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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-04-24
MISCELLANY.
Dear Old Mother.

Day after day see her climb the stair
My dear old mother to the attic room.
As though a tryst TO keep with some one there,
She sits within the anse-scented gloom.
You are so young that you would smile to see
The queer old things her wrinkled hands unfold,
Moth-eaten, worn, and yet endeared to me,
Because she loves them so who now ia old.
with dust upon her gown, her cap awry,
Silent she sits in her rush.bottomed chair,
Her dim eyes searching for the days gone by
Midst those odd things that she has garnered
there.
To-day went to her summer rain
Fell softly on the shingles overhead
spoke to her; she called me by the
of one she loved, daughter long since dead
with tears upon my cheeks turned away,
bit of silken hair was in her hand,
And as she smoothed it out, heard her say
" 1 have forgot, but God will understand
She was my child and this her shining hair.
Sometimes seem almost to see her face.
We laid her in the earth, think somewhere,
have forgot but God doth know the place"
As motlonless | stood there by the door,
heard, and yet heard not, what she said;
A patch of sunlight lay upon the floor,
And soft the summer rain sung overhead.
The thought went through my heart, how would
miss
My mothers faltering football on the stair;
What If to-day could not stoop and kiss
That blessed face and sorrow-whitened hair.
Could 1t be near that empty, pulseless day?
(For when 1t comes God help the child she bore.
And then put the chilling thought away,
Let down the latch and shut the creaking door,
New York Independent.
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ShOp-Walking Statistics.

A Swiss, described as "statis-
tician, who appears also to be en-
ployed as shop assistant, has been
calculating how many miles he
walks in a day to and fro in his place
of business and up and down stairs.
Probably many of our readers
have felt a little curiosity on the
same subject, but we do not suppose
they have ever taken the trouble to
make any reliable estimate, nor is it
at all certain that our Swiss friend
has However, he finds that the total
number of steps he took during the
whole year was 9,760, 900, or, on an
average, 26, 740 steps each day.
Going still further into details, he
says that over 600, 900 of these steps
were taken in going up and down
stairs, and that, on the average, he
walked ten miles a day to bring
about these results.
We give these figures exactly as
they come to hand, without any in
clination to criticise or submit them
to analysis, but if they are approx
mately accurate, not only in the par
tioular case to which they refer, but
as representing the amount of walk
ing exercise taken in the course of
business by the average shopkeeper
and his assistants, it is more than
they usually get credit for. London
Tit Bits
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A Curious Feat.

A curious feat was one performed
by an electrician. He was coming
homo from South America after as
sisting in cable laying. The ship call
ed at Lisbon, anchoring at the mouth
of the Tagus. On weighing anchor
up came a damaged cable on the
hukes. The captain was about to cut
the cable and run but the electrician
begged for five minutes delay. 1t
was granted. He took bearing of
the spot, improvised a battery and
contrived to speak to the Lisbon of
fee. Aware of the fault, the office
was on the alert, and he received
its thanks upon his tongue by the
taste of the wire whenever the cur
rent passed. This ingenious feat
probably saved the company several
thousand pounds. Repairing expedi-
tions are very costly, sometimes
amounting to f35, 900 and even 940,-
900. The tiny teredo will bore holes
in a cable that costs els, 900 and f20, =
600 to repair. London Standard.
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BARRE TRAINS.
Central Vermont Railr0af

commencing december y, 1874.
Trains Going South and East wiu LeGv. Mont
pelier as folloos.
9;OOA. NJ. MAIL. for Fitchburg. Boston. Sprns
field, New London and New York.
1929 p. M. FAST TRAIN, for Boston via Low
ell, and New York via Spcingneld' ~
Junction and Windsor.
sI2:4O A. NJ. EXPRESS, for Boston via Lowell
and all points In New England New York and soutl
Trains Going North aad West:
$3.50 A. M. EXPRESS, for Montreal Ogden
1918 A. Nj PASSENGER. for Burlington, 8
Adams, Richtord and Rouse's Point making connee
81 80 p. M. PASSENGER. fer Burlington, St.
Adams, Montreal, Ogdensburg Chicago, and the
Wes Wagner parlor TO Montreal, anc Pullman
sleeping car from Montreal to Chicago without
change. Due Chicago 9 40 2. M. next night. 9. 4,
bans and intermediate points. -
Through tickets to Chicago and all points Yves Tor
sale At the principal stations
Suburban Train Service.
Leave Montpelier at 1915, ehS. 1850. A. y. l;2O,
$780, 100 p NJ. Arrive ut Barre twenty minutes
Leave Barre at slO, $3.50 A. NJ. 1850 M, sos S:2o
$780, P. M Arrive at Montpelier twenty min
utes after leaving time.
Trains leave for williamstown NJ leo p. H. and
DAILY. Sundays included. ! Sundays only.
All passenger trains will stop at the Pioneer orks
to take or leave passengers when signaled.
E.w. THOMPSON, Agent.
W. BALDWIN, General Superintendent
8. W. CUMMINGS, General Passenger Agent
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Telling the Bees.

There is probably no insect in
which mankind in general takes
more interest than it does in the
common honeybee, and of the doz-
ems of superstltions which have been
woven about bees mono is more Gu
rious and interesting than that called
telling the bees of a death.
Informing bees of a death in the
family of their owner, in order to keep
them from deserving the hive when
they find it out of their own accord,
is q custom so ancient that no anti
Quarian has ever been able to trace
it to its origin. In this country it is
only practiced by recent additions
to our population from the lands
across the sea, but in parts of Britain
and continental Europe it is looked
upon as a necessity, providing tho
apiarian desires to keep his swarms
from deserving their abodes So uni
versal was this custom of telling
the bees few years ago in Europe
that an inquiry concerning bees was
more than likely to elicit the reply
that they had all left the place since
So and-so died, because the grief
stricken family had neglected to tell
the little honey gatherers what had
happened If neighbOrs were talking
of the death of friend, some one in
the company would most likely ask
if the bees had been informed of the
sad circumstance. A recent CORE
spondent of one of the big London
weeklies, who says that the custom
is still practiced in Devon, tells of a
funeral cortege which was halted in
order that an apprentice boy might
be sent back to tell the bees what
was going ON, little detail which
had been overlooked before starting
for the cemetery.
In Austria, Italy, Poland and in
parts of Russia, when the master or
mistress of a house dies, not only
the bees, but the live stock in general
is supposed to be acquainted with
the fact by rafting bunch of keys
at the hives, in the stables and
among the herds. In France, when
the master or mistress dies, the bees
are informed and have their hives
draped in mourning.
Oliver, in his History Of Bever-
ley" says that the inhabitants OF
that place invariably clothe Their
beehives in mourning on the day Of
funeral, this to insure the future
prosperity of the swarm. Besides the
mourning decorations, an offering
of funeral biscuit" pounded fine
and soaked in wine, is sometimes
added.-St. Louis Republic.
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IT MAY DO AS MUCH FOR YoU.-Mr.
Fred Mi Her, of Irving, Ill.,, whites that
he had asevere kidney troublef or many
years, with severe pains in his back
and also that his bladder was affected.
He tried many so-called kidney cures
but without any good result. About a
year ago he began use of Electric Bit
ters and found relief at once. Electric
Bitters is especially adapted to cure of
all kidney and liver troubles and often
gives almost instant relief. One trial
will prove our statement. Price only
fifty cents for large bottle. AT G.
Blakely's drugstore.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-04-24
Are Thanks Unnecessary!

"a great deal is said about men be.
ing thanked for giving up their seats in
the street cars to women, said man
in conversation with IN, J. Nov,
for my part, l don't want to = --.anked
for simply doing my duty"
"But is it your duty" asked the
friend, ito give up seat for which
you have paid and stand up the entire
trip to accommodate a stranger;"
81 look at it as duty. 1t is deal
easier for man to hang to strap than
it is for woman. The fact that a
woman is standing while sit annoys
me. 1t does not matter in the least to
me that she is stranger feel under
obligations to give her my place"
"That is gallantry, sneered his
friend
1T comes nearer to being reciprocity
Every few days some man gives my wife
or mother seat in crowded car, so !
try to pass the courtesy on Only yes
terday | saw every man in Gratiot
&venno car give up his seat to some
woman. Not one was thanked or look
ed as if he expected to be, or indeed
gave the woman in the case a chance tc
thank him. 1t was done as if all be-
longed to one family, but the true spirit
of politeness was in the atmosphere, and
thanks, though not audible, were felt
To tell the truth, it embarrasses me tC
have a woman repeat that set formula
Thank you, sirP "
~ guess you're not often embar
rassed," retorted his friend cynically
and there the conversation ended. DE
troit Free Press.
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
ESTATE nI AnArVNE ~ xrUu

The undersigned, having been appointed by th-
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Washirg
ton commissioners to receive, examine and adjus
all claims and demands of all persons against thu
estate of ADALINE C. KGLBURN, late ofWaterbury,
IL said district, deceased. all claims exhibited
In Offset thereto, hereby give notice that we will
meet for the purposes aforesaid at the office OF W
7. Dillingham;, in the town of Waterbury, in said
District. ON tie goth day of April and 23d day
OF September next, from o'clock p. NJ. until
four o'clock p. NJ each of said days, and that siI
month"; from the 4th day of April, A. ID. 1895 10
the time limited by said Court for said creditors tc
present their claims 10 us for examination and
allowance
Dated at Waterbury, this sth day of April, A. D
1895 q. l.. MOODY, c-...-....,-,
4@4j H. f. ROYCE JCoHihlsslohers'
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ESTATE OF PIERCE WEIGH
STATE OF VERMONT.
DIaTRICT on WASuINarnN 50

In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, in and TO-
said District, on the 18th day of April AID 1895;
Phebe NJ. WEIGH, Administra' rix of the estate
of PIERCE WEIGH, late of Berlin. in said Dis-
trict, deceased presents her administration ac-
count for examination and allowance and makes
partition of the estate of said deceased Where
count and said appicsfion he referred 70 session
thereof, to he held at the Probate ONCE, in
said Montpelier the 3D. day of May A.
D. 1895. for hearing and decision thereon And,
It is further ordered that notice hereof be given
to all persons interesttd by publication of the
three weeks SUCCESSFULLY In the Vermont Waterman
e State Journal, newspaper published at Mont.
pelier previous to said time appointed for hearing
that they may appear at said time and place, ant
show cause, II any they may have, why said account
should not be allowed and such decree made,
BY the Court-Attest,
A. HIRAM CARLETON. Judge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-04-24
OUR BOYS And GIRLS.
The Tee-Hee Girl.

know little maiden, but really, on my word
You would think this person was Tee hee
bird.
For no matter what you say,
If it's sad or IL it's gay,
This silly maiden answers you with Tee .he.he"
With a" Tee he, tee he, tee-hehe."
She's quite pretty little girl. with bright and smil.
ing eyes,
And, in some things. understand that she is very
wise;
But though she knows her letters,
No matter what her betters
Or her elders may remark to her, this little maiden
Is sure to end her answer with Tee.hehe,p
With J." Tee.he, teehe, tee.he he"
If you tell her that your pocket is Just stuffed all
full of toys,
If you tell her you've headache and she must no
rake noise,
If you tell her she's your pride,
Or II you scold and chide,
It really is the same TO her so far as can see,
For her answer is a giggle. with a " Teehe he"
A" Tee he, tee he, tee .hehe."
I have heard this little maiden say that she was
very tired
l have heard her ask for lots of things she very
much desired;
But to everything she uttered,
Or mumbled forth muttered,
She tackled that senseless gggle that quite devoid
of gee-
That foolish little habit Of a Tee hehe,"
Tee he. teehe. tee he.he."
sometimes feel quite worried lest an elf of whom
I've heard
Should along and change this girl into Tee.
hee bird;
When, in all sorts of weather,
with each curl turned to a feather
She'd have to sit the liveong day alone upon tree
just calling out to folks below her Tee he.he,"
Her Teehe, tee he, tee.he.he."
st. Nicholas.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
ESTATE OF WILLIAM III. DEWEY,

The undersigned, having been appointed by thu
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Wasf
ington commissioners to receive, examine and I'D
Just all claims and demands of all persona against the
estate of WILLIAM II. IEwEY, late Of Der
lin in said District. deceased, and all claims
hDted II offset thereto hereby give notice that
will meet for the purposes aforesaid the residence
OF Mrs. W: II. Dewey, in the town Of Berlin,
in said District, the I'd day of May and
the goth day of September next, from tel
o'clock A. NJ. until three o'clock p. NJ, eacl
of said days, and that six months from the 2Otl
day of March, A. ID. 1895, is the time HmiteC
by said Court for said creditors to present thei
claims to us for examination and allowance.
Dated at Berlin, this 4th day of April, A.
l's5. LtEMSEL CHLA,sNDLER Commissioners
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-04-24

LlO0S, WtdhlleSS Vi inc SlOludcn, lnulgeS-
ton, bloating, leucorrhna, womb trou-
Bile, foo ling, nervous prostration, head
ache, general debility, etc. symptoms of
Womb Troubles
are dizziness, faintness, extreme lassi-
tude, don't care" and "want to be
left alone" feelings, excitability, irrita-
bilty, nervousness, sleepleSsness, fatu-
lency, melancholy, or the blues and
backache. Lydia f. Pinkham's Nege-
table Compound will correct all this
trouble as sure as the sun shines. That
Bcaring-Down Feeling.
causing pain, weight, and bacllachc. is
instantly relieved and permanently cured
by its use. Under all circumstances it
acts in perfect harmony with the laws
thu govern the female system. is as
harmless as water 1t is wonderful for
Hdicy Complaints in either sex.
Lydia T.. Pinliham's Liver Pills
work in unison with the Compound and
are a sure cure for constipation and sick
headache. Mrs. Pinkham's Sanatve
Wash is frequently found of great value
for local application. Correspondence
is freely solicited by the Lydia +. Pink
ham Medicine Co., Lynn. Mass, and the
strictest confidence assured All drug
gists sell the Pinkham remedies. The
Vegetable Compound in three forms, -
Liquid, Pills, and Lozenges.
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ESTATE OF TIMOTHY r. MERRILL.
STATE OF VERMONT,
n,,,r,,1,rr ~ N .,-,xa-ox,

DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON, S.
In Probate Court, held at Montpelier. in and for
said District on the sth day of April A. d. ls95:
Timothy X. Merrill, Jr., Administrator of the
tate of TIMOTHY h. MERRILL, late of Montpelier,
in said District deceased. makes application to said
Court, with the consent and appreciation in writ.
ing of the heir of said deceased residing in the State
of Vermont for license to sell ali of the real estate
of said deceased, situated in Montpelier in said Dis
trict, to wit Home place Elm street, also
about three of land on Seminary Hill. so
called representing that the sale thereof would be
beneficial to the heir of said deceased and those in
terested in his estate in order to said real
tate into money. WhereuDon. it is ordered by said
Court that said application be referred to session
thereof to be held at the Probate Office in said Mont
pelier the 25th day of April AID 1885, for hearing
all persons inter, sed be notified hereof, by pub
LEGATION of notice of said application and order
thereon three weeks successfully in the Vermont
Waterman e. State Journal, newspaper published
at Montpelier, in this state, and which circulates In
the neighborhood of those interested, before said
time of hearing, that they may appear at said time
and place, and, If they see cause, object thereto.
BY the Court,-Attest,
43-45 HIRAM CARLETON, Judge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-04-24

COULD Nor SLEEP.--''I was very
weak, had no appetite, could not sleep,
and was completely run down and dis
courased. After taking two bottles of
Hoods Sarsaparilla began to improve
and am now strong and well. ! sleep
we'll and have an excellent appetite"
Blanche Kilbourn, Rutland, VI.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-04-24
For Sale at a Bargain!

House, Barn and Building Lot on Mechanics St.
One acre Of land, partly covered with fruit trees,
On Mortified street: House and small Building
Lot, Firstclass investment. A. j. HOWE,
Real Estate Agent
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-04-24

THAT scrofulous faint which has
been in your blood for years will be
expelled by taking Hoods Sarsaparilla,
the great blood purifier.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-04-24

SUMATRA enjoys the greatest variety
of animal and vegetable life of any dis
trict on earth.
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NOTICE.

Notice Is hereby given that the UNION MUTUAL
FIRE INSURANCE co. withdraws from the offer
of reward Jointly made with the Vermont Mutual
Fire Insurance Co. and the New England Fire In.
surance CO.. for the payment OF FIVE HUNDRED
the detection and conviction of any person per
sons who may, trial be found guilty OF the crime
of incendiarism arson, In firing any prop erty In
Vermont which. at the time of the fire, was In
sured by any of said companis. And we shall pay
part OF any such reward accrung after this date
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-04-24

HOOPS PILLS cure sick headache.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-04-24
UNION MUTUAL
FIRE INSURANCECO.
Montpelier. VT. December Il. 1894.

CHILDREN Cry for enc Cato
CHILDREN Cry for i'ltchr' Csstoria
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THE Thames was once tributary of
the Rhine.
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PROOF IS POSITIVE
THAT LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND
Is Daily Curing Backachc, Dizziness,
Faintness, Irregularity, and all Fe-
male Complaints.
ESPECIAL TO QUIZ LADY REApEns.1

Intelligent women no longer doubt the
value of Lydid E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, 1t speedily relieves irregu-
larity, suppressed or painful menstrual.
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TIME TABLES.
MONTPELIER & Wells River R. B.
The White Metal ("A|uminium") Line.

Time Table. In effect Dec. 3, 1884, Trains lesvlnt
Montpelier follows
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-10-27

on the board is also one of the most
precious. 1t is made of copper or
brass, or some other vulgar metal,
and is streaked with green. Is isn't
round, and probably never hoped to
be round. 1t has big wart in the
middle. But this coin is of most an
cient and respectable lineage and it's
early associations were most refined.
The lump Of brass is 1900 years old,
and was produced at learned and
elegant Athens in the golden age of
Pericles. On its face the awkward
coin bears the helmeted head of
Athene the Wise. On the reverse
is her favorite bird, the owl, with
the first letters either of the god
dess' name or of the name of her
own city-"Athe." Yet this coin
could never have been worth more
than few cents to an ancient
Athenian.
Another Greek coin of alluring as
sociation is one bearing lions
head. 1t is a Phocaic slater of that
favored isle which so charmed the
golden goddess of love and laughter
the isle of Lesbos. Many a be-
draggled vagrant of East Seventh
street might feel a temporary sense
Of wealth could he but realize his
proximity to coin issued "just
before the reform of the coinage
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-10-27
Chinese Gold Coin

ly refuse a fve-dollar note, but he
will grasp with pleased avidity an
old and battered penny. If the pen
ny is so much confused that it can
scarcely identify itself further than
to indicate in a feeble way that 1t
was born some time in the reign of
George l., Mr. Sowders will press it
madly to his impassioned lips, al
though he knows full we'll that ver-
digrfs is a virulent poison, and that
venerable coins fairly blossom with
bacilli
1t is difficult to believe that any
stock can be bought by an East Sew
enth street merchant except that he
may sell it at a slight advance, for
hhis thoroughfare is as successful as
1t is commercial. But Mr.. SoWders
Is always buying coins, and he never
sells them. He loves ito look ait them,
especially if they are old and out
landish. 1t has occurred to him that
strangers may also love to look at
them. Therefore has he tackled his
funny looking pennies and his
crushed and battered dollars upon
several boards and stood the boards
on end in the window of his store.
The strangers who love to look at
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-10-27

year than boots. Shoes, be it under
stood, are what used to be called ties.
CATERS, or ''spats," are only permis-
S1ble spring and autumn, but they have
a sporty" look dear to the heart of
some girls. Calfskin shoes are worn
in fashionable outfit. The tips are
kid with patent leather foxings, not
nearly so comfortable, but much
smarter, in the afternoon
Shoes reaching just above the ankle,
with tops of colored cloth, buttoned
with most abnormal buttons, are some
what startling, but generally included
in fashionable outfit. The tips are
of smooth tan cloth, fine check being
the most favored. These must be
made to order
While the latest fashion, excepting
in walking boots, is toward. a more
rounded toe, the general effect is still
the long and narrow. Of course this
necessitates wearing a size or two
sizes longer, but is far better and more
becoming to the foot than to have it
squeezed into broader and shorter
boot. For street wear, low, broad
heels are necessary. In fancy Slip
pers, high heels and even the Louis
slippers and fancy ties, there is no end
to the quantity needed Many women.
when they have their ball gowns made.
send a bit of the stuff to their boot
maker to insure the slippers matching
the gown exactly. White satin and
even white kid slippers are embroid-
ered with pearls and rhine seedstones
ana the tiny jeweled tips that show
Deneath the hem of the dainty gown
oo aod greatly to the finish of the
costume
Numberless shoes, boots and slinners
require numberless stockings. and
many women find, in order to keen
them as they want, it is necessary to
give up chiffonier solely for that use.
every shade and color of silk stocking
IS carefully folded in this chiffonier,
SILK, OF course, predominates. but there
are hsle thread, cotton and even the