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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-04-18
One Way OF Giving Messages.

A lawyer and his wife who live in this
city decided to spend an evening with
their sister in Westminster county. They
had pIe Missed to go out on a certain train,
when the sleigh was to be waiting for
them at the station. On the day when
they were to start the New Workers, see
ing that they could not 90 by that train,
tried to telephone to the Westminster coun-
ty house. Something was wrong, how
ever, with the Westminster telephone, and
so the lawyer called up the station agent,
who keeps a stable is postmaster, road
commissioner and everything else.
"Will you send word to Mr.. s." he
asked, mot to send to the 2:40 train, but
to have the sleigh at the station for the
o'clock train"
The stable keeper, etc, promised that he
would and that ended the conversation.
When the lawyer and his wife stepped
off the train, they found brother in law
waiting for them who looked as if he had
grievance.
"Why in the world didn't you send me
word that you were going to wait over
train" he asked. 81 have been freezing
around here for an hour and half"
"Why, didn't j, the agent, tell
your"
NOU IL worn from i.
So they took the complacent agent ETC.,
to task, and this is the way he explained
it:
"You see, at first I was going to send
over, and then l thought to myself your
coachman would come over for the 2 40
train, and could tell him. Then he could
go back and tell you"
'Well, but you did not say word to
me when you saw that /, and not the
coachman, had come"
"Well, what was the use' AS long as
you were here there was no use sending
you back to your house to tell your own
self something, was therep So l didn't
bother you. "-New York Tribune.
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one of them, and am glad 10 be eble
thus to honor them.n

one of them, and am glad TO be eble
thus to homer them"
81 have seen 80 many individual
cases of heroism," said Adjutant-
General Ruggles, now at Governors
Island, "that it would be difficult to
single out any particular one and do
justice to others who desire recogni.
ton.
However, 1 know of no greater act
of superb courage than was displayed
by Lieutenant Mcdonald of the post,
aid-de-camp on General Howard's staff
and of the First Cavalry. One night
on the ferry-boat he heard the cry of
Man overheard He was doing in
the cabin, but sprang up and running
out on deck, leaped overheard into the
dark waters of the harbor and rescued
from dro ming the unfortunate man
who had toppled over into the bay.
This was indeed truly courageous act,
worthy of brave soldier, and deserv-
ing of unstinted praise. "-Ne,o York
Press.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-04-18
Last Century Sporting Bags.

One Of the most cherished treasures of
the Due d'Aumale is the old Chantilly
gamebook, which was stolen from the
chateau after the murder of the Due de
Bourbon, and which was recovered only a
few years ago. 1t is valuable and inter
esting relic of the days of the Prince de
Condo, and is bound in red morocco,
clasped with gold Considering that in
those days only flintlocks were used, the
bags were marvellous. In October, 1888,
party of ID guns killed 4 ,216 head in two
days, the bag including 1850 partridges
and 1885 hares. A fortnight earlier Ia
guns had killed just 900 head q 100
partridges) in one day, and previously sew
en- guns had killed 2, 700 head In two days,
including $50 partridges. The shooting
season then appears to have commenced
early in August for on the 10th of that
month the Due de Bourbon and six friends
killed nearly 200 cartridges. When the
Duke of Wellington went shooting at
Ramboillet with Charles X, the party of
four guns killed 1,750 head In one day
The duke had 10 guns and 10 soldiers to
load them London World.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-04-18
To Measure Sunlight.

Two instruments for measuring sun
light have been adopted by the United
States weather bureau, and duplicates
have been placed at every important sta
ton controlled by that service The prin-
ciple upon which this instrument operates
is essentially the same as that OF a Leslie
Sitferential air thermometer in the form
of a straight glass tube with cylindrical
bulbs at each end of the Instrument the
whole inclosed in glass protecting
sheath.
Mercury is used to separate the air in
the two bulbs, a small quantity being in
serted in the bottom and stem of the low
er bulb These bulbs are coated with
lampblack. The bulbs are filled with pure
dry air and sealed at temperature of
about 5 F., to secure greater density of
the air The space between the bulbs and
the protecting sheath is then perfectly eX-
hausted of air and is also sealed. In oper-
alton the glass instrument Is mounted on
an adjustable metallic base, to which it is
attached by springing it into tubular
clamp provided for the purpose, so that
the upper electrode shall extend through
the hole and the lower electrode through
the slot in the back of the clamp After
the instrument has been carefully adjust
Ell anu dJldCueu W lls suppurb Oh tue IOul
80 that the glass tube points north and
south it is ready for operation. 1t is then
attached to the automatic register by
wires
The automatic register consists Of a
large paper cylinder, which is operated by
a clock mechanism, and over the face of
this paper, upon which the hours and min
utes are marked in sections, two fine self
feeding pens trace ink lines during the
period that they are influenced by the re-
corder on the roof. For instance, il it is
a cloudy day the clear glass bulb and the
coated bulbs exercise an equal amount of
influence on the mercurial column, but
when the sun is shining the coated bulbs,
attracting greater amount OF heat, force
the mercury upward and as it passes the
ends of the wires 1t produces current
conveyed to the little pens in the register,
and the record of the suns duration and
intensity is marked upon the slowly revolv-
ing cylinder. At the end OF every "a
hours this cylinder, or the sheet that Gov
ers 1t, is removed, and the operator has
then In his hands an authentic record OF
the amount of sunlight for that dsy.-De
troit Free Press.
l
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Human Pigs.

Poverty is no crime, but the filthy
ways and filthy lives of many people are
criminal, and this Interpretation should
be put upon the wholesale disregard Of
hygienic surroundings by the authori-
ties. The man who throws dead ami
NAL into the alley is held amenable to
the laws of the land, while the woman
who let's all sorts Of filth accumulate
within her house is protected by the
door of her house But she should not be.
We will not approach the point of
Graduating diseases which are eradica-
BILE until we go at the work at the right
end and in the right manner. There are
human pigs, and they are not so scarce
as to excite wonder either These must
be handled by the usual means of abat-
ing nuisances, and if the healthy well
being of a community depends upon
housekeeping by the strong arm of the
law, why, i'll goodness name, let it come
to that
There is a great problem that our age
is not likely to settle, and it relates to
the welfare of the poor, for they are
with us always. Poverty stalks abroad
i'll the land, and to relieve it calls for a
new deal somewhere. This great ques-
ton the wise men who make our laws
will settle to their own but not to their
neighbors' satisfaction. But the one
fact remains undisproved, and that is
that cleanliness is less expensive than
quarantine.-Dr. John A. de armand
in Medical Bulletin.
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A Spy's Close Call.

On the battle field of Antietam Mr..
Mcclure met General William j. Pal
mer, then captain, and strongly urged
him not to continue his movements as
spy after Lee had crossed into Vir-
ginia, but the gallant young soldier
gave no promise as to what he would
be likely to do, and the very first night
after Lee crossed the Potomac he was
again in Lees camp and brought back
important information TO General Nc
Clelan. Again he returned and en-
tered the confederate lines, and when
he did not report after a week it was
assumed that he had been captured,
and would probably be executed as a
spy. He had been captured, was tried
and condemned as a spy, and sentenced
to executions; but he was saved by a
clever newspaper device determined
upon after conference in this city be-
tween President j. Edgar Thomson, of
the Pennsylvania railroad, Colonel
Scott and Mr.. Mcclure. Thomson took
special interest in Palmer, as he had
been his secretary, and was much at
tached to him. 1t was decided that
Washington dispatches should be pre-
PhiNu iOl Oil tuC
papers announcing the arrival at the
capital of Captain William j. Palmer,
stating in what particular lines of the
enemy he had operated, and adding
that he had brought much important
information that could not be given to
the public at that time. These dis
patches appeared the next morning in
all the Philadelphia papers, prominently
displayed, and, of course, reached the
southern lines within forty eight hours.
The result was that Captain Palmer's
identity was never established in Rich
mond, and his execution was thus sus-
pended. In little while, when some
prisoners had been exchanged, there
was vacancy made in the list of the
exchanged men by death. Palmer's
friends had him take the place and
name of the dead soldier, and he thus
escaped and returned to the SERVICE
Philadelphia Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-04-18
L0ngstreet and Early.

The writers who are saying that
General Longstreet would not have
dared to express his contempt for
General Early's military ability while
the latter general was alive are talking
wildly. General Longstreet has re-
Elected on General Early's campaigns
repeatedly, and, as many military crit
les think, justly. Speaking of moral
courage, General Longstreet turned his
back on the "l lost cause " and gave his
heart TO the cause of the Union at a
time when few ex confederate COM
manders dared to do likewise. Strangely
enough, for exercising this privilege Of
every free American citizen, he was
practically ostracised by the very peo-
pie whose battles he had fought to the
bitter end.-St. Paul Press.
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Tales of War Time.

Zone of the many heroic acts that
came under my observation during the
civil war;" said Gen. John Newton,
" was in the assault upon the famous
stone wall at the battle of Fredericks-
burg, where / was in command of a di-
vision that led the assault.
"Three bodies of troops moved at
the same time, one OF them out OF the
streets of the town toward the point of
attack. The one to which ! make
special reference, for every man was a
hero who marched in these columns,
was obliged 10 cross bridge spanning
the canal. 1t was very narrow bridge
and there was no chance for dep Dying.
In fact the men marched four abr, asst.
The men in the advance columns were
fairly moved down under the terrific
fire from the Confederates' artillery
and infantry.
Lieutenant Huntington W. Jackson
OF my staff asked and received permits
sion to lead this column, the colonel
having been wounded. This man and
the gallant fellows he led fought their
way with logged courage over the mar
row bridge TO the open space beyond,
and, strange to say, Lieutenant Jack
son was not wounded, though men fell
by the dozens on all sides of him, the
carnage being frightful. He was after
ward wounded, however, at the battle
of Kenesaw mountain in Georgia. He
is now lawyer in Chicago. For his
gallantry on this occasion he was
warmly complimented by General
Sedgwick, for his services were purely
voluntary and actuated by spirit OF
intrepid bravery.
"One of the other attacking columns
got through the line, but the third failed
the fire being so hot that the men in
that column fairly melted away.
81 consider that every man, especially
those who led the column over the
bridge, performed an individual act OF
heroism that deserves greater recog.
milton than the mere mention of theiI
bravery. They could not deploy, and
it does not need soldier to tell
what it means for men to march only
four abreast into the teeth of a rak,
ing, sweeping artillery and infantry
fire. Yet, as the men were shot
down, others equally as brave hurried
over the little bridge and filed theil
places. They were great heroes, every
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Not Much Alike.

Colonel T. A. Dodge says that Harvey
Waters the inventor and mechanical ex
pert, once distinguished himself by par
ticularly skillful answer to what was in
tended to be particularly hard question
on the part of a lawyer who was cross eX-
amining him. Ross Winans had taken out
n patent on truck car-that is, Il passen
ger car mounted on two trucks, instead OF
having the aXles running in boxes fixed
to the car as is still the custom in Europe,
The truck car will run on shorter curve
and on a rOugher roadbed, and Mr.. Wi
mans believed his invention very impor
tant and valuable.
The validity of the patent was attacked,
and Harvey Waters was called as an eX-
pert in Mr.. Winans' interest. Mr. Will
liam Whiting, the counsel for the opposite
party, showed that it had been usual to
transport long pieces of merchandise as
well as tree trunks and lumber on two
small four wheeled cars, to which the ends
of the long thing were lashed and he tried
to make Mr.. Waters acknowledge that Il
passenger car on two trucks was really
the same thing as big log dashed upon
two small four wheeled cars,
Mr.. Waters could not be brought to tho
admission, and after II MULTITUDE Of shWii
questions the lawyer said:
"Will you please tell the court, Mr.. Wa
tiers, wherein consists the difference h''
tween log dashed to two four wheelou
cars and passenger car riding on two
trucks?"
The venerable expert thought for mo
meut, and then, running his fingers
through his snow white hair, he answer
ed:
"Mr. Whiting, a log dashed to two trucks
Is no more passenger car riding on ~ 81
trucks than two men carrying log be
tween them on their shoulders are quad
ruped - Youths COnpaniOn.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-04-18
Another Episode OF the Civil War.

Editor of Watchman:-I was very
much interested in reading an article
in your paper entitled Episode of the
Civil War;" by Charles E. Grogan, as
it brought to my mind one of the many
eoomen's souls. The war had continued
so long, and the sufferiDgs of the peo-
pie in the Valley of Virginia were 80
great, that, irrespective of party, they
were united by common sorrows and
were ever ready to assist each other in
whatever way lay in their power. AT
the time of the capture of the pay
masters train, as narrated by Mr.. Gro
gan, my father, DIR. Edward Jolliffe,
was held as prisoner of war by the
Union army, and was confined in the
old jail in Martinsburg, W. Va. My
cousin, Joseph Jolliffe, one of the best
known Union men in that section, and
the only man in Frederick county who
dared to vote for Abraham Lincoln,
offered to go with my mother to Mar
tinsburg and use his influence with the
Union officers to secure my fathers re-
lease.
Early in the morning, they started
for Martini burg, seventeen miles dis
tant, in an old, worn-out buggy, with a
fororn-lookipg horse, the harness tied
up with strings, and altogether very
sorry-looking turnout. The road was
strewn with broken-down pieces of ar
tillery, abandoned baggage wagons and
dead horses, while, here and there, was
a hastily-made, nameless grave of some
poor fellow who had fallen on the way.
AT last they came to the woods which
skirted the road on either side half way
between Winchester and Martinsburg,
when my mother (who, in spite of the
terrors of war she had gone through,
was only timid woman of twenty-two)
said,
"What place this would be to be
caught in. We had better look out for
bushwhackers."
Immediately, squad of Confederate
soldiers dashed out of the underground
and commanded them to halt. After
telling who they were, Captain Wilsher,
for it was part of Mosby's command
placed them under arrest. My mother
was frightened, and said,
"Soldier, are you going to kill us?"
"No," Captain Wilsher answered /;
" but 1 must take you prisoners; you
cannot go on"
"But, soldier" said mother, "if you
are not going to kill us, please let me
go back. l have two little babies at
home, with no one but young nurse"
"NO, madam" he replied, "you
cannot 60 back. If you were JEFF
Davis himself, we would hold you, be-
ing found with Union man, and on
your way to the enemy's headquarters"
This only added to my mothers ter
ror. After accompanying them into
the heart of the forest, over fallen logs
and thick underground, which threat
ened every moment to demolish the old
buggy, they came to small clearing
where about twenty Union prisoners
were under guard. There my mother
and cousin were held until the next
day, my mother being allowed to sleep
at small farm house near by, under
close watch. In the morning they
were allowed to return home, at which
time mother learned that the paymas-
ter's train had been captured at DUFF
fields station, and that Colonel Mosby's
men had been ordered to arrest any
one, man or woman, who attempted to
pass into the Union lines.
MRS. HoRATIo n. TAPLIN.
Montpelier, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-04-18

BUCKLEN's ARNICA SALvE.-The
best salve in the world for cuts, bruises
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores
letter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns
and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles, or no pay required. 1t ia
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price twenty-five
cent per box. For sale by c.. b akelv
Montpelier, VT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-04-18
CLARRIssA w. MoNTAGU's ESTATE.

( ift aa K III ~ w ;,MMsWN TAGUS ESTATE.
In Probate Court, held at MONTPELIER. in and foI
said District on the 29th day of March, A. d. 1894;
An instrument purporting to be the last Will
ano Testament of Clarrissa w. Montagu, late
of Montpelier, in said District, deceased, being
presented to the Court for Probate 1t is or.
dered by said Court, that all pei sons con.
cerned therein be notified to appear at a SEES.
sion of said Court to be held the Probate Ofce In
said Montpelier. on the 9TH day of April A. d.
1884 and show cause, If any they may have. against
the probate of said instrument for which purpose
u further ordered, that notice of this order be pub
ished three weeks successfully in the Vermont
Va era d. State Journal, a newspaper printed at
"tpeler In this state, previous to said time APP
nted for hearing.
9O.92 HIRAM CARLETON. Judge
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-04-18
CYNTHIA L. GRAVES, ESTATE.

~ STATE OF VERMONT, Washington District 8,
In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, in said Dis.
trict, on the I'd day of April, A. ID. 1894:
G. +. Clough Administrator of the estate of
Cynthia L. Graves, late of Waterbury, in said
District. deceased, presents his administration
account for examination and allowance, and makes
application for decree of distribution and partition
of the estate of said deceased Whereupon II Is order
ed by said Court that said account and said applica
on be referred to session thereof to be held at the
Probate ONCE. in said Montpelier the 2uth day of
April A. d. 1894, for hearing and decision thereon;
and 1t Is further ordered, that notice hereof be
same three weeks successfully in the Vermont
Waterman q State .Ioarndi, newspaper published
at Montpelier previous to said time appointed for
nearing, that they may appear at said time and
place and show cause, II any they may have, why
said account should not be allowed and such decree
made. By the Court-Attest,
g092 HIRAM CARLETON Judpe
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-04-18
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.
Drawing Pictures.


Here's horsol" said Johnnie BOY,
Here's a horses riderl
Here's the great big elephant
Here's the clown beside her"
" Let me take your slate" said I;
Surely. Unjust see
All these very splendid things
You have drawn for me-"
But upon the slate Isaw
Nothing but line,
Making some three cornered thing
Like mystic sign.
why" said Johnnie, don't you sect
That is just the tent;
No one sees the show inside
Less they pay a cent"
Jessie B. Sherman, in the Churchnnan.
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, EwIS WOODS ESTATE

4 EMl- NOODC ESIAIt y.
STATE OF VERMONT. Washington District 80.
In Probate Court. held at Montpelier, I'm said Dis.
trct ON the Sd dav of April ID. ls9i:
u. Z. White, Trustee of a fund created by the
last VIII ana testament of Lewis Wood,
late Of Calais. in said District. deceased,
presents his trustee account for examna.
by said Court that said account be referred
to session thereof. to be held at the Probate
Office, in said Montpelier, on the 2lst day of
APRIL, AID 1884 for hearing and decision thereon
And further ordered that notice hereof be given
to all persons interested, by publication of the same
three weeks successfully in the Vermont Waterman
d State Journal, a newspaper published at Mont.
peer previous to said time appointed for hearing,
that they may appear at said time and place, and
should not be allowed
1892 HIRAM CARLETON. Judge.
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SARAH w. RAwsoN,s ESTATE.

~ COMMlSSlONERS NOTICE.
The undersigned having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Washing.
ton Commissioners. to receive, examine and adjust
all claims and demands of all persons against the
estate of Sarah w. RawsOn. late of Worcester, In
said district. deceased. ana all claims exhibited
In Offset thereto, hereby give notice that we will
meet for the purposes aforesaid the residence of
ii. y. Darling In the town of Worcester In said Dis.
trict. ON tie 10th day of April and 9th day OF
August, next, from one o'clock p. NJ. until four
from the Sd day OF March, A. d. 1894, is the time
limited by said Court for said creditors to present
their claims to us for examination and allowance
1894. II. =. DARLING, =, " -
qO-g2 NJ p KENT commandments
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-04-18
IN GENERAL.
Service and Song.

al am worn with work and watching;
My home Ia humble and lone.
Why lift up my voice in singing,
For no human heart but my ownl"
Her notes stirred passing poet;
He sang to a mighty host;
And the world is glad and better
For the music she counted lostt
-Ysuths Companion.
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SYLXANUs DANIELS, ESTATE.

- STATE OF VERMONT. Washington District 80
In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, in said Dis.
trict, on the 9Th day of April. A. d. 1884,:
willard g. Walker. executor of the last will
and testament of Sylvanus Daniels late of Mid
diesex. in said District deceased, presents
ms administration account for examination
q decree of distribution ano partition of
the estate of said deceased. Whereupoa II
is ordered by said Court that said account and
said application be referred to session thereof
to be held at the Probate ONCE, in said Mont
pelier. on the 9th day of April, A. d 1894
for hearing and decision thereon: And it is furthe,
ordered that notice hereof be given all persons
terested by publication of the same three weeks
cessvely in the Vermont Watchman & State Journal
a newspaper published at Montpelier previous to
said time appointed for hearing. that they may ap
pear at said time and place, and show cause, IL any
they may have, why said account should not be vi
lowed, and such decree made.
By the Court.-Attest,
993 HIRAM CARLETON Judge.