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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-11-25
Ohio Improved Chester Swine !
They Are the Most Profitable

hog for the stock raiser and farmegl for
the following ssons:
1st. RAPID GRO WITH.
2d. EARLY MATURITY. Fine large
hogs Whga six months OLD.
Sd. FOR MAKING MORE PtRa
F0R rood Cf}NSt NED thauau
other breed,
9TH They can be grown 70 large size
aud tie meat is as foe grain as &
chickens.
9TH. Pie consumer always prefers those
with the clean white skins Of this
hog, when dressed, TO that OF The
Ozark dirty appearance presented by
the dressed black hog.
6th. These hogs, when dressed, com
mand higher prices Gs Chicago than
any Of the dark hree1s.
9Th. Thzy are more doeiie' haa aug oth
ef breed Pigs of fhesG lows can be
bundled without disturbing their
sth. LAST. But NOT LE8sF.-Tdev
are not liable to cholera aud other
diseases as are the dark or black
hogs Ihis has been cemanstFated
maHr times, especially throughout
THE Western States.
Stock Tor sale IA a times. Bears for
service and to let for the season. Reason.
able terms.
q. e PAINE South Randolph, VI.
BE fl rams inferred that j, Franz George
He'll, az Randolph in the county 81 Or
anee State oi Vermont, viii be hereafter
known ard called FHuE George Bur
In witness uhareafI hereunto set my
band and seal this 18th day Of November,
III = 1907
FRANK Gro Hall TsEAL.l
STATE On VERMONT, j Al Randolph in
RANDOLPH DISTRICT, S aata district, on
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-11-25
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Take Laxative Bromo Qoiniue Tablets.
Al druggists refund the money if it fails
to Cure. 25c
The McCook tribune., 1897-11-05
Diamond Went With the Hen.

Recently the wife of w. J. Paxton,
residing "a few miles east of West
Union, Ohio, while feeding a hen
and her brood of chickens, dropped
the diamond set in a finger ring. No
sooner had the diamond struck the
ground than it was gobbled up and
swallowed by the hen. At first it was
decided to kill the hen and recover
the precious stone, but after a con-
sultation with her husband it was de-
cided to wait few days, so as not to
deprive the chickens of the needed
care of their mother. Several of the
neighbors were told of the strange oc-
currence, and it was soon the talk of
the neighborhood. In the meantime
the farmers wife had grown impatient
for the recovery of the diamond and
had determined to kill the hen in a day
or two, but that opportunity has now
passed. 1t was discovered that the hen
was missing, and thorough search of
the premises failed to reveal any trace
of the missing fowl. Some one know
ing the true worth of the hen had
doubtless stolen her to procure the dia-
mond.-Cleveland Plaindealer.
The McCook tribune., 1897-11-05
Deer Mice as Pets.

While rambling one evening in the
woods | sat down on rock close by
q shaded bank all overgrown with soft,
green moss and feathery ferns Not
far away there was an ancient tree
stump with hole running in under
meath it, and what should l see peep
ing from the hole but the head of
little reddish-brown animal
On rolling over the stump discover
ed beneath it some withered grass
carefully rolled into a globular nest,
says a writer in st. Nicholas. Cautious
Iy drawing my handkerchief around
this I tied it up with whatever
if contained and hurried home
with my treasure. On emptying
it into a box covered with wire
gauze found that 1 had cap
tured two beautifully delicate ard ele-
CANT creatures somewhat larger han
mice. Their fur was thick and soft and
their feet were white. But their chief
lay in their eyes-great, black
The McCook tribune., 1897-11-05
Making skslston Leaves.

One of the prettiest of natural orna-
ments for scrap ap-books or for framed
cards or for other decorations are
skeleton leaves-that is. leaves from
which all the substance has been re-
moved with the exception of the ribs
and the larger veins. Nature some
times makes skeleton leaves. but 1t
does not always do this work perfectly.
and our boys and girls don't want to
wait all winter for her to complete her
task. They can do the work much
more easily themselves.
Gather a number of large, perfect
leaves of different kinds and place
them in pan of rain-water, to which
a trace of yeast has been added. AL
low them to stand until the soft mem
braneous portion has become soft.
Then hold them one by one in running
water and everything but the ribs and
veins will wash away, leaving only the
leaf skeleton. II you wish to bleach
the skeletons out to an ash color place
them on a little shelf in the top OF
tight soap box On an iron dish or
plate in the bottom lay some live Goals
and sprinkle over them few pinches
of sulphur. The fumes will bleach cut
the skeleton leaves. leaving them beau
tifully white and delicate.
The McCook tribune., 1897-11-05

liquid orbs, half protruding from the
head.
They soon became quite tame and
would allow me to put my hand into
their cage and give them fruit and ber-
rIes. After about two weeks procured
cocoanut. sawed II in two, and TAX
ing half of II made in 1t little door
way. When / put this into their cage
they seemed to 60 wild with excite
ment and delight. In and out they ran
through the little doorway a hundred
times In succession. Finally they
pulled their nest to pieces and rebuilt 1t
in the cocoanut hut.
Their favorite fruit Is nuts, which Oh
course they cannot crack. and yet they
get at the inside very cleverly. for with
their sharp chisel teeth they dexterous-
ly gnaw hole through the hard smell
and then scoop out the meat from the
interior. They are fond of nice pears
and apples, and one such fruit VIII last
them both week. They get no water;
the apple or pear does for drink.
The McCook tribune., 1897-11-05
One bond Left.

A devoted family of the Society OF
Friends was deeply afflicted. They had
lost their property, and were left al
most penniless The wife was sad, in
deed, and almost ready to despair; but
the dear old man was cheerful. The
wife was almost ready to Course God
and die" She was astOnished at the
GOODNESS with which her husband met
his lot; so she asked him one day:
Husband, how is it that you bear
this trouble so well? 1t almost crushes
me to the earth"
why, wife, we are not quite so bad
ly off as you imagine. We have one
bond left which we can live upon"
why, husband. what do you mean?
thought all was lost"
"Oh, no, Here is one bond. and /
will read it to you 1t is in the old
family Bible, and reads as follows: L
will never leave thee. nor forsake
thee
His wife inquired: do you call that
a bond?"
YES" he replied; "It is the word of
God. and cannot fall
We are writing to some who are in
trouble and need help now. Then take
the Quaker's bond:
Il will never leave thee, nor nrsake
thee" Gods promises are always ION
demand" and He will be with you in
six troubles and in the seventh He will
not forsake you.-Sel.
The McCook tribune., 1897-11-05
How FIox Fought .ae Ants.


Aunt Martha's pantry was full of
ants. They crawled in the cakebox,
they skipped in the sugar-barrel, and a
person was never sure when a slice Of
Aunt Martha's delicious bread was cut
that half-doZen ants might not fall
out Of the little yeast holes. No one
knew where they came from or how
they escaped after they had filled them
selves with the good things. Half
dozen times Aunt Martha had taken
everything out of the pantry, washed
the shelves, put on clean papers and
looked carefully for some hole through
which the ants might steal. but che
would no more than'get the dishes back
again than the pantry would swarm
with ants.
'It's enough to try the patience Of
saint" she said to Uncle Matthew. Il
declare 1 don't know what I'm goin'
to do"
At that Flox piped in with her merry
voice:
What will you give me to clean
luGIu dll OuI, duulle. BIC Solo.
why, my dear, if you'll conquer
those ants I'll have party for you and
invite the Hill girls and the little
Coopers and any of the others that you
care most to see.''
Floxz had come down from the city
the day before to spend three weeks on
the farm with her aunt. She had been
preparing all summer for good tine,
and now that it was here she was en-
joying it as hard as she could.
Its mammals way" she said to
Aunt Martha, but she wouldn't tell any
more about it.
The next day she climbed up in the
barn where the boys were drying their
walnuts and brought down an apron
full. Part of these she cracked oten
and placed. meats and all, in low tin
pan, which she set on the pantry shelf
Then she placed little paths of wood
I'D to the edge, so that the ants could
climb in. The next morning you would
have been astonished to see that pan.
It fairly swarmed with ants-hundreds
and hundreds of them, and they were
running up and down the pathways,
so that they nearly crowded one an
other off. F'loX emptied them all out
together, and, after cracking a new
supply of nuts set the pans again the
next night This time she watched
carefully and her sharp eyes found a
very little crack near the floor, where
the ants came through. She stopped
it I'D and then caught in her pan of
walnuts every one of the remaining
ants.
There, Aunt Martha" she said;
"Ive done my work
Aunt Martha examined the pantry up |
and down and couldn't find a single |
ant
We'll" she said; "Fll do my work.
and the very next week Flox had her |
party.
The McCook tribune., 1897-11-05

ure;
That temperance of feeling and OF words
Is health of mind. and the calm fruits OF
leisure
Have sweeter taste than feverish zeal
Affords
That reason has joy beyond unreason,
That nothing satisfies the soul ike
truth,
That kindness conquers in and out of
season
If youth could know. why youth would
not be youth.
If age could feel the uncalculating urg-
ence,
The pulse of life that beats in youthful
veins,
And with it's swift, resistless ebb and
surgence
Makes light of difficulties. sport OF
pains;
Could once. just once. retrace the path
and find it
That lovely, foolish zeal, so crude. so
young
Which bids defiance to all laws to bind
it,
And flashes in quick eye and limb and
tongue,
Which, counting dross for gold. Is rich
in dreaming.
And, reckoning moons as suns. is never
cold,
And, having naught has everything in
seeming
If age could do all this. age were not
oldl
Susan Coolidge in Congregationalist.
The McCook tribune., 1897-11-05

carriers are Obliged to obey. Having,
in the light Of these decisions, given
the facts due consideration, we ascer-
tanned, found and reported the rates
which would be reasonable from and
to st. Louis, Springfield and Seligman,
MO-. to and from Eureka Springs, Ark,
and have recommended that the car
riers reduce and conform their charges
to the facts so found and reported. This
recommendation may impress the car
riers only as may seem to accord with
their own interests, since in the present
state OF the law, as declared by the
court, common carriers have the power
to establish, change and exact rates
independent of the Judgment of the
commission"
"The court comedies to the commits
sion power under the interstate COM
merce act to determine what, in refer
ence to the past, was reasonable and
just In the case under consideration,
the commission has determined that
the rates complained of and which are
now charged by the defendants, were
In the past and are now unjust, un-
reasonable and in violation of the
statute. The duty of notifying and
requiring the defendants to cease and
deslst from such violations is enjoined
upon the commission by the act"
1t is evident from this official state
ment by the commission that shippers
and travellers are deprived under the
ruling of the Supreme Court of their
supposed right to compel through the
commission the adoption by railroad
carriers OF ascertained reasonable
charges, and that they can only recov-
er such right by securing favorable
action in Congress.
The McCook tribune., 1897-11-05

begged him to wait / told him II you
were all he said-and you are--thas l
was sure I could make you fond Of me.
loved you little already because you
were Jacks uncle and had been SO good
to him, and il / like people | can al
ways make them like me little she
paused, and then after a moments ST.
lence she went on:
'Only yesterday I told Jack he
might speak to you today. and how
do believe you must have guessed 1t,
for here you are giving all that we
want without our even asking it. and
| am so glad, for we could never have
married without your consent"
Darkness seemed to fall over the
landscape, and Josiah Fry felt it oud-
denly turn cold. His face blanched, but
he uttered not a sound. He merely
turned as if to go home.
Must you go now?" cried Ella, see
ing and suspecting nothing. well,
perhaps it's time. It's getting dark,
and Jack will be in from Birchley fair
by this time and will want his supper.
Besides know you want to make him
as happy as you have made me. Good
night, and thank you so much. Jack
and l will never forget your good
ness"
Good night" said Josiah, mechani-
cally, and he made his way across the
field to his own home. He staggered
somewhat as he walked. and his feet
seemed like lead. so that the short
distance across the meadow to the farm
seemed longer than ever before. For
that, however, he was not sorry, for the
meeting with his nephew was painful
to anticipate.
Josiah, however. was no coward, so
he put brave face on the matter, and
entering the parlor, where Jack was
waiting for him to come in for supper.
he exclaimed:
"Well, John. business first and sup
per afterward. want to tell thee that
know all-everything. Ella has just
told me, and, lad, thou hast my bless
ing. She is good girl and will make
thee faithful, loving wife, and thou
must marry as soon as possible. -
Cincinnati Post.
The McCook tribune., 1897-11-05
A Boys Clever Invention.

There is clever boy in one of the
big skyscrapers downtown who will
some day invent himself into a for
tune. This boy sits at 4 desk from 9
in the morning until 5 o'clock in the
afternoon and makes entries in huge
ledger At each entry he has to turn
the pages, and this necegsitates the use
of a blotter to dry the ink which ne
has just used. Taking the blotter up
from the table, placing it aside before
the page is turned takes good deal
Of time. This boy thought about it
The McCook tribune., 1897-11-05
Remember the Children.

Don't ride roughshod over the chill
dren's tastes and preferences" says a
motherly woman, writing of dress. 1T
is an old time notion that a little con-
sultation and yielding here panders to
vanity. Our tastes do not come upon
us like birthday gift at sixteen. It
is attention and skillful pruning, not a
snip at every turn, that develops the
little girls crudities into woman's
delicate tastes. Don't drive the little
girl into self-conscious awkwardness
by compelling her to wear something
that some twist of childish fancy rem
ders hateful. st. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.
The McCook tribune., 1897-11-05
BLOTTER AT REST

for good while, and then ne fixed ur
a marvellous little automatic blotter
He bored smooth hole through the
back CT his desk and threaded a niece
of stout string through it. To the end
OF this which hung down at the ba.t
he tied an iron weight: the other end
he brought up through the hole and
fastened by two strings to a stout bIot-
ting pad having a celluloid hack
Then he fixed smooth board so tba+
the pad would slide up readily when tba
weight went down. After that WHOM
he needed the blotter he seized II drew
it down over the book, pressed II ON
the spot to be blotted and then lot or
Of it. The weight at The back p,
course jerked it quickly out Of tho u,.1-
leaving it ready for the next time r.
this way the young bookkeenpr W..
able to do more work than the ,,oN
who had the place before him ana :.
he hasn't had his salary raised n i.,..
because he does not deserve If lou
The McCook tribune., 1897-11-05
Where Sails Are Made.

Baltimore supplies the shops of all
nations with sails. That city is the
center of the cotton duck industry of
the world, and not only furnishes sails
for foreign navies, but tents for for
eign armies, the production of it's
twelve factories being greater than the
product of all other factories in the
world combined.
The McCook tribune., 1897-11-05

1t is a strict rule with the big trans
atlantic steamship companies that the
wife of the captain shall not travel in
his ship. The supposition is that il
anything should happen to the ship.
the captain, instead of attending to his
public duty, would devote his attention
mainly to the safety of his wife.
The McCook tribune., 1897-11-05
Very UnlucEy.

Watts-"Honestly, now, don't you
have a sort of belief that Friday is an
That's the day my wife goes bargain
chasing. ng.''-Indianapolis Journal.
The McCook tribune., 1897-11-05

nephew, John Parr. Even Quaker
maid would have been likely to become
demoralized by the perpetual making
Of fine gowns and frrbelows for the
ladies of the neighborhood. and Ella
Of thought was broken by Elias gay
voice.
"Oh, Mr.. Fry" she said. Il have
watched you all day, and ! have
thought how tired you must be. You
are good bit older than l am and
know l get awfully tired of work and l
expect you do, too"
The Quaker drew himself up to his
full height and his handsome, middle
aged face, with it's fine eyes and gray
locks, looked grand to Ella as he Ie-
plied:
Work is good, and, thank God, I
have plenty of 1t. 1t keeps one from
SIM"
Il am afraid I love the world very
much. 1t is so. beautiful. and every
one is so kind to me. and should like
to be better. Won't you teach me?
will try SO hard to learn
Joshuas reply was not very coherent,
but whatever he said he certainly
thought good deal Of Ella after this,
and he decided that, although she did
not belong to the Society of Friends
she looked as sweet and good as any
young Quaker maid-she might yet be
converted, and she had asked him to
teach her to be good. "And SO I will"
he suddenly startled himself by ex-
claiming as he pondered over the mat
ter in the silence of his chamber that
night.
''She is only frail sapling now" he
said to himself; "but she will learn and
will grow, and the mightiest oak was
once an acorn"
From this time Josiah made point
of seeing Ella Massie frequently and
doing his best to convert her to his
ideas and opinions. He found in her
a docile, loving nature, and her pretty
ways fairly charmed him.
The idea of having her about the
house was certainly attractive, and yet
somehow he could not picture her
there as Johns wife-the girl had
fairly twined herself about his heart,
and by the time the golden harvest hal
come Josiah knew the fact only too
we'll.
At first he chided himself and told
himself he was an old fool 1t was
absurd to think that beautiful girl
of 20 would care for an old widower Of
more than double her age Still, after
all, at even five and forty, man can
love, and love passionately, and Josiah
loved Ella with all the strength of his
soul. He would not, Of course. wish
to steal her away from his nephew,
but Johns had been probably mere
passing fancy, and he was sure-was
he, though?-yes, he believed he was
quite sure-that Ella loved him.
One beautiful August evening, after
the days work was over. Josiah Fry
and Ella stood talking in the cleaning
at her mothers gate.
Ella he said. 81 have come here
this evening because have something
important to say to you. All, you
The McCook tribune., 1897-11-05
He GAVE HEB UP.

RETrY and sweet
as the maiden look
ed, Josiah had a
natural prejudice
against both her
and her mother.
They were worldly
people, and the girl
was by no means
the wife he would
have chosen for his
adopted con and
The McCook tribune., 1897-11-05
Dangerous.

Let's sit down on this messy bank, Z"
Said she with beseeching glance.
Nay, nay!" he cried in accents wild;
I'm wearing white duck pants"
L. B. c.
The McCook tribune., 1897-11-05
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR READERS.
How Flox Exterminated the Ants--A
Pretty Story OF Good Little Girl
A Boys Clever Invention-About Max
Ing skeleton Leaves.
Youth and Age.

II yOulH COhAh hiAO"
what age knows
without teach
ing
Hopes instability
and Loves dear
folly.
The difference be-
tween practicing
and preaching.
The quiet charm
that turks In mel
ancholy-
The after-bitterness
of tasted pleas
The McCook tribune., 1897-11-05

A mans intelligence must ha :,
above the average to enable bir, - .ar
his laugh in at the proper tj,ne - - sel
a woman is telling a funny stow ""sn
The McCook tribune., 1897-11-05
JOKES FROM EUROPE.

A peasant who regularly attended the
market in the neighboring town, on
seeing the children of the orphanage
walking by in procession, was heard to
remark: "How strange! I have now
been coming to town for the last twen
ty years, and these brats never get any
bigger. They're just the same size as
when my father was alive. ."-Lokal-
Anzeiger.
The McCook tribune., 1897-11-05

A soldier, condemned to receive 25
strokes, is handed over to couple of
comrades, who are ordered to strike al
ternately. A dispute arises at the
eleventh stroke. "That makes ten,"
says one "Twelve!" replies the other.
"Ten!" "Twelve!" 81 say, let's start
afreshi"-Le Monde Illustre.
The McCook tribune., 1897-11-05
VACATION SCHOOLS IN CITIES.

n lew years ago IT would have SEEM
ed odd to choose the close of summer
for a review of educational progress.
But the summer schools have changed
all that. Nowadays much of the best
work in education is done in summer.
Moreover, new kind of summer
school, very interesting in many ways,
has lately come into notice.
In the summer of 1894 The New York
Association for Improving the Condi-
tion of the Poor began on large scale
the experiment of vacation schools for
the children of the tenements. Edu-
cation was not the sole purpose of the
enterprise, which was, in fact, closely
akin to fresh air funds and other
schemes for Frightening the lives of
the boys and girls crowded in the mar
row streets and sitting houses of the
poorer quarters OF the city.
The Department of Schools and Ed
ucation granted the use of three cool,
roomy schoolhouses, and the managers
undertook the task of coaxing the chill
dren into them.
Books were discarded. The children
were invited to come and play. Grad
ually the play was made work, but
work of such sort as to keep the
pupils interested and pleased. All the
devices of the kindergarten were en-
ployed. There were singing, dancing
and gymnastics. The children were
taught to play at sewing, at carpeting,
at drawing and clay-modeling. Some
of them learned something useful; and
all were comfortably and cleanly
housed during the school hours, and
kept off the hot streets and away from
vicious associations.
There has been no trouble about get
ting the children to come since they
have found out what the vacation
schools are like. The average daily at
tendance during the first summer was
nearly one thousand. The second sum-
great. During the session just closing
eleven schoolhouses were used, and the
average attendance during the first
week was more than six thousand.
The cost per day for each child was
about eleven cents and half in 1894;
in 1896, by better management, it was
reduced to less than five cents.
The officers of the association main
tain that the vacation schools are no
longer an experiment, and accordingly
they ask the city to make the system
a part of it's educational work Other
cities have done something in the same
direction, but nowhere else has the
plan been worked out SO fully as in
New York.