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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

trade and the honors for production are
divided between the two cities. The
above named firm are to be classed
among the leading producers and dealers
and their work will compare faVoraby
with the best sent out from the granite
cities. They commenced business in
1897 and have grown and prOspered to
such an extent that they often find it
difficult to secure a sufficient number of
cutters and workers to fill their orders.
They have excellent facilities alongside
the railway that runs directly to the
quarry, and pneumatic tools and
power polishing machinery. They are
designers of many standard blocks of
granite and furnish plans and specifca-
lions for anything that may be desired
built from granite. They also give prompt
attention to estimates and are in a po-
sition to meet any competition. They in
clude both the light and dark GRANTEES in
their work and can give equal satisfac-
are both natives of Montpelier, and are
practical granite workers themselves, so
that they can furnish the most intelli-
gent plans and figures and any one con-
templating placing an order for cemetery
work does well in corresponding with
them. They employ from a dozen to fif-
teen men, but all work is under the per-
sonal supervision of one of the members
of the firm. The accompanying engrav-
ing gives an idea of their facilities and
the monument is sample of their work.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

modelled for him though the vault was
retained which proves great conVen-
fence for himself and Is much used by
those who wish to store valuables. Inc
store is high studded, has sheet steel cell
ings and the counters and wall cases are
of the most modern pattern and are made
of polished quartered oak of massive and
substantial build, giving the store a solid
and attractive appearance. The arrange
ment is in excellent taste and the store
is unquestionably the finest in the state.
In the rear of his store is a large room
extending beyond the vault. This is used
for the optical and camera department in
which Mr.. Stone has built up a large
trade, being agent for the Eastman Ko-
dak and all first class cameras as well
as a complete line of Photographic sup
plies. The engraving gives a fair rep
resentaton of the interior, but does not
convey a correct idea of the high quail
ity of goods on exhibition. The wall cas-
es are filled with handsome and artistic
brio "a brac, genuine cut glass pieces. solid
silver, gold mounted and plated fiat ware,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

meats and the very best refrigerating ia
cilities enables him to keep them fresh
and attractive. He makes a specially
of pork products, curing his own hams
and bacon in such manner that they
are the best to be obtained in any mar
ket. He always has a good supply
of vegetables and farmers produce, and
has formed such connections that he gets
them fresh every day. Mr.. Holmes Is
a native of East Montpelier and has had
five years experience, two at SaXtons
River and three with II. A. Skinner. His
store is one of the landmarks having been
conducted as a market for upwards of
twenty-five years. He purchased 1t
from G. S. Whittier, November l, 1900
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

besides they have operated the grist mill
on Main street for many years, and in
1874 entirely remodeled and rebuilt it.
They utilize it principally for their own
grinding which largely consists of corn
and oats. They have a large elevator
and unload here hundreds of carloads
of western grain during the year and
make this their shipping point for Yer
mont Massachusetts, Connecticut and
New Hampshire. 1t requires the service
es of from twelve to fifteen men to ham
die the grain which gives some idea of
the quantity sold. Both members of
the firm are natives of Vermont, born
near this city Mr., Bailey is a member
of the Board of Trade of Chicago where
he makes his home, while Mr.. Taft has
charge of this department of the bust
ness. This firm are extensive dealers in
flour and are selling agents for number
of the larger mills for this district. They
carry large stocks and are always in a
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

and now occupy the entire ground floor
of the Blanchard block having two wide
and deep stores connected by archways
and furnished with all modern improve
ments. Aside from a full and general
line of dry goods they make a specially
of ladies ready to wear garments, skirts
and suits in endless variety, cloaks and
furs and are headquarters for muslin
underwear and wash goods of every des-
cription. Both Mr. Temple and Mr. Nc
Cuen had had previous experience in this
business before coming to Montpelier and
employ the most up-to-date methods In
all departments of their business.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07
TAPLIN's CORNER STORE.


Dry Goods and Ladies' Ready to
Wear Garments. The very best loca-
ton in the city of Montpelier is occu-
pied by this house and the firm is so
well known, that we need not mention
the street The business has been con-
Quoted under this name for over thirty
years and has always enjoyed an excel
lent patronage. They occupy two floors,
the first devoted to general dry goods,
fancy goods, notions, hosiery and under
wear, The second is utilized almost
wholly for display of ladies tailor-made
garments, suits wraps, coaks, skirts
and furs The stock is so large and
varied that they can suit any taste or
purse and a specially Is made of this
feature of the business. Five polite
and attentive salespe ople are employed
all the time and more in the busy sea-
SON The ladies of Montpelier find this
a popular shopping place as they are al
ways pleased to show goods and quote
prices. knowing that they can meet any
competition. Visitors during "Old Home
Week will find It to their advantage to
look over their stock.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

five years afterward going to Portland,
Me, from which place he came here in
1893. He purchased the store of c. ".
Skinner. one of the oldest in this line
of business in the city. He has splen-
did show room and an excellent display
of cut glass, bric-a-brac and fine art
pieces particularly adapted for gifts and
wedding presents. His eases are tIled
with fashionable jewelry, precious gems,
Watches chains, charms pins bracelets,
rings, etc, in every conceivable pattern
and the person would be extremely par
ticular who could not be suited from his
stock. Mr.. Baldwin takes personal
charge of the repair department and
makes a speciality of fine and intricate
work, also plain and ornamental en-
craving. He is practical optician CIV
ing particular attention to this feature
of the business.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07
e. W. RAILEY 4 90.

Whoos sale and Retail Dealers in Flour
and Grain, 81 Main street. f. w Bal
ley and l.. ID. Taft Distinguished as
being the largest dealers in flour and
grain in Northern Vermont, this house
is entitled to prominent mention in a
re sumo of the commerce of the city of
Montpelier. The business was founded
in 1889 by +. w Bailey and w w Park
who continued in partnership and who
conducted it until 1850, when the present
firm was formed. They occupy for Of
fees and retail department the entire
store of the Lawrence block at 81 Main
street and have four large storehouses
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07
r. NJ. FRASER.

Manufacturer and Dealer in Barre
Granite Cemetery Work; Office and Yards
in Barre Street. Among the manufacture
ers of Montpelier who have made a sue
cess of the granite business mention
must be made of Robert NJ. Fraser. He
came here in 1892 and was senior mem
Der of the firm of Fraser & Bradford UNI
til 1898, since which time he has conduct
ed the business alone. He has large and
convenient shops alongside the Central
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07
DIR. SAMUEL NJ. KNAUSS.

Osteopathc Physician, Ga State Street.
Dr. Knauss who has pleasant parors
next door to Christ Episcopal Church is
a native OF Wilkesbarre, Pa, born March
Il, 1873. He graduated from the high
school of his native city and also from
the Chester Military Academy at Ches-
ter Pa. While preparing for a medical
course at the University of Pennsylvania
his attention was directed to osteopathy
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07
c. c. HOLM ES.

Dealer in Meats, Provisions and Nege-
tables, State Street. A great many of
the residents of Montpelier find this
convenient and most desirable place to
secure food of every day consumption.
Since Mr.. Holmes purchased the market
last November, he has found his trade
constantly increasing and proving in eV-
cry way entirely satisfactory. He keeps
large supply of Western and native
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07
A. G. STONE.

Jeweler 16 State Street Mr.. Stone has
the distinction of having been the longest
in continuous business of any one in this
line in Montpelier He started in 1872
at the corner of Main and State Streets
and had to Vacate when the Langdon
block was built last year He used tenn
porary quarters for a time and then
traded with the Savings Bank, taking the
store at the above number made vacant
by their removal. 1t was entirely re-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

solid rubber and pneumatic tired road
wagons being the feature this season,
nut II there is anything better or more
stylish, Mr. Collins is sure to have H.
lie has been in the business for twenty
years and was located at Cabot before
coming here in 1898. He has an excellent
showroom in what was formerly old
Capital hail, and 1t is filled with the
most salable goods in his line His trade
extends to radius of 100 miles and aside
from dealing In horse goods, generally
takes orders for rubber or pneumattc
tires to be fitted to first-class Jobs.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

tual advantage that they have the entire
confidence of the trade and are regarded
as the highest authority in this part Of
the state on the status of the market.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

and hundreds of art specialtes only to be
found where high class goods are soid.
In the counter cases is an array of ula-
monds, precious s.ooes watches, rings,
pins, etc, in endless variety. The stock
and store is a credit to the city and is
an indication of the cultivation and taste
of its citizens and also reflects credit
upon the proprietor Mr.. Stone is a ma
tive of Chelsea, coming here when a
young man and serving an active appren-
ticeship with S. Freeman for five years
after which he purchased Mr. Freeman's
stock and has met with success. He also
has in his employ a thoroughly reliable
optician who makes a speciality of COM
plicated cases, insuring to his patrons as
good results can be had at small ex-
pense. During Old Home Week this will
be headquarters for souvenirs of the city
and those who make purchases from Mr..
Stone may feel assured that they will
get reliable and first class articles.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Hard
ware, Plumbing, Heating and Electrical
Goods, 80 Main Street, f. Blanchard and
o. G.. Harris. This business was first
established in 1875 by Mr. Blanchard and
was controlled by him alone until 1898.
when Mr. Harris, who had been a trusted
employee for several years, was taken in
to partnership. Their trade extends
throughout the county and also to many
points in the northern part of the state.
Mr.. Blanchard was born in Hartland,
VT, in 1851 and came to Montpelier in
1868. residing here ever since. BE sides
having made a success in business he has
been selected for municipal honors by his
fellow citizens. He was chosen alder
man i'm the year 1889 and has been for
ten or a dozen years a member of the
school board. He is part owner with
two of his brothers, of the Lawrence
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07
o. r. COLLINS.

Dealer in Carriages, Sleighs, Robes,
Blankets and Whips, 81 State street. At
this repository there is always an excel
lent display of fine single and two-se
ed vehicles of the most modern pattern,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07
DOUCETTE BROTHERS.

DOUCETTE BROTHERS.
Manufacturers and Dealers in Monu-
mental and Cemetery Work, Frank j.
Doucette and Alfred J. Doucette. Mucn
of the celebrated Barre Granite is
brought to the cutting sheds of Mont
peler to be fashioned into symmetrical
and handsome bases and shafts to adorn
the burial grounds of the cemetery. Here
hundreds of men are engaged at this
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07
g. II. BALDWIN.

Jeweler, State Stra5t The propr-
etor of this wCll known iewelry empo-
rum is a native of Brandon, Vt, and
learned the trade there He went to
Rutland in 1881 and engaged with Mar
shall Brothers where he remained for
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07
EDWARD d. HYDE.

Edward Delevan Hyde was born in
Montpelier, May 9, 1874, the son of Rich
ard W. and Sarah l.. Hyde. He received
his education in the public schools of the
place. at Kimball Union Academy, Meri-
den N. H., and at Bishop Hopkins
School, Bennington. VT. In 1865, Mr..
Hyde became a partner in the firm OF
Hyde, Foster & Co.. dealers in iron. nails,
heavy hardware lime, cement and flour.
His father, the senior member of the
firm, dying soon after The business was
continued from 49, to 1876 under the
title of Hyde and Foster, when Joel Fos-
ter retired and the business has since
been conducted by Mr.. Hyde alone. The
old firm was one of the notable CONNER
cal houses of the town. having high re-
pute and doing a large business through
out the region of which Montpelier was
then the trading centre. Mr.. Hyde has
maintained the ancient fame of the firm.
Conditions have greatly changed. lines of
transportation have altered the direction
of trade. but the successor to the old as
ISOLATION, which had contained two of
the best known business men of the Mont
pelier of former time, has adapted him
self to the mutations OF time and traf-
fic and worthily maintained his place
among the business men of the develop
ing city.
TEMPLE McCU'EN co.
ID. w. Temple and f. j. McCuen, pro-
prietors. Montpelier has in this house
one of the largest and best stocked dry
goods stores in the state. 1t was start
ed in small way twenty-five years ago
by Mr.. Temple, who afterwards had as
partner w. N. Leonard. Mr. McCuen
The age-herald., 1901-03-01
INSURGENTS ARE
 ON BLOODY RAID
They Attacked Town of Santa Maria and Burn Fifty
 Houses

Manila, February 2S.-A band of seven- ty armed insurgents entered the town of Suog. in the province of South Iloilos, Luzon, where they killed one native and abducted five. At midnight of the same day they attacked the town of Santa Maria, burning fifty houses. The insur- gents were repulsed by the Americans, who had one man killed. One native scout and two civilians were killed. The insurgents retreated to the mountains. Their losses were not learned.
 The projectors of the Conservative par ty have asked the American Philippine commission to inspect their platform, but Judge Taft postponed action in the matter until Tuesday. They subsequent ly visited General Macarthur and out lined to him their programme, saying that the ultimate views of the party would be submitted later and would In no way conflict with the principle of Ameri- can sovereignty. General Macarthur re- sponded that any Philippine party un- der the present circumstances should have the establishment of peace through out the island for its primary object and advised the avoiding of discussion of other political principles until peace should be declared He said the situa- tion today did not permit the encourage ment of extreme party ideas.
 The Conservatives are apparently re
The age-herald., 1901-03-01
KING EDWARD VII
 THANKS SENATE
Letter Received Which Shows His Majesty's Appreciation
 for the Resolution

Washington, February S.-when the Senate convened today. the president pro tenn. Mir. Frye, presented a letter from the Marquis of Landsdowne ex- pressing the appreciation of his majesty, King Edward VII for the resolution the Senate adopted upon the occasion of the death of Queen Victoria.
 The letter which was sent to Ambas- sador Choate, and by him transmitted to the State Department, and by Secretary Hay sent to the Senate. is as follows:
 London, February IA, 1901. Your xcellency:
 "The prime minister duly laid before the King a copy of the resolution of the Senate of the United States of Ameri- ca which your exceIiency forwarded in your note to me of the sth inst.
 By command of the King I am to re- quest your excenensoy to be so kind as to express to the president of the Senate his majestys most sincere thanks for the the United States to the memory of her deeply lamented majesty, Queen Vic toIfa
 "The terms of the resolution are high ly appreciated by. his majesty. I have the honor to be, etc,
 .LANsDowNE, "To His Excellency the Hon. Joseph
 Choate."
The age-herald., 1901-03-01
SOCIAL PROBLEMS.
Bourke Cochran Says the Solution Is
 With the Church.

New York, February 2S.-Bourke Cock ran spoke last evening at meeting of the United States Catholic Historical So- ciety. His subject was: '"The Church and Social Problems"
 In his remarks MT. Cochran maintained that the solution of the social questions of the present day lay with the church, declaring Chat while the remedy for eco homie evils must lay in economic laws, there was no difference between the eco homie and the moral laws. The church, he asserted, was not merely the deposi- tory of the moral law, but the truest ex- ponent of economic laws.
 He defined prosperity an abundance of commodities equitably distributed among the people who could best use them and held that the system under which the greatest abundance of com modities could be drawn from the earth was the system towards which all hu- man energy and all human laws should tend.
 All wealth, he said, must be produced by the hand of man and drawn from the earth, adding that all the powers of the laws and man could not make two blades of grass grow where but one had grown before, nor the greatest potentate create fertility on the battlefield.
 Among those present on the stage was Archbishop Corrigan.
The age-herald., 1901-03-01
VALUABLE SECRET.
One Family Has Furnished Stamp can-
 ceIers for Sixty-Flve Years.

Since 1885 all the machines by which postage stamps are cancelled and envel- opes marked with the name of the post office, the date, etc., have been made by one family. In the year named the postmaster general entered into a con tract with Benjamin Chambers, citizen of Washington, to furnish a device by which postage stamps might be cancelled so that they could not be used again, and, although there have been a multi tude of competitors on several occasions, that contract has been renewed year after year for sixty-five years with MT. Chambers, his son, and his grandson, who have a secret process by which the dies are made of malleable iron and car bonized into steel at a cost of from 50 cents to $275 each.
 It is certainly the only government con- tract, and probably the only contract in the United States that has been renewed so often and continued so long. The department buys about $25, 900 worth of new cancelers every year. Bids are ad- vertised for annually, and every now and then some ambitious manufacturer who thinks he has a good thing offers a pro- posal but the Chambers family are in- vincible. They have improved the device until it Is now almost perfect
 The stamper is a circular cast steel box with screw thread), one end of which is closed, ana Is provided on the outside with square shank to secure 1t to the hardwood handle. The cover of the box is disk of steel. portion of its thick ness enters the box by means of screw thread around it's periphery of almost twenty threads to the inch.
 This permits of space between the in- ner face of the die and the bottom of the box, while the remaining thickness of the disk forms a fiange with the edge, which is coarse milled, 80 that the disk may be turned with the hand or "a wrench. On the outer face of the disk are characters of the body of the cyl.VAlrical die. These combine the marking and the canoeling devices, one being on one side of the disk, inclosing the name of the postoffice in a circle, There are three slots for re- movable type, for months, dates hour and half-hour. Diametrically opposite the circle is the canceling device, the side of which Is parallel with the edge of the disk. Any required number or letter Is cut in relief in the center, while three grooves are cut intagiio The removable types are of steel, and have on the ends opposite their faces projections from their outer edges so that when inserted In the slots the projections can be clamped and held in place.
 Until 1880 Captain Chambers manufac- tured the cancelers here in Washington, and he is still required to maintain re- pair shop in the neighborhood of the Postoffice Department. but he moved his factory to Northumberland County, Vir- ginia, on a leg of land at the mouth of the Potomac, where he has a little will 1ao oS IL L.. ployes and their families. No one can en- ter his grounds without permission, and those who have been there say 1t Is quite an ideal little village safe from the spies of competitors who would like to get the contract away from him,
The age-herald., 1901-03-01
OFFICERS EMBARK.
General Young and Staff Sail On the
 Transport Logan.

Manila, February 2S.-Major-General Young and staff, with the Thirty-fourth Volunteer Infantry and nine companies of the Thirty third, have embarked on the transport Logan, and will sail to- morrow. Enroute they will stop at Can don, on the western coast of Luzon, to take on board Companies c, E, and M of the Thirty-thrd Volunteers, who have been released from the quarantine inn posed by reason of a slight outbreak of smallpox.
 There has been festivities at the town of Catalogan, on the island of Samar, under the auspices of the Federal party and on the occasion of Washington's birthday, that evening and during the festivities, the insurgents attacked the town in force, but were driven away. There were no American casualties.
 It is rumored that the insurgents from neighboring islands are concentrating on the island of Samar.
The age-herald., 1901-03-01
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Magnates Conclude the Annual Spring
 Meeting-A Western League.

New York. February 2S.-The National League magnates concluded their annual spring meeting today. The playing sched- ule for the coming season was an- nounced
 The official deathknell of the American Association as an organization in it's resent form was sounded. It is not inn probable that a circuit of western clubs will be launched within few days un- der this title, including Louisville, h. dianapolis, Fort Wayne Dayton, Colum- bus. Mansfield and either Detroit, Grand Rapids or Milwaukee. If this scheme can not be brought about successfully, 1t is probable that Indianapolis and Louisville will be taken into the Western League.