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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-02
EPWORTH LEAGUE
Convention Opened at st. Adams
ASymposium on Good Citizenship
an Interesting Feature.

st. Adams, Oct. 3l.-The meeting of the
St. Adams district of the Epworth League
began at the Methodist church last even
ing with a praise service led by W. q.
Brown of this city. There was a good
congregation present, though by no
means all OF the delegates had arrived. 1t
is expected that there will be present from
out of town about 50 delegates. In addi-
ton to the praise service last evening u
symposium on Good Citizenship was
given which proved to he a most interest
ing and helpful feature. The different
topics which were carefully studied and
logically treated were; "The Citizen and
the Caucus" by II. c. Barnes of Swanton;
THE Citizen as an Oniceholder' by a.
NJ. Aseltine of Enosburgh Falls; The Citi-
zen as Voter" by f. II. Chamberlin of
Franklin and The Citizen and the En-
forcement of the Law" by NJ. H. Moody of
Waterbury.
Mr.. Barnes said in part: "Citizcns are
divided into three classcs-the vicious the
negative and the positive. The vicious
attend the caucus, they are open 10
brides they a peril to good government.
The negative citizens attend the party
caucus only seldom and then only after
being urged to do SO. They are Conserva-
tive ard inactive There are many of this
class. The positive citizen is alive and on
time at the caucus. His object is to Sc
cure good and reliable men Tor the SUI
Traces of the people. Men who will hon
estiy try to do their whole duty. As
Christian men we have imperative duties
as citizens.
The second paper was given by A. NJ.
Aseltine of EnoSburgh Falls. He said: An
office is public trust. An officeholder is
one who has been chosen to this trust.
rhe requisites are: First the gaining Of
as thorough a knowledge as possible OF
the duties of the office; second high ideals;
third, character; fourth, backbone; hlth,
promptncsS TO action.
The third topic was The citizen as vo-
ter by T.. II. Chamberlain. He began by
quoting the oath of freeman OF YER
mont. After taking this solemn oolSa-
ton mary young men forget the oath.
The teachers in the common schools
should he required to give instruction up
on the duties of citizenship. The Chris
to attend the election as to attend mis-
prayer meetin If all Christians We're
true to their political duties we should
have an immediate reform.
The fourth and last topic was The ciu-
zen and the enforcement of law by Mr.
NJ II. Moody of Waterbury. He said in
substance: Law Is universal and aSseris
itself everywhere in nature, so among
men. Law is frequently not enforced Tho
reasons for this are first, incompetency of
officers; second. lack of Co-Opcgation Of
citizens; third, the fecbleneSs of public
support When we do our whole duty the
officers of the law will be obliged to do
their duty as well. These papers were
followed by general discussion of tho
subjects
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-02
CATARRH OF THE LIVER.
Every Organ Of the Human Body Liable
to Catarrh

chills every six or seven days. Finally,
when heard OF Pe-ru-na and Man-a-lin
| had eaten nothing for several days,
and was under the DOCTORS treatment. l
quit taking his medicine and began to
take Pe-ru-na and Man-a-lin. l gained
twenty-five pounds, and can now eat
anything want without Inconvenience.
My skin is perfectly clear-no sign Of
jaundice. Mrs. S. f. Robbins"
Mrs. c. Y. Rogers, of Elgin, H., writes!
"Your medicine saved my baby, who
had jaundice and catarrh Of the liver"
Catarrhal dyspepsia is due to derange-
ments of the organs intimately con-
nected with digestion, either the stom-
ach, liver, pancreas or bowels. When
the liver is the principal cause there is
pain and heaviness In the right side,
great irrogularity of the bowels, sick
headache, palpitation of the heart,
furred tongue, loss of appetite, bloating
after meals, gloomy, respondent feel
inGs, yellowness OF the skin and belch-
ing up gas.
Bilious collie or gall stones are fire.
quently the result Of catarrh Of the
liver. It also produces condition
closely resembling chronic malaria.
All these troubles are quickly cured by
Pe-ru-na. A short course of Pe-ru-na
will do more to set right the digestive
organs than all other remedies known
to man. Pe-ru-na is sure to produce a
vigorous appetite and regular digestion.
All bilious diseases disappear when Pc
ru-na is used. There are no substitutes
for Pe-ru-na.
For free book address DR.. Hartman,
Columbus, Ohio.
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Weighing IS Tons Falls Upon
Two Men in a Barre
Quarry.
A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Thomas Blair's Body Cut In Twain and
Terribly Crushed-H Harry Hart Badly
Mangled and Cannot Possibly
Survive Lebanon Springs
Road Repaired.

Barre, VT, Oct. 90 A very sad accident
occurred at the quarrieS this forenoon in
which two men were killed. They were
Thomas Blair and Harry Hart. two men
employed at the quarry of Mcmillan IL
stephens, at what Is known as their
boulder quarry. They were down al the
bottom Of the pit fastening n chain to
block of granite when a huge boulder at
the top of the quarry became loosened
from its bed aud came crashing down up
on the men. It cut Blairs body in twin
and killed him instantly. He was crushed
into a shapeless mass. Hart was very
badly bruised. the stone striking him as
he was bending over his work. HIS SHOULD
ers and chest were crushed together and
his legs twisted in horrible manner.
Drs Reid and Hayes were called at once
but they soon saw that there was no hope
of saving the injured man. At the last
accounts. however, he was still living al
though his existence was only matter
of q. few hours. Blair was married only
a short time ago and his wife is In Web
stervile. He was n man about 10 years
old. Hart was 36 years of age and was
unmarried. the weight of the boulder
was about IL tons and it was only a few
days ago that an attempt was made to
move it but it was impossible to stir it
with any ordinary means.
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Mrs. Nettie Lind, graduated nurse of
the Royal State School, Copenhagen,
Denmark, writes the following letter to
DR.. Hartman from Chicago. Mrs. Lind
says: 81 am very pleased to testify to
the merits of Fortuna. l have watched
its results when prescribed to patients
under my care, especially in the differ
ent catarrhal troubles, and must say the
results were most satisfactory. l there
fore have great faith in Pe-ru-na.
Mrs. Nettie Lind"
Mrs. s. f. Robbins, White Wright,
Texas, says: 81 have been having collie
at times and I get very yellow, and am
confined to my bed great deal of the
time. Lastspring got SO bad that was
in bed most of the time for several weeks.
| had collie, sick stomach and nervous
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CONDITION OF VERMONT BANKS.
Report Made Public by Comptroller of
tmrrcmcN-Ne rmoMt Appni u tmemI..

washington, ID. c. oct @l.-l ne aoslract
of the condition OF the hauohaI banks Oh
Vermont at the close or business sept. q
as given III statement just Hlaue pup"c
here by the comptroller of the currency
shows the average reserve to nave been
S541 per cent, as against 3-.S6 per cent. ON
June 80. Loans and discounts had increas-
ed from H2,ol2'9o' to $2,l0H4io; stocks ana
SccurltIe7 from s-'"'o''-o 10 F-'f-H'o''' soi"
coin from S'o',oI to SoS9'olo; total specie
from flSO,2'o to S'l9,ll6; lawful mol"y ie-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-02
SUPREME COURT RECONVENES.
decision Of Chittenden County Court in
tho Totten Case Sustained.

MONTPELIER. Oct. 31.-Suprcme Court re-
convened this morning. The first case
heard was State VS.. Thomas Leonard, apt.
a lfauor case from Bennington county.
states Attorney Bates for the State and
G. NJ. Mason and O. NJ. Barber for the
RESPONDENT. A. G. Fay VS.. o. NJ. Barber,
from Washington county This was pc
tition for mandamus to compel the pc
titionee to allow certain fees and bills OF
cost to the petitioner as justice of the
peace at Barre The parties in interest
argued their own case. State vs.. Charles
s Waite. liquor case from Windsor
county. States Attorney Sargent for the
State and j. c, Enright for the respon-
dest State Va. Charles f. Richardson,
breach of divorce law, from Windsor
county States Attorney for State and j..
G. Harvey for the respondent. State vs..
Fred Austin, adultery from Windsor
county States Attorney for State and r..
NJ. Harvey for the respondent. In the
Chittenden county case of State VS.. Bur
leigh f. Tolten, highway robbery, de-
cision was rendered adverse to the respon-
dent. Opinion by Judge Munson. The ie-
spo0dent was brought into court from
Burlington by Sheriff Reeves, where he
has been confined in jail since last Deem
Der. having been convicted in County
Court at the last March term. He was
sentenced to not less than four years con-
fine aent in the state prison at Windsor,
When leaving the court room he broke
down. overwhelmed w his sentence.
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LEBANON SPRINGS RAILROAD


Pennington, VT, October 30.-A new
and important chapter in the his
tory of the reorganized Lebanon Springs
railroad vas opened Saturday when the
parties who recently purchased it at re-
ceivcrs sale paid the 100000 in cash, the
purchase price and received a deed from
the receiver The property was promptly
decided to Francis NJ. Palmer and others.
While the balance Of the stock is held by
W. G. Roberts of New York, among the
other owners are Russell Sage, Frank =.
Black, Louis Payn and b. ID. Haines AS
soou as the deed was made over a mort
gage for $4,000 was made to New York
Trust company who at once advanced the
money. The company has been georgian
lied under the name of the Lebanon Val
ley. and Chatham railroad. 1t is the in
tention to rebuild and newly equip the
road from Chatham to this place, dis
lance Of 70 miles. The most of the 5000, 600
will be used for this purpose Work has
already been commenced on the long tres
tie near Chatham which had become bad
~ deCayed In addition 10000 new ties,
and 20 miles of new rails have already
been purchased. and many of the ties have
been put in. New equipments are also to
he pCocured. The owners of the property
believe that 1t can he made to pay, as it
will open up a rich and attractive country.
For years the old read was a foot ball
for spe 3uldtorS, and has had full share
of the ups and down in the market. SUI
perintendeat McConegal hoped to get
trains running a portion of the way his
fall
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BURGLARY ATTEMPTED.


Mortified. oct. 29.-Miss Jane Pngrey
Of this village was awakened at four
O'Clock this morning hy feeling a press
ure upon her throat She aWol;c 10 ste a
burglar who told her to keep stli or he
would kill her and demanded her money.
Upon being informed that she mad To
money he unsucceSsfllly attempted a
criminal assault. Mrs. Julia Durkee y 10
was sleeping in an ups.ans apartment
heard the noise and came down with a
lamp in her hand The burglar took u
chair in his hands and smashed it into
pieces which he flung al MR.. Durkee
when she appeared. While lie was thus
Engaged Miss Pingroy made her escape
tut of the house by wlS of bedroom
window, Mrs. Durkee acl out If the
front door. Both women ran in tnoir
night clothes TO the residence Of Fred
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-02
THE PYGMIES OF AFRICA.

o,r ruida 1,rou- tho dir,ctio, ,ve wanted
to On and | was ablo to keen him right
hv constant ceference to the compass. For
six DAYS we cut our way along saws AL
bert f.. Ilovd. i'm the November Ainslcc's.
In places the forest was slightly clearer
and We were able to follow the track of
some forest animal. but not "A living soul
did we see on the sixth dav while hunt
ine for wild pigs which seemed to he very
plentiful in the forest. my boy, who was
attending mo suddenly stopped me and
pointing un a tree. described to me a
man monkey" Ny thoughts naturally
reverted to the great monkeys Mich exist
i'm the forest. and which we had encount-
cred only day or two before, and look
ing mp. / could just see among the thick
foliage some large creature. and immc-
diately leVelcd my rifle and took careful
aim. Just as | was about to fire, the boy
stopped me by saying Don't fire, it's Il
man Dropping my gun in wild excite
ment | ga2ed up at the figure which | now
saw was indeed a man. a pygmY. a man
nikin, dwarf. Call him what you will,
there he was. For monment after lie
had become aware thai he was seen, he
stood and gazcd at us and then turning
.dcftly round. he ran along the branch ON
which he stood. jumped from branch to
branch and finally disappeared. / could
scarcely believe my eyes, and almost
doubted my sanity We stood together,
gazing in utter amazemtnt, and then The
loV said to me ION. sir. now there Will
he trouble Bamleuti Bamlcuti." This is
the name given by the natives of Toro to
these strange little people and Is formed
upon the root stem of the word which
.means poison. The boy evidently believed
that this little Tysmy was but spy, and
that many others were in the vicinity
ready to attack us We got to camp that
day about p. m. and we all had strange
feelings Of awe as we sat about the camp,
starting at every sound. and expecting at
every moment to sec Il little arrow whz
among us. | was trying to read as | sat
at my tent door, when suddenly | heard
q slight rustling in the thicket all around
mo What could il mean? | looked up
and behold. on every hand strange little
faces were poering at me through the an
dergrowth. A huge tree was lust in front
of me. and behind this little head Kept
lponpine, and sharp. piercing eyes. seem
ing vertically to sparkle even in the gloom
were fixed upon me | called to my bow
and told him TO 20 and address the Pybm-
les and ask them TO come near and talk
with Ms. what! go and converse with
those it'll, devils? Not a bit of it! Oh
were deadu' cried he, were dead" AS
Il sat thor. I called out myself i'm the lam
ulage spoken in Toro. Are you there ?
How do vou do?r and. to nv great relief.
There came the replv. I'VE are here" |
then asked them TO come to me that we
might converse and with great shyncss
and reserve and much hesitation, the lit
Ito boinr who had answered me came to-
ward me and was followed by several
others
An ivory horn was also carried by some
of thp pvgmies and with this, also, most
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-02
A PRISONER ESCAPES.
william ". Coburn, who was Working i'm
Building Opposite the state Prison,
Fludes tho Guard.

Winds r, oct. 3O.-Williain II. Coburn,
convict at the States prison at Windsor,
escaped last night Just before dark and
The prison officials have offered reward
for his captuce. He was working in
building, opposite the prison carrying
Trick and mortar. While carrying a load
from the cellar to the upper floor he elud
ed the guard and made his escape into
wooded bank at the rear of the house.
Some time elapsed befoCc his escape be-
came known and when chase was made
no clue to the direction he had taken
could be found. Coburn vas a painter.
barber and railroad man and during his
imprisonment had been well behaved. He
was tried for adultery at the February
tclm 1897 of the Windsor County Court
and sentenced to three and half years
irnprisonmpnt
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Fuller and Sheriff Winch was called. Tho
burglar had effected an entrance through
the pantry window, zen feet from de
ground ard left 10y the same route. He
was tracked for a short distance but was
not captured.
Miss Pingrey was roughly handled about
the throat but otherwise was not injured.
The same night the batn of Peter Gil
bert was entered and a barrel of pork
Just sailed, was taken by unknown thieves.
no disturbance was heard during he night
but the barrel of pork was missing in the
poruino
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-02
DAMAGES FROM a RAILROAD COM
pANY

George r. Johnson. clerk of the United
States Courts, returned Thursday from
Rutland, where he went Monday to attend
a session of the Circuit Court. There was
one Jury case that of Ahbie G.. Lawton
VS.. the president managers and company
of the Delaware and Hudson Canal com
pany The case was to recover damages
for the burning of a marble mill, known
as the Huntington Marble Mill, which was
situated near the track OF the defendant
company. The plaintiff claimed that the
mill caught from burning grass, that was
set by a passing engine on the road. Four
teen witnesses were examined for the
plaintiff and p for the defendant. The
case was begun at 2:3O Monday afternoon
and a verdict, in favor OF the plaintiff to
recover $500 damages, was rendercd ut
6;l5 Wednesday evening.
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NO TRACE OF THE RANDOLPH
TRAMPS.

Randolph. Oct. Observation-Disclosures the
vigorous search commenced carly Satur
day for the two tranips who attacked Lu-
cieus Goodhart and fired his barn, 10 trace
of them has been discovered here or in the
neighboring towns. The patrons of West
Randolph grange, of which Mr.. Goodhart
is a member. are signing liberal contribu-
tious of money and labor toward the erec-
tion Of a now barn, work on which las al
ready commenced.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-02
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
Two Interesting Old Letters A Valuable
Invention Hy n Fairlee Man Various
Vermont Happenings.

The following reprint Of an cid letter
writter from the battlefield of Bcnning-
ton may prove interesting:
bennington tNt), August &c, A. D., III
-ilonorcd Father: After my duty | take
this opportunity to write you, hoping
these lines will find you well as through
the goodness of God they have me and
my family. We met with a great deal of
trouble on the 10th inst Myself and
brother. John were prcserved Though Il
very hot battle. We Killed and took &C.
cording to the best accounts. 1000 OF the
enemy. our loss was about thirty or for
". We marched right up against their
breastwcrks with our own small arms,
and while they fired upon us with ;hcir
field pieces every half minute. yet they
never touched a man with them. We
drove them out of the breastworks and
took their field pieces and then pursued
and killed Il great many of them. We
took four or five Of my neighbors-two
Sneiders and two Hornbecks The biggest
part of the Dutch Hoosac was in the pat
tie against us. Whilst / was gone my
wife and children went to Willamst town.
After | got home | went after them and
found them at Landlord simmons. / nave
got them home again. My wife was very
much worried out. She had four children
with her. Lucinday vas forced to run on
foot. We soon expect the enemy will
come upon us again, and what / shall 90
with my lafnllN l know not. | WCulu III
form you that | received your letter dat
ed August 18TH in which YOU tell me YOU
were well, which | am glad to hear of. |
want to come and see you. We remember
our love to all brothers and sisters Pc
spects to all inquirhg friends. SO no
more at present. But | remain your dut-
iul son, until death. JOSEPH RUDD.
A letter to the editor of the Middlcbury
Register from Abel Walker of Whiting,
written fifty years ago, VIII he of inter-
est now. H. says: II was recently iii the
old Judd marble factory in Middlebury
and witnessed its operation, with its fix
lures. consisting of four circular saws,
under the same roof. II was surprising
to see how quick lumber in its raw state
was reduced to any desirable length,
breadth or thickness These saws attract
ed my attention as | stood on the same
site and under the very roof whore the
first circular saw was put in operation in
the United States | presume it is not
generally known that Jeremiah Hall of
Middlebury was the original inVen-
tor IT. 1909 OF 10 he invented and put in
successful operation the first circular
saw ever us ID in this country. The iden-
,iCal saw is yet in the possession of his
widow Ca near neighbor). 1t was conSd-
cred at the time by the most competent
Judges as a very remarkable invention.
He never took out a patent and never re-
ceived the first dollars remuneration for
his useful invocation. He died poor in
Whiting in 1s42, but has left rich legacy
to posterity."
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VERMONT PENSIONERS.

Washington. oct. 3O.-The following Ver-
monters have been granted pensions: In
crease, James H. Crawford. North Dor
set, So to sl2 special October is. Geo. W.
Pinney Mlddlebury, s. to sl2; original
widows. etc, Ruth H. Spencer, Westmin-
ster, $l2.
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NL'"r' '-NHi- / yin i'r-->-Ni->"iO N ~
Bennington, oct. 3l.-The deer season
closed this evening and the first deer TO
be killed by a BenninGt ton county man
was shot about o'clock by Edward Ben
jamin, who went into the woods Saturday.
lie was picking up his camp when the
buck about two years old, came into the
road. \ shot brought him down. Mr.
Benjamin feels much elatcd over his sue
cess. The buck weighed about $50 pounds.
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THE ELY NINE.


An agreement has been entered into by
the assgneos Of the Ely Copperlield Min
ing company and New York parties fer
the latter to purchase the mines. These
negotiations have been going on for
considerable time. the matter being so,ne-
what complicated. Deeds will be passed
and purchase money paid before many
weeks.
George Durant of Ludlow, aged Il, was
instantly killed last week by the caving
of a sandbank He was loading wagon
at the sludbank near what is known ds
the dugWay, when the bank gave way
and fell on him, killing him instantly.
Horace T. Hastings. editor of the Chris
tian, who died recently, was the author
of many books and hymns, among them:
Shall we meet beyond the Civer
Where the surges cease to rol?'
He was married Oct 10, 1858, to Harriet
Frances Paluctt of MOretown, VT, who
has proved fit help and an earnest CO.
worker in all departments of Christian Ia
Dor Her "Pebbles from the Path of
Pilgrim" book fun of interesting Incl
dents gives some insight into the meth
DDS pursued by these workers.
PUZZLES THE OLDEST INHABITANT.
While doing some eXcavating on his
grounds ia Bennington, Seymour Van
Santvoord unearthed couple of grist
mill stones Where they came from Or
how long they have been there no one
knows There is no record of any grist
mill ever having been located there. a
poction of his grounds were fifty years
ago the site of one of the largest furnaces
in New England, but no person remem-
bers any tradition even of there having
been mill near the furnace.
+. NJ. Maney of Sharon has a calf born
hut a week ago which is a decided cmios-
! ity, The animal has a well marked bull
dog head and the legs are precisely like
| those of dog
Elton p. Kendall of F'aiS'lee has recent
| Y invented and had patented an automatic
rotary engine which is applicable to To-
comotives, marine engines, horseless car
rlage engines and also quick action hi
| cycle engines. 1t runs at a high rate Of
speed and the price is much less than
for other rotary engines.
! In the town of Sherburne six deer had
! been killed up to last Wednesday evening
/ in CuttingsVille three deer killed Tuesday
and in Mendon one bear weighing 800
pounds.
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