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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-03-12
BRITISH DEFEAT.

London, Mch. 10. Secretary of War
Broderick read today i'll the House of
of Commons, dispatches from Lord
Kitchener, reporting terrible British
defeat. 1t was one of the most sensa-
tional statements ever made to Parlla-
ment The despatch begun by saying,
81 greatly regret to send you bad news
about Gen. Methuen. With nine hun
dred mounted men under Major Paris
and three hundred infantry, four guns,
one pompom, he had started from
Wynburg to Lichtenburg. He was to
meet Greenfield with thirteen hundred
mounted troops. But Friday morning
early he was attacked by DeLarey.
Beers charged on three sides. We're
pursued four miles. They report that
Methuen, Paris guns and baggage
were captured. Methuen when last
seen was prisoner.
London, Mch. 1.-THE first report
received of the capture Of Lord Meth
uen's forces by the Beers and of the
heavy loss on the British side told
none too strong a story. Late des-
patches show that General Methuen
was wounded in the thigh. Three
British officers and sixty-elght men
were killed. Five British officers and
SeVGnUN~lMO
British officer and 200 men are miss
ing.
The fight occurred before dawn on
March 7. between Winburg and LIGHT
enberg, Orange river colony. The
British force numbered 1900 men.
The Beers captured all the British
baggage. Gen. Methuen is retained
as a prisoner.
In a despatch received Monday even
ing Lord Kitchener says; Major
Paris has come in at Kraaipan with
the remainder of the men. He reports
the column was moving IN two par
ties. One with the oX-wagons left
Twebosch at 3 a. m. The other with
the mule wagons, started an hour lat
er. Just before dawn the Beers at.
tackled. Before reinforcements could
reach them the rear guard broke. Ii
the meantime a large number OF Boers
galloped up on both flanks. These al
first were checked by flank parties.
but the panic and stampede of the
mules began and all the mule wagons
with a terrible mixture of mounteo
men rushed past the OK wagons. Al
efforts to check them was unavailing
Major Paris collected forty men anc
occupied a position about mile il
front of the OK wagons, which theI
halted. After a gallant but useless
rife fire the enemy rushed into the
OK wagons and General Methuen wa
wounded in the thigh. Paris, being
surrounded surrendered at 10 a. IN,
General Methuen is still in the Boel
camp
London, Mch. 1.-THE cabinet to
day discussed the disaster to Methuen
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-03-12
WAS KNOWN IN THIS CITY.

Mrs Cornelia Van Ness Underwood,
of Burlington, and well known by
many in this city, died on Monday at
Brooklyn, N. Y, where she had been
visiting since Christmas.
Mrs Underwood was born in Bur-
lington, Nov. 30, 1880, being the
daughter of DR.. Thomas CHAMBERLAIN
and Nancy Hyde Corning. Her father
was a physician and surgeon, who
came to Burlington from Fairfield, in
1925, and was in successful practice in
that city for nearly thirty years until
his death in 1854. Her mother was
the daughter of Colonel Malachi Corn
ing. She was married June H. 1851,
to Levi Underwood, Esq, then a ris-
ing young lawyer, later on, one of the
leaders of the Vermont bar, and lieu
tenant governor of Vermont for two
terms, 1860 to 1862. Her home had al
ways been in Burlington and for many
years she presided over the household
of Lieut.. Gov. Underwood, when
their home was the scene of an ample
and elegant hospitality and she was
among the leaders in Burlington SC.
citey. Sad reverses came to the for
tunes of the family but they could
not break her spirit nor did they
cost her the loss of the many friend
ships she had formed. She continued
to the last brave, active in mind,
cheerful in spite of impaired bodily
strength, in part the result of an acct
dental fracture; interested in every
thing that was going ON i'll the city
and State and world at large, and fond
of society and social pleasures. She
had a remarkable memory of persons
and events it was an original and in
teresting correspondent and was ex-
cleedingly bright, witty and enter
tanning in conversation.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-03-12
WASHINGTON COUNTY COURT.

BY mutual consent of counsel and
the court the jury in the case of state
against Bowman was allowed TO separate
from SATURDAY. afternoon until two O'clock
Monday. When court came III at
that hour the taking of testimony for the
defense was resumed. Bessie Allen, who
was on the stand all day Saturday. was re-
called for further cross examination.
A half dozen witnesses were called Dy
the State Tuesday in the case of tate
against Bowman, in rebuttal of testimony
put in by defence. shortly before eleven
O'Clock the evidence was completed, and
the opening arguments for the State was
made by W. A Lord. f. b. Thomas and
NJ. NJ. Gordon followed for rtherespondent,
and the closing argument for the State
was made by States Attorney X. A Hoar.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-03-12
Letter to William (. jackson.
Montpelier, Vt.

Dear Sir There's little bit of state
down east-a Rhode Island man was tined
500 the other day for Sc ing potatoes
his bushel was like his state; snort mea-
sure.
1t isn't fair TO punish man for short
bushel potatoes, and not for short gallon
paint
There is short-gallon paint in many
stores in your section.
If you get sent to the legislature, will you
get the law fixed?
Devoe lead and zinc don't measure
short; and don't last short. It's full mea-
sure both ways.
Yours truly,
F. w. Devoe * Co.
p. S. Abbott & Bailey sell our paint.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-03-12
ADDITIONAL JURORS.

Sheriff Graves has drawn the fol-
lowing additional petit jurors who are
sumoned to appear at nine O'Clock
Wednesday morning for service:
W. w. Noyes, Calais; v w. jew
ett, East Montpelier S. II. Unwin,
Marshfield; Hazen W. Arbuckle, j.
H. Knapp, Middlesex; Henry T. Bal
lard, p. G.. Dewey, e. A. Sweeney,
Montpelier; w. e. Bartlett, Plain
field; b. Gaylord, Waitsfield.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-03-12
IMPOSING FUNERAL

Prominent citizens from all parts of
Vermont, many present and past Off
GERS of the Vermont National Guard,
representatives of the music trades
and personal friends and CO. workers
in religious societies from many of the
large cities joined with the entire
Brattleboro community on Monday in
paying fitting and last tribute to
Brattleboros citizen, Gen. Julius j.
Estey. All business was suspended.
Company l, V. N. G., escorted the
body from the Estey home at twelve
O'Clock to the Baptist church, where
it lay in state until two.
The coffin was draped with United
States flag and the platform was bank
ed with hundreds of beautiful trib-
utes, many coming from organizations
in which the general had been promi-
nent. The church was filled with
1,5O0 people and hundreds more lined
the streets through which the funeral
procession passed. The services in
cluded a scripture reading, by Chap
lain Lawson of Bennington prayer by
the Rev. DR.. Schofield of Northfield,
Mass, and tributes to Gen. Estey by
w. r. Moody, who succeeded his
father, d. L. Moody, at the head of
the Northfeld institutions in which
Gen. Estey was trustee; by Fl. H.
Moore of Somerville, Mass, who was
associated with Gen. Estey in reli-
gious work, particula arly in the Y M.
G. A., and by the Rev. DR.. f. E.
Marble, General Estey's pastor.
Governor Stickney and Lieut.. Gov.
Allen accompanied by Adjutant Cen
eral Gilmore, and Ex- Governors Orms-
bee and Pingree were present, also
many other prominent Vermonters.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-03-12
LIBERATION NOTICE.

This certihes that we have this day given
our son. Herschel Cooney, the remainder
of his time during his minority and from
this date we shall claimnone of his wages,
nor pay any debts of his contracting.
ChaIles Cooney,
Mrs Charles Cooney.
MiddleseX, VT.
Witness, Il. s. Cooney.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-03-12
RECENT SALES
Made by the ID. A. Perry Real Es-
tate Agency, Barre.

Joseph A. Grenier to Mr. and Mrs,
John Willis, house on Academy
street, consideration $4,000.
Mary B. Olds of Erie, Penn, to
Charles Speare and wife of Barre, a
cottage house on Park street, $4,000.
W. II. Sprague of Brookfield, to
Barre parties, his farm, stock and
tools. Price 10000.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-03-12

also the question of the suppression
of the Irish Land League. All of the
members admitted that the conditions
in Ireland are now worse than they
have been for years.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-03-12
REASONS FOR INSURANCE.

Expenses eat up wages and sal
aries. Year after year the aver
age man expects to build up an
estate. The usual result is no
provision or only small one for
wife and children. Life Insur-
ance does the work by easy pay
ments.
Correspondence solicited
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-03-12

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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-03-20
JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE, THURSDAY. MARCH 20, 1902

his standpoint, he is eminently, if not
eternally, right; but when he proceeds
to cram his fanaticism down the throats
Of other men, he but writes himself
down biggot, il not an ass.
Now, the word "rebel" is an eminent
ly respectable term, and is to govern
ment what the word "bolter" is to pol.
itics. The word rebellion" is the an
tithesis Of the word slavery" If
there was was such q man as William
Tell, he was rebel. A bolter is q man
who will not be enslaved by politicl
party, and rebel is man who refuses
to be enslsved by a government Will
liam the eSilent, John Hampden, George
Washington and Thomas J efferson were
rebels. Now, II they are not respected
enough for you, they can be reinforced
by Jefferson Davis, Albert Sydney
Johnson, Robert E. Lee and John G.
Breekinridge, and there is respectable
ity enough to girdle the globe ten
thousand times ten thousand times.
This man Stone and fanatics who
think as he does would have every ex-
Confederate to crawl on his belly, eat
dirt and humble himself for the edifi-
cation of the people Of the north That
is not going to be done. The ex-Con-
federates would not be fit for citizen
ship one moment if they did it. Their
children are not going to apologize for
their fathers, either, and the remotest
southern generation will honor the men
who fought with Lee and Johnson,
Jackson aud Stewart, even as the Scot
honors Wallace, as the Frank honors
DuGueselin, as the Pole honors Kosci-
usko, as all mankind honors Washing
ton. The mind Of man can not be en-
shaved by force of arms. The heart OF
the patriot is beyond the jurisdiction OF
the ianaticism Of the bigot For more
than one hundred years the partisans
of the crown of England denounced the
followers of the parliament as rebels,
and the Cromwellians denounced their
enemies as malignants. Gen. Basil W.
Duke, as knightly soldier as ever drew
sword, as princely gentleman as ever
breathed air, as unselfish patriot as
ever prayed to God, probed the whole
question and solved it as history solved
it for England, and as history will
solve it for America, when, the gnest o.
his former foes, he said the soldier was
right, nortlman or southron, who die
his duty. That is all of it.
Twas talking some time ago with {
man of more than ordinary intelligence
-au Ohio man. lie thought the Uniot
was gone to the devil because of certain
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against alum.
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A Cleveland Fish Story.

Ex-President Cleveland and Joe JEFF
ferson on one OF their fishing trips
among the Maine lakes employed a
boatman who was ignorant of the iden-
tity OF his passengers. On returning
from the first days fruitless campaign
Mr.. Cleveland addressed the boatman
Glow much do we owe you?"
The question seemed to embarrass
the backwoodsman. "What did you
ketch?" he hesitated.
1t was Mr., Cleveland's turn to be
embarrassed. "We caught a pickerel, A"
he said stiffly. "What has that got to
do with it?"
The boatmsn flushed. 80 long as
you're SO pert, he retorted, "the hire
for this boat is $s."
eve will take the boat again tomor-
row if it is not engaged, " said Mr.. Cleve-
land.
The man gazed at him blankly.
why" he gasped, 'for IS you kin git
more pickerel than you kin ketch with
them hooks in q month"
'What has that got to do with it?"
demanded Mr.. Cleveland again.
The puzzled countenance of the boat
man relaxed intoa grin. II guess you
won't last long in the fish business, +" lie
said. New York Times.
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SIco Reward, S1oo.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is least one
dreaded disease Ina, sciuDoe has been
able 10 cure in all lis stages and that is
catsrrah. Halls Catarrah Cure is the
only positive curenow kuCwn known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrah being
Il constitutional disease, requires con-
stftutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally. acting direct
ly upon the blood aud mucous surfaces
of tie system, thereby destroying the
foundation on of the disease, and Civ
ing the patient strength b. building mp
the constitution aud assisting nature
in doing It's work The proprietors
have ST. much faith in its curative pow
ers, thai they offer Cne Hundred Dol
lars for any case that il fails TO cure
Send for list of of testimonials.
Address, T. j. CHENEY & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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histories that were taught in southern
schools. The man was sane on every
subject but that. On that he was as
wild as bedlAm. This man would have
denied free speech and q free press to
the south. l can imagine no more
CALLING tyranny than that prscticed in
Poland by Russia, Germany and Aus
tralia in not only depriving that devot.
ed and heroic people of their own his
tories, but in forcing them to acquire
an alien and hatred language. This
man from Ohio would undertake to
teach the youth Of tho south that their
fathers were traitors, and he resents
the good opinion of their fathers that
southern teachers. are inStilling into
the minds Of southern children. Could
fanaticiEm go farther? Not in our gen
Grafton. 1t is only q step from chains,
from the guilotine, from the stake.
The south had . cause. Every bat
tlefeld from Bull Run to AppomSttox
evidenced that. The cause was lost.
Every southern soldier recognizes that.
But the mind and conscience and the
honor of the south were not part OF
the stake. Had they been wagered the
war would not yet be over. All that
was wGgered was, "Shall constitutional
authority Of the federal government be
re. established in the seeded states?"
That was the issue. The south lost.
Nobody but a bigot or tyrant would de-
ny the south the right to tell her story
of the war; nobody but a bigot aud q
yrant would deny her the right to
teach that story to her children.
But the term rebel is very respecta-
BILE and Commandant Stone can live of
it if it agrees with him. --Savoyard in
Nashville American.
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THE PEOPLE KNOW A GENUINE HERO
The Emperor Julian and Schley Compared.
Narrow Partisanship of Federal
Soldier.

Washington, February FIT was
about the middle Of the Fourth Centu-
ry of the Christian era that there APP
peared in the Roman Empire youth
OF the name Of Julian. Constantine
the Great had not long been dead; Ju-
lian was his nephew, and the reigning
Emperor, Constantine, WAS his son. In
those days the life Of every Roman de-
pended on the whim Of the Emperor,
and Constantius was AZ tickle as the
wind, and besides he was jealous of his
cousin, Julian; but the emperor had
good woman for his wife, Eurelia. and
she determined to save Julian. She
caused him to be sent to Athens, an
honorable Punishment; but it was the
fate he would have courted. He was
scholar and student and delighted in
the letters Of Greece-her history, her
eloquence, her poetry, her philosophy,
her theology-and lis lot was as happy
as falls falls to man, lover OF letters,
in the academy and the atmosphere of
letters. And so some happy years
passed, when the whim Of the emperor
ordered him to Constantinople, whether
to honor or to death, nobody knew, not
even the emperor himself. The empress
was still his friend; the eunuchs of the
palace were his enemies, and now was
to be the struggle between the wife of
the master of the world and his favor
ties. Esebia prevailed; Julian was
spared, married to the emperor's sister
Helena, proclaimed caesar, or as we
may say, vice-emperor, and appointed
to the government OF Gaul.
he was not yet safe; there was no
telling when he might fall victim to
the malice OF the eunuchs, and the jeal-
ousy Of the emperor; but Julian was a
remarkable man and played well his
part. Though held to letters he was a
born soldier and the fierce legions
found in him master, and they loved
him as a father, when he led them Il
victory, to glory and to spoil. He ov'
ercame the ferocious barbarians in nu'
merous battles and restored tranquility
and prosperity to the stricken province
His civil administration Was equal. ;
dccessful, and Julian was hailed hero
sage, scholar and philosopher. TLt
jealousy sDf Constantius was aroused
and the destruction OF Julian was de
creed. The eunuchs sent ont to al. iii,
other provinces accounts OF the victories
i, Gaul. They gave all the credit an(
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-03-20
Child " orth Ai,ii,as.

"My child is worth millions TO me-
says Mrs Mary Bird, of HARRISBURG,
Pa, yet would have lost her by croup
had | moi purchased bottle Of One
Minute ough Cure" One Minute
Cough Cure is sure cure for coughs,
Group, throat and lung troubles. An
absolutely safe cough cure which acts
Immediately. The youngest child can
take it with entire safety. The little
ones like to taste and remember how
often it helped them. Every family
should have bottle of One Minute
Cough Cne handy. At this season es-
pecially it may be needed suddenly. =
City Drug Store
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did not even mention the name of Juli-
an, who was in every fight Julian was
ordered to Constantinople. His vieto-
rious legions proclaimed him Augustus
and resolved to escort him there. There
would have been bloody civil war had
not ConstOntius done the right thing
he did. Julius became sole emperor
and his greatness was illustrated from
beyond the Rhine to beyond the Eu-
pirates
Who will not say that our navy de-
partment did not have precedent for its
treatment of Admiral Schley? But
history took care Of Julian. No great
or ever wore the Roman purple from
Octavius to Hermaclius both inclusive.
And history will take care of Admiral
Winfield Scott Schley. If the reader
of this has bright boy of twelve, who
reads, ask him what he thinks of it.
There is the decree of history. Ninety
nine of every 100 boys are for Schley.
The people may mistake demagogue
for statesman, but you can't fool them
on the subject Of heroes. Gen. Jack
son was fined 81 900 for gaining the
battle of New Orleans. History took
care of Jackson, aud will take care of
Schley in the same way.
There is Grand Army post in this
town commanded by man of the name
of Stone, and Commandaut Stone is
more or less dissatisfied with matters
and things. He made a speech the
other night that recalls Marryat's boat
swain, who, when things did not so to
suit him, roared out, "the service is go
ing to hell. Stone does not like some
of our historical nomenclature, such as
"Civil War" and "War Between the
States" " Gen. John Pope made like
complaint Of certain phrases he heard
in the Army of the Potomac, such as
''Base of Supplies" and "Lines of Re
treat" Stone wants it understood that
1t was the "War of the Rebellion. He
will be satisfied with nothing else and
will permit nobody "to obscure the
fact that the union soldier was eternal
ly right and the rebel soldier was eter-
nally wrong"
Very well, let it go at that-so far as
Stone is concerned Doubtless he is
sincere; doubtless he is AZ much of q
patriot as he eau be, doubtless, from
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-03-20

Neil Bryant, an old-time minstrel,
died in Brooklyn few days ago. He
was 72 years old. Bryant was the old
est Of those who inaugurated black fac
ed xlinstrels. With his two brothers,
Dailel aud Jerry, he travelled all over
the world, aud they became famous as
the "Three Bryants." His real name
war Cornelius O'Brien.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-03-20

A Nebraska judge charges a jury as
follows; Gentlemen Of the jury, if you
believe what the attorney for the de-
fense has said you will bring in YER
dict for defendant, or il you believe
what the attorney for the plaintiff has
said you will bring in verdict for the
plaintin, hut if, like me, you do not
believe what either of them has said
do not know what the devil you will do.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-03-20
Wasn't Born to Govern.

Washington, March 17.-David P.
Barrows has again been before the SEN
ate committee on Philippines and was
subjected to a series of interrogatories
by the members In answer to o ques-
tion by Mr.. Carmack, Mr.. Barrows
said that majority of the adult christ
ianized element in the islands could
read and write.
In the province he had visited, Mr..
Barrows said that the arabic land that
could be brought under rice and sugar
culture is very generally occupied and
claimed. His observation had been
that the Filipino is the only agricultur-
al element, the Chinese not working
much in the sun.
He did not think that white men
could be induced to do .he manual aud
plantation labor of the islands. There
was no danger to be feared, he said,
from the importation of Filipino labor
to this country.
Mr.. Barrows said the Investments
that will attract capital in the Philip
pines are agricultural and not manufac-
turing. The Filipinos, he said, are
rapidly becoming interested in what
the government proposes to do for them
and are warmly in favor OF giving the
Taft government trial.
Mr. Barrows said he did not expect
he would live to see the day when the
Filipinos would be capable of self-gov-
ernment
"The Filipino is not born" he said,
"whO could control, 20 say nothing of
governing justly, the PHILIPPINE islands.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-03-20

Every year large number OF poor
sufferers whose lungs are sore and
racked with coughs are urged to go to
another climate. But this is costly
and not always sure. Don't be in an
exile when DIR. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption will cure you at home.
It's the most infallible medicine for
coughs, colds and all throat and lung
diseases on earth. Tho first dose
brings relief. Astounding cures re-
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free at City Drug Store. Price Doe and
$t00. Every bottle guaranteed.
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Children Espr ciull, Lisbie.

Burns, bruises and cuts are extreme
ly painful, and il neglected often result
in blood poisoning. Children are es
iecially liable to snch mishais because
not so careful. AS a remedy DeNitt's
Witch Hazel Salve is unsqt uiled. Draws
ont the fire, stops the pam, soon heals
the wound. Beware "i conDterfeits
Sure cure for piles. "DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve cured my baby of eczem a
after two physicians gave her up, !"
writes James Mock, N, Webster, Iud,
"l he sores were so had she soiled two
70 five dresses day" City Drug Store.
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Many school Children are sIckly.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
Children, used by Mother Gray, a
nurse in Children's Home, New York,
break mp Colds in "a hours, cure Fever
iShness, Headache, Stomach Troubles,
Teelhing disorders and destroy Worms.
At all druggists. % cents. Sample
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