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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-23
VERMONT NEWS,
DIDN'T KNOW 1T WAS LOADED.

A Bellows Falls Lad Empties the Contents
of Army Mus<et into Two Little Girls.
FRANK PORTER of Bellows Falls, lad
fifteen years of age, pointed an old army
musket at the two little daughters of Jasper
Smith last Friday, playfully threatening to
shoot them. The musket was loaded with
buck shot and was discharged. The charge
took effect in the neck chin, and shoulder
of the elder girl, making ugly, though prob
ably not fatal, wounds. The boy was ar
rested and the states attorney notified. He
does not bear very good reputation, and it
is a question as to whether the shooting
was accidental. An investigation is in pro-
preSS,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-23
VERMONT IN BRIEF.

HARVEY BEAN of East Hardwick rs
fatally injured last week. He was wal
on the railroad track and was struck by'a
locomotive.
PENSIONS have recently been granted to
the following Vermonters: Renewal-Henry
II. Paine Of Cambridge. worcestershire
W. Gray OF Sutton; James NJ. Chamberlin,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-23

IT is a fortunate day for a man when he
first discovers the value of Ayers Sarsa-
parilla as blood-purifer. With this medi-
cine, he knows he has found remedy upon
which he may rely, and that his lifelong
malady is at last conquered Has cured
others, will cure you.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-23
DEATHS.

In Barre, May Is. Dennison S. Mower, 10 years and
months.
In Chelsea, May Is, of consumption, Herbert Alpha
Lace, q years, 4 months and days.
In Milton. May 10. Louise, daughter OF the late
Rev. DIR. James Dougherty and Mary Drake Dough-
erty So. Burial in Johnson the home and pastorate
of her eminent father for twenty-five years.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-23
DOMESTIC NEWS.
FOUR HARV1RD STUDENTS


FOUR Harvard students, named John f.
Brown of Philadelphia, w. Campbell Trus-
dell Of Newark, n. j., Edwin Stanton Bach
of New York, and Franklin Whtall of Phil
adelpha, hired a cat boat at South Boston
last week for an afternoon sail down the
harbor The boat was capsized in squall
and all were drowned. The bodies of
Brown and Bach were found entangled in
the rigging of the boat in forty feet of water.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-23

MERRILL's SARsAPARILLA makes pure
healthy blood, and regulates the liver and
kidneys, cures constipation, female com.
plants, general debility and all the distress
ing miseries which many women of to-day
are suffering.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-23

In Henry & Johnson's Arnica and Oil
Liniment is combined the curative proper
ties Of the different oils, with the healing
qualities of Arnica Good for man and
animal. Every bottle guaranteed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-23
Money is Tight.

And when was 1t ever otherwise? The old
est man cannot remember. People are
grumblers-all grumble-ministers and lay
men complain. Well then, 4" times are dull,
and money is tight" but haven't you got
enough to buy bottle of SOZODONT, to
keep your teeth clean, and mouth sweet,
and help you enjoy life?
MONEY may be tight, but it is nothing to
SPALDING's GLUE, That is the tightest thing
ont,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-23

MISS CLAGETT's Home and Day School
for Girls reopens October 3, College pre-
paratory. Regular and elective courses.
Specialists in each. Tenth year. No. 252
Marlborough street. Boston.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-23
BIRTHS.

In Orange, May l., son to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Mills.
In Fsyston, May 49, son to Mr.. and Mrs George
Nelson Jr.
In Moretown, May 10, son to Mr.. and Mrs. Pat
rick Flynn.
In Plainfeld, May IS, daughter to Mr.. and Mrs
Louis Malnati.
In Cabot, May 49, daughter to Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Austin.
In Brookheld, May Is, son to Mr. and Mrs. Clar'
Bannister.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-23

MERRILL's SARsAPARILLA is to other sar-
saparillas what the electric light is to the
tallow candle, and will always effect cure
where others fail. See advertisement in
another column. For sale by druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-23

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she give them CastoriA
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-23

DANDRUFF forms when the glands of the
skin are weakened, and If neglected, bald
ness is sure to follow. Halls Hair Re-
newer is the best preventive.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-23

CosTIvENEss is the primary cause of much
disease DR.. Henry Baxter's Mandrake Bit
ters will permanently cure costiveness
Every bottle warranted.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-23
NOTICE..

Lye brook and its tributaries, from ITS source 70
and its tributaries from Perkins pond In marsh,
pond in Plainheld all of said streams being located
in Washington county, have been stocked Mth Trout
at the expense of the state The streams nave oeeh
posted as provided in Section g. No 50, OF the Laws
OF 1892, and fishing therein, or any portion OF .he
above named streams, is hereny Piohip'ou ioi
period OF three years from May 1884; 60
JOHN W. TITCoMB, Fish and came
g. c. WARREN, ,Commlssiohers.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-23

cough, soothes irritation OF the throat and
lungs, and induces much-needed repose.
Hundreds have testified to the remarkable
virtues OF this preparation.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-23

DEANS RHEUMATIC PILLS absolutely cure
rheumatism and neuralgia. Entirely veg
etable. Safe.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-23
BUSINESS NOTICES.

"A STITCH IN TIME" often saves con-
sumption. Downs Elixir used in time saves
life
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-23

PULMONARY consumption, in its early
stages, may be checked by the use of Ayers
Cherry Pectoral. 1t stops the distressing
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-23
For Sale at a Bargain f.!

House Barn and Building Lot on Mechanics ST.
One acre of land, partly covered with fruit trees
ON Mortified street; House and small Buiidlhg
Lot, Firstcla invt stment A. j. HOWE,
Real Estate Agent.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-23
MARRIAGES..

In Groton, May IT, Amon Clark of Hardwick to
Maggie Sinclair of Groton.
In Calais, May ~, by Rev. Grin Davis, Frank King
to Ivy Holmes, both of Worcester.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-23
Boston Produce.
MONDAY, May 81, 1884.

The quotations given below represent
prices obtained by receivers for wholesale
lots mot .jobbinq prices and are intended to
represent actual sales:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-03

white but no less sturdy womeD-strHp-
ping damsels they have been termed
showed themselves in similar lines to
posi- employers in another part
It has always been held that it was
allowable to indulge more freely in
business prevaricatiOns at fair time than
at other seasons, and Goldsmith. in
s'The Vicar of Wakefield - has told
how shregd were the dealers at English
fairs IN his day. a story of recent trick
cry at an Irish fair has it that a farmer
who had COW to sell fastened a false
tail to the animal, her own caudal ap-
pendage having been lost through acct
dent. This trick was its own undoing,
however, for while all the other COWS at
the fair fought the flies furiously with
their tails this poor beast never moved
hers. This singular circumstance was
noticed by the purchaser in time to en-
able him to call the sale Off The own
er, in his talk with the buyer. had de-
clared that he hoped that if he were ~
ing about the COW 1.-The two at home in
the cradle might be burned to ashes be-
fore he got back - This ingenious oath
taker confided to a friend afterward
that he ran no risk on using this for
mula, for he had placed two sods in the
cradle before starting to the fair ito
take the whom out of his oath. The
business Of the day at an Irish or Eng
lish fair is practically done by 4 O'Clock
in the afternoon, and then the merry
making begins in earnest OF course
the Irish lads and lassies begin their
pleasures after a more ightsome fashion
than do the English and sometimes
wind it up more uprOariOusly. Dancing
is always a feature, Of course, and
dancing light is a great accomplish
ment with the daughters Of Erin. It
was an Irish versiter who wrote,
Dance light. for my heart it lies
under your feet, love. +"
The German fair is called a ''jahr-
markt, - and che old oriental idea OBJ
tains largely in its conduct. The Ger
man s'masch," a mixture, possesses
many of the characteristics Of the Amer
lean county fair-that, is, it is a gath
ering Of the people for amusement,
and all sorts Of cheap and simple pleas
ures are afforded, as merry go rounds
and the like, besides some not so inno-
cent, but the only exhibitions are OF
the side show variety, and no prizes are
offered for big vegetables or fat hogs
At no fairs outside Of America are
there contests Of equine speed In fact,
races Of horses are almost unknown at
old world fairs, but in this country a
fair without either trotting or running
matches could hardly be expected to be
q success. CHARLES APPLEBEE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-03
GEMS OF JEwELRY.

Rich shadings Of green gold have re-
ceived the appreciation Of lovers Of the
artistic.
The flower de luce has become SC
durably popular that it has been utilized
as design for lady's finger ring set
ting. The whole is studded with bril-
hants enciroling a large sapphire.
Plate glass boudoir mirrors are made
more attractive when the bevel edge is
cut in circular shapes to match the floral
design of the bright cut silver mount
ing. Square bevel plate mirrors are de-
cidedly out OF date
Large pendent settings for solitaire
earrings are now supplanted BY the
screw shell pattern Although this lat
ter does not give q uniform oscillation,
the diminution OF the weight occasion
ed ia considered an improvement.
Possibly one Of the most fantastic
brooches in existence is formed Of an
elephants head finished in enamel The
eyes are Of opal, and in the elevated
trunk is inserted = large pearl. The
tusks are encircled with bands OF gold.
Jewellers Review.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-03

WATCHING THE GROWTH OF A PUMPKIN.
where producers, merchants and con-
sumers could meet once a year and do
their buying, selling and trading for q
whole twelvemonth in the space Of q
few days, leaving the remainder Of the
year for Industrial operations. or, in
case the transactions Of the fair had
been sufficiently profitable, for idleness
or pleasure seeking. 1t was found short
~ after this fair was established that it
was a really great institution, and other
fairs gprang up in other places, and
merchants Of various sorts came in time
to spend the whole year at the fairs and
in travelling between them. This brought
together men of diverse races, dress,
tongues and customs. This alone made
the fairs Of antiquity interesting and
amusing as spectscles and valuable from
an educational point of view. But it is
not to be supposed that it was very long
before forms Of amusement were pro-
vided for arnuaement's sake. Merchants,
producers and purchasers alike would
find themselves exhausted at the close
of g day devoted to business and ready
to pay for the services Of those who had
made z business Of the amusing arts.
Therefore iugglers, dancing men and
women, singers, players and gam blers-
for the passion for games Of chance is
as old as humanity-all found it profit
able for thom to attend the fairs as well
as for the merchants. Thus in tina it
came to be that while the chief object
Of every fair remained commercial the
booths Of the amusement providers were
quite as much in evidence and as essen
tial to the holding Of a satisfactory fair
as the booths Of the merchants. Not all
Of the amusements were innocent, and
there were drinking and debauchery as
well as business at every fair.
In the oriental world the fairs are
still exclusively Of the antique type
slightly sketched here, and most Euro
peau fairs retain the old time features.
The most famous fair Of the old school
in the whole world is the one held an
nually at Mini Eovgorod, a town Of
central Russia, at which dealers not
only from all Russia, but also from
nearly all Asia, meet for business pur-
poses from Aug. to Sept. 10.
Neither admission nor entrance fees
are exacted at these fairs beyond the
rent of the ground on which the mer-
chants pitch their tents or erect their
temporary buildings. It is the immedi-
ate doing Of business that is sought,
and the display produced is entirely ia
cidentals though often quite as attract
i've and imposing as it could we'll be
made if the fair were conducted along
western lines.
In America, as we all know, the trad
ing part Of tie fair has practically dis
appeared Tie promotion Of business Is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-03

1aboriously trundled into one of the
city's banks It was safe designed for
use IN just such troublOus times as the
city was then experiencing, but it was
such an odd contrivance that one unac-
quainted with its use would have guessed
several times before he described It prop
erly.
The safe was alleged to be burglar
proof, freproOf. and. what was most
important just then, mObproof. 1t wa.
composed OF two spheres, one revolving
inside the other, and when closed il
seemed to be q fortress that would guard
any treasure not occupying over 90 cubic
feet Of space against all corners for az
indefinite period. 1t was simply an i'm
mense iron bomb, against which tn
rioters bomb and the anarchists bonn
could crack themselves in vain. If thu
members of q mob attempted to carry
away, too, they would find il an ele
plant on their hands, for the reason
that it tipped the scales at the comfort
able weight Of / q tons
When the monster guardian of gold
was in its place in the bank and ha
tucked away inside Of it about 90 cubio
feet Of gold. silver, paper money and Sc
curities, the officials Of the bank breathed
easier The safe is said to be the largest
movable one ever made, and it is alleged
that government experts have tried in
vain to open it, and that Uncle Sam
will place vaults Of the same style Of
construction in the treasury building in
Washington. where SO many precautions
were taken not long ago to guard the
governments gold when the common
veal armies were marching upon the
capital from all points Of the com pass
Technically described, the big bomblike
safe is made of cold blast charcoal iron
cast over a basketwork OF wrought iron.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-03
FACTS ABOUT FAIRS.
THEY WERE ORIGINALLY HELD As
ANNUAL GENERAL MARKETS.

Such Fairs Are still Held In sonas Parts Of
Europe -ths Nest EaEnous Perhaps BE-
ing That OF Nijni NOvgorod--Irish Fairs.
The German ss1Iasch."
This is the season of the county fair,
one Of the most curious and interesting
of human observances. The county fair
as held in the United States is an evo-
luton from the fair Of remote antiquity
and has its counterpart in every country
whose inhabitants are lifted above the
level OF abiect Eavagery. But, though
all fairs possess features in common
and all sprang from the same begin
ming, they differ greatly in different
lands.
The object Of all is the promotion Of
business. The first established annual
fair was q market pure and simple,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-03

THE FIRST PAPER N KANSAS TO Sc
a. cure the leased wire service Of the Associated
Press. controls exclusively for Topeka the Full
Day Service Of this great organization for the
collection OF news. A telegraph operator In the
STATE JOURNAL ONCE is Employed for the sol8
purpose Of taking this re port. which comes con-
tinuously from 1880 q. n. EiI 4.03 D. u. with
bulletins Of important news up D. m over
q wire running Into this CGioe and used only for
the day Associated Press business n9rWe9n the
hours above named.
EaW~rho STATS JOURNAL Is the only paper IN
Kansas receiving the Fun Day Associated Press
Report.
EWThe SrArH JoURN Al has 3 regular aver
age Daily Local Circulation in Topeka Of more
fhnm All ether Capital City Dat1ies Com
binad, and Double that or its principal
@omp otftor-a very creditabIe morning news
paper.
fsw- Member OF the American Newspaper
Publishers Association.
kB-Tha STATE JOURNAL Press Room ia
equipped with q Lightning Web PerfeCttng
Printing PrBsa-fhe haadsOmosE and fastest
piece Of printing machinery In the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-03
KANSAS PARA0RAPHg.

Ouenemo has q Mark Twain lodge,
and Of course it is Of the Odd Fellow
order.
Prof. Failyer of Manhattan is said to
be more of a success that his name
implies.
Usage City intends to org anize Dem
ocratic club If anyone can be found to
belong to it.
Mr.. Tunnel Of Jewell county may not
be bore, but he has some dark ways
which the girls like.
The man in Saline county who hasn't
had his leg cut with q corn knife isn't
considered any kind Of q farmer at all
White Cloud Globe: Some men doubt
the miracles performed by Christ be-
cause the witnesses TO them were mostly
fishermen.
An Uncle Toms Cabin company is
coming to Severance this week, and a lot
of girls who were going visiting have
put il of u week.
A man was arrested at Manhattan for
bathing Ia public place but as the ex-
ternzl evidence was all against It the
man was discharged
There Is a man at Severance who eats
a dozen soda crackers Ct each meal, and
eats three meals day. The people call
him a regular crackerjack.
It is said that with the coming of the
new president TO Baker. Baldwin people
will advance from the habit of saying
Rev. Blank to that of Rev. Mr.. Blank.
Because Q0enemo has a Populist glee
club it is called the Athens Of Usage
county, but the RePu bIicans think on
the same account it ought to be called
Tyre.
4 man At Jewell City has q new kind
Of Bit which he tried on a colt the other
day. The colt was captured after it had
gone about five miles. The man it is
thought will recover.
Senator PETER has been given q date
to speak IN Montgomery county but even
that doesn't reconcile the people to the
fact that FOrspaugh's circus skipped
that section
The Spiritualists are holding 2 camp
meeting at Cherryvals this week and
one man has scared the people nearly tc
death by threatening to have Bill Dalton,
who once visited that town IN the night,
materialized.
The town of Bendena is thoroughly
aroused over the discovery OF rank cor
ruption in base ball circles. The start
ling disclosure has been made that the
man who umpired the game between
BsndenA and Everest tried to place a SO
bet on Everest before the game
It ID reported that the Mitchell county
superintendent granted twenty five per-
mita to teachers who failed in the insti-
tuto examination, when there were
enough teachers for the schools without
doing that. The Populists are well salts
fed however, because that is JUST the
way the state instltutions are run
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-03

OF maid and matron, the machinery, the
general 1aIerchandise-all these things
are present for evolutionary purposes
only and must not be sold till the fair
is over, the idea being that if sales are
allowed the handsOmest horses, the
sleekest cattle, the latest pigs, the big
eest zquashes, the most beautiful dow-
els and the most elaborate work Of the
women will disappear early in the life
Of the fair and so cease to serve as draw
ing cards for spectators, from whose ad-
mirtance fees the main profits Of the
fair association are forthcoming.
1t is possible that you have never
watched the slow growth Of a favorite
pumpkin intended for the fair, and that
you have never raised hen or heifer,
hog or horse for exhibition. If you have
not, you do not know what worry is,
according to a confession recently made
to me by a comfortably stout old agri-
culturist whose parlor walls are hung
with diplomas and decorated with many
lead and bronze, q few silver and one or
two gold medals, mute witnesses of his
past triumphs as an exhibitor. Possibly
your women folk have never crocheted
and embroidered and 'patchworked''
and cooked for the fair, in which case
you are entitled to be thankful and take
are if you have never fallen a victim to
the wheels Of fortune and other snares
for the money and the virtue of the IN
wary that are spread out so freely and
with such accurate knowledge Of what
is most seductive to the rural heart at
every county fair the whole land over.
II you have been such a victim, you
have probably learned to revise your
early estimate Of your own shrewdness,
and you certainly have had many
comrades in your folly.
No matter how much the fairs Of the
orient and the occident may differ, they
have one feSture in common-they serve
as a means Of bringing together persons
who do not otherwise often meet. In
England and Ireland the fair is in some
localities the social event Of the twelve
month, and 50 it is indeed in many parts
of the United States. There is, however,
good deal more Of romance mixed up
in the fairs Of the old world everywhere
than there is with those Of the new any
where This may be in spite Of and it
may be because Of the fact that one of
the objects Of the early fairs in the Brit
ish islands and in Europe generally
object that obtains to some extent even
yet-was the exhibition Of human ami
mails as well as brute creatures-that
is 1T fair time the farm servants--in
America we should call them ''hired
help''-were engaged by the farmers for
the ensuing year. Accordingly all the
gtalwart, broad shouldered young men
who wanted situations used to range
themselves Ia line for inspection in one
part Of the grounds, while the pink and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-03

The STATE JOURNAL Of Topeka, an
nounceH in its issue Of last Saturday un-
der sensational headlines, the birth Of q
child at the insane asylum In the
closing paragraph it says:
The responsibility of the birth OF this insane
child born It the asylum and doomed to be a
buruen society All its days. lies on the man
agemont Of the asylum whlc n carelessly permits
the minglng Of the sexes.
As the Populists had been in control Of
the institution less than six months it is
ute evident the 'mingling Of the sexes"
must have taken place while the RepuD-
licans were running the asylum. CLAY
Center Dispatch
Not 30 fast The present state board
of charities removed the hOusekse per Of
the insane asylum last year, and put an
inexperienced woman in her place. Han
nah Kenzie, the unfortunate insane
mother of the child was in the house
keepers department It was through
negligence on the part Of the new house
keeper that the affair occurred The
Dispatch hasn't been reading the JOUR-
NAL carefully. The birth Of the child il
directly traceable to the stupidity Of the
present management OF the charitable
institutions OF the state. The state board
has been 90 busy getting jobs for inex-
perienced people aud turning out ex-
perienced ones. that it overlooked the
fact that taking care Of crazy people is q
business not to be learned in 6 week or q
vaar