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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-04
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.

A part of President Roosevelt's Me-
mortal Day address at Arlington Gene
terry is printed on this page. AT "a pc
riod when these commemorative dis
courses have become trite, the speech
of the President is of such distin-
gushing character, having so much of
individualism and the spirit of the
times, it not only ceases to be hack
neyed but takes rank with the public
utterances of that other President who
was so much unlike other men or
other Presidents, Abraham Lincoln
Since the times Ct Lincoln the men
of the army have had no so discrimi-
mating, forceful and eloquent a de-
fender; contemporary apprehension
has had no so scorching rebuke as the
President administers. The address
comrades in either branch of the ma
tiun's military service, in rhetorical
expression and dignity becoming the
office of the Commander in Chief of
the Army and Navy. 1t is manhood S
appreciative tribute, devoid of senti-
mentality, to the valor devotion and
patriotism of the soldiers who fought
the battles of the civil war m either
side; it is valor's recognition of the
same high qualities re-appearing a
generation later in the sons and young
er brothers of the men of the early
sixties led by the generals, union and
confederate, of the titanic strife of
those battle years
The President rises steadily in the
admiration and grows in the confidence
of the people of this nation His de-
Tense of the army operating in the
Philippines against the successors of
the serpent breed which in the times
of the civil war. from the rear, I'M
ceasingly assaulted the Union army and
venomously DETAINED it's great captains
is the spirit of San Juan hill speak
ing his condemnation of soldiers who
have forgotten, or have been made
forgetful by the atrocities of savage
enemy, of the rules of warfare their
government has prescribed, is the
Judgment of stern but enlightened
and discriminating judge. Who shall
impeach the justice of the President S
review of the service of the almy as a
body, or the conduct of individual sol
diers, in the war with the peoples of
the Philippines?
The Presidents discussion of the
civil features of conditions existing in
the archipelago is that of the strong,
courageous, far seeing, unfaltering
men of former generations, following
whose counsels the young nation,
barely emerging from the throes of its
/ birth, began to extend its sovereignty
toward the Pacific coast, to be taken
up there by the guiding spirits of the
navy, the army and the statesmen in
civil life in this generation and
borne across the broad expanse of
ocean till empires westward course
has ended its mighty march in the
Far East In Roosevelt is incarnated
the spirit which began the march a
century ago with the Louisiana pur-
chase, and which is, in his admins
tration, bivouacking on its camping
grounds in the Orient There shall it
rest. The President, on great occa-
sion,
Has sounded forth the trumpet
that shall navpr coll rpfranf ~
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-04
ITS LAST TRUMP.

Misrepresentation has been, from
the beginning, the ST. Adams Messen-
gers sole resource for the propaga-
tion of its extremely stilted Vermont
Idea,' on which it strobe from one
extreme to the other, from Webb to
Proctor, in this canvass for the gov.
ernorship.
At first there was a sort of dare
devil boldness and effrontery in it's
publications that commanded some-
thing of the interest sometimes felt in
a dashing deed of villainy The con-
temporary has, however, been de-
scending in the scale of offenses, dodg-
ing this way and that, as the constabu-
larry of truth, fact, and reason, rein.
forced by public opinion, have pressed
him to the rocks and caverns of the
hills, until in recent foray to capture
something to appease his hunger in
the desperate straits to which he has
been reduced, he has dropped to petty
larceny.
In Mondays issue the contemporary
has this head in capitals: Model
Marble Town. Then follows this
minor heading, 'What the Watch
man Company thought of Proctor in
1891" Then the little villain, doub-
ling on its trail, runs plump into the
hands of policeman in its third line,
Board of Agriculture Publication. :"
And there he is under arrest for the
nine hundred and ninety ninth time
in the course of this canvass.
The publication in which the con-
temporary AYERS that the Waterman
expressed its Thought ON the
Model Marble Town was piece
of State printing, on the industries
and advantages of Vermont, published
under the auspices of the board of
agriculture, the copy furnished by
members of the board and others, and
which represented the Waterman S
" thought" or opinion on the Model
Marble Town, or any other industry
which was the subject of discourse,
in the same way as the State railway
commissions report, printed by the
Messenger company, represented its
Thought" or opinion on the Central
Vermont railway or any other rail
way therein reported on; in the
same way as the report of the
board of agriculture represents the
opinions of Wynkoop Hollenbeck-
Crawford Company-the foreign print
ers-on the potato scab, or any other
scabby condition of things, agricul-
tural or political, in Vermont
The report in question dealt with
things industrial-not pertaining to
temperance or labor or morality. 1t
is a noticeable circumstance that the
members of the board of agriculture
to whom this work was entrusted and
who did the bulk of it are among the
foremost opponents of the Messenger S
present eXamplar of the vermont
Idea, and are among the staunch
supporters of John G.. Mccullough.
The contemporary is right in one
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-04

The Proctor people are making great
ado over an anonymous letter, from
a former employee of the Vermont
Marble Company, for some years resi-
dent of another State, bemoaning pc.
litical corruption in Vermont and Gu
logizing his former employers. This
is, indeed, weighty matter. But as
hefty is the "say so" of several for
mer employees of the Vermont Marble
Company and others who are know.
ing to conditions at Proctor, who have
within the past week or two been at
this Office or in this city, that the
things stated in the current publica
tions of the Mccullough papers are
all true, There is no buncombe about
the phase of the affairs in question.
And the persons affirming the truth
OF the things published are men of So
briefly and reputable character, whose
word would be believed in any mat
ter of which they professed to have
knowledge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-04

particular - the Waterman company
printed this board Of agriculture docu-
ment "for hire" as probably did the
Messenger company the State work
for which it has contracted. The
State auditors report seems so to in
dictate. The little fugitive from JUS
tice must try another tack.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-04

Bill Viallville, the home of the emf
nent apostle of prohibition, Hon. Will
lam B. Wall, tailed for Proctor on
Saturday The next Legislature will
be petitioned to make the Vile prin.
cipality after the manner of Proctor,
with Prince William as its ruler, the
sceptre to descend to the issue of the
said William.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-04

1t is better to have loved and lost
than to have married on $50 month.
Chicago Record Herald.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-04
That Beautiful Gloss

comes from the varnish in Devoe's
Varnish Floor Paint; costs cents
more quart though, Sold by Abbott
q Bailey.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-04

The result of the caucus elections
up to Tuesday morning was the fol-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-04

Has sounded forth the trumpet
that shall never call retreat ~
Amador ledger., 1902-11-07
seeing the Beautiful.

Franklin tells story of a man whose
two legs were very unlike-one hand
somely turned, the other deformed.
Whenever any one who visited him
looked at the ugly leg and commented
ON it, he held the man to be looking for
the bad side of things and folk But if
the visitor saw his handsome limb and
commented on its beauty he held the
fellow to be worth esteem, for he look
ed at the good side of things and prob
ably would see the best in his neigh
bors and f. fi,C3ds. Is it easier to see
other peoples Virtues than their faults?
1 have at last come to see that folk are
far better that they get credit for be-
ing.
When Carlyle and Emerson walked
London and saw the horror of gin pal
aces and the miseries of poverty, the
former said, "What do you think now
of the Saxon stockT' Emerson an
swered, "The more see of the English
people the more I admire their power
and wonder at their progress"
Amador ledger., 1902-11-07
WIN Z OF cARDUL
AMERICAN SOCIETY.
Ets Basis, Whether We DepIore OF
Ignore 1t, Is Wealth.

Ignore 1t, Is Wealth.
American society,"" says Ainslee's,
"has been definitely established upon
a monetary basis. We may deplore the
fact, or we may ignore it, but it is
fact, and it is very much the wisest
thing to admit it with dispassionate
c-ankness For if we assume our social
standards and conditions to be differ
'eat from what they really are, how
are we going to study them and under
stand them and get at their philoso-
ply? From the point of view of a sci
e1tific observer, the classification of
everybody and everything according to
a financial principle of division, is a
good thing, for it greatly simplifies
the whole subject.
Formerly there was no classification
OF any kind. American life was a
chaos, socially, full of all sorts of
anomalies and incongruities. Every
section of the country had it's own
standard of distinction, and this stand
ard was recognized and respected no
where else. Thus in New England lit
erary, scholastic or theological emil
nence was held to confer a certain
cachet upon those who had obtained it.
In the microcosm of which Philadel-
phia used to be the center ancestry
counted most of all. This was also true
to some extent Of the south, yet there,
as in the west, political prominence
carried with 1t social leadership. New
York-always more or less impossible
to formulate-was place where there
existed social wheels within wheels
and social planes that never touched;
though, on the whole, perhaps the COM
bination of ancestry and money meant
i'll those days what money alone means
at the present time"
Amador ledger., 1902-11-07
THAT Awful Boy Jones.


Fifty or more years ago that awful
boy Jones" was the torment of Queen
Victoria's life. and his short career in
public contains mystery which would
try the mettle of Sherlock Holmes.
He was BARRIERS apprentice who in
some unexplained way discovered a
passage into Buckingham palace, with
which he alone was acquainted. When
he was first found trespassing, he was
gently admonished and sent home.
Soon after he was encountered again
In the palace. He would not tell how
he obtained access, Again he was sent
home, and again he reappeared.
Once he calmly admitted that he had
been lodging in the palace for fort
night. He had laid snug during the
day, sleeping in the royal apartments,
and at night had wandered from room
to room, helping himself to the food
left over from royal repasts. He had
seen the queen repeatedly and indeed
had never been far from her.
The matter was considered so serious
that the boy was summoned before a
special meeting of the privy council.
He refused to give any account of his
secret. Soon after he disappeared, and
it is supposed that he was removed un-
der state protection.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-07
Promising For the renors,

Three tenors while strolling in Paris
began to talk of their engagements for
the coming season.
Where are you two fellows going?"
asked one.
I'm going to Rio Janeiro," answered
one of his companions.
$50 am l." answered the other one.
That's very queer said the first
speaker, "for I'm going there too."
They then compared notes and, find
ing that the same theatrical manager
had engaged each Of them, they called
on him and asked for an explanation.
81 don't see why any of you should
be dissatisfied" he replied. 1--WE en-
gagged each Of you because don't want
to be left without 2 tenor in Rio ia
metro. 1t is very probable that before
you are acciimated there yellow fever
will carry off two of you, and wouldn't
/ be in nice fix then If I hadn't q
third tenor ON handT
Amador ledger., 1902-11-07
A Department story.

It.was during the Spanish-American
war. A wealthy merchant who had
left his business to offer his services to
his country, was pacing up and down
on picket duty one dark night. Sud
denly he detected sounds of approach
ing footsteps and, quickly bringing his
gun in position, commanded in sonor-
GUS voice:
"Give the countersignT
The person challenged proved to be
an enlisted dry goods clerk formerly
employed by the merchant before the
war broke out. AS their eyes met a
smile played around the corners of the
clerks mouth, and he answered in a
low whisper:
"Cashr'
Then the merchant, bringing his
piece to a right shoulder, let him pass
and resumed his pacing.-Lippincott's.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-07
The Blue of snpphires.

Star sapphires are generally of a
grayish blue tint, and the star is ex
hibited in its greatest perfection when
looked at by the light of the sun or 4
candle. The sapphire is found of all
tints and shades of blue; but the color
which approXimates to the shade for
merly called "bleu do roi'' is the most
valuable. A really fine sapphire should
appear blue by artificial light as well
as by day. This stone is found in crys
tails generally of much larger size than
the ruby. The name sapphire" is
perhaps the only one which runs
through all languages with very slight
alteration-the Hebrew name sapphir,
the Chalda sapirinon, the Greek zaf
firos, the Latin sapphirus, etc.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-07
Clubs, Cabs and Gout.

A physician talking to a reporter of
a New York paper asserted recently
that gout is rapidly increasing in that
city as disease prevalent among the
wealthy classes, the increase being al
together out of proportion to the
growth of population. He claims that
this is largely attributable to the in
crease of clubs, fashionable restau-
rants and cafes and also to the gen.
eral use of cabs, even when the dis
tance from the club to the home is
only a few blocks. If people would
take more active exercise in the open
air, they would run less risk from
heavy meals. He says that rich foods
are more responsible for gout than
wine, although practically the two
usually go together.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-07
Sound Advice,

Young men, you are the architects of
your own fortune. Rely on your own
strength of body and soul Take for
your guiding star self reliance Sub
scribe on your banner, Luck is a fool;
Pluck is hero" Don't take too much
advice; keep at your helm and steer
your own ship, and remember that the
great art of commanding is to take
fair share of the work Think well of
yourself, strike out, assume your own
position. Haul potatoes in a cart over
a rough road, and the small ones go to
the bottom. Rise above the envious
and jealous, fire above the mark you
intend to hit. Energy, invincible deter
mfnation, with right motive, are the
levers that move the world. Don't
drink; don't smoke; don't swear; don't
deceive; don't marry until you can sup
port wife; be in earnest; be self re-
liant; be generous; be civil; read the
papers; advertise your business; make
money and do good with it: love your
God and fellow men; love truth and vir-
tue; love your country and obey its
laws.-Exchange.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-07
The Value of a Struggle.

1t is curious fact in the history Of
nations that only those which have had
to struggle the hardest for an exist
ence have been highly successful. AS
rule the same thing is true of men.
One would think that it would be q
great relief to have the bread and but
ter problem solved by ones ancestors
so that one might devote all his ener-
giles and time to the development of
the mental and spiritual faculties. But
this is contrary to the verdict of his
tory and the daily experience of the
world. The strugglers, those born to a
heritage of poverty and toll and not
those reared in the lap of fortune,
have, with a few exceptions, been the
leaders Of civilization, the giants of
the race.-Success.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-07
making @moon.n,ne. whisky.

go this is the only liquor distillery
IA all these mountains?" remarked the
visitor to little mountain settlement
IN North Carolina in a tone that was
haif questioning.
1t do be-" said the mountain whisky
maker.
How much do you turn out in a
day?" asked the stranger.
'Waal, l reckon we make along about
twenty gallons a day"
And is that all the whisky that's
drunk in these parts2"
Say, you be-ent no revenue sharp,
be your" he demanded suddenly.
cause if you be 1 amt got nothin'
to say. l pays my taxes, as ever one
knows, an that's all there is to it,
After time the stranger persuaded
him that there was no Interior motive
In his questioning, and the old man ex-
planned the whisky situation.
Il tole you this was the only still
around here, an so it is-the only one
that pays a tax. But" he continued,
"every old woman in these mountains
has copper kettle in which she boils
her washing. Every old woman has q
lid that fits the copper kettle tightly,
and that can be fastened down. They
boil clothes in them on Monday, and
they boil whisky in them the other six
days Of the week."-New York Trib-
une
Amador ledger., 1902-11-07
The Penalty of ProRress.

Is it anybody's business to keep count
of the number of persons who are
killed by accidents from day to day in
this country? The number must be
enormous, and most of the victims die
of modern improvements of one kind
and another, says Life. Fatal trolley
car accidents are more common and
comprehensive this year than ever be-
fore; railroads kill and main about as
usual, automobiles do their share, and
mines, factories, fires, drowning acci-
dents, gas accidents, explosions and the
like contribute with extraordinary
steadiness to our mortuary statistics.
In the industrial world especially the
sacrifice of human life seems prodi-
gious. Human life is cheap, hut, cheap
as it is, American civilization seems
undu1y lavish in expending it.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-07
A Delicate Compliment.

To be able to compliment without
seeming to flatter is rare gift, and
probably no race of men is endowed
with that gift more extensively than
the French.
An example Of the Frenchman's rare
tact in matters of this sort Is shown
In that sweet little story of man
who had ventured to compliment a
white haired old lady upon her beauty.
"Ah," said she. Il fear you f1atter
me. You call me pretty? Why, am
an old woman, my hair is white, and
see here Is wrinkle"
"a wrinkle" he replied. "Never,
madame; that is not wrinkle. 1t is
but smile that has drifted from its
mornings"
Amador ledger., 1902-11-07
THE SNIPE,
Much Lead Is Wasted on the Artful
Dodger. at Migration Time.

Mucn Lead Is Wasted on the Artful
DOdger- at Migration Time.
The snipe, properly Wilson's snipe,
Gallinago delicata, but commonly
known as English snipe and wrong
fully called half dozen other names,
is widely distributed species. 1t Wis
its every state at some season. Its
northward migration extends within
the arctic circle, while it is known to go
southwark to northern South America
and the West Indies. Comparatively
few of the birds which move north
ward from February until May breed
south of the international line. 1t is
quite true there are breeding grounds
at various points of the northern states,
but the great breeding range extends
from latitude 42 degrees north to some
undetermined point much nearer the
pole than most sportsmen will venture.
Some time in September the first
southbound birds pass below the Cana
dian grounds, and soon most of the
suitable marShy bits of east and west
have their share of long billed prizes.
Then begins an astonishing attack
which extends from ocean to ocean and
generally sweeps southwark from Can
ada to California. Probably tons of
lead, half of which is wasted, are fired
at the artful dodger.-Edwyn Sandys
In Outing.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-07
What n Convict Does In Prison

What n Convict Does In Prison.
If l had little work to do in prison.
how did spend the time? At Auburn,
where l lived the greater part of my
first term, the routine of my life was
as follows: After rising in the morning
| would sweep out my cell, turn up my
bed and blankets and clean up. Then
to breakfast; then, If there was no
work to do, would go back to my cell
and eat small portion of opium Then
l would exercise with dumbbells and
take a sponge bath with cold water
Next would come nap till dinner
time. After dinner l would read and
think in my cell until o'clock, en-
l would go to the bucket ground or ex-
erclse in the yard in the lock step with
the others for half an hour; then
back to the cell, taking with me bread
and a cup of coffee made out of burned
bread crust for my supper. The count
was made at o'clock to see that all
was right for the night After that I
read in my cell as long as the oil last
Autobiography of a Thief" in
Leslie's Monthly.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-07
An Attentive Dauehter.

He (after marriage)-I don't see why
you are not as considerate of my COM
fort as you used to be of your fathers.
She-Why, my dear, I am.
He-How do you make that out2
When 1 come into the house, have
to hunt around for my slippers and ev-
erything else happen to want, but
when used to court you and your ia
ther would come in from town you
would rush about gathering up his
things, wheel his easy chair up to the
fire, warm his slippers and get him
both head rest and foot rest, so
that all he had to do was to drop right
down and be comfortable.
She-Oh, that was only so he'd go to
sleep sooner.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-07
Editorial IndiEnatiOn.

The lady (D who yesterday called
the attention of another to our patched
breeches, whereat both laughed so
heartily, is informed that a new pair
will be purchased when her husband's s
bill is settled. 1t has been due nearly
a year. Don't criticise a printers dress
too closely while you are wearing silk
with money due US. Tell your husband
to send us $40.7S and save the cost of
a lawsuit. We need another pair of
pants.-Des Moines Register and Lead
or
Amador ledger., 1902-11-07
A Sfraight Tin.

Little Boy-I say, mamma says you
are going to take sister away.
Engaged Young Man (soon to be mar
ried)-Yes, in a few weeks she's COM
ing to my home, and my mamma and
papa will be her mamma and papa.
Little Boy-I see. Then she'll be YOUR
sister same as she was mine But, l
say, don't you do anything she doesn't
like, for, if you do, she'll bang you
about awfully when your mamma and
papa amt looking.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-07
No Further DeIax.

A couple had been engaged to be
married for about fourteen years, and
still the swain had not mustered I'D
courage enough to ask her to name the
happy day. The other evening he called
In peculiar frame Of mind and asked
her to sing something tender and touch
ing. Imagine his surprise when she
sat down at the piano and sang, Oar
ling, I am growing old" There was no
further delay.-Scottish American.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-07
Scotch CiyiIity.

A lady went out in search of two
others who had gone out for a walk
some time before. She met an old man
and asked him if he saw two ladies
pass this way. "Na. nor l wisna look
in for them"
She met another and asked the same
question. INA, but there micht "a been
ten pass't for onything 'at I ken or
care"
At last she met boy and asked the
same question. He replied. INA, I
didna see ony ladies, but 1 saw twa
auP wives" ."-Scottish American.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-07
A Puzzled Yaunrster,

Harry is the youngest of the family,
the only boy among several girls, and
sometimes the superior advantages Of
girls seem to weigh heavily on his
youthful mind. The other day we
heard him say thoughtfully to himself:
"Women always first. I wonder why
God didn't make 'em first, but he
didn't. He made Adam first"