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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-25
MiddleseX.

Mrs. W. Carpenter and son, Earl, re-
turned to Concord on Friday.
George Button of Leavenworth, Kansas,
is guest at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Orla
Dutton.
Rev. George 8. Burdick will hold services
at the Center Westinghouse on Sunday at
two o'clock P. M.
The Unitarian Ladies' Aid held a very
pleasant lawn party at Mrs. G. B. Holden's
on Wednesday evening. Refreshments
were served and it was altogether pleas
ant affair."
A goodly number of our people took adj
vantage of the excursion to Montreal on
Saturday, and 1t is rumored that in some
instances the excursion retaliated with
frightful effect.
Rev. George R. Gale of Barre preached
for the Unitarians on Sunday, and 1t is ex-
pected that the noted speaker, Rev. DR..
Cushman OF Providence, r. l., will occupy
the pulpit on Sunday.
from Moretown composed of players from
Montpelier, Boston and elsewhere, on
Thursday, the score resulting 81 to Z in the
latter's favor. Our team will go there and
play on Saturday, when different game is
anticipated.
Postmaster White is now agent for Wanna
maker & Browns clothing establishment,
and can furnish anything you may desire in
the lines Of clothing and gents furnishing
goods at bottom prices. Come in and see
samples. Glad to show them any time.
Mrs. A. d. Dennison became choked with
piece Of meat on Friday evening. DR.. d.
| G.. Kemp of Montpelier was summoned and
| was in attendance until late that night, but
could not dislodge it. He called DIR. James
| of Waterbury in consultation on Saturday
but their efforts were fruitless. The piece of
meat, however, was swallowed by Mrs,
Dennison on Sunday morning, and she is
now nearly recovered from what might
| have been a more serious affair.
Station Agent Campbell is doing some
| fast riding on his new Diana bicycle. He
came down street at fearful gait on Mon.
| day afternoon and it is rumored that as a
result of this A. ID. Dennison's residence is
three feet nearer the river than before, and
that the hay scales, which he managed to
cross refuse to weigh ordinary burdens any
more. Pedestrians take the highway while
the station agent has sole occupancy Of the
sidewalks and nearby bitches.
Shilohs Consumption Cure cures where
others fail 1t is the leading cough cure,
| and no home should be without 1t. Pleas.
| ant to take and goes right to the spot Sold
| by W. E. Terrill & Co.
Putnamsville.
| Prof. A. A. Hadley of Lincoln, Neb., Wis.
tied at G. M. Whtney's last week. -
Miss Nellie Badger of Mortified and Miss
Eva Fuller of Montpelier visited at @. G.
| Putnam, Jr's,, last week - Mr.. and
Mrs. A. l.. Snow have returned from their
| visit in Cornish, N. ii. - Mrs. @. e.
Nourse of Barre visited her sister, Mrs. A.
O. Jones last week. - Mr. and Mrs. j.
W. Dillon are visiting at G. NJ Whitney's.
- Miss Emma Kimmis is at home from
! Montpelier where she has been at work.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-25
The Situation in Spain.

Aside from the horrors of assassin
alton, grave troubles of various kinds
are closing in upon the government at
Madrid. What has been fatally defect
i've in Spain is its general political policy
especially in colonial affairs. While it
is true that the condition of the country
itself is far from being prosperous or
hopeful it could manage to get along for
a time in the old ways were it not for the
present crises at hand in the main col
onies of Cuba and the PHILIPPINES.
Reports have been frequently sent out
from the court at Madrid that the revolts
in these colonies were nearly stamped
out but the daily news from that part OF
the country shows that they were never
more serious than at the present time.
The credit of Spain is strained to its ut
most, its armies are unpaid, the colonies
are burden instead of source of rev.
enue, and it seems almost certain that
the country cannot escape a CONFUSION
of some kind within the next few
months.
Spain's course in the past has been
to drift along, stubborn and implacable,
hoping that it might be able to crush
the rebellious colonies and to again
make them source Of wealth. But
there seems to be no one among the
ruling spirits Of the Spanish court who
has, with any real insight, studied the
history of the last hundred years. In
her own vast colonial losses in America
Spain should have read the impossibility
of using colony merely to enrich her.
self. In a spirit of naughty pride,
however, she has preservered in the
attempt to coerce her colonies although
it Ihas steadily sapped her strength
The end is certain 10 come, the only
question is as to what shape and char
acter that end shall be.
No greater mistake could have been
made than the one assumed by Spain
that a repellant and defiant attitude
toward America is necessity of the
situation. Above and beyond all other
countries the United States is the only
one whose friendly offices should have
been cultivated, for this country is in 9
position to ascertain the demands OF
the insurgents and to assist in arrang-
ing negotiations for home rule if they
could be made acceptable. The best
course now for Spain to pursue would
be to regard America as reasonably
friendly to all concerned, and to accept
its aid in reaching an understanding
with Cuba.
The first step toward this under
standing would be to dismiss once and
forever the idea that the old order of
things in Cuba can be restored. That
is out of the question. There can be
no issue between Spain and Cuba ex'
cept genuine home rule or indepen-
dence, for if every insurgent on the
island were slaughtered afresh gener
alton would arise in rebellion for the
same reason, and the sooner SPAR
learns this lesson the better will it bt
for all concerned.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-25
Business Affairs.

The market has demonstrated its
power to absorb large quantities of
stock, and, while the weeks course was
irregular, the undertone was strong.
Both wheat and sugar have made new
records, and the feeling is strong that
the situation reflects progress toward
gold imports.
Last week was most encouraging
one in the trade centers. The volume
of business is increasing all along the
line, from the farmer who is going to
get big price for his wheat, through
the railroads that have hardly enough
rolling stock to carry it, to the retailers
who are sure of hardened prices. The
bank clearings aggregated forty per
cent more than those in the same week
in August last year. Bradstreet's re-
ports gain of thirteen per cent over
1892 and of two per cent even over
$780, For midsummer, therefore, the
conditions are excellent, and the Bry-
antics had the ground cut from under
them every day in the past week.
In the wool trade the event of the
week was the effort of the New York
ers to capture Boston's business. Their
auction sale was fiat failure. 1t was
legitimate enterprise to attempt to di-
vert business from this city, and we
cannot blame the New York men for
trying it. But their complete frustra-
ton must make them thoughtful.
The time was propitious, for the wool
market is advancing and manufacturers
are buying. One Boston house sold
more last week than was offered at the
New York sale, and at least ten sold
more than actually exchanged hands
there. The local sales amounted to
1852 900 pounds. 1t was as interest
Ing a week for the wool men as it was
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-25

have resumed operations. The Provi'
dence mine at Scranton, Pa, which has
lain idle for two years will resume at
once. The Delaware Iron Works at
Del, have resumed opera
tions, giving employment to five hun
dred persons, and the wall paper fac
tory at Newark, Del, will soon resume.
The Edgemoor Iron Company at New
castle, Del, has increased its force
The Nashville, ILL.,, coal miners have
received an increase in wages OF twenty
cents per ton for mining coal. The
pottery manufacturers in New Jersey
have reached an agreement to increase
wages of employees. The Southern
Railway Company has put the men in
all its shops at work nine hours day.
The Hutchinson Cole Manufacturing
Company of Norwalk, Conn, will re-
sumo at once, employing five hundred
operatives. This showing savors of
something more than a "delusion and
snare" Dun's Revie,o, publication
everywhere acknowledged as reliable,
says: every city reporting this week
notes increase in trade and nearly all
bright prospects. The great change in
business is emphasized by the presence
of multitude of buyers from all parts
of the country and by the heavy pur-
chases they make. The strong rise in
stocks, the growth of bank clearings
and railroad earnings, and the heavy
speculations in many products, and
most of all in wheat, have made the
week one of surprising interest even
to those who best remember the upward
rush in 1879"
THOSE who think the way of the la
borer in this country is hard, at the
present time, should compare his con
dition with his brother laborer in Mex
leo. 1t now takes nearly two and one
half Mexican dollars to purchase wha
one American dollar will command. A
commission sent to Mexico by thu
Trade and Labor Association of Chi
cago has recently made its report which
shows clearly what must be the condi
ton of workmen who are paid in thu
deprecated currency and one which i
continually further depreciating. Ac
cording to the report of the commits
sion, street car drivers receive in Mex
leo seventy-fve cents per day in Mex
lean silver while those in Chicago re
ceive 1926 per day in good money
Transfers get 81 per day in Mexic
in cheap silver and S1.75 in Chicago il
American dollars, worth nearly tw
and one-half times as much as Mexica
coins. Printers in Mexico get $l.2
per day, in Chicago SO per day. Brio
layers in Mexico receive $1.25 per day
in Chicago 81 per day. This show
that the Chicago man gets nearly eigt
times as much as his Mexican neigf
Dor. A careful study Of the report {
this commission shows that it is an,
thing but a recommendation for th
adoption of the silver standard whic
several states are making their sole il
,, sue in this falls campaign.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-25

EVEN such an intensely partisan
newspaper as the New York World ad-
mits that in the coming fall elections
"The Republicans seem in fair way
to regain their long lost ascendency in
the Senate" There can be no doubt
of the correctness of this statement il
Frightening prospects and better gov
eminent are good campaign arguments
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-25

NEURoTIo On made by the Neurotic Oil
Company, instantly relieves sudden colds,
catarrh, coughs, bronchitis, asthma. Group,
fever and ague, cramps, and pain in stom-
ach, dyspepsia, acid stomach, indigestion,
canker, lumbago, spasms, worms, diarrh@a,
collie and cholera. Harmless to the small
est child and sure in its effect. Worth its
weight in gold; twenty-five cents at drug
stores.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-25

GENERAL AzoURRAGA, the new Spanish
premier, and minister lof war, has decided
to convoke the Cortes in November. The
premier announces that he is in accord with
General Weyler, but he reserves the right
to make further examination OF the Cuban
question. The premier proclaims himself
as being the head of the government, and
not the leader of any party.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-25

PROFESSOR Com must have meant
that there is mysterious tie" be-
tween bushel of wheat and silver
dollar. With this amendment his the
DRY is still in the ring.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-25

AMONG the many evidences of re-
turning activity noted of late, are the
following: The Norwalk Wooden Mills
at Norwalk, Conn, have resumed work,
notifying their three hundred operatives
that night work is likely to be required.
The Birmingham, Alabama, Rolling
Mills announce resumption of work.
The Howard Harrison Iron Company
at Bessemer, Ala, has increased its
force, and the pipe works at Bessemer
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-25

THE number of Democratic news
papers that are now saying "the dem
ocracy was never free trade party " is
daily growing larger. The Louisiana
and Texas Democrats who voted for
the Dingley tariff law, and the Demo-
Gratis from other States who supported
certain of its highly protective features
are not as lonesome as they would have
been for a few years after Grover
Cleyeland's message of 1887
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-25

Ina speech delivered last week, be-
fore the annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Bankers Association, Comptroller
Eckels said: 81 have never in the
past wavered in the belief, nor do 1
now, that in the end we will be pos
sessed of banking and currency sys-
tenn 80 strong as to make impregnable
the country's credit. 1t Is possible that
before the nations financial structure
rests upon foundation firm as the
eternal hills, the American people will
be called upon to pass through the awful
experience and loss which would follow
in the wake of unchecked paper and sill
yer fiatism. But at last, no matter how
prolonged the struggle or great the suf-
ferings, with the acquiescence of all,
the monetary principles which accord
with the worlds business experience,
financial research and every dictate of
common honesty, will here prevail in
complete and enduring triumph"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-25

NOTWITHSTANDING the steady fall
in the price of silver, farm products
continue to advance. This is true not
only with reference to wheat and wool
but also of nearly all the articles the
farm produces. The trend of prices at
present on wool, corn, beef, cotton,
cottonseed-oil, beans, oats, hay, rye,
potatoes, tobacco, mutton, eggs, lard and
rice is upward. The farmer at the
present time has little reason to COM
plain of his condition and he will not
listen with any patience to the people
who insisted year ago that nothing
but the free and unlimited coinage of
silver would bring an advance in the
prices of his products. The Demo-
cratic campaign orators in this year of
grace must raise a new issue or the
farmers of this country will be conspic-
uous by their absence when these ora
tors are on the stump.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-25

THERE are yet few persons in this
country, as there were at the time OF
the return of prosperity in 1879, who
believe that the "good times " which
have been prophesied ever since the in
auguration of President Mckinley,
may yet be switched off or delayed I'M
til future years. Reasonable people,
however, and those best acquainted
with the reviving business conditions
in this country at the present time,
laugh at such doubters. The booming
grain and stock markets, the whirring
mill wheels and the marked activity in
all lines of trade and manufacturing,
indicate with unerring certainty that
the business stagnation of the past
three years is over and that prosperous
times are already at hand.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-25

IT is estimated by Director Preston
of the United States mint that the gold
production of 1897 will be S240, 100000.
There is every reason to believe that
there will be billion dollars more gold
in the world at the close of the century
than there was at the opening of the
campaign in 1896. Taking into consid-
Grafton the tremendous fall in the price
of silver such intelligence must be
highly cheering for the advocates OIL
free silver. -
DURING the campaign Of 1896 the
New York Journal was foremost among
the newspapers that insisted that only
with the free coinage Of silver could
prosperity ever return to the United
States. This paper published last weel
a full page of interesting reading, show
ing a highly prosperous state of affairs
in New York and the country gener
ally, and made the prediction that thi
condition will continue.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-25

Judge l.. M. Read of Bellows Falls
Charles j. Townshend OF Barre and Frank
Smith of Montpelier, who were appointed
board of commissioners to appraise and
award land damages in the case OF owners
OF water power along Stevens branch, were
in the city last week engaged in that work.
Damages claimed are against the Barre
Water Company and the claimants are Mari
& Gordon, j. e. Robinson, Dennis and
Weber Tilden, Mcdonald x Buchan, and
the Stafford-Holden Manufacturing COM
pany. These claims were represented by
S. 9. Shurtleff of Montpelier and f. W
Bisbee represented the interests of the Barre
Water Company. The commission adjourn
ed on Thursday without completing its
labors.
Some time since the city council appoint
ed A. ID. Morse, e. l.. Smith and Q. L. Cur
rier committee to investigate the advisa-
bility of purchasing the Barre water works
and the cost Of the same. This committee
reported last Friday to Mayor Gordon and
the report was brought before the special
meeting of the board of aldermen, held
Thursday evening. This report shows that
the Barre Water Company has an annual
income at present Of $4,000, and the ex-
pense OF running the works per year does
not exceed $1,000, The system can be pur.
chased for $4,000 and the company will
take four per cent city bonds in payment.
The new system already provided for will
entail an additional expense of 900.
This committee recommends that the city
purchase the system provided it can do so
for 100000.
At the regular meeting of the Board of
Aldermen, held last week, a communica-
ton was received from the street railway
company, stating that the matter of land
damages would receive early notice from
the directors. The street railway company
also sent In a communication declining TO
&C sept the location OF the road on the east
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-10-07
.Dlning station.

NDlninR station.
 The scenic line of Arizona. The best route to California. The only North and South line In Arizona to the Grand Canon of the Cobra do. Terrified Forest t,reat Pine Forest. Cliff Dwellings Great Salt River Valley and other points of interest.
 Through tickets 10 alI points in the United Sta tes. Canada and Mexico.
 Nos. 1 And 2 connect at Jerome Junction W itb trains uf U. V. < P. Ky for Jerome. Connecting at Prescott with stage lines for all principal mining camps; It Congress Junction with Congress Gold Co. K k. for Co nyress and stage lines for Harqua Haa. St anton and Yarnell; al Pbenix with the M. & 2. < $. X. V. By for points on the $ F. Ky. Trains for California leave Ash Folk at i:6 D. n. arriving in Los Angeles next rlor ming at s:30 and at San Francisco same evenin M 6:i5 Train for the east leaves Ash Flo rk at s:s0 a. m.
 GEO. M SARGENT, F. NJ. MCRpHY. General F. X P. Agt.
 Prest. Gen. Mgr. Prescott, Arizona.
 Prescott, Arizona. R. E. WELLS.
 Asst. Gen. Mgr.
 Prescott. Ariz
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-10-07

Those who believe chronic diarlhGa 70 be incurable should read what Mir. F. E. Grisham, of Gaars Mills. La, has to say on the subject. viz: Il have been q sufferer from chronic diarrhga ever since the war and have tried all kinds of medicines for It.. At last I found remedy that effected a cure and that was Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy" This medicine can always be depended upon for collie. cholera morbus, dysen' tery and diarrhes. It is pleasant to take and never fails to effect a cure. .5 and 50 cent sizes for sale at pr. ID. J. Brannen's drug store.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-10-07

A pam in the chest is nature's warn- ing that pneumonia is threatened. Dampen a piece of flannel with Cham berlain's Pain Balm and bind over the seat of pain, and another on the back between the shoulders, and prompt relief will follow. Sold at Dr.. D. J.. Brannen's drug store.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-10-07
The Man win a Cow.

l iH'y Wt'e uiN'hp 'oWHTu SH'''i- vile in wagon as WAS headed the opposiie way m foot. and .s we met at the top of the hill we halted to pass the time q day. saw that they were father and son--,he latter young man of twenty. He had two black eyes. bloody ear. and his nose was puffing up more and more every min- ute. asked if the ycong man had met with an accident, and the father spat on his handkerchief and wiped at the ear and replied:
 "Nn, William didn.t run agin a bridge or have N tree fla lon him. The 1 fact is that w. met with disappinI- ment back thar about two miles"
 "What s,rt of disappointment" I quer'ied.
 ''Wall. ynn see, William was driyiu' when We left home. We was comm along all right when we meets r.d- headed mau lea,lin' a COW. A fellrr with COW orter urn ont and give the rn'ei to waggin. but ibis onr wouldn't. He jist turned out half way and stood still and yelled that he'd be durned if he moved another inch. Then says to Bill. sez I: ..F'ill, he's a peppery cuss and you'd better turn out"
 "Yes. you ought 70 have turned out for red-heaied man." su gssted.
 II sez that to Bill. but he says to me, sez he: .'I'll he hanged if do! If he don't turn out I'll get down and make him wish he'd never been boin into this sinful world Then he holers at the man and warns him of what is to come, but the red-heasied ,nsn don't sk-er wuth a cent. He ties the COW to tree and spi,s on his hands and yells fur both of us to come down to once"
 "rhen you gave him half of the roadP"
 "Nap. I wanted to. but Bill he sez, sez h.: "Dad. you hold the lines and I'll git down and gin that cuss one bat on the nose and put him to sleep fur two hours I didn't want Bill to do it. but he was sot, and down he went. He of with his hat and gin yell and bore down on the man with a cow"
 "And nut him to sleep3"
 "Noap. He never closed an eye to sleep. When Sill lighted on him sum ihin' bappened--sunthin' happened to Bill. He stopped all of sudden and lad down. and when he got up agin he was as you see him now. The red headed man invited me to come down aud light on hin also, but l didn't ac- cept. He had bin gone about ten min utes when Bill wnke up."
 ..What did Bill sayp" I asked.
 ..Nawthin' that I heard. Bill did you say anythin' when you coms tor
 Num-" replied Bill with solemn shake of the head.
 "Aud you didn't say anythin' fur the next mile, did youp"
 '.Num."
 And then all you said was to ask me if you d bin struck by lightnin'?"
 Yum"
 That's all. as fur as I kin remem- ber," continued the father. ''and now if you'll sortcr look out fur my hosses I'll lay Bill on to his back and feel him all over and see if he's got any mortal injuries. Come on, Bill. You hain't bin sayin' word since you met up with that surprise party. aud if you is mortally injured want to know it and git ready to hold the funeral. --Ex.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-10-14
RATES WILL STAND.
Kansas Railroads ARMY for a Postpone
ment OF the Hearing to February.

Kansas Railroads ARMY for a Postpone
ment OF the Hearing to February.
TOPEKA, Kan, Oct. 7.-On applicS
ton of the railroad attorneys the state
board of railroad commissioners post
poned further hearing in the live stock
rate case until February ! next The
board exacted as condition that II
either side should wish to have the
case heard In February it must
give 30 days notice. This leaves
the rates just as they have been
since Judge Randolph granted the in
junction against the railroads at En-
poria The rates will be the old car
load rates exactly what the stockmen
have been fighting for. The stockmen
consider it q clear backdown for the
railroads and believe that the action
to-day means clear abandonment OF
the field One Of their attorneys. T.
L. Davis, Of Eureka, said: 1.-THE case
will never be tried. The stockmen
will get the rate they want and the
railroads will be glad to get out Of the
fight as we'll as they did"