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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-04-09

Night and Day Service by Carver's Falls
Power Co.
To the Editor of the Free Press.
l have noticed once or twice in your local
items referring to your Burlington Elec-
trio Co, the claim that 1t was the only
plant in the State giving night and day
service. l would like to state that our two
towns of New Haven and Poultney have
had a continuous night and day service
for over q year.
Yours truly.
April 3, 1896. A. FUTILE, Treas.
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All Taxes are PAID by tho Bank

on deposits not exceeding fifteen hundred
dollars.
Interest Is credited depositors the first
day of January and July.
The bank has not met with loss of
either principal or interest on any loan
made during the last eighteen years, nor
has it a loan among its assets that is con-
sdered poor or doubtful.
Due deposl,ors, including inter-
est TO Jan. /. 1896 ................siSl,OSS .3i
Surnlus ....,.. is 74S 90
Fifteen minutes by electric cars from
Burlington-ive cents fare.
SYDNEY II. WESTON. President.
ORMOND COLE, Treasurer
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Howard
National
Bank,
Burlington. VT

DIRECTORS.
JOEL II. GATES,
Prest. Burlington Cotton Mills.
DANIEL w. ROBINSON,
Manager Skilings, Whitneys &
Barnes Lumber Co..
A. c. SPAULDING,
OF Spauldng. Klmball &C Co.,
Wholesale Grocers,
ELIAS LYMAN,
President Elias Lyman Coal Co..
r. e. BURGESS.
Cashier.
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Total Assets, So, 81, S37.57
TRUSTEES.
@. r. WARD, WILLARD CRANE,
CHARLES z. SMITH, IiEsaY GREESE,
j. l.. BARsTow, A. G.. PIERCE,
HENRY WELLS.
Receives and pays deposits daily. De-
posts made on either OF the first four busi-
ness days of any month draw interest from
the LIST. If made afterward interest Will
commence the first of the following month.
Interest will be credited to depositors
Jan. LIST and July list, compromising twice a
year. There are no stockholders In this
bank. All the earnings, less expenses, be-
long to depositors. The rate of interest,"
depends on the earnings, and for the pas'
seven years has been
a IL per cent.
All taxes are paid by the bank on depo.
sits of $500 or less. Deposits are received
in sums from 81 to $4,000, and no Interest
Will be paid on any sum in excess of TINS
amount, except on deposits by widows, or
phans, administrators, executors, guard
ians, charitable or religious institutions OF
on trust funds deposited by order of court
This bank prefers Vermont securities
for the investment of its funds, and sends
no money out of the State until the homo
demand is met.
No money loaned to any officer or trustee
of the bank.
CHARLES P. SMITH, President.
c. f. WARD, Treasurer.
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BURLINGTON, THURSDAY, APRIL ..

Torms-s1. 90 Year, Always in Advance
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Burlington
Savings Bank.

CHARTERED IN 1s47.
Deposits Dec. 81, 1895, $5,O65, 703. "a
Surplus 262, 1873. 03
Total Aosnfs a. a07 SO7 .h7
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Neu.Rol ID an snts-pain PIN
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-04-09
On Am
ER'ranal.

This little ad. is ION AN
ERRAND" to better intro
duce to you the now famous
word "CERESOTA." COM
pounded of CERES, the
GODDESS of agriculture and
sofa, an Indian word
meaning bright.
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Nou-Roa cures sick or nervous headaehss.
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Tho officers of the Republican League OF
Vermont issued the following call yes
terday:
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-02-13
HELD MY HEAD ACROSS HIS
KNEES.

finished chimney sweep, and | kept
scrambling until had made strong
hold for myself.
What went on down below | did not
know. In the cessation of the rain I
could hear the heavy tread passing to
and fro in a search, knew, for that
money. But |, from my lofty vantage
ground, could only thank heaven again
and again for such blessed deliver
snce.
I was so benumbed with cold and
fright that think lost consciousness,
and would probably have tumbled down
the chimney but that was SO rigid and
go walled in | could not.
The next thing remember was open
ing my eyes and seeing the square of
wan light above me. Then realizing
all, my strength gave way, and ] fell
heavily striking my head against some
thing which left me senseless for hours.
When l came to myself, was in the
arms of a young man whom had never
seen before. He sat upon the floor and
held my head across his knees, while
he wiped the blood from my cut fore
head with a pocket handkerchief,
which every now and then he would
squeeze out in a basin Of water at his
elbow.
don't suppose there was ever a more
terrified young man upon this earth Of
ours. Imagine an inoffensive young
man turning up in town where an in
innate friend lived, coming in on the
very train that takes his intimate
friend out Imagine the intimate friend
cordially inviting the newcomer to his
house, telling him that there was no
body in it, but that he could put up
there, make himself lord and master,
find plenty to eat by foraging around,
and get good bed. Then to make the
thing complete, give him the wrong
keys by which to let himself in. Imag-
inc this newcomer booming about town
until II o'clock, then striking out for
his friends abode; overtaken by the
rain; at last to arrive at his intended
abiding place to discover he has the
wrong keys, which necessitated his
climbing into the house like a burglar.
Imagine him piling into the first bed he
comes to, very soon sinking off into the
untroubled slumber Of the innocent at
heart, to be awakened at the peep of
day by a something tumbling down
the chimney. Not a hobgoblin-that
were better-but young woman. be-
spattercd and grimy, but still yt,Ing
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sence. Good heavens! | thought Of
Henry, our office man. He brought the
nOte-an open note 1t was he who
caused the delay which prevented my
deposiing the money 1t was as clear
as day. rose rigidly to my feet In
a tWinkling my mind was acutely
active, and a thousand ways of escape
surged through my brain in a moment
| unlocked the cabinet and grasped the
large pocketbook which contained the
notes, and thrust it into my bosom. TO
what purpose | did not know. re-
treated into the dense darkness of my
own bedroom, where | stood uncertain
and shivering.
The windows were too high from the
ground 10 admit Of my jumping there
from without mourning the risk Of a
broken limb; besides, there was no
time AT the first sound Of my putting
up the sash, | would be detected and
overpowered. | heard heavy tread
along the hall. An idea dashed into
my head like the incision of blade.
clutched tn, money in my bosom and
stepped into the empty fireplace. In
another moment / was scrambllng up
the sooty chimney with the agility Of a
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servant-girl go early; and sat, neglect
ing even to light the lamps, before a
big oak fire in the sitting-room think
ing up one Of Dicks cases. 1t was a
murder case, that had great deal OF
circumstantial evidence leading in va
rious directions.
/ soon became deeply absorbed; so
deeply that presently went to sleep at
it, and in a dream saw our poor man
tried, convicted and actually sentenced
to be hanged, and was myself possess
ed of a frantic desire to attend the
hanging in person, my non-appearance
being wholly due to the fact that could
not find my shoes, being separated from
them for some uneXplainable reason
woke up suddenly, frightened to
find myself enveloped in darkness, re-
lieved only by an uncanny red glow
from the fast-dying Goals upon the
hearth. Everything was so still. Not
the smallest sound except the ticking OF
a little clock in my darkened bedroom,
and the clicking of the dying Goals.
I was possessed Of a strange, sink
ing fear. | was afraid to move, AFRAID
to turn my head to left or right lest l
see something terrifying lurking in the
gloomy corners. ! was cold, too, and
trembling. The room was chilled; l
fancied it must be just before dawn.
My fear increased rather than dimin-
ished as the moments dragged by. l
could hear my heart beating. l soon
became enthralled by terror. | had a
kind of instructive animal fear Of i'm
pending danger. thought OF the
money. IT was locked up in the cabinet
at my right hand, not two yards away
l foune myself listening painfully, tor
| turously. My throat seemed swollen.
l swallowed in gulps.
l endeavored to rally my courage, to
persuade myself that had awakened
from a nightmare, and was nervous
! that there was nothing to fear, and
that l was making a baby of myself
All to no purpose. Something was 60
ing to happen; something was happen
ing at that moment which would bring
me hurt.
could not throw off the notion. Just
then it began to rama regular down
fall, as if the bottom had suddenly
fallen out Of the clouds. l had never
! known it to rain so heavily. A perfect
deluge, and every drop seemed to pene-
trate my soul. did not move. lay
back in my cushioned chair helpless
and felt that l could not have raised
my hand to my face if my life were
the forfeit. Such pouring! | found
myself listening behind the rain-be-
hind all the pattering notwithstanding
for another sound. l had grotesquc
idea that the elements and this some
thing that was coming to me, were col
leagued together, the one to screen the
approach Of the other
l was listening with every fiber oil
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woman, and one probably more dead
than alive. Imagine it all IL you can,
for that is what happened to the mis-
guided young man, who held me across
his knees and wiped the blood from my
broken forehead on that memorable st.
Valentines morning.
Imagine 1t, and tell me II men
through stupidity don't cause half OF
all the trouble in the world We eX-
planned 1t all to each other as best we
could for was really i'll, and quito
ready to 60 Off into another swoon.
When the servant girl came he went
for the doctor. and Mary got me to bed,
Dick came at noon, and was Mortified
at what had happened, But the doctor
had pronounced me more frightened
than hurt; and really, but for the dread
full cold had caught and my wounded
forehead, it did not amount to any
thing, and soon became tremendous
joke.
And 1t turned out that this friend OF
Dicks, whose acquaintance | made In
such an unconventional fashion, was
the very client whose money de-
Tended.
And it also came about that-that-
he--that THAT we have-we have
grown to know each other very well;
and Dick-Dick is to look out for an
other co-operator before next fall; be-
cause-well, Tor reasons best known to
myself.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-02-13

Some people are so influenced by the cleo
trc currents of the atmosphere that they
can foretcl the coming of Il thunderstorm
with perfect accuracy, and others there arc
with nerves so sensitive that they are sure of
having neuralgia from allow and fretGul stato
of nervous system. Now why emit tho lat
ter be warned in time and know that an
ounce Of prevention is worth pound o!
wnrd off an attack, or IL attacked, will
promptly cure. Such people can do for
themselves what others do from weather
prophesies, heed the signals and save the
wreck and disaster.
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downs. arrived at Dicks town, queer
little village in South Carolina.
Dick is moderately young bachelor.
He is an attorney-at-law, and has a
very fair practice indeed. Anterior to
nv advent, he had lived by himself
in a pretty cottage on the prettiest
street, and was rather a central figure
and was quite the most eligible young
man about town. He was not spoiled,
though. found him to be a very
dear old fellow, and determined in my
heart to be to him such a faithful CO.
operator and satisfactory housekeeper
that he would never need or desire any
other
We got on famously together, so ia
mously that in all probability the last
CHAPTER would have found us still there,
he a grizzled old bachelor, | a grizzled
old maid, had not something occurred
which brought about change.
1t all grew out OF what happened one
ST. Valentines eve.
On this day, memorable above other
days, just about an hour after dinner
Dick received a telegram to go up that
evening to A, a city fifty miles
away, to meet an important client. He
did not have time to come home, for
the train was then in sight, but he
scrubbed me the following note, which
I did not get until nearly night, be-
cause the office boy neglected to bring
it until that time.
$40 p. m.
Dear Girl-Have to leave on next
train to meet man in A. Proba-
bly, won't get home until tomorrow
noon. Spend the night with the An
cient Ia dear old lady friend of mine)
Be sure to put that money in the bank
before it closes at 4. Don't fail.
DICK.
1t was such a bore to lock up at that
late hour and go out for the night. 1t
had been such gloomy afternoon, and
looked like it would rain. Altogether
I did not feel like it. was not afraid,
though l had never stayed alone all
night in house. And the money
several thousand dollars collected for a
client-surely | could not at put
money in the bank that closed at 4. l
could not very well carry il with me to
the Ancient's, and l certainly could not
leave it.
l had never heard of any burglaries in
the village, so made up my mind that
would stay at home that night and
take the risk, if there were any, because
it was troublesome to do otherwise.
did not want any tea, SO 1 let the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-02-13
YELLow R1Np. moon RED ELEsHl

A wonderful combination, tremen-
dous novelty, found only in salzer'S
Golden Pumpkin Watermelon. lts
marvellous, We paid $500 for one
melon! You will want 1t, everybody
wants 1t. kernels 1Oc,, rs kernels 4Oc.
So packages earliest vegetable seeds
S1,OO. Our new creations in oats yield
ing 2O11a bu., barley 116 bu., potatoes
1900 bus. per acre! Where will 1t end?
II you will cut this out and send
with 12c. postage to John A. Salzer Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis, you will get free a
package Of above Salser's Golden Pump
kin Watermelon seed and our 14S page
seed catalogue free. Catalogue alone
&c. for mailing. WIN.
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I had always lived with my aunt had
known no other mother, therefore her
death was the greatest blow possible
to me. And this brother Richard l
knew only slightly, and that when
was a mere child. If I had been IN a
state Of mind to care about anything
should have hated the idea OF going
very much. As it was, I went without
murmur. l took the journey alone
almost clear across the continent, and
subsequently, after many ups and
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-02-13
Tho SunnlY Intnot.

Don't try to deceive me, Mabel"
said Mrs. Point Breeze to her daughter
ina severe tone. "Mr Belleheld took
kiss when he left. l heard him."
"Oh, that's all right, mamma re-
piled the girl. ~ took it back from
him Immediately" Pittsburg Chron-
icle.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-02-13

Tho D. V. Sholes Investment d Mining
Co., of Cripple Creek, Col, can furnish you
strictly reliable information concerning
mining properties in the Cripple Creek dis
trict. We always have options on some choice
properties that are bargains and handle no
others. Local and eastern bank references
given on application, Correspondence So
liCited,
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COLORADO GOLD MINES.

If you are interested in gold mining
or wish to keep posted regarding the
wonderful strides being made in Colo
RADIO, it will pay you to send fifty
cents for years subscription to The
Gold Miner, an illustrated monthly
paper published at Denver.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-02-13
The Tramp Was Accommodating.

Her voice betokened displeasure not
unmixed with extreme anger.
leave my farm" she shrielsed.
Dismal Delaney bowed profoundly.
"Of course, of course / shall" he
said, adding with another bow, u
can't do much with real estate, any
how"
Filing his pockets with such articles
MS were more easily disposed Of, he
bowed again with Chesterfeldian
grace and hurried away. New York
World.
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Che Con,dp,t.

She goliod and bikcd aud hunted, aud she anu
lated man
In every sport and pastlmo that daring wo-
man can
But, despite her manish style OF dress, her
place in manish strife,
She could not ito fopr-in.hand to savo hor
little life,
-- Chicago Record.
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just to His Taste.

Ethel--We have new dish at our
cooking club called scrambled kisses,
and they are just delicious,
Jack, vaguely - Yes, they're the
only kind worth having. Detroit Free
Press.
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A UsefuI NInn.

Brown is weak financially, isn't he, Z"
ale hasn't much money, but he
gives employment to great many
men"
"Who are they?"
"0ther peoples collectors" Brook
Ign Life,
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Tho variety Specified

"oueen Victoria and Emperor Will
lam are relations, are they not?" asked
Bloomfield.
Eyes, strained relations" replied
Bellcheld Pittsburg Chronicle.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-02-13

HEN my dear AunI
Maud died - she
died the very sum
mer I graduated
was really too heart
broken to care what
became of me.
Still, l had to be
disposed of in some
way, so it was de-
cided that l go to
live with my broth
or Richard,
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None Lower.

"You say he has sunk very lowP"
"Clear to the depths"
"What is he dolng?"
"Hes a professional journeyman.
Chicago Post.
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GETTING IN LIKE A BURGLAR.
my body drawn taut. Listening for
what? l did not know. Something
beyond, behind the rain. Then l heard
it. A sound distinct from the rain
patter. A sound emanating from our
little drawing scraping, draw
ing sound. 1t came from the front
portico. knew someone was cutting
through the Venetian blinds into the
house My faintest doubt vanished
scon, when Enthusiastically heard tie
blinds dragged back and the sash creak
as it was pushed up. Someone was
entering the house, This person, WIG
ever 1t was, knew Of my brothers alb
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81 X ! 5,1;T,,.!N
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z$4, ll@E,55'E52 ;
Winds that roam, with a homeless

Winds that roam, with a homeless
sound,
Under sky all leaden gray;
Ice on runnel, and snow on ground;
Leafless branches that blealIly sway
In winter days, for hearts that pine,
Hast thou no balm, Saint Valentino!
Where are the crickets' castanets,
Where are the songsbirds' melodic
floods?
Where now slumber the violet,
Where hide the pussy willow buds?--
Whisper within this ear OF mine
Such secrets, kind Saint Valentine!
Alas! the saint shall never tell
The Elystery of all these things;
Yet round one his name weayes a spell,
Charming as watt of elm wings,
Whence lads and lassies may divine
The presence of Saint Valentine.
Kind is he, yes but old, they say,
With hair and beard like yonder snow
Perhaps young folks would feel dismay,
Were he to them his face to show
When they, with wax or gilded twine,
Seal missives marked Saint Valen-
tine"
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And lovely gold lace on the edge,
And poetry in line;
1t says: my love, l love but thee,
Thy faithful valentine"
Ny sisters said that valentines
Were not for little girls,
Whose dresses did not r.lch their
boots
Who wore their 'tair in curls.
But l don't care; they haven't one
That's half SO nice as mine;
How glad l am I'm old enough
To have a valentine!
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rho First Valentine.

The Fir8t Valentine
My sister Sue has seven now,
And hntonette has nine;
/ wonder if the next will be
My own dear valentine?
I've watched the postman most all day
And now it's nearly eight;
I 90 to bed at seven; this once
Mamma said might wait.
He's coming round the corner now;
Oh, dear! he's going past!
No, no! he's coming in to bring
My valentine at last.
/ know it must be mine this time;
1t isl It's dressed to me
Miss Dorothea Helen Brown"
AS plain as it can be.
It's Just as pretty as pink,
With angel boys with wings,
And rosy wreaths and ribbon knots,
And hearts and other things.
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Hush! through the frosty atmosphere
What steals to earth? A radiant boy!
Whose eyes do look so sweetly queer
They make one blush yet fill with joy
Ha, ha! Come quafl, in sparkling wine
Good health to rare Saint Valentine!
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-02-13

l t54s sssa y sss ThOmpsOns Eye Water.
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w. N. u, X. O., ess No. 8.
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1T WAS UNEXPECTED.
A STORY FOR 81. VALENTINES DAY

= HEN my dear Aunt
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Uhoh Ans,OerinO Advertisements PteGSS
Mention This Paper
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-06
EASTER WAS SUCH A DAY AS
MIGHT RECALL REsURREC-
TION GLORIES.
MELODY VIES WITH BEAUTY
IN THE sYMBOLIZING OF CHRIST
IAN FAITH IN IT'S GROWING
DOCTRINE.
BespealS the Devotion of Thousands
of Earnest Worshippers at the
Throne of the Father.

Yesterday was a typical Easter. The heav-
ems were aglow with the lessons Of the day,
and benignant sun fast removed the last
traces of the blizzard which was added to the
rigors of Passion week. Every breath Of the
clear, morning air was as revivifying as
though 1t were living spark from that glori-
Gus resurrection, which the church commemor-
ates IN the observance Of Easter Sunday.
Needless to say, then, that 1t required little
in the line of special services to draw people
to church; the spirit was in the air. Nor did
the fact that conditions were so admirable
deter the churches from putting forth their
best efforts to make the services as fully
fitting to the occasion as human devotion
could. The grandest triumphs Of musical
composition, the most impressive forms of
orchestration. and the most sublime oratories
were mustered to the celebration Of Easter
day by the devoted churchmen of the SANITY
City. In all of the larger churches, and par
ticularly in those which observe the rites of
the ancient church, the seating capacity was
taxed. Hosts Of worshippers stood in the
aisles, sharing in spirit, if not in voice, the
enhancing music of the services.