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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-30

Clayton Tucker is making repairs
on his blacksmith shop.
NJ 1. Penn is visiting his niece,
Mrs. J. W. Nye..
Mr.. and Mrs. Erie Dirty close their
their house this week for while to
go and stay with Mr.. and Mrs. John
Dewey, who are in very poor health.
Miss Louise Chase is at the home
of Mrs Cynthia Kibbee this week car
ing for her and Miss Libbie Abbott,
who are in very poor health.
MIDDLESEX.
Mrs. H. @. Gearen and daughter
Miss Mamie, visited in Essex Junction
a part of last week,
Mrs. J. A. Somers returned from
Fair Haven last Wednesday where she
spent the winter with her daughter,
Mrs. Norton.
Mrs. L. M. Bruce and Mrs. Edna
Robinson visited in Waterbury last
Thursday.
Mrs. E. A. Stufflebean visited in
Waterbury on Thursday.
Charles E. Ward, who has been con-
,,
is able to attend to his duties at the
post office and store.
Frank A. Hayden of Montpelier
was in town last Saturday.
A. l.. Lane was in town on Satur-
day calling on O. @. Ward in the in
terests of the Deering machine.
Charles Scott is meeting with sue
cess as barber at the Travellers
Home.
Misses Anna, Lucy and Belle Dona-
hue of Seminary hill, spent Sunday
and Monday at N. H. Hammonds S.
Rev. j. @. Angel was able to &C.
cupy the pulpit at the Methodist
church Sunday morning after ten
days illness.
M. J. and George Herbert were in
Worcester ON Saturday. While there
George Herbert purchased a horse.
The Middlesex creamery now has
twenty patrons and promise of three
more May 1. Over 300 pounds of milk
were received Monday morning.
f. l.. VIM has finished work at the
Montpelier postotfice for the present
and is at home.
rev. M. IL. hydu anu ldmlly maue
their many friends in town call last
Thursday while on their way to
Peacham. Mr.. Ryan will be pleas.
antly remembered as the Methodist
| pastor here.
Gdeoge S. Chase has rented his farm
to Arthur S. Bingham, who will take
possession at once.
Mrs George Sylvester and Miss
Lilah Gearen of Essex Junction are
at H. O. Gearen's.
Samuel Baxter has been employed
in @. II. Ward S store the past week.
Mrs. M. j. Gallison and Miss Carrie
Wiley of Montpelier visited a few
days at Ira Johnson's last week.
STANFORD.
The public schools in town begil
this week. j. Albert Brock teache
at the old city Miss Jessie l.. Orse
in the Carpenter school house. Fanni
A. Kendall the grammar department
at South STAFFORD, Mary A. Houston
the primary, Elizabeth B. Dodge a
the pond, Grace Webster the Cloug
school and Edith A. Preston at tn
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-30

when all other remedies fail. I can
heartily recommend Peruna as catarrh
remedy."-Mrs. Elmer Fleming.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-30

II nave been
troubled all my
life with catarrh
in my head. l
took Peruna for
a bout three
m o n tn y. and
now think ] am
perm an entlv
cured. l believe
that for catarrh
in all its forms
Peruna is the
medicine of the
onn IL ~,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-30

HON. DAN. A. GROSvENOR, OF FAMOUS OHIO FAMILY.
Hon. Dan Department letter
written Washington, {,
"AHow gratitude
from one bottle of Peruna One week
and am now as well Besides being very
spring fOncs it is excellent remedy"---
DAN A. GROSVENOR.
Eel he
"I consider eruna really
you last receive letters from
asking genuine invariably answer
yes. "Dan. A. GrosVenor
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-30
Paint Your Buggy for rs Cents

to S1.OO with Devoes Gloss Carriage Paint
1t weighs to OF. more to the pint than
others, wears longer and gives gloss
Bailey.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-30
A County commissioners Letter.

County Commissioners Letter.
Hon. John Williams, County Commits
sioner, of 517 West Second street, Duluth,
Mimi, says the following in regard to
Peruna:
AS a remedy for catarrh can cheer
fully recommend Peruna. know W hat
it is to suffer from that terrible disc ase
and feel that it is my duty to speak q
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-30
No Gloss carriaoe Paint Made

will wear as long as Devoe's. No
there's are as heavy bodied, because
Devoe's weighs to s ounces more to
tho pint Sold by Abbott & Bailey.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-30

good word for the tonic that brought me
immediate relief. Peruna cured me of a
bad case of catarrh and 1 know it will
cure any other sufferer from that dis
ease. John Williams.
Miss Matte l.. Guild, President Illi-
nois Young Peoples Christian Temper
nnce Unicn, in Q recent letter from Chi
cago, ILL.,, says.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-30
RYEGATE.

j. b. Hale of Newbury, was here
last week Thursday on business.
Alexander Renfrew lost a very val
liable COW one day last week.
The grand list was completed by
the listers last Friday.
w. S. Bailey of Hardwick, recently
sold to w. j. Smith, Lambert b.,
z. 20l4.
Girls Chase of McIndoe called on T.
A. Meader last Monday He was ON
his way to Barre city where he has an
engagement for the summer.
Rev. G.. M. Wylie, former pastor
of the United Presbyterian church
died at his home in West Hebron, N.
Y, Apr. 10.
The Changers repeated "Aunt Je-
rusha's Quilting Party" at Gibson's
hall in South Kyegate last Friday
evening to full house.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-30
A Congressman's Letter.

Hon. W. P. Brownlow, Congressman
from Tennessee, writes from Wash
ington, d. c., the following:
81 have suffered from catarrh of the
stomach for several years, and for the
past twelve months was in an exceed
ingly critical condition. My attention
was called to your Peruna, and I began
to use it, and my improvement was
noticeable after the first three days.
have taken three bottles of the medicine
and l feel satisfied that am now almost.
If not permanently, cured. In connec-
ton with the Peruna, 1 have used your
Manalin for biliousness and torpid liver.
regard it as the best medicine for this
purpose that have ever used. Having
been benefited so much myself, / give
you this statement, that others may be
likewise benefited. Nv. p. Brownlow,
M. c., Jonesboro, Tenn.
Mrs. Elmer Fleming, orator of Reser-
voir Council No. l6S, Northwestern L.
gion of Honor, of Minneapolis, Mimi,
writes from 2535 Polk street, n. E.:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-30
Treat Catarrh in Spring,


The spring is the time to treat catarrh,
Cold, wet winter weather often retards
cure of catarrh. If a course Of Peruna
is taken during the early spring months
the cure will be prompt and permanent.
There can be no failures if Peruna is
taken intelligentiy during the favorable
weather of spring.
AS systemic catarrh remedy Peruna
eradicates catarrh from the system
wherever it may be located. 1t cures ca
tarrh of the stomach or bowels with the
same certainty as catarrh OF the head
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-09-05
SCRAPS OF SCIENCE.

Some of the stars move with We
locity of nearly fifty miles second.
Meteors which reach the earth al
most invariably contain 4 l::rge guam
tity of iron and a smaller amount Of
nickel.
Sleeping after eating is coc<':::,l:eI
by German physician, w4.o has
shown experimentally that stomach
movements are lessened and ac:&:ty is
induced.
By using whey instead of milk as:
food in typhoid fever an English ply
sician reduced the death rate in sew
enty-three cases to 81 per cent It is
usually about 20.
In all but one of the Berlin hospitals:
the serum treatemnt of diphtheria is:
in use. In these the mortality is from
II to Is per cent. whereas in the one
hospital where it is not esed the NOR
tally is 64.7 per cent?
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-09-05
GIRL STOPS a THIEF.
Locks Him y in Store and Receivers
-. a Diamond Ring:
Brave Young Wo,na nsFa lin s:to Find
Gem Upon Search, Succeeds
,.-.-~ in Getting II Rack by
Threatening Arrest.

Miss Edith Fisler, a pretty sales
girl in the jewelry store of the Globe
association at Clayton, NJ, was alone
the other morning when we'll
dressed, pleasant-voiced young man
came in and asked to be shown dia.
mond rings. Miss Fisler brought out
a tray full of jewels, and the stranger
examined them critically, getting the
price of each. Finally he said none of
them suited him, and Miss Fisler
turned to get others. When she again
turned to her prospective customer
she saw that one of the rings, valued
at $3.50, had been distracted from the
first tray. She proceeded to show the
fresh supply of goods, meanwhile
keeping sharp eye on the stranger.
"A ring is missing, and you have it,"
suddenly exclaimed the salesgirl, look
ing the stranger squarely in the eye.
The young man finched, but denied
vehemently that he had the missing
jewel. Miss FISHER was sure she was
right, however, and, coming from be-
hind the counter, she insisted upon
searching the man. He submitted to
the search, but it failed to reveal the
ring. The girl asked the man for his
name, and he said he was James Smith,
of Melville; that he was a member of
the Methodist Protestant church
there, and would not be guilty of theft.
The stranger was permitted to leave
the store, but Miss FISHER, still con-
WINGED that he had the ring, followed
lin to the street and compelled him
to return with her to the store. Then
she closed and locked the door Con-
fronting the man. she said. with the
air of enc who knew Just what to ex-
pect:
''You have the ring. I will give YOU
just five minutes to give it up before I
will call an officer and have YOU ar
rest d.'
The man fdGeted CT his feet for
minnie. and again denied the theft,
bit finally produced the jewel He
was then allowed 10 depart. Miss
Fis!er has a coed description Of him.
and he may be arrested.
All the town is talking of the sales
girls courage and cco1ness, but she
modes1ly says: Il DO not think any
praise for my action is due me. only
thought Of the ring, and was not at
all nervous until after it was all over.
l hope It was mis- first offense. as he ap-
peared to be such nice young man"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-09-05
Odd Place for a SERPENT.

In Alsace recently four-year-old
child, the daughter of workingman,
became very ill one day, but speedily
recovered, and for some days after
ward dismayed her parents by eating
a good deal more than a child of that
age is wont to eat. Instead, however,
of growing fatter, the girl grew thin
ner, and doctors who were summoned
to attend her were unable to explain
why the food did her no good. Finally
the riddle was solved, for serpent
about 20 inches in length issued one
morning from the child's mouth. The
serpent was killed and sent to the Uni
versity Of Strasburg, and since then
the little one has enjoyed excellent
health 1t is supposed that the child
swallowed the serpent while drinking
some impure water.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-09-05

your teeth" said the dentist. "You
only think there is.''
But the healer, ignoring the remark,
sat down in the chair and WINGED and
moaned, "even as you and l." There
was a good deal the matter, so that
before her series of appointments was
over a bill of $50 had mounted up
against her. At the first of the month
the dentist sent around his bill.
But he was not sharp man in some
ways. He had told her, while operat-
ing, that he was troubled with rheu-
matism, and in day or two he re-
ceived in reply to the bill a little note.
my dear DOCTOR" it read, II have
been giving you a series of absent
treatments for your so-called rheuma-
tism, and find that our two bills just
balance"
Then the doctor grew wise and let
the matter drop. But, says the New
York Tribune, he does not operate on
Christian Scientists any more.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-09-05
POINTS OF LAW.

: A partnership should not he sued by
the firm name. but the individual part
nerS should be named as defendants
1t is important in sending bills for COL
lection to give the names of the part
ners. go S. W. Rep. 414)
Where concern assumes and holds.
itself out as corporation. it will not
be permitted to deny it's legal identity
as such. as against those with whom
it has assumed to be and acted as
corporation. (91 III. App. Rep. 2S)
A purchaser Of goods from an agent:
who is notified by the seller not to-
pay any account without written au-
thority from the seller remains liable
to him Notwithstanding a payment to-
the agent upon a forged order. rs S.
G. Rep. lily
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-09-05
CULINARY CAPERS.

Coarse brown paper-you cal get it
at your butcher's-is best for draining
fried things.
To make a tasty hash with cooked
meat make the gravy, boil it thor
oughly and let it get cold before add
ing the meat.
The banana can be put to many
uses. 1t is toothsome delicacy. Ba-
mana toast is excellent. Chop the fruit
fine, seasoning with salt and adding
sugar and lemon juice. Hot cream
should he poured over the toast.
A small lump of sugar added to clear
soup. when boiling up before serving
adds brilliantly to its appearance. A
lump Of sugar is q great improvement
to all vegetable soups, as it mellows
their flavor.
A cooking teacher gives brief rule,
for vegetables. Cook al! summer and|
above ground vegetables in sailed boil
ing water, all winter and underground;
vegetables in unsalted water, adding1
the salt when seasoning for the table.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-09-05
ARMY TO USE NEW BALLOON
Specially Constructed Airship to BE
Feature Of the Coming
M0ncuVers.

The army will make use of a spe-
cially constructed balloon during the
coming maneuvers... 1t was found
that the two monster balloons now
in the possession Of the signal corps
were unwieldly and required vast
amount of hydrogen for imitation.
1t was found, too, that the cost of
preparation ard the transportation
of the mechanism would amount to
as much as the construction of a
smaller balloon. It was therefore
decided to make a balloon capable of
supporting two men which would be
sufficient for use in the coming
maneuvers. This balloon was tested
near Utica, N. Y, recently by being
kept in the air throughout one night.
1t showed no signs of leakage and it
was therefore decided to accept it..
Since then it has been kept at Fort
Myer, near Washington, and has been
twice tested practically. The signal
corps has prepared an elaborate
scheme for detecting the approach
of the enemy" Much of the ap-
paratus employed for this purpose
will now be tried for the first time
under conditions approaching those
of actual warfare.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-09-05

and profited handsomely, and every
thing went we'll with her until she
met Wallace Andrews Fitzgerald, of
New York, the cause of her presen mt
trouble. Fitzgerald was good to
look at. He said he was descended
from an Irish king or two, and had
large blue eyes, and the most fascin-
ating gray hair in the world. But
he was a bartender. This did not
suit Mrs. Webb, but he told her there
was lot of good in him, and that
all it needed was cultivation. He
finally consented to give up the bar
and turn fnancier on her money.
Fitzgerald selected Chicago as the
field offering the greatest promise
to bright young spectators. So he
started out with Mrs. Webb's money,
and her promise to become his wife,
Then came along a ''southern gen
tleman," t. H. Young by name, who
helped her to forget Fitzgerald, and
the outgrowth of this acqua inta nc
was another marriage. Young got
all of her money, and then decamped.
His wife followed and found him.
stormy scene, which might have
ended in murder, followed, but a
tragedy was avoided by the arrival
of John H. Roller, who thrashed the
husband and gave him over to the
police. Mrs. Young secured a d.
vorce and married her gallant de-
fender, Roller. The latter soon aft
erward went insane, and again the
wife was compelled to pay for a. le-
gal separation.
Then Fitzgerald appeared again.
He had used the $500 he had bor-
rowed to good advantage, so the
woman could not say no when he
asked her to marry him. But Fitz-
gerald neglected to provide for her,
and finally went away to Arizona or
Mexico.
She was glad to get rid of him at
any price, but this was the begin
ming of her greatest trouble. After
Fitzgerald had departed she met Sc
nor Carlos de la Guerra, scion of
Spanish royalty. Like the other five,
he fell in love with her, and when
she heard that Fitzgerald had died
she responded to the senor's mag.
netic words and agreed to become his
wife. But two months after the
day, while she was enjoying the lux
uries of her magnificent home, a
rude detective, says the Chicago
Tribune, slipped quietly into the
house, accompanied by Fitzgerald.
who was an exceedingly lively ghost,
and informed her that she was big
amist: This seemed to be true, and
the surprised and disappointed wom-
an was hurried away to Jail, after
she and her husband had refused to
compromise with Fitzgerald for the
stipulated sum of $1,000 Now her
marriage with the Spanish royalist
is to be >annulled,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-09-05
MARRIED SIX TIMES.
Sad Story Of = Woman Who Could
=: -s. Not Say No. IL
Romantic Misfortunes Of Sonora
Maria francesca de Ia Guerra
"rre>~4 All Who Proposed to Her
,r Were Made Happy.

Few women are placed in such an
environment of romantic misfortunes
as has followed Sonora Maria de
la Guerra since she was 16 years
old. At that age she accompanied
her mother from New York to San
Francisco, where the two took up
their residence. 1t was here that
she met James Mark, and her first
romance began. Her name at that
time was Francesca Maria Schultz,
and this affair was highly approved
by her family, and in due time the
pretty young girl and Mark, who
was several years her senior, were
married. They moved into an ele-
giant country home, and everything
went we'll until Mark took up politics,
and secured his election to the Of
fee of county sheriff. Then peace fed
out the doors of the prosperous,
happy home, and the trouble ended
in the divorce courts. Mark did not
attach any blame to his young wife,
with share of his estate.
Thus she found herself a young,
dark-eyed widow with plenty OF
means, and naturally a great many
admirers. She was eager to fall in
love, for she wanted home. So
when DR.. Charles w. Webb, an Eng
lishman, offered her his hand, she
was unable to say no. They were
married, but the honeymoon had
scarcely ended when husband No.
sickened with heart disease, and be-
fore many weeks died, leaving his
still young wife poorer by several
dollars. Her fortune was diminished
and she made up her mind that mat
rimony was not her lucky star. Then
she turned to fnanciering and pros
pered. She specialized extensively
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-09-05
PRODUCTION OF PHOSPHATE.
Less of the Rock Taken Out Last Year
in This Country Than During
Year Previous.

The total production of phosphate
rock in the United States in 1901, ac-
cording to statistics furnished by the
geological survey, was l,4s3,723 long
tons, at $5,316,4o3, as compared with
1,4o1,216 long tons, valued at $685.
24s in 1900, a decrease of 1893 in ton
mage and of $42,845 in value. The in
dustry in Florida, which has been the
chief producing State since 1894, con-
tinued to show an Improvement, the
total output and value for that state
in 1901 being the largest yet recorded.
The total production in Florida during
1901 was 1896 lcrg tons, valued at
S3,15o,473, as compared with 7o6, pa
long tons, valued at 50, os3 ,231 in 1900.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-09-05

many interesting sides just
HOW, and followers Of every
II branch Of the game-motor
i Face, s..,,..:nt and long dis
tance-frd much t. think about and
varied topics to discuss.
Probably the most talked of pedal
pusher at present is ".'lugSer Bill
Martin, wi, is appearing in sprint
contests Martin is an Americas, al
though he has raced abroad so long
that few people on this side know
much about him. His fellow country
men remember him best as a six day
''plugger." But he is no longer merely
''plugger." Like many others. Mar
tin had to go abroad to meet with the
fullest measure Of appreciation. He
went to Australia, where he has for
four years been the undisputed king
Of the cycle path at any and all dis
tances.
Martin comes very near to being
the most wonderful man that ever
straddled bicycle" said an official OF
the National Cycling association re-
Gently. Certainly he is the best all
around rider the world ever produced.
While no one knows his exact age, he
is not less than forty-two and may be
forty-tive. He began to race in 1855.
and since 1890 he has been at it almost
continuously, and today. despite his
age and his seventeen years cam
paign on tracks in Ill parts Of the
world and despite an accident that
left him with one leg shorter than the
other, be is riding faster than he ever
did in his life.
people have raved over Jimmy Mi
cEael and Zimmerman ard a few 9th
ers, and, while do not Gecry any Of
them, Bill Martin is every whit as
much a marvel. Michael and Z:m and
all the ether champions were ccmpara-
tive youngsters and were specialists.
Zim was good only at Snort distances,
Michael OIL; 1T long ones, md they
were at their best fer few years
only. Martin is good at any distance
and can Go his twenty-five or fifty be-
hind pace as easily as he can do his
mile in open competition.
Except for a short visit to this coun-
try in 1898, when he defeated even
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-09-05
FEMININE CHAT.

Mrs. d. g, johnson Is at the head Of
.. real estate Office IN Los Angeles, Cal
Mrs. Mary Miller 81 Greentown. Ind. ),
has violin made N Scotland in 1860
by the neutrality-suspicious. Of Ler
I husband: ~
& Nordica has passion for shopping,
which she gratifies by visiting the lead
ing stores of the cities to which her
concert engagements take her. :.
Nine. de Maupassant, mother Of the
French author, Guy de- Maupassant,
lives at Nice, Italy, in "A tall house
with closed shutters and seldom sees
strangers, vet any admirer of her son
is always assured of a hospitable vel
come.
Mrs. George Gould has great many
social engagements; but, unlike a num-
Der OF other fashionable mothers, she
never allows them to interfere with
the duty she owes to her children. She
and the five little ones are great
chums.
Mrs. Jennie Conrad, of Newton coun-
ty, Ind, owns and farms the largest
farm in the state. She is also an ex-
tensive breeder of fine stock, directs
the planting and harvesting of her
crops and does her own selling and
shipping.
Lady Lennox was the first woman in
England to adopt the fashion of wear
ing always a favorite flower. Hers is
the gardenia. 1t is always to be seen
either on her hat or prominently dis
played in some form Of decoration or
ornament.
Mrs. Frances Tallmadge Of Sheboy-
gan, Wis.,, is said to have in her pos
session what is supposed to be a genu-
inc portrait of Louis XVI. The picture
was presented to her ancestors by
Eleazar Williams. who claimed to be
the real Louis XVI.
Mrs. Rose Hawthorne Lathrop. 2
daughter of the famous novelist, Ma
thaniel Hawthorne, is in charge of the
Rosary Hill Home Fer IncurabIe Can
Ger Patients. near New York She was
years ago and is now a member of the
Dominican sisterhood.
Nine. Patti says the most priced of
all her~autographs is the one she re-
ceived from Queen Victoria. which
reads, IF King Lear spoke the truth
when he said that sweet voice was
the most precious gift a woman can
possess, you, my dear Adelina, must
be the richest woman in the world.''