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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-01-25

iOST.-Bctwec Barre and William
,town ladies' purse containing money.
Finder will please leave at tins office or
II j. X. Lyndes store, Williamstown.
24S 4d.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-01-25
KEAN FOR SENATOR.
He Gets a Majority Vote In the New
Jersey Legislature.

Trenton, Jan. 25.--The two houses of
the New Jersey legisla ture balloted sep
aratey for United States senator
John Kean (Rep.) received II votes in
the senate and 81 in the house. James
Smith. Jr.. Dem) received in the SEN
ate and % in the house.
John Kean was born at Ursino, near
Elizabeth, N. j.. Dec. 4, 1852 He studied
at private schools and entered Yale with
the class OF 1876, but did not complete
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-01-25

). ID, S!bley has just put in Il new
bone cutter and is ready to furnist
freshly ground bone to poullrymen. Il
il on sale at Burke & Abbotts and at +.
NJ. Watcrman's.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-01-25
'A2OpcrCont.In .InV ,Stment
In Granilevillp, Vt.

In Granileville, Vt.
Lot and building situated on Main ST,
only 10 rods from post Office, school, and
less than one-quarler mile from II. Il
Lot is so it. front by 100 deep. Main
building is 32x33 it,, two stories besides
basemont ell lSx18 it,, two stories with
basement built in 1896. Building con
tains store, offices, barber shop and
Ienements. Price So 1000. Terms easy.
M. w. WHEELoCK,
10 Main ST., Montpelier, Vt.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-01-25

Lawyers. doctors, merchants, business
men, clergymen, everybody! Take
your soiled linen to the Barre Steam
Laundry.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-01-25
Cured in One Night.

Charles II. Connelle, Esq, leading
.wyer of York, Pa, says: your Bra
1.lian Balm cured NE of one of the worst
colds ever experienced, in one night.
i think it the greatest medicine III the
market, and you can use my name any
way you like.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-01-25

LOST.-A pair of Gold Bowed Glasses on
Elm Street. Finder please leave at this
office. ~
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-01-25

WANTED.-t furnished room. Address
\. Y. H., TELEGRAM office. 249
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-01-25

LOST. "A bunch of keys near the post
office. Finder please leave them ut Campbells
restaurant. 243
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-01-25

Ee\vilr 3, Lo..l; q Cholera Cure.
r.cascut, as';cts reau!ts safe to use.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-01-25

TO RENT.-One suit of two rooms OH third
floor in Jacklnan block, inquire of Prindle y
ANcrill. 2l3
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24

must have been extraordinarily we'll
adapted for the adornment of human
youth and beauty.
do not know that there were great
crops of corn that year, or that the
pumpkins had gilded to greater ex-
tent than usual the brown, denuded
fields, but felt the farmers ought to
be very happy people.
To me the country was pervaded
unsurpassed fulfillment. l knew that
the apple crop had been very good;
at least l knew that the trees had
borne some remarkably good fruit,
because l had tried a good deal of it,
and it had never possessed to greater
extent the juiciness and sub-acid flavor
of which l was so fond.
1t was also a great year for chest
nuts, and a very poor one for squirrels.
I do not wish it to be supposed that l
was not, and am not, fond Of squirrels.
like them better now than used to
in my earlier days, although they are
as active competitors in the business
Of chestnut gathering as when I was
younger. But in this Thanksgiving
season Of which I speak the squirrels
must have been fewer or lazier, for l
made no complaints about the scarcity
of chestnuts.
If l remember rightly, those l ate
were remarkably fine, either one great
chestnut i'll single hull, or a fairly
large one with two little ones which
did not interfere with the expansion
of the fittest.
There was a popularity about the
weather OF that November; very often
the skies were really cloudy and gray,
and the rain sometimes came down
with steady persistence, while the cold
and penetrating winds made people
think Of heavy overcoats before their
appointed time. But these days Of
bad weather had very little effect upon
me or upon my spirits. 1t did not oc-
cur to me that the melancholy days
saddest of the year, that was impossi-
BILE. At that time some sort of a sun
was always shining. If it were not
the ordinary sun about which our
earth revolves, it was a particular orb
which existed for my especial salts
faction. 1t sometimes even shone at
night, after had gone to bed-that
is, if happened to be awake.
But it was not only nature that was
more than usually agreeable; the peo-
pie Of this world, so far as I knew
them, were very pleasant. remarkably
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24
h1rs. AstOr's Thanksgiving Dinner.

What Mrs. William Astors Thanks
giving dinner this year will be cannot
be told in detail, but Judging from
former occasions, it should be about
as in the accompanying menu:
Little Neck CLANS
Plain Consomme Terrapin.
SWeetbreads. Soubise.
Artichokes, White Sauce.
Roast Turkey, Cranberry Sauce
Spinach String Beans.
Roman Punch.
Canvasback Ducks.
Celery, Mayonnaise. Salad.
Chocolate ice-cream. Fancy Cakes
Roquefort Cheese. Hot-house Fruits.
Coffee
Last Thanksgiving Mrs. Astor had
her table in yellow. An enormous mass
Of costly chrysanthemums filled to the
brim the huge golden bowl, the CENTER
piece of her renowned gold service,
the handsomest in America. Yellow
bows Of ribbon were laid fiat on the
white cloth, and maidenhair fern COM
pleted the decoration. Beside each
plate was bunch of the same chrys-
aEthemums, tied with yellow ribbon
The Aston gold service is costly al
most beyond estimate. Its acanthus
pattern is copied from an old English
set. 1t includes even gold knives,
forks and spoons.
service brought out. 1t never fails to
appear on Thanksgiving day.-New
York World.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24
SURPRISING Newaunpcrg.

The federal authorities have had
lively time lately trying to suppress
radical newspapers. The favorite
method continues to be to bring a
charge against the editor Of sending
obscene literature through the mails,
and by aid of packed jury and an IT.
responsible federal judge to put the
disturber OF the administration Sc
renlty In jail. Justice has pointed out
that every state where these federal
prosecutions are brought has laws
against printing obscene literature
But the local authorities never even
institute prosecutions against these
victims Of federal aggression. The
charge of mailing obscene matter"
is made, SO that the case will come
up before federal court (whose Judge
is appointed and Influenced from
Washington and the purpose is to
stifle criticism of the imperialist
policy.
The case Of Walter Hurt, editor of
the Calling Gun, Cleveland, Ohio. is
an Illustration. His paper was not
molested until in February he at
tackled Hanna, exposing the senator's
unsavory record. Then he was ar
rested, charged in nine indictments
with mailing obscene literature; not
for libel, remember. After his arrest
he was told by one Of the postoflce
inspectors to see Hanna, as "he got
you into this trouble and can get you
OUT But Mr.. Hurt did not "see
Hanna" He is out on bail, and the
monthly issues of the Calling Gun
are as lively as ever. He promises
to give the administration a tussle.
He announces his intention to fight
the case to finish, making no efforts
to escape on technicalities, but fore
ing the administration to show its
hand; praiseworthy determination
for which he deserves great credit.
We wish him success in his fight.
The editor Of the Blue Grass Blade,
OF Lexington, KY, just released from
the penitentiary, where he had been
sent by the federal court on a charge
of mailing obscene matter, received an
ovation upon his return to Lexington.
He was met at the depot by brass
band and escorted by thousand citi-
zens to his hotel, where an immense
crowd insisted upon speech. This
shows that the people Of Lexington be-
iieve in free press, even If the gov
eminent does not.
Another editor has just been arrest
ed at the instance of the federal au-
thorities-J. R. Clifford, Of the Pioneer
Press. Martinsburg, Va.
Industrial Freedom, of Equality,
Wash, has been excluded from the
second-class mail. as has also the Nom
Partisan OF Colorado Springs. This is
another method OF suppressing reform
papers. as their circulation is general
~ small. There are hundreds Of adj.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24

plainly, that the circumstances of your
proposition-if you call it such
amount to violation of the rules Of
honest dealing"
ooh, not at all, Mr.. Blank We stand
by honesty in our business, I assure
you; and it is always our wish to deal
fairly with the small proprietors. But
IL they refuse to be dealt with, what
are we to do? We cannot leave these
little concerns about the country to
interfere with the proper and econom
ical control OF our industrial depart
ment. We are really bound in the in
terest Of all concerned. and above all
for the manufacturing and commercial
supremacy OF our great country, to
compel If necessary the submission of
the entire production in our line to the
general control"
II understand, then, that unless I
am able to successfully defy the Con-
solidated Central, l must sell for a
fraction of its true value the business
have been thirty years In building
up, and must retire at fifty-five to
poverty and involuntary idleness?"
why, really, Mr.. Blank, l am sorry
to see you take it this way l hoped
you would feel inspired by the grand
future OF this business, with its multi
piled and cheapened production its
successful invasion Of foreign markets,
and all that and would enter heartily
INTO our plans. In that case we might
very likely offer you a position with
us. OF course, as you put it, it seems
little hard, but progress must go on;
anu 1T goes on the principle that might
makes right. The power to control is
the sign OF fitness"
well, sir; I-ah--I hardly know
what to say to you now"
"Oh, take your time, Mr.. Blank, take
your time. Call on me at my hotel this
evening, at eight, say. We don't want
to hurry YOU But hope you will con-
clude on reflection to put yourself in
our hands. Good morning."
The gentleman Of fine presence and
bland manners reLrcs.
"Oh, heavens! What is this that Is
happening to me?" cries the distracted
business man. where was l when that
scoundrel came in? Oh, that reporter
| wouldn't see that interview in print
now for fifty dollars. Boy" --begins
to write furiously-"take this letter
down to the city editor OF the Clarion.
Be sure you give 1t to no one but him
self-and be back here in five minutes.
Do you hear me?"-G. B. r., in the
Public.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24

SO. l do not remember quarreling
with a living soul during the whole OF
that November. 1t seems as though
my intercourse with my fellow beings
was unusually genial. In regard to
social progress and the steady better
ment Of the human race, l was an
ardent optimist. Even people l knew
as not being very pleasant of manner
Or intelligent of speech seemed then
good company.
Politics did not trouble me at ALL l
suppose a good many people voted for
the wrong men, but l paid no atten-
ton to their misguided actions. 1t
was scarcely possible there could be
any candidates for Office who did not
possess some virtues, and a strong
disposition in the direction of general
altruism made me wish well to all
good people who had been selected to
administer the affairs of township,
county or state.
There was truly something excep-
tional in this Thanksgiving season.
Other people may not have noticed it.,
but it impressed itself most forcibly
upon me. How could it be otherwise?
1t was Il time that my first book was
published.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24
A Lawyers Confession.

Bolton Hall has declined tho Indea
pendent Labor party nomination for
Surrogate of New York in letter in
which he says, !.
II would not wish to serve you In
any connection with law, for do not
think that at present either the object
or the effect of law is to do justice.
Lord Coke said that the law was a ma
chine for the creation Of costs. Any
layman who has had experience with
it will bear me out in saying that the
civil law today is merely q gama
played by us lawyers for our own benI
eft, and under complicated rules made
by ourselves, at the public expense. 7
would not wish to spend my life um-
piring such game" -,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24
MY MOST NOTABLE
THANKSGIVING
81 FRANK r. STOCKTON


1t was Thanksgiving time, nearly
thirty years ago. TO the ordinary in
habilant of that portion Of this coun-
try where then dwelt the season was
very much like other seasons of
autumnal fruition; there was nothing
in the earth, the skies, or the waters
that gave to this period any peculiar
ity which would distinguish it from
the similar period of any other year,
past OR to come
But there was something that made
this Thanksgiving season very pecu-
liar in my eyes. For some time the
whole world had seemed to me to be
permeated by the knowledge that
something was about to happen which
had never happened before, and which
could not, by any possibility, happen
again.
had always loved the Thanksgiv-
ing season. To be sure, much of the
brightness and color in which the land
scape reveled in October was lost
but the rich browns CT the oaks, the
heavy greens of the pines and the
cedars, lighted up here and there by
some late hanging sumac leaves or
reddening ivy, with hill and dale
gently softened by the mists Of Indian
summer made picture in which
delighted as much as I did in the
beauties Of any other season.
But in this year the late autumn foil
age was much finer than l had ever
known 1t before. Van Dyke never
dreamed of such browns as l now saw
and the curtains of distant mist seemed
ever about to rise upon visions OF
even greater beauty than those which
then entranced me.
I had always liked the first keen
winds which had come to us as the
avant couriers of winter, making it
delightful to walk and be out of doors,
and also agreeable and satisfactory to
go into the house. But this year there
was sparkling spice in the air which
1t would have been impossible for
other people to understand, even if
they had perceived it. l knew it was
there, I understood its origin, and
did not care snap of my fingers
whether or not anybody else knew
anything about it.
In those days, after the regular
periods Of meteoric showers, there
used to be good many falling stars
which appeared to be left over from
the grand display, and 1 had always
been accustomed to watch for these
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24

who were in the habit Of migrating to
the south in the late autumn delayed
their journey this year, those Of them
who did remain made themselves
very conspicuous and agreeable.
1t was a great year for rabbits. In
earlier days l had given much atten-
ton to trapping these little creatures,
but seldom took much interest in the
sport until the snow had covered the
earth, and thereby induced game
creatures Of various kinds to cast their
eyes upon the delicate morsels cX-
posed in traps by men and boys But
now, although l did not care to trap
the rabbits, I was charmed to gaze
upon them as they skipped about on
the edge of the woods, wagging their
little tails and sitting up looking from
side to side, with their little noses
nervously trembling, while their long
ears waved in the breezes. The rab-
bits fur seemed very long and fine
that year, and l am sure that its color
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24
nlndoo Women as Servants,

According to the custom of Hindoo
households, where the women servants
call their master and mistress "father
and mother" and the daughters s'jeweIi
sisters" nothing is commoner than for
old attendants to attach themselves to
family as grandmother, claiming tho
privilege Of scolding their employers
and spelling those employers children
to the end of their days. In such cases
the social inferiority Of this member
OF the family group would not be eas-
ny perceived by a stranger. The mis-
tress prepares her servants food and
gives 1t to her with her own hands "a,
curious inversion OF our notions)s1
and when the latter dies, in the full
ness OF time, she is mourned by thes4
kindred OF her adoption as one Of thelg
own blood Church Gazette.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24
Picty and Patriotism.

Before an audience at Ocean Grove,
His Imperial Benevolent Assimilator
William Mckinley uttered this great
truth:
"Piety and patriotism go we'll to-
gether"
But there are other things besides
piety and patriotism that go well to-
gether. For example: Anarchy and
absolutism; bribery and ballot boxes;
conquest and Christianity; dollars,
deficits and deviltry; excuses and eva
sions: flags and fap-doodlc; Griggs
and godliness: harems and holiness;
impudence and Imperialism; jails and
jobbcry; loot and lying; monopoly
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24


A GREAT YEAR FOR RABBITS.
with a great deal Of interest, for the
reason that I generally forgot to go
out Of doors on the regular star-fall-
ing nights, and, therefore, was natur-
ally anxious to make the best Of what
was left Of the shower.
This year the few stars that re-
warded my vigilance by falling in the
latter part Of November were excep-
tionally fine meteors. They glistened
more brightly, they scintillated, they
moved slowly, as if they wanted to let
me know that they knew Of something
as well as did.
The birds Of that, autumn were of
particularly bright plumage. I re-
member that they sang very well, and
although I am not positive that those
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24
{ FL
Could Answer, But He won,t.

~
Because certain Cuban civil officers
have been found guilty CT accepting
brides. following the custom OF their
Spanish predecessors, President Nc
Kinley, 1t is said, will report to con-
gress that the Cubans are unfit to gov
ern themselves. But, speaking OF
brides, what is the subtle influence that
prevents the laying of the CONNER
cial company's new cable to Cuba? E
Has 1t been forbidden in order to per-
petuate the monopoly Of the Western
Union? If SO, what is the rake off,
for influential officials. and who gets
1t? These are questions which the
Putty Napoleon" could doubtless an
swer il he would, but he won't.-Juae
tice.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24
Apologies to Davenport.)

and militarlsm; Otis and oblivion;
piety and polygamy; Quay and quack-
cry; rogues and revenues, stripes and
scoundrels; trusts and tariffs. And
there are others.
Piety, patriotism and political pork
go together, as do Mckinley and mort
gages.-Johnstown Democrat.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24

vertising sheets admitted to the Sec
ond-class privilege, although clearly
not entitled to it. Many Of our read1
ers doubtless receive Sample copiess
Of paper in Maine, whose proprietor
boasts that he has the biggest circula-
ton and fewest subscribers OF any
paper in the country. But he does
not criticise Imperialism. That makes
a difference.-Justice, j
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24

Half pound Of bread crumbs, - Id.
of figs, 6 ozs. Of suet, 6 oZs. of soft SUI
gar, eggs, little nutmeg, teacup-
full OF milk. The figs and suet are to
be chopped very fine, and all we'll
mixed together. Boil in mold or
cloth for three or four hours. This
pudding can be made with half the
quantities.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24
Sensible Legal. ton.

Western Australia has an al
force prohibiting the landing otI
one who cannot write out giveni
sage in English.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-24

Stag left after the making Of steel
by the Bessemer process Is now being
converted into phosphate.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-19

to Il ''distnrbance OF existing Conditions b
words to that effect. The Judge, not be!n)
pc sted as to how. mean a white man AM
probably had no idea that | would print thI
part OF the talk with him.
Learning that some of the Houses OF HousI
ton had been summerinG in the region undsi
treatment. wrote TO Colonel L. W. House. III
Wen known Houston banker. and receys3
the following letter:
X. r. Clarldge. Esq. San Antonio, Texas.
Houston. Texas. January q. lSs9.-Dsal
Sir: Yours 10th instant received. | hsy9
never been out in West Texas. that IS
near Fort Davis. but my brother. John, hai
spent the past two or three summers at Dayi,
where he has erected a cottage. He think
the climate magnificent and expects 10 spenl
next summer there. He is at home sick ius
now with the grippe. Your lettar will b. re-
ferred to him on his return TO business. Youti
truly. r. w. House
Captain james Edgar county treasurer. az
old timer. who has charge of old Fort Dayi
barracks, says the people who summer a
Davis. as a rule, are wealthy or well-to-do
and that they seem to enjoy themselyt'
hugely mountain climbing, shooting, caria,t
and horseback riding and bicycling. ths roa-'
for the carriage and bike being very ms
And as evidence that they do enjoy them
selves. the captain says they are certain U
return. and that he has notice ALREADY Of
good many coming next summer. which WIZ
make their fourth summer in the , ,Iasi
mountains. And as people often ASK, WIS
can we get to eat there" Captain Eiga'
says they grow the finest fruits and vess
tables in abundance. He showed me soI'
apples grown at Davis, which. for SIZE ca
oring and flavor, would be hard TO DeAt an,'
where In conclusion, tbs transit ecos cou i
try is traversed by the Southern Pacinc f ~,
way, the great Southern route between NJ.
York and San Francisco. which, IN the nias
ter of modernized comforts ana o gsn,,,,
while q enjoys the distinction Of has sls.
the finest roadbed in the South TINS reln aanIs
me to say that the Southern Psclhe ~, puy y,
are taking great interest in the oeyeiupm HI,
Of the trans Pecos country along l,nes III ~
Gated in this cursory treatment OF inal W y,
gion. and / understand have photossnabIus's,
taking views along the line TO he useo y, '" M
pamphlet treating Of the advaDtaRes ~ sa,rS
country as a resort for the tourist ~ s'Ai'~
OF health and pleasure,