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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-22
NapoIeo. and the Roman Law.

Napoleon ana the Roman Law.
Napoleon l had an extraordinary
mind. He appeared never to forget
anything he cared to remember and
assimilated information as the stomach
assimilates food, retaining only the
,aluable. An incident will illustrate
this remarkable quality of his mind.
When forming the code Napoleon. -
he frequently astonished the council
of state by the skill with which he H.
Illustrated any point in discussion by
quoting whole passages from memory
of the Roman civil law. The council
wondered how man whose life had
been passed in camp came to know so
much about the old Roman laws. ri.
nally one Of them asked HIN how he
acquired his knowledge.
"When | was a lieutenant" Napo.
leon replied, II was unjustly placed
under arrest. My small prison room
contained no furniture except an old
chair and cupboard. In the latter
was ponderous volume, which proved
to be digest of the Roman law. You
can easily imagine what valuable
prize the book was to me. 1t was so
bulky and the leaves were so covered
with marginal notes in manuscript that
had been confined 100 years need
never have been idle. When l re-
covered my liberty at the end of ten
days, was saturated with Justiniap
and the decisions of the Roman legis.
lation. 1t was then I acquired my
knowledge Of the civil law"
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-22
Letter to Ale & Richardson

BARRE VERMONT.
Dear Sirs: What is lumber worth?
'Depends on the lumuer you
say-"what sort do 20 wanl?'
That's how some people talk about
paint. They ask: "Wnat'll you
paint my house for?"
The Yankee answer is: "How do
you want it painted? One coat? two
coats? three coats? tirst.class OF
cheap"
The proper answer il: II want
the best paint put on as it ought to
be-"
That's Devoe: but the usual answet
is: II want good job; but want
it cheap" Which means: l want
you to paint it for nothing. want
to be fooled.
Lead and oil is the costiiest paint
there is: not the best: it used to be
best. Devoe is best, since zinc came
in: Devoe lead and zinc.
Zinc toughens the lead and doubles
it's wear.
Zinc costs on more than lead: and
we grind by machinery.
We have no patent on zinc: but no.
body else is treatilg it right. Devoe
is your paint.
Yours truly,
F, W. DEvoE & Co.
P. S -Reynolds & Son sell our
paint in your section
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-22
GROTON.

Mrs. G. ]. Bailey is visiting in Bos.
ton and vicinity.
H. G. Taisey visited in Marshfield
and Plaintield.
About sixty Of the friends and rela.
tives of Mr.. and Mrs. j. S Weed gath.
cred at their home Thursday event. 6
to remind them Of their sixth ami.
versary Of their marriage. The ev-
ening was spent In games and music
after which cake and coffee were SER
we'd. Mr.. and Mrs. Weed we're pres.
ented with a handsome couch and
lamp and at the close a social dance
was enjoyed after which the party
dispersed leaving the best wishes OF
all.
Leonard Crown who has been ser.
ioualy Ill with scarlet fever is improv-
ing.
Mrs. Frank Handehette is quite Ill
with heart trouble.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-22
PLAINEIr,IID

John Hill lost his young bay horse
Wednesday,, broke his ley running
and had to be killed.
Chas. Buckley is to move into the
congregational parsonage il is report.
ed and ChaS. A. Bartlett is to move to
Barre.
Miss Hattie Read OF Barre visited
her sister, Mrs. Abbie Bartlett, Tues.
day and Wednesday.
Sheriff Graves was in town Friday
on official business connected with
the liquor agency.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-22
Turn the Rasca,s Out.

We are speaking of the grip mi
crobes, which infeS, the system OF
every one, The we'll and strong can
resist their poison, but the sickly aud
weak are their prey
Baxter's Mandrake BitterS make
you we'll and strong, and are nature s
remedy for expeliing all grip poisons
from the system.
Sold in liquid or tablets, by all drug
gists, at IS cents per bottle or box,
and your money back If not satisfac.
tory.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-22
WEST TOPSHAM.

Friday, April 10Th son was born
to Mr.. and Mrs. l.. +. Sanborn.
Mrs. E. NJ. Collins has sold her
building lot and land to A. S. JeweJt
for S575.
DR.. Macarthur of East Barre was in
town Thursday and Friday to see Mrs.
W. W. Reyes, who is very Ill with up.
pendicitis.
DR.. w. E. Lazelle Of Barre was call.
ed here Friday to cons4lJ with Or. R.
F. Willard.
Mrs. Robert Richardson of East
Orange wrS in town last week.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-22
BARRE, VT, APRIL %, 1901

The Chicago Inter Ocean says:
"a contribution to periodical that
makes a pretension Of catering to the
good tastes Of the best American fam
lilies is guilty Of the untruthful and
utterly absurd assertion that "the av-
erage young man won't work." This
slanderous statement is followed by
the declaration that "the average
young man spends his substance in
riotous living" 1t is very doubtful
II the person guilty OF putting these
~antonly false assertions into manu-.
script, or the periodical guilty of put.
ting them into type, knows anything
whatever Of "the average young
man." 1t must occur to the intelli-
gent reader that 'the average young
man" alluded to is the exceptional
and, in reality the degenerate young
man, such as may be found in certain,
or rather uncertain, circles OF Ameri-
can society. The important interests
of this nation today are very largely in
the bands Of young men who made up
the average few years ago. The Vi
tai interests of this republic are con-
stantly passing into the hands Of those
who constitute the average young
manhood of the land. The average
young man who leaves school or col.
lege is quickly swallowed up by the
machinery Of commerce and contrib
utes to American industry the young
brains, young blood and young Drawn
without which it could make no pro.
gress. The statement that any con
siderable percentage Of the young
men of this nation will not work, or
that any considerable percentage Of
them spend their substance in riotous
living, is so palpably false as hardly to
require refutation. The only phase Of
the article which can do any real
harm is that which is likely to leave
upon the minds of American boys
the impression that If they become
idle or dissolute in their habits they
will only be following the example of
the average young man, an impression
which would be at once as dangerous
as it is false. OF the millions Of young
men in this country only small num-
Der are either unwilling or unable to
meet the duties and responsibilities in
store for them. There are certain cir
Giles of society to which the exceptions
flock, and because superficial obser-
yer has been thrown into association
with these depraved and degenerate
youths the conclusion is jumped at
that the average young man is de-
based and debauched creature
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-22

Patient-Then you think it's all up
with me. doctor?
Doctor-I'm afraid so.
"Well. we must all die once. and l
may as we'll go now as afterward.
You're sure I'm goingr'
"Yes."
"Then let me have your BILL"
"My bill! My dear sir, this is very
unusual. You should give your
thoughts to most serious matters"
my motto has always been pay as
you co. and now that l am going I
want to pay"
So he paid and went.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-22

II had piles SO bad could get no rest
nor find cure until ! tried DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve. After using it once,
| forgot l ever had ANYTHING like Piles. Z"
E. c. Boi ce. Somers Point, N. Y. Look
out for limitations Be sure you ask for
DeWitt's kendrick & Co., Barre. Will
cox & Gillette. Moretown. w. E. Poole.
East Barre, Vt.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-22

The plan to organize volunteer hose
company at the south end of the city
is good one. 1t is really necessary
in order to give the property owners
in that vicinity adequate fire protec-
tiOn.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-22

Mayor Tom johnson of Cleveland is
starting to enforce the laws and this
unique movement has set the whole
west in q furOre.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-22

Her Figure.
Shell can't understand what he saw
In her. Her face is decidedly plain.
He-Yes, but then the figure she has
made up for all the
She-Figure! Why, she's painfully
scrawny. She hasn't any figure at all.
He-You're mistaken. She has six,
aud the first one is a 5.-Philadelphia
Press.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-22

The Manchester Union in speaking
Of the coming municipal election in
New York city hopes the best man
may win. Whoever heard OF such a
thing
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-22

"Do not hide your light under a
bushel. Keep your business well be.
fore the public" says Thomas Upton,
who made his fortune by advertising.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-22

Almost anybody can rob a bank
nowadays. There was time when a
man had to be a professional, but those
times have passed. Money doesn' It
care very much who gets it anyway.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-22

LADIES, THREE DOZEN FREE.
DR.. Charcots Anti Germ PastilleA
Positively infallible in troubles peculiar K
the sex. Monthly remedy. Never die
appoint. Harmless. Simple Convenient
" particulars with free box. Dr. Julis
Pnaud, Wood Bldg, Nassau tSt., New
York City. go II
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-22

CORRESPONDENT WANTED In
every city, town and village in America.
Newspaper and other work. Experienced
and inexperienced. Good remuneration.
News and stories wanted. For particulars
address The Bulletin Press Association,
New York. 231 tt
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-22

The Vergennes Enterprise feels sorry
for Cashier Lewis because he didn't
steal but $4,000.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-22

Diphtheria. sore throat, Group. Instant
relief, permanent cure. DR.. Thomas
Eciectric OH At any drug store.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-22

DEAR S1R;-1 wish to call your atten-
ton to the improved methods Of horse
shoeing. First, do you have your horse
shod with the old fashioned iron shoes,
or have You kept up with the times and
use the improved Steel Shoe? Weuse the
Steel Shoe which wears twice as long as
the iron shoes. With my twenty years
experience and careful attention to the
art of horseshoeing, we are enabled to
give you an up-to-date job. Ihave one
Of the best horseshoers in the County, who
has been in my employ for two years. In
terfering horses positively cured or no
pay. We are headquarters for all kinds
Of Repairing in Wood or Iron. Ihave a
large stock to select from and three men
to wait upon you, so we can do your
work at short notice. We have wheels all
tired for your buggy at $500 per set. Also
Axles, Seat Springs. Whif1etrees, Neck
yokes and Tire Iron from three-fourths of
an inch to four inches wide. Give US a
call and we will try to make you Jour Gus
toner. Thanking you for your patronage
of the past five years I remain ryours for
business.
j. A. DENNO.
Telephone Connections. Shop I3S-12.G
House, 4-5
Shopxon. Granite Street.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-22
MjscEIlAN EoUs
TO RENT.

"a boarding house accomm odating 20 board
ers. With furniture or without. Near dark
quarries at Graniteville. Apply to A. NJ
Morrison. Graniteville. vt.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-22
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-A first-cla>s, nearly new Van
delIsen gasolen. engine. 3 horse power Is in
tirst-class shape and will be warranted. Sold
low if taken at once. Inquire OF G. H. Camp
bell, Barre. Vt. 6tf
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-22
TO RENT.

TO LET-Two large granite Quarries to the
right parties. Inquire Of w. G. Parker. 27Stf
TO RENT-One furnished room; Worthen
Block. entrance on Main Street. Inquire
Granite City Creamery. 8tf
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-22
SALE MEN WANTED

Salary or commission Good territory
Liberal terms. Apply at once The R. G
Chase 4 Co .Nurseymen. Malden. Mass. Alb
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-22

WANTED-Girl would like place to worl
within city limits. Nichols Block. up stair
to left. 2sOtf
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-22

FOR SALE-A nice peddlers's cart suitable
for any kind of business In good condition
and will be sold cheap. Inquire at the Com
bination Cash Store. ell
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-22

FOR SALE-Clothing, furnishings, shoe
etc store in live Vermont town. Best rail-
road center in the state. Reason for selling
other business $1,000 down. small balance in
monthly installments. Address. F Telegram
Office" 6tf
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-22

TO EXCAANGE-Would like to exchange a
cottage house and lot situated in the village
particulars see George A. Brigham, Bolster
Block Barre vt. 2-7
The daily sentinel., 1901-09-10
1t DAY. to deal at Th. B.z ar .

A CARLOAD OF peaches was shipped from
Clifton last night.
J.C. Carnahap OF Fsuita was doing
business in the city today.
Mrs. Susan Foster leaves tonight on
No 6 for au extended visit with relatives
In Illinois and Ohio.
sition in the Office OF Ramey Bros, the
real estate dealers.
We do no substituting 10 our store.
We sell good honest goods at honest
prices. G. 7. Smith 4 Co.
Wanted. Young girl to work for
Yages and 60 to school; small family.
Call at at White street. Mrs, j. B.
Mann.
The night crow at tho Fruit Growers
association packed within twelve boxes
OF carload OF peaches on their shift yes
terday.
Hugh Huddleston, of Minturn, head
bookkseper OF the master mechanic Of
the D. & R. G., 10 in the city visiting
his parents.
Wanted-A good girl for general house
work; good wages, small family. En-
quire Alice @. Abbey, or Hardy Bros.
Commission company.
b. L. Wixstrom, representing the
famous Nashville Minstrels, was in the
city today and arranged for their appear
ance here Saturday under canvas.
William Banning was arrested this af-
ternooa on the charge OF rape. He will
have a trial next Monday and in the
meantime will stop with Sheriff Charles
q. Wallis.
City Clerk Truman ketehum informed
The Sentinel today that two bids for the
contract Of the new reservoir were dlled
30 far. The matter will be brought be-
fore the council tonight.
A. G. Mann sold his residence to D.
Vollmer yesterday. This is one OF the
fine houses on Grand avenue, between
Fifth and Sixth Streets and will make a
splendid home for M. Vollmer.
Several grocery firms of the eastern
slope have had representatives here this
week trying to buy the output of the
fruit evaporating establishment which IL
connected with the Fruit Growers asso-
citation.
The fruit market In Denver, Cripple
Creek and other cities Of the eastern
slope is paralyzed Peaches are selling
for from 30 to 40 cents in Cripple Creek.
Word has been received by several grow
ers that peaches were selling IN the st
Louis market at 20 cents. The crop in
the valleys OF Colorado this season is
surely Immense.
@, M. Danford. who was employed as
a compostor on Tho Sentinel for the pas,
five months. has leased a paper at Las
Animas, and will get out his first num-
ber this week. Mr.. Danford is practi-
cal printer and will give that city flrst-
class weekly newspaper. The Sentinel
wishes him abundant success in his now
field of labor.
All the rooms 10 the new Kersberg
block are rented. Gail Murray gets the
corner room; Mrs. Howard will open up
a new millinery store in the second; the
Metropolitan restaurant expects to re-
move tonight into the next room. and
florence & Graham will occupy the
other one This will make Fourth street
one OF the leading business centers OF the
city.
The impressarios of coloTed minstrelsy
Gideon & Wright, have this season. by
| special arrangement been able to COM
bine Americas two greatest negro shows
for this season only-Gideon's big min
rtrel carnival and the famous original
Nashville Students. and will present
their great consolidated shows, under
canvass, in this city Saturday. Septem-
| Der IA
The daily sentinel., 1901-09-10
Wig9ins is Bloodthirsty.

Police Officer Wiggins, at the federal
building, has a novel method Of getting
rid Of the man who shot President Nc
Kinley. The veteran plainsman yester-
day outlined tho plan.
About forty years ago." said he, II
was present at the execution Of an In
dian. The scene made lasting i'm
preston on my mind, and do not know
of more satisfactory way Of squaring
accounts with the Pole who shot the
president. was stopping with u tribe
OF Indians which was oamped twenty
miles above the Cache la Poudre river, in
what is now the state of Colorado. An
Indian committed heinous crime against
a year old squaw. and after he was cap
tursd the father and mother OF the girl
decided the method OF bis death. Tho
cuprit was tied to a tree and hundreds
OF slivers Of pine we're sharpened. The
father of the girl stuck the slivsrs, ono at
. time, into the body OF the victim. and
the morhsr lighted the pieces Of pine
with 6rs. 1t required twelve hours to
put the scoundrel to death. We sat
around and laughed while the work was
going on, and it would be even funnier
to set FIRE to the assassin Of tho presi-
dent. Rocky Mountain News.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-03
SUNLIGHT IN THE HOME.
Neither Children Nor Adults Can BE
Expected to Thrive in a Dark
ened, Gloomy Room.

Some people seem averse to having
the sunlight enter their rooms. They
do not realize that apartments in
which a person spends any consider
able part of the day should be fire.
quently refreshed and frightened by
the free entrance of health-giving sun
shine Light is something that can be
neither bought nor sold, bartered nor
exchanged, and is free to all; so why
not make use of it to the most extreme
limit of its valued A good part of our
lives is spent within doors, in rooms
whose windows are screened by draP-
ings and curtains and blinds, all for
the adornment of the interior, as well
as for the pleasing effect when viewed
from the outside. These rooms are, in
many instances, lighted by windows
so caparisoned that their real value is
detracted from by their interior en-
beIlishments. The blinds are often
so low down that the room is practi-
rally always in darkness or in gloom,
facilitating the growth and produc-
ton of the denizens of the germ world.
The healthiest and most habitable
part of the house is set apart for re-
ception days and important occasions,
whilst the least acceptable portion be-
comes the scene of everyday habita-
ton. Arrange your rooms so that
those in which the occupants spend the
most of their time are the sunniest
and most cheerful. If we cannot have
the direct rays of the sun. sweep
through our houses now and again
through the day, we must be content
with the indirect rays, but of these
there are unlimited supplies. The
house on the north side of the street
should have the most frequently occu-
pied rooms in front, while that built
on the south side of the street should
have all the pleasant and most hab-
liable rooms in the rear. If on the
west or eastern side, the rooms should
be arranged, more or less proportion
ally equally in front and rear. A dark
ened room is not productive of good
health, and children or adults cannot
be expected to thrive in it any more
than flower will grow and thrive
amid perpetual gloom.-N. Y. Weekly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-03
EASILY ACQUIRED FAME.
ne Was Running for once and Got
the Mig BOOST just to Help
Hiua Along.

'I never realized how easily man
may court fame and get undeserved
credit for a very ordinary act until
got into politics." observed the
modest aldermanic candidate, relates
the Detroit Free Press.
''The other day stepped out into
the street and stopped a walk-away
nag attached to heavily-loaded brick
wagon. The animal had simply
strayed away while the driver went
TO get q glass of beer or something.
don't believe the old ring-boned ami
NAL had the ambition to run away
even if he had light wagon behind
him, and he certainly was going at
cold molasses gait when I stopped
him. AS I 'geed' the horse around
and returned him to the curb one
of my admiring constituents who
touched me for campaign expenses
occasionally, rushed up and, grab
bing my hand, exclaimed:
"'By George, old boy. that was
brave act! I expected to see you
trampled under the horses hoofs any
minute
"Then very inquisitive young man
whom might have recognized as a
newspaper reporter advanced and
piled me with questions. That even
ing my attention was called to
windy, not to say fierce article in
which I was described as a great
hero. It was headed Daring Deed
An Aldermanic Candidate Stops a.
Runaway Horse at the Risk of His
Life and graphic word picture was
drawn of flying bricks, plunging
horses and scurrying pedestrians.
sit was a great send-off and the en-
thusiastic constituent who was the
first to congratulate me touched me
for 'fve-spot' on the strength of it,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-03

ster so that we would not lose him
He did so, but it was useless, for just
as he fired the fish broke away and
we saw him no more. I had hooked
the Adam of the muslies, but didn' I
land him.
We swallowed every word of the
cleverly told tale, bait, hook and all
and would probably have believed it
to this day had it not been for an in
cident that happened later in the aft
ernoon. Smith proposed that he,
Yorker and myself paddle over and
see what luck the men from the In
gersoll camp had been having, and
we did so. They had had much the
same luck we had, with nothing larg-
er than ten pounds to show for their
days fishing. Smith related to them
the incidents of our day, and told
them the story of the big one Zucl1-
maier had lost just as he had told it
to us.
"He thought it was big one, did
hep" said one of the two gentlemen.
Would you like to see it? I have got
it down here on a line
He took us down to the edge of the
water, and there on a line with some
others he had musky with bullet
hole clear through him, and it didn't
weigh an ounce over eight pounds.
''It may be the old Adam musky,' IS
said the gentleman, but if he is old
age has shriveled him up consider
ably. We were not more than 200
yards away when your guide shot,
and your party padded on farther
into the narrows as soon as they had
lost the fish. We followed them
closely, and when we had got to just
about the spot where they had been
when he fired this fish struck my
line. OF course there wasn't much
fight in him; he was about two-thirds
dead, and landed him without diff
Guilty"
We padded back to Kah-pee-kog,
and two days later broke camp, with
out having said a word to Zuckmaier
about our discovery. 1t was not IN
til we were flying back towards To
ronto on the Muskoka special that
Smith spoke of it; then he told Zucl1-
maier how panied we had been to
find that even he was not proof
against telling fish lies.
1t was then that Zucl1maier ex-
planned that he had seen nothing of
the fish but his nose, and of that he
only got glance. That it was Fraser
who had seen the fish, and who had
pronounced it a big one, and set its
weight, and that he had but repeat
ed Fraser's words III relating tbs
story, though he had innocently told
it as his own.
But Fraser was back in the Mus
koka wilds, where he could offer no
defense, and after that we took the
trouble to prove the truthfulness of
zuckmaier's fish stories.