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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-06-20
NORWICH UNIVERSITY,

Commencement exercises marking the
close of the eighty-frst academic year at
Norwich University will be held next
week. Following is the program in full;
Sunday, June "a.
400 p. NJ. Baccalaureate sermon at Meth
odist church, by the Rev. A
W. @. Anderson.
Monday, June %.
900 NJ. Austin rifle competition.
Tuesday, June 26.
200 p. NJ. Field athletics.
500 p. NJ. Prize speaking.
1000 P. M. fraternity banquets
Wednesday, June 27,
1890 A. M. Annual meeting of trustees.
200 p. NJ. Glass day exercises.
500 p. NJ. Alumni reunion
Thursday June 28.
$3.50 A. NJ. Reception by Corps OF cadets Of
the Adjutant-Gen (repre-
senting the Governor and
Commander in Chief and staff
1000 A. NJ. Commencement exercises.
1900 Noon Corporation dinner.
200 P. M. Review by the Adjutant-Ge lem
eral, followed by drills.
7:00P. NJ. Special train to Montpelier.
500 p. M. Cadet concert and hop at Ar
mory hall, Montpelier.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-06-20
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This question arises in the family every
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a delicious and heathful dessert. Prepared
in two minutes. No boilingl no bakingl
add boiling water and set to ccol. Flavors:
Lemon, Orange, Raspberry and Straw
berry, At your grocers, 10 cents.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-02

killed Swan. shooting him Though the he al.
StiII racins he started in search of con
sTessman Knox. whom he held partly 10
blame for his loss Arrest foied ms pu:-
pose.
After long and harI-fousht trial. IN
which he was defended by the late General
Eutler. he WAS CONVICTED ana sentenced i9'
life. -,
Ilwrcnce people who knew Goodwin held
him i'm respect. The fact: brought out ~
the triaI gained for him and his wo9ful
wife tie sympathy of others. The devote
,.,,-,ian could not believe the cnd Of tFeir
isnion had come. When her husband was
CONSIGNED tr "a living grave she chcouriS'i
him to hone. and ColSecratcd her me ln
efforts fol his relief OFTEN shr mas toiI
hor sal story: often appealed 10 men 81
iuflUs nee TO give life again to MN without
whom her life was waste. ,.. H.,
hitcr thee weary yeaIs she believes she
has reason To hope AMI trust. t,.,,,,
Snm. of ths best people of l.iwIchc" nav.
signed her petition. They believe tna'
Goodwin can 10 trusted to redeem tn" past.
They want to see him = free man ON tAeir
u have been CRY Messeng of Lowell
for tweniv-cicrt years. said Mr. Merritt
'.ard am of the. opinion that GOODWIN
:.Everybody is signing the GGt, GGeti,iG,n for for
II nry's release" said or;in St4"ril. NJ
see him gel out. ami nobody will object"
Congrsssman Knox. Alderman I1gue. IL
T.. Hedge. the Honorable !ohn Breen ana
many other citizens nave SSh." '''' d'''-
alton for p pardon. .-...,
CooIwin has been one Of the most trusted
prisoners in Charlcstown Prison ana mas
ne~form,d many services OF value.
When he was sent thsre he was made
eIectrician Of the prison. lie WAS given
ti,,c and opportunity for study and inven-
tion I'm his speciality. -,
About lsa9 he equipped the wnoe prison
with telephones of his own construction anu
ttfrd mn a small exchange. in which re
was Installed op, rator. ana Which WAS
coun,rtcd with over thirty telephones
These. saved many steps to tn officers oi
the prieon and made Goodwin popular with
DurInc his prison life he has manufac-
rured many pieces of electrical apparatus.
yyIich he has sold outside the prison. charG-
ing only enough for them to pay the cost OF
tte materials. These include Calvanic bat
ttr,es induction coils and the like.
He has taken cut no patents since he has
been in prison. hut those who have had
onnortunity to know % his work. say that
IL hc should obtain pardon he Will have
some inventions that will prove OF great
The prison officials would be rejoiced
should he be pardoned
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dressed ma@niicentlv and assisted her hus-
band at many h~illiant functions.
President Taylor enjoyct; his official nom"
but sixteen months
During Fillmore's administration Con-
cress at his request, furnished the oval
'.sittinc-room'' on the second no"r and 4 IL
hrary. Mrs. Fillmore selected the books TO
fill the cases.
President Pierce'S wife was an invalid
during her reign as White IionSe hostess.
The Prince cf Wales male his memorable
visit to the White House during Buchanans
administration. its inadUquaCy then be-
cam. apparent more than ever before. The
Pres ident had To- vacate his bedroom AMI
sleep in the public antc-room to his office.
Even then hVc members OF the Princes
suite had to be turned away.
The days OF Lincoln and later Presidents
are too Well known to be recounted. The
families of all these latter-day executives
have utilized every bit of space in 'he
building and have had to deny its hospital
ity to relatives and friends.
Necessary repairs and refurnishings on
the White House have brought the total
cost of the building. since 1soc. to about
CSl
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WlFE'S EARNEST WORK
MAY FIND REWARD.
For Fifteen Years Il Devoted Wo,n-
;in Has I.abCrcd for the Pardon
of Her Imprisoned Husband.
HEPTELIr SPECIAL.

st-fi Ei.it SPECIAL.
i-Iwrence. Mass Dec. AFTER spandiar
fourteen years Of his life sentence in IN"
state Prison At CharlcStown Henry X
Goodwin looks forward to pardon and the
probability of reioining his wife at his
home in Lawrence for the Christmas holt
days ard the comin,: years
His own good conuuct and the incassant
efforts OF his loving wife have made this
restoration To normal life possible
The man whose life he threatened after
he had shot dead another is petitioner
for his pardon. That man is Congressman
William S Knox
Goodwin's crime arose from his belief
that he had been svindled out of the in
yention on which he Rad built hope OF
fame and wealth
He had intrusted his application for
patent on telephone device to Albert D.
swan. The application went wrong in the
Washington office. Neglect made vain the
result of Goodwin's years Of labor and
anxiety. When re discovered the facts he
became furious with disappointment. He
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DEATHS.

BRYAN-At Adams Springs. cal. November
10, 1901. Alvin L. BRYAN of Napa. Cal. formerly
of Bryan-Brow Shoe Company of St Louis.
HUNT-At ? o'clock a m. December l. 1890
Mrs G MaTa n,ser h. Hgn, g rr re' R p p Inase ;s zn u
y Hunt L. s A.. and Miss clauiinc Ii. Hunt
aged S. years months and days.
Fureral services at No. 1907 Deinar avenue
Sunday afternoon. December =. at O'Clock In
terment at st. Charles. No. Monday. December
3. 1890 a. m.
Ter IS 1900 Mrs. Mary J. widow Of the late
colonel \. u. Jaynes ard mother Of Mrs. Brans
ford Lewis.
Funeral from the family home Saturday. De-
cemher l. 10 q. N.
KLrEMPERs-On FRIDAY November ~. Isn
At s:45 a.. m. after brief fress Joseph Kiuem-
pers. Jr.. beloved Of Joseph and Katharine
kluempers ,nee CconeyI. aged years and 10
months.
Funeral Sunday. December . at l:so D. m
from family residence. No. 1893 North Market
street Friends invited to attend.
POwERS-on Friday November 20 1870 at . 30
n m, Maggie Powers tnee SherIdanD. beloved
wife of john Powers, aged IS years S months and
Is days.
The funeral will take place Sunday. December
., at O'Clock p. m. from late residence No.
N7 Rutger street. TO Annunciation Church thence
TO Calvary Cemetery. Friends invited TO at
tend.
SCHNUCk-At 5a5 a.. M. Saturday, Decem-
ber /. 1900. II. Fl. Schnuck. beloved father, IA
month.
Funeral Tuesday, December T. 1900. at l D. NJ.
from family residence. ssol North Twentieth
street. to Evangelical Friedens Church, corner
Nineteenth street and Newhouse avenue Friends
Invited to attend.
Pr other death notices, see Page
y -------.
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Charles g. Stfci. who died last spring sub
S'TIh'd a larg" sum; subsequently Il num-
her 81 "Scursi 'ns and entertainments wrr-
given for the fund. The Alt,uheim Society
gradually accumulated a sum OF S3t,t-sI and
Is now incorporated. Work on tn home il
Ia hr begun when 5000 has been raised
The officers and Executive Cummitt.-" If
the Altenh"lm : ci"ty are Gustav CranIcr.
president; J. Walter. secretary: Oscar H.
Gu"th-r. Emil TOikdcz. Julius Seldyl. Fitch
ard D'bench. Ernst Hrlfen-teller. Charles
i..ihnitZ Edward Bucch.l. \. B. e. Pie
wend. otto = Stif,l Louis SchloSsst.in
and Charles Schweickardt. and Mines. An
nd q. Eherhardt. Caroline SriIz. 'iuStIv
CTamrr. &. -. BoiSseliPr. a Dtichma nm B.
j. Ehrts. Ernst li-lfenst.ller. \. I"ll,.
Thomas Meininger. Emil ToikacZ. J. Wafer
and W. kiefhab-r.
The entire l.i.derkrauZ club luillira has
been given up to the society fur th" COM
ing week. 1t will he decorated lavishiy. As
all the booths Will be manl;s.d Icy a C., lIS
{ from fifteen To thirty young women. "p-
proprately' cnstun,rd, n" i''ir i felt that
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EXCURSION SLEEPING CARS

Leave St Louis on Katy Flyer IN, X
& T. Ry.), SIG y. m. every Tuesday Via San
Antonio. See "katy'S' ASent
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TO HELP AGED GERMANS
FAIR BEGINS THIS WEEK.

For the last -four months the Germans If
ST. Louis have been making preparations
for the Aiteuhrim Fair md I;a.:aar, to Ice
inaugurdted on "Wednesday evening I'm the
Iiederkranz club Hall. Thirteenth street
and Chuuteau avenuc
The ladies hav" been sewing and preplr-
Ing the dainty articles which they will sell
in the fifty old booths which tn" men have
arranged In the spacious building In tine last
four weeks.
The proceeds of the fair and bazaar arr To
he added To Il fund which is being accunN-
lated hy the Alterhrim Society To erect "A
home for the German old folks. II Is anticl-
pated that when the fair opens on Wedncs-
Gay evening all preparations will be com
plete. even TO the elaborate decorations, at
which the florists and draprrs have been
busily working for some time. II is pro-
posed to present the fair aS miniature
model of the Worlds Fair of l:"c'.
As a very large part of the population OF
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gtsss
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Every inch OF Barr's big store is per-
vaded by the spirit of Christmas. Mysteri-
Gus whisperings. surprised exclamations at
the beautiful goods displayed and their low
prices, and earnest consultations as to
whether he" will like this or that please
.'her." make 1t very evident that Christmas
is near
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more handsome White House greeted
the eyes of officials to whom II was reopened
FOR the second time at President Monroe.s
terror painted white and has since
then been SO decorated The receptions of
the Monroes were very brilliant Their state
dinners were given in the East Room.
which they called the "banqueting hall"
When Johr Quincy Adams was elected
Congress appropriated $4,000 for refurnish-
ing the White House. Most of this was
expended upon the East Room.
The administra ton of the Younger Adams
generation was noted for brilliant enter
tainments.
Inauguration by great crowd. all OF whom
We're Invited to participate in "A great feast
spread in the East Room. 4 raid was made
on the viands, costly china was smashed
and food WAS split over the costly Garnet
and upholstery. Officials linked their arms
and thus formed A barrier to save .'OId
Hickory from being crushed to death. The
custom Of serving refreshments at White
House receptions began in MOnroe's admin
istraticn was shortly afterwards discontin-
ued. jackson opened his doors to the COM
mon people. He renewed the democratic
manners of Jefferson. At one of his din
ners he sarg "Auld Lang Syne" He was
the first President who regarded the White
House AS inadequate for social functions
President William Henry Harrison en-
joyed the White House less than a month
His was the first funeral held within its
walls. John Tyler. who succeeded him AMI
whose wife died early in his term. was the
first President to bring his bride to the ex-
ecutive mansion.
Mrs. Polk. wife of the next President,
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this city consists of Germans. many of whom
are prosperous business men. it became ap-
parent several years ago that some provi-
sion should he made for the aged who had
no homes nor relative. There are m--uv
Old people who are not quite poor enough tn
relish the idea OF going Ia tin" poorhouS"
hut lead very miserable life rs boarciers
among people who cannot sympathize with
them. There are also German pauncrs IN
the city who az" supported hy various or
Ganizations in hospitals and similar insti-
tutions. Put. however worthy these insji-
tutiOns may be. tho Old folks we always
been alien to them. and. consequently.
lonely. There = uD inst tuition of any kind
for the German aged. ami contemplation of
the various institutions like the Memorial
Home on Grand and Magnolia avenues de
veloped the idea Of home for the CO rnan
old folks. The frution was the Altenhcim
Societr.
II received its first impetus when Brewer
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Ioc., Weather Predictions.

You will need warm clothing. Great Suit
and Oyercoat Sale. Globe. Seventh and
Franklin avenue See page p part 2.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-02

tie fair Will fail in any parti 'uitr. Iiyn-
dreds of persons Will bc actively connected
with il. and tn. committee in charge as
Sur"s IN. visitors that they u"c' itot CON.
nrrua;"d only to huy. bat TIN. ;h"r, VII
he a cone rt and vaudev'Il, show AMI
dancing. Wednesday night ~, fair will l."
inausuTa:ed 10y the German Siu"i&g
cieticS of St. Louis and vicinity Thurs,Il
night is American day n tn" programme.
Friday night * To- he devoted to th.. ,iII~ch
societies and SATURDAY III. Turner's VII
have their inning.
On saturday afternoon - German c.'rv
matinee. such as is given in Germany at
Christmas time. will b. given for the CEil-
dren. tn he repeated on Sunday afternoon.
sunday is the brewers societies svering
and an Monday the various fTaterral So
t!-;i"$ WI attend he fair in a body
Tuesday night. which winds up the fair is
set apart r the various national organza-
lions of Germany. reception to the press
Is to u" given on Tuesday evening before
the opcning of the fair.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-27

Killed his wife. She would receive letter from
her husband informing her that he and Lord
Dunraven were going to join General Custer
on an expedition When this followed by
news OF the massacre of Custer and all his
force her anxiety amounted to agony The let
ter that finally came, announcing KingsIey's
safety. bad weather having prevented his Join
ing custer. could not undo the i'll effects of this
anxiety upon so highstrung and sensitive
woman as his wife. The result is that all
through this volume think of him as we
think of FttzGerald, an intensely selfish man
And then. as with the Hermit of Woodbridge
We are fascinated by his many delightful traits
His daughter describes him as tolerant
scholarly and humorous" as a man who never
did a mean act, or thought a mean thought and
never felt fear" He loathed the sight of a
priest, and seems indeed to have looked upon
all missionaries with scant favor. but for all
the Cynicism in which he liked to indulge he
never seems really shallow or unsympathetic
There is true nobility of soul beneath all his
criticisms of what the Church had done in the
South Seas, unnecessarily. in his opinion The
point with him seems to have been that Nature
knew her business. and was best left alone
Cannibalism for example. was as shocking TO
him as it could be to any civilized man but he
had a sneaking fondness for even the worst of
savaSes, friendly, compassionate feeling for
their darkened lives, into which he thought IL
was worthless TO bring light unless YOU went
about your illuminating task in the right way
The right way. he thought. was to get AT the
savage point of view. To get at the mind of a
dog. he held. one must know, not only how to
talk dog but how to think dog. and. musinr
over Manning's "Old New Zealand" filed with
frsthand knowledge OF the Maoris he concluded
that so 1t should be with that highly deve,ona,
man. the true traveller in respect to that mar
TALLY developed humanity II. indeed the term
be permitted the native" He was himself that
manner of man Therein resides his charm.
Wherever he went he seemed with his scboI
arship but above ALL with his intuition 10 sst
New-York tribune., 1900-05-27

and always his heart the purpose held to sail
beyond the sunset and the paths of all the
Western stars So he engaged himself as prl-
yate physician to nobleman after another,
with a special fondness for those who travelled,
and neither by the croupy babies, the brass
plate the solemn gig was he ever afflicted
Who could blame him? He was born rolling
stone. Il wander. and always did" he says IN
Of his letters. 'and always will as long as
there is a new bit of the world to see" We are
glad he wandered. But why did he marry?
Satisfied if his wife and children were safely es-
tablished in a comfortable home, he appears
from his biography. to have spent a great pro-
portion of his time rambling off to the furtheSt
corners of the earth Il confess in old days L
used to contemplate with a feeling of irritation,
says Miss Kingsley, ''the way in which my
father used to reconcile and explain it TO himself
that because he had a wife and family 1T was
his dire and awful duty to go and hunt grizzly
bears in a Indan-infested district and the
like" His daughter now fancies she was wrong
to have felt any irritation with him.. but she
has the courage to add that she is convinced
that by taking the view of life that he did
George Kingsley really caused the Illness which
New-York tribune., 1900-05-27

to him. In the last resort he leaves the impress
sion of a man who lived, from beginning to end
for himself. Yet we all know what Tennyson
thought of him: We all remember Thackeray US
tribute to Dear Old Fitz-" To-day, despite the
foolish chatter of those who feed their vanity
by electing themselves the vapid eulogists of his
Omar" thereby threatening to make an i'm
mortal work of genius a byword and a scoffing
he remains one of the best beloved figures in
English literature The late George Kingsley
was another type of profound selfshness com
bined with qualities irresistibly endearing. His
daughter whose West African Studies" and
other writings have shown that the literary
glfts of the Kingsley family have descended TO
her in bountiful measure, has never demon
strated her skill more effectively than in her
memoir OF her father. She conceals nothing
She does not overpraise. Merely by dnt of
painting her father exactly as he was she en-
ables us to appreciate him, and, without effort
causes US to share her admiration and her love
for remarkable man.
He was born in 1896. after his brother
Charles, before his brother Henry The OLDEST of
the three entered the Church. wrote novels and
Won fame. The youngest tried gold digging in
Australia. failed to win fortune came home
wrote novels also. and failed to win fame He
IS read here and there but there are few read
ers We fancy, who will agree with Miss Kings
ley in her estimate of "Geoffrey Hamlyn" and
-Ravenshoe" as great novels the only error
OF Judgment which we have found in this vol
ume. George Kingsley was destined for tho
medical profession. He loved it, But he loved
freedom more. Not for him the fat practice"
built on long years of patient. humdrum labor
Not for him the glistening brass plate on the
door OF house from which he might only
emerge to enter respectable gig, to go jogging
around on tiresome visits to peevish patients
George Kingsley loved nature so utterly" saws
his daughter. that life without her unspoued
companionship was intolerable TO him. ALWAYS
before him there was cleaning that untrayeled
world whose margin fades forever and forever.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-27
Gbe Aetu'l)ork gribmne.
ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT-.
SUNDAY, MAY 81, 1900.

The confessions of authors are so freely made
nowadays that one hardly notices them. Scores
of novelists entirely willing to tell the world
what kind of tobacco they smoke, and whether
they write with blue ink on white paper, or
with red on green. But now and then We come
across Il revelation of serious import. Mr.
Ernest Dowson young English author, died
the other day. The friend who with him
in his last days, Mr.. +. Ii. Sherard, has written
a long letter about them to The Author" In
this he says: ''He giutted himself on Dickens
Here a perfect stylst and most
laborious artist who delighted himself for the
last precious days of short life in the hasty
writings, but perfect humanity, of our English
BalZac." Is not this tact confession calculated
to carry poignant lesson to the young writer's
who, like Ernest D0wSOn, toll fruitessly be-
cause they are negecting humanity for the sake
of style? Doubtless they sincere Dowson
was sincere. They believe they studying
humanity when they are studying technique.
DowSOn so believed. But at the last the scales
dropped from his eyes, and on the brink of
death he that in letters, as in life it is
humanity that counts.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-27
BEAU TY.
IOvable
BY Morn Homer.


Beauty was born of the worlds desire
For the wandering water. the wand ing urs'
Under the arch of her hurry ing Ieet
She has trOdden world full OF bitter-S~ees
The blood of the violet is in her veins.
Her pulse has the passion OF April rains
Out OF the heart of satin flower
God made her eyelids in one sweet hour
out of the wind He made her feet
That they might be lovely and Turing and hse-
Out of cloud He w0ve her hair
Heavy and black with the rain held there
What is her nameF There's none that Know
Mother o Mischief. or Mouth q Rose
What is her pathway None may tell, - -
But ii climbs To heaven and it dips 70 hell
The garment on her is mist and IRE. So
Anger and sorrow and hearts desire.
Her forehead jewels an amethyst.
The garland to her is lOve-in- a-miSt.
Her girdIe is of the beryl stone.
And one dark rose for her flower has grown,
Filled 10 the brim with the strength o the s''
n passionate rose. and only one.
The bird in her breast sings all day long
A wonderful. wistfuL whispering song:
The song that is OF all passing things.
None knows u-winslesS or born Win wnS~
New-York tribune., 1900-05-27

Another point on which our English cousins
suggest some comment. though in this case
they provoke no chuckles, is that which has
been raised by the trustees of the British
Museum. The famous institution under their
control threatens to fall short of shelf room if
the lilluX of newspapers is hot diminished.
Two obvious solutions present themselves The
sculpture and other art treasures in the Museum
might be removed to South Kensington. Or
new buildings might be erected The trustees
calmly propose, however to destroy what they
cannot accommodate. 4 bill has been sent to
Permanent looking to this end. Mr. Sidney
Lee is promptly TO the rescue. Writing to The
London Times he explains that in the work
upon that monumental undertaking, THE Die
tonary of National Biography' he and his col
laborators have found Indispensable lust the
Kind OF material that it is proposed TO DESTROY.
Ola newspapers he declares, are gold mines for
the historical and biographical explorer. Our
own journals will be old some day, and ought
to be invaluable to the research of the next
century. Why destroy any of them? The
trustees hint that the doomed sheets would ONLY
be got rid of after the most careful considera-
ton. But who is to decide? No one is qualified To
say what will OF will not be useful in the future
not the wisest man in the Queens dominions
Fortunately Mr.. Lees view of the matter is
in the press, that the passage of the obnoxious
bill is highly improbable. On all hands the
Government Is being urged To reject it and To
pass n grant of money for the erection Of add-
tional budngA