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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-03-23
Hoods Sarsaparilla

"My nerves were In such condition the closing
OF door was sufficient to throw me into spell
OF trembling which would last for hours. This
was after severe attack Of the grip, which shat
tered my health. could not sleep, my food dis
tressed me, and had darting pains through my
shoulders and back. At the suggestion OF q friend
1 tried Hoods Sarsaparills After taking one
bottle, my food no longer distressed me, and my
nerves were quieted. Have taken three bottles and
I am cured. The asthma trouble, from which
have not been free for years. has entirely disappeared
Hoods Sarssparlls has done wonders for me, and
am glad to recommed IL highly." MRS. LUCINDA
RUsrELI, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-09

know the actual condition of the United
States treasury, he should not take
figures specially juggled for any single
month, but take them for IN entire
e a For instance, On August 81, last,
the democratic tariff law had been in
effect for one year. Now, what sort of
a showing was made during that year ?
Here are the figures made by demo.
cratic officials: The total receipts were
S295, 061, 022, and the total expenditures
$3.50, 026 ,332-a deficit for the year of
S63 ,965 $40, a sum nearly equal to that
which was received from the foreign
syndicate for the last issue of bonds.
This isn'G partisan politics, but a state
ment of cold, hard facts. That these
facts demonstrate the incapacity of the
democratic party to successfully adj
minister the affairs Of the government
is true, but that is only so much the
worse for the democratic party, which
is responsible for these d~isagreeable
facts.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-09

SENATOR MORRILL, received greet
ings right and left, and there is nothing
perfunctory in this popular regard. 1t
is spontaneous and hearty-the homage
of mems hearts to a venerable and
faithful public man who has, during
two-score years, served his state and
his country well. Mr.. Morrill, is an
honorary member of the reunion society.
1t is a peculiar circumstance that he had
never held any state legislative office
when, in 1866, he first represented the
people of the old second district in the
national house of representatives. He
stepped direct from the ranks of unofi-
cial citizenship into the national legis-
lative service. His career was steadily
upward and onward. He has earned
national fame, and has never lost or
impaired individual respect.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-09

pitality OF vermonters, something in the
founders of the state Of Connecticut from
which the founders Of our own state came,
that brought with 1t that which develops
sell. control, that brought with it courage
and ability to cope with any problem and to
WELD it to their service, and that courage
has remained In Vermont more perfectly
thar 1t has in any of the New England
states. Our climate is.cold, our winters are
long, and our summers are short; but there
is in all this that which makes our men
thrifty to make preparation for the long
winters that follow. But these long win
ters are filed with hours given to reading
and contemplation, when they can take
hold of the past history of the state and
teach it to their children. A Vermont boy
is a boy who has courage, industry and
spunk, and the reason Of this Is that we
have preserved our institutions more per-
feCtly than they have been preserved by
any other state in the Union. l was glad
Brother Wing spoke of this, as it gave me a
text to speak on.
81 suppose in Vermont, when we think
of that great crowd of independent thinkers
that have gone out of Vermont, we realize
that they carry with them the characters.
tics and strength of the founders of the
state. If you would go into the great cities,
as His Excellency has this year, into New
York and Chicago and into the other great
cities, you would see that the children Of
Vermont are everywhere noted for qualities
which make good citizens. We rave kept
our government right in touch with the cit
liens. We lay made mistakes, and we
have done things we regret, but there has
never been a charge that the Vermont leg
islature could be bought or sold, that Yer
mont was a borough that any man could
carry in his pocket. The reason has been
that every man that goes into the Vermont
legislature ives allegiance to the people
who have sent him there. l am proud to
belong to this body, am proud to stand as a
representative Of this body, although | feel
that, in a measure, | should stand in the
p position of Brother Wing and welcome you
here, as l am here so much. l know what
the people of Montpelier nave done |
know how they have opened their doors
l know they rave raised a large sum OF
money for this occasion so that we should
not be taxed. l know their tables are
spread for us, and | know they are ready
and willing to do anything to make this oc
casion a great success"
After a medley of patriotic airs by the
band, the president made several announce.
ments and the meeting was adjourned tC
two o'clock at the State House.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-09
A Misleading Statement,

The statement that the receipts of
the government for September exceed
the expenditures is exceedingly crafty
ing, but satisfaction would be unal-
loyed if the statement was worth its
face value, or even some small per cent
of the Importance it is playing in the
democratic and mugwump cackle over
the matter.
A candid and dispassionate considera.
ton of the subject would bring out the
following facts: During the month of
September the receipts of the govern.
ment were slightly in excess of the ex-
penditures, but that does not mean that
the receipts of the government have
grown TO be as large as its expendi-
lures. The heaviest payments of the
government are made early in the
quarters beginning July l, October /,
January l and April l, consequently
the smallest expenditures are for the
last months of the quarters-June, Sep
TENDER, December and March. This is
30, to a large extent, under all admin
istrations, but it has been particularly
so under the present, because of the
system of Withholding payments during
the last half Of the quarters, for the
purpose of misleading the country as to
the state OF the public finances. Last
April the receipts, under this system,
exceeded the expenditures. 1t wa the
same in June, the excess for that month
being about so, 900 ,009 more than for
September, and it will doubtless be the
same for December; but all the while
that annual deficit has been steadily
climbing, and it will continue TO climb
until the republican congress takes hold
and passes the legislation necessary to
increase the revenues of the govern
ment, through a revision of the demo-
cratic tariff law, which democratic
treasury officials openly acknowledge
will never provide all the money needed
to run the government. II n wishes to
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-09
lass OF citizens will have to seek other EN-.

class OF citizens will have to seek other EN-.
ployment,
There are some laws to which l feel
obliged to call your attention-the law pro.
hibiting the sale OF intoxicating liquor and
that OF paying the bounty on ~noxious ami.
mails. | would suggest that you give these
your attention, and, either by amendment
or making new laws that no one but law
yers will be able to understand, so that the
people be obliged to go to the expense Of
going to the court. And 1 would suggest
that the grand list of every town be legal.
lied. (Applause). Before you leave town
/ implore you TO confer the right Of suffrage
on the women of our state. If you don't
believe they should have this, send your
wife and daughters on a three.weeks' vaca-
ton, and, II you are not then convinced, l
am mistaken"
George M. Powers, secretary of the sem
ate, read a witty original report OF the pro-
ceedings Of the last session that contained
many bright hits, and would we'll repay
printing in full, did space permit.
The proceedings of the afternoon took the
form OF a mock session. Senators Blake of
Orleans, Simonds OF Bennington, Hobson of
Essex, Bailey of Orange, Hale of Essex and
Roberts OF Chittenden introduced bills OF a
more or less startling nature, the reading OF
which caused great laughter and applause.
Resolutions, remonstrances and petitions
were SHE'D at the presiding officer, and the
proceedings for the mex hour were a re-
minder of the expiring hour OF a Vermont
legislature. Sen ator Bailey of Orange
county parted a thrust in a happy manner.
A measure was on hand which provided
that the bill be consigned to a place un.
m~entionable. An inquiry was made If that
place was within the jurisdiction of the
Senate. 1t was suggested that the senator
from Orange be appointed a messenger to
carry the bill there. Senator Bailey replied
that the Senate evidently was not familiar
with the location of the place in question.
" Why" said he, 4" it's Roxbury."
After Hon. Josiah Grout had made a
brief facetious speech on self.denial and had
extolled the Senate OF 1892, a resolution
was introduced that no member of the Sen.
ate of 1892 shall ever be eligible to the Of.
flee of governor. Seconded by Major Grout,
amid great applause, The fish hatchery
and Roxbury water came in for a full share
Of the fun. 1t was suggested that the Sen.
ate 20 into a committee of the whole and
visit the hatchery, to see il the water there
is fatal to human or official life. Senator
Foster moved an amendment that the tank
he brought here. The chair stated that there
were already tanks enough in the hall
After every one was wearied with the fun,
on motion OF Senator Bailey the Senate adj.
journed to Roxbury.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-09

WHETHER the reporter, or the ed
itor, or the devil, each or all combined,
of the Burlington NepS, is a fool, or a
rogue, or an ignoramus, is made a de-
batable question by the report" that
paper gives of the speeches of Mayor
Wing and Governor Dillingham; at the
opening of the reunion festivities,
Wednesday morning. The chances of
indicting n or all of the trio, on either
of the three counts, would be about
equally good.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-09

THE democrats, and their lackeys,
the mugwumps of Massachusetts, have
picked up that pink of political reform,
G. Fred Williams, and devoted him to
sacrifcial honors in November. AS
candidate for governor, he will COM
mand the mugwump support, but the
men who followed Billy RusselPs ban
ner with so much enthusiasm and unan-
unity will not be found in the train of
a political dude.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-09
LIEUTENANT. GOVERNOR MANsUR's
SPEECH.

Senators, allow Inc to congratulate you
on the suspicious opening and bright pros
poets for this second legislative reunion in
this city. 1t was a happy thought which
conceived the idea of this legislative re-
union, because Of the pleasure it gives us in
the few days we spend here to renew old
a~cquaintances and form new ones, and of
the influence it may exert which must be
beneficial in this state, and will help us to
feel we belong to one community. The
character of Vermonters is distinguished
from those Of other states, it seems to me,
because OF the fact that Vermonters are
always Vermonters, whether at home or
abroad; because we have retained more old
Puritanical stock than any other state; we
are more universally descendants of those
forefathers who founded the New England
states.
1--WE have also followed these Puritan.
ical principles and kept our farmers in the
legislature of Vermont more than any other
state in the Union. We see the character.
istics of Vermonters and the love they EN-
terrain for Vermont. We have the prime
distinction of being the only state which at
one time had her senators at the head of
the most important committees in congress.
We are proud of the fact that our senior
senator has had more to do with shaping
the course of the country than has any
other man in the country, and Is in fact the
Gladstone of the senate.
eve have come to enjoy a social hour by
will of the legislative assembly. We have
among us a class Of citizens in our state
which needs our sympathy, and those are
the lawyers. Men pay their debts more
promptly han they used to, are less pug
n~acious, and, unless something is done, this
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-09

GENERAL SHERIDAN used to be re-
ported as saying that, if he owned hell
and Texas, he would rem Texas and
live in the other place. Now it will be
the prize-6ghting fraternity that will be
making caustic remarks about the Lone
Star State. She is entering the sister
hood of civilized communities and set
ting the oace for some of them in mat
tiers of public morality.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-09
Diphtheria
X Less Fatal.

If the patients strength can be
maintained, and the great vital
centres of the body "kept up"
to the performance of their nat
ural functions, they will thus
dispel the disease germs that inn
pregnate the entire body, and if
sufficient vitality is experienced,
the fatality of this dreaded disease
is lessened a hundred-fold.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-09

PEOPLE will have 10 revise their
opinions of the moral status of Texas.
When the governor convenes the legis-
lature and exhorts that body to make
prize fighting a felony, in order to pre-
vent a threatened exhibition of the
"manly art" on Texan soil, credit
must be given for a sincere and reso-
lutte move in the interest of good NOR
ais that would be an honor to any state
in the Union.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-09

THE last issue of the up.street con-
temporary bears increasing evidence of
an internal economy 30 rotten that a
doctor, prescribing for the patient,
would advise a triple expansion bolus,
if the old p~harmacopeia were now the
standard of the medical fraternity.
Witness its fetid breathings and it's
nauseating spume on all matters of
state or national politics.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-09
ARTHUR ROPES, General Editor.
A Banquet Hall Deserted.

The lights have fed, the garlands
have withered, and the last loiterer has
departed from the halls where the feast
of reason and flow of soul has made
memorable and precious the second de-
cennial reunion of Vermont's surviv-
ing lawmakers and aw-executors.
The times have greatly changed in
the decade that has passed since the
first reunion was held. The keen edge
of novelty has been dulled. So the
ate ndance has been materially smaller
than it was ten years ago, although the
operation of the great popular principle
of rotation in office has b%iennially re-
cruited the ex official ranks, and kept
them full. The head of the column
has been melting away, but the rear
has been increasingly replenished, and
no draft, no bait of golden bounties,
has been required to supply the wastes
at the front. The fallen have not been
forgotten. Their names have been re-
cited, their services recounted, their vir-
tues sung, their eulogiums pronounced.
Wit, satire, and humor, have played
about the living and their works in the
merry moments of the mock sessions,
and the little nonsense now and then,
that is relished by the wisest men, has
been keenly enjoyed.
Wherever loyal Vermonters are as
sembled together, it is natural that her
history should be revived, her praises
sounded, and the virtues Of her eXecu-
tive officers, her law making and law.
administering bodies, set forth. In
this respect this reunion has been like
other assemblages of Vermonters.
Vermont's early history is, indeed,
unique, and The Vermonter has, per-
haps, become the most conspicuous
type of American nationality. YER
mont's past is all right. AS Webster
said of Massachusetts in his reply to
Hayne, The past, at least, is secure"
What most concerns Vermont is the
future. 1t is barely possible that some
of her orators on festive occasions
have tn cir gaze too s~teadfastly fixed
on the past. 1t would be quite an in
novation, and exceedingly inspiring, if,
on one of these occasions, some leader
of thought and action, bestowing a
glance upon the past for inspiration,
on1 aofanr,inn "a mt ontiralu on a6p.
quate cause for excessive adulation
that no governor, or legislator, or judge,
has been charged with, or found guilty
of, a capital or states prison offence,
should point the way to a future bright
with new achievements. These assem-
blages of a general character seem to
have a tendency TO lapse into something
very like mutual admiration societies.
The sturdy and rugged requirements
of state progress, material or moral, are
little considered, or not at all. Before
the third d%ecennial reunion, we look for
a change in this respect. We expect to
see "Onward emblazoned on the
state flag, and the speeches gathering
spirit and inspiration from the motto.
These assemblages should be patriotic
as well as social and reminiscent and
congratulatory, and patriotism's task,
in these times of peace, is to build up
the state, not to
"-lingerr round the sunken wrecks
Where old Armadas found their graves"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-09
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

The Montpelier Military Band gave a con
cert from the Pavilion stand at one O'Clock,
during which the member were photo.
graphed on the State House steps by S W.
Corse.
AT two o'clock the Senate met in Repre-.
sentatives' Hall, Lieutenant.G Governor u
NJ. Mansur presiding. The floor of the
house, galleries and lobby were packed
with ladies' and gentlemen. Prayer was
offered by Rev. E. NJ. Haynes, the chaplain
of the Senate of 1894 In the opening OF the
proceedings the presiding officer said, in
part:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-09

DUEsLER is al old bachelor and a
great horseman; he often says if you
could tell q woman's age the same way
you can a horses, they'd be more apt
to keep their mouths shut (the bruteD.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-09

A GREAT GERMANS PRESCRIPTION.
Diseased blood, constipation, and
kidney, liver and bowel troubles are
cured by Karl's Clover Root Tea. For
sale by w. E. Terrill & Co., Mont
pelier. Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-09

You may think it canuo possess merit or durability, the price is so low; bat
"go" but never dnps, the ink flowing steadily and uniformly. They are in use
in this Office, giving the best OF satisfaction, and they are N use N the banks,
insurance and business offices and among all classes of users of pens n Mont
peher and vicinity. Orders are received from all parts Of the country.
Money refunded if not satisfactory. ca BY mai, postage paid.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-09

Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Send for
testimonials, free.
+. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Ca Sold by druggists at seventy
eve cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-09

Druggist tARBAN f.. hENDhlCh
OF the Peoples Drug Store, carries on a
wholesale as well as a retail business at
Barre, VT. where he has been in business
for five years, previous to which he was
in business in Lebanon, n. H., for 20
wears. He went into business for himself
in 1868. He has certificates as a regis
tered pharmacist in New Hampshire and
Vermont, and is one OF the four Vermont
members of the American Pharmaceuti-
cal Association. He says:
"My sales Of Hoods Sarsaparilla are
not only more than of any Other, but
two or three times as much. There has
also been an increase in the sales OF
Hoods during the past year or so. l buy
only Hoods in large quantities. The
sales of Hoods Sarsa parilla last year
were so per cent. more than the year
before. / hear people say that Hoods
Sarsaparilla has done them good"
The record of remarkable cures effected
enables us t~ruthfully to say that
Hoods ~Sarsaparila
Is the Only
True Blood Purifier
Prominently in the public eye. 81; 6fors5.
Hoods Pills are taste'@ss' m,ta' e aie
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-09
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, CO
LUCAS COUNTY, %

FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that
he is senior partner of the firm of F. j.
CHENEY & Co., doing business in the
city of Toledo, county and state afore-
said, and that said firm will pay the
sun of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case of CATARRH
that cannot be cured by the use of
HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9th day Of
!, December, A. D., 1885.
" A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-09
THURSDAY

More than five hundred names had been
registered at nine o'clock that morning,
about half the number present ten years
ago. At nine o'clock the Montpelier Mil.
itary Band gave a concert from the Pavilion
stand, and at ten o'clock a joint assembly
was held in the Golden Flee ,e, Hon. f.
Stewart Stranahan of St. Adams presiding.
On the stage were seated Governor Wood
bury, Lieutenant-Governo Mansur, Jon
gressmen Circuit and Powers, Secretary of
State Brownell, ex.Governors Farnham and
Stewart, Hon. ID. j. Foster of Burlington.
After a selection by the band, Mr.. Strana-
han rose and said:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-09
GOVERNOR sTRANAHAN's SPEECH.

Gentlemen Of the Joint Assembly: To
be called upon to preside over a joint assem-
bly, composed, as it is, of the wisdom and
appreciate. The idea of calling together all
the living members and ex members of the
legislature in one grand reunion was, like
so many things Vermonteis do, unique.
What the Thanksgiving reunion around
the home circle is to the ia nily, so these
reunions are to the members of the legisla-
ture. 1t is a time when they can meet to-
gether and renew old acquaintances and re-
vive pleasant memories of the days gone
by. ! can never forget the reunion Of ten
years ago,-the impression 1t made upon
me. The wit and grace displayed by that
genius as presiding officer, Lieutenant. Gov.
ernor Hinckley, and the brilliant repartee
that passed between him and Senator Ed
munds, make it pleasant to look back upon.
l can only hope you will carry from this
reunion recollections as pleasant. The joint
assembly is called together today by an or
der of the executive committee, which the
secretary will now read.'
Secretary Brownell read the call, and the
presiding officer called upon Governor
Farnham to tell something of the legisla-
lures of the past. Governor Farnham said,
in opening:
FARNHAM's SPEECH.
"Gentlemen of the Joint Assembly: A
gentleman who sat on the seat beside me,
yesterday, remarked to me that he felt
proud of Vermont when he looked into the
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