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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-01-07

KISS Nsglls bsa5n is home from Ca
tltlaa tafmsl school
Nearly thirty rslstras 'psrt NtS
Yssfsaits teas Of " D. Aces
Mn D L Ktut.ad M, Muy ksr'
vtl pass TIE viuts u ths hI5stl'
Il zss. ksiisui
Drrssi Naart.tu c. nsr.ls nil shtt
a5su ~ ,ss tahisys bat aipse's O. fsD
aaa Il the ~t6ter
The Canslms. eabo.f ? - ! to lie
rry tltre,t# "a ssd the supper ., the WI
80 H7ase vss greatly ct! 80.
-Mn. St. sus, sse5 So. died At the
home OF b-t d.ngbt=r. Mr.. r-lsy E'ssf
too, Saturday uo,pias. Tue ianer.I, A1n
d.r, uss attended by RE-. M X ltoa Ell
Msbcbets Csa'ra
Nj. Jo1a Taapsy. ~ elderly LADY,
-" dnuas dasu fram the C.iaohe
church. saaIat, so3 uueu tnralus tbe
C. #FBef Gear The aHlrl H.f ssFu NH ever
iursei soi sas was tbroso ont she 49,
q ate b.aiv buBst th3ngh Do boaes we're
She ~as t,keu to the b tel Sud
made a. comfortable as possible
--J4ha Qli ter, Who worked TOT b. 7,
Il wen, met v1l i,tal accident last
~eek. lie wss caught by tree that be
was ialiog Just how, will never be
Guown. He succeeded in crawling out
from uudsr the ree, though bis hip war
iislocate1 and be was also i0I0rsd iuteru |
Ally, Dr. Bartlett and Drs. WlPple Of !
D4uby and Pond oi Rutland we're sun
uoued bot they csuli DO little Tor him
.ud be dird The following day lie iesves
" lie aud ouo child.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-01-07
DORSET

Miss Duutcn eutert ined few friends
a. her home on New Years eve.
-Cummariou services we're held at the
church last SUNDAY.
Mrs Sarah HoJt Of Manchester has
been at L. p Suydtrs for few days,
The week OF prayer is being Observed
here by services bel each DAY
VIII McWsyne and Thomas Manley
are attending school at Burr and Burton
Seminary,
Remember the donation AID oyster
supper on Thursday evening Of next week.
All are cordially Invited,
DIR DunDlng wife aud daughter, OF
Greenwich, n \ have been the guests Of
Dr. and Mrs HarEood the pact week,
Merritt Phelps Of Rutlsnd, Mr.. and
Mrs, Fred Phelps snd daughter OF Lee,
Mass and Mrs Alv.h Goodwin spent the
holidays With their parents,
Miss Sarah McDesyilt was married in
st Frances Dc Sales church, Bennington,
Monday evening" TO james Il, Whitney OF
that place. Miss McDesyilt has lived 10
Bennington Tor several years.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-01-07
ARLINGTON

Lou, son Of L. d Stone Of the Ar
linRton House, is Ill With gastric fever.
-R-v.J. c. C,ruabsn b,ld bis last ser
vice as Rector otS james church on Suu
day
Mis-. Gfsce Tutll. vas recently mar
RED TO Eagepe Bryan # Troy. They siIl
rcside 10 that city.
CHARLES G. Norton has returned o bis
bone ~ Wellington, having spent the
holiday. i'm Vi. ts'her, NJ L Norton,
- EHptrd Book aud Bet Moore are
fuutios the ''etm mill near The summit
houte having large order tor spruce lum
Der
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-01-07

MIR. sud Mrs Ausulus Harmon and
vile calling on iIlands N town.
Mics Jennie sbermon is home from
SottbGsld tnet I'D sbsencs Of several
weeks.
C.,a.a,, .,,oo,o,,a Tho ma,
,,a.o,ce.Jo. n R,,,osnd Miss Re-.
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-01-07

o. rtceil q 'en cents. cash or stamps,
generous sample uiil be mailed Of the
most popular Oatsrrh sod Hay Fever
Cure lkl'a Cream Bsln sufficient to dem
oustrste its gre m,rt Fail tIzt SOC.
Ely BROTHERS,
t6 Warren s. Nes York City.
4 ireai ADVISED ne t. Try Eye Cream
IA o. ana si'tr usug u NI x,tks ! he
lieve myse.i cafrd 1t catsfth II is a
uott vslasbje rem-dv joseph steSsfi,
GA 0nod Ayylae. b oaklyn. y Y.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-01-07

-As)n Of Z 'uss B.ntly / seriously
III with typhoid fever, the other sick ones
are recovering, + Soyder being able to
be out
Misses Bertha Hayes, Emma Randall
and Jane Smith have returned to their
schools biter their vacation, Maria Ham
ilton is with her brother A lpbeus in Hoos
ick FALL.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-01-07

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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-01-07

Are you saa -uug sirh say di.esse
ahleb VI mste your llte miserable. Do
vou knew that Baism's Micrcbe Killer
uill cure you, sold B.,
Miss MAEr FARSUE. Agent,
y36m. Maple Hui, Manchester Depole
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-01-07

ssc,ttss 400 60, luItitufs, s'ls1s'asr
-. 80 sr,tsetas. tuslI hat effective ESQ
80 ,fs tbs gautiss Of DeNius Lave
I.,I, Iissf, tie hu oa' lltl.e p'lls. ~ II
,,gots A Co. Manchester Depot . H.
vl,rplt, Manchester CsEifs.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-01-07

The enet1 OF life may be increased by
lesseUing - dangers The msj1lity ci
people die from lung troubles These
may he sverted by promptly using One
Minute Couph Cure. Psubone 4 Co.,,
Manchester Deprt; J, H, WLipple. Man
cheAtef Centte,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-01-07

Absolutely pofr, perfectly harmless, AID
itvarisbly ~ tsb.e trs Tie qaalIlies Of
Ous Mtuute CaUsh Care II tsSsr ialis
70 eolds. croup std lets uoutits The
CkIirea nae IL becsut- Il i pleasant 20
ale apd It befps them. Pet booze l Co.
v.sches, DEPOT Il wllPple, Mao
eb.4sr Gfulrr.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-01-07


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bfe1 recently ffei'ed rom MT'. Co'' ny
the Mond'J NI4",
go rbs sntosl mott Of The Cot grafton
u cbareh ~,I be held this Thursday even
lug Gpd it hoped every member will be
pts'cot. L'sh''siresbmet Is SIli be SfF7
ed bE tie i'1ie'
A Ere distinct met unR has bsen called
this Itufsdsy evening - 7 80, 20 elect Of
deere sud 20 vote tax to bs collected
near the erd # the year llis Is done 10
10 syald c.lllss mettiugia the fall.
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W. 40 ], tRei Is years us /
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-01-07

T.pley's Bread Wibuers cot wear 81
other sLoes
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-01-07

We lsail that report Of OcIotst
rts.ss Esds 81 Tie i.etoV n bad
-Oaltsspan Der oi yguus people al
,,s5ea tie Ssw Years ball Al DsEby.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-01-07

scsly erupuons 90 the lead, cbapped
bands and lips, cuts, lrases, scsld- and
burns are quickly cured by D,Wnts
Witch Hsz-i Silve, 1t is st present
the srilclg most used for plies, aud 1t 81
ways cures rhem Ppltibone a Co, Man
chester Depot, J, Ii, Wblpple, NJ inches
ter Cen re.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-01-07

ASSETS
Casb 10 TreA,ureI's hand ........., ...
Due irom town Of stamford error tax OF 1895 .....
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-01-07
LIABILITIES.
EXPENDITURES.

lad, btedaess Of tho County, Nov. soth, 1855
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22

80 III wus finally rsscrted 70 To thAw
r. ia ont sufficiently TO bury the prOvi-
eionn. Ths whole country was on0 parfen
vsnts. Th0ro u not Z treo or snruD
growing anywhere north Of latitude o., nut
fortunately there In abundance Of driIt
wood OF any size or dimensions 70 De ionnd
along the spite and bars OF tho Arctic
ocean This wc gathered up for fuel and
found no trouble with the natives. VINO are
peacable and quiet people.
'I3it what tho natives lack In ferocious-
ness Ia made up by the climate. remcm-
her one day a party OF III were dispatched
from tho ship 10 gather up wood. We had
our dogs and slcds and full outfit. One o.
the men dressed himself In the finest KIND
Of lambs wool undcrclothing, stockings
and English sen boots. He did this against
tho advice Of older heads, who told hiri
he would BIO sorry II no did not nviopt the
regulation costume OF seal skin inOccasins
and deer skin undertaking. But he was
persistent He thought lambs wool was
warm enough for even an Arctic winter
and denied that deer skins and seal mocca-
fins were the only things capable Of keep
ing out the cold.
80 he went along on that drift hunting
expedition. But he did not go far. In three
hours he wis brought back 10 tho ship
with his toes so badly frost fitten that all
ten OF them had TO be amputnted. This
showa tho great extremity OF tho cold and
tho folly Of people from these latitudes
rushing ifnprcpared to certain death In
their wild and foolish search for Alaskan
gold A man from Texas could no more
stand Klondiko winter than ho could fly
10 tho moon, Those who go are ;ll-prepared
and they Will freeze TO death ike so inany
sheep. Surrounded by every comfort which
human ingenuity can suggest, winter In
the Arctic Is fraught with constant hard
ships and ever presen. perils; without
these safeguards II is nothing moro nor
less than an invitation to the dark angel
Death to do rs work And he will do IT..
too. II enough live through this winter
to tell tho tale next sunimr. the world Will
hear story OF hardship uneqIalcd In the
annals Of history. of how the deluded souls
who are nov rushing to tho lSlondlko gold
fields, found death instead OF fortune, suf-
fered hardship without knowing luxury
and died of blasted hope, the most cruel OF
deaths.
Young man. I've been there. I've win
tered In tho Arctic. And fell you there
les not enough gold In tho valley of the
Yukon to get me to try 1t over again I'M
der tho most favorable conditions. This
dingy li.tle tin shop ant much. But 1t
Is . palace. such rs 70 Arctic snow ever
fell upon
III anyone around these diggings be
burning with tho Klondke fever, n visit
70 Mr.. Keats will ne found n good anttdote
II his stories OF the Arctic dc not ciIre The
cese-~fhcn It's mo yuse. an tsa baseballist
Chiley would phonstlcllly nut IT,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22

Tyler the greatest demagogue of his
time; politician full of dangerous here
sizes, and altogether evil in his ways. HIS
friends saw in him the statesman and
patriot. whose aims were high and pur-
peso pure; soldier who stood iii the lash
OF the guns, fighting With fearless courage
the battles Of the people. The former de-
nounced him as the eyangel OF false doc
trine. the high priest OF q vicious faith,
and in the heat of their passion would
haye pierced him with thorns and nailed
him to the cross The latter, in their
loyalty after browning him with laurel
and burning incense at his feet. would,
after the manner OF the hero worshiping
Greeks. have exaulted him to the dignity
of the gods.
Time. which makes all things even, has
tempered the public Judgment OF this re-
markable man. The storm through Which
he rode so triumphantly has passed A
noImal calm is setting upon the face Of
The political sea. after the fierce flashing
OF the angry waves. The atmosphere has
cleared since the smoke of the conflict
has lifted This change of elements and
conditions has clarified the prospective
through which men view the motives and
actions of the public servants Of the peo-
pie. 1t invites a juster estimate OF char
acter; fairer view OF public and private
conduct. 1t is not stIang. Therefore, that
with altered times there should come an
altered verdict--a verdict which Ignores
alike the extravaganza OF the jealous
partisan and the Bitterness of the frenzIed
foe II is Governor Hogg's privilege to
view from his retirement tho signs of this
sober second thought That judicial pub
lie sentiment which after the tumult of
action assigns to public men their true
place In history. is being cpystnl',zed.
When DEVELOPED Il will coneede 20 CNer-
nor Hogg notable place among the mark
cd men II his time 1t will declare that
in crucial epoch he served his State
| faithfully and we'll. and that he left upon
her organic and statutory laws the endur-
| ing impression OF his strong and distinct
| i've INDIVIDUALITY
Throughout his marvellous career is re-
vealed the fact, which even his enemies
are constrained TO confess, that. whether
| In or out Of office, the great Texas COM
| moner is a master among his foil DIVERS: a
! iaureled leader OF men by the divine right
| OF high aud commanding qualities.
The friends OF Governor culberson claim
that the retirement OF Governor lIogg
places this brainy and brilliant young
statesman In the lead as a senatorial can
| didate. Governor Culberson would make
an IDEA, senator Nc man in the State is
better equipped for this coveted place
None would more adorn 1t.
Ben Hur.
| Beevlle. Texas.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22
Beeville. Texas

Examination of Normal Candidates.
Corpus Christ. Texas. August i9.-Pro-
fesscr c. w. cicssiey. chairman fer the
COUNTESS of Arkansas, Nueces and Duyai,
requests The Pest to announce that TIE
exanxnatnn OF applicants for the Sam
Houston Normal school WIN take place In
Coru's ch>Su on Wednesday, September
l. CEndidatesore requested to bring their
own paper and pencils.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22

y. y Schmidt. Houston. Texas. are sole
agents tor Elmer 4 Amends Prescription
~. 2SSi, which y . cure against Rheuma-
tisn, One bpttle win prove ~
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-26
A CRAZY JUDGE.

There is q jurist in Cleveland, Ohio,
Aamson by name, who has sent q
newspaper editor to Jail for ten days
and imposed upon him q fine OF 5000
and cost for contempt Of court. The
contempt" was this, that the offending
editor ventured TO criticise q ruling of
the court. The crusade against the
press, that has been amusing the sane
part OF the public for some weeks, has
reached the height, or rather, the depth
OF its folly. This Judge seems TO have
Lost what little sense Nature originally
accorded him. Were his theory true
that the courts must be exempt from
c,itioism, what is to prevent the bench
from assuming all the functions OF the
syrsnt? A Judge is no more sacred
ban the lawyer that pleads before him.
n he 10 fallibie he is open to criticism
end must take his punishment like q
man.
II the incarcerated editor doesn',
have few words TO say TO this Judge
edisorialIy, whom he gets out, We vii
mis our guess.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-26
A WONpRous WATERFALL.
A Catarsct with . thousand Foot Plungs
IN the Olympios.


The Olympic mountains have PRODUCED
another attraction, the beauty of which is
not surpassed on the western slope What
Is mid to be grand waterfall coming from
the snow capped peaks above the clouds
over q bluff, falling a perpendicular dis
tance Of over l 900 feet and disappearing
In the bosom Of a beautiful plain, has beer
discovered near Lake Crescent by two
ranchmen. Their description Of the scene
would exceed anything of similar character
in the Yellowstone park.
From the snow on the crest of the Olym
pics, where white men have never visited,
comes little stream, which rapidly grows
In volume until IL reaches the edge of &
perpendicular cliff overlooking beautiful
plateau of 800 acres ], 900 feet below. Fol
centuries the water has poured over the
precipice until it has cut a smooth passage,
something like large pipe split in half,
in the side Of the mountain. Here anc
there it strikes an obstruction and out OF
the mountains side spurts other falls.
Standing alongside Of the cliff short dis
tance away the scene Is beautiful and looks
as though there were half a dozen rivers
bursting out Of the mountain.
The huge volume Of water disappears IL
wild looking cavern, and becomes an un
derground river. it flows beneath tht
plateau for a distance of two miles, and
then again bursts out Of its Imprisonment
in the shape Of an oval bridal veil ant
dashes over the rocks and cataracts dowI
to Lake Sutherland and out to sea.
The country Is very rough, wild ano
hard to penetrate. There is an abundance
Of wild game isolated around the falls.
The discoverers of the falls killed nine elk
In half an hour, and said there were G
hundred more In sight.-Seattle Post-In
<o11fUopcap
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-26

State has on Ills hands ha,i hnisheu
building, and tho money that was TO
have seen it to a successful completi,n n
is run ont. The building as it stand- lie
q dead loss. 1t cannot be taken apart
and eaten, nor can it be used as site
for agriculture. 1t cannot be used TOR
fuel, neither can a great manufactnr-
ing concern nest within its walls. 10
save million and half and secure
something better than Q barn for a
State House the public OF Rhode Island
must put out another million and q
half.
OF course we will have to do it. When
the head of family gets big bill for
goods that some one else in the house
ordered he may swear Justify, but be
will pay it. He can't help it. That ID
the fix in which the Rhode Island tax
payers find themselves. It will lie
cheaper tn pay it than to let it go. But
the necessity is not going to increase
their respect for the commissioners.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-26
WANTED--SI,5OO,O 900.

The new Rhode Island State House
project has been an elephant OF the most
prodigious proportions upon the hands
of the taxpayers and the prospects for
the future are not reassuring. The to-
be-bjg structure has already cost this
State million and half of dollars and
it is yet but half completed. The act
authorizing the erection of the new
home of legislation and msl-legislation
called for $1,000. .000,-no more. This
sum was to complete the structure and
this the taxpayers signifed their viii
lingness to furnish.
For some moons the authorities in
charge of the structure have been
hanging out q flag OF distress. The
81 500, 900 didn't begin to reach the
roof. It got no further than the second
story. The commission looked at the
half-bsked monster, made q tour of
their account books and decided that
it would require just $l,50O,0O0 more
to put the State House into shape to re-
ceive the General Assembly. This sum,
it will be observed, would erect ncther
such building as the taxpayers thought
they we're ordering. Having spent
the original appropriation the commits
sion now calmly informs the poor pub
Iic that, unless it produces an addition
a amount equal TO the sum originally
voted, the bones OF the semi-completed
building will be allowed to turn to
dust, for they care.
This is good. 1t is very good. It il
pleasing information for the thousands
of taxpayers who have none too much
money, and who, in many instances, dc
not own the houses over their own
heads. II is folly and subterfuge &c
say that the building will cost more
than intended. There is no intent
about 1t. The commission simply went
to work without bearing in mind the
size of its pocketbook and built and
built until the appropriation ran ont.
Then 1t looked at the building and saw
that IL was only half done. There can
be no excuse for this nonsense. It is q
direct plunder OF the taxpayers. II ID
money simply thrown into the ere. II
is piece OF fool extravagance and dis
plays not so much forethought as q raj
shows when he puts his foot into steel
trap.
This, then, is the situation. The
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-26
He Paid For the Dough.

"I can deal with men," growled griz-
sled oil driller, as he leaned up against the
bar In Bayley's, "but hang me II q wom-
an can't do the best of U.S. The other day
I brought In q well down in Virginy,
right close to the kitchen door Of little
farmhouse Jest as we was gittin to the
ticklish point, where pipes weren't allow
ed within 40 rod, out comes the farmers
wife an goes to buildin q big fire In a
Dutch oven. Mebby didn't kick, but she
Jest showed me batch Of dough an said
II she didn't bake 1t 'twould spoil. II I
wanted the fire out, had got to pay for
the dough. Ten dollars too. She jest dared
me to touch that Dutch oven, an didn't Z
touch 1t neither. jest flashed the go.
Mebby we didn't git that fire out quick.
n the well had broke loose, 1t would "a
blowed me an the hull farmhouse to king.
dom come. No, sir, don't want no more
dealin's with woman. They're too
resky. ."-Pittsburg News.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-26

Democrats should remember that one
OF their most important duties in the
coming election is the necessity OF
eaecting their candidate for the School
Committee to ill the vacancy on the
Board caused by the resignation OF Mr..
Barker. Mr.. Nathan w. Littlefeld,
tho Democratic candidate for the Office,
u eminently qualified for the position.
He is an experienced educator and il
elected would be Of great assistance in
bringing our public schools up to the
highest standard OF efficiency. His
continued interest In our schools makes
him thoroughly familiar with the best
Aystems in vogue at the present time.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-26
The Song of the Shirt.

= During his last illness Tom Hood in
an idle moment made an imaginative
sketch of his own tombstone He drew
himself reclining at full length on thick
slab of stone, on the edge of which, In
large capitals, he wrote, "He Sang the
Song of the Shirt. This was the only
inscription. And, as he himself has said,
Tom Hood needs no other.
How much he felt and prided himself
upon the son by which he became known
and loved by millions is shown by this and
the following fact: "H were ennobled,
these are the arms should adopt" said
he one day, showing rough vignette to a
friend. The sketch contained a very beau
tiful and pathetic idea. 1t represented q
heart pierced by a needle threaded with sill
yer tears, and beneath was the motto he
had inscribed on the imaginary tombstone.
"The Song of the Shirt" appeared in
the Christmas number of the fifth volume
Of Punch. 1t was unsigned, but every pa
per in the land quoted 1t, and it speedi-
ly became the talk Of the day. Hood him
self did not think 1t very remarkable, but
Mrs Hood had said to him as she folded 1t
for press: "Now mind, Hood, mark my
words, this will tell wonderfully. It IL one
of the best things you ever did,"
Mrs. Hood was right. The song was
translated into French, German and Ital-
ian. 1t was printed on cheap cotton hand
kerchiefs, and parodied times without
number. "But what delighted and touch
ed my poor father most deeply" says Tom
Hoods son, twas that the poor creatures
to whose sorrows and sufferings he had
given such eloquent voice seemed to adopt
it's words as their own by singing them
about the streets to rude air of their own
composition. ."-Philadelphia Ledger.