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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-08
Live Stock Market.

The amount OF live stock on the market
at Brighton last Tuesday aggregated l,273
head of cattle, III sheep and lambs, 392
swine and 304 calves.
For the best gr AIDES of Northern and East
ern cattle there was fair demand but me.
dunn and inferior grades met with little at
tention and of these quite number were
in consequence left over. Sales: beef
cows, average 725 lbs, 2fc; he eff cows, av-
ersge $50 BIS, 2sc; 3 bulls, average 1875 lbs,
2ic; 4 beef cows, average 1890 lbs, &c; beef
COWS, average 975 lhs, 2lc beef COWS,
1900 lbs, 54c; II cattle. average $3.50 lbs,
DC; cattle, average ABS lbs 4fc; 2 cattle,
average $50 lbs, DC; cattle average 1905
lbs, 4Sc; cattle, average LOGO lbs,
5fc; 81 cattle, average 1874 lbs, 4}c; 10 cat
tie, average $40 lbs, 4c
Ofmilch cows and springers the supply
was abundant but buyers and sellers were
apart in their views as 10 prices ana not
much business resulted from the numerous
negotiations that were in progress
The supply of sheep and lambs was light
and the low prices induced sufficient bust
ness to clear up offerings. Sales; sheep,
average 1872 lbs Sc; 43 sheep average SO lbs,
Sic; 81 sheep, average 50 lbs, 3tci 10 lambs,
average 81 lbs, Sc.
Veal calves were in ligh or supply and
better demand and prices in consequence
were higher. Sales: 10 calves, average
1913 lbs; pie; 6 calves, average 10S lbs, SIC;
81 calves, average 40 lbs, 5fc; AZ calves,
average lie lbs b5c Al calves, average 12S
lbs, 51c; Is calves, average 10 lbs, DC; 63
calves, average ll6 lbs, SIC
Swine met with a ready sale at Al 10 4tc
per Id, |. W. The supply was small.
In western cattle business was uuimport-
ant shippers refusing TO try much while
ocean freights remain so high. The feeling
in Western markets was easier.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-08
RATTLESNAKE EATER.
A Georgia Negro Who Captures and
Sells the Reptiles Some times
Makes q Meal of Them

Moses Henderson IL a sable son of
Africa and lives two miles from Ameri.
Gus In a rocky field where rattlesnakes
arc most plentiful, says the Savannah
News. Moses makes a living by cap
turing snakes and selling them. This
Ii the truth, strange as it may seem.
One day lately he killed large one
with IL rattles on It This was a fat
snake and Moses ate It. The other day
he brought a very large snake to the
city, trying to sell its hide. There were
30 rattles on It. The snake was very
poor, and Moses said It would not do to
eat, and he stuffed its hide and sold II
for a good price. Every year Moses
makes q good deal Of money selling
snake oil He says right down the
vertebrae of a rattlesnake Is a fatty
streak of flesh that makes an oil, when
fried, that will cure any case or rheu-
matism. 1t is strange to how many
people he sells this rheumat tic snake oil.
He has long list Of certificates from
people he has cured. Some of them are
from intelligent whites, who declare
that the oil has cured them when all
other remedies have failed. He sells q
vial Of the oil for one dollar and guar
antees a lasting cure.
Moses says his father was an African
voodoo doctor and taught him how to
cure ell aches and pains with snake
oil. The negroes Of Sumter county ven
crate and fear him as a mysterious doc
tor who can cure when all else fails,
and look upon his snake oil as some
thing enchanted.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-08

said, is cypress tree in Mexico, which
measures 40 feet about the base, and
which is believed to be six thousand
years old and more ancient than the
baobab tree of Africa, which is said to
have lived 500 years.
Th yew tree in all times, from the
early days of the Egyptians to the later
civilization of England, has been es-
teemed as mourning emblem. Branch
es of the yew were carried over the
dead by the mourners in England many
years ago and were thrown into the
grave beneath the coffin.
ITO d cam of mango tree in bloom,"
say the Brahmins, "portends good
news; in fruit, rich presents"
On ST. GATHERINGS Day love charms
may be worked with sprigs of myrtle;
ana the luckiest tree or plant for all
the year is the myrtle.
In some parts of England it was a
custom for the farmers, attended by
their workmen, to repair to the or
chards with pitchers of cider, and there
encrcling the best bearing apple tree
of each drink the following toast sew
eral times:
Here's 10 tnee, Ola apple Tree,
Whence thou may'st bud
And whence thou may's blow,
And whence thou may'st bear apples enow
Hats full Caps full
Bushel bushel sacks full
And my pockets full, too! Huzzah!
The peepul tree of India is regarde
as the tree of knowledge and wisdom.
Gautame, it is said, slept under it when
he dreamed that he was to become
Buddha, and when the dream was full
filed he was again seated beneath the
same tree.
p. T. Barnum was obliged to swear
by this, the "holy and sacred Bo-tree,'
that the white elephant which he pur
chased there and brought to America
and which is reverenced highly in In
dia should have every kindness ant
consideration. The peepul tree is al
evergreen, and the sap yields sort o
India rubber.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-08
NtE n F LIZ
Fiftv-Eight Years OId!!

It's long life, bit devotion to the true
interests and prospe: tty of the American
People has won for it new friends as the
years rolled by and the original members
of its family passed to their reward, and
these admirers are loyal and steadfast
to. day, with faith in its teachings, and
confidence in the information which ii
brings to their homes and firesides.
AS a natural consequence it enjoys in
its old age ali the vitality and vigor of lite
youth strengthened and ripened by the
experiences of over half century.
1t has lived on its merits, and on the
cordial support of progressive Americans.
1t is "Tue New York Weekly Tribune
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-08

the country the leading National Family NJ
ton the publisher of THE WATcHMAN our own yore home pape has
New Weekly which enables
him furnish both the trng cost of So 90 per year
community which lives cordial support of his local works
his home
his friends,
which should be found
think of it'll Both of these for only $500
Send all TIE WATCHMAN, Montpelier, VT
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-08

AGENTS. Montpelier Barre WcnyPeck Bros, Montpelier;
Phelps D. Robinson Waterbury; j. Stafford Stowe
Muken Wells River G. W. Tloop NORTH feld Topper &
Graham. Bethel.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-08
WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.
Boston Produce Market.

rS- The quotations given below represent prices
obtained nv receivers TOR WhoisiGe iob mot ,obbins
priceD unless otnerw 50 Indicated snd are intended
to represent actual a. es.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-08
800.
DIR. E. Detchon's Anti Diuretic.

May be worth to you more than 500 if you
have child who soils bedding from ineonti-
nence of water during sleep. Cures old and
young alike. 1t arrests the trouble at once, 81.
Sold by Harry A. Slade, druggist, 10 State
street, Montpelier, VT.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29
PROGRESS OF BENEVOLENT ASSIMILATION

progressing being stered
recty United The
tell tendency ard AmencanzaHOn La Lucha the leading
Cuba English and advertisements
at
American o. nightshrts
He
has shir "a
PradO Everything
we'll cooked, well clean and wholesome"
proposes o do bushes the strength Of it:
CUBAN PosTAG collectors from the
Cuba Number So.
the old Spa hotels proaim itself American Headquaen
sOlicts patronage will the claim;
whom
unexceld cooked
abouad information opportunities
Cub English and by exchange knOw
Spanish Al terms Here the propositions
Amecn wishing
be
without having remuneration.
Another Hngu inducmen in different form the following
AMERIC Spanish lessons young very
Mission 81
Spanish proportions
indicated
ANTIQU FANS Spanish Japanese Ivory and Mother Pearl Also
silk spanish
Du Man, % San Nicholas near San Rafael let h0oE
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29

sure should enjoy that "vls.a.viu' tste.
a-tete, and think sometime our progress
i've edition. will arrange "Caucus' for
ms correspondents and editors In order
that We may behold each other and dis
GUS many pleasant things and topics
pertaining 10 newspaperdom. Mrs
Bates wishes 10 know what l think Of
the "Homo facts about the home life Of
Mrs Lincoln, which appeared this
month 10 Courier Journal. That Ms
Lincoln was peculiar we will ell admit,
that she was somewhat vain is apparent,
that ottentimes she failed 10 take In in
telligsntly the exact situation Of affairs
lie equally as evident but that she has
been miBrepresented by those VIII o have
written Of her, and about her is a fact
too plain to dispute. Sudden elevation
nearly always creates q "stir" in the
breast Of the one elevated, and those
who have witnessed it, and arrows Of
envy and jealousy are very apt to fly.
Look at the lamented Elizabeth Of Aus
tria When the transatlantic cable q ash.
ed the news OF the terrible crime, name.
ly the assassination OF this lovely and
beloved woman, even the members of
the Embassy at Washington refused to
believe such thing. The empress was
a noble woman In the full sense of the
word; brave resolute, courageous, and
endowed with heart 80 soft and loving.
When one succeeded in reaching it
though its assumed GOODNESS that she
could truly be called one in millions who
wins forgiveness and mercy for the rest.
And as she despised narrow convention
alities, and the bauble loving, vulgar 80
cial system Of her country, the masses
cried, mentally unbalanced" "Pecu-
liar," Eccentric" until they tore to
shreds what they were unable TO under
stand. People who soar Unreasonable
above some others are unusually termed !:
eccentric" you know. The estrange
ment between her and emperor Francis
Joseph was caused by "they say" just as
Mrs. Lincoln suffered from the same
source. The anarchist that used the
stiletto did not claim demented brain
but admitted the deed was planned and
premeditated. But the stilitto that sent
the Empress to her grave and the as
sassin's blow that hurled Lincoln to
eternity should no more evoke condem.
nation as physical murderer than "they
say" who commit moral injustice and
malevolence and as Mrs. Bates very gen.
erously and charitably says, "foI the sake
OF our sex" let us always strive to advO-
cate to the contrary especially when
they are characters 80 different from
other women as to arouse bitter criticism.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29

when nature fails 10 assert itself, develop
ments result which injure the health and
impair the constitution Of the maiden.
The timely use Of Bradfeld's Female
Regulator, the standard remedy for all
weaknesses and irregularities peculiar 10
women. Il what retarded nature needs In
all such cases Sold by druggists for 81.
Books for women free.
lib BRADFIELD REGULATOR %.
ATLANTA GA
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29

vainly to pierce; trees, lofty and beauti-
full, wave TO the airy motion Of the birde;
but there, group Of Indians gather;
they fit to and fro with something like
sorrow upon their dark brows, and in
their midst lies a manly form, but his
cheek, how deathly his eye wild with
the ittul fire of fever. One friend stands
beside him-I should say kneels, for he
is pillowing that poor head upon his
breast.
at is evening now. The great white
moon is coming up, and her beams lay
gently on his forehead. He moves not;
his eyes are set in their sockets; dim are
their piercing glances; in vain his friend
whispers the name Of the father and sis
ter--death is there. Death, and no soft
hand, no gentle voice to bless and soothe
him. His head sinks back One con-
vulsive shudder-he Is dead
A Rroan ran through the assembly, SO
vivid was her description, so inspired
her manner, that what she described
seemed actually to have taken place
then and there. They noticed also that
the bridegroom hid his face in his hands
and was weeping.
Dead she repeated again, her lips
quiYering faster, and her voice more and
more broken, "and there they scoop him
q grave, and there, without a shroud,
they lay him down in the damp, reeking
earth, the only son of a proud father,
the only idolIzsd brother of fond sister
And he sleeps to-day in that distant
country with no stone to mark the spot.
There he lies-my fathers SONNY own
twin brother, a victim to the deadly poi
SON. Father" she exclaimed, turning
suddenly, while the tears rained down
her beautiful cheeks. "father, shall 1
drink it nowP"
The form of the old judge was con-
vulsed with agony. He raised his head,
but in a smothered voice he ialtered !:
mo, no my child, in Gods name nor'
She lifted the glittering goblet, and,
letting it suddenly fall to the floor, 1t was
dashed into thousand pieces. Many a
fearful eye watched her movements, and
instantaneOusly every wine glass was
transferred to the marble table on which
it had been prepared. Then, as she
looked at the fragments OF crystal, she
turned to the company, saying: 'Let no
friend, hereafter, who loves me, tempt
me to peril my soul for wine. Not firm
or the everlasting hills than my resolve,
God helping me, never to touch or taste
that terrible poison. And he to whom ]
have given my hand, who watched over
my brothers dying form in that last SOL
emn hour, and buried-the dear wanderel
there by the river in that land OF gold
will, l trust, sustain me in that resolve
Will you not, my husband ?"
His Rlistening eyes, his sad, sweet
smile, was her answer.
The Judge left the room, and when &C
hour later he returned, and with more
subdued manner took part In the enter
tainment of the bridal guests, no one
could fail TO read that be, too, had de-
termined 70 dash the enemy at once and
forever from his princely rOoms
Those who were present at that wed
ding can never forget the impression 90
solemnly made. Many from that hour
orswore the social glass. selected.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29
Coughed Is Years.

Isuffered for % years with cough,
and spent hundreds Of dollars with doc
tors and for medicine TO no avail until
used Dr. Bells Pine-rar-Honey. This
remedy makes weak lungs strong. I
has saved my hie.-J. B. Resell. Grants
hurg Ill
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29

Much pain and uneasiness Is caused
by piles, spariDg neither age nor sex.
TABLER's BUCKEYE PILE ONT
MENT cures the most obstinate cases.
Price. 80 cents In bottle. tubes 75c.-A.
r. Fisher.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29
ANIDEAL CANDIDATE.

NJ A CASSIDY OF yte candidate for the nomination
Public
Schools" Cassidy been
schools
leading
scholar
cratic
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29
R0seBaDs

Budding wo-
manhood What
glorious Possibil-
itiesl What half
hidden dangers I
What a time for
tender sympathy
Atpuberty nature
generally makes
some attempt TO
establish physical
reRulaIities. but
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29

NEW SOUTH WALES suffering with drought calling the weather clerk
attention the fact combining the the Ohio valley placed him
self on record an xpanslonist
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29

GoEBEUrey quite number the the roasting
WOoDoNY and if they keep sortinG personalities will
them that they out in that of ooishness
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29

Fipnos described child"
the devil them when this be will
child part the should go.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29
uOt Good Price.

Psyton Shumate and CourtlAnd Kassy,
OF Rosetta, went to Louisville last week
with car load Of hogs which they sold
for AZ IS
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29
MISTAKES AND FAIL URES.

EVERY farmer should read Dr. w. Foote'S article mistakes Failures
this discourse
certainly profit peuse dairyman
and knows whereof he speaks
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29

CARMNoToN seeking
band with cruelty This
soohe the breast
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29

people nehborhoo Dragging capture
the
excite noe
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29

pums fell in Hancock the other day and the
that Quarry miles of the spot when
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29

candidacy governor following the path that lead
beauty the plan Of keeping
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29

The senator Breckenridge county called Godfrey Hunt
was probably trying to Jolly the gun shoe statesman" bit
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29

adds the bellies of her possessions her
she should see they onameDted with fig ayes
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29

that Sam Jones has been engaged to chase the
Louisville II this Charley Weaver might well for 10
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29

The fact compelled his headquarters day
empl6ss the biblical for the wicked
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29

ynhngs Little River Arkansas would amount
were it not for the people dealing with nggers
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29

HALF the people this who complain of ennu tired Of
ing AND are to do something
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29

II Necessity mother Invention the compressed
have been invented by apoitician
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EIGHT PAGES.
between here and China the bottoms Of the Breckenridge
county roads Finder will please return the Fiscal Court give nOrm'
ton leading TO their recovery and receive suitable reward
WAErEDA nomination for
w sentative. Do not all
FIRST het trusts then inasioni
Series of buss-paralvzed nation.
Tausrs and suckers areb
THE coming prices he is bringing
collar him from getting in thenek
An artificial ice trust being formed record
In IT'S present what makes the weahe-van
TIE principal objects Breckenridge county mortgages and
TIE indications about into the hands Of the
Hu, u who has lovely complexion is
excitement of cutting Philippine the dimemberment
orBn only the man in the poker game that carries
things with high hand
SOMEBODY should present Urey
throw OF his work.
orpr scoldne popt thing Of
beauty but he is a jaw forever
II Necessity capsules must
havebe invented by apotican
HALF the people tired of doing moth
ing aret lazy to do something
The senator from Breckenridge county Godfrey Monday He
probably Jolly the gun shoe statesman bit
The fact that Agundo compelled
empifes biblical that there's rest for the wicked
The wholesale ynhg would amount to anarchy,
for fact that the people are dealing with nggerA
that they at least oameDed with fig ayes
In ia mord that Sam Jones has been engaged to chase
might we'll for OOtce
SHOWER of pums fell in county
Quarry within thousand miles the spot when happened
WATT HARDIN his tor governor following path that
adopted the best plan Of keeping the
right
people the Rockville neighbOhO Dragging the
white White cOons are numerous the streets COvpO that
excite comment
seeking
band whom she charges with cruelty This instance where music failed to
sOOthe the
E Fpinos have been described "ha devil half ohd
the devil them and when this he will
child part in the way it should 60
suffering drought calling
attention the fact By combining the the Ohio valley he placed him
self on record antic 1pan"Onst
sec quite number the the roasting
wOODsOSYes and they keep resOrns personalities will
them that they cannot out do us in that sort of foolshneS
MSTAKESAND FAILURES.
W.
this issue Of the News magnificent discourse practical farming
should certainly profit all who Dr. successful dayman
farmer and knows whereof he
ANIDEAL CANDIDATE
NJ A. candidate
for State Superintendent Public Instruction His platform "Beer
Schools Mr. Cassidy has been County Superintendent schools
schools
leading
place always
cratic faith.
PROGRESS BENEVOLENT ASSIMILATION
as uion Havana
The
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29

The Tar Fork correspondent enjoys
my "Currsnt Topics" and my locals.
She would like to meet me "iGce to face,
in the flesh" Indeed Mrs Bates, / am
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29

oEBEs codng propenses leads to remark that he may
beauty but he is jaw forever.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29

SOMEBODY should present Urey WOodson with waste
throw away more OF his work.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29

In the excitement Of cutting Philippine rebels to pieces tn
of China is forgotten
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29

GorBR1 will soon that it is only the man in the poker
things with high hand.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29

HAwEsvn1E girl who has lovely complexion owes it to
fresh every morning.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29

am glad TO see former Auditor Nor
man is exonerated, but l regret the black
eye il gives for two Of our former Attor.
ney Generals, and hope their mistakes
we're from the head.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29

Marcella SembriCh will sing twice at
the May festival, and am glad Louis
ville's talented girl, Miss zudie Harris,
will be a piano solOist. 1 believe in rec
oghizing home talent.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-29
CURRENT TOPICS.
ny MRS. HATTIE oRINELL

The Derby at Churchill Downs will be
the finest in years. Big strings Of handi-
cap horses.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-16
TAZEWELL.
Death OF Veteran-The Circuit
Court-Entertainme

Dcuth of tfteran-1hc tircuit
Court-Entertainme
TAZEWELL, VA, April l5.-(Special) -
Major Rufus Britain, whose Illness was
mentioned In these columns. died on
Tuesday morning, and after simple SER
vice of song and prayer the remains
were followed 10 the family burying-
ground by a large cOncouTse OF citizens.
Messrs. Lewis l.. Britain, OF Roanoke.
and Robert Britain. OF Texas, sons or
the deceased, were present at the burial
Major Britain was a native Of North
ampton county, Pa. He came 20 this
county in 1919 becoming fully identlned
with the South and all her Institutions
lie married into the large AID Influential
family Of the Peerys and after serving
CALAMITY in the Confederate army TN the
close of the war, he filled successfully the
positions of County Surveyor. Clerk OF
the Courts, and Treasurer or the county.
He died at the ripe eye OK e years en-
j0ying the friendship. esteem, and con
hdence Of ali who had tho pleasure OF
his acquaintance.
The Circuit Court will enter on It's third
week Monday, ard viii likely close Tues
day or Wednesday evening.
Judge and Mrs. 5. c. Graham entertain
ed Judges Jackson and Fylton. Of Wythe-
VILE. together with a Number Of the local
bar. at a delightful tea on Wednesday
evening.