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

a stare of surprise to her face, now
sufficiently revealed, by the CHANGING
light standing near her in the room,
to betray its varying expressions. But,
as he ran his keen gray eyes over her
hesitating and slightly confused
countenance he soon seemed to read
the secret cause of her sudden change
of purpose, arising from that curious
and beautiful trait in woman's heart,
which, by some gush of awakened
sympathy, often unfolds all the Turk
ing secrets OF the breast, but which.
when the cause of a sympathy removed,
closes up the avenue, and encloses
them from view, in the cold reserve of
shrinking deicacy the colder and more
impenetrable in proportion as the dis
closure has been complete.
80, yes, will carry it,, said Bart,
pretending to misunderstood the other
while he pocketed the billet and began
to glide down the ladder.
NO" commenced Miss IIaviland
"no. Bart, | said
"Yes, yes. will have it there in
jiffy," interrupted Bart Fastening
his descent, and the next instant
lodging away in the dark beneath the
foot of the ladder.
We'll, let it CO. said the foiled
and somewhat mortified maiden to her
self, after the disappearance of her
strange visitor. eff what | expressed
when thought him dying, was right
and proper, it cannot be very wrong
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-20

door, opening from the passage we
have named Scarcely a minute had
elapsed before she again heard his
footsteps stealing back by her door to
the window, through which he had so
raising the sash of her own, she found
him already standing on the top Of
the ladder where she last saw him, he
having effected his ingress and egrcss
with such celebrity. that but for the
light fusil he now held in his hand,
she would have believed herself mis-
taken in surprising he had entered at
all.
well, miss, | am waiting for your
say So, y he said, in low tone. peer
ing YEARLY around him.
"Have you been to the Court House
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-20
ITO BE CONTINUED. J

When person is losing flesh and
wasting away there is cause for alarm.
Nothing so worries a physician. Con
sumptives would never die if they
could regain their usual weight. In
fact there would be no consumption if
there were no wasting of the system.
The cause of this loss of flesh is fail
ure to properly digest the food eaten.
ine-tenths of all our diseases date
back to some arrangement of the
stomach.
The Shaker Digestive Cordial will
stop this wasting of the body. 1t acts
by causing the food we eat to be di-
gested so as to d" good, for undgested
food does more harm than good. The
Cordial contains food already digested
and digester of foods as we'll
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-20
CHAPTER V-tContinued. J

# is needless to say that this brutal
Brder was promptly obeyed. And
Men the dying and insensible victim.
E,arred throuh head and body a ID all
|ba wounded had been drawn in and
thrown promiscuously together on the
rnd damp floors of the prison rooms,
The KEYS we're turned upon them: and
tbeir remorseess butchers making not
The least provision for the sufferers
i, way of medical aid or otherwise. re-
'1rpei. after posting strong guard at
fine doors to the tavern, or the house
# Brush. N to celebrate their victory
in drunken carousal.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-20
A Suggestive Conversation.

Mr.. Smith, l suppose you've heard
that the year 1900 will not be leap
year,"
"ie-es, Miss Jones'
80 that there will be no chance to
to- that is, no chance between 1896
and 2004. -
"Genuis, Miss Jones, makes its own
opportunities. But fear IN staying
too late. Good night "'-(New York
Recorder.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-20

The greatest discovery of the age. Epilepsy
completely and permanently cured No Opium,
no Morphine, no Bromides, no Sedatives nor
Anodynes used Price reduced 10 $l.OO. Try a
parcel and You will be surprised at the wonder
ful Improvement. Testimonials sent If desired.
Address, NERNO-LEPTINE co.,
TALCOTT, FRlSBIE * CO.,
Sole Agents for the U. ;.
14wlS Box 1856, Hartford, Conn.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-20
CHAPTER VI.

It's nper 20 be lOrgOt.7
Whatever may be the result of the
prpsent public movement for the abo-
Iiton of capital punishment and how
ever far future experiments may 60
towards establishing the expediency
and safety of such a change in crimi-
nal Jurisprudence. the history of every
nation and people viii show, we be-
lieye. the remarkable fact, that ever
since Cain stood before his Maker
with his hands reeking with the blood
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-20
HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills,
Biliousness, Indigestion, Headache.
A pleasant laxative. All Druggists.

Boss Quay says he will not take the
Republican nomination for president
because he is mot fit for it. - Quay
is right this time.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-20

Every mother hates to make her chill
dren take Castor Oil. LaxOl is sweet
Castor Oil. adv.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-05-03
ADVICE TO THE YOUNG.
Portsmouth Star.

Young people should get this
fixed in their minds, viz: That
of short cuts to any kind OF suc~
cess in life, be it fame or fortune,
there are none. Money, indeed,
may be got by this or that Sc
called "lucky" process, but, as a
rule the beneficiary of this lucky
process is, in the end, the I'M
luckiest of mortals. SO then,
even if you wish to make a sue
cess of your life on the lowest
possible plane, the mere gather
ing Of money, you must WORK
and strive and struggle. How
much more then, on the higher,
broader and nobler plans Of lite
is labor in order to success?
Let the brilliant young fellows
remember this. At school such
may manage to get through their
studies almost by intuition, OF
with tie merest hint from their
books, but once out III the world
thew are seldom heard Of. They
are lost, not because of then
brilliancy, but because they
know not how to labor.
Not so with the dullard, the
persistent, logged plodder. He
keeps everlastingly at it. de
taxes, he exercises his brain tt
acquire knowledge. He IS slow
undoubtedly; but then he IS sure
What he gains he holds. BY
constant accretion he builds up
stock of knowledge sufficient t'
make him successful, if not ia
NOUS. He does it all simply b,
labor. Would that young people
would recognize these two truths
First, that labor is the price o
success. Second, that anything
which can be easily acquired
must be of little value. Squar'
your lives to these two facts an'
success is already yours.
| The world stands ready Will
princely rewards for knowledge
not brilliancy, not genius, bu
hard knowledge, which can b.
acquired only by long, patien
and unceasing toll.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-05-03
Rough on the Toe.

A lady previously torlnented
with a corn on her toes, was ad-
vised by a friend to anoint it
with PHOSPHORUS, which II a
weak moment she did, but for
got to tell her husband before
retiri lg at night 1t had just
struck twelve when the husband
awoke and was startled to see
something sparkle at the foot OF
the bed. He had never heard oil
a FREELY in the locality, nor did
he ever remember seeing such &
terrible looking object As the toe
presented.
Reaching carefully out of bee
till he found one of his slippers
he raised it high in the air auc
brought it down with terribl,
force upon the mysterious light
| A shrek and all avalanche 0
bed clothes aud all was over
When at last he released himsel
from the avalanche he discover
ed his wife grooming i'll the COZ
ner. He had struck the phos
, phorated toe.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-05-03
A TOWN TYPHOID-STR1C
EN-.
INFECTION TRACED TO FOUL WELL or
THE PREMISES OF MILK
DEALER.

Stamford, Conn, April Is
The spread of typhoid fever IL
this city has assumed alarming
proportions. The total number
of cases reported yesterday was
two hundred. Some consolation
is taken in the fact that SO tar
only two deaths have occurred.
The disease is not confined to
any one section of the city, but
has attacked rich and poor alike.
Fully one-third of the cases are
children under the age OF ten
wears, which is rather unusual IN
such epide1nics.
DR. Smith, of the State Board
Of Health, has traced the 1ntec>
ton to a we'll OH the place OF
Henry Blacklan, a mllknan
| OF all the typhoid cases IN the
city only four had not used
Blackham's milk. Allowing
time for incubation, the ePloe
mic dates to the New York East
Conference Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, when the
town was crowded with delegates
There was al increased demand
for milk. Blackham denies he
watcred his milk, but admits he
washed his cans III water iron
the we'll. The water was analY'
zed by DR.. Pruddcn, of New
York, who found 0O,006 bacteria
bacilli and all sorts of things II
a cubic centimctre of the sample
In this report he declares that I
sewer would not show a dltteren
result. The Board Of Health ha
ordered the we'll to be filled up
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-05-03
The Hasty Word.

To think before you speak IS
SO wise an aNiu1n that one would
hardly think it needtul to EN-
phasize it by repetition. And
vet in how many cases the hasty
temper flashes out in the nasty
word, and the latter does the
work with the pain and the pres
cision of the swift stilettO. Sin
gularly enough, the hasty word
oftenest wounds those who love
one another dearly, and the very
closeness of their intimacy at
fords them opportunity for the
sudden thrust. We know the
weak points i'll the arnor of our
kins1nan and friend; we are
aware of his Caprices, and ordi-
narily are tender and compassion
ate even of his vanities and his
small fancies and whins; but
there dawns a day when it is
written in the book of fate that
we shall be as cruel as we are
loving. We are cold, or tired, or
hungry. We are anxious over
unpaid bills, or our expected let
tiers have not arrived, or one OF
the children is ailing, and we
dread the outcome of the nalady
So politeness fails us, fortitude is
vanished, philosophy is i'll obey
ance, and we say that which we
repent in saCkcloth and ashes. But
though the hasty word may be
forgiven, it is not at once forgot
ten. 1t has flawed the crystal Of
our friendship; the place may be
cernented, but there is shadowy
scar OH the cleaning surface
Oh, if the word of haste had
been left unspoken; if the strong
hand of patience had but held
back the sword as it was about
to strike! Geld Leaf.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-05-03
Quite a Difference.
fROcky Mount ArgOraut.

w. r. Davis, a well-known
colored man of New York City,
does not seem to think that the
average Northern man has
heart over flowing .itl! kindness
to the negro. lie tells the cX-
act truth when he says:
"Thcre are hundreds Of color
ed men in New York City today
out of employment. Not be
cause the times are hard, not. be
cause they are not willing to
work, not because those WHO
have work to do will not enl-
ploy colored people. Less than
ten years ago great many ho>
teIs and hundreds Of restaurants
employed colored walters; now
YOU can count such Oh Your two
hands and have some fingers
| left. Even the colorcd boot
black has been almost driven OH
the face Of the earth by the ltal-
ians.
No man wants to depend up
OH women for support but this Is
what the majority Of the coIored
men in New Yorl, have to do
We're it not for the faithful
wives, mothers and sisters o.
some Of them they would be
charges upon the community
| The negro can get nothing to do
The work he once had has bcc1
taken from him. They won
let them drive a car OF be q con
ductor. They won't let him dc
cabinet or carpenter work. They
Won't give him a salesman
place III stores. The negro !:
almost denied the right t
breathe"
Now what a difference do W.
find in the South; here no maj
is denied work OH account OF HI
color; here we find white mel
and colored men working sid
by side, in peace and harmony
but still we hear the "negr
! lover" of the North beWallln:
the lot Of the poor persccute
negro in the South. What fools
kuaves and scoundrels these fe]
t lows must be. The best friend
the negro has i'll the world are t
( be found III the South, and til
Y negro is beginning to find th1
out.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-05-03
Two Killed and One Caught.

Three negroes in Wilkes Co.,
Ga, concocted a scheme to
rob a farmers smokehouse. They
arrived at the place and it was
decided to make a lever with
which to prise under the house.
One negro was to hold the lever
down, while the other two went
into the house. One Of the ne
groes had gotten into the house
and one was half way under the
log, when the owner of the
smokehouse saw the darkey sit
ting on the lever and shot, kill
ing him instantly. The lever
fell and caught the other negro
under it, crushing him to death
The negro that was i'll the house
was captured and landed i'll jail,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-05-03
GUARANTEED CURE

We authorize our advertised druggis'
to sell DR.. Kings New Discovery fol
Consumption, Coughs and Colds, upon
this condition. If you are afflicted with
a Cough, Cold or any Lung, Throat OF
Chest trouble, and will use this remedy
as directed, giving it fair trial, and
experience no benefit, you may return
the bottle and have your money re
funded. We con1d not make this Offer
did we not know that DR.. Kings New
discovery could be relied on. 1t never
Disappoints. Trial bottles free at w
I,Leary's Drugstore. Large size 5ot
and $I.oo.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-05-03
@TORFOLk & SOUTHERN RAILROAD
In COMPANY.


HToRFoLk & SOUTHERN RAILROAD
IN COMPANY.
Mail Train leaves Edenton 1:25 p.ns
daily. except Sunday, arrives at Nor
folk 4:25 p. II.
Express Train leaves Edentol'
Daily Except Sunday at Il. II
arrive at Norfolk IL am
Connection mad at Norfolk with al
rail and Steamer LlTes. and at Eliza
beth ity with Steamers Neuse and New
bernie, Monday. Tuesday, Thursday anG
Saturday for Roanoke Island. NeA
Berne and Atlantic North Carolina
r. r. Stations and the Wilmington,
New Berne and Norfolk r. Il.
The Company E Steamers leave Eden
| ton 1915 pm. rs follows: Transfe
Steamer to Mackey's Ferry daily tex
cept Sunday with passengers for Roper
| Pantego, Belhaven. connecting witt
| Steamer Haven Belle for Makletv,i!e
Aurora, South Greek. a>hinEt0n A.
! intermediate landings.
| Steamer Plymouth, daily texcep'
| Sunday at 12 A. p. m. anu , :. =. for
| Plymouth. Connecting wi'a Steamer
| BERTHE Tor Windsor.
| Steamer Wagner, Tuesday, Thurs
! day and Saturday for ChCwaI
River; Wednesday for Avoca and Sal
mon Greek, and Monday and Friday
| for Scuppernong River.
Norfolk passenger and freight station
at Norfolk and Western Railroad Depot
Through tickets on sale and baggage
checked tc all principal points.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-05-03

Senator Jeter Pritchard, of
North Carolina, spoke at the eel
ebration of the birthday of Gems
eral Grant in Boston, vlllfylng
the South and its people.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-05-03

AND PASSENGER ROUTE.
Regular line of steamers betweel
New Berne, and Elizabeth city, A. &
n. &. Z r., aud w. y. & n. K. K
Daily all rail service between Edenton
New York Philadelphia, Baltimore ane
Norfolk.
Through cars, as low rates and quicke}
time than by any o:nerroute.
Direct all goods to be shipped by East
ern Carolina Dispatch, as follows: From
Norfolk by n. & 5. r. r; Baltimore By
w. & B. r, r.: President St. Station
Philadelphia by Pennsylvania Il. R
Dock St. Station. New York by Penn
svlvania r. r.. Pier 81 North River, OF
Old Dominion Line Pier &C.
For further Information apply
E. " GOD, Agent, Edenton, n. c.. OF
to the General Office of the n. & S. r
r. Co, Norfolk. Va.
II. K. KING, General Manager.
H. C. HUDGINS, CT. F. & P. Agt.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-05-03
SHORT AND NEWSY.

Harlin Shelton shot and killed
Solomon Hendly in Madison
county, n. c., on Monday.
A committee is being organs
lied in New Orleans to make an
effort to have one of thc national
nominating conventions held III
that city.
Col. w. N. Steptoe, living
near Scotland Neck, n. c., was
stricken with appoplexy Friday
last and died. He was about o5
years old.
After three days trial Chas.
A. Garitec, a we'll known pension
attorney of Baltimore, was Sells
fenced to six months in Jail at
hard work and to pay hne OF
500 for perjury.
The Progressive Farmer truths
fully says: The boy that IS made
to work like a slave, tor his
board and lodging, will likely be
one of those funny boys who
will want to leave the farm.
The dispensary law of South
Carolina has been a subject OF
contention ever since it went in
to operation, and probably will
be as long as it is in operation,
whether it be finally sustained by
the courts or not.
When a cashier robs a bank
Systematically through series
of wears and is finally detected, 1t
is called a "shortage. When a
"crook" opens a bank safe with
dynamite and abstracts the cons
tents it is called a robbery.-Ef.
lake Kilrain is training for his
FIGHT with Steve O'Donnel be>
fore the Seaside Athletic Club,
at Coney Island, on May 9th
Kilrain now weighs about 2IS
pounds, and by the day of the
fight he expects to be down to
200 pounds.
The schooner Redwing, from
Philadelphia for Savannah, ran
into and sunk the fishing sChoon
er Rapid Transit between Fen
wick Island and Winter Quarter
Shoals on Saturday night. One
man, OrliCk Lawson, was drown
ed.
In Danville, Va Monday night
Louis Shaner, of Richmond ,sho
and killed James Wallace. They
quarre1led about money, Wal
lace cursed Shaner and was rails
ING a chair to throw at him Whel
the latter fired; the ball pene
trating Wallace's heart anc
causing instantaneous death
Shaner escaped and is still a
large.
Advices from Nassau, n. p.
state that the schooner William
Smith, of Boston, Capt. Donovan
from Norfolk April end for Gal
weston, coal laden, stranded
April 10Th on Gingerbread
Ground, a dangerous reef of thu
Bahamas. Her crew took t
their open boats and proceeded t.
Great Isaacs, whence they came
to Nassau, arriving there yester
day. The schooner and carg
are a total loss, but some of he
materials were saved
The noon dispatches last Sat
urday briefly announced that
dam had broken near Epina,
France, causing large loss of lif
and property. Later dispatche
show that the disaster sonewha
rivalled in extent that which oc
CURED in Jamestown, Pa, sever
al years ago, as more than hun
dred persons were suddenly usll
cred into eternity, and the prop
erty losses amounted to severn
million dollars.
GUARANTEED CURE.
W. RI
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-05-03
pHE KEKRfDQE DID IN

Dan Casey-Yer sweared ye'd be true
to me, Anastasia Dooley.
, Anastasia Dooley-Oi did; but the
daughter Nv er man wots perieece
ossifer and a gintleman cant walk
whin she takes her airing. It's TIC
kerridge wot ketched me.-Judge.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-05-03
SOMETHING NEW FOR
EDENTON.

LDLN YIN.
J. w. Spruell has just opened
first class Feed Store OH the
corner of Broad and Water SITS,
where the public can be suppried
with Hay, Corn, Meal, Oats, Ship
stuff, Bran, Cotton seed meal &c,
at the very lowest market prices.
Also keeps on hand Lime Bricks,
Shingles, Posts, Sealing, Floor
ing, &c. Wood will be furnish
ed at low prices.
I have also built good lot Of
stables for the convenience Of the
public, where their horses can
| taken care of at a small cost, and
be safe and protected from the
bad weather.
Lumbermen will find it to
their interest to call and get my
| prices. Goods delivered free tC
any steamer, train Or anywhere
in town.
I have also a chicken depart
nent where a nice lot of fat
chickens are daily kept at market
prices.
Give lie a call when i'll need OF
INV goods and accommodations.
ReSDeCtfullV,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-05-03
Harlin Shelton shot and killed
Solomon Hendly in Madison
county, n. c., on Monday.

A committee is being organs
lied in New Orleans to make an
effort to have one of lie national
nominating conventions held III
that city.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-05-03

Col. w. N. Steptoe, living
near Scotland Neck, n. c., was
stricken with appoplexy Friday
last and died. He was about 65
wears old.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-05-03
PATRDNIyE
HOME
srrDzERESra--~
INDUSTRY.

That there is Cold and SlI
yer Smith III EdentOn.
That there is an Opticlan
Prescriptionist.
That there is a Machlnlst.
That it is not necessary to go
or send to the city for anything
of the kind.
He may be found at the late
David Lee stand on Queen street
East of the Academy.
Is. Il. BN2s
TDENTON, N. c.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-05-03

After three days trial Chas.
A. Garitec, a we'll known pension
attorney of Baltimore, was Sells
fenced to six months III Jail at
hard work and to pay a fine OF
500 for perjury.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-05-03

EASTERN CAROLINA DISPATCH.
TNSW TRNtEUp LINE
AND PASSENGER ROUTE.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-05-03

The Pyogressi0e Farmer truths
fully says: The boy that is made
to work like a slave, for his
board and lodging, will likely be
one of those funny boys who
will want to leave the farm.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-05-03

When a cashier robs a bank
Systematically through a series
of years and is finally detected, 1t
is called "shortage." When a
"crook' opens bank safe with
dynamite and abstracts the con-
tents it is called a robbery.-Er
Connecticut western news., 1895-10-03
STATE CONVENTIONS.
Democrats of New York and New Jerses
 Name Tfoireta.

Democrats of New York and New Jersey
 Name Tiohets-
 SYRACUSE, Sept. 20.--The Democratic state convention finished its work here by nominating those officers;
 Secretary of State-Boratio C. King of Brooklyn.
 Comptrolier-John B. Judson of Gio- versvllle
 State Treasurer-D. c. Dow of cobles- kill.
 Attorney General-Norton Chase of Al bany.
 State Ensineer-Russen R. Stuart of Syracuse.
 Court of Appeals--John D. Teller of Auburn.
 TRENTON, Sept. e7.-Tho Democratic state convention met hero and chose as their nominee for governor the chancellor of the state, Alexander T. Mo5ill of Hud- son county.
 Chancellor McGili's nomination was a foregone conclusion, tho fight put up by the friends of his only opponena ex-Con- gressman Cutler being rather feeble.
 Only ono ballot was required, MoGill receiving all but l4s of tho oSo votes cast and before the voto was announced every vote polled for Cutler was changed to MoGil, SO that tho honor came to the lat tor backed by tho unanimous vote of tho delegates.