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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-11-23

Thursday, November 30, a Day Of
Thanksgiving.

THANKSGIVING.
STATE OF VERMONT ! The dawn
EXECUTIVE DETACHMENT ! Of a new
day-the blending of the death Of
night into the life and freshness Of
morning is a period OF beautiful sem
timent and quiet reflection, and furn-
ishes the imagery for poets song;
the erumbling of the oil year, and
the breaking forth of the new, the
fading memory Of the ambitions,
the struggles, the failures, the
triumphs, OF year that has gone,
dissolying into the vision Of
bright hopes and expectations of a
twelve months that are to come, is a
period trimming with sober, serious
thought, and furnishes the impulses,
the resolutions, the plans that, success
fully carried out, or as failures, fash
ion the character and destiny of in
dividuals; but the majestic sweep of
one century into another, the swirl
from hundred years to hundred years,
is a period that makes epochs in the
affairs of the nations of the earth and
reveals the relation OF the past TO the
future. Looking over the years from
near the end Of this century towards
its beginning, one can mark the expan-
sion and development, or the wasting
away and decay of the nations, and
see the expression OF that law OF the
Almighty which is life.
At this period, when the year 1899
is running out its days, when the old
century is nearing its end, and the
glowing dawn of the new is already
breaking with radiant promise Of
great events in the sky of the future;
when our government and its army
and navy have spread abroad the
splendid possibilities of our nations
greatness, the day Of Thanksgiving Of
1899 takes on a new and broader mean
ing than the day has ever had before.
Ii is our duty to be mindful Of it
all. and to take cognizance Of the re-
lation of things as they exist today.
Therefore, | designate Thursday,
the Both day OF Nov, 1899, as a day
of thanksgiving and reflection, and
recommend that we, the people OF
this state, assemble in our places OF
worship to express our appreciation
of, and gratitude for, the blessings
that have come to us; to acknowledge
the obligation that the wonderful new
development Of our country has placed
upon us all, and to ask for strength
to live up TO the full nature and new
measure Of true American citizenship.
Given under my hand and the
great seal of this state in the executive
chamber at st. Adams, this fifteenth
day Of November, in the year of our
Lord, one thousand eight
SEAL hundred and ninety-nine,
49, and of the independence Of
the United States the one hundred
and twenty-fourth, and Of the indie
pendence OF this state the one hundred
and twenty-third.
EDWARD C. SMITH.
By the governor:
GEORGE NJ. HOGAN,
Secretary OF Civil and Military
Affairs.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-11-23
DAIRY EDUCATION.
DAIRY school Opens its Ninth Session
Jan. I'd.

Jan. I'd.
Special schools are quite common
nowadays. Drawing, nurse training,
cooking, sloyd work and host of
other lines of industry are taught en-
TREY apart from other branches.
This well recognized order of the
specialization for some
years entered into farming operations
and several Of the agricultural col
leges Of the country have conducted
dairy schools. The main function of
these schools is to teach to young men
and women the science and art of
butter making, the use of various
kinds Of dairy apparatus, the care and
handling Of milk, including pasteuri-
zation, the testing Of milk, cream,
etc, for total solids, fat acidity,
taints, etc.
A school OF this Kind has been in
operation every winter for eight years
at the agricultural college Of this state
at Burlington. Its ninth session will
open on January next. The course
is free to Vermonters of both sexes.
Not only the professional creamery
worker, but any one who may wish to
learn the newer methods in dairying,
is welcome.
The outfit OF the school includes a
dozen separators, several churns, but
ter worker, milk testing apparatus OF
all kinds, etc.
Three sets Of lectures are given, text
books are used, system of daily
questions and answers and OF final
examinations is carried ont, and, in
short, modern butter dairying meth
dds are the topics for consideration
for six days in the week for four
weeks. Under the management of
the most competent instructors to be
procured, the students themselves
handle the milk through the entire
process from weigh can to butter tub,
including separating, cream ripening,
churning, washing, packing and test
ing.
No entrance examinations are held
nor tuition charges made. The en-
tire expense OF the four weeks over
and above travel TO and from Burling-
ton need not exceed $40. The class
is limited to fifty in number Every
year for eight years the class has been
full, and often applicants have to be
turned away for lack Of room.
Such of our readers as may be in
terested in dairy matters and desire
to learn more are urged TO send for
the school circulars. Address Dairy
School, Burlington, Vermont.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-11-23
BranCion,s Hatchery.

The following account is given by
the Brandon Union OF visit TO the
local fish hatchery to see the spawning
beds:
"The boat was provided with a
light prov, shaded by reflector
which threw rays OF light on the water
directly ahead of the boat. The boat
skirted the shore, in from two to three
feet OF water, and before long the first
trout were seen. They were not by
dozens or by hundreds, but by thous-
ands. In such masses were they that
they looked like huge rocks in the wa
ter. and il seemed impossible to push
the boat through them without crush
ing them to death. Some idea OF the
numbers Of them may be gathered
from the fact that one draw with the
NET brought up los swallow-tailed
beauties, which ranged in size from 8
10 10 pounds each. This shore seemed
IN he one mass of trout, and other To-
calities visited showed that they were
not particularly partial to this shore.
Each favorable locality visited was the
same. and all became thoroughly con-
WINGED that this was indeed the home
of the lake trout. The trout are
handled by the commissioners very
tenderly and not one out OF 500 is in
iured in the slightest, even by accl-
dent. After being stripped OF their
spawn they are returned to the lake.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-11-23
women Need skiifuI Advice.

DIR. Greene, discoverer of that most
wonderful of all cures for women's
complaints, DIR. Greene's Nervura, is
the most successful specialist in cur
ing female complaints, the physician
TO whom thousands of women write
in regard to their diseases, and who
gives consultation and advice abso-
lutely free of charge. Many thous-
ands of women have regained their
health and strength and become hap
DIV wives and mothers through the
timely advice and counsel of this skill
full woman's physician. lfyou are
sufferer from any of the weaknesses
and diseases peculiar to women, do
not fail to write to DIR. Greene about
your case at once, at his office, "a
Temple Place, Boston, Mass, and by
following his advice, based upon his
long experience and remarkable sue
cess. You can be absolutely sure OF be-
ing cured. Write at once. 1t Will
cost you nothing to get his advice.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-11-23
TIL. Century.

Sir Walter Besant begins in the De-
Gem Der Century a series OF papers illus
TODAY His manner OF treating the subject
is that OF the novelist, rather than the es-
ssyist. for he takes as his point OF depart
ure the birth OF typical girl OF the East
End-ssOne of Two Millions In East Lon
dom. and traces her career to the time
OF her marriage at seventeen to young
countryman who has come up to town TO
make his living as porter LIZ Is q
aBoard SCHOOL, girl, and Sir Walter holds
that what the average East Londoner
learns from books at school he afterwards
foreets; but that the civilizing influence
OF the schools is incalculable, ano mss
marvellously transformed the East Emo
within the past thirty years. No one
knows more OF the life OF the poor In Len
don than the author OF GAN Sorts and
Conditions of Mem" and no one Is peter sI
known as a pictorial interpreter than Phll
Nav. who coIlaborates with Joseph rem
mel in illustrating Sir Walters article.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-11-23
vermont Pensions.

Increase, Stephen Perry, Readsboro,
sc to IS; George w. Varney, North
Danvile, sc to IS; Augustus II. Pratt,
Bellows Falls, S24 to $50.
Restoration and additional, Wm.A.
Hallen, deceased, Middlebury, So to
Sl2; increase, Geo. II. Burns, Brattle-
boro, Sc to IS, Bingham Caswell,
Bethel, Sl2 to Sl7, johnson b. Sar-
gent, Randolph, 90 to Sl2; original,
widows, Eliza b. Morse, Passumpsic,
IS; reissue, Caroline Housey, Rupert,
sl2; special accrued Nov. 8, minor OF
Geo. w. Varney, Bristol, $40.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-11-23
Mrs. Pinkham's Medicine Made
a New Woman of Mrs. Kuhn:
nrTTI, 70 ssa rrSrHas NO. 6a.4pal

urrrr. 70 nrs prxKHAE NO. 64.4oal
"DEAR Mrs. PTSKHAs-I think II Is
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full relief / have experienced by the use
of lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. l tried different doctors also
different kinds of medicine. l would
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as bad as ever.
For eight years / was q great sur,
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was In such misery at my monthly
periods could not work but nttle
before would have TO lie down. our
medicine has made q new woman OF me.
/ can now work all day and not ge'
tired. 1 thank you for what you haNe
dome for me. / shall always praise
vour medicine to all suffering women
-MRs. z. Z. KUHN, GERNASo, ONO.
"I have taken eight bottles OF LYDIA
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and used two packages OF your s san.
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Mrs NJ. L. SHKARs, gus MARSH, MICH
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-11-23
s.r,ous Accident at HIghgate.

Last Thursday Dorman Hilliker
and Shubel Burns were at work try
inc 10 draw an unexploded charge
from A drill hole. When the drill
which they were using reached the
dynamite an explosion instantly fol-
lowed. Hilliker's injuries were most
Nv in his face, which was thoroughly
blackened with powder, and his eyes
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-11-23
WHAT DO the Children Drink !

Don't give them tea coffee. Have you ,riea tne
So faed drink called GRAIN-Of ~ is dehcious
- nesvish ing and takes tbs place Of coffee. The
more firainO you give the children the more hestn
vou Distribute through their systems. vIAln-o =
tast,s Ike ths choice grades OF coffee put costs
sfut ia As much. All grOcers sell H. he ana DC
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-11-23

Eat plenty, Kodol dyspepsia Cure will
digest what you eat. II cures su forms OF
dyspepsia and stomach troubles. Is. X.
Gamble, Vernon, Texas, says, III re-
Keyed me from the start and cured me. 1t
i now NV ever lasting friend" M. j..
Sargent & Son, South Royalton.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-01-14
Dust on Oyster-shen Roads.


The advantages of oyster-shell roads
were explained in recentissue of the
L. A. w. Bulletin. Mr.. w. e. Voor.
bees now writes to the same paper to
point out their disadvantages, which
he states as follows:
"These roads become 80 excessive
ly dusty in dry weather that they are
practically unfit to travel ever. This
fault can be overcome by the liberal
use of the street-sprinkler, but it is
not always possible to press the sprink.
Ter into service. Just outside the CITY
ct Wilmington, DEL, there is cause.
way over some marshy land which il
built almost entirely of oyster shells.
l have driven over this causeway when
the dust was fully three inches thick,
aud being SO light and of such fine
PARTICLES, clouds of it would rise after
each passing team. At times it would
be impossible to see team ten yards
ahead. 1t may readily be imagined
that this was not pleasant going, and
would have very much preferred the
common dirt road. While I believe
hat the oyster-shell road is, in the
main, superior to the ordinary dirt
Dad, yet there are few practical road
makers who will not concede that it is
Inferior IN every way to q road built of
he commonest grade Of stone"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-01-14
Too Sharp For a Hawk.

An observing Southern sportsman
told recently about flock of pigeons
that measured brains with hawk and
came out ahead. II. s. Edwards owned
a flock of pigeons which one day were
cut off from their cote by large hawk.
The pigeons know that if the hawk
once got above them one at least OF
their number would go to make q meal
Tor him, and SO up they few in circles,
going higher than the hawk. The lat.
ter kept under the pigeons, andleisure-
~ followed their laborious movements.
Then came curious and unexpected
sight to Mr.. Edwards. Every pigeon
closed its wings, and they appeared to
be the size OF sparrows, and down they
came past the hawk at a. terrific rate.
That astonished the hawk. He actually
lodged the dropping birds and missed
half dozen wing strokes before he
got in full chase of them. When he
got down to the barnyard not pigeon
was IN sight-some were in the cote.
some in the porch, two in the well.
house and one in the kitchen. The
hawk had been outwitted completely.
1t is question how the pigeons man.
aged to check their fall, as they did
not slacken up till they vera about
fifteen or twenty feet above the ground.
when they scattered in all directions to
escape the hawk.-New York Alliance,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-01-14
A Cavalry Problem.

The student of tactics finds manv
opportunities for study in the late
| war.
A particularly interesting novelty
was the employment of cavalry in re-
pulsing an attack by battleships, first
put into use by the Spaniards at
Matanzas. From lack of foresight
on the part of the Spanish Govern.
ment, the maneuvre did not receive
fair test in that instance. Had a
pontoon bridge been furnished. with
derrick at the end by which the
ships could have been reached, and
the horsemen unloaded upon their
decks, it might have succeeded. OF
course some arrangement with the
Americans would have been neces-
sary, whereby they agreed not to
move their vessels.
A half mile of intervening water ia
an insurmountable obstacle to the
effectual use of the sabre upon the
enemy, and, moreover, it is doubtful
that they would make much i'm
preston upon the armor of modern
warship. Therefore, unless some
means is devised by which, in the
first place, the cavalry can reach the
ships, and in the second place, get a
foothold upon their decks, the idea of
cavalry VS.. men-of-war must be
stricken from the tactics books. A
squad of cavalry charging down the
deck, scattering the crew in all direc.
ions, sabering the turrets and stab
Ding the ventilators, is IN inspiring
picture. but the difficulties of getting
your horsemen in position will prob
IDLY prevent it from taking a
prominent place in a conscientious
'rt exhibition. THE Criterion.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-01-14
Crime in Bad-Roads Districts.

As an argument in favor of better
roads, it is cited that in those States
and sections of States where little or
no effort is made to construct or main
tain public highways, the law is most
openly defed, and crime and bloody
feuds are of most frequent occurrence.
This is attributed by some authorities
largely to the inaccessibility of the
people, their ignorance, enforced idle
ness and consequent wickedness. In
many districts the roads are so bad
that a four-horse team can pull but
ton during the summer and fall, while
at other seasons what little transpor.
tation there is takes place by pack
mules. Schools could not be attended
if they existed, the people are out of
touch with their kind, and have moth
ing better to do than to make and
drink "moonshine" whisky and nurse
their feuds. Permanent roads would
revolutionize these communities, make
industry possible and profitable, cause
the establishment of schools, and re-
press criminal tendencies.-New York
Commercial Advertiser.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-01-14
m Sleeps cIofh ing!

and The coming of the noted Cantai
Kidd at once became the all-absorbin
topics of conversation.
Men gathered in knots at street cor
.ners to discuss it,
women, with all their little one
Icilnglng to their skirts, like chicken
ABOUT mother hen when the shadow O
hawk falls upon them, came out O
their houses, and talked with othe
women about the awful topics.
The servants discussed it over tn,
fences OF back gardens.
The good old dominic thought serI.
ously OF summoning the people togethel
and holding religious services suitab,,
to the occasion.
The sailors from the Sea Hawk anG
"anderer suddenly became objects o.
an lntenser interest than they had vel
attracted, for the people saw in them
the heroes who must soon be brought
lace TO face with Captain Kidd and de.
slfoy him, or be destroyed. There was
enough doubt about the former con-
tingent to keep up the excitement-in-
deed, to add to it.
In the midst of this hubbub three men
mounted on horses and followed by two
| servants, one white lad and the other
negro youth, came into the town.
One was Captain Fox, looking as
fresh and smiling as if he had been off
on a most enjoyable picnic; by his side
rode Cncas, chief of the Montauks, and
signify to the rear was Colonel Ora
nam, looking very pale, and Othello.
looking, II possible, blacker than ever.
This party dismounted before the inn
door and sent their horses to the stabIa
Their appearance would ordinarily
nave caused some excitement. but
they now entered the house nearly un-
noticed, excepting that some of the
people whispered together about Uncas
and his warriors bearing hand In the
general defense, In the event of Capt.
Kids making landing.
AS soon as Frenauld could do so
without attracting attention, he drew
Capt. Fox to one side and whispered
nervously:
1t is known In New York that we are
In these waters"
Who told you SOP" said Fox, show.
ing no sign of alarm.
Frenauld gave q synopsis of Sam
Tallmadge's report, and closed with a
reference to the murdered post-rider.
Great was his surprise to hear Fox saw:
Good! By all the powers of sea |
and sky, things could not have hap
pened better. Their very efforts to de-
leat me will but further my schemes.
Why, man, would have given this
sailor thousand pounds for what he
las done for US for nothing. Now, I
shall to work, and when the cruisers
,ome after Capt. Kidd they will find he
las two Of their provincial ships under
lis command. The Sea Hawk is ours
1renauld, as surely as is the Adventure
ialley, rechristened for prudential rea-
ons the Wanderer.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-01-14
British Sharks.

British sharks are very substantial
facts; the largest of them is an inocu-
GUS giant that basks in the sunshine
and perhaps feeds on nothing larger
than shrimp. But the blue shark
and porbeagle, both of which grow to
length OF several yards and weight
OF hundreds of pounds, are vicious
pests and most unwelcome on the fish.
ing grounds. The former takes his
favorite pleasure in eating mackerel
out OF the nets, doing as much dam.
age in its Acknowledgement as will alb.
sorb ? fisherman's weekly wage to
make good. Wherefore it come about
that, as soon as one is hauled aboard
the fishermen forget their accustomed
mildness, and Selling it close to the
tail belabor with its shovel-shaped
head the nearest thwart until peace
reigns once more.
The porbeagle is somewhat less
active and less vicious animal of
duller hue, and of smell that passes
any other on sea or land. To pre-
vent its blood imparting this odor of
the abattoir to the boat, the porbeagle
is usually slain over the side, and is
then ANONYMOUSLY slung in a moose
at the bow. The quantities of her.
rings and other migratory fishes con.
snmed by these sharks would, could
we but appraise the damage, appal
even the ecomiast who has recently.
in sporting contemporary. declared
the shark to be misjudged child of
nature. Fortunately they are not
ground feeders like the dogfish, and
heir voracious appetites do not, there
ore, appreciably contribute to the ex.
termination, yearly more apparent
md more deplorable, of our soles and
,ther valuable fat Enthusiastically
Review.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-01-14
When VIII It Como,

A pertinent question is that asked
BY "E. V. s." in the New York Even
ing Post: "Will there ever come q
time when, instead Of boasting of the
miles Of asphalt pavements in our
cities, we can describe the excellence
OF the country roads? When, instead
OF talking of the colleges and high
schools in the towns, we can be proud
of the education given to farmers sons
and daughters in the country schools?
A time when farm life will cease to
imply loneliness, drudgery and intel
lectual stagnation, and when to live
in the country that God has made will
be thought better than to live in the
towns that man has built?"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-01-14
GOOD ROADS NOTES.
Wide Tires Abroad.

/
The Importance of wide tires ir
preserving the highways is appreci.
ated in many foreign countries, and
laws exist prescribing the width OF
tires that may be used on the public
roads. The San Francisco Chronicle
says that "Austria requires tires for
wagons built for more than two
AMI one-fourth tons to be at least four
and one-third inches wide. If for more
than four and one-half tons, six and
one-half inches. Bohemia requires a
four and one-half inch tire for two
horse wagons; France requires tires
from three to ten inches wide: for
.four-wheeled wagons tires are usually
at least six inches, with the front axle
shorter than the rear, SO that the
wheels do not track Germany re-.
quires at least four-inch tires for
wagons for heavy loads Switzerland
requires one inch of width for each
draft animal, and six-inch tires for
wagons for heavy loads In Canada
the Agricultural Department. recon.
mended six-inch tires for loads of a
ton or more, and that is probably the
law"
A number of States in this country
have passed wide-tire laws, but even
some States which spend much money
IN improving their roads fail to see the
OF prescribing the width
Of tires that will do most to maintain
md protect them. It is short-sighted
policy and one that costs money.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-01-14
sNCE EAST CARROLL PARISH SATURDAY, JANUARY H. 1899

prowess. He was a man of fair educa
ton, and one of his humors was Z,
visit Havana. He made many boast,
OF his exploits while in Havana.
In time most of the members of hi,
band We're hunted down and killed
but he continued as reckless and dar'
ing as ever. When he was finally shot
by the civil guard in passing along .
country road, it was said that onl,
two or three faithful followers re-
manned to him. The number of muir
ders which could be traced to him wa,
said to be not less than dozen. TIL,
civil guard looked upon his death q,
the greatest triumph it had achieved
neyears. Garcia was said to have left
a buried treasure somewhere, but this
was mere legend.