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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-20

she'd said all she meant to. When She
got ready, she started off through the
woods an never even looked at me.
My rifle was out Of order, an my old
daWg had run away, an SO l couldn't
60 strollin through the woods. sot
down on the doahstep an smoked a
pipe or two, an as it was a warm day
/ begun to feel sleepy. went over
an tumbled on to the bed, an it wasn't
five minits befo' was sound asleep.
The doah was left wide open. an bout
the last thing heard befo drapped
off was the old mewl brayin in the sta
bic. I'd bin asleep an hour when sun
thin crowded me over ag'in the wall,
an woke up. opened my eyes to
find big bar ON the bed with me.
He'd found the doah open an walked
in, an, seein me asleep, he sot out to
hev some fun. He didn't see me open
my eyes, an | took keer to shet 'em
ag'in arter one look. Befo' the Lawd,
but l was skeered! felt the cold
chills creepin up an down my back, an
the sweat busted out on me as if l was
SuOlpiH ~ u piS Ute.
II had found fault with the Lawd
fur not maxim bobtailed coons," con-
tinued the old man as he refilled his
pipe. ian a bobtailed bar had bin sent
In revenge. 1t wasn't no use to think
of jumpin up or fightin him. He had
all the advantage, an II made him
mad he'd finish me up In a mint. My
game was to play possum on him. but
i hope shall never hev SIGH another
two hours while l live. That bar
wanted good time. He was '"elin
good natured. an he jest tried all sorts
of circus tricks with me. He'd roll me
over ag'in the wall with bang. an
then arter chuckle he'd roll me back
with flop. He didn't bite at all, but
every time he put his claws on to me
they went through the cloth. be-
lieve that varmint turned me over so
times befo' he got little tired of 1t.
l was playin dead all the time an
didn't know what mint he'd git mad
an set out to finish me. He finally got
thirsty an jumped off the bed an went
to the water pail on the bench an lap
ped away fur ten minits. had my
eyes open all the time an was anxious
to git away, but was afeared Of him.
couldn't fight him barehanded an
stand any show.
II Jest laid thar till the varmint had
quenched his thirst an looked around,
an then he come back ag'in. The cir
Gus was only half over. He was so
rough at times that almost yelled out
with the pain, an between the clawin
an the skeer wasn't much better than
a dead man. The mewl smelt Of bar
IN kept up a tremendous brayin, an
the old woman heard the noise when
she was yit mile away. Bimeby.
when the varmint had had a show
with the price Of admission, he settled
down fur rest. was then lyin with
my face to the wall, an he planted all
four feet ag'in my back an kept up a
sort of purrin. He had me crowded
ag'in the cabin logs till could hardly
breathe, an l had made up my mind
that I'd never tree another coon when
the old woman got back from preachin.
The old mewl was kickin an brayin, IN
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-20
WOULD HAPPEN.

The Possum Hunter Tells How He
Came to Have IA Lively Bear For a
BcdfeIlow and the Result 1t Had
ON Certain Opinions of His.
Copyright 1900. by c. B. Lewis.l
zone mawnin at the breakfast ia
ble," said the old possum hunter as
asked him for a yarn, "me an the old
woman got into jaw bout coons. I
held to it that all coons orter hev bin
bobtailed, an she contended that the
Lawd made 'em as he wanted 'em an
did good job. We wasn't mad Mt
fust, but the mo- we talked the meaner
we felt, an bimeby we got downright
ugly. 1t was Sunday mawnin, an we
was goin off to preachin that day, but
when got my mad up said:
GAS long as I'm fur bobtailed coons
an the Lawd didn't make 'em that way
it amt no use fur me to hear preachin.
I'll stay home, an yo' kin go alone
II reckoneN that would cool her off
a bit, but 1t didn't. She chawed away
at her bacon fur awhile an then said:
"'Zeb White, thar's bound to be a
calamity around this cabin. Can't no.
body find fault the way yo' do without
sunthin happenin. I'm go;n right along
to preachin, an If yo' want to fly in the
face of Providence yo' must take the
consequences
"T'm contendin fur bobtailed coons,'
said l. If all coons was bobtailed,
they'd look heap purifier an git along
heap BETTER
"'But how kin they be when it's all
fixed?
Dunno, but I'm contendin.'
"'Then 20 keep on contendin an see
how yo'll come out. Thar's bobtailed
varmints in the mountings. an mebbe
yO'll git huff of them befo' yo' git
through abusin Providence
"If she'd coaxed me a bit. I'd hev
gone with her." explained Zeb, "but
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-20
n1vE Eiro ANU STE MOI.
Everyday Matters That Some People
Seem Never to Notice,

Everyday Matters That Some People
Seem Never to Notice.
Can you tell me if collections Of the
mail are made today?" asked an elder
ly man Of a young man in pennsyl
vania avenue news store last Sunday.
Yes; there are several collections
made in this city on Sunday" was the
answer.
do you know the hour?'
"My friend, in front of this store is
a mail box, and on the front of it is to
be found Il card with the hours of dai.
ly collection. neatly tabulated. Ex-
anime it,"
"Thanks."
'This is an example why some Of
the old men are pushed to the wall in
the struggle for life and why it is not
always the old practitioner who is the
best" said the young man. "For a
man of apparently 70 to ask in the
city of Washington such question as
that gentleman just addressed to me
is little short Of criminal and well eX-
emplifes how woefully deficient some
pCOlJIc are Will IClcICuCc " IldLtcIS
of common knowledge which ought to
be in the possession of every schoolboy
at the age of 10.
"There are certain wrinkles Of met
ropolitan life that some people seem
never to grasp. The running leeway
of the street cars, their termini, the
streets through which they pass and
the districts they tap, the running
time between Washington and the
principal cities Of the railroads, thor.
ough knowledge Of the environments
of the city, the major questions Of
the mail service and Il thousand and
one matters which, if not directly ac-
quired by learning should be by alb
sorption, ought to be at the finger tips
of every person who enjoys the priv
ilege Of metropolitan life. "-Washing-
ton Star.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-20
We Old Way Of Shrinking Them on
and the Modern Way.

and the Modern Way.
The old way Of putting tire on a
wheel was to shrink it on. The tire
was made just a trihe smaller than the
wheel and then heated, with the result
of expanding it slightly. When thus
heated 1t was crowded down over the
rim of the wheel and then cooled with
water to keep it from burning the
wheel and also to contract 1t. Cool-
ing. it was shrunk on to bind the wheel
tightly. The modern way of putting
tire on a wheel is with hydraulic
tire setting press.
By this method the tire is made just
trifle larger than the wheel, so that
It will go over the rim freely. The
bed of this press, upon which the
wheel lies horizontally, with an open
ing at the center for the hub, Is COM
posed of IS sections, radiating from
the center and in shape like the spaces
between the spokes of wheel The
outer end of each section Is turned up
ward, the turned up ends making
continuous fange, or collar, all around
the Deu vi Tue pIcsS' AaSA viz Va .''N
sections has under 1t hydraulic cylin-
der, and the sections are all arranged
to work to a common center. In use
the wheel Is laid on the press with the
cold tire around it within that turned
up collar, or fange, around the edge.
When the press Is set in operation, the
collar, or fange, Is irresistibly contract
ed. When it comes in contact with the
tire around the wheel, it does not bring
up against it, but keeps on contracting
Just the same, now contracting the
tire as we'll and setting it upon the
wheel, the pressure being continued
until the wheel itself has been brought
to the requisite degree Of dishing.-
New York Sun.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-20
The Editor Won.

A London paper described a chill
dren's excursion as ''long. white
scream Of JOY" and was called TO ac.
count 10y correspondent, who said
that scream could be long. but not
white. whereupon the editor justified
himself by urging that "a hue is often
associated with a cry"
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-20

Mrs: S. H. Airport, Johnstown. Pa. says:
Our little girl almost strangled to death
with Group. The doctors said she couldn' t
live put she was instantly relieved by
One Minute Cough Cure.
Rlckert Il Wells. Barre, Wilcox l. Gillette,
Moretown. w. E. Poole. East Barre. vt.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-20
A SPELLING TEST.
Here Are Some Tongue Twisters
With Which to Grapple.

Here Are Some Tongue Twister
With Which to Grapple.
If you can spell every word correctl
In the following rhymes-all legitimat
may consider yourself
qualified to enter spelling bee:
Stand up, ye spoilers, now and spell
Spell phenakistoscope and knell;
Or take some simple word as chilly
Or gauger or the garden lily.
To spell such words as sylogism
And la,hrymose and synchronism
And Pentateuch and saccharine,
Apocrypha and ceadine,
Jepnne and homeopathy,
Paralysis and chloroform,
Rhnoceros and pachyderm,
Metempsychosis, gherkins basque,
Is certainly no easy task.
Kaleidoscope and Tennessee,
Kamtchatka and eryspelas
And etiquette and sassafras,
lnfallibe and ptyalism,
Alopathy and rheumatism
And cataclysm and beleaguer,
Twelfth, eighteenth, rendezvous, intriguer,
And hosts Of other words all found
On English and on classic ground;
Thus Boring strait and Michaelmas,
Thermopyla, jalap, Havana,
Cinquefoil and pecacuanha
And Rappahannock, Shenandoah
And Schuykill and thousand more
Are words some prime good spoilers miss
In dictionary lands like this.
Nor need one think himself scroyle
II some Of these his efforts foil
Nor deem himself undone forever
To miss the name of either river,
The Dnieper, Seine or Guadalquivir.
Lewiston (Me.) Journal.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-20
Barre, VT, August IA, 1901

Wonderful restoration OF a para
lived arm b. DR.. Morrow Of this CITY.
There is certainly something wonder
full about the p, wer OF healing tne
sick possessed by this doctor-wonder'
ful from the tact that in all but very
few cases the sick are made well.
Happening into the doctors Office, one
day last week, the writer had an OPP
portunlty of witnessing examples OF
this wonderful power. Mrs. Hester
Burton told US she had not used her
arm for two ears, and applied to DR..
M rrow for relief, and in less than
fifteen minutes she was enabled to not
only move her arm readily, but easily
lifted al ticleS which she had been un-
able to do before. A Mrs. Bowers Of
Montpelier said she had been troubled
with dyspepsia and indigestion. Every
thing she ate gave her distress She
had applied to number OF ply sicians
who had deavored to relief her, but
none seemed to do her any good. A
few days ago she applied to DR.. Mer.
row and, to her establishment, he told
her she was troubled with a tape
worm. This was startling informa-
tiop, but she was assured by the doc.
tor Il at such was the fact and was
astonished when the doctors assis.
tants in a very few minutes removed
from her tape worm twenty-eight
feet and eight inches long, and today
the lady is feeling great deal better.
This worm can be seen at the office any
time. The DOCTORS charges are only
SO and IS per month, according to
case, and he returns money in case
he fai S to cure, consultation being
free, enabling the poor to obtain re-.
lief as well as the rich. This is a
chance Of a life time, and no one
tflicted should miss this golden oppor
tunity to be cured. The doctor is a
regular graduate and will furnish
treatment according to the nature Of
disease-medicine, compound oxygen
or magnetism.
The doctor is permanently located
at South Main Street, Barre, Vt.
His office hours ar from 1000 a. m.
to - m, 2:30 to 400 p M, 700 to
500 p. No. Consultation free Mon
days, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Other days will visit patients at their
homes.
All who take treatment this month
and are dissatisfied can on Monday,
September 2 have their money le-
turned.
THREE AND FIVE DOLLARS PER
MON II.
This includes all diseases and all
medicine, with consultation and ex
animation, and in no case will larger
fee e charged. If you live at dis.
lance and cannot consult in person
iuclose amp for system blank and
our book entitled "Woman's Guide
n.n1tt,
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-20
Cassava and Fish.

Cassava and fish form the chief arti-
cles Of food of the Caribs Of Guatema-
la, and the former Is cultivated only in
sufficient quantities for their daily
needs. as vegetable to eat with their
fish. to make their strange bread and
to make the cassareep, which forms
their only sweet.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-20
Don't BE Angry.

1t doesn't pay to get angry. Anger
uses up the nerve forces Of the BODY.
80 does worry; so does hate. A bad
temper wears you out. 1t makes you
needless enemies. It spoils your looks.
A man with a bad temper had better
tie stone around his neck and throw
1t into a lake. If he doesn't. It is liable
to drag him-but we won't speculate
about that.-Denver News.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-20
Two Uplifters.

"What," exclaimed the orator-"what
two things are helping mankind to get
up in the world?"
"The alarm clock and the steplad-
der" answered the dense person in the
rear of the hall.-Baltimore American.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-20
Told Him.

An old Scottish farmer, being elected
a member of the local school board,
visited the school and tested the intel.
ligence of the class by his questions.
The first inquiry was:
"Noo. boys. can ony o. you tell me
what naething is?'
After moments silence a small boy
IN back seat arose and replied:
Its what ye gle me t'other day for
haudin yer hoursew-London Answers.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-20

Iruptions. cuts. burns, scalds and sores Of
all kinds qui ky healed by DeWitt's
Witch Hazel oa!ve. Certain cure for piles.
Beware OF counterfeits. esure you g, t
the original-DeWi
Rickert 4 Wells, Barre. Wilcox & Gillette,
Moretown. W. E. Poole. East Barre. Vt.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-20
Need Not Feel Lonesome.

Rubberton-May | inquire what your
business Is. stranger?
Stranger (haughtily)-Sir. I'm a gen.
tleman.
Rubberton-WNl. | reckon that's a
good business. stranger: but you're not
the only man that's failed at it.-Chi.
cago News.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-20

Itching hemorrhoids were the plague
Of my life. Was almost wild. Doan's
Ointment cured me quickly and perma-
Cornwell, Valley Street, Saugerties, NY.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-20
A Follower.

Caller-The minister's son IL follow.
Ing In the footsteps Of that spendthrift
young links.
Miss Prim-Isn't that scandalous?
Caller-Hardly as bad as that You
see. he's tailor and is just trying to
collect his bill.-Chelsea Gazette
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-20

If the action of your bowels Is not easy
and regular serious complications must be
Risers will remove this danger. Safe.
Pleasant and effective.
Rickert Il Wells Barre, Wilcox l. Gillette.
Moretown. w. E. Poole. East Barre, VI.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-20

No man is absolutely perfect but one
who acknowledges his faults Is more
than half way up the adder.-Chicago
News.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-20

lanes lane: White, Bryantsville, Ind. savs
D Dew Witch Hazel Salve healed rum rum
= ei 1a. sores on both legs. He had suffered
Hsvals DOCTORS an failed to help him. Get
Rickert 4 Wells, Barre, Wilcox + cil,etto
moretown, W. E. Poole. East Bsrra ".
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-20
Fatal Error.

IN. Peck's wife leads him a rather
merry gate. fancy"
"Oh. yes. When he was counting her.
he told her one day she looked pretty
when she was angry. And now It has
got to be habit"-Indianapolis Jour.
nal.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-20

It always makes man mad to have
his name misspelled in newspaper,
because he believes everybody ought to
know his name.-Atchison Globe,
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-20
Which Wa ItP

Are we slaves or are we free men ~
numbered the orator. II pause for q
reply" :"
some OF US are married." came the
answer from the last row Of seats -
New York Sun.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-20

Accidents come with distressing fire..
ouency on the farm. Cuts, bruises. stinos
sprains. DR.. Thomas Electric OH relieves
the pain Instantly. NJ YER safe without 4
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-20
Tastes Differ.

Dealer-Here, madam. is a horse
can recommend-sound, kind
Old Lady-Oh. don't want that sort
OF horse. He holds his head high.
Dealer-Eh?
Ola Lady, like a horse that holds
MS nose close to the ground, SO he can
see where he's going.-New York
Weekly.
Evening journal., 1901-04-18
DIED

WHlTAkER.-On Wednesday. April II
1901, at her late residence. No $50 Wesi
Fourth street, Sarah H. Whitaker, age
81 years.
Relatives and friends are invited 10 AZ.
tend the funeral services az her late resi-.
dencc. No. $40 West Fourth sfrcef ~
saturday afternoon, April 70. at 2 o'ciocL
terry.
DANETr.-At his late residence near
christina, Del, on April Is. 1901 Na
@han H. Dayett, aged 81 years.
DANGEL.-On the 10Th instant. Charlie
Daugel, aged % years.
FIDANCE.-In this city. on April 1s. lar
Elizabeth, wife Of Thomas Fidancc. aged
s. years.
FlSHER.--ln this city. on April ls. rqn
Catharine A.. wife OF Francis Fiqber
ana daughter OF Timothy and Marqaret
Mckinley. aged q years.
JOSEPH.-In ehis city. on Apru 1g 1901
George W. Joseph. aged g. years.
NJ MCONAUGHEY.- April IA. 1901 Mary
widow Of William McConaughey
RuUP-On April l0. 1901. John c. Rum.
aged 90 years.
SIATTERY.-In this city. ON Apru 1e
1901. Charles. son Of John and MARGARET
Slattcry. aged i6 months
COLLINs.-On the 18th instant. Blair NJ
Collins, aged y years az the residence
OF his son-in-law, Joseph A Brown
Porters, Deb.
Evening journal., 1901-04-18
PROGRAM ARRANGED
FOR COMING HORSE SHOW

Events for the Wilmington Horse
Show. which viii be held in Wawaset
Driving Park in June and August, are
as follows:
June 12-2.4O class trot and pace,
purse $50; 2.34 class trot and pace,
purse $3.50; $3.50 class, amateur driver,
purse 500; members race, for men,
bers Of the association only, prize to
amount to $50. best two out of three.
Juno 13--3 minute class, purse $3.50;
2.29 class. purse 5000; 2.19 class, purse
$3.50; milk wagon race, purse, $500.
August 20-2.40 trot, purse 5000; 2.17
pace, purse $500; 2.21 trot and 22i
pace, $3.50.
August 21-2.24 trot, purse $3.50; 22S
pace, purse 5000; 2.20 pace, purse $3.50
August 22-21S trot, purse $3.50; 2.3i
pace, purse $500; 2.12 trot and 2.1i
pace, purse $500.
Evening journal., 1901-04-18
CITY NEWS TN BRIEF

Harry Steel Morrison. Of New
York. will lecture in Y. M. c. A. Hall
IN next Monday evening.
There will be bowling contest in
The Y. M. c. A. Hall tonight between
uhe first team and picked men, to try
ior places on the team.
Wilmington Conclave, l. o. r. c.,
celebrated its fourth Anniversary in
Red Mems Hall on Tuesday night
"A 2h-year-old son Of John Mes
sacki, Of No. 107 West Liberty street
fell from a fence surrounding his IA
theirs yard yesterday and cut his head
badly.
Owing TO the existence Of smallpox
in Sussex county, the Early Baptist
meeting has been indefinitely post
poned.
On Friday evening managers OF the
Sarah White Home will hold a meeting
and consider the subject OF changing
the name Of the institution to the Lay.
ton Home.
w. II. Jones and John w. Stetser
have announced that they will be can.
didates for the Republican nomination
for City Council from the Ninth ward
The Brandywine Baseball Club o
1901 has organized, and would like {.
hear from all 1S-year-old teams in o.
out Of the State. Address Captain Wal
ter l. Hunt, No. 211 East Twenty-esc
ond street. city.
The Globe Printing Company. o
this city, has received the contract 10
printing the journal Of the House o
Representatives.
Miss Carolyn Mccall, of No. 81
Harrison street. was thrown from he
oarriage at Maryland avenue an,
Chestnut street yesterday and had he
nip sprained.
George Lynch fell from a horse a
Seventh and Madison streets yester
day and sustained severe bruises.
While playing win companion
yesterday afternoon, Wilmer Metro,
aged Ia years, fell and broke his wrist
Turnkey Hiram White. who wa
30 years old yesterday, was presente
with a Morris reclining chair by hi
family.
Mrs. Addie Kennar, of No. Al
West street, took an overdose Of lauda
mum yesterday but Dr. +. c. Taylor
who was summoned, saved her life.
Evening journal., 1901-04-18
TO ENLARGE
TROLLEY Barn
Improvement Made Necessary
by Trolley COmpaDy'S
New Equipment
Special to the Evening Journal.

New Castle, April 1S.-The Whining
ton and New Castle Railway Company
is planning big Improvements to Its
property. To accommodate the new
cars. which will arrive next week, a
ntnv barn will be built adjoining the
present structure Measurements OF the
ground were taken yesterday and che
work will be begun Immediately. The
company will install additional elcctfd-
cal apparatus in the power house.
Twenty members OF Garfield Council,
Daughters Of America. visited the local
council last evening and spent an en-
icyable time. Light refreshments We're
served.
The Delaware shad has developed a
ncw wrinkle The intelligent fish while
in the river is making stops at Point
Breeze and saturating himself with oil.
Whether he becomes inebriated by I'M
hibing oil is hard to tell, but it Is fact
that when he is caught now the effects
Of 1t have not had a chance TO pass
of fer many people are complaining
that his fefh sayors Of crude petro-
lcum.
Two fishing schOoners. hailing from
Gloucester. Mass passed up yesterday
Win cargoes OF fresh mackerel, caught
on the coast between the Virginia and
Delaware capes. 1t lis unusual for such
careocs TO be brought in. This is due
10 the masters and owners of the YES
sells deciding, because OF the strong
winds now prevailing on the coast, and
the likelihood of a ready market being
obtained in Philadelphia, not to have
them 10 20, as they usually have done
20 their home port.
In the armory this evening the sec
ond of the Thursday night dances Oi
the season viii be given by the young
mon OF the city It promises TO be a
popular event
Mossrs. Ahern and Rothrock, mem
bcrs OF the local lodge, Knights oi
Pythias, n-the lodge room on Monday
night, viii debate the question: RE.
eo,yod, That money has more influence
over man than woman" It may be in
toreetlng to ray that the men who will
take part IN the debate are married
and that the woman side of the ques
tlon will win.
Miss Julia McCue is dangerously II
at her parents home. in Shawtown
Her condition yesterday was critical.
1hr interior OF the Jefferson Ifous,
Is being painted and the grounds ad
joining the hotel greatly beautified. A
telephone was installed in the hous
yesterday.
Carpets, linoleums, mattings, window
curtains, seed potatoes, garden seeds
Sto0rs
Mrs. Thomas Hayes, Mrs. Thoma
g9fQoa and Mrs. Frye, OF Phiiadelphis
have returned home after a visit Z
Robert c. Gordon.
William KINNEY. OF Wilmington
was here with friends yesterday.
Evening journal., 1901-04-18
one SHORT PUFF CLEARS THI

ONE SHORT PUFF CLEARS THE
HEAD.-Docs your head ache? Have
you palms over yCur eyes? Is the
breath offensive? These are certain
symptoms Of Catarrh. Dr. Agnew's s
Catarrhal Powder will cure most stub
born cases in a marvelously short
time II you've had Catarrh a week
it's a sure cure II it's of fifty years
standing it's just as effective. 30 cents
-oo
Sold by Miller Drug Co. 402 Market.
nd N B. Danforth. Market and Sec
ond streets. 4.ln