several senate and house
committees (although this practice Is
more common at the senate end OF the
capitol than at the house end keep
private bottle or even a demijohn IN
their committe rooms for the benefit OF
themselves and their friends. Senators
and representatives, with the excep-
tions mentioned, are drinking at the
capitol every day, and every hour OF
every day. during every session. Bn'
the fact. of course, is that this drink
ing all goes on quietly behind screen,
so to speak. and that very, very few Q.
them drink to excess. The wine ano
liquor list can be had for the asking ID
the restaurants, but liquors are very
apt to be served in teacups, and wines
as quietly as possible. Senators ana
representatives themselves, the news
paper men and others who are haolt-
ually about the capitol, know very
well that the drinking is going on on.
it is all SO unobtrusively done tnas
strangers at the capitol would not oe
tect it. 1t is, of course, because u =
done in moderation that its effects ~
not appear publicly, except IN rars
cases. Philadelphia Record.
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TEMPERANCE eREvITIEs.

THE London Lancet notes the dis
covery in st. Petersburg Of the, fact
that the drinking OF petroleum is cure
for drunkenness.
FRANCE once so sober, is now at a
loss to know what to do with her
topers. Cheap bars and absinthe cas-
ily explain the increase Of alcoholic
madness.
QUEEN VICTORIA is mentioned as
sending among other presents TO the
king and queen of Denmark, on the oe-
casion of their recent golden wedding
celebration, "a cask of Lochnagar
whisky, twenty years old"
II KNOW a man." said Eli Perkins
"who was meaner than dog. This
man and dog went into saloon to-
gether, but the man got beastly drunk
while the dog kept sober and went
home like a gentleman.
In an attempt to defend the moderate
use Of alcoholic stimulants prominent
English physician really indiets it. for
he says; Mix all liquors with food
which shie,1s the tissues from its con-
tact and aids its safe dispersion through
the circulation"
QUEEN LILIouKALANI, of the Sand
witch islands, is an earnest patron OF
temperance reform She pays the II
cense fee for coffee house opened IN
her capital city by the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance union, and has BAN
ished wines and spirituous liquors from
her table and receptions.
SIR WILFRID LAWSON, in recalling
the hard names that have been ana
still are hurled at temperance reform
ers, reminds them, in his usual happy
style. that fanatics are earnest men
in minority, AMI a faddist is one who
knows something more than the rest OF
the people
SOUTHEASTERN Kentucky, once the
scene of wild braSV,s, raids and terri be
debaucheries, is fast becoming entirely
changed by the determination of some
of its best inhabitants. Many coun-
ties have prohibited the sale of liquor
and emigrants of good character are
buying the rich farming land Tenn
perance, education and religion have
gone hand in hand
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-09-22

Pacing back and forth il the din -
lence Raymond LINE vowed. tie, ~
there. with G"d'. heip. never IS ts-.s
the accursea drink again.
Right here we will say that he ne-,.
did. Fha wings q purpose. enfeebiss
by desire, grew strong and upllt.in,
once more, and Is The years went ~
the young man mounted. with ans,a.
ing vigor, higher and higher IN the oath
of purity and noble erceavor.
As tired little Bess said goodnight "a
her mamma, she added. ~Qhl forgot
TO tell you that Uncle Raw has iu,,
come home. and he's spl, adider liam
ever, though didn't see MIN much
He Rugged me ever so tight and told
me was precions little girl, and tbat
my wings had begun 10 grow ALREADY
What did he mean by that, mamms?'
But sleepy Bess was too near delight.
full Dreamlane 10 wait for an answer
Helen A. Butler, in Union Signal
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TAKE WARNING!
NEGLECT NOT THE SIGNALS OF
DANGER.
An Object Lesson Taught by the In
dians.
Let the Way be simple and the RENE
dy safe.

II you are ailing, not exactly sick, but
not feeling "just right" have drowsy,
dull feeling, bad taste in the mouth, vari-
able appetite, occasional pain in the joints
and muscles, and other signs Of impend-
ing sickness, why not do as the Italian
does-drive such symptoms out OF the
system by the judicial use of their vegeta-
bic remedy7
Don't neglect such warnings.
That pain in your shoulder may develop
into rheumatism, and months sickness
deprive you of the income OF your toll.
that furry tongue denotes your liver is
out Of order and typhoid fever would east
ly take root in your system.
What could you do then?
Think of your business, your income
and your family.
Seek safety as you would fly from chol-
era or smallpox.
You are in danger IL you neglect these
warnings. They may pass OF, but the
chances are against you, and even the
poison is only latent in your system.
Do not, however, put your trust in the
numerous so-called s'sarsaparillasn with
which the market is flooded. Sarsaparilla
bark is no. medicine, it is fiavoring
nothing more. The action of many OF
these decoctions comes from mineral
poisons they contain, such as mercury,
arsenic, strychnine, bismuth, iodide OF
potassium, and the like and any druggist
will tell you, il he tells you truly, that
this is so.
Kickapoo Indian Sagwa and other Kick
apoo Indian medicines contain only the
product of the field and forest, natures
own vegetable growth Of roots, barks and
herbs and OF necessity are free from all
mineral poisons, whatever, because the
| Indians have no owledge OF them, de-
pending wholly upon natures laboratory
tor their resources and upon their skill
born of centuries OF experience in prepar-
| ing them.
kickapoo Indian Sagwa, made by the
indians from roots, bdrks, and herbs %
their oiDn gathering and curing is obtain
able Of any druggist at one dollar PEI
bottle; sir bottles for fire dollars.
FREE. Send three two-cent stamps Il
pay postage and we will mail you free 8
| thrilling and interesting book Of 173 pag-
es, entitled ''Life and Scenes among the
Kickapoo Indians" Tells all about the
Indians. Address HEALY & BIGELOW
Distributing Agents, 52i Grand Ave,
New Haven, Conn.
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ODDS AND ENDS.
e has a mine I GOO feet deep.

France has mine 1000 feet deep.
Mozart's father was book binder.
The first horse railroad was built in 1926.
If the cock crows more than usual and
earlier, expect rain.
A rich widow laughs with one eye and
weeps with the other.
There are said to be 100000 lilies in full
bloom in field at Bermuda.
The father of Johann Muller, the Ger
man scientist, was a peasant.
Thunderstorms are more frequent in
Java than IN any region in the world.
There are l,275 millionaires in New York
city. In the entire country there are 4,2Oi.
There are said to be 10000 members Of
volunteer military companies in this coun-
try.
A Liverpool sign that catches the eye of
the stranger is, "Eggshell fuel for gas
stoves"
In England when printers take a vaca-
ton they are said to be enjoying their
wayzgoose.
A horse in Lock Haven has black coat
in winter, but in summer it becomes a
beautiful roam.
Gray published his "Elegy" at thirty
four 1t is said to have occupied his time
for seven years.
Consider the man who is always pune
tual-how much time he wastes waiting
for other people.
Wear what is becoming to you, irrespec-
tive of whether it would beautify any
other human being.
A fisherman in Montgomery county,
Tenn, is seventy-five years old and never
voted but twice in his life.
In Chinese the letter 81" has 145 ways
of being pronounced, and each pronuncia-
ton has different meaning.
Milliners do not admire the queen of
Portugal. She makes her own bonnets,
and graceful ones they are too
On one of the light Irish railways loco
motion is successfully performed by an
engine constructed to burn oil as fuel.
At late spiritualistic seance in Lon
don the ghost of Voltaire misplaced his
his and was unable to understand French.
A Partisan meteorological has written a
book of 800 pages to prove that the cleo
tricity of thunderstorms is caused by the
friction of raindrops on hailstones.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-09-22
POISON IN SMALL DOSES.
The PerIis Of Tamperine with Alcohol,
Stsnuiants.

The PerEs Of Tampering with Alcoholic
St.inuiants.
That the immoderate use Of intoxi.
.ants and stimulants is injurious 70
health. says Rev. Jesse Gilbert and IN.
favorable to longevity, admits Of de.
bate. That moderate drinking has
like tendency many viii question. and
vet we believe such TO be the case. In
the first place it IS not easy to decide
where moderate drinking begins The
one insensibly glides into the other.
There are ten million drunkards in the
United States, and of these one million
die off every year. If their ranks were
not recruited, in ten years the race Of
drunkards would be extinct But the
ranks are filed up. Whence come the
new recruits? Certainly not from the
total abstainers; from the moderate
drinkers every time. The peril Of
what is called moderate drinking lies
in its tendency TO cross the line and be.
come drunkenness. If, however, this
peril is escaped, we still believe thai
even the moderate use of strong drink
is a physical evil ever tending TO i'm
pair the vital forces and to diminish
the expectation of long life. Alcohol
is poison, and poison in small doses
may not be fatal, but certainly cannot
be wholesome. Alcohol Injuries and
distigures the blood globules and pre-
vents the proper elimination Of carbon
In hot climates the most moderate use
of alcoholic stimulants has been found
to be decidedly injurious. Or. Moseley,
in his work upon tropical diseases
says: II have ever found from my own
knowledge and custom, as well as
from the custom and observation Of
others, that those who drink nothing
but water, or make it their principal
drink, are but little affected by the
climate, and can undergo the greatest
fatigue without inconvenience. -
Christian at Work.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-09-22
Fishing in the Northwest.

Whoever passes along the main retail
street of Seattle and happens to notice the
counters in the principal fish store will be
astonished. In the chromatic display Of
the captive creatures of the sea is the text
for another chapter on future wealth for
Washington They have the salmon,
though that catch is credited TO Oregon
and Alaska. There are in the northern
waters cod banks thousands of miles in ex-
tent; halibut. Goldfish rock cod, sole, sea
bass, smelts, shrimps behring's and oysters
are all abundant. Apparently the fisher
ies outweigh those of the east as the timber
belt excels that which once inclosed the
great lakes.
Candor compels me to say that the
Pacific fish, with one exception, are in
ferior to the same kinds of fish in the east,
yet they are not wanting in fine qualities.
The halibut of Washington and the north
is, believe, the finest sea fish for the table
that is known in America. The tiny
muddy oysters, the size of a dime or
quarter, are the meanest product of that
sea, but they find ready sale and are ad-
mired Since that is so, hope for all the
rest should be rampant. Their crabs, on
the contrary, are not mere samples; they
are wholesale products, regular marine
monsters, and all the better for that since
they make good food.
The fishing that must in few years
fleck the waters Of the Pacific with sails IS
scarcely begun. There is only a million
invested in it, and only a million year IS
produced by it.-Julian Ralph in Harper's.
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FOR LITTLE PEOPLE
NOT A DREADFUL LOSS.

what lost your temper. did you sayf
Well. dear. wouldn't mind It.
II isn't such dreadful loss
Pray do not try to ind IL.
Twas not the gentlest, sweetest one,
AS all can well remember
We have endured its every whim
From New Years till December.
II drove the dimples all away.
And wrinkled up your forehead,
And changed pretty, smiling face
To one-well, simply horrid.
II put 10 flight the CHEEKY words,
The laughter and the singing;
And clouds upon shining sky
1t would persist in bringing
And it is gonel Then do, my dear,
Make it your best endeavor
To quickly find better one
And lose it-never, neverl
Sydney Dayre. in Harper's Young People
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RoyaIton.

Mr.. and Miss Knapp returned to New
York Tuesday.
Mrs. Tabor and Miss Handy from New
Bedford are at the Cascadnac.
A party went to Brocklebank Hill in
TuDbridge Saturday and spent thoroug-
ly enjoyable day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. A. Laird spent Sun
day in West Randolph.
Miss Celia Marsh from Sharon visited
at S. j. Kendall's last week.
Many of our summer guests have left
for their city homes, but nearly all intend
to return another seaaon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. c. Wheatley and
daughter and Mrs. Appleton from Win
chester, Mass, were guests at Locust
Lodge Saturday
The next regular meeting of White Riv-
er Grange No. SO, will be held in Grange
Hall Saturday, Sept. II. Patrons, please
remember that our meetings are on the
first and third Saturdays in each month,
SEC.
ID. c. Denison is building barn to re-
place the one destroyed by fire.
Livery stable keepers should always
keep Arnica & Oil Liniment in the stable,
nothing like it for horses.
Arnica & Oil Eminent is equally good
for man and beast. 20 and 90 cents per
bottle.
Thousands walk the earth to-day who
would be sleeping in its bosom but Tor
the timely use of Downs Elixir.
For mild cathartic and efficient tonic,
use Baxter's Mandrake Bitters. Every
bottle warranted.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-09-22
Hs6ly
ACID PHOSPHATE.

An agreeable preparation
of the phosphates. for Indi-
gestion, Nervousness, Men,
tai and Physical Exhaustion.
Recommended and pre-
scribed by Physicians of all
schools.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-09-22

For Sale in West Randolph.
Y New cottage house, pleasantly situated
Good barn with cellar, good garden. Will
sell at a bargain II taken soon.
c. b. TEwKsBURY, W. Randolph.
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Nine Year. old and Ten Feet high.

EHo Otu @Ao @eH 80
Gorapius. the surgeon, made a scientific
examination of a Swedish girl, age nine
years, who was over ten feet high. She
died less than a year later, before attain
ing anything like full growth.-Million.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-09-22

Trial bottle mailed on receipt of IS cents
in stamps. Rumford Chemical Works,
Providence, R. |.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-07-27
weather for August Anticipated.

IyrcHBuna. VA. July 25.-Ihe cher OF
The Weather Bureau directs the pnphcatllS1n
Of the following data. compiled from tne
record OF observations for the month u
August taken at this station duiihg
period Of twenty one years. .fl,
n ia believed that the facts thus set forIn
will prove Of interest 10 the public as wei
az tho gpecial student, showing as tney 90
the average and extreme conditions OF tue
move important meteorological elements
and The range within which such VARIATIONS
NAV be expected 10 keep during any corres-
ponding month ., .o,,,,,o,a
.,ire III degrees the warmest August was
tbat NJ 1881 with an average of 1873 degrees
the coolest August was that of 1874 with an
sverage of 7l.9 degrees tho highest tenn
perature during any August was 80 degrees
on the 18th. 1888: the lowest temperature
during any August was 81 degrees on the
Precipitation (raln and melted snow
Average for the month. IL inches; average
number of days with OF of an inch or moro,
IL. the greatest monthly precipitation was
10 Oh inches In 1879 the lesst monthly pre-
cipitation WAS 80 inch in 1881; the great
est amount of precipitation recorded In any
twenty four consecutive hours was BIT
inches on August 18th and 18th, 1916.
Clouds and Weather-Ayerage number OF
cloudless days, 9; average number OF partly
cloudy days, 10; average number OF CLOUDY
days, 9.
Wind-The prevailing winds have been
from the northeast: the highest velocity OF
the wind during any August was thirty miles,
on the 18th, 1874.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-07-27

MO and in a few weeks placsd 1t IN charge r.s
OF colored family residing on ine n nfabt
sids 81 the river. On last Tuesday nlRn'
sus w ~ to .ee tho child. and about mid
mig night si left with it for the OstensiOe purpose
on Friday. r. o. Williams. OF tins Guy,
while in q BOAT fishing discovered the i .S
Of a colored child protruding from me ;s
Sxatey lie summoned assistance. and II
nroved 10 be the dead body OF Frances
p Bnckper's baby. She was arrested, and
ssvs that while en- route 70 her room,
C3a,les Letter (colored). brother OF Glass
Gstsr the father Of the child, came up ana
offered TO assist in carrying 1t. Wnen about about
tbe ef center of the bridge that spans James mes
s;var Charles deliberately choked the child
until il was breathless and then dropped y, IL
;nt Ne the river. distance of forty feet. she
,ras nrevented from making any cutlery by
fear fear Of Jeter who threatened to Kill her II
sbe did 80. Mary made q desperate enort
20 tl,s escape from the town prison by, Jumping
from a second story window and hiding 10
. bayioft. She was recaptured. and WIN
Letter. sent 10 tho county Jail to await the
action OF the grand jury.