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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-02
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE,
WiIliamstown.

The schools Of the town will begin next
week.
"Davie" Gale decides to take college
course.
The Woman's Relief Corps was invited to
picnic with Miss Efie Whitney last Satur.
day.
Miss Annette e. Edison will return to Bos
ton this month for farther treatment of hel
eyes.
P. l.. Whiting has taken a room at the
hotel in East Barre, where he will repair
watches, etc.
Michele Sartorelli, a stone.cutter has
gone to Italy, to remain with his family
through the winter.
Revs. j. o. Sherburne and family have
been camping, and later have taken in the
camp-meeting at Mortified.
Revs. P. III. Carpenter of Worcester and
M. 81. Ryan of st. Adams Bay were in town
last week with family friends.
Some fifteen persons only availed them.
selves of the excursion from here to Bur.
lington and Fort Ticonderoga last week.
Mrs. Emma Fogg (wife of Elmer G.
Farnham) and her only daughter have
typhoid fever. Mrs. Farnham is very sick.
Will o. Martin, after an absence of nearly
three years in Providence, R. L. is visiting
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs Ophir s. Martin.
Merrill, the only living son of George and
Mrs. Julia Beckett Martin, has govern
ment position as an assayer in Helena,
Montana.
Elisha X. Burnham will stay at Harri-
son Bancrofts place, just across our town
line, In Barre, while the latter is on his four
weeks trip in the West
Twin sons were recently born to Mrs.
Alice, wife OF Frank Bancroft of Barre, and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Martin.
One of them lived but short time.
Mrs. Charles r. Benedict returned last
week from three weeks stay in Burling-
ton. Her daughter, Mrs. B. o. Griffin) and
child returned with her for a few days'
visit.
Lewis M Seaver, now OF New York City,
finds that as a side-issue farmer here. since
April last, he is not exempt from the losses
incident to farming, having lost COW and
horse in the time.
The injury to John Farnham's knee. a
Few weeks ago, has already proved quite
sonal discomfort, to say nothing of what is
perhaps to come OF it in the future.
A former resident of this town, now with
q large manufacturing company in the
West writes OF a closed factory, with ware
houses full OF goods and no business at pres
emit, as the result of dull times there
In their months absence in the West Mr..
and Mrs Herbert p. Martin will visit
friends in Iowa and Illinois, and Mr.. and
Mrs. @. U. Lathrop will be with friends
In Minnesota, and perhaps Wisconsin.
In spite Of the dry weather of last fall
and the early summer, the eight acres on
the General E. Bass meadow, broken up
last year for the first time in several years,
and stocked down with timothy and clover,
with only a dressing of grass phosphate.
gave good yield this season.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-02

THE town Of Ontonagop, Mich, was prac-
tically wiped out by fire last Wednesday
The fire has left nothing of the town. Two
thousand people are homeless and without
| shelter or food. The losses will aggregate
several million dollars.
The Civil Service Commission at Wash
ington has issued an order to federal Office
holders warning all employees against seek
ing or making contributions for campaign
purposes. The order is sweeping in its
character and affects all branches of the
government service. Violators of the law
will be prosecuted.
ANDREW FURsAITH, secretary of the Pa
cific Coast Seamen's Union, is authority for
the statement that the dispatch from New
York stating that general strike of sea-
men throughout the world is contemplated
is wholly untrue as regards American sail
ors. He is entirely ignorant of any such
movement and expresses the belief that
American seamen would not be affected by
strikes in Europe, were such to occur.
The chairman of the national democratic
committee is said to be defraying the pre-
liminary expenses of the campaign out of
$4,000 check which Candidate Sewall is re-
ported to have given him as his contribu-
ton to the campaign fund just after the
Chlcago convention. and which is said to be
by far the largest gift he has received. The
silver mine owners are represented as being
generally unwilling to contribute, believing
tndI III Uu6 long run Un6y WOulQ not prOnt
by Bryan's election.
CHARLES T. RUSSELL, nephew OF the late
Ex-Governor Russell, shot and killed
Charles Potter, his guide, in the Maine
woods last week. The boy, as he might
we'll be termed, is only sixteen years old,
and this was his first trip into the woods
He was green with the rifle, but he was an
enthusiastic sportsman. Mr.. Russell, who
was standing near the tent, heard a noise
in the woods, and saw an object moving
Surprising it to be bear, he got his rifle
and fired, killing Potter.
THE dry goods house of Hilton, Hughes
q Co., formerly A. t. Stewards, has made
an assignment for the benefit of its creditors.
1t is stated that the assignment was due to
the stringency OF the money market and
contraction of trade. Business had COM
pletely fallen Off Every creditor, it is said,
will be paid in full. The embarrassment is
ascribed to the uncertainty caused by the
silver craze. The firm is one of the largest
and best-known in the retail dry goods trade
in the United States. 1t was established in
1923 by the late Alexander T. Stewart.
The failure is heavy one and the liabilities
and assets will run into the millions.
DON'T trifle away time when you have
cholera morbus or diarrhea. Fight them
in the beginning with DeWitt's Collie and
Cholera Cure. You don't have to wait for
results, they are instantaneous, and it
leaves the bowels in healthy condition.
w. e. Terrill & Co., Montpelier, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-02

sultan refused to accept this advice and the
guns in the palace square were trained
upon the British warships " PbilomeI J,
Thrush and Sparrow" which are w.
ing in the harbor.
SERIOUS floods are reported along the
Mosquito coast in the neighborhood OF Blue
Field, Nicaragua. The town of Rama was
completely submerged, the water rising to
the roofs and sweeping away many houses.
The British steamer Hawk" which went
to the rescue. was carried out to sea by the
force OF the flood waters, and was with diff
nculty rescued. The government dock at
Rama was carried away entirely. Only
two lives are reported lost. Large subscrip.
lions of money and provisions have been
raised for the hundreds of sufferers.
The palace Of the sultan of Zanzibar was
bombarded last Thursday morning and at
noon was 70 mass of blazing ruins. The
usurping chieftan, Said Kalid. and the com.
mander of his forces, Said Sales, succeeded
In escaping to the German consulate, where
they have sought refuge, and remain under
the protection Of the German flag. All
Americans in the city are safe. Zanzibar
mas been under British protectorate since
1871. Upon the death of Sultan Seyyid
Hamed Bin Thewam, few days ago Said
Khalid usurped the throne, and the British
government with its usual promptness
issued the customary ultimatum and, in
this instance, carried out its terms.
lAE lnnaDltants OF the City Of Cartha-
gena, Columbia, are greatly excited over
advices which are received in reference TO
the contract of the Carthagena and Magda.
lena River railroad, which is American
property constructed by Boston capitalists
and costing S5,000,000. Senior Gerlein, gov
ernor OF the province, has ordered Manager
Ford of the Carthagena & Magdalena rail
road to receive and transport freight by
weight, threatening to fine and imprison
him If he failed to comply with the order.
Manager Ford has refused to obey this
order, and 1t is probable that he is under
arrest and his road shut down. The gov
ernor may seize and undertake the manage
ment OF the road. Trade would then have
to suspend all operations, since there would
be no legal representative nor anybody else
10 look after the property. Two thousand
tons Of freight are now awaiting transporta-
ton and more is arriving daily. The dam.
ages resulting from the suspension of the
operation Of the road will be very heavy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-02
SOLDIERS BUDGET.
The Patriot Horse,

This is the story of Dobbin, a hereof Eighteen
Not to be found in the records however you search
and delve
II the horse had been human-but that is anothe,
AFFAIR."
Argument isn't history-and, besides, what does
Dobbin care7
30 many sacks of powder the mill had agreed to
send
To help repel the British. But the mill was at the
Upper Bend,
Fourteen miles from the soldiers and over a
wooded hill,
Three men making the powder-and fifty sacks to
fill.
None could be spared to carry the powder to the
fort
But there was the old nag, Dobbin-as stald as a
Judge In court
Fifty times in season he Travelled the well.known
trail.
Start off with back.load-hed take 1t through
without fail.
30 they loaded the sack on Dobbin and twice every
week, sedate,
The old horse trudged through the forest aud up to
the arsenal gate;
Then back, with the sacks all empty-wbile he was
as round and sleek
As IL he'd stayed in his stable and tasted throughout
the week.
But once the faithful Dobbin was plodding his
lonely road,
With thoughts no doubt, on the supper he'd get In
exchange for his load,
Six tories jumped from the bushes, and loudly com
manded, Whoal
Dobbin stopped, from sheer habit-he was only a
horse, you know.
But when they began advancing, behind and before
his fears
Bazed into righteous anger and back went his
pointed ears.
Come, If you dare his eyes said and out went his
sturdy hoofs.
Not man ventured nearer; some hints are as good
as proofs
Forward marched patriot Dobbin; back fell the
baffied foe.
Shoot biml" cried one;-then quickly, MOL for
your lifes Ike, mol
Think Of the blaze In the rowderl" Well that he
thought, and spokel
Otherwise, Tories and Dobbin were presently
naught but smoke.
Not hand laid ON his forelock-no one too close
behind
sturdy logged old Dobbin with his stall at the fort
In mind.
The Tories they cursed and whoa'd him; but care.
less Of that was he;-
With FIVE plump sacks of powder, he could well af-
ford to be-
Up to the fort at sunset. plodded the faithful
nag,
Not grain of the powder lost from a single
bag.
Little enough old Dobbn thought of his bravery
Only the noblest heroes half modest as hel
james Buckham. in Independent
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-02
Everything Political.
THE BOSTON JOURNAL GIVES ITS READERS
ALL THE BEST NEWS.

Between now and election time every
reader in New England wants complete
political news, and that is what he is
sure to obtain if he reads the Boston
Journal regularly. No paper in New
England gives such perfect reports of
everything connected with the political
arena as is to be found in the Journal,
and republican and democrat alike 90
to its columns for the latest informa-
ton. Thanks to the Journals special
connections with the important cities
OF the South and West, the news of
the nation is gathered in the most COM
plete manner possible, and the Wash
ington dispatches of Coolidge show
the exact situation of affairs in the
national capital. A feature of the
Journal which is creating universal
talk throughout New England is the
series of bright political cartoons of
" Boz" who is without an equal in
his particular field. Read the Boston
Journal
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-02
Cured AT q YEARS.

DR.. Miles New Heart Cure Victorious.
No other medicine can show such o record.
Here is n veritable patriarch, 70 years of
age, with strong prejudice to overcome, who
had Heart Disease IS years. He took the New
Heart Cure and is now sound and well.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-02
Foreign.

| In consequence of the adoption by the
chamber at Madrid Of the bills providing
for the farming Of the tobacco monopoly
and the leasing of the Almaden silver
fcient resources with which to continue the
prosecution Of the campaign against the in
| surgents in Cuba. Therefore the raising OF
loan has been postponed.
The harvest in Russia is practically an
absolute failure. The crops in the great
southern area are fair, but in the basins of
the Volga, Dniper and Don the general av-
erage is very bad. 1t is reported that a
famine exists in the Kherson districts OF
southern Russia and that local authorities
are appealing to the government for relief,
else the people must die from starvation.
The authorities at the naval station at
Lorenzo Martues, South Africa, recently
visitors who were travelling in steam
launch, fatally wounding Mrs. Lenisberg.
The consul representing the Transvaal gov
eminent has demanded that an inquiry be
made into the affair. There is intense ex-
citement and trouble is feared in conse-
quepce.
THE AutOrite, newspaper published in
Paris, noting the report that the czarina is
10 remain at Balmoral as the guest of Queen
Victoria while the car is in Paris, says.
" II this report be true, France will be face
to face with an event OF enormous gravity,
culable." This attempt to make an inter-
national episode out OF trivial and COM
mon courtesy is generally scoffed in Paris.
ITALY appears to be at odds with Brazil.
The London Standard publishes dispatch
from It's Rome correspondent saying that
Marquis de Rudini, the Italian prime min
lister, has held several lengthy conferences
with various foreign diplomats, and that as
result OF these conferences number of
warships will probably be ordered to Bra.
lillian waters. A dispatch from Rio de
Janeiro says 1t is rumored there that Italy
is about to withdraw her legation to Brazil.
MRS DELLA s. PARNELL, mother Of the late
Charles Stewart Parnell, who was one of
the passengers on the steamer "Pennland,"
that arrived at Queenstown last Wednes-
day met with an accident when the vessel
was nearing that port In some manner
Mrs. Parnell fell or was thrown to the floor
OF the saloon, injuring herself 80 severely
that she was obliged to place herself in the
hands Of the ships doctor. Upon examina-
ton 1t was found that several of her ribs
were injured.
SHORTLY after Said Kalid had seized the
palace and proclaimed himself sultan at
Zanzibar, last Wednesday, he was advised
by the British consul in the interest of pub
lie order to disarm the force of 700 Askaris, |
whose assistance enabled him to obtain
possession OF the palace. The usurping !
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-02

HAPPINESS is sunbeam which may
pass through a thousand bosoms with
out losing particle of its original ray;
nay, when it strikes on kindred heart,
like the converged light on mirror, it
reflects itself with redoubled brightness.
1t is not perfected until it is shared
Jane Porter.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-02
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Vermont.

FRED CATE Of Bradford had one leg badly
crushed by q train he was attempting to
board last week. He stepped off the train,
but, changing his mind, attempted to get on
again when the cars were in motion. The
leg was so mangled that it had to be ampu-
tated above the knee.
USE less soap: you use too much
PENSIONS recently granted to Vermont
ers: Increase, Patten B. ODER OF Saxton's
River and Alfred Atwater of Weston; re-
issue, Charles Harran of Montpelier and
Lucius M. Booth OF Essex Junction; orig
inal widow, Ida A. Hatch of Woodstock
and Julia K. Monger Of Orwell.
USE less soap.
The creditors OF the Rutland Fire Tnsur-
ance Company of st. Johnsbury have made
application for a receiver to wind up its af-
Citizens Savings Bank Of st. Johnsbury,
has been appointed for that purpose. The
attorneys for the creditors holding most of
the claims are Bates & May. Mr. Bates is
at present investigating the assets of the
company in the West The company was
chartered in 1864 and commenced business
in 1893 at Rutland, claiming $1,000 capital
stock subscribed and paid. 1t invested
largely in western lands. 1t had general
Office in Chicago, the president being To-
Gated there. The results show little or no
value in assets. The losses amount to about
$500 unpaid in Vermont, with about an
equal amount outside Of the state and moth
ing to pay with. The commissioner en-
joined them from further business early in
1895, but no effort was made until now to
close up its affairs under the law.
If you have ever seen a little child in the
agony OF summer complaint, you can re-
alize the danger of the trouble and appre-
ciate the value of instantaneous relief al
ways afforded by DeWitt's Collie and
Cholera Cure. For dysentery and diarrh1a
1t is reliable remedy. We could not af-
ford to recommend this as cure unless 1t
were a cure. W. e. Terrill & Co.. Mont
pelier, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-02
Domestic.

THE town Of OntonagoD, Mich, was prac-
tically wiped out by fire last Wednesday
The fire has left nothing of the town. Two
thousand people are homeless and without
shelter or food. The losses will aggregate
several million dollars
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-02
REPUBLICAN RALLY.
WASHINGTON COUNTY REPUBLI-
CANS CLOSE THE STATE
C4MPAIGN

with a Grand County Rally in Armory
Hall - Eloquent and Convincing Adj
dresses by Men of National Reputation
General stephen Thomas Given an
Ovation
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-02

WHAT you keep by you, you may
change and mend; but words once
spoken can never be recalled.-Ros-
common.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-07
A Neu Dish to Him.

Corn calls to mind the duke of Marl-
oorough's first experience with green
corn on the cob. The incident was re
lated By a gentleman who happened to
travel in the same train with the duke
the day he arrived in New York 1t
was the Newport train. Presently the
duke went into the dining car 10 get
a bit OF luncheon. 1t happened to be
in the green corn season, and he no
ticed that nearly everybody in the car
was eating the corn from the cob. He
had never seen anything like it before.
He asked the waiter what il was, o.
dered portion, and, receiving it bit
into it as he would bite into an apple.
He had attempted TO bite into the cob
and had evidently received a shock
too great shock to try the experiment
again; for, upon being told that he
must spread butter, salt and pepper on
the corn and bite gently. he perversely
took his fork and patiently picked the
kernels, one by one, from the cob.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-07
MUST NOT SHAVE WOMEN.
ecision Reached by q Congress Of Prom
inent Hindu BArbers

A strange incident occurred in Bonn
bay recently. 4 monster meeting of
Hindu BARRIERS was held for the purpose
Of considering the question OF eimpro-
priety of shaving the heads of Hindu
widows, and thereby disfguring them
for life. About 400 BARRIERS having as
sembled, one of them, named Babajee
More, read pamphlet in Mahratti, in
which he stated that the BARRIERS OF old
were happy and coutented. brt iatterly,
Us though a curse had descended on
their heads, trade had fallen of and
they had become poor. The curse could
only be accounted for by the fact that
they were committing a great sin by
shaving the heads Of poor, innocent
widows. thus depriving them of their
BEST ornament. 1t was against the Hin
du scriptures to deprive widow of her
hair, and doubtless it was the curses of
the widows that had lowered their call
ing. The meeting thereupon unani-
mously resolved that no barber should
shave q widows head, and that if he did
so he should be communicated.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-07
QUEER SETTLEMENT.
hornets and Birds Become Friends and the
L

hornets and Birds Become Friends and the
Former Guard the Latter's Nests.
On the broad, brown salt meadows
that skirt the HouEatonic river. just
above its mouth, is a vast colony OF
marsh wrens, relates the st. Paul Dis
patch. In the acres Of tangled tules
and cst-:ails the nests, which are as
large as ones head. are SO compactly
constructed and so thoroughly matched
as to be entirely weather-tigbt. AS
a rule the thrifty little chattering
wrens prefer not to occupy last years
nest, so there are every season hun
dreds of empty ones. They are not al
lowed to remain vacant long, for there
are too many creatures seeking just
such snug quarters. One specimen of
field or meadow mice take possession
of great many of them. Big spiders,
too. love to nest in the abandoned bas,
ket-like abodes and live for many sea-
sons in them. The most desirable ten
ants OF all are the big black and white
hornets. BY far the greater number OF
the old nests are inhabited by these
fiery fellows. and. odd 70 relate, they
are the best of friends with the land
lords.
AS II by agreement with the wrens.
they keep a perpetual guard over the
new nests, as well as those where they
live. Let a dog, an unconscious rail or
snipe-shooter, a bird-egging boy or any
creature whatever approach the tests
without warning. a cohort of winged
warriors viii fall on the intruder, ana
fight is the only safe course. The
wrens seem full conscious of the value
OF such sentinels, for they take care
10 build their nests always very near
10 the old. The birds are themselves
entirely defenseless. and, their nests
being easily located on account of size
and the noise made by the wrens, they
have been in some localities entirely
wiped out by egg collectors. The boyr
have learned to give this colony wide
berth
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-07
COMING LOCAL EVENTS.

Regular meeting OF Peerless lodge No.
IS, Degre Of Honor, A o. L. w, viii be
held this evening at 1880 O'Clock TO In
stall new officers. a full attendance
desired.
The Womau's Unitarian society will
meet with Mrs. Mathews, S35 North
Market street Tuesday, Jan. :. The
annual election of officers Will take
place. All members are requested to
be present.
The W. c. T L. Will hold their moth
ers melting at 2:30 O'Clock this tuesday
Afternoon, led by Mrs. Reynolds. The
exercises viii be appropriate TO the OBJ
servance OF Madame Wizards birth
day.
There will be meeting of the Ladies
Aid society Of the First Presbyterian
church this CTuesday) afternoon at the
home OF Mrs. Dorsey, 40+ North Mar
ket street. BY order Of the president.
There viii be an important meeting
Of the Coronado club this evening at
which every member is urged 10 be
present, as matters of not only the ut
most important to the club will be dis
cussed, but of the coity as well.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-07
TEXAS RANGERS.
yuey Give Short Shift to the Wicked
People.

There are at present about 200 rangers
In Texas. They are separated into COM
panies and are kept on the borders for
ths most part. says the st. Louis Globe
Democrat. They live in the open air
the year round. Nearly every night in
the year, rain or shine, they have only
the sky for roof and the bare ground
for a bed. Thee pillows are their sad
dies. They are made up Of the flower OF
Texas manhood. A wild, yelling, ours
ing cowboy is looked upon with coz
tempt by them. They depend upon
their six-shooters and carbines, their
GOODNESS and craftsmanship the known
courage of their comrades. The gov
.rnor of Texas is the chief officer Of
the rangers. What he says is law 10
them. The sheriff, the police, the
militia, must not stand in their way II
the rangers have orders from the gov
srnor. The rangers hold individually
As much power as any sheriff in Texas.
They hold more. They are not bounded
by county lines.
Whenever a sheriff is unable 70 cope
with lawIeSsneSS he calls on the gov
.Tnor and the rangers are sent 10 take
charge. The section which the rangers
police Is larger in area than all Of New
England. and ii is of such a character
that were il not for their work il would
be given over to lawlesSness and dis
order. They are paid $40 z month and
their rstions and arms and ammunition
are furnished by the state. They pro-
vide their own horses. the state paying
for them if they are killed. They viii
take the saddle at a moments notice
TO 60 on scout Of a months duration
They have no Uniform They have no
military discipline, as discipline is gen.
orally understood, but they obey their
officers and VIII go with them to GER
ain death without a murmur.