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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31

The Venezuelan boundary commission
has RUIZ against a serious snag. accord.
ing to cable from Madrid, in the re-
fusal of Spain to allowit access to the ar
chives in her possession bearing on the
dispute and showing what the Spanish
tell as the predecessor of Venezuela.
Germany has made demand on Ven
ezuela for the immediate payment by
the latter, of the guarantee fund due 10
German subjects as result of the
building of the Great Venezuela Rail
way. And it is reported that the German
squadron at Havana will be sent if nee
essary TO enforce the demand. Vcnezue-
la will undoubtedly pay up.
The Granite State Providers, Associ-
alton, which has been debarrcd from
doing business in six different states
is again in trouble at the home Office
at Manchester, y. H., and will do no
new business until its affairs are ex
amined by an expert.
The house and barn of the Joseph Lane farm,
IN Shinkehre. CONWAY, were entirely destroved
By IRE saturday The place mad been mortrsssJ
o. Mr.. Lanes sisterin.law who had INST fore
Closed, and the auction was to have taken plare
Monday The insurance on tho building IL S-so
Mr. Lane WAS living alone In the ho,is. Trc
r-i'i-.' ''f ihc iirc i unknown
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31
..who Cometh Over the ailI. !,

W r. Sheldon and wife of Charles
town, n. H. visited briefly in town
this week. L. t. Moseley Of Bellows
Falls greeted old friends in town this
week. %. Kingsley and wife
Of Jacksonville are visiting with
their daughter, Mrs. F. L. Knowlton.
Joseph Norman of Hinsdalc visited
friends in town this week. s-E. C. Ben
son is in Wardsboro this week visiting
friends. Mrs. Gale and son Harry re-
turned Tuesday from visit in Putney.
Miss Mary +. Wilson finishes her
school in Guilford Center TODAY. :
Miss Minnie Ieaw is visiting in Hall
fax. L. d. Taylor has been in vii.
mington Oh business trip this week.
Mrs. Henry Crosby and Miss Dora
Mitchell are visiting: with Mrs. Tur.
ner in Winchester. II. J. b. Cud-
worth, ". II. Bracket. F. r. Crosby
and f. W. Childs have been in Jack
sonville this week. Miss Lillian
Woodland leaves Saturday for Saxtons
River for weeks visit with friends.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31

The correspondents say the admins.
tration men are organizing a boom for
Postmaster General Wilson as the
Democratic presidential candidate, be-
lieving that he is the one man to en-
phasizo the low tariff principle, to
which the party is now thoroughly
committed, and something also distinct
from the German tariff. Another SUI
perior man about whom there is con-
siderable talk lately is Ex-Gov. Rob
ert z. Pattisou of Pennsylvania. The
Illinois men, Notwithstanding the old
fractional quarrels, are getting enthusi-
astic in their determination to present
the name of Col. W. r. Morrison, and
as convention time approaches it is
evident there IS not going to be any
such dearth of Democratic material
and aspirations as was expected "a few
months ago,
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31

Little doubt is now expressed that
the bond issue is to be a success, the
whole 500, 600. coo being subscribed
at good prices and without drawing
the gold from the treasury. The gold
reserve in fact has shrunk only about
81, 600, 600 since the call. much less
rapidly than it did before. The New
York banks and brokers are to be cred
tied with the utmost good faith to-
ward the government and some of them
are known to have refused to purchase
gold which they suspected had been
obtained by the presentation of green
backs through the sub. treasury
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31
MINOR BRATTLEBORO LOCA
Continued from stb pagc.l


tonsilitis. Mrs. Ralph Chamberlain
has been housed the past week with {
severe attack of quiusy sore throat
but is improving. Mrs. W. +. Neal il
improving from her recent illness and
Mr.. Neal is now victim of the pre-
vaiing distcmper. Mrs, John X.
Strand is on the sick list this week.
Mrs. Willis ellison and Mrs. G. W.
Puffer are improving from their recent
illness. Mrs. Henry Akley is slowly
improving. Miss Maud Coane return
ed to her school duties Monday after a
three weeks illness. Mr.. Moran,
formerly Of this place but now of West
Dummerston, lies very low with cancer
of the stomach. Miss Abbie Griffin is
suffering with an attack of the grippe.
Miss Jennie Conlin is housed with
sickness and is stopping with her
sister. Mrs. Miller, in Esteyville. -
Miss Annie O'Neil is housed with a
bad cold. Mrs. Odell Boman is vic
tim of the grip. Miss Elizabeth
Kennedy is i'll with cold. Miss
Carrie Winslow, who has been i'll so
long at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Richardson, on Prospect hill, has
so far improved rs to be able to return
10 ner home IN west Brattleboro. -
Dana Angler is on the sick list Mrs.
M. A. Whitney is among tho i'll this
week. Mrs. Sarah Tyler has been
housed few days with an attack of
the grippe. Miss Bessie Cain is out
after being housed with severe cold !
Rex Coane. who was recovering from
a first attack of tonsilitis, has had a
relapse. Mrs. D. p. Dewitt is out af .
ter an attack of tonsilitis. Miss Ger I
trude Moore has been unable to work /
part of the week because of a slight
attack of the grip Hiss Katie Griscoil
is quite i'll. -Adonis Dion is housed
with au attack of grip. w. Mcrrill's /,
little daughter May, is quite i'll with I
lung fever. Mrs Richard Brown, who I
has beeu seriously i'll, is improving.
Chauncey Dickinson is able to be out
after his serious illness. Frank Yeaw
is housed with illness. Mrs. 0. f.
Bailey was called to Grafton Monday
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31

Political gossip credits Ex.President
Harrison with being the instigator of
Senator Sewcll's anti Monroe doctrine
resolutions But let us hope the gossip
does the x-President injustice. He
has the reputation of being a patriotic
American, though he spoke hastily
and unreasonably when he said just
after the appearance of the Venezuelan
message that congress ''acted like a
pack Of FOOLS in backing it up.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31

Tho conference of silver men at
Washington last week ended in an in
formal understanding that the members
may work for free silver within their
own parties until after the meeting
Of the national conventions, when they
will be expected to bolt unless ono of
the parties declares fatty for free sill
yer. Senator Stewart characterizes
this as simply an invitation to be
trjrltsl
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31

when get to Washington III
punch that old bag of beef in the
White House with my pitchfork" was
the Populist Senator Tillmau's prom
Use to his South Carolina constituents.
Ho wet at tho job Wednesday and it
was tho most shameful exhibition of
coarse blackguardlsm instead of manly
criticism, that congress has ever seen.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31
The WARM, Cuba

The latest report indicate that the rebel gen.
eral, Gomez and Marco have formed a junction
lnsliayaua 5proyincc. sGomel's troops made a
dash the other day to within Is kilomCters OF the
capital. The Spanish j'views'' this week shas
told of Gomez beng severely wounded and be.
Ing in he last stages sof Consumption,-a phe-
nomena ly active foraiconsumptivetfor , months.
a finbustrring expedition, under the lead of
Gen Calistu Garcia, famous in the 10 year war,
and carrying 500, 9l0 worth OF arms and ammu.
milton In the steamer, Hawkins, was sunk off
Barne o. thi sweek. There were ll3 patro's
auoai and i6 lives were lost. Il ,a believed
that the Sip was scattered by some traitor
aboard u i-h tieo-y is advanced tn u the
whole tnng was bling for some iOthcr cvpoL..
ton the patriot wishs . land.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31
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Price % cents per box. For sale 10y F.
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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31
the REFORMER.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 81, 1900.

A meeting of tho executive commit
toe of the Prohibition party has been
called at Middlebury next Wednesday
and enemies say tho purpose is to de-
eide whether to disband or put up a
ticket again this fall.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31

y report comes from France that the
hierarchy of the Roman Catholic
church there has decided to demand
the abrogation of tho concordat. or
treaty between the Vatican and the
government, and the entire severance
of the alliance between church and
state. In view Of the different meas
urcs which the Radical ministr, of
France is taking against the church
and its societies, the reported action
on the part of the hierarchy is certain
ly shrewd one, but it is so contrary
to the whole historic policy of Rome
as to occasion world wide surprise.
We in America understand how
much better for both church and state
it is that they each do their work
distinct from the other, and few Cath
olics here deny it; but it is truth
which Europe yet little compartments,
and tho fact that such. action ia taken
by the church is proof of how much !
and how rapidly she is learning from |
her experience in America. In truth |
the real cause of the Radical animosi-
ty towards the church is in the fact !
Of its union with the state. When
once that ceases, and the church
stands independently on its merits,
that aniomsity will become so ride
llous as soon to be impossible of exis-
.ence. The church by the severance
will lose $40, ZOO, 5000 year subsidy it
low receives from the government, but
he benefits will be many fold greater
han the loss.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31
Fitting.

Miss Clara Foley is visiting her
brother in Windsor ". c. Willard
was on a business trip to Springfield.
Mass, this week r. c. Williams of
Boston was IN town this week d, J.
Sweeney of keene, n. H.. spent Sun
day in town. Miss Elizabeth Shea
pent Sunday in Springfield, Mass -
Mr.. and Mrs. ,Ionn Stewart of Spring
field, Mass, spent Sunday with her
sister Mrs. Geo. |. Bishop. Mrs. f
y, Mansur and Mrs. c. a. Trip are
spending the day in Springfield. Mass.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31

Judge Baker Of the United States
district court rendered decision at
indianapolis Monday holding the Lin
seed Oil Trust to be illegal, it's organ
ization unlawful, it's purposes monop-
olistic and it's tenure of property void-
able on suit brought by the proper
person. Ii is perhaps tho most
sweoping declaration of the Anti Trust
law yet made by any Federal coWrt
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31

President Goodel and Secretary
Babcock of the New Hampshire Law
and Order League had d long letter
in the Boston Herald the other day
with reference to the Herald S exposure
of the corruption and blackmail in the
liquor prosecutions under the leagues
auspices over there. These gentlemen
doubt if there is very much basis of
truth for the Herald's statements and
declare, as is of course true, that if
such things have been done it has been
without their knowledge and the
league treasury has never received any
Of the dishonest money. They call on
the Herald to furnish names, dates and
specifications, and the Herald replies
that while ready to prove all it has
charged it is not prosecuting officer.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31

About 100 OF tho leading silver men
If the country held Il convention at
Washington last week. They threaten
to call national convention. put a
presidential ticket in the field unless
they are recognized by ono of tho old
nartins
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31

Wallace Burpee and wife cf Walpole
have moved to town, as Mr.. Burpee has
a position on the Central Vt. railroad
running from here to New London.
DR.. j. S. button from Cox's block
to the S. w. Herrick house.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31


compromise of the silver question il
the Democratic end of an effort tina
may be expected to grow in vigor ant
persistence on both sides as the time
for the national conventions gets near
or. And it may be confidently pre-
| dicted that the result will be some sort
of patchwork for the limited pur.
chase and coinage of silver, the utili
cation of the seignoracc or something
of tho sort, that will be put forward as
| the program of one party or the other
or both. German and Faulkner, who
were the authors of the scheme that
came SO near defeating the repeal of
the Sherman law and would have done
so but for Cleyelaud's vigorous action
at the critical moment, are in the
field first in hopes to get some advan'
tage Of position for the Democrats :
but If any compromise goes through it
is altogether likely to bear the Repub-
ican seal, first because the Rcpubli
cans are far more facile in compro-
misses than the Democrats, and natural
" so because they have had so much
longer control of the senate, and second
because there can be no legislation
without the concurrence of tho House,
which means Thomas B. Read. There
is force to the western argument that
they cannot continue to support pro-
lection for the products of eastern fac
tories if they cannot get it for the
products of western mines. Futher-
more, the Republican interests are
the stronger OF the two in the direc,
ton of compromise, because the dan
ger of loss to Populism by silver dis,
is greater to them in the west |
than to the Democrats in the south, I
md the Democrats are absolutely ,
hopeless with any policy that would
rot carry New York, New Jersey and
Still further the temp
alton in the way of party tactics is
With the Republicans. If they can
something that by adding the
liver vote to that of the Republicans
n congress will make two-thirds
ote to override presidential veto, il
'ould naturally be felt party victory
IS the Reformer has long been saying,
here are liable to be some strange de. /
elopments on the silver question dur {
lg the year.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31

In response to urgent requests
from many persons ihat Mr. 1cayitt's
last lecture on the Universe bc post
poned from Monday 10 Tuesday even
ing. It will be postponed merely as a
personal favor To such persons
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31

no purpose, and the practical annu!'
ment Of the cdicts Of the Berlin con.
ference. 1t means that Russia's dream
of century to secure an open port
commanding the Mediterranean, has
been realized; and that the day of
British supremacy in ASIA is passed.
And it is a just retributou g Britain.
BY the treaty of Berlin signed in 1878
she acquired Cyprus in consideration
of her protectorate over Armenia and
she has failed absolutely and utterly
to perform any Of the dutics OF the
protectorate. II is also true, whether
due to the infusion OF Tartar blood or
other causes, that Bussia is the most
successful of all tho European powers
in governing Asiatic peoples.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31

Tho expenditures of the department
of agriculture under Secretary Morton
have decreased 81, 400, 600. in the three
years he has been IN charge, or above
10 per cent OF the total appropriation q
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO,


FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he il the
senior partner of the firm of +. j. CHENEY Il Co.,
doing business in the City of Toledo, County
and state aforesaid. and that said firm will paw
the sum OF ONE HI NDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY,
Sworn To before me and subscribed I'm nv
presence, the 9th day of December, A. D., 1855.
srI A. W. GLEASON
} Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. Send for testimonials free.
F.. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo, o.
sS-Sold by Druggists. I5c.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31

? Archie Streeter and Will Perry went
fishing Tuesday at Bakers pond.
Chesterfield, and caught IS pickelel.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31
CHENILLE DRAPERIES.

shall close out our present stock
at reduced prices, rs we must make
room for our new stock 10 arrive
next month, and as there has been
an advance in these goods now
would he a good time to buy.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31

Z The situation is one that emphasizes
again England's friendlessness in
Europe. Never before was there time
when her statesmen could not manage
in the game of of international politics
to get the help of other powers. Now
there is absolutely none in sight except
from nearly bankrupt Italy that would
probably be held back. like Austria,
by Gr-many's mastery in the Drei
~. The alliance il made means
bat thp Crimean war was fought 10
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31

WE KNOW We can place you as
regards style. quality and price.
We have them covered in Denim.
Plush and Corduroy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-05
Dreadful


No disease has puzzled the doctors
90 completely as rheumatism-that de-
plorable condition of the blood which
so often renders the strongest man as
helpless as a babe. Their mercurial
and potash remedies ma in some
cases in1part temporary relief, but are
sure to ultimately result in wrecking
the entire system.
Rheumatism is a deep-seated blood
disease and only a real blood remedy
will have any effect whatever upon
it. Most of the so-ca11ed blood rene-
dies are at best only tonics and cam
not reach an obstinate blood trouble.
One of the most frequent symptoms of
rheumatism is a tingling sensation of
the parts affected, generally brought
about from a lack of free circulation
of the blood through the very small
blood conductors. This trouble is al
ways eliminated by the use of s. 8. s.;
it thins the blood, gives it a free and
forcib1e circulation, destroys the pois-
onous microbes and restores the circu-
1ation to its normal condition.
Mr.. Robert II. King, a prominent
and influential citizen of West Point,
Va, writes of his experience with this
dread disease:
"About five years ago / was a great
sufferer from rheumatism. I was
treated by all the leading physicians
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-05
La Crosse Lumber Co.
Carry Largest Stock.
Ex-Speaker Crisp.

EIUhi q washing " LttbtT.
Few men in public life had as
many and as warm personal friends
as the late ex-speaker Crisp had,
and fewer men had as clean a public
recordAnone could be cleaner; his
was absolutely spotless. His death
was a great shock to his Washing
ton friends and admirers although
was generally known that his health
was not in good condition. 1t is as
a man and a lovable companion that
his friends will miss him, but the
Democratic party lost in him one of
its ablest leaders. He was a leader
in every sense of the word, being
ever ready to maintain the princi-
Piles of the party he loved SO well,
either in the council chamber, on
the stump OF in the hurly-b urly of
a running congressional debate.
The highest ambition Mr.. Crisp ever
entertained was to be elected a SEN
ator, audit would have been attained
had he lived a few months longer.
1t will be remembered that he de-
elined a gubernatorial appointment
to the senate.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-05
MR.. ROBERT H. KING.

In the state, but without relief. In
fact, my sufferings grew worse daily,
until I despaired of ever being cured.
"I had been in this wretched condi.
ton for many months and was almost
a complete wreck, when / first read the
advertisement of s. S. S. Having tried
a dozen or more rheumatic cures and
blood remedies with no success, was
almost hopeless, but decided to give
your medicine a trial. / did so, and in
a few weeks it had made a permanent
cure of me. I was soon a we'll man
and have never had a touch of rheuIna-
tism to this day. s. S. s.. Is indeed
a wonderful medicine, and I shall ever
recommend it to all sufferers from this
worst of blood Diseases"
s. S. S. stands out distinctly to it.
self as a real blood remedy, and for
half a century has been curing obsti-
nate and ~deep-seated blood diseases
which other medicines fail to reach.
s. s. 8. is not drug store preparation
and no druggist can offer a substitute
for it. 1t is guaranteed purely vege-
table, and contains not a particle of
potash, mercury, or any other product
of the chemists shop.
s. S. S. never fails to cure Rheuma-
tism, Eczema, Cancer, Scrofula, or any
other disease of the blood, it matters
not what other treatment has failed.
Our books on blood and skin diseases
will be mailed free to any address.
Swift Specific Company. Atlanta, Ga.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-05
This Wonderful Horse Could
Round Up Game.
From Field and Farm.

cEoih It lClu anu arm.
81 had a horse" said an old army
man, ''that belonged once to the
Seventh cavalry, but he had the L.
c. brand under his name, so he was
out of service. inspected and con-
demned. He was irregular old plug,
but no was all I could getto go hunt
ing on, SO I took him. / rode away
out into the plains from the fort and
l saw a bunch of antelopes finally. I
got off the horse and dropped the
reins on the ground, expecting the
horse to stand there until I came
back. I started off toward the antel-
ope and was sneaking along to get a
shot, when I looked around and I'll
be blamed if that brute of a horse
hadn't started off as tight as he could
lope.
"sWell,n says I, 4 guess I'm in
for a six mile tramp home Icursed
that horse to myself for awhile and
then I went on. Pretty soon I looked
up and I'm blessed if there wasn't
that horse on the other side of that
bunch of antelope. Well, now
says /, I'D like to know what that
horse thinks he's up to, anyhow
Pretty soon he began to circle round
on the other side, and the antelope
saw him and started toward me. I
caught on at once and lay down and
waited. The old horse cut up the
most surprising antics out there and
all the time he kept working those
antelope toward me. By and by
they got in range and I got two;
good luck it was, too. You see, that
horse was an old Indian hunting
pony and he had been trained to do
that way. Well, / went back to the
post and everybody wanted to know
how it happened / had such good
luck, but / didn't tell them.
"a few days after / took that
same horse out after prairie chick
ems. It was the time of the year
when prairie chickens were flying,
and I was riding along when all of a
sudden the critter stopped short,
braced himself up and waited; for
what ! didn't know. But in a second
. couple Of chickens few up ahead
of me, and I was SO surprised Ididn't
shoot. Well says j, III be