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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-21
F'O RESTERS OF AMERICA.

Proctor, May 15.-The annual con-
vention of the Grand Court of Ver-
mont. Foresters of America, was held
here yesterday with large attend
ance from all the principal cities and
towns of the State. At the afternoon
session the reports Of the different
officers were given, showing the order
in this State to be in hourishing
condition financially. A marked in
crease in membership was also report
ed.
Officers elected as follows: Grand
chief ranger, d. w. Mclean of Gran
iteville; grand sub-chief ranger, John
W. Rock of Ludlow; grand treasurer,
John Farrell of Burlington grand
secretary, John f. Roche of Bellows
Falls; grand recording secretary, A.
j. Schneider of Barre; grand senior
warden, Joseph Bashner of Spring
field; grand junior warden, George
Lawson of Graniteville; grand senior
be adle, l.. B. McDonough of Rutland
grand junior beadle, Thomas O'Rourke
of East Barre trustees, h. j. Madi-
gan If Burlington, Fred Crosby of
Ludlow, and j. E. Byrne of Bellows
Falls; delegates to supreme conven-
tion, o. l. j. Matthews of Barre, and
p. J. Joyce of Proctor; alternates.
f. A. Mccarthy of West Rutland and
J. E. Byrne of Bellows Falls. A ban
quet was given to the visiting Forest
ers by the local court at Foresters
hall.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-21
UNDERTA KER'S MEETING.

The third annual convention of the
Vermont Undertakers' and Embalm-
ers' Association will be held at the
Pavilion, in this city, June 90, "a
and 20. The morning session of
Tuesday, June %, will be called to
order by II. e. Bond of Brattleboro,
president of the organization, and
the address of welcome will be de-
livered by Mayor f. M. CORY. Fol-
lowing the address will come the roll
call and the reports of the different
officers AT the afternoon session the
first order of business will be the ad-
mission of new members, followed by
the report of the delegate to the ma
tional convention by J. Warren Rob-
erts of Burlington. President Bond
will then deliver his address. The
next will be an address by Prof. II. S.
Eckles, with illustration by Sec
tional cadaver on the lineal guides to
the arteries.
The election of officers and the ap-
pointment of committees will take
place at the morning session, Wednes-
day. An address will be given by e.
j. Seamans of Fair Haven. The
morning session will be completed
with an address by Prof. Eckles on
The Vascular SYSTEM" illustrated
with the genuine complete arterial
system dissected in it's entirety. At
the afternoon session j. Warren Rob-
erts of Burlington will deliver an adj
dress on 1.-The Modern Funeral Di-
rector" and Prof. Ekcles will lec-
ture on the practical demonstration in
embalming body for best preserva-
ton and appearance. In the evening
a banquet will be held at the Pavilion
at o'clock, after which DR.. Henry
ID. Holton, secretary of the State
board of health, will give talk on
Sanitation. The whole day Thurs
| day will be devoted to examinations,
under the direction of DR.. Henry d.
Holton, secretary of the State board
of health.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-21
CAPT. Il. ID. BLODGET'T.

Pearl f. Blodgett was called to Bur-
lington on Friday by the death of his
father, Capt. Pearl Davis Blodgett,
which occurred at his home in that
city on Friday afternoon. His death
was due to heart trouble and although
his health has been poor for several
years the end was sudden and unex-
pected. The passing of Capt. Blod-
gett adds another well known name to
that long and ever increasing roll of
Vermont soldiers who have gone to
their reward.
Captain Blodgett was born in Ran
dolph, April z, 1928. At the age of
seventeen he entered the mercantile
business continuing in it for nearly
twenty years. In 1869 he enlisted as
a volunteer and for time did recruit
ing service in Orange and Caledonia
counties. When the Tenth regiment
was organized he was chosen first
lieutenant of Company G, and few
weeks later when Captain Winslow of
Company e resigned Lieutenant Blodg-
EFT was promoted to that office. In
the desperate assault on the Confeder-
ate works at Cold Harbor Captain
Blodgett's left arm was shattered by
a mimic ball and the report that he
was dead came to Vermont.
In 1864 Capt, Blodgett was appoint
ed captain in the Veteran Reserve
Corps and was mustered out in 1866
at indianapolis. He then took up his
residence in st. JohnsbuIy and en-
tered the insurance business, which
he conducted for years, becoming one
of the most successful and widely
known insurance men in the State.
He removed to Burlington about three
years ago.
Captain Blodgett was the first COM
nader of Chamberlain Post, No. l..
G. A. R., of st. Johnsbury and thus
he had the distinction of being the
first post commander elected in the
State, and he also served one term as
department commander. He was also
the oldest living member of Passumps.
ic Lodge, F. and A. NJ, of st. Johns.
bury. For many years he was one OF
the deacons of the South Congrega.
tional church at st. Johnsbury. He
is survived by his wife who was
Laura N. Freeman of Brookiield. and
five children, Pearl f. of this city,
Mrs. S. E. Belknap of Minneapolis,
Ernest A. and Winthrop w. of st.
Johnsbury and Eliza Wood Blodgett
of Burlington. The golden wedding OF
Capt. and Mrs. Blodgett would have
occurred June 16. The body was taken
to st. Johnsbury for burial on Monday.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-21
The w asteS of the Body.

Every seven days the blood, muscles
and bones of man of average size
loses two pounds of wornout tissue.
This waste cannot be replenished and
the health and strength kept up with
out perfect digestion. When the stom-
ach and digestive organs fail to per-
form their functions, the strength let's
down, health gives way, and disease
sets up. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure enables
the stomach and digestive organs to
digest and assimilate all of the whole
some food that may be eaten into the
kind of blood that rebuilds the tissues
and protects the health and strength
of the mind and body. Kodol cures
Indigestion, Dyspepsia and all stom-
ach troubles: 1t is an ideal spring
tonic. Sold by Rivers Bros.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-21
TWO-FOLD MEANING.

1.-THE London Express" prints this
poem with double reading. Read it
as it stands, and the woman is highly
fiattered, but read alternate lines Zone
and three, two and four of each verse
and the sentiment is very much the
reverse:
Happy man may pass his life
If he's directed by wife;
If he is free from matrimonial chains
He's sure TO suffer for his pains.
No tongue is able to unfold
The virtues in woman you behold;
The falsehoods that in woman dwell
Are almost imperoeptible.
In woman's heart you'll see appear
Truth, darling of heart sincere;
Hypocrisy, deceit and pride,
In woman never can abide.
Destruction take the men, say,
Who no regard to woman pay;
Who make the women their delight,
Keep always reason in their sight.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-21
Letter to l.. N. Wood.
Montpelier, vt.

Dear Sir: You sell good goods and
give full measure. 1t is pleasant
way of doing and it pays besides
We do it for the same reason, and
it has made us the foremost paint
house in the United States.
Snort weight and authorizations are
the vices OF business. They are a
natural response to the demand for
cheapness. The world is full of them
the grocery world and the paint
world, and every kind of world.
You know and we know that it
doesn't pay. People change their
grocer or paint man as soon as they
find it out.
We don't know about groceries,
you tell your people about them
the full-measure and unauthorized
paint is Devoe Lead and Zinc.
Fewer gallons-takes less Devoe
Lead and Zinc than of mixed paints to
paint house. Wears longer-twice as
long as lead and oil mixed by hand.
Yours truly,
+. W. Devoe & Co.,
23 New York.
P. S. Abbott & Bailey sell our paint.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-21
COL. G. n. WOODRUFF.

Army officers are very much inter-
ested in the vacancies that will be
created within the next three months
in the grade of major and briagdier-
general. July 26 Maj. Gen. George
w. Davis. now in command of the
forces in the Philippines, will reach
the retiring age, and on August
Lieutenant General Miles will retire.
Following the ordinary methods of
promotion and recognizing seniority,
Brig. Samuel S. Sumner, the rank
ing brigadier, will succeed MAJOR
al Wood will be advanced to the grade
of major general, Young succeeding
Miles in the rank of lieutenant.gener-
al.
There is an understanding, how
ever, that the President will utilize
these two retirements for the purpose
of advancing and retiring several
meritorious and veteran officers to the
grade of rigadier-general. Col.
Charles A. Woodruff. the senior col
onel in the commissary department
Colonels Atwood and Wheeler, of the
quartermaster's department; Bah
cock, of the adJutant-geneIal's de-
partment; Jared Smith, of the engin-
eers; Mordecai and McGinness, of
the ordnance, and several colonies of
the line are mentioned in this connec-
ton. Colonel Woodruff is a Vermonter,
Burke being his native town. He
served in the Civil and Indian wars,
in Cuba and in the Philippines, and
is now on duty in San Francisco. He
was seven times wounded in action.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-21
EUGENE III. GRANDFIELD.

Eugene H. Granfield, aged twenty
three, died at the home of his father,
w. r. Granfield in Berlin on Satur-
day, after a short illness with typhoid
fever.
Mr.. .Granfeld was well known in
Montpelier and Barre, having been a
conductor on the electric road last
summer, later going to Massachusetts,
where he worked in mill for several
months. Upon his return to Montpe-
lier about six weeks ago he was en-
ployed in the car barn of the electric
road where he remained till taken
i'll. The deceased leaves father and
mother, two sisters and brother,
Willard, who is conductor on the
electric road.
The funeral was held from the
house in Berlin Sunday afternoon at
2 O'Clock and burial was in the
cemetery in Berlin.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-21
PECULIAR CONCL USIONS.

State Superintendent W. Il. Ranger
recently received letter from the ed
itor of Nebraska paper which goes
to show the peculiar conclusions that
some outsiders have drawn from re-
cent changes in liquor legislation in
Vermont. The letter reads in part as
follows:
"We are informed as follows: For
the past thirty years Vermont has
had prohibition. Some twenty years
ago very drastic law was passed
requiring the effects OF stimulants
and narcotics to be taught in the
public schools. For about twenty
years this law has been in operation.
Recently the State carried tor local
option-we are not quite clear on
this point, perhaps it was only New
Hampshire. 1t is claimed it was the
vote Of the young men, those who
have had this special education, that
carried the State into the local option
column.
The Nebraska editor wanted inform
alton. In reply Mr.. Ranger explained
that the so-called drastic legisla-
ton" was passed in 1886 and was re-
pealed in 1888. Since then a law has
been in effect which includes physio-
logy, and hygiene, with special ref
erence to the effects of stimulants, in
the list of studies to be taught and
that it is improbable that the instruc-
ton in the public schools had any
particular weight in the change in
sentiment of the people.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-21
PL4INFIELD TRIAL.

Plainfeld, May l6.-A jury trial in
a justice court enlivened this village
ON Friday and as usual gave amuse-
ment to the unemployed. The case
was for ejectment brought by Mrs
Caroline NJ Wheeler against her son,
Edgar Wheeler, for possession of the
premises where he now lives. A jury
was drawn composed of the following
men: S. S. Smith, H. E. Lane, Or
rim Gree, Curtis Martin. William
Bancroft, and George Townsend.
The case showed that the plaintiff
owned the premises and the contest
was as to whether the defendant
lease had expired. Verdict was for
the defendant to recover his costs. An
appeal was taken to county court by
the plaintiff. c. E. Woodward, Jr.,
was attorney for the defendant and
H. @. Shurtleff for the plaintiff.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-21
A Sure Thing.

1t is said that nothing is sure excep
death and taxes, but that is not alto
gether tue. DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry for Consumption is a sure cure for
all lung and throat troubles. Thou
sands can testify to that. Mrs. O. B.
McVanMetre of Shepherdtown, W.
Va, says: ~ had severe case of
Bronchitis and for year tried every
thing l heard of, but got no relief
One bottle of DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry then cured me absolutely" It's
infallible for Group. Whooping Cough,
Grip, Pneumonia and Consumption.
Try it. It's guaranteed by G. Blake
ly, Druggist.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-21
The X-Rays.

Recent experiments, by practical
tests and examination with the aid of
the X-rays, establish il as a fact that
Catarrh Of the stomach is not disease
of itself, bu; that it results from re-
peated attacks of indigestion. Chow
Can l Cure My Indigestion" Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure is curing thousands.
1t will cure you of indigestion and
dyspepsia and prevent or cure Oatarrh
of the Stomach. Kodol digests what
you eat-makes the stomach sweet.
Sold by Rivers Bros.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-21

way to deal with ap-
pendicitis is not to
have it. To prevent
it, keep the bowels
open and clear of hard
matter. But don't take
drastic and severe
purges; in the end
they only increase the
tendency to constipa-
ton. Use DIR. David
Kennedv'a mem madi-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-21
STUDENTS BODY FOUND.

White River Junction, May IA
The body of John M. Baker of Dor
chester, Msas., one of the Dartmouth
students drowned in the Connecticut
March 80, was found yesterday morn
ing by Homer O. Leach in a log boom
was taken to Dartmouth. The body
of Kenerson, the other student who was
drowned at the same time, was recov-
cred nearly two weeks ago.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-21
Quick Arrest.

j. A. Gulledge of Verbena, Ala,
was twice in the hospital from Sc
we're case of piles causing "a tumors.
After doctors and all remedies failed,
Bucklen's Arnica Salve quickly arrest
ed further Inflammation and cured
him. 1t conquers aches and pains. %
cents at q. Blakeley's Drug store.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-21
KING EDWARD

was pulled through that attack of Appendix
citis, but it was a close call. One more
chance against him and he never would
have had the crown set on his head. That
little four-inch-long tube attached to the
large intestine makes lot of trouble when
it gets clogged up and infamed. The best
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-21
Paint Your Buggy for 75c.

to $40 with Devoe's Gloss Carriage
Paint. 1t weighs B to s ozs more to
the pint than others, wears longer,
and gives gloss equal to new work.
Sold by Abbott & Bailey
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-21

Don't let the little ones suffer from
eczema or other torturing skin dis
ease. No need for it, Doan's Oint-
ment cures. Can't harm the most
delicate skin. At any drug store, 90
cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-21

The meeting of the iowa State
Federation of Labor on Friday dis
cussed resolution oriticizing Carroll
D. Wright as commissioner of labor
and asking the President to appoint a
union man in his place.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-21

No man can cure consumption. You
can prevent it though. DR.. Woods
Norway Pine Syrup cures coughs,
colds, bronchitis, asthma. Never fails.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-06
ADVERTISEMENTS.
THEY ACTUALLY
DO THE WORK
Food Eaten Is worthless Unless Digested
Some stomachs Must Have Help.

Some Stomachs Must Have Help.
Food taken into the stomach, which,
from the nature Of the food or the con-
dition of the stomach, is not digested.
is worse than no food at all. This is a
true statement as far as 1t goes and a
great many dyspeptics go only this far
with their reasoning. They argue with
themselves that because their stomachs
do not do the work given them, they
must be given less work; in other
words, they must be starved. 1t would
be just as sensible for a business man
who is unable to do all his own work
to cut down his business to his own ca
pacity as it is for a man to starve
himself to relieve his stomach. The
sensible business man employs help
and goes forward with his business.
Likewise the sensible dyspeptic will
employ help for his stomach and give
his body proper nourishment.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets actually
do the work assigned to them. They re-
lieve weak and overburdened stomachs
of a great portion of digestive action.
Their component parts are identical
with those of the digestive fluids and
secretions Of the stomach and they sim
ply take up the grind and carry on
the work just the same as a good.
strong, healthy stomach would do It.
On this account Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets are perfectly natural in their
action and effects. They do not cause
any unnatural or violent disturbance in
the stomach or bowels. They them
selves digest the food and supply the
system with all the nourishment con-
tanned in what is eaten and carry out
Natures plans for the sustenance and
maintenance Of the body.
How much more sensible is this
method than that employed by many
sufferers from weak stomachs BY
this means body and brain get all the
good, nutritious food they need and the
man is properly nourished and equipped
to carry on his work and perform his
duties. He could not possibly be In
proper working condition by starving
himself or employing some new tangled,
insufficient food that does not contain
enough nutriment for year-old baby.
A strong man doing strong work must
be properly fed and this applies to the
brain as well as the body.
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets, by re-
lieving the stomach of its work, enable
1t to recuperate and regain its normal
health and strength. Nature repairs
the worn and wasted tissues just as she
heals and knits the bone of a broken
limb, which is Of course not used dur
ing the process of repair.
stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are for
sale by all druggists at so cents a box
and they are the one article that the
druggist does not try to sell something
in the place of that's just as good
Their unqualified merit and success and
the universal demand for them has
placed them within the reach of every
one.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-06
BANKS SHOW BIG GAINS.
Movement Of Money During the Week
SURPRISES the Financiers,

Movement Of Money During the Week
Surprises the Financiers.
NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-The feature
of the official statement of the New
York Associated Banks last week was
the net gain of $4,000 in cash,
whereas estimates, which were based
upon the traceable movements OF
money during the week, indicated a
loss of s285,20O. This discrepancy
between the official and the estimated
changes in this item may very easily
be accounted for by the system of av-
erages. Payments by the assay Of
fee Of imported gold were large, but
they were distributed through the
week, and moreover the disbursement
on Friday of $45o,00O for gold re-
ceived from Boston, which had been
imported by Boston bank, though
counting for but one-sixth of the
amount, had some influence. The de-
posits increased $1,34s,4 400, as the re-
suit of the gain in cash and Of the
augmentation Of the loans. The re-
quired reserve was increased S3S7.100
because OF this gain in deposits, and
deducting this sum from the net in
crease Of cash leaves $1So,1O2 as the
gain in surplus reserve, which item is
now $6,305,30O. Computed upon the
basis Of deposits, less those of $780,
sol, 100 Of public funds, the surplus is
$15,505,575. The increase In loans
was somewhat unexpected, but it was
probably caused by the renewal of ac-
tivity, at advancing prices, on the
stock market. This is indicated by
the average daily bank clearings for
the week, which were $218,0OO. 600.
against $203, 100000 the previous
week. The statement shows a good
balance, the sum of increase in loans
and of cash being $1,697,so0, or only
$331,400 more than the increase in
deposits. The surplus reserve will
doubtless be augmented in the cur
rent week through the arrivals OF gold
from Europe, which metal is now in
transit. Moreover, the transfers hence
to San Francisco are understood to
be practically at an end. The sub
treasury operations last week were
largely against the banks, because of
a falling off in pension disbursements
and of the heavy transfers OF internal
revenue collections and of payments
by banks on account of the per cent
fund. One feature Of the
statement was the decrease in specie.
while legal tender increased. The loss
in the former was probably due to the
fact that foreign bankers are employ
ing much of the gold which they are
from abroad, in the pur-
chase of exchange. The gain in legal
tenders was most likely caused by re-
ceipts from near by interior points,
and also to some accumulations OF this
kind OF money in anticipation Of holi-
day requirements. ~
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-06

ON FOOD
The Right Foundation Of Health.

Proper food is the foundation OF
health. People can eat improper food
FOR time and not feel any Ill results
until there is a sudden collapse Of the
digestive organs and then all kinds OF
trouble follows.
The proper way out OF the difficulty
is to shift 10 the pure, scientific food,
Grape-Nuts. for it rebuilds from the
woman says: Last summer I was
suddenly taken with indigestion and
severe stomach trouble and could not
eat food without great pain; my
stomach was so sore 1 could hardly
move about. This kept UP until was
so miserable life was not worth liv-
ing.
Then a friend finally, after much
argument, induced me to try Grape
Nuts food and quit my regular food.
Although / had but little faith 1 COM
,menced 10 use IL and great was my
surprise to find that 1 could eat it
without the usual pain and distress in
my stomach. So 1 kept on using
Grape-Nuts and soon a marked i'm
provement was shown, for my stomach
was performing its regular work in a
normal way without pain or distress.
Very soon the yellow coating dis
appeared from my tongue, the dull,
heavy feeling in my head disappeared
and my mind felt light and clear; the
languid. tired feeling left, and alto
gether felt as if had been rebuilt.
Strength and weight came back rapid
~ and I went back TO my work with
renewed ambition. To-day I am a
new woman in mind as well as body
and ] owe it all to this natural food,
Grape Nuts" Name given by Postum
Co. Battle Creek. Mich.
There's a reason
Look in each package for copy Of
the famous little book. The Road to
Wellville." -