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tainly be seen by every one interested
in the construction of buildings of lie
nature. The farm Office comprises two
large rooms in one of the wings. and
finely appointed, affording desk room for
half dozen clerks and the assistant
manager. Every building of Importance
on the estate is connected with it by tel
ephone and the Office is also in COM
munication with the residence, Shell
burne Station, Burlington, and other
points. The electric telegraph is also
much used. advantage being taken of the
Western Union wires which are avail
able at Shelburne Station. A loop has
been run into the residence and the farm
office and operators are kept at each
place. Electric lights are used every
where on the property the plant being in
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

one of the essential requirements of the
firm. In every respect this reliable and
responsible house is directed with enter
prise and liberality in the interest of its
many patrons and it reflects credit alike
upon itself and the commercial progress
of Burlington. Their policy is marked
with a spirit of progression and an in
clinaton to aid and assist any project
which benefits either city or state. In
every department of their great business
they aim to secure standard and reliable
goods only such are of known supe-
riority. Their large dealings enable
them to buy from first hands and an
abundance of capital makes 1t possible
for them to take advantage of the mar
ket and supply their trade al minimum
prices. The advantages of such
house conducted with a spirit of fair
ness, Is of inCalculable benefit to the en-
tire community, the vllager in the re-
mote district profits indirectly by its OPP
erations and is enabled to purchase daily
necessities as cheapy as though he lived
in the city. The interest of the coun-
try merchant is safeguarded and mutual
benefits are obtained. 1t is i'm a large
measure due to such firms as this that
the people in the rural districts of YER
mont are among the most prosperous of
any in Uncle Samuels domain. This firm
is the direct successor of Van Sicken e.
Co established in 1855; after several
changes in partnership the present firm
name was adopted i'm 1889.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

breaking carts, light wagons and other
implements used i'm exercising the ami
mails are kept Behind the ring building
the land is divided into extensive pastures
and paddocks. Throughout the whole Of
Shelburne Farms there is evidenced a
completeness and generosity in arrange
ment that stamps it as one of the most
remarkable establishments of its kind
anywhere and no one who visits there
can fail to be impressed with the enthus-
iasm, loyalty and pride that inspires all
who perform however small a part in
the conduct of an enterprise that today
is one of the attractions of the state
Such, at least, was the impression of the
writer when he visited Sheburne and
who through the courtesy and with the
generously accorded assistance of Mr.
f. f. Gebhardt, was able to see all that
has made the place famous.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

specially constructed building. There
is also an elaborate gas plant assuring
perfect safety in the matter of illum-
nation at all times, On the side of the
hill over which one passes from the
office and farm barns is located group
of buildings containing the sleeping and
living rooms of the people employed in
agricultural pursuits and there is also a
comfortable clubhouse and restaurant for
book-keepers and other employees. The
breeding barns and home of the hackneys
whore are found the living example of
their owners ideas, are located about
three-quarters of a mile from the offices
and are approached by a pleasant walk
over a path which leads through woods
ana glades. They are indeed the most
interesting feature of the whole domain
and the lover of horsenesh or the casual
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

observer will find much to admire and
abundant food for reflection among the
Inhabitants of the big array of box
stalls They include some fine speci-
mems as it is possible to produce, famous
stations and sons and daughters of ia
nous sires, not a few that have delight
ed and been applauded by visitors to
the great horse shows in New York. But
the exercising ring is the mecca of all
visitors to the farm. The exterior walls
are partly of stone and the building is
rooted with shingles through which there
appear at intervals dormer windows
which add greatly to the attractiveness
of the structure. The rolling is suspen-
ded or laid on massive iron girders which
stretch from wall to wall and from end
to end, The exercising ring itself is no
less than 375 feet long and 50 feet wide
There are 30 loose boxes each l2xlG feet
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on each side and 20 at one end of TIE
building while at the other end is an an
mex, where there are 10 or u exceedingly
roomy boxes, each about 20 feet square
and very lofty. This is where the stall
lions are kept for stud purposes. The
floor of the ring is formed of natural
earth over which is strewn a mixture
of sand and clay and on top of this tan
bark which gives a splendid surface on
which to exercise all kinds of stock.
Standing in the ring it is noticed that
the building is Of two stories. series
of lofts for the storage of hay and bed
ding being arranged over the boxes.
The interior arrangements throughout are
perfect and delight to thorough horse
men. At the rear of the main build
ing and opening on to the ring are the
harness rooms and space in which the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

given literally of his time to the hos
pitfalls of the city and is lecturer on OBJ
stetrical nursing at the Training School
for Nurses. The doctor is a member Of
the American Medical association, Amer
lean Academy of Medicine, Vermont
state Medical Society and its secretary
since 1856 the Burlington Chemical So
ci,ty ana is L. S. examining surgeon for
pensions for Chittenden county. He was
The Somerset reporter., 1901-07-04
How Miss RunkIe Won Her Degree.

Miss Bertha Runkle, the girl author
of "The Helmet Of Navarro" is one of
the literary personages Of the day. The
fact that Miss Runkle has scored a
genuine success at the age Of % Is
something worthy Of more than ordi-
nary comment. Only the girls intimate
friends believed in ter youth because
her story showed such maturity Of
treatment and scholarship. The read
Ing public laughed and said, wait I'M
I'll she comes into the public eye, then
we shall see she Is u much older wom-
an"
Miss Runkle came into the public eye
In the early part Of April by reading a
paper on "Romantlclsm" before the
Contemporary club of Philadelphia.
She has been brought up In a book
ish atmosphere. Her mother, Mrs.
Runkle, hA been for many years on
the staff of one Of the magazines and
has supported the family giving the
boy Harvard education and training
the girl at home, or. rather, that was
her plan, but Miss Runkle defeated
part of It,
She Is devoted TO her brother, and
when he went to Harvard the two en-
tered into a close alliance. 1t resulted
In Miss Runkle's graduating from Har-
ward without a degree.
Her brother kept In touch with her
every day and coached her all summer
Each morning she would receive the
lecture as taken down by him She
had a duplicate of every book he had
She studied as many hours a day as he
did. She mailed him every night the
result of her work, and he gave her
the added benefit of his examinations
She went through each examination
with him and passed without condition.
During their senior year she studied
harder than the young man himself,
and the excitement In the Runkle
household at the time of the final ex-
animation was intense.
Literary men and Harvard men were
as interested In this unique way Of
Miss Runkles going through Harvard
| as she and her mother were. The
brother had aroused all the interest and
enthusiasm of the Harvard professors,
and when the final day came Miss Ber-
tina Ruukle's papers We're examined
and It was found that she had passed
| with flying colors. She virtually won
the Harvard degree.-Saturday Even
ing Post.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-07-04
why buchanan Never Married.

"Mr" Buchanan. who was the first
bachelor elected to the presidency, was
65 years of age when elected and had
deliberately given himself to a life Of
cellbacy," writes William Perrine In
The Ladies' Home Journal.
I'm the days when he was a young
lawyer of Lancaster, Pa, he had loved
Miss Coleman, a beautiful daughter Of
a citizen of that town. They had been
engaged to be married, when one day
he was surprised to receive from her a
request to release her from the prom
Use. According to Mr. George Tick
nor Curtis. the separation originated in
a misunderstanding on the part of the
lady, who was unusually sensitive
over some small matter exaggerated by
giddy and indiscreet tongues. Soon
after the arrangement she was sent
to Philadelphia and there died sud
denly.
Throughout the rest of his life, or for
nearly half a century, Mr.. Buchanan
is not known to have revealed to any
body the circumstances of this ro-
mantle tragedy. He would only say
that it had changed his hopes and
plans and had led him more deeply
than ever into politics as a distraction
from his grief. In his old age long
after he had retired permanently to
private life, he called attention to a
package containing, he said, the pa
pers and relics which would explain
the causes of his youthful sorrow and
which he preserved evidently with the
idea of revealing them before his
death. But when he died and his will
was read 1t was found that he had d.
rected that the package should be
burued without being opened, and his
Injunction was obeyed.'
The Somerset reporter., 1901-07-04

This spring many papers opposed to
equal rights for women have been call
ing attention to the fact that at the re-
cent school election In Cleveland there
were only about 700 women who voted,
whereas last year there We're nearly
5000. The inference has been drawn
that the women's vote is "nuctuating,"
that their Interest Is falling off," etc.
The secretary of the board of cleo
lions In Cleveland, in answer to letter
of inquiry from Mrs. Ida II. Harper,
explains that the school director, who
is the head of the whole school system
of that city-shapes its policy. appoints
superintendent, janitors, etc.-is cho-
sen bennially and that on the interven-
Ing year only school councilmen" are
elected; hence on the off year the
school vote of both men and women Is
always light
In 1896, in Cleveland, the school d.
rector was to be chosen, and 2,72S wo-
men registered, and 1859 voted. &Only
school councilmen were to be elected
In 1897. and the registration fell to 259,
of whom 229 voted. In 1898. to elect
the school director, 6,G4S women regis
tered, and 1881 voted. The registra-
ton In 1890 fell to 97S, with a vote of
763. In 1900 1t rose again to 0,160, of
whom 1850 voted And then In 1901
1t dropped to 797 with 70G Of these
voting. 1t will be seen by these fig
ures that the registration of 1896, 1898
and 1900 was 2,72S, 5,G48 and 9,1G0,
each year almost doubling its prede-
cessor.
Kansas cities of the first and second
class elect the mayor and the main
part of the city government biennially,
leaving only few comparatively un-
important officers to be chosen on the
Off year Hence the vote at the inter
venlng election Is always light. For
years after Kansas women were given
the municipal ballot the opponents of
equal rights used to print articles In
the eastern papers every alternate year
saying: Last year so many women
voted In Kansas; this year only SC
many. Woman suffrage In Kansas is
a failure. The interest is falling off. y
They are now using the same disIn-
genuous method of argument in regard
to school elections In Ohio.-Boston
Woman's Journal.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-07-04

A story IL being told about a German
who has Il hotel far down town. An
artist-one Of those barroom artists
who make pictures On mirrors with
soap-called Oh the German the other
day and asked for some work. well ="
the German said, Won might paint a
brown beer Oh ny sign How much
would you charge 10 do IT." Two dol
lars The artist answered. Thereupon
the contract was made, aud TIE bear
WAS painted.
At IL 81 II the Job the artist sad.
"Iqn.t yDl want me 10 paint q chain
on Tire l.a-f' Would you charge ex-
ira for thar said the German Yes.
That would cost 81 extra" Then
can't afford L. have it done" The art
ist departed TIL night 1t rained. and.
10. IN the morning flc bear had vanish
ed from the sign, Tie rain had washed
1t away
The German sent for the painter at
once. My bear lie said reproachful-
Is. rs gone Tt other answered,
We'll. wanted 10 put a chain on It,
didn't II" The German then handed
out s.. s. fer tha painting Of another
bear. the third for a Chain 10 make the
picture permanent.
The chained bear now remains upon
the sign impery'aas 10 the weather.
Philadelphia Record.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-07-04
Irinh LacemnkinR.

After the famine of 1S47 lacemaking
was revived in Ireland Limerick, the
most successful Irish lace, is not real
on net and muslin.
The Irish point, so called. is the an
cient cut work. being made in quite the
same way.
Net was first made by machinery In
176S. The machine WIS an adaptation
of the stocking loom to laeemaking
and was cumbrous and not very effect
i've. In 1909 John HeathcOte. a farm
er's son, evolved from consciousness
and experience the first machine 10
make true bobbinet with perfect six
sided holes. 1t brought great hue and
cry about his ears from laceworkers,
who fancied they saw themselves thus
reduced to beggary.
The Luddites broke into the factory
where the machines were first set up
and made scrap iron and kindling wood
of them. The only result was to drive
the new manufacture to other and
safer quarters. For long the secret of
the machines construction was most
jealousy guarded by English manufac-
turers. Not satisfied with letters pat
ent they kept up coast patrol to make
sure that nobody took model or draw
lngs to France.
At last, though. they were outwitted.
discharged workman who had the
plan of 1t in his mind managed to get
so 70 ovpr son and huil6 machine In
France.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-07-04
American women and Dress.

The views on THE American Won.
an and Dress" expressed by Helen
Watterson Moody in The Ladies' Home
Journal are based on the marked diff
ference in the way the different ma
tionalities of women visitors at the
Paris exposition last summer treated
the problem of clothes. The English
women were gowned with the utmost
regard for utility and comfort. The
American and French women appeared
IN toilets of silk, satin and lace which
properly had no place whatever In the
exposition grounds, But while the
Frenchwomen's clothes were as beau
tiful as the American women's and
fuller of that indescribablc charm call
ed style they We're not nearly SO costly.
The cost of dressing grows greater
every year, and the shifts of fashion
are promptcr and more imperative.
Where the English woman goes plainly
dressed with a serene mind the Ameri-
can woman keeps up with the fash
ion" but lines her face with anxious
thought as to how ii shall all be man
aged. Our last seasons gowns. per
fectly fresh and just as pretty and suit
able as ever. are altered and recut and
retrlmmed mt the cost Of many dollars
and much time and hard work not be
cause they need it. not because we
want to either, but simply because Mrs.
Wood across the way and Mrs. Pope in
the next street are doing the same
thing, and they are doing 1t because
we are, The truth Is we American
women not only lay too much empha-
sis upon dress. So that 1t takes quite too
prominent a place in our scheme Of
life, hut we also spend too much money
on dress.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-07-04

The other day person dropped down
IN an apoplecte fit Immediately In
front of a police station and was car
ried inside. a moment after a woman
forced her way In through the crowd
gathered around the door, exclaiming:
MY husband. My poor husband!
Clear the way and let In the air."
She then busted herself by taking
off the mans crayat and performing
other little offices until surgeon ar
rived, when the patient gradually re-
covered his senses. On this the ser
geant in charge observed that it was
a happy relief Tor his distressed wife
as well as for himself.
My wife, exclaimed the man
why, am bachelor"
On seeking Tor the woman it WIS
found that sLc had disappeared and
with her the watch and purse of the
patient, which she had adroitly all
stracted under the very eyes of the
pOlice.-London Tit-Bits
The Somerset reporter., 1901-07-04
DEVELOPMENT of the Hammer.

Mans first tool was the uplifted hand
grasping n stone, and from this came,
after many years, the hammer. AS
heavier blows became necessary the
hammer grew in size, until 1t was op-
Grated by machinery in the form of the
Sit or helye hammer. When steam sue
ceeded water as motive power, a
steam cylinder replaced the tripping
cam, but the first half of the past cen
fury had nearly expired before the orig
inal form of this tool was at all chang
ed by James Nasmyth's invention of
the upright steam hammer.
Since then the falling weight of this
design of tool has gradually been in
creased from a few hundred pounds up
to 100 and even 125 tons, but excepting
the smaller sizes up to % tons it has
since 1890 been superseded by the by
draulic press. which by its slow motion
produces Il more thorough working of
the metal Presses have grown until
the capacity of $4,000 tons was reach
ed. requiring $1,000 horsepower en-
CINE to drive 1t. Such tool, with its
accompaniment of 200 ton electric
cranes for handling the work under
meath, Is capable of forging ingots over
IS inches in diameter and weighing
more than 100000 pounds.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-07-04
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE.

whereas, James ". Fitzsnmous OF Moscow
in the County OF Somerset and State OF Maine
by his mortgage deed, dated the seventeenth
day OF MAY a. d. 1899 and recorded in the
Somerset Registry of Deeds, Book 245 Page
l9 conveyed to me, the undersigned. a C rtaiu
parcel Of real estate situated in Moscow in
the County OF Somerset and bounded as fol-
lows: Commencing at a point thirty feet
south OF my blacksmith shop on the east sid
OF the main County Road. thence up said
County Road to the center OF the road leading
to A. r. Adams house thence up said road to
Elijah Temples south line thence east to tie
brow of ridge near Austin Stream, thence
southwestern on the brow of said ridge 10 the
first named bound Bling bounded on the
east by lsud owned hy Maria Baker and
George Collins, Containing seventy acres
more or less together with al the buildings
thereon standing. Also the lot on which my
house stands lying ON the west side Of said
County Road, described ss follows. Com
menciug about FIVE rods north Of the south
line of said town e Moscow d SAID County
Road, thence westerly III. ~ Uiae rods, thence
northessteriy to the cen - OF said County
Road twenty une rods license down the &C utter
OF said road To The ufst NAMED bound, contain
ing one ha!t a., more ur tess. together with
the buildings thereon standing, meaning to
convey the VIZ. r farm sud buildings thereon
standing now occupied boy the said James ".
Fitzsimmous AM whereas The conditions OF
said mortgese have aeeu broken, now there
fore by reason ~ the breach Of the condition
thereof claim foreclosure OF said mortgage.
SCION Maine, June 25, 1901.
sw-. T K. BUTTS.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-07-04
Notice of Foreclosure.

Whereas James b. Messer o. Madison Ia the
County Of Somerset and state of Maine by his
mortgage deed. dated July LIST, A. d 1855 cen-
viewed To the Undersigned, ), 4. 4 a. Dipsmore
81 Bingham ia said county and state, q certain
Dot or parcel of lsnd situated in the town Of
Moscow being the East half Of lot 40 six.
Range three g. reserviug however a strip OF
.Snd GA the south side Of said lot, sixteen rods
wide the whole length o. said iot Meaning TO
convey all OF said lot except the sixteen rod
strip as before described containing ninety
acres more or less and being the ssue iof OF
land as decided TO me this day by said ulus-
mores.
And whereas the conditions Of this mort
gage deed hAve been broken. zve, by reason Of
SAID breach Of conditions, claim a foreclosure
OF said mortgage and publish this uatic- fer
that purpose.
Bingham, Maine, june 5 ieol,
3w2f 5. 4. n A. plNSMORE.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-07-04
The Effect. of Ammonia.

The effects of ammonia upon the
y mplexion ere directly the opposite to
that of arsenic. The first symptom Of
ammonia poisoning which appears
among those who work in ammonia
'actories is a discoloraton of the skin
( the nose and the forehead. This
gradually extends over the face until
the complexion has a stained, blotched
and unsightly appearance. With peo-
PIE who take ammonia into their sys-
TENS In smaller doses, as with their
water or food these striking symptoms
90 not appear so soon. The only effect
ST the poison that is visible for a time
= a general nwholesomeness and sal
lowness of the complexion.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-07-04
THE ROSE OF LIFE.

The rose spoke in the garden:
why am | sadY
The vast of sky above me
Is blue and glad
The hushed deep OF my hear
Hath the suns gold;
The dew slumbers till noon
In my petals hold.
Beauty have, and wisdom
And love know,
Yet cannot release my spirit
OF its strange woe"
Then a wind older than Time,
Wiser than Sleep,
Answered 1.-THE whole worlds sorrow
Is yours to keep.
Its dark descends upon you
At days high noon;
Its pallor is whitening about you
From every moon.
The cries of a thousand lovers,
A thousand slain.
The tears of all the forgotten
Who kissed In vain,
And the journeying years that have vanished
Have left on you
The witness, each Of Its pain.
Ancient, yet new
30 masy lives you have lived;
So many a star
Hath veered in the signs to make yos
The wonder you are
And this is the price Of your beauty:
Your wild soul is thronged
With the phantoms Of Joy unfulhllsd
That beauty hath wronged,
With the pangs OF all secret betrayAls,
The ghosts Of desire,
The bite OF old fame and the chill
OF the ashes of fire.
Charles c. D. Roberts In Century.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-07-04
Deafness Cannot be Cured.

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to care Deafness, and that
is by constitutional remedies. Deafness
is caused by an infamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When the tnbe gets infamed you .haye a
rumbling sound of imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed Deafness is the
result and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be destroy.
ed forever; nine cases out of ten are
caused by catarrh. which is nothing but
an inhamed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case Of Deafness Caused by catarrh]
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. ]. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
~ Sid by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Somerset reporter., 1901-07-04

A useful cement for amending earthen
or stone jars, stopping leaks in the
seams of tin pans or iron kettles or
tightening loose joints of iron or wood
is made by mixing litharge and give
erin to a thick cream. This will resist
acids, heat and cold If the article is not
used until the cement has hardened.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-07-04

How did Spudkins get his appoint
ment as Grigadier general? never
knew that he was connected with the
.rmy."
oh. yes; by marriage. His brother
ih.law is United States senator. -
Town and Country.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-07-04
ORIENTAL RUG WORKS

SkoWhegan. Me. send Tor Circular.
VIII clean your Ingram. Tapestry and Brus-
sells Carpets clean. Moths Bugs and dirt
beat and blown out: return them free all for
2l2c per yard. less than IL yards SC per yds;
Velyets 3laC per yard.
Curly, fluffy beautiful Rugs made from old
Ingram, Tapestry Brussels Carpets; freight
paid over VI. {. K, K. to works in Toe lbs lots