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The Winslow mail., 1900-01-11
AN ENGLISH TRUST.
Gold Standard Affects All Countries
in the Same Way-Deadly as
the Fabled Dragon.

The trusts are also invading the Brit
ish empire. The firms engaged in the
calico printing trade of Lancashire and
Scotland have formed a combination
representing between $35,000,00O and
$50,000,O00, with the avowed purpose of
controlling trade and raising prices.
The combination will also enable them
to close a number of mills and, dis
charge several thousand working peo-
pie. who will become paupers, as there
is nothing else they can turn their
hands to in these countries. For a
long time, says a London paper COM
menting on this combination, the cal
leo printing industry has not Joined in
the general prosperity of trade, owing
to competition and the cutting of
prices, and it is believed combination
will exercise a beneficial influence on
the market,
In one sense, yes. 1t will increase
prices and reduce cCst of production;
but on the other hand it will add ma
terially to that "underconsumption"
that we hear so much about. The poor
creatures who will be thrown out Of
employment will not be able to wear
calico. and this will help to reduce the
demand They will have to revert to
the Edenic method of dressing IN tig
leaves, regardless of the rigorous eli
mate of the British isles. This is a
phase of the question that trust pro-
moters never consider. People who are
out of work cut very little figure in
building up markets or stimulating
trade. But nevertheless the gold stand
ard goes merrily on toward its legiti-
mate and natural end. Failing prices
necessitate combinations to avoid bank
ruptcy, and combinations produce va
grancy and desperate want among
thousands and reckless ard dangerous
excess of wealth among few score.
Eventually we will reach the abyss Of
anarchy and social ruin, all to crafty
the insane greed of few money
changers. The gold standard is as
deadly to humanity as the poisonous
breath of the tabled dragon.-Missis-
sippi Valley Democrat.
The Winslow mail., 1900-01-11
REPUBLICANS FRIGHTENED.
Results of the Late Elections Great.
ing Much UneasineSs in
Their Ranks.

Evidently the republicans, no matter
how much they may whistle to keep
their courage up, are pretty thoroughly
frightened over the results of the re-
cent elections.
Realizing the fact that Bryan has
gained ground rapidly and that even
McKinley's home state is in danger, the
republicans are now talking about an
early convention.
Recalling the history of the last pres
idential election and the amount of
time, money and printing it took to
stem the tide of Bryan's eloquence, the
republican national committee is said
to be unanimously in favor of calling
the national convention together early
in June.
Another Campaign of education"
must be fought, the trusts must be got
in line and "milked" to the last drop in
the way of contributions to the corrup-
ton fund and documents explaining"
the policy of Imperialism must be pre-
pared and it takes time to do all this.
OF course, long campaign will dis
turb business, but the republicans will
have all the business they can take care
of in an endeavor to make the people
believe that there are no trusts in this
country, and that trusts are a good
thing, anyhow.
Time will also be required to demon
strate that the declaration of independ-
ence is an antiquated document not
worth regarding by advanced thinkers
and ardent imperialists such as make
up the firm of Hanna, Mckinley & Co.
Therefore an early meeting of the
national republican convention is to be
called by the frightened members of
the Mckinley cabal.-Chicago Demo-
craf
The Winslow mail., 1900-01-11

seem dangerous. 1t seemed sweet. He
had sense that Lena was dear girl.
Folks who live alone sometimes get a
sort of instinct, like the animals. They
knew things, not knowing why they
knew them.
Well, Daunt wrote, and Lena wrote
and Daunt wrote, and then one day he
took the morning boat over to the city,
and, it being Thursday afternoon and
Lena's free day, she met him at the pier.
They knew each other the first thing,
for Daunt wore, as had been arranged
a rose in the band of his hat, and she
had blue ribbons and a white dress.
She knew where she wanted to go, and
led him to the esplanade and they
walked there together looking at the
lake and the people on wheels, and the
grand carriages and all the throng Of
the city.
But | like the lake best over on
t'other side" said Daunt. 81 like to
run in the sand
Il know it" remarked Lena.
do you? How do you know it?'
L
sometimes"
Daunt gasped. Then he made con-
fession.
80 do t. he said. 81 guess you amt
much different from what l thought
you'd be-
you're the same,' the girl respond
ed. I'D have known you without the
rose"
Then she tod him about the fields
of her childhood, and he told her about
his house and his peanuts and potatoes.
She was intensely interested
Il should laugh all the time if l could
live in the country like that" said she.
Then come and laugh all the time!"
cried Daunt. with a wit worthy of a
brighter man.
Some time" said Lena, shyly, per
haps.''
after harvest?' queried Daunt
Maybe" sighed Lena. She thought
of the rides down the country road, OF
low, red moon, of corn in the stack, or
grapes with the early frost upon their
swelling sides.
Say yes." pleaded Daunt, his lone
illness making his pale eyes eloquent.
"Yes," breathed Lena-and the wind
of the sweet countryside seemed to blow
upon her, 50 that she forgot the pave
ment beneath her feet, and the throngs
of selfish people, and the beating of the
hoofs on the drive.-Chicago Tribune.
The Winslow mail., 1900-01-11
SONG OF THE FoG-HORN.

Hard aleei hard alee!"
From the wave-beat rock loudly call
To the vessels on the sea;
1 sound the alarm with the bell-buoy's TOLL
My voice is hoaSse when the vaporS roll,
AS L utter: Hard alee!'
The helmsman on the good ship hears
Ny timely warning hail;
With the helm hard down, he boldly steers
In the teeth of the rising gale;
The white sails flap with thunder-clap,
As she swings on the tack a-sea,
And the seamen shouts she puts about,
Their answer; Hard alee!'
s'Bear awayi bear awayr'
From the Storm-beat rock boldly shout
To the vessels there sstray;
I pierce the fog and the storm-wind cloud
My voice is heard Der the surges loud,
With the warning: Bear awayP'
The lookout on the good ship knows
teU of the danger by;
The green light dims as the red light glows,
And she swings on the billows high;
The white sails fill with the tempest shrill
As she cleaves the foam and spray,
And the voices ring as the sailors sing,
Their answer: Bear awayi''
L give ny watch to the bell-buoy's moan
IL the hours of the day are bright,
And the lighthouse flash or the lightship
lone
May take my place at night;
But my shouts will make the echoes break
FROM the coves and the cliff-sides high,
WDep the fog-bank's gray, or the storm
winds sway
VIII roll on the darkened sky.
Though my voice is hoarse with the va
por's breath,
L hail the good ship near.
And bid her flee from the wreck q nd death
L call the tack or veer;
The seamen raise their joyous praise,
As they speed on the mist-bound sea,
To the keeper old and the foghorn bold,
And the husky voice alec.
valentine Brown, in Overland Monthly.
The Winslow mail., 1900-01-11

tears came into her eyes. No doubt
others beside herself were lonesome
at times,
She set the box away in her own hot
little bedroom off the kitchen, and two
or three times during the afternoon
she went in and looked at it, and in
the evening after the work was done
she sat beside the kitchen table and
stared hard at it till her eyes seemed
to turn their understanding inward.
Now Lena came of an old, old family of
peasants, who had been famed time in
and time out for knowing things in
mysterious way, LENA had never had
the least bit of confidence in these tra-
ditions, and to tease her mother-ah!
would that her dear mother were now
alive to tease-she had been used to
talk about her grandames, the witches.
But now a curious thing happened. In
the silence of the sultry night Lenas
tired body seemed to become as moth
ing, and her lonely little mind appeared
to be travelling up a sandy beach all in
red, red sunset to farm, where be-
fore a cottage young man sat staring
wistfully off upon the water. And the
loneliness in his heart seemed like a
piece of the loneliness within hers. Then
suddenly the young man and the cot
tage and the red, red sunset were no
more. There was nothing but the hot
kitchen and her fired limbs and aching
head,
She went to bed and dreamed dream,
and it seemed to her that she ran and
laughed upon a shore where the waves
rolled in, and that a young man ran
and leaped beside her, and that when
the stars came out they went together
to some quiet fiel1 planted with good
ly things, and to cottage which was
their home. In the early dawn she
awoke to know it for dream, and she
wept homesick tears for the home that
was not.
That is how it came about hat that
evening Lena wrote an impossi ble little
letter and directed it to Daunt Jewlson,
of the Becker road, near South Fork.
Daunt always went to the post office
at least once a week, because he took
the county paper. And then, some
times, at the proper season, he had
communication with commission men
on South Water street. But he had
never had letter of any other sort
since his mother died, till he got Lena's
little note, and took it home to read it
at his leisure.
81, Lena Nelson, got the berry box,
read it, and l say L will let you court
up to me if you are good man. am
sad, for l have no one of my own any
more. Are you sad, too?"
1t was quite correctly spelled, and
was altogether a better epistle than
Daunt, born to the tongue though he
was, could have contrived. But, then,
Lena had taken the greatest pains in
learning her English, and Daunt had
always held the matter in more or
less contempt. Itwas an exciting night
for him. He was enchanted with the
letter. He walked about his little house,
holding the note in his hand, and Won
dering what sort of a girl had written
it, and what a woman would think of
his home, and how it would seem TO be
married Daunt was much in earnest.
He was not a man who expressed an idle
wish. He had meant what he wrote on
the straw berry box.
But through the somewhat dim
chambers of his brain there ran the
suggestion that marriage with an un-
known person might be a dangerous
thing. Yet the little missive did not
The Winslow mail., 1900-01-11
Tha Trusts.

The prices of all articles of household
consumption are rapidly advancing on
account Of the trusts. Living expenses
are fully so per cent. higher this year
than last. When the trusts are firmly
established and under full headway
they intend to absorb the entire earn
ings of the people above the require
ments of bare subsistence.-National
Natphman
The Winslow mail., 1900-01-11
OHIO "VINDICATED. !"
How the Republicans Managed to
Hang on to the Presi-
dents State.

The result in Ohio continues to fill the
administration press with an unreason-
ing and inexplicable joy. Thoughtful
and unbiased republicans, however, can
see little cause for rejoicing in the ''vic-
tory" in the presidents own state. On
the editorial page of the New York
Tribune a special correspondent an
alyzes the figures and mercilessly tears
to pieces Mr.. Hanna's great vindica-
ton. This correspondent of the fore
most republican newspaper says in
part:
1.-THE great size of Judge Nash's plu-
rality is more apparent than real. There
are to thoughtful republicans some
serious features connected with it. Per-
sonally Judge Nash is a clean and fairly
popular gentleman. Yet he is found to
be in a minority of the total poll of the
state by nearly 10000 votes. There were
six candidates running for governor in
Ohio this fall. Mclean and Jones, the
two leading ones against Nash, in the ag-
gregate have nearly 10000 more votes than
the republican candidate.
'It must be a bitter pill to candidate,
hackers and party leaders, but the fact
is Judge Nash has not run so well be-
fore the people as the hated Bushnell.
Two years ago. with seven candidates
in the field against him, Bushnell was
only 41S2 votes in the minority, and in
1895 he had clear majority over all OF
16 816 votes when the populist CoXey Sc
cured 81 675 votes, more than half as
many as Jones poled this year This
was the best showing any republican can
didate has made for many years. Another
aggravating feature is the fact that Bush
nells total vote, both in 1895 and 1897, ex-
ceeded that cast for Nash on the Ith inst.
Nash's vote was 417,199, whereas in 1895
Bushnell had 427, eco, and in 1887, 429,C00 The
total vote this year was from 60,0OO to To-
900 greater than in either 1895 or 1897 In
1891, when Mckinley redeemed the state
from the democrats, he was in a minority
of 90 Isl votes. Disappointing as it is,
Nash's aggregate vote is not the smallest
ever received by the head of a republican
ticket" as has been stated by Cleve-
land correspondent of a New York paper.
McKinleys aggregate vote in 1891 was only
3S6. .739, but in 1885 he raised it to 433,0O0 An
other significant feature of the recent cleo
tion is that the remainder of the state
ticket has an average plurality far below
that Of Judge Nash
The Tribune's correspondent plainly
intimates that the victory" in Ohio,
such as it was, was due entirely to the
failure of the opposition to unite. That
such is the fact is so clearly revealed
in the Ohio returns that only the will
fully blind can fail to see it. The repub-
icans of Ohio retain the offices. The
state is no longer theirs. To wrest it
from their Ioosened grasp is a distinct
possibility of next years democratic
presidential campaign, if wisely man
aged.-Albany Argus.
The Winslow mail., 1900-01-11
Results.

Puff a man or a cigar and the final re-
suit is about the same.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Winslow mail., 1900-01-11

Secretary Gage condemned as
sentimental agitation on Monday the
demand he yielded to on Wednesday.
Result: Spectators were enabled to
clean up, by rise in stocks in Wall
street, Just 1921, $40. While this ac-
ton. which nGcessitated a sudden
change of front, has been severely crit
icised, Secretary Gage accepts the full
responsibility.-Toledo Commercial.
The Winslow mail., 1900-01-11

street Repairing in Berlin.
In Berlin all street renairing is done
at night.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-09
Waterbury Center.

Miss Lucia Smith, who has been stopping
in Burlington through the winter, returned
home last Saturday.
DR.. o. L. Watson aud wife of Montpelier
are spending few days with their daugh-
ter, Mrs. ID. G. Hayes.
The promenade and masquerade at Sem
mary hall Friday evening was we'll attend
ed. Music was furnished by the Stowe
band.
The friends and relatives of Miss Ruth
Newhall met at Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Newhsll's birthday. About seventy-five
were present. All were pleasantly enter
tanned by Miss Ruth, and b untiful dinner
was served. Many letters were received
from absent friends and also handsome and
useful presents were received from the fam
lilies OF NJ. Robson, e. r. Bigelow, W, X.
Bigelow, f. M. Butler, l.. b. Newhall and
Addie Bigelow of Salem, Mass. Mrs. Lydia
Bartlett OF Holyoke and Maud Woodward
of Westfield Mass, d. ID. Wellington OF
Fitchburgh, Mass, Mrs. NJ. P. Peterson,
Mrs. e. A. Parsons of Milwaukee, Wis,
Mrs. e. H. Boyce Walla, walla. Washing
ton, Mrs. William Lewis, Mrs. G. T. Miles,
Mrs. j. #. Hastings, Mrs. William Shep-
ard, Mrs. ID. p. Sawyer, Mrs. Hetsey OF
Middlesex, Mrs. 8. Wallace, Mrs. Strana-
han, Mrs. James Hollis, Mrs. Orlo Ayers,
Mrs. Grant Russell, Mrs. Clifford Morse,
Mrs. Nellie johnson, Mrs. M. 0. Larkin,
Miss Bertha Pike, Miss Nellie Lewis OF
Waterbury, from the families of e. A. New
comb, j. X. Pike, l.. j. White. l.. A. Mans.
field, l.. NJ, Huse, Misses Elizabeth and
Augusta Colley, Mrs. II. f. Smith, Mrs q.
II. Hopkins of Waterbury Center. There
were also generous gifts OF money from N.
o. Newhall and daughter Of Shelburne,
Mass, Mrs. M. Robson, Salem. Mass, Mrs.
ii. r. Risden, Alturas, Cal, from the fam
lilies OF Il. Bigelow, N. Bigelow, l.. Sallies,
Mrs. 7. Clair, Ira Mum, Arthur Bigelow,
Frank Clair, Fred Boardman, George Town
and O. Montgomery of Stowe, Mrs. Fred
Dow Of Cady's Falls and William Hudson
Of Middlesex.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-09
BUSINESS NOTICES.

IT'S SAD.-That ut" will cure cold in
one day.
That Ut" will "break Lp'' touch OF the
grip in twenty-four hours.
That "77' will check influenza over night.
That ut" will restore a speakers voice
on the way to meeting.
That "77" will stop coughing, the worst
thing for cough.
That "77' will prevent cold running
into pneumonia, and sore throat into
diphtheria.
That "77" restores the checked circula-
tiou indicated by chill or shiver), starts
the blood coursing through the veins and
thus "breaks up" the cold
Manual of all diseases sent free. For
sale by all druggists, or sent on receipt of
price, % cents, or five for 81 90. Humph-
rey's Homeo. Medicine Co., Cor. William
and John streets, N. Y.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-09
South Woodbury.

A new bell hos been placed on the school
house.
Mrs. W. II. Angel is dangerously i'll with
pneumonia.
Mrs. Bert Benjamin has been quite sick
with tonsilitis, but is better.
Mrs. Byron Pierce, who has been contin-
ed to her bed for several weeks past is fail
ing.
The village school commenced last Mon
day with Alice X. Martin OF Plainteld as
teacher.
R. B. Tassey returned last Friday from
Grand Isle where she went 10 attend the
funeral OF his mother.
The Good Templars held a semi-public
installation last Saturday night after the
regular meeting About thirty invited
guests were present. The officers installed
were Q. T., Mrs, A. M. Benjamin; P. Q. T.,
Mrs. Bert Benjamin; V. T., A. M. Benis-
rotary, Myrtle Lance; assistant secretary,
Charles Christy; financial secretary, Nor
ton McKinstry; treasurer, Mrs. Morton Nc
Kinstry; g., Willie Lance; s., Elsie Laird;
M, Albert Haskell; d. NJ, Blanch Strong.
After the installation refreshments were
served in the dining room.
East Corinth
William Burgess recently lost quite val
liable cow.
j. III. Chamberlin of New York city was
in town last Thursday and Friday.
Mrs. A. M. Cutter and son Robert Of
Chelsea, Mass, are in town for few
weeks.
The Jackman Company raised the base
ment of their new shop Saturday. When
completed IL will building SOx26 feet and
one story high.
e. Forsyth OF East Topsham has pur-
chased the mill property OF j. 8. Burgess
and has also engaged the services of John
Page for one year. He intends to make
quite extensive repairs and will put the
mill In first-class shape.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-09
FARM PROPERTIES.

200 Acres. farm H 200 acres w % IN woOd
land and the balance in tillage and pas
turage. Place has cut 125 tons hay. VIII
keep 90 COWS and team now. Buildings
in good shape. Two houses, one contain
ing rooms, the other 6. Good barns,
sugar orch I'd of about 900 trees. Situat
ed two miles from Wiliamstown and near
school. VIII be sold for only $4,000.
Another 200 acre t Wast n G; chelsea nssn
school and church. About 80 acres wood
land, and balance tillage and pasturage
Place will keep about Is cows and team
Sugar orchard of about 900 trees Build
ings in good fair shape. Large 80 foot barn
with basement and silo. Farm is easily
carried on, being all machine moving.
Price for farm and sugar tools only 81 800.
Terms $500 down, balance in yearly
payments.
100 Acre farm in Williamo9stown' known
place. Contains 100 acres of land, will
keep 8 or 10 COWS and other stock,
with team Is quite heavily wooded.
Sugar orchard of 400 trees. Plenty of
fruit trees. Buildings in fair condition.
This place is located p miles from WASH
ington and 81 miles from Graniteville.
Price only $500. Terms easy. 60
$50 Acres. Farm in WILLIAMSBURG con.
land on road from Willamstown to
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-09
Try Grain-Oi Try Grain-O!

Ask your Grocer to-day to show you
package Of GRAIN'O. the new food drink
may drink it without injury az well az the
adult. All who try it, like 1t. GRAIO-O
has that rich seal brown OF Mocha or Java,
but 1t is made from pure grains. and the
most delicate stomach receives 1t without
distress. / the price OF coffee 15c. and %
cts. per package. Sold by all grocers.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-09
South DuXburY.

Samuel Somerville was in Barre on Satur-
day. - Miss Anna Hart is in Stowe
-.Miss Eva Freeman of Moretown is
teaching in district No. 3. Miss Alma
Clough OF Randolph is teaching in Dows-
Vile. - Herbert Ward was in Mont,
pelier last week Fred Hunt and fam
lily have moved into George Freeman's
house with Mrs. o. Shaw for short time.
- N. r. Spaulding of Burlington was
in town last week Jesse Wheeler is
still confined to the house. Mrs. AL
bert Phillips is convslescent. - Miss
Harley Turner is suffering from the effects
OF fall some two weeks ago. Mrs. A. Por-
ter is caring for her. - Miss Bessie
Bruce has returned to Montpelier. -
Frank Hart led the Sunday evening prayer
service.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-09
BARRE CITY PROPERTY.
Tired Of Paying Rent, Are You2

4 Rooms. Newton n' St. rooms, in
good repair. City water. Price $1,000.
Terms 500 cash, balance in monthly pay
ments.
Snug Home. 1 Hscs lust o snug little the
city, nearly new, in good repair. A land
good water, barn, hen house. Price 81 900
Terms easy.
All for $4,000. f. aous Two on tl PrGseSft
and good barn, also two large lots, house
is in good condition, spring water and good
cellar. This can be bought for $4,000.
e ROOn,o Cottage house on Currier St.
N0AAiO' 6rooms, spring water, small
barn and hennery, newly painted. Price
$1,000. Easy terms.
Cottage. rooms Railroad Rafs ST. St. In fair fair
month and is always rented. Price only
Another Cottage. 6 Se GSS@ sires on
In good repair, always rented. Rent, S12
month. Price S1,25O.
A Two-Tenement House.
Rents for SIT month, in fine renting To-
cality. Is in good repair. Price 81 800.
An investment that will pay nearly IA per
cent
IL Rooms. A nice two,tenement house,
and bath, in good condition and paying
$3.50 per month. Price 81 $50.
An 8 Room House I Is S Shs5sG st. r.
red birch, bath. laundry, hot and cold
water, furnace, electric lights and all mod,
ern improvements. Built in 1899 Price
$4,000. DIE - (
A Fine House,; h hoSss as is 6as abbey sy
Spaulding street. s rooms, modern i'm.
provements. A good house, in fine location
Best view in the city.
An Elegant House 81 ST., R iS aoS%s
one of the best built houses in Barre. Every
thing convenient Furnace heat, electric
lights, all modern convenences. GOOD
cellar. Piazzas all around house Consd
cred as nice a residence as there. isiiI
Barre. Price "a, ZOO .uzxz. E1
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

Home in Plainfield. h a 10 room 70 !.
Plainfeld, Vt. Has good stable and
hennery. House rents for 81 per month, is
in good repair and stands in large lot.
Price only 5000. This would make good
home.
A Groom Cottage in East 1aTsd Barre Coy.
'ner lot, the best in East Barre. If East
Barre grows the place will be worth more
than three times the price of it now. Only
$1,000.
Land, $40 an acre. isnd pS %;isoo of
buildings. 80 acres woodland. Situated
within miles of Barre City. VIII be sold
for about $40 an acre.
Five Cottages bav %sb' staS Sle t twe
for 81 per month, the other three have no
stables and rent for SO per month. Plenty
of land for gardens. Price 500 each or
$4,000 for the lot. Insured for $500 each.
Saw and Grist Mill. ,. The best best
anywhere around here. VIII be sold cheap
toparties that mean business.
Hotel Property. m mSSs h Ssrn, ti a%o
large lots on Main street, Barre. The
hotel contains 20 rooms, beside kitchen,
Office, closets etc. Steam heat, electr
lights. Will be sold cheap, or rented to
right parties. Write for full information.