davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-04-17
The Puzzle i'm Ancestry,

1t goes without saying that man has
two parents, four grandparents, eight
great grandparents, and SO on, so that IL
we go back, say, ten generations doubling
at each step, we have 2, 04S ancestors. This
sort of argument has been used by super
fetal genealogists to show that at the time
of William the Conqueror each of us had
more ancestors than the total population
of England hence we must each be de-
scended from every Englishman of that
day, including the immortal William
himself.
The absurdity of this sort of reasoning
has been pointed out by Professor Brooks
of Johns Hopkins. His immediate object
Is to establish a point in the theory of
evolution, but he confutes all silly gen
ealogsts at the same time. While 1t Is
true that we do have four grandparents
they need no be four separate and distinct
persons First cousins have not more
than three separate grandparents. If they
are doubly COUSINS they have but two so
in the tenth generation ones 2, O4S ances-
tors are never 2,04S separate persons.
They abound in duplicates, " so to speak,
as every one knows who has tried to trace
his descent not in one line, but in all
possible lines. These duplicates abound
especially in small communities whose
inhabitants have intermarried for years.
Besides this the lines from a given pair
Of ancestors tend to become extinct sooner
or later, so as ancestry is traced back the
probability is that all the persons living
in a given community will be found to
be descended, not from all, but from a
very few-perhaps only one or two-of the
Inhabitants of the community as they were
centuries ago. So, instead of having all
Englishmen of the year 1000 for our an
oestors, the probability is that we are de-
scended from comparatively few Of them
the number may be technically many
thousands, but one individual does duty
for several scores, or even several hundreds
of these, the lines of ancestry converging
upon him from many different directions.
This Is what Professor Brooks calls the
"convergence of ancestry. "-Exchange.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-04-17
The Greatest American Novel.

DR. Doyle speaks of The Scarlet Let
ter as thu greatest novel yet written in
America. He was fascinated as IA boy by
the subtle genius of the author of The
Snow Image" and The Great Stone
Face d those other finely conceived
bits of biology 50 dramatic in their ex
pressi ..hd so touched with the imperish
able charm Of art. One of the great re
grets of his visit to this country was the
fact that he could not shake hands with
DIR. Holmes and tell the genial "Autocrat'
in his youthful age how many delightful
hours had been spent in Edinburgh in the
society of the Boston wit, poet and philoso
pber DR. Doyle regards THE Autocrat
of the Breakfast Table" AS one of the most
distinctive of American books.-From DIR.
A. Conan Doyles Literary Aspects Of
America" in Ladies' Home Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-04-17
Dialect in Novels.

There are inulcatluns-not very marked
as yet, but still indications-that the day
of the dialect versifier and story teller Is
waning. The literary epidemic for which
he is responsible has ragged with undated
virulence in this country for the past ten
years or more. But all epidemics exhaust
themselves in time, and we are encouraged
to believe that this one is nearly spent. A
tabulation of the contents of our popular
magazines would now, we think, show a
smaller proportion of pages unreliable
for their bad spelling than would have
been disclosed by similar investigation
made two years ago. Many literary
worker is beginning to suspect that to
misspell as many words as possible Is not
exactly the noblest of ambitions We by
no means anticipate the complete disap
pearance of the dialect element from our
imaginative literature, nor would such a
reaction be desirable. But we do expect
the time to come when dialect shall oc-
oupy its proper place in composition and
be treated as means rather than as an
end There is an important distinction
between the story written for the sake Of
dialect and the use of dialect for the sake
Uf the story, The latter practice is as ex-
cusable or even praiseworthy as the former
Is reprehensible
When used with discrimination and
artistic restraint dialect is of course, an
admissible element in both poetry and fic-
ton. English literature would be far the
poorer without the treasures of Scotch
dialect preserved in the poems of Burns
and the novels of the author of Waiver
ley" Likewise we could i'll spare the
work Of the PrOvencal poets from the lit
erature of France, of Goldoni's Venetian
comedies from that of Italy or of Reuters
Plattdeutsch tales from that of Germany.
Even in our country a similar plea may
be made for the language of Hosea Big
low, or of Mr.. Cables creOles, or of Miss
Murfrees Tennessee mOuntainocrs. But
the swarm of commonplace and uninspired
scribblers of dialect that have descended
upon our periodical press during the past
decade need not hope to find safe refuge
In the shadow of such really significant
names as have been cited. Their protcn-
sions are too utterly without warrant and
their productions too entirely without
justification. Chicago Dial,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-04-17
The Onion of the Crusaders.

The baskets of shanots on the bucksters'
stalls in our great markets are taken by
the average murkctcr to be ordinary
onions No doubt many a worthy person
has wondered why marketmcn sold red
onions by the quart basket like strawber
ries. Tho shallUt, however, though near
cousin to the onion, is not an onion, but
a much more valuable vegetable, selling
for about five times as much ms a regular
onion, and 1t Is so excellent for certain
sauces that all that are brought to market
find ready sale. The shallot has mild
onion flavor peculiar to itself, 1t Is the
onion of Palestine, which was introduced
into Europe by the crusaders, who found
1t growing on the plains of Ascalon,
whence the name OF "ascalot, " or "esca-
lot" which has been shortened to shallot.
The deeds of the crusaders are forgotten,
says an enthusiast, but the little onion
lives forever
Tartarc sauce is one of the most excel
lent of the long list of delicious French
sauces, some Of which have been known for
centuries in their native country. Tartare
sauce owes its excellence chiefly to shall
lots. True opicures declare that the onion
cannot be successfully substituted for the
shallot in this sauce Make good mayor
Hdlbe uresslnB Vi une YUM vi al eSBi WlVH
oil, vinegar and salt; add n heaping tea
spoonful of mustard, 2 shallots minced or
grated, a small cucumber pickle minced
and teaspoonful of capers minced A
small pinch of cayenne Is sometimes add
ed, but this is a matter of taste,
A tartare sauce must be pleasantly
piquant, not prepared for "palates grown
callous," but so seasoned rs to give the
dish of fried fish or the broiled chicken or
outlet a relish 1t Is IA good sauce for hot
summers day Like all the best French
piquant sauces, and unlike English prepa-
rations of the dovied variety, tartare sauce
is an agreeable assistant to digestion, not
a stimulator of an oversurfeted appetite.
New York Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-04-17
The Thaw Hose.

Frozen fire plugs are the terror of the
fremon on cold days and nights. They
constitute a serious obstacle right at the
time when all are anxious to get to work
on the burning building, and in case of a
bad fire are often responsible for great
loss. The moment a fire engine reaches
Its position at fire during zero weather
what is known as a thawing hose is i'm
mediately attached to a valve connected
with the boiler and turned on the frozen
plug If it is found to be frozen a consid-
cradle distance down, the long brass noz-
gle of the hose is damned into the hard
ground. The powerful steam jet soon &C.
compishes the desired purpose. The thaw
hose, which is part of the outfit of every
fire engine, is often used to thaw the en-
CINE pipes as well as frozen plugs -Phila-
delphia Record.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-04-17
Deception in the Art Trade.

1T is curious thing" remarked an
artist, screwing up his eyelids until they
looked like Sits, as he scrutinized a small
painting, that people in this country pre-
fer foreign subjects to those taken from
their midst. This gives rise to peculiar
industry, very harmful to native talent.
Agents of American dealers collect In
Europe students sketches from all parts,
costume sketches | mean, showing torea-
dor smoking in the sunlight or fisher
man mending his nets. They buy these
sketches for mere song and then turn
them over to some one else to paint in
fake background. If you are connois-
seur, you can tell them at "a glance, but
there is a market for them nevertheless. ="
-Philadelphia Press
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-04-17
A Fine Distinction.

II believe" writes correspondent,
THAT the term newspaper man was the
invention of The Saturday Review before
its degeneration, when Plancus was con
sui, and every article in that paper was
intrusted to the most capable expert in his
particular branch. The writer suggested
1t as the proper English for journalist, a
term which his soul abhorred as inexact
as we'll as I'M English. A journalist Is
somebody who keeps journal or diary,
and a weekly newspaper may as reason
ably be called an annual as a monthly or
a journal. 1t might have been replied
that If newspaper man is the right name
for an editor or contributor newspaper
boy ought to mean youth who is being
educated to write in newspapers and not
q youth who sells them In the streets. -
Westminster Gazette
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-04-17

Two LIVES SAvED.-Mrs. Phoebe
Thomas, of junction City, H., was told
by her doctors she had consumption
and that there was no hope for her, but
two bottles DIR. Kings New Discovery
completely cured her and she says it
saved her life. Mr.. Thomas Eggers,
139 Florida street, San Francisco, suf-
fered from dreadful cold, approach
ing consumption, tried without result
everything else, then bought one bottle
of DR.. Kings New Discovery and in
two weeks was cured. He is naturally
thankful. 1t is such results, of which
these are samples, that prove the won
derful efficacy of this medicine in
coughs and colds. Free trial bottles at
e. Blakely's drug store. Regular size
fift cents and 81.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-04-17
Central Vermont Railroad.
Commencing December 9. 1894.

Commencing December 9. 1894.
Trains Going South and East ,oiu Leave Mont
pelier as tollo,os.
9:OOA. NJ. MAIL for Fitchburg, Boston. Spring
field, New London and New York
I2: 2B p. NJ. FAST TRAIN, for Boston via Low
ELL and New York via Springfield
500 p. M PASSENGER, for White Rivsi
.Ia:4O A. nj. EXPRESS, fer Boston via Lowell
and ali points In New England. New York and South.
Trains Geing North and West:
$3.50 A. NJ. EXPRESS. for Montreal. osdens'
burg and the West.
Io;ibA. NJ. PASSENGER. for Burlington, 8,
Adams, Richtord and Rouses Point msii ing connec'
so p. NJ. PASSENGER fer Burlington. st.
Adams, Montreal ogdensburg, Chicago. and the
West Wagner parlor car to Montreal, and Pullman
sleeping from Montreal to Chicago without
change Due Chicago 9:0 2. M. next night.
$40 y. Nj. EXPRESS for Burlington St. Al
bans and intermediate points
Through tickets to Chicago and all points Wes Tor
sale at the principal stations
Suburban Train Service.
Leave Montpelier at 7;l5 e;l5 1850. A. n. l:2O,
$3.50, 1900 p NJ Arrive at Barre twenty minutes
Leave Barre at 40, $3.50 A. M, 1880 M, Sd5 5:sO
$3.50, 7. NJ. Arrive at Montpelier, twenty min
utes after leaving time.
Trains leave for wihamstown ~ 30 P. NJ and
2:50P.A
Daily, Sundays included. Sundays only.
All passenger trains will stop at the Pioneer Works
to take or leave passengers when signaed.
E.w. THOMPSON, Agent.
W, BALDWIN, General Superintendent,
8. W. CUMMINGS, General PASSENGER Agent
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-04-17
In GENERAL.
Sliding Down Hill with Nancy.

It's OF fer an old.time wintry sky,
When the air ez crisp an the sleds jes' hyl
That's the kind fancyl
An my heart goes back to the days gone by
When she had a bloom on her cheeks, an
Went slidin down hill with Nancy
When the nights were still
on the old village hill.
An the stars winked an blinked kindly dancy.
Twas a heart full o. joy,
When was a boy,
A.sdn down hill with Nancy
Thar wan no spobs err thingumbobs
A.sportin' big canes with gold plate nobs
An SIGH like elegancyl
Twas jes' plain Joe an Bob an Bill,
An each TUX a gal an pked fer the hill,
But went along O. Nancy
We used bob sleds in the good oil days
And the gals set in front with their feet crostways-
They wouldn't do it now, fancy
Twas whoop an a run,
AM jing. if | won,
Twas q kiss from Nancy
OF those were the days when the young folks blood
Jes' danced in their cheeks in crimson flood,
Too rich for nowaday fancy
And in old age still,
I'm sldin down hill
.Jes' slidin' down hill with Nancy
New York Evening Sun.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-04-17
Newspapers and Irvine.

Wrapping paper, old newspapers and
the various useless odds and ends that col
lect about kitchen are an awful nui-
sance If you put them In the fire, they
smudge 1t out; II you throw them in the
ash barrel, it soon fills up; If you have no
particular place to put them, they get
around under your feetand annoy you that
way.
All good smooth brown paper should be
neatly folded up and laid on a shelf in a
place set apart for it. 1t never comes
amiss to have about. You want 1t for
lunches, to send away packages, to do up
the laundry in. You want it for dozen
things and probably never have a clean
piece at hand The paper bags should be
put away in the same manner 1t Is a
small economy, but saves great deal of
time when you want either
The Irvine that comes around the pack
ages should be made up in ball and kept
In tiny box OF basket hung high out Of
the reach of small hands, yet handy to
run to when you want a bit of cord. For
the useless odds and ends make bag out
of cheap print or cretonne, or piece one
out of pretty scraps and lime it so that 1t
will be strong. One as large as common
-four sack will not be too large. Gather
IL at the bottom and fasten with a bow
of cambria and at the top make wide
hem, into which put thick wire or small
hoop. Hang this in corner out of the
way and throw into it all the bits of pa,
per, cloth and trash Of that character.
When the bag is full, roll the contents
In big newspaper and tie with string
and pile up in the coalhouse till you have
the ashes carted away, and then 1t can be
carried away without trouble or extra
cost. You can have dozen such bundles
and not notice the room they take up
Philadelphia Press.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-04-17
ESTATE OF BRADLEY BUCK.
STATE OF VERMONT.

In Probate Court held at Montpelier. in and foS
said District, on the I'd day of April, A. ID. 1895
Samuel w. Benjamin Admins, rator of the estate
of BRADLEY BUCK, late of Northfield in said Dis
trict, deceased, makes application to said Court,
with the consent and pprobation in writing
of the heirs of said deceased, residing in the
State of Vermont for license to sell all Of
the real estate of said deceased situated in
Northfeld in said District. to wit: Home
farm. representing that the sale thereof would
be beneficial to the ! eirs of said deceased,
and those interested in his estate, in order
to convert said real estate into money. Where
upon, 1t is ordered by said Court that said
held at the Probate ONCE. in said Montpelier, on
and decision thereon; and, 1t is further ordered,
thai all persons interested be notified hereof, by
publication Of notice of said application and order
thereon three weeks successfully in the Vermont
Wdtchmdn q 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,
4244 HIRAM CARLETON, Judge,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-04-17
ESTATE OF TIMOTHY II. MERRILL.
STATE OF VERMONT,
DISTRICT OF wAsHISeroN. as.

In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, in and for
said District. on the 9Th day of April A. d. 1885:
Timothy r. Merrill, Jr., Administrator Of the es-
tate of TIMOTHY X. 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 all of the real estate
of said deceased situated In Montpelier in said Dis
trict, to wit: Home place on Elm street, also
about three of land 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 1t is ordered by said
Court that said application he referred to session
thereof to be held at the Probate Oce in said Mont
peer on the 25h day of April AID. 1885, for hearing
all persons inter sted be notified hereof, by pub
LEGATION of notice of said application and order
thereon three weeks successfully in the Vermont
Waterman g State Journdi newspaper published
at Montpelier in this state, and which circulates in
the neghborhood of those interested, before said
time of hearing that they may appear at said time
and place, and, II they see cause, object thereto.
BY the Court,-Attest,
4345 HIRAM CARLETON Judge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-04-17

STATE OF VERMONT,
w


In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, in and for
said District. on the I'd day of April. AID. 1895:
Susan A. Fellows, Administrative of the estate
of DANIEL d. FELLOWS, late of Montpelier.
in said District, deceased. makes application to
said Court, with the consent and appreciation in
writing of the heirs of said deceased residing
in the State of Vermont for license to sell all of the
real estate Of said deceased. situated in Mont
lot, except the widows right of dover therein but
including the homestead and reversion of said
be beneficial to the widow and heirs of
taIe. in order to said real estate into money
Whereupon. 1t is ordered by said Court that said
application be referred to session thereof,
to be held at the Probate once. In said Mont.
pelier. on the 18Th day of April. A; d: lssS.
Their ordered, that all persons interested be
notified hereof, by publication of notice of said
application and order thereon three weeks succes-
sfvely in the Vermont Waterman & State jour
nal, a newspaper published at Montpelier, in
this state. and which circulates in the neigh:
borhood of those interested, before said time OF
hearing, that they may appear at said time and
place, and. IL they see cause object thereto.
By the Court.-Attest.
424 HIRAM CARLETON, Judge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-04-17
Two Little Americans at Court.

Virginia Yeaman Rcmnitz, in st. Mich
olas, tells true story of the adventures of
two young Americans at the court of the
king of Denmark They were children of
the American minister and had been in
vitcd to II children's party at the palace
Here is what followed:
1t was to Ellen never to be forgotten
night. The crowds of happy children, the
great room brilliantly lighted, the strains
of music the presence of a real king and
quecn-all combined to make the scene a
fairyland wherein events took place which
made Ellen feel herself sort of fairy
queen.
The king opened the ball with little FL
len. Hardly understanding the honor,
some sense of it nevertheless thrilled her
childish heart. She could not even see his
face, so tall was he, but his strong arms
bore her around and around, she knew not
how, for Ellen danced with as little pre-
cision and met hod as the leaves on II tree
or the ripples in lake. Yet all through
her being she felt that she was dancing
with the king 1t seemed but fitting after
that dance to find herself seated on the
sofa between the king and queen. With
royal disrcr ard to the claims of other
small guests, and with royal Indifference
to the effect upon little Ellen, they lifted
her up between them. She looked pretty,
natural and unconscious and was herself a
little queen in all he- ways. While Ellen
sat there, too happy md pleased to feel
proud, the other children danced on. With
no thought of initiating their elders in
manner or motion the young dancers
abandoned themselves with childish free
dom and simplicity to the enjoyment Of
the hour. Those who never had been
trained in the different steps adapted their
movements to the promptings of happy
hearts and light feet and We're as content
ed rs the Others. And little Ellen rested
comfortably between the king and queen
until she was ready to dance again.
The evening wore on, and Ellen was
overcome with WEAKNESS and sleep. Slip
ping away from the children, who now
were whirling around in some dizzy game,
she threw herself on couch. Just as the
scene grew misty to her eyes, and the daz
cling events of the evening began to weave
themselves into the suggestion of dream,
she was aroused by some one asking,
"Where did you get your pretty pink slip
pers, Ellen?' and she opened her eyes.
Why was the king sitting beside her and
talking to her when she was so sleepy?
She had confused idea that he ought to
put on his crown, and sit on a throne
"Please, Mr.. King, don't bower me. I'm
SO sleepy" and Ellen, turning her face
upon royalty, slipped away to her pleasing
dreams. "Little Ellen, little Ellen, said
the king musingly, it is not often that
hear the truth so plainly told, and 1t is re-
freshing to my ears. p"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-04-17
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
ESTATE OF a. SIDNEY WILEY.

The undersigned having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Wash
nRton commissioners to receive, examine and adjust
all claims and demands OF al persons against the es-
IN said District deceased and all claims exhibited In
Offset thereto hereby give notice that we will meet
for the purposes aforesaid at tbs Montpelier Savings
Bank Trust Co., In the city Of Montpelier ia said
District, the goth day of April and the lith day Of
September next, from ten o'clock A. M until three
o'clock P. NJ. each Of said days and that six months
from the 18th day of March, A. d. 1885 Is the time
limited by said Court for said creditors to pre-
sent theh claims to us for examination and allow
ance.
1895 AIBERT w FFRiSiN -
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-04-17
LEGAL NOTICES.
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
ESTATE DE WILLIAM IL DEWEY.

The Undersigned having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Wash.
nRtOn commissioners TO receive examine and ad-
Just all claims and demands Of all persons aganst the
estate of WILLIAM II. ! EWEY, late Of Ber-
lin I'm said District deceased, and all claims en-
h6ted II Offset thereto, hereby give notice that we
OF Mrs. "; u. Dewey, in the town Of Berlin,
IN said District, on the I'd day of May and
the goth day Of September next, from ten
o'clock a. NJ until three o'clock, p. M. each
OF said days, and that six months from the goth
day Of March, A. ID. 1885, Is the time limited
by said Court for said creditors to present their
claims to us for examination and allowance
Dated at Berlin this ith day OF April A. ID,
lS W., tt GMS ~ rANDLEk Commissioners.