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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01

given to singing hymns. Reed thought
he had heard the voice. Approaching
the singer, he engaged him in CONVEX
saton, with the following result:
sc Have we met before2'
"'Not that know of, sah.'
"' Your voice has familiar sound
"Then he thought of the hymns he
had heard on the side of that Tennes-
see mountain.
CO Do you belong to an Arkansas
brigade?' asked Reed
"' No, sab, Pm Tennessee SOL
der
"' Were you with an Arkansas brig
ade when it went into camp on Ten
nessee mountain last October2' He
named the locality.
CO was on the mountain you speak
of, but not with an Arkansas brigade. ,
did you sing hymns and then tell
the men of your brigade to sleep and
rest, for the next day they would have a
long, hard march and mayhap fghtp
"' sang that night, sab, and made
the remark, but not to brigade, sah.'
" A regiment?'
"'No, sab, to six men who were
Will LuC vi u bCOuJ. w U cav u LULU VI
twenty or thirty horsemen nearing our
position, and not caring to leave just
then and knowing that we could not
fight so large party we resorted to
that harmless trick to halt the Yankees
and give us chance for short rest,
after which we rode back to camp faster
than we left it,
CO. What is your name, please?'
GO Berry, Captain Berry of the -
Tennessee cavalry, sah.'
CSC Captain Berry, I'm glad to meet
you. had command of the party you
mention. Your ruse worked. / march
ed right back to camp, and we got
ready 10 fight large body of Arkansas
troops. You were getting away from
me with as much zeal as l was display
ing in getting away from your COM
mand. Guess you and l had not bet
bet say much about our experiences on
that October scout I've got some
thing as good as the commissary keeps
in this canteen, Try. it,
sc Thank you, sab. 1 never drink
GO A Tennessee soldier and don't
drink?'
"' / am also minister Of the gospel,
sah.'
1.-THE two captains became warm
friends. Chicago Times-Herald.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01

darlSened hut outlined against the sky,
A forward sloping field some cedar trees,
Gaunt grasses, stirred by the awakening breeze,
And nearer, where the srayer shadows lie,
Within "A small, paled square, one may descry
The beds wherein the poor first taste Of ease,
Where dewy rose vines shed their spicy lees
Above the dreamless ashes, silently.
lonely woman leans there, bent and gray,
Outlined in part against the Swallowed hill,
In part against the sky, in which the day
Begins to blaze-O earth, 50 sweet, so still
The woman signs, and draws a long, deep
breath,
1t is the call to labor not to death.
Robert Burns Wilson in July Century.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01
Soldiers Reunion.

Thirty-eight of the members of Bat
terry l, Eleventh Vermont Volunteers,
met in Memorial hall at North Calais
on Saturday, August 81, and held their
annual reunion. The weather was
vithout fault or blemisb, and the
same can be said of the entire pro-
gramme. After visit such as can be
known only by old soldiers who in
many cases had not been able to see
each other for years, the entire COM
pany was royalty fed by the ladies and
members of the local Relief Corps.
When the hungry soldiers could eat no
more, the Battery was called to order
by s. H. Foster and the following Off
GERS were elected to serve the ensuing
year: Londus W. Haskell, South Wood
curry, President; John r. Wilson,
Worcester, Secretary; S. B. Fair, North
Calais; Treasurer; Committee of Ar
rangements for next reunion, the Presi-
dent and Comrades Burnap and Blake.
Speaking was then in order and many
scenes were referred to that were both
sublime and ridiculous. There was
present the drum corps with Bancroft
at the head which interpreted music
Will tuo spedkluB anu ItCltdtiOuS III
very acceptable manner. Letters were
read from absent members who could
not be present but showed that their
hearts still beat for Battery l. Among
the speakers were Comrades Leonard
of Calais, Tucker of Barton, Foster of
New York, Hitchcock of Cambridge,
Mass, also by several visiting veterans
and wind up by the irrepressible Cap.
tain Fl. G. Lull. 1t was decided to
hold the next reunion at the same place
next year and at such time as called by
the committee of arrangements.
The entire company wish to thank
the ladies for their bountiful entertain
ment, the quartette who gave us the
patriotic songs and Rotations, and the
several citizens who assisted in making
this reunion stand at the head for its
enjoyments and perfect success. Even
Nature, which had been frowning for
several weeks, put on its brightest
smile for this occasion which will be
long remembered by every veteran of
old Battery l. CoMRADE.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01
GODKIN ON LEGISLATURES.
There Is Not One Such Body Controlled
by Scientific Methods, He Says.

There Is Not One Such Body Controlled
by Scientific Methods, He Says.
One of the faults most frequently found
in the legislatures, says Mr.. Godkin in the
July Atlantic, is the fault of doing too
much do not think l eXaggerate in say
ing that all the buster states in America,
in which most capital is concentrated and
most industry carried on, witness every
meeting of the state Legislature with anx-
iety and alarm. l have never heard such
q meeting wished for or called for by
serious man outside the political class. 10
creates undisguised fear of some sort of
interference with industry, some sort Of
legislation for the benefit of one class or
the trial of some hazardous experiment in
judicial or administrative procedure, or in
public education or taxation.
There is no legislature today which is
controlled by scientific methods or by the
opinion of experts in jurisprudence or Pc
litical economy. Measures devised by such
men are apt to be passed with exceeding
difficulty, while the law is rendered more
and more uncertain by the enormous
number of acts passed on all sorts of sub
iects. Nearly every state has taken steT
toward meeting this danger by combining
the meeting of its Legislature to every Sec
ond year. 1t has said, in other words,
that it must have less legislation. In no
case that l have heard of has the opposi-
ton to this change come from any class
except that engaged in the working of po-
litical machinery is, in the nomina
ton or election of candidates and the fill
ing of places. The rest of the community,
as a rule, halls it with delight.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01

The Indispensable character of many
of the mighty modern engines of war
has been forcibly illustrated in connec-
ton with the late manoeuvers of the
British fleet. Both the Mars and
Terrible, the former a monster of A.
900 tons, were suddenly placed en-
tirely out of the range of action by
trouble with their high pressure cylin-
ders. The truth is that naval construc-
ton at the present day is largely in an
experimental stage. We have dis
carded sails and we cannot depend on
our engines.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01
HOW America Was Named.

Vespucci himself must not be held re-
Bponsible for the usurpation. The uncon-
scious criminal was a certain Martin VALID
seemuller of Fribourg, an eminent cosmog-
rapher patronized by Rene, duke of Lor-
raine. The duke probably showed a letter
of Vespucci's to his geographical friend,
who incorporated its contents with the
treatises which he was issuing under the
assumed name of 'Hylacomylas, and, as
these publications had wide circulation,
the use of the name America thus became
propagated throughout the world.-Mar-
quis of Duflerin in July Scribner's
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE,
ESTATE OF BOWMAN Il. MARTIN.

The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Wash.
ington commissioners to receive, examine and ad
lust all claims and demands of all persons against
the estate of BOWMAN B, MARTIN, late of Marsh
field, IN said District. deceased. and all claims
exhibited In offset thereto, hereby give notice that
will meet for the purposes aforesaid At the resi-
dence of b. b. Martin, Jr, In the town OF Marshheld,
In said District, on the Fist day of September and
2lst day of December next, from one o'clock,
p. M until four o'clock, p NJ. each of said days and
that six months from the Pa day of June, A. ID.
1881 is the time limited'by said Court for said
creditors to present their claims to us for examina
ton and allowance,
Dated at Marshheld this l4th day of August, AID,
1873 g. IS CLINTON 81 Il CUTLER, Commissioners
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01
LEGAL NOTICES.
ESTATE OF FRED W. wALBRIDGE.
STATE OF VERMONT.
DIsTRICT OF WAsHINGTON, ee,

In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, in and for
said District, on the ?lst day of August AID. 1887
Hiram Wells, Administrator of the estate Of
FRED w. WALBRIDGE, late of Cabot, in said
District. deceased, makes application to said Court,
OF the widow ard heirs Of said deceased, re;
siding in the State of Vermont, for license to sell
all Of the real estate of said deceased, situated
In Cabot, in said District, to witt Home farm,
also Hill pasture and woodland, including the
interest of the widow and homestead right therein,
representing that the sale thereof would be
beneficial to the widow and heirs of said de-
ceased, and those interested in his estate; in
order to convert said real estate into
money. whereupon. 1t is ordered by said Court
that said application be referred to session thereof
to be held at the Probate ONCE in said Mont pelier,
the 10th day of September, A. d. 1881, for hear
ing and decision thereon and 1t is fur Their ordered
that all persons interested lie notified hereof by
publication of notice of said application and order
thereon three weeks successively in the Vermont
WdtchmdR d State Journal, newspaper published
at Montpelier this state and which circuates in
the neie hborhoOd of those interested, before said
time tf hearing that they may appear at said time
ard place, and II they see cause, object thereto.
BY the Cnnrt.-Attest.
67-69 HIRAM CARLETON. Judge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01
The London Dowager In Her Element.

The London dowager although often
severe in appearance, is very kind and in
teresting Her name has been for years on
the most exclusive visiting lists, and she
could tell you more about the people in
tho room than the servants themselves,
Sitting often alone and apparently neg
lected, she is not an object of pity, nor has
she merely the habit of going about. She
is much needed member of society," and
she is very happy. She is the social his
torian She gives her candid and much
valued opinion on new engagement, and
can tell just who the young peoples an
cestors were She is SO interesting that
1t is easy to overlook her often ridiculous
clothes and overdisplay of jewelry and to
see beneath her false bang II true and ac-
complished woman. -" London People,
Q. ID. Gibson in July Scrbner's.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
ESTATE OF MARY Il. HUNTOON.

The undersigned. having been appointed by tt
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Wafh
ington commssioners,o receive, examine and adjust
all claims and demands of all persons against the
estate of MARY 4. HUNTOON late of Plainhed,
10 said District deceased and all claims ex-
hibited In offset thereto, hereby give notice that we
will for the purposes aforesaid at the residence
of Dudley b Smith, In the town of Painheld, IN said
District, the 10th day of September and the ith
day of February next from O'Clock p NJ. until
o'clock each Of said days, and that six months
from the 9Th day of August, A. ID. 1897, Is the
time limited by said Court for said creditors to pre-
sent then claims to us for examination and allow
ance
Dated at Plaintied this 25d day of August, A. D.
1881 P F RdE r. b. F SMITNH commissioners
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01

Do you want anything in the line OF
drugs and medicines-no matter what? II
so call on Fred A. Ainsworth, proprietor Of
the new Williamstown drugstore, on Depot
str set one door east Of j. X Lynde's store
IT, perchance, he may not have eractly what
you desire, he will aim to supply it in the
honest prices and square dealing will do 1t,
he is bound to secure fair share of public
patronage. Sewing. machine supplies and a
popular line of stationery are specialties.
Give him call.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01

BUCKLEN's ARNICA SALvE.-The
best save in the world for cuts, bruises,
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores,
letter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns
and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles, or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price twenty-five
cents per box. For sale by g. Blakely,
Montpelier, VI.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01

Guest-Say, waiter, are you positive
that this is wild duck | am eating?
Waiter--Oh, yes, sir; so wild in fact,
we had to chase it round the back yard
for fifteen minutes before we could
catch it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01

Ginnicts-The first thing civiliza-
ton teaches the savage is outward
cleanliness. Cinnicus-And the next
is inward cussedness.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01

Miss Yellowleaf-Yes, l have had
my picture taken once year every
year of my life. Miss Youngbud-How
did you manage before photography
was invented.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01

tails, or itching in any part Of the body,
Doans Ointment is worth its weight in
gold. No matter how longstanding the
trouble, Doan's Ointment will not fail to
give instant relief.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01

THE NAME of Mrs, j. E. Harweil, NEE
Julia Emma Flemming) is a familiar
one in the state Of Georgia. She
writes ut is with pleasure that express
my gratitude for the wonderful benefits /
have received from DR.. Miles Restorative
Remedies, especially the Nervine, the Nerve
and Liver Pills. New Heart Cure aud Anti
Pain Pills. Actual experience has taught
me their great worth. No family should be
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01

without them. They
have fully restored
me from a compllca-
ton of disorders chief
ly affecting the heart,
nervous system and
kidneys. When I trav-
ell l always take one OF
your Anti-pain Pills
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01

HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills, Bill
lousness, indigestion, headache.
Easy to take, easy to operate. 26c.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01

before entering the cars and thus prevent
swimming of the head and nausea, to which
l have been subject for several years"
DR.. Miles Remedies are sold by all drug
gists under positive guarantee, first bottle
benefits or money refunded. Book on Heart
and Nerves sent free to all applicants.
DIR. MILES MEDICAL CO.. Elkhart, Ind.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01
ION = "
MINUTE
COUGH CURE

cures quickly. That is what it wac
made for. Prompt, safe, sure, quick
relief; quick cure. Pleasant to take.
Children like 1t and adults like It.
Mothers buy it for their children.
Prepared by E. Q. Dewitt Il Co., makers OF
We Wits Littlo Early Risers, the famous
Wtle pills
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01

RUBBER STAMPS made to order by tn
Vermont Waterman Company.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-29
THE CAPTAINS VERSION.
He Places Higher Estimates Than
Others ON the Amount OF Cold
On Board.
Nv Associated Pr,


Can't Kidston IN command OF the
steamer Portland. reported a pleasant voy-
age and explained the delay of three days
In reaching Port Angeles by stating that
81 very serious storm AT st. Micnaels de-
layed the discharge Of his cargo. He laugh
ed when told of the reports that the Port
land was carrying over S2.oo0.eoo in gold.
As matter OF fact, he said, there was
only about SS25. 900 in gold dust and mug
gets on board his vessel. Up TO the time
he left st. Mlehaels he had heard of no new
gold fields.
Among the Portland's passengers from
St. Michaels is Timothy Bell who has with
him $4,000. in gold. which he dug from
claim that cost SIS.
William 0gilvie. Dominion surveyor, says
the 60 claims now staked out will yield
$50. 0o0. coo. From number of the Port
lands crew II was learned that Capt. Kid
ston had expected the Weare. enc Of the
company's boats. 10 come down the Yukon
with about 81. 100000 worth of nuggets and
gold dust, but as she did not arrive in time
he decided 10 bring down the treasure
next trip. The United States cutter Bear,
ii is said. will guard the Portland on her
next trip from ST. Miehaels TO Seattle. AS
most miners will make their cleanup by
that time, IL is expected that the Port
lands cargo viii be a very valuable one.
The returning miners say that the re-
ma Manly AlCH CAdliAi5 on I@ttAs aAO ttNth
will number 1l0. Mr. OgLvie estimates
that at the rate these 40 claims are now
producing and considering the ground yet
10 be worked. In the next three years they
Will aggregate about 100000. To this
must be added the favorable possibilities of
pockets ard development OF claims already
found. but not opened so as TO permit q
great production.
There have been other rich strikes on
Stewart river, Hunker. Henderson and In
dian creeks. but none OF these are as rich
as claims on Eldorado and Bonanza
creeks. Until the wonderful discoveries
of klondike were made, ground worth
~ cents 70 the pan, with two or three feet
of pay dirt, were considered very good for
the Yukon, and miners made their money
with rockers and sluices.
This year miners ara passing entirely
over the ground OF this richness In their
search for sand and grayel that Will pay
like that of the Klondike discoveries. Up
to date none of the claims was showing
any signs of exhaustion, and scarcely a
dozen are more than well opened. Every
one has large areas Of ground 10
be worked. One returned miner SAYS II
Is Impossible TO make anything.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-29

could not now be bought for less thSSi 49,
eo. although nothing more than prssVsss
Ing has been doTe on IL.
joe Goldsmith.
Joe Goldsmith. the pioneer or the fu-
kon. Is coming back with stake var
ously stated TO be from $500 10 Sss.eVp.
He went in over the trail among the hrss
this winter reaching the klondKs anu
going 10 work on lay on ere o. -
rnack,s claims on March & He and his
partner, while working on the Carma1A
claim, located claims At the mouth Oh
Skookurn gulch. a tributary OF bonanza
Hundreds OF miners had crossed anu TO
crossed the mouth Of this guich ooNens
OF times during the winter. bat ne ols
thought il worth while 70 locate = CID -,
there. Goldsmith and Powers prospectca
at odd times on the claim, and when
their hole reached bedrock they struck
pay that went from 81 pan upwarus.
On his lay on Carmack's claim ne cieaneu
up several thousands dollars, also tAAii'-
out a couple Of thousand from the SSooA-
UNI claims. He and his partner after-
wards sold the Skookun claims tor s4A'
600 Mr.. Goldsmith IS one OF the most
modest men imaginable, and particElaity
avoids newspaper notoriety, skllttUas
svadlng Ill attempts at an interview. ne
went into the Yukon FIRST IN lSS2. ms
makes his sixth trip into that country
lie - Wei hnQNE III SSslktASs
this one of mis- headquarters while on the
outside, and has property interests mere
L.. =. Lansing.
c. g. Lansing. who has been on the
Yukon for years finally made good
stake on the KIondike. He worked No.
50 below on Bonanza last winter with
good success, and has since disposed OF
his interest at a most satisfactory ngure.
Just how we'll Mr.. Lansing did is matter
which he never discusses. That the
amount goes into FIVE figures seems pref
~ well settled. MIR. Lansing is one OF the
best informed men on the Stewart river
country who has yet came out. Ills n-sa
trim IN IL was in ISIS.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-29
NONE OF THE PIGEONS ARRIVED.
Heavy Fog and smoke Interfere
With the Winged Carriers.

the carrier pigeon experiment on the
treasure ship Portland was not a pro-
nouneed success. s. p Weston. the
Observation-Disclosures representative success
siVeiy freed the birds In hope of their
making quick passage 10 Seattle Some
OF them made off quickly. others returned
10 the ship but not one reached this city
before the tug Sea Lion. The only expla-
nation is that the birds were unable TO
ADAPT themselves TO the circumstances
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-29
BLOW TO CHENEY NORMAL SCHOOL
supreme Court Decision Forces Its
CIosfng--Fnte of the Building.

Special Dispatch TO the Post-Inteliigencer
CHENEY. Aug &.--The decision OF the
supreme court against the state normal
school at this place Is hard blow to the
educational interests Of this part OF the
state. Several hundred young people had
all but completed arrangements 70 attend
the school this year. Some will 20 TO the
Elensburg normal. others TO the Idaho
state normal at Lewiston, and others to
the state agricultural college at Pullman
but by far the greater number viii not be
able 10 attend any school on account OF
the expense. To Illustrate a ma tortty OF
the students coming here pay less than 81
IN railroad fare; TO Ellensburg they Will
pay $50. Living expenses are also much
higher there than here. Preparations had
been made 20 open the school September 7.
It Is not known what will be done with
the fine building that was erected last year
az a cost Of s500o0 The terms OF the deed
are that the building goes back 20 the B.
P. Cheney Academy estate II no school is
maintained.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-29
Good!

4 well-known teacher
compliments Us on the
missing word contest He
says ltte2cheS folks 10 think
Better yeti Teaches them
10 drink pure, lresh-roasted
lea.
Rales O. coaies, pshlshed in Iatzs
a3eertssTs st aAea, tse rs, and us.ddss
q eaca usoega a.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-29

The butter trade Is one Of the most i'm
portant IN ireland. amounting TO seven
million sterling year.
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