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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-06
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

It is said that there are sixthousanI dIner'
ent kinds Of intoxicating liquors.
The estimated value Of the beer and spirits
made in this country and Europe Is stateda at
80. 2.O55, ,Oo0. 900.
Fifteen dollars day represents the aver.
age amount paid into every saloon In the
United States.
Poverty and drunkenness act aud react on
each other both cause ignorance and dis
ease. parents of all vice and unhappiness.
The man who opened the first distillery in
Missouri got 700 acres Of public land In
recognition Of his enterprise. He died a
drunkard.
The ministers of the leading Protestant
churches of Muskegon, Mich. have formed
Pastors Union" the object of which Is TO
fight the saloons.
A prominent English physician of long ez
perience with drunkards says that he can re-
call hundreds OF recoveries among men, but
only five among women.
All the towns in Hill County, Texas, ex-
cept Whitney and most OF those IN EMS
County are without saloons, having Voted
"dry'' at the last election.
Since the suppression OF the use OF intoxi'
cants at the London County Asylum. Ban
stead, the recoveries OF patients have In
creased to &c. 81 per cent.
One-fourth of the productive energy OF
Germany and one-fiiteenth OF the cultivated
land are said to be devoted to making some
kind OF Intoxicating drink.
An illustration of the lengths people will
20 to satisfy their craving for drink was
furnished in New Zealand, where N an trle
to trade An admission order to the hospital!
for liquor.
An English surgeon distinguishes between
drunkenness and inebrety in this way Inc
drunkard is person who drink! whenever
| he has an opportunity; the inebriate is per-
! son born with an unsound mind the one Il
| vicious, the other diseased.
person was speaking OF the many things
alcohol could be used for. and said why.
alcohol will ,iean silver Yes. said a
gentleman standing by, nothing is more
certain it will clean the silver right out OF
your house and out OF your pocket, too"
A small boy of eight or nine, in Lon don
hospital, being visited by Il frieni, inquired
how his father and mother were going on.
''Al right" was the reply. They amt been
drunk for week" "Ol. said the poor
little fellow, 'wot COOL thing No 2ae
! knows the trouble ~, III with EN-"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-06
TRUE POSSESSIONS.

Earthly possessions are not sure. II they
consist OF money, oft i takes wings and flies
awav. Fire consumes, moth and rust cor:
rupt. thieves break through and steal, and
we find the wealth OF this world perisheth.
But If We are rich toward God, we have that
which will stand, though floods come, and
winds blow, and tempests gather. though the
banksiof the earth all fail, yet the bank OF
Faith, whose banker is the Lord God OF
Isreal. has always the dividends ready for
all. who in the name Of his Son Jesus
Christ shall present their checks to
Him. Yea, the child OF God has q
aeoodly heritage" "Al lthings are yours"
Heirs Of God, and joint heirs with Christ.
A mansion awaiting US; promised ny Him,
who loved US. and who gave Himself for US.
The land of Promise awaiting as, and We in
vited to go up and possess the land. victory
is sure. il wehaye Christ as our leader. "Ask,
and it shall be given you, seek and ye shall
find, knock and it shall be opened unto you
"Man wants but little here below.
Nor wants that little long"
Then how foolish to labor and be too an1-
ious for the meat which perisheth. But rather
"covet the best gifts" Seek first the nng-
dom OF God and His 5ishteousaaeessa, aa
nnto nna all voaas 9hsSe To 1S,nsS some m God % has
given earthly possessions,-but how few
Comparatively, realize fully the great re-
sponsibility thereby resting upon them.
Every gift is given by God, to be used for
Him. Our pounds are to gain pounds for
him. Our talents are to be added to, for use
for His service, and not to be "hid in nap
kin" The poorest person on earth Is rich,
II be is child OF God; for '.his Father IS
rich, in houses end lands, He holds the
wealth OF the world in his hands"
Then let US take no anxious thought Tor
the morrow-but rather give tie most earn
est heed. to make our calling and election
sure, for II we do these things, we snail never
fail. for 50 an entrance shall be ministered
unto US, abundantly, into the everlasting
kingdom OF our Lord, and Saviour Jesus
Christ.-Religious Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-06
The Cottonseed Oil Industry.

The Manufacturers Record OF Baltimore.
Nd, has published history OF the growth OF
the cottonseed oil industry in the South. IN
an aggregate capital CT sS.500.O00. There
are 900 mills having combined capital OF
about $50 1000. 900. At present about l,5Oo,-
600 tons of seed are annually used by the
mills, yielding to the farmers about S1S ,O0o,-
900 year for product which until recently
was regarded as waste material The fetal
output is about 100000 barrels or 600OO,--
900 gallons of oil. 500,O 900 tons OF cottonseed
meal, 750. 900 tons of nulls. and 30.0OO,OoO
pounds Of linters. the aggregate value or
which will average about $50, 600, 600.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-06
The Soft-SheIl Crab War.

The soft-shell crab. which ahouuds upon
the shores OF the Chesapeake Bay and the
banks of the many rivers that feed if. is be.
coming the cause Of serious difficulty be.
tween the States Of Maryland and Virginia,
as the oyster has been for wears.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-06
an Electric Freight Motor.

An electric motor. designed for hauling
freight only, the first of its kind. is in opera
tion at Frankfort. Ky. 1t is used for hauling
the output of the distilleries. and Is doing
the work of more than 100 teams
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-06
No Elevated for Philadelphia.

The Supreme Court 0: PENNSYLVANIA nag
rendered a decision to the affect that there IS
M Law in thot State un,ier which elevated
roads NAV be built. ItsGc,ks out the Phi!a-
delphia eievate1.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-06
ASKING THE WAY.

"Is this the way to the poorhouse?' asked
one man OF another. as he pointed III GER
tain direction. "No, but this is" answered
the other, as he pointed to a whisky flask
sticking out OF the inquirer's pocket. The
answer was surely very correct. The whisky
bottle is what drives many people to the
poorhouse. It makes them neglect their
business 1T steals their earning; 1t gives
them bad habits it clothes them and their
children In rags. and robs them of their daily
bread. Yes, and at last it robs them OF their
x,ar,, oou1o
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-06

A regularly organized system OF re
lieving poverty has been IN vogue i
Chi~a for more than 1000 years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-06
MOODY ON WHISKY.

Mr. Moody, in one Of his recent great
meetings in Washington, preaching from the
text, "Be not deceived God is not mocked.
For whatsoever o man shall SOW that also
shall he reap referred to whisky by way OF
illustration. He said:
"You cannot SOW whisky without reaping
drunkards. A man cannot sell whisky with
out reaping drunkenness. If sold q drink
of whisky to q man, that man would sell
drink of the same to my son or one OF my
kinsmen, and I would surely reap what l
had sown. No man who sells whisky is pure
and happy. He has skeleton in the closet
somewhere. He has some relative who is
.drunkard. I do notSsay this to denouce the
saloon keeper. simply want to demonstrate
with them and plead with them to quit the
busi1ess. Don't sell out. Don't sell the stun.
Knock out the bung and let it waste. Don't
let any man talk to me about his Christianity
while he has connection with the traffic. No
man has ever been In the business but who
has been cursed for It in various ways. No
man should rent his property. ct no matta
how high figure, for a saloon. The man
who does this will reap just as surely as the
man who sells the whisky. am talking
facts, not poetry. I once knew man who
rented property to rumseller, becaus' tha
temptation of the rent was too much TO- MIN
to withstand. and all the sons OF the renter,
four of them, died drunkards. Let US see
what kind OF seed we are sowing"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-06
TEMPERANCE.
A POINT PoR woRKIYaMEN.

That was good point which was made bv
Charles q. Litchman, when he asked the
wbrkingmen, to whom he spoke, whether
they really loved the saloon Keepers wives
and daughters better than they did their
own and If they did not, he wanted to know
how it happened that they spent their money
TO buy sealskin cloaks for the wives ana
daughters OF the saloon keepers while their
own went In rags.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-03
Washington County Court.

FORD v. JAcKsoN.--Elmer S. Ford
against Frank Jackson for seduction of
plaintiffs wife and alienation Of her affec.
tions, reported last week. The Jury found
the defendant guilty as charged in the first
count, which eliminated the criminal por.
ton of the writ, and assessed the damages
at S447 90 and costs.
GRANITE COMPANY v. MoRE.-Co-opera-
tive Granite Company against Charles II.
More & Co. Plaintiffs sought to recover
1926 for a granite monument which was
claimed to have been completed according TO
contract. Defendants refused to accept the
job, and justified their refusal by saying
that the top of the die was of the exact size
of the bottom of the spire, whereas IL should
have been larger. The question turned
upon the construction of the contract,
which was ambiguous, upon the question Of
issue. The jury returned verdict that
plaintiffs recover 1926 and costs. Barney
& Hoar for the plaintiffs; G. w. Wing for
defendants.
MURRAY v. CRAIG,-Christy Murray
against James Craig, appellant. By agree.
ment of counsel, judgment was entered in
favor of plaintiff for $50 and costs.
SoMAINI v. BERNAscoNI. M. Somaini &,
Co. against A. BernascOni Il .Co. and
trustees Both parties reside and do gran
lite business in Plaintield. Pla ntiffs claimed
$3.50 for certain granite work done for de-
ltuuduJS, WulCH Iuty Cldllubu lululltu IL
contract. The principal item in dispute
was twelve markers, amounting to $50,
which defendants claimed were defective.
BY special leave Of the court, the defend
ants filed special plea in offset to cover
expense of shipping work to Flint, Mich,
and return and making the job satisfactory
to parties; and also for loss of profit. The
jury returned a verdict of S131,65 damages
and interest on same and costs, the same
being the amount defendants admitted
themselves as owing to plaintiffs. Barney
& Hoar for plaintiffs; Fred l.. Laird for de-
PENDANTS.
SLAYToN. V. SALTER.-H. j. Slayton
against ID N. and w. G.. Salter, appellant
and trustee. An action in general assump-
sit brought to recover balance due on a lien
note dated April /, 1893, of $40 and bearing
one endorsement of $40. The note was
given as security for payment OF horse
sold by plaintiff to defendants. The de-
PENDANTS claimed that the horse was vicious
and kicker, and so violated an implied
warranty. The plaintiff introduced re-
buttal evidence denying the fact that the
horse was vicious. There were a large
number of witnesses examined The jury
returned verdict that the defendant had
the right to rescind the contract, and found
that he should recover the $40 paid ON the
note as damages and costs. w. A. & o. b.
Boyce for plaintiff; Barney & Hoar for de-
PENDANT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-03

battered down. The future would
prove that the manufacturing suprem-
acy of the world would 90 to the pee
pie who had the largest supply of basic
materials and industry, and cheapest
access thereto" and that country, he
ventured to say, was America. Then
apparently recollecting that he was not
talking for buncombe in the congress
of the United States, but before Brit
ish audience, he proceeded to hedge by
adding that =" the demands of the world
would advance on such scale that
there would be ample room for the
commerce of the United States and the
United Kingdom as well. Laughing
in their sleeves at the guilelessness of
their rural guest, his hosts continuously
cheered the patronizing words that
closed his exposition of the way in
which the democratic party was hand
ing over to Great Britain the home
market of the United States and the
means by which in the future he and
his co-workers expected to complete the
delivery.
Chairman Wilson's speech to the
manufacturers of England is good cam
paign literature for the pending con-
gressional elections. The cloven hoof
of free trade is fully revealed amid
British cheers, but very brief will be
the Englishman's dream of "freer
trade in the United States" There
will be rude awakening after the ma
tional election of 1896.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-03
Feasting Wilson.

John Bull loves cheerful giver, and
when he finds giver so cheerful and
blooming as Chairman Wilson he
thumps him on the back and pronounces
him mighty good fellow.
Exhausted by his efforts to tear open
the home market to the trade of Eng
land and to turn over to England Amer.
ica's budding commerce with the ma
tons and communities of the Western
Hemisphere, Cleveland's bumptious
lieutenant hied him to Old England for
rest and recuperation. He is received
with open arms. The welcome TO the
prodigal son was tame and parsimonious
compared with John Bulbs ELUSIVE
hospitality. Wilson knew to whom to
go for appreciation and reward. Mem
bers of parliament, representatives of
boards of trade and chambers of COM
merce, united to feast him and to do
him honor. The pre- siding officer very
appropriately asked the guests to 81 c-
cord special welcome TO one OF the
authors of tariff enabling freer trade
in the United States "; and when the
man who had borne leading part in
opening the markets of his own country
to British commerce arose to speak,
British appreciation of self-sacrificing
and unrequited task found expression in
loud cheers.
Chairman Wilson's speech disclosed
all the native simplicity of man reared
in a rural precinct, whose industries
and commerce are surpassed by many a
New England country town. In the
presence of those applauding English
men he was sweet innocence itself
The protective system, he said, was
overthrown in America. The Chinese
wall of commercial seclusion had beer
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-03
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
INTERESTING RESUME OF
CURRENT EVENTS.
Barre.

The Baptist state convention is to be held
here in 1895.
There is a change OF time on all the rail-
roads this week.
The pipe organ at the Congregational
church has been repaired.
The Catholic fair opens at st. Monica's
hall tonight.
"Peck's Bad Boy" was presented to a
small audience on Friday evening.
1.-THE Engineer appears at the opera
house, this evening.
An electric light is to be placed at the
head of Spaulding street.
The Spencer Rifles have moved to their
new armory in Miles hall.
The Caledonia orchestra will give dance
at Miles hall Friday evening.
The Barre Ranger foot ball eleven is ar
ranging for series of games.
A bill will be introduced into the legisla-
ture giving Barre a city court.
Crandall Relief Corps has placed me-
mortal of Mrs. Lucy Wood in Grand Army
hall.
The Epworth League held a largely
attended literary meeting on Friday even
ing
The question of erecting a hospital in
Barre is being considered by prominent cit.
liens.
The seminary students will rescind their
recent action and organize football
eleven.
The high school lyceum to have been held
last Friday will be held this week Friday
evening.
Vincita Lodge, knights of Pythias, go to
Montpelier on Thursday evening to organ
ize lodge.
Fred N. Braley gave card party to a
company OF friends at his home on Wednes
day evening.
There is much complaint that prominent
citizens are breaking the bylaw regarding
fast driving.
The Congregational society will take ac-
ton on Thursday evening regarding the en-
gagement of pastor.
The funeral of Fred Allen, son of S. ID.
Allen, was held at his late home on Eastern
Avenue, Sunday afternoon.
Fred Hyde received the congratulations
of thirty-two Concord, N H., business men
last Saturday at the birth of his young son.
The Eastern Star sociable, to have been
held at Mrs. S. j. Jones' on Saturday even
ing, was Cancelled, owing to the death OF
Fred Allen.
The Barre Library Association will give
series Of five entertainments, one of
which will be lecture by DR.. j. Henry
| jackson.
| The Ladies of the Grand Army gave re-
| ception to the members of Crandall Post on
Friday evening. A literary and musical en-
tertainment was presented.
Cards have been received here announc.
ing the recent marriage of Hannah Elza-
beth Todd, formerly clerk foD III. Q. Mills,
| TO VIII Davis of Malone, n. Y.
! Durham, Whitaker and Smith, formerly
I OF the Goddards, are now members of the
Tufts College foot ball eleven, while Fitz-
patrick is captain of the Middlebury Col
lege team.
The opera house was crowded, Sunday
evening, at the free illustrated lecture on
1.-THE Passion Play " by Rev. j. j. Lewis
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-03
Origin Of Common Sayings.

HE was as mad as halter" is phrase
often used to indicate that a person has
been very angry. But why should II Lat
ter be more addicted to anger than the
tailor or the shoemaker No one can tell,
and consequently the phrase has no intel
ligent meaning If taken as it reads. The
original phrase was mad as an AFTER"
the last word being the Saxon for adder"
which gave it sense, as the adder is sup
posed to be always mad and ready to sting.
Mad as a March hare IL another much
used phrase. The hare is not reputed to
be ferocious at any time. Those who have
given information respecting the hare as
sert that in March the animal is perfectly
wild and shy, Consequently the phrase
can have no meaning unless a sarcastic
allusion to ones lack Of spirit and cour-
age.
Ono often hears "he's dead as door
nail, yet it is probable that most of those
who use the phrase cannot tell why door
nail should be any deader than any other
nail that is made Of metal. Vt is explain
ed, however, that the doornail in earlier
times was the plate on the door upon
which tho old fashioned and now unused
'knocker" struck to arouse the inmates
Of the house. AS the plate or nail was
btruCK many more UlmeS imam any OunCr
nail, it was assumed to be deader than II
nail struck only when driven into wood.
'All talk and no CIDER is an adage
which is said to have originated In Bucks
county, Pa. A party was assembled to
drink a barrel of superior cider but the
elders Of the assemblage engaged in pol
itical discussion, which lasted so long
that some who We're less interested in pol
itics than cider withdrew on the plea that
the invitation was a trap to get them to
listen to political talk rather than to
drink cider. Ono Of them said it was
"all talk and no cider"
ITO take tho cake" had its origin in the
cake walk in which colored couples partici-
pated, tho prize being cake. Hence any
one who does thing conspicuously well,
or, sarcastically and more usually, one
who fails, is said Ito take the cake"
"A little bird told me" Is an almost uni
yersal adnge, based upon the idea that
this ubiquitous wanderer from the van
tage of the upper air spies out all strange
and secret things and tells them to those
who can understand. Thus in Ecclesi-
astes X, 20, Curse not the king-no, not
In thy thought and curse not the rich in
thy bedchamber, for the bird of the air
will carry the voice, and that which hath
wings shall tell the matter NeW York
Advertiser.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-03

OUR gifted countryman, the perkiest
little cuckoo in Massachusetts, the Hon.
Charles Sumner Hamlin of Brookline
and Washington, has returned TO his
adoriDg fatherland after too long an alb
sence, at the expense of the govern
ment, on the Alaskan coast. He brings
his sheaves with him. He has intro
duced singing schools among the seals
He has ntloduced nail brushes among
the indians. He has put the reindeer
in oyershoes. Could there be sweeter
summer in a sugared life?-N. Y. Sun
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-03

on election day. Furthermore, Levi 2.
Morton is HIPS Richmond ia this
strife, and the doughty champion of
the. Tammany democracy will go down
before his candidacy. The Empire
state is usually democratic in state cleo
tions, but not this yearly large
maioritYl
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-03
dHattbmam 4 suurnal.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1894.

AN assistant of the postmaster gen.
eral has incurred, and is receiving, the
objurgations pronounced upon those
who remove ancient landmarks. Be-
cause there is a railway station called
Appomattox Junction, whence travel
ers leave the railway for the historic
place where Lees army surrendered,
and because there is some confusion in
mailing letters to Appomattox Station
and Appomattox Court House, there
fore the postal fficial in question has
changed, not the name of the railway
station, but the site of the last stand of
armed rebellion to the fiat and insipid
name of Surrender. North and South
alike condemn this outrage upon history.
The old name, as precious as Thermopy-
le or Marathon, should at once be re-
stored to the rolls. Amt RIGA will never
know or recognize Appomattox by any
other name. Under no other name will
that rose, fragrant with love of coun.ry's
last and supreme effort, smell as sweet.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-03

IT is said that Littre, compiler of the
monumental dictionary of the French
language, was the greatest literary
toiler OF modern times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-03

MANY specimens of beetles have two
eyes on each side of the head, one SUI
perior aud one inferior.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-03

SEVERAL species of ants live in trees,
and cut and chisel the wood in Won
derfu manner, some Of them gnawing
the trunks into numberless stories, al.
ways more or less horizontal, with a
distance Of five or six lines between
the ceiling and floors.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-03
INTERESTING STATISTICS.

The following interesting regarding
1853 furnished the wATCnMAN
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-03

THE height of mountains on the moon
can be measured by the shadows they
cast on the plains.