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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-30
''.'.s'' 's's's''
BEGGARS, PEDDLERS AND BOOK
AGENTS
NOT ALLOWED IN THIS BITILDING

-
"Ycs. and it's perfectly disgrace
ful. Don't you go out to solicit
trade, and haven't those people the
same privilege?"
"Beggars, too?" suggested Mr..
Dean, who was angry.
"The poor We have with we always"
quoted his wife, softly. 81 am sure,
Herbert, you will not be rude to the
young woman when she calls, and
you will buy the Com"
"I will not. She may force her
way into the office. but she will not
sell me book, however charming
she may be-"
"Who said anything about charm.
ing? She will make you business
proposition, and you will treat it in
o business way"
Eyes. I will call the office boy 70
show her to the elevator. Come,
Edna, give me music, your soul needs
soothing. We will not mention this
subject again"
"But, Herbert, you will buy that
book?"
"Never! Not even for your sweet
sake. Is thy servant an IDIOT that
he should do this thing?"
Nothing more was said and the
evening was devoted to happy music,
but Herbert, turning the pages
could not see little devil of mischief
that lufked in Edna's eyes.
A week later lady was shown into
the swell Office of the Amalgamated
Rye Biscuit company. She wore an
automobile coat, a black and white
feather picture hat, white chiffon
face veil, and carried herself like an
empress. There was commotion
among the clerks in the inside Office
MS they saw her enter and the word
"stunning" could be distinctly heard
The Office boy turned handspring
in his haste to get her a chair, then
touched his chief on the elbow rs he
announced in his choicest argot:
"a loidr n thee You, thif."
Then Hyr.rt ga'scd his head from
his paper, aware OF some excitement
in the atmosphere, and saw the di
vinity at his ,..5 and as il,
thought recan..el her as ricf
widow who had been desirous of pur
chasing stool, ia tho 4. Il. b. c. Ii,
welcomed her with effusion, address
/ ing her by the nappe OF tie firm.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-30
REMARKABLE CURE OF GROUP.
A Little Boys Life Saved.

I have few words to say regard
ing Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
1t saved my little boys life and |
feel that | cannot praise it enough.
/ bought bottle of it from A. f.
Steele of Good win, S. D.. and when
l cot home with it the poor baby
could hardly breathe. l gave Q
medicine as directed every ten min.
utes until he ''thre" ur" anu .hsn
I Thought sure ne was going to
choke to death. We had to pull the
sobleom o,.T of his mouth in great
lou striIgs. lam positive that if l
had not got that bottle of cough me-
dicine, my boy would not be on
earth to-day.-JoE DEMoNT, Inwood,
Iowa. For sale by the Middleburg
Drug Store.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-30
the MAN WHO NEVER LAUGHS"

The complaints above named all yield TO
the action Of Benson's Porous Plasters, and
quickly too. Not only those, but colds and
coughs, kidney and liver affections, all
congestions and muscular strains, diseases
of tho chest, asthma and all ailments which
are open to external treatment. 1t is fire.
guently said that Bens0n's Plaster is PAINS
Master. 1t cures when others are not even
able to relieve. For thirty years the lead
ing external remedy. The old-style plas-
ters, as we'll as salves, liniments, oils etc,
have little or no efficacy as compared with
it. Use it. Trust it. Keep it in the
house. Ask for Benson's Plaster; take no
other All druggists, or we will prepay
postage on any number ordered in the
United States on receipt of 25c. each.
Seabury Il Johnson, Mig. Chemists, NY.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-30

About four or five feet of tile should
within six or eight inches of the sur
face, so the plow will not strike the
stone. This will let the water off
freely, yet keep the soil in good
shape. A large stone should be placed
at the end of the tile.
1'hS OutleC eh1uid also be kept
clean of roots and bars of netting so
placed that the vermin may be kept
out. II this is done and the tile prop
erly laid, water will have easy going
and the farmer will go his way re-
joicing instead of 'cussing" the tile
which he thought was too small
Fred Ristrim, in Farm and Home.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-30
ONCE IS ENOUGH TO SEE

Gustave Dore's portrait Of Dante u worth
seeing-once. But once is enough. . Some
such look you notice on the faces of those
who have suffered, and still suffer, much
physical pain; people subject orheumntism
gout, neuralgia, periodic headache, lumba-
20, or pain from some old lesion. This pain
habit puts its marks On them, as the custom
Of handling ropes crooks a sailors fingers !;
or as too much riding of bicycle stamps a
worried expression on certain faces. No
wonder people said of the Italian poet US
he passed along, There goes
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-30

''Some time ago Ty daughd
caught severe cold. She compla|
ed of pains in her chest and had
bad cough. gave her CbamH
lain's Couch Remedy according
directions and in two days she \
we'll and able to go to school. | hI
used this remedy in my family
the past seven years and have mel
known it to fail" says James Pr|
dergast, merchant, Annato B \
Jamaica, West India Islands. p
pain s in the chest indicated
approaching attack Of pneumonI
which in this instsnce WAS undou|
edly warded off by Chamberlai
Cough Remedy, II counteracts d
tendency of a cold toward PM
ponia. Sold by Middleburg Dd
Store.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-30

A recent dispatch from Raleigh, n.
c., announced the final decision of
the will case Of Mr.. Ice Snow. The
dispatch also mentioned the names
OF other members of the family as
Hail Snow and Rain Snow. In the
same connection other curious names
pf people living in North Carolina
were mentioned, namely, Sharp
Blunt. Sink Quick and Early Dawn.
Such names are funny.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-30

Enterprising game tracers in the
west are said to be arranging a
storage trust of quail. Several states
have adopted laws forbidding the
slaughter Of Bob White for two
years, and these men are preparing
to accumulate big stocks of the birds
before the protective laws 60 into
effect. They expect to control the
prices of quail in the principal cities
OF the country for a considerable
period,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-30
Drunkenness in America.

Arrests for drunkenness in 129 cid
of the United States are said toi
gregatc $4,000 during the last fs
year.
A KANSAS editor has offered a p
of fur cape to the young woman
sends in the best remedy for c.
blains. NeXtl
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-30
ANCHORING WIRE FENCE.
The Way Here Described and Illus
trated Is One of the Best That
Has Been discovered.

We notice that great many farm
ers who use woven wire fences have
them staked down by crisscrossing
small stakes over the bottom wire.
Those who have these fences in use
any length of time find that to make
them positively hog proof they must
fasten the bottom wire down in some
manner. Stalking down temporarily
answers for the time, but these
stakes soon rot off. A much better
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-30
Corn Cobs for MIX Cows.

Corn-cobs coarsely ground contain
considerable nutritiye matter. and in
some sections Of the country this cob
meal is fed during the winter to mich
COWS. Its value is increased by adding
a quart Of corn meal to a peck Of cob
mea!. This served nigh, and morning
with half bushol of cut hay or we'll
cured cornfodder, and say with Is
pounds day Of long hay, will not only
keep COW in good condition but will
increase the Inilk aow.-ohio Farmer,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-30

II have noticed that the sale
Chamberlain's Stomach aud IiV|
'sblets Is almost invariably to tho|
Who have once used them," says NJ
j. II. Weber, a prominent drugs
IT Cascade. Iowa. What better \
commentator could any medclI
nave tnan for people to call for
when again in need of such q re1
edy? Try them when you feel d1
after eating, when you have q
taste i'll your mouth, feel biliol
have no appetite or whom troub
with constipation, and you are (
tain to be delighted with the pron
relief which they afford. For
by the Middleburg Drug Store,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-30
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<>>Ba|D|p0VIEIlIENT
LAYING TILE DRAINS.
careful Attention Must he Paid to
the Proper Construction of
Inlets aud Outlets.

No one will question the value OF
tile for drainage pipes. In laying
head end of tile, it is mistake to
dump in few pieces of broken tile
and mud dug from the slough bed
with the idea of packing to make
nearly waterproof. Many have done
that in this section and the water,
failing to run off, complaint is
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-30
Germs Carried by Insects.

If malaria is conveyed by mosS
toes it is probable that other insd
may play like part. A French ph!
clan records that a certain family
a member who for years was subj
to frequent malarial attacks, and I;
three children in the family VI
seized with the disease directly af
some oleanders were brought intOs
house. The malaria germ was tOa
in lice on the plants.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-30

T At Fall River. Mass, the other
day, Daniel McMullen, aged 90, was
sent to the state farm Us q vagrant.
The complaint was made by his
mother, aged 81. She told the Judge
that she did not feel like support ting
any longer worthless boy" who
was too lazy to help her in the house
work. Daniel pleaded guilty.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-30

A current report says that Nathan
Church, a man of scholarly attain
ments, and the colleague OF Blaine
in the Maine Legislature, is now
working as street cleaner in Mime.
apolis at salary of $1.5O a day.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-30
How 10 Cure n BnII,y Horse.

When horse Dalks, 10 matter how
badly he sulks or how ugly he is, do
not beat him, do not throw sand in his,
ears; don't use a rope on his front
legs, or even burn straw under him.
Quietly go and pat him on the head
"A moment; take hammer. or even
pick up a stone in the street; tell the
driver to sit still, take the reins and
hold them quietly while you lift up
either front foot. Give each nail a
light tap, and good smart tap on the
frog; drop his foot quickly, and then
chirp to him to so. In 90 cases out Of
100 the horse will go right along about
his business, but the driver must keep
his lines taut and not pull or jerk him
back. John Haines, in Farm and
Home.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-30

Try four full quarts OF Hayner's Seventy
Did Rye, express prepaid, for $3 co.. For ,:
'ulars, sec announcement OF the Hayner
illing Co.. Dayton, Ohio, which appears
where in this issue
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-30
A Subjugated
* Man &
BY MRS. N. L. RAYNE.

TT HAPPENED in this way. The
Deans were sitting at dinner
when Mrs. Dean remarked
Il bought a new cook book to-day.
An agent called and"
Edna" interrupted Mr.. Dean with
several distinct notes of alarm in his
voice, ~ hope you have not been
buying books from an agent when
have repeatedly warned you not to
waste your time and money in any
such investment. A subscription
that only costs ten cents week may
sound very alluring, but when it
runs for two years, you will find that
you are paying twice over"
1t was Mrs. Deans turn to inter
rupt. "My dear Herbert, you should
go into politics; you would make a
fine stump speaker. But this is an
ether story. l have wanted a certain
kind of cook book for year, but
could not find it in the bookstores,
because it is a subscription book.
And here it came walking right in, as
you might say, so l bought it, and it
is complete in one volume. | paid
spot cash for it and never expect to
see the agent again"
THAT depends. Was she n woman
with a mournful whine and de-
pressed countenance, and was she
trying to pay off a mortgage on her
house or sewing machine or some
thing?"
NO, sir; she was young and we'll
dressed. but so timid ! felt sorry for
her. Oh, you needn't laugh. She was
lady. 1t must be dreadful to have
door slammed in your face when
you are trying to make an honest
living. She had another book, one
that 7 really wanted, and l wish ]
had asked her to come again."
shell come" suggested Mr.. Dean,
now that you have left the bars
down. mean left the door open
she'll come just as often as Sae has
new book, until one or the other
of you dies Of old age. You will
hesitate and be lost. Edna, I see
your finish"
"Is that your experience" asked
Mrs. Dean, curtly.
mine? No, indeed! I would like
to see the book agent that could get
into our building!"
But they must reach you some
times, and try to sell you books, or
you would not know so much about
them and their methods"
"Oh, in my bachelor days I dare
say 1 did squander my substance on
them occasionally. But now I am
not 90 p,otf1gaI as TO buy books that
remain on the office shelves-for no.
body ever reads them. l have a dis.
tinct recollection of purchasing a
volume on the care and treatment OF
horses, when I couldn't have owned
a toy equine"
$50 on" Mrs. Dean was amused
confession is good for the soul. But
really, Herbert, l gave that poor
thing your Office address, and asked
her to call and sell you a copy of
The Compendium of Universal
knowledge
Edna! I thought you had agreed
to let me run my business in my own
way? ! should be vexed if it were
possible for her to reach me, but, you
know, sign is in every hall of the
building like this:
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-30
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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-30

Avoid aduiteration and wholesale and retail
protils by buying your whiskey direct from Tie
distllery. see the Iayner Distiling Co. au-
nounccment in this paper, which explains how
to get four full quarts OF pure Seven.iear.Old
Rye Whiskey, express prepaid, for $500 They
guarantee pure goods and fun measure.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-30

The cows that are the heartest eat.
ers usually show the greatest profit
on feed eaten.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-04-21
Stab bing ARRAY in Barre.

James McNulty of Barre, employed
as section hand on the Central Ver-
mont railway, was stabbed Wednesday
night it is supposed by Giuseppe
Alariecce, otherwise known as "Big
Joe." McNulty received cut on the
back of the head, which was not deep,
and a cut in the back below the left
shoulder blade. The affray took
place at the home of Adeline Garibaldi,
jealousy of Mrs. Garibaldi being the
cause of the quarrel. Alariecce left
on the last electric car for Montpelier,
saying he was going south from there.
The police authorities at Montpelier
and White River Junction were noti-
fed, but no trace of the man has been
found, and it is believed he went
north
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-04-21
Russian Minister Shot.

The Russian minister of the interior,
NJ. Sipiaguine, was shot and fatally
wounded Tuesday at st Petersburg in
the lobby of the ministerial offices by
a man who held pistol close to the
minister's person. The wounded man
died at p. m. 1t was learned later
that M. Sipiaguine was on his way to
attend a meeting of the committee of
ministers. He had just entered the
Office of the imperial council when
the assassin who had driven up in
carriage approached and handed him
folded paper, saying he had been
charged to deliver it by the Grand
Duke Serguis. The minister stretched
out his hand to take the document.
when the assassin fired five shots at
him. Three of the bullets struck M,
Sipiagu1ne and one wounded his sery-
ant. The assassin did not resist
arrest.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-04-21

While the Barre Times and Brattle-
boro PhOenir several weeks ago at
tempted in their editorials to belittle
Hon. F. w. Baldwin, of Barton, and
his aspiration to be lieutenant-gov-
ernor, it was the best thing for his
candidacy that could have happened,
People are too we'll acquainted with
Lawyer Baldwin, and the able man
ner in which he has filled the numer-
Gus offices bestowed upon him, to be
influenced by any story detrimental
to his qualifications, or to give them
the least credence. The biographical
sketch in this issue, for which we
wish to thank the st. Johnsbury
Republican, not only proves him an
able and acceptable man, but one in
whom the public repose confidence.
Such man is worthy of the office of
lieutenant governor. He has the
ability, the experience and the train
ing for the position. While Hon. E.
M. Bartlett, of Island Pond, and Hon.
z. s. Stanton, of RoxburY, are doubt
less able men-we know nothing to
the contrary-the fact still remains
that there seems to be demand for
Hon. F. w. Baldwin, and this demand,
as we believe, is because he is better
adapted to fill the Office of chief exec
utive of the state than any candidate
who as yet has appeared upon the
scene.-Ecpress & Standard.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-04-21
Clement to Stump the State.

Mr.. Percival w. Clem of Rutland
will address the citizens of ST. Johns
bury on high license and local option
Monday evening, April 21. 1t is the
purpose of Mr.. Clements campaign
managers to cover Caledonia county
pretty thoroughly with meetings at
which their candidate will give an ex-
position of his views. Later other
counties will be covered in a similar
manner. Doubtless at many places
the meetings will assume the form of
debates between Mr.. Clement and
his associates and those who advocate
the present prohibitory law.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-04-21
MCCULLOUGH AS A STATESMAN.

The st. Albans Messenger has been
investigating Gen. McCullough's rec
ord and finds that while it is claimed
he is true Vermonter he has taken
but little interest in the affairs of his
town and it cannot be found that he
has ever held town Office of any
kind. While it is claimed that he
has been a resident of Bennington for
thirty one years during all that time
he has never been called to represent
the tywn, because, as the Messenger
states, sit has been popularity under
stood that he was not sufficiently in
touch with the life of the town or it's
people to be truly representative of
either or BOTH" After Mccullough
was forced to retire from the cam
paign for the governorship in 1898, he
was elected to the one Office which
the people of his town and county
have bestowed upon him, that of
county senator. The Messenger then
shows that his record in the senate
was entirely different from what
would be expected of him had he been
the statesman which they now claim
him to be. While he was in the senate
he failed to introduce a bill which
found mention in the official record.
The Messenger then continues:
'fOne might think that with such a
statesman as Gen. Mccullough rep
resenting them in the senate, the law
seeking people of Bennington county
would be only too eager to invoke the
prestige and influence for their pet
measures that would follow his in
PRODUCTION of them. Who did intro
duce these bills, then? Senator
Robert L. Batchelder, of Peru. He is
the man who represented Bennington
county on the floor of the senate of
1898. The official records show it.
One cannot read the daily journals of
the sessions of the senate without
noticing the conspicuous omission of
any record of any activity on the part
of Gen. Mccullough, while all the
other senators are shown to be work
ing hard day by day to transact the
peoples business. 1t is worth ones
while to read the record carefully and
to notice that whenever the liquor
question was brought to vote and
the yeas and nays were called for,
Senator John G. McCullough's name
is missing from the roll.
What then is the record of this
statesman in the only elective office
he ever held: Introduced no bills and
straddled the liquor question:!
Let Us not deny that Gen. McCul-
Tough is an able man. He is. But it
is not on what he can do, but on what
he has done, that he should appeal to
the voters of Vermont to-day.
What has he done?"
This question will be given careful
consideration by the citizens of Yer
mont, but it is not his record in Cali
fornia and New York which will be
considered but what he has done fo1
this state which should entitle him to
so marked recognition on the part
of the people.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-04-21

Read our offer on the second page
of this paper and write and tell us
what you think would improve the
MONITOR. If it would suit you better
if we were to change our day of pub
lication tell US what day you would
prefer to receive your paper. We are
anxious to give you a paper which
will in a measure meet your ideal
of what local paper should be,
hence our offer to pay for your ideas.
Write us at once.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-04-21

The authorship, of all political
offices, ought to bo held by man
who is recognized as a capable busi-
ness man of the highest integrity with
superabundance of energy and back
bone; moreover he should be per-
fectly familiar with court work as his
business is to a large extent in
settling court expenses and looking
after the interests of the state in
claims brought against it. 1t is not
necessary or expected of an auditor
that he should be forever bulldozing
claimants and cutting down just
claims. He should, however, be
familiar with the requirements of the
law relating to all matters in which
the state has financial interest, in
Guiding in particular court expenses.
No man but trained lawyer is avail
able for the best work in this direction.
IT any choice for state auditor is made
without consideration of these re-
quirements Vermont is very liable to
suffer financially. 1t is a matter of
vital Importance to the pocket books
of the taxpayers, and the NeaUs will be
surprised if the voters do not take
this matter in hand and select some
one fully capable of carefully guard
ing their financial uterests.-North-
field NelUs.
The above statement regarding the
necessary qualifications of state
auditor is correct. In Hon. FL. F
Graham of Craftsbury the people
have candidate who is possessed Of
all these qualifications and who ii
eminently fitted to fill the Office will
| credit to himself and to the state.