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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-20
VOICES OF THE RELLs.

Listen to the Christmas bells.
While all the world is praying,
They are pealing, swelling, telling,
And this is what the bells are saying:
We are the voices of vedas and sages
We are the tongues OF prophet and priest,
We are the lips OF the sibilant sleepers
Who dreamed of a star in the purple east
Hard by the gates of the mystical Morn
When the Christ was born.
We are the prayery of the wandering mag
On Syrian deserts all level and lone,
We are the chorus of JudRan shepherds,
We are the notes thai from heaven were blown
From the golden throat of angels horn
When the Christ was born.
We are the teardrops of grief and of sorrow,
We are the ebOGs Of yesterdays pain,
We are the jubant voice of tomorrow
Lo, peace on earth! Let thy good will reign I.
So our lips break silence on Christmas morn
When the Christ was born.
= Chicago Times.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-20
A ParsOn who Would Ornament wall
Street.

There is country parson in Eng,
land who as mistaken his calling. Re-
Gently he wrote to Barney Barnato, the
king of Kaffir finance, asking for re-
lief from embarrassment on account of
an over indulgence in kafiirs. My
aim," he wrote, has always been in
vestment, not speculation. When your
bank came | regarded its shares as
an investment and purchased 400 Of
them at 4, sinking my little all in
them, and good deal more. They
have now fallen to 30, and | am un
done cannot face my parish as a
bankrupt, and what am | to do? |
throw myself upon your mercy" Mr..
Barnato was deeply moved by the APP
peal, and replied that he would buy
back the shares at 4. On receipt Of
this reply the guileless parson wired
to his brokers to buy 400 shares of
Barnato bank stock at 2 and send
them round to Barnato Brothers,
who will give you for them.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-20
CHRISTMAS ATTHE PETERS FARM.

Here's Merry Christmas come again, nd all my
childrens home.
Sans In from New York city, nd Cornell.
come down from Rome;
Amanda and her Young uns' and my darter
| Susans boys
Arrived last night at ten O'Clock with trunks md
| bags, md noise
Enough to last the huh year through md plenty
| Blu, what's the odds: Noise amt the worst of
ilIs we have TO bear.
| had gift for every one this mornin ON the
| tree,
| Nd what gave 'em was the sort that used to
come to me
Long years ago, when pa nd ma was managin'
the place,
But. Lord they didn't please the kids that's
iudgin by their face.
d apples an hard cider till you couldn't hardly
rest,
And all the presents that I gave were of the
very best.
got EN- at the village store for nifty cents in
cash,
Nd fifteen pecks o. winter wheat, a keg o. sour
mash,
Two loads o hay, some butter, and promise of
The cost was pretty heavy for man with shaky
legs.
But as Thought it over, why, l didn't really
mind,
As long as they'd be happy nd he pleased with
what they'd find;
which I don't think my grandsons was, be-
cause their city ways
Has played old hob with Christmas as twas had
in my young days.
Amanda's boy, Ulysses, when he got his wors.
ted mts,
Looked madden than a halter in his maddest
fits
Nd when my grandchld Bobbie got hand |
some rubber ball
That whistled when you squeezed it, he began
TO kick and quail. Il
Same way with Sans small family includin'
his wife
] never seen a woman so upset in all my life |
When what had for her came out-iest why,
don't know
For my wife used TO beam when gave her a
calico.
In fact. in twenty presents that bought and
gave away,
Not one of 'em seemed pleasin'. an il sort OF
spoiled my lay.
Nd what is worse, they brought me down some
fancy sort or Jugs
They called em ROYAL Woostershre-the hand
les looked like bugs:
Nd shattered on the sides of 'em two great
green dragons sit.
Sam brought watch chain made o gold that
doesn't seem to fit
The old mans waisicoat sort o. makes me
look too kind of loud.
Nj altogether the result does not seem 10 make
me proud.
sort Of can't help ihinkin' that the things
they've brought 10 me
Ire worth three times much as mine for
I'd when see 'em actin ike as though they
wasn't glad
o get the things got 'em-why it makes me
mighty sad;
t makes me pine for Christmas with its true
oid-fashioned ring,
When gifts were Incidental, nd the season was G
John Ken dIi Bang. in Ha,psv,s Maya.i.e.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-20

Mr.. Ira p, Wetmore, prominent
real estate agent of San Angelo, Texas,
has used Cha nberlain's Collie, Cholera
and DiarrhGa Remedy in his family
for several years as occasion required
and always with perfect success. He
says; II find it a perfect cure for our
baby when troubled with collie or dys
EMERY. | now feel that my outfit is
not complete without bottle of this
Remedy at home or on a trip away from
home. For sale by +. r. Durgin,
Druggist. adv.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-20

1T is a pleasure to sell Chamber
laln's Cough Remedy says Stickney
~ Dentler, druggists, Republic, Ohio,
because a customer, after once using
1t, is almost certain to call for it when
again in need of such medicine. We
sell more of it than of any other cough
medicine we handle and it always
gives satisfaction. For coughs. colds
and Group, it is without an equal. For
sale by +. K. Durgin. Druggist. adv.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-20

they are more certain than many medicines
which are so strong that they put the sys.
TEN all out of order. The great advantage
Of the Pleasant Pellets" is that they cure
permanently.
Send al one-cent stamps to cover cost of mail.
ing onb, and get his great hook, The Peoples
Common Sense Medic Adviser, ABSOLUTELY FREE
Address, Worlds Dispensary Medical Associa.
tion, No. Cog Main Street. Buffalo, N y.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-20

DIR. E. L. Whitney, instructor at
Norwich university in 1923, is now
the acting president of the Benzonia,
Mich, college.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-15
SHE DIED A HEROINE,
An Orphan Sacrificed Her Life for Her
MASter'S Children.

An Orphan Sacrificed Her Life for Her
Masters Children.
Lillian McMullen, Il 15-year-old orphan
employed ut the stock farm owned by
Joseph Fahy. the watch-case manufact-
urer ut North Haven, N. y, was
drowned Sunday afternoon while CROSS
ing peconic bay on the ice between
North Haven and Shelter island.
Since the recent blizzard the people of
North Haven who 80 to Shelter Island to
do their trading have been obliged" to
walk over on the ice or remain at home,
as the ferry-boats were frozen in.
During the mild weather of Saturday
and Sunday the ice became thin in places
where the tide runs swiftly.
Sunday Lillian. whose relatives live in
New York. lost her life while making the
trip: but she died Il heroine.
With her when she set out upon her
daughters of Supt Gordon of the stock
farm. The three were trudging merrily
along on their way home from the island.
having, crossed the bay in safety few
hours before.
When half way between the island and
North iiayen Lillian stepped in an air
hole. which was covered with snow and
= thin coating of ice The two children
fastened to her assistance. Lillian. in
stead of trying to get out herself. gave
her attention to the little ones.
She bravtly SraSp"d the rough edges of
the ice and held on until the children
climbed to her shoulders and thence ON
the ice. Then she warned them not to
come near her again. She had become
chilled and was hardly able to move
after she had placed the children in
safety.
She struggled t. get out but her
strength soon failed her and she sank
out of sight The body will probably be
carried out to Gardner's bay by the
strong current.
The children rushed home and related
their terrible experience to their parents.
Mr. Gordon went ut once to the scene
of the drowning, but he was unable to
find any traces Of the body.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-15

stranger, who was already on his horse,
and assisted her to mount behind her
future husband. Taking the cage with
the bluest of birds, he watched the re-
treating forms of the pair as the horse
carrcd them away swifter than the wind,
Join his guests. The company were ali
gathered in knots discussing the extra
ordinary powers of the bird and all the
events which had taken place. -
peace! peacc! cried the lord of the
castle, rs he entered. II will perform
more %er marvellous .Ha s th'nss than eyer he did
in exchange for the bird, and this blue
bird will render me more wealthy than
the King of Aragon. Approach, and see
the wonders will work with it,
He took the cage, and lifting it up to
look at the bird. was astonished to find
that it was not blue ut oil, but a large
in IN insOlent manner, gave fierce peck
at the door of the cage with its beak,
flung it open, and flew out of the window
uteering a terrible screech. #&
The lord of the castle stood with open
mouth. not knowing what to do or say.
His guests broke out in peals of laugh
ter ut his discontinue and the well-de.
aricc of exchanging his beautiful daugh-
ter for a worthless bird. ="
Meanwhile, Bartolo was galloping on
with his bride to the nearest town to be
married, and, when he arrived at the
first hostelry, he wished to dismount and
engage the most splendid suite Of apart
nlents for his intended bride, but he
found himself utterly pcnniless.
He had not calculate ted that in parting
with the bird he had parted with his
luck, and therefore as soon as he dis
mounted the horse disappeared and his
elegant dress became changed for the
shabby one he had worn before he met
the kind individual who had wished to
befriend him. When the beautiful
daughter Of the lord of the castle bcheld
the transformation which had taken
place she ran back to her father as fast
as she could, fright lending wings to her
feet.
Bartolo had to return to his old life of
making cages and to his miserable OK
istcncc:-From the Spanish in the Strand
Magazine
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-15
IN A SILVER PLATE.
Remarkable Curiosity Received at the
Treasury Department..

Remarkable Curiosity Received at the
Treasury Department.
Something very queer reached the re-
demption division of the treasury one day
last week. OF all the curiosities that have
ever come into that bureau it may fairly
be considered the most remarkable. 1t
was Il thin sheet of sterling silver. into
which had been rolled Il $40 silver certifi-
cate, so that the PARTICLES of the bill were
to il large extent Incorporated with the
supcrtces of the metal.
The $40 certificate was Il brand new
one, not long from the treasury. That
was evident frcm the appearance of it's
oddly -metamorphosed remains. 1t was
the property of workman in a silver
ware factory. 1t so CHANGED that he
had it in his hand while rolling out a
sheet of the metal. He dropped it, and
it passed with the silver beneath the
roller. with the effect that has been de-
scribed. There was only one thing to
do. and that was to forward the silver
plate in statu quo to the treasury de-
partment. This he has DONE He will
get back his $40 in the shape of a fresh
certificate, together with the silver sheet,
though the chief of the redemption di-
vision. Mr.. Relyea. would like to keep
the latter for Il souvenir
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-15
Both Played with Fire.

After recent gathering of notable men
the after-linner chat turned upon person
al experiences, and Il distinguished jurisl
related this:
After graduation he migrated to a
Western town: months of idlencss, with
no prospect of improvement, induced him
to seek Il new home. Without money
to pay his fare. he boarded train for
Nashville. intending to seek employment
as reporter on one of the daily newsp,,
pers. When the conductor called for his
ticket he said:
II am on the staff of the - of Nash
vile: l suppose you will pass me!'
The conductor looked at him sharply.
The editor of that paper is in the
smoker: come with me; if he Identifies
you, all right
He followed the conductor into tho.
smoker: the situation was explained: Mr..
Editor said:
"Oh, yes: l recognize him as one of the
staff: it is all right
Before leaving the train the lawyer
again sought the editor:
why did YOU say you recognized me:
IN not on your paper
Il am not the editor, either. I'm tray
cling on his pass and was scared to death
lest You should give me away" -Fash-
ions
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-15
PuhhhNr.
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

--Mrs.-~Radeliffe ate raw pork before
going to work on particularly thrilling
chapter "-.-:
The word anarchy is from the Greek,
and signifies the lack of 4 wellregulatcd
government.
The discovery Of the anti-toNine curt,
for diphtheria is in full accord with the
discoveries made by Pasteur.
The deposits in the Bank of France
amount to about $11S, 100000, and in
the Imperial bank of Germany to $780,
100000.
The annual rainfall of Great Britain
many, 11,SOOOOO: Of France. 12,OOO,OOO;
of Russia, 77,WN,OtO: of the United
Mates +%O.OONOOO.
In 1854 nearly all the birds of Eu-
rope were killed by the cold. Wolves
entered Vienna and other large cities,
and, driven by hunger, attacked the poo
pie of the streets.
Seneca, when tired writing his treat
Uses on morals, found amusement in go
my over his accounts and calculat ting
how much interest WAS due him.
AT either pole the intensity of the
solar heat is onrfourth greater than ut
the equator. because ut the pole the sun
shines during the whole twenty -four
hours.
In HOP the cold was so severe in
Russia that the Baltic sea was frozen
over. In 1ltU this occurred again, and
h"rSemrn rode from Denmark to
Sweden.
Julius Caesar was ashamed of his
bald head. and when it became shiny he
constantly Wore Il laurel wreath in the
hope of cunr.s,ling the drformity.
In 1880 the harhor of New York was
irrztu over and Il roadway for teams
WAS made from New York to Staten
island. In 1871 the harbor was again
frozen.
rh, opening of the door of Il warm
room i'll l.;lplant during the winter will
l' instantly followed by miniature
SLOW storm. the condensed moisture fall
my in flakes.
The only knowledge We have of the
air currents from 10 to 100 miles above
Tho earth 5 surface is what has been
gained from watching the luminous
trains lett by nrteors
The cold ef Canada seems to dimin-
l>h with an Increase of population. Be-
tween ISIS and 1881 Hudson's bay was
.lr>,u ~ average of ISL days every year;
now its ice lasts TO days.
-Thr polo or ole. is an Andalusiau
dance Of Oriental uri gin. The music is
slow AMI melancholy, while hte
dance is full IT wild contortions of the
body. the feet being hardly lifted from
the floor.
In ISL Catherine de Medici had a
ballet performed 1T the French court.
/: WAS entitled "Circe and Her
\ymrh>." and the expense for costumes
and training the performers was $500
thn' iivr,>.
The Scarfs known as cravats or
cr.,ats came into France about 1866.
They were copied from the shawls which
the Greats wore round their necks and
We're immediately adopted and exagger-
atrd by the ladies.
About the year HOO the Queen of
France :,St"nished the kingdom by driv-
in.: about in Il swinging chariot mounted
With gold and gems. 1t was the only
wheeled vehicle for pleasure purposes in
Francs.
AT the end of the Fourteenth century
the hra,llrrSSeS assumed the shape of
two enormous horns projecting from the
sides of the head, often five or six feet.
Doors had to be widcned to admit the
BEARERS.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-15

guaranteed pure as delivered ut the dairy
farm. An inspector purchased pint for
analysis, and informed the milkman of it's
destination. IAN right" said he, "there's
it's certificate of birth" and he ,tappsd the
tin plat. complaccntly, Ss.'Perhaps may
be able to send yonits certificate of $bap.
tisEl ysoun, answered the inspec tor and
sure enough he did, in the shape of Il sum
mons, which was subsequently trans
formed into Il So fine for adding Is per
cent. of water. 1t is most astonishing
how naturally cows milk always takes, to
water in every civilized country. That
estimable w. {, Il. U. ought to feel very
happy when it thinks of this seemingly uil-
happy condition of the matutinal milk can.
Boston Herald
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-15
TEST OF STRENGTH.
A Baltimore Man Moves Il Freight ca,
Weighing $4,000.

"A baltimore Man Moves Il Freight Car
Weighing $4,000.
If George G.. Spriygs, the unassuniins
strong man, is not really the champion
Hercules, his friends think he is. He
added another to his long list of achieve
mcnts recently by pushing freight car
ut the Baltimore & Ohio yards at Mount
Clare. Nd, whose total weight was 90
800 pounds. This makes a new worlds
record for Il feat of this kind, the record
up to date being claimed by John Whit
man. who, on May 20. 1891. without any
outside aid or appliances. is said to have
pushed Il car that weighed 1000 pounds
4 distance of thirty feet at the Hudson
River railroad depot in New York.
Spriggs was anxious to try his strength
on Il heavier car, and the only reason the
attempt was not made ut once was be-
cause there was no heavier one in the
yard. He says his record will not be
satisfactory to himself until he has done
the trick with Il 9O,OOO-pound weight.
The feat was done in the presence of a
company, who satisfied themselves of the
weight of the car and it's contents. Mr..
Spriggs sent his car only three feet, as
the track was closely occupied by other
freight cars, and that was all the room
he had. That he could have sent it thirty
feet or 100 seemed possible to those who
observed the comparative ease with which
the feat was accomplished. In addition,
the shove was slightly up hill, as Spriggs
gave it pull and it returned to it's DO
sition by sravity.-New York Herald
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-15
A Curious Hiding Place.

Many people have curious hiding places
in which they keep their savings, but
there could hardly be Il more ingenious
who recently came to light in Bucks
county. An old woman who lived alone
in Il little cottage at Riegelsville was
known to have amassed considerable
wealth. and it was also known that
she had no faith in the established banks
and saving funds. But where the old
woman kept her money was a mystery.
until she came to die few days ago
Then thorough search was made of the
premises, without disclosing the hiding
place. Finally, when the body was being
prepared for burial, Il porous plaster on
the old woman's side was noticed, which
did not lie as close to the skin as such
plasters generally do. When the plaster
was removed number of government
bonds, representing the old woman's en-
tire fortune, were found between it and
the skin.-Philadelphia Record.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-15
A NEW INDUSTRY,
Making Stockings, Gloves, Nlittens and
Other Hosiery of Paper Yarns.

other Hosiery OF Paper Yarns.
Paper gloves and hosiery are named us
among the very latest novelties. Stock
ings which shall sell ut ) cents Il pair
are proposed. In fact, the experiment Of
making paper stockings has been going on
for several months, and the party en-.
gagged therein believes that paper mittens
or gloves would possess advantages in
their season. The goods are light and
airy and very comfortable i'll summer.
When finished and dyed their appear
ance is similar to ordinary fabric goods.
The knitting is from paper yarns The
paper yarns are made pretty much after
the plan of making common paper twines,
except that the former are put through
certain special processes. The principle
is that of making a sort of "A nap On the
yarn. This is done automatically. Or.
binary paper Irvine or yarn is too smooth,
but good! gigging up gives the yarn, a
nap and this imparts softness. After the
knitting has been done the goods are
placed in a sizing bath made from po>
tato starch and tallow, which imparts
solidity and dura bility to the texture.
With paper passenger car wheels, pa.
per water-wheels, why not paper socks
and stockings ?!Tlc Glover
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-15

A lease has been effected Of the
Helena property. up Iowa SuIef from the
Rex, in the Leadvilfe gold belt. and viii
at once commence work upon IT,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-15
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN
Ala Magazine.

$(Wlth Apologies to ELLA Wheeler Thomas
Il Edith Mss,Wilcox, Ehon'as Bailey, AMpoor
u s .,,a,t; y , Is IN
= Meath the "nightingalc's starry roof.
Dreams inchoate censcless tangle,
Through my poesy's warp and wool
Ever make mo cffcrvcsce
''s'''~>e7a. As the brooksides watercress. ->..-:
What though anguish sweet cnthrall me
Unsuns music filled with sighs-
Ne'er must happiness befall me =
Soulful burdens be my cries.
| must suffer, OH, SO much,
Ii hope to keep in touch.
And so must the dear, dear reader.
Cincinnati Times Star
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-15
peDny.iu.ehe-Slot.

Penny-in- thr-slot gas machines have
ieen in use for some time i'm England.
the requisite coin turning on the iIlumin-
alton for u certain period An enlarge
ment of their service is now reported
from Liverpool, where. in some of the
city's hotels. gas fires for guests are on
tap through, these machines. There is no
bellboy to be called. and no time lost
waiting for his arrival and the subse-
qucnt firing up. a gas stove or CRATE is
at hand, and the coin and the match do
tho ROOT 800
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-15
PRAYED for Papa

Little Jack prays every night for all
the different members of his family. His
father had been away at one time for a
short journey, and that night Jack was
praying for him as usual BLESS papa
and take care of him." he was beginning,
as usual. when suddenly he raised his
head and listened. "Never mind about it
now, Lord" ended the little fellow; 81
hear him down in the hall."-New York
1rrihune
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-15
Try Hot Water.

careful persons are likely to catch cold
in their chests that will extend swiftly
to the lungs if not attended to. 1t usual
ly makes it's presence known by con-
strictcd sensation just under the breast
bone. where the flesh is thinnest When
Il person experiences this feeling he can
rest assured he can procure almost i'll
slant relief by drinking cup of water
as hot as he can bear to take in the
mouth and swallow. There is no better
medicine in the world to arrest progress
of a cold than hot water, and, besides
it's effect upon the stomach and, the sys-
tenn generally, is beneficial in the high
est degree. And in sore throat the same
remedy will be found almost specific.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-15
ROSSini WAS Lazy.

RoSsini was one Of the most indolent
men that ever lived, yet he wrote operas
as"lnst time, as it were. THE Barber
Of Seville for instance, was written
and mounted in less than a month, which
fact gave rise to Donizetti's cogent wit
ticism. Upon being told that Rossin;
bad finished bis opera in thirteen DAYS.
Donizctti replied: ut is very possible:
III. il 81 law"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-15

Americans are greater meat eaters than
the English. ] very much doubt If this
is true. LII summer time, ut least. pco-
pie here seem to live off an infinitely
greater variety Of vegetables and fruits.
but far lers meat and tread than in NV
land. Of New York fruits. in their va
liety. and their excellence, one can hardly
's@ak too highly. Their cI,eapness and
goodness is such that one almost wonders
why all Gothamites are not frur,iyarian.
Fired A. Mckeisie in New York World.