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SIMPLE SAMMY'S SAD SONG!

Simple Sammy sang a song. Sang il
softly, sang it long. Sang it sadly, with
no smile. Sang it weeping all the while
Sang IL when he walked at morn. Sang il
all the day, forlorn. Sang it as the crick-
cts peep, Sang it till he went to sleep,
Thus he sang from day to day, Sang il
when at work or play.
''Dad's drunkard, that know, for the
boys all tell me so. Simple Sammy IS
drunken Dad makes poor Sammy very
sad. Will my Daddy never be from his
rum and brandy free? How / wish he'd
take the Cure, we'd all b. happy then, l
am sure.n
One day Sammy's Father overheard Sam
my singing, ana listened. He heard the
first words, "Dad's a drunkard, that
know, for the boys all tell me so," and
that was enough for poor Sammyis"Dad, y
and he kept thinking of the words as he
went about his work. Over and over
again the words came 10 his mind, dads
drunkard, that | know, for the boys ali
tell me So" "Poor sammy thought his
Father, at is most too bad that Sammy
should be ashamed of me.n
That night, after Sammy had gone to
his little bed and was fast asleep, his Fa-
Their took the light and went TO look at the
boy. As he looked, the boy moved lit
tie and muttered in his sleep, "Dad's
drunkard, that | kno-o-o-w," and then the
sleeper sighed and rolled his little head
uneasily to one side.
The sight and words were too much for
John Hopkins, and as he left the little bed
room, he said, "My son, simple though he
is, shall no longer be ashamed OF his Fa-
ther," and putting on coat and hat he
started for the Office of the Morrell Cure,
and as he entered, said, ''If you have any
thing that Will make man out of drunk
ard, want it," He was examined, took
his first treatment, and in three weeks was
entirely free from any craving for rum
and had as happy son as ever man saw.
The boy no longer sings, "Dad's drunk
ard, and Simple Sammy is happy.
Further particulars by addressing
We have institutes for treating patients |
at the following places:
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North Royaiton.

Miss Flora Taggart has just returned
from visit to Chicago.
Lee Monkey ana wife are visiting rela.
tives in this vicinity before going to Cali
fornia, where they expect to make theil
future home.
Miss Emma Oaks of Saxton's River is
visiting her brother Frank.
Mrs. Mary Bailey and granddaughter
are staying at Frank Oaks.
Miss Della Paige has returned from
East Roxbury.
Mr.. j. F. Crimmins and family were in
town last week.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-10-12

Walter Perkins starts for the World
Fair this week.
Mr.. j. Hall OF Florida is visiting il
town.
Henry Chedel has purchased Charles
Kingsiey's place in Woodstock.
Mrs. Abel Aldrich has been visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Harding.
There was house warming at Lyman
Sunbury's last Thursday eve.
Several from here attended the Tun-
bridge fair.
Mrs. L. c. Sherburne and Mrs. Henry
Cobb are able to ride out.
Lewis Dana is building a hen house.
In the ball game between the Pomfret
and Hartford mines, held at South Pom
fret last Saturday, the score stood 20 to 20
in favor of the HartforGs.
Mrs. L. S. Jackman recently visited her
daughter, Mrs. Newman Leavitt, in East
Barnard.
Walter Harrington is to be the postlnas-
ter in North Pomfret.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-10-12

Mr.. JOHN S. Greene and Mrs. Savilla
Lamson were united in marriage at the
parsonage, Saturday, Sept. 30th, oy Rev.
1. h. Morse. Tho two OF our village
wicows have recently deserted the ranks
and Joined the married brigade, there are
eight still remaining.
Mrs. Nye has so far recovered from her
recent illness as TO be able to return 20
her home in Berlin, but Miss Alice Greene
remains very i'll.
Merton Griswold is still unable To At
tend 30 mis- school duties.
MIR. Spencer Graves, whose death was
announced last week, was IS wears. s
months and 10 days old. The funeral was
attended at his residence, Tuesday. Oct.
8, Rev. W-M. Gay OF McIndoe's Faiis.a Tor
nier pastor here, officiating.
Rodney Flint will reshingle Uriah A.
Niark 5 barn this week. Last week. AIR
cunt worked for Irving Abbott. repair IA,
building which, in olden times. When
brookheld boosted of a female seminary
was boarding house, in which congrega-
tea oevles OF young ma.dens from ali the
ADJOINING towns, who conned their les
sons in tine old brick schoolhouse when
was long since demolished.
Rev. c. H. Morse has gone to Chicago.
Deacons NJ. Peck and ). p. Wilcox SIM
piled last Sunday.
Postmaster Blodgett has gone to Chica-
former resident, Mrs. Emily Herriek
Allen, has been in town for over a week |
assisting her niece, Mrs. Carrie l.. Kinps-
buFy', IN caring for her husband. who is |
very sick. Mrs. Loomis OF Mortified 1
came to Mrs. Kingsbury's assistance sun |
day, ana Mrs. Allen left on "Wednesday
for Milford, \. H.
Saturday.
n ar. J. b. Perham made his daughter in
hyegate short visit last week.
meeting was held at the sehoolhouse
y y Dist; NO. last Sunday, under the aus
pices Of the Y. P. 5. c. z.
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FOR SALE.

My entire mill property. includinO
dwelling house. Ny sawmill maehinerS
Is from the Chase Mfg Co. of Orange
Mass. II consists of board, cutting-ofi
and edging saw; also planer and match
er and tirst-class shingle mill. The ma
chinery has the latest improvements. The
mill has large stock of logs. SOC. 900 feet.
in the yard, and a ready market for the
lumber. My gristmill consists of one run
OIL stone told stock BURR corn cracker and
smut mill and India wheat bolt, Two
turbine water wheels furnish the mower.
My dwelling house is well situated near
the mills, contains II rooms and is well ar
ranged for two families. MY object in
selling IS wholly on account of poor health.
For further particulars, call on or address
II. NJ. BLANCHARD, Braintree, VT.
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MENTAL PEGS.

Disapprovai is generally rooted in self
approval
The negatives of life are the molders Of
character
Wisdom never analyses the blood Of
pin-pricks.
An individuals bliss oft becomes com.
munity blister.
Philosophy, the food for thought off
starves the body.
Literature sometimes reaches its great
est hight as kite-tails.
1t is better to be misunderstood ninetv-
nine times than to misunderstood ono.
10 steal fEom ones self is more con.
'enptioie than to steal from blind man.
Inc telephone service OF the nerves
never loses connection without disaster
Man absorbs knowledge as a sponge
does water, and like a sponge. needs an
occasional wringing out.-Katherine
Aaoley Corbett, in Detroit Free Press
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East barnard.

Rev. MIR. Kilburne supplied the pulpit
last sunday in the absence Of the pastor,
Rev. X. Floody.
Ellis Davis, one of our Oldest citizens.
was buried last Wednesday. He had
been confined to his bed for some time
but was very patient sufferer. He will
be greatly missed in his home.
Mrs. Ansel Barrows of Bridgewater is
staying with her daughter, Mrs. Z. J. Al
len.
Mrs. Ed Miller is improving slowly.
Mrs. Ethan Allen has returned to her
home in Lebanon.
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East Bethel.


Mrs. Marie Russ and son visited in w
r. junction last week.
Frank Wright is attending the Worlds
Fair.
Mrs. Nettie Wills is i'll with the distem-
per.
Mrs. Sim Jones OF Brattleboro and d.
Paul Of the same place are visiting friends
here.
Albert Harlow recently visited friends
here.
The Veteran Drum Corps, consisting of
Calvin Phillips, Oliver Davenport and D..
Paul (the veteran fife player ali over SO
years old, discoursed some fine music to
the inhabitants OF this village Friday even
ing.
Mrs. Selden Terry. with two daughters,
and her sister, Mrs. Will Carter OF Boston,
are visiting their mother, Mrs l.. Glow
er, and their sister, Mrs. DR.. House.
Nellie Dickerman has been quite i'll with
the distemper.
Chas. and G. I. Whitney returned from
the Worlds Fair last week.
Geo. T. Whitney went to Burlington,
Monday, to commence his second college
year.
The annual rush to the World fair at
Tnnbridge, which occurred last week. was
not far behind that of other years, but
their appearance on their homeward way
was rather better than sometimes.
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DIED.

In West Randolph, Sunday. Oct. stb
orra Riford, wife of Seth M.Holman. al
the age OF 81 years. Funeral Saturday,
oct. u, at p. m, at the residence of her
daughter, Mrs. Ira ID. Williams.
In Warren, Penn, Olive B. Watson. old
ish. a
In West Randolph, Oct. 4, Reuben Kim
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The Century Magnzine.

Fiction, and that OF high order, has an
important place in the Century for Sep
temher, and the illustrations are notedly
good, land especially so are those in con.
nection with the Wolld's Fair paper by
Gustav Kobbe. The first part of Bret
Harte's novelette,, "The Heir of the Me.
Hulishes,h takes US To the office of the
Consul OF the United States at the port of
st. kentigern, where we meet the hero,
who is a claimant to large estates in Scot
land. Mrs. Catherwood brinVs one of
her pleasantest historical fomances TO a
happy conclusion, while Wolcott Balestier
continues 10 keep the readers attention
at concert pitch The writer's OF short
stories are Mrs. Norman Cutter, Grace
KING and Sarah Jewett. Mellen Cham
bcrlain gives a comprehensive "Glance
at Daniel Webster and Wendell p. Gar
rison writes of"M lillian James Stillman,n
making brace of biographical sketches
that well reward the reader. Mrs. Oil
plant is at her best in her essay on Defoe.
THE Author of Robinson Crusoe." OF
general and timely interest is the article
on 1.-THE Census and immigration, and
the same may be said of the subjects found
in Topics of the Time" this month.
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BORN.

In East Bethel, Oct. 5, daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. Justus Buck.
In New Bedford, Mass, Sept %, a son
to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank S. Allen, formerly
of Chelsea. Weight, 1-2 los.
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Horse Notes.

Jennie r., owned by c. l. Hood of Low
ell, Mass, has very promising mare that
was sired by Como. Recently, in her first
race at Mystic Park, she entered the list
with record of 2:26 "a Como stock is
rapidly coming to the front.
Sewing machines, bicycles. guns, etc. re-
paired, and mail orders for repair parts
needles,etc., carefully attended to by
ID. Z. WOODWARD, West Randolph, VI.
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MARRIED.

In Bethel, Sept. 80, at the residence Of
MT. Woods, by Rev. c. W.Morse of Gays-
yllle, Mr.. A. B. Bird of Bethel and Mrs.
Hattie Flint of Rochester.
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,ESTRAL VERMONT RAILRoA
Corrected to Sept. "a. 1898
GOING SOuTH

Corrected TO sept. "a. 1875.
GOING SOUTH
Trains leave RANDOLPH as follows
400 m, Night Express from Ogdensburg, Mon
trea and the west, for Boston, Lowell and all
New England points. Sleeping cars for Bos-
ton via. Lowell also for Springfield cruns daily
Sundays included Montreal 10 Boston via
Lowell.
OLA M, Mall from St. Adams and Burlington for
Boston. via Lowell and Fitchburg. for all
points IN New England
I.35 p III, Limited Express. from Ogdensburg, Nom
treal and the west. for Concord. Manchester
Nashua. Worcester, Lowell. Boston; andrew
York. via Springfield
7.I2 pm. PASSENGER for Whichever Junction and
Windsor.
GOING NORTH:
400 m, Night Express, from Boston aud New
York for Chicago .Ogdensburg and the west.
Sleeping car to Montreal runs daily Sundays
included. Boston TO Montreal via Lowell.
S.47 a. ". Passenger for Rutland. Burlington st.
Adams, Riclford and Ogdensburg.
2.fS N. Mail Train from Boston.s VI orcester.
Springfield, New London, and New York, for
Burlington, st, Albans. Ogdens3urg, Montreal,
and the west. Drawing room car to Montreal.
oil q N Fast Express, from Boston for Rouses
Point Montreal and West. Pullman Palace
sleeping ear attached running through to
fttiAag' without change.
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Braintree.

Stephen Farrar and family of West Ber-
1 lin and an invalid brother of Mrs. Farral
have moved into Mrs. Mary Flagg's block
Mrs Chas. LOOMS died on Sunday night
aged 40. She had been a patient sufferer
since last April and for several weeks was
confined to her bed. Her disease was heart
trouble. The remains will be taken to
Crary's Mills, N. Y, for interment.
Mrs Betsey Martin, aged 81, celebrated
her birthday Oct. 2.
G. LOOMS had five sheep killed by
dogs last week.
Ed. Parker and wife visited the other
side of the mountain last week.
The Y. P. S. c. z. OF Braintree Hill will
hold a sociable and box supper at tne
townhall Friday evening, Oct. 20 There
will also be prize potato race and games.
All are cordially invited.
L. A. Jerd lately received present of a
repeating shotgun from Silas Edwards of
Brooklyn, n. Y, one of his boarders.. Z.
j. Hazard and wife, who have been stop
ping with him for some weeks, have gone to
Denver Col, to spend the winter, for their
health.
CARD.-I desire to express my deep graf
itude to the many friends and neighbors
who rendered assistance in so many ways
during the long illness OF my wife.
CHARLES LOOMS.
Rev. Mr.. Water Will lecture, under the
auspices Of the grange, Saturday night,
Sept. Lat 1-2 O'Clock, in the Free church
at Snowsville. Subject, 'Sights and Won
ders OF England" All are invited.
Mrs. Woodbury., who has been sick at
F, II. Cleveland's, is much better.
Anyone who has cider apples to sell
would do we'll to see Samuel Spear.
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MorreIl Liquor Cure
Main C9lce, Bank Block, Brattleboro, V
D. |. GRIGGS,. Agent.

WANTED. million Ieet of lumber.
Gayswlle, VT J.E. SAFFoRD. ii
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-08-31

oughfares show unmistakable evidence
of fresh impetus to the tide of travel,
and for the last few days the crowds
that swarm the business section of the
city have been perceptibly increasing
in volume So much SO, in fact, that it
is difficult matter to pedestrianate
at anything like brisk gait without
coming into collision with peopl. who
are very busy with the sights and con-
sequently quite oblivious of citizens on
business bent.
The stores and bazars where Column
bian souvenirs and curios are on sale
are packed and damned with eager peo-
pie from early morning till late at
night, and the fakirs on the street are
doing a thriving business in badges,
buttons and all sorts of mementos of
the Columbian year. Money seems to
be plenty Notwithstanding the strin-
gency of the money market, and there
is a continuous stream of small change
flowing into the Golfers of the small
dealers in nearly all branches of trade.
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why it in1amed me SO. It was perhaps
before going there. 1 went very near
to her-I do not know what for. I
put my hands about her throat.
do not know what for. It was
all done so quickly. do not know why
did it at all. 1 think meant only to
brighten her. But she lay SO very quiet
that she frightened me. / did not ask
Bennett to show me the way out. When
got back to my room l found that a
little charm which I wore on my brace
let was gone. 1t was a bit of broken
chain with seal with bird on it that
the child Ninette had had among her
playthings, and had taken it from
her, for she knew nothing of its value,
and liked it. It was a pretty trinlzet.
81 had no idea the whole thing-the
mystery, mean-would hinge on that.
have read all the trial. The Fair
banks and the Lorimers have suffered
equally in It's
Then, glowering sullenly on her per-
secutors, as she called them, she folded
her long, thin arms and stubbornly re-
fused to utter another word.
But she had said enough to alter the
complexion of the universe for the two
families upon which the concentrated
hatred of her ignorant soul had been
conferred. The lawyers did tn |, rest.
1t was several weeks after that acct
dental meeting of the child Ninette and
her bonnie that Lorimer, turning,
as was his wont, to thoughts for
others, ordered his horse to ride over
to Glenburnic. White Cliffs was giving
thanks for nercies received. and it was
only just that old Cato shoKld be made
sharer in the universal joy.
81 think I'll just read him Dicks let
ter entire he said to RATE, who was
frightening his stirrup straps for him
after he had mounted. at is such
bright, happy letter, and tells it all so
clearly
Its been worth drug-shop-fun of
tonics to mother" said RATE, applying
his broad open palm vigorously to the
shining flank of Lorrie's horse by way
of send-off.
Don't let mother move until ! come
back" Lorrie looked over his shoulder
to command.
Rafe laughed, and, bounding back up
the stairs two at a time. laid the COM
mand peremptorily on the mistress of
White Cliffs, who, though pale and thin
from her late sickness, was essaying to
grasp once more the domestic scepter.
You are not to move" said RATE,
severely; that is, after I get you into
that big chair in the corner. Lorrie
says you are not"
Mrs. Lorimer sank into the chair
| with new sort of docility. This illness
| and the hours of reflection that had
ceEne to her with convalescence had
lessened her sense of self-importance
materially. 1t seemed highly probable
that the world, and even White Cliffs,
would have gone on even if she had
not.
81 think should like TO hear Dicks
| letter again. she said, then smiled at
Rates comical expression. 81 know I
have heard it five times, but it is good
| to hear of the clouds breaking away
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-08-31

pavilion in the southern .,ortion Of the
grounds.
It is very probable that lovers OF
thorough bred hofsefiesh will soon have
an opportunity of seeing the greatest
of all living equines, for which
$50, 900 was paid less than year ago.
Negotiations are now pending between
Mr.. Mills, superintendent of the live
stock exhibit at the worlds fair,
and William O'Brien McDonough, the
young California millionaire, for a two
weeks exhibition of the great English
stallion and unbeaten thorough bred,
Ormonde. The horse was formerly the
property of the duke of Westminster
and was sold by him to South Ameri-
can for $50, 900. The perfection of the
animal in conformation, his unbeaten
record of sixteen races, defeating the
greatest runners in all Europe, and his
great success as sire-Orme and st.
Cation, his sons, being two of the
champions of the English turf-make
him by far one of the greatest thorough
breds that ever looked through bride.
A week ago Ormonde arrived in New
York from England and will soon be
en- route to the great stock farm of his
new owner in California It is expect
ed that the animal will be allowed tc
stop over couple of weeks and show
his great self in the stock pavilion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-08-31
Il GERMAN BEAUTY.

Just now the main attractions at the
fair in the shape of special features are
the West Point cadets and the prize
cattle and horses Widely varying in in
terest, of course, are these two features,
but attention is pretty evenly divided
between them. There is more fine
stock at the fair just at present than
was ever before gotten together, and
more countries are represented in this
department than were ever placed in
competition before in America
Among the exhibits in the live stock
department are some which are decided
ly unusual in such exhibitions There
are some Brahmin, or sacred cattle,
from India, which, according to the
legends of that country, were at one
time worshiped are the white ele-
plants of Siam. They were, it is said,
stalled in Buddhist temples and were
fed from vessels of gold and silver.
Whatever sacred character they once
possessed, the India cattle are now
bred for combined speed and draft pur-
poses The two specimens, bull four
years old and cow two years old, on ex-
hibition at the fair, are from Trinidad,
one of the windward islands of the
Caribbean sea, just of the coast of Brit
ish Guiana The island is a British
colony, and the India bull and cow
were bred from sires and cows import
ed over twelve years ago from Hindo-
stan. The breeding on the island has
been eminently successful under gov
eminent auspices, and the cattle make
fast draft animals They are speedier
than mules, and will draw twice the
weight It is no unusual thing to see
these animals hitched up to carriages
AID handsome barouches in Trinidad.
and the india bull Is natural and fast
trotter.
The cow at the fair is a creamy
white animal, delicately imbed as a
Jersey cow. and somewhat resem bles
one, only being larger. The bull is
mouse 'coiored, marked black about the
muzzle, and is strong, vigorous-look-
ing animal Both are short-horned,
have dropping ears. and the distinctive
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-08-31
OCCIDENTAL ODDITIES.
Queer Notions as to What Was Wanted
at the Worlds Fair.

Queer Notions as to What Was Wanted
at the Worlds Fair.
Queer ideas sometimes get afloat and
drift around among the people for
years. For example, a belief prevails
among a number of persons here in
Spokane that the government, or the
state, or the city, or some modern
Monte Cristo has a standing offer of
five hundred dollars to anyone who will
60 over the falls in barrel Down in
Oregon belief long prevailed in some
minds that the government would pay
one hundred dollars to the person who
would plant an American flag on
Mount Hood. A number made the as
cent and ran up the stars and stripes
but cold and unpatriotic government
invariably failed to respond with the
gold coin SO severely earned.
By some incident or accident an inn
preston got extant in this state that
the Washington worlds fair commits
sion was seeking native-born triplets
to exhibit at the Columbian exposition,
and as a result the commission received
many letters of inquiry, number of
them saying that they could not pro-
vide triplets. but if twins were wanted
the demand could be quickly met.
Still others became deluded with the
belief that the commission was seeking
far and wide for badger Letters on
file with the commission indicate that
good many people thought the Wash
ington exhibit was to partake of the
nature of a dime museum. It is sur
prising. though. how anyone could
seriously imagine that the commission
would make use of an animal so COM
mon as the badger The members are
''badgered" enough even as matters
stand. There are many queer things in
the realm of nature, but there are
queerer things in the realm of the
imagination = Spokane Wash Re
view.