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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-11-24
MoTHERING FLEDGELlNGS
The Experience ofa Man Who Tried
Il, hut Starved the Little
Bird Family.

One would hardly believe that the
ordinary work of Mother Robin i
enough to wear out the patience and
endurance OF an abie-bodied man. yet
such appears to be the case. A man
who doesn't in the least mind travel
ing over the golf links hours.together
relates his experiences trying to play
mother to a nest of little robins. who
by some accident, had been deprived
of their rightful mothers care. He
diligently set to work digging angie
worms, and supposed that he was full
filling his whole duty, when one OF the
poor little songsters died. Upon ex'
animation of the body. which was re-
duced to skin and bone, the foster pa
rent came 10 the conclusion that II
must have died of starvation.
Deeply grieved at his shortcoming
he redoubled his efforts, determined TO
at least save the other two. 1t was
not long, however, before a second one
died, evidently of the same malady
The good man then resolved that what
ever the third one died of. it should
not be starvation. and took off his
coat and went to work in earnest. He
kept on with the diet of angleworms
until he found that his one little bird
was consuming from, IA to IS yards OF
angleworms day. This was too much
for his patience. and he proceeded to
substitute the more easily managed
diet of bread and milk. and other deli
cacies. which were. however, not near
" so much to Miss Robins taste.
Wanting to discover whether he had
been catering to family of abnormal
appetites. our friend took TO watching
the methods OF a real mother bird. and
found that she fed her young every
two minutes. He then consulted the
learned book upon birds and discov-
cred that IA yards of worms a day.
with meals every two minutes. is the
average rate of feeding fiedgelings
He has. therefore, quite decided that
he does not care to take up raising
birds by hand as business. These
little creatures have to eat not only
enough to grow on" but enough to
dress on, and fair proportion of their
food goes into feathers. Then, too, the
temperature of birds is very much
higher than that of human beings, and
they require fuel in proportion.--In-
diaDapolis News.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-11-24
HUMOROUS

The Rhymestcr-"Poets SIR, are
harm The Editor-"Noti in the last
40 Years. "-Indianapolis Journal.
Finding Him Out.-"There's cnarac-
tar IN the hat a man buys" There's
more character in the way he pays 1or
t."-Chicago Record.
$50 Alice has decided finally to mar
rv an officer?" Eyes, she captured hlm
in what she positively declares to be
Ter last engagement. Brooklyn Life
.Dickie doesn't like his school TINS
year. whats the trouble? nc
saws his teacher let's all the other boys
except him sit by girls. '-Detroit free
Press,
Exchange No Robbery.-"No, Bobby
be a good boy and let papa hear you say
your prayer" "All right; then you
femme hear you say yours. Chicago
Record.
"Some hired girls are very obliging'
don't you think so?" "Oh, yes. Ours
is so obliging, in fact, that she obliges
us to do just about as she dictates.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
War Fashions.-Laura-"Papa, they
are going to introduce military hgures
in the german, this winter Mr.. Flgg
-"I presume that means an increase
in your appropriation bills. Indian
apolis Journal.
Punctured.-Sprocket -" Had my
tire punctured this morning" Crockett
-"You don't say so? How did il hap
penn" sprocket-"Riding in a strange
country and ran against the forks Of
a road.'-Toront World.
student-"Suppose burglar should
break into lawyers house and get OF
with some of his stuff" Professor-"lt
is a supposable case" Student
Gould the burglar be convicted of re-
ceiving stolen goods ?"-Town Topics
Histon-"Hereafter l hope | shall
know enough to let well enough
alone" Wiston-"What is the trouble
uow?" Histon-I wrote slashing
article for the paper and ] was as hap
by as clam. but / was fool enough
afterward to read the reply to 1t. Then
felt like ol.',-Boston Transcript.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-11-24
VARIETIES OF EYES
Adjectfves Which Authors Apply to
Those of Gray. Blue. Black
and Brown.

Out of list of 20 adjectives direct
ly applied to gray eyes, no less than so
are descriptive of expression. If we
may believe the evidence of these
words, which were jotted down at ran
dom in the course of reading, almost
every shade of thought or feeling is
mirrored in gray eyes; and not only
do the words indicate great variety in
expression, but many of the qualities
which they represent seem diamet-
rically opposed.
Gray eyes are reserved and candid:
Geld and cordial; roguish and sad or
pathetic; grave and genial; sinister
and guileless, earnest, true, amiable;
proud, yet tender. They may be keen.
sharp, piercing, penetrating. but they
are also soft, serene. mild pensiye.
dreamy, trustful. They are often Sc
we're, yet as often are they sweet. tim
id, wistful, appealing or kindly beam
ing, loving. sympathetic.
Now, when we turn to descriptions
of blue, brown or black eyes. we shall
find that these are briefly compared
with the long and elaborate descrip-
tions of gray eyes, and that they usu-
ally refer to some popularity of size.
shape, coloring. or light. rather than
Of expression. A good example is the
description of Lorna Doone's large
dark eyes, full of shadowy light 'like
wood rayed through with sunset"
Brown and black eyes are almost al
ways represented as lustrous. while
luminous is most frequently used in
connection with gray eyes. Pathetic
is perhaps the adjective of expression
most often applied to brown eyes:
spiritual is seldom used to describl
other than blue eyes, but to these alss
belongs the bad eminence of being
shifty, while black eyes are distin
cuished in the same way by the word
beady.
Gray eyes are perhaps oftenest
characterizeda as honest; and the worst
that is commonly said of them is thar
they are cold or steely.-Lippincot
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-11-24
Union village.

/ Mrs. g. w. Benton 10 visiting iIienos ~
Athol, Mass.
| Mary e. Colburn, X. U. A., '99, is home
| for brief vacation.
| Our village school closes this week for
vacation of two weeKs.
Charlie Campbell Is spending few days
with friends in Lowell, Mass.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Rowe and daughter, Laura,
| of Peacham are at l.. G.. Ellis.
| Cap6eld's orchestra was at Post Mills
| Nov. % to play for social dance.
| Arthur Pierce OF Fairlse was recently
entertained at the Campbell home.
The Junior League OF the M. E. church
now meets Sunday afternoons at O'CLOCK
Edith Morrison OF Lyme, N. H., was
the recent guest of Miss Ella Waterman.
Mrs. Charles Hackett Of Gardner, Mass,
recently visited her brother, Frank Can
field.
Miss Harriet Gleason is spending the
holiday with her brother, Judge Gleason,
at Thetford Center.
Mrs. Emma Clogston was in Lebanon,
N H., Tuesday visiting her classmate,
Miss Belle Wilkinson.
Hazelton,s orchestra of South Strafford
will play for social dance in Blaisdell's
hall this Thursday evening.
Sadie Colby closed successful term OF
school in the New Boston district Friday,
returning to her home in Danville Tues
day.
Vacation at Thetford academy has
brought home our quota OF young ladief,
Misses Ellis, Kinney, Patterson and Wa
terman.
The birthday party at Blaisdelps hall
Friday evening was a social and financial
success, $50 being added to the fund for
repairing the church.
Among those who have returned to eat
Thanksgiving turkey under the paternal
roof are Leslie Waterman of Manchester,
N. H and Mrs. Rufus Simonds OF Hart
ford.
Rev. Mr.. Robinson, who Is studying
theology at the Boston university, Is at
home for the week and will conduct the
Thanksgiving service at the M. e. church
this evening at z o'clock.
Several from this place we're in Norwich
Wednesday evening to attend the dedica-
ton OF the new school building. Pupils
from the different schools took part In the
exercises. Bessie @. Lord OF this village
gave the salutatory, Hon. Mason S.Stone
OF Montpelier was present and did much
to render the evening pleasant and profit
able.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-11-24
Odds and Ends.

Overcome evil with good Overcome
your coughs and colds with One Minute
Cough Cure. II Is so good children cry
for II. 1t cures Group, bronchitis, pneu-
monia, grip and all throat and lung dis
eases. Evan e. Evans & Co., Randolph;
Leavitt Il Reed, Bethel; M. j. Sargent &
Son, So. Royaiton; A r. Hood 4 Son,
Chelses, J. A. Chedel & Co., Gaysville, ID.
o. Goodno, Rochester.
The army OF Germany has eight women
colonies.
Late to bed and early to rise, prepares
man for his home in the skies But early
to bed and a Little Early Riser, the pill
that makes life longer and better and
wiser. Evan Evans a Co, Randolph ;Leav-
1t q Reed, Bethel; M. ]. Sargent & Son,
South Royalton; A. r. Hood & Son, Chel-
uoodro, Rochester.
A negro woman is the postmistress at
Edisto Island, s. @.
When you ask for DE Wits Witch
Hazel Salve don't accept counterfeit or
imitation. There are more cases of piles
being cured by this, than all others COM
bined. Evan Evans & Co., Ran dolph ;Leav-
lit & Reed, Bethel; M. j. Sargent q Son,
So. Royalton; A. r. Hood & Son, Chelsea,
]. A: Chedei q Co., Gaysville, d. o. Good
no, Rochester.
Ncnfly touf uuhuIcu pcIeous are SNOW
bound In the mountain passes of Alaska.
A cough is not like fever. It does not
have to run a certain course. Cure Ii
quickly and effectually with One Minute
Cough Cure, the best remedy for all ages
and for the most severe cases. We recon-
mend 1t because it's good. Evan Evans
q Co.. Randolph; Leavitt & Reed, Beth
ell; NJ. J. Sargent 4 Son. So. Royalton; A.
K. Hood Son. Chelsea, ]. A. Chedel &
Co., Gaysville, ID. o. Goodno, Rochester.
Thirteen Cinnamon were drowned in
the forward cabin of wrecked steamer at
Sausalto, California.
Constipation prevents the body from
Kidding itself OF waste matter. De Wits
Little Early Risers will remove the trou-
BILE and cure sick headache, biIiousness,
inactive liver and clear the complex
ion. Small, sugar coated, don't grippe
or cause nausea. Evan Evans & Co.,
Randolph: Leavitt & Reed, Bethel;
M. J. Sargent & Son, So. Royalton; A. e.
Hood q Son, Chelsea, j. A. Chedel & Co.,
Gaysville, ID. o. Goodno, Rochester.
Energy all gone Headache Stomach
out OF order Simply case OF torpid liv-
err Burdock Bitters will make new man
or woman OF you. I'm
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-11-24
SfOo Reward 500.

The readers OF this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
in all its stages and that is catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood aud mucous surfaces OF
the system, thereby destroying the found
alton OF the disease and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have so much faith in its
curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that 1t fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address, r. j. CHENEY & CO., Tole-
do, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-11-24

ITS all right. don't attach any
blame to You. 1t can all be explained
by science. But you can't make me be-
lieve that anybody could battle in water
as salt as you say that was and come
home so uncommon fresh. It couldn't
be done. "-Washington Star.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-11-24

Fred Allen visited in Bethel last week.
Lee Holt and wife spent Thanksgiving
in Bridgewater.
Luna Leavitt has begun another term OF
school on Pomfret hill.
Horace Baker and family spent last
week with friends here.
There is to be social at the hall Friday
evening. All are invited.
Rev. Mr.. Ford OF Pittstield will preach
here next Sunday. 1t being quarterly
meeting.
Ed Allen and wife went to winches-
ter, Mass, to spend Thanksgiving with
their SOU.
II. l.. Jones OF Woodstock bought of
Adm Allen his silver grey fox skin and
left about $50.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-11-24
PROOF TO THE CONTRARY.
He Was Too Fresh for Man Who
Had Been Bathing In the
Great Salt Lake.

The prematurely bald young man
with downy white mustache had been
doing his best TO make profound inn
preston on his rural relatives. There
was no reason why he should do this
except in obedience to natural ten
dency which is second only to that of
self-preservation, Nthe desire TO show
off. The old gentleman with heavy
soled boots and black string necktie
had listened silently for long time.
He broke in on the series of travellers
tales, with the remark:
1T kind o. beats my time that the
west end o. this continent should be
so different from the east
"Oh, if you haven't travelled much
and don't know the difference, this
part of the world is all right" was the
answer.
Eyes. But ii oughtn' to be so mis-
represented. They ought not TO com
plain that the east has gone an or
ganized monopolies to gobble every
thing worth havin' when the west has
all the geysers an the petrified forests
ard the trees that You can drive horse
and wagon through, If you can find an
auger big enough TO make the hole. !
know it's all true. too, fur I've seen
pictures of those things in the geog-
raphies. But this lake you was tellin'
about can't help thinkin' you got
imposed on somehow there"
you mean the Great Salt Lake in
Utah. It's there. Isaw il with my own
eyes"
THE lake that's so salt fish can't live
in it?'
Certainly"
An when you went bathin' you
found the water so salt that you
couldn't sink II you tried p
''Yes. indeed. And what's more
Hold on. I'm not doubtin' your
veracity. 1 don't say you don't tell
every bit of this in good faith. I've had
The same kind of experiences. One time
| was in room where breakfast had
just been set, and although / was
stranger in the house. walked up aud
took fried egg of the plate with
spoon and put II in my mouth. Imagine
my surprise when / Immediately be-
gan TO raise up and toward the ceilin'.
It was amazin' how fine floated. Ny
wife an the girls was just as surprised
as / was when they came in, and III
sever forget how funny they looked
hopping up into the air. trying to do the
same thing. After while l wanted to
get down. but couldn't make ii. l be-
gan TO get worried. started to call
for help and accidentally bit into the
egg. As soon as / did so was gently
lowered till had the use of both feet
a. usual. And il all seemed so real that
when l got up the next mornin'
thought eatin' breakfast an feedin'fhe
rigs must be dream"
"But. my dear sir
Its all right. l don't attach any
blame to you. 1t can all be explained
by science. But you can't make me be-
lieve that any body could battle in water
as salt as you say that was and come
home so uncommon fresh. It couldn't
be done."-Washington Star.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-11-24

II greatest were the test Of avoirdu.
pois the place Of honor would be allied
BY Maurice Canon. a native of the
small frontier town Of Stein. in the
state OF Constance. This man Is said
10 weigh not less than 50 stone, and
may claim to be the heaviest man on
earth He measures over 100 inche,
around the waist and Ga around the
nigh bis enormous weight does not
apparently Inconvenience him. for be
Is active and IN robust health. He Is !
~en-'o-oo, middle-aged farmer, and,
though bis gigantic proportions nat.
urally make him an object Of curiosity
10 his neighbors. he has declined ali
oifers 70 stray from his native fields.--
Humanitarian.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-11-24
A Household Disgrace.

There is no justification for the feasi
and famine principle or the "blue Mon
Gay" idea in the home. They are evel
an arraignment against the intelli
gence and womanliness OF the mis-
tress, mother and home-maker. II is
the boast of some wives that their hus
bands accept uncomplainingly what
ever is put before them. be its quality
what il may. Alas, that any woman
should make boast so self-accusingl
And alas. that any good but mistaken
man should become a party to selfish
neglectfulness and Incidence by his
complaisancei-Ella Morris Kretsch-
mar. in Woman's Home Companion.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-11-24

Savory outlets are made Of bread
free Of crust and cut 10 neat
round. They should be three-fourths
inch thick. Beat up one egg with
about a teacup of milk. and dip the
slices into this. allowing them to soak
up little, then lay them carefully,
50 as not to break the round. in boil
ing lard or dripping, scatter chopped
parsley and a favoring of celery seed
over this. and fry till they turn a very
delicate brown. Then drain and serve
very hot.-philadelphia Press.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-11-24

Watts-I don't believe you have
taken a bath In years.
Dismal Dawson-Nope. l belong to
the total abstaiuerA - Indianapolis
Journal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-08-25
THE ARTFuL RAVEN.

Incidents That APPLY illustrate the Won
derful Sagacity of the Bird.
Many stories are told of the cleverness
of the raven, bird that really seems to
have reasoning powers. One of these
stories tells how a raven by a Skillful
stratagem got a young hare for its dinner.
1t had pounced upon the little animal, but
the mother hare drove it away.
Then the raven slowly retreated, encour-
aging the mother to follow him, and even
pretending that he was afraid of her. In
this fashion he led her to considerable
distance from her young one and then
suddenly, before the hare had time to
realize the meaning of the trick, he rose
in the air, flew swiftly back, caught the
young hare in his beak and bore it away
A similar plan was adopted by some
ravens that wished to steal food from a
dog. They teased him till he grew so an
CRY that he chased them from the spot,
but the artful birds turned sharply round,
easily reached the dish before him and
carried off the choicer bits in triumph.
AS to the ravens power of speech, the
following story, which is given on the au-
thority of Captain Brown, who vcuches
for it's truth, will show how aptly it can
talk. A gentleman while travelling through
wood in the south of England was star
tied by hearing a shout of Fair play, gen
tlemen; fair play - uttered in loud tones.
The cry being presently repeated the trav.
eler thought it must proceed from some
one in distress and at once began to search
for him He soon discovered two ravens
| 1ercely attacking third He was SC
struck with the appeal of the oppressed
IND hot ho mt tlxyx h
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-08-25
THE LISTENER.

Cardinal Parrochi, who is spoken Of a.
She probable successor to Pope Leo III, Is
great reader of the newspapers and was
himself a newspaper man in his younger
days.
Major jerome A. Watrous, the new pay
master of the army for the district about
Boston, is a well known newspaper man
and has served in the Wisconsin state leg
islature.
Forty-six years ago Bishop McLaren
was a reporter on a Cleveland paper, and,
with one assistant, had to cover the entire
city in every way. He was succeeded by
Artemus Ward.
A letter from an officer on the Brooklyn
says that everybody on the ship, high and
low, is wearing Schley beard, and they
intend to introduce the fashion when next
they go to New York
James w. Collins of Philadelphia, who
was run over and killed the other day by
a train in Maryland, was known as the
"Tomato King because of the extent of
his dealings in tomatoes.
John Y McKane, who was the 'sKing
of Coney Island" before he went to Sing
Sing prison, and who when he came out
was supposed to be pauper, has just sold
some real estate at Sheepshead Bay for
| $40, 600.
| Governor Hogg, who is very much op
! posed to extravaganza IN dress, recently
gave reception, in the Invitations to
which he requested guests to come dressed
simply and cheaply. He himself wore a
| 81. so suit.
Mr.. Gladstone was once 8 feet II inches
| in height, but with the weight OF years
his frame had shrunk, and when he was
prime minister the last time he was only
feet inches. The smallness of the coffin
at Westminster hall struck everybody.
| A western paper says that Colonel W. F.
| Cody received the name Buffalo Bill"
! from the fact that he had the contract to
supply meat to the men who were con-
structing the Kansas Pacific railroad and
that he almost always gave them buffalo
| meat.
The dedication of a religious work re-
Gently written by Theodore F. Seward, the
"Don t Worry man, 7" indicates that he has
a touch of humor and a possible leaning
toward heresy. 1t reads as follows: IT
dedicate this book to my fellow sinners in
and out of the churches.
When Colonel W. p. Hepburn of Iowa
first ran for congress many years ago, he
| tired of the close contest and had about
made up his mind to give up politics for
ever and go homo when he was told that
he was winning Since then he has served
seven successive terms and has always
| been nominated by exclamation.
The Marquis de Castellane and his son,
Boni de Castellane, who married some of
the Jay Gould millions, are opposed both
! politically and personally The former is
Royalist and the latter Conservative,
and the son refuses to allow the father any
benefit from the wealth he gained by mar
| rinpA.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-08-25


"By looking into any carriage of fu-
neral procession" said Mr.. Staybolt, ''it
is possible to tell at glance its relation
to the hearse. The one or two carriages
in front of the hearse carry the pallbear-
ers, who are sober of demeanor, but not
depressed. They are selected because of
their station or rank, and a knowledge of
this fact gives them dignity of bearing,
but they are not cast down by it.
"After the hearse comes the carriage
with the chief mourners, whose grief is
sacred. There may be another carriage or
perhaps more filled with those who mourn
deeply, but after them the tinge of sorrow
grows rapidly lighter until it wholly dis
appears There may be seen in one car
riage a child looking out from a window.
In some there will be seen friends and
neighbors come to do honor to the dead
and preserve silence and fixed attitudes.
''Then will come carriages containing
those who look from the windows as they
pass at objects unfamiliar, and then there
are carriages containing people who do
not hesitate to talk and smile and car
riages containing those who sit back in
the comfortable cushions and enjoy the
ride. New York Sun.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-08-25

In the course of tedious trial, involv-
ing the possession of stock of goods, "a
man who had formerly been employed as
a travelling salesman was testifying.
"Do you mean to say, sir, " asked the
attorney for the plaintiff, that you can t
remember what you carried in your valise
on the trip in question:
81 didn say couldn remember, re
piled the witness ~ said that at this late
day it was impossible for me to recollcet
everything | carried on that particular
trip.
Don't evade the question, sirP thun-
dered the attorney. Il want to know
what was in that valise'
Samples
Samples of what? Mention some par
ticular thing
''Well, said the witness after rejecting
moment, Il remember | had sample
of rather inferior hair dye, about the
sort, | judge, that you have on your whis-
kers, sir
''You may stand aside, gruffiy said
the lawyer after the noise i'll the courtroom
had subsided. Exchange