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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-13

ering in the ground, but his soul is
marching on. He raised his arm
against a monstrOus wong, aud how
ever mistaken or misguided or fanatica
he may have been, aud was unques-
tionabiy, he has undergone something
very like an apotheosis. Slavery was
doomed from the day of his crucilixion,
and he is numbered among the mar
tyrs.
The extenuating circumstance Of
heroic warfare against great and de-
FAINT wrong, in whose support and de-
Tense the courts, the law making body,
the police and the military power Of
the government, had been enlisted,
with posterity has constituted John
Browns triumphant aud glorious vim
dication. Men do not measure his
deeds by the rule applied to moral ques
tons in general or the acts of men in
general. Slavery is held responsible
for John Browns acts. The inef-
fectiveness of law to remedy the
wrongs aud evils of slavery, the death
or calousness of the public conscience
in respect of slavery, both extenuate
the deeds of John Brown and glorify
his martyrdom, fanatic that he was.
A similar extenuation, a similar
measurement of her responsibility in
combating a mighty evil, under similar
conditions of legal unrestraint, and SIM
liar inertia of legal or moral influences
or conditions may be pleaded in behalf
of Mrs. Nation, Kansas latter day fa-
matte. There is ample room, primarily,
for denunciation of the cause that is
followed by effects that are as regret
table as they are inevitable.
Revolution is the unfailing remedy
for wrongs whose redress by the opera
ton of law or moral suasion is long re-
sisted or defiantly refused. John
Browns armed warfare against slavery
was revolutionary, as is Mrs. Nations
Ratchet crusade against Kansas saloons.
In law or morals neither may be justi-
fed. But law and morals are fouted
on the other side and inevitably arouse
an opposition in kind.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-13
Two Fanatics.

In Mrs. Nation Kansas seems to have
a successor to "Ossawattomie Brown"
Slavery aroused the fanaticism of the
latter and he undertook to ''smash" the
institution; the saloon excites the pious
frenzy of the former and she enlists
her fellow-women in crusade against
this instrument of intemperance. John
Brown used rifles, with his followers
invading the sacred soil of Virginia;
Carrie Nation and her associate Anna
IONS carry hatchets and beard the Sc
loon keepers in their "joinUs."
What sort of an institution famed
the slumbering fires of John Browns
brain,int burning flame? What sort
of traffic has aroused the fanatical re-
sentiment of Carrie Nation? Did the
fact that in Virginia and other States
of the South cattle and mules were
bought and sold and held to unrequited
toll inspire John Brown to plan aud
undertake that expedition that ended
at Harper's Ferry? Does the fact that
bread, tea, coffee, sugar, lard or dry
goods are sold in the towns aud cities
of Kansas stir Carrie Nation to her
"unwomanly" exploits with her
hatchet2
Had there been no human bondage,
no buying and selling Of human beings
in the South like c5ttle, and holding
them to unpaid labor, John Brow MS
mind might have pursued the unevent-
full way OF an orderly and exemplary
citizen; were there no traffic in liquor
to pamper an appetite that holds men
in another kind of servitude, with it's
long, attendant train of evils and mis-
cries and crimes, Mrs. Nation had con.
tinued to "act the part OF prudent,
modest, earnest Christian woman, -
and very likely "the public would never
have heard of her."
John Brown became the object OF
fierce denunGiation and reprobation
and on the gallows ended his crusade
against slavery. His body is mould
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-13
Mark Twains lndicts Europe and the
United States.

The February number of the North
American Revie,o contains the first ar
ticle which Mark Twain has written
since his return from Europe. Ii is
entitled, "To the Person Sitting in
Darkness" and is an impeachment,
humorous in its style but grimly serious
in its spirit and purpose, of civilized
nations for their treatment of sheath
en-" peoples. After severely comment
ing on the vindictiveness which is said
to have been exhibited by some of the
missionaries in their reprisals upon the
Chinese after the recent uprising, the
writer chances at tie ruthlessness dis
played by the German government in
dc al.ng with China. when the murder
of two missionaries was made the pre-
text for annexing whole province and
for wrestling from'the Chinese people a
large sum of money as indemnity, and
at the brutality of Russia in her mill
tary operations in Manchuris; then he
wonders what impression the people
who sit in.the darkness gain from such
occurrences as to the true nature of
Christianity and of the blessings of
civilization which Christians profess to
be anxious to bestow upon them. Re-
garding the South African war, he
says:
"Mr. Chamberlain manufactures a
war out of materials so inadequate and
30 tanciful that they make the boxes
grieve and the gallery laugh, and he
tries hard to persuade himself that it
isn't purely private raid for cash, but
has sort of dim, vague responsibility
about it somewhere, ii he could only
find the spot; and that, by and by, he
can scour the flag clean again after he
has finished dragging it through the
mud, and make it shine and flash in the
vault of heaven once more IA it had
shone and flashed there a thousand
years in the worlds respect until he
laid his unfaithful hand upon it. 1t is
bad play-bsd. For it exposes the
Actual Thing to Them that Sit in
Darkness, and they say: what
Christian against Christian? Aud only
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-13

the Beers to surrender, provided the
Britt offer those in the field the fol-
lowing terms: Namely, that after Civ
ing up arms all shall be allowed to re-
turn TO their farms and the rebels shall
not be punished. Prominent burghers
say that Louis Botha in the Transvaal
and Christian DeWet in the Free State
should be made members of the gov
ernor's council, in order to watch the
interests of the burghers.
LONDON, Feb. Z The evening
papers sarcastcally comment on the
news that thirty thousand troops are to
be sent to the Cape. The Star says
Chamberlain has miscalculaled " for
the hundredth time" and urges that
Lord Kitchener be authorized to write
General Botha proposing reasonable
British terms
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-13
,atraI Vermont Railway.
commencing January 2lth, 1901.

.y.l 50,aq South and East Ioi.I Leave Nom
pelier as follotOS:
.hA. N. MAIL, for Fitchburs, Boston, Spring
- and New York. PaTlUl Oar to bos ION with
- shange.
$50 Y. NJ. FAST TRAIN, for boston via Low
. sud New York via Springfield or New Lonuon
4 Worcester via Nashua, PArlof Gar TO session
,6b p NJ PASSENGER, for Windsor.
1888 AM. daily EXPRESS, for Be ton via Lo
Il and all points in New England. New York aud
sou, Pullman sleepers 10 Boston and to Spring
Trains Gong NorA and West
s;5O A. Nj. daily EXPRESS. for Montreal and the
ia sc, and week days for Ogdensburg, Riohford and
SRwa. Sleeping cars Montpelier Junction TO
7nsroal
and st. Albans, Montreal, and Rich ird, making
uupecti0us for Troy, Albany, ans New York.
= SOP. M. PASSENGER. for Burungtoa. st A.
bans, Montreal. Rouses Point and Richtord Parlor
Mon coal without change
5BP. M. EXPRESS for Burlington, st, Al
Aua and Montreal, Pullman sleeping car from
f1ptpeier junction TO Chicago without chang,
.roaeh tickets to Chicago al all pcints West TOR
al the principal stations.
Suburban Train Service.
I'VE Montpelier at 6;SS. 9lS, 1850, A. NJ, l2;Ss,
$50 P. n. Arrive at Barre twenty minutes
leaving time.
ssVe Barre at s;lO. $3.50 A. NJ. l2;Ol NJ, sos, Sl
100, P. N. Arrive at Montpelier. twenty min
= after leaving time.
.Ains leave for wnuamstown at l2iSS P, N. ana
WP,h.
~ passenger trains will stop at the Pioneerworks
AXE or leave passengers when s'snaled
q. b. BAILEY, Agent.
=. n. FITzHUGH. Vice Pres. General Manager,
". CUMMINGS. General Passenger Agent
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-13
ARE YOU PLUMP

or thin? red cheeks or sallow
life in your step or feel your
weight are you comfortable or
hoping to be so next spring or
summer or fall2
One is health; the other is
not-quite health.
This condition of not-quite
health can be turned into
health with SCOTS emulsion of
cod-liver oil.
1t is pity to g1t in the hab-
it of thinking of health as a
thing to be hoped for; why not
go for it now
There is only one way to
make strength: by food. You
want appetite first, then food,
The emulsion will give you
food-rest, to master your food
with.
Wellsend you little to try, fyou like.
SCOTT BOVINE, 400 Pearl street, New York.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-13

Clark should be named for the grade of
vice admiral the just requirements of
the case would not be exceeded
1t is not clear that Congress, or the
Senate alone, is solely at fault in this
matter.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-13

First Convict-Did the new arrival
explain how he looted the 'Steenth
national?
Second Convict-Oh, yesl It il
plain that the art of eliminating q
banks surplus has made great strides
since we were in the business.-Puck.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-13

DR.. w. Seward Webb appears to have
a literary bureau. Toe JOURNAL has
received three letter sheets printed in
the semblance of typewriter COM
munication, with the leadi' g head, "A
New Vanderbilt Chief" and minor
heads setting forth that "Dr. w. Seward
Webb, a Member of the Vanderbilt
Family" is the Coming Director of
the vast Properties" and further.refe
ences to "His Splendid Executive
Achievements and Personal Character
istics." This purports to come from
the "Cosmographic Company" and a
mote to the editor" informs him that
"This very important news feature is
sent to you free, with tue compliments
OF the Cosmographic Co. You can
print it with New York date, any day
after its receipt" The Free Press and
MESSENGER avail themselves of this kind
privilege, the "news feature" occupy
ing some two columns of their "valu-
able space" in small type. 1t is highly
eulogislic, largely Geographic, and about
The whole business there would be the
semblauce of big boom for DR.. Webb
If be were not already we'll known in
Vermont, and there were not already
on the west side two large possibilities
for the office of Governor in the next
canvass.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-13
am IN Stomach

F1atulency, sourress. nod taste, loss Of
appetite, d sense Of weighs or,f1llnees after
eating, together with Jneesinesa, imps-
thence, irritabihty of temper. nervousness,
anxiety, lost energy, depression of spirits,
sick headache, bad dreams and sleepless-
ness, come from weak and debilitated
nerves. That kind Of nerves have to be
braced up, strengthened, invigorated and
helped If you would have sound stomach,
keen appetite and cheerful mind.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-13

Wilhelmina, the youthful Queen of
Holland, appears to be bonny lass,
and all the world gives her God-speed
on this her wedding day. Duke Henry
of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. will shine by
reflected light, as the Queens husband,
but Europe is full of princes of high or
low degree who would have jumped at
the chance to become her satellite. The
Duke ought to be very proper lad 10
win this young woman, and current re-
port gives him that character. 1t is
said to be love match, not policy
contract.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-13

The offence of the person who spoke
disrespectfuly of the equator wasn't
worth mentioning by the side of that
of Thomas W. Lawson, charged with
making disparaging state ments about
the House Of Representatives of the
Legislature of the Commonwealth OF
Massachusetts in published interview
on legislative doings. Representative
Skerrett of Worcester, the preserve of
Col. Aguinaldo's champion in this
country, George Frisbie Hoar, wants
the House to order the sergeant at
arms to arrest Lawson. 1t seems to be
an off year for Legislatures. If all those
who have spoken i'll of the Vermont
House of Representative were ar
rested, the bulk of The population Of
the State would either be in Jail or I'M
der bonds to appear.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-13
Mont ster 4 Wells River R. ?.
"a etfe Oct. s, 1900 Trains leaving Montpelier
as follows-Goug east;
500 A, NJ. MAIL

"a etfer Oct s. 1900. Trains leaving Montpelier
ne follows-Goiug east;
500 A. NJ. MAIL.
C,nnects at Wells River with Accommodation
Grain North, and with Mail Train south over Pss-
4 oslo Division Boston and Maine r. k
Also connects with Accommodation Train North
ia. y hite Mountain Division, and with Mail Tram
liver TO Boston, via Plymouth, Concord, Manchee
or, Nashua and Lowell, arriving Boston at 1850 Pm
1916 z. N. EXPRESS.
Connects at Wells River with Express and MAI
Train North over Passumpsc Division Is q NJ. h;h
Fsstern Express foi On cago and Night Express for
seiac Coast POipis yis 3 Ry Through % stfeSsS D
40. daily except saturdays, Montreal to racine
cast and Tourists Cars to Pacific Coast Wednes-
on, Whitehead, F4byans. Lancaster, Groyeton and
8eriin. Also come WI h Express Train for Bos-
through Parlor Car Wells River to Boston,
t:IO z. a. ACCOMMODATION,
connects at Wells River with train north over
Psssumpsic division b. NJ Railroad for all stations
between Wells River and Lyndonville with Accom-.
andWhte River Junction and with Accommodatlon
Train over White Mountain Division b. a NJ. K. h
Lis ~, Littleton, Whitehe and Lancaster
TRAINS WEST
leave ellis River-6.SO. 1898 A. NJ. $40
arrive Montpelier 9.33. l1.35 A. Nj. 5.11
"A.
UBURBAN TRAIN SERVICE.
cav Nontpelier-6.3O. 9.45. IL .4O.A. NJ. $50
3 ~, 6.15 Il. M.
Arrive Barre $50, 1905, 1l.B5 A. M.
2,5V, 4.Os, $50 p. M.
leave Bsrrezz7;s9s 1870 A NJ. i@.io' s'lo
arrive MUntpelier-746. 1898 A. Nj. lO
$50, $50, 900 PM.
VA. sTowHLL, General Manage"
4. w. srANYAN, superintendent
Y, w. MORSE. Gen1 Pass, Agent.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-13

resource, aud in some large measure
the realization of this particular hop
is in the restoration to productiveness
and value of some two million acres Of
waste and worn out lends, and in re-
turning to their tenancy the sixty thou
sand inhabitants who have departed
from them in the past thirty or forty
Nnnra
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-13

He that does not save pennies will
never have pounds.-Danish Proverb.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-13

"Ill fares the land to hastening ills prey,
Where wealth accumulates and men decay.
Princes and lords may flourish or may fade
A breath can make them, as a breath has made,
But bold peasantry, their country's pride,
When once destroyed can never be supplied"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-13

cit was headache all 5he time; food did
not digest; could sleep but little; became
respondent and tired almost of life One
night, before going to bed, L took dose Of
of Dr. Miles Nervine slept soundly and
in the morning felt rested and refreshed
From that time on 1 never had head
ache. Six bottles cured my stomach
trouble. completely and made me a wei
and happy man" ]. B. BYRON,
Whatcom, Wash.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-03-23
FAMILY CHESTS.
Strange Symbols Adopted by Fam lilies in This Country and Their
 Significance.

A Philadelphia family of Euguenot descent preserve a curious story of one of their ancestors. During the persecu- ton of the French Huguencts, 12 of theleading citizens of adisaffected town were forced into a small brick house in the suburbs, the openings of which were securely walled up, and the pris- oners were left to starve.
 After three weeks body of-Hugue- !! not soldiers captured the town, and the walls of this prison were torn down. Inside they found II dead bodies and one living man.
 When asked how he had survived, he showed a small hole in the foundation of the building, near which he lay. Every day hen had crept into this hole and there laid an egg. The eggs, and the air thus admitted, had kept him alive. His descendants have taken for a crest breeding hen.
 Another family in the same city have adopted for their symbol the figure of cat holding rabbit in its mouth. One of their ancestors, a widow living in a cave on the banks of the Delaware with other early settlers of Philadelphia, was reduced 10 starvation by long, hard winter. She knelt and prayed for food for her children, and soon after her cat brought in a rabbit which it had killed.
 Another American family have taken the india-rubber tree as their crest, they being the descendants of the man who was eminent among the men who have made it's sap one of the most useful servants of mankind. Henry NJ. Stan {, ley is said 10 have adopted a map of Af- rica as his. crest.
 There eau be no objection to the use by any family of sign, or symbol, which recalls some striking instance of Divine mercy to their ancestors, or , some great achievement by ere Of their ancestors for the benefit of their fellow men; but for an American family whose progenitors have been simply worthy traders or mechanics, to borrow CT <. steal the crests of old, noble European houses is not only an ethical offense- it is an inexcusable blunder.-Youth' Companion.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-03-23
AS LEGALLY DECIDED.

State taxation of copyrights is held.
 in People ex rel A. J. Johnson. com pany vs. Roberts (N. Y.), 45 L. R. A. 126, to be invalid on the ground that copyrights, like patents, are protected therefrom by federal law.
 An ordinance imposing license tax on. occupations is held, in Laurens vS-
 Fillmore (S. O, 45 L. R. A. 249, to be invalid as against person selling pie ture frames, when he sells them only OF pictures made in another state pur- suant to orders heretofore goven-
 Inherent power of courts created by the constitution to enforce respect and obedience by punishing contempt without jury trial is held, in Carter vs. Com (Va.), 45 L. R. .A. BIO. to be beyond the power of the legislature to take away.
 A surety who has paid judgment against himself and his cosureties On account of the principals debt is held. in Merchants national bank ys- Great Falls Opera House company (AOnt4. 45 l.. R. A. 2S5, to be entitled to an assignment of it as basis for enfore- ing contribution from his cosureties-
 Contract to repurchase stock 'at the end of two years,'' if the holder so de- sires, is held, in La Dow vs- F. bemeGS 6 Sons (Mich.), 45 L. K. A. 41s, to glye a reasonable time for notice on the expiration of the contract, and such notice is not required on the first day after the expiration.
 Power of state court of equity to entertain a bill to set aside. jUdg- ment obtained by fraud in a federal court is sustained in Wonderly vs- La fayette county (Alo.), 45 L. R. A. 3S0, where the claim was that the jurisdie- tion of the federal court was fraudu- lently invoked by false representation as to the citizenship of the parties
The St. Johns herald., 1901-03-23
HOME FOR sCHoOL-TEAcHERs.
Where They Can Spend Their Vacations.


 The Swiss educators are taking ac- tive measures looking toward the founding of lehrerheim, or home for school-teachers during their holidays upon the model of the admirable e1sen- bahner-heim, or home for railway workers, on the GrubisbaIm, upon the slopes of the Rigi, midway between Vitznau and the Kaitbad, says for eign correspondent of the Chicago Chronicle. The hotel on the Grubis- balm, which owes its initiative entirely to committee of workers on the Swiss railways, has now been open TOT three or four years. Any railway man, or member of railway mans family. may be exceHently lodged and bodToeo there at a cost Of three to three ana oHe-half francs day. The ecoromlcal question is exhaustively treated Ill little pamphlet circulating amongst the teachers in the Swiss common schools. If the railway workers can "help themselves" to so successful cooperative hotel and. pension, why cannot their educators do the same asks Herr Walt, the writer of the pSnl- phlet. The railway workers home on the Rigi not only pays it's expenses, but at the end of the last season showed a profit of 1900 francs, which is ex- pected to increase as it becomes more widely used. The German schooi-mas- ters in Silesia have already provided themselves with a similar cooperative hotel and pension in the Schreiberhau'
The St. Johns herald., 1901-03-23
INDIANS ON MERRY-Go-RoUND,
Visiting Bucks and SquawS Have an Enjoyable Time in q Chicago
 Pleasure Resort.

Half score of Indians, yelping in delight and capering like schoolboys. attracted the attention of a large crowd of sightseers at Chicago park one night recently as they raced to- ward merry-go-round On wEich they were tC have a ride. The great swing was standing vacant awaiting it's noisy passengers as the crowd gathered around it. The bucks mounted the horses, while the squaws scrambled into the box seats with as broad a grin upon their faces as their stoicism would permit. When the whistle toot- cd din equal to that the bucks had made in gIving their war dance began
 Around the ring they rode, leaning forward on the necks of the wooden horses or swinging at the side so that they narrowly escaped number of hard knocks several times as they swept past the outer supports. Each warrior tried to outdo the other in feats of horsemanship. While one rode beneath his horses neck with his legs wrapped around the swaying figure, another climbed to the back of his mount and rode standing. Another stood over two horses, rocking up and down with the motion of the swing, but maintaining a position straight. as an arrow all the time. One brief jour- ney was not enough. Each redsk:n clamored for more and left the swing only under promise that the treat should be repeated the following night