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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-01-16
"A. ANTI SALOON CONVENTION.
To Be Held I'm Richmond January
90, 21sand 22. t.1l =


90, Gland 22.
Ali religious and temperance or
ganizations in the State opposed to
the saloon are entitled to representa-
ton in the Convention on the fol.
lowing basis: State bodies, ten dele
gates each; county, city and distric,
organizations, five delegates each; all
local bodies, churches, young peo-
pies societies, leagues, w. @. I. us,
Good Templar lodges, ETC., two dele
gates each.
The O. & o. and N. & w. Railways
have granted reduced rate of one
aud one-third fare for the Conven-
tion. No doubt all other roads in
the State will do the same as they
did last year.
Those coming over the q. & o.
must secure certificates before pur-
chasing tickets. They can be had
from Rev. @. H. Crawford, I1I2
East Main street, Richmond, Va.
Other roads do not require certifi-
Gates. }. t.E
Arrangements are being male to
entertain those who attend from out
OF the city in private homes and
boarding houses. Excellent enter
tainment will be furnished at 81,
$1.25 and $1.50 per day. The work
of securing entertainment will be
greatly facilitated if all who expect
tocome will send their names imme-
diately to the above address.
Delegates should report immedi-
ately on their arrival at the Conven-
tion church, Grace street, between
Fourth and Fifth. This church will
be open Tuesday afternoon.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-01-16
ABOUT OUR ROADS.
EDITOR VIRGINIA CITIZEN:

The letter of Rev. F. w. CLAW.
brook, which appeared in recent
issue, offering q solution of bad
roads, is of general interest not only
to the people of Lancaster but TO
the people Of the adjoining coun-
ties, for it discusses matter of vital
interest to the people Of the whole
Northern Neck, whose interest in
good roads cannot be circumscribed
BY county lines. This general in-
terest In good roads might be offered
ss an excuse, If he had no other, by
. resident Of another county for
giving advice unsougat.
1t is surprising that practical
man like Mr.. Olaybrook should ad-
vocate such visionary scheme. He
evidently believes the present tax is
not judiciously spent upon the
roads, and the present condition of
the roads IL enough to convince the
most scepticai that the public have
just grounds for this belief, even if
this belief is not shared by Mr..
Clsybrook. Now, If the officials
can't spend advsntsgeously 1890
upon the roads, it certainly seems
visionary to place four times that
amount in their hands, expecting it
10 be judiciously expended. Is it
not best to learn. FIRST how to spend
wisely what you have before Jump
ing blindly into bonded indebted
ness, and find at the expiration of
three years that You have two monu-
ments, instead of one, of bad man.
,sgement-bad roads aud bonded
indebtedness hanging around the
taxpayers neckf
Mr.. Claybrook evidently believes
that his plan is too practical to fail,
even under bad management. Some
features of it must necessarily be
failures, under the best of manage
ment. -
What Mr.. Clsybrook would ao-
complish in three years with his
bonded Indebtedness can be accom-
plished in two years with the present
tax, if it is properly expended.
Your county already has three
road machines, / believe. Now di-
vide the county into three road dis
tricts and hire three men and three
yoke of oxen for each district. Let
them begin work the 1st of April
and work 80 days, plowing and
mending the roads. After the mid
die of July the roads ought not to
be plowed.
The cost of three men and three
yoke of oxen so days at $3.50
per day would be 8 $50
For the three districts 1880
This would leave a balance of $40,
to be used to purchase tents, plows,
wagons, if necessary, and pay a good
salary for the right kind of man to
look after the three set of men and
still leave an ample fund to pole the
worst places and mend all washout ts
that might occur between July and
April.
Every mile of your roads could be
mounded up in two years under this
plan and you would have equally as
good roads, and be free of bonded
Indebtedness.
Respectfully yours,
EDWIN BRoUN, JR.
Broun's Store, Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-01-16
Loss Of Flesh

When you can'i cat break
fast, taks SCOTS E:77uIsion.
When YOU cza's cat bread
and butte, take SCOTS
Emulsion. v'.sa yoa have
bsea living On a :l.::..ik dist and
want something & little more
nougishins, t4ke SCOTS
Emulsion.
To. get fat you must eat
fat. SCOTS Emulsion is a
great fattsner. a great
strength giver.
Those who have lost flesh
want to increase all BODY
tissues, not only fat. SCOTS
Emulsion increases them all,
bone, flesh, blood and
nerve.
For invaIids. for con.
valescents. for consumptives.
for weak children, for all
who need flesh, Scott's
Emulsion is a rich and COM
Portable food, and a natural
tonic.
SCOTS Emulsion for bone,
flesh, blood ard nerve.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-01-16
ADVICE TO WRITER'S.

Ifyou've got 8 thought that's happy,
Boil 1t down:
Make 1t short and crisp and snappy,
Boil II down:
When your brain its coin has minted,
Down the page your pen has sprinted,
II you want your effort printed,
Boil it down.
Take out every surplus letter.
Boil it down.
Fewer syllables the bette,
Boil IL down.
Make your meaning plain-express IL
SO we'n know, not merely guess il;
Then, my friend, ere you address It,
Boil Il down.
Boil out all The extra trimmings,
Boil il down.
Skim It well, then skim the skimmings-
Boil it down.
When you're sure 'twould be sin to
Cut another sentence In two,
Send It on spd we'll begin to
Boil IL down.
Chicago Dispatch.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-01-16

with Mayburn Murphree became ap-
parent. Notice to apprebend the
fugitives has been telegraphed to the
various towns aud cities of Alabanfa.
Miss Eta Aldridge is twenty-five
years OF age and handsome woman.
She has borne an excellent reputation
and enjoyed the admiration of a large
circle of acquaintapces.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-01-16
IN suffer-unless 1. may be a druuksrd's

can suffer-unless Il may he drunkard's q
mother.
saw as bright mind as New York
ever produced dimmed, clouded.
l saw a refined Christian. gentleman
become an immoral debauchee.
1 saw skind and loving father brute,
so cruel that his little children must be
hidden from him. / saw poverty,
desthuiion, disgrace. 49, ~ -
/ stood beside an open grave and
thanked God that in It lay the lover OF
my youth, my husband, my children's .
father.
Can you make your editorials too
strong? i
Can you say too nsuchi No, no. no., q
thousand times mol
I thank you over and again for any
word that may help to save my boys
from being the awful wrcsk their father
was. Believe me most sincerely you're,
M. M.
Other newspapers assure us that
we are anarchists and dangerous
incendiaries. We have been sssaiIed
as Socialists and destroyers OF. prop
erty by manufacturers of wRiskey,
although We have no quarrel with
those gentlemen. We deal not with
them, but with their customers.
In the work of issuing newspaper
full of faults, of errors of facts and
of taste, there is much that is disap-
pointing and discouraging. But g
letter like the one we have printed
here makes up for much of the dis
appointment, and it wipes out the
memory of much unfair criticism,
and of much criticism that is
deserved.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-01-16
Getting Rid of Rats.

Common green copperas pulyer-
lied and thrown pretty plentifully
about whore the rats travel, and also
in their holes, 80 they must walk
over it, will effectually drive them
away, where traps, poisons and cats
fail to dislodge the pests. The cop
peras makes their feet sore, and
they will speedily leave. This rem
edy has proven SO entirely successful
that it is a pleasure to make it
MISUNDERSTANDING.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-01-16
free Cure for Sick Headache.

ChsmberIain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
are certain cure for sick headache. III taken
as soon as the first Indication OF the disease
appears they will prevent the attack. Get a
free sample mt Ellis G. Richardson's, Kilmar-
nook; Messick & Lopg's, Irvington; w. A.
Dameron s. Bros, weems; q. w. Sanders,
White Stone, and give them q trial
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-01-16
The crowned heads of every nation,
The rich men. poor men and mlsers
All Join In paying tribute to
n NY a.
ewitt's Little Early Risers.

II. Williams. San Antonio, Texas, writes:
Little Early Riser Pills are the best have
ever used In my family. I unheststingly
recommend them 20 everybody" Thoy cure
constipation. biliousness. sick headache. tor
pid liver. jaundice. malaria and all Other
liver troubles.
For sale by T. J. Hayden s. Son. Irvington;
II. q. Rowe q Son. Heatbsyille; J. J. Crow
der \ Son. Reedvills; Z. ID. Stoneham, Molusk.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-01-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Every unkind treatment to The
cow poisons the milk--eyen talking
unkindly to her.
There is always hope in the man
who actually and honestly works. In
idleness alone is there perpetual de-
spair.
The Tiger fish, puguacious in ap-
pearance, is the most gentle of all
fish, while the Lady fish is as savage
as a bulldog.
Mon. Santos-Dumont, the worlds
foremost aeronaut, gives the assur-
ance that he will soon have line of
passenger airships in operation over
Paris.
An aged man named Ellis was
killed recently by train near Jones'
boro, Va. The locomotive hurled
the corpse against a young lady, who
chsnced to be standing near, and she
sustained painful injuries.
Former President Cleveland pre-
sided at q public meeting in aid of
the Berean Manual Training School,
a Philadelphia institution which
aims to give members of the negro
race the benefits OF an industrial
education. Mr.. Cleveland was the
principal speaker and Booker T.
Washington, President of the Tuske-
gee Institute, also made an address.
There is glut Of rabbits in the
Richmond market. For several DAYS
they have been received at the rate
of 10000 daily, until the market
has now more rabbits than it can
we'll care for, and the wholesale
price has been lowered to Z and 10
cents. AT present prices the rabbit
is probably the cheapest meat on the
market.
Attorney-General Tate, of Ten
nessee, filed Monday, in the United
States Supreme Court, the report of
the commissioners appointed to de-
termine the boundary line between
that State and the State of Virginia,
and the court ordered that the report
be printed. The case involves about
square mile of territory at the east
ern extremity of the boundary.
After deliberating for nearly two
months, the 16 Jewish rabbis who
were appointed to unravel the matri-
monial tangle in which are involved
Samuel Oren, a young Philadelphia
barber. Joe Goldberg and Marie Roy
pen, both prominent Hebrews of
Baltimore, have decided that the
young woman should be divorced
from both of the young men who
now claim her hand.
The Standard Oil Trust, which
the past year paid its stockholders
$40. 900, 900, or 40 per cent. of its
capitalization, in dividends, made in
the twenty-four honrs on December
20th a grab of $4,000 900. OF this
vast sum added to the revenues Of
the trust. the bulk goes TO John d.
Rockefeller, and nearly all of it to
half a dozen coil msgnates." The
price of oil has been steadily climb
ing for three months.
Today the Catholic Church in
America vastly excels that Church
in England. AT the present time
q century from the day of Bishop
Carroll, the Catholic Church in the
United States has hierarchy of lOC
bishops, IL, 800 priests and Catho.
lie population numbering from 12,-
100000 to 100000. If we in.
clude our Porto Rican and Philip
pine possessions, the number OF
Catholics under the aegis would ag.
gregate fully i2O, 2O,0OO,OOO.-Arch
bishop Gibbons.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-02-26
VERMONT FIRES.

The house of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Trombley, east OF Brandon, near the
Goshen line and all its contents with
the exception of two trunks OF clothing
were destroyed by fire, Thursday
morning, Feb. 10.
Fire broke out in Frank l.. Pierce's
chair stock mill in Putney village late
at night Feb. l6, destroying the mill
and contents. The loss Is $4,000 be-
sides a large loss in inability TO COM
plete orders. The mill was insured
Tor about half its value. The fire start
ed in the dry house over the boiler and
al one time several other buildings
were threatened. Mr.. Pierce has been
particularly unfortunate, having lost
Six mills by fire in the past twenty
years. He was shipping large guam
titles of chair stock TO London.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-02-26
Tendency or the Times.

The tendency of medical science is to-
ward preventive measures. The best
thought OF the world is being given to the
subject. IL is easier and better to prevent
than to cure. Ii has been fully demon
strated that pneumonia, one Of the most
dangerous diseases that medical men have
to contend with, can be prevented by the
use of Chamberlain Cough Remedy.
Pneumonia always results from cold or
from an attack of influenza grip, ana II
has been observed that this remedy
cOunteracts any tendency OF these diseases
toward pneumonia. This has been fully
proven in many thousands OF cases In
which this remedy has been used during
the great prevalence Of colds and grip IN
recent years, and can be relied upon with
implicit confidence. Pneumonia often re-
suits from a slight cold when no danger Il
apprehended until it is suddenly discover
ed that there is fever and difficulty n
breathing and pains ia the chest, then i
is announced that the patient has pneumo-
mia. Be on the safe side and take Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy as soon as th'
cold is contracted. Il always cures. Fol
sale BY F. E. Bryan, Randolph.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-02-26
Enalneer Barrett KILLED.

Frank Barrett, the well known Cen
trail Vermont engineer, was run over
and instantly killed by shifting engine
$40. Florence McCarty, engineer, in
the yard at st. Adams at noon Feb. 90.
His watch, which was badly jammed,
had stopped at ii 81.
The accident is "A striking illustra-
ton OF what may happen to men whose
whole lives have been passed among
perils of this kind and who are habitu-
ated to caution from sense OF con-
slant danger. Barrett was the engin-
eer OF the local express train arriving
from the south at IL: 80 that forenoon,
and, after his engine mad been discon-
nected and was standing on the track
lust north of the water-house on the
west side OF the ward, he went across
to the round house to report some ne
cessary repairs to the engine. Fore
man Samuel Fox stepped TO the round
house door with Barrett after he had
given his report and was exchanging
few pleasantries with him. Now,
Sam write that down. said Barrett,
referring TO the necessary repairs, "or
you'll be sure to forget it, "Tll 60 in
and write it down now said Fox, and
suited the action to the word. He bad
barely written ON a slip OF paper
"l07-take up slack between engine
and tender" when man stepped to
the door and said somebody had been
run over. Fox hurried out and there,
not over thirty feet away from the
spot where he and Barrett had been
standing the dead body of Barrett lay
across the track, nearly severed in two
ut the middle.
Mr.. Fox says that switching engine
$40 had drawn up alongside the round
house to uncover the switch prepare
tory TO backing down into the "coal
hole at the time Barrett parted from
him at the door. At the same time a
freight train was passing out of the
yard between Barrett and his engine
whittier he was going. Mr.. Fox is of
the opinion that Barrett kept along his
way with his eyes on the moving
freight train and in the noise did not
hear or see the switch engine backing
down upon him. He was struck at a
spot just few feet beyond the switch
house north of the round house.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-02-26
aARaE's BIG FIRE.
Two Fine Store Blocks With Contents
Destroyed.

Barre was visited early Saturday
morning by the worst fire in recent
years. No lives were lost, but there
were many narrow escapes of Occu-
pants in the third story OF the burned
blocks.
The fire originated in the boiler room
OF the Currier block on Main street,
and before it was under control this
block and the Sheple block adjoining
were in ruins.
The alarm was sounded shortly af-
ter I, and a half hour later a second
alarm brought all available men and
apparatus to the scene. The tempera-
ture was l6 degrees below zero, and
the intense cold hampered the work OF
the fremen.
The Currier block was of brick and
the Sheple block, adjoining. of wood.
The absence of any wind saved the en-
tire business section on the north side
of Main street, south of Depot square.
The ground floor Of the Currier
block was occupied by the Boston Bar
gain store, Veale & knight, dry goods,
and the Union Clothing store. In the
upper stories were tenements, offices
and the photograph gallery Of c. Bau.
The ground floor OF the Sheple block
was occupied ty Sowden d Lyon, gro
GERS. and B. w Hooker, furniture.
The fire was under control at ), but
six powerful streams were kept turned
on the ruins all the forenoon. The
firemen responded promptly, despite
the intense cold, and they express the
opinion that if they had had a chemi-
cal engine the fire could have been
confined to the room in which it origi-
mated.
Two women on the third floor of the
Currier block slept through it all UNI
til aroused by the firemen. They were
rescued in their nightelothes and car
ried down 40-foot ladders.
A tabulated statement OF the insur-
ance and loss shows that property
valued at sos, POO was destroyed, on
which there was an insurance Of S62.-
$50. All the business firms burned
out have secured temporary quarters
elsewhere. and the owners Of the blocks
burned are already making prepare
tions TO rebuild.
Six families are rendered homeless,
and their loss is total Hardly any OF
the tenants in the Currier block saved
an article of clothing except what they
hastily donned when they were arous-
ed from sleep.
A large tank with gasoline in the
basement OF the grocery store OF Sow
den Il Lyon, in the Sheple block, caus-
ed the firemen no little uneasiness
through the day until traces OF fire in
its vicinity were obliterated.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-02-26

and six dogs in pursuit of it. The man
that owned the dog secured possession
OF the fox.
The friends and relatives of Miss
Johanna Mccarthy are very anxious
to learn her whereabouts. Until
about two years ago she resided ia
Fair Haven. She left there about
March |, 1901, for Springfield, Mass,
and nothing has been heard from her
since. Miss McCarthy's father died
some time ago and her mother recent
~. The mother left considerable
property, to which Miss Mccarthy is
the sole heir, and the executors of the
estate are anxious to find her on that
account. Word has been received
from the postoflice authorities at
Springfield that Miss Mccarthy left
that city over year and a half ago,
leaving no address, and that all mail
received for her since then has either
been returned to the writers or sent to
the dead letter office.
Peter J.Kirby assistant keeper of the
light house on Juniper Island, Lake
Champlain. died at the Mary Fletcher
hospital, Burlington, week ago The
circumstances OF his last illness and
death were tragic. Three weeks be-
fore he went over on the ice 10 Bur
lington after some medicine for his
wife and little girl who were i'll. He
intended returning the next day. but
the ice broke mp and he could not. He
had been suffering himself for some
time with tuberculosis, took more cold
and went TO the hospital where he
rapidly grew worse His wife in the
meantime knew nothing of his where
abouts, and waited anxi0usly Tor some
tidings. Finally some one was able to
reach the island, and Mrs. Kirby then
learned that her husband was danger
ously Ill. She reached the hospital a
few minutes before he died. Mr.. Kirby
was 81 years old.
The farmers OF Tinmouth are badly
divided on the creamery question this
winter and much hard feeling exists
between the two sides to the contro-
versy. The trouble arose as the result
OF dissatisfaction among some Of the
farmers over the way the creamery
was conducted last summer. Those
who were against the old management
have now engaged the North Adams
Creamery Co. of North Adams, Mass,
to run a creamery for them IN the
town, beginning as soon as the build
ings can be erected, while those who
stood with the old management are
making arrangements with the {,
Brigham Co. OF Tinmouth TO run one
creamery at Tinmouth Center and
another at Chippenhook. IL Is not
thought that il will be profitable to
have the business run in this way as
there is not enough milk in town to
run three good sized creameries, and
one side or the other will in time have
to give up.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-02-26
A Weak Stomach

causes a weak body and invites disease.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures and strength
ems the stomach, and wards of and over
comes disease. j. b. Taylor, prominent
merchant of Chriesman, Tex, says: -
could not eat because OF a weak stomach.
lost all strength and ran down n
weight. All that money could do was
done, but all hope of recovery vanished.
Hearing OF some wonderful cures effected
by use of Kodol, / concluded to try IT.
The first bottle benefited me, and after
taking four bottles / am fully restored to
my usual strength, weight and health.
q. NJ. Miller, Bethel; J. A. Chedel, Gays
Vile
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-02-26
A Card.

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree Il
refund the money on a 50-cent bottle o.
Greene's Warranted Syrup OF Tar II it fall
to cure your cough or cold. We also guar
antee 25-cent bottle to prove satisfactory
or money refunded.
{. +. Black, South Royalton.
Geo. A. Laird, Royalton.
Walbridge q Heath, Sharon.
Badger & Moves, Sharon.
A. n. King & Son, Tunbridge.
Edward Miller, East Barnard.
NJ. j. Sargent & Son, South Royalton.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-02-26

One Minute Cough Cure gives relief IN
one minute, because it kills the microbe
which tickles the mucous membrane,
causing the cough, and at the same time
clears the phlegm, draws out the intiam-
nation and heals and soothes the affected
parts. One Minute Cough Cure strength
ems the lungs, wards OF pneumonia and Is
durable cases Of coughs, colds and Group.
One Minute Cough Cure is pleasant 70
take. harmless and good alike for young
and old. f. /. Clafiin, East BraIntreei
J. w. Parmenter, Brookfield; E. j. Prince,
South Randolph.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-02-26
GOLD DOLLARS
AT FIFTY CENTS

would not be so good q bargain as shares
in the California Fortune Oil company
lpar value 81, limited number Of which
are now selling at 75c. The value OF the
Gold Dollar will not exceed par, but the
shares of the California Fortune most a.
suredly win.
8. II. SPARHAwK & Co,
St. Johnsbury, VI.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-02-26
GIRLS WANTED.

Steady work and good pay will be given
to few more girls to run sewing machines,
making muslin underwear. Work neat
and clean. Apply at once, stating age and
previous occupation.
PEERLESS MFG. CO., Newport, N. IL.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-02-26
Hood Farm
Antiseptic Breeding Powder

with nun directions, Is sold for sl.Oo. Can
four times larger. $50. For sale by
A. r.. HooD & Son, Chelsea; J. J. TRERtsK,
Randolph; J. W. PkRNESTER, Brookteid
GEoReE A. LAIRD, Royalton; NJ. j. SARoEST
& soS. south Royaiton: A. n. KING & Sos,
.Tunbridee: c. A. WIGHT. North Tunbridge
A. @. oseooD a Co., (. Randolph; D. c.
GooDEo. Rochester.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-02-26
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.

The fast trottng stallion g. d. s., rs Ia, one %
the very best for all-arOund stock horses a. he
has size, speed beauty and style and II producer
OF such Is a handsome dark brown, 10 hands,
weighs 1, $50. Sired by Aristos by Dan Lambert
by Ethan Allen by Vermont Black Hawk, dam by
stowell's Patch en- by George NJ Patchen. Price
$500 PIrKIN a STANTON, SchroOn Lake, N. Y.