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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-06

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Cures Corns and Buliuns without pain. Never fail
Drug stores all l5c. Yik Co., Crawfordsy lie In
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-06

Coos Cough Baisam
IS the oldest end 1t will break cold quicker
than anything else. 1t IS always reliable. Try il.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-06

However great some mems abilities
are. their liabilities are always greater.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-06

Don't call a spade a spade when it i:
d shovel.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-06

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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-06

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Swedish Essence
of Life is to be
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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-06
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Bowel Complaints, by remoUing disease
germs from The blood Hundreds of let
tiers like the above on file in our office
are proving this every day A reward
of 500 Dollars in Gold will be given to
anyone who can prove that they are
not genuine.
book telling all about its wonderful
cures and free sample, large enough
to convince you of it's merits will be
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-06

Nearly always these OF
through neglect.
If the menses are very painful. o
get the right advice at once and
stop taking chances. 1t will cost
you nothing for advice if you write
to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn. Mass.
for it. and if you let the trouble
run along it will surely cost you a
great deal of pain and may mean
an operation.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-08-25
COUNTY AND VICINITY.

The II months old baby of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. NJ. Edgerton of Charlotte swal-
lowed poisoned fly paper August 10.
Only prompt medical attendance saved
the chld's life.
Another quarry or ledge has been
found north of the Thomas deposit in
Monkton, and also one on l.. E. Meech's
farm. Samples of both have been sent
of and it is possible that both discoveries
may be developed either this fall or next
spring.
Fire was discovered at s 20 o'clock
Monday morning in B. V. Johnson's
tailor shop In the Smith block, Brandon.
An alarm was sounded but by the prompt
action of Mr.. johnson and his neighbors
the flames were eXtlnguished before
much damage was done, without the aid
of the fire department, who were on the
ground in quick time. The fire was
caused by the explosion of an oil stove
that ignited a thin partition in the shop.
Some of the stock was damaged by fire
and water but aside from that the DAM
age was slight.
Mrs. F. A. Richardson has completed a
canvass of Monkton In the interests OF
the Vermont Bible society and found 2l9
families, with total of 9l5 persons
This is gain of 6s over the census OF
1890. The Catholic population is 195 and
545 persons attend the Protestant
churches. The Sunday school attend.
ance Is 257. OF these ll9 are between
and 10 years of age, while 65 children
between those ages do not attend. There
are "a Protestant children under five
years of age. Nine Protestant families
and 27 Catholic families were found des
titute of Bibles, and II of these familie.
were supplied. Six illiterate families
found. Twenty Bibles were sold, valued
at Sl0.0l, and 90 donated, valued at 81.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-08-25
ANTl-IMPERlAlIST BULLETIN,
AUGUST Is, 1899. Preside

An Anti Imperialist Irish American
meeting was held at Amory Grove, Bos-
ton, Aug. Il.
An Anti-Imperialist mass meeting is to
be held in Providence, r. l., about the
lst of September.
Twelve of the most important Western
newspapers have asked for copies of
German leaflets to fold and distribute In
their issues.
1t is proposed by the labor leagues to
make the ensuing Labor Day the occa.
Imperialist policy.
The Anti-Imperialist league has Just
published THE Present Crisis" by Ed
win d. Mead, and the Conquest of the
United States by Spain" by Prof. w. G.
sumner.
An Anti.Imperialist league has been
formed at Portland, Oregon, during the
past week. There are now leagues in
Washington, Chicago, Boston, New
York. Detroit, San Francisco, Cincinnati
and many smaller cities and towns.
During the past week the demand
from Oregon, Texas, Ohio, Illinois and
Missouri for Anti-Imperialist literature,
in behalf of readers and volunteer dis
tributers, has exceeded fifty thousand
pamphlets. leaflets and broadsides. A
very large number of the returned sol
diers from the Washington and Oregon
regiments have asked for material In
order that they may become disseminat-
ors of the Anti-Imperialist doctrine.
The work of the Ant-Imperialist
league has assumed national proportions,
its publications are called for from all
parts of the country, and the assistance
of the parent organization is almost
daily invoked In the establishment of
branch leagues throughout the United
States. Contributions to Its funds are ear
nestly asked from all loyal citizens who
feel the Importance of concentrating and
making effectual the public opinion op-
posed to the continuance of the Philip
pine war and to the colonial policy.
Subscriptions will be acknowledged by
F. A. Osborn, Treasurer, 43 Milk ST.,
Boston, Mass.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-08-25

enlistments and placed in Luzon by
November, and there is only slight
probability that such an army would
remain an aggressive force beyond the
month of May next.
Is the country prepared for con-
script system that shall run through
years and decades of years? and can q
congress be elected and continued in
power that will vote men and money
for the further prosecution of the war
Herein is peril of which the country
and the public men of the country may
wisely take notice.
Our information and experience Justify
the opinion that the body of anti-im-
peralists, the country over, will dis
regard the claims Of domestic questions,
subordnating them one and all to a
single purpose of comprehensive public
policy-the purpose to bring the army
of the United States out of the Philip
pine islands with the least possible
delay, and without delay to recognize in
the Inhabitants of the Philippines, of
Cuba, and of Porto Rico the right of
self-government agreeably to the princi-
pies of the declaration of independence,
and as pledge of the permanent policy
of the United States.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE
ANTI-IMPERIA11ST LEAGUE,
by GEORGE 5. boutwell,,
AUGUST 10. 1899. President.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-08-25
Picture Framing.

If you want your pictures framed call on
us. We have just received new line of
all the latest styles of picture mouldings.
Low Prices-Small Profts--Quick Sales, at
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-08-25
To CLEANSE THE SYSTEM

Eflectually yet gently, when costive or
bilious, to permanently overcome habltual
constipation, to awaken the kidneys and
liver to healthy activity, without
irritating or weakening them, to dispel
headaches, colds, or fevers, use Syrup of
Figs, made by the California Fig
Syrup Co.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-08-25
LETTERS FROM DEWEY.

The Admiral Writes to Vermont Frieniis
u on Points of Present Interest.
The following reply was received last
week by Mayor Senter from Admiral
Dewey in response to the invitation sent
him by the city council on behalf of the
citizens of Montpelier to visit that city on
his arrival home:
Flagship Olympia,
TRIESTE, July 81, 1899,
Mayor John II. Senter, Montpelier, VT;
DEAR SIR have the pleasure to acknowl'
edge the receipt of your letter of June 81 in
which you so cordially extend, on behalf of
the citizens of Montpelier, an invitation to
visit Montpelier, the place of my birth, upon
my arrival in the United States. VIII you
have the kindness to convey to the council
and the citizens an expression of my high ap-
probation of the honor which Montpelier has
done me in thus wishing to entertain me, and
make my return home memorable?
It would give me much pleasure to meet my
old friends and tOwnsmen, and it is with re-
gret that cannot accept the invitation for
any definite time. 1t is my hope to soon visit
Montpelier but owing to the fact that am a
member of the Philippine commission,
which will meet this fall in Washington, my
presence there will be necessary, and for
other good reasons deem 1t unwise to bind
myself by definite engagements.
Thanking you personally for the kind ex-
pressions IN your letter, am. very sincerely,
GEORGE DEWEY.
Charles Dewey has received two letters
from Admiral Dewey, his brother, dated
at Trieste July 16 and 27. The former
contains nothing of public interest, but In
the letter dated July 27 the admiral says
he expects to reach New York by Septem-
Der 30. The Olympia will be stationed
at Tompkinsville, near Staten Island.
After his New York reception the ad-
mlral will go direct to Washington to
pay his respects to the president and
secretary of the navy and to receive the
sword voted him by congress. Owing
to his present impaired health the ad-
miral was unable, when this letter was
written, to make further plans. During
his stay in Washington, should a meet
ing of the Philippine commission be
called there by the president, it might
delay Admiral Dewey at Washington
longer than he expects, but, barring un-
forseen circumstances, his family expect
to see him in Montpelier by Oct. 10.
Ex-Mayor George H. Guernsey has re-
ceived the following letter from the ad-
miral in reply to one recently sent him
regarding procuring two cannons from
the Spanish gunboat Castillo for mount
ing on the state house grounds at Mont
pelier:
TRIESTE, July %, 1899.
George II. Guernsey, Esq, Montpelier, VT.
DEAR sIR-I have to acknowledge the re.
ceipt of your letter of the 9th inst. The mat.
ter of the distribution OF the guns taken by
the navy at Manila is in the hands of the navy
department and would suggest an applica
ton the re, if the guns have not all been dis
tributed. There are none on the Olympia for
that purpose. 1t would give me much pleas.
ure to have some of the guns assigned to
Montpelier, and consider the plan of plac.
ing them on the porch of the capitol an ex.
cellent one. Very truly,
GEORGE DEWEY.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-08-25
CARD FROM JUDGE POWERS.

To the voters of the First Congressional
District:
In view OF the attack that is being made
upon me as your representative, by GOV.
Page in the newspapers, beg to say that at
the proper time " i'll meet you, face to face,
and make complete answer to all charges
that have been or may be made against me.
Ii. HENRY POWERS.
Morrisville, VT, Aug. |, 1899.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-08-25
BuokLEN's ARNIoA SAlvE.

The best salve In the world for cuts,
bruises, sores ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale by w. II. Sheldon.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-08-25
We Are
Still at the Front.

You will consult your own interest by
not buying your Furniture until you have
we have the most attractive goods ever
shown in Addison County
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-08-25

A convention will be held at Peoria,
ILL.,, in October to agitate for a deep
waterway from the lakes to the gulf.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-08-25

The Stark Monument.

The corner stone of the Stark monu-
ment at Peru was laid Aug. .. The
monument is located on little eminence
80 rods south of the camping place. This
location was taken because the camp was
In little valley, and monument there
would not be slightly. 1t is to be a gran
lite obelisk, on base, % feet high. AL
though the ceremony was called laying
corner stone, the stone laid was in fact
the first one of the obelisk and covered
the whole surface, being over three feet
square. A bronze tablet will be put on
the front, bearing the Inscription thus:
Encampment of General John Stark,
August 8, III. While on his march with one
thousand men, from Charleston, n. Y,
through the woods to the battlefield at Ben.
nington. Erected August :, 1899, by the sons
and Daughters of Vermont
When Gen. Stark marched from Char
lestown, N. H., (then called mo. ~, to
fight the battle of Bennington in l777,
his course lay through Chester, AnGover
and Peru, and so across the mountain
range by the present pass to Manchester.
OF course his progress was slow and he
camped for the night where night over
took him. The night of August over
took him in Peru, and he camped 100
rods or so north of the present village.
Murder and Suicide at East johnson.
Mrs. Orrie Petrie, who works at Will
liam McLenathan's In East johnson,
went to the garden to get some potatoes
for dinner. While she was picking up
the potatoes, her husband, from whom
she had parted, came up behind her, and,
grabbing her about the waist, cut her
throat with butcher knife, making a
cash four inches long, cutting the outer
jugular vein. She threw up her hand to
ward off the blow, receiving a severe
cut across her hand. She broke away
from him and ran to the house, calling
for help. Petrie took to the woods.
The neighbors got out Immediately and
surrounded the woods and searched for
him. E. E. Holmes found Petrie with
his throat cut from ear to ear. They
brought him to the house and dressed
his wounds, 1t requiring Il stitches to
close the gap in his neck. 1t is expected
that Mrs. Petrie will recover, but the
chances are against his recovery as he is
bleeding internally from the cash in hi;
throat. Domestic unhappiness, culmi
mating in separation, was the cause o.
the attempted tragedy.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-12-02

was the finest exhibition of wax
works" he had ever seen was not any
more misled as to his surroundings
than the elegantly dressed city lady
who started TO go down into the base
ment and stopped at the head of the
stairs to inquire of an attendant if that
was the way TO the Chamber of Hor-
rors."
During the Dore exhibition, when
10000 people visited the gallery in one
day, two ladies paused to s-lmire the
mystic painting, ''The Brazen Ser
pent." They could not quite under
stand why the serpent should coil itself
around the cross, and so one said, rath-
er doubtfully, to the other:
''What is that snake doing up there
crawling about that cross"
why" said the lady addressed.
that is Simply to Thy Cross Cling -
1t is not an unusual thing for visitors
to ask, as they view the plaster repro
auctions of Grecian statuary, if the
arms and legs OF the casts were not
broken OF in transportation.
On one occasion two ladies made an
appointment to meet at the Art insti-
tute and attend the lecture to be held
there that afternoon. Some benches
had been placed near the entrance, and
the first lady who arrived sat down to
await the coming of her friend. She
had been there only a moment when
the second lady came in and seated
herself right beside the first one.
Neither of the women looked around
and were not aware of their proximity
to each other. They sat there for fully
20 minutes, perfectly oblivious of each
others presence, when one happened
to glance around.
''Why, goodness sakes alivel" said
she, "how long have you been here?"
why, goodness graciousI" said the
other, "20 minutes. How long have you
been here?"
Twenty minutes"
Then they both said together:
''My gracious! Let's go upstairs"
The free days at the Art institute are
liberal education for the people. The
fact that they are appreciated IS evil
denced by the large attendance.
You may call it art or what you will
but there is something in it all that
touches the hearts of the common folk
and brings out the better sentiment
that is within them. 1t is the refining
essence that is in man whatever may
be his calling or his state-the one
great thing that has lifted him above
the brute
FREDERTCK F2Ovn oTzrvENrcONy
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-12-02

Wednesday there is usually an attend.
ance of about 92n0
The working people and the poor
people are not the only visitors TO the
Art institute on the free days Many
60 there on those days who are well
able 70 pay the admission fee. hut who
either want to see the crowds or inst
happen to be downtown and drop in
TO view the paintings.
1t is difficult thing to make note of
the tastes of the masses. There are
many things to interest all classes in
the gallery. AS a rule what we are
pleased TO call the common folk are i'm
pressed with the paintings more clear
ly representing their own stations in
life. They are attracted TO scenes
among the lowly and pictures of the
humble homes, such as they them
selves occupy; the man with the shovel
or the pick or the child in tatters hold
them In rapt admiration. But this is
not always the case. Frequently some
of the highest works are admired al
most with the fine feelings of con-
noisseur. 1t is not to be taken for
granted, however. that the working
people of Chicago consist of a con-
glomeration of art critics in the rough.
They are crude in their appreciation
but the appreciation is surely there,
and they come to the gallery with in
teIligence and understanding. To be
sure, many pictures are puzzles to
them, but the mere fact that they are
puzzles helps them, for it leads them
to make inquiries and to study.
To the city-bred waits the rural
scenes are the greatest enigmas. Many
of them who have never been outside
of the griny city cannot grasp the idea
| of green fields and forest trees. A cow
or a sheep is a marvel to them. So with
the newsboys and the urchins of the
cutters. The greatness of a soldier or
the picturesqueness of gladiator is
compared to the prowess of some local
man of muscle. Then there are others
who go through the rooms in much the
same manner that they would inspect
the menagerie in a circus. We have
all heard of the man who In gazing
upon the skeleton of the jackass re-
! marked: ave are fearfully and won
derfully made" and we are therefore
~-ON SNN PAAoSN NACh VIC sec the uOp&cSl
work of God" cogitating within him
self when he stands before the portrait
of a monkey as to where he has seen
that face before.
These are part of the sights that
one may see on the free days at the
Art institute, but it should not be i'm
agined for moment that the oddi-
ties all come from the people for whom
the doors of the gallery are opened
wide There are many humorous
things happening daily, and the most
of them come from those who can well
afford to pay the price of admission.
The countryman who, after going
| through each room, remarked that il
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-12-02
BEST FARM WAGON.
An Indiana Experience from which
Farmers I'm other Sections May
Draw n Valuable Lesson.

L have often wondered why 1t was
wagons more especially and particu-
larry adapted for use on the farm than
they do. The kind that are usually put
out all over the country do very well
on the road. but they do not fill the bill
on the farm. The wheels are as a rule
too high and it takes one side of ten
acre field to turn round in, unless the
body is made so narrow that it won't
hold anything. We have had our farm
wagons of late years made to order in
the following manner: The front
wheels are 40 inches high. hind wheels
so inches We prefer broad to narrow
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-12-02

the pictures and enjoy them. The
Italians take the greatest interest of
all the visitors The love of art seems
born in them and their capabilities in
forming correct judgments are remark
able. They see the fine points in pic
ture at a glance aud they study points
and color with a sense of the keenest
pleasure.
Sunday Is the favorite day, the aver
age attendance being 2,700. On that
day the family groups are among the
visitors to a conspicuous extent.
Young men and young women find it
a very desirable place to spend an after
noon. Strangers usually prefer Sun
day as day on which to visit the gal
lery and many out-of-town folk may be
seen there viewing the works Of art
Saturday is also busy day and has
an average attendance of $500. On
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-12-02
ELECTRIC FARM ROADS.
when the Population Is Dense Their
Construction Could Not Fail
to Prove Profitable.

The good roads problem is assuming
new and interesting phase. The sue
cess of rural electric railways has led
some OF our progressive farmers to
consider the practicability of a CO.
operative system of electric lines on
country roads for use in hauling both
passenger and freight traffic. Just at
this time, when steel and all the other
materials entering into railway con-
struction are SO high, il may not be adj
visable to enter extensively into a work
involving such heavy expenditure, but
IN many sections of our great a9ricul-
tural states, where for long distances
roadways are lined with producing
farms which stretch back perhaps for
miles, and where the quaatity of prod
ucts involves vast amount of expen-
sive transportation, made uncertain
through the influence of weather con-
ditions upon the roads-unders such cir
cumstaDces there is no doubt but the
plan would prove entirely feasible.
while the effect upon the social life of
the farm would be UNNECESSARILY ad-
vantageous.
The proposition involves the con-
struction of track at one side of the
roadway with switches and side tracks
and a main trolley system. This main
system to be used by individual farm
ers at viii, employing each his own cars
as he now employs his wagons and bug
gies. Running from the main line to
each farm would be a side track which
may be extended to barns, cribs and
bins to suit the wishes of the individ-
ual farmer. He could load his product
when he chose, selecting those times
when markets were most promising of
returns, or take his family to church or
institute, social gatherings or shop
ping, with swiftness and ease, the only
thing to interfere. perhaps, being heavy
SHOWS.
The American farmer is studying the
economies of agriculture these days as
never before. He is becoming in very
truth business man." He is learning
what the railway man and the manu-
facturer long ago learned through ne
cessity, that it is not the first cost, but
the expense of operation that counts,
He knows that the present conditions of
roads make transportation the most ex-
pensive Item in his list If the farmers
electric railway is to lessen that ex-
pense 1t is bound to come.-Farmers'
vOaca.