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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-02-06
TAX NOTICE.

The nonresident proprietors of the town of Mid
dlesex, in the County of Washington, are hereby
notified that the taxes assessed by the said town
within the year next preceding this date remain,
either in whole or in part. unpaid on the following
described lands In said town, to wit:
The land and premises situated in the, town of
Mddlesex. in Middlesex Village, so called, long
known as the Washington Hotel property supposed
to be owned by Mrs. A. X. Fisher, formerly of
Middlesex and now of the State of New York of
which her husband, Noah Fisher. now of East
Montpelier, is supposed to have life lease. por.
ton of said property now being occupied by Dwight
Darling for hotel purposes and the other portion of
said property now being occupied by H. Is. Nichols
for store. said premises being bounded follows
On the north and east by the public highway. on
the south by the premises occupied by Elijah
Somers and on the west by the premises occu led
by Horace Steel.
And so much of said lands and real estate will be
sold at public auction at said Washington Hotel,
now occupied by said Dwight Darling, in said Mid.
dlesex, on the fourth day of March next at ten
o'clock In the forenoon, as shall be requisite to dis
charge said taxes with costs unless previously paid
MARTIN S. HERBERT,
Collector of Town Taxes.
Dated at Middlesex, Vermont, this 22d day of
January, A. ID. 1895.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-02-06
Kid Gloves.

Barefooted boys and hens form curl
Gus partnership in the making of pair
of fine gloves,
They work together in preparing the
skins for the hands of the fashionable
woman who rushes to the stores every
time new shade of glove is announced.
Thousands of dozens of hens eggs are
used in curing the hides, and thousands
of boys are employed to work the skins
i'll clear water by treading on them for
several hours.
When woman buys a pair of gloves,
she speaks of her purchase as kids.
If the clerk who sold her the "kid'
gloves knew the secrets of the glove
making business, he might surprise his
fair customer by telling her that those
beautiful, soft, smooth fitting kid
gloves came from the shoulders and
belly of a 3-weeks-old colt whose neck
was slit on the plains of Russia, and
whose tender hide was shipped with
huge bundles of other colts hides to
France, where they We're made up into
"kid" gloves, or he might with equal
regard to the truth tell her that those
gloves in the other compartment once
darted from tree to tree in South Amer
lea on the back of ting tailed mon
key. And if he made the rounds of the
store and could distinguish one skin
from another he could point out "kid"
gloves made from the skins of kangaroos
from Australia; lambs or sheep from
Ohio or Spain or England; calves from
India, muskrats from anywhere, musk
oxen from China and other parts of
Asia; rats, cats and Newfoundland pup
pies.
But the little Russian colt, the four
footed baby from the plains where the
Cossacks live, the colt from the steppes
of Siberia, where horses are raised by
the thousand, supply the skins which
are the favorites at present with the
glovemakers. Experts say that the colt
skin makes a better, stronger, finer glove
than real kidskin, and as the colt is
little fellow only 8 weeks old when he
is killed but small amount Of skin can
be made into gloves, so that the price is
about as high.
But, after all, the real kid, the live
ly infant of the goats which live in
France, Switzerland, Spain and Italy,
furnishes the best, finest and most ex-
pensive gloves, and nearly 10, 200, 900
kids are sacrificed every year in order
that women and men may cramp their
hands in wrinkleless, delicate hued
gloves. Chicago Record.
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An Annual Joke.

Professor Josiah p. Cooke, well known
head of the chemistry department at llar-
ward, had his one little joke which he per
pctrated on the freshman class every year
with great good humor.
At the first lecture each year when the
200 or 300 freshmen were gathered before
him in the big amphitheatcr in Boylestun
hall Professor Cooke would bring out a
small bottle containing an innocent look
ing white liquid AT "A certain stage in
the lecture, after he had touched upon the
tremendously destructive qualities of cor
tain chemicals, the old gentleman would
pick up the vial and hold it out in his
trembling fingers before the view of the
whole class
Gentlemen, he would say in voice
full of tremors and quavcrs, gentlemen,
this bottle contains terrible explosive.
If it should drop from my hands to the
floor and here his fingers would trCm-
BILE alarmingly-"you would be all blown
into atoms -
Invariably this speech, combined with
the pathetic trembling of the old man 5
fingers, would cause a connection in the
room, and half "a dozen of the more timid
freshmen on the front row would jump
and flee prccipitatcly Professor Cooke
would turn and look at the fleeing stu
dents, and then, with broad, genial and
knowing smile to the rest of the class,
which would smile back at him, he would
carefully lay the vial back in its little
case, ready to be used at the next annual
DO
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-02-06
How Girls May BE Popular.

Cultivate every girlsh grace; plant
in the fair garden OF your soul the seeds
OF unselfishness; learn to be thoughtful
OF others-considerat of those with
whom you come in contact; train your
lips to smiles and forswear frowns; dis
cipline your moods-those "pretty
WITNESSES " hat do 80 much to make or
mar the sweetness of your character;
by your own fearless frankness inspire
others to confidence in you; share your
every gift OF soul ungrudgingly with
those who fill your own particular
world, comprehending that it is for this,
in part, your lovely life was planned;
be quick to sympathize with sorrow and
with joy, and fostering every inherent
faculty for good, reap the harvest of
pure happiness that lies in golden
masses along the radiant pathway of
the popular girl.-ETchonge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-02-06
A Curious Superstition.

The municipal statistics of the city OF
Marseilles show the observer that on the
2Sth of April, 1894, there were regis.
tered at the mayors office in that TOW N
no less than "a marriages. Why this
enormous number? Because, according
to an ancient tradition, couples that
marry in the month of May expose them
selves to great danger-death will soon
smite the unfortunates, or, at the very
least, their union will not be blessed
with children. Therefore large num-
Der of Marseillaise lovers availed them
selves of the last days of April to join
themselves in wedlock.
This curious superstition is by no
means confined to Marseilles. M. lie
Blaut French Investigator. ascribes
to it an origin in RoNan antiquity. The
Roman poet Ovid said that May was no
time for widows to marry or for young
girls, and adds that the imprudent
woman who braves fate by SO doing will
die early. Plutarch agrees to the truth
of this.
1t may be because Of this ancient prin-
ciple that the Roman Catholic church
has made the month of May sacred to
the Virgin. However this may be, the
idea has certainly perpetuated itself with
singular persistence. Tassoni, writing
about the middle of the seventeenth CEN
tury, relates that among the inhabitants
of Ferraras many young mobiles and
princes who were married in May died
only few days afterward. ct is the
observation of this strange fact, he OBJ
serves, that induced the Ferrarese, so
it is said, to follow the ancient custom. Z"
At the present day the superstition
has not ceased to show itself in certain
regions Of Italy, in Roumania, in south
Germany, Bohemia, Westphalia, Eng
Lard and France, notably in Saintonge
and in the Cevennes, where every one
acknowledges the truth of the proverb,
1.-The month of flowers is a month of
tears. -
Perhaps, said Plutarch, "the
month of May is regarded as unlucky
because it comes between April and
June, the months respectively of Venus
and Juno, the tutelary goddesses of mar
riage, or perhaps it is because May is
the month of the feast of the Lemures,
the souls of the dead. Paris Letter
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-02-06
Distributing Correct Time.

The revenue of the Western Union Ttle-
graph company for furnishing the time of
day to this country amounted last year to
about 81, 100000. The company has a
telegraph desk in the naval observatory In
Washington. Four minutes before noon
the wires of the system all over the United
States are cleared of business, and the in
slant the sun passes the seventy fifth me-
ridian electricity carries the news to every
city.
The time ball falls in New York at
noon, in Chicago at II a. m, in Omaha at
10 a. IN. and in San Francisco at a. IN.
In all the large cities business houses,
banks and offices are supplied with cleo
trio clocks that respond obediently to the
daily mandate. They rent for $15 year,
and in New York alone over 5000 have
been put up pittsburg Dispatch.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-02-06
ESTATE OF GEORGE w. Boil TON.
STATE OF VERMONT,
DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON, IS.

In Probate Court. held at Montpelier. in and for
said District on the 2lst day of January A. 1895:
Ora Boyce, Administrator of the estate of GEORGE
W. BOLTON. late of Montpelier. in said District,
deceased makes application to said Court with the
consent and appreciation in writing of the heirs Of
said deceased residing in the State of Vermont, for
license to sell all of the real estate of said deceased
situated in Montpelier. in said District, to wit:
House and lot on East Liberty street including
the homestead therein, representing that the sale
thereof would be beneficial to the widow,
heirs and minor children of said deceased,
to convert said real estate into money Where
upon, it is ordered by said Court, that said
application be referred to session thereof,
to be held at the Probate Office, in said Mont
pelier, on the Sth day Of February; A. d. 1895.
for hearing and decision thereoni and 1t is further
ordered. that all persons interested be notified
hereof, by publication of notice of said application
and order thereon three weeks successfully in the
Vermont Watchmdn d State Journal, a newspaper
published at Montpelier in this state, and which
circulates in the neighborhood of those interested,
before said time of hearing, that they may appear
atsaid time and place, and If they see cause object
thereto. By the Court,--Attest,
32-3i HIRAM CARLETON, Judge.
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ESTATE OF DAVID II, GRAY.
STATE OF VERMONT,

In Probate Court, held at Montpelier In and for
said District. on the I'D day of January AID 1895:
Elmer W. Bugbee, Executor of the last will and
testament Of DAVID X. GRAY, late of Mont
peer, In said District, deceased, presents his
administration account for examination and allow
ance and makes application for decree of distribu-
ton and partition of the estate of said deceased.
Mnereupon Il is ordered by said Court that said ac-
thereof to be held at the Probate ONCE, in
said Montpelier, the Sth day of February,
A d. 1885 for hearing and decision thereon: And.
it iS further ordered, that notice hereof be given
70 all persons INTEREST," d, by publication of the
three weeks successfully in tn. Vermont Waterman
d state Journal, a newspaper published at Mont
peler previous TO said time appointed for hearing
That they may appear at said time and place, and
show cause, II any they may have, why said account
should not be allowed, and such decree made.
1894 HIRAM CARIETON. Judge.
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STATE OF VERMONT.

~
- WASHINGTON DISTRICT, SO.
In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, in and for
said District the 26th day of January, A. ID. 1895,
the following instrument is filed in the office of the
Judge of said Court, to wit:
STATE OF VERMONT, I
WASHINGTON DISTRICT, ss.J
Be II remembered that |, Louise Perry, of Barre,
in the County of Washington and State of Vermont,
will he hereafter known and called Louise Phelps.
In witness whereof, hereunto set my hand and
seal. this 18th day of January. A. ID. 1895.
LOUISE PERRY rL.s.l
STATE OF VERMONT,
WASHINGTON DISTRICT S..
At Montpelier in said District this 26th day of
January, A. ID. 1895, personally appeared Louise
Perry, and acknowledged the foregoing instrument,
by her sealed and subscribed TO be her free act and
deed. Before me, HIRAM CARLETON,
Judge of Probate of Washington District.
Whereupon, II is ordered that said instrument be
published three weeks successfully in the Vermont
WdtchIsdR & State journal, a newspaper published
at Montpelier In said County of Washington, agree
ably to the statute in such case made and provided.
HIRAM CARLETON,
Judge of Probate of Washington District.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-02-06
ESTATE OF GEORGE E. srICKNEY.
DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON, IS

In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, in and for
said District, the 18th day of January A. D. 1885
Samuel w. BENJAMIN executor of the last will and
testament of GEORGE E. SrlCKNEY late of
Berlin. in said District. deceased presents
his administration account for examination and al
lowance, and makes application for decree
of distribution and partition of the estate of
said deceased. Whereupon, it Is ordered by said
Court, that said account and said application be
referred to session thereof to be held at the Pro-
bate Office, in said Montpelier on the 18th day of
February A. d. 1885 for hearing and decision hereon
and 1t is further ordered, that notice hereof be
gwen 70 an persons interested ny pubncaton OF the
Watchmdn d State Journal, newspaper published at
Montpelier, previous to said time appointed fer
hearing, that they may appear at said time and
place and show cause. If any they may have. why
said account should not he allowed and such decree
made. BY the Court,-Attest
1924 HIRAM CARLETON, Judge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-02-06
ESTATE OF MARY A. SPALDING.

In Probate Court held at Montpelier, ia and for
said District on the 26th day of January ID. 1895:
Samantha L: Wing. Executrix of the last will and
testament of Joseph A. Wing, who admnistra-
tor of the estate of MARY A. SPALDING. late of
Moretown in said District, deceased, presents the
administration account of said Joseph A. Wing
for examination and allowance, and makes
application for a decree OF distribution and
partition of the estate of said deceased.
Whereupon, it is ordered by said c, urt, that
said account and said application be referr-s to
session thereof, to be held at the Probate
Ofice, in said Montpelier, the 18th cay
Of February, A. d. 1895, for hearing and de- ision
thereon; And, 1t is further ordered, that
tice hereof be given to all persons Interested by
publication of the same three weeks successfully in
the Vermont Waterman q State Journal, newspsp-
published at Montpelier previous to said time sp,
pointed for hearing, that they may appear al taid
time and place. and show cause, II any they II ay
have, why said account should not be allowed and
such decree made.
BY the Court-Attesu.
1885 HIRAM CARLETON, Judge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-02-06
Battle of the Herrings.

The battle of the herrings was the com.
ical name given to IA fight between an
English force and French detachment
not far from Orleans in 1929. The Eng
fish were conveying large quantity OF
supplies, mainly herrings, for it was Lent,
to the army that was besieging Orleans.
The English had 900 men, the French
5000. The former repulsed the assailants
and saved the behring's, so the battle was
named in honor of the supplies
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-02-06
ESTATE OF NORTON L. DICKINSON.
DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON, Sc.

In Probate Court, held at Montpelier In and fer
said District the 18th day of January A. D. 1895:
Azuba NJ. Dickinson, Executrix of the last
will and testament of NORTON L. DICKINSON,
late of Warren, in said Lit trict, deceased,
animation and allowance and makes appli-
cation for decree of distribution and par
1t Is ordered by said Court that said acc cunt
and said application be referred to a session
said Montpelier. on the 18th day of February,
A. ID. 1875, for hearing and decision thereon: And,
1t is further ordered. that notice hereof be give
to all persons interested, by publication of the
three weeks SUCCESSFULLY In the Vermont Wa.ch,nan
State Journal, newspaper published at Montpelier,
previous to said time appointed for hearing that th.v
may appear at said time and place. and show use,
If any they may have, why said account should and
be allowed and such decree made
BY the Court.-Attest
1885 HIRAM CARLETON Judge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-02-06

MARVELLOUS REsULTs.-From a let
ter written by Rev. j. Gunderman of
Dimondale, Mich, we are permitted to
make this extract: 81 have no hesita-
ton in recommending DR.. Kings New
Discovery, as the results were almost
marvellous in the case of my wife.
While 1 was pastor of the Baptist church
at Rives Junction she was brought
down with pneumonia succeeding la
grippe. Terrible paroxvsms of cough
ing would last hours with little inter-
ruption, and it seemed as if she could
not survive them. A friend recon-
mended DR.. Kings New Discovery; il
vas quick in its work and highly salts
factory in its results Trial bottles free
at G. Blakely's drug store. Regular
size 80 cents and 81.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-02-06
Proposals for Printing Vermont Statutes,

'INHE undersigned, commissioners appointed to
v ~ edit and superintend the publication Of the
posals for the printing Of $500 volumes and binding
$500 volumes thereof, follows;
Constitution Of the United states and d. of the State of
Vermont, indexes thereto the statute Law of the
general index, in all about ,iOO pages.
rcaes Page When cut to be 10 inches long and 6
calendered. that by acid test shows no chemical or
inches weighing 80 pounds to the rean and q light
cream. nearly white, tint; samples of paper must
The body of the printed page, exclusive of running
head lines; to be not more than inches in height,
56 lines of printed matter or its equivalent not
includii head lines aud the lines of marginal notes
and citations to be one inch in lei 9Th, additional
., The body Of the work to be small plea; the notes
TO the constitutions the table of contents of chap
ters and the marginal notes. TO be nonpareil; the
ta SrsinRd CITATIONS to be minion the indexes and
titles to be plea, running head lines long primer,
cnap,er heads plea, and sub;heads small caps of
and sections will be similar to Revised Laws Of
such additions will be made as are necessary to-
bring the same down to date.
Indexes and table showing disposal of Statutes
printed page t6ereof exclusive Of head ne esS be
Sinches high and inches vide Indexes viii refer
to number of sections and not to page.
i've bands and cloth lined and YSR best Sasty Of
material and workmanship; 1900 copies to be bound
ance. 500 bound and 900 unbound to be delivered
on or before the LIST day of October 1896 ali to be
delivered to the Secretary ofStae at the house
in Montpelier
The printing to be from electrotype plates, which
shall be de ivered to the Secretary of State at Mono
pelier when the work Is done. All proposals to be
forwarded to o. NJ. Barber, at Arlington, VT on or
before the lth day of February. 1895 Notice will be
given TO each bidder of the time and place when
proposals will be opened. The commissioners will
accept the proposal they deem most advantageous
to the state, and the party to whom the contract is
awarded will be required to give bond to the state
in an amount and with surety to the satisfaction of
the Secretary of State for the faithful performance
of the contract. The proposals for printing to be
by the page for the completed volume ready for
binding and to include the electrotype plates stock
and labor for the entire $500 copies. fine proposal
for binding to be in separate item, by the volume.
Copy to begin the v ork will be furnished March |,
1885, and in such instalments thereafter as may be
provided in the contract.
o. NJ. BARBER,
l.. NJ. READ,
JOHN YOUNG.
January l6 lSg5
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
ESTATE OLE MARY q STEVENs

The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District Of Wash
ington commissioners to receive examine, and adj
Just all claims and demands of all persons against
the estate of MARY @. STEVENS fate Of Meriden
County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, de.
hereby give notice that we will meet for the
purposes aforesaid at the residence of f. p,
sal said , District on the 18th day Of March and
p M until four o'clock p. M, each OF said
days, and that :sx months from the 18th day Of
January, A. ID. 1895. Ia the time limited by said
Court for said creditors to present their claims 70
us 70 examination and allowance.
Dated at East Montpelier this 18th day Of January
AID 1885. y. |. WHEELER co,n r,,.s,ooo-.
$3.50 7. b. STEVENS, 5Ooinihlssionefs'
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THE oldest secret trade process now
in existence is in all probability either
that method of inlaying the hardest
steel with gold and silver, which seems
TO have been practiced at Damascus
ages ago, and is still known only to the
Syrian smiths and their pupils, or else
the manufacture of Chinese red or
vermilion.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-02-06
m O tn Z r S

and those about to become mothers, should
know that Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
robs childbirth of its torture, terrors and
dangers to both mother and child, by aiding
nature in preparing the system for parturi-
ton. Thereby labor and the period of
confinement is greatly shortened 1t also
promotes an abundant secretion of nourish-
ment for the child
South Bend, Pacific Co.. Wash.
DR. II. v. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y:
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LEGAL NOTICES.
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
ESTATE OF ROBERT MAX WELL

The undersigned, having been appointed by the
,ngton commissioners 70 receive, examine and I'D
the estate OF ROBERT MAXWELL. late Of Fayston
IN said district, deceased, and all claims exhibited
IN Offset thereto. hereby give notice that we
will meet for the purposes aforesaid at the DWELL
ing OF q. NJ. Richardson, in the town Of Waitshed
In said District. on the 18th day Of Febru-
airy and 10th day of July next, from one o'clock
p M. until four O'Clock p. NJ. each of said days,
and that six months from the 10th day of January,
1895, lie the time limited by said Court for said
creditors to present their claims to for examine
tion and allowance.
1895. O. M. RICHARDSON' \ - - " '
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OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.
A Nose Out Of Joint.

We've got baby in our house,
A perfect little fright;
I think that Is the reason
1t came 80 late at night
His eyes keep shutting all the time,
His head is awful bare;
And he makes so many faces
1t gives me quite scare.
Mamma says he is beautiful,
Her precious darling boy.
Papa calls him his Jewel bright,
His life, his light. his Joy.
used to have 80 many names,
can't remember all,
But since that red-faced baby came.
I'm plain Samantha Hail.
-New Psrk World.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-02-06

BETTER SINCE TAKING HooD's.-
81 have been great sufferer with
eczema and have taken great deal of
medicine. Last month | thought /
would give Hoods Sarsaparila trial.
| am now in better health and am
stronger than | have been for a long
time. Members of my family have
taken Hoods Sarsaparilla for catac rh
and as spring medicine with bene
it."-MrS ID. B. Grant, North TIM
bridge, W.