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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22
A Poser For All of Them.

The local contemporary thinks It pro.
pounds a poser when it asks about
Chas. A. Prouty and his senatorial am
bilion, when did he ever appear as
the champion OF the people, as against
railroad domination, in Nermont?n
Suppose it ask the same question about
GrOut or any OF the other candidates il
has been supporting for the last %
years. If this line is to be drawn how
many Republican politicians would
there be lett in Vermont-or Demo-
cratic either, for that matter p Brat
tlebOro RelOrmer.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22
DAMAGE BY FLOOD.
streets of the Capital City Submerged.
Heavy Damage from High Water
Taere and Elsewhere.

D
Tuesdays flood. which was severe
i'm many sections of the state, assumed
the aspect of deluge at Montpelier,
where the loss of property will reach
] $3.50, 600 and perhaps 1900, 600.
A big ice gorge turned the swollen
waters Of the Winooski river and
Worcester branch into the city, The
main streets were flooded TO a depth
of four to six feet an 1 boats were USED
as a means of transportation.
Coming as it did in the middle OF
the night the flood caught the people
unawares. The warning was given
from the fire alarm about ! a. IN.
Wednesday, but a mum GER OF people
escaped from the lower floors 10 the
upper rooms of their houses with
difficulty. The merchants worked all
night saving goods, but many suffered
heavy losses.
Among the serious personal cases
were those OF l.. b. Cross, who near
Is died Of heart failure induced by
excitement; Perley Wilbur, clerk in
Brooks & Berry's store, who stood in
the cold water in the basement with
out any protection from / until 4
O'Clock, passing out goods, and after
wards became unconscious, having
been overcome by exposure, and Mrs.
GallisOn, who lay at the point of
death while her son was forced to
wait two hours on tie opposite side
Of the street before he could be fer
ried across.
At Barre the water 10 one Of the
branches Of the WinoOski river, which
flows through the city, was the high
est it has been since the great flood in
the spring Of 1896. Three bridges be-
tween that city and Montpelier were
washed away and the telephone and
electric light lines were carried down.
Il was necessary TO blast out an ice
gorge in the center Of the town and
weight down the railroad bridges
with loads Of granite.
The Connecticut was unusually
high Tuesday night and there were
bad washouts along the lines Of some
Of the smaller tributaries Of the
stream. The trestle OF the new cleo
trio road between Bellows Falls and
SaXton's River was carried away.
At Bennington some OF the streets
were flooded and the electric ears
were delayed, but there was no seri-
Gus damage.
The driver OF the stage which runs
between Pittstield and Rutland had
IN experience he will not soon forget
When nearing Rutland the rising
water swept the horses and wagon
from the road. The driver held on
10 a wire fence and a rescuing party
IN a boat extricated the man and the
horses, but everything in the wagon
was lost.
At Essex Junction the water was
10 high mills and factories were shut
Town and the meadow between the l
Junction and Richmond was flooded. |
Three derricks and one engine that
we're on the Bolton Falls dam were
,arried over and lost. The loss is
about $4,000.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22
A Peoples Year.

II is becoming more evident daily
that in the approaching contest over
the various political officers to be voted
for in the elections of 1900, state, con-
gressional and senatorial. the people
intend to take matters into their own
hands and look carefully after the gem
eral interests Of the community. In
the coming contests the people and not
the politicians should have the control
ling voice Burlington Free Press.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22
,LoyER SEED.
None Absolutely Pure. How TO Juds'
Its QualitN.

Nohe absoihieiN IuIF. hoN w "''7'
Its Quality.
Glover seed absolutely pure Is 80
unknown article in the market ID
buying clover seed il is just que''
tiOn OF how much impurity ther
shall be and what the impuritylS
IL is not necessary TO have grea'
quantity OF foreign matter in order y
have a very undesirable mixture
there is half ounce Of seed oil some
bad weed in a bushel OF clover seeu
may be enough 10 infest the farm ~
years.
Vermont clover seed is probably ~
worse than any other; and 1t is pe''a
to SOW pocr seed than not to g,oa
clover--within certain llmitsi-Ou' 7
many cases the goods offered on 'l'
general market may as well DC saw
jected TO an examination. -.
The Vermont experiment s'a!'On
made a number of these eNamiha''u.5i
last year. Twenty samples oil ~
clover seed showed an average lI'
purity of l.S per cent by "elgu'
Twelve samples of alsike clover SUI"
ed an average impu.ily OF 81 r.
cent.
BY actual count in small saIlpyl
the seeds Of noxiuus weeds aNe''s'
about 300 TO each ounce oil COW
seed. These were principally so'lts
plantain, gooscfoot, quack grass ~
weed, wild carrot and kale, III wv
order named. q,
Besides these there was ulolG
less mixture of other seeds IKE III ho,
thy, here's grass, etc, ana o' o
species not counted as weeds Il
These samples were all secuIeu
dealers in Vermont. tan
The Vermont experiment s'a Il
makes examination
clover and gr.ss seed free for ls,'T I.n.
but any man with a good manu- '5g.
can often form a very goou IA
ment OF the purity or impurlI! ,Iotc,
sample from which he con'e"
buying.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22
SCOTS
Emulsion

OF Cod-Liver Oil with Hypophos-
phites at once. 1t will heal the
inflamed membranes and greatly
strengthen them as we'll. The
digestion becomes stronger, the
appetite better and the weight
increases. The whole body be-
comes well fortified and the
germs OF consumption cannot
gain a foothoId.
It's this nourishiEg, sustain
ing and strengthening power
OF SCOTTS EMULSIO that
has made it of such value in
MI wasting ard exhausting
diseases.
SO and SI-oo. an dziggists.
SCOTT BOVINE. Chemists. New Yore
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22
Jess Fore Christmas.

The extra hustling Judge Powers is
doing in Congress these days smacks
of desperation. His actions remind MS
of the lad who is careless in Sunday
school duties until within a few weeks
of December 25lh, when he suddenly
becomes extremely Jealous and makes
a great squirt on the home stretch, ex-
perting present on the Christmas
trce.-ILyndOnyille journal.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22
Erom sLafford,s tome Paper.

The loyalty of the Barre Times to its
candidate for Congress is something
to bring tears TO the eyes of the most
disintcrested bcholder. Il is one of the
results and, possibly, one of the bene-
fits. of not being over four years old
and being blessed with a poor memory.
Were it otherwise, the Times would
be keeping still in rs many as six dill
tercnt lunguages.-[St. Johnsbury Re-
publican.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22
Reason, Not Prejudice, Should Rule.

If there are valid reasons why the
Parcels Post should not be adopted, let
us hear them. But it is not valid rea-
son that il should not be, simply be-
cause one class of men now in one kind
Of business will have to modify that
business or 90 into another. Such a
reason would stop all progress, and the
cobbler would still make our shoes to-
day.-rSt Adams Messenger.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22

This is Wa>hington's birthday.
Washington-George Washington-it
will be remembered, was a model boy
and man. lie never told a lie, or any
way he never got caught in one. lie
never swore but once and that was at
the battle of Monmouth when Gen. Lee
acted the part OF coward and traitor,
which oath was fully demanded by the
and circumstances. lie declined to be
king, or take a third term rs president,
wherein he differed in nature from
most present-day politicians. He licked
the British whenever he could, and
when he couldn't he managed to crawl
away in so good order that he soon
came back for more. He finally wore
them out and bagged the biggest Brit
Ish army that ever surrendered in ali
history. He LETT no direct postcrity.
but is atfeCtionately remembered as the
Father OF his country" We have a
vague recollection OF few other things
about Washington, but it is indistinct,
After MolineHx is executed and Jetfries
whips Corbett and Ladysmith is re-
lieycd and Aguinallo is captured and
the coming political campaign is over
we mean TO read up some more about
Washington and perhaps by the next
anniversary of his birthday we can give
our readers additional points about
him.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22
REWARD.

We, the undersigned druggists, offer a
rewar OF so csuts to any person who pur.
chsses OF Us two Is cent boxes OF Bakers
Mandrake Bitters Tablets, n It fails to
cure c'nstipation, hiliousness, sick head
acne. i,undice, loss OF appetite, sour
stomsc0, dyspepsia, liver complaint, or
any OF toe diseases for which il is recon.
meuied. Price, IS cents for either tablets
or liqlid. We viii also refund the money
on ouO package OF either IL il fails to give
satisfaction. r. @. Morton, Bailey q Al
20, Rtn iolph: @ NJ. Miller, Bethel; d
o. q otnn, Rochester; c. P. Stock II
H'nc CIV; A. R. Hood q Son, c. A. Dens-
more, CheI-es; e. z. Back, NJ. J. ssr-
gent & Son, south Royalton.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22
Card.

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree
to refund the money on 50 cent bottle
Of Greene's Warranted Syrup OF Tar IL 1t
fails to cure your cough or cold. We also
guarantee a 25 cent bottle to prove sat
iSfactory OF money refunded.
q. NJ. Miller, Bethel
ID. o. Goodno, Rochester.
n. &. Hubbard, Granville.
G. J. Stockwell, Hancock.
l.. V. Green, Stock bridge.
j. A. Gu del a Co., Gsysville.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22
Back-ttanded Local Option.

The species of local option by which
the citizens OF town can vote to close
or not 10 close the town agency and can
not with regard TO any other place OF
liquor selling is another funny thing
about the Vermont law Ludlow
Tribune.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22
PRESS COMMENT.
Terrible Thirst in St. Adams.

So bleak is the "winter of our dis
content" since the closing OF the city
agency that it almost seems rs though
The reverse OF the old saving would be
true and one swallow would make a
summer.-TSt. Albans Mes ,enger.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22

who are injured BY the use Of coffee Rsosnat
there hes been placed in all the grocery 81 r. !
new preparation called GRAIN made q psn
grains, that takes the place OF c, Zee. The ned
delicate stomach receives % without distress tri
bu Re can tell u from cote. 10 does not ogl
over I'd as much. Children may drink Il siA
great benefit. iso. and CSC. per package. Try A
Ask for GRAIN.0.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22

We wonder if the two commissioners
who are studying the way out of the
double-taxation mire have arrived at a
satisfactory solution Of this yeXatious
problem. If they succeed in recon-
rnending anything practical, the Repub-
lican state ticket for 1902 is pretty GER
tain to read Bigelow and Pickett.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22
A Certain Cure for CnIlblaln,.

Shake into your shoes ALIENS Foot. Ease pe,'
der. Il cures ChilblHius, Frostbiies, l'amp sv,AF
ing, swollen feet Al all druggists. hnl ~
Stores, 25c. sample FREE. Address Alea :. Vta'
sted lie Aoy MY
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22

Senator Hoar has been called trail
tor in his own state. The word has Il
hal Sd sound. and if a milder one could
be found that would just describe the
fellows who are urging on the Filipinos
to continued resistance it might be
preferable, but where is there such a
word 2
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22

Lucky for those New York papers
and people who are pitching into Re
cordcr Golr for his peculiar rulings in
the Molineux case that they are not
amenable 10 Vermont jurisdiction, or
they wouIl be hauled up for defaming
the court.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22
Are Your Horses Feet All Rls ii,

Are Your Horses Feet a" bis
Does he stand on a dry hoori s.[rssetsd
hoofs cracked and sore. has be con'I5 gsgs
y ts5 f eHff tbsI Tou ought to De to ss
penst % gening a veterinary 70 ,,PprrrisoDs
for him7 Before doing so ny ~ sept 81
English Liniment. a single ooI A,. md t.
band will save YOU ell this wori 80 srd
pense, and ii viii also cure soI. cords
shoulders, sprsins. con- rsct ,-esh tni',
se ellings and ismeness. For , ,,opi Ils1
coiks, won 1cs. etc, an app lca' I've rltt,
at once stop us bleeding en-" s-sr ussa
II Is one of The best remedles
upon horse. rsipe Nor
Re yonr own veterinary 5ies.
rison's English Veterinary heni'
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22

Time brings is own retributions,
usually. The Pullman people, who
were very largely responsible for the
big labor troubles of '94, had to go out
of the model-town business, and that
under q cloud. Now the skeletons in
the Cmnegie-Frick closet are to be re-
vealed by the clashing Of these two
partners, and perhaps we shall learn
on whose shoulders rests most of the
blame for the Homestead massacre and
riots of '92.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22

freddy" Roosevelt didn't propose to
extinguish himself by accepting the
vice-presidency. As an automaton IN
the Senate, he would be out of his ele-
ment completely. He could probably
be depended on to put some lite into
that, but he loves a scrap too well to
handicap himself the least particle.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22
EDITORIAL NOTES.

If Uncle Sam is being burdened once
more with a surplus, rs we are told, he
can increase his popularity with vast
host of his nephews by striking of the
stamp taxes.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22

Cure a cola "a "a Day
Take Laxative Broml Q iinIne Tablets
An druggists retund the IA psey 10 is fail.
10 cure Z. W. Groves signature is on
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22
STATE OF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO,
IUCAg COuNTy

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is
the senior partner OF tbe firm OF f.. ]
Cheney & Co.. doing business ia the civ
Of Tol do, c'uniy and state aforesaid. ana
that sid firm will pay the SUN OF ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS tir each and ev r,
CO e OF catsrrh that cannot be cured bv
the use OF Hsll's Catatrh 'ure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
sworn TO before me snd SUBSCRIBED in
nv pr sence, this OH day of Deesmber,
A. ID 1886.
sEsE A. W. GLEASON.
- Notary Pubs.
Hal's Csts-rh Cure is taken intrrpslIy
and acs dtreciiy on the blond ana muenu.
sutfsces OF the sys EN-. send for tg.tI-
monisis. free.
J.CHENEY SCO., Tois do. o.
Sid bv O-u gisrs. 75c.
HALLS Family Pills are the best.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22
Terms, Ady't Rates, etc.

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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-22

Actual average combfnsd circulation for the year
1899. over $500 copies weekly.
The sun., 1900-12-02
WINDOW CLEANING.
Some Views on the Dangers Of . Peculiarly
Modern Occupation.

"Isuppose. said shopkceper. as the window
cleaner who had been washing his windows
shouldered his ladders, picked up his bucket
and walked away. that the accident insurance
people would tell us that the causes Of death
by accident are almost numberless. they are
various. but there Ia one calso that Is GER
tainly peculiarly modern, that has been added
within recent wears, and TINT IL. by fall while
cleaning windows Cleaning windows. as II
Il done now. IL n trade, with mon constantly
employed at il. rs In any other occuration.
men who are daily and constantly climbing
around on the outside OF buildings standing
on window sills high in tho air washing WIN
dows. Tor a iving, az a baa ksmth shoes horses.
or, for instance. rs a sailor follows the sea
Every now and then we read Of some window
cleaners falling from such and such n build
ing, to be killed or injured In this or tina. man
ner and the only wonder 20 me is that there
are not more such accidents And, really
washing windows itself n trade. lust going
around all day. and day after dar. washing
windows for n n"inr. IN houses aud etcres and
hanks and tail lnildinss and all that sort ~
thnr. seems ~ me-. Siu1ri" ~ II is, one of the
most c,i'ic - ~ ~" mrr" odd occupa,ione
put was saving ! wondered that more
window cleaners didn't fail from the front
of buildings it, greater wonder 10 me that
more Of them don't fall through windows they
are cleaning on the street level Take nv
place here. for EXAMPLE Its cheaier and
more convenient in every way for me 10 have
my windows cleaned than 1t i 10 clean them
myself the clearer does II better and quicker
than could, and one" a week AT q fixed hour
he comes and polshc- on the windows. and
then goes ON Ia the NEXT place on his route
Now, you saw him just now. when he had his
ladder M AGAINST the corner Of the window
with that padded. hollowcd-out block AT the
tor Of IT, against the corner bar And no
doubt you've seen window cleaners q thousand
times standing On u ladder that is jointed in
the middle, working al the front Of n window
with that narrow top part OF tho ladder against
the building or the casing over the window
Ut i n constant wonder to mo that that
ladder doesn't slip OF the corner bar when
the cleaners go' il there as he leans on. way
and the other out over the glasses. and us
u greater wonder 10 mo that the ladder do,eu't
break in two In the middle. or the foot of It
slide out on a." sidewalk, when hos in front
of the glass, and drop him and the ladder
through IT, OF course cleaning windows is
his business and he knows how to handle the
ladders and himself hut M the same wonder
how hc escapes n he does Maybe there have
been just such accidents and I have never
happened To hear Of them, hut don't want 10
see one myself ] nm always glad when the
man gets through with my windows and picks
up the ladders and bucket and goes on to the
next place
The sun., 1900-12-02

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ccording to Businc>s Methods.


T'tW 'N' f'UhbUV NfUS
Harry Burgess the hero Of the attempted
robbery of the Southwest COX" Company's
paymaster near Mount Pleasant. this weel;
is the son Of "Davy" Burgess. ono Of the oldest
and b'St.known negroes Of W"stmorrlaud
county The old man has lived in Mount
Pleasant for years lie is noted for his strict
honesty and integrity and his love for all the
f"rmllities Of sOcal and business life He
bought COW once from tnp' Jordan o. Mount
Pleasant He hadn't IA" money IN hand To
pay "a" price but Can't Jordan knew that he
would pay W" i'ld him 10 take III" COW That
wa- an entirely too informal way Of doing
husiness fO- Burgoss II" knew that notes
and otl or papers of that sort paSSed between
white mon and ~" insisted on "A note in this
transaction Capt Jordan told him To draw
np on" 10 suit himself when he presented
IL, Il read
Il. Davy Burgess do hereby promise to
nay capt Jordan s2i for the spotted COW when
| l3l~ II" money 10 ~phr
-pAvy BIRGFss
Now" he said, "Tl ics keep dis en- take dc
cow
He PVT the not" IN hi- pocket and drove the
COW away When be was ready to nav the
2, he went 20 Capt Jordan with il
"Heah'- yo' money" hs said counting IL
out
An now, sah." he remarked with consider
ablo satisfaction, dat transaction may be
considehed closed