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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10

station Agent Disappear.

+. X. Smith, for the past two years
station agent for the Central Vermont
railroad al Ludlow. left Saturday
morning, il is alleged, with a large
sun belonging 10 his employers. In
Guided was a cheek fer 500, signed by
VI. y. Spaulding- payable to Smith, as
agent, on the national bank OF Chester.
Smith is a young man heretofore of
good reputation. Fast company caused
his fall. y Ludlow correspondent.
however. says there is nothing to the
report except that Simth. who has
been living too fast has borrowed some
money and cleared out
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10

IN Ii" Treatment of Group an" S.!H1p-
ing cough. Ayers Cherry Pectoral has
a most marvellous effect. thousands
of lives are saved annually by the Use
of this medicine. II frees the oh
structed air passages, allays intamma-
ton. and controls the desire 10 cough.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10
Quick Sentence for Forgery

Lawrence Baldwin of Chester was
arrested last week, charged with 'org
ing three checks on a ProctoTsyiiie
bank. Goods were found in Baldwin s
possession that he had bought with
the money obtained on the checks.
The checks we're made payable to
Charles Howe and amounted 10 about
$40 They were given to Springfield
merchants December 20. % and 81.
Two of the checks purported to be
signed by f. G. White, Of Cavendish,
and one by Norris Woodward, of Lud
low. Goods were found in Baldwin s
possession which it is claimed lie
bought with the checks.
The state board of agriculture holds
a farmers institute at the town hall
in Chester yesterday and to-day.
Among Thursdays speakers were Vic
tor !. Spear of Braintree and &c. Viii
liams Of Coventry, and Friday the
meetings will be addressed By Score.
tary c. NJ Winslow Of Brandon. J. o.
Sanford Of Stamford aud Homer w
Vial Of North Pomfret
During the recent heavy winds the
old meeting house at The Kingdom"
in Plymouth. Windsor county, was
blown down. This house was built in
1sl6. and has vcathered the storms of
nearly 50 winters, but no repairs had
been made on il for over 20 years. and
it was so far decayed that the gale
felled it with a crash.
The county court will finish up bust
ness al Woodstock this week. DR.. j.
NJ. Ryde, who was indicted for infant
icidc in the toTu of Rochester over Il
year ago and who has been confined in
Jail since. was acquitted by the jury.
He has opened an office in Woodstock
in W. c. French 5 block for the prac-
tice of medicine
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10

One OF the Massachusetts, congress
men lives near Boston. He has a
beautiful estate. his admiration for
which is shared by his coachmap,
Mike The other day Mike brought a
couple Of his Irish friends upon the
place and after escorting them around
the grounds and showing them the
stable ushcred them into the hall.
There. somewhat to his surprise, he
met his employer, but the latter was
determined not 10 be outdone in hos
pitality by his coachman. Bring
your friends right into the dining
room. Mike, he said, aud into the
dining room the trio followed him.
Now, my men, of course you can
have what you like he remarked, as
he stood by the sideboard; but |
have drink here that ! think you
will like. There is story to it, by
the way, then added, which may
interest you. 1t is called Bencdictine
and If is made by monks up on the
Alps. They fill little flask with it and
send out their ST. Bernard dogs TO
find travellers who may be overcome by
the cold. When a poor, half-frozen
fellow is found he drinks 4 little of
this cordial from the flask and then he
is able 10 follow the dogs TO place of
shelter. = The men listened to the
story in silence. Finally one of them
mustered up courage to speak.
Have you any gin?" he asked.
Certainly said the congressman,
as ne laid aside the cordial. Help
YOURSELF The men took good. sub
stantial drink of gin and smiled
happily over its familiar taste. That
wasn't bad, said one Of them.
Now bring on your liquor - Wash
ington Post.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10

Are your eyes good? Do nos tribe
with them. but use good Lamp. and
no better ran be found than the Miller.
which gives light at oDcr strong.
sniff aH3 steady
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10

The Rutland hoard of trade has
adopted resolutions symrathiEing with
the Cuban rebels and recommending
10 Vermont representatives, il congress
an effort L. induce the country n rec
ognize them as beiliccrents.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10

"Old, yet ever new, and simple and
beautiful ever, sings the poat, in
words which might we'll apply to
Ayers Sarsaparilla-the most efficient
and scientific blood-puriter ever
offered to suffering humanity Moth
ing but superior merit keeps il So long
AT the front
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10
NSafpoie.

Tuy guessing contest n John 5 Wt.rt r
printing cllic~ lu>,i last TUESDAY. Mis- En-
ma TEomp-o. 'yt> the champion --uesser amt
secured the pr. which was large oil rain;
!n-.
The l"iit-' sewing =Uciety connected with
the Coz. - -atioual church met "Wednesday If
terncCu N the church pa-lors.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10

The installation Of the wslpole grange officers
took place Tdes'iav, after which supper wa.
served.
:. >. Washer has sold out his business here
and moved 10 Springfield, where he has pur
chased a bakery.
Carl smith has been appoir ted chief OF 10
llGe IN place Of Frank Grimm.
W"' at o j Butiorheld's mill Is nearly at =
staEdsliil, owing TO lack OF snow.
Charles Sargent left Tuesday for Kimball
Union Academy at Merideu, n, where he
TAKE post graduate course, preparatory for
cult-.
7 g Bufum returned TO hia me Heal studies IN
\e2 York city, Monday.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10
w

HyASTEn --<everal Trustworthy Scnticmcn
w OF latics 10 travel In Vermont, for essae-
hsted, reliable house Saizry $50 and expeD=Ss.
steady position. Enclose refCrence ard self
addressed stamped envelope. The Dominion
60. 1'hiT-f Poor O-zhs EtiE-, Chicago. III.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10
Wants to xiv. Congress the Credit


1t is curious fact that in all hic
50 called explanation not the slight
est mention is made OF the fact that,
as long as February last the congress
OF the United States, then decidedly
Democratic, by the vote Of a large
majority OF its members, directed the
president to make TO the government
Of Great Britain precisely the repre-
sensations made in Secretary Olney's
note, completed and forwarded in
July. five months later. The Anglo
Mugwumps are strangely blind to
this fact They are calling down
curses on Mr. Cleyeland's head for
doing precisely what congress directed
him to do. That he did il con amore
IS to his credit, indeed, but does not
affect the equities OF the case at all
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10
Wesfm Oreland

III. ladies social circle held social and sup
PEI a-t evening at the home of Me- Henry Hop
lins.
The Westmorclani Insurance Co reelected
their Old officers last saturday.
Thf : OG will meet At + VI Green's Tues
dng tFening for the installation Of officers
McWi1ers are requested to bring refreshments.
Mis-, Lois Leach has gone to Boston, where she
spent. the remainder OF the winter.
Tic Cheshire house al keeHe was ri led sat
urlaE, and landlord iIartSel fined $50 amt
Gusts Tor keeping and selling.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10
:: COUPLE POINTS ABOUT TIN MES
SAGE.
Wants to Blame the Republicans
From the \ y World

Yet il deserves to be- said that the
Republican politicians really caused
the message and are responsible for the
humiliating war furry and bluster
that followed it.
Ever since the extraordinary Ha-
waiian episode the Republican news
papers. and Republicans generally
have ieered and howled at the prcsi-
dent or account of his foreign policy.
They have assumed to have monopoly
of patriotism. Uncle Sam has been
populasized by them as walking
around with chip on each shoulder,
his star spangled coat tails dragging
on the ground with challenge 10 any
body TO step on them, and himself pro
claiming in loud tones his ability to
lick all creation. and expressing
his burning desire TO prove il. At
that time the Republicans had no re-
sponsibility for the conduct of the
government, and could afford TO badger
a president who they imagined would
never take them at their word
But certain very cunning Democrats
conceived the idea of stealing the
lingo thunder and beating the Re
publicans at the patriotic game.
Mr.. Olney became their instrument
and the president their mouthpieco.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-18
PIoUs LIrrLE PRIGs.

GAgnes Repplier in December Scribner.l
We first introduced into the literature
of the Sunday school the extensively pi-
GUS little Christian who makes her
father and mother, her uncles and her
-aunts, even her veritable grand parents,
the subjects Of her spiritual ministra-
lions.
We first taught her to confront, Bible
in hand, the harmless adults who had
given her birth, and to annihilate their
feeble arguments with denunciatory
texts.
We first surrounded her with the per
secutions of the worldly minded, that
her virtues might shine more glaringly
in the gloom, and disquisitions on duty
be never out of place. Daisy, in Mel
bourne House, is an example of a per-
niciously good child who has the con-
version of her family on her hands and
is well aware of the dignity of her posi-
ton. Her trials, her triumphs, her
sufferings and rewards, fill two portly
volumes, and have doubtless inspired
many young reader to set immediate
" about the correction of her parents
faults
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-18
SUNDAY wHEELMEN.

LFrOm the New York Press
There was a gorgeous pageant in the
Western Boulevard between . and o.
m. yesterday. 1t was just as gorgeous
on the Sunday before, and viii be the
same on next Sunday, if the delightful
wheeling weather continues
Every rider was in costume. Every
costume was spick and span. The men
wore the uniforms of their clubs There
We're military caps and shoulder straps.
There We're belted blouses of all colors
and all patterns. There We're knee
breeches to match. and gayest of stock
ings set off the calves that are the
glory of the wheelmen.
They were a. clean-shaVen, we'll
groOmed, vigorous, muscular lot.
But these splendid men We're not what
the gay prOmenaders were out to see.
Attractive as manly beauty is, woman
~ beauty is more 50. And WOnanly
beauty was out in all its glory. The
eye of every promenader wandered
down the line to the rows of trim an
kles following pedals that glittered in
the afternoon sunshine The flower of
the bootmaker's art had been called in
to requisitiOn to embeIlish. And above
thu ankle the lines of beauty diVerged
in graceful curves until lost in the fut-
ter of skirts.
Sometimes the expanding limb was
encased in yellow leather; sometimes
there was only glistening silk. The
Bacchante's neither limbs We're not
modelled after those of the New York
bicycling girl, else the harsh critics Of
Boston would have been charmed into
silence
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-18
PASSING OF THE IRISH.

lC. III. Basset in December North Amer
lean Review-I
While the familiar struggle of the
irish against the English continues to
be in evidence wherever there are Irish
men, things have arrived at the pathet-
lie stage in ireland. To the stranger en-
tering Dublin or Belfast, it looks as if
the island that had given letters to
England had been repeopIed by Britons.
In every business thoroughfare the
names that meet the eve are suggestive
Of England. Scotland and Wales. The
admixture Of French. German. Italian,
and Spanish names. 50 common in Eng
land, is reproduced apparently in the
same proportions
When one takes up the leading daily
newspapers enough is found to corrObO-
rate the opinion that the repeopling is
an accomplished fact. In a recent is
sue Of a Dublin journal the Irish Times,
there appeared in the advertisements
325 English, WEIGH, Scotch,
French. German. Italian and spanish
to 50 Irish names
The owner of the leading Irish news
paper was born in Scotland. Sir John
Arnott Baronet, and the name Of the
founder Knox, is associated with stir
ring period of Scottish religious history
ia the 10th century
Ina the leading directory Of Ireland
Thorn 's-there is found an abundance OF
material in favor of the same line of
thought. The list Of landowners. mag
istrates, Protestant clergymen. and vet
Urinary surgeons make poor account of
distinctiVely Irish names In the manu-
featuring districts of the country the
paucity of Irish names is remarkable.
From one end Of the island to the other
the great Industries, with few excep-
tions, are operated by men whose names
are not Irish.
English is the language Of the coun-
try lit is taught in the public schools
and with rare exceptions, exclusively
spoken in the homes Very few of the
Roman Catholic clergymen in English
speaking Ireland are capable of preach
ing in the mother tongue, and even if
they were. fewer still would be able to
understand them Within so years a
greater change has taken place in re-
gard to the English language. Protest
ants and Catholics formerly knew some
thing of it, As the popular watering
places along the southwest coast, the
children prattled in Irish and Irish was
the language of the army of donkey
boys and bathing box women. Now
the donkeys are cudgeled by boys who
use the English language and the youn-
ger bathing box women are recognized
for natives by the sweetness and soft
ness of the '-brOgue'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-18
A JOKE ON THE PASTOR.

(From the Chicago Times-H erald)
Unconscious harmony between sermon
ana response was too much for the Rev
simon u Mcpherson yesterday morning
He preached on He'll in the Second
Presbyterian church. but found the re-
Spouse selected by the innocent organisr
hymn was changed. but not before the
air had been played. to the accompani-
ment of broad grin on the face of every
one present DR. Mcpherson does not
reIl. as to the sermon he intends to preach
on Sundays. Mr.. AIcCarren does not
worry the pastor about the hymns he Sc
lecIS LOT the WOrshlppers to sing. Both
trust each other implicitly but i'm the
future DIT Mcpherson viii look over the
list of hymns before he goes into the pull
and pictured i'm burning words the ter
rofs awaiting the unrepentant wicked i'm
the next world. His sermon made a deep
impression ON the congregation. AT the
conclusion of the discourse the pastor
usually announces the hymn to be sung
as a response The Organist had NOT
he selected the response and thought no
more about it after he had compiled his
list Of hymns
The pastor fumbled with the list
coughed and looked a trffle embarrassed
The oRganist began to play the ain pianis-
SlmOs and broad grin spread over every
face. I3r. MCPHERSON looked appealingly
upward 70 the Organlst, and then turned
over the leaves of the hymnbOok with
desperate eagerneSS MI AICC'arrell left
his pipes and hurried down to the pas
I'VE must change that response" whis-
pered the pastor
'-ANhy2" asked the organist innocently
4 nave been preaching on He'll" said
DR.. Mcpherson. and the response YOU
have chosen lis What Must Tit Be to BE
There We cannot have that"
Even the solemn Organist grinneG as
he climbed % the organ and started uD
Art Thou Weary2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-18
quail
TFrom Forest and stream.l

IFrom Forest and Stream
The sportsmen of the south Will now
turn their attention to the quail, and as
the crop is unusually abundant in Ar
kansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisi-
ana and Texas, there is not much ques-
ton where to go in order to get good
shooting Mr. Harry Stevenson in
formed me while at the Vicksburg
shoot that quail shooting was good in
the vicinity Of Monroe, La, and that
they never went a great way from
the city to do their shooting. Mr..
Frank Alright told me that it was no
difficult task to find from fifteen to
twenty bevies in days hunt within a
short distance of Natchez, Miss. At
Nlcksburg. too. the birds are plentiful,
and Mr.. VIII Miller and Mr.. Bradford
told me that they had some fine sport
with the birds this fall All along the
line of the Yazoo Valley railroad good
shooting is to be had, and a man can
not go much amiss in any part of Mis-
sissippi Locally the birds are plenti-
full, but not much attention has been
paid to them, as the weather up to the
present cold snap has been too warm.
But now that there is frost in the air
and all the vegetation has been killed
off, they viii get little rest until
March
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-18

younger criminals Of Kansas birth in
the state penitentiary at Lansing are
descendants Of persons sent to Kansas
by the aid societies of the east In
some cases both parents have belonged
to this class. 1t is well known that
Kansas has been made a dumping
ground for pauper and criminal chill
dren from the eastern cities for forty
years. IF this statement regarding the
cOnvicts at Lansing be true it explains
in a large measure why the number of
criminals in Kansas is so wholly out Of
proportion to what should reasonably
be expected in so sober and industrious
a population as ours Moreover some
thing should be done to stop the in
fiux of pauper and crime bred children,
which is still going on Only recently a
batch Of these arrived at Olathe to still
further add. in years to come, to the
nopuiatiOn of LANSING
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-18
cLEvELANp,s TAsTF.
washington Correspondence Chicag
Record

Washington Correspondence Chicago
Record
The president and several of his cab
met went to the theater Wednesday
evening to see Theodore Hamilton in
the title role of Mark TWain's play.
Puddenhead Wilson The president
is very fond Of the story, and when
FRANK Mayo was here a year ago was
disappointed because he could not see
him in the character which I believe
Mayo created: but he was delighted
with Hamilton, and is now reading the
story again lie quotes the wise
aphorisms Of "Puddenhead" to the
members Of his official family on all Oc-
casions these days. As well as to other
callers that are fortunate enough to
get into the executive chamber. Sec
rotary Francis. who is from Missouri,
is compelled to endure a good deal of
chatting. for the scene of the play is
laid in that state, and some of the
characters are said to have been drawn
from life. lit happened that Mr.. Fran
els had another engagement the night
that the rest of the administration
went to the theater, but the president
pretends to believe that he stayed
away because he was sensitive about
seeing the caricatures of his fellow-cit-
liens.
MI Hamilton. who has taken the
part since the death of Mr. Mayo, is an
old fashioned stock actor, better known
in the southern than in the northern
states, and ne looks and acts the char
acter and will undoubtedly make
great success Of it,
President Cleveland does not often
read books. although last summer in
the intervals of fishing he read in sue
cession everything that Ian Maclaren
has written. When the Rev. John
Watson was here recently he attend
ed his lecture and invited him to dine
at the White House He was first at
tracted to Beside the Bonnie Brier
Bush" by the fragments which were
read to him by Mrs. Cleveland He took
it up in a leisure moment himself, and
became 50 much interested that he has
since read everything DR.. Watson has
in print, and it must have gratifed the
author when he recently learned the
fact from the Presidents own lips
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-18
TFrom Harper's Bazar.l


The chief characteristics of a Christ
mas dinner table should be brightness
and glowing color. On this account
table decorations in which red and
green are skillfully combined are very
effective for a Yule-tide dinner.
The cloth may be of white satin dam
ask The centerpiece is a round Of
white satin embroidered in a. design Of
holly leaves and berries. on this CEN
terpiece rests a huge bowl of holly
with its glossy green leaves and scar
let berries. From beneath the bowl
stretch streamers of broad red satin
ribbon to the four corners of the table
At each corner the ribbon ends in a
large bow i'm which is fastened bunch
of holly The candle shades are of
deep red and cast a warm glow upon
the white cloth Boutonnieres for the
gentlemen are sprigs Of holly. while
deep red Jacqueminot roses form the
ladies' corsage bouquets White and
green or white and gold china is pretty
upon a table thus laid, although any
dishes may be used that viii not con-
trast unfavorably with the red and
green decorations
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-18
HERBERT SPENCER.

from the Philadelphia Americana
No monument that his admirers con-
template putting up IN honor of Her
bert Spencer can rival in dignity ana
durableness his own monumental work
on sociology. A statue is absurd in the
ease of SO modest a man, who is known
by sight To fewer people i'm England
than amy other literary man of amy
standing whatever. Spencer and Black
more the novelist are almost the only
writer's of note guiltless of the vanity
of counting the photographer and In
tarvieWer. The greatness Of Spencer is
of the kind that has no eye-catching
features such as please the ltitude.
it needs none now, and he himself Will
be the first to deprecate anything de
signed to cap his solid fame with what
appeals to the popularity-loving order
of mind.
Among the instances Of supreme
moral bravery told of writer's, such as
Newton and Carlyle, who re- wrote man
uscripts accidentally destroyed by fire.
Spencer'S resolute perseverance against
still greater discouragements viii hold
q front place. Note his quiet allusion
TO those difficulties in his preface to
the complete work.
"On looking back over the six and
thirty years which have passed since
the Synthetic Philosophy was COM
menced. i ann surprised at my audacity
in undertaking it, and still more sur
prised by its completion In 1860 my
small resources had been nearly an
filtered away in writing and publishing
books which did not repay their eX-
penses, and I was suffering under a
chronic disorder caused by OvertaX of
brain in 1850 which wholly isabling
me for Is months. thereafter limited my
work to three hours a day. and usual
" to less. How insane my project must
have seemed to onloolers may be judg
ed from the fact that before the first
chapter of the first volume was finish
ed one of my nervous brea kdOWns
obliged me to desist.'4
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-18

The senate appears to coincide with
the view expressed by the president in
his annual message. which is to the
effect that no increase in government
revenues is needed at present The
Dingley bill. therefore which was con
sidered of immediate necessity during
the last session of congress. has been
abandoned Then it was well under
stood that id could not pass. at the time
OF its Introduction. now there is little
doubt of its success if its passage were
urged The action of the friends of
the Dingley measure remind one forci-
bly, of the old story of the bank depos-
Itor who wanted his money if it was
not there. but if the bank had it he
cid not want it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-18

1t is unlSind for Senator Sherman to
insist that President Cleveland sold
bonds to meet government expenses
when the president has been doing his
best to convince the people that the
bonds were sold for the purpose of
maintaining the gold reserve. 1t
smacks of ingratitude.