davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21
THE ESSEX CAUCUS.

What Bunker Hill was to the "red
coats" of King George the Third,
his tory crew." the Essex caucus will
prove to be to the candidacy of Proc
tor the Second. The Proctor press
has been declaiming about the "snap
caucuses' called in Chittenden coun-
ty-all matter of cheap bluff. The
caucus machinery was all in the hands
of Proctor men, the early calling of
the caucus was their work, Proctor
men rode the town all the day mar
shalling their following by the lying
statement that Mccullough was for
the tuberculosis law but Proctor was
"agin" it-and the tuberculosis issue
has been acute i'll parts of Chit
tenden county for year past. BY
this appeal to the prejudice of the
farmers and by fraudulent voting the
caucus was carried for Proctor by a
slight majority. Saying nothing of
its wickedness, the course of Proctor
men in the Essex caucus was the most
foolish and impolitic one they could
have followed. By it Mccullough
men will be forewarned and fore
armed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21
THE BENNINGTON CLAIM.

1t is a somewhat singular thing that
General Mccullough should make two
attempts to reach the governorship,
basing his canvass to a great extent
upon the argument that Bennington
county has not had governor in
many years, and yet in all the twenty
nine years he has been citizen of
Bennington he has never been chosen
to even represent the town in the
legislature st, Adams Messenger.
Six months ago it would have been
"a singular thing to read i'll the Mes
senger such fool statement as the
foregoing. 1t had then something of
name for truth and candor-utterly
vass OF entirely minor considera-
ton is the "argument" cited by the
Messenger, and it has been given
place of entirely secondary rank in
this canvass, but it has its claim to
consideration, especially when the
county presents a candidate of the
merit and eminence of Mccullough,
and when it appears, further, that
Rutland county has furnished three
Governors, Page, Proctor, and Orms-
bee, since in lS5S-6U Hiland Hall was
Governor Before another Proctor is
added to the list of Rutland county
Governors, give the battle county a
chance, in the person of John G., Nc
Cullough, the peer of the foremost of
the States Chief Executives. This
slur comes with mighty poor grace
from the Messenger, in any event, and
particularly when the leading event of
the canvass of 1898 is remembered.
In all the twenty eight years of JUS
tin S. Morrill's life from the time he
became of age up to his election to
Congress he had never represented his
town in the Legislature, had never held
any public office, save only that of
justice of the peace Yet Mr.. Morrill,
made fairly useful public servant,
even the scorched up soul of the Mes.
senger must have decency enough left
to admit. 1t is what God puts into
mans upper story that counts il
the long run, not the petty offices he
may have held.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21
FRANK AVOWAL

Editor Waterman and Journal Al.
though l do not consider myself a
politician, yet the air is so charged
with political electricity from the
center to the most remote corner of
our State, a person must be very stu
pid or Indifferent not to feel moved to
give expression to the faith within
himself.
am not one of those who think il
necessary for a man to put his whole
life work into Vermont, and never
have any business outside the State.
in order to qualify himself for Gov.
ernor. There are few men of large
business capacity who have amassed
wealth by doing more extensive and
successful business than it would have
been possible to do here who have
been attracted by the beauties of the
Green Moutain State, and having
made their homes therein, have con.
tributed literally of their means to
various charitable and benevolent pur-
poses and in many ways have been a
great help to our State in the upbuild-
ing of its worthy institutions.
Now, if such a one chances to as.
pire to the Office of Governor, l am
not one Of the party that would turn
him down and say to him, you are
not Vermonter we want some one
who has lived among US from his
youth, day and night, one that knows
what Vermonters want. You can
build railroads for us and residences
for yourselves to ray an enormous tax
on into the State treasury but when
you aspire to the Governors chair,
-" Hands off ="
This is, l think, taking very mar.
row view of the situation. Two such
men were early in the field for consid-
Grafton, both worthy and honorable
candidates without stain or blemish,
of whom nothing can be said to their
discredit, and l think either would
do the State great credit as Chief Ex-
ecutive And l wanted to see the bat.
tie between these giants without in
terruption. An ardent admirer of DIR.
Webb, l stood ready to support him
from start to finish, but was surprised
and shocked to learn that the finish"
was so soon and he was not in it at
all
1 very soon decided, however, that
l had no sympathy whatever, with
party that could see no good in either
of the honorable candidates and my
course has seemed clear and plain
from that time-to do all that in me
lies for the nomination of John G..
Mccullough. S. D. p.
Barnard, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21

ponds on its imagination for its facts,
but even this fruitful source of cam
paign material is petering out The
News has got down to this
Another trick of the Mccullough
men on the State committee has Just
come TO light. The next State con
vention, according TO invariable Gus
tom, would have been called at Bur
lington. 1t was understood that it
was to be held there. But it was
called to meet at Montpelier Now
what do we find? We find that long
in advance of the public knowledge
that the convention would be held in
Montpelier, Mr. McOullough's man.
ayers leased the entire first floor of
rooms of practically the only hotel in
that village, thereby selfishly and un-
fairly shutting out the other two can
didates from all the most desirable
rooms available for candidates head
quarters.
How could they That was, in
deed, a despicably mean trick. But
the News lacks enterprise. Had not
the contemporary heard that the Nc
Cullough managers had scooped all the
railway transportation of the State
leading to Montpelier for the full
week preceding June 10, so that Proc
tor delegates would have to come on
horseback, or in teams, or stub along
over railway ties, or stay at home
That Clement's managers had secured
control of the Montpelier liquor
agency and will run" it exclusively
in the interest of his delegates during
the convention period? That Proc
tors prohibition" gang-if any of
them struggle in-will have to bring
their commissary stores in their can
teens, or drink Berlin water, or go
dry?
Why mention so small a matter as
pre-empting a hotel-and "the only
one in the tsicl village" long in ad-
vance of tts public knowledge that
the convention would be held in
Montpelier, when colossal tricks"
like these 81 the Mccullough and
Clement mar eersJ are played right
undek the N nose, tricks which
"selfishly anK Unfairly" deprive the
Proctor delegates of the means of at
tending the convention or shaking
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21
THE ST. LOUIS FAIR.

The directors of the St Louis
that a postponement of the fair to 1904
would be acceptable by the local COM
pany. Congress will no doubt take
these officials at their word and a
postponement will be made. 1t is
well known of course, that the post
ponement talk was heard in Washing
ton, New York and Boston and other
points outside of st. Louis before it
YVES heard there Many of the for
eign governments and several of the
States had said that they would not
be able to prepare an exhibit if the
fair was to be held twelve months
hence. The country knew this and
inferred that an additional twelve
months would be asked for eventual
ly and would be granted.
The officials in St Louis felt all
along that they could prepare the site
and put up the buildings in the time
allowed under the act of Congress of
1901 In a worlds fair, however,
something more is necessary than
the completion of the buildings and
grounds in which and on which the
fair is to be held. The exhibits must
be secnred and they must be distribut-
ed. The whole world must be laid
under tribute in doing this The col
Letting, arranging and housing Of the
exhibits is the largest part of the
work of preparation for an interna-
tional exposition. A good beginning
has been done in this work in the st.
Louis case, but enough remains to be
done to keep the men in charge of this
task busy until the day in 1904 which
will be set by Congress for the open
ing.
Congress will agree to the postpone
ment. The suggestion for it came
originally from the gentlemen in Con-
gress especially interested in the fair
There will be no hitch in the proceed
ings i'll either house. The President
is also in favor of granting the addi-
tional years time, so as to make GER
tain that this will be larger and more
interesting than any internatioal expo
sition held anywhere in the world uI
to this time. The country will wei.
| come postponement Now that the
matter of the exact date at which the
fair will open will quickly be settled
definitely and finally, the work OF
preparation not only in st. Louis bu
in all the States and in all the coun
tries will be vigorously pushed
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21
PROCTOR INTERROGATED-
AGAIN.

In a personal letter to the editor a
well known citizen of the State, a
farmer, says: 1.-THE Proctor tactics at
the Essex caucus should receive due
attention. If this is a sample of the
pure politics he is trying to intro
duce into Vermont it is well that
people know his definition of purity.
Would it not be well to interrogate
Proctor as to whether or not he favors
the abolition Of the cattle commission
in any form, as his friends at Essex
claimed for him. Two or three eau
cuses like Essex should defeat any one
who allows or employs the means
practiced there to win delegates -
The newspapers were but lately say
ing that the Proctor cattle were to be
tested with reference to the existence
of tuberculosis among the herds of
the pocketboro We mistrust that the
farmers of Essex were bamboozled by
the tuberculosis issue, that Proctor is
not believer in the sale of the meat
or milk of diseased cattle. Still, he
is Intercepted and he can answer if
he will.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21

Consumption-the most dreaded of all
diseases of today--is durable. For cent
uries this fearful malady has stared the
people in the face, with no hope, no
haven of refuge, no relief to turn to, but
now-science has made sufficient strides
to be able to cope intelligently with all
the various forms of pulmonary affec-
tions.
Few people realize what anatomical
wonders the lungs are. Just imagine two
great sacks, one consisting of two and the
other of three lobes or compartments
each made of delicate membranous sub
stance as light and thin as piece of silk,
expanding and contracting as we inhale
and exhale the air that supplies life.
No one approaching the work expected
of them would abuse his lungs if he
could look at them and see with his
own eyes the effect produced. The lungs
are almost like paper-mere tissues-that
are susceptible to the least aggravation.
a cold, though ever so slight if on the
lungs, weakenS them. A cough, though
only occasional, means rasping at these
precious organs, a sore result of colds
and coughS) means an irritation that is
hard to heal. When aggravated and it
reaches an advanced stage, the lungs
shrivel up and wither away. Consump-
lion invariably begins in the upper part
Of the right lung.
Coughing does not always accompany
diseases of this character, and consump-
lives sometimes goto theirgrave with little
annoyance in this direction and little ex-
pectoration. Their lungs, likean apple in
The sun, simply waste away and fall
20 pieces. If a flower becomes lifeless
and droops its head, you give it nourish-
ment water and sunlight. Your lungs
are just like plant, they need nourish-
ment continually. Your blood flows
through every part of them and gives
them life. 1t soothes and heals them,
keeps them fresh and healthy. If your
blood possesses the right nourish ment, it
makes your lungs so strong that germs
,an't live in them, for germs only live
where there is weakness. You must
have proper medical assistance and you
must also have sunlight, plenty of rest,
plenty of outdoor air and good food.
The first has always been hard to get but
she other requirements are within the
reach of anyone. There is a medicine
! famous French compound, remedy
originated, experimental with and agreed
upon by celebrated chemists from al
over the world, who met in Paris few
years ago to determine the most speedy
sure and lasting way of wiping out of tn,
world consumptionand its allied diseases
This medicine is knownas "Blood Wine,
and it is acknowledged by physicians il
New York and Boston to be the most salts
factory treatment yet devised for thes
troubles. "Blood Wine" will do its part
but the patient must do his to overcom
pulmonary attacks. All the rules of by
giene must be strictly adhered to and
this is done cure excepting when con
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21

sumption is in the most advanced stages,
will be the result. Blood Wine" is an
honest remedy. 1t is sold ON honest
representations and is guaranteed to do
all claimed for it. BLOOD Wine" en-
riches the blood and charges it with an
ingredient that will kill baccilli, bacteria,
microbes and germs of all kinds. 1t will
heal up an old sore on the lungs or new
one. 1t will take the lameness and pains
out of the lungs, and make them feel
strong and comfortable. If you can't
take deep breath now, you can after
using BLOOD Wine.'
If you hawk and spit you will stop
after using it week or so. If you take
colds easily-"Blood Wine" will make
you less susceptible and eventually it will
give you great endurance. "Blood Wine"
is not an experiment It's an established
fact, tried, proved and acknowledged to
be remarkable remedy. Throughout
the hospitals, public dispensaries and in
their private practice physicians are
unanimous in their praises of Blood
Wine, all admit that while there are some
cases too far advanced to be actually
cured that it will cure in almost every
instance and restore health and vitality,
where every other method will fail DR..
Brainard A. Andrews of BeachmoH,
Boston, Mass, one of New England's
leading practitioners, whose skill has
been displayed on a number of occa-
sions before Harvard College and other
learned bodies, SAYS: "At the best,
Tubercu losis is a stubborn disease and
requires rigid methods to overcome.
In the matter of handling it everything
is being done both here aad abroad
to make it more easily and successfully
treated, and new ideas are being adj
vanced almost every day by men giving
it their constant thought. lam familiar
with "Blood Wine" in every phase, and
have been using it extensively in my
practice of late with phenomenal results.
1t creates peculiar reaction that nothing
else seems to do. 1t relieves the distress
sooner and more effectively than any ex.
pectora It | know of and ifadhered to with
common sense rules of life-regarding ex-
ercise, air and diet it will heal very bad
case of tuberculosis and enable the pa
tient to thoroughly recover. am a
thoroughly disinterested person, having
no connection one way or another with
the BLOOD Wine" Co., or any of its mem
beers. / give this testimonial of my own
free will because recognize in it agrand
good medicine, which everyone should
| hnoW dpouIi anu WHICH VIII COntlnuo
to recommend until find something
better"
If you have tried repeatedly to regain
your health without success with other
medicines OF means don't give up hope
until you try "Blood Wine" Investigate
it carefully.
BLOOD Wine' costs fifty cents bottle,
but you can sample 1t free of charge at
1 G.E. MGgrath'S SuC'S'r 10 ". {. TerriI
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21

their thirst with the wine of Ken
lucky?
But this wall of the News is the
goose song of dying cause. The
contemporary can get all the facts
about the hotel arrangements here if
he will inquire. Imagination, we re-
peat, has been the fruitful source of
all the facts and arguments he and his
allies have been putting up for their
candidate from the very beginning,
and this hotel yarn is as weighty as
the weightiest, as true as the truest,
thing in all their dreary tide of "gab-
BILE on a knoll. " How long, O Cab
blers, wilt thou abuse this peoples
patience?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21

President Roosevelt is som ething
like the old rulers of history who in
sisted on standing in the position of
parents to all their people. They took
a personal interest III every man they
met, asking him questions, learning
something for themselves which aided
them in governing, and contributing
something to the help or correction of
the men questioned The President
came out of church last Sunday
and saw a boy dressed in the uni.
form of a high school cadet, standing
in slouching attitude with his blouse
unbuttoned. He looked the boy over
critically from head to foot, and said
sharply, sis that the way to wear
your blouse? Is that the way to stand ?
Why don't You look neat and SMART"
The boy blushed, Strengthened him
self and stood at attention with well
set up look such as a cadet should
have The President passed on, say
ing, THAT Is much better. That is
the way to look and act. " This story
may be apocryphal 1t is good enough
to be true, and is Characteristic Presi-
dent Roosevelt resembles in this re-
spect Emperor william, the one ruler
in Europe today who assumes the pa
ternal relation toward his people.
Americans will be apt to resent it in
individual cases. But people not
suffering from the rebuke will sym.
pathize and approve.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21
AS 1T Is.

Come, gentle Spring. ethereal mildness
come"
The glass is falling rapidly to freezsng;
Through the bronchial tubes my breath
will hardly come,
And am sneezng
Come, Spring, for you the hilltops | would
mount,
But in these darkling days the man who
pens
Spring poem must take into his account
The influenza.
Hi! lsmiling mornl" | cry, and, looking
up,
Ponder if yet the sunshine can prevail
Oh! bitter drop within the poets cup,
Down comes the hall.
London Daily News.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21
HoW'S This ?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh cure
F. }. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo o.
We, the undersigned, have known f, j.
Cheney for the last Is sears, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm
WEST < TRUAX. Whole Druggists, Toledo,
O. WALDING, KINNAN X MARVIN, Whole
Druggists, Toledo, q.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system, Testimonials
sent free. Price Toe per bottle Sold by
all druggists
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21

Waiting?' The familiar hail of
the telephone girl is sent to Candidate
Proctor. If you should be elected
Governor, and bill licensing the
traffic in intoxicating liquors should
be passed by the General Assembly,
would you veto the measure? This
question has been asked this candi-
date. He hasn't answered it. The
newspapers supporting Candidate
Proctor do not answer the question.
Are candidate and supporters waiting,
or are they making a tell-tale and the
most conspicuous dodge of the genera
tiOn?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21

Candidate Proctor has month $
work ahead in answering a string of
questions now running in the McCul-
Tough list of papers. Spirit of the
Age
o, no. only five minutes, if he
would answer them with the same
frankness and candor he would reply
to business proposition that could be
anwered with simple yes or no.
Mr.. Proctor knows, for example, that
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21
Wants Others to Know.

~ have used DeWitt's Little Early
Rsers for constipation and torpid liver
and thew are all right | am glad to in
dorse them for think when we find a
good thing we ought TO let others know
It," writes Alfred Heinze. Quincy, Ill.
They never grippe or distress. Sure, safe
pills. Blakely
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21
A Montpelier Woman Asks

"have you floor paint that will last
two weeks?' Yes, we have Devoe's;
it has beautiful gloss and will wear
two years if properly applied. Abbott
& Bailey
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21

temperance people who have been be-
guiled into the support of Proctor like
their company? Mr.. Plumley cites
the long roll of temperance men who
are for Mccullough, and says he is
proud and happy in that association,
and well he may be. Is not Mr..
Plumley safer temperance counsellor
and leader than the captains of the
license army just now vociferously
shouting for Proctor? Think this
over.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21

The Freemen of Vermont ought still
to be free, and independent of ANY
single man, FAMILY or SET OF
MEN, " and to exercise their "indu-
bitable, unalienable and indefeasible
right y III such manner as
shall be judged most condu-
Give to the public veal" uninfiu-
enced and unawed by Family power
or prestige. Otherwise the aspiring
Family should be reduced to the
common level. -
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21

he would not, if he were Governors
veto a license bill the General Assem-
bly, had passed Then why does he
dodge? Why doesn't he say mo" to
the query put to him on this point
That would be manly" "open, 4"
fearless" -- something like McCul.
Tough
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21

The array of license men and news
papers constituting the head and front
of Proctor following alone is con-
elusive answer to the ironical preten-
sions of his candidature to be that of
the simon pure prohibitionist In
Burlington and elsewhere, where the
Proctor following has neither hope
nor expectation of electing a delega-
ton, they are combining with the
Clement men-license and local OPP
tion-to choose delegates opposed to
Mccullough. Nice, consistent pro-
hibitionists sthese, are they not? How
will the cause of prohibition thri We
and wax prosperous under the guard
ianship of such supporters"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21

Lots of men would leave their foot
prints
Times eternal sands to grace,
Had they got their mothers slipper
At the proper time and place.
News
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21

The Hon. Frank Plumley, the fore
most advocate and representative of
the militant temperance folk, earnest
ly supports Mccullough and declares
his sentiments and beliefs in the strong
letter recently printed in the Watch
man and Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21

These mistaken, misguided, temper
ance people are allied with the men
and newspapers which in this emergen-
cy are cooling gently as sucking doves
about the prohibitory law, but the
rest of the year are denouncing it, i'll
the mild terms of Mr.. Clement, as
responsible for fifty years of bribery,
fifty years of corruption, fifty years
of plumber, fifty years of blackmail,
fifty years of extortion, fifty years of
drunkenness, fifty years of debauch-
cry" Not only this, but i'll similar
strain are inveighing against the men
who in official station are defending
prohibition and securing the enforce
ment of the law.