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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-05-14
IT. q. BABBITT.
A Social Party I'm Van Ness House
Room.

T. S. Babbitt, In deposition taken at ST.
Adams April 1, testified as follows:-
A. In 1886 or 1887. wouldn't say which,
went there TO the Van Ness house, either
to fair or horse race, j wouldn't say which,
and we had room upstairs with Mr.. James
Kelley and A. l.. Hall and myself, and there
were others In the room that / can't remem-
Der now some of the party ordered drinks
and they were brought up. / can't tell who
ordered them; l can't tell who ordered the
drinks, whether It was Kelley or whether 1t
was Hall or who It was.
@. Were the drinks ordered more than
once? A. Only once. IL was just before
train time and we had to come home.
@, OF whom were the drinks ordered
A. They must have been ordered of the bell
boy, | don't know of any other way.
@. Who paid for the liquor? A. Well, sir,
couldn't tell who paid too long ago.
@. Was payment made TO the boy who
brought up the liquorg A. We settled with
the boy.
@. What hour of the day or night was
thisY A. couldn't tell, along between 3
and O'Clock in the afternoon, somewhere
along there.
@. Have you ever seen liquor drank in the
Van Ness house upon any other occasionf
| A. No, sir.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-05-14
CUSHING HILL.

Two Pint Bottles of Beer at Table.
Gushing Hill of Middlebury said that
in the winter of 1S9l-5 he and
friend were served with two bottles, pint
bottles, of beer at the Van Ness house table
by the head waiter.
Dispositions were read for the HERALD
made by witnesses as follows =
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-05-14
j. c. SALISBURY.
Liquor in Rooms Paid For at the
Desk.

j. C. salisbury of Morrisvie, in deposit
ton taken at st. Adams April 1, said that he
was a travelling salesman and had bought
liquor in the Van Ness house ga good many
times" The examination proceeded
Q. State where in the house this liquor
was furnished TO you, and how you OBJ
tanned itl A. In the rooms and by order
ing It, by ringing the bell.
Q. Whether any objection was made to
furnishing liquor whenever you called for
Il? A, Never heard any.
@, Who did you pay for this liquorf
A. Sometimes one and sometimes another.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-05-14

whiskey by The He'll BOY Method.
William II. sheldon Of Mlddlebury, in
deposition taken ut MIdllebury April 4, said
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-05-14
A. p. GRINNELL.

Punch I'm the Hotel at Medical College
COllatioDs.
DR.. A. P. Grlnnell Of Burlington testified
to the effect that punch was served with COLA
tiOns at the Van Ness house, given by the
faculty of the medical college after the an
nual graduating exercises, but could tell lit
tie about the beverage from personal knowl-
edge.
HERALD as follows:-
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-05-14
CHARLES N. MORSE.

A Bottle of Wine In a Room Paid For at
the Office.
Charles N. Morse of Bakersfield said that
he was a commercial salesman, and about
eight years ago was member of party
which ordered a bottle of wine from the
bell boy and paid for it at the office
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-05-14

2. HIVE 40
so furnished wll&
the deskg A. have.
q. Have you ever drank liquor there's
ID. N. Burton, A. l.. Hall or j. +. Kellel
A. l think have.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-23
Her Face an Inspiration.
New York Herald. |


There is face which l meet fire.
quently on the street. 1t is not partic-
ularly a beautiful face, but it is so
bright and so happy that the at
mosphere always seems clearer after
it has passed. Its owner is evidently
a working girl, for each morning she
takes car at certain corner, and she
carries lunch. And l feel like con-
graduating the firm which has captured
that ray of sunshine to light up some
dingy office or beam across some
dreary dry goods counter at the impa-
tient customers. l am sure she is
worth her weight in gold to her en-
ployer.
Her face but puts in contrast the
multitude of gloomy, weary, worried,
sorrow stricken countenances one sees
passing up and down the city streets,
and leads one to wonder why there
are not more of these exceptions. If
it is possible to cultivate such a dispo-
sition as shines out through that pair of
laughing eyes, there's deal of blame
attached to those people whose faces
have the effect of an August thunder
cloud on the community.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-23
GREAT TRUTHS.
[Central Christian Advocate.

Great truths are dearly bought. The
common truth,
Such as men give and take from day to
day,
Comes in the common wall of easy life,
Blown by the careless wind across our
way.
Bought in the market, at the current
Bred Of the smile the jest. perahance
1t tells no tales Of daring or of worth
Nor pierces even the surface of soul.
Great truths are greatly won, nor found
Nor waited on the breath of summer
dream,
But grasped in the great struggle of the
Hard buffeting with adverse wind and
stream.
Not in the general mart. mid corn and
wine,
ID Not in the merchandise of gold and
Not in the worlds gay hall of midnight
mirth,
Not mid the blaze of regal diadems.
But in the day of conflict, fear and grief.
When the Strong hand of God, put forth
in might,
Plows up the subsoil of the stagnant
heart
And brings the imprisoned truth-seed
to the light.
Wrung from the troubled spirit in hard
hours
OF weakness, solitude. perchance of
pain,
Truth springs like harvest from the we'll
plOwed field,
And the soul feels it has wept in vain.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-23
One of John Randolph's Smiles.

Much new material is embodied in
the article "John Randolph Of Roa-
noke," by Powhatan Bouldin in The
Century. The following simile by
Randolph is found in a note to
speech which he delivered in congress:
A caterpillar comes to fence; he
crawls to the bottom of the ditch and
over the fence, some of his hundred
feet always in contact with the sub
ject upon which he moves. A gallant
horseman at flying leap clears both
ditch and fence. "Stop!" says the
caterpillar. "You are too flighty;
you want connection and continuity.
1t took me an hour to get over; you
can't be as sure as | am, who have
never quilted the subject, that you
have overcome the difficulty and are
fairly over the fence" "Thou miser-
able reptile!' replies our fox hunter.
HsIf, like you, l crawled over the earth
| slowly and painfully, should l ever
catch afox, or be anything more than
a wretched caterpillar"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-23
Wheels and Puffs.

The number of puffs given by To-
comotive always depends upon the cir
cumference of its driving wheels and
the rate of speed at which the engine
is moving. For every one round of
the driving wheels locomotive always
gives forth 4 pufs-2 out ofeach, cylin-
ders being double.
The size of the driving wheels vary
greatly on different patterns Of engines,
they being from IS to % feet in diam
eter, the general run, however, being
IS, 70 or 20 feet. Five engines out of
every 7 may be set down as having
driving wheels 20 feet in diaMeter.
The speed of the average express
train varies from 81 to So miles per
hour. Taking the average circumfer-
ence of the driving wheel to be 20 feet,
and the average speed per hour at 50
miles, a locomotive will give, going at
express speed, $50 puffs per minute, or
$4,000 puffs per hour. During the
same time the wheels will revolve 49,
200 times, which will cause the loco
motive to give 1886 pnfs to the mile.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-23
THE SOUTH: IT'S PAST; ITS FUTURE.

Mr.. Stuyvesant Fish, president of
the Illinois Ceptral Railroad Co., who
has done SO much for Southern ad-
vancement, and who has always given
the South full credit for the great work
which its own people bave done in
times past, as we'll as for what they are
trying to do at present, in personal
letter to Mr.. Richard H. Edmonds,
editor Of the Manufacturers Record,
makes reference to the work of the
South, which we take the liberty of
publishing. In the course of letter
Oh the efforts of the South to build
railroads in the early days, he says:
"Anyone who has had to do with
the management Of Southern railways
built before the war, as | have, cannot
fail to appreciate the interest which the
Southern people took in the develop
ment Of the country through such
means. l doubt if there is, anywhere,
such an example as that of the old Mis-
sissippi Central Railroad, which was
built from Canton, Miss, to Jackson,
Tenn, through sparsely settled
country, having but an indifferent soil,
and without any cOnveniences except
the fortunes, brains and courage Of the
promoters living along the line. How
they ever managed to get such work
done during the years from 1852 to
to 1859 as l see before me every time
| 90 over the road is mystery which
| have never been able to solve. Bear
in mind that they had no land grant,
no government aid and but a paltry
loan from the State, and there was
neither a seaport, nor a manufacturing
town, nor distributing center, on the
whole line. Indeed, there was not a
town with 5000 inhabitants on it from
end to end.''
In what striking contrast is this
hearty commentator, from one of the
business leaders of America, Of the
energy of the old South, when put
alongside of some of the criticisms of
the narrow-minded people who know
SO little what the South did, and who
are unwilling to give it credit for the
1HSlSy dllu CutSi piio "iilIi IL oto
played in ante -bellum days. 1t is
strange that some men are willing to
admit that it took four years to con-
quer section which, according to their
views, had neither energy nor enter
prise. How much broader is the man
who, like President Fish, freely admits
that this great section, peopled by the
same Anglo Saxon race as the North,
was mighty factor in this nations
progress in the past; that it was because
it was inhabited by such a people that
it made such a tremendous fight for
what it believed to be right, and that
now this same people, recovering at
last from the overwhelming disasters Of
the war, will lead the whole country
in the final struggle for the advance
ment of this country to position in
the brotherhood of nations far above
all others on earth-Manutaftnrers
Record.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-23
Intemperance Among Women.

There is much said about the growing
habit Of intemperance among women; per-
haps more than the facts would warrant.
If this habit exists it is owing to the fact
that women are often forced to perform do
mestic and social duties under great phys
ical suffering, and by partsking Of liquors
for temporary relief or little protraction
of strength, the habit becomes a necessity.
If all ladies who suffer with the COM
plants peculiar to their sex. would take
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, they
would find natures restorative. and the
evil results of perncious drugs and liq.
uors would be avoided. For all cases Of
nervous and general debility, sleepleSS-
ness, spasms. periodical pains. suppressions
and irregularities, it is the only medicine
sold by druggists that can be implicitly re-
lied upon medicine for women sells
so largely.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-23
An Affidavit.

This is to certify that On May 11th, l
walked to Melick's drug store on a pair of
crutches and bought bottle of Chamber
lain's Pain Balm for inaammatory rheuma-
tism which had crippled me up. After
using three bottles am completely cured.
I can cheerfully recommend it.-Charles
II. We,zel. Sunbury Pa.
Sworn and subscribed to before me on
August 10, 1s94.-Walter Shipman, J. P.
For sale at so cents per bottle by NJ. Dor
sey. druggist
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-23
WHY SHOULD WE WAIT?

Whenever there is any talk about
recognizing the belligerency Of Cuba
the enemies of that plucky little island
beg Mr.. Cleveland to wait.
The president himself tavors the
waiting policy. He wants to try to
mediate between the contending pow
ers although he must know that it
would be just as easy to mediate be-
tween cyclone and prairie fire.
Some of the advocates of the wait
ing policy suggest that we should wait
for more information, wait until the
Cubans capture Havana or Weyler
crushes them, wait for the rainy season
and yellow fever, wait until Cuba s,lc-
ceeds or is overcome.
The friends of liberty would never
talk in this fashion. If France had
yielded to such advice the British
would have defeated the American
colonists, and this country would to-
day be under the political as we'll as
financial domination of England.
1t may be that our government will
wait until it is to late too do Cuba any
good, but such a course will be in de-
fiance of the expressed will of the
American people. In any event, how
ever, we have strong reasons for be-
lieving that the Cubans will win. When
an old man Of seventy-two, like Gomez,
leaves a comfortable home to take The
field for liberty it is easy to see that
with such leaders and with such spirit
animating them the revolutionists can
no, be conquered except by an over
whelming force. Gomez in his last
letter to his friends in this country says
that while he would appreciate our
recognition Of Cuban belligerency he
has from the first believed that the
Cubans must depend upon themselves
in achieving independence.
Cuba has fighting chance for free.
dom no matter whether our govern-
ment moves forward or waits. Atlanta
Constitntion.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-23
How He Did 1t.
lChicago Post. |

He had green shade over one eye.
bandage on the back of his head, sew
eral strips Of court-plaster on his cheek
and his arm in a sling.
"Well.9 licked him." he said. 81
admit that l look: pretty tough, but
l licked him, just the same"
"You must have done it on the
Spanish plan," suggested the man he
had stopped to tell about it.
Chow is that?" he asked.
"Why, the way Spain has whipped
Cuba"
If he had not been so badly disabled
there would have been another fight
right there.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-23
A NORTH CAROLINA YOUNG LADY,
Carries off Bryn Mawr's Highest
Honors-Out of an Especially Strong
Class Miss RagsdaIe, of GuiIford,
Wins Its European Fellowship.

1t will be cause of re ioicing to North
Carolina people to learn that Bryn
Mawr College, one of the foremost in
stitutions for the education of women
in the world, has Just awarded the
Bryn Mawr European fellowship for
the year 1867 to Miss Virginia Rags
dale, of jamestown, Guilford county,
n. e. This fellowship gives $500 to
the holder to pay the expense of one
years study in some university on the
continent Of Europe, the same to be
selected by the young woman, subject
to the approval of the Bryn.Mawr fac
ulty. No greater academic honor than
this can be won by a woman of Amer
ica; and when it is understood from
how large circle are the young
women who compete for this honor,
the people of our State will feel Just
pride in the fact that this year such
distinction has come to a North Caro-
lima girl. Miss Ragsdale was the
flrst girl to obtain at Guilford College
the graduate scholarship which Bryn
Mawr confers every year upon a lady
graduate of Guilford, the selection be-
ing made upon the ground Of scholar
ship.
She has now, at the close of three
years of successful work, reached the
highest honor in the power Of the fac
ulty Of Bryn Mawr to confer upon her;
and will spend year in Europe under
the most famous instructors.
The president of Bryn Mawr, in an
nouncing the honor, on the morning of
the 25th, said that there were so many
strong girls in the class this year that
the mark of distinction was all the
greater; that they had fellows from
Boston, Berlin and New York, and
now they were glad to have the South
represented by North Carolina girl.
Observer.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-23

Nix. THOMAS T. DUFFY, who is a
brother Of Maj. P. F. Duffy, of the
Star. has just been elected Mayor Of
Dubuque, Iowa. He carried thirteen
out of fourteen voting precincts in the
city, and his majority was 1,496, in a
total vote of 5,991. Mr.. Duffy is a
leading Democrat. and his election
was made the occasion of an enthusi-
astic demonstration by his friends and
supporters Wilmington Star.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-23
Why Do You Liver

81 live for those who love me,
For those who know me true,
For the heavens that bend above me,
And the good that can do.
But o, that fate would give me,
And hundreds say so toe,
Some safe and potent agency
That would my health renew.
Of course, becdatse then you would be
more useful to your fellOwmen. Well
that wished for agency is DR.. Pierce's Col
den Medical Discovery. There is nothing
that can compare with the "Discovery as
a curative agency for sour stomach, consti-
patton, impure blood, billiousness, liver
and kidney troubles.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-23
GOODFOR EVERYBODY

and everyone needs it at all times of the
year. Malaria is always about, and the
only preventive and relief is to keep the
Liver active. You must help the Liver bit,
and the best helper is the Old Friend, SIM.
MONS LIVER REGULATOR, the RED Z.
Mr.. c. Himrod, of Lancaster, Ohio,
says: "SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR
broke case of Malarial Fever of three
years standing for me, and less than
one bottle did the business. | shall use
it when in need, and recommend it."
Be sure that you get it. Always look for
the RED Z on the package And don't
forget the word REGULATOR. 1t is SIM.
MONS LIVER REGULATOR, and there is
only one, and every one who takes it is
sure to be benefited. THE BENEFIT IS
ALL IN THE REMEDY. Take it also for
Biliousness and Sick Headache; both are
caused by sluggish Liver.
j. HI. Zeilin & Co.. Philadelphia
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-23

OF "Pierce's Pellets we wish to rehearsn
The wonderful virtues in prose and lie
verse.
Observation-Disclosures. sour-visaged and
cranky
May he cured by a pill, the device OF
Yankee.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cost only
25 cents and cure dyspepsia. constipation.
billiousness and all arrangements OF the
liver, stomach and bowels.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-23

God knows what steep places lie be-
fore us. He has provided the "shoes
of iron and brass" They are for US to
put on. They are.truth and honesty
and faith, and courage and prayer. A
clear conscience will keep the head
cool. And up along the hard road
there is sign board on which is writ
ten in large bright letters. "He that
walketh uprightly walketh surely
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-23

Skidds-Did she say it was so sud-
den when you asked her to marry
you?
Askin-Of course she didn't. She
was a widow.-DehoH Free Press.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-23

He-How old are you?
She-Old enough to marry.-2o
Date.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-23

Don't let anyone persuade you to take
anything else instead Of Simmons Liver
Regulator. Some merchants will try to
do this but not for your good. They do it
to make little more profit on something
which is OF an inferior quality. though you
must pay Just as much for the bad as for
the good, Be sure to take Simmons Liver
Regulator. and nothing else. Look for
the Red Il on every package.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-23

AlERVou9 Troubles are due to
" impoverished blood. Hoods Sar-
saparilla is the One True Blood
Purifier and NERVE TONIC.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-23

knows that "pie- plant" is
healthy and that soda settles the stom-
ach. Doctors know the same thing.
"Ripans Tabules" are largely made up
of Rhubarb and Soda. So its easy to
see why grandmothers and doctors both
can recommend "Ripans Tabules' for
dyspepsia and all stomach disorders.
We sell this reliable remedy for soc.
box. One "Ripans Tabule" is enough
to give relief.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-23

DO not despair because you have tried
many medicines and have failed to re-
ceive benefit. Remember that Hoods Sar-
sapariila cures when all others fail to do
any good whatever.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-23
THE BICYCLISTS AND ROADS.

Our bicyclists have commenced to
roam in the country. We firmly be-
lieve that the bicycle will eventually
compel good roads.
The farmers have commenced to ride
bicycles and whereas before, the burden
of bad roads fell upon the horse, it
now falls upon the bicycle-riding
farmer. 1t has opened his eyes to
their condition and he has commenced
to think. When a farmer thinks he
calculates. elf these roads were
smooth" he says cone horse could pull
the load that now requires two.'
"That one horse would be fat and
sleek instead of lean and weak" 81
could go to town any time and in few
minutes instead of hours as it requires
now" "My property would double or
treble in value," and SO on and so on.
Wherever you find good roads you
find good stock, and wherever you find
bad roads like ours you find small,
lean, weak stock. Steady pulling
over heavy, bad roads will render unfit
any horse in one year.
Let US do something about our
roads. Good roads are essential to
prosperity and in the near future they
will be an absolute necessity.-Fay-
etteville Obser0cr.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-23
1SUk sSx WALL PAPERnn.xu by
AT WHOLESALE PRICES.

100 New designs SC and up) War
Elegant gifts &c '' rent g Il
SampleSI Borders same low rates ito suit
Free. Send SC. for postage; or mon
ldeduct when ordering. ey b'ck
r. IL. Cady ,S05 Westmr Street Prov, X. l.
Liberal Discounts 10 clubs 4 Agent,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-23

The American farm Of the future
will be the small farm. Large farms
will no longer pay. Change is writ
ten on every rural industry; chlnge OF
methods, of implements, of modes Of
packing and distribution. The farmer
of thirty years ago is becoming back
number. 1t is change from prima-
tive culture in the direction Of scien-
tihc farming, from surface scratching
to thorough cultivation, from very low
to high yields, from waste to economy,
irrigation and clean culture. 1t has
been slow movement and is yet a
beginning, but its indications are
numerous and somewhat marked. The
revolution of mechanism in agricul-
| ture has been as constant and active
as in locomotion by bicyling. The
implements and machines of to-day
are superseded by different and i'm
proved forms almost before they have
time to rust.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-23

Hoods Pills are the best family cathar.
tic and liver mediciue. Harmless, relia-
BILE, sure.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-23

mo DISEASE has ever presented so many
! peCuliaritics as LaGrippe. No disease
|l.trc~ its victims SO debilitated, useless.
IsI rrplres. ncrvcless, as LaGrippe
Nr i. w. Hilton, state agent of the Nut
u:I Life Insurance Co, of kentucky saws:
In l-S9 and 80 | had two severe attacks
~ LHHrlppe. the last one attacking my ner-
vuu, system with such severity that my life
W, dcspaircd OF. | had not slept for more
.t!Ir two months except by the use OF mar
.'t..4 that stupeiied me, but gave me no
r'-t. S;tS only conscious of intense mental
W's,h hur~~- agonizing bodily pain and the
T.. I that was hourly growing weaker
Nlru IN this condition. commenced using
II Mics Restorative Neryine In two DAYS
IAN to improve and in one months time
"a- cured, much to the surprise OF all who
L,l'E OF my condition. | have been in ex-
,r4.rut health since and have recommended
your remedies to many OF my friends"
Louisville, Jan. % 1885. ID. w. HILTON