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NORTHFIELD.

Observer W. a. Shaw, who succeeds j,
II. Clery at the United States weather
bureau reports mean temperature for
December of "a degrees, with maximum
of 81 on the goth and minimum OF la on
the 18th. The precipitation amounted 10
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days. The prevailing direction OF the
wind was south.
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Miss Myra Keelcr is home from Boston,
where she has been for some months. -
Miss Bertha Minor went 10 Mortified,
Mass, Wednesday for a course Of study
at Moodys training school.--C. w. G..
Tabor. stenographer who has been at
work for c. &. Page for some months, has
resigned and gone 10 Ottawa, Canada,
where he has a position in the government
service.--S II. Waite, d. ID. G. NJ, is max
ing q tour of the district for the purpose
OF Installing tho officers OF tho several
lodges of Odd Fellows.-The stores of the
village are being wired for electric lights
and the hotel Is to be attended TO next.
Adolphus Collins late OF Barre, has been
visiting friends In town for a few days
Clinton Crowel was recently called home
from Lowell Mass. on account OF tho
death of a sister.-The rain of December
20 did considerable damage In town
culvcrt west OF the village was badly
washed out making one of the roads to
Johnson impossible, The boom at w. IT,
Manning's saw mill broke away and let a
quantity OF logs away. They are now
In tho pond Of the electric plant about n
mile bclow.--On account OF the very rough
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EAST MONTPELIER.

Mrs. Fred Sibley is lil.-Msses Emma
and Alice Foster are attending school IN
Barre.-T. G. Kelton recently lost one of
his span of work horses.-E. A. Pierce has
moved from the Centre TO his new farm
George Huntington Is making arrange
monts for building n barn the coming
spring.-George Foster and wife of Canada
have been visiting relatives here during
the past week.-Timothy s. Cummings Sc
verely injured his knee while at work in
the woods one day last week.-A very
pleasant occasion was the wedding of Miss
Mabel Jacobs and Bert II. Nelson NJ the
home of the brides parents on New Years
eve.-Tbere were IS couples in attendance
at the whist party last Friday evening.
The prize winners were Perlie WILDER and
Miss Annie Wheeler. Charles Little and
Edith Whitman received the booby prizes
The next whist party will be Tuesday
evening, January l4-Some of the young
people on New Years eve had n skating
party on the pond at North Montpelier.
Four of the party broke through the ice
and would have been drowned but for
favorable circumstances and timely aid.
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BARRE.

The granite company of A. Bernascom
& Co. have dissolved partnership, ]. II
Hoker having bought out t. other mem
bers of the firm. and will continue the
business.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-30

j. b. Foraker, Colonel w. L. Strong
and a host of other distinguished
Ohioans were babies of this kind is I'M
known, but in looking for the cause
of this infantile phenomenon it is not
necessary to go further than the wives
of some of the leading statesmen of
the Buckeye state.
Of course these ladies did not infu-
ence the babyhoOd days of their hus
bands, but they have set an example
to the mothers of the coming genera
ton and have proven cconclusively that
clever woman can be of immense as
sistance to her husband in the troubled
arena of politics.
There is Mrs James E. Campbell, for
instance. She is said to be the cleY
crest practical politician of them all
There is no limit to her ambition, or
of her good sound sense, and if her
husband ever reaches The white house
it will be due as much to her as to his
own efforts. Mrs. Campbell laughingly
says that she has been a politician
ever since she was anything at all. Her
father Job E. Owens of Hamilton,
Ohio, was one of the shrewdest, ,clev
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NOTES OF THE DAY.

The otter is the favorite animal pet
among the Chinese.
London has forty restaurants in
which only vegetable food is served.
The diamonds IN one symbol of the
shah's rank are said to weigh almost
twenty pounds.
Coal is dearer in South Africa than
in any other part of the world. 1t is
cheapest in China.
About 100000 trees are annually
planted by Swedish school children, I'M
der the guidance of their teachers.
The total exports of iron and steel
manufacturers for the first eleVe
months of the last fiscal year, as COM
pared with the corresponding months
for the preceding fiscal year, show an
increase of over $8,200,000.
Only II per cent. of the larger and
per cent. of the smaller English coins
bear an earlier date than 1870 The
clean appearance of British coins is al
ways a delight to foreigner. This is
true as well of Canadian coins
for White mountain forest preservation
has just been taken. The Appalachian
Mountain club has entered into the
possession of a large tract of land near
the Crawford house, which is to be
held as a natural park.
California wines will cost more this
year than in several years past, accord
ing to the California Winemakers' cor
poration. 1t is stated that the vintage
Of 1895 was only 100000 gallons of
dry wines. red and white, while in the
past few years the production has been
between 100000 and 100000 gal
Ions.
1t is not generally known except by
certain persons whose office is. to learn
of such matters that the immense sum
of S9,500,000 is annually expended in
charity in the city of New York. That,
at least, is the approximate amount, es-
timated as closely as circumstances
permit of on the part of experts. There
are about 5000 families who arc listed
"givers" to charity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-30
CURIOS IN THE LINE OF BATHS.

We have always known that Partisan
ladies know trick or two not general
ly known by the world at large for pre-
serving their youth and brightness. We
have it on the authority of a cOntem-
porary that these ladies put starch into
their bath water to soften it, as it is
cheaper than boraX or toilet vinegar
and more trustworthy than ammonia,
which is said to produce a growth of
down on the skin. The Partisan ladies'
maids are adopts at preparing delicate
toilet waters and always have material
ready for use-meal baths, starch
baths, flower baths, sea baths and med
icated baths. One bath which is con-
sidered somewhat of a luxury must
have curious pudding effect. The
bathtub is lined with a linen sheet.
gored properly to fit It. Then bag
containing almond meal or oatmeal,
with orris root and dozens of other in
gradients, is put in, giving it delicious
fragrance. The bath being filled to
the brim with water, the intending
bather gets in and remains until she is
saturated with the perfume.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-30

ford, Ohio. Mrs. Brice is ambitious
now for social distinction, but in the
early years of her married life when
her husband was comparatively poor
in the worlds goods, she was of great
assistance to him and helped largely
to push him upward on the political
ladder Mrs. Brice has an abundance
of tact and knows how to entertain as
we'll as any woman in the land She
makes friends quickly and possesses
the art of holding them.
Colonel William L. Strong, the re-
form mayor of New York, says that
he would never have gone into the po-
litiCal race had it not been for Mrs.
Strong. Mrs. Strong picked up much
kr owledge of political kind during
her life in Ohio, and the colonel says
that whenever he finds himself in a
tight place and doesn't know which
way to turn he makes a clean breast
of it to Mrs. Strong and she dictates
the policy to be pursued.
Another Ohio woman who has shown
that she knows something of the ways
polite is Mrs Asa Bushnell, wife of
Governor Bushnell. She is level
headed, with kindly dark eyes, a hand
some face and an attractive manner
Like the others she is ambitious and
hopes to see her husband in the ma
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tics or allows herself to be drawn into
political conversations. She is a
steadfast believer in the efficacy of 81
lence on matters of that kind
Little need be said Of Mrs. William
Mckinley. 1t is we'll known that she
has been an invalid for a score of
years and that she is intelligently in
terested in everything concerning her
husband. Mrs. Mckinley, although
bodily incapacitated for work of the
great assistance to her husband in
keeping track of events in different
parts of the country. In all of the
preliminary work of the nomination
campaign she helped him at sitting out
the mail and kilograms. 1t was an i'm
possibility for him to go through all the
letters and kilograms which poured in
upon him, as much of his time was
taken up by conferences and visits
Mrs. Mckinley knows the detailed po-
litiCal conditions in every state in the
union, and she keeps numerous little
books in which she enters items of i'm
pOrtant information. She is a sys-
tematic worker and her accumulated
fund of knowledge is often drawn upon
by the managers of her husbands
campaign.
the Western Female seminary at Ok
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HOW SOME WOMEN LIVE.

A woman in this city supports her
self and family by dressing shop Win
dcws. Wall street holds lady broker,
whose business is always good. An
other woman has scored a success
here as a funeral director. as the mod
ern undertaken calls himself Still an
other young woman is a skillful watch
maker and jeweler. The best diamond
expert in town and one who conducts
a large store, is woman. Two sign
painters in petticoats have all the
work they can attend to. Uptown a
lady with a mechanical head on her
shoulders, conducts a bicycle repair
shop. Brooklyn has a few lady bar
bers Some of the ceilings and walls
in palatial homes here were decorated
by women. One church boasts of a fe-
male sexton. All the girls want. ap-
parently, is fair field and no favor
New York Advertiser.
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QUEER IDEA OF FAMILY HONOR
Father Strangles a Son Who Was not
a Credit to His Parents.

The murder Of young man of sew
enteen years, named Eugene Vasseur,
on the Plain of Graville, near Vim
cennes, is creating a great sensation in
Paris, though, when it was committed
a few days ago, it was regarded as a
commonplace crime.
1t was supposed that young Vasseur,
who did not enjoy good reputation,
had been killed in a fight with some of
his worthless companions; but it has
now been discovered that it was his
own father, a well-to-do tradesman.
who murdered his son because he was
determined to prevent his throwing
discredit on his honorable family" NJ.
Vasseur, Sr., not only confessed his
crime, but, in spite Of the wardens
placed to watch him, succeeded in COM
hitting suicide.
The author of this crime was de-
nounced by NJ. Bocher, one of his
friends, and an accompIice. Boucher
and his wife, who had been arrested on
suspicion because they were known to
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1t is a timeworn saying in Ohio that
the babies of that great state learn all
about politics before they know their
A. B. C's 1t is also asserted that they
are deep in the political lore of the ma
ton before they have cast aside their
tin rattles, and that they are well up
Ia campaign statistics while still feast
ing at natures dining place. They alb
serb political facts and problems with
the same gusto that the average child
swallows buttons and copper pennies
They know all about the fat offices
within the gift of the people at the
early age of one year, and each mas
culine baby is supposed to have his
juvenile eye glued upon the particular
berth which he will seek in later
years.
Whether Calvin Brice, Major McKin-
ley. Mark Hanna, James E. Campbell,
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WOES OF A HEAVY VILLAIN.
Good Acting Rewarded by Threats OF
Violence from Gallery Gods.

The man who plays heavy parts in
theatrical company does not lie on
bed Of roses. He is unpopular with
the audience, and especially with the
denizens of the gallery, because he is
always cast for the villains part, and
all the dirty work of the play falls
to his lot. In one Of the local stock
companies is a gentleman whose i'm
presentations of all sorts of villains
has for several seasons offended the
virtuous gallery gods, and he is al
ways sure of being roundly hissed
which is really a compliment to his
art He was really startled, though,
one day last week to receive the fol-
lowing letter: Take warning by
this. For long time l have bore your
actshuns with pashunts and so has
many others. Your dirty sneake and
a skoundrel. l don't see how the folks
wot runs the theater put up with your
actshuns. The way you percekute that
poor young lady every week is out
ragous and want you to stop. If you
don't i will lay for you when you come
out Of the theater sum mite and soke
you The actor in question prizes
this Communication highly, but, at the
same time, he is On the look out for
the gentleman who wants to "soke"
him.-Philadelphia Record
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crest and most able politicians in the
state a generation ago. He was
wealthy manufacturer and in the cOun-
ellis of his party occupied much the
same position that Mark Hanna does
today All of the great politicians OF
ais time were in the habit of congre-
eating at his home to discuss matters
and map out the plan of campaign.
Mrs Campbell is a born diplomat, and
she can turn the strongest kind of
reversal of her husbands political for
tunes into something of a favorable
nature. She has the bO1dness of a
Napoleon, and at the proper time can
be as conservative as Wellington. AS
Libby Owens she was one of the great
favorites at Vassar college. When her
husband was first elected to congress
some of her envious Ohio friends pre-
dicted that she would be overwhelmed
and lost in the great whirlpool OF
Washington society. But their prog
nostications were completely at fault.
She became the rage at the capital al
most in day She knows how to
liancy Of Frenchwoman. With much
less money at her command than the
late Mrs Whitney her receptions and
banquets fully rivaled the affairs of
that famous hostess. Mrs. Campbell
makes ii a business as we'll as pleas
ure to be on friendly terms with every
one with whom she comes in contact,
or1X hn lC Of hnr
husband In one Of the gubernatorial
campaigns in Ohio it is we'll remem-
bered that on the day the republicans
nominated Major Mckinley for office
Mrs Campbell drove up to the hotel
where the major was stopping and
took him for drive through Column
bus. Mckinley and Campbell were
bitter rivals, and the nomination of
Mckinley at that time was regarded
as setback to the Campbell fortunes
The people of Columbus recognized the
distinguished couple in the open car
riage, and as it passed rapidly through
the streets it was to the tune of ring
ing cheers from all sides. In this
same campaign Foraker denounced the
CdmpOell duuiHlSIfdIlOn as the most
damnable in the history of Ohio" That
would have made almost any wife pref
ty mad. Perhaps it had that effect or
Mrs. Campbell but she was too clever
to show it. That same day she enter
tanned Mrs. Foraker as the guest OF
honor at a luncheon at the executive
mansion. That was her way of firms
back at Senator Foraker.
Mrs. Foraker, the wife of the famous
Fire alarm" senator, is clever woman
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have been in young Vasseur S company
shortly before he was killed, and be-
cause NJ. Boucher had wound on his
hand which he said was a bite by a
dog, were pressed with questions till at
last Mre. Boucher denounced her hus-
band as having aided in the murder.
Her husband tnen made a fuI con-
fession. Being in want of 5000 f. to
pay debts in connection with his milk
and butter shop, he had asked NJ. Vas
seur to lend him the money There
upon NJ. Vasseur declared that he
would give him the 5000 f. if he would
aid him in administering chastisement
on his good-for-nothing son. Boucher
accepted the bargain and decoyed
young Vasseur to the spot on the Ora
vile Plain where his father was await
ing him, hidden in a shrubbery.
Boucher and young Vasseur had no
sooner arrived than Vasseur, ST.,
rushed on his son and attempted to
strangle him. AS the young man
shouted for help Boucher tried to close
his mouth and was severely bitten in
the hand. Boucher then ran away, and
the crime was accomplished by Vas
seur, ST., who, after strangling his son
with his hands, tied a rope round his
neck so as to make it appear as if he
had been hanged.
Nasseur, Sr., was only arrested after
Boucher's confession, but he succeeded
during the night in jumping out of the
unbarred window of the room in which
he was kept a prisoner. His skull was
fractured by the fall and he died in the
hospital the next day.-LOndon
Standard.
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WIFE OF A VANDERBILT MISSING.

The friends of Mrs. Jacob H. Wander
bilt, the young wife of a descendant of
the Vanderbilt family, are wondering
what has become Of her. 1t is said that
she has gone to South Dakota to secure
an absolute divorce from her husband,
who is son Of Jacob, the brother of
the commodore, now dead. Mrs. Van
derbilt is the daughter of Edward
Smith of Cazenovia, n. Y, who is only
fairly well-to-do. She became ac-
quainted with her husband in New
York city in 1886 He was then a wild
over, with two children, Howard and
Robert. Two years after she was mar
ried to him Mr.. Vanderbilt left her. He
told her that his father would disin-
herit him if he did not do so. The OBJ
lection to her was that she was poor
girl. Mrs Vanderbilt brought suit for
500, 900 damages against her father-in-
law for alienation of her husbands af-
fections. Just before Captain Wander
bilt died he effected a settlement with
her. 1t was said she received 100000.
At the same time she began a suit
against her husband fer separation and
support and Justice Barrett allowed
her 500 a month alimony and $1,000
counsel fee upon the commencement of
the suit. Mr. Vanderbilt is said to be
Washington.
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snort silence. Mr.. Massinger lighted
another cigar and commenced to smoke
it deliberately.
Lord Marlborough was too stepped in
despair to be by any means observant.
but even he thought his companion's
manner a little singular. There was
something almost approaching irrita-
ton III his manner as he broke the ST.
Ierce.
We'll" he said, stopping abruptly,
you have heard everyrhing-the
whole catalogue of my woes. Now give
me your advice. Just put yourself in
my place. Tell me what you would do. >
The two men faced one another.
Lord Marlborough with a calm despair
written into his fair, boyish fa>e. Mr..
Massinger with close-drawn lips and a
curious glitter in his dark, DEEPEST
eyes.
My advice?' he repeated slowly. Il
cannot offer any. Your case is too deS-
perate. No one can help you"
sharp little cry of pain only half
suppressed escaped from the others
lips.
Il know it" he said bitterly. Il did
not expect help. But you call yourself
man of the world; you have a philos-
ophy of your own. l have heard you
admit it. Men speak of you as having
strange notions. You live, you have
said yourself, by a fixed rule Now
tell me, if you were in my position
whittier would your philosophy tend
You boast of having resource for
every emergency in life, rules which
meet and answer every case. Now tell
me plainly, if you were I, what should
you do?"
Mr.. Massinger threw away his cigar.
The light which had glittered in his
eyes seemed to have spread over his
face. He was strangely agitated.
Lord Marlborough, your question is a
challenge" he answered, in a low, deep
tone Come with me and you shall
know"
He crossed the street, Lord Harbor-
ough following closely. A tall, gloomy
building faced them, and Mr.. Massingar,
with the air Of one familiar to the place,
drew a latch-key from his pocket. He
thrust it nj the keyhcle of the door De-
fore which they were standing, but be-
fore he turned it he looked Lord Har-
m0rough in the face.
Lord Marlborough, before l admit
you here you must swear upon your
honor as a nobleman and a gentleman
that all that you may see or hear, the
names of all you may meet, and every
thing connected with this place shall
remain so far as you are concerned an
inviolable secret. Do you promise?''
II promise Lord Marlborough an
swered
Mr.. Massinger turned the key. The
two men entered the house together.
(To be Continued)
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tional arena. Her father, DR.. Ludlow,
was one of the best known men in
Springfield. where Mrs. Bushnell was
born and raised
When the careers of these women are
remembered it is easy to understand
the solicitude of all Ohio mothers to
instill a knowledge of politics into the
minds of their infants. But the out
look is dreary for the other states of the
union, when the present generation of
Ohio babies reach the office-getting
age.
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She has tact and dignity, and is z
graceful entertainer. Her husband
makes a great many enemies and Mrs
Foraker is an adept at restoring sew
cred friendships. When she was Miss
Julia Bundy she attended the Ohio
Wesleyan seminary at Delaware Will
her husband was governor OF Ohio
Mrs, Foraker made many friends who
have been of great service to her hus-
band. Mrs. Foraker is an active
church woman. She never talks poll