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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-24

The news bureau of the Missouri
University is sending out an item Of
comment upon the action of the
voters Of Columbia in rejecting the
proposition of municipal ownership of
the waterworks in that city. The
item seems to be cordially favorable
to municipal ownership and doubt.
less reflects the sentiments of the
department of sociology 10 that in
Stitution Socialistic theories of the
various German types have been
Invading our colleges for the past
twenty years until now practically all
Of our institutions of learning are
given We to this ever recurrent
delusion. Nations like individuals
seem to be given to periodical enthu.
slams according to age and stage of
development. At a certain time t'the
general welfare" mania is sure to seize
upon them and collectivism proceeds
by a uniformly accelerated motion
until the end, never seen from the
beginning, is reached. This end is
always farthest from that conUem-
templated in the beginning Just
now sociology in u colleges is more
dogmatical than theology was a hun
dred years ago, and delights to chase
down obvions half truths with the
enthusiasm OF a short sighted detec-
tive in a fifteen cent novel. About
every five hundred years socialism in
some form or other is discovered anew,
and nations stalk out confidently in it,
like the perennial small boy 10 his
first red top boots; yet governments
like that 10 the days Of Shamgar are
as abiding as Solomon's.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-24

Congress has been called to meet In
extra session November 9th to ratify
the Cuban treaty. Cuban raw sugar
will be ready for the market by that
time and Havemeyer is anxious to
have it establish the price Of the
domestic article. Besides the sooner
he has access to cheap raw sugar and
the longer congress refuses to remove
the difierential on refined sugar the
better Mr.. Hayemeyer will be able to
do by the republican campaign fund
We bear a great deal about alum
t1ese days but not a word about
sugar, One would think that every
family bought alum by the hundred
pounds, to read the Kansas City Star,
aud that sugar was used only as a
condiment on "puddIn' days"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-24
COURTESY.

Announcement was made 10 the
Thursday papers that Howard Elliott,
vice-president Of the Burlington rail.
way system, has been elected presl.
dent Of the Northern Pacific Railway.
For the past eight years MI. Elliott
has been manager of the Missouri
lines of the Burlington system. II
the editor Of this paper has been cor
rectly Informed by several employees
of the Burlington system the story OF
Mr.. Elliott's promotion is deserving
of special mention since it point as
moral. He is A years Of age. He
began to work for the Burlington at
the age of 10 as a rod-man on a sur
veying corps. He was transferred to
the auditing department and has been
promoted rapidly until now he is said
to receive for his services $40, 900 per
year.
Everybody who travels much has
noticed that the employees of the va
rious railroad systems differ very ma
terially in the matter of courtesy. 1t
is not at all surprising that individuals
should differin this respect, but when
a whole system has a marked charac-
ter in this particular, it is natural to
search for a cause. Several years ago
the writer of this paragraph was de-
lay ed a whole day in a miserable North
Missouri village by two wrecks on the
Burlington system. There must have
been a hundred of uS-irritated men
aud women and hungry children. The
station would not accommodate twenty
people. There was no shade and
nothing obtainable to eat. 1t was
quite as unpleasant for the station
agent and operator. He was busy and
annoyed by thousands Of complaining
questions, but his p%oliteness seemed
to be inexhaustible. Toward the end
of the day the writer spoke to the
agent, and telling him that he bad
never seer a discourteous Burlington
employee, asked If there was any par
ticular cause for it. Indeed, he
said, "there is. One of the prominent
officials of this road Is a mar by the
name Of Elliott-Howard Elliott.
About once a month we all get round
ed up by a circular letter sent out by
Mr.. Elliott S direction insisting upon
unfailing courtesy. We all know that
we should get fired as quickly and
surely for a dlscourteous act or word,
if found out, as for hatitual drunken.
ness" ANY cardinal virtue dissent.
mated like this is distinction enough
for any man.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-24

A few days ago the INTELLIGENCER
received q letter from n. ". Mcleod
asking whether this paper would pub
fish Mr.. Folks speech to be delivered
tonight at St. Joseph, If it we're fur
nished in the form OF plate. The
proposition was accepted and accord
ingly Mr.. Folks speech will be print
ed 10 this paper next week. Both
those who are favorable to Mr.. Folks
candidacy and those who are unfavor-
able will be glad to know just what
he says in his opening speech. 1t has
not often occurred that a prospective
candidate has been attacked as Wig
O%rously as Mr.. Folk has been attacked
before he made his public announce
ment. But his candidacy has been so
strongly pushed by a powerful organ
izatiOn Of st. Louis "busineSs men"
who have been organizing "Folk and
Good Government" clubs, abusing
some Of the best and most faithful
public servants any state ever had,
and insisting upon putting Mr.. Folk
In the attitude OF fighting the party
at whose hands he is seeking nomina-
tion, that it is not unnatural that
many should have neglected to dis
tinguish between Mr.. Folk and Nc.
Leod's non-partisan, holiness COM
mittee. No party 10 any state in the
union can show a better record for
thirty years of continuous service
than the democratic party in Missouri.
Nobody can deny, nobody ought to
want to deny, that the party has hon.
ored some rascals 10 that time. But
it did it ~ignorantly and ought to be
and is profoundly grateful to all those
who in times past and present have
uncovered these rascals and exposed
them to public hatred and contempt.
Unless Mr.. Folk is prepared to defend
this record, he is a poor man to
entrust with the party standard. He
should not ever seek it. If he is pre-
prepared to defend it, then it is
merely a question of character, fitness,
public services and ability, and we
ought to have the most amiable cam
paign in the world. Up to this time
people have been judging Mr., Folk
by the character of the campaign
which the Mcleod bureau has been
conducting And this bureau seems
to derive its platform in substance
and in spirit from Lon Stephens
"Sharps and Flats" If these are
Mr.. Folks sentiments the democratic
party will be about as likely to nom
mate Lon Stephens as him. But Mr..
Folk has denied the authority of the
Mcleod bureau to speak for him, and
those who are willing to be just in all
things will be glad to wait to hear
and know Mr.. Folk at fist haLd.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-24

The Kansas City Star still watches
over the affairs of the democratic
party with brooding tenderness. Its
anxiety that this young and hayward
organization should be trained up in
the way it should go seems to increase
from day to day. OF course, The Star
having reached the age Of nerves and
qualms of conscience has no sympathy
with such hallowe'e e performances as
the Moberly meeting. The people
who gathered there we're Of the class
which the Star characterizes as the
rural Reuben billygoat" sort, and
the Star cannot look upon such gath
erings with any kind of federation.
But wait until next Sunday. The
Star tomorrow will have ar account
of the st. Joseph gathering which
will make the reader think it was
a prayer meeting. Oh, OF course
there will be a few sons of Belial
there-all Reed or CAN'T or HAYES
men, but these will all get into
drunken and profane brawls and will
insult women and get locked up by
the police. Watch the Star tomorrow.
Tomorrow the Star will demonstrate
that it can do justice to the democracy,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-24

John D. Rockefeller is said to be
greatly alarmed over the decreased
production of oil. Two or three times
lately the price mas been advanced for
the purpose, 1t is said, Of stimulating
production. IL could hardly be for
any other purpose, for the Standard
Oil Company has never declared a
dividend Of less than 40 per cent and
the average of recent years has been
80 per cent. Mr., Rockefeller then
has advanced the prices of oil two
or three cents per barrel each week
simply and solely to encourage in
creased output 50 that people may not
have to go to bed before they get
sleepy,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-24

The republican newspapers dilate
upon Cue results of the Alaskan boun-
dairy arbitration saying that it was a
great victory for America, They say
that England gave up every point con-
tended for except two little islands and
the Portland canal. Some of these
days it may be found that England
got everything that is worth contend.
ing for, as in the case Of the Oregon
boundary settlement by the great
Mr.. Webster. The entrance to the
Puget Sound country is worth more
than many thousands Of square miles
of mountains and glaciers.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-24

John Alexander Dowie, the "mod-
ern Elijah, is having a hard time in
New York. He was Missed by his
hearers whom he called a "rabble''
ana a "pack Of thieves" If John
Alexander finds himself out of a Job
in New York he could doubtless get
employment with the Mcleod bureau
in st. Louis. His vocabulary would
be invaluable to Mr.. Mcleod.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-24

Sugar trust stocks scared as soon as
the presidents call for an extra ses-
sion Of congress November 9th was
announced. Unless the rules of the
house are such that debate can be
shut off, it is safe to predict that some
poor republican will have the hide
torn off him, metaphorically speaking,
in long strips by a man about the size
Of ID. A. DeArmond.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-24

The Kansas City Star says of Senator
Cockrell; 1.-THE senator says that if
the democrats of Missouri want to
present his name for the presidential
nomination he will not object, but
that he will not allow the politicians
to put him out Of the race for the
United States senate" That is about
as near the truth as the Star can ever
get in its editorial utterances and
about as far from the truth as any
body can get.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-24

Almost every day the Kansas City
Star laments that Mayor Reed is
away and that Jacque Harvey or Cliff
Jenkins are keeping Office and tan
swering questions" The Star refuses
to take comfort 10 its own assurance
that the city is better off when the
mayor is absent.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-24

The metropolitan papers are scoring
Senator Stone for exhibiting bad TEN.
per and manners at Moberly last week
in calling them liars and specifying
the particulars. The newspapers
have made a great mistake in the
point OF attack on Senator Stone.
There is a worse change against Stone
than lobbying, and it can be proved.
He made Lon Stephens governor.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-24

Hubert S. Kronck OF st. Louis Is a
candidate for the democratic nomina-
ton for the Office Of Encouragement
of Missouri. He was a member Of
the last legislature. He did not line
up with toe Filipinos.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-24

A feature of lowa's dairy EXHIBIT at
The St. Louis Worlds Fair will be a
statue in butter of John Stewart. the
pioneer creamery man Of that state. 1t
will be life size and will be Kept frozen
in a glass case throughout the ex-
position.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-24

"Lexington,n cred RI and
Mecca are the celebrated brands
Of Lexington FIGURING Mills. Do
not get any other, for these are the
best. 10-23d&w
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-24

1t is reported that Postmaster
General Payne will resign. Nothing
has been heard from Hitchcock.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-24

SATURDAY, OCTOBER "a, 1903.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-03-26

his mother died, the general as usual,
had the charge of the funeral, and
when offered payment for his SER
vices, on the occasion, he replied.
81 have never yet asked anyone to pay
me for such service and am not going
to begin to do so now" Almosj eighty
years of age, this man looks back over
his life here and says 81 think Mr..
Bass was one of the most useful men
the town has ever had words that
we are especially glad to record, here
and now.
The outlook for fine sugar season.
here, is not good at this writing.
Now that the Consolidated Lighting
Company of Montpelier are to increase
their plant so largely for producing
electric power, why, should not our
place be supplied with it? What else
could give the same stimulus to the
granite working business in our viii
lage as to be supplied with this power,
for granite sheds? Let us make sure
of it, now.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-03-26
VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO., Bellows Falls, w.

There have lately been three cases
here of POSSIBLY blood poison, follow
ing injured hands. A silver, cut on
sawtooth or something else, have
caused these sores.
Mrs. Barnet Goodrich and son are
working ON the same ranch, out from
Denver Colorado, and the daughter,
Miss Gertie, is attending school.
j. X. Lynde is having torn down, a
small building adjoining his block,
that cost him $500 and in which ice
was stored, for the refrigeratjng room
in the meat market in the basement
of the block A larger but much low
er building will take its place, for an
improved refrigerator.
Lucius S. Simons tells us of his cousin,
and our former resident, Victoria,
younger daughter of the late Chester
Howard. She is living with t|ird
or fourth husband, at Rock Greek,
Ohio. Her two oldest brothers, Ly-
sander and George, are dead.
Mrs. Mary Beckett Simons, is yet
with her sister Elizabeth, and daugh-
ter, in Watseka., Ill.
Within day or two news has come
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-03-26

of the continuing improvement in
health, of Mrs. M. Joanna White now
of Watertown, Mass. Her cousin Mrs.
Louise Bigelow Oatley, of Rochester,
n. Y, who has been with her for sew
eral weeks, has just started homeward
An old admirer of the late General
E. Bass, whose heart was much stirred
by our late reminiscent item concern
ing him, tells us that at one time
when he was a boy his widowed moth
er lived in the "old Widow Wight
house." across the road and few rods
north of the generals place. He re-
calls that the general, then a hotel
keeper in the days before the Vermont
Central railroad was built, once came
to him to have him help to care for
the forty horses that had come to his
barn for the night. There were three
others to help in the work 1t was an
all nights job, and the young man got
dollar for his work. He remembers
the general, as a host in the care of
his guests, in the old bar room of his
hotel 1.-THE very room, by the way, in
which these items are now being writ
ten) and thinks he was good one.
He tells us. too, of the fact that when
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-03-26
WATERBURY,.

Miss Minnie Roscoe is spending her
vacation at her home in Middlebury.
Miss Mabel Bingham has returned
to her home in Middlebury.
The Alhambra Encampment No. 20
will hold meeting on Thursday even
ing at which the Royal Purple degree
will be worked on two candidates.
Several grand officers from st. Adams
will be present.
The Philomathean club will observe
it's red letter day at the Odd Fellows
hall, Friday evening. An attractive
program consisting of papers, recita-
tions and music has been arranged.
Miss Pearl Randall entertained few
friends at whist Saturday evening, at
her home on Main street.
The Hypatia club has voted to re.
ceive the lady teachers of the graded
schools into the club as honorary mem.
bers.
Miss Amanda Ovitt of Franklin is
spending her vacation at her home al
that place.
A. 7. Mansur of Burlington spent
Sunday at H. @. Whitehill's.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-03-26
THE NATIONS POPULAR MEDICME-MAKES WONDERFUL CURES

gradually wasted away, to mere
shadow of my former self. My normal
weight before / was i'll was 100 lbs.
and lost flesh so that / barely tipped
the scales to I54 lbs. | was so weak
that | could not walk to the post office,
a short distance, without being greatly
exhausted. Well, had tried physician
and physician, and also medicine after
medicine; some of them making me
worse while few gave no relief what
ever. One day l saw an advertisement
in newspaper of Blood Wine AS a
last resort ! went slowly down to the
corner drug store and purchased a
bottle; at that time my stomach was in
fearful condition. could eat
nothing without the most distressing
nausea and life was actually burden.
Ten minutes after took the first dose
of Blood Wine felt better and from
that day to this, have been continuing
to improve. | now weigh 1874 lbs.
can eat heartily and enjoy every
mouthful of it and can work like a
horse.'"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-03-26
VERMONT wATCHMAN THURSDAY,

warm interest in our town and hopes,
yet, to return here to live.
Miss Pearl II. Curtis, only daughter
of Mrs. Lucy Martin Curtis, now of
California, is in hospital in San
Francisco, CAL, fitting herself for the
work of "A nurse Both mother and
daughter visited here last year. Mrs.
Curtis was the daughter of the late
Russell Martin.
Arthur Lund, an Englishman, who
lived here, on the east side of the
town some years and is now a granite
workman in Barre city, was married
by Rev. ID. II. Strong recently, the
bride, Jessie Newell, being a New
foundland miss.
Miss Georgana Wishart, of Barre,
was lately the guest of Mr.. Henry
Wood.
There was a large attendance last
week Tuesday evening at the Masonic
hall, of both Masons and invited
guests on the occasion of presenta-
tion Of things in connection with the
old time first Masonic lodge here.
There were talks 10y Lawyer Frank j.
Martin of Barre, Bert" Bailey of
Montpelier, Revs. +. e. Currier, and
o. d. Clapp and George Beckett.
Music was furnished by both male
/ and mixed quartette. An excellent
supper was served in the Odd Fellows
room. in che Lynde block, by the
| Universalist ladies. There were hun
dred and thirty-two persons at the
table. The occasion proved a very
| pleasant one.
Eugene Langdon Marshall of East
| Brookfield, who has been here a few
years in the employ of j. X. Lynde
and Henry j. Lasell, was married on
Wednesday of last week, to Miss Annie
l.. Fits of Braintree. They are visit
ing in Boston and will return here
next week to board with Mrs. George
@. Earle.
A son of Will Hopkins, and grand
son of Presby Hopkins has engaged
to work for Road Commissioner o. A.
Blanchard, the coming season. He
will board with Mrs. George O. earle.
George w. Brush's two daughters,
and two granddaughters, will come
here from New York. we are told,
about May 1.
We may be pardoned for saying to
our towIsfolk, some of whom miss
some of the town items at times, that
though written with one "pen" they
are generally printed in two opens, "
found on two different pages The
publishers may want our readers tC
have the benefit of the exercise of
scratching" for their flood.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-03-26
Mr.. John T. Foster, of Manchester, N. H.,
speaks as thousands speak.

"'Blood Wine is truly a most
remarkable medicine. In my case its
work has been little short of miracle.
For some time suffered with Kidney
disease and Rheumatism, of a most
painful and advanced type. | tried
about everything, without relief, and
expected the same result from Blood
Wine but fortunately for me when
struck Blood Wine, struck the Rock
of Gibraltar. 1t stood my severe test
and conquered my trouble, and today l
am a well man, due wholly to this
great medicine. To my mind there is
absolutely nothing that will compare
with it, and I have no hesitation in
advising any one in i'll health to give it
a thorough test"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-03-26
SNATCHED HIM
FROM The GRAVE.
A Miraculous Cure Of a Prominent
Business Man.

zone of the strongest and most con-
vincing testimonials to the efficacy of
Blood Wine was furnished by Gilbert
Harris of Essex Junction, well-known
business man of undoubted integrity.
Hearing that Mr.. Harris was telling
his friends about the wonderful good
Blood Wine had done him, a reporter
for the Daily News of Burlington,
visited his fine home in Essex Junction
for an interview.
Mr.. Harris upon being told the object
of his visit at once grew enthusiastic
in praise of Blood Wine why, it
saved my life he remarked. Ihave no
doubt of it and you would not, had
you seen me year ago. But let me
tell you my experience that will be the
most convincing argument know of. >
Il will be @ years old in March, be-
gan Mr.. Harris, and up to three years
ago was remarkably healthy man,
being seldom if any sick. About that
time had a severe attack of congestion
of the liver which left my health
shattered. | could eat very little and
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-03-26

School closed on. Friday afternoon
for two weeks vacation.
Miss Winslow Is spending her vaca-
ton at her home in New Haven.
G.. Il. Clark of Island Pond was in
town, Thursday.
Thomas Fiddock of Bolton was in
town, Saturday, on business
w. j. Boyce returned from his busi-
ness trip to Boston, Wednesday night.
Mrs. F. b. Kellogg, Howard and
Dorothy have gone to New York city
for a few days.
About thirty couples enjoyed the old
and youpg folks ball at Barrett's hall
last Friday evening.
j. A. Lucas of Montpelier was in
town Saturday.
william B. Stickney was in town
Friday on business connected with the
scalding investigation at the State hos
pital for the insane.
Forrest Moody has finished work for
e. W. Huntley and is to go to Palmer,
Mass, where he is to work in hospi-
tai.
Henry White, who has been en-
/ plOyeu AT barre LOT some Ulme, mas
begun work in O'Brien's barber shop.
The ladies of the Congregational
church cleared about 500 at their new
sugar party at their vestry Wednesday
evening.
DR.. W. d. Berry, who has been
abroad and in New York for several
months, has resumed his duties at the
hospital.
Miss Agnes Sinnot, who has been
nurse at the hospital his resigned her
position and returned to her home il
Morrisville.
At the special meeting of the stew.
ards of the Methodist church held last
week the Rev. p A. Smith was unan
imously invited to remain in Water.
bury for another year.
< A jury trial was held in L. G.
Moody's law Office Friday afternoon
Suit was brought by Mrs. Luce o.
North Duxbury against George earle
ton of the same place for the recovery
of a board bill and for services rem
dered l.. 9. Moody appeared for thu
plaintiff and G.. H. Dale for the de
PENDANT. A verdict for the plaintiff
was rendered for $50 and costs.