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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-20
Newspaper Reporters.

A very common error is prevalent
that the work of reporters, given in
newspapers, as rule is not entitled to
respect or credence. 1t is generally
assumed that the reporter writes chief
ly or wholly to make a sensation or in
some way interest readers without re-
gard to facts, while just the reverse is
the truth in all reputable newspaper
establishments.
1t is safe to assume that the state
ments of reporters given in the leading
reputable journals of the country are
quite as truthful as are the general
statements from the pulpit when the
minister gets outside of strictly reli-
gious teachings, and very much more
truthful than are the public express
sions of most if not all of the leading
professions. With very few exceptions
the management of our leading daily
newspapers enforce truthfulness and
fairness as the supreme attributes for
newspaper writer, and yet it is COM
mon for all who are displeased with
any reportOrial statement to say that
sits mere newspaper story"
1t is true that there are few con-
spicuous exceptions to the rule that
governs the reputable newspapers OF
the country.
Not only are the managers of our
leading newspapers entitled to great
credit for the scrupulOus care they en-
force on their reporters and CORE
spondents to present the truth with as
exact fairness as is possible, but the
public little know the ceaseless care
that is exercised in every reputable
newspaper Office to prevent the publ
cation of even the truth when it would
be more harmful to publish than to
suppress it. There is not week, in
deed hardly day, that the newspapers
of this city do not suppress the facts
proper for public information which
would make a most interesting story
solely because it would bring flood Of
sorrow to the innocent and helpless
and cast an imperishable shadow upon
their lives. With all the errors neces-
sarily committed in newspaper office
by reason of the haste with which the
articles must often be prepared, the
public little know with what thorough
integrity the newspapers, as a rule,
protect the innocent even at the cost of
suppressing legitimate and interesting
information. The skeletons of hun.
dreds of households are carefully guard
ed in the newspaper offices of the coun-
try, and generally without even the
knowledge of the people who are thus
protected. -Philadelphia Times.
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to twenty years of exemplary behavior
inside the prison walls, the governor
sent for Abner Hill to be brought to
his private office.
The day he expected him he placed
the violin in conspicuous position on
the desk.
There was ushered into his presence
a tall, angular man with the worn face
and STOPPING shoulders of three-score
years; hair scanty, muscles flabby, eyes
dull; nothing to bespeak youth but the
faint red that crept into his sunken
cheeks when the servant announced
his name. A single stroke of sin and
its after-writing on the brain had done
the work of twice twenty years.
He stood inside the door with down.
cast eyes and nervous futtering hands.
The governor called his name, and
something in the kindly accents gave
him courage to look up.
Something else in the homely, hui
morous face that no man ever looked
into without loving, gave him courage
to speak, and his eyes caught sight Of
the violin.
Reaching a trembling hand out to
LIS uuuD lIlOuu db JuOuRu lOT COuu-
dence, he whispered hoarsely:
"Guvner, what did she tell you fer
me? What did my old fiddle tell your"
The governor waited for moment,
perhaps to steady his voice; then, lay
ing both hands on the shoulders of the
other, his eyes reading with fathers
tenderness the piteous, expectant face,
he said:
"Abner, she says--the old fiddle says
that you can go back to the noun
tains. And, my man, may God go with
you'll"
The convict stood for a moment like
one struck dumb, womanish pallor
overspreading his cheek; then, with a
cry that his listener never forgot, he
threw his arms around his liberator
and sobbed like child.
And the governor was not ashamed
to admit that something frightened in
bis throat and broke out at his eyes
too.-Nora G. Franklin, in Lippincott's
Magazine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-20

The door of health stands open to every
woman who will enter. All that she needs
is the key and a little knowledge. The
knowledge that she needs is concerning her
own nature, her own physical makeup and
the principal cause of i'll health in women.
When a woman suffers from headaches
and pains in the back and sides, and burn
ing and dragging sensations and the weak
ness, nervousness and dependency that
are caused by diseases peculiar to her sex,
she cannot enjoy good general health. The
key to the door of health-the cure for all
disorders of this description-is DR., Pierce's
Favorite Prescription 1t is a medicine
specially devised for disorders of this ma
ture and no other 1t is the invention of
an eminent and skillful specialist, Dr. X. V.
Pierce, for thirty years chief consulting
physician to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgi-
cal Institute, at Buffalo, ~ Y. When
woman writes to DR.. Pierce she consults
a physician who has practiced for thirty
years right in one place, and who was some
by an election to the National Congress.
He will answer letters from women free of
charge All professional correspondence is
regarded as Sacredly confidential
" For years kept falling in health and getting
worse and more nervous all the time " writes
Mrs. Annie Dulan of East Stroudsburg Monroe
Co. Pa. " / doctored with two different doctors
without relief My system was run down and
my nerves weak | had ulcers of the uterus
which were painful at times that was afraid
they must be cancers. | felt discouraged and did
not get any better until my nurse advised me to
ing Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Cold
en- Medical Discovery took twelve bottles in
all six of each. Thanks to God and DR.. Pierce S
medicines. am cured and am a well woman"
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Summer Feelin's.

There's a sorter feel o. summer In the lazy, daisy
air,
An the hummin' birds are comm an the blooms
air everywhere;
An Teller feels like noddn when thar's any work
ter do,
Or loahn' roun' in medders whsr the daisy drinks
the dew.
It's wishin time an hshn time an time fer stayin
still
whar the song birds In the blossoms air a singin'
fit ter kill
Ter feel yer hair a-wavin' in the U'let scented
breeze
Or slip away ter dreamian' in the dronin' o. the
bees.
1t amt time fer thinkin' 1t amt time to stay
In the city, when tho GOBLIN shades air calm you
away;
Fer folks up in the city jest git glimpse o. blue,
When thars miles of 1t, unclouded, In the medders
over you'll
like the lazy, daisy springtime feeln'-ke ter be
Whar the blossoms air a-rainin' all their richness
over mel
That's the time you1l fin me noddin' when thar's
any work ter do
Or loahn' roun in medders, whsr tho daisy drinks
the dew
Frank L. Stanton, In Atlanta Constitution.
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ESTATE OF JENNIE L. HATHAWAY
STATE OF VERMONT,

In Probate Court held at Montpelier. IN and for
said District, on the 5th day of pril, AID 1898.
Frank L. Hathaway, Administrator of the estate OF
JENNIE L. HATHAWAY, late of Moretown in
said District, deceased, presents his administration
account for examination and allowance, and makes
application for decree Of distribution and partition
OF the estate of said deceased. whereupon, 1t 10
ordered by said Court that said account and said ap
pcation be referred to session thereof to be held
at the Probate ONCE, in said Montpelier on the 23d
day Of April A. d. 1885, for hearing and decision
hereof be given to all persons interested, by pubca-
cation of the same three weeks successfully in the
Vermont Waterman e State Journal, newspaper
published at Montpelier previous to said time APP
pointed for hearing, that they may appear at said
have, why said account should not be allowed and
such decree made
BY the Court.-Attest, HIRAM CARLETON, Judge.
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A Scientific Discovery
NEURALGIA AND RHEUMATISM
CAN BE CURED.
Morrow's Kidneoids Restore the Kid
neys to Their Naturally Sound Con-
ditiOn. Giving Renewed Life and
vigor to the Nerves and

dition. Giving Renewed Life and
Vigor to the Nerves and
Muscles.
Neuralgia is a nervous affection; rheuma-
tism disease OF muscles and joints.
Both result from unnatural deposits in the
blood. Primarily there is great resem-
blsnce between the two, but in their pres
emit application they are distinct.
Many reasons are advanced for the causes
OF neuralgia and rheumatism but it is con-
ceded that they are induced by compiled.
ton OF causes, superinduced by some promi-
nent first cause The majority Of those who
make q specially OF these Affections are
plain in asserting that inadequate kidney
functions are Indirectly, il not directly, the
cause OF at least four-fifths OF all neuralgia
and rheumatic Affections.
John Morrow, the great American chem
list, was among the first to realize that dis
eased kidneys are the primal cause Of neu-
ralgis and rheumatism. AS result of his
investigation he evolved the formula for
his great and only kidney cure-Morrows
Kidneoids-the yellow tablets.
Morrow's Kidneoids are one OF the great
est discoveries Of modern times, appreciat-
ed by all classes and conditions OF people
and recognized everywhere as standard
preparation for all complications, resulting
from broken down and functionless kid
neys. Physicians were 10th at first to as
cribe such prominent place to Morrow's
Kidneoids, but, when the proof Of remark
able cures were forthcoming on every side,
no thoughtful person could restrain their
admiration for a remedy so helpful in cases
that had long baffled medical skill.
The fame Of Morrow's Kidneoids has
created demand for them everywhere and
they are now sold by all dealers at 30 cents
box, six boxes being sold for $3.50. II for
any reason the dealer cannot supply you.
they will be sent postpaid on receipt OF the
price by the Herb Medicine Co., Springfield
Ohio.
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ESTATE OF ABEL X. WARREN.
STATE OF VERMONT,
DIRTRIQT or WAaHINQTQN ga

In Probate Court. held at Montpelier in and for
said DISTRICT. on the 5th day Of April, AID. 1898:
ABEL X. WARREN, late of Berlin, In said
District deceased, presents his Administration ao-
count for examination and allowance, and makes ap
pcation for decree Of distribution and partition Of
the estate Of said de ceased Whereppon It is ordered
by said Court, that said account and said application
be referred to session thereof, to be held at the
Probate ONCE In said Montpelier. on the 22d day
Of April, A. d. 1888. for hearing and decision
thereon: And, 1t is further ordered, that notice
hereof be given to all persons interested. BY
In the Vermont Waterman a State Journal, news
paper published at Montpelier, previous to said time
said time and place, and show cause, II any they
may have, why said account should not be allowed.
and such decree made.
BY the Court.-Attest
1901 HIRAM CARLETON, Judge.
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ESTATE OF f. BURNHAM HARRIS.
DISTRICT OF wAsHISaToN, So.


In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, In and for
said District on the 5th day of April, A. d. 1888:
Chester NJ Ladd Executor of the last will and test
ament Of L. BURNHAM HARRIS,la Of Worcester,
in said District, deceased, presents his admins
tration account for examination and allowance,
and makes application for decree of distribution
and partition OF the estate Of said deceased. Where
upon Is ordered by said Court that said account
and said application be referred to session thereof
on the 23d day of April, A. d. 1898. for hearing
and decision thereon and 1t is further ordered that
notice hereof be given to all persons Interested by
pubcs ton Of the same three weeks successfully in
the Vermont Watchnan a State Journal, a newspaper
appointed for hearing that they may appear at said
time and place. and show cause, II any they may
have, why said account should not be allowed and
such decree made. BY the Court.-Attest,
1901 HIRAM CARLETON, Judge.
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
ESTATE OF ALVAH NJ. SHEPARD.

Honorable Probate Court for the District of Wash
ington commissioners receive, examine and adjust
all claims and demands of all persons against the
estate of ALYAH NJ. SHEPARD, late of Marsh
field, in said District deceased; and all claims
exhibited IN Offset thereto hereby give notice that
we viii meet for the purposes aforesaid at his
late dwelling house, in the town Of Marshield, In
said District the 3Qth day OF April and sth day of
Sentember next FROM one o'clock p. n. until eight
o'clock P. NJ. each OF said days, and that si5 months
from the Sth day of March, A. ID. 1898, Ia the
ume limited by said Court for said creditors to pre-
sent their claims to us for examination and allow
Dated at Marshfeld, this 5th day of April, A. d.
isss S, GR RG A. i LvA,9sBERroN' Commissioners.
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
ESTATE OF RUTH w. HUMPHREY.

The undersigned, having been appointed BY the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Wash
ington, commissioners to receive. examine and ad-
estate Of RUTH W. HUMPHREY, late Of Water.
bury in said District, deceased. and all claims ex-
hibited In Offset thereto hereby give notice that
will meet for the purposes aforesaid at the store Of
James A: Gilmore. in the town OF Waterbury, In
said District, on the End day of May and 26th
day Of September next from one o'clock p. NJ.
until four o'clock p. NJ, each of said days, and that
Ia the time limited by said Court for said creditors
TO present their claims to us for examination and
allowance.
Dated at Waterbury, this sth day of April,
A. ID. 1883. FRANK n. SMITH, o..
t0Q2 j. A. GILMORE, ""'"'
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-20

A GoD SENT BLEssING-Mr. b. #, Wood
OF Easton, Pa, was great sufferer from or
ganic heart disease. He never expected to
be we'll again, but DR.. Agnew's Cure for the
Heart was his good angel, and he lives to-
day to tell it to others, hear him: II was
for fifteen years great sufferer from heart
disease, had smothering spells, palpitation,
Twenty physicians treated me, but got no
relief. L used DR.. Agnew's Cure for the
Heart. One dose relieved me inside OF
thirty minutes. Seven bottles cured me-"
-2l. Sold by W. f.. Terrill g. Co. and Col
Inns Blakely.
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
ESTATE OF HEMAN A. WHITE,

The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court, for the District of Ran
dolph, Commissioners, to receive, examine and ad
Just all claims and demands of all persons against
the estate of HEMAN A. WHITE, late of Washing.
ton, in said District, deceased, and all claims ex-
hibited In offset thereto, hereby give notice that
will meet for the purposes Aforesaid, at the late
dwelling house of the said Heman A. White on the
10th day OF September next from nine o'clock, A NJ.
until five o'clock p. NJ of said day, and that six
months from the 18th day of March, A. ID. 1898, 10
the time limited by said Court for said creditors to
present their claims to us for examination and al
lowance.
Dated at Washington, this 3ist day of March, A, d.
1898. CHESTER DICKEY, coD,,,,,s.toro.
C0-02 DANIEL STANLEY, Nonniiissioners'
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COhMlhbloNhRs' NOTICE.
ESTATE OF MARY Il. SHATTUCK,

The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Wash.
ington, commissioners to receive, examine and ad.
Just all claims and demands of all persons against
the estate of MARY u. SHATTUCK, late of East
Montpelier, In said District deceased, and ali
claims exhibited IN Offset thereto hereby give notice
dwelling house of said deceased in the town OF East
and 18Th dav of Sentemhcr next from ana
o'clock p; NJ until Ave o'clock P. NJ; each of said
days, and that six months from the 4th day of
April, A. ID. 1898, is the time limited by said
Court for said creditors TO present their claims to
us for examination and allowance.
Dated East Montpelier, this 9Th day of April, A
cdos 2 nsrS i TEMPEEEfoN, Commissioner.
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LARGE AND STRONG. - Winooski,
Vt, April IL, 1S9S.-The young son of
Mrs. G. j. Riess of this town was in
very poor health for several years. He
was pale aud thin and could not eat.
His parents began giving him the well
known medicine, Hoods Sarsaparila,
and it has made him a large, strong
boy. Mrs. Riess says she always keeps
the medicine in the house and regards
it as the best family medicine it is pos
sible to obtain.
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ESTATE OF ELI EDISON,
STATE OF VERMONT,
DIATRIQT or WARRINGTON a.

In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, in and for
said District, on the 18th day of April, AID 1888.
Ira 4. Edison, Admnstrator of the estate Of
deceased, presents his administration account
Application for decree Of Sistrfbntion and par
tition Of the estate Of said deceased. whereupon
said application be referred to session thereof to
be held at the Probate ONCE in said Montpelier on
decision thereon: And it is further ordered that
tce hereof be given to all persons interested by
publication of the same three weeks successfully In
the Vermont Waterman d. State Journal, a newspaper
published at Montpelier previous to said time ap-
pointed for hearing that they may appear at said
tme and place. and show cause, II any they may
have, why said account should not be allowed and
such decree made.
BY the Court-Attesr
0002 HIRAM CARLETON, Judge.
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SELECTED POETRY.
Her Letter.

I'm sitting alone by the fire,
Dressed just as came from the dance,
In a robe even you would ADMIRE
II cost a cool thousand in France;
I'm bediamonded out OF all reason,
My hair is done up In a cue;
In short, sir, "the belle Of the season"
Ia wasting an hour on you.
A dozen engagements I've broken;
left In the midst Of a set;
Likewise proposal, half.spoken,
That Watson the stairs-for me yet.
They say hen be rich--when he grown up,
And then he adores me indeed.
And you, sir, are turning your nose up,
Three thousand miles of, as you read.
"And how do like my postion2"
And what do think of New York;"
"And now, in my higher ambition,
With whom do waltz, hirt or talk2"
"And Isn't 1t nice to have riches,
And diamonds and silks, and all that2"
"And aren't II a change to the bitches
And tunnels of Poverty Flat2"
Well, yes,-if you saw us out driving
Each day in the park, fourinhand,-
If you saw poor dear mamma cOntriving
To look systematically grand
II you saw papas picture, as taken
By Brady, and tinted at that
You'd never suspect he sold bacon
And flour at Poverty Flat
And yet, Just this moment. when sitting
In the glare of the grand chandelier
In the hustle and glitter befitting
The finest soiree of the year,
In the mists of gaze de Chambery,
And the hum of the smallest Of talk
Somehow. Joe. thought OF the Ferry"
And the dance that we had on 1.-THE Fork;
OF Harrison's barn, with it's muster
OF flags festooned over the wall;
OF the candles that shed their soft luster
And tallow on headdress and shawl;
or the steps that we took to one fiddle,
or the dress of my queer visa.vis;
And how once went down the middle
With the man that shot Sandy Mc0ee
OF the moon that was quietly sleeping
On the hill. when the time came to go;
OF the few baby peaks that were peeping
From under their bedclothes of snow;
or that ride-that to me was the rarest;
OF the something you said at the gate;
All, Joe then wasn't an heiress
To"the best paying lead in the state"
Well. Well. it's all past; yet it's funny
To think, as stood In the glare
OF fashion and beauty and money
That should be thinking, right there.
OF some one who breasted high water,
And swan the North Fork and all that,
Just to dance with old Folinsbee's daughterl
The Lily of Poverty Flat
But goodnessi what nonsense I'm writingi
Mamma says my taste still is low,
Instead of my triumphs reciting.
I'm spooning on Joseph-heigh-ho
And I'm to be finished" by travel
whatever's the meaning of that
Obi why did papa strike pay gravel
In drifting on Poverty Flat.
Good night-here's the end Of my paper;
Good night-if the longitude please
For maybe. while wasting my taper,
Your SUMS climbing over the trees.
But know, II you haven't not riches,
And are poor, dearest Joe, and all that,
That my hearts somewhere there in the ditche
And you've struck ton Poverty Flat.
Bret Harte.
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General Lee, Yankee.
The Spaniards call Fitzhugh Lee Var
kee.-Havana Dispatch"


he Spaniards call Fitzhugh Lee Yam
Havana Dispatch"
They say that I'm Yankee;
1 have heard 1t many times,
have seen in the papers,
It's in their songs and rhymes;
I'm the Yankee consul-general,
I'm the Yankee who's come down
To steal the brightest Jewel
From the old Castilian crown.
They say that I'm Yankee;
II I'd heard 1t in my youth,
might perhaps have questioned
Its everlasting truth;
But now, glory in it;
It's the landmark ofmy birth,
And I'd rather be Yankee
Than anything on earth.
They say that I'm Yankee;
And I'm glad to say am;
A Yankee of the Yankees,
And the man amt worth a-wsll,
Who wouldn't be a Yankee
When the banner is unfurled
That has made the Yankee Nation
The greatest Of the world2
They say that I'm Yankee.
virginians, can 1t be
That history will mention
The Yankee, Fitzhugh Lee?
hope SO; and. Yirginians,
Let all Of us give thanks
That now dear OIL Virginny
Is loaded full of Yanks.
W.. L., in the New York Sun.
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GUARDIAN NOTICE TO SELL REAL
ESTATE.

In Probate Court. held at Montpelier within and
for said District on the 9th day of April A. d. 1885,
George M. Webster, guardian of DANIEL W.
ROGERS, of Cabot, In said district an insane
person makes application to said for license to
sell all of the real estate of his said ward situated in
Cabot, in said District, to witt One undivided
half OF home farm. also one undivided half Of
wood lot, so called, representing that the sale
thereof for the purpose OF putting the proceeds OF
such sale at interest OF investing the same in stocks
other real estate, would be conducive to the in.
terest of his said ward. Whereupon, 1t is ordered
by said Court that said application be referred to
said Montpelier on the 22d day Of April, A.. ID. 1905
for hearing and decision thereon; and 1t Is further
ordered, that all persons interested be notified
hereof, by publication of notice Of said application
and order thereon three weeks successfully In the
Vermont Wdtch1ldn and State Journal, newspaper
published at said Montpelier and which circulates
In the neighborhood Of those interested before said
time of hearing, that they may appear at said time
and place and, II they see cause, object thereto.
BY the court-Attest.
59-0l HIRAM CARLETON, Judge.