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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23
HYGIENE Aspect of Jury Service.

The diet OF hotels, consisting of rich
meats and desserts in great variety, is usu
ally different from the average food of the
average juEymen, particularly of the work
ing class. The result is always ovcrcating
and underexercise. This alone would
quickly break up or disorder the mental
activities. In addition to this the confine-
ment in the bad air of courtrooms brings
new sources of poisoning, particularly de-
ficient oxidation, which of itself is sufli-
Gent to derange the normal brain func-
tions. The crowded rooms at hotels arc
either overheated and badly ventilated or
cold and noisy. The time for retiring and
rising varies, and the usual habits of tho
juryman are changed in every respect. His
accustomed food, sleep and exercise, and
his manner of thinking and the subject of
his thoughts, all are broken up.
He is asked to follow an intricate chain
of reasoning and discriminate the errors
and told that this is true and that is true
and that the law should lead him to some
other point. He is Aattered, and his pride
is reused to do the best he can. He grows
more incapacitated daily as the evidence
accumulates and his system becomes de-
ranged. Then in despair he will suddenly
form some conclusion, guided by fancy
for some attorney or some remark by the
judge.-T. ID. Crothers, Nj. D., in Popular
Science Monthly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23
The Milk Tester.


The English agriculturist is slow to take
advantage Of modern scientific discoveries
and Inventions Even the cream separa-
tor, the principle and utility of which are
universally understood, has not yet come
into general use in this country. As for
the milk tester its very name is unknown
to thousands of English farmers. Yct the
value of this simple and inexpensive APP
pliance to every one who owns milk cat
tie is incalculable and its employment is
doing more to advance tho dairying in
dustry in America and elsewhere than per-
haps even the separator itself Mere guam
tity of milk does not give any clew as to
the butter producing capability of COW.
But by the tcStcr tho percentage of butter
fat in each cows milk is ascertained with
hardly any labor and with absolute &c
curacy before the milk is poured into the
common receptacle for butter making pur-
poses.
The dairyman who has no tester merely
knows tho quantity of butter his cows pro-
duco in the aggregate He has no clew as
to the Value of each individual COW in the
herd. With the tester on the other hand,
he knows exactly how much butter each
individual COW produces from every gallon
of its milk. BY this means he is enabled
TO Gull his herd, replacing poor butter pro-
duccrs by good ones. The poor cow costs
Just as much for food and attention as the
good one but the annual monetary re-
turns of the two animals show wide
margin Of difference Moreover good
butter COW produces good butter stock,
and so, from his knowledge acquired from
the use of the milk tester, the breeder of
dairy stock is enabled to select the proper
calves to rear and the proper ones to reject.
In this way it becomes perfectly posi-
Bile ms has been actually done on farms in
Vermont and elsewhere in the United
States, to grade up dairy herd from an
average production per COW of $50 pounds
of butter per annum to an average of 300
pounds and over. With these figures be-
fore him, even the layman will grasp the
value of such an invention to each individ-
ual farmer who uses it. But let us reflect
what are the money advantages of the svs-
tenn when spread over the large farms that
contribute TO such creamery as that of
St. Adams, VT. what the gain to the
whole of that great dairying state, what
the enhanced profit to the vast dairying
industry of America. We're the milk tester
in universal use throughout Great Britain
and Ireland, the capitalized value of oUr
dairy herds might be increased in few
years time fully 25 per cent. If, then, the
British farmer does not eagerly avail him
self of such an invention, can he fairly
grumble at being ousted from his own
markets by his foreign ompetitorP-Wcst-
minister Review
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23
Wide and Narrow Tires.

Starting with wagon and load
weighing 1900 pounds, it was found
in Indiana that three-inch tire re-
quired $50 pounds less draft to be
drawn over sod than one and one
half inch tire; $50 pounds less draft on
a hard road, and 300 pounds less draft
to move load on a dead pull. The
conclusion of the experiment, says an
exchange, may be summed up as fol-
lows:
First--On hard roads, block pave
ments and other substantial roads there
is no argument, 30 far as actual draft is
concerned, in favor of the wide tire,
the effect being rather against the wide
tire.
Second-In their effect upon hard
roads the wide tires have the advan-
tage. This benefit is not sufficiently
appreciated by turnpike and macadam
road companies.
Third-In soft mud, slush and under
similar circumstances, under which
even the wide tire cuts in, the advan-
tage is against the wide tire and in ia
vor of the narrow.
Fourth-On sod and soft ground,
where the wide tire does not cut in and
the narrow does, the advantage is on
the side of the wider tire.
Experiments at the Utah Expert.
ment Station demonstrated that given
load on one and one.half inch tire drew
41.6 per cent heavier than when on q
three-inch tire, the draft being on a
fairly stiff grass sod. On moist but
hard road the one and one-half inch
tire drew 1877 per cent heavier thar
the three-inch.
Wide tires are not only lighter in
their draft than narrow ones under
nearly all conditions, but cut up road;
very little; in fact, when six inches
wide, tend to make the road bed better
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23
Dangers of Cocaine.

Few drugs in recert times have received
moro general communication than cocaine.
Its advantages as local an@sthetic, re-
ceived with some incredulity when it was
first introduced, have been so abundantly
proved that there may be a tendency to
overlook the fact that there are certain
dangers attendant upon its too frequent or
reckless employment. AS a local an@sthet-
ic it has won golden opinions where small
operations We're required upon superficial
parts. In ophthalmic and laryngeal sur
gerry it may fairly be said to have revolu-
tionized the methods of a few years back.
But every now and again warnings are
brought forward which indicate that with
cocaine, as with opium and other modes of
producing local or general anRsthesia, there
is danger in the familiarity which breeds,
if not contempt, at least disregard of ordi-
nary precautions. Verdicts of misadven-
ture are no consolation to those concerned,
if there is an underlying conviction that
the fatality might never have occurred if
there had been any due appreciation of
danger.
Cocaine Is a drug which shares with
opium and many others the questionable
credit of developing "habit"-that is of
leading, by the beneficent effects expert
enced after small doses, to desire for the
repetition of the relief, and as a conse-
quence the dose employed tends to become
greater, and the precautions which perhaps
were taken at first are gradually relaxed
"Cocaineism" is not so well recognized in
this country as in America, but it I'M
doubtodly exists as form of self indul-
gence or as IA practice which, like morphin-
ism, originally employed as means of al
leviating some chronic trouble has ulti-
mately developed into a form of self indul-
gence in which the need of restraint and
of precautionary measures are entirely lost
in the fascination of the relief afforded by
the drug. In recent inquest, the evidence
showed that the drug had been originally
prescribed for the relief of pain in the
| gums and the symptoms Immediately pre-
ceding the termination were merely those
| of collapse. There was no indication of
the amount employed or taken. In most
cases collapse is the most marked feature
| and this symptom may arise when the
drug has been employed as local applioa-
ton in the form of a hypodermc injection
or spray, and may frequently call for slim
ulant treatment after employment of the
spray in laryngeal examinations
1t must not be forgotten, however, that
a true cocaine habit may be developed
when the drug is taken internally in any
quantity and that this condition is occa-
sionally marked by curious hallucinations
and perversions of moral sense, which, if
the use of the drug is not discontinued,
may lead to more serious central disturb
ances. The summary of the whole matter
may be expressed in the proverb that fire
is a good servant, but bad master" Co
caino or any other drug which allays pain
has its limitations and these are reached
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23
Nephritis
N euralgia
Nervousness

Inflammation Of the kidneys, acute inter.
inittent pains seated in the nerves, and weak
and diseased nervous systems, soothed, healed
and cured by this wonderful vital and muscle
nervine. Nothing earth will cure colds,
coughs, catarrh, as quickly. Its electric energy
goes wherever there Is pain or Inflammation.
For Internal as much as External use. Trust
what time has endorsed 1t is used and recon-
mended by physicians everywhere. tits used
and endorsed by all athletes 1t is unlike any
other. tits superior to any other For bruises,
burns, chaps, cracks, strains sprains, sore
ness, stiffness, swellngs sideache, backache
and lameness anywhere 1t is the sovereign
remedy for asthma, bronchitis bleeding lungs,
collie, Group, cramps, chills cholera morbus.
All who use 1t are amazed at its power.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23
SHORT LUMBER.
SPRUCE.
Live Stock Market,

SHEEP AND LAMBs.-In lots, s2d2. 25d2.5O each ex-
ira sz199lOO, or from 2d4c per b lambs, 3dI2lc
Northern dressed hogs, SIC per ID; stores retail
2L5Od45O.
MARKET BEEF.-A few choice, s6d7.5O; extra,
E39q51i hrst quality, e5d5.25; second quality,
S4d4.50; third quality, S3d3.50.
STORE STORE OATTLE-working oxen, per pair, from
S6m1liO; farrow cows. slu0!2; fancy cows, s50a70;
milch cows and lives, S2Odls; yearlings. ssal6;
two years old, sl2q22i three years old S20d32.
HIDES, TALLOw AND SKINS. - Brighton hides
6RG1Rc per ID; tallOw, 3Gic per 10; country hides
&c per N; tallow. lHa2c per N; wool pets, none ;
calf skins 15cdSl.30; sheared skins, none; lamb
skins, 35a5Oc; dairy skins, 4005Oc.
CATTLE Market prices rule steady j. S. Henry
gold famous tho oughbred bull of 1851 lbs at &c,
live wei hit, from A. A. Smith. 4. Sanborn sold .
head 26lp lbs at $3.50 per pair. 4. j. Courser sold
head of 1850 lbs, at Sc, live weight.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23

They only ate his liver This grew again
as fast as it was pecked away Are his suf-
ferings to be imagined
Take a modern Interpretation of the par
able. There is no cooking without fire. In
cooking and eating the mischief lies. The
stomach is overtasked the bowels become
clogged, they cannot dispose of the food
that is given them. The impurities back
up on the liver. Then come the vultures-
the torrents of a diseased liver
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
Is more than equal to the vultures of dys-
pepsia and its kindred diseases. Every
atom of the Discovery " is like ferret,
wherever it is sent 1t is as sure as the
needle of the compass There is no more
need of suffering from dyspepsia than there
Is of hanging ones self Sold by all medi.
cine dealers the world over.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, GO
LUCAS COUNTY, DID,

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
sum 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'S' A. w. GLEASON,
w Notary Public.
HALLS Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Send for
testimonials, free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Ca Sold by druggists at seventy.
Eve cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23
MISCELLANY.
Compensation.

The spreading hills with gentle slope
Lie broadly to the rising sun
Whose cheering beams of early hope
Caress them softly, one by one,
While in the bollo~s gray and low,
Thick mists and shadows heavy lie,
For all the mornings rudy glow
Has coldly passed the valleys by.
So hilltops laugh. while valleys weep
Away the hours Of early days,
with sunshine resting on the steep.
And darkness shrouding lowly ways.
Till evening hastes and shadows sleep
On every eastward-lying hill
Then down the slopes the sunbeams creep,
And raptured wales with gladness thrill.
To lonely lives, which sadly missed
The early SUMS inspiring beams,
To valleys morning shadows kissed,
But wakened not from laggard dreams
To these at eve shall come glow
OF sunshine DER the happy plain;
Asweeter Joy than mornings know
The touch of gladness after pain.
-Harper's Bazaar
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23
AGRICULTURAL.
The Pumpkin Berry.
ny D. A. X, wAIrsFIELD, VT.


o there's berry, large and fine,
The subject OF my song;
II has no bush-a pumpkin vine
10 what 1t grows upon.
The green fruit is scooped out within
By Yankee whittlery,
And lantern faces broadly grin
And shine most horribly.
The hollow leaf-stem, too. they take
And many martial tone
The farmer lads and lassies make
with pumpkin vine trombone.
And when our friend Jack Frost arrives,
And holidays are nigh.
The deft New England maids and wives
Are making pumpkin pie.
We glad New England girls and boys.
with rosy cheek and laughing eyes,
Just pause a moment in your noise,
Thank God-and cook-for pumpkin pies.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23

continually. They could be gradually
substituted for narrow ones, and better
roads be the result, especially on the
farm and on turnpikes largely in use by
farmers.-Pioneer Press.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23

PILLS Do NOT CURE.-Pills do not
cure constipation. They only aggra-
vate. Karl's Clover Root Tea gives
perfect regularity of the bowels. For
safe by W. E. Terrill & Co., Mont
pelier, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23
The old story of Pro

The old story Of Pro-
metheus is a parable.
Prom etheus was on
terms of intimacy with
the gods. From them
he stole FIRE, and gave
it to men. For this sin
he was bound to the
rocks of Mount eau
casus, and vultures
Uara set unOp him
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23

The best wearing, most stylish, and
Shoes on the continent.
Best calfskin, dongola tops, solid
leather soles, with all the popular toes,
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Filled Soles.
Each pair contains paid-up Acct
dent Insurance Policy for 500, good for
so days.
Wear Lewis Accident Insurance Shoes
once and you will never change. The
insurance goes for "full measure"
Talk with your dealer who sells Lewis
Shoes.
SOLD BY
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j, G. Griggs, Waterbury, vt
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23
JOhnS0n'S ''i 's!o.
,ANoOyNElINIMEMr

For nearly century 1t Is marvellous how
many different complaints and diseases it has
cured. 1t is not merely a Linment, it is the
Universal Household Remedy from infancy 10
old age. You safely trust what time has
endorsed. For So years the demand for it has
steadily increased. 1t has probably saved
more lives and relieved more suffering than
any other remedy its special province being
the treatment of Inflammation, both internally
and externally. Every Mother should have
it in the house, dropped on sugar suffering
children love It. Every athlete should rub
down with it. 1t produces IN increase of vital
activity in the system, and excites the parts to
more vigorous exertion, thus giving them the
power to throw off and prevent disease.
In the fail of 1886 l was attacked with n
violent pain through my back and kidneys.
consulted the best physicians in the country.
After being under their treatment six or eight
months and receiving no benefit, wa advised
to try your Linincnt, and by continuing to
use it for three months l was entirely cured.
IL. ID. T. HUTCHINs, Frycburg, Me.
The Doctors signature end directions every bottle.
Istd Pamphlet free. Sold every whore. PRICE cts
Six bottles 600 l. 5. JOHNSON 81 CO., Boston. Mass.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23

twenty page journal, is the leading
Republican family paper of the United
States. 1t is a NATIONAL FAMILY PAPER,
and gives all the general news of the
United States. 1t gives the events OF
foreign lands in a nutshell. Its AGRI-
CULTURAL" department has no superior
in the country. Its MARKET REPORTS"
are recognized authority. Separate de
partments for THE FAMILY CIRCLE"
"OUR Young FOLKS" and "SCIENCE AND
MECHANICS" Its HOME AND SOCIETY"
columns command the admiration of wives
and daughters. Its general political news
editorials and discussions are compreheD-
sive, brilliant and exhaustive.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-23

On very dark nights white light can
be seen farther than any other color.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-24
THE ROsLTN G1HBLERs.
Governor o'FerraIrs Orders Being Strict
Iy Carried Out.

ALEXANDRIA. VA. Nov 23.-Spe-
ciai-Jack Heath, Harry Riley, and
James Davis. wanted by Governor Oter-
rail- for running a gambling house shove
Rosslvn. were arrested in Washington
yesterday, and .equisitions were Issued,
and The authorities Of the county brought
tho prisoners TO this city oo-day.
Heath and Davis escaped from their
gambling-house the night that Detective
Baldwin raided II.
bond for his appearance when wanted,
but Notwithstanding his protests. was
locked up until this morning, when he
was released and came TO ibis city. The
accused were brought before Justice
SchievSiit az the Coiumbus-Street court
house today and gave ban Tor their ap-
ycarance on Monday.
The arrest OF Jack Heath, IL seems,
was mistake, the officers not having
been apprisel Of the fact that he was
already under bond. The accused were
represented ny Mr.. John Morgan john-
son and the Commonwealth by Mr Leon
me-. Narbury. Attorney DICK Johnson
sNIl being on the sick list.
Detective Baldwin Is moving figure
I'm this matter, and is undoubtedly going
10 see tho Governors every instruction
and wish carried out. lie says tho Gov
ernOr is gong 20 pat stop 10 gaming
I'm Alexandria county. ana that at once
II any Of the men wanted here on Mon
day, either as defendants or witnesses,
faii 10 put in an appearance. ne VIII
have requisition papers ready and VIII get
them. no matter where they 80. q,
Baldwin says that Governor gFerfall
Is simply going to drive the blachltos
out of this whole Hection
The policy places viii be raided next,
and wherever there Is gambling Hoinf
on the matter will be thoroughly looked
into and stopped, and that permanently.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-24

Caught Between an Elevator and the Side
of ihe shaft.

PETERSBURG. VA. Nov &.-Ahout
IL o'clock this morning, az the Ettrlck
cotton factory. in Chesterfield county
Mandy Crowdcr. aged fifteen years, was
going no on an elevator. when ne got
caught between the elevator ana one or
the floors. and was Instantly Killed. Inc
lad was "A son OF Joseph 'roWner
I'm the Hastings court TINS moIhlI5
the motion TO continue the case Oh X. T.
Harris. Jr., charged with hlllhk w r.
Mallory. was again before the court
mdge Mullen explained his reasons Tor
raconeidering his decision the day before
of fr,lnar the case December 'th.
THE Judge took occasion 10 enlphh8 ~
me Fact that both the fOmmonWeali ih
and the prisoner was entitled To- speedy
trial. and that the expressed language UT
the statue was that unless good cause
uas shown Tor continuance parry
accused of n Felony shall he arraigned
and tried at tine same time az Whlch
no Indictment is Coll, and thar in inc
f,-fure this court Wo4ld be governed 10y
this rule. The ease WAS set Tor tfidl az
the term Of the court which begins on
the 18th OF December
coleman Taran. a negro. was Killed To-
night by another negro named Dick
Davis The fatal blow, some say, was
given with a fence rail While others say
that IL was a piece of iron.
The murder was the outcome or q row
that had occurred a few minutes before.
Davis fled. and up TO late hour to-
night he had not been arrested.
At a late hour tonight Lewis Patterson.
another negro. who is supposed 20 have
been an accomplire to the murderer, was
arrested and committed 10 jail.
Mrs +. A. Biick was stricken w-ih
paralysis to-day and her condition IS
considered critical.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-24
HIRDfRD DEFEATED
Eya score ofI5 Of4-The University OF
p..nsxIx.ui, Carries on the Honors.

BOSTON. MASS. Nov. 23.-The Uni:
v.rsitv OF pensylyania defeated Harvard
la their annual game to-day on SolnieIs
Yield. Cambridge. by "A score or IL 10 ~.
Fully 1900 people saw the game, whieh
Was intensely exciting from starr 10 mn,
ism. The field WAS soft ana mudiy, anu
in the second half "A strong wlnh came
np. which swept down the held ana gave
PENNSYLVANIA big advantage. , T..
Hal-Nardfs defeat can be "xDlIin'l IN
one senfence~hcr failure 10 .ick Two
goals. which would have won her the
game. ,,.. ,.,.l,,
oaltplaycd her opponents. aud Ia the sec
ond half had the Pennsylvania team on
the run. IL was merely a question Ot a
Few minutes before she would nave scored
again. -, 49,
IL was a singular fact that all OF the
scoring done by both sides Was que 10
was a goal from the inneld, made after
a blocked punt ana Glibert's run OF forty
Yards The longest Of the game was
made from another DlockcI pun'. Inc
five Yards necessary TO put the ball over
the line was an easy thing after that
roughness and smuggling. and the officials
were 20 effective and watchful that on
side playing and holding proved too cosby
10 b. induiged i'm by either side.
Harvard made a plucky and desperate
tu-hill fight In the second half. with tho
score II TO ) against them and strong
wind blowing down the field. from which
enty yards. while the best Brewer could
do was thirty.
BEFORE the game even money was oner-
.d by PENNSYLVANIA men that HarVaru
would not score. although the odds on the
nnal score went down perceptibiy.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-24

4 SOMEWHAT sensational episode occurred
I'm society and educational circles here
to-day Professor n ". Nan the former
president of King College, and at present
"a professor in the southwest Virginia in
stiiute. WAS talking TO "a friend ON Main
street. when King James Wcll-hnOWn
young gentleman of the city. accOstod
him. demanding am apology for AN al-
legged Insult A few words were passed.
when James struck the Professor a heavy
blow iu toe face.
Rystandcrs interforcd and stopped the
affair. but not uniil sam burson, who
ting igir play. struck the Professor acros
the head with his cane. None OF the
blows are scn 80. The diifcultx arose
out OF the Professors asking James to
discontinue smoking ON the stroct-car con-
Veving the young lady pupils to- the col
l,sc. James coueidered it an insult and
demanded am apology.