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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1893-09-29
THE VALLEY FAIR.
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the training of the others ana they were
stuck at $50 los, which they pulled only
| five feet, where the requirement was six. Al
the first trial 1t looked as II Avery's cattle
would be no where, but they were springy
beasts, and crt up tie contest CALAMITY to
Nichols handling pulled out victory with
6 $50 lbs.
The third class was for 1900 mound oxen.
ard the entries were by q l. Fisher, W II
Fisher, Il Il Stockwell and j 2 Nicholl
Nichols drove both his own and Stockwell's
ca, tile and with equal fallhfulness. The con.
test started of prettily at 5000 pounds and
ithout blow being struck at two yoke of
the oxen. G l. Fishers pair were at disad.
vantage, as In the previous class from lack of
training; but Chester says be will be there
next time. They were stuck at 6SeO pounds.
j p Nichols fell out at 1920, lacking two
inches of pulling the required six feet. w
Fishers or Chas Miners came out vict0rs Al
SG55 pounds. Stockwelps second at S545
pOurds. 49,
The final contest was the Stree for ALL
with entries by d Avery of pair OF thor
ourhhred Holsteins and some nobly shaped
animals weighing 4740 pounds, by WR Fish
error Cnas Miner. the cattle that won at the
safe fair, weighing 5000 pounds, and bv X
Stockwell with pair weighing only 400 and
which had gained 100 the past year. The
latter were enteTeu iudinly ioT Tue puIPoso VI
getting them used to the crowd and the tests
with an eye to next year, and though they
were pretty unruy, they held the contest
near to the end and then were so dlscOncer:- |
ed bv one OF them jabblpg bis horn into the |
others eye that nothing could be done. Thei.
biggest draft was $40. Avery's Holsteins
pulled 1925 and were evidently good for some
more, while w r Fishers were Unexpectedly
stuck at S745 and thrown back on their
record of S5l5. So Avery took first and
Fisher second.
The ground was too uneven for the best
records and except In the third class the loads
drawn were not up to last year.
One thing that ought 10 be stopped another
year IL so much excessive whipping OF the
,att.e. 1t Is not necessary.
Stockwelrs yellow cattle In the 1900 class
we're found 10 weigh only $3.50 after the co.,
est was over.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1893-09-29

USE DANA'S SARSAPARILLA. IT'S
1.-THE KIND THAT CURES
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1893-09-29

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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1893-09-29
AUCTION SALE.

viii sell at Acution Wedn sday, Oct. 25, all
my Personal Property on my farm in Dover.
Household goods, farming utensils of every de11
three good buffalo robes. wagons, sieighs, a
quantity OF hay and oats. and fl ally everything
tnat 10 not worth bid want carried off, as l.
wish to clean up. IT not fair day. first fall
day after. Farm 10 let. rent or cell.
7-w4 MILTON WARNER
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1893-09-29
FOR SALE.

$50 acre farm. Cuts rs tons hay; fl oe pastures;
40 acres tie timber; apples, pears, peacr es,
grapes. sugar orchard; house of 10 rooms, barn
ming water; 8 miles from free library, stores.
churches, and r. r. Price only $1,000. For a
little more will sell stock, tools and crops. Big
gest bargain ever offered.
FRANK n. SNOW,
Wa Greenfield, Mars,
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1893-09-29

Impaired digestion cured by Beecham's
Pills.-adv.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-22

comparatively small glaciers can, un.
der certain circumstances, hold back
water SO rs to form lakes like the Mar
jelen see behind the .Eggischhorn, or
the Mattmark see in the Saas valley.
What bodies Of waters may have been
held back by the huge Ice sheets of the
great glacial pcrio what inconceiv-
ably stupendous events would the burst
ing Of their bounds be! Yet this Is not
altogether wild speculation. Already
much evidence has been brought togeth-
er which tell of the former existence Of
such masses of water, OF u great ice bar
rier ut Cincinnati da mining back 90, 900
square miles of water, and of another
lake of the Same kind. further north In
the Red River region, 100, 900 square
miles in area, 100 to 300 miles wide and
600 miles long. And the same evidence
goes to show that these gigantic reser-
voirs (Lake Ohio and Lake Agassiz they
have been calied) did actually burst,
not once, but several times. just as the
small temporary pond of the Bionassay
glacier gave way the othcr day. With
snch examples before US one cannot
but hesitate before assigning too uniform
IL degree uf intensity to the various
agents of dcnudatio,l, nor ran one cf.,i,v
avoid the conclnsion that. MS reg..r.ls
some OF them their r',s. of wo.is WIS
occasi'mn'l" far greater In pi,t tia i. In
urcscnt t.ilio,. "A ihenb,iitL
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-22
Notice!

For the choicest and hest of old
Mononsahela Rye or Bourbon
Whiskies for medical use, and the
best of Foreign and Domestic
Wines, Brandies, Runs, Alcohol,
&c, for all purposes, call at tn e old
reliable corner of Market and Main
Streets, where "Samlly" Rempel
will wait on you. Every article
you will find to be as represented
by the attending clerks, and war;
ranted strictly pure.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-22
rnR LAKE ROUTE TO TnR WORLDS PAIR
VIA PICTURESQUE MACKlNAc.

Avoid the heat and dust by travelling
on tho Floating Palaces of the Detroit 6
Cleveland Steam Navigation Company.
Two new steel passenger steamers have
Just been built for this Upper Lake route,
costing $500. 900 each, and are guaranteed
to be the grandest, largest, safest and
fastest steamers on the Lakes; speed 20
miles per hour, running time between
Cleveland, Toledo and Chicago less than
60 hours. Four trips per week between
Toledo, Detroit, Alpena, Mackinac, Petos-
key and Chicago. Daily trips between
Detroit and Cleveland; during July and
August double daily service will be main
tanned, giving daylight ride across Lake
Erie. Daily service between Cleveland
and Put-in-Bay. First-class stateroom
accommodetions and menu, and exceed
ingly low Round Trip Rates. The pala-
tial equipment, the luxury of the appoint
ments makes travelling on these steamers
thoroughly enjoyable. Send for illus
trated pamphlet. Address A. A. Schantz,
G. P. A., Detroit s. Cleveland Steam Nav.
Jo., Detroit. Mich.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-22
F. F. REMPEL.

Last fall was taken with a kind
of summer complaint,accompanied
with a wonderful diarrhoea. Soon
after my wife's sister, who lives
with US, was taken in the same
way. We used almost everything
without benefit. Then l said, let
us try Chamberlain's collie, cholera
and diarrhoea remedy, which we
did and that cured us right away.
1 think much of 1t, rs it did for me
what it was recommended to do.
John Iiertzler, Bethel, Berks Co.,
Pa. % and so cent bottles for sale
by F. Harrington.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-22
OLD.TIME POST OFFICES.

How Mall Was Delivered Here Two Cen.
turtles Ago.
The fair Of the post Office employees
was an incentive to recuscitate and re.
WITTY every postal article obtainable
that was qaaint, ancient and antique.
even to an exhibit Of the picture of the
building used for the first post Office.
In connection with this might have
been mentioned the fact that it was in
1928. nine years after the construction
Of the first fort at the south.
ern end OF Manhattan island, that
the first post Office saw It's beginning.
Previous TO this, masters Of vessels
bringing letters from foreign or domes.
tic ports, brought on the shore and left
them at Q coffee-house. where the mer.
chant, the burghers and the loungers
met to discuse the topics of the day.
Here the letters were deposited in q
rack where they might be obtained by
the persons to whom they were ad-
dressed
In 1860. when New-Amsterdam CON-
sisted Of struggling groups Of one-story
houses with high-peaked roofs and
gable ends fronting the street. and
when the city extended no further
north than Wall street, there was the
town windmill near the battery, and
the Government house stood In Water
street, near whitehall II was In this
year that the letter carrier first appeared
the lounger who carried the mail to
the merchant or burgher. II was not
till 1892. however, that the first city
post of1ce was established near Bow.
ling Green, the postmaster being Rich.
ard Michel. In ITO the British post
master-general esta ablished the general
poet Office In this city. and ordered that
oil mails coming by vessels should be
sent there. A year later post routes
between New York and Boston were
carried on horseback twice month.
In l7l0 similar route was established
between New York and Philadelphia.
In 1853 Benjamin FRANKLIN was ap.
pointed postmaster general Of tho
colonies Alexander Golden soon after.
ward succeeded Richard Michel a. post
master of the city. which office he held
until tho beginning Of the revolution,
when the post Office was abolished by
the British officials and remained closed
for seven year&
William Bedlow, after whom Bed.
lows island was named, was the first
postmaster appointed after the war,
and In 1850 he was succeeded by Hebas.
tisn Barnum. ,at which time the postal
revenue WAS "a, 76o; and the city direc.
tory contained o26 names only.-N. Y.
Tribune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-22
PERSONAL AND lMpeRsoNAl

Harrison W. Crosby, who has Just
died at his home in Jamesburg, N. j.,
at the age of rs, discovered the art OF
Theoretically sealing tomatoes In tin
cans He sent samples of his goods to
the president and Queen Victoria and
thereby advertised the discovery 10 the
world.
-Signor iGiolitti, the new Italian
prime minister, pr.dcs himself upon de-
spising the mandates Of fashion, and
wears at all times on old-fashioned
rusty black frock coat that reaches
nearly to his ankles. to the great satis-
faction of the political carica aturists and
cartoonists.
The German emperor has sent re-
wards to the English lifcboatmen who
saved the passengers in the steamship
Elder. A photograph OF his majesty,
with an autograph dedication. has been
addressed, by his command, to the
daughter of one of these men, as she
distinguished herself on the same occa-
sion.
Tho Abou Den Adhcm Of the Nine
teenth Century" is what George w.
Childs has been called The title is
conferred In an inscription upon sill
yer trowel used in laying the corner
stone Of church Mt Wayne, Pa, for
which Mr.. Childs had given the site.
The trowel, thus marked, was presented
to him by the pastor, Rev. w. A. Patton,
d D.
During run of Ill luck at bac-
carat not long ago ex-KinG Milan,
who is notoriously superstitious, at
tributed his losses to the evil influence
of lady seated just behind him.
Turning to her in passion the cXiled
monarch said: "Will you have the
kindness to change ycYr place? I am
losing because you are behind me-"
"But was not behind you when you
lost your throne" was the reply, and
the conversation went no further.
MIR. Edward Bulwer- Lytton Dickens
is the youngest son of Charles Dickens.
He is q member of the New South Wales
parliament That body contains q
member named Willis, who is remark.
able not only for the prodigious length
of his speeches but also for the short,
snappy sentences in which he delivers
them. Mr.. Dickens followed him in
debate the other night, and the first
words of the youngest son of the novel;
list were: "My father created the his
toric phrase, 'Burkis is willin', but if he
were here tonight he would probably
alter 1t to Willis is barlsin'.'" This
felicitous hit brought down the house,
the galleries joining in the general
laurhter.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-22

---Society Sprouts. -Cubeb-"1t seems
very natural" Scarcely What does?"
Cubeb--"To gee a blooming idiot and q
society bud togeth~1--Kate Fields
Washington.
well, my dess eSstld, how do you
Hike Herr vor saXes RfaaisstYpan9" ,'Oh,
mamma, he Y sesy yYhse, ona so .naeverl
! did not underetahsf 4 wqxf afe alfsld ". Z.
Les Annalcs. '" " - '"
5--"You don't mean TO Ssy Ai,At you
told Chollv he gave you e paipfr "Not
In Just those words. After he proposed,
l said What you have said pains me
deeply. y."-Elmira Echoes.
-"How about the rent Of this house
Of yours, Jones? Doesn't the landlord
ask n good deal for it9" Jones-"Yes;
he often asks Ave and six times month
for it"--Chicngo Inter Ocean.
All There. --"B Beautiful woman
beautiful figure,.-waist Of a wasp" said
the old bachelor, noting the handsome
wife Of fcllow-townsman. "Yes,"
put In her husband, who overheard the
praise, "yes, and the sting, too. De
troit Free Press
Head Clerk I'm large concern)-
"You are hardly twenty-five and al
ready want to get married. A large
dowry, 1 suppose2" Clerls-"No, cir. :"
"Then you nrc in love?" mo, but I
should like to have weeks holiday
Petit Journal Illustrc.
He Had Claims Hold onr' ex.
claimed the policeman at the gate
"You can't come in here unless you're q
reporter!" ''I'm next door to being q
reporter" hotly answered the man who
was struggling to yet in. Reporter
lives In fat adjoining mine!' But he
was carried out, still kicking. Chicago
Tribune.
Mrs. Quidnunc-"Bridget where
have you been all the evcning?" Bridget
AN shure, mum, an Mr.. McGinty
axed me to go to the show, an SO
wint" Mrs Quidnunc-"Show? showp
Do you mean that you went to the rho
dodendron show9" Bridget-"An' faix,
mum, they WINS hypotamuses an gt-
raffers and iverythinR ilse, an I
shouldn't wonder at all If they wus
roderendons too."-Boston Courier.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-22

KoENlc MED. CO., Chicago, lil.
Sold by Druggists at 81 per Bottle. 8for 06.
Largo Size. @1.75. OBottles for 30.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-22
Notice.

Logan, o.. June 16 1892, I have
for exchange or sale several mod
ern style Buggies and Carriages
which will dispose of for cash or
exchange for a good trusty single
buggy horse. Call soon if you want
Il bargain, call on.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-22

Physicians Couldn't Curc Him. y
SRDAarsvr1.LE, Hamilton Co., O., Juno 1889.
One bottle of Pastor Koeniys Eorvo Tonic
cured mo entirely, after physicians had tried
unsucoossfnily for eight months to relieve Of
nervous debility w. HUEkNheELD.
LOWELL, Ohio, July D. 1870.
had epileptic nts for about four years, two
every woek, when Hnv. j. Kainmnoycr recoin-
mendod Pastor kocnigs Nervo Tonic; sincc
using 1t have Ind none. II Ia the bcst cliloptic
,.'cdciuc l have ever uscd aud have uBod
many. ADAM CIsAMEt.
NEW ConYpoa, Ind, Nov 49, 1870
IL nfforCg great pleasure to certify ,liat ms
son, who for FIVE and half years. Was affected
with falling sickncss, WAS cured by usih,I Pns-
tor Koenig's Nerve Tonic bor two years past
he has not had u single attack. Therefore, to-
copt the heartfelt thanks Of grateful father.
JOHN u. NOES.
RMFE-A. Valuable Boois on Nervous
~ II h Diseases wont FREQ to any addrogs,
II Hhk n alid poor patients can also obtain
0AHM ~ this medicine frce Of charge.
!, This remedy has been prepared by tho l!cysrcnd
snow prepared undor This direction by the
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-22
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

Mike O'Raffcrty. pulling his wife
out Of the well-"Begorra! woman's
at the bottom av iverything."-Boston
Courier.
DE Garry-'Pshawl don't believe
I'd win her if jumped off the bridge
for her." Giles-"1ts not likely you
would IN. Y. Sun.
Mrs. Hicks-"This gown Is made en-
train, and the new styles do not trail.
What am / to do?" Hicks-"Um-You
take reef in your suspendera"
Poor Love, they say. is alwass blind
Can this o truthful saying be,
When lovers lind thousand charms
Where we not even one can scee
-aarper's Bazar
The Summer Girl.-Sallic-"H How
many tt ,nks did she briny?' Mollie-
"Only fourteen. You sec, she's only
going to stay o few uys."-Yankee
Blade.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-22
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE
SCHOOL, l.V11
M fRob0ePSsY eb0eRSsy LEsM4IRE n;Mj |3i35

The most painful cases of rheu-
matism may be relieved by u few
applications of Chamberlain's Pain
Balm; its continued use will cure
any case, no matter of how long
standing. 1t is equally beneficial
for lame back, pain in the side,
pain in chest, lalneness, and in all
painful affections re luiring an ex-
ternal remedy. A piece of flannel
saturated with Pain Balm and
bond on over the seat of pain is su-
perior to any plaster. For sale by
F. Harrington.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-22
Mo Cxuse for I,ove,

"You don't love ms for my money.
n Bradstsss1 ! dop't {kink ~ wosi5
- posslRls hiaale Nsw( ssos
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-03-22

Every actor likes to boast Of a long
run. He doesn't care whether it is a
financially successful run" or not. If
it is not successful financially. it always
is artistically, and so on a long run the
success is bound TO come in one way OF
the other.
"You had quite a long run, didn't
your asked one actor of another up in
the billiard room of the Five AS club re-
Gently.
The actor Of whom this question had
been asked had done the .-leads" in q
melodrama on a one night stand route
for several weeks Everybody in the
club had said that the show would only
stay out for a week. They were mis-
taken, for it did stay out nearly four
weeks. The name Of the attraction
might have been The Bucket OF Blood"
That would have fitted the play anyway
better than the name under which it was
billed.
"Oh, yes" replied the "lead, a" lit was
pretty long run, about a mile and a
half We would have done the turn
easily cross lots, as we intended, but the
sheriff was on to that game and had a
deputy in the field, and so we had to
stick to the road and sprint. We caught
the last car Of the train. and hope that
sheriff caught pneumonia. There is no
reason why he should not have done so.
We gave him violent exercise on q cold
night. New York Herald.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-03-22

Electricity generated for heating or
for any other purpose must be produced
at the cost Of the expenditure Of some
other form Of energy. such as the burn
ing of coal or the force Of falling water
As the latter form Of power is hardly
available for use IN New York, it fol-
lows that If electric heating is TO become
a commercial phase Of life in that city
current viii be supplied to consumers
from central stations IN which coal IS
burned under the boilers, precisely simi-
lar to existing plants for the supply Of
light and power. The conversion and
Transmission Of heat by this process L
not economical, and current from coal
burning stations in sufficient quantities
for heating could only be used by the
wealthy, TO whom its convenience and
cleanliness would commend itself
tits apparent, however. that the coal
barons' would have nearly as much to
say about the supply Of fuel to such sta
lions as 10 individual consumers at pres
ent, although il IS probable that the
mere cost Of coal and labor would be
proportionately reduced by the use Of
cheaper grades Of fuel and by central
ization. Doubtless electric heating has
great future, but at present it seems
70 be principally available in localities
where water power can be utilized in
the prime movers Chicago Western
Electrician.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-03-22
ALost SOM Plate Found.

Ihear a story. but cannot verify it, to
the effect that, in clearing out her old
house preparatory TO moving to the new
one, Mrs. Stevenson actually found the
missing gold soup plate that has prevent
ID her from asking more than II people
to her state dinners. It was found, so
It's said, stuffed way down into the back
Of one Of the great sofas that adorned the
middle drawing or music room. It is
Eurnlised that one Of the INDECENT for
Ggners whom she so willingly entertains
Of a Sunday night managed to slip It into
his lap at dinner, then into the back Of
his waistooat and eventually down the
back Of the sofa, whence he hoped 10 ex-
tract it before going home. Fooled in
this. he left the valuable piece of plate in
its hiding place 10 become the source of
ineifable annoyance to its hostess.-New
York Recorder.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-03-22
The Rntemnkinc Power.

This is what Aldace F. Walker, chair
man Of the Joint committee Of the Trunk
Line and Central Traffic associations.
ssys about railroad rates in The Railway
Age and Northwestern Railroader: The
fact is-and it is so often overlooked that
it must be stated strongly-the ratemak-
ing power Of railway company is its
highest ccT70rate function. II is a char
ter power. Its control rests ultimately
IN the state. In acts Of incorporation
this power is universally conferred upon
the boards Of directors-the highest seat
Of corporate authority. 1t should have
been treated with seriousness and as rep
resenting the most important duty Of the
several boards. But instead of this our
country has been treated 10 a carnival Of
rates-rates-rates- Hundreds Of thou
sands Of tariffs have been fled in Wash
ingtOn during the last five years The
directors Of every corporation have prac-
fically abdicated this most important
duty and have left it in the hands Of sub
ord mates, who have patiently developed
a most ingenious confusion through
which they alone are competent 10 pick
their WavH
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-03-22

The two chief intellectual stars, Jef-
frey and Professor Wilson-theone near
IL 20, the other not far from 60. when /
first knew them-bosh worthy and wise.
were curious contrasts in every possible
way The little lord was small and del
icate and dainty in build. Wilson-o-
Christopher North, as he was as often
ealled-was a splendid athlete. tail and
broad. who walked faster. ran faster
and lesped higher than any one Of his
time; not knowing how to spend his
health, strength and spirits; fair and
blooming, too, as girl, with hair which
had been yellow, and when knew him
laid plentifully on his shoulders in gray
locks.
Jeffrey prided himself ON speaking
English" Christopher's tremulous burr
would have betrayed him anywhere.
jeffrey was fastidiously neat and tidy;
Christopher a notorious slut. sometimes
seen in easy deshabille. or what his lively
daughter Mrs. Gordon called "a state Of
nature" till late in the day, if not all
day long. The judge hated early rising;
the professor was often up and ont be
fore sunrise. jeffrey had seldom taken
part in the convivial excuses which were
going out when we came; Christopher
had become, and from all accounts not 4
day too soon, rigid abstainer from
every kind of stimulant. Both had lived
their student years at Oxford. jeffrey
hated college life; Christopher adored it.
II oporna,fa Maoo1-Da
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-03-22
Novel worlds Fair Idea

Il II worth while to ener & slgsestlon
fo- the next vast assembly IN Chicago
that OF Nay, FOR ezauples Is Il worth
while 10 set the American people lsink-
ing about the difference between what
sToeals TO the eye and what TO the ear.
II Il be. let the value OF the pageant be
considered. Let rs imagine vast room,
OF a great space II the open ar, with a
dias. on which the colors should be e.
fective and harmonious Let there be
standards and floral decorations IN s6un-
dance, arranged by some artistic hand
When the few chief ciguitaries have
been received, let other representative
peopie be brought forward in groups
bearing emblems OF symbols which inol-
cate their claims 70 consideration Let
delegations Of the various professions
and arts. in their appropriate robes, uni
forms OF traditional dresses. be intro
duced.
Let the workmen in every craft-the
workers in wood, iron, brick, stone, the
architects, sculptors, painters. decora-
tors, manufacturers. engineers, carriers
all who have been concerned IN max
ing the exposition a success-seEd their
representatives to participate IN the
opening ceremony. A simple act, the
bestowal Of medals. wreaths, flags,
would give point to the assembly. a
sentence from the mouth Of some high
official. a collect and a doxology would
express all that language need say on
such an occasion.-Professor D. {. Gil
man IN Century.