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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25
General Thomas Popularity with the
Soldiers.

As the war recedes from us the men
and events of those days begin to as
sumo their proper proportions and per-
spective. In the armies, North and
South, perhaps more than in any other
armies that ever existed, the affection
of the private soldier for his officer,
and particularly for his commanding
general, partook often of the nature Of
alteration. There were few generals,
able. conscientious men, too, like Hal
leck and Buell. in the North, and Bragg
and Pemberton in the South, who
seem never to have gained the affec-
ton or confidence of their men. Great
and successful as General Grant un-
doubtedly was, it cannot be said that
the men in the armies he commanded
regarded him with the same warm af-
lection that the soldier of the army of
Northern Virginia bestowed on Cen
eral Lee, or Mauss Bob" as they low
ingly called him.
When the prejudices of the war have
died out and the impartial historian sits
down to portray the grand characters
in that stirring drama, no figure will
stand out with more prominence or be
regarded with more admiration than
that of the Virginian, George H.
Thomas. When the war broke out,
Thomas showed himself larger than his
state and as great as the nation that
had educated him. With moral cour-
age that even his opponents admired
he refused rank and preferment in the
service of the Confederacy and re-
NAMED true to the Union. To Gen.
sral Thomas we owe the first great
victory of the war, that of Somerset
KY, where he met and defeated Zolli'
Golfer on the banks of the Cumberland
To him also we owe the last great vic
tory in the West, or rather that series
of victories which resulted in the over
throw of Hoods army and forever pros
trated the power of the Confederacy IL
the Mississippi valley. The world has
already recognized General Thomas
genius as a great military leader. Ha'
he been more ambitious, or II he ha'
had strong political friends behind him
as had some who passed him in the rac'
for promotion, the close OF the wa
might have found him in higher rank
But he was not a man who cared 10
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25
WzsNIZIsE7 XsIyG

A QUARTER CENTURY TEsT.-For
a quarter of century DR.. Kings New
Discovery has been tested, and the
millions who have received benefit from
it's use testify to its wonderful curative
powers in all diseases of throat, chest
and lungs. A remedy that has stood
he test 80 long and that has given 30
Universal satisfaction is no experiment.
Each bottle is positively guaranteed to
give relief, or the money will be re-
funded. 1t is admitted to be the most
reliable for coughs and colds. Trial
bottles free at G. Blakeley's drug store.
Large size fifty cents and 81.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS,
What's a Hero!

Mamma, tell me, what's hero2"
Robbie said to me one day;
When grow to be man
will be one If may"
whats a hero2 That's hard telling
To little boy like you.
Let us fancy what might happen;
You can think what you would do.
just suppose your little brother
Spoiled your very incest toys.
Just suppose at school tomorrow
You should find the other boys
Planning to do something naughty
To plague the teacher, Just for fun
Suppose papa should say; Come, Robbie
when you wanted one more run.
Patience under little trials,
Courage to resist the wrong,
Prompt obedience to duty
These are what make heroes strong"
Robbie stood moment thinking,
when he said: When Pm man
should like to be hero
Mamma, dearest, II can"
M c. PenHymdH, in our Lite ones
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25

BUCKLEN's ARNICA SALvE.-Iae
best salve in the world for cuts, bruises
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever soro ,ss
letter, chapped hands, chilblains, ;t GofnS
and all skin eruptions, and pesiuyei;y y
cures piles, or no pay require, c, ~ 20
guaranteed to give perfect sen sntv'svs
or money refunded. Price twe aIsytslv
cents per box. For sale by c. oiakeiy'
Montpelier, W.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25

MEXICO will bring out its first issue
of pictorial postage stamps in Septem;
Der. The various denominations "lii
represent the growth of MexiCc's mall
service from the mule to the railway.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25
A RETIRED BUSINESS WOMAN.
A Page From Her History.

The important experiences OF others arc
interesting. Tho following Is no exceptions
II had been troubled with heart disease %
years much OF that time very seriously For
five years was treated by one physician con-
tinuOusly. Twas In business, but obliged to
retire on account OF my health A ply
slcian told my friends that could not live u
month. My feet and limbs were badly swol-
len and was indeed in serious condition
when Q gentleman directed my attention TO
DR.. Miles New Heart Cure, and said that his
sister, who had been afflicted with heart dis
ease, had been cured by the remedy, and was
again strong, healthy woman. purchased
bottle OF the Heart Cure, and in less than
an hour after taking the first dose could
feel decided Improvement in the circulation
of my blood. When had taken three doses
could move my ankles, something L had not
done for months, and my limbs had been swol-
len so long that they seemed almost purified.
Before j had taken one bottle of the New
Heart Cure the swelling had all gone down,
and was so much better that did my own
WORK on my recommendation six others are
taking this valuable remedy."-Mrs. Morgan
500 w Harrison St, Chicago, Ill.
DIR. Miles New Heart Cure, a discovery OF an
eminent specialist in heart disease, is sold by
all druggists on positive guarantee, or sent
by the DR.. Miles Medical CO.. Elkhart, Ind. on
receipt OF price, 81 per bottle, six bottles for
IS, express prepaid II is positively free from
all opiates or dangerous drugs.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25

OUR ASSIGNS are like CONFUSION hts,
which, tough they make us stronger
for the Che, leave us the weaker ever
after, -SSf.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25

Al the altitude of twelve miles the
atmosphere has density of about one
tenththat of the surface; that is, the
barometer would stand at about three
inche!
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25

THE hardest know wood is said to
be coc,s wood.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25

GOD never gave hybody the right to
be disagreeable.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25

WHEN mS9 Cts religion right, his
horse soon findstOt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25

A eooDQ,ality of rope is now being
made from Gnapple fiber.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25

P,0PLE who hope sregenerally PEG
pie sho help.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25

THERE are 1850 officers II tne
.rals, list of Great Britain's amy
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25

CHILDREN Cry for Pitcher, Castor,a.
CHILDREN Cry for Pitcher'l Csstoris
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25

CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoria.
CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoria.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-01-26
SWEET SIXTEEN"
An Exquisite Calendar.

Hoods Calendar, which is always
looked for withinterest and pleasure,
has made its appearance for the year
1894 and is inmany respects more
beautiful than ever. The head is that
of a lovely girl just "sweet sixteen"
autographed in delicate and natural
coior Besides being a thingof beauty,
the calendar is especially valuable for
the general information presented.
The figures are plainly printed in
pleasing and harmonious colors and the
effect as a whole is most satisfactory.
The calendars can be obtained of al
most any druggist, OF by sending six
10y cents in stamps for u and ten (10)
cents for two to C.I iIood& Co., Low
ell, Mass, An addition OF over eight
millions of these calendars were printed
in order %tosupply the immense demand.
This seems a simple statement, but its
meaning is almost beyond human con
ception. The card used for the upper
portion of this number of calendars
would cover nearly fifty-two (52) acres
of ground and the paper consumed in
making the pads, if cut in one contin-
uous strip of the same width as the pads,
wouldbe ove reighteen thousand as, 000)
miles in length.
These calendars are issued by the
p%roprietors of Hoods Sarsaparllla, the
well known medicine which has gain
ed such renown by its wonderful cures
in cases where the blood was poisoned
or impure. The history of this pre-
paration is entirely unique, the busl-
ness having grown from a small retail
trade until, at the present time, the
great laboratory in which it is made
has a capacity for fifty thousand Co.,
00O bottles a day and is the largest
building in the world devoted to the
manufacture of a medicine. The sales
of Hoods Sarsaparilla in all sections of
the country are enormous. The pro-
prietors have never claimed that it
would cure every ailment, but they
show by thousands of testimonials that
Hoods Sarsaparilla purifes and vita
Lies the blood, builds up the system
and cures those diseases caused
by impure blood and debility,
such as scrofula, salt rhem, catarrh,
rheumatism, etc. As a preventative of
the grip, Hoods Sarsaprilla has proved
to be unequalled, and it restores the
wasted vital forces after a siege of that
dreaded malady and fortifies the system
against future attacks.
The fact that great care is exercised
in the preparation of this medicine and
that nothing has aver been claimed for
it except as warranted by previous
cures has much to do with the conf
dence felt by the public in its curative
powers. The motto of the proprietors
s, ut is not what we say, but what
Hoods Sarsaprilla does, that tells the
story" and it is what Hoods Sarsa-
parilla has done, as shown by the pub.
lished statements of persons who it has
cured, that has placed it at the head
In the field Of medicine in the present
Iav
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The Ciy;lizlag InfInsnc, Of Water.

..Oa the last day Of my service In the
employ OF the Government, !" said ex.In-
dim Commissioner Morgan. ''came to
me a communication from the hot desert
sands of southern California, on the
banks OF the Colorado r yer, which
brought up the wonderful work accom-.
plished by the Government schools at
Fort Yuma, Fort Mojave and Ph~aix,
Arizona.
"The Yuma Indians are the lowest,
mentally, Of all the savages. They are
dull Of Intellect, filthy in habit, prefer to
20 without raiment than clothe them
selves. burrow in the hot sand and live
altogether like barbariaus. A few years
ago they fairly overran the streets Of
Phoenix, . miserable, ragge', flty lot.
1t was decided to reform them by the
educational process,. Tls people of
Phoenix laughed at US. Al appropria-
ton was secured from Congress, 160
acres purchased close to Pne1ix, build
ings erected, schools started, and o-day
they are too cramped, while the filthy
beast as they termed him, has disap-
peared from the streets Of Pho Xix.
"At Fort Mojave there is in operation
q steam pump which forces tho water up
from the river TO the dry packed bat
wonderful rich soil, wnich, when
irrigated, produce, enormous crops,
especially Of wateimelons, Of which the
Indians there are as fond as a Georgia
colored man. A bill has ist passed Con-
gress sppropriating money for building
an irrigation ditch in the desert, which
will make it bloom like q flower garden
wnen completed and give the Indians a
chance t. farm and raise crops, at pres.
emit impossible. Washington Star.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-01-26
No wish co intrude.

Business Man-Show me some Of
your soft black hats
Hatter's Clerk-Yes, sir. Here's a
line that will just sait you. Best
quality and latest style. Gentleman's
hat What size?
Haven't you something wider In
the brlm and a little higher in the
crown:"
Eyes. sir. That's the kind we sell
to Cinnamon"
sLet me see some OF them, please"
"Yes, sir; but l don't think they
will suit you at all. Nobody but a
Chinaman buys that sort of a hat
now. I've sold 'em two dozen of
that kind in the last month";
THAT style just suits them,
dose fti"
always"
sIt's what they ask for when they
come In, is itY"
'tEyery time
"And you don't try to sell them
any other kind. do YOU'D"
"'You bet / don't
"Wcll, Iguess Ill go to some store
where they are as anxious TO please q
white man as they are to please a
Chinaman- Good evening Chicago
Tribune.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-01-26
ST. JACOBS OIL pzas. MAfe eSas o.
Bruises, Scalds,
Cuts and Mounds.


Prof. J. e Humphrey insists that
the treatment of fungus diseases In
plants should be preventive rather
than remedial. Giving the plant
abundant nourishment Is not sufn-
Gent. The usual careless practice OF
leaving In the winery or the orchard.
Ling on the ground or hanging on
the branches, the dead fruits of the
the season which have been destroyed
by the fungi, may work infinite mis-
chief, as the deaa fruits furnish to the
fungi which attack them the most
favorable possible soil for further and
complete development. In the next
spring the air Is full Of the spores OF
these fungi, which find Judgement In
the new leaves and fruit, and so the
trouble is continued. Prof. Hum
phrey says to fruit-growers: '1f YOU
expect to make fruit1growing a sue
cess, you must keep your orchards and
gardens and green houses clean. No
rubbish on which the fungi can breed
must be tolerated, and all diseased
fruits and plants should be removed
as scrupulously as the sable ones are
preserved. This kind Of treatment
will repay the extra trouble 1t IN
wolves ten-foid, and In many cases 1T
will almost preclude the necessity OF
,pecfal treatment"
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-01-26

If we would preserve this country,
I'VE must preserve the forms Of law.
The men who facility or actively en-
courage less intelligent men to lynch
men for unproven crimes are conniv-
Ding at mob murders. Mob murders
pave the way for mob law. The
community which permits a lynching
within Its borders has given a blow
to the law from which 1t will take a
generation to recover. Ignorant
men who are allowed to take the
law into their own hands for punish.
ing crimes against the person will
take the law into their own hands
for other purposes. The workLngmen
Of Spokane, who tried to terrorlze
the courts, to interfere with civil
suits, to blow up buildings, and to
maltreat individuals, because they
wanted work, were simply carrying
out that spirit of mob law which
seems to be eating into the Ameri-
can body-politic like gangTene.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-01-26

young enougn "a Get nom many rnlres,
I And only Ia ybur presence. I hays
only y thing Hore to say. Please re.
member II. I'm, unfortunately for nv
comfort, too old to change. l shall not
love again. Absurd as It NAV SEEM
and l know you think me quite Absurd
I shall not cease to love you as | Low,
you now. But as for you, 1 know youl
world better than you know it. You ar,
TWENTY-FIVE. That is rather Young.
am not young, but I eau afford to give
you ten years out OF my life 10 look TO,
that ideal of yours. And l shall think
the time well wasted IL at the end OF h
you can tell me that no one has eve,
come nearer it than /. You know YOU
have never told me that you could no.
love me, never once, but only that / did
not come up to that mark. And 90 lido
not give up"
Her eyes had been fixed on the floor.
Now she lifted up her head, but IL had
grown suddenly SO dark that he could
only see the motion, not the LOOK she
lent toward him.
SIS that what you truly think, you
truly feel9" she asked at last with a note
In her voice which he never remembered
10 have heard there before. It stirred
BIZ, pulses and he wondered DULY what II
meant.
He assented silently. The exhilira.
lion with which he had entered tho
house, the courage with which he had
begun the discussion, had all evapora.
led. BE felt tired; he was conscious OF
the night, of the burden OF his years. and
Of the deadly soberness Of life.
"Then-then-I almost think you
need not waitl'
"Eleanor, do you know what you are
sayinsa"
She turned her head away and faced
the gathering darkness.
"How can he be SO stupid as to ask
me thati" she demanded Of the friendly
November twilight. sis it going to
take ten years for him to understand ~
Kate Fields Washington.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-01-26

TIE 6ests Of all the world are wit
ness 70 the revolution wrought In
naval ships by tho American moni-
ror. An the naval powers were
quick to see aud adopt the armcr
idea, and they have ever since been
engaged in rebuilding their navies,
vhlle we have been content to wit
ness the results Of their experiments
until it was necessary for US to re.
build our own navy. We waited
wisely. The great guns, many weigh.
iuQ ito tons, with which England
and other nations armed their mon
stcr ships, are now declared by Ad-
miral Hornby to DO failures. He
SAYS moderate-sized guns Of about
TWENTY-FIVE tons each are the best.
This is another American idea, de-
,yeloped In our new navy. Our now
naval steel guns, long and compara-
lively light, are undoubtedly the
best in the world.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-01-26

THE year just past has been unex.
pectedly an extra prosperous year for
boatmen on the Erie Canal. For a
number of years before business had
been extremely dull, and most boat.
men were In debt and much dlscour.
aged. But those who went In lact
year made large profits, In some cases
paying for their boats the first season.
he reason probably was that the
great freight railroads had all they
could do to handle the more proflta-
BILE passenger traffic to aud from the
Worlds Fair. There is more interest
now than in many years in the Erie
Canal. Instead Of regarding it as
superseded, it is seen to be q neces-
sity, and measures for improving 1t
are proposed that will put water nav-
igation on a new and better footing
than it has had for many years.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-01-26
RARE DRUG.

Are you sick at the heart and discouraged,
my mani
Do you try to do more than you honestly
cans Hfv :
Have you overexerted your body and brain
By ~plodding and striving with might AMI
with maini
Take thou a phial
or Self Denial
Has dyspepsia claim,i you for ono Of its
owni
Does neuralgia threaten your wits to de-
thronef
Is there on your System a terrible drainf
Have you never q moment OF freaiom from
paint
Turn your min is dial
Toward Self enialt
Are you nervous and restless and never at
easel ~ aAs%
Ia your head all adre willis your ankle joints
freezer
Does your spinal arrangement seem break
ing In twainf
Do you feel just as though you were going
insanei
Give it q trial,
This Self Denialt
Addison Fletcher Andrews
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-01-26
world.srair Calendar.

Anyone who has ever seen one Of the
"Keeping INCREASINGLY At 1t" Calen.
dars issued by N. w. Aver & Son,
Newspaper Advertising Agents, Phil,
adelphia, is yer afterward very hard to
please.
That for 1894 it is a rare combination
of beauty and u~tility--large enough to
be seen, handsome enough to be ad-
mired and sensible enough 70 be re-
spected. lie would indeed be a queer
person who would be unwilling to "keep
steady company with it for a year.
We would call this "a Worlds Fair
edition. because of its numerous ref
erences to that wonderful event. Its
suggestions on this subject
will doubtless be helpful to many who
1.-THE White City"
1t is easy to credit the statement that
increasing number of these calen-
dars is sold each year. The price de-
delivered (and well ~delivered), post paid
to any address is 25 cents-evidently a
for protection only, as at this
figure there al be no profit in 1t for
the publishers.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-01-26


1hs strongest may NOT have most power,
YATES favories strftes not best his hour;
Ina rissst may not see most clear,
Most beauty ia not In the fair;
Sweet voice makes not most melody;
Who travels may not widest see;
Whom most see Is nat known the best;
Who hardest works may do the least;
Painter and poet cannot reach
Tho charm-it passes tint and speech.
Thars ID . something In the air
Stronger than strength. than grace mora
fair.
Wiser than wit, wider than space
More candid than q lovers faca
More musical than melody,
More real than the things we seq
More cheering than earth's rarest wine:
Seek II, grasp, keep, and oil Is thinel
MATTHEW R. Knight, in Independent
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-01-26
WeartuY american ColIeres,

30 far a. the income aud equipment
70 our American universities compar,
very favorably with some Of the far
famed European ones. For instance
Cornell and the University OF Halle had
each about the aame number Of students
last year. Halle, however, had an in.
ccme Of only ss16, 900, Of which $780,
900 we're derived from the State and
S75, 600 from Investments, while Cornell
had an income OF $52l,ooo, $4,000 OF
which came from the Government and
$3.50, 900 from invested capital. Tho
library Of Halle cost Si2, 900, aud that
at Cornell $23, 900. Harvard had an
income last year Of $3.50, 900, to $780,
600 for Paris, e625,00o for Berlin and
$50, 600 for Columbia. The showing
is one Of which Americans may feel
Poud.-Boston Journal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-01-26

1881.
No ONE has ever been convicted foi
hitting Billy Patterson. 1t is still a
mystery what DR.. Johnson did with
his orange peels. But the identity
of the Man with the Iron Mask has
been determined, which is something.
An industrious Frenchman prove;
out Of old documents that the mys-
terious prisoner of Plgnerel and the
Bastile was neither a brother OF
Louis XIV, nor Count Matthioli,
nor the husband of the Grande Mad
moiselle, nor Fouquet, 10 any one Of
the previous claimants, according to
the documents letter In cipher by
Louis X1V.-it seems probable thas
the prisoner was General de Bulonde,
who disobeyed his orders and raised
the siege of Cont.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-01-26

Thieves dread the light, and SO does
the man who falls out Of q balloon
Binghamton Leader.
Talk in cheap. If you don't believe
1t see how much you can get for the
price Of a shave.-Elmira Gazette.
Is all this talk about "woman's en-.
larged sphere" to end In the revival Of
the hoopskirtf-Louisville Courier
Journal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-01-26

There Is nothing moro productive
Of mischief than the carrying CT
tales" the telling from one to an
other OF little things that may excite
jealousness or ill-feeling of any sort.
On the other hand, there are NV
things more conducive to happiness
and general good-feeling than the
telling Of pleasant things II Mrs.
Smith has praised Mrs Browns taste
in the furnishing Of her parlors, we
should not forget to tell Mrs Brown.
II Mr.. Orangeman has found sGine.
thing to like In the speech of Mr..
Wearing-of-the Green, we should lose
no time In letting tho latter know OF
the fact. 1t should never be forgot
ten that the golden rule requires of
US that we should repeat every pleas
ant thing that we hear about people
to themselves or tothose interested in
them. -Harper's Bazaar.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-01-26

THE MOST PLEASANT WAY

OF preventing the grippe, colds, head
aches, and feyers is to use the liquid
laxative remedy Syrup Of Figs, when
eyer the system needs a gentle, yet eff
fective cleansing. To be benefited one
must get the true remedy manufac-
tured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
only. For sale by all druggists in SOC
and 81 bottles.
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one of Col. Ingersoli,s Epierams.

One of Col. I~ngersoil's Epierams.
Col. "Bob" Ingersoll has a shi.h
and mighty" regard for women. as
Uncle kameses says At d Sunday
evening at home he lately met the
pretty wife of a rising novelist. She
said to him:
II have heard that you are an az
nostic?:"
s'Aaye you, indeed?n he replied.
"Yes; and agnostics are doubters
of everything and everybody; and [
have heard eye worse than that OF
you, Colonel--that is, that you are a
scientific atheist"
II believe in nature I'M women"
was the grave, epigrammatic answer.