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

1T will be found interesting to ex-
anime, on page three, the tabulated
statement of the state vote in 1892 and
1896 with reference to the increase of
the republican vote and republican ma
jority in the several counties. 1t will
be noticed that Washington county
stands among the banner republican
counties in both particulars; but with
respect to the true criterion of party
efficiency, the one adopted by the state
committee on which to estimate the
work accomplished in the various coun-
ties, Washington county stands second,
with only Bennington ahead of it,
That is to say, Washington county re-
publicans got out larger percentage
of their vote than any other county ex-
cept Bennington. In this percentage
only Essex county led us two years ago.
So, in fact, since this system has been
adopted by the state committee, our
county has, all in all, stood higher than
any other in the state. May it always
be so.
ANY attempt to belittle the sgnif-
canoe of our election on the ground
that it was merely state contest will
be received with ridicue by people
who were in Vermont during the cam
paign and observed the lines on which
il was fought. The democrats them
selves, before election day, claimed
that the vote would be of importance
as disclosing how largely the farmer
population had gone over to free silver.
The campaign was fought on national
lines altogether; the campaign speak
ers, on both sides, and the press told
the voters that the issues were the ones
defined by the Chicago and St. Louis
(republican) platforms, and no one had
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-09

THE election in Arkansas passed off
quietly last Monday, and an unusually
large vote was polled. The democrats
claim plurality of over 10000 for
Colonel Dan W. Jones for governor.
In majority of the counties the ques-
ton of licensing saloons was the prin-
cipal issue, and the anti-license adyo-
Gates were defeated by large majority.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-09

COLONEL S. W. CUMMINGS, general pas
senger agent of the Central Verm ont rail-
road, accompanied by Mrs Cummings and
Robert S. Gardiner of Boston, president Of
the Rand-Avery Supply Company of Bos-
ton, and family, left st. Adams last Friday
evening for a three-months' trip through
Japan and other parts of the Orient, The
party went by Montreal and the Canadian
Pacific railroad to Vancouver, sailing from
there last Monday for Japan on the steamer
" Empress OF China" They will visit Cali
fornia and other points on the Pacific coast
on the return trip.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-09

A PRESENT FOR Your PAsroR-Your
pastor would be delighted with a Clergy
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made to fit the pocket and contains the ten
numbers most likely to be needed by a
clergyman Cures for fevers, coughs, clergy
mans sore throat, la grippe, catarrh, brain
flag, dyspepsia, malaria, kidney diseases,
etc. They are sent prepaid on receipt of
price-S2. Humphreys Medicine Company,
New York.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-09
ARTHUR ROPES, General Editor.

ONE of the Burlington banks, less
than two weeks before election,
bought government bonds at S1.11.
The day following election it was Of
fered S1.15 for the same bonds.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-09
Mad River Valley Fair,

Mad River Valley Fair opened Septem-
Der z. Inc weather was all that conid be
desired and good crowd assembled early
IN the day. The number of entries OF stock
former years in quality.
In Jerseys, j.. M. Learned had grade
cows and thoroughbred and grade calves:
w. K. Long yearling bull and hefer calves,
grades b. r. Long, cows. bull calf and
yearlngs; G., w. Wallis, heifer calf-prade
and thoroughbred-and two-year-old bull,
OF the Stoke Pogis strain, which has a fine
record for milk; Harry Allen, yearlng bull.
thoroughbred; ID. II. Skinner, Jersey cows
and bull calf, also Guernsey bull, thorough
pred from the Bowditch herd of Framing.
nam, Mass, which is getting some fine
stock. X. A. Maxwell bad his Holstein
herd there grades and thoroughbreds),
calves yearlings, two-year-old heifers,
yearltng bull and cows-all fine animals
j. |. Palmer exhibited Ills Shart Horns
bull calf, thoroughbred, grade bull calf
yearling heifeT, two heifer calves, thorough
BREEDS and grades; r. f. Wilder, five dairy
cows and steer calves; G. A. Reed fat cows
Levi Seaver, COW.
f. F. Wilder and George Folsom exhib-
g. W. Wallis exhibited so W and pigs #.
+. Wilder, four fat hogs and boar; L. M
Learned, SOW and pigs; W. Il. Long, SOW
and pigs.
L. Wilcox showed his stallion-truly a
Hoffman, j |. Palmer, g. G. Sleeper, f. F.
Wilder, j. Ryle, G. w. Folsom and E. T.
MCCARTHY each had mare and colt and
showed to all that there are fine horses
growing q. h. Long had two-year-old
colt, Mr.. Goss two-year.old colt. There
were few others, which we could not To-
cate from the tags. In the work.horse
class, M. j. Waterman, Gilbert Nelson,
Milo Griffith, j. 1. Palmer and George
Sleeper showed matched gentemen's driv-
NJ. ri w Il Da1.
thomson and several others had fine horses
The ladies' department was well filed.
10 describe the rugs, quilts, tides, fancy
WORK, ETC., ETC., we should fail to do them
Justice. There were canned fruit Jelly,
bread-white and brown.
The space allotted for the display of
vegetables was well filled. s. Johnson had
the largest exhibit - twenty-seven varie-
tles-potatOes, squashes, turnips, tomatoes
onions, cabbages, carrots, peas, pumpkins,
cucumb ers, apples, etc. l.. M. Learned
was not far behind. with twenty-four va
named above, and it was creditable ex-
hibit. Jacob Boyce had potatoes, onions,
etc. Harry Allen, George Folsom, A. D.
Bragg, and Fred Hunt also exhibited in this
class, one crate of butter, three entries of
maple sugar of the best quality, three or
four cans of maple syrup, and two entries
of honey.
The second day was cloudy and settled
into heavy rain, but the races were trotted.
Although the attendance was less, the av-
erage was up to former years. The bal
loon doubtless attracted some, and an as
cension was made each day, Grace Shannon
going up in the balloon and dropping to the
ground by means Of a parachute from a
considerable height. The Waitsfeld Cor
net Band, of which we are justly proud,
was in attendance both days and enlivened
the occasion with it's fine music. Below is
the summary of rapaa.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-09

ONE direct result of the Vermont
election is seen across the border in the
Dominion of Canada. For several
weeks past the banks, hotels and bust
ness houses in Montreal and Ottawa,
and, consequently, throughout the Do
minion, have either been refusing
United States money altogether or
taking it at a heavy discount. To-day
United States silver or paper money is
current at par from one end of Canada
to the other. -
Mr.. j. W. JORDAN, business man
of Ottumwa, Iowa, who is now in
Washington, says: "Iowa may be de-
pended upon as safe for Mckinley.
There is some free-silver sentiment in
my locality, but sound-money ideas
predominant very largely. 1 come in
contact with great many people, and
hear of scarcely any republicans who
are going over to the Chicago ticket.
The feeling among the sound-money
democrats that ! have talked with is
that if they regard the result in Iowa
as at all close, they will vote for Nc
Kinley instead of the ticket named at
Indianapolis"
ACCORDING to what appears to be
trustworthy administration authority,
it will be as much as an officials life is
worth-his official life to take the
stump for Bryan. Mr.. Cleveland has
determined to consider it the rankest
sort of "offensive craftsmanship" for
any member of his administration to
take an active part in the campaign in
Bryan's behalf, and word to that effect
has been passed around in all the de-
partments. 1t is also stated on the
same authority that three prominent
officials who have been talking for
Bryan will be asked to resign. These
officials are Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Scott Wike, Auditor Baldwin
and Deputy Pension Commissioner
Bell. The first two are subordinates of
Secretary Carlisle and the last is under
Secretary Francis, who has already de-
clared himself to be in favor of the
Indianapolis ticket.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-09

IT requires considerable patience
and forbearance to say anything re-
garding the utterances of such howl
ing and blatant anarchist as Governor
Altgeld of Illinois, and keep serene
temper. In recent address, delivered
in Chicago, this labor agitator declared
with impudent mendacity that it was
through the influence of England that
the United States was put on a gold
basis. Any man who knows anything
about the financial history of this coun-
try would not be supposed to make
such an unwarranted statement. Will
Mr.. Altgeld tell US what possible inter-
est England has in having the United
States adopt gold standard, while
nothing that human ingenuity could
contrive would serve the interests
of England so well as for this country
to deliberately go from the gold to the
free-silver basis. While we have been
armed with gold standard, we have
beaten England in the competition for
international trade and left her behind
us in the race of progress. For over
fifty years this country has been upon
a gold basis,-put there, not by Eng
land, or any other country on earth,
but by the immutable laws of trade.
While the United States has been upon
this gold basis, America has made tre-
mendous strides in the production and
accumulation of wealth, in developing
its resources and industries, and ex-
tending its trade,-and still this rabid
fire-eater has the audacity to tell an in
telligent audience that it was through
the influence of England alone that
this country went to the gold standard.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-09

THAT William j. Bryan is tireless
talker, no one will deny; but the
speeches he has been delivering from
day to day, during his trip to the East
and on the return journey to Nebraska,
point unerringly to the fact that he
does not comprehend the greatness,
the dignity, and the responsibility of
the office to which he aspires. Neither
does he estimate for its true worth the
character of the people that he is ambi-
tious to serve in the character of presi-
dent. Rarely in his addresses has he
risen above the level of selfish and per-
sonal appeal. Again and again has he
declared that in the war between the
masses and the classes he is the cham
pion of the former, desiring to fortify
them against the disasters that will fol-
low gold standard, and which be de-
clares is the source of all their present
woes. Not once has he appealed to his
hearers high principles, but only and
always to their selfish advantage. Again
and again has he promised that, should
he come into power, the many debtors
shall be relieved of part of their bur-
dens while the few creditors shall suf-
fer. When, in the history of this coun-
try, has it been necessary for the candi-
date for the office of president of the
United States to reach men through
such appeals to their baser motives as
We wage war of determination "
and We ask no quarter and we give
none"? If the high principle of honor
is to be entirely ignored and the ques-
ton as to who is to reap the greatest
advantage is to be made the ground for
settling the question as to who shall be
president, all history teaches and sober
calculation enforces the fact that Mr..
Bryan himself is most at disadvantage
with the so-called masses which he pro-
poses to pit against the classes.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-09

Yesterdays victory will infuse new
energy and hope into the already con-
fident ranks of he supporters of the
national honor and credit, aud help
nightly to prepare the way for an
overwhelming defeat of the popocratic
movement Springfie Republican,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-09


The first shot in the national cam
paign for honest money was fired yes
terday by Vermont, and it will be heard
round the world There has been much
talk for many weeks about the inroeds
The free silver heresy was making among
the farmers of the country. Hitherto
there has been nothing but assertions
and guesses to 90 upon; now a solid
basis of fact is offered. Vermont is to
an exceptionally large extent an agri-
cultural state, and the election for gov.
ernor and other state officers, held yes
terday, furnishes a decisive indication
OF the sentiment of the farmers on the
great questions now agitating the coun-
try. The result of the election is a re-
publican victory Of unprecedented pro-
portions. The contest in Vermont was
fought on strictly national lines. Mr..
Grout, the republican candidate, stood
on a platform that demanded sound
money; DR.. jackson, his opponent, in
dorsed the Chicago platform and nom
inees. The issue was as squarely
drawn as is possible in state cam
paign. The Significance of the result
is too plain to be misunderstood. The
farmers and quarry-workers of Yer.
mont have served unmistakable notice
on Mr.. Bryan that they want none of
the SO cent dollars which he has offered
them as the panacea for all ills. The
splendid victory for sound money in
Vermont will inspirit the supporters of
Mckinley in all the other states
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-11
CRIME AMONG INSECTS.
Every Form and Variety Said to DC
Common with Them.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Almost every form and variety of hui
man crime is common with insects.
Cases of theft are noticed among bees.
Buchner. I'm his "Physic Life of AMI
mails" speaks of the thievish bees
which, in order to save themselves the
trouble of working, attack well-stocked
hives in masses, kill the sentinels and
the inhabitants. rob the hives and
carry off the provisions. After repeat
ed enterprises of this description. they
acquire a taste for robbery and vio-
lence;' they recruit whole companies
which get more and more numerous:
and, finally they form regular colonies
of brigand bees.
But 1t is a still more curious fact that
these brigand bees can be produced ar
officially by giving working bees q
mixture of honey and brandy to drink
The bees soon take a delight in this
beverage. which has the same disas-
trous effect upon them as upon men !;
they become ill-disposed and irritable.
and lose all desire to work: and finally
when they begin to feel hungry, they
attack and plunder the well-supplied
hives.
There is one variety in bees-the
Sphecodes-which lives exclusively
upon plunder. According to Marchall
this variety is formed of individuals
of the Halyates species, whose organs
of notification are defective, and which
have gradually developed into separate
variety, living almost exclusively by
plunder. ~
They may thus be said to be an ex-
ample of innate and organic criminal
ity among insects. and they represent
what Professor Lombroso calls the
born criminals-that is. individuals who
are led to crime by their own organic
constitution.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-11
OUNCES OF PREVENTION.

An excellent preventive of wrinkles. says
a writer in Vogue, Is the application TO
the face at night of a teasp0Onful of
sweet cream taken from the mornings
should be gently rubbed into the skin
with the finger. following the direction Of
the wrinkle and never crossing it. The
massage must be continued for at least
a quarter of an hour. after which some
more cream Is rubbed in and the entire
face powdered with fine starch, into which
q small quantity-say one teaspOonful to
cOrpOrated
A very convenient mucilage can be
made out of onion juice by any one who
wishes to use 1T. A good-siZed Spanish
onion. after being boiled for u short time,
will yield, on being pressed. quite a large
Is used extensively in various trades Tor
pasting paper on TO tin or zinc. or even
glass and the tenacity with which it holds
would surprise any one on making the
first attempt. 1t Is a cheap and good mil
clage, and answers as well as the more
costly cements.
Corks that have been steeped in vasel-
inc is an excellent substitute for glass
shoppers. Acid in no way affects them.
and chemical fumes do not cause decay
I'm them, neither do they become fixed by
blow or long disuse. which latter fact
Will be appreciated by those who often
lose time and temper by q "beastly fast
stopper" In short. they have all the utii-
tiles of the glass without its disadvan-
tages.
An excellent polish for mahogany is
made of one part OF boiled linseed oil to
two parts of alcoholic shellac varnish. The
mixture must be well shaken. applied I'm
small quantities with a woolen cloth and
rubbed vigorously. A fine polish will be
produced
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-11
CLOSING THE BOOK.
Convinced That the World Owed Him u
Chance to Die.
From the Detroit Free Press.

FROM the Detroit free freSS.
A dozen men would have remembered
him for his gray hairs, his ragged gar
ments and the pathos in his voice as he
told Of his misfortune and asked for
charity, but when the winters night
shut down the old man crept into pub
lie hallway. sat down on the stairs and
was supperless and weak. Two or three
pedestrians who happened to glance in
saw his dark figure huddled up and
were not sure 1t was a human being.
but patrolman stood and looked at
him for a moment and then turned
away with:
Poor old man! BY and by I'll send
him to the station, that he may be
more comfortable"
AS he sat on the stair in the dark
ness. his head on his hands and a shiver
passing over him as the ice-cold gusts
invaded his retreat. his thoughts were
not to be envied He balanced his book
of life. He had lived for over sixty
years. He had had friends. money,
health, happiness. Tonight he was PEN
niless homeless friendless and an out
cast. He might wear his rags for two
or three years more: for two or three
additional years he might compel chari-
ty to keep life i'm him. Then what?
Then the end would surely come. He
thought 1t over and overland he reached
up IN the darkness. ana WIN MS SKINNY
fingers he made as If writing OH the
WALL
Debit: The world owes every man
a chance to live"
Credit: The world owes every man
q chance to die"
Then he rose and walked out on the
street. Some of the pedestrians glanced
at him pityingN, and would have given
him aims had he asked them. But he
no longer had a story to tell-was no
longer cold and hungry. The river was
only three blocks away. His steps were
turned in that direction and there was
no halting-no turning back The
lights on the wharves CLEANED out over
the water and silvered wave and ripple.
There were boats plying to and fro
there were people coming and going.
The old man saw nothing but the river.
heard nothing but voice saying:
THE world owes every man chance
to die"
Right down to the wharf as a dumb
beast is driven-Out to its edge as peO-
pie walk i'm their sleep-a leap and a
splash. and the book of life was closed
for good. The world had given him his
chance to die. He had furnished shroud,
coffin, hearse and grave.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-11
LINCOLN, STORY.
From the philadelphia Press.

The railroad station destroyed by fire
in Providence, X. L., the other day, was
built in 1878. or only few years after the
first railroad had touched Providence. IL
was designed by Thomas A. Teft, then a
student at Brown university. 1t was an
example of the RomanesQue order OF
architecture, and when II was constructed
it was the longest building in the United
States being 60 feetin length. The CEN
trail towers. the octagOnal towers on either
end, the arcades and colonnades, and the
numerous arches, all suggested the
churches in upper Italy built centuries
ago by the Lombards. The upper part of
the main structure was formerly devoted
to a public hall, which. in 1859. was the
principal hall in the city. In the Spra guc-
Padleford campaign for the Governorship,
in the spring of that year, Abraham Lin
coin made a speech in this hall which is
recorded as an important event In local
history. 1t is said that soon after the be-
ginning Of the address "a Democrat i'm the
rear of the hall shouted in answer to one
of Lincoln's statements, THAT Is lie!'
There was an uprOar at once of Put him
Outv Lincoln at once interfered and said:
mo. do not put him out. but let him come
right up here to the front He is the very
man that I want to talk to-" This in
geniOus suggestion of Mr. Lincoln, supple
mented by his story appropriate TO the in
terruption. ELECTED three cheers from the
audience, who had no idea that they we re
cheering the next President and the great
est man of the century.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-11

of defiance OF the old bogie, how expect
antly, and sometimes tremblingly, he
awaits the coming of the penalty. Try II,
man. and II the penalty of sorrow or loss
disappointment or accident. does not re-
suit before the day has swept by you
will not tell of it. If 1t comes to YOU, the
rule will be followed, and you will never
cease telling of 1t. this rare occurrence.
When a man returns to the house after
once starting out. having perhaps forgot
ten to kiss his wife. or something less i'm
portant, his natural inclination, without
special prompting, Is to sit down before
starting again. 1t Is said to be bad luck
to omit this.
Even death may result IL human being
should raise an open umbrella over his
head within doors 1t Is said. Umbrella
makers have been known to observe this
relgiously.
People who live in the country must be
careful not to have around their homes
white-nosed COW, for. should the window
be open and this COW with the white
proboscis reach over the window sills In
search of information or something dain-
ty, there will be q death in the family be-
fore long. SO says the old saw
Why must We give u penny for any sharp
instrument presented by a friend? Why
do we seek Il four-leaf clover, and why
must we pick up a dirty horseshoe from
the street whenever we see 1t there? Why
do men nail the horseshoe over their doors
and ENDS down, too, invariably, when the
original superstition, of which they seem
TO be In ignorance, asserts that should be
nailed up the other way, so as to catch
within its embrace the luck which de-
scends