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DANVILLE.

Mrs. A. Preston and her daughter Miss
Willamette Preston, returned Thursday
from Portland, Maine, where they have
been spending the winter.
Mrs. George Wright and son of Pas.
sumpsic visited last week at J. S, Tiltons
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Weeks of st.
Johnsbury spent last Friday with friends
IN town.
Mrs. Johnson of Bath, N. H., is visiting
her daughter Mrs. DR.. Haviland
B. U. Wells Of the Lyndon Journal was
in town last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Badger are the
guests OF friends in Craftsbury this week.
Mrs. A. ]. Carter and her daughter,
Mrs. Homer Morehouse of Lyndon Wis
tied at DR.. Curtis last week.
Newton Page is working at the cream.
cry for month.
Mrs. Robert Meader is quite ill.
At the republican caucus last Saturday
night the following delegates to the diff
lerent conventions were elected: State,
Charles D. Brainard, James D. Stevens,
Stephen D. Morse; district, Charles L.
Stevens, Harry Danforth, Charles Weeks;
county, M, Y. B. Sargent, Nelson West,
Charles Morse, o. H. Stevens; town
committee, James D. Stevens, Fred B.
Stocker, Charles Weeks, E. N. Dunbar,
Frank Adams.
The St. Johnsbury preachers meeting
will be held here at the Methodist church
June Is, 16, II. About 40 preachers
and their wives are expected and the
programme which is too long to give in
full promises to be very interesting. one
OF its features being the preachers wives
meeting at 9 o'clock a. M, Wednesday.
Every one is cordially invited to attend
all the meetings.
Henry Tilton of Littleton, N. H.. was
in town Monday.
A sermon in memory of Knights of
Pythias will be preached at the Metho-
dist church by Rev. F. Z. Currier next
Sunday. Members of Damon Lodge, K.
OF F., are requested to meet at their hall
at 10 a. m. to march to the church.
Bert Morrill, of Littleton, N. H., has
been visiting his parents here for the past
few days.
{. w. Thurber has taken possession of
the Elm House and Mr.. Gammell is NOV
ing to East Barnet.
A very pleasant home wedding was at
tended by about 40 guests at the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Page last
Wednesday, when their daughter Miss
Ida Dana was married to w. B. Perkins
OF st. Johnsbury. The newly married
couple received some very pretty presents
and the best wishes of their many friends,
The lumber for the new church is being
drawn and it is expected that work will
be commenced at once.
Children's day exercises will be OBJ
served by the Congregational Sunday
school sS June Ia, at 7.30 p. m. at the
Town hall.
All the stores in the village have agreed
TO close on Thursday night of each week.
The Peacham students will present the
drama entitled "The Deacons" at the
Town hall, Danville, Friday evening
June l9. This drama is given under the
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EAST BURKE.

The following committees from the diff
ferent organizations have been chosen
to arrange for the town centennial
Perry Porter from the Masons; E. 0
Burns, Odd Fellows; A. Z. Carr, G. A
r.; Bion Humphrey. A. P. A.. Wilbur
Godding, |, o, G. T.; Mrs. A. c. Farmer
w. K. c.. Mrs. L. E. Burns. Rebeckahs.
Mrs. ], B. Watchie, Eastern Star; c. f.
Harris, Red Men. Committees from each
OF the villages have been appointed to
act with the historical standing commit
tees as follows: on programme, Mrs. A
L. Finney, Mrs. William Beden, Miss len
ME Gale and Perry Porter; music, band
+. d. Burns L. A. Darling music, vo-
cal, Wilbur Godding; music, martial,
G. II. Page; decorations, Miss M. c.
Gilfllan Mrs. ]. B. Watchie, L. A. Darl-
ing, A. E. Carr; entertainment, Mrs. A.
F. Rowland, Mrs. David Coe, Mrs. c. E.
Walter, Mrs A. c. Farmer, A. N. Fow-
Ter, Silas Beckwith; finance, A. N. Glines,
Jason Allard, c. E. Harris; loan exhibit,
Miss Louise Darling, Mrs. A. c. Farmer,
Mrs. {. E. Burns, Bion Humphrey T. E.
King.
Mr.. Blood has moved into the Charley
Gray house.
There have been between 20 and 3Ocases
OF mumps here and there are still more.
The committee on arrangements for
the Centennial celebration July, met at
William Belden's Saturday afternoon
and arranged the following programme
President, E. A. Darling assistant, Perry
Porter; chief marshal, Fred Davis; com
mittee on parade, II. D. Webster Louis
Wells, David Porter committee on ath-
letic sports, Robert Goddng, Herbert
Powers, A. H. Silsby police, r. a. Eggle-
ston, o. l.. Leonard; assistant on mar
tial music, H. NJ. Freto; committee on
salute and large flag, Gary Page; enter
tainment committee, Mrs. F. A. Way,
Mrs. Lizzie Daprey. Mrs. George Glines,
Mrs. Charles Rowland. The loan exhibit
is to be at the town hall. The exercises
OF the day will begin with a salute at
sunrise, another salute on Burke Green
at 8 O'Clock a. M, at which the different
sections OF the parade are to start for
the central place, where they are to meet
the 10 O'Clock parade music and athletic
SPS' y" NhIi NUN = " ClOCh, plCIllC QlU-
ner; O'Clock, band concert near the old
church. The literary and musical exer-
cises are to begin at 1.3O .. m. The
programme will soon be completed and
published in full.
Frank Farmer has returned home for
the summer.
Florence Austin has returned from
Newbury.
Children's day will be observed at the
Methodist church next Sunday.
Rev. Mr.. Knowles has moved into the
house owned by Henry Whitney.
Will Baldwin is laid up with the
grippe.
Mr.. and Mrs Allen have taken possess
sion OF their new home, formerly the
Richard Gage farm.
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CABOT.

Miss Lucia Wiswell closed her school
at Waterbury Friday of last week,
returning to her home Wednesday.
Mrs. John Bolton was buried Sunday
from her late residence on Cabot Plains
Rev. J. A. Dixon officiating. H. H.
Powers was buried Tuesday afternoon.
Hon. T. H. Lance has purchased his
brothers, B. J. Lance's, interest in the
house formerly owned by their sister,
Miss Josie, and will soon move there.
L: {. Lance will occupy the present home
Of Judge Lance.
Mrs. Kate (Coburn) Perkins and
daughters of Colorado arrived Saturday
to spend the summer
Stickney delegates were elected at the
caucus Saturday evening, viz: o. K.
Collins, T. II. Lance and Fred Marsh.
Hiram Wells, T. H. Lance and Eben
Smith were elected delegates to the dis
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WEST CONCORD.

A. P Hale has moved from St. Johns.
bury back to his house here.
Children's day exercises will be held at
the Methodist church next Sunday morn
ing.
F. T, Forsath who has been on the
sick list for several days, is able to be out
again.
Rev. and Mrs. Knapp attended the
Epworth League convention at Mont
pelier last week.
Mrs. Frank Stacey of South Framing
ham is visiting at {. L. Stacey's.
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THE TOWNS AROUND.
EAST BARNET.

K. b. Gammcll is having his house
painted and papered, ready for occupancy.
There are four or five men at work on
the depot, repairing it and making sew
eral changes.
The Roy Brothers have nearly com
pleted their large contract of croquet
sets, They are on the last carload and
will ship them very soon.
The entertainment last week was well
attended and was a success socially and
financially All report fine time.
a. H. Gammell is on the gain and will
soon be able to be out again. Mrs. Bo-
nette, his daughter, who has been staying
with him, and Carrie Louise went to their
home in Bradford, Mass. last Friday.
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SOUTH RYEOATE.

Children's day will be observed Sunday
at the Presbyterian church with special
exercises and sermon to the young.
Communion services will be held at the
Reformed Presbyterian church Sunday.
The Presbyterian Ladies missionary
society will meet with Mrs. Geo. Cochran
Thursday afternoon.
DR.. John r. Darling was thrown from
lumber wagon while turning in his
dooryard Friday. Two of his ribs were
broken, the wheels passing over his body.
He is confined to bed.
Rev. John ]. Hall goes to Charlotte
next Tuesday to deliver an address at
the Chittenden county c. E. conven-
ton.
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trct convention, and instructed to vote
for Hon, Frank PIumley for congress
man.
Nelson Remission was in Barre last
week to consult Dr. l.. W. Hanson for his
eye
Mrs. II. A. Russell is in town for her
summers vacation, and is staying with
with Mrs. Eliza Fisher.
Postmaster G. c. Hatch of Lower
Cabot, while suffering from a slight
indisposition Sunday took about one
half an ounce OF oil of wintergreen by
mistake. He has been seriously i'll from
its effects, but now seems in fair way
to recover.
Mr.. and Mrs. |. F. Haines returned
Saturday from a visit to their son,
Charles H., in Waterbury.
Willie Marsh and Miss Hattie Hopkins
were married at Marshfcld June 7.
CbiIdrcn's day will be observed at the
Methodist church next Sunday. The
programme prepared by DR.. c. H. Payne
will be used.
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auspices Of the Christian Endeavor So
ciety Of Danvillc, who will share in the
proceeds. Admission 25 cents, children
under II, Is cents.
The annual meeting of the Caledonia
country Sunday School association will
meet at South Ryegate Thursday, June
IS, in the forenoon, afternoon and even
ing. Each school in hecounty is entitled
to two delegates.
The Clippers defeated the Barnet ball
nine on the common Saturday by score
so long it is impossible to remember it.
One of the little girls from the "New
England Home for Little Wanderers"
has found home with Mr.. and Mrs.
George Kingsbury.
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WEST BURKE.

The Clerk Smith place in this village,
where the transient hotel was kept was
recently sold to one Herey Powers, for
merly of this place, for $500. Also the
f. L. Gaskill farm which he used to own
on West Hill, was sold last week to New
ell Whicher of Lyndonville for 1925.
The place contains about one hundred
and twelve acres and was formerly nice
little farm but for ten years the hay has
been cut and sold off from the farm
which would tend to show farms in
Burke are not worthless yet.
Painting is the order of the day around
West Bur Ike. Byron Berry has been
painting for Others all the spring.
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WEST BARNET.

Miss Caro- L. Mattocks of Lyndon has
recently been visiting her friend Mrs.
Lillian Stuart.
About one hundred people visited
Lake Side" Saturday, May Goth.
The N. E. O. P. gave an entertainment
last week Thursday evening consisting
Of music, and Rotations by Mr.. Currier
Of Danvile, after which ice cream was
served.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Stuart gave perty
TO few of their friends Tuesday evening,
June ID
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NORTH DANVILLE,

A quarterly meeting of the Methodist
society will be held at the Methodist
church in this village next Sunday at
2.30 p. m. Rev. Mr.. lyric of st. Johns.
bury will preach. The usual morning
service will be omitted and the Sunday
School held at one instead of twelve
o'clock.
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Do todays duty, fight today's tempta-
ton, and do not weaken and distract
yourself by looking forward to things
which you cannot see and could not
understand if you saw them Charles
Kingsley.
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1t is not yourself only you will serve
by the formation of hopeful views and
habits; you will be perpetual cordial
and tonic to all those among whom your
lot is cast Disraei.
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Some people are always finding fault
with nature for putting thorns on roses
always thank her tor having put roses
on thorns- Alphonse Karr.
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II Enough is Enough
Why use too much? Moral use less
soap by using Harmless.
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SHEFFIELD, W., June 8, 1896.
Dairy Medicine Co.,
Dear Sirs:-Your Keep Flies.of" does
keep flies off 1 applied it to three
cows and the flies at once left them and
kept away for four days, while the rest
OF my cows were covered with them. 1t
is worth the price of the Fly Killer to
keep flies away while milking l advise
every dairyman to use it.
Yours,
E. G. CURRIER.
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pire where lack of land is apparent,
this enterprise should prove an excel
lent emigration regulator. From the
extent already given of suitable coloni-
ing land in Siberia, it may be expected
that, in spite of the present tidalwave
long time be able to receive freely all
who are DESTROYS of availing themselves
of its productive power"
Regarding the mineral wealth of ST.
IBERIA, Prince Hillkoff waxed somewhat
enthusiastic and more than corrobo-
rated my own general opinion, formed
from personal observation.
Recent Investigations, said he,
have shown how enormous are the
riches in the bowels of this country
and what little use has been made of
them up to the present time. Iron and
coal, the two great factors of indus
trial development, are found nearly
over all Siberia and in very rich veins
The proper working of these riches
will give a powerful advancement to
the development of progress in Siberia.
Mineral fuel also, which is of such
great Importance in working a railway
line, has been discovered in such guam
titles in the formations that have been
investigated that the Trans Siberian
railway will be supplied for very many
years to come. In addition this fact
however. wood is in many places so
cheap that it can successfully compete
with coal, especially in those parts of
the route which are intersected by
navigable rivers, along which the wood
may be floated.
THE Siberian railway" he added,
will no doubt have a great influence
upon goldmining. This industry, here
tofore, has only prospered where very
auriferous formations were worked:
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Copyright. 1896, by Thomas G. .Allen)
One of the most memorable episodes
of my recent journey through Siberia
occurred at the city of Krasnoyarsk.
the present eastern terminus of the
Trans-Siberian railway. By FORUM
ate coincidence. my arrival at this
point, on returning from a journey to
the headwaters of the Yenesei river be-
vond the Chinese border-line, occurred
on the same day as the advent of
Prince Hiillaoff. who was then on a
tour of inspection of Russia's great ST.
berian railway enterprise. I had heard
much of Russia's able minister of ways
and communications and, although
unacquainted " it'll him, personally, had
already experienced, at his telegraphed
request. many favors at the hands or
the Siberian railway officials. I there
fore FASTENED to take advantage of the
opportunity thus offered TO call upon
his excellency in order to thank him
personally for his several courtesies
and to secure, if possible, the views OF
so high an authority on the question
of the Great Siberian railway for the
special study of which my present jour
ney lad been undertaken.
IN the landau of my Krasnoyarsk
host ] drove the next morning to the
private residence set apart for the use
of Prince Hillkoff during his brief So
journ. \ plain civilian attendant
ushered me up the carpeted stoop and
into spacious, though plainly furn-
ished reception room. Everything was
very informal. There were no statue
ike guards standing at every threshold
with presented arms; none of that
frigid ceremony and awful secrecy
which pervades nearly all the higher
offices of Russian ,officialdom. 1 was,
therefore. partially prepared for the
Democratic and even cordial manner
which marked the. reception of Prince
Hillkoff himself. and which. though in
nately characteristic. was no doubt
fostered by his early career in the
United States of America. He did me
the honor to say on shaking my hand
that he had read with great interest
my adventurous journey Across Asia
on a Bicycle made some three years
before, and was very pleased to have
the opportunity of knowing me person.
ally. Over an hour was spent in de-
lightful conversation about his we'll
remembered experiences in America,
and, though more reluctantly related,
his subsequent marvellous advance
nIent, through many positions of trust
and responsibility, TO one of the high
est offices of his country.
Yet there was nothing about either
the garb or the manner of the man to
indicate his exalted rank. AS he sat
before me in civilian suit, with one
arm akimbo on the table, his hair dis
heveled and cravat united, he looked
the very picture of American uncon-
ventionality; and this in a high dig
nitary of a country where formality is
considered an essential concomitant of
official position, was very striking in
deed. Ny favorable impression was
only deepened by his transformations
and even modest demeanor.
Yes" he said, my present duties
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Lena BASIN / believe without doubt
that the line. when once laid. will give
a powerful impetus to the whole eco
nomical development of the country"
Turning to the more intimate infiu-
ences of the great Siberian railway,
asked his exceilency what relief he
thought this avenue of emigration
would afford for the excess of the la
Dor contingent and iandless peasantry
in many parts of European Russia.
ITO relieve the excess of which you
speak the government has already
granted free lands TO settlers in the
appropriated fertile districts of Euro
pean Russia, and for their benefit a
cheap rate has been fixed for conveying
them by rail; in some cases they have
even received loans of money from the
government TO assist them in the diff
Guilty of emigrating and acquiring new
household goods. But thanks to the
immediate rail connection. which will
thus be afforded between the "granary
of Siberia" and those parts of the en-
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came upon me very unexpectedly; so
much so, in fact, that l have never
considered myself quite prepared for
them have often wished that l could
have had more time for a thorough in
vestigation of the work which l am
now expected to perform"
l did not tell his excellency in reply
that no man TO my knowledge had ever
come UP through all the stages of rail-
way operation from fireman on a loco
motive in America to the chief of all
the railways in the Russian empire,
and who, therefore, was more thor
oughly equipped for his great work
than he. The extreme practical nature
of the man was rather strikingIy ex-
on his way from St. Petersburg to
Krasnoyarsk. I was informed by a
travelling companion of the prince that
on one occasion during their juorney
when the rate of speed was not fast
enough TO suit his excellencv, he or
-dered the train stopped. boarded the
locomotive and took hold of the throt-
tie himself. TO the great establishment
of the startled engineer.
AS 1 had hoped, our interesting con-
versation turned at length upon the
great Siberian railway and the i'm
portant part it was expected to play in
the future of the Russian empire. The
opinions he vouchsafed -on this subject
in answer TO my interrogations are
worth recording at some length, as
coming from one who is, no doubt, one
of the best of Russia's railway author
tiles.
1 ventured, among other questions, to
ask if the $4,000, 900 rubles entailed
by the Siberian railway could ever
possibly prove remunerative in the
strict sense of the word.
There are many advantages said
Prince Hilkoff, after some reflection,
which may be attained by the govern
ment in this great enterprise that are
not subject TO arithmetical computa-
ton. For instance, the principal barrier
to the development of culture in ST.
IBERIA is the absence of regular COM
munication. Consequently, when this
great obstacle is removed the cause
Will disappear which for so long
time has retarded the regular peopling
of this extensive and richly endowed
region, and the culture of the aborig-
ines and settlers"
Prince Hilkoff here reached over for
an atlas on one of the adjoining tables
and. opening it to the map of Asia,
continued:
If you will glance at this map here
you will observe that the trans Siberian
railway, in its 700 verst course to the
Pacific. embraces a zone not less than
100 versts on either side of the line,
or about 100000 square versts. You
will also see that this enormous area
which, bT the way, exceeds the whole
extent of central Europe, lies in the
mean geographical ATTITUDES and, as
regards climate and soil, possesses all
the qualities favorable to the develop
meIt of agriculture and its attendant
industries. Furthermore, the chosen
route of the railway, besides embrace
ing the richest deposits of the noble
metals. connects the extensive basins
of all the largest rivers of Siberia-Ob,
Yenesei and Amour and part 1Ef the
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houses for the requirements of the sta
ton service or the convenience of
casual passengers 1t is the plan to
acquire sufficient rolling stock for the
Siberian railway to be able to form
three sets of army trains per "a hours.
composed of 90 axles, one set of trains
being composite, consisting of passen-
ger and freight cars The engines are
to be eight-wheeled, the passenger cars.
partly eight-wheeled and partly six
wheeled, and the freight cars four
wheeled.
Based upon these and other techni-
can conditions" Prince Hillkoff con-
tinued, AN estimate of the cost Of
building the Great Siberian railway
has been calculated. including rails,
fastenings, rotting stock and perma-
nent bridges across the large rivers
The distribution of the expenses, ac-
cording to the class of work. is shown
in the table which l now propose to
give you. This estimate, however,
does not include the number of auxili-
visabie to accomplish with the object
on the one hand. of facilitating and
diminishing the cost of the line itself
and on the other hand, of increasing
the influence which ii will exercise on
the prosperity of Siberia. To carry out
such auxiliary enterprises a sum of
2O,00O,000 roubles $4,000. 000) has al
ready been put aside out of the ST.
berian railway building fund.-
Estimate of total cost of TRANSIT
berian railroad. from Ural mountains
TO Nladivostock, 4,709 miles.