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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-02-12
Mate OF VERMONT. M,rIboro -

STATE OF VERMONT, Marlboro. SIS.
- By the Probate Court for Said District
To all persons interested 10 the estate OF MARY
HOWE MORSE, late of Newfane, in said dis.
trict, deceased, Greeting
Whereas. Harrison Aldrich has presented 70
this court an instrument purporting to be the last
viii OF said deceased for probate:-You are here
by notified that this court will decide upon the
probate OF said instrument al the session
thereof TO be held at the Probate Office in Brat.
tleooro IN said district, on the 9Th day OF Febru
airy. A. d. 1897, when and where YOU NAV app-sr
and contest the same II you see cause
A. F. SCHWENK. Register.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-02-12

If there ever was a specific for any one com
plant, then Carter's Little Liver Pills are spe
cihc for sick headache and every WON IN should
know this Only one pill desc. Try them.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-02-12
WILMINGTON.
The Post-ofice Advanced 90 the Third
Class.

It. may not be generally known that our
post office has been advanced from fourth
class office to the third class. The change
was made last October. The salary is
Sl1OO. There are only four third class Of
fees in Windham county, Brattleboro,
Bellows Falls, Saxtons River and viii
mington.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-02-12
SrATE OF VERMONT. MaTIhoro -

hEhhONT, Marlboro, s..
r, oil . ny the Probate Court for said District.
AZ persons Interested in the estate of MARY
sachusettS deceased " =" 'iie s'aIe o. NAS'
conias nf Vs. mas Ogden has filed in this court
copntv ~ NE tecords of the Probate Court tor the
allowing the i'll of said dscease in ssiS
stata Jug TOT allowance Of the same in his
viii dec3s Gu ., are hereby notified that this court
this stat upon the allowance of thu same in
ibe 5stb Gnce IN Brattleboro in said district On
VII. :, Ia gay OF February, A. D 1897 when and
Won See 30 may appear and contest the sane il
Nse A. 81 HWENK Register
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CTATE on vERMnNr M.-lA--- :.

10 all persons Interested in The asIata ~ " py
d a. nnoQhs' late Of wfane, in said district
WLsrsa nj, Greeting.
,o' wHe'eas' Helen Moore has presented to this
laSt III instrument rportiug to b. the
a a1s' VIII oil said deceased for probate: - You
ca hereby notified that this court viii de-
$500 the probate of said instrument az tie
Rrs,,Iat tnereot TO be held at the Probate one in
PPra..ieooro in said district. on the zSth d.y Of
aeoruary, A d 1897, when and where Won NAV
NFPSaI ana contest the same. If YOU see cause
A. +. SCHWENK p. yistsr
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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
SHORT MISCELLANY.

A turtle crept into the feed pipe Of
a planning mill plant of Henderson, Hull
q Co. at Montgomery, Lycoming coun-
ty, Pa, and caused shutdown for half
a day.
Suits have been instituted in both
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh to test the
constitutionality of the recent law tax.
ing unnaturalized male laborers three
cents a day.
The old elm tree in Anderson, Ind,
under which President Van Buren, was
dumped out of the stage coach into the
mud as a joke has been cut down to
make room for improvements.
Green Bank, Pa, boasts of the oldest
grain bag. 1t is ownedIby Josiah Hum
mel, is of the old homespun make and
was formerly owned by his great
grandfather. 1t is dated 1918, and is
without a rent.
Vanity Fair, one of the leading So
ciety journals, declares that the London
season just at an end has been remark
able for bringing into prominence 1.-The
Incorporate habits of society" 1t pro-
ceeds to say that 1.-THE women are as
bad as the men,"
f.. One queer result of the search for
the murderer of Guldensuppe in New
York before the name of the victim
was known was to develop the fact that
there were at the time ~ persons mys-
teriously missing from home in that
city.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
FOR THE FHILATELIsr.

All the old type of S.. Helena stan ps
are now obsolete. except the six pence.
"The Korean postal system is being
extended gradually, and letters are
pra.nptE delivered, although there are
still japanese post offices at the prn-
tipal ports of the country"
The shilling Tobago. 1896, error Of
color. has been sold il New York ut
auction for sll, while the same starsp
can be had from any dealer for rot
more than six dollars. Amid the excite
ment of the auction room, the poor col
lector is less reasonable than ever.
After a long interval of silence, Lii
IBERIA turns up with a new issue. There
are number of new values to conform
with the new postage rates recently an
nounced, the designs being quite SIM
liar throughout to those made familiar
through the 1892 issue. Good news is
to the effect that there will be no sur
charges, and all values above so cents
are to be dropped.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.


Milk of different temperatures should
never be mixed.
With cows long in milk the butter
will come slowly.
The only way to keep cows is to keen
them perfectly clean.
An absorbent of some kind should be
kept to retain the valuable constituents
of the droppings. both solid and LIQUID.
The cleo law has been sustained in
West Virginia by the supreme court of
that state. The law requires that oleo
be colored pink, and for violation of it
by selling it in the guise of butter fine
of $50 and costs was imposed. An APP
peal affirmed the decision.
Uncle John Patterson says that dairy
ing goes well with fruit growing. I'VE
want cream with our berries" The
great advantage in dairying is that 1t
builds up the farm. There is manure
for building up the poor spots and the
land can be improved every year.
Water cools the milk much more
rapidly, says a writer, than air will do,
and on this account the water setting
must be used in the winter as well as
the summer. 1t would be a simple mat
ter to set the water to be used out of
doors to get cold before putting IL In
the tank,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
FOR SOLDIER AND SAILOR,

Greece is the only country in the
world whose armies are provided with
the Gras guns and paper-covered car.
tridges.
Under forced draught the new British
first-class battle shi p Jupiter made an
average of 1874 knots in her four-hour
trial. nearly a knot more than the con-
tract speed.
A queer japanese idea is that of the
officers who served in the war with
China, in petitioning the government
to erect a monument to the memory OF
the heroes that fell in the war
a projectile from the new English
wire guns in recent trial at Shoebury.
ness completely penetrated an 1s-inch
steel-faced compound armor plate
backed by siX-inch wrought-ron plate,
by eight feet of solid oak and three
inches of iron. and was found imbedded
in clay bank IS yards behind the tar.
get.
Spain, according to the war office
statistics, had sent. up to the end of
1896, l9S,047 men and 40 generals to
Cuba. The deaths in the field and from
yellow fever and other diseases were
four generals and 22.731 men and Off
GERS. No account is given of the men
sent home invalided. but at least 1000
have returned. many of whom have
,ince died.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
WOMEN AS FARMERS.

Peculiar Scheme to Be Inaugurated
by Nebraska Woman.
Mrs. Hattie n. Bemis, of Arabia,
Neb.. does not see why women should
not be successful as farmers, and an
nounces that she is going to try the
experiment if she can get a dozen
women to assist her. She owns large
tract of land in northwestern Nebraska
which she says she intends to give to
Il deserving widows of northwestern
farmers. In return she will require
them to cultivate it without mans as
sistance. She says she will start them
out with all the machinery they need.
sufficient supply of cattle, horses,
swine and poultry to serve as nest
egg, and money to last them until the
first harvest can be disposed of. She
admits that the climate is dry, but pro-
poses to instruct her wards in the OPP
Grafton of a system of soil culture by
which method experiments have proved
the rainfall of the section is sufficient
to insure bountiful crops. The near
est the women will be allowed to come
10 dealings with men is to sell the crops
10 them. If Mrs. Bemis ever learns
lhat man has been employed about
tne premises the farms will revert to
ner Any member of the community
VINO marries will also forfeit her title
70 share in the property.-Chicago
Chronicle.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
ARROW POINTS.

Some men think anything is cheap
that they can get on time.
We often wonder why anybody wants
to wear squeaky shoes.
medical student uses great deal
more Latin than any old doctor.
A woman likes horse and buggy
mostly to show other women a nice
time.
It seems a man is proud of his baby
being like him, if it has only his bad
temper.
Mean men succeed so well in this
world that we often wonder if itpays to
be good.
No matter how much you will give
some people for their money, they will
want more.
A woman thinks every other woman
Is &xtravagant and does not know the
valae of money.-Washington Qa.)
Democrat.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
HOMEMADE CORN CUTTER

will cut; eight-inch plank should do.
Mortise three crosspieces of two by
four into top of runners. Nail boards
on cross ties to make a platform 80
inches wide and nearly six feet long.
Get a good steel knife and make it very
sharp, say % inches long and five inches
wide. Bevel the edge from the bot
tom or underside. Have rod made
with an eye in the center and curved,
in order to fasten either end to a rum
ner and hitch horse in the center.
This rod should be of one-half inch
round iron, and long enough to work
nicely, as shown at a. Bore hole in
platform or runner, and put in a stake
about six inches high (b) even across
with the base of rod (c). Another stake
OF the same size. but 20 inches high,
on the right side of platform near the
edge, and 81 inches from the front of
platform (d). Take rod of five-eighth-
inch iron e. inches long and weld
piece of fat iron one-half inch thick
and eight inches long to the end of it,
bolt the fiat piece to platform (13 inches
from center to back of platform), and
bend the rod forward II inches above
the platform, as in e. Bend the rod, so
as to have it extend out over the edge
of the platform. over and back of the
knife (h), then bend the rod in so as
to extend about two inches over the
platform at the center two by four
cross brace (f). From there bend the
lrod out to g. Re sure to have it carry
the same height all the time.
The bends in the rod are made in
order to bring in the corn and lay it
across the platform without the help
of a man. In this way the danger of
standing over the knife is averted.
Nail a small stick something like a
lath from top of stake to the out
side runner few inches ahead of the
knife. Bolt the knife to platform
about &c inches from back part of plat
form with two bolts. and have the knife
slant back considerably. put scrap
piece of two-inch plank under the plat
form at and h, to make the platform
more solid there the large rod and
knife were bolted fast. The large rod
from to should be with bends so
inches long. Directly across it is 4S
inches, thus using two inches for bends.
The large rod is outside Of stake d
about five inches. Hitch on quiet horse,
hang the lines on and ride on rear
of platform. and when large pile of
corn is cut and laid across the sled,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
SONG BIRDS MAKE 1T GAY
oregon valley In Which the Triu of
Feathered SOnEsters Never Ceoses


In the years 1889 and 1882 n society
IN Portland, Ore, introduced 400 pairs
OF song birds from Germany into that
state, at an expense of little more than
$4,000. OF these the plain and black
headed nightingales have probably
become extinct, because few of them
survived the long trip and none have
since been seen, but the other species
have multiplied with great rapidity,
especially the skylarks, which rear
from two to four broods every year, so
that the whole Willamette valley. from
Portland to Rosebud, is full of them.
BESIDES these, threre are black star
Ings, wood larks, song thrushes, black
thrushes, goldfinches, chaffinches, sis
&lns, greenfinches, bullfinches, cross
Deaks, robin redbreasts, linnets, sing
ing quails, gold hammers and forest
inches. When it is remembered that
the insects and fungus diseases most
dangerous to our vegetation are those
which have been imported into this
country from abroad, and that ami
mails and birds which are held in check
by some balance nuisances in foreign
country, just as rabbits have been in
Australia and the English sparrow in
this country, it is possible that some Of
these songsters may prove injurious to
crops, The chances are, however, that
they Will do more to help the farmer by
keeping insects in check than they will
to injure Hmm. Y. Tribune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
nruin ON a Honey Hunt.

Bears have an intense longing for
sweets, and that is why they will rob q
honey tree at any hazard. A man who
had been cutting wood in the forest was
resting at noon, when he happened to
catch sight of bear abstracting honey
from hollow tree. The man kept quiet
and watched the operation. The bees
were at home, and every time the bear
put in his paw and brought it out, drip
ping with honey, the insects swarmed
around him. The bear kept his eyes
shut, and worked away industriously
until some of the bees must have found
a tender spot; at any rate, he suddenly
gave howl of mingled rage and pain,
and then scampered away as fast as his
legs could carry him.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
DEMAND FOR FLINTLocKs.
They Are Made TO Delight African and
Other SavaEcs.

They Are Made to Delight African and
other SavaEes.
Strange as it may appear, fintlock
muskets are not merely record of by
gone ages, says the St. Louis Globe
Democrat. In 1895 no fewer than 1920,
900 gunflints were produced at the
Lingheath mines, Brandon, Suffolk,
England. These flints are chiefly to de-
light African and other savages, who,
having been so long used to tlintlocks,
Rre reluctant TO give them up,
The method of manufacturing these
gun flints is very interesting. In the
operation of thanking" the worker
will take quarter" in his left hand
and placing it on his knee, around
which a protecting band Of leather has
5een strapped, gently tap the flint with
a hammer, giving it each time a we'll
directed blow. AT every tap flake six
inches long and one inch wide falls into
his hand and, if a good one, is deposited
In pail by his side, all bad ones being
discarded. The knappers work these
flints with hammers with long, thin
heads. often made of old files, trans
versely striking the strip of flint on an
iron fixed in their benches.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
Success Depends ON Thought.

Many farmer goes plodding along,
earning but seant living, with no rest
u sight this side of the grave, who
uiight by little reasoning, and the
aauaptation of circumstances surround
'ug him to the idea in view, making a
speciality of some one line of farming,
quu make a paying business of 1t.
Out this takes energy, both physical
s suu mental-and he drifts on in bliss
un ignorance of the chances and oppor-
suuiues surrounding him, by which he
a'ignt have gained comfortable COM
p''enee for his old age.-Rural World.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
TRAMPyILLE, THE REsTFUL
once "a Deserted village. Now Pc,

Once Deserted Village, Now PeO-
pied by Men Who Don't Pay Rent.
Trampville, Wis, cannot be found in
the postal guide, nor is it shown on
any railroad map, but it exists, never
theless, with an average population of
not less than 200 souls.
Trampville is situated in Douglass
county, on clearing cut out of dense
pine forest where the river Brule gives
up its ripping waters into Lake SUI
perior. 1t is called Trampville because
1T is the home of tramps exclusively,
and has been for nearly three years.
Previous to that time it's name was
known as Clevedon, but that name is
seldom heard now.
Clevedon was founded about Is years
ago, by syndicate of English capitalists
whose scheme was to build up lake
port town to rival Duluth and Superior.
Neat little cottages, handsome store
buildings, boarding houses, and hotel
and a woodworking mill equipped with
expensive machinery for the manufac-
ture of hardwood products were con-
structed in remarkably short time.
The town was built, however, before
tide of migration had been turned to-
ward it, and it seemed difficult to in.
duce people with more or less capital
to believe that in Clevedon they would
lind their fortunes. Nevertheless, 900
or 1000 persons settled there. But these
persons discovered after few months
that the bubble was no more; that the
great resources of the town had failed
OF development. They left the place,
and Clevedon. the magic city, dropped
into the lethargy of deserted village.
The tramp discovered Trampville
about three years ago. He took pos
session of it in the name of his tribe,
and the revival of the village from that
time on has been healthy, though per-
haps not very clean.
They lived there 300 strong last win
ter and no cases of starvation have
been reported. They say they lived upon
fish taken out of Lake Superior and deer
that abound in the region. Others say
they robbed the henhouses of the farm
ers thereabout.
The big frame building once used as
hotel now is the principal roosting
place of the inhabitants of the town.
Its lobby, great old-fashioned fire.
place, serves the purposes of kitchen,
smoking-room, and every night during
the winter great rolls of smoke come
from the chimney, while dozens of
seedy individuals huddle about the
blazing log, some smoking, some chew
ing, some telling stories, others listen
ing and still others sleeping.-N. Y.
Sun
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
His Wife.

She has such dainty little hands,
The kind that Cupid loves.
But, oh! 1t costs an awful lot
To keep those hands in gloves.
She has two little shell-like ears,
With blue veins lightly crossed;
That means five 500 bills
You know what earrings cost.
Her costumes always are superb,
Quite chic and up-to-date;
The other women envy her
And IL pay the freight
And do l love her? Yes, indeedl
AS everyone can see;
She always was, and always win
Be very dear to me.
-Somerville Journal
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
The Blue-Dird,

A CLINT of blue fits meath the sky,
Amid the merry May-time;
A living gem, light-winged and shy.
Enjoying its brief play-time.
Now perched upon an alder-spray
That bends beneath its lightness,
1t gives unto the dewy day
A soft and sudden brightness.
And from its little throbbing throat
Comes "Twitter, twitter, twitterl"
A sweet, a swift, slender note,
But never one that's bitter
A CHEEKY voice that tells of spring,
At rosy dawn and after;
The busy bluebird carolling
A song of love and laughter.
"A. T. Schuman, in st. Nicholas
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
THE CORN HARVEST.
LabOT-SavinE Devices Have Made Ii.
Gathering Easy

LabOr-SavinE Devices Have Made Its
Gathering Easy.
Harvesting the corn crop is being
made easier every year by improve
ments in labor-saving machinery and
devices. Large commercial crops are
cut, tied and left in straight rows by
the improved corn harvester, while the
bundles placed in shocks or stocks of
u to 20 bundles to cure are then drawn
to the barn and run through the shred
der. Farmers who cannot afford the
latest and improved machinery, or who
have small areas of corn, cut by sled
as illustrated below, or by hand cutter.
The armfuls thus cut have to be tied
In bundles, various materials being
used for this purpose, some using two
or three cornstalks, others a small
handful of long, strong straw, swamp
grass or willows. But whether cut by
improved machinery or by hand cut
ter. the large bundles, shocks or stocks
have to be securely fastened to with
stand the fall wind and storms.
To make a corn cutter, as portrayed
herewith, make a platform with run
ners six feet long and two inches thick:
the higher the runners the higher it
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27

Here is how to raise the pile on vel
vet that has been crushed: Cover hot
iron, held upside down, with damp
cloth, lay the velvet on the cloth, velvet
side up, and gently beat the crushed
part with a cloth brush. If this is not
sufficient the velvet may be very gently
rubbed with cloth dipped in oil, and
the beating repeated. The velvet must
then be hung up to dry and should not
be touched again until it is perfectly
dry.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27

called to take her to the fete.
thought, of course, I'd have to wait,
And so / sought the easy chair,
And when looked up she was there!
She saw my gaze of mild surprise,
She read the reason in my eyes,
And said with such quiet smile:
1.-THE dawdling girl is out of style.
We have no frizzes now to curl,
We have no flounces to unfurl,
We have no gloves to worry on,
We have no silken hose to don.
l heard you press upon the bell,
And quicker than the tongue can tell
/ scampered up the winding stair
And straight put on my other-wear,
And here l am prepared to show
The cycle girl is never slow"
--Cle1 Gland Plain Dealer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
They and We.

With stormy Joy, from height on height,
The laundering torrents leap.
The mountain tops, with still delight.
Their great inaction keep.
Man only. irked by calm, and rent
By each emotions throes,
Neither in passion finds content,
Nor finds 1t in repose.
william Watson in N. Y. Independent.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
Sonnet.

Some day, beloved. when have learned to
bear
And know as absolute thine absence here,
And have grown used to silence, and the
drear
Monotony of days without tl1v care,
| shall reach higher than this sharp de-
spair
And so be glad for thee that thou canst
hear
The mighty music of Nigh tier sphere,
And then 1 may find healing unaware.
All! when that day shall come my soul may
rise
To abnegation as supreme Oh thine,
And l shall clamor Heaven 20 more with
signs,
But read thy hearts new record line by
line;
How dare l not be glad, who know thine
eyes
Are lifted radiant to the eyes divine9
Mrs. c. E Whiton-Stone, in Boston
Transcript.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
The First Step.

Tare not for affairs of state
nv. politicians have their way;
NJ eh others find the same old grind
me out one thing comes to mind;
"S boy has walked alone to-dayl
"aaI though the Turk is made to quake,
~. u, TIDAL waves engulf Cathay3
~ MS that fret folks Ger the sea
NJ once do not appeal to me;
10Y has walked alone to-dayl
H. ntue one. you patter DER
cod uoor In such cautious way!
NJ srant that as through life you go
va nolng blocks may lay you low
VINO have leaned to walk to-dayt
Cleveland Leader.