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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-04-19
Washington County Court.

Additional Court proceedings may be
found on page two.
Court reconvened at two o'clock Monday
afternoon.
State against Thomas Braman. Mali
cious II. ischief. An information was filed
by the States attorney against the respond
ent. He was arraigned and pleaded not
guilty. Bail was fixed at 500 which was
furnished by j. II. Senter. Respondent
lives in Cabot and is charged with cutting
and destroying harness.
State against Mary Bianchi OF Barre,
keeping Intoxicating liquor with intent to
sell. Re, pondent pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to pay fine OF 800 and costs,
with the alternative sentence.
State against Comstock. Respondent
pleaded guilty last week to an assault at
South Barre. Sentence of So and costs of
prosecution, with the alternative sentence
was imposed.
State against Charles Passeri, keeping.
This is a misentry and was mol pressed.
State against Charles Campbell OF Barre,
a companion case to the one tried recently,
in which the respondent was acquitted, was
mol pressed.
State against Jules Sanctuary and Chalon
Mead, manslaughter, was taken up. Re-
spondent Mead asks for a separate trial
which is granted. The case against Sane
tuary is now on trial. States Attorney
Hoar and u. S. Stanton for the State; e Fl.
and L. j. Deavitt for respondent. Sane.
tuary was indicted for manslaughter in
causing the death Of Joseph Jacobs, an
insane patient at the State asylum at Wat
erbury, April 9, 1898. Because of the fact
that the trial of the companion case of
stste ageinst Mead is to follow, the RECORD
refrains from commenting on any testi-
mony that may be introduced.
The State is still putting in evidence in
the case of State against Sanctuary. DR.
+. w. Page was on the stand good
portion OF Tuesday.
State against William Rogers. Respond
ent was convicted last week for an assault
with intent to kill John McPhee. Rogers
was sentenced Tuesday to five years
at hard labor in State prison and to pay
costs OF prosecution. He broke down and
wept bitterly when sentence was imposed
j. w, Gordon and W. W. Lapoint made
strong pleas for light sentence, and States
Attorney Hoar urged that the full penalty
OF the law should be inflicted. 1t Is thought
the case will go to supreme court on excep-
tiOns.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-04-19
A New Scheme.

II plans now formulating go through the
electric railroad from Montpelier to War
rem will be built during the coming sum.
mer. L. e. Smith, the present superinten.
dent OF the Barre and Montpelier Traction
and Power Company, and V. X. Nash oil
,Woonsocket, X. L, propose to furnish the
brains, and the Spaulding Construction
company OF Boston much of the capital
Mr.. Smith and Mr. Nash will go to Boston
in few days to consult with the construc.
ton company and will, if possible pur.
chase the charter for the road.
Mr.. Smith was formerly in the employ OF
the Spaulding Construction Company and
these negotiations have been in progress for
some time. II the road is built under these
auspices it will be entirely separate from
the Barre and Montpelier line, and will be
operated under management OF its own.
The Spaulding Construction Company
proposes to put 100000 into the construc-
tion and equipment of the road. Towns in
the Mad River valley have voted to bond
for $4,000 and Montpelier will be expect
ed to contribute about $4,000 for stock,
either in corporate capacity, or by indi-
vidual subscription.
The people of Waterbury have already
learned of the new scheme and are exert
ing themselves to see what inducem nts
that town can offer to the builders of the
road to make the terminus at Waterbury
instead OF Montpelier. This city will be
given an opportunity within comparative
ly snort time to express its opinion of the
new, venture. Will the golden opportunity
De allowed to pass unimproved?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-04-19
@atebmam 4 Somrmal.
PUBLISHED EVERY "WEDNESDAY BY
The Vermont WatChman Company,
At Montpelier. VI.
Business Mere Mention.

9. e. SHEPARD, auctioneer, Marsh field vt
A. d. Farwell has few second hand
fur coats for sale, very cheap.
>CLosED.-Owing to the sale Of the build
ing Huntington's restaurant closed last Sat-
urday.
A WONDERFUL SUCCESSFULLY not be in
dependent OF Gas and Electric Light Com
panies and use the National Acetylene Gas
Machine which has the full approval of the
New England Underwriters We light
country homes, churches, stores, factories
and hotels fifty per cent cheaper than any
other illuminant, also put in plants for
lighting towns, We want good representa-
tives. Write for circular to Buffalo Ma
tional Acetylene Gas Company, Buffalo,
N. Y.
To THE PuBL1c.-wo are authorized to
guarantee every bottle OF Chamberlains
Cough Remedy to be as represented and IL
not satisfactory after two-thrds of the con-
tents have been used, will refund the
money to the purchaser. There is no bet
ter medicine made for la grippe, colds and
whooping cough. Price, % and SOC per bot
tie. Try it. @. Blakely, W. e. Terrill &
Co.
PREPARE FOR SPRING.-Don't let this
season overtake you before you have at
tended to the important duty OF purifying
your blood with Hoods Sarsaparilla. BY
taking this medicine now you nay save
SIChu6so Judb Will mbdu JlIDb anu money as
well as suffering later on. Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla will give you rich, red blood, good ap-
petite, good digestion and sound, healthy
body. 1t is the greatest and best spring
medicine because 1t is the One True Blood
Purifier. Its unequalled record of marvel.
GUS cures has won for it the confidence of
the whole people.
DOES COFFEE AGREE WITH You? - II
not, drink Grain-O-made from pure grains.
A lady writes: "The first time made
Grain-O did not like it but after using it
for one week nothing would induce me to
go back to coffee" 1t nourishes and feeds
the system. The children can drink it
freely with great benefit. 1t is the strength
ening substance of pure grains, Get
package to-day from your grocer, follow
the directions in making it and you will |
have delicious and healthful table bever-
age for old and young, Fifteen cents and |
twenty-five cents.
Do you want anything in the line OF |
drugs and medicines-no matter what? II
so call on Fred A. Ainsworth, proprietor of |
the new Williamstow drugstore, on Depot |
street, one door east of j. X. Lynde's store
III, perchance, he may not have EXACTLY what
you desire, he will aim to supply it In the
shortest possible time. II good goods and
honest prices and square dealing will do it,
he is bound to secure fair share OF public
patronage. Sewing-machine supplies and
popular line Of stationery are specialties.
Give him a call.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-04-19

one o'clock Sunday afternoon, Rev. w, A.
DAWSON officiating, and burial was in
Barre: The bearers were 9. II. Wake
held, Louis Wood, A e. Wallen and w. E.
Lawson.
John Conway, hailing from Maine, drifted
INTO the city on Saturday and applied at
the home OF Fl. N. Brown in the afternoon
Tor meal stating that he was willing to
work In payment for it. Mr., Brown fur
nlshed the food and while Conway was do.
ing Justice to IL Brown was called out of
tne room to attend to some business. Re-
turning little later, he found CONWAY ab-
sent and also about four dollars in silver
Whlch ne had left in a coat pocket hanging
IN the room. Mr.. Brown notified Officer
Demeritt OF the circumstances. The Off
Ger soon found Conway and took him to the
police station where he searched him but
FOUND only seven cents on bis person. The
officer then lodged Conway in Jail on the
charge OF vaRrancy. This morning the case
came up in city court. Conway was con-
victed under the State tramp law. He an.
pealed his case and his bail was fixed az
800. This he was unable to furnish and he
was remanded to Jail. He claims that in a
lew days he can get surety for the amount
OF his bail from friends in Maine.
Although not largely attended the camp.
1re burned brightly in the hall OF Brooks
Post, Friday evening, and the old but ever
new experiences of the boys in the sixties
were told to interested listeners inter-
spersed with army songs and patriotic selec-
tons; To this camp fire the members of
Brooks Relief Corps, General Stephen
Thomas camp, Sons of Veterans, and mem.
6ers OF Company Ii were especially invited
Commander Orrin Daley presided. Songs
were sung by Captain L. NJ. Hutchinson
and w. b. Worthing. Selections were read
oy Miss Daisy Pattee, Mrs. Ira Snow and
Mrs. w. b. Worthing, and brief renarks
We're made by III. A. Huse, L. R. Estee, j,
a. Lucia, e.. A. Mutt, and Mrs. Amanda
Newcomb, department commander of the
Relief Corps Captain w. A. Pattee gave
an Interesting sketch of the fortunes of
company III, from the time they were mus
tered into service for the Spanish war, until
they returned to their homes, modestiy dis.
claiming the title OF Representative of the
ate war" given him by Commander Daley
as he introduced him. The exercises closed
with singing "America.'
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-04-19

I For Ladies' Misses and Children. All
81 Tired Ladies' jacket, Black and
Colors, at "a 9S
Misses and Children's Jackets as
low rs 9S cents.
20 Wool C'pes. braided, in Black
and Colors, SPECIAL, 9S cents.
Fancy Six Capes as low as so so.
Ole Lot of ladies' double texture
mackintoshes worth at least $500, open
the 'ea'cn at 50 9S. All colors and
siugle or double capes.
In our down stairs department we
are showing an elegant line of lace cur
tains, of every description, from 70
cents per pair TO $3.50. Chenille AMI
tapestry draperies, spreads and curtain
materials by the yard.
Remember our prices are always the
lowest for tirst-class goods.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-04-19
Dress Goods

In all the latest fabrics. Crepons,
Poplins, Venetians, Se,llians, etc, 36,
inch all wool Sarges, handsome shad. E,
would be chesp al 39c., our price 25c'
yd' Handsome Crepons, special at
81 so, worth so 90 yd.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-04-19
3PGr Cent Guaranteed

The Gold Bond Policiesl. issued lby
the Mutual Life Insurance Company
of New York have no equal. Look
out for CUFFER. he .isy:coming Ito
explain them to you'll
P.S. Ifhe don't find you, vouhad
better consult, YOUR. own interests
and find him before YOU accept anv
other contract.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-04-19

A CARD.-We. the undersigned, do here
iby agree to refund the money on a 80 cent
bottle OF Greenes Warranted Syruo OF Tar
II it fails to cure your cough or cold. We al
so guarantee % cent bottle TO prove salts
factory or money refunded.
W. e. Terrill & Co., City.
Collins Blakely, City.
II. A. Slade, City.
Lester II. Greene, City.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-04-19
Merchandise i'm all Departments

Handsome Tailor Made Suits for
Ladies' and Misses. More than 200
suits 10 select from, made in the latest
style. S3 98 up to $37 so
six lined Suits at S12 9S.
Ladies' Tailor Made Separate Skirts.
made up in all the new STYLES, at
10 prices.
Fur Collarettes are as at, lish as ever.
We have all kinds of Furs. Electric
Seal at $l.98 our LEADER.
Silks
nt tvery description for dress waists,
trimming, etc. Beautiful evening shades
10 pieces Fancy Wash Silks at 49,. ,d.
Oar line Of Cotton Wash Goods is the
finest we have ever shown. SPECIAL,
case fine Dimities, regular price l5c.,
now &c. yd.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-04-19
Fast BrOokfield.

w. A. Robbins had the misfortune to lose a
horse last week. j. H. Sprague was also un-
fortunate enough to lose five head of cattle.
- Charles A. Bigelew and wife of Bur
lingtpn, are visiting at G. H. Bigelow's.
J.. ii. Sprague returned from Boston and
Springfield, Mass. last Friday. - Seth
McNorton went to Hartford last week, to visit
at his old home. - Not much sugar has
been made as yet. - Mrs. Oliver Dutton
continues in very poor health
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-04-19
HOSIERY AND UNDERWEAR.

Departments always contain ,xtra
values. 90 doz. Ladies' Fast b ack Hose
worth 16c. pair, opening pric. 3 pairs
for 26c. Same quality in Gents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-04-19
VILLAGE FARM FOR SALE.

Near Brsdf nd, W. Close to stores.
post-oflice sud ere imery. 140 acres,
Sugar Orehald, plenty OF wood, running
water at house and barn, good build
ings, house heated by furnace. Price
low. Apply to c. F. Smith,
May 10 West Topsham, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-04-19
Ladies' Waists

>, Most every descrplion-Fancy Silks,
Taifeta, China, Satine, Print, Gingham
and Pique, etc. Our Silk Waist at
S3 9S, in Black aud Colors, can't be
matched,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-04-19
TAX NOTICE.

=, The Special Tax of twenty cents, voted at a
Special Town Meeting in Berlin, December 27,
paid before May ist discount of four ner ar
cent will be allowed If not paid within the
time specified the same will be placed in the
hands of the Collector, with costs of collection,
| will be at Brooks d Berrys store in Mont
pelier, each Saturday in April, and at my office
at Browns Mills" in Berlin the rest of the
time.
WILBUR BROWN,
Town Treasurer.
Berlin, April u, 1899. d W May
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-12-23
$50 to leave on foreign soil
Your bones to bleach, accursed, un
buried
FinertY Asks Questions.

But we may ask, with pertinencc
what are the pro-British sympathizers
of Chicago doing? Why don't they go
to "the front?" England has several
South African ports, and the seas are
open to them. All Britishers in this
city who wish to fight, have noble op-
portunity. Why does O'Conicy De-
Grady, OF the Montreal National bank,
hesitate? Has John R. Walsh enlisted
in the Royal Irish Fusiliers? Has Tack
Cudahy joined 'the Dublins" or, his
territorial regiment, "the Kilkennys?"
We expect to hear of all these valiant
gentlemen being in South Africa pres
emily, aided by Col. H. H. Kohlsaat and
the Hon. Slason Thompson, late Of New
Brunswick.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-12-23

"The ~Boer boys are sent out from
home with a rifle at the age that Ameri-
can boys are sent out with tops The
little Dutchics must either bring back
their dinner or go hungry. AS result
the Beers are nation OF s1arpshooters.
Men, women and children are all excel
lent shots, and England's troops are up
against a tough proposition" says
Thomas Plimmer, of Philadelphia, who
recently returned from the Transvaal.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-12-23

The Scotch and Irish in the British
army have done the most OF the fight
ing against the Beers. And now two
Irishmen, Roberts and Kitchener, have
been called on to assume command OF
the invading forces. Where are the
Anglo -Saxons?
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-12-23

Joseph Pulitzer, of the New York
World, says that William Mckinley is
the most powerful potentate in Christen-
dom, for he has 100000 offices at his
disposal and has trampled civil service
rules under foot. He controls legislators
by dispensing patronage to their hench-
men, 80.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-12-23

.->~>-A>~J
and this includes cyanide and some
other chemicals. Gold mining proper
ties pay S per cent against 10 per cent
in the Klondike and 50 per cent in Rho
desia. Direct taxes are the poll tax,
amounting to trifle and not paid by
the Outlanders.
The much talked of dynamite mono
poly, which now furnishes the Beers
with nearly all of their explosives and
which was established just to meet a
similar situation and not for the oppres-
sion of the mine owners, charges 85s. a
case for dynamite, against 60 being paid
in Kimberley. If the freight from Kim
berley to Johannesburg is taken into
consideration this price cannot be said
to be excessive. Moreover, it is not a
question of a monopoly against free
competition, as all dynamite outside the
Transvaal is made by Mobiles mono
poly
You state in your editorial that the
Beers will not permit Englishmen to
be taught in their own language. You
evidently have not read the laws of 1902
and 1896. The former provides that the
teaching in state schools may be done
in English, provided certain amount
of hours is devoted to the Dutch lam
guage. The latter provides that English
speaking children will be taught in Eng
lisf in state schools. Where is the state
school in Minnesota in which this is
allowed? You say the Boer judges may
deny an Outlander the franchise, or
rather the right of citizenship, even if
he is qualified. In England naturaliza-
ton is finally left to the home secrc-
tary. Is this any better?
In one of your editorials you state
that at the time of the great trek the
chief grievance of the Beers was the
abolition by the British of slavery. The
chief grievance of the Beers at that time
was that they got only third of the
compensation promised them for their
slaves. They wanted to abolish slavery
as well as the British, but they wanted
gradual abolition and enactment of
law. The British abolished it
all at once and refused to enact a
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-12-23
Mr.. w. SiWart Smit Has Silenced
the British Organ.
his STUBBORN FACTS AND FIGURES
The Blame for the War is Laid
at England's Door.

In recent letter to the St. Paul Pho
neer Press, Mr.. w. Siwart Smit advo-
Gates the cause of the Beers in most
convincing manner, and places the re-
sponsibility for the war at England S
door. He says in part:
You say in your editorial that Eng
land is contending for the vital prin-
ciples OF liberty. I admit that England
has stood for these principles OF liberty
on many occasions, that it is doing so
i'll Australia and Canada to-day, but that
it does not do SO everywhere is shown
by its giving charter to the Chartered
Company, which practically confers
sovereign rights upon seven people,
three OF them members of the English
aristocracy, over territory OF $4,000
square miles in the heart of South AT
rica. No guarantees are asked from
this company to give the white settlers
the franchise, and no steps are taken to
protect these settlers against oppressive
taxation, such as the levying of 50 per
cent on the output of all mining claims.
When we further see how the present
English government tolerates this COM
pany to wage unjust wars to acquire
more territory and to farass the Trans
vaal, it is no wonder that the Beers
have no confidence in the present Eng
lish secretary of foreign affairs, or the
sincerity of his policy OF intervention
for principles of freedom.
The Outlanders have grievances, no
doubt, but they have for years been
greatly exaggerated by those whose
mission it has been to stir up trouble
between the two countries 1t is stated
that the taxes are oppressive. Indirect
taxes are lower than those in the Cape
Colony. Import duties are 10 per cent,
against 12 per cent in Cape Colony,
both ad valorem. Specially rated arti-
cles are in most cases lower, in only a
few cases slightly higher, than in Cape
Colony. Here are few examples:
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-12-23

the Crimean war were the worthy SER
geants so busy as at present. DR.. Rob-
ert Dwyer Joyce, writing very many
years ago, anticipated the present posi-
ton of affairs with marvellous exactness
i'll well-known ballad:
Now, mind what John Bull did here,
my boys,
In the days of our famine and fear, my
boys:
He burned and sacked, he plundered
and racked,
Old Ireland of Irish to clear, my boys.
Now, Bull wants to pillage and rob, my
boys,
And to put the proceeds in his fob, my
boys;
And let each Irish blade just stick to
his trade,
And let Bull do his own dirty Job, my
So never to list be in haste, my boys,
Or glass OF drugged whiskey to taste,
my boys;
If to Afric' you go it's to grief and to
And to rot and to die like baste, my
boys.
But, untappily, "what John Bull did
here" does not always recur to young
foolish Irishman when the tongue of the
tempter is pouring insidious lies into
his mind; nor is the callow seeker after
adventure and new scenes very likely to
recall the vow:-
"That never one will handle a gun
Except for the Green and Tipperarv,
boys"
If such "raw materials" for British
brutality and Boer bullets could be con-
vinced that not only is an Irish private
soldier in England's army a man who
deserves i'll of his own country, but that
his life while in the ranks must neces-
sarily be one of continual degradation,
we should have fewer "Connaught
Rangers" and dublin Fusiliers" doing
the work of murderers at the front while
the weedy hrats from Cockney slums
take their ease in Dublin and Spike
Island.
There is no doubt whatever that
very large proportion Of Irish recruits
''join the colors" out of the militia regi-
ments. These regiments are not held
in high esteem by the country folk,
either. A "militiaman" is a very bitter
term of reproach in rural Ireland.
From various motives, or from want
of any motive, young men drift into the
militia. The military" life on the train
ing grounds is very different from the
reality as it is forced upon the con-
sciousness of the unhappy wights who
take the plunge and enlist straight away.
The apparent freedom and jollity of a
soldlers career lures many. Ihe pos
session Of arms and smart uniform
fascinates others. So the final step is
taken too often; and the foolish son OF
an Irish mother forgets K. T. Buggy's
warning:-
$50 to leave on foreign soil
Vo,,r honac 70 I1e,c1, ,cc,,reaJ go.
buried
and irrevocably binds himself to the
English chain.
So it is evident that if Irish youths
are to be dissuaded from devoting their
lives to the service of their country's
tyrant, one OF the first steps to be taken
must be to place a popular ban on the
militia regiments as we'll as on "the
colors"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-04-27
First publication April 6, 1899.
Sherifs Sale.

By virtue OF an execution, issued out of and
under the seal of the district court in and for
the county of Mile Laos and State of Mime
sofa, upon a Judgment rendered and doc6eted
IN the said court. on the 18th day of September
A. D. 1897, in an action wherein the Citizens
State Bank of Princeton is plaintiff and B. E.
Erickson is defendant in favor of the said
plaintiff and against the said defendant, for the
sum of One Hundred and Forty-One and 64-1OO
dollars, which said judgment was on the 18th
day of March, 1892 for a valuable consideration
sold and assigned to M. S. Rutherford by said
Citizens State Bank and which said assignment
was filed in the office Of the Clerk of said court
was directed and delivered to me as sheriff in
and for the said county of Mile Laos have
this 9TH day of April A. D. 1899, levied upon
all the right, title and interest of the said de-
| PENDANT B. E. Erickson in and to the following
deScrl6ed real estate situate in the county Of
described dt as: Lots One ID Two G9 and Four
d., OF block nineteen Q9), in the third
addition to Milaca. as the same
is plated on file and of record in the Office of
| the register of deeds of said county, also the
southwest quarter of the northwest quarter
(sW4 OF nw1) of section Thirty-one Cd in
t tiN 1Ss ! Thirty-eight C39 range Twenty
Notice is hereby given, that I, the under
signed, as sheriff as aforesaid will sell the
ABOVE described real property to the highest
bidder for cash, at public auction, at the front
door of the court house in the village of Prince
ton in the county of Mile Laos and State of
A. D. 1899, at 10 o'clock A. NJ, of that day, to
satisfy the said execution, together with the
Interest and costs thereon.
Dated April 5: A. D. 1899.
E. d. CLAGGETT
Sheriff OF Mile Laos County, MINI.