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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-10-12
Scribner,s Magazine.

"The Man of Letters as Man Of BUSH
ness is a leading article by w. ID. Howells
found in Scribner's for October. He throws
light on the relation between writers end
publishers, giving his own experience in
some instances. He pays high compi-
ment TO literature as found in our maya
zines. Another paper containing infor-
nation of value is by j. q. A. Creighton.
1t is the history of the organization, and
the work of twenty years of "Ehe North
west Mounted Police of Canada" We get
quite a different view of life in Canada
from Duncan Campbell Scott, who is ''Iu
Veger Again 'and the pictures he draws of
the little village are charmingly peaceful
and restfu. Joel Chandler Harris has a
timely and eLt raining paper, "The Mys-
terry of the Red Fox de tells of its COM
ing iato Georgis, and describes fox hunt
with an enthusiasm That is infectious.
Historic House OF Washington has a
permaI ent worth and is pleasant in rem
iniscence. OF other commendable articles
IN this number, the half dozen pages de-
voted to Walter Scott will lind many in
teresteu readers.
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He never grew tired of extolling the
virtues of big glass of iced tea when
a man is warm and tired :" and when a
new railroad line was laid out to his ma
tive town his first commission was for a
quantity of ice.
The wife was neither surprised nor
displeased to have we'll filed ice-chest.
and on the morning after the arrival of
the ice the lawyer requested her to have
iced tea for supper.
1t was an extremely warm day, and
when he took his seat at the table he
was hot, tired and thirsty.
What was his surprise to see, instead
of the refreshing. amber beverage of his
souls desire. the same old steaming
Brown Betty teapot and the cups and
saucers of former days.
Where is the iced tea, Mary3" he
asked.
There it's. she answered, laying
her forefinger on the Kissing lid of
Brown Betty; and if you can tell any
difference between it and plain well
water tea, you re smarter than be"
She had boiled the ice.-Saturday
Gazette.
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ODDITIES
crystas

The ulster overcoat originated in Ire
land.
" Doodle" is derived from Dutch and
German words, meaning pocket or purse.
The first nickle-in the-slot machines
were made by Egyptian priests and they
turned on an urn OF holy water.
The drums OF Servian regiments are
placed on little two wheeled carts, drawn
by big dogs, the drummer following.
Certain cocoanut trees in India, almost
entirely llfeless, have been revived and
made to bear abundantly by placing salt
at their roots.
The name pound, as aplace for keep
ing stray animals, arose from the English
law that the owner had to pay one pound
sterling before he could recover his
stock.
In olden times suicides were buried at
crossroads with stake driven through
the body. The stake was Of willow, which
grew rapidly and would, therefore, more
surely mark the spot.
Charles V. asked to see his own funeral
cele brated in the cathedral. 1t was done
with the most minute detail. and made
such a frightful impression upon him
that he actually died two days later.
During the reign OF Henry V. the En-
glish parliament passed law requiring
all the geese in England to be counted.
The sheriff OF every county was required
to furnish six arrow feathers from each
goose.
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FACTS AND FIGURES.

In 1892 COZ, OO1. 900 persons were carried
on our railroads.
A tragedy was first represented on a
wagon by Thespis, at Athens, B. c. 538.
Ice made at zero temperature will last
longer than that made at IS deg. or 20
deg.
Two hundred and seventy-two textile
mills were erected in this country in
1892.
sewing machine, weighing 81 tons,
that sews cotton betting, is in use in
Leeds.
Canton. China, has a floating popula-
ton of 100000 persons. They live in
houseboats.
Bees never store honey in the light, as
honey so exposed graduates and is USE
less to them.
Hard coal loses s per cent. in bulk per
annum when exposed TO the weather.
Soft coal loses II per cent.
The salaries paid to the 10000 persons
in the civil service OF the United States
amount to 100000 900 annually.
A larger proportion survive their 6rst
year of existence in Dublin than in the
twenty large towns of England and
Wales.
The Smplon road, from Switzerland to
Italy, was built by Napoleon's engineers
in 1897 Over 40O, 600 workmen were en-
ployed at one time.
The first record of the finding of coal
in America dates from 1863 when Father
Hennepin,a missionary, discovered the
mineral in Ottawa, III. The vein was not
worked until nearly $50 years later, and
even in 1913 several tons OF bad coal were
sold for 81 per ton.
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BITS OF KNOWLEDGE.

leech has three jaws, which form s
triangle.
Corsets have been found on the waists
OF Egyptian mummies.
An ordinary house fly has 5000 eyes;
the dragon fly 2s,o0) eyes.
Enough spider web to go around the
world would weigh one half pound
Starfish have the power to change their
color to that OF surrounding objects.
A single factory in North Carolina is
turning out 100000 cigarettes daily.
The Chinese Emperor had 26o pairs of
boots made for himself some time ago.
The product OF American looms has in
creased from 50, 023, 100 in 1850 to s17,oS1,-
447 in 1890.
1t is said that the city of Pittsburg now
stands on ground once given in exchange
for violin.
Tie average weight Of the Chinese
brain is said TO BE- heavier than the aver
are weight OF the brain OF any other
race.
The most cunning art, as well as the
chest scient fic use, TO VIII ell wood can
be twisted, turned, wreat ned, warped or
carved is that when fashioned into an
ideal vic in.
The pure white lastre Of snow is due to
the fact that all the elementary colors Of
light are ended together in the adianoe
that is thrown off from the surface Of the
thousand and more distinct and perfect
crVsta,s
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-10-12

just over the State line in Chaplain, N.
", lives a lady widely known, Mrs. b.
Wilson by name, who also tells an inter
esting story.
81 have been seriously afflicted, she
says. "with rheumat SIN for over 20 years
and 1 did not think could ever be cured.
81 have taken only two bottles of DR..
Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy
and am now taking the third, and can
truly say that have not been so well and
free from pain for twenty years.
Nv hat induced me TO use this remedy
was seeing the wonderful cure IL ought
in my husDand-it saved his life.
81 feel u nv duty therefor TO 'oli the
gre It be- e It's have receiv' q ON he use
OF Or. Gieene's Nervura blood and nerve
remedy and to advise all who are ailing TO
try this wonderful nne|iei''e
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PUCKE RINGS.

"Please hold the wire, as the picture
said TO the nail.
" Lives on the fat of the land The
Anti-fat doctor.
You can't make leather of dogs skin
by using his own black-and-tan bark.
1t is better to wear out than to rust
out; and in these rapid days the rule is
Rust or Rustic"
The words of a mans mouth tell no
more of the meditations of his heart than
the voice of a dinner-bell tells of the
quality OF the dinner.
Solitude builds up the strength; Society
pulls it down. 1t is the necessity of hav-
ing to meet SO many people that turns
the able bodied lemon tocircus lemonade
"For the people and by the people, y
generally means stiff dose of taxation
for the man whose wits have brought
him so much money that he is not reck-
oned one of the people.-Puck.
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THE DUEL.

There, in the n,erciless rnorn's FIRST glow,
Grim, defiant, faced my foe;
He who had wronged me with savage hate,
Face 10 face on the field Of fate.
and said, !" He must die; he hath played his
part;
Ny sword shall cieave through his hateful
hearth"
Then TO the battle; with one true thrust
He stood defenceless, his sword in dust.
marked the spot where his false heart lay,
lifted my glittering blade 70 Stay;
When 10, in my fury ] seemed 10 feel
A hand that clutched at the lifted steel.
A hand that warded the blow dealt,
And wild before me woman knelt.
could not strike him. my hated foe;
In wrath and mercy babe him GO
Fooli forgetting the wrong Of years,
To drown revenge in w0mans tearsi
Frank L. stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.
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al have the most un bounded confidence
in the curative powers of DR.. Greene's Ner-
vura blood and nerve remedy
Take this medicine now If you are not
feeling just right, il you are weak, ner-
vous, run down in health and strength 7;
II you do hot sleep well nights.and II you
wake mornings tired and unretreshed,
with little or no appetite for breakfast.
Take it for headache. backache, constipa-
ton, stomach, liver ana kidney complaints.
1t is purely vegetable and harmless. Drug
gists sell it for 81.
1t should not be classed with ordinary
patent medicines, for it is the discovery
ana prescription of Dr. Greene of 81 Tenn
pie Place, Boston, Mass, the well known
and successful specialist in curing ner-
vous and chronic diseases. The doctor can
be consulted free in any case, personally
or by letter.
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pLowHANOLE PLoDDINGs.

Good nature is like good butter, it bear
deep probing.
Measure a man by the size Of the hole
he is willing to crawl out of when in diff
ticulty.
A little learning is a good deal like a
mill pond; the shallower it is, the greater
splurge man makes in it.
There is this consolation for the fellow
at the bottom of the ladder, he cannot
tumble far enough down to hurt him.
The size of a mans feet do not count
anything in his g foot prints on thesands
of time;" it is the quality of the mans
head.
If all men are equal in the sight of God,
some of them must think He is not look
ing, when they swell upso in the sight of
their eighbors.-American Agricultur-
list.
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PErITION FOR DIVORCE.

STATE OF VERMONT
Windsor County,
WHEREAS: John Parrot Of Bethel has duly
filed his petition 70 the County Court, setting
forth his legal marriage "a Emma Parrott.and that
said Emma hath wilfully deserted the petitioner
for more than three consecutive years, and pay
Ana whereas il appears that said Emma is with
out this state that the summons of said court
cannot be served upon herr
ii Is thereupon ordered that said Emma parrott
be notified az said petition and required to appear
in and before the County Court next 10 be held at
Woodstock in the county of Windsor, on the first
Tuesday Of December, A. D. 1888. and make an
swer ii any She have, by publishing the substance
of said petition, together with this order. three
weeks successfully ia the Bethel Courier, a news
paper published At Bethel in said county. the last
publication TO be az least six weeks previous to
said term OF court which shall be deemed sufii-
Client notice to said Emma.
Given under my hand at Woodstock in the cOun-
ty OF Windsor, this 26th day OF septe nber, 1898.
JAY READ PEMBER. Clerk.
FRED ARNOLD, Atty for Petitioner
STATE OF VERMONT. At Probate Court
HARTFORD DISTRICT s. Nheld at Woodstock.
within and for said District on the 25th day Of sep
Present. hon. Thomas o. sea,er. Judge.
Reuhen Whitcnmb'. estate. stocklriove intestate.
WI ereas f. W. Whtcomh. administrator with
the will annexed Of the estate
ofReuben whileonh late Of tockbridgeleceasedhas
presented t. sal Court his petition ~ writing max
Ing application Tor license 10 selial the real and per-
Of which ssid Reuben whiteonb died seized and pos
sessed situate la this State. described AS follows:
The real ate described In the inventory of said
estate the same being al the real estate situate
N this state 81 which said ntesae died. seized and
possessed. renresenfing that sale Of part tht reof
viii be necessary 10 pay tedehts and expenses due
from said estate. and that paIt thereof cannot lie
sold wi bout injury those Interested IN the
rrafrder
TAereupou the Court appoints the i4fh day Of
Oct. A. D.. 1898 next a time and the Probate
Office IN Woodstock aforesaid as place Of hearing
ami deciding on said Application. and orders that no.
ice said applicant IN be given all persons inter-
esfed In said estate. the reason for The same. place
and time 81 hearing, by publishing three weeks
IN the Bethel Courier. newspaper published at
Bethel IN this state which circulaes in the neigh
hJrood Of those interested. fall which publications
shall be nrsNious 10 said time OF hearng.)a copy Of
record this orderihat thy may appear before said
Court AID be heard in The natter OF said application
II they see cause.A true rec ird. Nj. SEANER.
A tru. copN af record REGISTER,
1Ots Attest. T. q. SEANER Jsdge.
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PETITION FOR DIVORCE.
STATE OF VERMONT


Windsor County,
WHEREAS. LaFrsncis OF stockhridge. in said
county, has duly filed his petition 20 the County
Court setting forth his legal marriage 20 Mary La
Francis and that said Mary hath wilfully deserted
the petitioner for more than three consecutive
years, and praying for decree % divorce,
And whereas Il appears that said Mary Is with
out this State so that the summons Of said court
cannot be served upon herr
II lis thereupon ordered that said Mary LaFran-
els be notified Of said petition and required 10 ap
pear n and before the County Court next TO be
held at Woodstock in the county Of Windsor on
the first Tuesday OF December, A. ID, 1sa3,and ma Ike
answer II any she have, by publishing the sub
stance OF said petition together with this order,
three weeks successively in the Bethel Courier. IS
newspaper published at Bethel in said county. the
last publication 10 be az least six weeks previous
to said term OF court, which shall be deemed SUM-
cienf notice to said Mary.
Given under my hand at Wo odstock IN the coun-
" Of Windsor this 26th day Of September A. D.
1893.
JAY READ PENfBER, CLERK
FrrD ApNorn. Atty for Petitioner
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STATE OF VERMONT. In PROBATE Court. held
Randoph District. $ at Randolph IN and for
said Dist the 2fii day OF sept. A. D.. 1898 Horace
A Lam, administrator Of the estate OF Hannah NJ.
Lamb late Of Randolph IN said district. deceased
presents heradniinf ration account for examination
aud allowance and i1akcs application for decree Of
distribution and partition II the estate Of said de-
CEASED Whereupon II Is ordered by said Court that
said apDlicatiOn come under consideration and be
heard the Eth day Of Oct AD.la5 at the Probate
Oce in said Randolph and " Is further ordered thai
all persons Interested be notified thereof by pubica
tion OF notice OF this application and order three
weeks successfully in the HERALD AND NFws. print-
ed AZ Randolph. before said time Of hearing. that
they may appear at said time aud place, and show
calseif any they may have. why such account should
not be allowed and such decree made.
BY the C0urt-Attesf.
u NTFfIpF Ind
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lTagazine Notes for October.

All lovers of fiction will find rare enjoy
ment in the Atlantic Monthly for Octo-
Der. The number opens with a three-part
story of IeisaDt life in Sicily, entitled
"rhs Man from Aidone." The author,
Mrs. Elizabeth Cavazza, writes with a di-
rectness and simplicity that is delicious,
and the setting of the story is quite out of
the ordinary. "His Vanished Star" in this
issue abounds in remarkable events inter-
larded with fine descriptive passages in
which Miss Murfree abounds. Annie Ell
lot furnis hes short story of long shore
life, called "After-the Deluge." Edith Nj.
Thomas tranquilizes us and delights us
with her seasooable paper Underline of
the Year, Nature supplies her with treas
ures of supreme beauty which she trans
lates for our benefit, for which let as here
give sincere thanks. An able and argu-
mentative paper, setting forth the advan-
tages of the 1sthmean Canal, is contri-
buted by Capt. A. I. Mahan. The Hayes
Tilden Electoral Commission by Prof.
JaTes Monroe % Oberlin college. For
many years he was a member of Congress
and his opinions must carry weight with
them.
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flnal Neftlenleni.

STATE OF VERMONT. IN PROBATE Court held
RANDoLIlL DISTRICT S. ai Chelsea IN aid
District on 2lsf iav ~ sept. A. D. ISIS N. =. King
Administrator 81 the estate
OF Juhu I,ailOs bate OF Tunhridge "a aid
district deceased presentshis administration account
Tor examination aud allowance.
aud makes application for decree Of distribution
and partition ~ the estate Of sad deceased.
Whertuponi II Il ordered hA said Court thar said
account and said application be- referred 70 %
session % said Court 10 be held al the oranee 9nnlY
Hotel IN said Chelsea on the 18Th dty 90 Oct A. y.
1885, ana show esiist. n any tief may have, against
decision Of settlement: Tor which purpusef IS fur
Their arlercd. that copy Of the record nt iiis orat
be- published three weeks successfully IN Tire HERALD
AND NEws, printed al Randolph, previous 20 satic
time appointed for hearing and show eause II any
they may have against said account being allowed =
decree MADE. Br the Court.
lof8 Attest WILLIAM u. NICHoLs.Judge.
STATE or VERMONT, I Ala Probate Cnurt held
District OF Randolph S. al Randolph, witllu aud
dor said District on the 25fl day of sept. A. D.lt
An instrument urpOriinE To- le iile last VIII ale
Testament OF Harriet G. Mason iate 81 iirp0kheld ln
said District. deceased e presenter 10 tile Court by
j. ID. nfnison. the executor therein
named f0f prOhete; and 70 Is ordered 10y said Court
that an persons concerned therein he notified 10 APP
pear before said Court. 40 The Probate Office
in Randolph on the Eth DAY Of Oct.
1885, aud the probate Of said viii. II they
cause: for Itch purpose tbs further ordered that
Copy Of tie record OF tbs order BE published three
weeks successfully. previous TO the time appointed
for proving said Will. In the HERALD AND NEWS.
a newspaper printed at Randolph In this State
1858 Attest WM. II. NICHOLS. Judge.
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He was a bashful lover and had
courted her long. She knew he loved
her and knew that he was afraid to pro-
pose. She resolved to help him out.
when get married / hope to see
you at my wedding, she said
Heavens !! he gasped, Il hoped to
marry you myself
We'll, she rejoined. as her cheeks
flushed TO the hue of rosy sunset, L
meant hoped to see you there as the
groom
Then he tainted with joy.-N. Y.
Press. - CO. 49, -
The record-union., 1893-02-23
PREMIUMS WELL PAID FOR.
Customers Generally Pay Through TIL
Nose for What They GET.

Customers Generally Pay Through the
Nose for What They Get.
"These are trade meters or sweeten-
ers," said the proprietor of wholesale
drug house, as he opened a box contain
ing half a gross of what appeared to he
gold watches, saws the Chicago Ne1cS.
''These gold-tilled watches are given as a
bonus to dealers to handle certain goods.
One of these watches is given as a bonus
with every thousand of cigars that he
buyS-and scent cigars at that.
"A dealer can cover himself with Jew
elry, fill his house with pictures, have a
piano and organ, a delivery wagon and
carriage without paying cent. The sale
of baking powder is promoted by giving
clocks to dealers who buy a certain
amount, and wonderful to relate, a fine
lamp, retailing at s. 5O is given to the
dealer who VIII buy 81 80 worth of kind
of chewing gum.
delivery wagons go with purchases of
soap and baking powder, and road carts
are given away with a number of articles.
Sets of bedroom furniture are given with
a good-sized deal in cigars; pictures with
bottled whisky and other things. Here's
an aluminium watch with a steel chain
and the watch will keep time, too-thatis
given to any lucky dealer who will buy
81 80 worth of cough drops.
"Office desks also are given with CIGARS
so, also, is a ticket to the Worlds Fair
and return. Similar schemes go with
coffee and fancy groceries. Who pays for
it? Oh, the customer, l suppose, but he
never knows it,"
The record-union., 1893-02-23

In rickety hovel across the way,
All beaten and broken by wind and weather
Lives "Old Granny Bronson" wrinkled and
gray,
Scarce keeping her soul and body together,
By sorrow and suffering wasted and worn,
IN body and mind and spirit shattered
she lives on what to her door is borne
The scanty pittance by charity scattered.
The other ey'nng, some lads know,
Bent on mischievouS undertaking.
For Granny Bronson's started TO co.
10 give theold lady's wits shaking"
"What fun it will be- from one of them came.
'To see her frightened quite out of her
senses!
81 only fear, boys, the scary old dame
Viii fail in a nit ere the sport commences"
But conscience was shifting the hearts of some.
And his the most who the rest was leading;
And Just ere the band to tue house had come
he gave to the voice within him needing.
"Say. fellows" he said, with a laugh to hide
Convictions ne vainly had sought to stiile
suppose we should frighten her so she died p
You know she is scared at the merest trife"
'I'll tell you what" quick another said.
whose purpose had more than once relented,
Lets give her pleasant surprise instead.H
That's 1t! that's it! y they all assented.
Then long they talked with growing delight,
All eager some scheme of service to proffer.
1 III at length twas agreed the following night
To meet with whatever they had 10 oiier.
To have seen them would have done you good
Each striving hard TO excel the others:
There were baskets of food and sleds full of
wood,
And bundles of clothes from sisters and
mothers.
There was one who came with his saw and AK
To cut what ne knew another was bringing;
And one who had listing to stop up the cracks
Through which came the west wind, cold and
singing.
need not tell you what now took place
The lonely home 50 suddenly gladdened
The hope that shone in the haggard face
The JOY that flooded the heart long saddened.
will only say that the lesson learned
That night by those boys, no wealth could
bly it;
And that all of them said as they homeward
turned,
"HOw much more fun p Suppose you try it.
Philip Burroughs Strong in Golden Days.
The record-union., 1893-02-23
A MODERN VALENTINE.

I've written it, love. with a stiff steel pen;
For the geese, l understand.
Are so learned, now, that their quilts, 1 trow,
Must supply their own demand.
I've secured it, love, by the aid of glue.
Instead of a strand OF hair
Which cannot obtain, for see with pain
have really none to spare.
1 send it to you by the postman, love;
For Cupid, grieve TO hear.
Is afraid of the cold, and has grown so old
That he dosen't go out this year.
But the message is ever the same, my love,
While the stars their course fulfill
Though to me and to you it may seem quite
new,
'Tis the old, old story still.
Caroline w. Latimer, Harper's Magazine.
The record-union., 1893-02-23
The SURPRISE.

In a rickety hovel across the way,
All beaten and broken by wind and weather,
Lives "Old Granny Bronson" wrinkIed and
gray,
Scarce keeping her soul and body together,
The record-union., 1893-02-23
TIE DAIIY
REC0RD-UyIOy,
The Leading Paper of the
Interior of California.

The pioneer journal, which,
from early years in the history
or the coast, has maintained
the FRONT RANK OF JOUR-
NALISM, having every news
facility with the San Francisco
leading dailies, and sustaining
the fullest public confidence.
The record-union., 1893-02-23
IN ALL RESPECTS THE
Best Advertising 6 Medium
ON THE PACIFIC COAST.

Clean in all departments, and there.
fore pre-eminently THE FAMILY
JOURNAL The best paper for the
HOmeseeker, for the Merchant, Farmer,
Mechanic ard all who desire the full
news of the day presented in a cleanly
manner.
The record-union., 1893-02-23

INDIGESTION radically cured by the use
of Angostura Bitters. Sole manufactur-
ers, DIR. j. G. B. Siegert & Sons. Pro-
cured of all druggists.