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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-03-01
DRINK IN THE ARMY.
How the Crime of Drunkenness is Regard
ed in Military Life.


A gentleman who has good reason
for his statement says: How much
cause there is for regret that Gen. How
ard stands so nearly alone in denounc-
ing the saloon curse under whatever
name and guise; and how much the
fact that he stands thus nearly alone
signifies as to the drink customs of the
United States army.
Il would like to give few details as
to the working of the saloon feature of
the post exchange at a certain south
western post. After the January pay
day sergeant, musician and private
were placed under arrest for crimes
committed while under the influence
of drink obtained at the much-lauded
post exchange. The sergeant was found
by the officer of the day drunk while
in charge of the guard-stupidly drunk.
The other two INDUCED in drunken
fight A corporal was also placed I'M
der arrest for drunkenness, incapaci-
tating him for the proper performance
of his duties as company clerk. Now
not one of these men was tried for
uHunhthhcSos VI any OtACA Sduot-
'sThey got drunk on beer sold at the
government saloon, and it would never
do to try them for such an offense!
What did it matter that the sergeant
was not able to look after his guard?
Nothing when the fact was taken into
consideration that he got his beverage
at the cooperative saloon, especially as
the officer of the day happened to be the
officer in charge of the canteen.
What do drunken brawls and fights
amount to? mere trifie when the
profit obtained by the sale of drink to
the fighters helps swell the dividend to
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-03-01
TEMPERANCE TIDINGS.

BUILD up the savings banks and you
break up the saloons.-Standard
If man undertakes to support sa-
loon and his family, it inevitably hap
pens that the saloon grows richer and
the family poorer.
THE Wisconsin Scandinavian total
abstinence association has one thou
sand five hundred members. and con-
sists of thirty-seven local societies.
A CONSERVATIVE estimate places the
quantity of whisky marketed 10y Ken
lucky moonshiners annually at nearly
one-fourth of the output of all the dis
tilleries of the state.
INVESTIGATION by the Swiss federal
council shows that the Swiss consume
twenty-seven million litres of brandy
yearly, and that in consequence the
number of men fit for military service
is decreasing.
POLICE statistics show that the ar
rests for drunkenness in London are at
the annual rate of one to every us in
habitants: in Birmingham, one to 1888;
in Manchester one to II, and in Liver
pool. one to 80.
CERTAIN regiments in India were kept
under strict observation. The five
thousand six hundred soldiers were di-
vided into three classes, free and mod
crate drinkers and total abstainers
The death rate of the free drinkers was
four times and the death ate of the
moderate drinkers twice that of the alb
stainers.
STATISTICS of persons arrested for in
inebriety, extending over long periods.
will point to certain years in which a
maximum in numbers was reached, fol-
lowed by a retrograde movement back
to a minimum This tidelike move
ment is sometimes clear. then obscure
Often it is marked by both epidemic
and endemic waves and is traced in the
prevalence of inebriety in towns and
cities. and in the reaction noted by
temperance revivals. This psychology
cal ebb and flow was pointed out by
DR. Westphal in Sweden many years
ago. and an interval of seventeen years
was indicated as the time between the
maximum and minimum periods of inc
briefly in that country. Shorter pc
RODS have been noted by other observ-
ers in different countries
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-03-01

fashioned parIor ana staInpesa 81 @-own
the great hall | went in and very
beautiful young woman of twenty
should say, met me half way across
the room.
"'You are Gen. - she said, ques-
tioningly.
II bowed.
".And r.ay inquire why have been
asked here? | said, without taking the
chair which she gracefully passed me.
You see. was half uneasy and didn't
know what might happen.
''She smiled.
~ understand she said. and stood
before me.
s.Then she told me of the young Off
Ger had permitted 10 escape.
But what has that to do with this
visit?' | asked. for somehow | didn't
catch on.
. Il am his wife she replied, blush
ing, and he told me If it ever were pos
sible to see you | must do so and tell
you for both of us how grateful we are
for your kindness
''Then began to grasp the situation,
and | almost fell into the chair she had
offered me, and as she talked to me
never was so glad of anything in my
life as that / was a mason and he was,
unless it was that had had the oppor-
tunity of doing favor for so charming
woman.
For half an hour she talked to me
and then she called in her father, much
against his viii, but as she told him the
whole story and her pretty eyes
sparlxled and her cheeks Redeemed, his
fine old face grew softer and softer, until
at last the tears came and as she fin.
ished he rose, and, coming over to me,
took both my hands in his and after
shaking them silently, he said: Hang
me, sir, there isn't southern gentle
man in all this sunny land who
shouldn't be proud to be such Yankee
as you are
81 thanked him cordially for that,
and later on we had something to drink,
and thereafter the old gentleman wasn't
the same kind of man any more.
"A week ago" concluded the general,
81 visited that couple, living now beau
tifully in Atlanta, with four bright and
happy children about them. all grown,
and one of the finest young men You
ever saw anywhere bearing my name. =
Nv. j. hampton, in Detroit Free Press.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-03-01
ALCOHOL ANb DISEASE.
Mans Power to Resist Infection Reduced
by Drink.

Sir James Sawyer. NJ. d., +. r. G. p,
exprofessor of medicine in Queens col
lege, in a recent address at a great
meeting in birmingham. said:
Medical science has been making
great advances during the last ten years
in the knowledge of the causes and
cure of many diseases. by microscopic
research it has been discovered that
many diseases, which were before
thought to arise spontaneously within
the human body, really owe their orr
gin to the entrance into the body from
without of minute micro-organisms.
which increase and multiply within
the blood and within other fluids and
tissues. and in their increase cause
each according to its own kinda spe-
eific disease This is true of tubercular
consumption. of cholera. of typhoid
fever and probably of many other dis
eases. such as diphtheria, scarlet fever,
mall-pox, measles, erysipelas and
pneumonia Each miero-organism
generates its like, and moth
ing else-just as cabbage
only comes from cabbage, and a cocoa
nut only from a coacoanut. These
heterogeneous lie thickly round about
u.s. They reach us in what we touch,
in what we wear, in what we eat, in
what we drink. and in what we breathe.
Why then do we not all fall victims to
them day by day? Because there are
within our blood, and within the fluids
and tissues of our bodies, numberless
little healthy cells called leucocytes.
which destroy the heterogeneous of
disease. When a leucocyte meets
morbid micro-organism within the liy-
ing human body, it takes it into itself,
destroys it, and causes it to disappear
Medical science has shown that several
agents have the power of impeding or
IF extinguishing this marvellous protec-
tive work of the leucocytes. One of the
Lgents which so paralyzes the leuco-
cytes is alcohol Thus science shows
that mans normal power of resisting
the inroads of infective disease is di-
ininished or lost when his body is under
The influence of alcoholic drink. Ma
tional Temperance Advocate.
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be shared by the companies .cr the bet

be shared by the companies -cr the bet
terment of their mess tables
"And as to company matters. they
ean very well be allowed to lay over
while the clerk has his spree and con
tributes his share to the profits but
IN connection with his case, IT is worth
while to mention that, hearing his con-
pany commander tell some other luen
If his organization that another case
If fighting would involve their being
deprived for time of the benefits of
the canteen, he turned round and said:
Il wish to God you would debar me
from entering, too. That place has
been the ruin of me. The officer walk
I'd away. probably astounded at such an
outrageous denunciation of a govern
ment institution. Boston Traveller.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-03-01
STATE oFvERMoNT lAt Probate Court held al
Risirlct Of Hartfnrd- IS lMnndstnck. Mlihnand for

STATE OF VERMONT lAt Probate Court held al
District Of Hartford.SS Woodstock. withnand for
said district on the 10Th day of II b A. ID. ls9t.
PRESENT, HON. THOMAS o. SEAvER, Judge.
Whereas G. c. Harvey, administrator
Of the estate of Freeman q. Root, late OF Rochester
In said district deceased lntestate.
proposes to render account of his administration a
TO present his account against said estate for
nationand allowance at Probate Court 70 be held
In Woodstock aforesaid the It'll day OF March 1884
And whereas said court has assigned said time
and place the settlement of said account and for
decree of the residue OF said estates to the heirs
of said deceased and ordered that public no.
tiee thereof be given TO all persons interested In
said estates by publishing copy of the record OF
if order three weeks successfully previous to the
day assigned as aforesaid Ia the
Bethel Courier newspaper published at
Bethel IN the county of Windsor, In the state OF
Vermont: The efore all persons concerned in SAID
estates notified TO appear at the probate office In
Woodstock, in said district, on the day assigned as
Aforesaid. then and there 10 contest the allowance
said accounts IL they cause. and TO establish
their rights as heirs legatees and lawful claimants
Of said residue A true record at
test N. j. SEAvER, Register.
true copy OF record, Attest.
lO63 4. o. SEAvER Judge.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-03-01
Probate of VIII.

STATE OF VERMONT. In Probate Court hels
RANDOLPH DISTRICT. IS al Randolph in and for
said District. the 18th day Of Feb. A. D.. 1884.
An Instrument purportlng 10 DC
the last VIII aud Testament of Addeil 4. Pierce
late OF Brainree.' in said district deceased, being
presented 10 the Court by Frank Il. Lamb
the Executor therein named. for Probate /;
ID Is ordered by tie
said Court that all persons concerned therein be mo-
titled 10 appear at session OF sadCourt TO be held al
the Probate office In Randolph on the 18Th day of
March A. ID. 1884. and show cause, II any meg
NAV have against the Probate OF said viii; for which
pufpose Il Is further ordered. that copy Of the rec
ord Of this order be published three weeks success
lively in the Herald and News printed az West Ran
doph,previous TO said time appointed for hearing
By the Court, Attest,
lo64 WILLIAM II. NICHOLS. Judge
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Final Settlement.

STATE OF VERMONT. In Probate Court held
RANDOLPH. DISTRICT. SIS. At Randolph in said
District, on 18th day OF Feb. A. ID. 1884. James NJ
whitney Executor OF the estate
OF Fdson Ordwav late of Tunbridge in said
district deceased presentshs administration account
for examination and allowance.
and makes application for decree OF distribution
and partition Of the estate of said deceased.
Whereupon it Is ordered by said Court, that said
account and said application he referred to a
session said Court 10 be held at the OrangeCounty
Hotel In said Chelsea on the 18th day OF MarehiA.D
1884 and show cause. If any they may have against
decision Of settlement: for which purpose u Is mf-
Their ordered that copy of the record Of this order
be published three weeks successfully in the HERAbn
AND NEWS printed at Randolph, previous TO SAFE
time appointed for hearing and show cause II any
they may have against said account being allowed
decree made. BY the Court
m3 Attest. WILLIAM II. NICHOLS.Judge.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-03-01

STATE or VERMONT, IN PROBATE Court holden
RANDOLPH DISTRICT SIS at Randolph on the
ldlll day OF Feb. A. ID. 1894.
An Instrument pnrportiDg TO be the last WIZ ana
Testament Of Dolly w Sharp late Of Randolph in
said Dist deceased being presented byOrrnW Circuit
ie executor therein named, lorProDate. itisordeisl
by said court
that an persons concerned therein be notified to APP
rear at season. OF said court 10 be held al helrobAte
Nhlee In Randolph on the 81 day OF March. A. ID
1898, and show cause ifany they may have. against
we Probate of said Will; for which purpose tls NJ
Tier ordered that copy Of the record Of THIS ordeI
be published three weeks successfully In the Heraie
aud News printed AT Randolph previous 10 said
Tine appointed for hearing. By the Court Attest.
H6 WILLIAM n NICHOLS Judge.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-03-01

STATE OF VERMONT, In I'robste Court held at
Randolph DISTRICT SIS Randolph within aud for
said district the 18Th dar a Feb AID. 1894, Amin
strument purporting to be the last WIN and Tesla
ment OF Eliza NJ. Nelson. late Of Iunbrldge. IN
said district deceased, being presented by Dana r..
Grant. the Executor therein named. for Probate.
II Is ordered by said Court that all persons concern
ed therein be notified 10 appear at session thereof
10 be held at Orange County Hotel in Chelsea In said
district the 18th day March A. d.. 1874 and show
cause II any they have. against the probate Of said
VIII: for which purpose II Is further ordered that
this order be published three weeks successfully In
the Herald and News. a newspaper printed At Ran
doph In this State previous 10 said tine Of hearing
By the Court. attest.
lOG4 WILLIAM ~. NICHOLS. Judge
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HOW A MAN FEELS UNDER FIRE,


was wandering on foot through a
wood trying to see how the battle was
going. There was continuous firing Il
the left and frequent whizzing Of bull
lets over our heads. Abruptly the con
federates opened on us from an adjacent
battery with grape and canister. The
shot ratified all around us, cutting down
the bare twigs and boughs above ard
blowing up the ground in our immedi.
ate vicinity 1t was so abrupt and tho
source was so invisible that | was fair,
" startled at first, but | was exhilaz
ated also. II seemed like real war
The sensation was genuine and not nm
pleasurable, because, perhaps, | saw no
body struck.
ItmalIes deal of difference with one,
feelings, under fire, when one is an eye
witness of casualties in the immediate
neighborhood. The sense of danger is
greatly increased as well as the lileli.
hood of death if men are falling around
one-if somebody at ones side receives
a CHASTITY or a mortal wound. Wounds
and death in the concrete appear very
different from what they do in the alb
stract. Time and experience are needed
not to be deeply moved by the inev
table horrors of war. Usage makes us
to certain extent callous to our sur
roundings. however painful In bat.
tie every soldier is under obligations ia
be firm, TO obey orders. to be faithful t.
his cause If he falters or flies he is
disgraced punished, Irrevocably ruined.
On the other hand. if he does what he
should do, he is esteemed. honored, pro.
NOTED. As matter of policy, of self
interest, therefore, is it not strang.
that any soldier should shirk or finch
under any circumstances? A soldier in,
his first engagement is inclined to .
presentiment of death, and is often sur
prised when il is over to find that he is
still alive. In his twentieth or tenth
engagement his presentiments have dis.
appeared with his nervousness and he IL
cool in the presence of peril.
What is known as courage is, in nine
ty-nine cases out of a hundred, mat
ter of discipline. A man is alarmed at
danger in the beginning, not SO much
because he is timid as because danger
is new to him. The trite proverb THAI
familiarity breeds contempt is meas.
urably true OF war. The coward Of to-
day may be the hero of Tomorrow.
The nerves that tremble at the outset
may be strong as steel at the termina-
ton. Everything comes by education.
intrepidity included. Raw troops are
always untrustworthy, simply because
of their rawness. The same troops as
veterans do not blanch in the face OF
death. 1t may be hard to count on q
mans courage. but it would be mad
ness to count on his cowardice. Al
most any human being will be fearless
with certain provocations, from certain
motives. Much depends ON the cause
and his attachment to il. He NAV be
craven in one thing and dauntless in
another. Men feel very differently
under fire at first, but much alike at
last. They can all be made to endure
it becomingly, creditably, after re
peated trials The incurable coward is
almost as exceptional as the congenital
idiot.-Junius Henri Brown, in Wor-
thington's-
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-03-01

1T is just quarter of century since
Gen. John A. Logan. then commander
in chief of the Grand Army, issued his
eloquent order designating May 80,
1868. ''for strewing with flowers or 9th
erwise decorating the graves of COM
rades who died in defense of their
country during the late rebellion, and
whose bodies now lie in almost every
city, village and hamlet churchyard in
the land"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-03-01

THE first military order ever issued
by Gen Grant is now in possession of
Col f. I. Dawson. Of Grand Forks, n.
D. II IS a simple document, is No. 1,
dated July 2, 1861. appointing aIr. Daw-
son quartermaster and commissary of
the Twenty-first Illinois. 1t is signed
Col Z. 5. Grant. Springfield, III Mr..
Dawson has refused 5000 for the
order.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-03-01
(ArtificiaIIy Digested.)


Present, Hon. T. o. Seaver. Judge.
Whereas q. l.. Chaffee administrator of the estate
OF Delphine A. Hakkins, late OF Rochester m
said district esed, intestate PROPOSES rendering an
account OF his administration and 10 present his &C
count against said estate for examination and allow
ance at Probate court TO be held At Woodstock
/ n said district on the I'd day Of March A. d. 1894.
And whereas said Court has assigned said time
and place for the ttement of said account and for
decree of the residue of said estate to the heirs
OF said deceased.
The Court therefore orders that notice Of the
time be given all persons interested In said
tate. by publishing copy Of the record OF this or
der three weeks successfully in the Bethel Courier
newspaper published at Bethel In Windsor cOun-
wand the state OF Vermont:
Therefore all persons concerned In said estate ane
notified TO appear at the Probate Office In Wood
stock in said district the day asssncd, MS afor-
said then and there TO contest
sch allowance of said accountif they see cause and
establish their rights as heirs legatees and lawful
claimants of said residue.
Atrue record. attest, n. j. SEANER, Register
true copy OF record.
1908 Attest. THOMAS 0. SEAvER. Judge
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EsfATe OF HOUtTT ldFFs
The undersigned. having been appointed by the
Hon Probate Court for the district OF Randolph Com
mssoners. to receive examine. and adjust all claim
and demands Of all persons against the estate of
Robert Carr late of Orange. In said Dist.
deceased and all claims exhibited in onset there
TO- hereby give notice that we vii meet for the
poses aforesaid at The DIV cling house Of A. ;. Marty
IN Orange the 50th day Of June
next from o'clock A. N. anti O'Clock =. NJ,
on each Of sald DAYS aud that six months from
the 9Th day OF Feb. A. D.. 1894 is the time limit
ell by said Court for said creditors to present their
claims to us for examination and allowance
Dated at orange this 9th day OF Feb. A.D.lS94.
A. 5. MARrYN. Commits
&C. LORD. sioners. 1865
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1894-10-13
DANIEL.

On Friday evening, October 5th.
the Montpelier Social Club gave a
grand Social at the residence of Mr..
Alfred Meade, 521 Benry Street.
At $50 o'clock the residence pre-
sented a delightful appearance with
the bright and happy faces of the
young ladies and gentlemen who
composed the guests of the evening.
Various parlor games and other
enloyments were indulged in until
1890, when the happy guests were
ushered into the dining-room where
table groaning under the ponder
Gus weight of all the delIcacies of the
season had been set. Here all heart
lily enjoyed themselves.
1t was not until the wee sma hour
of 4 when the guests left for their
homes, after having had an epioya-
BILE time with the MIS-. C.
The following were the committee
OF arrangements Messrs. William
McGruder, Alfred Meade, Jas. Mitch
ell, James Il. Jones, Jr., and VIM
Washington.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1894-10-13
THE PREssBANQUET.
The Dancers Bef Q Church-Review
OF the sestiou.

Several weeks ago the Afro-American
Press Association ~ the United States
convened in this city.
Our citizens vief with each other
in doing homaga e. the visiting Quill
drivers and one OF se features express
i've of true Virgin hospitality during
their soiourn in Ii uond was a grand
banquet end rece ON given in their
honor at Richnon- Hall. There was
an elaborate menu nd fine music for
the festive strange aud the young
folks.
A majority OF th strangers danced
and our young peop I, to better their en-
joyment danced witt Ghen Several of
the leading churchee { ok ND the matter
and as the result -ly fifty of cur
young people, NAL female have
been summoned to Jx before the
deacons and answs S0he charge Of
danciug and no q, a good many
may be excluded.
We know that nlcay of the Press re-
preseDtatives who attended that enjoy
able affair will feel sorry and make CON-
ments " hich will nos reflect quite credit
| ably on the intel ei,ce of our people,
and 70 them we ~ I'D like TO say that
Ylrginla IN chp1 fairs has changed q
4 Veiy lirtle slsitss - sd ias(eiiIe, e4ic<
hasn't as yeG ass, .iteoii.>
We are not as out of The coils OF
''fogyism." Do no. think that the intel
ligent among our people still cling to
ante-bellum rules and believe it is sin.
ming to dance, play croquet, tennis, base
ball or such pastinles that are entirely
moral. Yet as wa aaid intelligence haf
not as yet asserted itself and the dea
cons Of our churches may with impunity
| Il snE IN do
other day, visit bad places, may play
games at home end continue to holG
their places on tho deacon board anc
quiz the young members who dance a
social entertainm eats.
But the time is coming when the intel
ligenu colored citis ms of Richmond ma.
, entertain their guests in a nice manne
without fear that their young people Wi
be hauled before church and forced to a
, swer insulting remarks of immoral des
, cons or be vilified FOR doing that whic
is not and cannot De proven wrong.
The time is coming also when the III
: moral and rum-besotred individual
!, will not be allowed to hold their place
: on the deacon board of our churche
!. The time is eomine: when the int liiger
= young people OF our city will not /
lcramped with laws made in the churcl
!. es for the qualification of fogyistic is
nOramuses.
The time is coming when OF
young people car sing gospel hymns
prayer meetings, attend entertainment
IL and enjoy themselves in an innocei
manner, without being subjected to b
initiation before tie church and comm
nifty. / do not " cite this to stir up
~ discussion and W Il not engage in sue
II but to explain e ir situation to our I
cent visitors and 10 voice the sentimeI
~ of the intelligent IF our race who ha
i liberal ideas and ere untainted with al
- - untramelled with the principles of a d
% graceful fogyism.
. MAaNUs OPTUs.