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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30
Colonel Robert Shaw.

No death in the cause of liberty and
union, save that of Lincoln himself, has
been the occasion of such tributes as
these which have been offered to the
memory of Colonel Robert Shaw. This
was Lowell's hero when he wrote:
Right in the van
On the red rampart's slippery swell
With heart that beat a charge, he fell
Forward, as fits q man.
But the high soul burns on to light mems
Where death for noble end makes dying
And he was Emerson's youth who
nobly answers to the voice of duty:
So nigh is grandeur to our dust,
So near is God to man,
When duty whispers low, "Thou must"
The youth replies Z" can"
Already the prophecy of Motley is be-
ing fulfilled. have often thought"
he said, " how fondly his image will be
retained in after days as type to in
spire American genius. Sculptors,
painters and poets will delight to re-
produce that beautiful vision of indy
ing and heroic youth, and eyes not yet
created will dwell upon it with affec-
ton and pride. And when the history
of these dark, tragic, but most honor
able days comes to be written, there is
nothing that will fasten itself more
closely ON the popular memory than
the storming of Fort Wagner by the
Fifty-fourth, with their colonel falling
on the rampant, sword in hand, cheer
ing on those despised blacks to deeds
of valor."
The patriots of to-day are not now
and may not be called upon to die
Sword in hand" But this country is
in need Of men who will bring into the
fight against civic corruption as keen
sense of duty and as true a courage
as that which inspired the young hero
of Fort Wagner.-Century.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30
Unsafe Criticism.

1t is not quite safe to criticise Ameri-
cans in the higher circles of Brit
ish society, unless the critic has studied
thoroughly the pedigree of those whom
he addresses, 30 many American girls
nowadays are becoming part of the
"effete aristocracy of the old world.
Not long ago at reception given in
Rome at the British Embassy, an
Italian Baron, who was presented to
the Duchess of Manchester, sighed
deeply, as with relief, and said to
her:
"Ahl How glad 1 am to get away
from those Americans therel We come
across them everywhere, don't we,
duchess? You can't imagine how
happy 1 am to converse with you;
there ia such a contrast between the
manners of English and American
women!"
The duchess let him go on as long as
he liked in this way and then said, with
a gracious smile:
"Perhaps you are right, baron; but
being myself an American, 1 am no
doubt incapable of judging"
The baron wished that the floor
would swallaw him up, and reflected
that he should have known, as every
one else did, that the Duchess of Man
chester was New Yorker.-San Fran
cisco Post
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30
That Psychological Moment.

Just as there is certain moment in
the early spring when the true vernal
light falls on the earth in a flash, there
is psychological moment of the sum-
mer season; it comes before the time
which people call summer" and is
really the moment when the wood has
put on its tint of young, fresh green, in
place of the indeterminate gray-brown
of spring; the moment is comparable to
the day in girls life when everybody
notes the change in her face, and says
to himself, with sigh, The child is
gone" One does not sigh in the case
of the transformation of the spring into
summer, because, since nature has
things simply her own way in the wood,
without any earthly or heavenly Mrs.
Grundy to fear, and, moreover, knows
that she is undying, there are no quick
sands or snares 10 borrow trouble
about, and no thought that "care and
death come unawares." When this
perfect moment arrives, there is no
more exciting interest in the world
than the observation of it. One must
get up early in the morning to see it,
very likely; one must go beyond parks
and suburbs; one must have room
enough to see more than scrap of the
earth; pine woods or oak woods alone,
pastures or thickets alone, hills or
dales alone, will not serve; one must
get prospect of all of them.
You can tell that the moment is
nigh, perhaps, the day before, by the
disappearance of the chimney of a
squalid cabin half-mile away, hidden
now by the tbickening foliage of the
birches through whose bare tops the
chimney was visible all winter and
spring. There has been hint of it in
the green dimness of underground that
has come under the tall trees in the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30
The Logical Conclusion.

He was leaning dejectedly against a
lamp post contemplating immensities,
when l accidentally brushed against
him.
"Look outl" he exclaimed. "Don't
you dare disturb me-"
"Why notp" l asked, turning, as
recognized his voice.
"'Caush Pm the shentre of the uni
corn-no, 1 mean un-versh," he ex'
planned, thickly.
SLOW did you find it out?" 1 asked
admiring his egotism.
eco way, foolish man, before you
pre-presshipitate chaos" he expostu'
lated.
First tell me how you know you're
the center of the universe" 1 in
sisted.
CANT everybody revolving around
me?" he demanded, indignantly.-New
York Truth.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30
SELECTED POETRY.
A Place for the Boys,

What can boy do, and where boy stay,
If he Is always told to get out Of the way?
He cannot sit here, and he must not stand there
The cushions that cover that fine rocking chair {.
We're put there of course. to be seen and admired.
boy has no business TO ever be tired.
The beautiful roses and flowers that bloom
On the floor of the darkened and delicate room,
Are not made to walk on-at least, not by boys;
The house is no place, anyway. for their noise.
A place for the boys-dear mother, pray,
AS cares settle down round our short earthly way,
Don't let us forget, by our kind loving leeds,
To show we remember their pleasures and needs;
Though our souls ay be vexed with problems Of
life,
And worn with besetments and toiling and strife,
Our hearts will keep younger-your tired heart and
niue
II we give them place in their innermost shrine;
And 70 lifes latest hour twill be of our Joys
That we keep a small corner-a place for the boys.
Boston Evening Transcript
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30

asked man how to get to the Brook
lyn navy yard, and he said, take a
ferry / asked him what that place
was, and he said Staten Island.' So
l took ferry, and when it stopped it
was in a place q man said was Com
munipaw. l asked him how to get to
the Brooklyn navy yard, and he said,
Take a ferry thought 1t wasn't a
good place for me to be around loose in
at night, so | got hotel and went to
bed, and this morning l hired boy for
fifty cents to pilot me to the Brooklyn
navy yard. And, by the way, captain,
have you got that sum in your
clothes?"
And they say " Horse Tyler got off.
New York Sun.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30

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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30
Told Him to Take a Ferry.

When Rear Admiral Scard was a
captain, he was stationed for time on
the old receiving ship Vermont in the
Brooklyn navy yard. To him Lieuten-
ant Hanson R. Tyler, now retired, was
ordered to report for duty on the Yer
mont.
Tyler was big, round good natured
Vermonter, with long, nasal, down
east drawl and all the navy had nick
named him Horse" 1t happened
this time that "Horse reported four
days late, and Captain Sicard was an
noyed. The captain was not martinez,
but he was believer in strict disci-
pine and in the fullest performance of
duty When he was in command Of
a vessel, it was always shipshape.
When he was in command of navy
yard, things moved off as it was in
tended they. should move. So, when
Tyler came aboard the Vermont,
Captain Sicard was displeased because
of his hardness.
"Good morning, Captain Sicard,"
drawled Tyler. 81 am ordered to the
Vermont, and I am here to report to
you for duty"
"Good morning, Mr.. Tyler" an
swered Captain Sicard. "Will you
have the goodness to explain why you
are four days late?"
Certainly, captain said Tyler,
with just the suspicion of a grin and an
extra attenuation in his drawl. You
see, my orders were to report aboard
the Vermont at Boston. l went to
Boston and found that the Vermont
was at Brooklyn. didn't know
whether to bring Boston down to the
Vermont or the Vermont up to Boston.
While was debating the matter l got
telegram from the department Che
pulled it out and showed it to Captain
Sicard) that said, For Boston in your
orders read Brooklyn so l came down
to New York yesterday. I'd never
been in Brooklyn, so l asked man
how to get to the Brooklyn navy yard,
and he said I'd better take ferry. So
1 took ferry, and when got off !
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30
SOLDIERS BUDGET.
The Corporal of the Twenty-Third.

For hours the sound of cannons' boom and scream.
ing shells was heard,
AS prone upon their faces lay the gallant Twenty
Third,
The sole support batteries that ED the foe at bay
While beaten army slowly formed new lines a mile
away.
Alone, on bloody field they'd lost, mid the wound.
ed and the dead,
They shivered as the cruel shells went crashing
overhead.
Their ranks grew thinner, one by one, as many a
life went out
And mingling with the means and cries was heard
the victors' shout
What were the thoughts of those brave men amid
that awful roar2
Left there to die soldiers DEATH to be slaughtered
by the score.
Did Visions of their northern homes go fitting
through the brain,
Faces of loved gathered there they'd see
again7
A lull at last in the tempest came as voice rose
strong and clear,
The toughest soldier In the line had hushed his
breath to hear.
with startled looks each soldier gazed and saw
wondrous sight,
For kneellng on the trampled sod was the corporal
of the right.
A lad whose bright and sunny head scarce twenty
springs had seen,
Reared far away, where tower aloft New Englands
mountains green.
with eyes that seemed to see afar and beyond the
lines of gray,
Amidst the carnage OF the field these words they
heard him say:
= God is our refuge and our strength, no trouble
will we fear;
Though the waters and the mountains shake
we know he still ia near.
Though thousand at our side shall fall we know
we still are his,
For the Lord of Hosts is with us, Jacobs God oui
refuge is"
His was the faith that carried through and upheld
many soul,
When wars red waves and billlows dread DER all
hearts seemed to roll.
Not leaf from the victor's wreath of fame would
we ever take away.
But back of all were nations prayers that helped
to win the day.
When they call the roll of heroes we may never
hear his name.
Never read It carved on marble, or with garlandi
wreath the same,
But no nobler heart made answer when their coun
try's call was heard,
Than that brave and true young corporal Of the gal
liant Twenty Third.
Mrs. Lizzie s. Taylor.
Jackson, Mich, May 81. 1897.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30
"Angels Unawares."

A figure by my fireside stayed,
Plain was her garb al yelled her face;
A pres ence mystical she made,
Nor changed her attitude nor place.
Did neglect my household ways
For pleasure wrought Of pen or book,
She sighed murmur of dispraise,
At which, methought, the rafters shook.
Me young Delight did often win
My patient limits to outgo;
Thereafter, when entered in,
That shrouded guest did threatening show.
The SHOWS of life to chill me fell
Where many gracious mate lay dead
And moved my heart to break the spell
By that ungrscious phantom laid.
Now, who art thou that didst not smile
When my maddest Jest devised9
Who art thou, stark and grim the while
That men my tune and measure priced?
Without her pilgrim staff she rose,
Her weeds of darkness cast aside;
More dazzling than Olympian SHOWS
The beauty that those weeds did hide.
Most like a solemn symphony
That lifts the heart from lowly things,
The voice with which she spoke to me
Did loose Contrition at its springs.
o Dutyi visitor divinel
Take all the wealth my house affords,
But make thy holy methods mine;
Speak to me thy surprising words!
Neglected once and undiscerned,
1pour my homage at thy feet.
Till thy sacred law have learned,
Nor joy nor life can be complete.
Julia Ward Howe
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30
FARMERS AND VILLAGERS
For.
FATHERS AND MOTHERS.
For.
SONS AND DAUGHTERS,
For.
ALL THE FAMILY.
so Years of Cures.

With the close of the presidential
campaign, THE TRIBUNE recog-
nizes the fact that the American peo-
pie are now anxious to give their at
tention to home and business interests.
To meet this condition politics will
have far less space and prominence,
until another State or National &C.
casion demands renewal of the fight
for the principles for which THE
TRIBUNE has labored from it's incep-
ton to the present day, and won it's
greatest victories.
Every possible effort will be put
forth, and money freely spent, to make
THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE pre-
eminently a NATIONAL FAMILY
NEWSPAPER, interesting, instruc-
tive, entertaining and indispensable to
each member of the family. We furnish
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30

have been studying more and working
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benefits or money refunded. Book on
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30

under treatment for
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changed climates FREE
quently without avail,
Last February l be-
gan taking DR.. Miles
Restorative Nervine
and Nerve and Liver
Pills and since then I
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30

RoxBURY, VT, June l, 1877 have
been having palpitation of the heart and
indigestion. l would have spells when
my heart would beat 80 fast that it was
almost impossible for me to breathe. 1
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30

have, from the time Of their
preparation, been continuous
success with the public. And
that means that Ayers Pills
accomplish what is promised
for them; they cure where
others fail. 1t was fitting,
therefore, that the worldwide
popularity Of these pills should
be recognized by the Worlds
Fair medal Of 1893 "a fact
which emphasizes the record:
SO Years of Cures.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30
POLITICAL.

The President has no means of
knowing to certainty that the tariff
bill will become a law inside of a
month, but he feels so confident that it
will that he has promised to attend the
unwilling of the statue OF General John
A. Logan, in Lake Front Park, Chica-
go, on July %, with as many members
of the cabinet as can make it conven.
lent to accompany him. In order to
provide against unexpected contingent
cies. President Mckinley stipulated
that his promise should not be consid-
cred binding il the tariff bill were not
Chicago on the date specified.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30
T-NEv. B. P. sEAREY, pastor Nj. 2

N church, Buchanan, Ga. writes
Dec 10, 1895: "In childhood / was
afflicted with excessive nervousness, which,
almost developed into st. Vitus dance. L
partially recovered, but at college it gradu
ally grew worse. Close study aggravated
the trouble; any unusual exertion caused
trembling all over In 1890 had a severe
attack OF La Grippe which brought on heart
weakness. / had been almost constantly
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30
Fifty Years Ago.

who could imagine that this should be
The place where, In eighteen ninety-three
That white world-wonder Of arch and
dome
Should shadow the nations, polychrome..
Here at the Fair was the prize conferred
On Ayers Pills, by the world preferred.
chicago-1ike, they a record show,
since they started-so years ago.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30

The proposition to pay export boun-
ties on the leading agricultural staples
received ten votes in the United States
Senate last week, and it is a significant
circumstance that of these ten votes,
only two were Democrats, and the 9TH
ers were Populists and Silver Republi-
cans. This proposition was in the ma.
ture of an amendment to the tariff bill
which, if the Democrats present had
all voted in favor of it, would have fas-
tened the amendment upon the bill and
would have endangered the success of
the original measure. This amend
ment would have introduced princi-
pie offensive and fatal to the protective
idea, and would have involved the ex-
penditure of forty millions of dollars
annually, and that at a time when it is
difficult to raise revenue to meet the
present costs of the government. This
bounty idea is directly IN line with the
opposition policy of exposing the in
equitable nature of tariff which pro-
tects others but cannot possibly protect
the farmers engaged in the production
of the great exportable staples. These
bounty advocates argue that a tariff
on manufactures is tax on the farm
ers and that tariff on farm products
is pure humbug, and they demand thai
the government shall accord equa
protection by substituting an expor,
bounty for the tariff on wheat, corn
and cotton. This would lead to an ut.
ter absurdity in collecting tariff trib.
ute from the farmers and paying then
back again in bounties, and the average
Democrat Of recent years would have
jumped at the chance of enforcing such
aSdemonstratio of the true inwardnesi
of the tariff as viewed by them. The
fact that only two Democrats voted fol
this proposition demonstrates either
that the Democratic minority in the
Senate is in state of utter demoraliza
ton, or that it is the intention of the
Democrats not to interpose any un
usual obstacles to the passage of sucl
tariff bill as the republicans want.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30

SENATOR HANNA has grown very
tired of denying the story originated by
some one in the employ of New York
paper, that the wages of miners in his
employ, in Pennsylvania, had been cut
to the lowest price ever paid in the
Pittsburg district - fifty-four cents a
ton. Speaking on the subject, Senator
Hanna said: "There has been a reduc-
ton of wages, but not those of the
men employed by any of the companies
in which am interested. l was asked
to join and refused to do so. My men
are still receiving sixty cents ton"
OF course it would be expecting en-
tirely too much to ask that this very
positive denial should operate to keep
the original lie out of Democratic pa.
pers.
SENATOR CHANDLER, who made a
record as Secretary of the Navy, when
asked what he thought of the English
statement that the annexation of Ha-
waii would make it necessary for us to
largely increase our navy replied: II
do not agree with the opinion that we
must largely Increase our naval force
because we are about to annex Hawaii.
The future power of the United States
will not lie in its navy. We will be
great because we have unlimited and
easily convertible resources. If we
want a navy we can get one. If war
should come in which Italy, for in
stance, was not concerned, we could
buy the whole Italian navy in twenty
four hours. There will be no larger
naval appropriations coincident with
the ratification of the Hawaiian treaty,
but when we want navy we can get
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-05
Hints for Necktie VVgarers.

The people who wear neckties-and
who does not?-will be pleased with a
little arrangement to keep them from
riding up to the top of their collars.
This consists of tiny wire hook,
much like a dress hook. with the adj
dition of several little teeth projecting
outwardly in the opposite direction
from the hook side at the other ends
and bending backward a little. This
little article is put on with the hook
hooking under the linen collar. leav-
Ing the little teeth to fasten them
selves down outwardly into the neck
tie. This keeps the necktie and lower
edge of the collar on a line.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-05
CARE OF THE PIANO.
Ii should Not BE Left open or in a
Damp Room.


Try, for the sake of the pianoforte as
as well as for any musician who may
be used TO play upon it, TO have it tuned
at least once in two months. The
strings must be kept at their proper
tension, and if they are allowed to drop.
as it is called, from the proper pitch il is
difficult to screw them back and make
them stay.
Pianofortes should not be kept open
either, for dust is just as injurious as
dampness, and. in fact, the air is al
sensitive springs-the nerves of the in
strument. 1t should be placed in a dry
room, quite away from possible drafts
and not too near a fire. Heat not only
tends to warp and crack the case, which,
being highly infammable. is apt to ig-
mite, hut any increase or decrease of
temperature affects the strings and
brings them out of tune. exactly as does
excessive dryness or excessive Tnois-
ture.
An upright pianoforte sounds better
if placed about two inches from the
wall, and sometimes it is an improve
menu IL II Is allowed 10 rest upon glass
blocks. A grand pianoforte should
stand with its curved side To the room,
and its plain side next TO the wall.
Nothing should be placed on the piano
forte. No musical people ever put
vases or ornaments and books upon
this shrine of music, for they rattle,
absorb the sound, deaden the tone, and
worry the performer. The case and
keyboard should be kept free from
dust. To make the polish shine ruiz
the wood with a soft and old silk hand
kerchief, and to clean a pianoforte use
warm water, soap and flannel rag.
Wet the latter. rub it on the soap, and
apply TO the pianoforte, a small portion
of the surface at time. Wet a second
piece Of flannel and wipe OFF the soap
thoroughly, and with piece of chamois
skin rub the place perfectly dry, Wipe
the keys off with a damp cloth, fol-
lowed quickly with dry one, and, if
the ivory has become yellowed from ge
or usage this may be whitened by 4
good rubbing with fine sandpaper or
moist powdered professionalism
| 90 Inter Ocean.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-05
FACTS FOR FARMERS.


4 good male animal will improve n
whole herd. sy,saS,g -~se.
All heavy crops are grown in rich
soil thoroughly cultivated.
Change the bill of fare frequently
if you want the teams to do we'll
Good management with stock is that
which insures a steady growth
Market all the poor sheep as soon
as fat; there is no money in keeping
them.
Early maturity is one of the best
methods OF lessening the cost of early
maturity.
BY keeping stock growing and gain
ing they will be making something
every day.
The keeping of good sheep is as prof
table as the keeping of any other kind
of stock.
One advantage with both sheep and
hogs is the quick returns it is possible
to receive.
Good land, good seed, good tillage,
good manure are four essentials of
good farming.
Hogs require salt the same as other
stock. Keep a supply where they can
help observation-disclosures Union.