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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-13

beautiful object in the sky which the
telescope shows us, than the Brilliant,
silvery crescent of this planet. Visit
ors to the seashore who enjoy west
ern outlook over the ooear will notice
the sparkling CLINT on the water. The
planet is bright enough to cast shad-
ow, and may be seen in full daylight,
one knows just where to look for it.
Outrivaled in brightness by Venus,
but still conspicuous star in the
southwest, is Mars, which is only about
one-sevenh the size of the earth. 1t is
near the star Spica, and can be found
without difficulty. The red planet and
the white star are separating evident
ly, as the former is Fastening in its
eastward journey among the constel-
lations. During this month it finishes
its course i'll Virgo and enters Libra.
At the end of the month it is half way
between Spica and Antares, its stellar
relative in name and color.
The eastern pair of planets is Jupi-
ter and Saturn. Saturn is the bright
star seen in the southeast after the
twilight has gone. 1t is in Capricorns
near the western side of the great tri-
angle with curved sides which is the
characteristic figure of that star group,
and is moving slowly westward. Its
! quiet, steady light gives added beauty
| to a part of the sky which has no con-
spicuous fixed stars. Jupiter. in bulk
| 400 times that of the earth, rises
| about as Venus sets, as if to make
amends for the loss of the western
beacon by lighting another in the east.
| Visitors to the shore who enjoy an
eastern outlook over the ocean will
notice the sparkling glow on the water
which this planet furnishes in some
what less degree than Venus. AS
the evening advances the planets
light increases as it mounts higher in
the sky. 1t is moving westward
among the stars of Aquarius, and like
Saturn, which is about one-half its
size, is in region furnished with few
brilliant stars. The two planets
whose telescope beauties are wei
known. need no telescope to revea
their prominence in the stellar scenery
of this month.
Mercury, which with Vulcan, con
stitute the smallest planets, is slowly
emerging from the suns rays in TIL,
early evening, as he increases his dis
lance toward the earth. He is moving
toward Venus and on the 28th viii
pass six degrees north of her. By thai
I time he may be discerned with diff
Guilty, dimly shining in the twilight
At the close of the month he sets fit,
with about one-half the brightness
which he sometimes shows when il
similar position.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-13
Il PECULLAR INCIDENT.

The Manila Times of June "a con-
tains an article of interest to Ver-
monters which we print below
A peculiar incident occurred yester-
day in the Ayuntamiento when Judge
Crossfeld and Judge Bates met and
recognized each other after separa-
ton of twenty-five years.
"Crossfeld?" said Bates.
Bates ?" said Crossfield.
WE'LL" said Bates.
WE'LL" said Crossfeld, by
George it's been twenty five years
since I saw you in old st. Johnsbury,
Judge. My how time does fly"
Yes, Judge" said Bates, It's
twenty five years since you used to
slip in and get mixed up in my law
books; in fact, Judge, my books were
the cause OF you ever taking up law.
Do you remember how you used to
borrow them ?''
Only too well, Judge"
Various other "reminiscences then
came up, as they naturally would
under such circumstances.
Judge Bates came to the islands two
years ago and was Immediately as.
signed to the Ninth District of the
Court of First Instance at Iloilo. This
is the first time that he has been in
Manila since his assignment, and has
therefore never been able to meet his
old friend and comrade in law, until
yesterday. Judge Bates is in the city
for a few days to obtain treatment
for his eyes, which of late have been
causing him trouble. He came to the
islands with strong recommendation
He was at one time strong opponent
to Judge Ide in the law practice in
Vermont, and he, knowing his effic-
iency, recommended him for the
judgeship which he now holds.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-13
G R4ND STAND FALLS.

Philadelphia, Aug. 10.-Up to last
night eight deaths had resulted from
the collapse of section of the
bleacheIs during Saturdays games
Two games between the Philadelphia
and Boston National League teams
were played and during the latter part
of the second game the seats collapsed
without warning precipitating 800
persons on to the pavement of Lehlgh
avenue, thirty feet below. Legs and
arms were broken, skulls were frao-
tured and many of the unfortunates
were covered with blood. Everything
possible to afford the sufferers quick
aid was done. The players of both
teams hurried to the spot and helped
carry the injured from the rushing,
maddened crowd. The accident was
caused when the crowd on the bleach
ers was attracted by two boys fighting
in 10th street. The crowd rushed to
the top of the stand. AS the men
gathered there the sudden weight
caused the Joists to snap. The stand
gave way carrying its freight with it,
Vermont Waterman Co., Job Printers.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-13
COL. EDWARD M. BROWN.

The death occurred recently, at st.
Paul, Mimi, of Col. Edward M.
Brown, a generation ago we'll known
citizen Of Montpelier. Col. Brown
enlisted from Montpelier in the Fifth
Vermont volunteers. He was commits
stoned adjutant of the regiment, Aug
ust "a, 1861, and was promoted to the
lieutenant oolonelcy Of the Eighth
Vermont, January g, 1862, resigning
his commission the following Deem
Der.
Col. Brown had been connected
with the Vermont press at Woodstock
before the war-and afterwards in
Montpelier, doing editorial W ork on
the Freeman from 1868 to 1872, and
some local work on the Waterman.
After the capture, of New Orleans,
| Gen. Butler detailed the Vermont
colonel to the editorship of Union
paper in that city of red hot rebellion.
He was ready writer, possessed of a
resolute and patriotic spirit, and
taught the rebels some of the funda-
mental principles of freedom and 10y
atty, but it was clear that the princi-
pies were not learned, or if learned
were not reduced to practice except
where Buffers sword was mightier
than Browns pen.
1t is very noteworthy circumstance
that the death of Col. Brown is the
first break in the line of the original
field and staff officers of the redoubt-
able Eighth Vermont. These were
Stephen Thomas, colonel, now living
at the advanced age of ninty-fouI
years; Edward M. Brown, lieutenant
colonel; Charles Dillingham;, major
John l.. Barstow, adutant; Fred E.
Smith, quartermaster. These names
have been long and honorably associ.
ated with Vermont affairs in civil
life, Colonel Brown being the only
one who went from the State, and
the first to die. 1t is accounted doubt
full, by those competent to say it, il
another similar instance can be found
among all the regiments which fought
in the war for the Union. Among thu
original non-com missioned officers O.
the Eighth, still living, are j. Ellio
Smith, quartermaster sergeant, wh'
enlisted from Mortified, and w. II
Gilmore, quartermaster sergeant, nov
quartermaster, and adjutant and in
spector general of the First regiment
V. N. G..
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-13
WITH A HA MESSED RAT.

The Walker (Minn. Pilot of July 81
has fising story that will be of in
terest to many in this vicinity mas
much as the chief actor in it is well
known throughout this section of Yer
mont. Says the Pilot "Ool. p. @.
j. Cheney, of Washington, VT, won
fame in Walker couple of years ago
by his phenomenal catch of thirty
five-pound muscallonge. Mr.. Cheney
is again in Walker and has eclipsed
his former record. The story is told
in letter which he has written to
his nieces, who accompanied him in
his former visit but are not with
him now to Participate in the glory
that now casts a halo of fame about
his diminutive FORM
A portion of the letter is quoted in
the Pilot. Col. Cheney writes briefly
of his fishing experiences east and
west, and says: 81 had supposed |
knew all; but not so. ] had to re-
turn back to Walkers shores to COM
plete my store of knowledge. 1 deter
mined, as you know, to come here to
beat my record of the thirty five pound
muskie' / captured two years since.
But how to do it became the question.
Listen and l will tell you.
"Mr Chase, the present proprietor
of the Hotel Chase, formerly the Pa
media, glorious man and glorious
hotel in every respect. said, AS you
are victor will allow you to enter
in and know the new way and sure
way to catch muskie, if he is in the
lake. You harness rat, take him
into the lake, hitch hook to him
and let him go. He will swim, never
drown, and the muskie is certain to
come for him. Sure enough we, did
so. Had great time making and get
ting ON the harness. He gave me. the
first bite got and looked awful wise
when he saw he had bled me. Chase
showed no mercy, only laughed.
wish you could have seen us, how ridic-
ulous we looked, $50 pounds being
towed around in Leech lake by rat !!
"Well, in forty minutes we had our
muskie hooked and in twenty minutes
shot and in the boat dead. He weighed
seventy-one pounds on the scales; too
large to express. We'send you kodak
of his head and to Vermont for gran
lite monument for the rat, with the
inscription of the words of Horace :
'Dnlce ct decorum est pro patria mort
ct is sweet and honorable for ones
country to die "
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-13
THE PLANETS IN AUG US 4

A naked eye survey of the heavenly
bodies belonging to the solar system,
is, on clear evening, intensely inter-
esting Neptune and Uranus, the two
planets at the greatest distance from
the sun. almost the whole of the
planetoids, between Jupiter and Mars
in their relative distance from the CEN
ter of the system, and all the satellites
attending the planets, save the moon,
require telescope aid to be seen. The
other planets, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars,
Mercury and Venus, are, at certain
positions in their elliptic orbits round
the sun, easily distinguishable to the
eye without the aid of any instruments.
During the present month, four planets
are visible in the evening sky, and a
fifth, Mercury, comes into view as the
month closes. These four planets
are in pairs-cne in the west and
southwest, the other in the east and
southeast; and the brighter of each
pair is the one nearer the horizon.
The western pair is Venus and Mars
two planets which are oontrasted in
both brilliancy and color. Venus,
which approaches nearer the earth
than any other planet, is at her best
this month, and her charms must
aPPoai w us HoW' az al, lor sIlo
is about to leave that position in the
west which she has adorned for SO
long. Planetary movements are by
fixed decree, and no delay or modifi-
cation is possible. AS if to apologize
for her departure in September, she
brightens to her greatest splendor
this month. The 18th is the date of
her maximum brilliancy Her visible
shape then in the telescope is long,
narrow crescent and there is no more
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-13
THE STABLEMAN'S PLAN.

On one occasion famous clergy
man witnessed the act of a stableman
in coaxing a recalcitrant colt into his
stall and soothing him until complete
ly reconciled. Having expressed his
congratulations, he remarked with a
touch of melancholy
l wish could get the workingmen
of my parish into church as easily as
you get your young horses into their
stalls, Thomas.
Well, sir, said Thomas 1 should
think it could be done, providin' you
understands the nature of 'em an
gives your mind to it,
The cleric smiled. Thomas might
manage horses, but workingmen-tha hat
was different matter.
Perhaps you'll think it over and let
me know your method, he finally sug-
gested.
Thomas promised, and, being ap.
pealed to later, was ready with his
method.
And you think you have hit on a
method to get workingmen to church
/ think so. sir.
And how would you?
Blindfold 'em and back EN- in, said
Thomas.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-13
STRIKE CONTIN UES.

Holyoke, Aug. 10.-The attempt to
resume work this morning in twenty
two paper mills, after an eight weeks
strike was failure. All the mills
were open for help, but only few
of the thiry-five hundred on strike
returned. There was no trouble. In
dications are now that the strike will
last indefinitely. Residents are much
disappointed at this mornings out
come, 1t being hoped that the strikers
would return.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-13
ENTERS THE NAVY.

Lyndonville, Aug. 6.-Rev. Arthur
W. Stone, for the past two years rec
tor of st. Peters Episcopal church at
this place, has received an appoint
ment as chaplain with the rank of
lieutenant, in the United States navy.
Mr.. Stone was one of about 800 appli-
cants for the office and his appoint
ment is due tC the efforts Of Senator
Proctor, Bishop Arthur @. A. Hall
and the Episcopal bishop at Washing
ton. The new chaplain reported for
duty on the training ship Constella-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-13
The tide of the dollars has turned at

The tide of the dollars has turned at
last,
After the years at flood;
The ebb is steady and grimly fast
In the country's debt of blood
Mustered out, with folded hands
And with rigid, whitened face,
Down they go, those somber hands,
To their lowly resting place.
Hundreds by hundreds, day by day,
Each day an hundred more,
And back to the gates of the Treasury
The tides Of the dollars pour.
An empty bed or an empty chair,
And lips forever dumb
No further plans or anxious care
"When the pension dollars come. -
The tide of the dollars has turned at
last;
Twas gallant tide at flood
Millions on other millions massed,
And all of it Debt of Blood.
Twas only the graceless few that
sneered
At the growth of the mighty list.
The thoughtful soul of the nation
feared
Lest any who earned were missed.
In fancy follow those dollars down
To the hands where they are sent,
In country home, in bustling town
And watch those dollars spent.
How many mouths, how many backs
Await those scattered sums
How many home its comfort lacks
It'll the pension money comes. y
One hundred day, silent host
Is mustered out at the grave;
And every soldier earned the most
That his grateful country gave.
An old felt hat with its tasseled cord,
And the button they held so dear
They leave behind for the simple hoard
OF those who loved them here.
More of the tattered and wind-worn
flags
A-hutter above the grass
Less of the limping file that lags
When those May professions pass.
Fewer to follow the flag wrapt biers
Behind the mutfied drums;
YEARLY waiting and watching here
"Till the pension money comes"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-13
MILES Has RETIRED

Washington, Aug. 8.-Lieut. Gen.
Miles, without single word of Off
cial commentator from the govern
ment which he served so calamity, at
noon today walked out of his office in
the war department for the last time.
HIS last duty as commanding general
of the army was to receive at his head
quarters this morning officers of the
army stationed in Washington. Full
dress uniforms were worn according
to an order issued yesterday by Adju-
tant General Corbin Inasmuoh as
this order made the paying of respects
to their chief practically imperative
there was numbered among the callers
both friends and foes of the retiring
general.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-13
TWENTY LIVES LOST.

Detroit, Aug. Tn railroad
wreck early this morning at Durand,
Michigan, on the Grand Trunk, it is
reported that twenty people were
killed and many injured.
The wreck was occasioned by the
second section of Wallace Bros cir
Gus train running into the first section
because the air brakes failed to work.
The list of dead includes A. M. Large,
special agent of the Grand Trunk; j.
W. McCarty, train master between
Port Huron and Battle Greek and ten
identified showmen. James Foley,
special agent of the Grand Trunk, is
reported to be dying.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-13
NARROW ESCAPE.

johnson, Aug. 8.-While f. Greene
of North Hyde Park was taking a
party of twenty young people to
Waterville to attend county Christ
ian Endeavor meeting, hold-back
strap broke, the driver was thrown
from his seat and the horses ran to
the bottom of the hill where the barge
collided with a tree and stopped.
One young lady was thrown out and
badly bruised and the others were
badly shaken up.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-13
State OF Ohio, City of Toledo, Lu-

State OF Ohio, City of Toledo, Lu-
cas- County. SIS.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner of the firm in the
City of Toledo, County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of Ca
tarrh that cannot be cured by the use
of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9th day of De-
cembeI, A. ID. 1886.
A. w. GLEASON.
Notary Public.
Seal
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials, free.
f. j. CHENEY 81 CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, Toe.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-13
Suicide Prevented.

The startling announcement that a
preventive of suicide had been dis
covered will interest many. A run
down system, or dependency invari-
ably precede suicide and something
has been found that will prevent that
condition which makes suicide likely
AT the first thought of self destruction
take Electric Bitters. 1t being a great
tonic and nervine will strengthen the
nerves and build up the system. 1t is
also great Stomach, Liver and Kid
ney regulator. Only SOC. Satisfaction
guaranteed by Q. Blakely, Druggist.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-13
Dewitt Is the Name

When you go to buy Witch Haz G
Saive look for the name Dewitt on
every box. The pure, unadulterated
Witcr Hazel is used in making De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve, which is
the best salve in the world for cuts,
burns, bruises, boils, eczema and piles.
The popularity of DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve, due to its many cures,
has caused numerous worthless coun-
terfeits to be placed Oh the market.
The genuine bears the name of E. O.
Dewitt & Co., Chicago. Sold by Riv-
ers Bros.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-13
The Death Penalty.

A little thing sometimes results in
death. Thus IA mere scratch, insig-
nificant cuts or puny boils have paid
the death penalty. 1t is wise to have
Bucklen's Arnica Salve ever handy.
It's the best Salve on earth and will
prevent fatality, when Burns, Sores,
Ulcers and Piles threaten. Only 25c.
at O. Blakely's Drug Store.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-13
~ CHAS T. BIRCRARD co., Fiscal Agents. So State ST. Boston, R
THE PENSION MONEY.

Washington, Aug 8. Insufficient data
is at hand for the July pension COM
putation to show that for the first time
since the Civil War list was estab-
lished the death losses exceed the
gains. The veterans are now dying at
the rate of about 100 day.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-13
DEDICATION AUG UST 20.

Sheldon, Aug S.-Ex-Go w. w.
Stickney, of Ludlow, who has been
stopping at the Portland House while
experimenting the work of grading
the grounds around the Arthur monu-
ment in Fairfield, announces that the
dedication will occur ON Thursday,
August 30. The monument is to be
surrounded by an iron fence.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-13
SELDOM IF EVER

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wait until the bold and bra have demonstrated to them that they
something remarkably sell
much higher price to the investing public than they themselves have purchased
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develop these enterprises while in their infancy should reap most of the benefit
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the thick
others?
satisfy
with intereed cpabe
calling the investing the mines owned
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Vermont Waterman Co., Job Printers.
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC SYSTEM


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the the
willing
investing public that develop but mine they
waiting the completion the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-16
GERMAN BANKS MERGED
STRONG FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN
LIMITED COMBINATION.
Aggregate Capital IL Seventy-One
Millions, Making 1t Second Only
to the Bank of England.

BERLIN, Nov. 15.-The Dresdener Bank
and the Schaaffhausen Bank Verein have
arranged a community of interests, the
agreement to continue for thirty years. be-
ginning January next. The banks will be
operated separately, but the earnings will
be pooled and divided in proportion to the
capital and reserve fund of each. Accord
ing to published statement, the COM
bination amounts approximately to fusion
and the securing Of all the advantage
thereof, while avoiding its disadvantages.
Each bank agrees to elect two directors
and three members of the board of over
seers of the other bank, thus securing the
mutual direction of the institutions.
The capital of the Dresdener Bank is
s32, 900 and that of the Schaaffhausen
Bank Verein is s25,OOOoOO. The reserve
funds of the two banks amount to $13, 500 900
and their joint capital to $71OOO,O0O thus
making their union the strongest aggrega-
ton of banking capital in the world. with
the exception of the Bank of England.
The German financial world was COM
pletely surprised by the announcement of
the combination, not the slightest intima-
ton Of which had leaked out until the mat
ter was published in to-days newspapers.
There has been a vague suspicion how
ever, that some large financial operations
were forthcoming, owing to active buying
of the stocks of both banks which opera.
tors on the market were unable to explain.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-16
FOUR PRISONERS ESCAPE
INMATES OF OHIO PENITENTIARY
ONCE MORE AT LIBERTY.
They Go Through n ventilator to the
Roof, then Slide Down a Leather
Rope and Board a Train.

COLUMBUS, o., Nov. 15.-Four prisoners
escaped from the Ohio penitentiary to-
night by climbing to the roof of a cell
block through ventilator and sliding down
a rope made of strips OF leather betting
to the lawn in front of the prison. The
fugitives are:
A. L. Woods, aged thirty, received from
Meigs county for burglary and larceny
j. F. Ryan, alias John Gallagher, aged
twenty-eight, received from Geauga county
for burglary and larceny.
Frank Hayden, aged twenty-eight, re-
ceived from Cuyahoga county for bur-
glary and larceny.
Thomas Gallagher, aged thirty, received
from Lorain county for burglary and at
tempting TO blow a safe. He was serving
fifty years.
The escape of the prisoners was a daring
one. The cell block from which they made
their exit Is In the front of the big prison.
and the men dropped to the ground be-
meath a window in the warden's office
where the lights were burning brightly A
trusted prisoner seated at desk near the
window saw the last man, who fell before
he reached the end of the rope, limp away
in the darkness. The alarm was given
and a posse of prison guards, armed with
Winchesters, Immediately started in pur-
suit.
1t is thought the men ran to the railroad
yards near by and boarded an outgoing
freight train.
Bloodhounds were brought here from
Dayton, o., late tonight TO run down the
escaped prisoners. The hounds quickly
caught the trail. but no word has yet been
received from the pursuing party.