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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-02-19
Christian Church Boil caII.

The Twelfth Annual Roll Call of the
Christian church was held i'm the church
vestry ON Monday evening. Tasty little
programs had been sent out TO the MEM
bers and friends, and company of 125
made the meeting thoroughly a home
gathering.
Over so responses came from members
who have their homes in all parts of the
country, some from as far west as Cali
fornia. The thank offering amounted to
s67.
The pastor presided at the meeting, an6
with him sat Deacon Lewis Fish, who
during brief talk said that he had beer
member OF the church for IS years
Miss Gail Lamson sang a solo in the tune
OF NV hen the roll is called up yonder
The song was written especially for tbs
occasion by Mrs. l.. j. Sargent.
After the program and reports refresh
ments were served and the member,
passed very pleasant social hour. II
was a meeting fun OF encouragement.
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Dedication Exercises.

The Kimball Public library building, the
gift Of Col. r. J. Kimball to his native
town of Randolph, will be dedicated Tues
day, the oath inst, and the exercises will
be held in the Cong'l church at O'Clock
in the afternoon. II is hoped that large
delegations from all parts of the town will
be present at these exercises and Join in
the informal reception to be held immedi-
ately after at the library building.
This reception will give the people an
opportunity to 60 over the building, which
is exquisitely finished and a thing OF
beauty, that viii be JOY and an object OF
pride to the whole township.
Montague Place is to be opened and Col
and Mrs. kimball and their daughters
Misses Clara and Annie, will be here from
New York, and it is expected also that
Mrs. Hiram kimball and a daughter will
come from Cleveland, Ohio, and Mr.. and
Mrs. +. b. Kimball from Burlington.
The following program has been ar
ranged for the exercises At the church =
organ Voluntary. selected, Miss Ahbie ClarR
Greeting by presiding officer, Rev. George r. Iadf
Prayer, Rev. G. W. Patterson, Randolph Center
Music, ITO Thee. Country by quartette Mis-.
Sparhavk, Mrs Segar. DR. keitv, Mr. Beedle
Report on the new building, Hon. VIM. n. Dubois
Presentation, Cot Robert J. Kimbal
chairman Board Of Trustees.
Music. america" Ouarteffe
Poem Books Rev Homer Wfifs
Music, Forget Ne Not" ouartette
Address, Pres NJ III Buckham
Of the University OF Vermont Ruriingfoa
Music, "0ld Hundred" verses, Quartette and
Beuedicti0n. Rev + q Rainev
organ Pustlude, Mis- Clari
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WANTED FOR SALE, ETC.
H. A. LEONARD.


Stable to let. II. A. LEONARD
sibley's Poultry Food at Jerd's market
wANrED:-Farm to rent.
E.F. LADEAU, Randolph, Vt.
Dry round wood for sale at g per cord
Horse about 10 years old for sale cheap
+. l.. Bass.
For sALE:-Eight or ten cows about tC
come in. b. r. KICKER
VIII pay highest market prices for hides
skins and pelts. II +. N. JERD.
! b. a NJ. and c. V. mileages TO rent at j
c. Hulbert's barber shop, Edison block.
Highest cash price paid for hides and
/ calfskins, also buy calves. 5w
p. r. CLARK, Randolph Center.
To RENT:-Tenement on Weston street
4 Inquire Of Arson Burroughs or ). "
Gabrielle.
Can furnish you beef by the quarter
also hogs, whole or in halves, at the lowest
cash price. r. ~ JEkD'
Go to c. W. Proper, Dudley St, for car
rage and sleigh repairing, saw ming, etc
All work guaranteed. u
For SALE CHEAP:A choice registered
Berkshire service boar. II. CLIFFORD, East
Bethel, VT, or LYMAN ID. RIXi Randolph
Weare prepared 70 do your butcherlng,
pickle and smoke hams, also try out lard
and make sausage. Leave orders at r. n
Jerd's market.
Why not patronize your home laundry
when you can get superior work done al
reasonable prices. Goods may be lett al
Hayward's barber shop.
WANTED Men and women every
where TO sell what 80 out OF 100 must
have. Valuable samples and out1t free.
Big profit. NATIONAL DIsPENsARY Co, ID,
Rutland, Vt.
WANTED ~ Man and his wife want
situation on farm for year. Good work
ers, steady and temperate A ! reieren-
i. 4. BROOKS, Box z, Granville, VI.
Do YOU want to invest a little money and
be absolutely sure that you can't lose, and
at the same time make large profit
Just write us, that's all.
WELrNEB q DUNN, 60 Broadway, New
York.
WANTED IA competent and reliable
man. either single or With family, 70 work
on and take charge Of large farm. Ad-
dress Box lf6, Gaysville, VI, giving relia-
BILE references. No one without them need
apply
WANTED The trade TO know that the
square locked cornered and bent cornered
j-lb. butter boxes are manufactured NJ i.
C. Bachelors mills, Braintree, VI Or
ders filled same day received. For any IN
formation address above. 3W
FOR SALE:-The well known Martin
farm, one mile south Of Randolph village,
with or without stock, crops and tools.
For furthur particulars inquire OF A. Is.
eastman. Real Estate agent, or VI. r..
Hubbard, prop, Randolph, Vt.
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Ihat sneeIaI Ad. Column.

On page viii be found a special column
devoted to small ads. Of one inch or more
in size. This column runs alike in all our
papers, giving it over 400 paid in advance
circulation each week. The price per
inch for four weeks Is a round dollar IL
Is cheap advertising and many have taken
advantage Of g.. Farm and other notices
find an appropriate place there, Give i a
try. Cash with order.
l. b. JOHNSON. Pub.
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Eire SAC.

The Strong Hardware Co., Burlington,
whose Main street storehouse and contents
were destroyed by fire Jan. 25th, are offer
ing big bargains in Field Fencing, Wheels,
Axles, Gears, Sleds, Shafts, Sheathing Pa
per, Corner Managers, Hay Racks, etc.
Many Of the above are injured by smoke
only. II interested, better investigate at
once
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for Sale.

Property Of estate Of the late S. v. Hol-
man. A whole set Of brass band instru-
ments from + fiat lcornets TO double 3
bass, including cymbals and triangle and
or extra comets, some very nice ones.
These goods must be sold They are to be
seen at No I. Merchants Row, Randolph.
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The farm known as the Josiah Tilson
farm situated three miles from Randolph
village. Farm contains 40 acres suitably
divided into tillage, pasturage and wood
land Running water at house and barn.
Good sugar place. Rural mail service.
For particulars inquire Of r. f. Tilson or
J. ~ Iamson
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For Sale.

My -four and grist mill in South STRAIT
ford village. Terms easy. Would exchange
for other property. For particulars cal
on or address
j. l.. BARRETT. South STAFFORD, Vt.
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A Card.

We wish to express our thanks to our
friends and neighbors for the kindness
and sympathy shown us through our sad
bereavement in the death OF our baby.
Mr. AND MRS. HENRY l.. MANNING,
Granville. Vt.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08

Beyond the fact that the Achinese are
exceedingly Industrious in their national
profession of killing persons who invade
them, little is known about them. They
do not encourage visits, and Achin is pre-
eminently a bourne from which no traveller
returns.
Consequently the most accurate and re
liable statistics that even the statistic
mad Dutchman can produce about this
brother of our own Tagalogs is that more
than 10000 stout Dutch soldiers have de
parted this life and about one hundred
million stout Dutch dollars have done the
same, in efforts to make the Achinese a
good Dutchman. And the net result is that
the Achinese is identically as free, muir
dcrous and native as he was before the
first Dutchman landed on Sumatra.
South of Achin are several millions of
kindly savages who are the result of an
ingenious mixture of the blood of Malays
from the Malay peninsula, head hunting
Dyaks of Borneo and gentle Hindoos. This
mixture, which is known as Battak, is
highly successful in its own way. Some of
the tribes have the fad of cannibalism;
others have chosen the D~utchman's square
face" and under the soothing influences
of his gin and his money they labor in the
pepper and tobacco plantations and are
model citizens according to their dim
lights.
AS in the Philippines, the dattos, or
native chiefs, have been, and are, the nest
serious Of the many factors in the tangled
problem of colonial empire.
The Dutchman has treated the datto with
placid and truly Dutch ponderosity, sitting
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08

upon him in state. with constant assur-
anCes that he is sitting somewhere else
entirely.
SO it is that the Javauese is happy in the
conviction that his holy dattos or kings
still rule him. The emperor Of Sura-
karta still holds his gorgeous imperial
court in beautiful Surakarta. whose land
scape looks as IL it were chiseled out Of
lapis lazuli and emerald. The twenty-one
other kings and princes and dattos have
their grand palaces and their dancers and
their ministers. Their people and their
officials still crawl toward them on hands
and knees.
SO careful is the placid Dutchman not 10
hurt the feelings of his burden that the
Dutch resident who is stationed i'm each Of
these twenty-five provinces of Java is not
even known as governor, although he is
the great boss, with almost all powers of
a king. Instead, his title is that of elder
brother to the king or datto.
The Javanese prince is a holy person.
indeed, to his subjects. They approach him
only with awcd vCncration. and his wish
is sacred.
Almost all of the twenty-five native rul-
Crs are immensely rich. Indeed, If il can
be said that any human being can have
without stint whatever he desires. be it
what it may, it may be said Of these Jaw
anesC grCatnesses, whose divine authority
is recognized by the majority Of the SO. 600, -
600 people who dwell in the Dutch East
Indies.
There is only one exception to the list cf
what they may have. That one exception
is freedom. TIL JavanCse ruler is a pre-
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cious bird in a golden cage. To do him
honor, a squadron Of squares hnuldered
Dutch cavalry never fails to escort him
when he goes out.
To make sure that he shall not incur
illness or fatigue by going out too often,
the elder brother has so arranged II in
each residency that his royal highucss
shall never venture from his golden palace
until that good elder brother shall have
considered the wisdom Of 1t. Neither may
his royal lighness be annoyed by improper
persons. The elder brother takes care of
that, too, by scanning the names Of intend
ing visitors before permitting them to call
To do still further honor to the Javancsc
princes, the afrectiouato Dutchmau has
built very pretty forts. so situated that
every Javanese palace is commanded neatly
and completely.
once the Javanese princes started to
move their palaces. or kratons, which Is
the native name Of the big groups of build
ings that are necessary to the majesty OF
the brilliant life. The princes declared
that it was a religious law that the kratons
must not remain on the same site for moro
than a century, and ;ho century was about
up.
Whatever the Dutchman may have
thought about the religious part OF the CN-
PLANTATION, he did not wink an eyelid, but
agreed cheerfully. Only. he remarked, of
course he would feel 1t incumbent on him
to honor the princes by moving the Dutch
forts also, so that they should still protect
the kratons in their new site. And, of
course, said the Dutchman. the expense
would, no doubt, be borne by the princes.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08

The princes have not changed the loca-
tion OF their kratons.
The DutChman is not always in absolute
control Of the situation, however. There
is a Javaucsc bismarck. He is so clever
that the Dutch have given him the name.
HE right name Is more difficult to re-
member. 1t is Radcn Adipati Sosrodinin-
graf. He is the husband Of the sister OF
the socsochocnau. the emperor" of Sura-
karta. and occupies a position in that
grand court that is similar to the post Of
premier or imperial chancellor in European
courts.
The Importance OF his office can be re
allied more clearly when IL is understood
that the rule Of the native chiefs is direct
They govern the people under native laws
and the Dutch hide behind them, SO that,
although they pull the strings Of govern
mcnt. the Europeans, as well as the ma
tivcs, are judged and ruled by the princes.
As 1T is the policy Of the Dutch, in add.
ton to this, to conCiliate the native popu-
lation by making 1t feel that its interests
are protected particularly, the tendency Ia
always to give the native the best Of II I'm
disputes between natives and white men.
Consequently. the character of the impc-
rial chancellor at Surakarta Is of vast i'm
portancc. All leases, contracts and other
transactions connected with plantations
come before him. He must stand between
the princes and the Dutch government, and
that is no sinecure, for the Javancse prince
is an autocratic and naughty person, who
is spelling for u scrap with his elder
brother, and also the great father at
Batavia.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08
Hollands Method of Governing in the Orient

M0T is odd that no senate or con-
IgI gress investigation committee
S@ has perceived the necessity of
I2s1SQI taking a trip through Java, the
- Pearl of the Orient, and its sister
island, Sumatra, or at least through such
parts OF the latter island as are in condi-
tion to be visited without fatal conse-
quences.
ii these possessions of Holland many OF
the problems that face the United States i'm
The Philippines have been under process Of
methodical and cosy, if not brilliant, solu-
lion for almost a century.
For a century the Dutchman's burden in
Achin has amused itself by %louting his au-
thority AID also cutting his head off, when
ever possible, and smoking it to be pre-
served. Every few months the patient op-
timistic Hollander announces to an indif-
ferent world that the last fight has been
fought, and that within a day or two there
after the Dutch troops will enter victori-
ously into the capital Of the Achincso. But
somehow one never hears of that final vic
torious arrival, and the suspicion is al
ways in the air that what percentage of the
Dutch troops does at last enter the Achin-
csc capital does so in the form of sou
venirs of the occasion.
The Achinese sits in simple ease and
with cheerful readiness to do murder in
his country of Achin, which lies in the
northern end of Sumatra. When the Dutch
send troops out from Batavia they face
about the same proposition as if they had
to send troops through wild and noun
famous country from New York to Chicago,
for that is about the length of Sumatra.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08

practically his entire argument to this point.
He said. says the Macon Republican,
'if a young fellow was sitting on a sofa,
playing hands with his girl, time tray
eled like an express train, but If you
Jumped n lot of engine sparks on the pine
roof of a dry building in summer time
four minutes were ample to settle the fate
of the structure in spite of all efforts to
save It. There were some incredulous
smiles at this. The attorney took out his
watch and handed 1t to Juryman l.. s. Har-
Ian, a banker of clifton Hill, Randolph
county, and requested him to signal when
four minutes had passed. The jurymen
leaned over and looked down at the watch.
Then they got tired and settled back In
their seats. Mr.. Harlan lowered his hand
and rested it on his knees. The attorney
shifted his feet a few INES, and sat down
in a chair. Judge Adams looked at the
clock and then out Of the window.
"a deputy marshal put his head in at
the door to see what was the matter and
waited the result of the curious scene.
Nearly every man in the room that had a
watch was studying it's face. The speaker
was sacrificing four minutes of his allot-
ted time, but he felt that it was well in
vested. At last Juror Harlan announced the
four minutes had expired and handed the
watch back to Mr.. Nortoni. Only four
minutes, and yet to every man in the room
it had seemed, under the suppressed ten
sion, to have been twice as long. The
court remarked after the case had been de-
cided that it appeared fully fifteen min
utes. The wearisome suspense was an eff
fective object lesson to the jury and was
a startling exposition of what might trans.
pire la that time. The jury found that
the defendants engine had ample time in
Jour minutes to fire the restaurant build
ing, and they brought In a verdict for the
plaintiff for $14, 1873. 2S-the exact sum her
proof Shove her loss to be-"
The case had been pending in the courts
ten years.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08

gincs caused the burning of her deceased
husbands business property at Ethel. The
testimony shove that the Santa Fe train
stopped at Ethel four minutes the night
Of the fire, hut also that the fire vas we'll
under way before the train pulled out,
and the roads attorneys argued that 1t was
ridiculous to maintain that a fire could be
started by a spark and get well under way
in such a short time. Mr.. Nortoni devoted
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08

1lT FORT SCOTT. Kan, the other
"a day a jury in the district court
- returned a verdict finding a GER
S tain accused person guilty of lar
- ceny. The verdict had not been
prepared in the technical form desired and
the judge sent the jury back to make the
necessary corrections. The jury was gone
for half an hour, and when it returned it
brought in a verdict acquitting the prisoner.
But a verdict even more amusing was per-
petrated by a jury at Pittsburg last Mon
day. The case was a criminal one, and
after a few minutes consultation the jury
filed into the box from it's room. Have
you agreed upon a verdict?" asked the
judge. I'VE have" responded the foreman,
passing it over. The clerk will read"
said the judge. And the clerk read, I'VE,
your jury, agree to disagree"
%
1.-THE funniest experience that I have ever
had in all my years of practice at the bar
occurred during a murder trial" said a
lawyer quoted by the Philadelphia Ledger.
IAN Irishman was to be tried for murder,
and from what had learned about the
case l felt that my client would be con
victed, if not for first degree murder, then
surely for second degree murder. l was
so uneasy about the matter that l went
to an Irish friend of mine and deliberately
planned to prevent conviction in either de-
gree. This friend of mine was a juryman
and his chances of getting on the jury in
the murder case were very good, so 1 urged
him to stick until the last for a verdict of
manslaughter. He said he would, and l
knew that he would keep his promise.
"The panel was exhausted, and my friend
Pat was one of the twelve men in whose
hands rested the fate of my client. l was
positive that he would not hang. The trial
was an interesting one, and the jury re-
tired after listening to the judges charge.
Seven hours passed before they returned.
1.-THE poll of the jury showed that the
prisoner was guilty Of manslaughter, and
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08

after the jurymen were discharged I walked
up to Pat and said:
Pat, you saved the day. 1t was a
great piece of work for you. How did you
manage to bring the other eleven to your
way of thinkipg?'
"'Oh, l had the divils own time of doin'
it. This is on the quiet. When we first
began to ballot, eleven of thin fellows
was for acquittal, but l stuck to my job
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08

until l brought them around to manslaugh-
ter"
Bert Nortoni of Macon, Mo-, won Il law
suit in the federal court at Hannibal a
few days ago in a way unusual among law
yers-by silence. Mrs. Martha b. Phipps
of Macon sued the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe Railway company for SO ,OOO. She
claimed that "a spark from one of its en-
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08

FORT SCOTT. Kan, the other
day a jury in the district court
returned a verdict finding a Ger
tain accused person guilty of lar
rnnv Thn Nnrlili hnh not hnnn
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Personal Notes.

Professor George A. Hubbell, Of
| Brooklyn, has been elected to the vice.
presidency of Berea College at Berea,
Ky.
Hon. John Fowler, the American
consul at Chefoo. is visiting his par
ents in Boston. He is in this country
on two months leave of absence.
Rev. Richard L. Burtsell, rector Of
st. Mary's Church, Rondout, n. Y, is
spoken of as likely to be one of the
new American bishops in the Philip
pines.
DR.. Joseph Krauskopf, of this city,
has been touring the South in the in
terest of the Hebrew Union College.
He was given a most cordial reception,
particularly in New Orleans.
A strange coincidence is the APP
pointment by Postmas General
Payne of namesake, Henry c. Payne,
to position in the Zion City, ILL.,, Post
office. The latter is not a relative of
the Postmaster General and is Dow
ieite.
Edwin F. Jones, former Lieutenant
Governor of New York State, but best
known to fame as Zones, He Pays
the Freight" has become a novelist.
His novel, Richard Baxter" compare 5
favorably with many of the novels of
rural American life.
WI Ting Fang, formerly Chinese
Minister to this country, has been APP
pointed ce-president Of the newly
created Department of Commerce in
his home Government. 1t will be his
province specially to look after the for
eign commerce of China.
Frank G. Wren has been elected
Walker professor of mathematics in
Tufts College. He is the youngest
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member of the faculty at the college,
although he has been an instructor
there for the past ten years, having re-
ceived his first appointment at the age
Of 20.
Alfred Tennyson Dickens, the oldest
surviving son of Charles Dickens, the
novelist, has strongly protested against
published reports of his fathers i'll
feeling towards Thackeray and says
that many time he has heard him
speak in the most glowing terms of
Thackeray's wonderful versatility.
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A correspondent in Rome writes that
finds the papacy a crown of thorns.
There are said to be many prelates dis
appointed, who sulk in their homes
The Pope resents the hostility of the
Italian press, and he has troubles
abroad, and instead of the reported
full treasury, a short supply of cash
for the million and a half annual ex-
penditures Of the Vatican. The COM
Portable time in this world is not
reserved to those who sit in places of
responsibility.
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Santa Claus.

Santa Claus is getting busy.
For the time is drawing nigh
When he'll play his antics dizzy
With his reindeer in the sky;
And Wen hear his tuneful ciatter
AS he rattleS to the roof
Sleighbells jingling and the patter
OF each little reindeer hoof
But at present he is making
Various kinds of pretty TOYS
He intends to soon be taking
TO the little girls and boys
Who've been good-as good as can be,
For old Santa Claus they court
What villain would the man be
If he wouldn't join their sport.
In the North, where storms are brewing
In old Santas factory
There's a tub of glue a-steWing
Near each jolly Christmas tree;
And old Santa CLUES together
Tails to horses, Warlike, bold,
And he doesn't note the weather,
Which is really very cold.
Round about his workshop pretty
There are beasts for Noah's ark.
There are jackdaWs, gay and witty,
And some little dogs that bark.
There are dolls for little lasses;
Sleds and skates for little boys;
Silvery bells and tinkling glasses;
Heaps and heaps of scrumptious toys!
Gimini! I've got to own up
Such thing | never did
That I'm tired of being grown up
And l wish l were a kid!
But the years that fly are hooking
My attempt to waive their laws
And ] haven't any stocking
TO hang up for Santa Claus.
-Pittsburg Dispatch