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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-12-14
The Drinking Habits of Two Hundred
Years AGO

That our ancestors, in the olden time,
all drank strong drinks, "as 'twere their
mothers milk" is known to every one;
but how large portion of the expenses
of every public function and occasion. as
well as of the average household, used to
go for distilled liquors, in those days, is
not often understood till it is disclosed by
some old recoCd.
The State historian of New York, in
his annual report for 1891 prints a court
record of the trial and execution of one
Angie, or Engel Hendrickson. in the year
1863, for infanticide copied from the Old
Manuscript Colonial Records, From this
1t appears that the body of baby. IN
q basket weighted with stones. was found
in the bottom of a we'll in the city of
New York. A coroner's jury was summon
ed which found that it was the body of
the infant child of Angle Hendricks or
iiendrickson, and that it was put alive
into the we'll and so drowned. The wo-
man was arrested May "a of that year
charged with the murder of her child, and
put in prison in the State House. from
which She escaped. Several weeks after
she was re-arrested and on the I'd day OF
July was arraigned befoCe a special court
of oyer and Terminer (meaning of hear
Ing and Determining upon the charge Of
child murder, against the plea of our
soveraigno Lord, the King, and against
the laws of this government The wo-
man pleaded guilty and was sentenced
upon the spot to be hung upon the fol-
lowing Monday-execution following moro
closely upon the heels of sentence, in those
John Manning's bill of expenses incurred
liz the arrest, keeping, recapture, trial
and execution of the woman, is appended
to the record and is as follows:
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-12-14
rcrms-S1.OO Year. Always in Advance.
WANTED,

BURLINGTON, THURSDAY, DEC IA
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-12-14
A STRICTLY TEMPERANCE HoTr

The Van Ness House at Burlington has
been conducted for many years as a strict
ly temperance hotel and is recognized as
one OF the best in New England This
fact has been strong answer to the oft
repeated assertions that II is impossible
to conduct a first class hotel without a
bar. 1t is. therefore, not surprising that
n number of Efforts have been made to in
some way connect 1t with illegal traffic.
The latest is to have the hotel adjudged
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-12-14
former Dem
HARDLY THE BLooDIEsT BATTLE

The total OF 43S killed at Modder River
on the British side may make some peo-
pie in England understand Methuen's re-
mark that it was the b.oodiest battle Of
the century. The actual comparison with
the 1900 French killed at Austerltz, % =
GOO French killed at Waterloo, the 1900
Germans killed at Sedan. the 1900 Union
soldiers killed al Stones River, the total
looks pretty small.-Boston Record
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-09-01

The peculiar system by which the city
of Amsterdam obtains its water supply
from the sand dunes bordering the sea
is probably not exceeded in scientific in
terest by any other method in any part
of the globe. These dunes are composed
Of sand blown up from the SeashOre,
their basis also consisting of sand, al
though this is mixed with peat at some
points. and at the sea level layers of COM
pressed peat are frequently found.
1t is noticeable, too, that these peat
layers are never found on the sides Of the
dunes next the sea. The rainfall in the
dunes percolates through the sand and
flows landward and seward, so that
the surface is a cone whose apex is the
summit of the dune, which, sloping both
ways, forms a continuous watershed.
Now, not only is the dune water fresh
above sea level, but it is perfectly fresh
to depth of some 66 feet below sea
level. This fresh water being found at
such depth under the dunes, while the
water at the same depth in the i'm
mediate neighborhood is salt, goes to
prove that either the subsoii must be
based OH fresh water-the hydraulic pres
sure Of the dune water preventing sea
impregnation-or that the water, orig
inally salt, has become freshened by this
dune water pressure.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-09-01
SURGERYS SEARCHLIGHT.
Electricity Lends Il Helping Hand
Hero and ElHeKyhere.


Here and Elsewhere.
A great deal of interest has of late
years been taken in medical and surgical
subjects by laymen, and this is not sur
prising, since the advances and diScov-
cries that have been made are such as to
command attention because of their nov
city and startling character. Surgery, it
is true, has always been more or less of
an exact science. and even in ancient
times very serious operations were sue
cessfully undertaken which are nova
days often considered modern. But in
the light of revelations regarding the
germ theory of disease, antiSeptic treat
ment of wounds, preventative surgery,
electricity in medicine, organic extracts
and their administration as remedies for
various diseases it is not strange that
people are constantly on the watch for
some discovery even more brilliant and
startling than anything that has hitherto
been proclaimed.
Wonderful are the strides which have
been made by the application of electrici-
ty in surgery and medicine. The electric
motor turns the drill of the dentist. bores
out all the noses of mankind i'll the hands
of the rhiuologist and may yet run the
saw and the trephinc of the surgeon.
The electric light is made to illuminate
all the cavities and interiors of the hui
man body, so that ''tlIc pestilence that
walketh in darkness" in the black recess
of the viscera is sought out and driven
away by the electric searchlight.
1t is nothing now to put an endoscope
into the stomach and scrutinize its walls
from one end to tie other, and in dark
room the very size of the stomach is de-
trrmined by the translumination of the
abdominal walls when Il light is turned
on inside of that viscus. The use of the
y rays has brought about even more
marvellous results in the exploration of
the human body. 1t is an age of won
ders-Chicago Tribune.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-09-01

work than her
neighbors. 1t is
a distinct tri-
ulnpll if her
butter is gener-
ally regarded
as the finest in
the count y.
But fine butter
and bad health (
don't go to-
gether.
Mrs. w. ]. Kid
der. of Hill Dale
Farm, Enosburg,
VT, writes to DR..
K. V. Pierce. Duff
falo, n. ": " Dur
ing the past year I
found that l was
to become a moth
er and that I was
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-09-01
A Happy Thought.

In the waiting room of the military
commission in Russian town sat two
fathers of families in deep anxiety about
the fate of their sons, which would be
shortly decided by the said commission.
II am at loss" said one, what to
say il am asked the age of my son. If
make him out to be younger than he is,
he will be sent to school. If l make him
too old, they'll stick him in the army.
What am l to do?'
How would it be if you told the COM
mission his exact age" inquired his
friend.
The first speaker looked up in amaze
nent.
Capital. I hadn't thought Of that!-
Exchange. II
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-09-01
BEAUTIFUL KILLARNEY.
1t Takes Three Days to 'sDo" It's Ats
fractions Thoroughly.

fractions Thoroughly.
A certain tourist who was doing all the
sights of the Holy Land with painful ear
ncStncSS was Scandali2ed to see an Amer
lean arrive one afternoon, hurry round all
the sacred places and make ready to de-
part bctimes on the morrow. He venturcd
to inquire of this busting traveller why,
having come so far. he rushed away so
quickly. Sir" replied the Yankee, Il
am timed to do Europe in fortnight. /
have thrown in the Holy Land, and if 1
stay here longer than one night | cannot
see Killarney. which takes three days"
That American had been well advised.
Energetic, busting tourists have endeav
ored to see all the beauties of the place in
one day. and, though they have been de-
lighted and overwhelmed by what they
saw, they have not been able to restrain
a pang of regret at the thought of what
they had missed.
Killarney, if not in itself at least by
description, is known the wcrld over and
has a great reputation to maintain, but,
unlike many other places OF renown, it
does not belle it. The lakes of Killarney
may not prove to be quite as the stran-
ger anticipated. but the impression he
found admiration and wonder The par
ticular charm which inwraps him is that
of the peaceful loveliness and serenity of
the whole, and this strikes home with in
creased conviction after passing by the
waterway from the upper to the lower
lake. The former sheet of water, envel
oped as it is by ragged peaks and gloomy,
unclothed mountains, cannot vie with the
la, In ,J-b,.sa ,t-,,iT or Ia ~
silver waves is fringed and caressed hy
foliage and trees, by rich meadows and
sweet smelling blooms. while the rugged
outlines of the wild hills is softencd by
the purple haze, and space is lost in an
ininity of graceful undulations. The boat
ride from the far edge of the upper lake
to the ruins of Ross castle is an expert
ence which cannot be described. 1t must
be enjoyed, and rest assured it will liEger
in the memory to the last day.-London
Times
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-09-01
NO JAM IN HIS LUNCH,
MT. Carter Explains Why He Left |
His Pleasant BOARDING Hnnse.

His Pleasant Boarding House.
''No; l don't board with the Akerses
any more" said Mr.. Carter. I'm fact,
I've left the south side for good and am
now boarding on the north side"
Mr.. Carter is n gentleman about IS
years old and occupies a responsible and
highly paid position with great Chica-
go business house. Six feet tall and
weighing 200 pounds. he is n magnificent
physical specimen of 4 man. Winter
and summer, rain or shine, he walks to
his Office in the morning and home at
night. He always carries his lunch with
him, as he diSlikes restaurant cookery
and it saves him time and money.
well, | am surprised" was his
friends comment. why. you and Akcrs
were such friends before his marriage
that thought you had a permanent
home with him. And you and Mrs.
Akers were always such great friends
too. Why did you leave them?'
"Ill tell you" said Carter. Il didn't
get any jam on my bread"
you surely didn't leave them for
that?" asked his astonished friend.
Il surely did," Indignantly answered
Mr.. Carter. 1T was gross case of par
TALLY on Mrs. Akers' part She knew i
was passionately fond of jam too. One
morning l went into the kitchen. She
was getting the lunches ready for myself
and her husband when l went in. and
noticed she had some fine marmalade
She put it ON her husbands bread, but
not on mine.
"'Don't get marmalade?' l asked.
No. she said. i got this for Mr..
Akers'
"That made me feel mad I thought
of it all the way down, and when lunch
time came I wouldn't eat my lunch, and
at night 1 carried it back home. Mrs.
Akers saw that l hadn't touched it and
asked the reason. told her, and she
laughed in my face. told her that at
the end of the week l would leave her,
and that settled it,
DO you get jam where you board
now?" asked the friend.
Every day." answered Carter, with a
smile Of atisfaction.-Chicago Inter
Ocean,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-09-01

The effect of rolling is to crush down
the bigger plants that flourish among
the grass and to injure the grass itself
but little. The bigger plants are mostly
weeds. which, if allowed to grow I'M
checked, would soon choke the more
slender grass.
If a footpath across a field becomes
diSused, it will be found that the grass
which grows up in its place is of far SUI
pcrior purity to that in the rest of the
field. Constant pressure has stamped out
the roots of the weeds and left only the
pure grass.
Another advantage of rolling is that it
makes the grass grow more thickly. The
ground becomes intertwined with Il net
work Of plants, and when this has been
going on for 30 years or more that rich
velvety turf is produced which can be
found alone in old park lands that have
lain undisturbed by the plow for many
years in succession.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-09-01

Sunday trains leave Baltimore for Delta and
intermediate stations at $50 A. M, and 400
2. NJ, stopping at Bel Air at j A. M. and $50
P. NJ. They will leave Cardiff for Baltimore
and intermediate stations at 6.55 A. NJ. and
$50 p. Nj, stopping at Bel Air at 1855 A. M.
and 4.30 z. NJ. An additional train will leave
Bel Air for Baltimore and intermediate sta
tions at $40 2. NJ, and Baltimore for Bel Air
at $50 P. M, arriving at Bel Air at P. M.
and Baltimore $50 P. NJ.
j. R. K LINEFELTER, Gen. Pass. ARt
A. MOORE. Gent Manager
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-09-01
OLD TIME LOVE SONG.

II all the laurel wreaths OF fame
We're twired for my unworthy head,
What were they worth unless You came
10 see your lover gar.andcd?
Il all the soyerrirnty OF earth
In Gnc&olc sccpter woocd my grasp,
What would its heavy gold be worth
Unless your hand We're mine to clasp?
II all the roses summer knows
By pleasures hand were rluckcd ard stroEn,
Should raise III one single rose
II must drink its scent alone?
There is no Kingdom but your heart
There is no laurel but your praise,
The rose is but yrar counterpart,
You. dear, delight OF all my days.
Yet would had the scepter gold,
The laurel fine, the roses rare,
The sceptcr for your hands to hold,
The rose and laurel for your hairl
Pail Mall Gazette.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-09-01

in rapidly failing health. l suffered dreadfll1y
from boating and urinary difficulty. l was
growing perceptibly weaker each day and sui-
fcrcd much sharp pain at times. l had to give
up my work and felt that something must be
done. Isought your advice and received n prompt
reply. followed your directions and took twelve
bottles of Dr. Pierce's Favcrite Prescription. and
also followed your hygenic instructions. began
to improve Immediately, my health became ex-
cellent, and could do all my work 1--WE live
good sized farm); walked and rode all could,
and enjoyed it. had a short easy confinement
and have healthy baby boy"
The one medicine that gives prompt
and sure relief is DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. 1t is tonic and purifier
that works on one special set of organs
and puts them in a perfectly vigorous,
healthy condition. 1t quickly soothes in
fammation and stops facilitating drains
OH the system. Taken regularly during
the period of CESSATION it greatly lessons
the pain and danger of childbirth.
Although sweet to the taste it contains
no sugar which often disagrees with weak
stomachs; nor does it contain any alco-
lol, or opium in any form, and therefore
does not induce craving for stinlulants.
Keeps per- city in any climate.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-09-01
EsOOI1 lie Needed.

"1'm going west for little vacation
with lot Of good fellows" he said.
What book will be of the most service
to me in our ramblings about the coun-
try
"Hoyle," was the ready reply.-Chica-
go Post.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-09-01
THE ECIS ANDINTEL[IGENCER.
BEL AIR ND. SEPTEMBER /. 1899.
IRELAND. IRELAND.

Gown thy valieya. ireland, Ireland.
Dcwn thg valleys green and sad,
Still Thy spirit wanders waiiing.
WJn,iers waiiinS. wLnders mad.
Long ago that anguish took thee,
ireland. Ireland, green and fair;
Spoilers strong i'll darkness took thee,
Broke thy heart and left thee there.
Down thy valleys, Ireland, Ireland,
Still thy spirit waEderS mad;
All too late they love tina, Tronged thee,
ireland. ireland. green and sad
Henry HevbOit in Saturday Review.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-09-01
TRAINS SOUTHWARK.
SUNDAY TRAINS

An additions. tram will leave Bel Air, for
Baltimore and intermediate stations, at 7.15,
on SATURDAY evenings only. Returning,
will lea We Baltimore the same evening at IL 80.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-09-01

The work of a farmers wife is never
ended. But it is wholesome, enjoyable,
productive work that is pleasurable if the
farmers wife is we'll woman.
The work becomes weary drudgery
when the woman is sick. The work
drags and the woman's pride is hurt.
Her ambition is to do as much and better
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-08

Tho dan6lv e,.,ia1 h,r, . ~, go
tarv colInor,,cs ma 'i ;,,,,, y, ms mil
less comrnsurr ,hat c'I,. 80 "'om iear
broke through his o,,t,..',J ca,,, W ,oe
passionntn rcitnro,io,, 80 III V.'i' NJ. ,' I"
ESr.oI,rr,D l~rO r,n,rn,,
The rnrIv hn,rs n,,,s ~ ,,'o Il !,
to tho Lvcen. wherr ~. ', ,,,.,I ''an S''
place were ou.ot.nnd davnid of ,ncia .UoN
Before the crowd had lime In assn,nhIo
the gcndarmcs had blocked MI an
nroach 100 yards in every direction
;i,r"usil ,hls military gauntlet the dis
rs ,'.3i'e" PRISONER was escorted from
,,.,.,,' p'.Son 10 ne ante room.
~ r[,,,, ir ,,,,i uitil me opening of
su,ro,,r,ica , "c A va, "l IN sendarines
bis vn1 ~ NJ ',.u Inv i'!i,' rom view on
side +, vns -, ,,,.' ''''t once IN.
in ron,o,i,.,,,Io eosti" n'tu Wi'hsiood
exile ana ~ mnntnl n,,a ~ years OF
ture. lie was nelc feot,,rad n y'.i.i ,or
he held himself ernef sal,,ad ,' ~,
ed i'm high hut stringent voice thn,
carried win it little sympathy. but
strong ana well depressed emotion.
AN INTERESTING FIGURE
~ iii'creS'lis hsufc. seated behind
me judges was the woman known as
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-08

would carry the hurricane center over.
Or north OF Porto liico. and north of
Santo Domingo within the next forty
eight hours
THE HURRICANE ARRIVES.
Kingston. Jamaica. Aug. The Is
land OF Dominica, in the L"eward Is
lands. reports that a terrific cyclone
was sweeping over there this afternoon.
travelling west-northwest and heading
for jamaica. Shipping along the
threatened area was timely warned by
the American bureau branches.
L. S. CRUISER NEW ORLEANS.
Santo Domingo. Aug. 7.-Advices that
a hurricane is approaching have been
received from various parts of ,hc Re
public. The Dominican warshlps have
sailed Tor Calderg, a port or refuge on
the south coast.
The United states cruiser New Or
lease is sin here with steam up ana
ready - leave at any moment.
AS provisions are very scare ana
prices high, the poor people are suNer-
ing severely. their earnings no; being
in proportion TO the price now asked for
the ncCcSSari"S OF life.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-08
A TERRIBLE DISASTER.
NO SATISFACTORY EXPLANATION
OF THE BRIDGEPORT HORROR.

CRy Telegraph to Virs .nian-Pilot)
Bridgeport, Conn, August mo sat
isfactory explanation is yet forthcom-
ing as to the trolley car accident yes
terday in which 20 people were killed
and II seriously injured. The coroner
has not Yet empanelcd a jury. The
railway officials for lack Of other ex-
rlaration place the blame on the motor
man. Hamilton. saying he either lost
his head or disobeycd orders in run
ming too fast over the trestle. Hamil-
ton, during the day. was in the Bridge
port hospital suffering from the shock
Later ne recovered sufficiently 10 be ar
raiened III the Stratforl Justice Court.
charged with manslaughter. He plead
ed not guilty and the case was contin-
ued for one week. The prisoners bail
was fixed a $1,000 which he furnish
ed.
An examination to-day showed that
the track. bridge structure and running
gear OF the trolley car were ali intact
at the time OF the accident. The brakes
We're set and the current shut Oft when
the car left the bridge il is thought
the accident was due To the swaying
motion acquired by the car in running
at high speed over the new earthwork
At the approach OF the bridge.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-08

u was during the ten years war. The
lhuians are determined that they Will
nSht until they regain every foot Of
the territory taken from them by the
treaty three years ago. and the McNi-
can government is determined 10 eff
iectuaiiy cNterminatc the Indians. So
as to secure all the land from them and
prevent any further outbreaks.
me Indians have already waded
rather deep IN blood. according TO Of
ucIal adVices. having killed something
iikc one hundred miners and as many
soldiers. With both sides thoroughly
aroused. tho war. which will open in
earnest to-day. promises TO be long
prolonged.
1t is given out that taking up the
me Of march to-day. the Mexican
troops Will advance directly into the
mountains ana try to reach the fast
ncsSes of the Indians. giving them no
time 20 rest from one attack to an
other, in the hope that by this procc-
durc. they VIII he Worn out in short or
der and either surrender or all be kill
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-08
IN
SANTO DOMINGO
Generals Take Up Arms in Behalf
Of Don Jiminez.
MANY ExiLEs RETURN
NJ ANY ExiLES
Morc Thnn Hair OF the Government
Troops Go over To the Camp or tho
KcvoIntioni,ts. who occupy Aban.
doncd PositiOns-Thc Governor OF
Homie Chri>ti in Desperate POST
zion "nd VIII Ro obliged 10 sur-
render.
CBy Telegraph to V,rginian-Pnot)
render.

Cape lIaitien. AuguSts 7.-General
Pablo Reyes. Ramon Pacheco, elena
Navarro. Jose Polo and Jose Jimincz,
nave taken up arms in Santo Domingo
in favor Of Don Juan Isidro Jiminez and
occupy the plains OF Chasneid and Gu
rabo as far us Jose lie las Matas. as
well as the towns of Gayubin. Mana
Milo ana Dajabon abandoned by the
troops OF the government of san Do
mlhSo. More than half these troops
are said 10 haze gone over To the camn
OF General Pdcheco, who is reported to
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-08
A HURRICANE.
\ TERRIFIC STORM FORECAST BY
WEATHER BUREAU.
CRy Telegrnrh 10 Nirginlnn. PnotA

Ny Telegraph TO Nirginiau-P ilot)
Washington. u. c.. Aug. THE
Weather Bureau here made the follow
ing announcement tonight. y hurri-
cane is central east Of the Island of
Dominica. apparently moving north
west hurricane warming messages
We're sent Monday morning to all
Weather Bureau stations in the Lesser
entities and To Porto Rico. Santo
Domingo. Jamaica and Santiago de
Cuba. and hurricane signals were or
uered from Dominica to Santo Domingo.
The usual course of hurricanes which
appear i'll the position occupied by this
storm is northwest and the latest re-
ports indicate that this course will b.,
pursued i'll the present instance This