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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-09-14
MIDWAY PLAISANCE.
Three Quarters of a Mile Of AMI
mate and Lifeless Freaks.
All Mankind represented by Q-2int, Queer
and Curious Structures and s:ilI More
Remarkable Specimens of the Genus
Homo-Oriental Night Life.
Especial worlds Fair Letter. !

From the top of the Ferris wheel in
the Midway Plaisance you can see all
the Kingdoms of the earth in moment
of time. All kindreds, nations and
tongues are to be found on that queer
three-quarters of mile, without par
or precedent Never was there such
an opportunity to survey the world
from China to Peru. Half dozen con-
tinents are represented in the aggrega-
ton of concessions. Man, as he is to-
day, beyond the pale, as he was a few
thousand years ago in all lands, is on
exhibition on the Plaisance. He is
there in all shades, from conventional
pink and white to lemon color and burnt
sienna. He elbows his brother from
the antipodes day after day on the
broad roadway. Half lifetime spent
in studying books of travel would
not convey the quantity of informa-
ton that may be derived from week
spent on the Plaisance. 1t is far more
than mere 'show." IL is an educa-
ton. From savage naturalness through
dim Standardization to oriental ease,
the process of the worlds evolution of
civilization is traced out in unmistak-
able characters.
Then, too, there is whole multitude
of displays quaint or curious from
some point of view that illustrate mat
tiers other than the manners of the
orient or the lack of them in Africa.
Things industrial are not forgotten
and the savage breasts over on Freak
avenue are soothed by the charms of
music rich and rare. Visitors who
stroll into glass factory, blase as they
may be with the marvels of the eXposi-
ton, are startled to find themselves in
close proximity to a Turk or two, a
German cavalryman, a Tyrolese singer,
a French danseuse, and Chinese his
trion. Those are the daily occurrences
of the Midway Plaisance.
Seen from the railway bridge that
crosses Midway Plaisance the street
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Enr Ladies Only.

Two hundred and fifty dollars in gold
will be given to the lady making the larg-
est list Of words from the letters contained
in the word BEAUTIFUL 500 in gold
for the second largest list, $50 in gold for
the third and fourth largest lists, dia-
mond ring for the fifth largest list, lady
fine gold watch for the sixth largest list,
solid gold necklace for seventh largest
list, handsome Swiss music box for eigh
largest list, banquet lamp OF elegant design
for ninth largest list, lady's toilet case
complete, ornamented in silver, for tenth
largest list. We shall give away more
than 100 other prizes in the order OF mer-
it, il there shall be that number OF success
ful contestants. II two or more lists tie,
the one bearing earlier postmark will re-
ceive the reward. The competition is open
to ladies only, and is given for the pur-
pose of introducing into the United States,
Madame lie Fontaine's Partisan Beautifi-
err, endorsed by leading singers, actresses
and society bellies. II is standard prep
aration of exceptional purity and Won
derful qualities. Every contestant must
order the Partisan Beautifier, which will
be sent prepaid to any address in the
United States upon receipt OF fifty cents
introduction price,. Enclose postal
note or stamps with list OF words, and adj
dress at once. The Partisan Toilet Co.,
Notre Dame st., Montreal, Quebec.
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Braintree.

Next Sunday win be the last one of this
season that Irving Flint will preach to
the people on the Hill, as he is soon to re-
turn to Maine to resume his theological
studies.
The Goth birthday of Mrs. Dolly Sharpe
occurred Sunday, Sept. 8, and on Monday
several of her friends and neighbors met
and gave her a pleasant surprise visit.
She is quite active, in good health and has
picked several quarts Of berries this sum-
mer. Mr.. Sharpe, who was 80 last April,
and his wife do all of their own work.
Miss Ella Tapley has returned to her
home in Worcester. Mass, after a five
weeks vacation spent with the family of
John Finn.
The weather during the month OF Aug
ust was somewhat changea Die, being warm
during the fore part Of the month, cool
and dry in the middle, and cold and wet
during the last part. Considerable grain
was dsmaged after il was cut, before it
could be put into the barns. The coolest
day was the 14th, 80 degrees above zero;
the warmest, the 18th, ~ degrees above.
The mean temperature for the month was
So degrees above; corresponding month
last year, so degrees above. This record
was taken at sunrise.
Charles Flint OF West Randolph visited
in town the first OF the week.
A. b. Ferry, wife ard two daughters OF
Saratoga, n. Y, who have been visiting
in town, started to return to their home,
Wednesday.
Several attended the camp meeting in
Bethel, Sunday.
Miss Belle Thayer went Monday to her
school in Brook6eld. This is her second
term in that school.
Mrs. Mary (Harwoodl Whitney died at
her home Aug. "a, after long and pain
full illness, in the seventy eight year of
her age. She had been quite well and
assisted in the care OF her husband until
the time OF his death, which occurred last
February, but soon after she began to fail,
and her disease developed into consump-
ton. During the last seven weeks of her
life, she was unable to leave her bed. AL
though her sufferings were intense, she
bore them with great fortitude and pa
thence. She was good Christian woman
and mother.
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performance have been much divided.
but no Off eial censure has been passed
upon what is sometimes termed its
indecency. Certain it is that the
danseuses are clad more after fashion
suited to the climate OF sultry Egypt
than of chilly Chicago, and certain il
is that the audience is mainly of the
sterner sex But beyond all doubt the
theater illustrates the customs of the
country whence the performers have
come, and the concessionaires of the
Cairo street defend their danseuses on
the count of their chronological inter
est. Like all oriental dances the mo-
tion is of the body rather than of the
feet. There is no slight grace about
the performance. and there is a ryth-
mic skill that probably no occidental
premiere could acquire.
At the theater attached to the Turk
ish village there are dances that differ
from the Cairoene in degree rather
than kind. There is the same wave
like movement of the body, the same
swaying in sections to music, and the
same languorous grace. This is like
wise the case at the Algerian theater.
Both these latter playhouses, how
ever, possess their distinctive features.
There is a complicated presentation of
a wedding, with feasting and cymbals
and quaint ceremonies, on the boards
of the Turkish stheater. The Alge-
rians show Aissaous, or torture dance,
display sufficiently horrible to be fas-
cinating Either in actual fact or in
mimicry the performers, who are
swarthy Arab men, work themselves
into a frothing religious frenzy, and
under its influence proceed to wound
themselves grievously. Among their
feats are the chewing and swallowing
of broken glass and of prickly cacti,
the mastication of live scorpions, and
the piercing of their cheeks with sun
dry spikes. This performance is given
once each day, and it requires no
small exercise of faith on the part of
the audience in the theater to swallow
the showman's statement to the effect
that it is the evening prayer to Ma
homet.
Then there are other theaters, too.
The Chinese opera house is perhaps the
most interesting of them all. and the
hoarse clangor of its boiler-plate or
chestra rings in the ears of every pass
er by on the Plaisance. In Difference
to occidental ideas, the book of
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the play has been abridged from a
drama calculated to occupy three or
four months in execution to comedy
an hour in length. Emperors in flow
ing white 'vhiskers, much made-up
men who impersonate princesses and
joss, the high god, are the staple char
acters in all the plays.
The term village" is of an accom-
modating nature on the Plaisance.
Villages are there as thick as blackber-
ries, and they range from collection
of booths to a dance hall. Two rival
Irish villages are situated close to the
entrance to the Plaisance, one of them
the pet undertaking of Lady Aber-
deem, the wife of the chief magistrate
of Canada, the other under the super
intendence of Mrs. Ernest Hart, an
Englishwoman with Irish sympathies.
Both make a conscientious endeavor
to be villages. each containing its
quota of matched cottages, where
idealized peasants in impossibly white
aprons sell buttermilk and bog-oak
ornaments. Each is credited with an
ancestral mansion. Lady Aberdeen
having selected Blarney castle for the
model of her principal building, Mrs.
Hart the Castle of Donegal.
Some justification, too, may be found
for applying the term village to the
German concession, with its schloss
and church. The Laplanders and
Javanese also have transferred the
homes of their native lands to AReri-
can soil, the Javanese village in par
ticular, with its BAN boo cottages and
roofs of palm leaf, being among the
most picturesque objects on the fair
grounds. 1t is difficult, however, to
discover any justification for the APP
plication of the term to the Turkish or
the Algerian concessions. In both
cases the village is merely collection
of booths where visitors are entrapped
into paying three or four prices for
Brummagem goods alleged to have
been imported from the east.
Even TO mention some of the attrac-
tions of the thirty or forty concessions
on the Plaisance would occupy more
space than is o5tainable within the
narrow limits of newspaper article
Almost every variety of amusement
is to be discovered in the strange
street, from liste ming to the great Aus
trian band in the Old Vienna street to
riding a camel in the street in Cairo.
Seeing is believing on the Midway
Plaisance. PAUL De q. SWEENEY.
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Final Settlement.

STATE OF VERMONT. I In PROBATE Court held
RANDOLPH. DISTRICT. -. AZ Randolph In said
District. on 22d day Of Aug. A. II. ls93. George
+. Densmore. Administrator the estate
OF Charles Densmorc late OF Chelsea in said
district deceased presentshis administration account
for examination ant allowance.
and makes application for q d. cree of distribution
and Partition of the estate of said deceased.
Whereupon IL is ordered by said Court that said
account and said application l,e referred to
session OF said Court be held AT the OrangeC0unty
Hotel In said Chelsea rhe 2lst day OF sept A. ID.
1873, and show caiis,. ifanN they have, against
decision OF settlement: for which purposei IL Is fur
Their ordered. that copy of the record OF this order
be published three weeks successfully In the HERALD
AND NEWS. printed at Randolph. previous TO said
time appointed for hearing aud show cause Ii any
they may have against sail account being allowed
decree made. By the Court
l03S Attest. WILLIAM II. NICHOLS.Judge.
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seems to contain a forest of spires
and domes. Not more varied or null
tiform than the inhabitants of the
street are the styles of its architecture.
There are dainty minarets surmounted
with the Turkish crescent, roof of
thatch and red tiled buildings after the
fashion of a century or two ago. Most
of them manage. whatever their style.
to protrude a tower of some sort, size
or material skyward, and in the dis
lance the whole is an inextricably tan
gled mass of tapering turrets.
High above them all is the lofty Fer
ris wheel, with its myriad supporting
rods, that from afar seem as closely
woven as the meshes of spiders web.
The huge erection stands half way be-
tween the fair grounds and the west
ern termination of the Plaisance. and
towers above all its surroundings,
dwarfing the tallest of the minarets in
the comparison. Certainly it is as dis
tinctly the curiosity of the fair as was
the Eiffel tower at the Paris EXPOSE
ton four years ago. From the ground
to the top of the wheel is distance
VI SOO lctb, duu III us circumference
are contained 80 cars, each construct
ed to carry SO people. "A ride in the
Wheel comprises twice around the cir
cult, distance in all of 1900 feet, and
occupies in all some 20 minutes. From
one point of view the wheel is some
what on the nature of disappoint-
ment People who board the cars in
the hope of experiencing any of the
Utilization of the nerves that accom-
panies a risk will find themselves mis-
taken. The motion, though of course
perceptible, is slow and dignified. One
does not realize that the height is
vast, and, locked in behind the grilles
of the windows, there is little more
conception of risk than if the wheel
were tower of granite.
Theaters galore are to be found on the
Plaisance. Eight or nine are in a
chronic condition of performance all
day and most of the night. The more
important of them are of the east,
eastern, and bear strong family re-
semblance the one to the other. Their
attractions are largely saltatory, and
for the first time Americans are af-
forded an opportunity TO view the
dance du ventre, if not in all its naked
ness, at least nearly so. The theater
where this performance takes place
is attached to the concession known
as the street in Cairo" Opinions as
to the advisability of permitting the
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Last Notice to Taxpayers

l shall be at the following named places
to receive taxes: At Princes store, South
Randolph, from 10 a. m, to p. m, Fri
day, Sept. %; Moulton's store, North Ran
doiph, from 9 a. m. to II M, and at Os-
goods store, East Randolph, from l to 4
D. M. Saturday, Sept. 80; n. L. Boyden's
office, Randolph Center, from 10 a. m. to 3
%. M. Monday, Oct. q; National Bank,
West Randolph, Tuesday, Oct. 3. All per-
sons paying their taxes before October a
will receive discount Of four per cent on
the town tax.
LFMUEL RICHMOND, Collector.
West Randolph, Aug. 80, 1893.
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In the 2 90 class. open 10 PAGERS,
purse $3.50, Cobdellah, b IN, John Ut
ton. Morrisville, was first in three
straight heats with Lady Lee. oh m.
II. I. Ball, Derby Line, second.
Best time-2 :29 81.
Van Ness House stakes, for foals of
1890; best two in three, was won by
Prince Nero, IN 5. +. H. Winch, Mid
dlebury. Time-2 :99 IA, 2:4l,
Al -.
In spite of the rain and the cold
wind 5000 people made their way to
Howard Park to witness the events in
connection with the third day of the
Vermont State fair. The morning
was occupied in judging various ex-
hibits for premiums, and the afternoon
was given up to the races.
In poultry. while most of the pre-
miums were taken by Burlington people,
c. G. Paine of South Randolph took
first on bantams, ducks aud geese.
The races the third day were good.
The Queen City stakes for foals of
1891 was won by Mollie, b m, owned
by w. NJ. Villas, in 2:50 l-2, :46
ga.
In the 3-minute class, Emma b, b
IN, owned by T. W. Utton of Norris
vile won in three straight heats.
Time-2 :36 IA, ? "a Ia, "a "a.
In the ? 40 class, Robert II, d n,
owned by w. p. Osman Of White
River Junction won IN three straight
heats. best time 2 20 IL.
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TtTHIt
The undersigned having been appointed by the
Hon.Probate Court for the district OF Randolph Com
missoners. to receive examine. and adjust all claim
and demands of all persons against the estate of
Samuel W. Dimick. late Of Randolph, in said Dist.
deceased. and all claims exhibited In Offset there
poses aforesaid. at the store OF j. ". Fargo
on the 22d iay OF September
next from O'Clock z. NJ. unit 3 o'clock p. NJ,
on each of SAID days and that six months from
the 9th day OF Sept. A. D.. 1898 Is the time limit
ed by said Court for said creditors to present their
claims TO us TOR examine ton and allowance
Dated Randolph this 9Th day OF sept A. d. 1898,
J. W. FARGO, Commits
n ;. CLARK, sloners. l040
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In September, 1892, dysentery in a very Sc
were form prevailed az Jamesburg, y. J.
Walter Willard well-known merchant Of
the place, procured q supply Of Chamberlin' !
Collie, Cholera and Dia' rhea Remedy. He says:
1T is certainly one Of the best things ever
made, and has given the highest satisfaction
in the most severe cases of dysentry.n For
sale by NJ. j. Sargent 4 Son and Z. L. Evans
a Co.
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NS. CLARA PREO.
For several years
] have been trou-
bled With my STOMP
acb, apd b e fore
using
Groder's Syrup
my STOMACH was
very bad iDdeed. A
large BUNCH formed
in my side, aDd ]
worried a gre at
deal about myself.
Several doctors ad-
viSed me to be oper-
ated upon, but a
frieDd advised me
to take q
Groder's Syrup,
apd by 50 doing |
was spared of a
surgical operation.
! bad 20 appetite,
was dizzy, sour
STOMACH, coDsti-
Pated, bea dacbe,
and my liver caused
me untold agony
Groder'S Syrup has
cured me, apd ] am
Willing to testify to
its merits.
= MRS. CLARA pREos
WAtervlIIe, ne.
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THOROUGHBRED SHORT HORNS.
THE HORSE SHOW.

The horse show was especially fine
and the exhibits large. Col. Cannon
showed Lord Shelburne, by Home
stead a two-year-old FLY by Cola
more, and a daughter of Sister. M.
A. Monroe of Middlebury showed a
four-year-old by Motion, three-year-
old daughter Of Leicester and full
sister one year younger also year.
ling gelding by Gillig. The showing
made by Monroe's horses was good.
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SHEEP


The exhibit was small but very
good. +. n. Bissell of Shoreham
took all the premiums on merinos. In
long woods +. W. Morrill, took all the
premiums and in middle woods Guy
Carr of Shelburne took all.
In Shropshire = Stock ram, two
wears old or over, A. w. & j. p.
Wilcox, Bridport, first L. b. Harris,
Lyndonville, second ram. one year
old, H. w. Reyes, North Haverhill,
N. H., first L. B. Harris, Lyndon
vile, second three ewes, three years
old or over, A. w. & j. p. Wilcox,
Bridport, first Speedwell Farm, Lynn
don Centre, second; three ewes, one
year old, A. w. & j. p. Wilcox,
Bridport, first H. W. Reyes, North
Haverhill, n. H., second ram lamb,
H. W. Reyes, first; Guy Carr, Comp
ton station, Quebec, second three eve
lambs, A. w. & j. p. Wilcox, Bird
port, first; H. W. Reyes, North Hav-
erhill, n. H., second Coiswold, stock
ram, two years old and over, G. W.
Flagg, Braintree, first premium in all
the classes; Hampshire Downs-ram
one year old, j. A. Neser, Shelburne,
first; three eve lambs, j. A. Neser,
Shelburne, first.
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Nnfice.

The following described property was
found at large on my premises in Chelsea,
VT, on the 18th day OF August, 1893: One
ram, no marks; four sheep, marked with
the letter on each fore shoulder, with
red or brown paint, and blue spot on
back, between shoulders; six lambs, mark
ed with a blue spot on back, between
shoulders, and on top of head. Also, found
at large on the same premises, on the 4th
day Of Septem Der, 1898, one sheep, marked
same as above mentioned four sheep;
three lambs, marked same as above mem
toned six lambs. The owner can have
the same by proving title and paying
charges. JAMES 3. OosGRoNE.
Chelsea, VT, Sept. 4, 1898. 3w
Whereas my wife, Effie Spaulding, has
left my bed and board without just cause
or provocation, / hereby forbid all per-
sons trusting or hsrboring her on my ac-
count, as shall pay no debts Of her con-
tracing after this date.
Bethel, VT, Sept. 5, 1893.
WILDER B. SPAULDING.
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STATE FAIR.

Fully 5000 people attended the State
Fair at Howard Park, Burlington, the
second day. The electric cars carried
nearly 5000 passengers, and without
scarcely hitch in the running of cars.
The chief interest of the day conferred
IN the races, and the grand stand had
ITS share of patrons. Towards evening
the crowd began TO move towards floral
hall, where Prof. W. W. McEwen
was making ready for balloon ascen-
sion with parachute drop.
THE EXHIBITS.
The exhibits are large and varied in
all departments and fully up to those
OF previous years. The floral hall ex-
hibit is attracting much attention, aud
Is said to be the best in quality the fair
ever had. Among the more noticeable
exhibits are the seeds exhibit of Rich
ard Mott OF Burlington, the machinery
of the Vermont Machine company of
Bellows Falls, the refrigerators of the
Baldwin Refrigerator company and
the flowers shown by John Wilson of
this city.
The poultry show is larger than
usual and excellent throughout.
The sheep exhibit, too. is good
among the exhibitors being L. b. Har-
ris of Lyndon Center, who has an ex-
cellent flock of Shropshires George
W. Flagg, who makes an exhibit of
Cotswolds, and B. B. & +. w. Nor
rell, who have large flock of Leices-
tiers. Maple Ridge farm, Compton
station, Quebec, has a fine exhibit Of
Southdowns.
The cattle exhibit is by far the
smallest ever shown at State fair
here. Secretary Alger said the en-
tries were by far the largest in the his
tory of the association, but owing to
unusual prices for transportation COM
paratively few were exhibited. The
following is the premium list:
JERSEYS.
Bulls, three years old and over-C.
W. Brownell, Burlington, first; two
years old, f. M. Van Sicklen, South
Burlington, first; one year old, lie
Grand b. Cannon, Burlington, first
c. w. Brownell, second. Calves-F.
NJ. Van Sicklen, first.
Cows, three years old and over
Brownell & Haussmann, WIlliston,
first.
Heifers, two years old-C. w.
Brownell, first.
H0LsTEINS
Cows, three years old and over-J.
A. Neser, Shelburne, first.
THOROUGHBRED SHORT HORNS.
A. W. & j. p. Wilcox, Bridge
port, took first premium on one-year-
old bull, bull calf, three-year-old COW,
two-year-old heifer, one-year-old beifer
and heifer calf.
GRADE, NATIVE AND FAT CATTLE.
Cows, three years old and over
Brownell & Haussmann, Williston,
first heifer, ope-year-old, +. M.
Van Sicklen, South Burlington, first
heifer calf, James Milham, Shelburne,
first and second.
Pair fat oxen-E. +. Stockwell,
Brattleboro, first.
THE HORSE SHOW.
The horse show was especially fine
and the exhibits large. Col. Cannon
showed Lord Shelburne, by Home
stead; two-year-old FLY by Cola
more, and daughter of Sister. M.
A. Monroe of Middlebury showed a
four year-old by Motion, three-year-
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THE RACES.

There were only two races the first
day-the yearling or Hotel Burlington
stakes for foals of 1892. and the So
ciety's guarantee purse OF $500 in the
z 80 class. The yearling race proved
a duel between Christopher Columbus
and Coonpoint Maid, which won the
first and second money respectively, in
straight heats. There was some esPe-
cialIy good racing in the 2 80 class,
which b. f. Scion took away from
Stronghold in straight heats.
Wednesdays races were well con-
tested and several heats fell below 80.
SUMMARIES.
Society stake; foals of 1889 eligible
to , 80 class. was won by Woodbury.
Thorn. b Q, T. w. Utton, Morris
Vile. Time :33 1-2, 2 ;2S Ia,
2 :2S 1-2, 2 ~ 1-2.
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Ripans Tabules may be OBJ
tanned of nearest druggist.
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Ripans TabuIes

are easy to take,
quick to act, and Ns :
save many a doc ~
tors bill.