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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-03-11
WOLCOTT.

Fern Jones is moving his family to
Pottersvilie.
Il. L. Bolton has rented the Henry
SUebbin farm.
Willard May is ill with pneumonia
at his home here.
Mrs. Ida Carpenter is visiting rela-
tiVes in Dauvile.
Mr.. Bailey has moved to the Smith
farm from Milton.
ID. ii. Parker is home from Sharon
on weeks vacation.
Victor Morgan of Littleton, N. H.,
is a guest of bis brother.
Miss Grace Cate was home from
Hardwick over Sunday.
Walter Bedell has moved to one of
A. E. Phillips tenements.
Marshall Labor is moving his fam
lily back here from Morristown.
Mrs 0. P. Foster of MorrisvilIe was
the guest of her son on Tuesday.
Mrs. G. A. Moody and children OF
Cabot are visiting relatives here.
&. A. Wilson is moving his family
into jerome Schofeld's tenement.
H. FL. Parker and wife were visitors
in Morrisville the first of the week.
Harry Hyde, the popular clerk at
5. A. Flies, is sick with pneumonia.
G. M. Powers, G. B. Gle and George
Towne Of Morrisville were in town
Tuesday.
A. E. Spaulding and wife of Crafts
bury spent part of last week at j.
Morean's.
Charles Richardson has gone to
MOrristoWn to work for Fred Woods
on farm.
c. j. Kimball and wife we're in Barre
Monday, where they expect to secure
employment.
Mrs. Chas. Scribner and daughter
of Hardwick visited at P. S. Serb
ner's the first of the week.
The buildings of C. G. Fisher were
consumed by fire early Saturday
morning, with large amount of hay
and eleven head of cattle. The fire
was caused by an overturned lantern
in the barn. The insurance was less
than $4,000, which only partially
covers the loss. Much sympathy is
Expressed for Mr.. Fisher. The family
ARE soon to occupy rooms in the
Aiken house.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-03-11

A CARD.-We, the undersigned, do
hereby agree to refund the money on
a 50-cent bottle of Greene's War
ranted Syrup of Tar, if it fails to cure
your cough or cold. We also guar
antee a 25-cent bottle to prove salts
factory or money refunded.
Hall & Cheney, Dwinell Pharmacy; c. P.
Jones, johnson; W. l.. Bennett, Eden Mills
E. Douglass, Morristown; &C. Fisher, North
Wolcott
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-03-11
NO. WOLCOTT.

Grip seems to be in order these days. ~ "a
Nelson Wells was at home the past week.
Ed Nourse returned to Sodom last Tuesday
Nelson Reed and wife are both on the sick
list.
Some are already working in the sugar
bush.
Grandma Churchill is i'll at the home of j
T. " ellis.
F. O. Lunt of Worthwhile was in town over
Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Bailey is reported among the
sick ones.
Lester Tillotson was a recent guest at L. G.
Boynton's.
Mrs. L. 0. Kittridge is working for Mrs. j.
F. Holton.
Will Kipp was a guest of his brother, Fred,
the past week.
Miss Florence Merrill was in town for a few
days the past week. fse,
Mr. and Mrs. !. F. Holton are both i'll and
confined to the bed
Miss Alice Gallup is working for Mrs. j.
Leonard, who is sick.
Mrs. Larabee has been visiting at Clarence
Putnams the past week.
Mr. and Mrs A. E. Woodmansee were in
MorrisVille the past week.
Eugene Pike and wife of Irasburg visited
relatives in town over Sunday.
Ernest Udall and wife recently visited their
aunt, in Craftsbury, who is very sick.
Dwight Holton, who has been sick the past
two weeks is gaining slowly.
A. N. Keller and wife we're in town Friday
and Saturday, visiting relatives.
Almon Bruce, wife and daughter, Mary,
visited their parents in Craftsbury Thursday
and Friday.
Quarterly meeting services were held in the
NJ. E. church last Sunday There was good
attendance considering the roads and the
weather.
Mrs. Hiram Putnam, an aged lady, ha
pieced during the winter one biscuit quilt cons
tanning 4S3 pieces and one log cabin quilt Of
3979. Who has done any better.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-03-11
MARRIAGES..

Cambridge, March g.,
1908, by Rev. Henry G. Howard, Calvin
Hunt of Richford, and Ora A. Wright of
Cambridge.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-24
THE MERRY CHRISTMAS DANCE.

De fiddler in de corner. des a-pattin' OF his
De fddle-bow a-gwin. en- a-makin' music
sweet;
En- Christmas times. good people. is de
times what hard ter beat,
En- we'll have merry Christmas In de
mawnin'!
We left de weary burrows whar de cotton
blossomed white
En- de summer-winds wuZ singin, en- de
sun wuz blazin' bright,
En- we reached de Lam OF Promise: Swing
yer partners left and right
En- well have a merry Christmas in de
mawnin'i
De white folks In de big house hear de
En- dey Come ter see de dancin', en- dey
standin' all eroun';
Let de music come a-ringin'! ain't we XIV
erin de groun'i
En- oh! de merry Christmas in de mawn.
in!
Don't keer erbout de patter Of de sleet ON
top de she'd
We gwine roun' lax shadders whar de are
En- glory halleluia shakes de shingles over
head
Glory halleluia, twelI de mawnin'I
Hans roun' de creakin' cabip -twell de
very roof you lif'!
En- YOU skeer de ha nts ter kiver whar de
weather freeze 'em stiff!
But-keep one halleluia 'twell we holler
In de merry, merry Christmas In d
-Leslie's MortAly.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-24

through the hall the dining room door
stood open. He noted the vase Of scar
let carnations, ordered from the city, in
the center of the table. Upon a quaint
old sideboard was a basket of oranges
and pale green grapes and plate Of the
nuts over which Florence loved to linger
while he drank his coffee.
The old mans face softened. He sat
down before the fire. He was SO en-
crossed in thought that he did not hear
Florence enter.
"You precious grandpa" Again her
arms were round his neck. Il found
your gift, and thank you a thousand
times. But grandpa, want to ask you
for something more. 1t is part in your
work l want you to give me. And l
want to give you my help-myself. 1t
is a wonderful position you hold-so
much wealth and so many people whom
you can help. On this best of all nights
the birth night of our dear Savior, let
us give ourselves anew to the work you
have been doing alone"
Little girl, you don't understand. l
have not been what you think I have,
and"
Her dimpled hand closed his lips. you
are not to malign my dear grandfather.
We will work together, will we not?"
"Yes. dear"
In those two words the old man re-
nounced his greed and selfishness. On
the morrow his workmen should receive,
not a reduction of their wages, but an
assurance of his good will and interest
in them. For this child's sake he would
learn to know and do his duty.
st will be our first Christmas to-
gether," Florence said dreamily, her
cheek pressed against his.
Eyes, little girl. 1t will really be my
first, my very first, Christmas. Home
Monthly
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-24
Note. Of National Capital.

Secretary Shaw Transmitted to the
House a request for $4,000 additional
for the Department Of Justice for ZEN
forcement of the antitrust laws"
The Interior Department has suspend
ed Thomas McNutt, special agent Of
the general land office, as result Of the
investigation Of public land frauds in
Oregon. McNutt was appointed about
a year ago from Indiana.
The naval board which was appointed
to investigate the fatal explosion at the
naval magazine on Iona Island has COM
pleted its work. The board was un-
able to ascertain the exact cause of the
explosion. but has submitted a number
of suggested changes in the regulations,
particularly as to the unloading Of shells
charged with black powder.
Representative Cooper of Wisconsin
introduced bill further to define the
duties and powers of the interstate COM
merce commission" The bill provides
that the commission shall have author
ity to enforce its rulings, which shall
be subject to review by any Circuit
Court of the United States.
The President has accepted the resig-
nation of Second Lieut.. John r. Doyle,
Ninth infantry, now serving in the Phil
ippines, "for the good of the service"
He is a native of Pennsylvania and was
graduated from the military academy in
1900. He was appointed second lieuten-
ant Of the Ninth infantry in October.
1902
The United States Supreme Court de-
MED for the present the motion to dis
miss the case of The States Of Mime
sofa VS.. The Northern Securities Com
pany and postponed further consideration
of the question until the case shall be
heard on its merits.
The annual report of E. c. Branden-
berg, attorney in charge Of bankruptcy
matters in the Department of Justice,
shows that 14.03S voluntary petitions in
bankruptcy were filed throughout the
United States for the year ended Sept.
80, 1908, which is more than 1000 less
than were filed during any Of the preced-
ing years since the enactment Of the
law on July I, 1898
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-24
HITS SMITH AND HEATH.
Conrad Bonaparte Fraud Report Cen.
cures High Ex-Officials.

sures High Ex-OAicinls.
4 new report on the frauds in the
Postoffice Department, made by Messrs.
Bonaparte and Conrad. severely scores
Charles Emory Smith, former Posrmas-
ter General; Perry S. Heath, who was
his first assistant, and Postmaster Mer-
ritt of Washington. n.-The names of these
men are linked with George w. Beavers,
former head of the division of ealaries
and allowances, in the censure meted
out to present and past officials. The re-
port is made on the charge brought by
w. S. Tulloch, former cashier in the
Washington postoffice.
Regarding illegal appointments the re-
port says: Discussion of the 'Tulloch
charges has revealed the existence of
deplorable and gravely discreditable
abuses during the years 1898, 1899 and
1900 in the Washington postofice and
the office Of the First Assistant Postmas-
ter General.
These abuses involved conduct on the
part Of various public officials which was
certainly often illegal and many have
been sometimes criminal, but such Of
fenses, If committed, were in all cases
committed more than three years before
we were. ordered to investigate the
charges and, SO far as we are clearly
informed, more than three years before
Mr.. Tulloch's interview of May l last.
"The persons primarily responsible for
the above mentioned abuses and the re-
sulting scandals appear to have been
Perry s. Heath, then First Assistant
Postmaster General, and George w.
Beavers, then chief of the salaries and
allowance division, neither of whom is
now in the service of the United States
Charles Emory Smith, late Postmas.
ter General; James P. Willett, late post,
master of Washington, now deceased
John A. Merritt, his successor in the said
office and its present incumbent; Robert
]. Tracewell, comptroller, and Henry A
Castle, auditor for the Postofice Depart
ment, all appear to have shared, in some
measure, their responsibilities; the late
Postmaster General for his seeming fail
ure, notwithstanding repeated warnings
to appreciate the gravity of their mis-
conduct and the consequent necessity fol
its prompt and adequate punishment; the
two postmasters for liberation of these
abuses and obedience to plainly improper
orders without exposure, or. apparently
protest; and the auditor and comptroller
for acting upon lax and arbitrary prin-
ciples in the administration of their re
spective offices whereby the payment OF
Illegal and seemingly fraudulent claims
by the treasury was rendered possible"
Recommendations are made for a thor
ough investigation of the Washington
postofiice.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-24
T&z EAgaE&ERS
~ aIg|IzY 90.
@Bs -&GGe

ChicageCattle, common to prime,
$500 to $500; hogs, shipping grades,
S4OO to $4.6O; sheep, fair to choice, $2.25
to S4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, SEC to Sic;
corn, No. 2, 41c to 42c; oats, standard,
83c to 35c; rye, No. 2, Sic to SIC; hay,
timothy, $3.50 to $3.50; prairie, $500 to
S11.OO; butter, choice creamery, DC to
25c; eggs, fresh, 25c to 29c; potatoes,
Gle to G4c.
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping. $500 to
1925; hogs, choice light. S4.OO to $4.6O;
sheep, common to prime $3.50 to 1895:
wheat, No. 2, S5c to SEC; corn, No. 2
white, 39c to 4Oc; oats, No. 2 white,
Bic to 3Sc.
St. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $40: hogs,
k4.OO to $4.6O; sheep, $500 to S3.75;
wheat, No. 2, 9Oc to Ole; corn, No. 2,
41c to 42c; oats, No. 2, 35c to 36c; rye,
No. 2, 47c to 4Sc.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $4OO to $3.50:
hogs. S4.OO to S4.75; sheep, $500 to
S3.35; wheat, No. 2, SOC to 9Oc; corn,
No. mixed, 45c to 46c; oats, No. 2
mixed, 3Sc to SOC; rye, No. 2, 5Sc to 6Oc.
Detroit-Cattle. $3.50 to $3.50; hogs,
s4.OO to $435; sheep, $3.50 to $3.25;
wheat, No. 2, SSc to SOC: corn, No. 8
yellow, new, 43c to 44c; oats. No. 2
white, SIC to 3Sc; rye, No. 2, SOC to 6Oc.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. northern,
Soc to SIC: corn, No. 3, 46c to 47c; oats,
No. 2 white, 36c to SIC: rye. No. 1, soc
to SIC: barley, No. 2, &c to 64c; pork,
mess, SLIPS.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, SIC to
SSc; corn, No. 2 mixed, 42c to 43c; oats,
No. 2 mixed, 35c to Sec; rye, No. 2, 54c
to SEC; clover seed, prime, S6.77.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$3.50 to $500; hogs, fair to prime, $4.0O
to $4.45; sheep, fair to choice, $3.25 to
S4OO; lambs, common to choice, $500 to
$3.50.
New York-Catle, $3.50 to $40;
hogs, S4OO to $500; sheep, $500 to
S3. 80; wheat, No. 2 red, soc to Ole; corn,
No. 9, sic to 52c; oats, No. white.
4Oc to 42c; butter, creamery, Zoe to 25c;
eggs, western, CSC to 33c.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-24
cREMATED IN A TRAIN WRECK.
Burlington Passenger Coaches Burn @
Bride ge and Occu Dauta Suffer

Burlington Passenger Coaches Burn on
Bridge and Occupants Suffer.
Five passengers were cremated aud
Ten were injured in a wreck on the Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad,
three miles west Of Abba, Iowa. The
west-bOund passenger train was derailed
while running upon the Cedar creek
bridge and FIVE cars were wrecked by
collision with the steel girders of the
bridge. The wreckage Immediately took
fire. The dead are: Thomas Beatty, Mrs
w. e. Mitchen, Mildred Mitchen, a man
named Franklin and an unidentified man
7 Mildred Mitchen, the 3-year-old child
Of Mrs. w. E. Mitchen, was hung to
one Of the bridge girders- and burned to
death before the eyes of the uninjured
passengers and trainmen. When the
sides of the cars struck the bridge they
were torn out and live Goals from the
stoves were scattered throughout the
cars. The Mitchen child fell through the
bottom Of one car, its clothes catchinS
to the girder, where it cried loudly fol
its mother, who had been instantly kill
ed. The cars and the bridge in a few
seconds were mass Of flames and the
child could not be rescued. Five car;
were burned and the remaining coache,
badly damaged.
Five men were killed and several Sc
verely injured by the overturning of two
engines attached to heavy Baltimor.
and Ohio freight train on the seventeen
mile grade near Piedmont, W. Va.
While descending the seventeen-mile
grade the train left the track The en-
gines and nearly all of the twenty-foui
loaded cars tumbled into deep ravine
carrying the trainmen with them. The
tracks were torn up for nearly 1OG
yar1S
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-24
This and That.

Relatives are contesting the will Of
Francis A. Palmer of New York, who
left an estate of 100000 to endow a col
iege.
The marriage of ex-CongressIaan L.
W. Emerson to Mrs. Ella Thomas, both
of Warrensburg. N. u, has just come
to light. 1t is said to have taken place
last March.
1t is stated that gold in more than suf-
ficient quantities to pay for dredging out
the channel across the Columbia river
bar may be extracted from the sands
which the government dredge Chinook
is removing there.
Under the will Of William Wyman,
the philanthropist. just probated in Bal
timore. Johns Hopkins University will
receive his estate, valued ut over $780,
700 upon the death of his daughter,
Mrs. Helen Wyman Rollins.
Jessie Macpherson of Chicago, aged
10 years. is the only foreigner admitted
to the piano class of the famous con-
servatory of music at Paris. In the COM
petition for admittance she stood high
among the twenty candidates admitted
out CT 400 applicants.
j G. Butler. Jr., chairman of the Bes-.
,emer Pig Iron Association, said regard
ing the output of pig iron that the blast
furnaces tributary to the Lake Superior
ore region. with a total daily capacity Of
81. 600 tons. or yearly capacity Of A.
600. 900 tons. show up to Dec. l sixty
Eve furnaces in blast and 81 furnaces
out Of blast, or an idle capacity Of 81
per cent Of the whole region.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-24
THE PASSING YEAR.

Across the shadows Of the night
There come to my expectant ear
The twelve deep notes that tell the flight
OF yet another passing year.
Its limits reached, Its work Is done,
Its record scaled and sent on high,
Unknown to all and seen by none
Except Gods own all-seeing eye.
All. me! those years. those vanished years.
In memory, but beyond recall,
How filled with foolish doubts and fears,
How stained with sin ard blotted all!
What can we ask of thee but grace
To make these failures Of the past
The beacon lights by which to trace
Our way to thee, Christ, at last!
Farewell, Old Year, There have been DAYS
or grief and ill-so, too, Of good;
And for them both we give God praise,
Though at the time misunderstood.
His wisdom measures all our needs;
He knows the weakness of our frame:
His love our highest thought exceeds;
He calls US by his own dear name
So pass the years In solemn state
Beyond our ken; we count the sun;
They come and go, We watch and wait
Until our own set time shall come.
God Of the years. from out whose hand,
With all our precious gifts. they come,
Give us the grace to understand,
And make them helps to lead US home!
Christian Work.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-24
THE MAN EATING CLAM
The Thrilling Tale Of q Returne
Pacific Yov.~ep

The Thrilling Tale Of q Returned
Pacific VoyaEer.
Sailors are proverbially fine roman
GERS. One who returned recently from
voyage in the South Pacific tells
this story Of narrow escape from
death when caught in a living trap on
one Of the little islands there.
"The Ship. he said, had stopped
at the island for water and l was
walking along the beach at low tide,
looking for shells and other sea Curl
,sities. reached a rock which at high
tide was under water and started to
climb around 1t, without thought of
danger and without paying much at
tention to the surroundings. As 1
turned the corner of the rock l felt
my foot slip on something soft; there
was snap and the next instant 1 dis
covered that 1 had carelessly walked
into one Of the great mollusks, or sea
CLAIMS, which are to be found at low
tide along the coasts Of those islands.
These CLAIMS are over three feet in
diameter ard the muscles which hold
their great shells together ere like.
steel springs. When stepped into
the open clam the two shells shut up
with snap, imprisoning me as in
wise. cr-s
'The edges Of the shell caught me
above the knees, and at first I thought
would faint from the pain. Then
tried to push the shells open. l might
as well have tried to pry open the
doors of a locked iron safe with my
bare hands.
Il had clasp knife, and drawing
this out attempted to cut the muscle
which held the shells together. But
couldn't quite reach it, and every time
/ made q stab the shells would close
tighter than ever.
I'D sailed the seas good many
years and been in bad places before,
but never one where things looked so
hopeless as they did then. There was
no use In calling for help, although,
of course. 1 did, for I had wandered
up the beach nearly a mile from where
the rest were.
But what at first looked like my
greatest peril proved my salvation in
the end. The tide was coming in, and
unless could escape from this living
trap would be drowned. I thought
So l redOubled my efforts with the
knife. They were useless. The tide
kept creeping up. Then 1t finally
reached the part of the giant clam
where was the muscle which contracts
and expands the two shells. To my
surprise and joy. when the water
reached this muscle it relaxed, only a
little to be sure, but enough so that /
could manage to pull out my leg. Ii
was the tightest squeeze 1 was ever
in, you may believe"
We all know the clam-eating man,
but this is the first heard of a man
eating clam.-New York Press.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-24
WAR WITH FRANCE AyERTeD.
Mr. Loomis Says Panama Recogni,
tion Prevented Clash.

Mr. Loomis Says Panama Recognt'
tion Prevented Clash.
War between France and Colombo
was averted by the action of the United
States in recognizing the Panama re
public, according to Frank B. Loomis
Assistant Secretary of State, who ad
dressed the Quill Club banquet in New
York the other night.
Mr.. Loomis said: 1.-The rejection of the
treaty at BOgota was an unfriendly ACT
from the viewpoint of international law.
The belief seems to have been widely
current in Bogota that the United States
could not or would not build canal by
any other than the Panama route. II
occurred to certain men in Bogota that
the United States could be made to pay
$20,000,000 or S25,0OO.OOO instead OF
$10.0OO,O00, or, better still, as has beer
disclosed by recent published official cor
respondence,- if the treaty were rejected
or no action taken upon it and the whole
matter postponed for another year, the
concession Of the present French cana
company having expired by that time, the
renewal of that concession would be de.
clared invalid and all the rights, privi
leges and work of the French canal com
pany be practically confscated and dis
posed of to the United States for $40,
100000, in addition to the $40 900, 900 as
proposed, and the annuity of $3.50, 600
This was radiant and aluring prospect
and the temptation proved too strong
''The moment that the cables flashed
from Bogota to Paris the astounding
news there would in all probability have
been an armed conflict between France
and Colombia. The French warships
might easily have been followed by those
of England and Holland; and Panama,
like the Balkan States, might well have
been expected to furnish the spark to set
half the world in fiames"