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The Press., 1894-01-25
ELLINGTON.

(CfySGdl Lake eCOFToSpOnQenCe.)
 -Enos Aborn, who has resided for many years on the old homestead in Tol- land, near Crystal Lake, died last Sunday morning at the age of 57 years. He was soldier iu the late war and pensioner.
 Since the departure of the Crusaders from among us the religious interest con- tinues, and several very profitable meet ings have been held. A change has been made by which the Thursday evening meeting is held in the Advent chapel, iA- stead of at family residences,
 A skating party was enjoyed on the lake Monday evening, by moonlight.
 Royal Thompson, a farmer of Colum- bia, aged 80 years, alter leaving the base ment of the Hooker House, last Saturday where he had been getting shaved, lost his balance when he reached the top oi the steps, and fell distance of six feet, striking his head on the concrete pave ment. At first it was supposed that his neck was broken. Dr. Weldon was called and pronounced him suffering from con- cussion and compression of the brain with small chance of recovery. He was placed on g mattress and taken to room in the Hooker House, where he is well cared for. He has wife at Columbia and his son lives in Hartford.
The Press., 1894-01-25
XKTHAT A SPECTACLE!

We admit it. Can't deny it, and wouldn't if we could. What7 Why the spectacle our stock of eye glasses and spectacles make. And then you know we .ft the eye. Without vulgar ity we say-see?
 SMITH < LATHROP.
The Press., 1894-01-25

Fancy-Black Silk Mittens at lessened prices. Dollar and a quarter kind now marked 75 cents pair.
The Press., 1894-01-25

Our assortment of Gloves in all color- ings and lengths is now at it's best.
The Press., 1894-01-25

Women's Cashmere Gloves, 374c quali- ty, TOW 19 cents pair.
 Cloves center store, right.
National Baptist world., 1894-09-28
A VERMONT SILVER NINE
Tradition Says There Is a Rich Store Of
White MetaI In tho State

The western slope of the Green
mountains is prolific of legendary lore,
says the Rutland Herald. Especially
is this true of a radius of ten miles
from Lake Dunmore. From the time
of the earliest settlements in town
vague traditions have foated in the
air that at some earlier period fabu-
loUs amount of silver had been mined.
hidden and abandoned somewhere
| among the foothills that skirt the east
ern border of Brandon. When. where
,, and by whom, was the insolvable
enigma. These traditional myths be-
| gan to assume concrete form about
: the year 1920, from the advent of
stranger of some three score years,
who had been wandering for a long
time over the hills in Chittenden and
Brandon. BY typographical memory
he was convinced that he had approx
mately located the object of his search
near the cabin of man named Rogers.
about three and one-half miles east
from the village of Brandon.
The stranger engaged board with
Rogers and disclosed to him his per-
sonal history, that of the mining COM
pany, and the purpose of his visit. He
represented himself as the youngest
of party Of fourteen, all Spaniards,
one of whom was a woman and his
mother He said that he was born in
camp and remained with them till
their removal, when he was about if
teen years Of age; that they mined
about two and half tons of silver,
which was deposited in a subterranean
cavern of great depth, and that the
approaches to it were carefully kl]ed
and concealed, and, SO far as pos
sible, all trace of their work effaced;
that they were driven away by the
hostility of the Indians and intended
to return at some time and reclaim
their property, and that for the pur-
pose of Identification they had buried
three iron wedges marked with certain
symbols that would indicate the
opening of the avenue to their
hidden wealth. He invited Rogers
to join him in the search and
offered him one-half of the spoils.
The invitation was declined through
the cooperation of one Field, and they
searched one or two more seasons in
vain for the hidden wedges. During
temporary absence of the stranger
Field found the wedges, but concealed
the fact from his partner on his return.
AT length the stranger became dis
couraged and disappeared from the
scene. Field prosecuted the work
with untiring tenacity until all his re-
sources were exhausted. Without
knowledge of the key to the symbolic
wedges they were of little avail. Two
of these wedges have been lost; one is
now in the possession of a gentleman
in Rutland vho was among the last to
abandon the scheme. though his con-
fdence in it is unshaken.
National Baptist world., 1894-09-28
NOVEL USE OF GfMLETS.

They Make Admirable Fire Escapes,
Clothes Hooks and Window Bolts
A short time ago a modest little lady
entered the hardware store on Central
avenue and asked to De SHOWN some
gimlets They were brought forth and
placed upon the counter for her inspec-
tion. 'Yorng man, are you not aware
of the new use l make of these little
boring machines?" she remarked to the
salesman. She continued: ''Some
years ago | was in hotel in the town
of B. l engaged board and room for
one week. The second night my room
was entered, and my luables, con-
sisting of one mileage book
and a few dollars, were con-
fscated by some unworthy scoun-
drel, who had gained an entrance with
a skeleton key. | concluded that if I
was to associate with that class of peo-
pie while there, | had better prevent
their visiting my room again while
asleep After informing the proprietor
at breakfast, | concluded to visit the
hardware store, which, by the way,
was a combination store, selling every
After carefully looking over the stock,
purchased three gimlets. That night
| fastened the window by boring
through the sash into the frame leav-
ing the gimlet in. Also the transom
and door. | retired for the night feel
ing as secure as could be.
"After having been asleep two hours
or more heard the cry of Fire! Firer
Jumping out of bed my first thought
was escape. Without waiting to ar
range my toilet l grabbed the door.
pulled the gimlet, turned the key and
opened it part way, when l was blinded
by smoke. Closing the door again, 1
thought to escape by the window route.
Raising the window | found | would
have to jump from the second story.
Once more my thoughts came to my as
sistance. Gimlets. Gimlets. Where
are my Gimlets? Picking up two of
them that | had previously removed I
bored them into the window frame un-
der the sill Taking a clothesline from
my trunk | tied it to both of them.
threw the rope out of the window, and
climbed out and began to descend, and
safely reached the ground amid the
loud cheers of those that saw me
tell you, young man, | shall never for
get that experience, and | owe my life
to two gimlets and clothesline
Now, | want these for any such
emergencies as / have mentioned
Please pick me out one quarter dozen
rather small. Those | want to use for
coat and hat hooks. Sometimes stay
over night where the room has no
wardrobe or nails to hang my garments
on, so | bore them into the casing for
that purpose, thereby keeping every
thing hung up. There are numerous
other things they can be used for, but
| have not time to talk further, and it
is train time How much? Twenty
cents? Thank you Good day.
Hardware Goods
National Baptist world., 1894-09-28
DANGEROUS HOUSE-cLOTHs.
rhey Are Liable to Become Breeders OF
Disease.

They Are Liable to Become Breeders Of
Disease.
Among the many agencies for the
propagation and spread of disease
germs, the house-cloth and dish-cloth
are quite likely to be overlooked. Such
thing as danger lurking in either one
Of these Misunderstanding articles.
probably never once occurred to great
many housekeepers
Not long since woman physician.
who is very fond of thoroughness, and
likes to go to the root and ground of
all the ills that her patients are heir
to. took occasion to oversee the prepa-
ration of a special article of diet that
she had ordered Going to the kitchen,
She found that, although the house
keeping was supposed to be nearly up
to the usual standard, there was good
deal of carelessness about the manage
ment OF the cloths used about that Dor.
tion of the establishment. She found
it impossible to touch the dish-cloth
owing to its intolerable odor, and a
scrubbing- cloth was in equally objec-
tionable condition. At the risk of Civ.
ing offense, she read the family lee
ture then and there, and being we'll up
ON microscopic research and bacteria,
sent to them some portraits of the
inhabitants of the dish-cloth that not
only shocked the family, but caused q
new leaf to be turned over in that de-
partment. 1t seemed but a trif1ing
thing, this neglect of dish-cloths; but
when one comes to realize that the
germs from them are spread over our
spoons, knives, forks and cups, it takes
but little while for the idea to reach
our brains that this is most success
full way to spread disease.
Whenever one is done using these
cloths they should be thrown into a
dish of water, a little soda or potash
put in and placed for a short time on
the stove, allowing the water to come
to boil. They may then be rinsed
out in cold water and hung up in the
air. When needed again they will be
as clean-smelling as the clothes from
the laundry, in which condition they
should always be kept.
1t is curious study to note the diff
ference in regard to the care of this
portion of the kitchen equipment
Some women could no more tolerate
malOdOrOus cloth than they could !
any other offensive article: others nev-
er seem to realize that such things ex-
ist; and really excellent hOusekeepers |
are not infrequently guilty of owning
cloths that would strike disgust to the
very soul of physician, could they be !
brought to light.
And some of these cloths go three |
times a day into the pan to wash china,
glass and silver with Absolute clean
iness in this matter is of the utmost |
Importance to health, and the best test |
of proper management in the sense of !
smen-N. Y. Ledger.
National Baptist world., 1894-09-28
A Coml)ative Deer.

A West Virginia hunter, with gun
and dog, while securing the mountains
for game, heard his dog bowling some
distance away in the woods. Arriving
at the spot, he found the hound in fur
ious combat with buck. lie fired,
but missed, and before he could reload,
the deer had gored the dog and charged,
him. The hunter narrowly escaped
the rush, AMI in return dealt blow
with his gun, which did not appear to
hurt the deer a particle, but did break
the stock. Escape was impossible, and
the hunter had to fight with the barrel
of his rifle Fortunately, he was both,
powerful and active, and, although
once knocked down, he managed to-
deal three or four heavy blows, the
last of which stunned the deer where
upon the hunter dispatched it with his
knife. The buck was one of the finest
killed in that section for many years.
National Baptist world., 1894-09-28
AN IMPORTED FARM.
The Soil Was Transported from a Warrr
to Cold Climate.


to a Cold Climate.
Il once saw" said a well known
Bostonian, IAN imported farm, the
soil as well as the products being abso-
lutely foreign to the surroundings
This was in one of the cOldest parts of
Manitoba, where was entertained bya
family which had retained it's love for
milder regions and crops. The bill of
fare was necessarily meager, but
some of the vegetables were so bright
and green that could not help asking
how they were preserved so well. To
my surprise learned that they were
cultivated in a garden patch or min
iature farm, the soil of which had been
brought from milder regions so far as
to insure fertility not found in the.
region of ice. The vegetables them
selves had been grown from imported
seed, and, owing to the care and pro-
lection they had had, they were a per-
feet luxury. The expense of conveying
the soil in barrels such long distance
would prevent any but comparatively
wealthy people from trying the exper-
iment, but my friends had made it d
hobby. The only other case of earth
importing that have met with is that
done by the shah of Persia The ira
ditions of his country prevent his tread
ing on foreign soil, and when he makes
a trip in foreign nations his attendants
carry a supply Of Persian soil, some of
which is placed in his shoes, a practice
which accounts for the great incon-
venience walking always appears to be.
to his majesty when abroad
National Baptist world., 1894-09-28
The Ponies of Sable Island.

Sable island is famous throughout
the Canadian maritime provinces for
it's race of wild ponies. The little
creatures were originally placed upon
the island in order that they might
furnish food for shipwrecked mariners
frequently cast away there. The coarse
salt grass of the island is cured and
stacked in summer time, and upon this
the ponies feed all winter. 1t is said
that they eat their way deep into the
stacks and thus find their only shelter
from storms. There is tradition cur
rent that they even eat fish cast upon
the shore. Considerable droves of the
ponies are taken to the mainland in
early autumn, and they are sold in the
Halifax market.
National Baptist world., 1894-09-28
SEIZED BY DEVIL FISH,
California BOY Rescued with Difficult,
by His PluciIy Comrade.

! California Boy Rescued with Difficulty
by His Plnci1y Comrade.
Among the many pastimes enjoyed
by the inhabitants of Pacific Grove,
! Cal, says the San Francisco Examiner,
abalone hunting is one largely indulged
in, both on account of the beauty of
the shell OF this mollusk and also the
delicacy Of the meat. A few days ago
two boys, about seventeen and eigh
teen years of age, thought it would b
profitable undertaking to go out by
the Point Pinos lighthouse and try
their luck among the large masses of
rocks there. They arrived at their
destination at ebb tide, and proceeded
to hunt for the shells. Abalones, as
rule, fasten themselves to the under
surface of large rocks. While the
boys were scrambling among the rocks
they came across a large crevice filled
with water. Kelp or seaweed was
floating on the surface of the water in
this black pool. and amid the tangle of
tawny whip-lil1e stems, bulbs and
masses of leaves bubbles arose in
quick succession as if the water was
boiling The curiosity of the boys was
thoroughly aroused by this apparent
phenomenon, and after watching the
bubbling water awhile they decided to
investigate. One of them leaped over
the pool, and leaning over the edge
closely examined the kelp. What he
finally espied in the brown floating
mass of weeds he thought was the tail
of an eel. Reassured by his conclusion,
and with the knowledge that cells are
perfectly harmless. he grabbed for the
moving object and his hand closed firm
ly on it.
Like the long lash of whip curling
at the end of a stalk welded by an ex-
pert driver, swiftly uprose from the
dark waters purplish, notified thing
which fastened itself like snake
about the Outstretched arm of the boy.
With impetuous motion he attempted
to withdraw his hand, but the Shiny
thing clung to him, and the boy was
dragged into the pool. Then more of
those horrible snake-like appendages
thrust themselves up and waved in the
air, clutching at the frantic victim, and
from a hideOus barrel-shaped body two
bead-like eyes over wicked-1ooking
beak watched the struggles Of the boy,
as it tried to fasten more securely to
its prey. The boy was in the grasp of
the tentacles of huge octopus, which
had been left by the tide and was lurk-
ing under the kelp. The boys COM
panion dashed into the water to the |
rescue, and, seizing the tentacle that
still gripped firmly, he succeeded in
loosing its hold, and both boys
scrambled upon the rock into safety
National Baptist world., 1894-09-28
FUN AT FUNERALS.
Congressional Burial Junkets Not Wholly
Barren of Mirth.

Congressional Burial Junkets Not Wholly
Barren of NIirth.
Congressional funerals are not al
ways the lugubrlous events that is
generally Supposed" said Representa-
tive Mcdowell, of Pennsylvania, ac-
cording to the Washington Post, while
in a reflective mood, addressing a
group of his associates. There have
been some funerals of this sort that
were quite lively. But while the last
sad rites over a departed colleague are
sometimes enlivcned with sundry in
cidents, into which the festive game
of poker enters as a prominent factor,
and the hours of weary travel are
playfully beguiled with anecdotes and
champagne, as a rule strict decorum
is observed by all aboard when the last
friendly escort is conveying the de-
parted to his distant resting place.
There is good deal of mawkish SEN
timent expended in the case Of some
deaths, and it sometimes happens that
the speaker inadvertently selects a
funeral party whose members had no
really keen interest in the dead. I'm
der such circumstances | suppose tits
natural that more levity than seems
proper should enter into the soiemnity
of the occasion. But in most cases con-
gressional funerals are quite Us respect
able as they should be-
National Baptist world., 1894-09-28
FickleneSS.

Shelter heart is like noyel--easy
TO read.
He-Yes; and like novel in circu-
lating ;ibrary-not to be kept longer
than two weeks. s.-Judge.
National Baptist world., 1894-09-28
SOME FACTS AEOUT HOSE.
The Different Kinds That Are Required
for Various Purposes.

AOA ulp pOSeS.
Rubber goods manufacturers ger
orally make over score of different
grades of hose, says Hardware, some
cheap, and which will satisfy certain
needs, while others are more expen-
slve, and are really required for the
purposes intended. 1t is not necessary,
Of course, to have a line of air-hose for
use in the garden, and vice versa, the
article for domestic use would be of
little value elsewhere. A conducting
hose of two-ply will answer every pur-
pose where only slight pressure is
used; but lift that to seventy-five
pounds per square inch, and three-ply
is at once demanded Then the en-
glne hose must be four, five and six
ply, and, OF course, much more expen-
slve. Then some grades are perfected
by the use of superior stock, both in
rubber and duck. Florists REQUIRE a
heavy hose, as well as do brewers, tan
ners and those who force oil through
1t. An eight-ply is frequently used.
For air drills, great care IS used in
both duck and rubber, and canvas,
wire or marline is wrapped around
this variety. For air brakes the ge-
MUS of the rubber trade has been at
work for years, and when it is under
stood that railway trains are length
ened from year to year, the conclusion
can readily be reached that there is
room yet at the top for this, an i'm
provement in the quality that gives
strength. In suctions there are many
varieties used for fire, wrecking, dredg-
ing sand, etc. Some of these are
large enough in circumference to al
low the crawling through of a full
sized man
National Baptist world., 1894-09-28
THE TWIN BED.
An Excellent Innovation in Bedroom
Furniture.

| AN EXceIIenU innovation Bedroom
/ Furniture.
| Fashion has given it's sanction to the
use Of the single bed, and large mum.
bers of sO-called twin bedsteads" are
now in the market, many of them
made of costly woods rich with carving.
| They are SO designed that when placed
! side by side the effect is that of one
! wide bedstead, whereas a separate
spring mattress and bedclothing are
provided for each one
1t is well known that the double bed
is unhygienic, and medical journals
have been cOndemning it for some time
past, one writer claiming that jury
+, to one or the other of two persons
sleeping in this way is sure to result in
time. Particularly is this true with re-
gard to the young and aged; but by
the use Of the twin bed they may oc-
cupy the same room and sleep side by
side without harm to either.
There is no class, perhaps, who need
the refreshment and rest which comes
of occupying a bed alone SO much as
household servants, and they are the
people of all others who are condemned
to the very poorest sleeping accommo-
datiOns.
In city houses this is notably the
case, and in one home known to the
writer the five servants are all obliged
to sleep in one large room in the base
ment. In every other respect much
kindness is shown them, but in order
that the family may be lodged lux
uriously they must suffer. By the use
of single beds two members of a family
who now occupy separate rooms might
be made very comfOrta bic in one, thus
providing an extra room to be given up
to the servants.
1t is far wiser and filter to show con-
sideration in this way to those who
serve us than to be constantly making
presents of money and cast-off clothing
"a practice which never fails to have
a demoralizing effect.
Two iron bedsteads painted white
leach three feet wide), placed side by
side, look well if dressed with spread
of pretty light-colored chintz and a
round bolster covered to match This
is the neatest and most tasteful way of
arranging a bed in the daytime, and
seems to be coming into very general
use. The old-time valance has also
been revived, and this. if used, should
be of the same chintz as the covering,
or all in white if the bed is so draped
1t is particularly suited to the iron bed
stead just mentioned, and may easily
be fastened about it, but it must be
kept daintily fresh and free from dust,
,4c
advantage. Picturesqueness should al
ways be secondary feature in d bed
oom.-Harper's Bazaar.
National Baptist world., 1894-09-28
Rich WoE1en's Charities.

Miss Helen Gould is said to spend
one hundred dollars week on private
charities which no one knows about.
Her latest offering at charity's shrine
is gift of land which lies back of
Lyndhurst, the Goulds' country home
at Tarrytown, to the Kindergarten and
Potted Plant association for the build
ing of summer home for poor chill
dren. Mrs. John Rockefeller and her
daughters spend an immense amount
annually on charities of every descrip-
ton. Miss Alta Rockefeller supports
and superintends small private hos
pital Of her own for delicate women,
at which she has entertainments given
every week to interest the invalids.
National Baptist world., 1894-09-28
TELLING SECRETS.
A Failing With Some People---The Art OF
Not Listening.

A Failing With Some People---The Art Of
Not Listening.
We should never, never make conf
| dences. There are scenes and hours
which prompt a man to blab. In GER
tain effects of sunset and moonlight,
in a long nocturnal smoke and palaver,
after dinner especially, the skeletons
in our cupboard begin to stir, to ra tile
within US, to desire to show them
selves. But these are not the circum-
stances which man feels inclined to
tell his wife. 1t is to male friend he
is tempted to divulge them or to
pretty and sympathetic lady. The
only policy is to bottle them judicious-
ly. They may only bore your friend,
thrilling as you may think them, or he
or she may babble Of them till they
come round to the person whom you
are interested in keeping unacquainted
with the events or emotions.
A fellowfeeling should make us
check other men and women when they
begin to unpack their hearts. AS to
women, if they have taste for making
condolences, they are sure to make
them SO often that one more does not
matter. Some men, and still more
some women, are born recipients of
condolences. People open out to them;
even strangers in railway carriages un-
veil their amours and regrets. To 9TH
er people, condolences are never made
by any one, whether because they look
unsympathetic, or because they nip
them in the bud or for some other good
10 fn
and they are not tempted to blab.
Contrary to general opinion, we believe
that secret is safer with a married
woman than with married man.
man says, II will tell nobody; not
even my wife" and straightway goes
and tells her. Very often it leaves her
cold. though exciting to him, and so it
is safe. But married woman is much
less inclined to tell her husband. First,
she knows she can not trust him-for
does he not blab to her? Besides,
the secret often seems SO humorous or
SO important, or in itself so obvious,
that he lets it out without thinking of
it. Besides woman has pleasure in
knowing what her husband does not
know land possibly would not care to
know, while a husband, in the good
ness of his heart, likes to carry bit of
.attle to his wife. So the male bird
ranging the wet lawns, comes home
with a nice worm for his mate The
condolences of men to women are most
ly about their wives, and vice versa.
This is a kind of petty treason, and
such revelations should not be listened
to: but few ladies' it is believed, can
help listening. Of these confessions
the penitent is likely to repent, and
that speedily. y.-London News