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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-04
A True Story.

In the latter part of the last century
girl in England became kitchen maid
in farmhouse. She had many STYLES
of work, and much hard work. Time
rolled on and she married the son of
weaver of Halifax. They were indus
trious. They saved money enough af-
ter time to build them a home. On
the morning of the day when they were
TO enter that home, the young wife rose
at four o'clock, entered the front yard,
knelt down, consecrated the place to
God, and there made the solemn vow
80 Lord, if thou wilt bless me in this
place the poor shall have share of it,"
Time rolled on and fortune rolled.
Children grew up around them, and
they became prosperous; one, a member
of parliament, in public place, de-
clared that his success came from that
prayer of his mother ia the door-yard.
All of them were wealIhy-four thou
sand hands in their factories. They
built dwelling houses for laborers at
cheap rents, and when they were in
valided and could not paw, they had
the houses for nothing. One of these
sons went to America, admired the
parks, went back, bought land and
opened great public park and made it
a present to the city of Halifax, Eng
land. They endowed an orphanage
and they endowed two aims houses.
All England has heard of the generos-
ity and good works of the Crossleys.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-04
Thoughts.

THEIR thoughts are vain who think
their watching can preserve the city.
And are not theirs as vain who think
that God will keep the city for which
they do not watch?--H0Oker.
DAVID met Goliath with sling. 1t
was an insignificant weapon, but it was
the b ST he had. La light ne our spirit
ual foes, it is foolish to attempt to use
the armour which other men may have
used with success. If we use wisely
tie best we have. Gods blessing will
do the rest United Presbyterian.
WANT you to think that in life,
troubles will come which seem a il
they never would pass away. The
night and the storm look as if they
would last forever, but the calm aud
the morning cannot be stayed; the
storm in its very nature is transient.
The effort of nature, as that of the hui
man heart, ever is 10 return to its re-
pose; for God is peace. Geo. Mac
Donald.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-04
Taking Up Plants.

The problem that perpleXes the ANA
teur hower-grower in the fall of the
year is how 10 get the plants that have
been growing in the garden al summer
in some enclosure where they will keep
through the winter. The cellar is the
proper place for the large ones, the
roots of which have become so large and
spreading that il would require a wash
tub to contain them all. Ii possible,
they should be lifted when the ground
is dry, aud not right after "a soaking
rain. Plants of heliOlrope, petunia, aud
the like, that have doomed freely all
summer, are better for close pruning,
and every bud formation should be
pnched off. All OF the strength of the
plant is required at this stage when the
roots have been badly crippled. Plants
for reporting should be bushy, compact
and not more than foot in diameter
b, few weeks before lifting from the
garden, the roots should be pruned by
running a spade down in the ground all
arc und the plants, about four inches
IRON the stem. A little weak manure
should then be run into the crevice
made by the spade, and the new roots
that will start from the stem viii BE-
small enough to 90 into the pot If the
plant needs pruning, cut off the lower
stems, and leave the youug shoots, for
lhey, hre better calculated to carry for.
ward the growth OF the plant than tie
oluer ones. If the plants were bought
rom a greenhouse in the spring, and
planted ip the garden, the large central
root will be found to be more or less
dead when dug up. All of this dead
WOOD should be removed before the
plant is repotted. New, rich soil should
be Pit in the pots before The plants are
takeh up, the soil being compounded of
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-04
His Opinion.

AT meeting of mission band in
one of our churches, to which some of
the older people had been invited,
small boy put into one sentence a
thought which some of us might do well
10 ponder. "A he finished reading his
little - article" written by himself and
entitled " How the Bible Got Made"
be said, "And it's my opinion that all
the folks what has the Bible ought to
give it to them what hasn't" How
many of US who call ourselves disciples
of him who said, $50 we into all the
world and preach the gospel" are Of
this opinion?-Selected.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-04
MISCELLANY.
The Harvest Moon.

over fields that are ripe with the sweetness
That hides in the fulltasseled corn,
over vineyards slow reaching completeness,
Dim purpling ut dusk and at morn,
Shine down in thine afiluent spendor,
moon of the year in her prime;
Beam soft mother.hearted, and tender;
Earth hath not a holier time.
For seed that slept long in the furrow
Hath wakened to life and to death
From the grave that was cerement and burrow
Hath risen to passionate breath.
1t hath laughed in the sunlight and starlight,
Hath thrilled to the breeze and the dew,
And fallen, to stir in some far night,
And all the old gladness renew.
moon of the harvests rich glory,
Thy banners outname in the sky
And under thee men write the story
That cries to the heavens for reply
The story of work and endcavor,
OF burden and weakness and strength,
The story that goes on forever,
Through centuries dragging its length.
And thou, ever stately and golden,
Thou moon of the latest years prime.
What sight through thine eye hath beholden,
No grief to thy pathway may climb,
As over the fields that are reapen,
AT evening and level and shorn,
Thou pourest thy splendors that dee pen
The rose and the silver of morn.
-Hdrper's Basdr.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-04
Items of Interest.

In Germany when the vote of the
jury stands six against six the prisoner
is acquitted. A vote Of seven against
five leaves the decision to the court
and in vote of eight against four the
prisoner is convicted.
AN Omaha policeman has been SUI
pended foe neglect Of duty, bat never
was policeman, probably, ever before
suspended for neglect under such cir
cumstauces. As he pleads, he entered a
church, aud, becoming Interested in the
services, remained too long.
TRAVELLERS in the arctic regions say
the physical effects of cold there are
about as follows; 10 above, uapleas-
antly warm; zero, mild; 100 below,
bracing; 800 below, sharp but MOI Sc
verely cold; 800 below, verv cold; 40'
below, Intensely cod; 500 below, a
struggle for life.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-04
MORAL And RELIGIOUS.
Drifting Away.
MISS ELLA NJ. nAlNrs, NORTH HAMPTON, N. II.

BY MISS ELLA NJ. HA1NEs, NORTH HAMPTON, N. n.
Drifting away, slave of the ocean,
Bound to the arm Of a merciless tide;
Fast losngsight of the light in the harbor
Sad and alone on perlous ride.
Drifting away in darkness at MONDAY.
Never a sunbeam TO brighten the gloom
Lost in the fog of perplexity, SILENT
Dreading the future announcement of doom.
Drifting away from Jesus my Savior,
Leaving the thrilling delight of his smiles
Drawn by the tide of weak indecsion;
Daring to float in mid ocean awhile.
Drifting away from arms that would shield me,
Loosing the anchor that holds me at home;
Won by allurements of dark-eyed Temptations
Ready with her DER the waters to roam.
Driftingiaway; leaf on the breezes,
Fluttering hither and thither in gee;
Carelessly staining it's beautiful garment,
Soornug the sheltering bough of the tree.
Drifting away; a human soul drifting,
Losing the seal of Fathers great lovei
1houghtlessy scattering riches eternal,
Spurning the hand reaching down from above.
Drifting away; caught up in a whirlwnd
Suddenly rushing, eclipsing the SUM-
Far from all shelter, all ragged and wretched
Drifting forever, till life's course is run.
Drifting away. Art thou ever drifting?
Seel there's a life boat away on the sea-
Following over the waters, thy Savior
Tenderly calls to thee, Come back to me-"
Look in his eyes, The current is changing
Drifting thou art toward protection and home.
dRescued from whirlpool and wild, foaming rapids
Safe into harbor at last thou wilt come.
Drifting away. Each spirit drifts onward
Time swiftly passeth; Eternity calls.
Souls sink in darkness or anchor in heaven.
Oh! shun the current that draws DER the falls
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-04
A NeedlewOnan.

She works upon the tidy white
In a manner strangely neat,
The figures which the damask light
Are picturesquely sweet.
She makes peaceful lamb or two
A-frisking on the hill,
And flowers, red and gold and blue,
Beside a wayside rill.
The silken dove she does with taste
In tones Of pearl ana rose,
And vines that softly twine in chaste
Arcadian repose.
And yet it makes her husband rave
TO think his darling wife
A button can't sew on to save
Her sweet and precious life. -LQ
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-04

IN ancient Chaldea when a marriage
was celebrated the priest lighted a fire
which should be kept burning in The
new home until the death of one of the
parties.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-04
For Dyspepsia and Nervousness
Use Hosford's Acid Phosphate.

DR.. j. G. Stroud, Moorestown, N. j.,
says: g. have used it for number of
years in my practice, and find it very
useful in dyspepsia and nervousness.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-04
THE HOUSEHOLD.

Contributions to this department may be sent
either to DIR. I. II. HosKINs, Newport, Vt, or d.
rectly to THE WAToHMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-04

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 white, furry tongue denotes your
liver is out OF order, and disease would
easily take root in your system.
What could you do thenl
Think of your business, your income and
your family.
Seek safetyas you would fly from cholera
or small pox.
You are in danger II you neglect these
warnings. They mag pass off, but the
chances are against you, and even then the
poison is only latent in your system.
Do not, however, put your trust in the
numerous mineral medicines with which
the market is flooded. The action of many
of these deCOCtiOnS comes from mineral
poisons they contain, such rs mercury, ar
senlc, strychntne, lismuth, lodide of potas-
sum, and the like and any druggist will
tell you If he tells on truly, that this Is so.
Kickapoo Indias Sagwa and other Kickas
poo 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 poisors whatever, because the In
dams have no knowledge of them depend
ing wholly upon natures laboratory for
their resources, ana upon their skill, born
of centuries of experience, in preparing
them.
Kictapoo Indian Sagwa, made by
the I7ldi0HS from roots, barts and herbs ofthe,r
o,0n gathering and curing, is oJtainGble Of
druggists and medicine dealers only. one dol
lar per bottle; sir bottles for ti0e dollars.
- I'd ySn e." Send three two-cent stamps
an S-E. Tvs TO pay postage and we viii
mail you free thrilling and interesting
book of 173 pages, entitled 'Life and Scenes
Among the KickapOO Indians" Tells all
about the Indians. Address lIEALY & BIGE
Low, Distributing Agents, OIL Grand Ave
New Haven. Conn.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-04

CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoria.
CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castori0,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-04
A Useful Lesson on Health Taught by
The Indians Example.
Let the Remedy be Simple and Safe
KickapoO Indian Sagwa.

II you are ailing, not exactly sick but
not feeling "just right" have drowsy,
dull feeling, bad taste in the mouth,
variable appetite, occasional pains in
the joints and muscles, and other
signs OF impending sickness, why not
do as the Indian does-drive such symp-
toms out of the system by the judicious
use of their reliable vegetable remedy,
Kickapoo Indian Sogwa?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-04

RUBBER STAMPS made to order by the
Waterman Publishing Company.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-06-08
DON'T MENTION II.

The Ohio newspapers are nightly
afraid lest resolutions re-affirming the
principles of the Mckinley bill of 1890
will be made part of the Ohio plat
form of 1898. The Cincinnati Times
Star says 'no cranky declarations are
wanted in the announcement of Re-
publican principles and policy by the
Ohio convention"
The Toledo Blade goes step further
and boldly advocates the wholesale re-
pudiation of the Mckinley enormity of
1890. The Blade goes at length into an
argument to prove that Mckinley
never was responsible for the bill after
all and says:
"There Is no need of any mention of
the tariff law of 1890, sometimes, incor.
rectly called the Mckinley bill"
Further on the Blade says. "it will
be unwise for the Ohio Republican
convention to attempt to pin the party
faith to either the law of 1890 or any
other specific measure" and then pro-
ceeds to show how unwise it will be to
load down Mckinley with "a patch
work and compromise" with which
he really never had much to do" The
Blade says:
"Some few Republicans labor under
the deIusion that as Mckinley is to be
the candidate, the endorsement of "the
Mckinley bill" is therefore In the ma
ture Of necessity. This doesno fol-
low. In the first place, the so-called
mckinley bill" was not the work OF
| Mr.. Mckinley. 1t Ii
a patchwork and compromise, a.
every important piece OF Legislation
must be.
"Hence there is no need Of endorsing
II out of courtesy to Gov. Mckinley"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-06-08
POLITICS ON MEMORIAL DAY.

The leading orators at the Art
Memorial Institute, Chicago, on
Memorial Day were Major William
Warner of Missouri, who was defeated
for Governor of Missouri on the Re-
publican ticket last fall, and General
John Q. Black of Illinois, elected Con-
gresham at large in Illinois on the
Democratic ticket. General Black, in
President Cleveland's first term, earned
the enviable reputation among old
soldiers, without regard to party, Of
being the best Commissioner of Pen
sions of any who have held that office
and the most liberal in his rulings where
true claims were concerned.
General Black, however, belongs to
that company of real soldiers who have
insisted that pensions should be
granted for service and that the rolls
should be purged of fraud and pre-
tenders wherever found.
Knowing that General Black held
these views and in violation of the
courtesies of the occasion and the
sacredness of the day, Major Warner
had the bad taste to make mean as.
sault upon his associate speaker OF the
day and with one eye on the brave N an
"shot all to pieces on the battlefield"
and suffering daily tortures from un-
healed wounds, said:
"The man who criticises the pension
system is unworthy of the name of
man. L have the utmost detestation
for the men and the party that are al
ways crying that there are frauds prac
ticed to obtain pensions. \ OF
all renegades the renegade soldier is the
most malignant. An ap0state ex-union
soldier out-peters Peter"
In recognition of this unsoldierly and
partisan attack, to furnish little capi-
tai for another bloody SHIRT campaign,
General Black, on rising to speak, ad-
ministered this dignified and convinc-
ing rebuke:
II did not come here to discuss the
pension question tonight, but do say
that the men who with me have faced
death on hide0us fields of carnage and
who with me have seen victory wrested
from our arms by deserters and cow
ards and shirkers are able to say that
they ask for nothing but what Is right
The Grand Army Of the Republic Is not
here to ask that the deserter and COW.
| ard and imposter and shirker shall be
pensioned. Isay that many wore the
blue who are not entitled to the pen.
sions they draw. l say that the brave
true soldier will submit to nothing that
is wrong, No worthy soldier need have
any fear that he will receive i'll treat
ment from the government, but If he
was not true soldier he Is unworthy
of recognition"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-06-08
CHEAP RATES TO THE FAIR.

Kate Field has addressed an open
letter to the Worlds Fair Directors,
urging them to secure the cooperation
of the railroad magnates of the country
in securing cheap rates to the Worlds
Fair.
And why not? The United States is
the only country on the face of the
globe where people cannot have u
choice of rates III railroad travel, ,-and
be respectable.
1t is argued that the railroad rates of
the United States are so much less to
the mile than in foreign countries that
people can all afford to travel at a uni
form rate.
Granted that mileage is less, are not
the distances vast, making up on long
runs the difference many times overp
People do not all want to travel first
class"-in the sense of full upholstered
cars and Pullman sleepers--but they do
want to see the great Fair and are will
ing to make some sacrifices in railroad
comfort to see 1t.
There are no second class" or "third
class" cars abroad, save in mileage and
style. The black, tobacco-sodden, foul
smelling cars that go as second class"
in America, are not to be found there.
All the cars are c,eaD, and because
they are not upholstered and filed with
tobacco smoke they can be kept clean.
Let the railroads of the United States
put on line of coaches like these and
give "the people" a chance to see the
Fair.
Kate Field says:
at is said that several weeks ago, af-
ter speeding over the waterways of
Jackson Park in an electric launch,
President Roberts of the Pennsylvania
railroad, turned to General Manager
McCrea, saying: 81 think we had bet
ter help these people get crowd here
this summer. What do you think ?" 81
agree with you," replied the general
manager. Here is an admission that,
so far, the railroads have done nothing
to aid what they should have been, the
first to support with all their highland
main. Having seen the white city with
their own eyes, President Roberts and
President Chauncey Depew should
summon their peers In conference, and
proclaim worlds fair tariff that will
be welcome with a mighty hallelujah
from one end of this continent to the
other.
Let them charge what they please for
exposition flyers" The rich can afford
to pay for speed. Let them consider
the middle class, the school teacher, the
student, the widow, the clerk, the
seamstress who has saved all winter
long to feast upon the beauty of the
fair, and they need not wait for their
reward until they go to better world" )"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-06-08
poNe TO ELECT HARRISON.
From American Industries.

The Collector of Customs at the port
of New York has been instructed by
the Treasury Department to refund to
certain importers the excess of duty
exacted at his port on third-class wool,
In accordance with the decision of the
Circuit Court of Appeals at New York.
The merchandise consisted of white,
gray and yellow washed wool, The
white wool was assessed at the rate of
100 per cent ad valorem, and the gray
ana yellow woods at the rate of GA per
cent adj valorem under the sorting"
clause of the wool schedule, and the
court decided that the white wool was
dutiable at the rate only of 90 per cent
advalorem and the gray aud yellow
woods at the rate of 80 per cent ad va
loren, the result being that one half of
the duty exaeted will be refunded.
This whole question shows the lax
methods of the late Administration
and the extraordinary lengths they
we're prepared to go to produce favOra-
BILE impressions and to satisfy several
factions.
10 double the percentage on third
class woods was TO exact tax twice as
large as that which Congress imposed
and the Board of General Appraisers
decided adversely against this action.
This did not stop the Treasury agents,
however, from continuing to collect
the tax in their own way, and which
was doneto pander to the wool growers
and to hamper the importers of wool
and manufacturers of carpets.
The present Administration, be.
queathed with a depleted Treasury,
have nowto pay back what was all
along known to be unjust, and was
kept up for electioneering purposes
and the unfortunate consumers have
had to pay the increased prices i'm
posed by the merchants through the
double taxation, and all to create an
impression among certain class that
McKinleyism was beneficial. That they
failed to koodwink the people was
demonstrated last November s, bat
that makes the people none the le,s
sufferers through this nefarious
scheming.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-06-08
FIRST DUTY OF CONGRESS.
FROM american Industries

The first duty of the Democratic
party is not the discussion this is
point we are particularly anxious to
impress upon the members of the Fifty
third Congress--of q new financial sys-
TEN, but the specific duty for which
they were elected, viz, the reform of
the present iniquitous tariff. 1t is true
that the balance of trade is against us;
1t is true that gold is leaving our shores
In amounts heretofore unheard of. We
venture to join issue with those who
lay the dominating cause upon our
present financial system; we believe it
to be fact that the Mckinley tariff
bill has more to do with the present
condition of the finances than even the
Sherman law. Before the passage of
the Mckinley dill foreign countries
took our goods in such quantities as to
leaye the balance of trade in our favor
almost every year, even though the
Sherman law was in force.
Why not examine the question on its
merits and see whether 1t be not the
case that foreigners have become tired
of doing business with nation that
places q stone wall around its shores,
or, rather, attempts to do so, and have
determined that they will refrain from
buying our goods while selling us as
many of their own as they can.
We firmly believe that the arst and
paramount duty of Congress is to pro-
ceed to the revision of the tariff, and by
the passage Of suitable bill make II
possible for our manufacturers to COM
pete with those of other nations, at the
same time allowing our citizens to
have the opportunity of purchasing at
reasonable prices goods that can be
made in other lands cheaper than in
ours.
We shall see, as a result of this
alarger demand, not only for our man
features, but also obr food products
The expectation of these has decreased
since the Mckinley Bill served notice
on the rest of the world that We would
sell them our goods, but would not buy
theirs. We know the Mckinley Bill
has not produced the effect its author
desired, as, instead of decreasing the
importations, it has increased them,
the only change being that where we
were formerly able to purchase good
materials the increased duties have
compelled the manufacturers to ust
shoddy.
Let the incoming Congress remain
true to its pledges, and reform the tariff
first; there will be found the greatest
relief from our present financial bur
dens, and the surest restorative of the
prosperity of the farmer and operative
and, with them, all classes.