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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-18
THE PORT o. DREAMS,

1t is just beyond the sky line
With it's poppy fields of rest
Where days storm bewildered shallop
Drops its anchor in the west,
Where a silent sea of saffron
Stretches inland toward the streams
That go glimmering down the valleys
OF the purple port O. dreams.
In the far-off gloom behind it
Earth's dusky bound'ry lies.
And step beyond its outpost
The hills Of heaven rise:
So near that in the glory
OF their mystic haze it seems
That the dear dead walk beside us
In the peaceful port o. dreams.
o strange and wondrous country
Hiding close the goals of life
Who wins to thee brings courage
For the long dull march's strife.
And the prisoner of living
Hopes freedom pledge redeems
In thine endless, boundless radiance,
o blissful port O dreams.
We have called thee Hearts Desire,
Or the Islands of the Blest.
And the land Of Finished Stories,
o dreamland in the west.
Yet every hearts the bound'ry
Of thy -reposing beams
Art thou hope or love or heaven,
o happy port O. dreams?
Sail away, o weary hearted,
To the bayous of release,
Leave the drums O. life behind you
At the harbor bar of peace.
Come to anchor off the headlands
Where the light of heaven CLEANS
In the heaven where ye would be
Past the purple port O dreams.
Army and Navy Journal
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-18
DROUTH LESSONS.

il the drouth does no other good
than to point out the necessity of
preparation for irrigation, it will serve
as public benefit. But will the
people learn the lesson? A farmer
without forecast is no farmer at all.
Why should we be sitting down here
helpless against a dry spell when our
farm prosperity absolutely depends
upon system of self-defence? a
very sensible letter says: The col
lection of water power to be used as
electric force by trolley railroads
ought to furnish the farmers large
surplus. This power bought of the
trolleys along their lines ought to go
a great way toward doing farm work.
1 do not see why irrigation could not
be carried ON in this way to an ex-
tent quite impossible at present "
We are nquestionably coming to an
entirely new age Of farming, and new
method. We cannot keep up with
demands and positive needs on the
present basis. Our farms must be
prepared to defy drouth of five or
six weeks. We must also have good
deal of our help in the form of cleo
trio power. -(E. P. P. in Tribune
Farmer).
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-18
MAKE THIS SIMPLE
KIDNEY TEST.
Examine Your Urine Yourself
Once a Week.
If Suspicious Take Kidney Wort
Tablets.

Doctors bills and doctors visits
may be avoided if the first threaten
ing signs of kidney trouble are rec
ognized and the irritation checked at
once.
If backache, rheumatism, headaches,
dizzy feelings or frequent desire to
urinate have aroused your suspicious,
set aside bottle of your morning
urine for couple of hours Ii you
find dark sediment at the bottom,
"brick DUST deposit or particles
floating on top, or that the urine is
high colored and of unusual odor,
nothing should interfere with your
Immediately using DR., Pettingill's
Kidney-Wor Tablets, the one true
specific for kidney affections that is
prepared in accordance with the most
recent accepted formulas
Avoid liquid kidney remedies. AL
cohol enters largely into all of them
as a preventative. 1t is needless to
say the tablets are entirely free from
alcohol. They never fail to stop the
gradual weakening of the kidneys
that goes on from day to day They
are guaranteed to cure inflammation
of the kidneys, lumbago, pain in the
back, dropsy of the limbs, rhemuat-
ISM, CatdrrH VI Une DlduueI, sluBS Oh
or scanty urine, "brick dust" in the
urine, frequent calls to urinate, bed
wetting, "stone," malaria, constipa-
ton, pain in the urethra and kidney
weakness.
Backache, lumbago, govt, are all
rheumatism and rheumatism is uric
acid poisoning caused by sluggish,
weak or diseased kidneys. When the
kidneys are made strong by Kidney
Wort Tablets they filter the acid from
the blood and rheumatism vanishes.
The Tablets are the most certain and
safe means of curing rheumatism any
physician can prescribe. Other rem
edies may neutralize the acidity, and
give days relief, but only Kidney
Wort Tablets vitalize the kidneys SC
that the blood does not again become
acid and require the constant dosing
demanded by liquid kidney remedies.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-18
MURDER IN NEW YORK.

New York, June 5.-Superinten-
dent Charles Mcfarland of the God
dard Society was shot and instantly
killed this morning in front of the
criminal court building by William
Spencer, colored man aged thirty
eight years. Spencer was indicted on
June 10 for alleged connection with
policy shop ON evidence furnished by
Mcfarland Phillip Biary, who was
with Mcfarland and who is also an
employee of the Goddard Society,
was shot in the arm by Spencer. Spen-
Ger was arrested and within an hour
after committing the crime was in
dicted by the grand jury for murder
In the first degree.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-18
A BARRIERS STORY.
THE IDEA A TRAVELLING MAN PUT INTO
HIS HEAD.
He Vouches for the Truth of a
Statement That None but
Skeptics Will Question.

An interesting story is told of how
good fortune came to a barber in Do
yer, N. j., Hulet Seybold, Jr., the
man in question, who lives at No.
40 Fairview avenue, vouches for its
truth and relates his experience as
follows
"About two years ago." he says,
81 began to run down in health. My
stomach refused to do it's work, food
would not digest, gas formed, be-
came constipated, lost appetite and
grew so nervous as to seriously in
terfere with my work. l also became
bilious and felt tired all the time 1t
was severe case of nervous dyspepsia
and ! almost despa1red of ever get.
ting well.
fThrough the recommendation of a
travelling man l began to take DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
and in very short time 1 could see
that they were doing me good. A few
boxes cured my trouble and have had
no return of it since. My wife is
now taking this remedy with excel
lent results.
What DR.. Williams Pink Pills did
for Mr.. Seybold they will do for
others similarly afflicted as is proved
by thousands of cases on file Dr.
| Williams Pink Pills cure stomach
trouble by their tonic action, building
up the digestive organs and enabling
them to do the work that nature in
tended them to do. Artificial fer
ments and predigested foods weaken
the stomach in many cases. Medicines
should not do the stomach's work but
should put it in condition to reform
ITS natural functions A diet book
giving useful information will be sent
on request by the DR.. Williams Medi-
cine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People contain, in condensed form,
all the elements necessary to give new
life and richness to the blood and re-
store shattered nerves. They are an
unfailing specific for such diseases as
locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis,
| st. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia,
rheumatism, nervous headache, the
after effects of the grip, palpitation OF
the heart, pale and sallow complex
ions and all forms of weakness either
in male or female. DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People are sold by
all dealers, or will be sent postpaid Oh
receipt of price, fifty cents box, OF
six boxes for two dollars and fifty
cents (they are never sold in bulk, by
the dozen or hupdred) by addressing
DR.. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady, N. Y.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-18
FORESTRY Made EASY.

A unique way of dealing with forest
problems is to illustrate and solve
them by means of diagrams, as has
been done by Henry S. Graves and r.
T. Fisher in bulletin entitled 1.-THE
Woodlot," issued by the bureau of
forestry Of the department of agri-
culture. The bulletin is intended
for the guidance of farmers and other
owners of small timber holdings in
southern New England who desire to
improve the condition of their timber.
In this bulletin forestry has been re-
duced to series of pictures-outline
drawings of trees of various sorts in
different relations to one another
The simplicity of the idea is such
that the reader, even without any
technical knowledge of forestry, can
get from the pictures just the informa-
ton he needs i'll order to practice for
estry on his lands. In the series of
thirty outline drawings every problem
in improving woodlots that occurs in
pOUuilOlh ANOM LnSlduQ 10 luCluuous
This means that any New England
farmer can find the conditions on his
own woodlot definitely shown by the
outline drawings; and he can see
from the same drawing just what he
should do in order to practice real,
sound forestry on his land.
Of course, the bulletin can not make
offhand forester out of a farmer
but it does give him such specific in
formation that he will know how to
go about the task of handling his own
forest problem-and that is Just the
sort of information the farmer has
been asking for. Everywhere in New
England there is the keenest interest
in forestry, and the bureau of forestry
has not men enough to answer the de-
mands made upon it by farmers who
ask personal instruction in putting
their woodlots under forest manage
ment. 'The Woodlot," was prepared
in order to supply such men with the
information of which they were most
in need and which would enable them
in most cases to be independent of the
services Of the forester. The draw
ings were made from sketches in the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-18
CASTORiA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bough.
Signature ssass the Of IZzEzzzz@
AGRICULTURAL NOTES,

Our seasons are changing from
what they were fifty years ago. Less
rain and more drouths, caused by
clearing off the woodlands. Hence
our system of cultivation must neces-
sarily change. Prepare for drouths
is the motto hereafter. Put more
vegetable matter in the hills when
planting, and work the cultivator
more, or surface mulch.
This terrible drouth should teach
all the great Importance of stirring
the soil often and well. In such
seasons old beds Of wide, matted
rows of strawberries yield little, and
poor fruit at that if, however, they
were heavily mulched last fall, and
the mulch was allowed to remain in
the spring, good paying crop will
be had. New plantations set on soil
filled with fertilizer from the barn
yard, and kept we'll and often worked,
will yield big paying crop such
seasons as this.
A pinch of nitrate of soda on vines
of all kinds helps them greatly. Try
it.
Keep the hoes sharp with small
fiat file, and save your strength.
If your oat and hay crop is cut
short by the drouth, get in all the
millet you possibly can and cut it in
good season. Sown as late as July
20 splendid crop may be secured.
Where grass is stunted and appar
entity blasted by drouth, cut it at
once, says the New England Home
stead. The chances are that the
summer rains will make the second
growth produce more hay than to
wait for the first crop to thicken up
at the bottom. To make the second
crop respond to the rains, a top-dress-
ing of nitrate of soda is best. Use,
say 100 pounds nitrate per acre, mix
! ing it with two or three times its
bulk of loan, to make enough to SOW
evenly"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-18
ELECTROCUTED.

Burlington. June Harry M.
Still, lineman for the Consolidated
Electric Company, was electrocuted
on Wednesday afternoon while hang-
ing wires on Colchester avenue near
Green Mount Cemetery The moving
of an arc light had been completed by
the gang of which Mr.. Still was fore
man, and he had mounted the pole
opposite to make the necessary connec-
tion with the main wire. In some
way one foot came in contact with a
live wire sending the current through
his body. 1t was necessary to shut off
tho current before he could be rescued
but while the circuit was still on
Lineman Edward Foss mounted the
pole, fastened a rope around his COM
panion's body and when the. power
was off lowered it to the ground.
Efforts at resuscitation proved fruit
less and it is thought that death &C.
Cured instantly Mr. Still was born
in New York. He has been with the
Consolidated company in this city for
nearly eight years, and had been pre-
viously employed as electrician and
lineman at Brandon for a number of
years. He is survived by wife and
two daughters
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-18
'JES FISHIN'.

Jes' fishin--that's enough fer me
Amt nothing better, fer's [ see.
Amt askin' nothin' more O. life.
En- jes' ter cut away from strife
AD' all the fussin o. the town
Jes' cut away an slippin' down
Ter where the old pier standin' out
Clear in the lake in jes' about
Eight feet O. water, seems ter be
Jes' built for bass an perch an me,
Fergit yer ever had wish
Fer anything but jes' ter fish.
Elk oh ang
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-18
EAST MONTPELIER.

There will be a strawberry festival
at village hall Wednesday evening,
June II, under the auspices of East
Montpelier Lodge, 1. o. G.. L. A
miscellaneous program will be given
by members of the lodge assisted by
Miss Alice Gray, vioinist. The pub
lie is cordially invited.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-18
Sick ELS SURRENDER.

New York, June 10. The strike of
subway workers has been abandoned.
Twenty thousand men will apply for
work Internationally.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-18
UPHOLDS ROADS,

New York. June 12.-Judge Lacom-
be in the United States circuit court
today handed down a decision uphold
ing the contention of the coal carry
ing roads that the contract between
them and sales agents are privileged
documents and that the Interstate
commerce commission cannot compel
this production as evidence. The de-
cision also upholds President Baer's
refusal to answer questions relative tC
the conduct of the roads.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-18
CHAMP CLARK WON.

Cong. Champ Clark usually manages
to take pretty good care of himself,
whatever the circumstances. During
one of his campaigns in Missouri he
struck an exceptionally hostile neigh
borhood. He had been subjected to
several Interruptions and finally a
burly fellow strobe down the platform
and said -
"Say, your d. fool, and every
body here knows it p
Clark's face actually became radient
at this announcement. He leaned
over, and before the bewildered spec
tator who had hurled the epithet could
think, seized his hand and wrung it
warmly. Then facing his audience
squarely, Clark said
"The remark of my friend here has
given me renewed encouragement. If
before had any shadow of doubt as
to my success. he has dispelled it, for
if / poll the full d fool vote of this
precinct, l will be elected by rousing
majority"
Clark afterward said he knew he
was taking long chances. But the au-
dience went wild over the prompt re-
joinder, and the congressman really
did carry the precinct when election
day rolled around. Baltimore Herald.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-18

The fall in the price of silver still
leaves King Edward the possessor of
an enormous fortune in the plate he
has inherited from his mother, both at
Buckingham Palace and at Windsor
Castle, with the result that the plate
most of it silver, some of it gold and
a portion of it, such as metal pea
cock and other ornaments, set with
gems, was appraised at a sum far in
excess of 1000, 600. Edward VII. has
made considerable additions to the
collection by the transfer of his own
plate from Marlborough House.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-18

Monarch Mixed Paint is guaranteed
free from adulteration.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-18

Tourist-What is the size of this
place, UncleY
Colored Citizen Dis town hab got
about two thousand popularity, sab
Puck.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-10
FREMONT PLANS STREET FAIR
st. EbraRus to Hold Carnival in the
week Closing July Fourth,
II Council Consents.

FREMONT, Neb., May e.-(specisl)-At
a meeting Of the directors of the st. Eb-
ragus yesterday 1t was the unanimous
opinion of the board that a street fair b
held here during the summer. TIT com
mittee recently appointed to visit Hast
ings, where a street fair is in progress,
reported favorably OF the character of the
entertainments being given there. 1t is
proposed to make an arrangement with
the company which is conducting the Hast
ings fair to run one here, the st. Ebragus
being required to advance money for the
preliminary expenses and the proceeds to
be equally divided between the show com
pany and the local organization. The
company want an entire block close t1
the business part of the city and may have
some difficulty in securing 1t. II a site
can be secured and the consent of the
council obtained the fair will probably bo
held in the week ending July T. A num-
Der of business men strongly oppose {
street fair.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-10
TRAIN SPARES SMALL GIRL
Father and Horses are Slain. hut
Baby M-iracuIOusIy Es-
capes.

PLATTsMoUTH, Neb., May s.-(special.)
The recent ruling of the supreme court
In the case Of William Sporer, as admin
istrator of the estate of Henry Hennings,
against the Rock Island, means that the
case will be sent back to the district court
in this count for another trial.
Hennings was a well known farmer Mv-
ing in Cass county. On June IS, 1895, he
was driving home with a ~6-year-old
daughter. Between South Bend and MUIR
dock 1t was necessary to cross the Rock
Island tracks where the road curves
sharply. TIL passenger train was late
and, coming at a terrific speed, dashed
into Hennings' buggy as he was on the
track. Hennings and both horses were
killed. but the carriage, in the front part
of which the little girl was lying asleep,
was carried some distance and the child
dropped by the roadside unhurt.
Soon after suit was brought in the dis
trict court for 5000 and judgment rem
dered for s., $50.
The supreme court makes Il clear that 1t
does not look favorably upon the roads
case, but orders a new trial because of the
onhic in the trial Judges instructions,
which were made up Of requests from
each side.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-10
HASTINGS MAY GET CITY HALL
Plan TO Turn steam From
Water and Lighting Plant Into
Business Houses and HOmes

HASTINGS, Neb., May s.-(Speclal.)-
Mayor Miles and the various members of
the city council are agitating the utiliza-
ton of the exhaust steam from the mu-
nicipol water works and electric plant for
the purpose of heating business houses and
such residences as can be reached to ad
vantage. One of the most enthusiastic
councilmen, Sylvester Snyder, has had cor
~respoHdence with the American District
Steam compan Of Chicago and afte
studying a chart of the city of Hastings.
the company replied that 1t was entirely
feasible from a mechanical standpoint t.
deliver the exhaust steam from the city
pumping station to the business and in.
tervening districts. 1t IL realized that tho
success of such an enterprise from a hnan-
cial standpoint depends entirely upon tho
amount of business which can be secured.
The proposition is receiving considerable"
which is favorable for the en-
terprise.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-10
HERSE is DEFAULTER
Former water Commissioners of West
Point Found short in His


WEST POINT, Neb., May e.-Cspecial.)-
Ludwig Herse, for two years water COM
missioner OF this city, whose term ex-
pired May /, has been found to be a de-
faulter to the amount Of 1887 and a war
rant has been issued for his arrest by
County Judge Krake on complaint of his
bondsmen. Herse has absconded and his
present whereabouts are unknown. He had
been a resident OF this city for twenty-five
years and enjoyed the esteem OF his fell
low townsmen. He had accumulated con-
siderable property. much more In amount
than the sum OF his shortage. His action
is a mystery to his friends, as he could at
any time easily have raised the amount
Of his defalcation. He was doing business
as a butter and egg merchant and was
thriving. His domestic relations were
pleasant and he had many friends, all Of
which makes his action u~naccountable ex-
cept upon/the theory Of mental alteration.
The city council has appointed George
Korb. Jru, as water commissioner for the
city in place of Theodore Workman. re-
signed.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-10
MAY REASSESS PAVING TAXES
Hastings Talks of n Special Law to
Compel Property Owners to
Pay for Dement'S.

HASTINGS. Neb., May s-(special)-The
celebrated Hastings paving case is again
attracting much attention, as the supreme
court has denied a rehearing Of the case.
The case involves $4,000. and the city
may lave a special bill introduced in the
next session of the legislature for the pur-
pose of ordering a reassessment against
the property benefited and compelling the
owners to pay.
The proposal is based on the following
supreme court opinion: THE power of the
legislature to provide methods whereby
municipal corporations can order reassess-
ments against property benefited by local
improvements where assessments thereto
fore made have been set aside for defects
or Irregularities in cases where the pre-
requisites which were disregarded might
have been dispensed with in the law under
which the original assessment was made is
not questioned"
This covers the Hastings paving case
completely.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-10
Tecumseh Has New MAYOR.

TECUMsEH, Neb., May 9.-(special.)-
The city administration for the city OF
Tecumseh has chPnged and Mayor L. S.
Chittenden and the new members of the
council have been indicted into ONCE.
Mayor w. Robb and his council have re-
tired after a years work in which the
affairs of the city were we'll handled. The
administration was one of economical Ideas
and for the suppression of lawlessnsss.
Mayor Chittenden announces the following
appointees: City electrician. NJ. B. Thur
Der; engineer, Frank Freemole; chief OF
police. Hugh Oldheld; physician, DR.. c. D.
Barnes; collector, E. H. Grist; poundmas-
ter, Nick INQUIRER.
After many years service w. L. Dunlap
has been obliged to resign the ONCE OF
county surveyor. His health Is very poor
and he is not able to attend to the work.
The county board has appointed Hon. L.
A. Warner. editor OF the Sterling Sun, to
I'LL the vacancy.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-10
SALooNlST'S SUDDEN FLIGHT
brewery Misses Its Funds and At
che Fixtures-AnOther schuyler
saloon Keeper Has

SCHUYLER. Neb.. May s-(special)-V.
Sudik. saloon keeper, handling letter Brew
ing company's goods. left the city last
week, ostensibly TO go to Omaha to do
business with the above mentioned hrm,
and has not since been heard from. Dis
covery is said to have been made Of an
unsatisfactory condition Of his business, and
hat the funds of the firm were Withdrawn
from the local bank and outstanding ac-
counts collected. The letter Brewing com
pany has attached the saloon fixtures. Sew
eral years since Mr.. Sudik took sudden
leave and was gone several days.
Sheriff Fiala's saloon fixtures have been
attached by a Columbus firm having bills
against him. Mr.. Fiala was in the county
on business and was detained on account
OF bad weather and sickness. His absence
caused anxiety and attachment followed.
Joseph Kudrua had bargained for the fix
lures, but the attachment headed him of
and caused the closing OF the saloon sew
eral days.