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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-01-01
DEATHS.

In williamstown. Dec 81, May Martin. wife Of VIII
e. Carpenter, "a years.
In Washington, Dec. IS. Horace p. Gale of Orange
VT, rs years and months.
In Chelsea, Dec. 20. Harriet A. (Hovey) wife of
George Durham Bacon, 80 years and month.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-01-01
COURT OF INSOLVENCY.
" STATE OF VERMONT, Washington District, 81

In the matter of HENRY ATKINS,
HsolUent Debtor.
Take notice, that a petition for adjudication Of
Insolvency was filed In this Court against
HENRY ATKINS of Cabot. in said District, on
the sOth day of December, A. d. 1885. at the Pro
which ne has been adjudged an insoIvent debtor.
and that q meeting of his creditors will be
held at Court OF Insolvency, at said Probate
once in Montpelier. on the 18th day of January.
A. 1886 at ten o'clock A. M, to prove their debts
and to choose one more assignees of his estate;
and that the payment Of any debts and the delivery
Of any property belonging to said debtor to him or
hun, are forbidden by law.
Dated at Montpelier, this 30th day of December
AID 1885, HIRAM CARLETON, Judge
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-01-01

MANY merchants are we'll aware that
their customers are their best friends and
take pleasure in supplying them with the
best goods obtainabe. AS an instance we
mention Perry & Cameron, prominent
druggists Of Flushing, Michigan. They
mending Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to
our customers, as it is the best cough medi-
cine we have ever sold, and always gives
satisfaction" For sale at twenty five and
fifty cents per bottle by G. Blakely, drug
gist, Montpelier, VT
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For Over Fifty Years.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been
used for over fifty years by millions OF
mothers for their children while teething,
with perfect success. 1t soothes the child,
softens the gums, allsys all pain, cures
wind collie, and is the best remedy for
diarrh@a.. Is pleasant to the taste. 'Soldi
by druggists in every part OF the world
Twenty-Five cents a bottle. Its value is in
calculabe. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Win
slows Soothing Syrup and take no other
kind,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-01-01
MARRIAGES..

In Barre. Dec. "a by Rev. w, R. Davenport. Frank
II. Stow to Emma A. Hawley, both Of Barre.
In Waterbury. Dec. "a. by Rev. L. II. Elliot, Wal
lace Il. Baldwin to Minnie Caterect, both of Dux-
bury.
Edwin M Whitney TO Fannie N. Carleton, both of
Williamstown
In Cambridge. Dec. "a, by Rev Henry O. Howard
Fore At ID. Parker of Watervle to Fannie NJ. Grav
lin of Cambridge
In Corinth, Dec, 25, at the home of the bride; by
Rev. j. A. Wright, j. j. McKenney OF Hchford TO
Abbie Q. Williams of Corinth.
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Lincoln Fountain Pen.

A $3.50 pen, gold, sold for S1.o0. first
class pen in every respect In use in this
office and its excellence proved. Every
pen guaranteed. BY mail, postage paid
Montpelier, Vt. For full particulars, see
advertisement on page six.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-01-01
BUSINESS NOTICES.

For pain in the chest piece of flannel,
dampened with Chamb erlan's Pain Balm
and bound on over the seat Of the pain, and
another on the back between the shoulders,
will afford prompt relief. This is especially
by cold and there IL tendency toward
pneumonia. For sale by G. Blakely, drug
gist, Montpelier, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-01-01

RHEUMATISM CURED IN A DAY.-"Mystic
Cure'' for rheumatism and neuralgia rad
ically cures in one to three days. Its &C
ton upon the system is remarkable and
mysterious. 1t removes at once the cause,
and the disease Immediately disappears.
The first dose greatly benefits. Seventy
five cents. Sold by Harry A. Slade, drug
gist, 10 State street. Montpelier.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
A SsIGNEE'S NOTICE.
"A STATE OF VERMONT. w

A SSIGNEE'S NOTICE,
"A STATE OF VERMONT, Washington District, %
In the matter Of JASON JENNINGS,
Insoipent Debtor.
To WHOM 1T MAY CONOERN;-The undersigned
hereby gives notice of his appointment assignee
of the estate of JASON JENNINGS of WoTces-
ter, in said District, he having been Judged an
insolvent debtor on his own petition.
Montpelier, W.T. December n, 1895.
JAMES w. BROCK, Assignee.
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EASY TO BUY, EASY TO TAKE You will
find true friend in Hoods Pills. When
you take them you will not be disagreeably
reminded Of the fact by gripping and agoniz.
ing pains. They contain none of the dras-
tic drugs formerly 30 extensively employed.
selected with care. They will break up
cold, prevent the grip and are especially
valuable to regulate the liver. They cure
sick headache and indigestion.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-01-01

For hoarseness, loss of voice and all af-
fections of the vocal organs, the favorite
remedy with many clergymen, singers,
actors, auctioneers and public speakers is
Ayers Cherry Pectoral. AS an anodyne-
expectorsnt its beneficial effects are
promptly realized.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-01-01

HYsTKRIA, commissions, fits, nervous pros
tration, wakefulness, loss of memory, cured
by DR.. e. G. Vests Nerve and Brain Treat
ment. At store or by mail for 81 per box,
or six for So. Guaranteed. Lester Il.
Greene, druggist, sole agent.
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BIRTHS.

Rosebrook.
In Marshnsld. Dec. 2s. a son to Mr.. and Mrs. J.
Burton Pike.
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CURE in three days; no worry, no diet;
never fail. DR.. LIE Bruins G. & G. Cure.
At store or by mail; no publicity. Price,
81. L. II. Greene, Montpelier, Vt, sole
agent.
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ORDER your envelopes, note heads, bill
heads, statements, ETC., of the WATCHhAN
Job office. Stock and workmanship always
the best, prices the lowest.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-01-01

DEANS RHEUMATIC PILLS absolutely cure
rheumatism and neuralgia. Entirely veg
etable. Safe.
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We have examined the foregoing settlement of
the treasurer's account. and app owe the same We
find an outstanding Indebtedness of the county
drawn but not presented to the treasurer for pay
ment, from which deduct amount in treasurer's
hands, S3s5.35, leaves an indebtedness of Sll3.l6
CHARLES Z: JONES' Judges Of
4. II. LANCE, Washington County.
Montpelier, December |. 1895.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT

DEBIT.
December |, 1894. To balance due
treasurer. Jb3 W
1895 To amount of orders paid. 9lS AZ
To paid insurance county
buildings. II 50
To treasurer's salary and ex-
penseS...... Il w
To balance of interest. ........ II 80
To balance due county"........ 1856 3l-Sl 1872 6S
CREDIT.
July 49, 1895. BY received for rent
of town clerks office and jail, 8 IT'S 90
June Is, 1895. BY county taxi. 1907 63-sl,762 So
The foregoing account of George W. Reed, treas
urer of Washington county, examined and approx ed
and balance found in treasurer's hands. S3953l.
MELVILLE L. SMILE, Auditor.
Montpelier, December |. 1895.
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WALTER e DIBBY Of East Berkshire was
instantly killed last Saturday, while fox.
hunting by the accidental discharge OF his
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-25

Davis occupied it four years. In April,
1865, when the Federal Army occupied
the town, this building became head
quarters for military District No.
l." From 1871 to less than two years
ago it was used as public school.
Miss Winnie Davis, "the Daughter OF
the Confederacy," was born in the
house. Little Joe Davis fell from the
portico and was killed.
A Confederate bazaar in Richmond
in 1892 yielded s32, 600, and with this
and other contributions the building
has been restored and improved under
the direction of tho ladies of the Con-
.ederate Memorial and Literary So
ciety. 1t is handsome house, with
splendid round columns, roomy por-
ticos, mantels of Carrara marble, and
large, high rooms. To every State OF
tho old Confederacy room will be as.
signed, to be in charge Of q regent
representing that State. These re-
gents are the daughters of distin-
guisbed Confederates, including Miss
Mildred Lee, Miss Daisy Hampton and
Miss Winnie Davis. There are many
visitors daily to the new museum, and
it is expected that the project to es-
tablish battle abbey will be consoil-
dated with this enterprise. The mat
ter is now under consideration.
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States more than a score of years ago

States more than a score of years ago
in Russian Asxseed.
It is said that the average farmer
buys the cheapest seed in the market
and trusts to luck ior results. This
practice IS condemned by experts, who
declare that cheap seed is the princi-
pal source of the hosts of noxious
weeds which spring up on many farms.
Purity is primary requisite to
good seed and adulterated seed is not
pure. The adultersting matter may
be worthless, harmless stuff, such as
sand, dirt, stones, crushed quartz or
dead seed, or it may be seed OF harm.
ful weeds, which so nearly resembles
the genuine that the closest inspec-
ton fails to discover the fraud.
Grass and clover seed are the prln-
c1pul victims of the dishonest tinker. "
A common method Of adulteration is
to mix the seed of wild and inferior
grasses with that which commands n
high price. -,
In Europe there are eeveral ''seed
control" stations where seed Is tested,
and seed investigation now is An i'm
portant feature in many agricultural
experimental stations in this country.
The apparatus and appliances used in
these Investigations are complete IN
every particular and somewhat ezpen-
sive, but any farmer or gardener can
test his own seed and arrive at correct
conclusions.
The points to be considered are gen.
uineness, purity, terminating power
and actual value of the seed. A good
magnifying glass, set of small bottles
or tubes provided with corks, and
home. made terminating apparatus arc
all that is necessary to enter into 4
personally conducted pure-seed inVes-
tioation. The method OF testing ar
carried on III an experimental station
is about as follows:
A fair average sample is secured,
and this sample is divided mp into
smaller average samples, SO that sev-
eral tests can be carried on ut the same
time. After this smaller average sam
pie is weighed, the seeds are spread
out upon smooth glazed black or
white surface and all of the impurities
are carefully separated from the gen
uine seed, weighed and their percent.
age sscertained. All chaff, sand and
foreign mixtures Of any sort are re.
earded as impurities Tks seeds OF
weeds are identified, II possible, and
every result is carefully recorded on
blanks made for the purpose. When
the test for impurities is complete the
terminating test is made. Where the
tests are made thoroughly two lots Of
seeds are taken for the terminating
test; one for The terminating appsrs-
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The -R0dentS' Revenge.

Herman Oelrichs, hostler in the
stable of West End family, had an
experience the other day which eeems
almost beyond belief. It brings out a
trait in the character Of the rat family
which has probably never before been
shown.
Oelrichs was working about the
stable when he noticed an unusually
large rat. It was in a corner, so that
it could not easily get away, and pick
ing up club he proceeded to ami
hilate it. The rat showed fight, but q
few. well-directed blows settled it.
Leaving it for dead, the hostler con-
tinued his work. 1t was half an hour
later when Oelrichs, working near
where he had killed the rodent,
thought he saw it move. Picking up
his club, he prepared to make sure
he had ended it. As he approached it
the animal proved to be very much
alive, making a jump at him, just
catching his left hand. Itwas harder
fight than before, but he finally sue
ceeded in dispatahing it. This time,
to make certain Of it, he stuck the
prong of q pitchfork through its
throat, and again went about his work.
It was something like an hour later
when the man again noticed the rat.
It's eye was open, and had peculiar
lifelike appearance. Grasping the
pitchfork, he again started to run il
through, when the rat sprang to itt
feet and made most aggressive fight,
jumping at the man'slegs and showing
its teeth most viciously. 1t clung to
him so closely that it was with diff
ficulty that he succeeded in striking
it. Finally, he caught it on the fork
and beat it until there could be nc
longer any doubt as to its being dead.
This time he threw it out in the alley
to get rid of it.
Later in the day, in cleaning up, hi
found two other rats, dead, one with
the mark of the pitchtork through itE
throat. The only conclusion was thai
he had killed three rats instead OF one,
that the first and second rats had been
dragged away and hidden, while the
other had attempted to revenge theil
deaths.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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CONCENTRATING APPARATUS USED BY GOVERNMENT.

placed in this or any other generating
apparatus it is soaked in distilled
water or rain water from six to fifteen
hours to hasten termination. The
"sprouting bed" is made of some
material which will soak up water,
such as porous dishes, thick cloth,
flannel or blotting paper, asbestus
cloth, earth or sand. The selected
seeds are placed on or between the
sprouting bed, and placed in the
terminating chamber. The tempera.
ture is maintained at o uniform de-
gree as it is in an incubator, and, in
fact, the artificial germinating of seeds
and the artificial Matching of eggs are
alike in many respects, and a good
germinator can be made out of an
ordinary Incubator. The seeds are
left in the terminating chamber until
they sprout, and The terminating
value of the sample of seeds is found
by counting the number of seeds
which sprout within the time allowed
and ascertaining the percentage of
the whole number.
Usually the'time allowed for seeds
to germinate is as follows: Ten full
days for cereals, clovers, peas, beans,
lentils, sunfowers, cabbage, rape,
mustard, fax, ehicory, hemp, poppy
and tobacco; fourteen full days for
beet-seed balls, rye grasses, timothy,
carrots, etc. twenty-one full days fol
grasses, except meadow and rye grasses
and timothy; twenty-elght full days
for meadow grasses, birches, alders,
acorns, beeches, ETC., and forty-two
full days for white pine and stone
fruits. Seeds which do not germin'
ate within the specified time are
counted bad, and, in the calculation,
figure as such.
A simple, homemade terminating
apparatus can be made of good-sized
milk pan, q porous dish, such as is
used for setting flower pots in. and q
pane of glass big enough to entirely
cover the pan. The bottom of the
pan is covered with water and the por'
ous saucer is placed IN the middle. In
the bottom Of the saucer piece oi
thick blotting paper or flannel is laid
and on this the seed are spread, and
then another piece of paper or cloth
is laid over the seed and the pane OF
glass is placed over the pan. The
paper or cloth is soaked in water
before the seeds are laid in and
the seeds are soaked from six to
fifteen hours before putting them
in the pan. The water soaks into the
porous saucer and this keeps the
"sprouting-bed" moist enough to
sprout the seeds. The atmosphere OF
an ordinary living room is suitable il
care is taken to place the pan near the
stove or in some warm place at night.
The pan may be left partly open from
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putable. conscientious dealers will
have themselves to blame if plants,
grasses, flowers and shrubs fail to
spring from the seed, but too often
the little bags or packages of seeds
contain sand, crushed quartz, "dead''
seed or inferior seed mixed with q
small proportion of the genuine, for
seed adulteration has been reduced to
science.
Sometimes this adulteration is due
to sheer carelessness on the part OF
growers and dealers, but more oft en-
it is the result of careful study and
careful manipulation by dishonest
men. Europe set the example of mix
ing inferior, dead and cheap seed with
the good to increase tie profits of the
grower and dealers, and some of the
worst pests which trouble farmers
were introduced into this coun-
try through the medium of adul-
terated seeds.
The Russian thistle, foul weed
which covers over 35, 900 square miles
OF good farming lands and seriously
interferes with agricultural operations
in seven States, stole into the United
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Kite lee.

An American farmer in Brazil who
]onged for the cooling liquids OF MS
native land and was unable to obtain
them in that tropical country, has
utilized kite for the purpose of OBJ
tanning ice, says the South American
Journal. He fills d tin can with water
and sends it to the height of three
miles, where it is promptly frozen.
After a sufficient interval the kite Is
rapidly hauled in and the cake OF ice
is secured. The inventor is so pleased
with his toy that he now proposes to
send up kite $50 feet long by steel
wire cable. Under the kite will be
suspended u pulley, over whi:h runs
an endless chain bearing cans attached
TO hooks. The cans will be filled with
water and the speed of the belt upon
which they run will be so regulated
that the topmost cans will be convert.
cd into ice sufficiently hard to stand
the downward journey. This Is GER
tsinly the most original ice machine
of which we have ever heard.
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measures nine feet from tip to tip, four
and q half feet each way from the cenz
tre of the lip. This mustache is Mr..
Browns greatest Joy and pride. II is
most carefully kept, and would at
tract marked attention anywhere. The
Indians look upon this enormously
long mustache with awe and reverence,
believing Mr.. Brown to have been ex-
ceptionally blessed by God.
Mr.. Brown is by birth q Virginian.
He was born in Loudoun County,
eleven miles west of Leesburg, near
what is known now ss Round Hill;
His father moved from Loudcun,
County to Barbour County, then in
Virginia, but now in West Virginia, in
October, 1867. @
Mr.. Browns occupation has always
been that of fa-mer, with the excep-
tion of period OF eighteen years.
which he devoted to the lumber busls
ness, and the time he has been giving
to Uncle Sam. Fourteen months ago
Mr.. Brown was appointed Issue Clerk
at the Fort Hall Indian Agency, which
position he is still filling. 3
The fame of Mr.. Browns elongated
mustache is by 40 means confined to
the wilds of Idaho. It is known
throughout the Virginias and the South
generally. The newspapers of the
places of the towns visited by Mr..
Brown have loudly extolled the won
derful length of his mustache, but this
is the first time thst picture OF the
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teeth. Now Tor green Baldersund or old
Valhalla!"-leapt bravely out into the

teeth. Now for green Baldersund or old
Valhalla!"-leapt bravely out into the
night!
This is all! This is the story Of Ulla
the viking. Ulla the priest. The lamp
wavers to its ending-the ink is dry.
When the cIansmen picked US up the
maid was dead, and SO was the light and
the loving OF Ulla. For three days we
staggered back across the melancholy
ridge and furrow of the black North Sea,
and then we buried her here under a
grassy mound by the white lip Of the
ocean in Baldersund. And grief, dull
and abiding, sat in my heart, and none
could assuage it. At last, after many
years, there came one barefooted, a
cross and staff in his hands, flom over
seas and whispered comfort. He poured
the unction of the new faith invo my
heart and the baplismal water on my
head and bid me forget and arise anew.
And took the cowl of him, learning to
read and write, and built me hut by
the green mound I loved and strove by
penancc and privation to do as l was
bid.
But can I forget? Can the sharp
thong and the mean fare purge the hot,
free, loving spirit in my blood? At
times it shakes off the shackles of sweet
insipidncss, and then II. old Ulla Err
!ings0n-whilo the pale Shost-hre
ulays upon the dark summit of my
mound and the black sea booms dismal
N the black night distance, go out upon
hat dear, shrouding turf and cast my
.elf upon my face, and tear my white
hair. and mock the wild winl and waves
with my still wilder grief.
THE END.
Copyright by the Authors Alliance All
rights reserved.
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THE STORY Of ULLA
Told at the Edge of the Northern Sea, and
Written for This Paper.
BY EDWIN LESTER ARNOLD.

among the blood and litter, and the
torches flared, and the dogs howled out
side. Oh, it was strange, wild revelry
and went on for half the nighttime. :,
It must have been near the dawn ana
most Of the maidens lay swooning upon
the floor between WEAKNESS and terror
and half the rovers were drunk as
swine. when they fetched in the dead
chieftain. setting him, pale and bloody,
in his chair, and putting cup into his
hands while the ribaldest fellow there
made O. song and sung 1t to him. Then
next a cry arose-who started IL know
not. but may God forgive him-for tho
English frankiin's daughterl We had
not seen her-she was not among tho
captives-and now Q hundred bu1om
fellows were on foot hunting with torch
and lamp high and low in every crack
and corner of the burgh to find her.
Unhappy damsel, they hunted futilely
everywhere until they came to the
small round tower on the cliff verge;
there the strong oak door was barred
and shut from within, and wild yell of
drunken pleasure told their quarry was
at bay.
Nu6U was IL lIiut Iuduo luo JooO eiASa
30 sick of all that revelry and sat like
black foreboding on my soul2 l know
not, but turned, and, weary OF the
glare and tumult, slowly left the burgh
and walked down to the beach, where
lay my ship, just as the men were max
ing tai mound Of sticks and heath and
timbers about the door of the doomed
tower that held the silent princess.
Climbing on board I gave orders to
those who had stood by the Wolf to
make all ready for the sea, then threw
myself down listless. strangely sad. and
chilly as one in ague, by my place ct
tho tiller to await the com ns OF the
pillagers. And presently, one by one,
the sons Of the creek came reeling down
the path, singing as they stumbled
down the darkness and carrying bundles
and bags, and furs, and cups, and
weapons in sheafs, and dragging falter-
ing slaves, and surly, snarling dogs in
leashes, and 30 at last when they were
q on board but one, that one came run
ming down the path, and before he had
got hat way to us the burgh was oil
Illuminated with rosy light, and look
Ing up we saw that the laughing villain
had fired it in twenty places, and not
only the dwellings but also the great
mound Of fuel his friends. had built
against the tower door.