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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-02-03
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
ESTATE OF NANCY II. TROXV.

The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District Of Wash
ington commissioners to receive, examine ana adj
the estate Of NANCY y. rROW, late Of Mont
peuer, M 9aid District, deceased, and an claims
exhibited in offset thereto hereby give notice that
we viii meet for purposes aforesaid at the Mont
pener savings Bank and Trust Company, in the city
Of Moptpei Ter. in said District. on he 18TH day Of
February aud the i2th day of July next. from ten
O'Clock A. -. until two o'cOcb p. M. each Of said
days and that six months from ti 18th day Of jan
uary, \. ID, 1877, Is the time limited by said Court
for said creditors to present cir claims tor
examination and allowance.
Dated at Montpelier, this 2tth day of January
A. d. 1891.
JAMES w. BROCK, r.
1899 ALBERT w. FERRIN, Nom
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-02-03
LEGAL NOTICES.
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE,
ESTATE OF SARAH JENNINGS

The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court FOR the District of Wash
inRton commissioners to receive, exam Inc and adj
Just all claims and demands OF all pc sons aga the
estate of SARAH JENNINGS, late Of Woodbury.,
III said District deceased, and all claims exhibited
In offset thereto hereby give notice that we viii
meet for the purposes aforesaid, a. the Town
Clerks office, in the town Of Woodbury. in
said District, on the 3rd day Of April ana
the Sd day OF July next from ten o'clock
a. NJ until four o'clock ~. each of said days and
that six months from the 18th day Of January,
A. D. 1891, Ia the time limited by said Court for said
creditors 20 present their clair 90 us for exami-
nation and allowance.
Dated at Woodbury., this 22nd day Of January,
1898 e. NJ. DANIEL, (Oummasiohefs'
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-02-03
Enthusiasm Wasted.

eyes" said the tourist on Lookout
mountain to the stranger who was survey
ing the scenery, ga great battle was fought
on the spot where we stand.
"Indeedp'
eyes, sir. The Federal and Confeder-
ate troops had a terrific engagement here,
and at one time during the action the en-
tire mountain was in blaze"
"Indeedp'
"Fact, sir The banks of the river be-
low there were lined with the dead and
wounded and the trees were shattered and
stripped by the shells.
"Awfulp'
"You may well say SO. By the bye,
where were you at that timer"
II was in the battle that you were speak
ing Of" replied the stranger serenely.-
Chicago Times Herald
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-02-03

STANDS AT THE HEAD.-Aug. j..
Bogel, the leading druggist of Shreeve-
port, La, says: DIR. Kings New
Discovery is the only thing that cures
my cough, and it is the best seller l
have" j. F. Campbell, merchant, of
Stafford, Ariz., writes: "Dr. Kings
New Discovery is all that is claimed
for it; it never fails, and is sure cure
for consumption, coughs and colds. l
cannot say enough for its merits" DR..
Kings New Discovery for consump-
ton, coughs and colds is not an ex-
pertinent. 1t has been tried for a
quarter of century, and to-day stands
at the head. 1t never disappoints.
Free trial bottles at G. Blakely's drug
store, Montpelier. VT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-02-03

zeal Sclence DID not mdkH
some progress. The telegraph and tele-
phone, the phonograph, the electric light
all were once impossible, and once it was
impossible to cure consumption. That was
before the time of DIR. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery Taken according to direc-
tons, this standard remedy will cure % per
ton is caused and fostered by impurity in
the blood. 1t is cured by purity and rich
ness of the blood-surely, certainly cured
by the "Medical Discovery" 1t builds up
solid healthy flesh and vigorous strength.
DR. Pierces Common Sense Medical Adviser
a 1908 page medical work, profusely illustrated
will be sent free receipt Of 81 one-cent stamps
TO cover postage only. Address, Worlds Dis
pensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-02-03
JAMES w. BROCK, To-.
- ALBERT w. FERRIN, { Noul
ESTATE OF WHITMAN G. FERRIN.
STATE OF VERMONT,
DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON, SO.

DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON, SO.
In Probate Court held at Montpelier, IN ard for
said District, on the 18th day of January D. 1887;
Albert w. Ferrin and Charles II. Ferrin, Execu-
tors Of the last will and testament of WHITMAN
q: FERRlN, late of Montpelier, in said Dis
trict, deceased, present their administration ac-
count for examination and allow ance, and makes
application for decree OF distribution and partition
of the estate of said deceased. Whereupon, 1t is
ordered by said ourt tha said account and said ap-
pcation be referr Il session thereof, to be held
at the Probate ONCE, in said Montpelier the 5th
day of February, A. d. 1897 for hearing and decision
thereon And, 1t is further ordered, that no.
tice hereof be given to all persons interested by
publication of the same three weeks successvely in
the Vermont Watchmdn d State Journal, newspaper
published at Montpelier, previous to said time ap-
pointed for hearing, that they may appear at said
time and place, and show cause, If any they may
nave, why said account should not be allowed and
such decree made
By the Court.-Attest
1888 HIRAM CARLTON. Juoee.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-02-03
COMMISSIONERS NOTIuK.
ESTATE OF ALPuONZO HART.

The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District Of Wash-
iingtol,i commissioners to receive, examine Az adj
The estate Of ALPHONZO HARE late of Water.
hibted In Offset thereto. hereby give notice that
we VIII meet for the purposes aforesaid at the dwell
ing house OF i. n. Smith, In the town Of Water
bury, IN said District on the 18th day of February
ana bth day OF July next, from one O'Clock p. NJ,
until four O'Clock ?. each OF said days ana that
six months from " 18th day OF January, A. D. 1897
Is the time limit ed by said Court for said creditors
10 present Their claims to us for examination and
allowance
Dated at Waterbury this 25th day of January.
A. ID. 1897.
.,.o FRANK n SMITH, lCommiasioner,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-02-03
BARRE TRAINS.
Central Vermont Railroad.
Commencing January "a, 1851,

Commencing January "a, 1857.
Trains Going South and East ,oiH Leave Mont
pelier as follotos:
s:5BA. NJ. MAIL, for Fitchburg, Rostor Spring
field, New London and New York. Wagner Parlor
Car to Boston, without change.
eli. and New York Via Springfield. Wagner PariOr
b:BB p. M. PASSENGER. for WHIT. River
Junction, connecting with mixed train for Windsor.
and ri so "a IN New SsS SoSs s sosS
Wagner sleepers to Boston and to Springfield.
Trains Going North and West:
81: 80 A. M. EXPRESS. for Montreal. ogdens.
burg. Ottawa and the West. Wagner Cars to Mont
real and Ottawa
Z IO:ISA. M. PASSENGER. for Burlington Rut
land .Albans. Richford and Rouses Point, making
connections for Rutland. Troy, Albany and New
$3.50 P. M. PASSENGER. fer Burlington. st
Aibans, Montreal. Norwood and Oedensbure. wag.
neT Parl15 Car TO Montreal without change q,
bans, and Montreal. Pullman sleeping car from
Montpelier to Chicago without change. Due in
Junction for Troy Albany and New York.
Through tickets to Chicago and all points West Tor
sale at the principal stations.
Suburban Train Service.
Leave Montpelier at $50 s'ls 1850. A. NJ. n.ss.
$50, s:ls ?. \. Arrive st Barre twenty minutei
Leave Barre a. s'f =. s''S A. sos. sO
co. T. n sax ATTN sme. montpelier twenty min
Trains leave Or williamstown at l2:s5 p. N, and
s5OP.H.
.Daily, Sundays included. Sundays only.
All passenger ssins win stop at the Pioneer Works,
TO take or leav' passengers when signAled.
BIB. BAILEY. Agent.
n. W. Bl'DWIN, General Superintendent
s. W. CUMMINGS. General Passenger Agent
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-02-03
ESTATE OF EDWIN H. FOSTER.
STATE OF VERMONT.
DISTRICT OF WARRINGTON, IS.

In Probate Court. held at Montpelier. In and 70,
said District, on the 26th day OF January, A. D. 1881
testament Of EDWIN H. FOSTER late Of East Mont
pelier in said District deceased presents bis admin
stration account for 81 and allowance. and
makes application for decree of distribution and
partition II thu estate Of said deceased Whereupos
Il is ordered by said Court that said account and
said application be referred to session thsr. Of
pelier. on the 18th day OF February, A; lsT,
FOR hearing and decision thereon And &c ls furthe
terested by publication of the same three weeks sue
cessively In the Vermont Watehman STATE Journal
a newspaper published at Montpelier, previous
said time appointed for hearing, that they may sp
pear at said time and place. and show cause, II any
they ~ have, why said account should not be al
lowed and such decree made.
BY the Court.-Attest,
1873 HIRAM CARLETON. Jadge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-02-03

THE growth of the English language
during the present century has been
without parallel in the history of any
tongue. The commercial associations
of the English and American people
with all the nations of the earth have
have brought contributions from every
cline to enrich our mother tongue, and
the result is that there are words in
common use in the English language
from every language on the face of the
earth.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-02-03
Dinner Diplomacy,

He-I have asked Huxley to dine with
us this evening.
She-I do wish you wouldn't invite that
man. He is such disagreeable person.
He-Well, if l don't, he Is sure to ask
me, and they never have anything fit to
eat.-Strand Magazine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-02-03

"Yes, he is in terrible fix Can't sleep
at night, nervous and generally all broke
up"
IT wonder what caused itf''
"Overrest. Washington Times
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-02-03

Seems as If con-
s u IN ption always
picks out the bright
est and best. Fully
one-sixth of all the
deaths that occur in
the world are caused
by consum ption.
Many things were
once considered i'm.
possible. Ii would
be strange if med
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-02-03
For Sale at a Bargain!

On Northheld street; House and small Building
Lot, First-ciass Investment. A. j. HOWE,
Real Estate Agent
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-09-08
THE RUSH FOR GOLD.
PREVIOUS CRAZES RECALLED BY
kLONDIkE EXCITEMENT.
Many Fortune-seekers Froze in the
Mountains on the Way to Rocky
Belle, While Hundreds Died of
Thirst and Heat.
Trials of Pioneer Miners,

The rush of gold-hungry men TO the
Yukon has revived recollections of fl
nous stampedes to other mining fields.
The first great excitement of course.
followed the discovery of gold in Cali
fornia and many stories of suffering
and death are mingled with the tales
of fabulous wealth. But there have
been other and far more thrilling
craZes. These came when the news was
brought to the almost exhausted gold
fields of California that great discov-
cries had been made elsewhere and
the miners set out to find the new
riches.
Probably the widest stampede ever
known in the southwest was that to
the Rocky Belle camp in northern
Arizona, in the region of tie Moqui In
dian reservation, in December, 1874.
The region is 5000 feet above the sea
and lies among snow clad mountains.
1t was an unusually cold winter when
the news went abroad that Hank Bin
ford and his companions had struck
whole mountain of gold rock that
assayed oyer 5000 to the ton. The re-
port seemed incredible at first. but
when samples of the ore were seen by
miners in Tucson, Albuquerque and
Los Angeles they proved sufficient to
satisfy the most skeptical. A week
more and over 1000 miners from every
part of Arizona and Southern Califor-
mia We're moving DAY and night,
scarcely stopping for food and sleep,
toward the Rocky Belle camp. Hun
dreds of men travelled 100 and 500 miles
on foot and with mules and donkeys
to the new diggings, and nearly all
Travelled across desert and mountain
for distance of $50 to 300 miles. AS
the multitude journeyed on the report
of the richness Of Hank Binford's find
grew until it seemed as If wagon loads
of rich gold ore awaited the travellers
Merchants and professional men in
Maricopa and Tucson and that part of
Southern Arizona became imbued with
the spirit of the miners, and turning
their business over to others, joined in
the movement on Rocky Belle. The
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-09-08

in the cellar an old we'll that was
boarded over and had a trapdoor. with
an old-fashioned paddock. Thinking
the place might be utilized as a cold
storage, he tried to raise the trap, that
had evidently not been touched for
years. Not before breaking the lock
was he able to get it open, and then he
found the well too deep to see the bot
tom. With the aid of rope and Ian
tern he discovered that there was some
thing moving in the water, and after
keeping very quie. for a moment saw
what looked like fish swimming near
the surface. AS an experiment he de-
cided to do some angling, and soon had
a piece of string with bent pin and a
worm down the well. In ten minutes
he had caught twenty-one fish and then
decided to go out of the dark cellar and
examine hislcatch. They proved to be
fish of the trout variety, but the oldest
part of it was that all We're eyeless and
snow white. How they came there and
what kept them alive is a mystery that
none of the residents seem able to
solve, but the fish are plentiful and are
good eating, so Mr.. Lopez is satisfied
Philadelphia Record.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-09-08

camp had very little money, or none
at all, and knew no way of earning
it except by the hardest kind of man
ual labor, to which they were unused
1t cost 81 a night to sleep in a dirty,
rough pine bunk Water sold at 20
cents a gallon, small dish of beans
at so cents, tallow candles at two bits
GO cents, common overalls at 50 each
smoked hams at $12 each, and cowhide
boots We're disposed of as fast as they
could be hauled to camp across the
desert from Los Angeles and Yuma
for $50 pair. 1t was ground hog
case with these commodities for the
first ten months of Tombstone-take
them at the price asked or go without.
In 1881 all the Tombstone mines that
paid well were in the hands of a few
persons, and the population of the
place had gone down to 5000. In 1888
the mines, with two exceptions, began
to peter out, and the population
dropped to 5000. Since then it has
gone down slowly to less than 1000
souls.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-09-08

ing gum. y walk through a leading
chewing gum factory is interesting.
Here over LOCO, 100000 pieces of gum
are annually produced and shipped to
every portion of the world. Three hun
dred employees are engaged in the man.
ufaeture of the gum, the first step Of
which is the importation of the raw
chicle, which is gathered by the poems
in Mexico and exported in bales con.
tanning about 100 pounds each.
The gum is. taken from the bales and
chopped into small piees% These are
freed from tree bark and chips by
steaming and picking. Then it is
ground in mills making 3,400 revolu-
tons Il minute.
The ground gum is subject to con-
tinuous heat of 1l0 degrees Fahrenheit
in drying-rooms. From here the gum
is sent to the 'white-aproned cook"
who adds the purest sugar and the
freshest cream, granulated pepsin,
powdered guru or kola or other desired
ingredient to it and cooks ii in steam
lacked caldron, where it is turned and
HllAeu ny an Ingenious uouIle-ucllnS
heater or rotating paddle until it has
assumed the consistency of bread
dough.
Now the dough boys" take hold of 1t
and knead it in finely powdered sngar
passing it through to the "rollers,"
where it is rolled between steel rollers
until it is of the proper thickness, when
it is whisked away to the markers"
The markers are steel-knived rollers
which leave their impress upon the long
sheets of appetizing gum before 1t goes
to the seasoning-room. after which it
is broken on the lines left by the mark
ers. Now the gum finds its way to the
wrapping-room. The nimble fingers Of
100 dainty maidens are here at play.
Under their deft touch waxed paper
tin-foil and pretty wrappers envelop
the gum quick as wink, and in anoth-
er moment the packers have the gum
to place in jars or boxes, wherein it Is
supplied for sale to the general public.
-Confectioners Journal
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-09-08

news of the finding of great deposits of
gold and silver in Tombstone in 1879.
Miners from every part of the Pacific
coast caught the fever for gold, and as
week after week samples of the Tomb
stone rock were more widely circulat-
ed, and rumors went forth concerning
the fortunes this or that man or com
pany was getting out of the hills and
mountains about the new camp, thou
sands started FOR Tombstone. Hun
dreds of young men and youths in the
older States We're wild with zeal to
hasten to the new El Dorado and
started across the continent with little
or no preparation. In less than four
months after Gird and the Hawkinses
began getting several thousand dollars
da.s from their mines there were over
COCO persons in the camp, and several
months later Tombstone had a popula-
tion of over 10000 men and 200 women.
There never was another camp in the
southwest like that at Tombstone in
1870 and 1880. Indeed, there have been
very few similar communities in the
world. For over seven months the
daily output of precious metals aver
aged about $4,000. Over a dozen men
went there penniless and came back
worth over 100000 in less than year,
and six or seven men struck it rich and
sold out for over a million each. Fully
half the population walked hundreds
of miles to get there. No railroad ran
through Southern Arizona in those
days, and the awful Colorado and Mo
jaye deserts had to be crossed in
wagons or on foot by the multitudes
of fortune seekers from California.
Desert sand storms We're encountered,
and for days travellers to Tombstone
endured temperature of over 130 de-
grees in the shade. Many a man died
on the hot, sandy plains.
Miners on their way to the new camp
from the East and the South toiled
across the Arizona alkai plains.
through immense cactus areas, and
risked their lives in the then hostile
land of the Apache Indians. For miles
and miles the travellers were without
Naltl, ioi iHtlt Ntlt no WtllS, TlNtTS
or springs and many n man, with his
family and horses, died of thirst. But
hardship, pain, suffering and risk of
life were all secondary to an early ar
rival in Tombstone and the location
of a mining claim. When Tombstone
was reached there We're new privations
and more physical distress for the
greater number, especially for those
who had hastened from offices, stores,
shops, clerkships and the pastors
study. Over one-third of the men in
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-09-08
Fish Story without a Peer.

AS the fish stories of the amateurs
begin to drift in and render the JOY of
living at least Il doubtful quantity, n
writer claims attention with this one
Quite an odd find WIS happened upon
one day last week by Jack Lopez, who
is spending the summer at Swarthmore,
Pa. The house which has been taken
by the family Is used in the winter as
a boarding school for girls, but was
originally n private house. While talk
ing look over the place, Lopez found
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-09-08

hardships that the fortune-seekers suf-
fered In the mountains will never be
fully known. A large number of men
coming out of the warm, balmy air of
the semi-tropic valleys lost their lives
amid the snow banks and ice in the
mountains, and many man was made
an invalid for life because of exposure
to the biting cold during the stampede.
A severe blizzard ragged in the noun
tains for several days while the miners
were slowly trudging through them.
In one party of 100 men from New
Mexico four men We're frozen to death
one morning, and it is thought that
fully twenty more died in the same
way in the mountains at that time. TO
this day there are in California and
Arizona gray-headed miners who lack
n finger, a toe or an ear lost In the ter
rible cold of that stampede.
When at last the Rocky Belle dig
ginrs were reached it was soon seen
that there was no ore in the district
worth the digging except in the claims
held by Hank Binford and his friends,
and that the reports of their finds had
been exaggerated beyond all reason.
Blnfords own mine petered out a
vear or two later and he got only n
few thousand dollars from it.
The Rush to Tombstone.
With the possible exception of the
rush to the Leadvllle mining district
In Colorado, there has been none any
where In forty years attended with
more excitement than followed the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-09-08
HOW CHEWING GUM is MADE.

Processes Through Which 1t Passes
from the Tree to the Consumer.
-Four million pounds of gum chic,e,
the product of the Mexican sapota tree,
entered the United States during 1895.
This entire product. valued at nearly
$1.500,000, became the basis Of chew
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-09-08
Tiny Oxen Found in Asia.

In Ceylon and neighboring countries
ON the mainland of Asia there is a
race of dimlnutiye oxen which never
grow to more than two and a half
feet in height. Nevertheless, they are
strong, sw lift and very enduring.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-09-08
LIQUORS AND CIGARS

To be hhu III LIt MN NU''
MIR. Thomas will conduct nothing but a nrst'
class house aud cordial welcome VIII Dc OK
tended to all guests.