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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-09
SECOND INFANTRY.

Fred A. Chandler, NJ. d., of Addison.
appointed assistant surgeon with rank OF
first lieutenant.
II. The persons elected or appointed To
offices as above, are hereby notified to
present themselves to the board Of en-
animation at the time and place specified
herein tor the meeting Of the board. OH
GERS elected pr appointed who are mem
bcr= Of the National Guard will appear
in undress uniform without sdc-drmS
they will he furnished transportation ana
subsistence, but no per diem Will be al
lowed them.
BY order OF the commander-in-chief.
JOHN T. RICHARDS,
Adjutdut General
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-09

These companies filed articles Of in
corporation, Saturday, with Secretary
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-09

Stop your cough with Lung Kuro.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-02-16
Gen. WashlngtOn's Age.

Figures Given A Onen Enron ous---
Change Making January the First
Month OF the Year.
The centennial of Gen. Washington's
death was publicly noticed in many places
last December. His age at his death is
often given as 81 years and some months,
which is erroneous. He was born Feb. II,
1882, as the almanac then ran. New
Years began on the 25Lh OF March The
last day of that year was March "a 1882;
the first day of the next year was March
%, 1888 In 1851, an Act of Parliament,
"a Geo. IL, chapter %, provided:
That the first day of January next fol-
lowing the last day Of December, 1851,
shall be the first day of the year 1852 And
that the first day of January next after the
first day of January 1852, shall be the first
day of the year 1853. And so on, the first
day of January in each year, shall be the
first day of the year. And that after the
first day Of January 1852, the several days
of each month shall go on in the same
order; and the feast of Easter; and other
movable feasts thereon depending, shall be
ascertained according TO the same method
they then were, until the second day of Sep
TENDER 1152; and that the natural day next
following the said second day of Septem-
ber shall be reckoned the fourteenth day
of September, emitting for that time only,
the eleven intermediate days And that
the several natural days which shall sue
coed the said fourteenth day of September,
shall be reckoned in numerical order &C
cording to the order and succession of days
now used in the present calendar.
The several years 1900, 1900, POO, 2200
23OO, and any other hundredth year Tex.
cept every four hundredth year o! which
the year 1000 shall be the first,) shall not
be deemed Bissextle or Leap Year, but
common years to consist only of 1856 days.
The years 1000, 240O, 2SOO, and every
other four hundredth year, from the year
1000 inclusive, and all other years, which
are now esteemed Bissextie or Leay Years,
shall for the future be esteemed Blssextile
or Leap Years, consisting Of 36j days.
Gen. Washington died Dec. IA, 1799
These dates with that act, by common
arithmetic will give his true age.
Ethan Allen was born Jan. 10, 1877,
and died Feb. 81, 1889. His age is often
given as 52 years and a month and over,
which is also erroneous, and can be cor
rectly computed also by these figures.
This year is interesting, in this respect,
as one of the hundredth years exactly di-
visible by four, but not leap year because
not a 400Lh year.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-02-16
stripping the Woodland.

A well-known resident of this town has
become interested, or rather, somewhat
alarmed, at the enormous quantities OF
timber that are being cut off this wear.
There are, within five miles of Spofford
lake, if reports are correct, no less than
eight steam saw mills at work, as follows
The Whitcomb mill, run by Mr.. Whitney
George X. Amidon & Co.'S. mill, the Doc.
little & Brown mill, Olin Farr's mill al
West Chesterfield, Butler Brothers mill,
Hermon Harvey's mill at the Factory, a
mill on Broad Brook and one in Westmore.
land, near Parkhill. Immense quantitie.
OF timber are being eaten up by these mills
and large area of valuable forest cut
away. A red pine ITO feet high and about
three feet in diameter at the base was one
OF the most notable trees recently cut, and
a quantity of forest giants have met a like
fate, besides thousands of smaller trees
What the result of this wholesale destruc
ton of the forests will be remains to be-
seen, but 1t certainly does not add to the
attractions of Chesterfield and its surround
ings.E Chesterfield correspondence of the
New Hampshire Sentinel.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-02-16
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.
ALLOWANCE OF 500 A MONTH

Ordered to BE Paid TO the widow of
John @. Newton OF wIImIngtOn---Es -
tate Represented as InsOIvent---Other
Probate Business.
An interesting hearing was held in the
probate court Saturday, it being part of
special session before Judge Waterman.
The hearing was on the application of Eva
Wheeler Newton, widow of John G. New
ton of Wilmington, for an assignment out
of her late husbands estate for her sup.
port and maintenance during the settle
ment of the estate by the administrator.
The contention was as to the amount of
the allowance. The administrator repre-
scented that the estate was supposed to be
insolvent. The contention of the widow
was that if her husbands estate was in
solvent it would naturally follow that all of
his brothers, who were in company with
him and who did business with him, were
insolvent, which she did not believe to be
the fact. She believed the object in repre-
senting the estate to be insolvent was to
cut her off with small allowance.
The fact was brought out during the
taking of testimony that Mr.. Newton,
when living, allowed his wife $3.50 a month
for household expenses and 500 month
for "pin money. The court ordered the
administrator to pay Mrs. Newton 800
month from Oct 2S, 1899, until the estate
was settled or until further order OF the
court. Kittredge Haskins and c. c. Fits
were counsel for Mrs. Newton, and o. L.
Butterfield of Wilmington was counsel for
the estate.
The other business of the session was as
follows: The will of Lucina Carley of
Nottingham was allowed and K. q. Will
cox and K. G. Stetson were appointed APP
praisers and commissioners. The will of
Electa NJ. Cutler of Nottingham was al
lowed and Edward L. Fuller and Charles
Fl. Faulkner were appointed appraisers
and commissioners.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-02-16
RAN INTO A TRAP.

All the Americans Escaped but Once
Experience and of Long Marches In
the Philippines.
Mrs. L. w. Lord received this week the
following letter from her son, Clarence
Tenney, who is one of the four Brattleboro
boys in the 46th United States Volunteers:
SUDIC, p. l.
Jan. 5, 1900. I
l haven't heard from home for some
time. My mail is probably at Manila.
This is on the north line in Cavite Prov
ince. We expect to move to two towns
above here and expect to have quite fight,
so thought | would write you and leave it
for some one TO mail who will be left be.
hind. You may not hear from me again
for long time, as our facilities for writing
are not of the best. The country is not as
bad as some make it out, and the insur-
gents wont stand hard fighting. There
are only two companies here, our own and
one of the 32d; only our company is TO
move and they are ali eager for the fight.
We have slept on our arms every night
since we have been here, for we hold the
most dangerous place on the coast. The
other day we ran into about 400 of the
"Gogoes," as we call them, and about 45
OF us ran into trap. They drove us up a
hill where we had to use both hands to
climb with. The bullets were flying
around our heads like hailstones and about
as fast. We had one man captured. No
one was seriously hurt. One man had his
cheek blistered by bullet and several had
their guns smashed by them. They admit
we killed seven and wounded 20 III Won
multiply these figures by three you will get
it nearer right
The rest of the regiment are on the
south line. The other company look like
oandlttl, they have been out so long, and
suppose we will look the same way in a
little while.
They surely can't call us tin soldiers, for
the volunteers are doing all the fighting.
We are doing some great old marches
hikes" we call them. The first thing is
to wade stream with the water nearly to
our necks, then up hills where we have to
use both hands, feet and toes to climb with
the "Gogoes thought we could not
climb them-next a rice field of mud and
water, where we may go in up to our neck
any minute. They are something fierce,
and it is like this all day long.
We carry nothing but our canteens, guns
and cartridge belts, and are gone for two
or three days at time | stand it as we'll
as the best of them. | haven't walked a
post yet, for l have got commanders or
derby every time have had to 90 on guard
We are now about 10 miles from there on
the coast at a small place they call Subic,
in Subic bay. CLARENCE A. TENNEY. .
Co. E. 10th Init. U. S. V.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-02-16
VIOLATED PRoH1B1ToRY LAW

Landlord Thayer of GuIIfOrd, Who
EIuded the Officers Several Weeks,
Was Arrested sundsy---Paid Pine
Monday.
Leslie Thayer, for some time past pro-
prietOr of the Broad Brook House in Gull
ford, settled an account with the state
Monday before leaving for new quarters in
Bernardston. The hotel was raided sever.
al weeks ago, but Mr.. Thayer was not at
home, and the house had been visited by
officers several times since then but with
out finding the proprietor. The officers
were informed last week that Thayer made
regular visits to his house on Sunday.
which led them to believe that it was Mr..
Thayer's impression that he could not be
arrested on Sunday. On last Sunday night,
therefore, Sheriff Gordon went to Guilford,
found Mr.. Thayer and arrested him.
States Attorney Barber, Justice T. j. b.
CudWorth and some witnesses went to
Guilford Monday to try the case, Lawyer
John e. Gale appearing for the respond
ent. Thayer was first arraigned on the
charge of keeping liquor with the intent to
sell. He pleaded guilty, and the minimum
fine of 50 and costs was agreed upon. He
was then arraigned on the charge of selling,
to which he pleaded guilty of two first
offences, and fine of SIS and costs was
imposed. The total fines and costs were
about $45, which Thayer paid during the
afternoon.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-02-16
ENDEAvoR's CONVENTION


Wmdham County Union VIII Meet in
BrattIebOrO Next Thursday---The
Program.
The semi-annual convention of the
Windham County Christian Endeavor
Union will be held in the Baptist church,
Brattleboro, next Thursday afternoon and
evening. Two important addresses will
be made by Rev. Franklin S. Hatch, presi-
dent of the Massachusetts, state Union.
Supper will be furnished the delegates by
the Brattleboro Endeavorers. Any who
wish entertainment for the night should
communicate with Fred S. Knight, Brat
tleboro. The program of the convention
is as follows:
AFTERNOON SESSION, O'CLOCK.
Devotional Service
Secretary's Report and Roll Call
Junior Half Hour,
Conducted by f. F. Randall, Townshend
Scene in Modern Jericho,
Rev. W. E. Lang, Athens
Miss Cora NJ Kinney, East walpole, Mass
Lookout Committee,
Miss Lena Hubbard Wilmington
Temperance Committee,
Miss Amy Perry, West wardsboro
Miss Bertha A Stodda d, Vernon
Address Sure Success in oar C. Il. Work.
Rev. F. s. Hatch
EVENING SESSION, 1880 O'clock.
Pra Sc Service.
Conservation
Address, IAN for Jesus, Our King"
Rev. Franklin S. Hatch
Prayer and Benedction.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-02-16
THE JURY LIST.

The following petit jurors have been
drawn for the March term of Windham
county court:
Acknowledgment S. Kingsley.
Brattleboro-T. j. b. Cudworth, Caleb
P. Nash, Henry Akley.
Brookline-Fred II. Morse.
Dover-Frank E. Yeaw.
Dummerston-Myro F. Dutton.
Grafton-Ves A. Wilbur.
Guilford-Clfford A. Baker.
Haifax-F. II. Worden.
Jamaica-Ernest f. Coleman.
onderry-Benj amin Sparrow, War
rem L. Wright.
Marlboro-G. C, Higley.
Newfane-Dw wight Z. Bailey
Putney-Chas. IL. Converse.
Rockingham-Chas. K. Capron, John
w. Graves, John K. Stoddard
Somerset-Wm. Thomas.
Stratton-Highland II. Forester.
Townshend-O. A. Davis.
Vernon-C. j. Stone.
Wardsboro-M. W. Brown.
Westminster-Stephen NJ. Nutting, Jas.
W. Stratton.
tingham-Edward l.. Wheeler.
Wilmington-A. l. Haynes, B. NJ. Leon
ard.
Windham-L. NJ. Edison
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-02-16
BuRLBsoUB BASKET BALL.
substitute BrRttIsbOrO H.M' G. A. Team
Beaten by HoIyoke v. NJ. c. A. 14-4,
In a Hurly-BurIy Contest.

Substitute BFRttIsbOrO v. NJ. &. A. Team
Beaten by HoIyoIte v. M. G. A. 14-4,
In a Hurly-BurIy Contest.
A burlesuue game of basket ball took
place in the armory Saturday night, the par
Elephants in the farce being the Holyoke,
Mass, Y. NJ. G. A. team and an aggrega-
ton purportng to represent the local asso-
citation. The score at the end of the last
act was IA, with Brattleboro at the little
end of the horn. Such miserable eXhi-
btion as the home team made was enough
to "dueer" the sport in Brattleboro for the
rest of the season. Owing to some trouble
among the members of the team Capt.
Cundiff was the only regular man who APP
peared on the floor in uniform. The other
four players were all comparatively mex
perienced, but it must be admitted that
their playing was fully equal to that OF
their chief. Not one sign of team work
was visible in Brattleboro's playing, how
ever, and from the start it was evident that
Holyoke had things easy, When Brat
tleboro player got chance to try for
goal his shooting was so inaccurate That
everyone hoped he wouldn't make tool OF
himself again. AS for fouls, enough were
made by both sides to prolong the game all
night had half of them been called. All
three officials were victims of somnambu-
lism, apparently, for even the uproar which
continued throughout all OF the second
half failed to awaken them to the serious
ness of the situation.
In Justice to the visitors it should be
said that their work was on the whole sat
isfactory and the rough playing which
they displayed at times was only to offset
that of their opponents. Monroe and Fer
ritter did the best for Brattleboro, the lat
ter scoring the only goal from the field for
his side.
uotyoKE BRATTLEBo 80
Miller, right forward, left guard Iutts
l.. Clark, left forward, right guard, territer
Davies, centre Monroe
b. Clark, right guard, left forward, Cundln
Whiting, left guard, right forward smith
Referee, Dix; umpires, Cone and Ferre; goals
from field, b. Clark 4, l.. Clark, Davies, Miller,
Ferriter; goals from fouls, Cundh ?.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-02-16
WHEEL CLUB MOCK TRIAL.
Case Which Brought Much Anus
ment to 100 or More CIub Nemhs,s

A Case Which Brought Much Amuse-
ment to 100 or More Club Members.
Nearly 100 Vermont Wheel club men,
bers gathered at the club rooms last Fri
day evening to hear the evidence in the
case OF Bacon VS.. Crosby, an action of tort
to recover the value of lighting rooster
slain in battle which took place while
the bird was in charge of the defendant.
The case was one of great intricacy, and
startling evidence was introduced by both
sides. The jury after much elaboration
decided that both defendant and plaintiff
were not free from guilt, and it recon-
mended that as penalty lunch should
be furnished the assembled multitude.
I. j. B. Cudworth acted as presiding
Judge, W. II. Childs and w. P. Jones as
side judges; c. L. Stlckney, clerk of the
court; W. A. Morse, court stenographer !;
e. W. Blodgett, sheriff; H. G. Rice,
deputy; c. c. Fits and Il. G. Barber,
counsel for the plaintiff; A. F. Schwenk
and E. W. Gibson, counsel for the defen.
dant. The jury consisted of F. r..
Vaughan, j. W. Miller, j. G. Howe. G.
f. Z. JENNIE, W. F. Root and A. D. Wyatt
The court docket was made up of hum
orous charges in the nature of "grinds" on
members of the club.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-02-16
MIR. Bryan's Policy.
From the Burlington Free Press

FROM the Burlington Free Press
Bryan has plainly adopted new policy
with reference TO his public discussions in
the East. He frankly declares that he
came here, not to instruct Democrats.
whom he apparently assumes are popocrats
as rule, but to speak to Republicans
Having learned from the contest of 1896
that he could not hope to be elected to the
White House without the winning of ad.
ditional votes, he has evidently determined
to capture them from the ranks of the op-
position. While making it plain that he
still stands for free silver coinage at a ratio
of 10 TO l he tries to show that he is in
reality calling for nothing new, and that il
is the only reasonable policy TO pursue in
connection with the revision of our cur
rency laws.
The country has become so familiar
with the arguments advanced by Bryan in
support of his currency chimera that 1t is
not necessary at this time to refer to them
at length. So far as his open declaration
Of his free silver views are concerned we
believe that Republicans as we'll as bust
ness men in general will welcome the
assurance that he is welded to his silver
idols. The danger in connection with the
national contest now begun was that BRYAN
would seek to slip into the Presidential
chair as an antitrust man and bob up as a
free silver executive.
The certainty that he is free silver
candidate will make his defeat the more
easy, and while the agitation of the cur
rency question may tend to unsettle bust
ness for brief period, there is a general
feeling that another open fight on the
question will be necessary to kill the free
silver issue. To that end the Republicans
will devote their attention from this time
on, and it is certain that in the contest
they will have the the support of not a
few sound money Democrats.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-02-16
GAZING SUGAR.
Read Before the Vermont Sugar Maxi
ers In Randolph Last Week.

Abstract from q. u. whItmRn's Paper
Read Before the Vermont sugar Maxi
ers In Randolph Last Week.
1t has been said that the education of a
girl should begin with the girls grand
mother The making of fine maple sugar
depends much on past care and previous
condition of sugar utensils. The secret Of
making first quality maple sugar can be
summed up in two words" neatness" and
despatch" Spouts, buckets and storage
tanks may be tin or wood; evaporators
may be of any patent or no patent, but
wood, If used, must be painted, and the
sap must 90 from the tree to the finished
products of syrup or sugar as rapidly as
possible by frequent gathering and shallow
boiling.
Sugar making has become an exact
science and the use of the thermometer
through all the boiling process relieves of
all uncertainty in uniform sugar making.
For caking sugar 23S to 2400 is just right
and will make cakes of sufficient grain and
not be too hard. For long keeping with
out draining it is necessary to cook 10 250F.
The markets likes cakes in pounds or
the subdivisions of pounds. For cooking,
pound bricks are handy, but for confec-
tionary, two-ounce or quarter-pound cakes
are best, the bricks TO be packed in so
pound boxes, the quarter-pound cakes in
1Opound and 20 pound boxes, while two
ounce cakes go in two, five and 10-pound
boxes. There is less demand for sugar
cakes from year to year and an increased
use of syrup.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-02-16
Napoleon on Drunkenness.

Napoleon Bonaparte will appear in the
March Century in a new r6le--that of a
temperance advocate. In the second in
stalment of DR.. O'Meara's hitherto I'M
published Talks with Napoleon" at ST.
Helena, it is recorded that, having a pain
in his side, the ex-Emperor asked his
physician to show him where his liver was
situated, and the latter, in some remarks
of the causes of Inflammation of that organ,
mentioned intoxication as one of them.
Thereupon Napoleon remarked
"Then | ought not to have 1t, as never
was drunk but once in my life; and that
was "a years ago at Nice. | drank
three bottles of Burgundy, and was COM
pletely drunk. o, how sick was the next
day | wonder how a man who once gets
drunk can ever think of doing it again.
Such headache, vomiting, and general sick
ness; l was nearly dead for two days"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-02-16

President Hadley of Yale, always pro-
gressive and quick to interpret the signs Of
the times, has declared in favor of forestry
on broad patriotic grounds. In an address
before the Yale alumni association Of
Cleveland, o., as given in the Yale Alumni
Weekly, DR.. Hadley said :-"Of all the
needs at present, the thing we feel the
need OF most is the intelligent teaching of
forestry which stands out prominent. We
need il for the sake of the rainfall of the
country, for the health of the country, for
the future life of the country. | hope |
shall see established at Y ale in the not dis
tant future a school of forestry, which
shall not be a school OF kind of botany
as are some of the schools at present in
the country; not modelled on German fash
ions, as is the case with the remainder; but
as school adapted TO the needs of Amer
lea, teaching in the studio and in the labo-
ratory the principles Of botany and sur
veying, the law of economics necessary to
the understanding of the subject, and giving
the men a chance to go out into the fields
and do practical field work, and work into
positions with the United States govern
ment; work into positions of private influ-
ence also, which are bound in the imme-
date future to increase very greatly in i'm
portance. Such a school of forestry,
believe, we have at hand and before us.''-
The Forester.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-02-16

The total expenditures of the United
States growing out of the war with Spain
already amount to 1856, 900, 600. OF this
amount S255, 900, 600 went 10 the war de-
partment, 500, 900, 900 to the navy depart
ment, 100000 to pay for extra service
in the several departments in Washington,
s2O'OOO,OOO was paid Spain for the relin.
qushment of her rights in the Philippines,
and $1,000, 900 represents the interest OF
the war loan to date. This amount, large
as 1t is, represents but small part of the
expenses we are likely TO incur in connec.
ton with the war, but there will be very
considerable credits in the way of revenue
and taxes which will help to balance the
account.