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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-10-04
HIS SON HIS COMMANDER.
Unusual Reversal of Family Author
ity Crops Up I'm n Colorado
Regiment.

Out of the hurry and hustle of the
war there has come one of the most
remarkable cases of the reversal of fam
fly authority ever known to military
men, A son is q commissioned officer
in regiment, while the father is a pri-
vate in the same regiment. The son
gives the father commands; the father
executes the orders; he touches his hat
when he passes his boy during duty.
On the rolls Of the First Colorado in
fantry appear the name of Ben Lear,
second lieutenant, aged 10, and Bcnja-
min Lear, ST., private, aged A. The
father is proud of the success of his
son and never tires of Boosting to his
fellow privates.
Lieut.. Lear is fine specimen of the
young American soldier. lie has all
the good qualities that are known as
"Western." He has go and push and
grit, very intelligent mind and an
aptness for his work. lie laughed when
asked about the family relations in the
regiment.
"Why, my dear fellow" he exclaimed,
"don't you know that in a regiment
there are no family relations? Here
we are all officers or privates or band
men, and that ends the whole business.
But, seriously, the curious relations
which ] am bound to maintain with
my own father are ridiculous, and If
he did not have n fine sense of humor
himself they would be well-nigh insup-
portable.
"He comes in here with message,
for instance, and stopping at the door
he stands at salute until have time or
am in disposition to receive him by
acknowledging his salute. Then he
does the goose-step and comes into my
tent, where he must stand at atten-
ton until the business is finished; then
be must salute again before he goes
out. Altogether it is laughable, be-
cause l am stickler for discipline,
even though it does involve my own
father.
when it is fathers turn to carry
wood, draw rations, or do police duty,
1t Is my task TO issue those orders to
the old gentleman, and he touches his
cap and replies: Yes, SIR as respect
fully as you please.
"When the call for volunteers came
I was a first sergeant in the Colorado
national guard and volunteered.
went with my company to Denver and
we were mustered in. 1 kept my old
rank of first sergeant in the First Col
orado infantry.
when the regiment was recruiting
father came to headquarters and want
ed to enlist. I persuaded him not to
join, and when left I was sure that
father would stay at home, where he
was badly needed on his paper. But
when the recruiting officer went back
to Denver for more men you can judge
of my amazement to find my father
in the first batch sent up" - N. Y.
World
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WOMAN OF THE ANGELUS.
How MiIIets Model Lives in Her
Peasant Cottage mt Barbixon,
Near Paris.

Barbizon, little village in the midst
of the forest of Fontainebleau, a short
distance from Paris, has become goal
of pilgrimage for many admirers of
NIillet's work, and particularly for
those who know that the woman who
suggested to the great painter his IA
nous picture of "The Angelus" still
lives there in little cottage a stones
throw from where she was born. Mere
Adele's home is small vine-clad cot
tage, in which she lives a frugal but
comfortable life, troubled only by the
overinquisitive tourists and by her
rheumatism. She must have been an
attractive woman once, for even now,
although she has witnessed the passing
of more than three-score years and ten,
there are traces of former beauty in her
wrinkled face.
Mere Adele is lady, though she has
worn her fingers blunt by toll, and her
form is bent under the burdens she has
had to bear. When she looks at you her
smile is like a benediction, and the
beautiful things of earth are not lost
upon her. Her manner is cheerful, as
one who feels she has not lived in vain.
If questioned closely she will tell you
of the day when the great artist came
through the dense forest with his wife
and children, leaving behind him the
gay city of Paris with its schools Of
painting and its models. She knows a
great deal of the very hard days which
followed for Jean Francois Millet-the
toll, the anxiety, the dsappointments.
She nursed his five children, and did
the little feldwork in the garden ad-
joining the cottage. When he saw his
nurse-girl, Adele, and her father rever-
emily bowling their heads in prayer at
the ringing of the Angelus he con-
ceived the picture which, if not his best
work, is yet the best known, and the
one most appreciated by the people.
Mere Adele calls herself child of God.
She looks it in the painting, and she
lives it every day in her humble cottage.
Edward A. Steiner, in Woman's Home
Companion.
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HEALTH REQUIREMENTS.
They Are Few in Number, But Must
he Strictly Observed at
All Times.

The requirements of health can be
counted on the fingers of one hand.
They are good air, good food, suitable
clothing, cleanliness and exercise and
rest.
The first two requirements affect the
blood, and as the blood circulates all
over the body, every part of the body,
including the brain, is affected.
Fresh air affects the purity of the
blood. The freshest air is out of doors,
and it is the duty of every one who
wishes to be healthy to spend certain
amount of time in the open air.
Good food is not necessarily expensive
food.
Exercise and rest should alternate
and balance each other. 1t is quite pos
sible to take too much exercise, and
this side of the question must be guard
ed against just as carefully as the other.
Women, as a rule, do not rest sufficient
ly. Every woman should try during
the day to get few minutes of rest,
even if it interferes with her regular
work. 1t is impossible for her to attend
to the health and welfare of her fam
lily II her own health suffers from over
work and lack of RESIN. Y World.
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SCRAMBLED EGGS.

Many use only eggs, with butter and
salt. for this dish-for four eggs one
tablespoonful of butter Melt the butter
and turn in the beaten eggs, and stir
quickly one or two minutes over a hot
fire. A common Practice is to increase
the quantity without impairing the
quality, by adding milk-a small cupful
to six eggs, and a tablespoonful of but
ter with salt and pepper, as preferred.
Stir these ingredients over a hot fire,
putting in the butter first until the
whole thickens. 1t should be soft and
creamy when done. 1t is very fine served
on toast.
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SCOTCH BROTH.

Add one slice of turnip and two slices
OF onion to the liquor in which leg OF
mutton was cooked, and simmer unit
reduced to three pints. Soak one table
spoonful of barley in cold water over
night. Cook in boiling water until soft
then add to the stock, from which the sea
soning has been removed. Add one.
quarter cup each of carrot and turnip
cut in very small cubes, previously cooke,
in boiling sailed water until very soft
Thicker with -four, which has beer
stirred with enough cold water to pour
easily. Add salt and pepper
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MACARONI AND CHEESE.

Cook three-quarters Of a cup of mac
sroni, broken in pieces, in boiling saited
water until tender. Drain and rinse in
cold water. Put a layer in buttered
pudding dish and cover with layer of
grated cheese and continue alternating
cheese and macaroni until the dish is
full. Pour over the whole a thin white
sauce, made of one and one half table
spoUnfuls each of -four and butter.
cooked together. and one and ne-half
cups of milk, seasoned with half tea
spoonful of salt and little cayenne, if
liked. Cover with buttered cracker
crumbs, using one-third cup of butter
to three quarters cup of crumbs.
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WHITE MUEFINS.

One egg, one-quarter cup sugar, one
quarter cup butter; beat all together
thoroughly Add one cup sweet milk.
little salt, then add one cup of flour, into
which is sifted two teaspoonfuls of bak-
ing powder. Then add sufficient flour
to make a batter little sitter than for
griddle cakes. and not quite so stiff as
for cake. Drop in spoonfuls in well-but-
tered hot gem pans.
NEW ENGLAND PUDDING.
One cup of molasses, one cup of sweet
milk, one cup of suet Cor one-half cup
butter), one cup Of chopped, seeded rails
ms, little cinnamon. Glove, and nutmeg,
and the beaten yolks of two eggs. One
teaspoonful of soda. flour to mix pretty
thick. Steam two and one-half or three
hours.
CREAM SAUCE FOR NEW ENGLAND
PUDDING.
Whites of two eggs beaten to stiff
froth, ten spoolfuls of powdered sugar,
one-half cup of sweet cream, two tea
spoonfuls vinegar two teaspoonfuls va
nilla. Beat thoroughly after adding each
ingredient.
SARDINES.
Use the imported variety. Remove the
cover from the box and place in deep
dish on bed of lettuce or celery leaves,
garnished with slices of lemon.
TOMATOES AND CREAM.
OF all the variety of ways of serving
tomatoes, none makes a more palatable
dish than os-cold tomatoes sliced thin
and served with powdered sugar and
thick, sweet cream or with plain, I'M
favored whipped cream.
PLAIN WHITE CA IKE.
One cup of sugar, one-half cup Of but
ter, whites of four eggs, one-half cup Of
sweet milk. Flavor with lemon and
vanilla. One teaspoonful cream of tar
tar, or half teaspoonful soda, sifted into
sufficient flour to make of right con-
sistency.
FRUIT CAKE.
One-half cup molasses, one-half cup
sugar, one-half cup butter, two eggs,
one-half cup milk, two cups flour, one
teaspoonful soda, Glove, cinnamon all
spice, nutmeg, two cups chopped, seed
ed raisins. Frost with white frosting
VANILLA WATERS.
One cup sugar, two-thirds cup butter,
four tabespoonfuls milk, one egg, one
and one-half teaspoonfuls cream of tar
tar, two-thirds teaspoonful soda, one
tablespoonful vanilla, -four enough to
roll out well.
EMMA G.. JEFFERSON.
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In the Far East.

MANILA, Sept. 26. September 23
and "a Col. Snyder attacked strong
insurgents position, five miles west of
Cebu, with 265 officers and men of the
Tennessee regiment, and 517 officers
and men of the Nineteenth New York,
Sixtieth and Twenty-third infantry and
Sixth artillery, driving the enemy from
their works and capturing seven forts,
including smooth-bore cannon mount
ed therein, and fourteen entrenched
and fortified places. Loss, one killed
and four wounded; enemy's loss esti-
mated at about forty. Col. Snyder re-
turned to Cebu with the Tennessee
regiment, which had debarked from the
transport Indiana to take part in the
action. Two companies of the Nine
teenth hold positions in the mountains.
MANILA, Sept. 2S.-The movement
against Porack which began at day.
break, conducted personally by GEN
erals Macarthur and Wheeler with the
Ninth regiment is advancing by two
roads. General Wheaton is command
ing the Twelfth and Seventeenth and
is moving to block the insurgents who
are retreating north. The firing began
near Angeles.
Two Filipino majors came in last
night with messages that the American
prisoners would arrive this morning
and also request permi sion for the
Filipino general to visit Gen. Otis.
They were refused entrance to the
American lines until noon of Friday on
account of today's fight.
MANILA, Sept. 28-Both columns
struck town and opened brisk fire. The
insurgents fed in half an hour and the
the Americans marched over then
trenches.
MANILA, Sept. 28.-Generals Mac
Arthur, Wheaton and Wheeler, with
four regiments and battery, advanced
at daybreak this morning upon Porac
A Fights expected before the day il
o7er. Porac is about eight miles
northeast Of Balacor. in Pampanga
province.
MMANILA, Sept, 2S.-American for
captured Porac this morning after
hours of fighting. Our loss is slight
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where sympathy Is Needed.

81 don't know" said Mr.. Snaggs, as he
came in from the lawn and sat himself
down on the porch and famed himself
vigorously. 81 don't know why so much
ado should be made about that poem
concerning The Man with the Hoe"
"Why, my dear, think of the toll Of
centuries which bows him down, speak
ing heredltarily."
"Oh, pshaw, that's nothing. What
the painters and poets ought to work
at, and excite sympathy for, is the man
with the lawn mower."-Pittsburg
Chronicle.
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Go, Oregon, my health was very poor I had
been troubled for about eight years with female
disease. doctored with good physicians but
obtained no relief so | wrote to the World Dis
pensary Medical Association, and was advised
TO take DR.. Pierccs Favorite Prescription and
Golden Medical Discovery | did So and am
happy to say my health began to improve and l
did my work up to the last, and felt splendid
3" got along finely during confinement and
have the healthiest baby ever saw When he
was three months old he weighed eighteen
pounds: he is now seven months old and weighs
twenty-iour pounds | can say have had no
return of my old troubles. | thank YOU very
much for the good you have done me-
Amy woman may write TO DR.. Il. V.
Pierce, of Buffalo, ~ Y, statement of
her case, which will be considered in alb
solute confidence by this physician who
stands among the foremost specialists of
the century in the treatment of women's
diseases. He will send her lin a plain,
sealed envelope) sound, sensible, valua-
bic advice free of all charge.
DIR, Pierce's great thousand-page, ILL
Illustrated Common Sense Medical Adj
wiser will be sent free, paper-bound, for
Il one-cent stamps, to pay the cost of
mailing only, or cloth bound for 81
stamps.
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ESTATE OF MARTHA JANE ORMSBEE
STATE OF VERMONT,
DISTRICT OF WARRINGTON, es.

In Probate Court, held at Montpelier In and tor
said District. on the 25th day of September A. 1899
Horace ~; kytqId E1eeit9T OF m me isst VIII and
Warren, in said District deceased. presents his ad-
mnstration account for examination and allowance,
aud makes application for a decree of distribution
and partition OF the estate of said deceased Where
upon, it Is ordered by said Court that said
and said application be referred to session thereof
to be held at the Probate ONCE, In said Montpelier
on the 18th day of October, A. D. 1899 for hearing
and decision thereon; and, 1t is further ordered that
notice hereof be given to all persons interested by
pubica ton of the same three weeks excessively In
tn, Vermont Waterman a. State Journal, newspap-r
published at Montpelier in this State previous to
said time appointed for hearing, that they may APP
pear at said time and place. and show cause II any
they may have, why said account should not be
allowed ano such decree made.
by the Court.-Attest.
1913 HIRAM CARLETON, Ju
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POTATO SALAD.

The following English recipe will be
found most satisfactory: Twelve cold
boiled potatoes, four tablespoonfuls of
tarragon or plain vinegar, six table,
spoonfuls of salad oil, pepper and salt
to taste, one tablespoonful of finely
chopped parsley. Cut the potatoes into
slices half an inch thick, put them in the
salad bowl with oil and vinegar in the
above proportion; season with pepper,
and salt, and a teaspoonful of parsley;
stir the salad well. 1t should be made
three hours before it is wanted.
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An Evening Lullaby.

Sleep. my babe, thine eyes are weary,
Shut them close, my bonnie dearie,
While thy mother sings!
Are the birds asleep, l wonder,
with their little heads tucked under
Pretty folded wings?
6leepl the angels round thee hover;
Their bright wings thy head shall cover
While thou art asleep.
AL the night long, close beside thee,
That no evil may betide thee,
They their watch will keep.
Pye-O-baby, warm and rosy,
In thy little cot 80 cozy;
Sleep till morning light
Sleep, o sleep, thine eyes are weary.
Shut them close, my bonnie dearie.
Baby-bye, goodnight.
Elizabeth z. Starkey. in Minneapolis
Housekeeper.
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VEAL SOUP.

The linuckle or leg of veal is the best
for soup Wash it, and break up in
water enough to cover the meat. After it
has stewed slowly, till the meat drops to
pieces, strain it, return it to the pot, and
put in a head of celery, cut small, three
onions, a bunch Of sweet marjoram,
carrot and a turnip cut into pieces, and
two dozen black peppercorns, but not
any salt. Add some small dumplings
made of -four and butter. Simmer it
another hour, or till all the vegetables are
sufficiently done, and serve.
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ORANGE TARTLETS.

Two oranges, a piece of butter the size
of a walnut, twice the weight of the
oranges in powdered sugar and pun
paste. Take the pulp out of two oranges,
boil the peels until quite tender and then
beat them to a paste with twice their
weight in powdered sugar, then add the
pulp and the juice of the oranges with
the bit of butter; beat all together, line
some patty pans with some good, rich
puff paste. lay in the orange mixture
and bake.
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A COMMENTED FeIIow.

Allus wuz sayin': Its all fer the best"
No matter what fortune wuz brlngin';
He took what II give-left to Heaven the
rest,
An went on his pathway a-singin.
"Stars'll come out when the sun leaves
the west:
The dark brings the dreams an It's all
fer the best!'
Peaceful--contented. with friends an with
foes;
Though thorns In his pathway wuz
springin',
He looked on the bright side an gathered
rose
An went on his pathway a-singin',
'Stars'll come out when the sun leaves
the west:
The dark brings the dreams an it's all fer
the best"
ATLANTA Constitution.
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The Very Neat Man.

He brushed his coat six times a day.
His hat was always nice,
And ever ere the day was done
He changed his collar twice.
He never let his trousers bag,
No wrinkles marred his vest;
In all the town there was no one
More scrupulously dressed.
He spent three hours every day
Before the mirror, where
He carefully attended to
The parting of his hair.
He always kept himself as neat
AS wax is through and through
But that was all he ever did
Or had the time to do.
s.. e. Kiser. In Chicago Times-Herald
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LEGAL NOTICES.
ESTATE OF LEVI T. ORMSBEE.
STATE OF VERMONT,
DISTRICT OF WARRINGTON. 3d.:

In Probate Court, held at Montpelier. in and for
said District on the 2ith day Of September
Horace W. Lyferd, Executor of the last will and
testament, of LEWIS I. oRMSBEE, late of
waa,Te,n; In said district deceased presents his
lowance, and makes application for decree
of said de ceased. whereupon 1t 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 the 18th day
Of October, A. ID. 1882 for hearing and decision
thereon: And, 1t is further ordered, that notice
hereof be given to all persons interested, by
publication of the same three weeks SUCCESSFULLY
paper published at Mont pelier, in this State, pre-
vious to said time appointed for hearing that they
may appear a, said time and place, and show
cause, If any the, may have, why said account
should not be allowed and such decree made.
BY the Court.-Attest,
1918 HIRAM CARLETON, Judge.
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FOR YOUR sCRAP-BOOK.
Recipes From Many Sources and of
Acknowledged Worth.
FRIED HALIBUT,

Place in your spider half a dozen
slices of fat pork; fry brown, take the
pork out and place in deep dish; add to
the fat three tablespoonfuls of fresh
lard; when boiling hot, put in the hall
but, which should be cut in pieces about
three inches square and dipped in sifted
meal; sprinkle with salt and fry gol-
den brown. After the fish is all fried
put it into the dish with the pork, pour
over it the boiling fat, add one table
spoonful of hot water, cover tightly and
stand in the oven 20 minutes.
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
ESTATE OF ELSIE r. CUTLER.

The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Wash.
ington commissioners to receive, examine. and sd
lust all claims and demands of all persons against
the estate of ELSIEP CUTLER, late of L. Mont
pelier in said District. deceased. and all claims
We win meet tor the purposes aforesaid, ~ the
store of Fred Perrin, In the town of Plainfeld,
the It'll day of March next, from | o. clock p.
M, until o'clock M, each of said days, and that
1899 the time limited by said Court for said cred
tors to present their claims to us for examination
and allowance
Dated at Piainield. this 10th day OF September,
A. Il 2; 1882 FRED Nj c PERRkfS Commissioners
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FISH OUTLETS.

Cold haddock, cod, halibut bass, or
cusk may be used for outlets Take one
cupful of the fish, well faxed, and sea-
son it with salt, little cayenne pepper
and lemon juice. Moisten this prepared
fsh with one cupful of sauce made with
one tablespoonful of butter, the same
amount of conrnstarch, little salt, and
one-half cupful Of milk. Shape into re-
quired shape, dip in fine bread-crumbs,
then In beaten egg, again in the crumbs,
and fry In deep fat.
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ENTIRE WHEAT BREAD.

To one tablespoonful each of shorten
ing and sugar, add one and one-half
teaspoonfuls of salt, and one cup each
of boiling water and scalded milk. When
lukewarm add one yeast cake dissolved
in one-quarter cup lukewarm water;
then add one cup white flour, and enough
entire wheat Hour to knead, having the
dough as soft as can be handled Cover
and let rise until 1t doubles its bulk.
Shape into loaves or biscuits, let rise
again, and bake in hot oven.
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MUSHROOM SAUCE,

A good mushroom sauce for roast beef
is easily made as follows from fresh
mushrooms First wash the mushrooms
in cold water drain and dry in an old soft
cloth. The fiat ones should be cut
rather small. Take some good beef gravy
and stew the mushrooms in It, rejecting
the stalks; add a little catsup, pepper
and salt, a bit of lemon peel and lump
of butter. Remove the lemon peel, thick
en- the sauce with little brown flour and
serve.
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Ais His who Nothing Hath.

Ais His who Nothing Hath.
The heart that hath no private Joy,
No dear and only bliss,
Shall find the whole world tribute bring,
That he no Joy may miss.
For he who clingeth not to one,
Whose heart wide open lies,
Finds every morn a fresh delight,
Each night glad surprise,
For every breeze that eurls the wave,
And every shining star,
And every tree that seeks the air,
His constant lovers are
The soul that knows no proper bliss,
No joy to call his own
He standeth not companionless,
His heart is neer alone
For all is his, who nothing hath:
And God doth richly pour
His warmth of life and glory where
He finds an open door.
Elizabeth French, In Springfield (Mass.)
Republican.