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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-01
GOuNoD's MUSICAL BOYHOoD.
His Own Story Of How He Became u
Musician.

Shortly before his death Gounod
wrote brief sketch of the manner in
which he became II musician, and this
has just been published for the first
time by the Petit Blcn Of Paris II is
wholly from ,'ounod's pen. and, MS nm
autobiography fragment, will surely
prove OF much interest to all admirers
OF the famous composer OF Faust,
Il was 10 years old. he begins and
was pupil at the Harcourt school.
| My mother, n poor widow, was obliged
to work hard for n living and had to
! trudge through snow and sunshine In
order to obtain the means for her chill
dren S education. ! was continually
worried over the thought that she was
sacrificing herself for me. and longed
for the day when | could set her free
! from her unworthy labor. Her Views,
however, in regard to my future diff
fered from mine. She had destined
me for university career. whereas ]
eyer heard an entieing voice saying:
You must be "A musician.
"One day told my mother about
my hearts desire.
Are you in earnest she asked
eyes; in dead earnest
"'And you will not go TO the unlver-
slty?'
"'Nevcr.'
Where will You 90, then"
ITO the conservatory,
1T was now her turn to say Never.
! II seemed fate that | was to remain at
! the Harcourt school until finished my
studies, and that, II misfortune still
logged my footsteps at that time, !
wonld have TO become soldier.
could not look to my mother for any
help. She would rather that / should
do anything else than become vaga-
bond musician.
my dear mother finally said TO
her. ] will stay at school, since you
wish II, but one thing / am determined
on, and that is that will never be-
come a soldier
DO you mean that you will not
obey the law. which calls for military
serviceY
ono, but ! mean that the law will
be dead letter SO far as | am con-
cerned.
What do you mean
~ mean that will win the Prix de
Rome, which will free me from the me-
cessity OF becoming soldier.
MY mother then abandoned the idea
Of trying 10 make me change my mind.
She decided. however, to lay the mat
ter before Father Pierson, my school
principal. The jolly old gentleman
summoned me and began In a fatherly
tone OF voice: so, my little fellow,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-01
ANOTHER CASE OF MAUD.

Maud Muller went on a summer day
She'd heard how 1t shared Judge, and
thought
There might be another to be caught,
And oft she glanced down the lanes
long course
TO see If he came on his piebald horse,
But the Judge came not, nor sleek
court-Clerk,
Nor a constable to get in his work.
Not even a chronic juror came
TO ask her to share his oft-called
name.
Yet she raked away with a tireless
will,
For Maud was slayer from Slayer
vile!
Great blisters rose on her hands so
fair,
And hayseeds lodged in her wind
tossed hair
But nary a Judge came riding by,
And her swollen bosom was filed with
signs.
One spark Of hope in said bosom
burned,
That mebbe the court hadn't yet ad-
journed.
Or he Nigh. have halted to beer his
face
With a lawyer who'd got away with a
case.
And yet she raked with untiring zeal
The damp sweat trckling from head
to heel.
The spur-grass pricked at her zebra
Meath the southern bounds OF her
Sunday clothes.
The breezes blew on her bloomin
cheeks
And scattered the sweat into criss-
cross streaks.
The sun SAN: lower adown the West,
And the hope-star dittoed IN Maudles
breast.
One last glance fired she along the
lane,
Then sank on the stubble with moan
of pain!
But she rose again with impromptu
spring,
For the stubble was sharp as hor-
nets sting,
Then cried as to splnters she stamped
the rake.
This bayfield, racket's bloomin
fake!
The Teller that writ that portry
ought
TO be taken out and fatally shot.
7 Don't think no gal ever made play
To rake up Teller this-a-way."
And she said as she limped to her
home again,
Her accents keyed TO a note OF pain:
of all darned suckers that ever bit.
I've sneakin' idee that am It."
Denver Evening Post.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-01
MEN or BUTTER AND EGGS

When Philip the Second debated thu,
question OF cocrcing With fire ana
sword the nntchman who did not
like the Spanish nQusition or taxes.
which they themselves did not vote.
the Duke OF Alva counselled violent
measures for IN his eyes the rebels
were only men OF butter" Never,
thelcss he found that these mon so,
fond ot COWS aud hens could hold his
veterans at bay. dnally overcome
them in the field. aud after eighty
years leave poor Spain n broken
backed tiger" Indeed. in time OF
war country folk with baskets of
eggs and butter excited no suspicion
even To alert sentinels. Taking ad-
vantage OF this fact, Sir Francis We're.
determined To recapture from the
Spantards the Hutphen sconces or
forts, by n stratagem, In 1891 he
picked out some msty and handsome
young soldiers and dressed most of
them like the Golderland egg women,
and the rost as beers. With bundles
OF vegetables, baskets of eggs and
butter hut also with daggers and
pistols inside their clothes, they were
rorried across the river by twos and
thrces. They sat near tho gate or
tho fort, being already, at the break OF
day chatting and gestlculating, as n
In some tremendous argument about
Tho rise or fall OF market prices, Then,
according to arrangement. We're sent
som ecaralry forward, ms IL approach.
Ing, and the pretended country peo-
pie ran in feigned terror toward tho
fort. The gates were at once
thrown open to receive them. rhey all
streamed in, threw Off their dis
guiscs, and In few minutes we're In
possession OF the forts of the town,
where tho gallant Sir phIlip Sidney
afterwards lost his life by being more
rash and less ehrewd than tho vet
eran We're, Harpers Bazaar.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-01

who had at relatively early age ex-
hausted every sensation in life.
During the long years that the pair
were separated they were known as
the best dressed man and woman IN
Paris. De Sagan was an exquisite,
who would have smiled in derision at
an American imitator of French dam
dyism, The de Sagan monoele at
tached to an inch-wide ribbon of black
watered silk, the de Sagan waistcoat.
hats, walking sticks, CATERS aud
creased trousers We're the beginning Of
the reign of the chappie of "ereve," as
the dude was called in France.
The de Sagan estates had been seri-
ously jeopardized once before. The
father of the prince. Louis Napoleon De
Talleyrand Perigord--duke of Talley-
rand and Sagan and duke of Valen-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-01
THREE rNFouNpGp BELLIES.

II | weEe 4 man." the woman said
'la make my mark ere | was dead,
Id lead ne world with bat,le.c
And Id he famous ere should die
Il were a man.
If We're youth" the old man CRIED
I'd seize all chances, Id 80 with the
tide.
ia win my way to tho highest place.
And stick To honor and seek his
grace
Il were a youth"
III We're rich" the poor man Thought
I'd give my all for the poor'S support ::
I'd open tho door and Id open my
heart,
And goodness and would never part
II | were rich"
And 10, II all these Ifs came true,
The woman man, the man n youth
The poor were rich--then in all
truth,
This world would be, when we got
through
Just as it is.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-01

choose. That heir may ultimately be
the princess of Fuerstenberg.
Jeanne AleXandrine de Sagan is UNI
Questionably remarkable woman.
For a matter of thirty-odd years she
has reigned a queen in exclusive Par
isian circles despite the stain upon her
fathers name and her own unconven-
tional life She is the daughter of the
Baron Selliere of Paris who made
many millions in war contracts. When
his rascality was revealed through his
transactions during the Franco-Prus-
sian war, France en- masse turned up-
on him and Selliere in fear of being
mobbed by the people had the courage
TO blow his brains out.
1t was this inheritance of dishonor
to which Jeanne Selliere, married al
ready some years to the Prince de Sa-
gan, fell heir. The prince refused to
. allow his young wife to profit by the
money dishonesty made by her father
She would not yield and on that issue
the prince and princess separated and
lived apart for more than twenty-five
years.
The princess was one of the most
beautiful women in Paris when beau
tiful women were not so rare as they
are today. Tall and svelte, with gold
en- hair falling in natural ringlets about
her face. she possessed the features of
a Hebe. the eyes of fair pensive saint
and a complexion OF dazzling beauty.
The Empress Eugene was recognized
as the loveiest woman of the empire.
Her majesty was admittedly jealous OF
the charms of the Princess de Sagan,
whom she regarded as her only posi-
bic rival.
Notwithstanding the memorable out
break between the married pair when
the prince called the servants to VIII
ness that in leaving the palace OF ms
wife in the Foubourg st. German, he
took nothing with him but his UNI
brella, the princess suffered very little
socially from the rupture of her do
nestle relations. Her wealth, her
magnificent entertainments, her beau
" and her wit made her social pow
or. Notwithstanding the blot upon the
family name, the princess has been
courted and feted by the most arlsto-
cratic men and women OF Europe.
II was the princess who made WORTH
the king OF fashionable modistes. and
of whom ii was said also: Worth
makes dresses; the Princess de Sagan
makes the fashion by condescending 10
appear in a Worth creation"
Both the prince and the princess
have managed to keep much before he
public The princes moral code APP
pears 10 have consisted OF one article
only He drew the line at financial
dlshonor, while he has set at naugat
nearly every other principle of NOR
ality.
He was, until he became a physical
wreck. the best known of the most
corrupt set in Paris, a reckless gam
bier and intriguant. man OF the world
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-01
ELECTRICITY AND THE FARM.

The Philadelphia Press says: One Of
the most interesting bits of news re-
Gently printed IN the Press was the
dispatch from Pittsburg deta ling the
proposed installation by the Wosting
house Company of an electrical plant
for furnishing light, heat and power
to farm, the energy necessary being
derived from the water power on the
farm property. That this has not be-
come the rule on most farms in Penn
sylvania that enjoy a good water sup
ply and by the lay of the land have n
fall sufficient to give the needed horse
power is doubtless due to the first
cost of the plant. Farmers, as a rule,
have not much ready money to invest,
and the high cost of electrical installa.
ton in the past naturally proved pro-
hihitive.
With the dynamo and small do
nestle plant for light and heat coming
within the purse of the thrifty farmer
it would seem that in so well-watered
and SO hilly county as Pennsylvania
there need be no considerable farm
without electrical resources, while the
miller ought to be able to utilize the
water usually wasted at night in
lighting his own and his neighbors
houses, as we'll as cooking his even
ing meal, The practical solution of
the problem presents no difficulties. 1t
is the cost but this. distributed over
number OF years, with the conse-
quent saving in light and heat, oil
and coal, ought to pay for itself and
help the wide-awake agriculturist to
reach new plane.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-01
A wELL-KNoWN CHARACTER.
Hast met him. He's frequent one

Hast met him? He's a frequent one
On this terrestrial ball.
The all-pervading son-of-a gun
Who always knows 1t all.
He has the facts all on his string,
There's not man on earth, bling,
Can ever tell him anything,
Becausd-he knows II all.
He has all seasons for his own;
Spring. summer, winter. fall
His wisdom takes In every zone
This man who knows II all
Al home In anthropology.
Cosmology, astrology,
And every other 'ology
Is he. He knows II all.
He has no failIngs. He escapes
The curse OF Adams fall.
No folly, In alluring shapes.
Harms him. He kno rs 1t all.
0 mortal Of the common mass,
No matter what may come to pass,
Don't try to tell him. foolish ass,
Because he knows 1t all.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-01
BEAUTIFUL WEDDING GIFT.
Fit For Princess 1t Was Given to
Girl Who Worked in a Mil.

A girl who for nine years has worked
in a certain Norristown mill was re
Gently married, and, from the carding.
spinning and weaving oyerseers, be-
cause she had worked so faithfully.
she received present as delicate and
rare and beautiful as ever graced the
nuptials of princess, says the New
Orleans Times-Democrat. The men
gave her three handkerchieis. each OF
tne.E so light that with a breath they
could be blown to the ceiling. for they
were woven Of thistledown. This stuff
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-01

we ar" soing to spend our life among
musiciaus"'
Yes, MIR, Person.
"'Rut music, Is thu, a nrofessinn ..
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-01

Miss Eleanor Lee OF Brooklyn, who
is related 10 the Virginia family, is to
marry Abbott Brisbane Rhet. June 6.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-01

An expedition under Major Kobbe
h. been sent to reinforce Lawton.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10
Supreme Court.

The May term OF Supreme court convened
at ten O'Clock Tuesday in the Supreme
court room at the State House. All the
members Of the bench were present. Pray
er was offered by Rev. DR.. Norman Seaver.
and proclamation was made by deputy
sheriff j. l.. Tuttle. Among the attorneys
present from outside of Washington county
were K. q. Mower of Burlington, w. w.
Stickney OF Ludlow, States Attorney Fish
of Vergennes, Lieutenant-Governor Bates
of st. Johnsb bury, j. l.. Martin of Brattle-
boro. w. II. Bliss OF Burlington, Harry
Blodgett Of st. Johnsbury.
S. r. Pingree of Hartford, r. s. Platt OF
Poultney, w. b. G. Stickney of Bethel, f.
III. Button of Middlebury and w. p. Stat
ford of St. Johdsbury.
Decisions were rendered in the following
cases heard at the October term
Littleton Bridge Company against Daniel
and Robert Pike, from Caledonia county
Case not properly before the court. Excep.
tions dismissed, Decision by Judge Nun
son.
State against Allen Rooney and others
listers OF town of Maidstone, from Essex
county. Exceptions sustained, indictments
quashed, respondents discharged. Opinion
by Judge Start.
Hosea Mann, inspector OF finance, against
the Bradford Savings Bank and Trust Com
pany, petition for receiver, from Orange
county Decree reversed and cause re-
manded with mandate. Opinion by Judge
Start.
Town school district of Brattleboro
against Graded school district ct al De-
cree reversed and cause reInanded. Opin-
ion by Judge Munson.
Cheshire Beef Company against George
@. Thrall, from Rutland county, assumpsjt
general and common courts. Judgment az
| firmed. Opinion by Judge Munson.
A. p. Tupper's executors against Charles
Chapman. apt. assumpsit, from Addison
/ o0uuty Judpmant affirmed DaCaiOn hv
| Judge MunsoD.
Walter Scranton ct al. against Fred G
Barnard, trespass, from Addison county
| Settled and discontinued.
Hardwick Savings Bank and Trust Com
| pany against r. r. Drenan and trustee
special assumpsit, from Caledonia county
| Discontinued.
E. M. Crane against 8. K. Darling, Sian
| der, from Caledonia county. Settled an(
discontinued.
R.F. Drenan against Hardwick Savings
Bank and Trust Company, petition for
| new trial. Settled and discontinued
W. p, Dwyer against S. N. Howe, as
sumpsit, from franklin county. Discon
tnued.
A. S. Richardson against the city of st
| Albans, from Franklin county. Dlscon
tipued.
The National Bank OF Commerce agains
the Burlington Woolen Company, assump
sit. Discontinued
ID. l.. Fuller & Bon against Woolso
Brothers from Washington county. Pet
tion dismissed.
Thomas W. Wood against Montpelie
Public Library Association, ct al is sti
with the court
The first case for hearing was Viva
Barrett against #. l. Fish, petition to dii
solve injunction from Addison County
Button & Button, and III. @. Shurtleff fo
plaintiff: w. III. Bliss for defendant.
The docket was called by Chief Judg
Taft and a large number OF cases were 81
for hearing
The next case set for hearing Is Amos "
Moody against the town OF Bristol frol
Addison county.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10
IL.

bat, winning the game in the face OF great
odds.
Rev. @. o. Judkins, the new Methodist
pastor, preached at Trinity church Sunday
morning and evening before large congre-
cations. Mr.. Judkins made a very favor
able impression. His style is both ingenious
and vigorous, he speaks entirely without
notes, and his sermons were Of deep spirit
ual fervor, happily illustrated and effectively
interpreting the Scripture on which they
were based, closing with forceful applica-
tion OF the truth to his thoughtful hearers
Mr.. Judkin's theme at the morning service
was "A Glimpse at the Power of the Cos
pei OF Christ" His text was from Romans
viii-38 and 80. "For l am persuaded that
neither death nor life, nor angels, nor prin-
cipalities nor powers, nor things present,
nor things to come, nor height nor depth,
nor any other creature shall be able to
separate us from the love of God, which is
in Christ Jesus our Lord" The central
thought OF this discourse was that to do
effective work in the ministry or in the
church we must adjust ourselves in har.
mony with the gospel of Christ. In the
evening Mr.. Judkins spoke on "The Defini
tion of a Christian"
Edward II. Gabree some time since pur-
chased building lot Of G. W. Parmenter,
which Is located on the east side of the
North branch road next to the stream. Mr..
Parmenter drove iron stakes.as the bounda-
IleS Vi tne lou db ne supposed tnem To be,
Mr.. Gabree dug his cellar and Monday laid
the stills for his house when he was stopped
by the city council, 1t being claimed that
according to an old survey Mr.. Gabree was
from fifteen to eighteen feet in the high
way. This leaves him in bad shape as this
survey does not give him enough land be-
tween the highway and the river edge on
which to erect even a small house. His
case will be brought before the city council
at its meeting Wednesday evening. AS
the survey stands it is said that at this
point in the highway an angle OF about
forty'five degrees occurs which il straight
ened would bring the meat market of s. b.
Sbley into the highway entire. j. E. Hub
bard owns land on the opposite side Of the
street from Mr.. Gabree's lot and If enough
could be secured from this the highway
would be Strengthened and MIR. Gabree saw
ed from a loss which he is i'll able to stand
AS no blame for the situation is attached to
any of the parties concerned. it is hoped the
matter may be adjusted without loss to any
of the parties or the city.
A CARD.-We, the undersigned, do here
by agree to refund the money on a 30 cent
bottle OF Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar
II it fails to cure your cough or cd. We al
80 guarantee 25 cent bottle to rove salts
factory or money refunded.
w. K. Terrill & Co, City.
Collins Blakely, City.
II. A. Slade, City.
Lester II. Greene, City.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10
Same Old Model.

The wheelmen of '9S were so well
pleased with our "model, that we
shall continue it for the season of '99,
and SO offer Henry & Johnson's
Arnica and Oil Liniment to every rider
of wheel as the very best remedy for
bumps, bruises, scratches, gals, cuts,
strains, blisters, sore muscles, cramps,
sunburn, pimples, freckles, chapped
hands or face, rheumatism, neuralgia,
OF any ailment requiring an external
application. Lady riders are espe-
cially pleased with the Arnica and Oil
liniment, it is so clean and delightful
to use. Sold by all druggists at 25
cents per bottle, OF one three times as
Large for so cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10
Death of Willard Holden.

WillardHolden died early Monday morning
at his home on Elm street, aged sixty years
Mr.. Holden gave up work last October and
has since been gradually failing, although
he had been confined to his bed only few
weeks. Bright's disease WAS the cause Of
his death. His sufferipgs have been in
tense but he has borne them with patience
and resignation
For the past nineteen years Mr.. Holden
had been an efficient and popular railway
postal clerk on the Montpelier and Wells
River railroad. He was born in Arlington
October IL, 1888. He was tinsmith by
trade, and followed that business many
years in Arlington. He came to Mont
pelier in 1880, and had since been in the
railway postal service. He had for many
years been lay reader and vestryman OF
Christ church, and was faithful in attend
ance upon the services OF the chnrch he
loved.
On March 16, 1861, he married Clara
Coombs, of Warehouse Point, Conn.,, who
survives him with two children - Mrs.
Charles T. Kelsey Of Hartford, Conn, and
Perley w. Holden, assistant treasurer OF
the Capital Savings Bank and Trust Com
pany. Mrs. Kelsey arrived this morning, a
few minutes after her fathers DEATH
Mr.. Holden was a member Of the Masonic
lodge at Arlington and Of Brooks Post, G.
A. r. He served with credit in the War OF
the Rebellion as second lieutenant OF Com
pany @. Third Massachusetts Heavy Artil.
lery.
In Mr.. Holden's death Montpelier loses
an esteemed citizen. or quiet, unassum-
ing nature, his CHEEKY disposition and ster-
ling worth made friends for him wherever
he was known. His faithful services for
the government during the past nineteen
years have been appreciated, and much
solicitude has been expressed for him by
his superiors in office since he was obliged
to give up active work.
His funeral will be held from Christ
church Wednesday afternoon at half. past
two, Rev A. N. Lewis officiating The
members OF Aurora Lodge Of Masons and
Brooks Post will attend in body. The
burial will be in Green Mount cemetery.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10
The State House Fence.

K. N. Sanctuary has completed his sur
vey OF the state house grounds which he
had been engaged to make by Sergeant-st-
Arms 7. G. Phinney for the purpose of as
certaining to what extent the grounds will
require grading in the event OF the removal
of the fence. Mr.. Sanctuary has driven
stakes to show the height to which the fill
ing will have to be made and estimates it
will require some l 400 cubic yards of earth
to put the grounds in proper shape.
Mr. Phinney said that it was very un-
certain when the work would be COM
menced as a purchaser for the iron and
granite must.frst be found, as the legisla-
live act provided that the expense Of the
work must be met by money realized from
the sale OF the fence. 1t is hoped the con-
tractor, who is awarded the contract of
building the annex to the state house, will
purchase all of the granite he would re-
quire in the construction of the annex.
AS there is about a quarter of mile in
length of this granite curbing which is
twelve inches thick on the bottom and eight
inches on the top, averaging from twenty
one to twenty-seven inches in depth, 1t is
estimated that only about one-half Of the
stone would be required for this purpose.
Each stone could be split 80 as to make
two, suitable for building purposes. The
iron part of the fence is not considered of
especial value except for old iron as iron
fences now constructed are built in less
expensive manner. When the fence is re-
moved it is planned to leave intact the cor
ner posts and those forming the boundaries
to the three entrances to the grounds. 1t
is remarkable fact that fifty years after
this fence was put in place it is in almost
perfect line. This is probably due to the
thoroughness with which the work was
done. The curbing rests upon masonry
wall, three feet wide and sunk in the earth
below the frost line. When the fence was
erected, at the time OF the construction of
the portico to the State House, the highest
price paid for labor was $3.50 per day.
This was received by the superintendent
who had the work in charge, while the
stone cutters employed received from sew
enty-tive cents to 81 % per day