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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-02
KNOWLEDGE

Brines comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs
Its excellence is due tc It's presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and feyerz
and permanently curing constipation.
Il has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
news, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-02
THE BUSINESS MANS LUNCH,
Hard Work and Indigestion 60
Hand in Hand.

Concentrated thought, continued in, robs
the stomach of necessary blood, and his 10
also true of hard physical labor.
When a FIVE horse power engine IS made
to do ten horse power work something IS
going to break. Very often ~the hard
worked man coming from the field or the
Office will "bolt his food in few min
utes which will take hours to digest Then
too, many foods are about as useful in the
stomach as kcg of nails would be in q
Gre under boiler. The ill-used stomach
refuses to do its work without the proper
stimulus which 1t gets from the blood and
nerves The nerves are weak and ready
to break" because they do not get the
nourishment they require from the blood,
finally the ill-used brain is morbidly wide
awake when the overworked man at
tempts to find rest in bed
The application of common sense in the
treatment of the stomach and the whole
system brings TO the busy man the full en-
ioyment of life and healthy digestion when
he takes DR. Picrcc's Pleasant Pellets to
relieve a bilious stomach or after too
hearty meal, and DIR Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery to purify. enrich and
yitalize the blood. The Pellets are tiny
suRar-coated pills made of highly crsceu-
trated vegetable ingredients which relieve
the stomach Of all offending matters easily
and thoroughly. They need only be taken
Tor q SNORT time 10 CuIC Tie DIfiouSucSoy
constipation and slothfulness, or torpof, of
the liver: then the Medical Discovery"
should be taken in teaspoonful doses TO in
crease the blood and enrich it. 1t has
peculiar effect upon the lining membranes
Of the stomach and bowels toning up and
strengthening them for all time. The
whole system feels the effect of the pure
blood coursing through the body and the
nerves are vitalized and strengthened, not
deadened, or put to sleep, As the so-called
celery compounds and nerve mixtures do
but refreshed and fed on the food they
need for health. If you suffer from indi-
Restiou, dyspepsia, nervousness, and any
81 the ills which come from impure blood
and disordered stomach, you can cure
yowrseH with DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery which can be obtained Ct suy
Ana stoss y the eountSv;
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-02

Luther G. Crowell, of Brooklyn, N.
Y, is the author of new invention in
the shape of a wrapping machine for
newspapers. Heretofore newspapers
have been wrapped by hand. Girls
usually do the work. the most expert
of them doing up thirty newspapers a
minute. This continuance takes the
newspaper and wrapper fat. They are
fed together into the machine and come
out all ready to be addressed As they
go through, the gummed tail" of the
wrapper is stuck and secured. A wrap
per put on in this way will not come
off in the mails.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-02
HERE AND THERE.

4
Remember, you can save great
deal of spring work in your garden by
a thorough blowing Of the ground now.
No better use can be made of sur
plus clabber, skim milk and butter
milk than feeding it to the pigs and
poultry -ss ss
A quart Of cracked wheat and a
pint of cracked corn we'll soaked and
added to two buckets of thick slop is
highly recommended as a hog feed.
When grass takes the place of half
our cotton. and stock takes the place
of half the cotton pichers, farmers
will not hav to go SO far. and get SO
ITO give your stock the full beneHt
Of the corn You feed them. You must
grind it. Even the cobs, when ground
with the shuclrs and grains, are vslu-
Bile addition.
Feed young animals abundantly.
Keep them growing. You can not stint
and starve them and reasonably. ex-
pect them to develop into anythingbut
rnnts.
The sheep of the future, If he
profits either grower or feeder, must
carry . good carcass to the butchers
block, and leave the fleece as an incl
dent Of the process. People are tired
of dry. tasteless chops, and will not
pay anything but beggarly prices sos
such,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-02

IT he Niagara Falls Power Co. has
asked the board of aldermen of Buff
alo, N. Y, for permission to erect
poles in that city for the purpose of
transmitting electric power from Nj
agara Falls. Overhead construction is
proposed, but the company will agree
to put its wires under ground when
ever all the other light and power COM
panies in Buffalo shall be ordered to
do SO.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-02
A Soft Answer.

Actress (angrily)-Did you write that
criticism which said my inpersonation
of 1.-THE Abandoned Wife" was miser-
able failure?
Critic-Ye-y-e-s; You see, you looked
so irresistibly beautiful that it was inn
possible to fancy that any man could
abandon you.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-02
O.. 90 TO California

Is price Of double berth in Tourist Sleeping
Car from Kansas City on the famous
sPhillips-Rock Island Tourist Excursions"
Through cars on fast trains leave Kansas
City Wednesdays via Fit. Worth and Ell
Paso, and Fridays via Scenic Route. Write
for particulars to G. d. BACON, G. A. r.
D., 1O6 N. 4th St., st. Louis, Mo.
JOHN SEBASTIAN, g. p. A, Chicago.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-02

SHE-sIt is very nice to 60 to the theatcr,
but you never take me along when you CO."
HeS"Well, III take you with me tonight.
There in a play on the boards you ought to
see." "What is it!' 1.-THE Tanning of the
Shrew. Texas Siftings.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-02

Softleigh-That. dear boy. is the pic
ture of the dearest girl | know; and |
am the only man she ever kissed!
Hardleigh-I believe you, old man,
because ! used to be the only man she
ever kissed, myself Brooklyn Life.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-02

WHE-"The price Of the clock was so,
but got discount. SO it only cost me S."
Husband-"Yes, but you could have got the
same thing at Beetles for S." Wife-'sThat
may be, but then Beetle wouldn't have
taken of anything. boston Transcript.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-02

Saws the bard. The difficulty is that the
folly Of some folks don't fly, It sticks. We
cite, as q forcible illustration, the folly of
people who keep ON dosing themselves with
Objectionable drugs for disorders of the
stomach, liver and bowels, easily and pleas
antly durable with Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, which not only remedies these, but
also restores yigor and strength, and ban
ishes malaria, rheumatism and nervousness.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-02
A Promise of Success.

us everything prepared for the sew
ing-circle?'
"Yes; the tea is all ready to be made
and Sophy has just gone down for the
gum."-Judge.
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healing qualities, and being free from all
combinations Of opium, places it at the head
of all Cough remedies. 1t approaches so
nearly specific for Consumption that IS
per cent. Of cases which are taken in time
are cured.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-02
A WOMAN'S HEART.
One Disease. That Battles the
Physician.
Tho Story of . Woman Who Suffered for
Nine Years. How She Was Cured.

CFfom the Newark. n. j.. Evening News.)
ValVuiar disease of the heart has always
been considered incurable. The following
interview, therefore, will interest the med
ical profession, since it describes the sue
cessful use Of new treatment for this dis
ease. The patient Is Mrs. George Archer,
6f Clifton, N. j., and this publication by
the News is the first mention made of the
case by any newspaper. All physicians con-
suited pronounced the patient suffering
with valvular disease of the heart, and
treated her without the slightest relief.
the floor; neither could go upstairs with
out stopping to let the pain in my chest and
left arm cease. felt an awful construction
about my arm and chest as though l were
tied with ropes. Then there was terrible
noise at my right ear, like the labored
breathing Of some great animal. ! have
often turned expecting to see some creature
at my side.
LAST july" continued Mrs. Archer, 81
was at Springfield, Mass, visiting, and my
mother showed me an account in the
Springfield Examiner, telling Of the won-
derful cures effected by the use of Dr. Will
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People. My
mother urged me to try the pills and on
November 25th last bought box and began
taking them, and / have taken them ever
since, except for q short interval. The first
box did not seem to benefit me, but perse-
vered, encouraged by the requests OF my
relatives. After beginning on the second
box, to my wonder, the noise ut my right
ear ceased entirely. kept right on and the
distress that used to feel in my chest and
arm gradually disappeared. The blood has
returned to my face, lips and ears, which
were entirly devoid of color, and feel
well and strong again. -,
any son, too, had been troubled with
rastritis and induced him to try the Pink
Pills, with great benefit l feel that every
body ought to know of my wonderful cure
and bless God that have found something
that has given me this great relief"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are now given to
the public as an unfailing blood builder and
nerve restorer, curing all forms of weak
ness arising from a watery condition OF
the blood or shattered nerves, two fruit
full causes Of most every i'll that flesh Is heir
TO- These pills are also specific for the
| troubles peculiar to females, such as sup
pressions, all forms of weakness, chronic
constipation, bearing down pains, ETC., and
| in the case of men will give speedy relief
and effect a permanent cure in all cases
| arising from mental worry, ovefwork, OF
excuses Of whatever nature. The pills are
sold by all dealers, or viii be sent post paie
boxes for s2.5c-they are never sold in bull
| or by the 1907 by addressing DR.. Williams
| Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
The ono Injured.
Minnie-Did you hear about Mollies
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-02

HE-"This ring, you know, Is the en- blsn
of eternity" She-"Yes, and the diamond
on top is heavenly He-"But the ring
that comes later win have no diamond
be over by that time kate Fields Wash
ington.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-02

First SPoRr-"And how did the football
come outl' Second Sport-"The Ruffiers
lost the game on o FOUL SHOWS that %
Zone of their men kicked the ball instead
of kicking one of the fellows on the other
side i,--Boston TRANSCRIPT.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-02

He -ssDont you think there is consider
able danger in letting a woman who cares
for you know that you love herl" She
~ think there is considerably more danger
in letting her know that you DON'T
Brooklyn Life.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-02

CUrELEIaH-ssIm sorry to hear you're
broke" Buteleigh -'-Brokel Who's brokei
What's the matter with thiss'' Showing
roll of bills) Cuteleigh-s.N othing. Lend
me twenty. will you!"-Puck.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-02

'sDrD your Uncle George rem ember you
when he made his will!, sim afraid so. y
"Afraidl Why afraidr' s.WeD, l haven't
seen the will yet, but il Uncle George re-
membered me he'd leave me out.''-Har-
per's Bazaar.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-02
And Smoked. Too.

Hell love you madly, passionately,
fondly-fy with me from your hus-
band, or die in this cornfeld!
She-Hush. The corn has q ars and
will be shocked,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-02

MISS De FASHION "a few years hence)-
"You are wanted at the telephone" Mrs.
Mrs NJ De STYLE, to return my telephone call
hope she won't talk long I'm. z. Weekly.
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Tho Causc of It.

We swore she was treading on air,
Her step was so daintily light;
But those who know better declare
Her shoes were tribe too tight.
Puck,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-02

LAURA-"While Jack was calling the other
evening he made the statement that he
would kiss me or die in the attempt" Belle
-s'Yes!' after pause) well, did he
Kiss youl" Laura-''Yo You haven't read any
account of Jacks death in the papers, have
youpi-N " World.
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Hard to Suif.

Jess-That young man is very disa-
grceable to stare at us that way.
Bess-The other is just as bad; he
hasn't looked this way once.-N. Y.
World.
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JAGwELL-"What makes that hen In your
back yard cackle so loudl" Wigway-"O,
they've just laid a cornerstone across the
street and she's trying to make the neigh
bors think she did it."-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-02

FORTUNE TELLER-"'You will be very poor
until you are thirty-five years of age" I'M
pecunious Poet eagerly D.. And after then q
Sketch.
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'sLoTs OBJ times,n said Uncle Eben, ''de
man dat keeps tall1in' bout waitin' tell his
ship comes in ain nebber hab 'nough hustle
in i'm ter sem no ship out. Washington
STAR
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The "LINENEr are the Best and Most Econon
teal Collars and Guns worns they arc made OF fne
ble ono col lar Is equal 10 two Of any other kind.
TIM At svrI, svenr sreii and1ook srs A box Of Ton
Collars or Five Pairs OF Cuns for Twenty-Five
Cents.
A sample Collar and Pair Of Cum By mall fer Sin
Cents. Name style and size. Address
REVERSIBLE COLLAR COMPANY,
JEranklin St.. New York. a Kilby st.. Boste2
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-02

The Teacher-Willie Watson, go to
the blackboard and describe to the class
q semi-curve.
Willie Wot's Their use, teach
er, when they can see Ikey Hammer
STEMS legs?-Judge.
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a Sure Sign.

Jimson-Is Jackson making money!
Bilson-I guess so. he has begun
calling his customers his clientele.--N.
=. Weekly
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KlrrY-sswhat do you suppose her ag.
isl' Toni don't know. But woman's
age doesn't matter SO much as how hong she
has been that age."-Puck-
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Gossip.

"Blykens called Slugby big. brutal
bully yesterday afternoon"
Really? didn't know Blykens had
q telephone in his Office "-Washingtou
Star
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"wAs the football game what you ex-
pected it to bel' She-"No, it was very dis
appointing. Only one man killed and two
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-02

OLD SrAGEa says that they used to hunt
with horns, but they fish with them now
Philadelphia Record
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Pneumatically Speaking.
The modern wheel goes very fast.
Yet there's no use concealing
As We observe 1t passing by.
1t has that tired feeling.
Washington Star
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-02

"wELH, how are you doingP' asked the
passenger. Fare, !" replied the conductor.
Philadelphia Record.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-02

WE have not been without Piso's Cure
for Consumption for 20 years.-LIzzn FEH-
REL, Camp b., Harrisburg, Pa, May 1, ~.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-02-02

FALL srrLEs-the ones pigs are in.-Phila'
delphia Record.
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Halls Catsrrh Cure
aiken internally. Price 75c.

MAN bows to fate, but not ~ . matter Of
courtesy. Galveston Nows.
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The ono Injured.

Minnie-Did you hear about Mollie's
Aance falling of the trolley car and
breaking his arm?
Marnie--Yes- wonder If he will sue
the company for damages?
Minnie-I guess not. shouldn't won
der if she does. though.-Cincinnati
Tribune.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-09-01

tia. In its reorganization for service
upon the first call for troops in April,
1861, Lieut., Andross was elected
Captain and served as such with the
First Vermont regiment, Col. John w.
Phelps, throughout its term. At the
battle of Bethel when the three COM
panies of the first regiment attacked
the Rebel earth works, Capt. Andross
was the first man upon the embank-
ment. At the close of the three
months service he returned to the army
as eut.-Colonel of the 9th Vermont
regiment, his commission dating May
20, 1862.
At Harper's Ferry he was taken
prisoner, the 9th regiment having been
surrendered under Gen. Miles. While
on parole he had charge at Chicago
of $500 confederate prisoners whom he
subsequently delivered at City Point in
exchange. In Vermont in the Civil
war, we find this pen picture of Col
Andross "Now in his sgd year. tall,
straight, soldiery, rough in his way, but
kind in deed, he was a favorlte with
the men," After his release he was
Immediately promoted to the rank Of o,
Colonel, which position he held till i'll
health compelled him to tender his
resignation in June 1868.
Since the war Col. Andross has lee
quiet life farming and hunting, anc
has held several town offices. In
March, 1878, he was married to Mrs
Marcella Warson, daughter of Rev.
Horatio Harris. Their three children
are Mary Kimball, Walter Carpenter
and Alice Caroline.
Col. Andross is a courteous and In
telligent gentleman, his recollection OF
early events is very distinct, and we are
indebted to him for many importan
facts. He is believed to be Excepting
Stephen Thomas always known as Gen
eral) the senior surviving Colonel o
Vermont troops.
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have duly appreciated the solid ad-
vantages of rural home. Such fam
lily are the Baldwins. Jesse and George
Baldwin, prominent farmers, are now
tiling the same acres which were hewn
from the wilderness by their sturdy
grandfather, Absolam Baldwin, ninety
five years ago. Their father, George
Baldwin, born in 1877, owned and &C.
cupied the same farm, but he was
best known as a droWer and was the
intimate associate of Lambert Hastings.
He began buying cattle and horses as
early as 1870, and CARED and sold
many carloads at the Boston and Wa
tertown markets. In connection with
7. w. Bliss he formed the firm of Bald
win & Bliss some time before the war,
and conducted an immense business
buying wool, for long time proitably,
but at the close of the war at loss of
nearly $4,000, owing to shrinking
prices. Mr.. Baldwin was man of ex-
cellent judgment and undoubted in
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D. X. ANDROSS.

Dudley Kimball Andross of Brad
ford, son of Broadstreet Spaford and
Mary Kimball Andross, was born in
Bradford Sept. II, 1923. He comes
of good old Vermont stock, one OF his
grandfathers DR.. Bildad Andross hav-
ing been an early settler in the town OF
Bradford, and a member of the first
convention which met to organize the
commonwealth of Vermont, and an
other Capt. Broadstreet Spafford hav-
ing been the first settler in Fairfax IN
I7S3. His great uncle Obadiah Kimball
was killed in the battle of Bennington
In early life Mr.. Andross worked as
a lumberman, then as railroad build
er and as such he helped to lay the
first rail of the Rutland & Burlington
railroad. He was the first man from
Bradford to go to California as min.
er, going by the Isthmus route, and
after varied experiences and adventures
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HENRY I. BARNARD.

Henry T. Barnard, son of Tristram
and Mahala French Barnard, was born
at Exeter, Maine in I84I. His par
ents came from Weare, N. H., and
when he was eleven years old moved
to Lowell, Mass, and resided there un
til he was II years old. Young Barn
ard fitted for college at the Lowell
High school. At the first call for
troops Tristram Barnard and his son
George responded and enlisted in the
historic Sixth Massachusetts,, which
was assaulted by the Baltimore mob
and lost three of its members, Laid
and Whitney of Lowell and Needham
of Lawrence, the first three martyrs of
the war.
H. T. Barnard enlisted in August,
1862, was on detached service as Pro
vost Martial's clerk and was mustered
out early in June. 1868. After his re-
turn from the service he taught school
several years in Massachusetts and
three years in Mendoza, Ill. In 1870
he returned east and commenced his
theological training at the Cobb Divin-
ity School, Bates College, Lewiston,
Maine, and graduated in 1879. The
incident of the war had deferred for
considerable period this course OF
study which he had fully resolved upon,
He was ordained at Ossipee, N. H.,
in 1880 and remained there four
years. Having received a call at
Brockton, Mass, he preached there
three years. Subsequently he filled an
engagement at Underhill and Jericho
of four years, and also made settle
ment of two and one half years at West
Rutland, and came to Bradford last
March.
Mr.. Barnard married Hattie B.
Mitchell of Biddeford, Maine, in Sep
TENDER 1868. There only daughter,
Hattie Estelle, Mrs. J. Arthur Stafford,
of Boston, died at Chelsea, Mass, in
1883, leaving an infant son who has
always resided with his grand parents.
H. T. Barnard is member of Green
Mountain Lodge No. I, l. 0. 0. F.,
of McDonough Lodge No. 20, F. and
A. NJ, and is a K. T. of Killington
Commandry, and is prominent G. A.
R. man, Past Chaplain of Department
of Vermont and has many calls tor
memorial day addresses. He is man
of wide sympathies and magnetic
power as a speaker, and enjoys the re-
spect and esteem of wide circle OF
friends.