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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-11-20
A Brave Soldier.

"In view of the fact that you have
smelled the smoke of battle" said
Washington Star writer to a retired
army officer, proffering him a cigar,
You won't be afraid of this killing
you"
"Oh," he said, as he took it, $50
long as ii isn't cigarette l can stand
it, But, as l was saying" he went on,
the oldest specimen of soldier
ever knew was Private. Jack Scudder,
member of my company when 1 was
lieutenant during the first year of the
war. Jack was stubby little chap,
illiterate and satisfied with 1t, and
slouchy and lazy and glad of it. We
were doing Virginia in those days and
fighting was frequent, and / noticed
that whenever there was a skirmish
anywhere in sight Jack was likely to
be there. One day, after we had been
at it for several months, about twenty
of our men were caught on rocky
knoll by battalion of cavalry from
the other side, and there was shooting
at once, but our men couldn't stand the
odds, and out of their hiding place they
came and away they went, all except
Jack; he remained hid up among the
boulders and kept right on with his
fireworks. The cavalrymen couldn't
get up to him without dismounting,
and ne banged away with such fatal re-
suits at one or two who tried it that
they backed away to get new start,
Jack in the meantime dropping one or
two more of them, and firing so fast
that they couldn't tell just how many
men might be up there to meet them in
case they made an assault. While they
were dallying about it, regiment of
blue coats hove in sight and the bat
talon of grays skedaddled, and Jack
came down to meet his rescuers. Every
body had seen the fight, and when Jack
got back. to camp he was then and there
the hero of the hour, and l was for
making corporal of him. called him
up to have a little private talk with
him before taking active measures IN
bis behalf, and he routed me worse
than he had routed the enemy.
"Are you aware, jack said l that
you did very brave thing in that fight
this afternoon?"
"'What fight, Lieut'nant?' he re-
sponded.
"' Don't be so modest said L; you
know what fight
"' You mean the half fight, don't you,
Lieut'nantp Them rebs didn't fight,
Only the bluecoats fit
{" Well, none of them did, but you
SIS Is that 80? l wuzn't noticin'.'
"'Didn't you know they all ran away
and left you there aloneP'
"t,Well, l noticed l felt kinder lone
some
"'That's all right, jack said l, get
ting to the point. you did as brave an
act as a soldier could do, and want
you to be rewarded for it,
Z" What did do, Lieut'nant?"
"You didn't run away, as the others
did. when you would have been perfectly
justified in doing exactly as they did
"Jack chuckled as though something
funny had occurred to him.
"Why, Lieut'nant, he said, that
wasn't bravery. There wuz lot of
huckleberries up there jist in reach of
where wuz layin', among the rocks in
the sunshine, and l wuz jist too dern
lazy to rum
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SOLDIERS BUDGET.
The Gray Ten Thousand.

lut VEuJ htH u uUuSHuus
Fall in there, Johnnies,
You whose gray
Is rusted justa
Bit to-day,
Fall mi
Fall ini
You will not march as when you marched
In serried lines to meet the Blue;
For, Johnnies, you are home folks now,
And we are glad to welcome you.
ran in there. Graybacks,
You old vets,
Whose valor no man
Fer forgets,
Fall I'M
Fall inl
You will not march as when you marched
Where burning homes 1T up the way;
But you will march amid the homes
Where we are glad you've come to stay.
Fall in there, Rebels,
BY the gods,
You fought against
Tremendous odds
Fall inl
Fail int
You will not march as when you marched
To glory and to just defeat,
But you will march as brothers whom
Your brothers here are glad to greet.
Fall in there, Johnnies.
Let the band
Fill up the air with
"Dixle Land"
Fall int
Fall inl
You will not march rs when you marched
To bloody graves. We have to-day
One country, and its skies are blue
And only what is past is gray.
Fall in there, Graybacks
Let your yell
nobltr, better
Story tell;
Fall inl
Fall int
You will not march as when you marched
Footsore and weary, all in vain;
For you are with us. of us, and,
Together now, we march again.
Fall in there, Rebels,
Bless your heartsl
This country isn't
One of parts
Fall in
Fall inl
You will not march as when you marched
Beneath the former Stars and Bars.
But you will march, thank God for that,
Beneath the glorious Stripes and Stars.
Fall in there, Patriots,
We whose sires
Enkindled Freedoms
Altarfres;
Fall in
Fall in
You will not march as when you marched
Against that flag you see unfurled
Above you now; but you will march
Beneath its folds against the world.
New York Su
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
EGTATE or IuIxIr w LNAD

The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Wash
ngton commissioners to receive, examine and sd.
just all claims and demands of all persons against the
in said District, deceased. and all claims
npteo II onset thereto hereby eve notce thst we
house Of Polly NJ. Knapp. in the town of Middlesex,
In said District the 18th day of November
and the 18th day of May next, from one
o'clock p. M. until three o'clock, P. M, each
of said days, and that six months from the Sth
day of November, AID. 1895. is the time limited
by said Court for said creditors to present their
claims to us for examination and allowance.
Dated at Middesex this l2th day of November, la.
isso' n ntNKnM MnIrrLLEESF;e Commissioners.
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ESTATE OF A. SIDNEY WILEY.
STATE OF VERMONT,

DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON, ss.
In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, in and for
said District. on the 18th day of November AID 1886
James A. Wiley, Administrator de b0nis non,
with the will annexed. of the estate of A.
SIDNEY WILEY, late of Montpelier, in said
District, deceased, presents his administration ac-
count for examination and allowance, and
makes application for q decree of distribu
ton and partition of the estate of said de-
ceased. Whereupon, it is ordered by said Court
that said account and said application be
the Probate ONCE in said Montpelier. on the
I'd day of December, A. ID. 1895 TOR hearing and de-
tice hereof be given to all persons interested by
publication of the three weeks successfully in
the Vermont Waterman d. State Journal, newspaper
published at Montpelier, previous to said time ap-
pointed for hearing, that they may appear at said
time and place, and show cause, If any they may
have why said account should not be allowed, and
such decree made. BY the Court.-Attest,
1915 HIRAM CARLETON Judge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-11-20

A CATHOLIC church at Anderson,
H., recently dedicated, has window
representing the American flag. The
reproduction is said to be complete and
a work of art. This is the only church
window in the United States that has
the stars and stripes on it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-11-20

some progress The telegraph and tele-
phone, the monograph, the electric light
all were once impossible, and once il was
impossible to cure consumption. That was
ical Discovery. Taken according to direc-
tons, this standard remedy will cure % per
cent of all cases of consumption. Consump-
ton is caused and fostcred by impurity in
the blood. It is cured by purity and rich
ness of the blood-surely, certainly cured
by the Medical Discovery" 1t builds up
solid healthy flesh and vigorous strength.
DR. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser
a 1908 page medical work, profisely illustrated
will be sent free receipt of 81 one-cent stamps
to cover postage OHip. Address, Worlds Dis
pensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N Y.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
ESTATE OF AsENATH v. ROGERS.
DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON. SO.

DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON, So.
In Probate Court. held at Montpelier, in and for
said District. the 3Oth day of October AID. 1885,
An instrument purportng to be the last will and
testament of ASENATH V. ROGERS, late Of the
city of Barre. in said District, deceased being pre-
sented to the Court for Probate, 1t Is ordered by
said Court that all persons concerned therein be not
fed to appear at session Of said Court to be held at
the Probate Office In said Montpelier. the 22d day
of November, AID. 1885, and show cause, IL any they
may have, against the probate of said instru.
ment; for which purpose It s further ordered that
notice of this order be published three weeks
cessivey In the Vermont Watchmdn & state Journal,
a newspaper printed at Montpelier, in this state
previous to said time appointed for hearing.
1875 HIRAM CARLETON, Judge.
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POLITICAL.
Republican Kentucky.

Good Lord and has II come to this2
Are all the landslides dumped
Upon us in a cataclysm,
Or have we been mugwumped2
Our eager eyes sweep round and round
The wide horizons scope,
But not ray of light appears
To cheer us with its hope
The heavens are hung with black to-day,
Our record Is a wreck
The Grand Old Commonwealth, gadzooks,
Has got It in the neck,
Deep In the earth a scrapIng sound
Is heard to rip and rave,
And well we know Old Hickory
Is turning in his grave.
The grand traditions of our past,
The long continuous line
OF Democratic regnancy
Now with the woodbine Irvine.
The mudsills we sat upon
And fed with crust and bone
Have risen unexpectedly
And grabbed the Bourbon throne.
They've got the sceptre in their hands,
lHe due bThsh IODes Inty wear,
While on our ruins we must sit
And paw the empty air.
The Peavine and the Pennyrile,
The Redbrush and the rest,
Laugh us to scorn and jeering say:
Come off! Pull down your vestl"
Wei We. the natural rulers who
Are to the purple born
Alas, alas, that we should live
This triumph to adorn.
Republican Kentucky What
Miscegenation's here,
OF words no man has ever heard,
or thought could be brought near.
No human eye can pierce the veil,
No human tongue can tell,
Why with past so glorious,
Kentucky slipped and fell
This much alone we know and this
May keep our hearts still warm;
God moves in mysterious way
His wonders to perform"
Kentucky Democrat
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Notices.!

Notice is hereby given that the Vermont Mutual
Fire Insurance Company of Montpelier, VT, with
draws from the offer of reward Jointly made with
the Union Mutual Fire Insurance Company aud the
New England Fire Insurance Company of Rutland,
Vt, for the payment of FIVE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for the Information which shall result in the
who may, on trial. be found guilty of the crime Of
incendiarsm or arson in firing any property In Yer.
any of said companies. And we shall pay part Of
any such reward accrung after this date.
VERMONT MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE co.
Montpelier, VT, October 81, 1885
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-11-20

PREVENTS SERIOUS ILLNESS" I
thoroughly believe in Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla as tonic and blood purifier. All
the members of my family take it. L
honestly believe it has prevented seri-
GUS illness in the family, as we have
been enjoying perfect health for years"
w. r. Mosher, Superintendent Fair Ha-
ven Shirt Company, Fair Haven, Vt.
HOOPS PILLS cure biliousness, in
digestion.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-11-20
NDERCORNS
NERVO-LEPTZNE.

The new discovery for the cure of EPILEPSY and
the treatment OF NERVOUS DISEASES. No
OPIUM Morphine, no Bromides, no Sedatives
nor Anodynes used. Five weeks treatment for S.
You will find decided and satisfactory improve
ment before the first box Ia consumed. NERVO-
LEP TINE CO., Box 1856, Hartford, Conn. TALCOTT,
FRISBIE CO., sole agents for the United States,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-11-20

Seems aB IL con-
SD m ption always
picks out the bright
est and best. Fully
one.sixth of all the
deaths that occur in
the world are caused
by con sum ption.
Many things were
once considered inn
possible. Ii would
be strange If med
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-11-20

HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills.
Biliousness,. Indigestion, II ca &c he .
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-11-20

MAIL. Connects at Wells
River with trains north and
south on Passumpsic Division.
Also with train north on the
White Mountain Division, and
with mail train for Plymouth.
Concord and Boston.
EXPRESS. Connects at
Wells River with express and
mail trains for st. Johns
bury, Newport and Montreal.
Also with express train for
Plymouth, Concord and Bos-
ton, and mail train for Lisbon,
Littleton, Whitefleld, Fa b :
yan's, Lancaster, and Grove
ton.
ACCOM- NOTATION. Con.
meets at Wells River with
accommodation train for St.
Johnsbury and Lyndonyille'
Also with train for White
River Junction and way sta
tons, and with accommoda-
ton train for all points be.
tween Woodsville and Ian.
raatpr.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-11-20

WHEELED vehicles were in use long
before the beginning of the Christian
era.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-11-20

CALIFORNIA has produced sweet
scented violet the size of large
pansy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-11-20
TIME TABLES.
Montpelier & Wells River R. R.
The White Metal ("AIuminium") Line.

Time Table, in effect Oct. Il, 1885, Trains leaving
Montpelier as follows
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800 a. m.
ITO p. M.
Ais D.. M.
BARRE TRAINS.

Leave Montpelier for Barre at s. 80 An, 9: so A
M, 10 $50 A. M, IL: 40 A M l:2O p. NJ, $3.50 z. M,
$3.50 p. M u: so p. M. $500 p. M
Leave Barre for Montpelier at 1880 A. r.. $40 A.
M, II 10 A. M, IL: 40 p. M, $500 P. NJ, 4O5 NJ
$500 p. NJ, $50 p. NJ, 8; 80 M.
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For Sale at a Barqain!

On Northheld street; House and small Building
Lot. Ftrstclass Investment. A. j. HOWE,
Real Estate Agent.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-11-20
PROMINENT GRANGER'S wife
CURED OF RHEUMATISM.
Health is too Precious to
be TrifIed With.
II you have even the slightest
Twinge of Rheumatic Pain you
should seek relief before the
dread disease gets too firm
hold upon your system.

Geo. q. Smith,
Dear Sir For more than year l had
} rheumatism In my right hip, which was eN.
\ccedingly painful, and ! could hardly turn
myself IN bed. Read about your" Rheumatic
Cure" and sent for n bottle, having but little
faith, as had tried many differcntmedicincs
without finding any relief. After using one
bottle the pain lett me, and began to realize
an improvement In my condition, 80 con.
tinued using It, taking in all, nearly FIVE
bottles. am most happy to say that my hip
IA all right, and suffer no pain. j am so
} thankful that want all who are troubled in
I like manner to try 1t, feeling they VIII be
relieved as have been.
Yours truly,
MRS. a. b. FRANKLIN.
lToMnshend. VI. jan. Is. 1SA3
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NOTICE.

The trains due to leave Montpelier at 100 p. M:
and Barre at $3.50 p. NJ. will be run SHOW nights"
to accommodate people who desire to attend the
theatre. other evening entertainments at Mont
pelier Barre
nsH- These trains will not leave either city until
close of entertainments, provided request Is made
to that effect and is granted accordingly
Wa. STOwELL, General Manager.
f. W. MORSE. General Passenger AGENT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-11-20

Central Vermont, Boston & Maine, ana
Fitchburg mileages for sale or to rent.
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Domestic.

AT Memoir, L. l., last week, farmer was
buried under tons of earth while digging
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Foreign.

THE court at Coburg has received tele-
gram from st. Petersburg saying that the
ACCOMPLISHMENT of the czarina is expected
about the end of November.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-28

After successful term of six months I'M
der the management of Miss Maude Alley,
the Spring valley school closed last Friday
for the Winter, sooner by two weeks than
was expected. The weather there however
makes it necessary to close school during
in that place. The school usually opens in
the Spring of the year and runs through the
summer, and it is admitted to be one of the
best schools in the county, the Children of
the valley being all we'll advanced in their
studies.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-28
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Medal and Diploma.

This market has been well supplied with
turkeys this year. They sell at from $l.25
to 81. so each.
DR.. Hudgens, tho dentist of DeLamar,
will be in Phoebe December 10th, and will
remain one week. Those wishing anything
in his line will please call early.
Jimmy Nesbitt who was brought up from
DeLamar last Saturday night suffering with
the fever, has mended considerably since
his arrival but is yet very weak. At the
present rate of improvement however it will
not be long before he is up and about again.
Lincoln county will draw from the State
fund for the ensuing year on over $50 school
Children. This is over 100 more than we
drew for last year. The increase has been
principally In the Muddy Valley and at De-
Lamar. The Muddy settlers of last year
make a good showing for the Virgin district
especially. No distribution of funds will
occur until January but the apportiorment
then promises to be large and the present
school terms throughout the county should
be extended as long as possible.
Though you may get but part of what you
seek, be thankful to-day and remember
there are many worse off than you. Though
general misery exists in many places in the
land there is little of it in southeastern New
ada. We have much to be thankful for in
the immediate past and have bright pros.
poets for the future, and most of us can say
with Burns.
''Some hae meat that Gamma eat,
And some would eat that want it;
But we hae meat and we can eat,
Sac let the Lord be thankit."
J. A. Denton took charge of the DeLamar
mail line last Friday. He carries the mail
from Panaca by way Of Bennett springs i'll.
stead of going down Meadow Valley Wash
and has put in a swing from here to Ben.
nett which leaves here in the afternoon be.
tween two and three o'clock in order to con.
meet with the through mail at Bennett
Under this arrangement passengers for De-
Lamar from this poins save the lay over Of
six hours at Panaca, and mail matter can b.
posted as late as two o'clock in the after
noon snd 60 through to DeLamar without
delay. Tho change will operate with equa
benefit to passengers and mail from the De
Lamar side and will end the general com
plant which has existed since the change
in carrying the mail from Panaca instead O
| this point, went into effect last Spring.
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LOCAL. AND OTHERWISE.

Supper for the ball goers tonight will be
served at China Dicks.
The Yuba is making a good shipment OF
high grade ore this week
ID. L. Wertheimer is up from DeLamar
for stay of week, to recuperate
The cold snap of last Friday ran the mer-
curry to below zero in Spring valley.
Sheriff Prudential landed his prisoner
Della at Carson all right last Friday after.
noon.
Don't fail to take in the ball this evening
A full house and good time is the motto.
Tickets only SlOO each.
Henry Welland received shipment OF
cranberries this afternoon. They are late
but not too late to be appreciated
Ed. Prudential took a day off today
from his claim in Comet, and came it to
attend the ball this evening and to get
more supplies for the mine.
Taxes, Taxes, Taxes. Don't forget that
Monday next is the last day on which you
can pay without delinquency. After that
date ten per cent will be added to all I'M.
paid amounts.
new paper will be published in Reno
about December lst 1t will be weekly
and DR.. Hogan will be the managing editor.
ut will probably be populistic in its poiti
cal makeup"
The County Treasurer reports taxes as
coming in unusually slow this year especially
from those listed in Phoebe Not more thar
half the persons have paid up so far anc
four days hence the delinquent list will b'
made up.
Several bids have been presented for car
rying the Ursine mail. Under the schedul
time required, which is a round trip iron
Eagle valley here and return the same day
since no nonresident carrier could make tn
trips without great loss of time
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THE KEYSTONE MINE.
Contract of Purchase M ade by Colo
RADIO Company and the Property
to be Actively Operated.

The litigation pending over the Keystone
mining property promises soon to be set
tied.
The judgement, and other creditors of the
Company have agreed to turn the property
into new hands with the understanding that
the mine shall be further opened up, and the
milling facilities greatly improved
By this means the large reserves OF low
grade gold ore are confidently expected to
pay handsomely, and to result in profit to
the owners as well as to clear off the exist.
ing debts.
A Receiver for the property was appointed
in July last, at the instigation of creditors
of the Company. 1t was believed then that
by quickening the drop of the stamps in the
mill and by adding ten additional stamps,
the ore opened up in the mine could be pro-
fitably worked. These changes in the mill
were made by the Receiver but anticipa
tions were not realized. Quickening the
drop overtaxed the strength of the cams and
breakages and stoppages were so frequent
that it was soon apparent no progress could
be made. These improvements and opera.
tions ran the Receiver some SO, 900 behind
On this showing the parties interested got
together and have contreate to sell the
whole property to the Lincoln company.
The sale was effected through the efforts of
w. r. Harp, Manager of the Union Smelt-
ing company of Leadville, Colo. The con-
tract of sale provides that the Lincoln COM
pany shall procure at its own expense from
the District County of this county an order
of sale of the property in the name of the
judgment creditors, and also an order per.
mitting the Receiver to make a lease of the
property to the Lincoln company for two
years in order to protect the purchaser in
case the property should be redeemed with.
in six months.
The Lincoln company is to improve, re,
build and enlarge the present mill by adding
stamps and other machinery adequate tt
work the present ores at profit and to pre-
vent loss through tailings. The mill is t.
be of not less than 60 stamps.
When sold under an order of court, thu
property is to be bought in by trustee anc
Immediately conveyed by him to the Lin
coin company for the amount of the presen
debts. which are to be paid within the year
and which are to be secured by first liens Of
the property, to include all the improve
ments which the new Company may add
First payments on the debts are to be mad
within four months.
The arrangement is believed to be on
which will eventually bring the property in
to prominence. 1t has produced well al
ready, but the high grade ore cannot be re
lied ON as depth is attained. Large block
of low grade material however, are unco,
cred ready for mining and on the pro6tabl
working of this the future prosperity of tn
property depends.