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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-03
THE GREAT VERMONT STORY
RANGERS
OR,
THE TORY'S DAUGHTER,
nt JUDGE II. L. THOMPSON
CHAPTER VlI-(Continucl.
ny JUDGE d. =. THOMPSON.

No doubts about it," interrupted
Sabin, a. almost choking with rage.
~ not sit here and see the king.
authority insulted. and his court
treated with such contempt anc
reasonable defiance; and 1 order hin
i instantly in irons--chains yes, chains,
Mr.. Sheriff.
! You can chain the body, but shall
not fetter the tongue" responded Her.
riot in no way dismaycd by the threats
OF his enraged prosecutors or theii
preparations to confinc and torture his
person - for | will speak and you shall
hear, ye tyrants. Listen then We red
handed assassins! The blood of youl
murdered victim has cried up to God
for vengeance. The cry has been heard.
the unseen hand has already traced
your doom on the wall and this day,
ay. within this hour" he continued,
glancing through the window to dark
mass of men, who might now be par
TALLY discerned drawn up behind the
point of woods at the north-''ay,
within this very hour, that doom shall
be fulfilled! Hark" - he added, in
startling tones, after momentary
pause bark do We hear those signal
guns, cchoing from post to post, round
your beieaguered Babylon? Do you
hear those shouts? The avengers of
blood are even now al your doors
Hear and tremble.''
AS the speaker closed his bold de.
nunciations, he descended from the
bench which he had mounted for the
purpose, and, advancing to the sheriff
and his assistants, now standing mute
and doubtful with their hastily pro
cured letters in their hands, he
paused, and stood confronting them
with an ironical smile, and with folded
arms, in token of his readiness now to
submit himself to their hands. But Il
wonderful change had suddenly come
over the whole band of these tory dig
nitaries. The dark and angry scowls
of meditated revenge, and the more
fiery expressions of undisguised wrath,
which were bent on the dauntless old
man during the first part of his de-
nunciations, had, by the time he made
his closing announcement. all given
hension. No one offered to lay hands
on him; for, as the truth of what he
said was every moment more strongly
confirmed by the increasing tumult
without, no one had any thoughts to
spare for any but himself. And soon
the whole assembly broke from their
places, and. in spite of 'He loud calls
of the officers for silence and order,
began to cry out in eager inquiries,
and run about the room in the utmost
confusion and alarm. At this june
ture, David Redding, who had been
thus far the most reckless and blood
thirsty tory of all, burst into the room,
hurredly exclaiming,
THE people have risen in arms, and
are pouring in upon us, by hundreds,
from every direction In five minutes
this house will be surrounded, and we
are in their power. Let every man look
TO his own safety. shall to mine, ="
he added, rushing back down to the
front door, where, instead of attempt
ing to escape through the back way, rs
he might then have done. he began To
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CHAPTER VIII,
|---------IT-II ItIItsI,
VIII heaye with the deep earthquakes lcrcc
unrest,
Then ding, with fiery strength, the mountain
from il breast

tight rcprest
VIII heaye with the deep earthquakes lerc'
unrest,
Then fling, with fiery strength, the mountain
from it, breast
When the besieged Tories. who were
mostly crowded together in the broad
space on the lower floor. saw a column
of their assailants entering the front
door, and advancing upon them with
levelled muskets to sacrifice them, AS
they supposed, on the spot, they were
seized with fresh and uncomfortable
panic. and made such a tremendous
rush for the back entrance, that the
only sentry who happened at that
moment to be there, was. in spite of
all his threats To fire upon them, in
stantly borne down, or thrust aside.
by the living torrent that now burst
through tn door; and before a force
sufficient to stop them could reach the
spot, numbers had escaped into the
adjoining fields, where. scattering in
different directions, they commenced
their disorderly flight, with all the
speed which their guilty terrors could
lend them. The next moment. how
ever, as the cry that the tories were
escaping was raised, Il hundred of
their most fleet footed opponents were
seen leaping the fences into the fields,
and giving chase to the frightened
fugitives. 4 scene, in which the
ludicrous, the novel, the wi d, and the
fearful, were strangely minlged, now
ensued: for, although strong guard
still retained their places round the
Court House, who, with the detach-
ment that had entered as we have de.
scribed, proceeded to take into custody
the remaining tories and liberatc the
imprisoned, vet the main body of the
reyolutionists joired in the work of
hunting down the flying enemy; those
not only who had escaped from the
Court House in the manner we have
named, but all concerned in the massa-
ere that could be found secreted or
lurking about the village: while the
exulting shouts of the victors as they
overlook, seized, and brought to the
ground the vanquished: the abiect
cries of the latter for quarter: the re-
ports of muskets fired by pursuers over
the heads of the pursued. to frighten
them to surrender: the beating of
drums, and the loud clamor of-mingl-
ing voices. all combined To swell the
upFOdT anu CpnluSith III kIt 'NtiiluS
scene.
How like the Otter deusc these
lawyers do scratch gravcl.' exclaimed
Tom Dunning. rs he singled ou; and
gave chase TO SteaTns ana Knights.
who together were making their way
across the fields. in the direction Of
the river, rs if life and death hung on
their speed. "Ha, ha,'' continued the
tickled hunter. laughing so inn
at the novel spectacle. as
greatly to impede his own progress
'ha! ha! ha, ha, Why, | der don't
believe but what they've got ,on-
sciences. after all, for what else could
make their Otter drumsticks fiy so.'-
But although the hunter. in thus
% ~ stated in pre- ious notes Judgc kuowl
an va "a the other ss.ie IN ;ii- affair
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soon as Peters should arrive. And tn
latter. who was among those who broli,
away from the Court House after i
was invested, having at length reached
! the house undiscovered, and adopted
such disguise in dress as the tim,
would permit, they had all jumped in
to the sleigh, which still could b,
used better than any other vehicle
and were rapidly driving from tn,
yard, in an attempt to escape from tbs
| town. when they were recognized ant
detained by party of the revolution
lists. Haviland and Peters had already
| been seized and taken from the sleigh
and would have instantly been forced
off TO prison, but for the entreatief
AMI distress of the females who refused
to be conducted back to the house, OF
even TO be separated from their pro.
tectors; Miss Haviland, especially, de.
claring that if her father must go tc
prison, she would 90 with him. This
had produced momentary delay.
during which sharp alteration had
arisen. some being for taking the
prisoners back to the house. there To
be guarded. and others strongly insist
ing on dragging them on, at once, to
Jail. The latter, at length, appeared
to prevail, and were on the point OF
forcing the ladies, in spite of all their
entreaties, from the sides of their pro
tectors. when man came pushing his
way through the crowd :
For shame. shame! my friends. -
he cried; you surely would not modest
innocent and defenceless females.
Il will tell you what il is, Harry
WOODBURY., =" responded one of those
who were for proceeding to active
measures, when ladies attempt TO
stand between murderers and their
deserts. they must expect To be modest
ed. =
The circumstances of the case were
then explained to Woodburn: when
the crowd, who had been irritated by
the threats and arrogant behavior of
the prisoners, at the outset, again be
gan to cry, Away with them, women
and all, if they will have it SO away
with them to prison.
men. hear me ~ exclaimed Wood
burn, planting himself between the
ladies and the angry crowd. You
see this he continued. holding up
his bandaged and blood stained arm "a J
" the wound was received IN defending
your cause: and | have but this mo-
ment come from the felon's hole where
] passed the night. for the part | took
in the ARRAY. Now, have | not earned
the right to be heard?"
Ay. ay, certaioly, Harry; 90 on y
responded several, while the silence Of
the rest denoted ready arquiescenec
on the request.
This, then. is what would say, =
resumed the former. These ladies,
who are doubtless anxious To escape
from a scene of strife which may not
yet be ended, came from distance.
under the care Of this old gentleman,
whose Imprisonment would not only
fake from them their protector, but
deprive them, probably, of all present
means of returning to their home. |
purpose, therefore. 10 lot him and
them depart unmolested. =
IF the ladies were all but don't
know about letting this old fellow of
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-03

a lady friend tells He sufferer TO try
India +. Pinkhum'aNegetablc Compound
because it has cured her.
The following letter shows the result
Of that trial. and is d sample OF thousands
of similar eases happening daily.
Il had been very sick for long time;
doctored with many prominent physi-
clans. They pronounced my case dys-
pepsia, and said there was tendency to
cancer of the womb. There was sense
of fulness and weight in stomach after
meals, loss of appetite, and offensive
belching of wind, dizziness, all gone
feeling in pit of the stomach; headache,
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-03

10 There were several men wounded more
or less seriously in the affrav. Wm Williams OF
Marlboro got a severe wound in the head. Ben
iamin Buttcrfield OF Brattleboro, who lived
where DIR Bemis now does, and who was one OF
ellis Maiesty's justices OF the peace" had bul
let enter his Cufr and come out at the elbow
without hurting him. Another passed through
the sleeve of hi- coat. Just grazing the skin.
benjamin Buttcrfield of Brattleboro the carpen.
ter, whose home was on the hill near the old
cemtcry, had y gun discharged 80 close 10 his
breast as to burn his coat.
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heartburn, palpi-
tation at times,
urine high col
ored. A lack Of
interest in all
things.
. The doctor $
medicines gave
me but little re-
lief. / was al
most in despair.
when a friend adj
yised your Com
pound. / took
it, and am nov.
perfectly well. |
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Weak, irritable, Tired
al Was No Good on Earth"

mr. Miles Nervine strengthens
,ho weak. builds up the broken
.own constitution, and permanently
snres every kind Of nervous disease.
:. ,bouf one yeGrago EsCas afflicted
rim nervousness, steeDless,iess,
"reepinG sensation iss my legs,
syiohf palpifafiom of mY heart,
D;Sfracting cOs,I ,tsios, 81 fhe mind,
SERIOUS loss or lapse of memory.
reunited dozen trifh care and
,rorrv. 4 completely lost appetite
ind feit my rifaiity scearisiO osst,
,rns freak, irritable ana tired,
Nv weight trGs reduced to 100 lLs.,
In fact i scas ssO good. on earth.
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can recommend it 10 all women. A
number of my friends and neighbors
have taken 1t on my recommendation,
and have always found relief. = Mrs.
JAMES CRANkSHAw, Frankfort. Pa.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-03

i Il
LOCAL DISEASE
EIY's Cream Balm

acknowledged to be the most thorough cure
.ot Nasal Catarrh, Cold in Head and Hay Fever
Of all remedies. 1t opens and clcanses the nasal
,gl.-agc-, alays pain and Inflammation, heals
the SORES, protects the membrane from colds, re.
.tore. the senses of taste and smell. Price SOC.
Il Druggists or by mail
Sly BROTHERS, st Warren Street. New York
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-03
ALI. AT SEA
But Finally Rescued from Danger.
Result of Taking Friends Advice.

There are thousands of women to-day
entirely ut sea, so 10 speak, as far rs
their ailments are concerned
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-03

NV
A friend brought
me DR.. Miles book,
New and Start
ling Facts, and
I finally decided
TO try q bottle OF
DR.. MILES Re-
oratiye Nervine.
Before / had taken
one bottle I could
sleep as well as Il
loyr.-old boy, My
appetite returned
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-03

% The new state" was not founded iill
nearly three wears later. - this j. ! sort 81
''pceiic license on J-dge rhowp-ou's part
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When L had taken the sirth bottle
Nv Weight Increased to 1.6 bs.,
The sensation in any legs scas gone;
Nv Meyres sfeadied completely;
Nv memory sras fully restored.
NV brain seemed clearerfhan eper.
Ifelt as good az any man GA earth.
DR.. Niles Restorative Nerrine IL
0reat medicine, L assure v0u."
Augusta, Me. WALTER r. BURBANK.
DR.. Miles Nervine is sold on q positive
Guarantee that the first bottle will benefit.
Ali druggists sell it at u. 8 bottles for IS, or
twill be sent, prspaaid, or g. receipt OF price
DR.. Miles, Nervine
Restores Health
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% ~ stated in previous notes Jgdgc Know
ton was ga the other s.ie IN ;ld- affair
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-04-11
A MONKEY AS A SCHOOL OFFI-
GER.

The newest service rendered by mon
keys to mankind was recently illustrated
in London. In one of the school dis
tricts too many parents reported no
children in their families; and. in order
to ascertain the real number of children
in the districts, the school officers re-
sorted to an ingenious measure. Two
monkeys were gayly dressed, put in a
wagon, and, accompanied by brass
band, we're carried through the streets
of the district. At once crowds of child
rem made their appearance. The pro-
cession was stopped in park, and the
school officers began their work. Dis
tributing candies to the youngsters. they
took their names and addresses. They
found out that over sixty parents kept
their children from school. The ingen-
ious measures broaght to the school
about two hundred boys and girls.-Our
Dumb Animals.
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A REMARKABLE VOLUME,
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THE UNIvERsALIsT. SATURDAY, APRIL II, 1885,

A gentleman stopped at street cor
ner to have ia shine" A little fellow.
who looked very frail and white, came
up and began to do the job. In very
short time it became apparent that the
little skinner" had not much strength
for his work. Soon a robust boy came
up and took the brush from the weaker
ones hand and began to work vigorously
on the genteman's shoes.
"See here, young man." said the GUS
toner. Il don't call that square deal.
Why did you take this job away from
that little chap?'
Its all right. all right, l guess" said
the robust worker. with smile and a
knowing look on his face as he turned it
toward his younger, weaker companion.
Eyes. it's all right, sir, as long as he's
willing to do it," piped out the boy,
whose face was very white as he stood
leaning against the lamp-post.
But who am to give the nickel tor
queried the gentleman when his shoes
were finished.
"The little chap of course" replied
the fnisher. Hes had hard luck, been
awful sick, and we fellows have agreed
to ease him up for WHILE"
So the gentleman paid the nickel to
the first boy, and the second was picking
up his kit when the gentleman said.
Here is nickel for you, too; you de-
serve it for your kindness to the other
fellow"
The robust lad took it, but walked
over where the other boy stood, and
gave it to him. ut was your job" he
said, land if you're in little more luck
today, go much the better"
want shine? Want a sinner" he
called out as he passed on to look for
other customers.-EUangelist.
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Miss Frances F.. Willard is back in
Chicago, after lecture tour Of five
months in the South. She will sail for
England the latter part of April, to be
present at the annual meeting of the
British Woman's Temperance Associa-
ton. She will then visit Norway, after
which she will return to this country.
1t is the present intention of Miss Will
ard and Lady Henry Somerset to take a
large company of women on trip around
the world next winter. They will visit
every potenate and ruler of Importance
in the world, and will present to each of
them the mammoth petition against
opium and rum.
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before. our Revolution by my great
grandmother, and were not mere china
and glass, but home memories for gene
rations.
Look always at the Intentions my
father would say.
Neither my boy nor myself had in
tended any but pleasant help, but it had
turned to harm. And, though boys are
supposed to do all the mischief, no boy
could have got into more than l did
'once upon time"
"If you can remove it, never, never,
leave a child with troubled heart for
the night" 1 left my little man COM
Portable and laughing to think of his
mother as a needless child of whom
every one said, "She never thinksr'-
Jessie Benton Fremont, IN Little Men
and Women.
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MELODIES.
A robin sang.

A robin sang.
The dull world wakenei from its sleep,
Cast off its robe of winter sadness;
The leaves from bondage gan to peep.
The brooks o'erfiowed in jolly madness.
All nature listene to the warning,
And laughed with glee in springtime's morning
When robin sang.
A pet sang.
1t was a song that reached the heart
OF many man. of every woman.
1t was the fruit of perfect art
1t showed power divinely human.
His name was known to all; and then
Fame on her tablets wrote it, when
The poet sang.
A mother sang.
Two little eyelids binked and dropped,
And bright curls nestled on her breast,
GOVERNMENTS bounty ri :hly trooped;
Sweet innocence found loving rest.
The slumber fairies tiptoed near,
And all the angels stopped to hear
When mother sang,
CHARLES EMERSON COOK.
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A YOUNG INVENTOR.

An American boy is born to "inven-
tions," as the sparks are to fly upward.
From rabbit snare to the steam engine
there is nothing he does not think he
could improve.
My family inventor, aged ten, was
thoughtful over a new idea.-'a great
idea," as yet profound secret.
He had succeeded on a mouse-trap,
but that was an old story now. He soon
tired of his successes, still sooner of his
failures; but this new invention, he told
me, would be great.
It was-in its own way.
Greater even than his Improve
ments" on the sewing machine which
left it very sick machine, and caused
it to be sent for proper doctoring to a
sewing machine hospital.
We we're in the drawing room after
dinner, when crashing noises and smell
Of steam penetrated from remote PAN
try.
Fire was naturally first thought;
for fog of hot vapor rolled in from
across the hall as frightened servants
ran in, leaving opened doors.
ut is not fire." says my small boy,
quickly; but l think my new machine
is not working just right"
He explained that. while the down.
stairs dinner left the pantry free, he had
started his machine. Then, finding he
could not control it, he came to US. took
his book, and-listened.
His idea was to wash dishes, and mot
have the trouble of doing each piece one
by one"
The large marble sink of the upstairs
pantry was to be the trial ground; for he
knew in that we're always put the finer
glass and china for leisurely washing up
after dinner.
His machine" was wheel with few
broad blades. turned by the water from
a faucet above, hot water, of course, for
cleansing. The dasher wheel was
bridgsd across the marble basin; and. il
he had Thought up" a wire receiver"
to hold steady the things during the op-
Grafton, he would have come close to
the "patent dish washer" now in COM
mon use.
But you can't know everything at ten.
The water fell all right on the wheel;
and the wheel did it's part. gayly churn-
ing the soap to foam,-also the china
and glass into mad dance. Hot steam
filled the room, and swapping crashes
told the fate of the china. Seeing he
could do no good, and only getting his
little hands scalded in his vain endeavor
to turn off the faucet, he left things to
their fate. He knew the right people
would soon hear and set things straight.
When the opened windows cleared out
the fog of hot steam and the heated
faucet was stopped off, woful wreck was
disclosed.
The general was suffocating with sup
pressed laughter; but knowing the
child's sensitive hatred of being laughed
at, add really feeling for his wounded
pride, he kept his gravity. And 1, seeing
the Redeemed hands, TO ok him off to COM
fort them with cooling applications and
soothe his heart by assurance that it
was not loss minded; for money could
replace it. And told him of real loss
had caused when l was his age,-a loss
that made my mother very sorry; for no
money could replace the beautiful things
that had been brought to Virginia long
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THE MOONS BABY.

The moon in her silver cradle
Goes rocking her way through the skies.
Nobody sees when the baby laughs,
Nor hears when the baby cries.
The stars are her fair attendants
And ever calm watch keep;
She's fleecy cloud for her canopy
And the low winds hush her to sleep.
1 should think the little moonlet
Would tire Of rocking in air
And would long for floor to creep on
And some one to play with her there.
And blossom to pick to pisces
And rattle to make stir,
And some one to talk the moon language
And sing the moon songs to her.
MARY A. MASON, in Boston Transcript.