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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-08-03
East Montpelier.

Mrs. 8. A. Ormsbee is spending this week
at j. r. Young's.
A lawn party was held at Theo. Clark's
last Friday evening.
Rev. j. Edward Wright preached at the
Morse school house last Sunday.
DIR. Marshall removed seven wens from
Mrs. W. j. Fosters head last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orlando Clark are rejoicing
over baby boy, born last Thursday morn
ing.
DR.. j. 8. Dodge and wife Of Lincoln are
visiting relatives in this and adjoining
towns.
Miss Amy Cleveland and her brother
Frank OF Somerville, Mass, are visiting
relatives in this vicinity.
The East and North Montpelier parishes
will hold their annual basket picnic on
Thursday at l.. ID. Coburn's grove. Every
one is cordially invited.
Several couples from this town are in
camp at Mirror Lake. Among them are
Mr. and Mrs. j. II. Young, Mr.. and Mrs. O.
M. Hamblin, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred.Sibley.
Win your battles against disease by act
ing promptly. One Minute Cough Cure
produces Immediate results. When taken
early II prevents consumption. And in la
ter stages 1t furnishes promptrelief. W. e.
Terrill & Go.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-08-03
Orange County Court.

On Monday afternoon the court tried the
case Of State v. Edward r. Corliss, an in
dictment obtained at the June term charg-
ing respondent with burglary, on January
is, 1893. at Corinth in entering the house Of
Guy L. Wheeler, then unoccupied, and
there taking several carpenter tools belong
ing to Mr.. Wheeler, and fur cape and a
cloak belonging to Mrs. Wheeler. r. M
Harvey, appointed by the Court to defend
the respondent, admitted the entering and
taking Of the goods, but claimed that the
respondent was not guilty because OF insan-
ity, which view was also taken by the jury,
the State not seriously contesting this de-
tense. This practically ended the jury tri.
ais for the term, as all other respondents
whose cases were set for trial entered pleas
Of guilty, when their cases were called up,
and the jury was on Thursday morning dis
charged for the term.
Alexander Wilson of Orange, on his plea
OF guilty, was sentenced to pay q fine Of IS
and costs for assault at Orange last spring.
Eugene Ilsley Of Thetford, indicted for as.
sault with intent to kill, pleaded guilty.
Charles B. Hoyt of Topsham pleaded
guilty to ten second offenses OF selling In
toxicating liquor. He was also prosecuted
for;peddling without a license, but his at
torney, John II. Watson, demurred to the
information, alleging duplicity and object
ing also that the statute was unconstitu-
tional. Judge Start, pro forma, overruled
the demurrer and passed the case directly
to the supreme court on exceptions. Some
other criminal causes were then continued
or ordered not to be brought forward.
Court remains in session to dispose OF
causes agreed to be tried without jury and
for the disposal of motions, demurrers and
report, put will certainly end its term next
week.
In the case of State v. Amos j. Cummings
the jury reported a disagreement and was
discharged on Monday afternoon, July 25,
having been out since Saturday noon, fifty
two hours. The case was an indictment for
burglary of the store Of N. B. Tewksbury
at Newbury on Sunday afternoon, July 4,
1897, in entering the store and taking out
some provisions. States Attorney Darling
and r. M. Harvey for the Stste John II.
Watson for the respondent.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-08-03

implanting of the conviction that Span
ish rule is thing OF the past. No such
conviction would be implanted, and no
such elimination of influence would be
attainable, If the islands adjoining Lu-
zon, and connected with it by common
language, common religion, and
hundred commercial ties, we're allowed
to remain under Spanish sovereignty.
We should be kept continually in hot
water by the proximity of Spain, and
should ultimately, in all likelihood, be
forced into another war, under circum-
stances, perhaps, less favorable than
those which now exist.
All complications, internal and ex-
ternal, can be avoided by the annexa-
ton of the whole Philippine archipel-
ago. The Americanization of Luzon
would go on apace, unobstructed by
Spanish intrigues; and the reduction
OF Mindanao and other islands to civili-
cation would prove no formidable task
to the American people, which, within
the memory of men now living, has
reclaimed region of continental mag
nitude once peopled by red men be-
tween the Mississippi and the Pacific.
The revival of piracy among the Ma
lays of the Sulu archipelago would be
put out of the question, whereas it is
doubtful whether Spain, with the rem.
nant of navy left at her disposal
would be able to prevent it. What
ever arguments, in fine, are presented
for the retention of Luzon may be urg
ed for the annexation of the whole
archipelago, and there are, as we have
seen, some special and weighty reasons
for preferring the latter course.-NeV
York Sun.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-08-03

is reason for the building of the road,
and If the people along the route who
are most deeply interested in the en-
terprise put their shoulder to the fnan-
cial wheel with reasonable amount OF
push, before another twelve.month
comes round the people of Washing
ton should be able to celebrate the COM
ing of the trolley car, with its new i'm
petus to business and new accessions
of prosperity.
Go in, people of Washington, and
you will win. Come out to the meet
ing, tomorrow, people from all the
towns along and adjoining the natural
line of extension. You are interested
in this sort of transportation.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-08-03
Washington Wide-Awake.

The spirit of the resolution of Wash
ington county convention respecting
electric railway construction has over
spread its bounds, and is blazing lu-
minously in the neighboring town of
Washington, in Orange county. A
mass meeting is called at that place on
Thursday afternoon, August A, "for the
purpose of promoting the building of
an electric railroad from Barre, via
East Barre, to Washington" There
will be speaking by prominent men
and among those who will be present
are F. G. Kennedy, president of the
Barre and Montpelier Traction Com.
pany, and others interested in the cleo
trio railway now doing a prosperous
business between Montpelier and
Barre. The proposed road would be
an extension Of the road recently open
ed to traffic.
There are in Washington quarries of
marble, or species of granite, which
is like either in that it takes high
polish and is susceptible of use for
statuary, mortuary or building pur-
poses, but is unlike either in that it re-
sists the action of heat like brick. The
stone has been heated to high temper
ature and plunged into water without
suffering injury in texture or color. 1t
has successfully endured the severest
tests. Quarries have been opened but
cheap and expeditions transportation is
the thing needed for their development.
This an electric railway will bring.
Washington's agricultural wealth, its
dairy products and its other resources,
will be quickened by railway connec-
ton with the main lines of steam trans
portation. The people of the region
are wide-awake to the.value and inn
portance of an electric railway.
The road built to Washington, its
next extension would be to Chelsea.
The country presents no obstacle to
the building of an electric railway.
The route is entirely practicable. There
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-08-03

Chickamauga. It seemed to me that they
had staid in that camp altogether too long
for their good, and that II possible they
better be part Of that expedition, and my
reasons for urging this were;
First-I felt sure from letters received
from Colonel Clark and others OF the regi-
ment that II other regiments in their COM
mand were sent on new expedition they
would feel 1t keenly to see their comrades
selected and they left behind. In @ letter
OF July 20, Colonel Clark wrote me: THE
command is getting tired Of waiting and
will be very glad when ordered some
where"
Second-Many people in the State, some
having, like Governor Woodbury., sons in
he regiment, have expressed to me the
same feeling, and believed that the senti-
ment OF the State and the regiment would
be the same on this point
Third believed that the health OF the
regiment would be greatly benefited by a
change. 1t has been a long time in camp
at Chickamauga and, with the American
temperament, nothing Is 80 disheartening
or conducive to sickness as long stay
in one camp without active service. We
saw it during our civil war in terrible NOR
tally in the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Yer
mont regiments and Second Vermont brig
ade while they remained for months in one
camp during the. first Of their service,
When active service in the field began sick
ness rapidly disappeared.
II had not occurred to me that President
Mckinley and Secretary Alger would send
an excursion to Porto Rico latter the wal
was over" or anywhere else, unless in their
judgment "their services were actually
needed" Governor Woodbury's patrio,
tism and experience in military matters
have been too we'll tested to be questioned
and had he been in my place with all the
facts before him his conclusions, / trust
might not have differed materially from
mine. Very respectfully yours
REDFIELD PROCTOR.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-08-03
Proctor to Woodbury..

In letter to the Free Press Senator
Proctor makes very effective answer
to Urban A. Woodbury's attempt to
run the war department of the United
States. The Senator, writing under
date of August l, says:
notice in your paper of this morning
copy Of telegram from Governor Wood
bury to Secretary Alger protesting against
sending the Vermont regiment to Porto
Pico "unless their services are actually
needed there"
While in Washington last week was
informed that the government was con-
templating sending another army corps of
about fifteen regiments to Porto Rico, and
that some regiments from Chickamauga
were to be sent. The question then was
whether 1t was best for our regiment to
go with the expedition or stay in camp at
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-08-03
SIMPSONS Ride.

with Apologies TO 7. Buchanan Read,)
Out of the mouth of Santiago Bay.
Where the Yankee blockading squadron lay
An ominous cloud of smoke unrolled,
Telling of how Cervera bold
Was making dash that fateful day,
Daring for freedom the deadly fray,
And Sampson eleven miles away.
Leading the desperate Spanish van
The flagship Maria Teresa ran,
The Admiral's pennant at her peak,
And crowding behind her, jowl by cheek,
The Oquendo, Colon, and vizcaya
Came steaming out in grim array,
And Sampson elevt miles away.
Then came those maritime dogs of war,
The terrible Pluton and fierce Furor,
With dread torpedo and quick fire gun,
Well calculated to fight and run;
But the little Gloucester bars their way
And sinks them both in the fearful fray,
With Sampson seven miles away.
The Brooklyn, Texas, and Iowa,
And Oregon, too, were blazing away
In style to make the Dons feel tired
The Spanish flagship was quickly fred
And soon beside the Oquendo lay,
A burning wreck off Cabanas Bay,
And Sampson only five miles away.
Then Fighting Bob" of the Iowa.
Took special charge of the vizcaya
And chased her along the Cuban shore
A half dozen miles or more.
Until she sank in the smoke and spray,
The pluckiest victim of the day,
And Sampson only three miles away.
Like frightened stag with hounds In chase
The Cristobal Colon kept her pace,
But the Brooklyn baked her at every turn,
with the Oregon banging away astern,
Until she beached on Cuban cay
And struck her flag to Commodore Schley,
With Sampson still one mile away.
But like his namesake of ancient day,
Who thousands with his jawbone did slay,
Bold Sampson came on the scene all right
In time to claim everything in sight
And from his report it is safe to say
He'd have won the victory that day
II he had been forty miles away.
Willard Holcomb. in Washington Pos
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-08-03
PeaChaIn.

Asa Fellows has gone to Boston TO work
for the Boston & Maine railroad.
O. NJ. Jennison is drawing lumber to
Danville to fill a contract taken there.
G. s. Kenerson is putting bay window
on his house which improves it much in
looks.
Mrs. Cyrus Racine is visiting her mother,
Mrs. Hylan Mum, at the north part Of the
town.
Harvey Barnett of West Danville visited
his father on the Taisey place over last
Sunday.
DR.. Parker is reported sick at Saranac,
N, Y. Howard Hebblethwaite was sent
for to go and care for him.
James Craig and Alfred Paquin have
bought the hay on William Adams farm at
East Cabot and are busy harvesting it.
Charles Gregory is again very sick at
Frank Chambers and doubts are enter
tanned as to his recovery. His father and
brother are caring for him.
Be not deceived. A cough, hoarseness or
Group, are not to be tritled with. A dose in
time of Shiloh's Cure will save you much
trouble. Sold by W. e. Terrill & Co.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-08-03

The official reports of the naval en-
gagement of July are printed on
page three of this issue of the WATCH
MAN. The extracts published give the
reader clearer and more exact idea of
the kind of ships, and the kind of Of
fcers and men, that make up theAmer-
lean navy. Americans have a clear
title to unlimited pride in the mani
mate masses of steel that became en-
dowed with life and intelligence under
the guiding hand and directing brain
of their animate masters. Everything
we read of the Oregon in particular
enhances our admiration for this bull
wark of the nation, her captain and her
crew. The pulse quickens and the
voice betrays the supremacy of mas
tering sentiment when one reads or
speaks of the exploits of the defenders
of his country. In the warmth and
self.abnegation of the words of Schley
and the captains, in their hearty and
merited Inscriptions OF praise to each
other and to their Imen, grateful COM
pensation is found for the comparative
reserve and GOODNESS of the admiral in
chief command. Grant lost nothing in
military prestige by the bestowal of
prodigal commentator on his merito.
rious lieutenants, and the quality of
the hero was vastly enhanced by his
generous remembrance of these subor-
dinates. There is in SIMPSONS gen.
eral course suggestion of Halleck's
treatment of his subordinates, while
directing the operations of the civil
war, in the times when Grants star
rose at Donelson and the months i'm
mediately following. But it is not in
the power of any superior officer to
control the awards of honor won at
Santiago. The American people have
looked after that matter.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-08-03
ARTHUR ROPES. General Editor.

IN the practice of proper regard for
ability and experience, Thomas @.
Cheney, assistant clerk of the House of
Representatives ought to be advanced
to the clerkship, under the circum-
stances that will exist, in the natural
course of things, when the next Legis-
lature convenes. This would be along
the line of rational regulation of the
civil service. Mr.. Cheney has been
the assistant clerk of two houses, he
has the qualifications of good record
ing officer and the experience that in
sures efficiency. These facts ought to
make, as they undoubtedly will, his
calling and election sure. Max l..
Powell of Burlington, who is secretary
of the Senate of the existing Legisla-
ture, is young man of demonstrated
ability and efficiency in various depart
ments of affairs. He has the habit of
accuracy and he has clear intelligence
and quick understanding. He is the
sort of person one would select for an
important commission with the full as
surance that the trust would be per-
formed with precision and fidelity.
Mr.. Powell ought to be chosen to the
secretaryship of the next Senate, if
there is any merit in unquestioned
competency and intimate acquaintance
with the duties of the Office, not to
mention the matter of courtesy that
never fails to meet all exactions.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-21
Tthies Of sleep.

The ethics Of good sleep should form
a part Of household morality. Il Is
hardly an extrsyagant assertion that
comparatively few people after child
hood has passed know by experience
what perfect sleep Is and satisfy them
selves with a poor apology for this
most perfect refreshment Rising tired
and weary from a disturbed. imperfect
sleep. they proceed TO summon up lost
energy by strong tea or coffee which
10 Us turn again inierferes with per
feet rest az night; and this process Of
life. more than mental or physical la
Dor, wears women out and makes them
premaiurely Old Il have been reading
myself 10 sleep after retiring said a
lady the other day and when / have
done this for two or three nights I
can see that | look five years older 4"
Il is an experience that any woman
can verify. and. conversely. she can see
that sleeping In a perfectly dark and
well-yentllated room brings back the
contour aud the roses OF childhood or
carly youth.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-21

harvest the work Of these two classes
OF agriculturists Is practically the
same. But In the interim during the
growing season-one Is always OPP
pressed with fears Of failure while the
other looks forward 10 the certainty OF
a bOuntiful crop Examine the crop
successes Of these two classes Of farm
ers for a period Of years and which
do you believe the boasted independ-
ence Of the farmer IL most applicable
tO-the one who watches the cloud
no larger tign a mans hand" and
prays that Il may overcast the skies
and send down drink to his thirsty
fields, or TO the one who looks 20 the
mountains and sees In their mighty
arms the melting SHOWS ever descend
ing 20 water his lands?
To Brigham Young must ever be-
long the credit Of having introduced
irrigation into the United States. lie
caused 20 be- constructed fifty years
ago-where Salt Lake City now stands
the first irrigation canal No event
In the history Of western colonization
IL so important or far-reaching In is
influence for good. From that small
beginning began the Irrigation which
Is now common 10 the agriculture Of
all the wonderful empire west OF the
Rocky Mountains From that first
canal developed the great systems
which rapidly extended over Utah.
Idaho and the adjoining states. and
which now gridiron almost half Of
the United States. In the early stages
OF irrigation development small sys-
tens we're built by the union Of the
capital and labor Of neighbors and
friends. These coo. oratiye systems
were necessarily inexpensive and were
confined 10 localities where physical
conditions we're most favorable and
where the land to be- waterod aud the
water we're nearby But later, when
the marvellous successes Of the irrl-
cation farmer became generally known,
large amounts Of aggregated capital
under corporate management we're In
vested In the construction Of expensive
systems which have overcome by be-
ginning methods great physical DIM
culties and brought water from Ions
distances TO the redemption OF vast
areas which now await but the hand
OF the farmer TO be covered with pro
ductlye and happy homes. In no por
tion Of the arid region are these ex
tensiye systems more common thar
in Utah and Idaho. where favorable
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-21

would soon be heard In Utah and
Idaho. In this limited account little
more than a glimpse Of what irriga-
ton 10 and what 10 has accomplished
and can accomplish can be given. In
the region where irrigation prevails.
II insures not only the certainty Of an
nual crops. but the certainty Of per
feet development, and tho certainty Of
market. The first two Of these GER
tainiies are guaranteed by the fact that
water Il always at hand ready for use
not only 20 stimulate the growth Of
the growing grain. but TO quench is
thirst 81 just the right time TO insure
perfect development. The other GER
talnty springs from the fact that In
the irrigated region mining. smelling.
manufacturing and other industries
distinct from agriculture are extens-
lively carried on and the demand OF
those employed In these occupations
lnfures 10 the farmer the sale Of Lis
products speedily and az good prices.
Utah and Idaho are mountainous
states. but the ranges are broken and
at the base Of each mountain there
Is a fertile valley. These valleys wind
among the mountains. which not snly
protect them from the rigors Of win
ter but environ them with the snowy
peaks which guarantee the summers
water supply There Is SIN land IN
these valleys yet untitled enough TO
furnish farms Tor many thousands
Seen from their surrounding mountain
sides they present pictures Of pastoral
beauty such az the world elsewhere
does not have. From their centers 90
their extreme limits they are checkered
with farms and tinted with co.ors
varying from the deep green Of thu
growing alfalfa 20 the golden hues Of
ripening grain.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-21

Il Is an honest quackery that con-
fesses It's own blunders. still ignor-
ant that they are nothing worse. A
whaling skipper. in the old days. car
ried a medlcine-chest and a table OF
directions one Of the rules ran, For
sore throat with fever. give a table
spoonful % number fifteen" We'll
II 20 happened" explained the cap
tain. that fifteen was all used up
So ! gave the man dessert-spooniul
Of number Eve, and another Of mum
her ten. and don't think the char
that drew mp the table could have been
good at figures Or else. what's just
az likely. the medicines were an shams
Ei;her way. Il was hard on poor Bill
lie dle6 In halt an hour, with a dread
ful pain IN hts inside"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-21
house eulLpER.s TRIAL.
Amateur Architect Who Thinks Certain
Fact. should he Thought


Fact. should he Thought
From the Detro: Free Press. Il be-
lieye that there should be some kind
Of a university or night school 10 teach
men how 10 buy lots and build houses"
declared citizen who II finally settled
In his new home More than that.
there should be a Law making this kind
Of an education compulsory and a
searching examination t.fore any one
be given license 10 spend bis money
In land and building I've been
through Il and I'm talking by the card
After had purchased my lot was
jumped on FOR some back taxes. and
to settle with an heir that hadn't Joined
In the deed. and 10 pay a paving as
sessment. was advised by a friend
that my best scheme was 10 make
separate contract for each kind Of work
10 be done and then ~ on hand as
much as possible 10 see that nothing
was neglected. The result was that
lost a whole sumner. took care Of two
or three rows day. listened to cx-
pensiye suggestions. and In the end
paid out $1,000 more than my most lib
eral calculations had provided for Then
| wasn't nearly AZ well satisfied as
with my original plans. While ihe
moving vans we're unloading at the
door. ms wife was bustllng about In
one Of womans most delightful Cccu-
patlons and the children we're rolling
under the trees In the back yard. along
came a man who called me aside and
Informed me that had built on his lot.
As was not armed he escaped with
his life. and we called each other
names across the street until cooled
down sufficiently to hold peaceful
parley lie was right. My pretty new
house adorned his lot. was a squat
ter. lie had me just because had
carelessly ignored the abstract man
and the surveyor, would have heard
from him sooner. but he had been
away He was white and gave me
deed TO the lot In exchange for deed
to the next lot, which had really pur-
chased"