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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-11-30
TAE VERMONT STATE NEWS.

A new lodge Of the Knights Of
Pythias has just leen instituted at
Bellows Falls.
William Hart of Rutland fell from
moving train there Saturday night
and was killed.
Horatio Thomas, station agent at
the Central Vermont depot, Richford,
was knocked down by some unknown
parties and robbed OF S4O0, the prop
erty Of the railroad company
Joseph Battcll has just completed n
large addition to his Bread Loaf Inn,
in Ripton, doubling the present capac-
ity Of the Inn. lie has also finished
of dining room capable Of seating
POO persons.
The order Of the knights OF Honor
since its organization in Vermont,
Dec. 10th. 1877, has had y deaths;
the amount OF benefits paid TO the
families Of deceased members, Sl44,-
600: the assessments paid by members
TO receive this amount, only Sl0,220.-
10.
Mr.. Oliver Alvord Gibbs died at
the home Of his son, General Oliver
AFRO Gibbs, Dover, y. H., Thursday
night. He was born in Bridgewater,
VI, July p, 1917, and was the
Youngest son OF Capt. Josiah Gibbs,
a soldier OF the Revolution. a SUR
viving brother, ss years of age, lives
in VI.
Harley G. futile. one OF the leading
business men of Rutland, died from
heart disease Wednesday night lie
was the son Of George x. futile, who
started a job printing business in
Rutland in 1850. and who six years
later bought the Rutland Herald.
Harley G. futile, with his father and
brothers, established the Daily Herald
in 1861. and he served as editor or
publisher of the paper, printer or
bookbinder. as occasion demanded,
until the large concern was built up.
The father Withdrew from business
in 1872 and Albert II. Tuttle, the oldest
brother took the Rutland Herald,
while the other brothers, Harley,
Egbert and Fred, took the printing
and binding business and the book
and stationery store. The Tuttle
company war afterwards organized as
corporation, of which Harley Tuttle
was the president at the time of his
death. lie was an industrious, popu-
lar and successful business man, an
active worker in the Republican ranks,
and prominent in the Rutland board
Of trade and in the lodges OF Masons
and Knights of Pythias. His wife was
Mary 4. Root Of Rutland, who sur
wives him, with one daughter, the
wife Of DIR. Caverlv of Rutland.
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vernont at .hs World. Fnir.

The exhibit of Morgan horses cost
-. $50. OF which tlR State paid ~. 500.
The sheep exhibit cost y loo.of which
the State paid 600. The show Of Ayr
shire and Jersey cattle cost the State
5000. The figures Of the maple sugar.
marble. granite aud agricultural exhib-
it, are nos yet obtainable. 1t will be
found that only about one half of the
appropriation was used in the YER
mont building. including the cost Of
the superintendent and running ex-
pcnSss.
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vermontL Leads Again.

Vermont's sheep-breeding interests
are not what they were once, as is in
dicated by the decline in the number
Of sheep in this State from 5s0,o0o in
1870 to 439 900 in 1850 and to 334, 900
In 1890. An OF the New England
States have suffered in the same way.
however, the number of sheep in all
New England having fallen from
!, 1900 in 1870 TO 1850, 600 in 1850
and TO 936. 900 in 1890. The to-
tai number Of sheep in the
United States has increased in the
meantime, but the increase exhibits
some peculiar phases. The census Of
$50 showed that there were 2s,4T7,-
600 sheep in the United States, and
during the following decade the num-
ber increased 10 3J.64s, 900. The last
census shows thai there are 3j,935,
600 sheep in the country in ls90, 50
that during the previous decade the
number was practically unchanged,
the increase in the entire country hay
ing been only $4,000.
II isa gratifying fact. however, that
the wool clip has constantly increased
and at a rapid rate. For example,
the number OF pounds produced in
1870 was 100. i02, 900; in 1850. the clip
was 55.Gsl, ,u00 pounds, and in 1890.
it was POI .o99, ,oeo pounds. In other
words. while the increase In the num-
Der Of sheep between 1870 and 1850
was 25 per cent. the wool clip more
than doubled, and from lssO to 1880.
while the number Of sheep did not
materially inorea~s, tAo wool product
increased 30 per cent.
This indicates IN no small degree
the gain that has resulted from inn
proved breeding for wool. and in no
State has this gain been greater or
more apparent than in Vermont. 4
study of the census figures shows that
tine average wool clip per sheep in
Vermont in ls7o was 5.35 pounds. In
1850. the average clip in this State
WAS $50 pounds, and in 1890. 6.72.
Vermont thus led the country in the
number of pounds OF wool produced
by each sheep. the next highest aver
lgc in New England being that Of
New Hampshire, which was 5.s2 IN
1890, while the average Tor the United
states was only 5.0G. These figures
IRE encouraging FOR the sheep breed
n of Vermont. who have aimed to
secure a higher standard. and they al
% contain valuable lesson for those
Who have been content to breed and
ARE for scrub sheep. While there is
tendency in some directions TO de-
-ote more attention to the raising Of
mutton than 10 the production Of
wool, the lesson remains the same:
or good breeding tells in ease
# keeping and weight Of carcass as
veil as in the wool clip. Ncrmcnt>
Hills are adapted to sheep raising
more than .to almost any other in
lustry. and a study Of these figures
,annot fail to be helpful TO the farm
II Of Nermont-Frec Pres.
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State politics are unusually quiet,
The people are thinking, ,however,and,
when the time comes. viii have some
thing 10 say; and if defeated in the
nominating committees, they will be
heard at the polls. Politicians must
beware in 1894 and act with extreme
caution.
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Nermont Pensions.

Washington, Nov. 70. The follow
ing Vermonters have been granted
pensions: reissue, Levi II. Blanchard,
GayviIle: Henry c. hidder, Rochester:
widows, etc, Sophia +. Bis
sonette. Shelburne: renewal. Mary
Brown lmotherl. East Hardwick.
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The Burlington Earth is booming
IL. NJ. Arms for lieutenant govern
or. II intense desire to serve the peo-
pie is a sufficient reason, he ought to
have the place.
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Editorial Notes.

1t seems to be settled that the Dem
ocratic party will attempt to pass an
income tax to raise sufficient revenue
to allow the protective duties to be cut
down.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-11-30

The game OF football must be radi-
cally changed next year or else pro
hibited by law, the same as prize
fights; for, as it is now played, it is
a far more brutal and dangerous
practice Last week, one player in
a game at Pennington, Conn, had
his head twisted in a scrimmage, and
the doctors found that he was para
lived below the shoulders and win
die. AT Toledo, Ohio, the same day,
another player had his neck dislocat'
ed but lived long enough 50 that his
father could get there TO see him die.
Besides these fatal casualties, there
were many Recidents that will
make cripples Of the victims for life.
Is il not time 10 stop such game?
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a recent carieature graphically ex-
presses the mind Of our people on the
Hawaiian question. 1t represents
Cleveland and the dcposed queen seat
ed lovingly side by side ON throne,
and robed in royal apparel, while
Gresham, ariayed in smile nd a
ballet girls skirt, keeps the flies of
with turkey-iail fan. Underneath
is this legend:
''She's my sweetheart,
I'm her beau;
She's my Lilly,
I'm her Gro;
soon wen marry,
Never 10 part;
lsil-i-u-o-kalani
Is my sweetheart"
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Another YrrmonIrr Recognized.

Nermonters have had pretty good
showing in the matter of appoint
ments 10 office for the past ten years,
moi only under the first term Of Mr..
Cleveland but also during the admin
istration Of President Harrison. and
the same principle seems to still pre-
vail. The latest recognition of YER
mont ability is the appointment of I.
j. Bosnton of Montpelier to be post
office inspector Of the New England
division. This is the same position
which Mr.. Boynton filed 50 efficiently
under the former Cleveland adminis-
tration, and he win, therefore, come
10 his duties with thorough knowl-
edge of the requirements of the office.
lie Is young man, a thorough gem
tleman. Il lawyer OF more than ordi-
nary ability, and II political organizer
of remarkable tact. As chairman of
the Democratic state committee since
the death Of Hiram Atkins, and even
before, he did great work for his par
~, and now he is descryedly reward
ed.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-11-30

The Barre Enterprise published a
cut Of its new building on Elm street
last week. The Enterprise is succeed
ing finely and is keeping pace with
the booming town it represents.
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island Pond school suiiding hurned.

The high school building at Island
Pond burned Nov. 26. Loss, $4,000;
insured for $4,000. A defective
furnace fne was the cause of the fire.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-11-30

Why is il that the Democratic party
leaders are 50 anxious to pass limit
ed income fax law, when experience
has proven that such tax is not only
very expensive to collect bat very odi-
ous to the people?
Because the South is poor and would
have to pay very small part of il,
while the North Is prosperous and
would pay ninc-tenths of the tax.
That j. the real reason.
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No.0--1O40.

Hay to the amount Of 400 tons. or
A IL cars, has been shipped from
the Alburg station since Aug. lst
Merritt Robbins, the Hancock bear
hunter, has caught four bears this fall.
This makes his total catch so bears in
all. The last one he caught was a big
one that, although ii must have been
in the trap over "A week, tipped the
scales at l52 l-2 pounds. The skin is
worth s25, and the bounty, ,Sl5, makes
il quite profitable business.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-11-30

Score one for Colorado, where wom-
an suffrage has just gained great Vic
tory by popular vote. The West
can teach us great many lessons.
Are the women Of Colorado better ed
ucated. better citizens, heavier tax
payers, more moral or more sensible
than the women of Vermont! There
is going to be great effort next fall To
enfranchise the women of Vermont.
Let old-fogyism die natural death,
and common sense and progress rule
in the Green Mountain State as well
as in the West.
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TOTO EvANsFoR PATENT MEDICINE

FOR SALE.-A fine farm of 1870 acres, sit
hated in Bethel 'Lympus; holse and three
barns; good water. Near the church and
bear the set dollhouse. Cuts about thirty
fve tons OF hay. Orchard in fine condi-
Jon. For terms, apply to Myron Whit
|aker. 2m
We pay four cents a pound for the best
duality Christmas Greens up to Nov. 20.
c. r. NOBLE, Bethel, VT,
WANTED. million rect OF lumber.
baysvllle, VT. j. E. STAFFORD. If
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What Shall IDo?

This is the unuttered cry of thousands,
no feel that they have passed the place
Fhere they are safe, and now that they are
foing swiftly down hill can't stop,no mat
Ter how hard they try. "W hat shall do?'
4ney ask themselves this question over
end over again. They wake at night and
fhink OF it. As they ride along the high
pay, have it in mind. On the cars, in the
|hop, at the store, always and everywhere
fomes up this vexing question, what
|hall do?'
We can tell you what to do. Stopl Stop
fight where you are! Do you say you have
Frled and find you cannot stop? Then we
Pill help you. Give us your hand, neigh
Dor. We will give you lift. We will put
\ lou in circumstances, and under condi-
ions such that you can laugh at the
bought of wanting drink.
The Morrell CuIe never fails to cure
very one who faithfully takes the treat
Hent. We warrant TO do this, so that you
Hsk nothing. Ths simple question is, do
l [ou really want to stop drinking2 III not,
[on't throw away time and money with
4 Shut keep right on the road that leads TO
|isease, poverty, shame and death. You
pave your choice. Which shall it bel You
|ecide the matter.
All letters gladly answered reading mat
n sent, prices given, etc.
NToFR ELL CURE.
|. GRlGGs, see'y BankBlock, Brattleboro- VI
We hsve institutes FOR treating patients N the
lowing places Main office at Biattleboro. Vt,
4 u Dr.. Ketehum. d. L. Griggs. GenH Agent; Bel
W Falls. Vt. with DR. r. Whitman; Fair Haven,
with Or. A. 5. Murry; Hinsdale, n H., with
Il G. s. Grey; Springfield, VI, with DR.. +. D.
ofeester; West Randolph. Vt, with Dr.. G. "
oit; So. Royalton, VI, With Dr. d L. BuFnetii
ooasiock, Vt, DR.. O. ". shcrwin-
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Notice

NOTICE.
The copartnership heretofore exlsting z
Tween P. J. blanchard and Z. l. Clanln'
poer the firm name Of Blanchard q Siat-
}, is this dsv disso.v.d by mutual con-
nt. f. /. C5aiin will continue the busl-
IS, and to hlm ali bills due said nrm
ust be paid at once. and be will settle sii
ots OF said firm
P. J. BLANCHARD, Z. j CLAFLiN-
braiatree. VI, November 81, 1888. ,"
The record-union., 1893-05-31

land, which contains a population of
100000 people. Humboldt has about
10000 inhabitants, but has territory rich
enough and extensive enough to support
a dozen times that number. We must
have railroad communication with the
outside world before the population or
development will come"
Certainly Humboldt County ought to
have-must have-such relation to the
other sections of the State. But what
encouragement can there be to capital to
invest in such new enterprises when the
neutrality-suspicious. are constantly stir
ring up the people to an attitude Of hos
tiiity towards capitalized transportation
enterprise, and accompanying the agita-
ton with threats of virtual confiscation? :?
The truth is that the extravagant war
cry about reduced rates has done more to
retard development in California than
the bitterest outside enemies of the State
could possibly have accomplished.
The record-union., 1893-05-31
A PLAN FROM soNoMA.

The Santa Rosa Democrat, one of the
best-informed of papers on local history
and needs, says that Sonoma County, rich
and prosperous as it is and great in terri
tory and resources, is sadly lacking in
good roads. 1t believes, and in this iudg-
ment it is sound, that one of the very
best, if not the best, means of rapidly and
fully developing the county and making
it attractive TO homeseekers, is to make it
noted for having the best roads in the
State
The plan proposed is justified under the
new road law, which authorizes a general
road tax. The county, says the Demo-
crat, should lay on this tax after a county
convention has determined Just how much
money will be needed and for what period
of time. Then a joint stock company
should be formed, to do the county road
building at cost, it not being organized to
make money. 1t would supply itself
with the most approved bodybuilding
tools and machinery, ana employ as
superintendents only skilled and econ
Omic road-builders. 1t would also seek
out and acquire deposits of material, and
thus be able to supply itself at cost of ex-
traction and movement.
This company would bid for and secure
the chief contracts, and because operat-
ing comprehensively and on a large scale.
1t could save to the people all margin of
profit they have to pay now for section
work to small contractors, and a good
deal more besides, because with ma
chinery and large amount of work to do
1t could accomplish more for given sum
than could the private contractor, and
could do the work better.
1t will be observed that this is not an
original plan, but that it is a copy of the
Sacramento City scheme, under which.
by the formation of Street Improve
ment Company, street work was brought
down one-third in price, and about four
times as much was done as would other
wise have been undertaken.
OF course the idea of such scheme
presupposes that a sufficient number of
public-spirited citizens can be found to
form the company and permit their capi-
tai to be used for time without return
OF more than nominal interest. These
can be found in Sonoma, for the reason
that the benefits to flow at once from
good road building would directly and
very largely benefit the men who would
be looked to to form the company, by
reason of enhancement of values, stimu-
lated business, quickened transit, devel-
opment of resources, large saving to
agriculturists in moving products, etc.
What is here said of Sonoma County
will apply with equal force to many
other counties, and especially to Sacra-
mento. Just such subjects as these will
be matters which the coming State Road
Convention, to be held in Sacramento
soon, will consider. We trust that So
noma County will send up thoroughly
representative delegation, and that the
Democrat, Arg@s, Courier, Republican,
Enterprise, Tribune and other spirited
papers of that iourishing county will
agitate the subject of the convention in
dustriously. to the end that the good
road movement" may be made success
Gul from and after the date of the hold
ing of the State conference.
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Encouragement of the Feeble.

So long as the failing embers of vitality
are capable of being rekindled into a
warm and genial glow, just so long there
is hope for the weak and emaciated in
valid. Let him not, therefore, despond,
but derive encouragement from this, and
from the further fact that there is a re-
storative most potent in renewing the di-
lapidated powers of broken down sys-
tenn. les, thanks to its uneXampled
tonic virtues, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
is daily reviving strength in the bodies
and hope in the minds of the feeble and
nervous. Appetite, refreshing sleep, the
acquisition of flesh and color, are bless
ings attendant upon the reparative pro-
cesses which this priceless invigorant
speedily initiates and carries to a success
ful conclusion. Digestion is restored, the
blood fertilized, and sustenance afforded
to each DEMONSTRATING organ by the bit
ters, which is inotfensive even to the
feminine palate, vegetable in compost
ton, and thoroughly safe. Use it, and
regain vigor.
The record-union., 1893-05-31

THE question of taxing bicycles is
being debated by the press. Bicycles are
already taxed. They are listed under the
heading q" Buggies, carriages, wagons and
other vehicles" But special tax is con-
templated, and that idea is all wrong.
There would be no more sense in 1t than
in the suggestion of special tax upon
horses or wagons. AS property they are
now taxed and nothing more should be
asked. The plea is made that the
bicyclists use the roads and streets, and
should therefore pay special tax upon
their machines in compensation. Pre-
cisely the same argument can be as justly
advanced in favor of special tax upon
farm wagons and carriages, upon horses
and carts.
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a COMPLETE ANSWER.
Says the Antioch Ledger:

We are gravely told that certain manufact-
urcrs on this coast have been obliged 10 close
their establishments because freight charges
on the goods they manufactured were so low
that they could not continue business with
pyont. This Is a Munchausen story! How i'm
the name Of common sense can a man Al L'aII
River or Taunton, Mass, manufacture Garnet
lacks, send them several thousand miles TO
san Francisco and then sell them at a less
price than California manufacturers The
thing Is utterly impossible.
When those ignorant of the simple
laws of commerce make such statements
they excite laughter and pity. The re-
sponse to the exclamation THE thing is
impossiblep' p is this, 1t is true. If the
Ledger will for an hour devote itself to
inquiry it will ascertain how it is possible:
it will learn something of the law of dis
tribution of surplus; it VIII understand
why, in certain lines, nearness to the
source of supply of raw materials, i'm
mensity of territory served, volume of
manufacture justified by the greatness of
elientage-how these and other factors
solve the problem Of manufacture at the
East at so small a margin of profit that
sales of the product can meet us in our
own market, where volume, territory and
clientage are small and raw material dis
tant. However, the one sufficient and
completely unanswerable reply to the
Ledger is that made by the Indian to his
lawyer. "They cannot put you into jail
on this charge" "But here l am" re-
piled the red man.
The record-union., 1893-05-31

Now that Memorial Day has recalled
US to contemplation of things patriotic,
how about the Fourth of July? Shall
Sacramento do in regard to it as appears
to be the rule here, wait until the rain
falls before roof-repairing is engaged in d?
A month Is brief time in which to prop
erly prepare for the celebration of the Ma
tion's birthday. Let time be taken by
the forelock this year, and preparation
begin at once. The suggestion may have
value, that this year, the Columbian year,
we make the effort to introduce some
novelty into the ceremonies without
abandoning any of the old-time and ex-
pected features that have become historic
and have grown into the national life.
The record-union., 1893-05-31
Weather Notes.

The Weather Bureau reports show the
highest and lowest temperatures yester-
day to have been $50 and so, with light
to gentle westerly winds and clear
weather prevailing.
The barometrical readings at a. NJ.
and P. NJ. were 1886 and 29.SS inches, re-
spectively.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were $50 and 57o,
and one year ago to-day 94o and 6So.
The record-union., 1893-05-31
NOTICE TO BUILDERS.

SEALED BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED UP
= to =. NJ. JUNE 10, 1898, at the Office Of
James Seadler, architect, 10IS Eighth street.
Sacramento, for the restoration OF certain por-
tions of Suffers Fort, in conformity with
drawings and specifications on file in said of
flee. The work TO be done in conformity with
and each bid to be accompanied by a certified
check for S2Oo, payable to 'the President ofJhe
Board of suffers Fort Trustees as forfeit and
mark of good faith that the contractor will
enter into a contract and bond for the faithful
completion of the work for the amount OF his
bid. Said board reserves the right to reject
any or ali bids. FRANK IAN, President
Sacramento. May 81. 1899. nY31-td
The record-union., 1893-05-31

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, through the
Sentinel, Glenn County, through the
NeoOs, and Shasta County, through the
Courier, are the latest counties heard
from as indorsing the call for good road
convention to be held in this city. Before
another month passes we hope every
newspaper in the State will be in line for
the movement.
The record-union., 1893-05-31
SCHIITER'S EXPERIENCE
He Complains of Having Been Drugged
and Robbed in a saloon.

He Complains of Having Been Drugged
and Robbed in saloon.
A German named Charles Schiller COM
planned to the police yesterday that he
had been drugged and then robbed in the
Golden Rule Saloon, on Fourth street,
last Thursday night or early the follow
ing morning.
Schiller stated that he went into the
saloon and had glass of beer, and then
sat down to rest awhile. He had scarcely
seated himself, he says, when he began
to feel sick, and soon became dizzy and
unconscious. While in that condition he
felt someone take his gold watch from
his pocket and detach it from his chain,
and also take money from his pockets.
After this he knew nothing more until
he felt himself being dragged out of the
saloon, from the effects of which he
claim his legs are bruised and skinned.
He wanted to swear to a warrant for the
arrest of the bartender.