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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-04-21
,TATE OF VERMoNr. Marlho-o

~ The Probate Court for Said District o.
10 all persons interested In the estate ~ 10
hAEL STOWE, late of Halifax, in said dstri 10
Whereas Titus Stowe, administrator nnons
estate OF israel stowe, late of Halifax IN saiS
district, deceased, has filed his petition in tnVs
the real estate OF said deceased will be- benseoioi
10 the heirs and all persons Interested thareii
ana praying FOR license to sell the same and u,
70 ne the consent In writing OF all the heiJS ~
a. siuine IN TINS state to such sale. Whereunon n
Is ordered that the same be heard at the session
brattleboro on the last Saturday of Anil a IN M
low when and where you may Be heard IN th H.
premises II you see cause. III Vne
A. +. sCHWENK, ReRister
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-04-21

The doors of Libby prison, says the
Chicago Times Herald, were closed to the
public for the last time Tuesday night. A
salute of "a guns was fred from the old
cannon in front of the building by the Sth
regiment, and the end of one of the most
famous relics of the civil war was marked.
The thousands of relics which have been
on exhibition in the building will be stored,
and within few weeks wreckers will be-
gin demolishing the prison. A huge ex-
position building, larger than Madison
Square Garden, New York, will be built
by the Coliseum company on the site of
the present building. 1t is probable that
the work of wrecking the building will be
done so hastily that it can never again be
rebuilt.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-04-21

If man, in the cynicism of his own
wicked and unregenerate heart, wants to
see woman in her 'rightful place, let him
go out among the Jamaican natives and
country folk. AS he meets or passes men
and women along the roads it is the women
always who carry the burdens, perched
high and secure upon their heads. If man
and wife come in from their work in the
fields it is the woman who carries the load,
always in the same place, easily and jaunt-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-04-21
CTATE OF VERMONT. Marlboro Sc

~ BY the Probate Court for said District
To all persons interested in the estate of MARY
Nj. INGRAM CLARK, late of Newfane, deceased
Greeting.
whereas, Harlan f. Sparks has presented To
TINS court an instrument purportinR to be the
last viii OF said deceased, for probate:-You are
hereby notified that this court will decide upon
the probate OF said Instrument at the session
thefeof to be held at the Probate Office in Brat.
tle6oro in said district, ON the 18th day of April
A D. 1879, when and where you may appear and
contest the same, II you see cause
l5 A. f. SCHMENK Reuistnr
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-04-21
COMMISSIONERS, NOTICE.

y, - = u Z OF 7 EfNhl HALL.
The undersigned having been appointed by the
Hon Probate court for the district of Marlboro
commissioners, to receive, examine and adjust
all claims and demands OF all persons against the
estate OF Perry Hall. late of Halifax in said dis
trict, deceased, and all claims exhibited In offset
thereto, hereby give notice that we will meet for
the purpose aforesaid at his late residence on the
18TH day OF May and Esd day of September next.
from o'clock until O'Clock p. NJ, each of said
days, and that six months from the 25th day Of
March A. D. 1899 is the time limited by said court
Ior SAID creditors TO present their claims to us for
examination and al owance 80 ~
1899. i6 ' VI AP'i a Nv
Z. 3 GGqfILEISs' Commissioners.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-04-21
STATE OF VERMONT. M.,no.o 90

Mar OE VERMONT, Marlboro Sc
~ By the Probate Court for said District
al persons interested ia the estate of o. D.
trict, deceased, a. ssiu uis-
whereas. W. II. Bracket and c. A. Harris ad-
10 rstors upon the estate Of I'D Esterbrook
seS OF bratteooro In said district deceased. has
Ine safe OF the whole OF the real estate Of said
diseased VIII be beneficial to the heirs and III
per interested therein, and praying for IL
u "a Is court what purports to be the consent in
Suh s Oh AL the heirs residing in this state to
SUP S SAFE Whereupon 1t is ordered that the same
a. tne Probate Office In Brattleboro. on the last
. aVur r OF April A. D. 1892 when and where
eSnse may 20 heard lin the premises il you see
A. F. SCHWENK, Register.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-04-21
C,TArE on YERMnNr. Marlho.o ss

- By the Probate Court for SAID District
To all persons interested in the estate of
FRANCES f. BINGHAM, late of Brattleboro,
deceased, Greeting.
Whereas Frank b. Putnam has presented TO
this court an instrument purporting to be the
last viii OF said deceased for probate:-You are
hereby notified that this court will decide upon
the probate OF said instrument at the session
thereof, to be held at the Probate Office in Brat
tle6oro. IN said district on the Goth day of April
A, ID. 1893, when and where you may appear and
contest the same, If you see cause.
IS A. F. SCHWENK, Register
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-04-21

The sugar-growing industry is a thing of
the past in Jamaica, although operations
are still continued on few estates. 1t got
its deathblow when slavery was abolished
in 1884 and the finishing touch comes from
the competition of the German beet sugar
The plantations are now given over to ba-
mana culture, and everywhere one sees the
ruins of the massive old stone buildings in
which the planters lived, and where the
sugar was made, big oyershot wheel at
the end of a raceway showing how power
was furnished for grinding the cane.
confess that every idea of banana cul-
ture which previously had was complete
ly upset. In an ignorant, needless way 1
had vague notion that banana tree was
planted and grew up and branched out
and bore fruit for a succession of years
like any other fruit tree. But it does
nothing of the kind. Instead of being a
tree and perennial it is more properly a
plant and an annual. 1t has large succu-
lent stem or trunk, perhaps six or seven
inches through at the ground, and tapering
as it grows upward to height of IS or 20
feet 1t is self-perpetuating by means of a
shoot or sucker from its root, but the use
fulness of each individual tree or plant is
gone when it has borne one bunch of fruit.
The plants are set in long rows, longer
than the eye can reach, and are kept care
fully plowed out, though clean cultivation,
such as we have in the North, would be
impossible there. At Bowden we saw great
herds of hundreds of broad-horned oxen
feeding on the vegetation among the rows,
as they fed also in the great groves of CO.
coanut trees.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-04-21
C,TATE OF VERMONT. M.r,horo oo

- By the Probate Court for Said District
N 10 al persons interested in the estate of WIN
F. RICHARDSON, late of Brattleboro in Sai ~;
w. S iS,, ,.., Greeting.
S ~! upon the allowance of the account of James
ecutors upon the estate Of VIM F. Richardson
late OF Brattle6oro in said district deceased. and
decree distribution thereof to the persons an.
titled thereto, at the session thereof ~ he hId a,
tne Probate Office in Brattleboro, in said district
on the 18th day Of April A. d. 1899, when and
see cause. F9' " Sou
10 A. F. SCHWENK, Register.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-04-21
OF VERMONT. Westminster &C

y By the Probate Court for Said District
To all persons interested in the estate of JANE
L. POWERS, late OF Townshend, in said district
deceased, Greeting.
You are hereby notified that this court will de-
eide upon the allowance Of the account of Charles
2, Stebbins, Trustee Of Esther Lowe, under the
VIII OF said Jane L Powers, and decree dis
troution thereof to the persons entitled at the
session thereof to be held at the town hall In
Townshend, on the Tth day of June, A D. 1892
when and where you may be heard in the prem
ises, il you see cause.
10 ZINAtH. AILREE Rapister
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-04-21
STATE OF VERMONT, Marlboro SC

- By the Probate Court for SAID District.
TO all persous interested in the estate OF
INTELLIGENT r. PRATT. late of Dummerston,
deceased, Greetin0
whereas, Laura A. Pratt has presented to this
court an instrument purporting to be the last
VIII OF said deceased for probate:-You are here
by notified that this court will decide upon the
probate OF said instrument at the session there
OF, to be held at the Probate Office in Brattleboro
IN said district, on the 29th day of April A. D.
1879, when and where you may appear and con-
test the same, il you see cause
Is aS4HsA. F. SCHWENK, Register
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-04-21

The operations of the Boston Fruit com
pany have done more than all other causes
combined to make Jamaica possible and
attractive place for Northern winter visit
ors. Its ships, notably the four "Admi-
rails" which came out of the Cramps ship
yard last December, are staunch and COM
Portable, and its officers are exceedingly
kind, courteous and helpful, so that Wis
itor has no feeling of being stranger in
far country. Its large hotel at Port Auto-
Mo, the Titchfeld, has charming location
looking down upon the harbor, and out up
on the ocean on the one hand and the hills
and distant mountains ON the other. 1t is
admirably managed by w. G. Davis, an
experienced hotel man of our neighborine
town of Concord, n. H. At Bowden, per-
haps the most beautiful spot on the island
in it's natural features, there is an excel
lent boarding house and cottages, built on
a commanding eminence in the midst of
great cocoanut grove. And at no place
within the company's operations is there
any attempt to get all of ones money the
first time. The prices are much lower than
at our Northern summer resorts. believe
that no other winter outing offers so much
in the way of change and rest and recrea-
ton, at an equal expenditure of time and
money, as does the trip to Jamaica.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-04-21
legal Notices
STATE Ole VERMONT, Marlboro s

- U
- BY the Probate Court for said District
To all persons pttrested in the estate of LOIS
W, HALL, late OF Halifax deceased, Greeting.
Whereas, Henry +. Whitney has presented TO
this court an instrument purporting to be the
last Will OF said deceased, for probate:-You are
hereby notified that this court will decide upon
the probate of said instrument at the session
thereof, TO be held at the Probate ONCE in Brat
teboro, in said district, on the Goth day of
April A. ID. 1899 when and where you may an.
pear and contest the same, if you see cause.
Is A. F. SCHWENK. Register
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-04-21
STATE OF VERMONT. Marlboro SIS

~ BY the Probate Court for Said District
HONoRA BROWN, late of Brattleboro, deceased
whereas, VIM. s. Newton has presented TO Ibis
court an instrument purporting to be the last
VIII or said deceased. for probate:-Yon are
hereby notified that this court will decide upon
the PROBATE OF said instrument at the session
thereof, 10 be held at the Probate Office in Brat
tle6oro in said district, on the 10Th cay of Apri
A. ~ lsgg when a, where you may appear and
contest the same, II you see cause
10 A. +. SCHWENK RAuistar
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-04-21

lily on the top of her head, as if it grew
there. If, besides, she has baby in its
invariable place. astride her hip, that also
is matter of course 1t is the women
who bring to the weekly market-day the
produce of the little vegeta-
bles fruits, cookery, handicraft of what
ever sort, carried in a wooden tray, a WOW
en- basket, or mayhap in a big deep tin pan.
If the family is prosperous the woman may
also bring along a diminutive burro with
loaded baskets slung over his back, the
queer little beast led by one of the chill
dren, or by the man of the house if his
good health and strengthlpermit his attend
ance.
If l we're asked what was the most conf
cal and grotesque sight seen on the island l
should answer that it was your sedate,
pompous, well-fed and Enthusiastically pros
porous native Jamaican as he rides into
town in all the majesty of good attire as
tride the family donkey, his feet reaching
uncommonly near the ground, and his wife
and children following behind on foot in
proper meekness and subsection, but, 1t
must be added, with cheerfulness; and
gayety which mellow even cync's
heart.
A picture of quite another sort was the
sight of groups and rows of girls and wom-
en- sound asleep on the planks of the wharf
atone of the landing places, waiting for the
call which should set them to toting baua-
mas the livelong night lat 25.Gcents hun
dred bunches.s
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-04-21

| should say that the Jamacaus are best
studied in the mass on their Saturday mar
ket day insone of the towns like Port An.
tonic or Kingston. Early in the morning
the women and the burros begin bringing
in the wares Fromltwenty miles Iarouud
the women come on foot, and what a swing
their bodies have under their big oadsl
The unvarying habit of carrying every ar
ticle, large or small, on their heads gives
them a peculiarly erect carriage. Above
the waist their bodies are held easily firm
and at rest. Tue movement in walking is
all from the hips downward, and it gives
one rare sense of physical strength and
grace and freedom to see these women
swinging along up hill and dewn dale,
bare footed and short skrted. By 10
o'clock the market place is we'll filled and
at noon the crowd is at its height. 1t is
curious and indescribable aggregation as
each vender presides over his or her little
store often, it may be, no more than
shilling's worth of yams, yampies, or
sweet potatoes, of the sweet native fruits,
OF bread or sweetmeats, of baskets or pot
terry, or other cunning craft-work.
OF course there are offerings in larger
quantities, as of meats, fish, sugar and to-
bacco. OF the latter there are great conf
cal brown piles of twisted rope the size of
your finger, and sold at penny and ha' pen
ny" yard, if you happen to know the price
Otherwise, being a tenderfoot from "the
States" you will pay threepence yard,
just double, every time, and then how the
onlookers jeer.
The meat is all killed early in the morn
ing of the market day and brought direct
| ly to the market stalls to be sold. l will
| is nice looking meat, or that it is attract
| lively displayed or handled, but still it
might be worse. The most novel part of
it all is that everything goes at ninepence
| pound, beef, veal, pork, no matter what
the cut. One of the dusky market men
showed us a very fair looking loin out of
which the American butcher would cut his
choicest sirloin steaks. Glow muchl" l
asked. "Ninepence pound" At block
a few feet away another black son of toll
was hewing away for dear life at!the bone
of fore-leg. "What do you do with thatr'
make soup, sir" "What is the price.'
"Ninepence a pound, sir"
In the part of the market outside the
meat stalls the vendors sat or stood as thick
as the place would hold, but there was no
noise or confusion or excitement During
the two or three hours that we spent tax
ing in the sights l did not hear a word of
huckstering or shouting of wares. Sellers
and buyers seemed to be chatting together
in the most amiable way. 1t was as if ev-
erybody had come together for just good
neighborly, friendly time.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-04-21

The well known strengthening properties of
iron, combined with other tones and most per.
tect nervIne, are found In CaTter's Iron Pills.
which strengthen the nerves and body and i'm,
prove the blood and complexion.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-04-21

Will positively cure sick headache and prevent
its return. Carters Little Liver Pills. This is
not talk, but truth One pill dose See adver-
tisement. Small pill. Small dose. Small price
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-04-21

Sweet, refreshing sleep is given by Hoods
Sarsaparilla, which feeds the nerves, tones the
stomach and cures all dyspeptc symptoms
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

grape. Added TO these is cognac
brandy that is the peer of any in the
country. Their sacramento wines are
popular throughout the entire country
and have demand from Canada TO
NJ Xico. Their specialties embrace pure
Blackberry cordials and brandies, these
are absolutely pure and it may he sald
that they are the largest producers OF
pure blackberry juice in America, and
the oldest and largest growers of soup
pernong and Meisch grapes, in the uni
verse.
They manufacture their brandies en-
tirely by the French process, from the
purest of ftrmented wines. The place
is thoroughly equipped in modern mar
ner that at once displays the ability ana
progressivencss upon the part of the
management.
Their sole purpose is ''ideality Of stand
ard" and this fact coupled with the past
reputation has given to the Medoc VINE
wards standing in their line that mas
no parallel.
The section in which the vineyard Is
located might indeed be appropriately
STYLED the Bordeaux of America, for
here the grape grows to its rarest per
fection. the soil and the climate heln@
peculiarly adapt to its production
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

freed from pain, restored to health, made
to rejoice with renewed yigor, and have
gone forth telling of its blessings, and
proclaiming its wonders 1t is indorsed
in unqualified terms by the most learned
and skilled physicians. Write for tes-
timonials.
The price of Panacea Water is ~
per case, +. o. }. Littleton. Address
Panaeea Springs Company, Littleton,
North Carolina.
In a beautiful valley surrounded by
hills of picturesque appearance, covered
with rocks of immense size, with the
original forests of majectic oaks, there
flows from the cliffs of granite the life
giving waters of Panacea Springs.
This lake is for the benefit of guests
for rowing and fishing PURPOSES. Among
other beautiful scenery are. the Balance
Rocks, Water Falls and the hills
around with huge rocks of most pecu-
liar shape. Let us say in conclusion
that those who desire to regain health,
should give these waters a trial. Ar
engagements for board can be made by
writing to Mr. T. J. Miles, proprietor of
the Panacea Hotel.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
HON EDWIN ALLEN DICKSON
COUNTY TREASURER.

In making a mention of the different
members of the county government we
take pleasure in chronicling few lines
about one who is so well known and is
the staunch Democrat thar the subject
of our sketch is
Edwin Allen Dickson comes from an
old family of the State, and was born
in this county September %, 1906, and
after receiving his education by attend
ance at the old field school, he became
n filler OF the soil, He entered politics
mt the age of twenty-one by voting the
Democratic ticket, and has continued
by voting and working to further its in
terest up to the present time, and he can
be relied upon 10 continue along that
line. In 1898 he was elected to his
present position by majority of 401.
and overcame large fusion majority
of the previous election. He is a mem
Der of the Presbyterian church, and a
perfect gentleman with warm and last
ing friends.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

Located just n short distance from Lit
TETON are the famous Medoc Vineyards,
whose products and manufactures have
gained reputation throughout the coun
fry, that its owners may well be proud
of Nowhera else does the famous
scuppernong ripen to more delicious per-
lection and nowhere else has the wine
maker made its juices into more pala-
table or popular beverages.
The Medoc Vineyards embrace III all
some 900 acres Of land of which 40
are under cultivation, from ) to 10
acres being added each year. Long
rows of trellis work are covered with the
vines Of the scuppemong.
The vineyards were founded sixty-four
years ago, that was in 1880, and were
made famous by the late w. G. Garrett.
The senior member of the firm since his
death. is Hon. Spooner Harrison, and
associated with him is Mr.. G. III. War,
wick. These gentlemen are men of eX-
perience and ability and under their
management the reputation of the wines
from the famous Medw cellars have
been kept mp to the standard.
They manufacture besides the famous
Medoc Claret, a pure and popular
Aleisch from the celebrated Meisch
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

county. at Cedar Grove April oath,
1886. He received his education at Ce-
dar Grove by attendance at Hughes
Academy. Subsequently he became en-
gagged in farming, but later served for
ii short time in the service of the Con-
federacy as member of the State
guards. He has always been quite
prominent and a hard worker in the
Democratic ranks, and was elected 10
the LEGISLATURE in 1876 from Orange
county. His career as Sheriff began
when he was elected IN 1880, and to
which office he has since been success"
lively reelected The Sheriff lives ON
his farm seven miles from Hillsboro,
where he enjoys the comfort and happi-
ness such as none other but country
home can afford. He is also engaged in
the milling business in the county. In
the secret realm he has beea 4 mem
Der of the Masonic order for thirty-nine
years. He is also Il member of the
Presb yterian church, and a gentleman
whose friends are legion, and with
whom it is a pleasure to meet and re-
ceiye his welcome grasp.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
AFTER the management of the Postal Tel
eSFaph-Cable Company at Lttleton
J. f. NEWSOAI.
DEALER IN HEAVY AND FANCY
GROCERIES,
FRUITS, VEGETABLES, ETC.
A LINE OF Poe TRY
Is Beautiful HiIIsboro. A Roy
al Gem of the Pur-
est Ray.
A CORNER OF THE WORLD
WHERE BEAUTY REIGNS SU-
PREME.AD NATURE SPREADS
HER GIFTS UNSPARINGLY
SETTLED BY A PROSPEROUS AND
fospitbIe People. surouad-d by Rich and
Fertile Lands.

The nineteenth century has her foot
on the neck of poetry. The North cries
That's right Mammon. strange her +"
death"
Yet poetry lives ON, smiles on; ana
though we busy people nave scarcely
time to look at the face Of her, we are
dimly conscious that there is among us
"A love for the beautifu1.
Such things live IN the heart rather
than the brain. In the heart of North
Carolina lives beauty spot. 1t IS too
small to call poem. Perhaps we had
better call Hillsboro line of poetry.
Trains rush through the world rae
tories blast the heaven, riot names
across natures face. but HIllsboro
smiles on-peaceful and chaste ana
beautiful.
Here we have the most beautiful
scenery in the Old North State.
Do lovers of the beautiful want foil
age. lust now decked in the grandeur
of spring and through the genial rays
of old Sol? DO you want drives!
Just now these spring days you drive
through the wood and you are in such
a blaze of glory that you fancy your
buggy chariot of flame.
10 You want peace! Nowhere on
earth can you see it more perfectly
than when. these evenings, the twilight
gathers this beautiful little city under
her purple wings.
Do you want "A great rush of bust
ness? Hillsboro hasn't It. 60 TO
Raleigh. Charlotte. Norfolk, Baltimore,
Washington, New York, or any of the
larger towns and then come to H;llsboro
You feel like patting the littm city
on the shoulder. saying: Poor little
Hillsboro, vast trade has boycotted
YOU"
Stay in the place n few days and
YOU feel like llneeling at her feet and
saying: "Oh, you little charmer, You
have a monopoly on the beautiful.
Yet it is well the place has de-
fined meaning, distinct and personal,
that abides by it.
Better this perhaps, than the doubt
ful nature OF towns, which can claim
neither pastoral nor city advantages.
A distinct personality Is always
strong. The people who live here are
in harmony with the native elements of
the place Culture, simplicity and the
pursuit of knowledge, this is the means
ing of their quiet, earnest ways They
certainly are a peculiar people,, zeal
Gus of good works.
The site is natural one; nature
has lavished her gifts unsparngly. They