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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
GRIP THAT FAILED.
NARROW ESCAPE OF A WELL KNOWN
FARMER AND HORSEMAN.
One of the Worst Assaults Known
John II. Robinson Attacked
Three Times and Given
Up for Dead.

An encounter with highwaymen on
a lonely road in Duchess Co, N. Y,
would have been preferable to the ex-
perieroe through which Mr.. John HI.
Robinson, of Manchester Bridge, N.
Y, actually passed. In the former
case he would doubtless have been
quickly relieved of his watch and
money, and would have been left in
more or less bruised and dazed state
by the roadside. But the loss of valu-
ables would have been relatively small,
and within few days he would have
recovered from the injuries and shock.
Besides such an attack would not be
soon, if ever, repeated.
AS it was, however, the assaults
from which he suffered occurred three
times, cost him great loss of time and
money and brought him to the very
verge Of death. Told by himself, his
story is as follows:
II was attacked three times during
three years by grip, complicated with
pneumonia, and my sufferings were
terrible. had some of the best ply
sioians in the county but none of them
could give me any relief from the fear
full pains in the back of my head, just
at the base of the skull For two
weeks [ was so low that no one, ex-
cept the doctor and my wife, was per-
mitted to come into my room, and
once / was given up for dead
:" How did you finally get on your
feet?" asked the reporter.
Why, l happened to read Of two
cases of grip that had been cured by
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale PEG.
pie, so got bux. After l had taken
one box l felt much better, and three
boxes cured me completely. -
Have you had the grip since?"
Yes. just once, few years later,
but few doses of the same pills cured
me again.
"Do you recommend this remedy to
! others?''
II do, indeed | know the medi
cine is a grand good thing. No one
ever had the grip worse than did
unless he died. 1t was the only thing
that saved my life. -
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are such an
, excellent remedy for the grip and its
after effects, because they expel poi.
son from the blood and supply tonic
and nutritive elements to every organ
and tissue. They quicken the appetite,
improve the digestion, give strength
to weak nerves. and, in short, for
ward all the processes that tend to
rapid and complete recovery. Hence
rheumatism, an9mia, headaches, dir.
illness, nervous irritability and pros.
tration rapidly disappear and the sys-
tenn is fortified against recurrence
of the original trouble. One of the
most striking results of the use of DR..
Williams Pink Pills in cases of infiu.
enza is that the depression, which is
such trying characteristic of the dis.
ease, and which often takes a suicidal
phase, is succeeded by elasticity Of
spirits. This great remedy is sold by
all druggists throughout the world.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24

THE LADIES favor painting their
churches, and therefore we urge every
Minister to remember we give lib
eral quantity of the Longman & Mar
tinez Paint toward the painting.
Wears and covers like gold.
Don't pay 81. 80 gallon for Linseed
Oil worth go cents) which You do
when You buy other paints in can
with paint label on it.
8 & make IA. therefore when you
want fourteen gallons of paint, buy
only eight of L. & M, and mix six
gallons pure Linseed Oil with it, and
thus get paint at less than 81. 90 per
gallon.
Many houses are we'll painted with
four gallons Of l.. g. M, and three
gallons Of Linseed Oil mixed there
with.
These Celebrated Paints are sold by
Barrows q ck-Montpelier
Palmer Pharmacy Waterbury
Fred Ferrin-Plainfeld
Howard & Brown-Ludlow
III. O. Pierce-Barton. 1918
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
iSEEDL EiSS APPLES.

Glenwood Springs, COL, March 49,
After experimenting for seven years
John f, Spencer, an old nurseryman
and fruit grower Of Grand Junction,
has pr )duced seedless apple. The
new fruit very much resembles the
seedless orange in that the meat is
solid aud there is slightly hard sub =
stance in the navel end The trees
have no blossoms. Spencer says he
began experimenting with the apple
shortly after the seedless orange ap-
peared. He reasoned that if it was
possible to destroy termination in the
orange it was possible in the apple.
He originally produced five trees that
would bear seedless apples and then
experimental to see il he could make
the buds reproduce others. In this
he succeeded and secured forty addi-
tionsl trees, From these he has bud
ded two thousand more. He has kept
his experiments to himself for all
these years and he now refuses to di-
vulge his secret. Mr.. Spencer claims
that with the seedless apple many
diseases due to the laying of eggs by
moths in apple blossoms will be
avoided.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
NARkETS.
Current Comment.

Flour. Trade continues quiet, WITH
steady market.
Cornmeal. Firm.
Millfeed. Steady for spot supplies,
with prices at a premium over cost to
ship.
Corn. Offerings small and demand
quiet.
Oats. Market moderately supplied
at nominal prices.
Hay. Liberal arrivals, prices steady
and fair trade.
Pork. Prices steady for most cuts.
Lard-Quiet and steady.
Butter. Market continues quiet,
with prices generally quoted steady.
Stock in cold storage, 81, 3l5 tn BIS
against 60, 470 last year.
Eggs - Prices easier. Stock 60
cases. against 1000 cases year ago.
Potatoes, There is quiet demand,
but prices hold steady.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
"BILLY" CAMP.

Below is a clipping from recent
Chicago paper which relates to son
of the late Isaac Newton camp, whose
late wife was Flora Carpenter, a daugh-
ter of the late Carlos Carpenter of
Barre. l. N. Camp was Vermonter,
a graduate of the University of Yer
mont, and afterwards well known
teacher in the Barre Academy, and
later teacher in the Burlington
schools. About 1867, he went to Chi
cago and engaged in the sale of mu-
steal instruments, the firm name hav-
Ing been Story 81 Camp. A change
in the firm came later, and after that,
with the Estey Company of Brattle-
Doro associated, it became Estey q
Camp. He amsssed fortune in his
business. He and his wife have been
dead not many years. Following is
the clipping:
William Carpenter Camp, BILLY"
Camp, only few years ago million
aire, has at last found happiness.
That was the announcement he made
recently when he arrived in Chicago
as a cigarette salesman for an eastern
tobacco house. 1t cost me 81, 600, 900
to find the pathway to real happi-
ness, he said cheerily, but am
satisfied Camp was at one time
head of the Estey & Camp Piano and
Organ Company. "
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
VAR NEWS.

st. Petersburg, March 18.-The
official decree has been issued sanction
ing the establishment of prize courts
at Sebastapol, Vladivostok and Port
Arthur. Instructions to commanders
state that all food and fodder for the
japanese army is contraband as we'll
as the goods which can be made to
serve as food. 1t is particularly laid
down that all grain, fish, beans, oil
and oil cake are contraband as we'll as
machinery and parts of the construc-
tion of guns, arms and projectiles.
London, March 1S,-A Shanghai
despatch says that 300 Russians en-
countered 200 Japanese near Ping
Yang, and the latter were annihilsted.
London, March 15. The Central
news this afternoon received Port
Arthur despatch stating that from pri
vate information received there from
Shanghai it appears that the japanese
have suffered extensively in the opera
tions about Port Arthur. The battle
ship Mikasa is sal d to have been
struck by ten projeotiles during the
bombardment March 10 and seriously
damaged, All docks in Japan are oo-
cupied by warships repairing dam
ages. Two thousand Japanese wound
ed on land and sea are being treated
at the hospitals.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
MICHAEL PRICE DEAD.

kMichael Price, one Of Middlesex' S
Oldest citizens, died at his home on
Thursday shortly after ~ O'Clock.
He was So years old the day before he
died and had been in excellent health,
for an old man. He was taken i'll
about O'Clock on the morning of his
birthday and grew rapidly worse un.
til his death. He had lived the
greater part of his life in Middlesex,
whittier he moved over fifty years
ago. He is survived by two sons and
three daughters, Thomas e. and Nor
timer X, Mrs. j. II. Turney, Nancy
B. Of Middlesex, and Matte Z. of
Barre. The funeral will be held at
st. Augustine's church on Sunday
afternoon, and burial will be in the
Catholic cemetery in this city.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
GABAREE ASSA ULTED.

Waterbury. March IS. Wednesday
night about seven o'clock Stowe
street was the scene Of considerable
excitement. AS Harry Gabsree was
passing the blacksmith shop of V. L.
Barber two men, Frank Bickford and
Archie Town, came from behind a
wood pile and attacked him. Both
carried a club which they used freely,
but as they were in a terribly intoxi-
Gated condition Mr.. Gabaree was able
to hold his own for some time. How
ever, they succeeded in downing him
and obtaining his coat, money and
other articles, after which they left.
Mr.. Gabaree at once complained to &.
W. Morse, who notified Grand Juror
Moody. Warrants were issued for the
arrest of Bickford and Town, but they
had not been captured Thursday after
noon.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
BASE BALL CUTLOOK.

Rutland, March 10. But little
over half the requisite amount Of
money necessary for the base ball as
ISOLATION of this CITY has been raised,
and unless there is sudden change
in the feeling OF the business men
and cranks" the movement for Or
ganizing base ball team to represent
Rutland in the league with St. Adams,
Burlington, Barre, Montpelier and
Plattsburgh is likely not to prove
success. The principal trouble
seems to be the lack of confidence in
the other cities to keep within the
salary limit for players.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
POST MORTEM ON DEER.

Albany, March 1S.-Prof. Moore of
Cornell University and DR.. Kelly,
veterinarian of the State Department
of Agriculture, will 60 to the Fulton
Chain of Lakes and Old Forge to hold
post-mortem examinations upon the
carcasses of deer found dead in the
woods. Some sixty have been found.
The investigation is made by the State
Department of Agriculture to deter
mine the cause OF death, it having
been suggested that the animals
might have died of disease COM
municsble to domestic animals.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
The Name Witch Hazel.

The name Witch Hazel is n.~oh
abused. K. O. De Witt & Co., Chi
cago. are the inventors of the original
and only genuine Witch Hazel Salve.
A certain cure for Outs, Barns, Bruises,
Eczema. letter, Piles, eto. There are
many counterfeits of this salve, some
of which are dangerous, while they
are all worthless. In buying Witch
Hazel Salve see that the name e. U.
Dewitt & Co, Chicago, is on the box
and q cure is certain. Sold by all
druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
UNG GIRL 1854 TTTTD.

Rutland, March 17.-Search is being
made in New York State for the man
who gave his name as John Deuel. and
stole several horses. A farmer by the
name of Blanchard living near West
Rutland has reported the fact that
Deuel. committed criminal assault up
on his uwelve-y ear-old daughther about
week ago. If he is found, he will be
tried for rape.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
Relief In Six Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder
Disease relieved in six hours by New
Great South American Kidney Cure. :"
1t is great surprise on account of
its exceeding promptness in relieving
pain in bladder, kidneys aud back. in
male or female. Relieves retention of
water almost Immediately 1T you
want quick relief and cure this is the
remedy. Sold by Harry A Slade,
Druggist, Montpelier, w.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
II Saved His Leg.

P. A. Danforth of LAGRANGE, Ga.
suffered for six months with a fright
full running sore on his leg but writes
that Bucklen's Arnica Salve wholly
cured it in five days. For Ulcers,
Wounds, Piles, it's the best salve in
the world. Cure guaranteed Only
% cts. Sold by Q. Blakely, Druggists
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24

The National Railway Clerks AS
ISOLATION and the Order of Railway
Clerks of America, hav ing united as
the National Order OF Railway Clerks
of America, will hold their first con-
vention in st. Louis in June.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
Vermont m arkets.
PRODUCE.

Ten thousand demons gnswing away
at ones vitals couldn't be much worse
than the tortures of itching piles. Yes
there's cure, Doan's Ointment
never fails.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24

800. DIR. Z. Decthon's Anti iu.
retic may be worth to you more than
500 if you have child who soils
bedding from Inoontinence of water
during sleep. Cures old and young
alike. 1t arrests the trouble at once
81. Sold by Harry A, Slade, Druggist,
Montpelier, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24

"New York=FlOrida Special"

A train of special features specially
catering to Florida travel in an es-
pecial manner, electric lighted Oper-
ated via Atlantic Coast Line. j. H.
johnson, N. E. A, 29S Washington
treet, Boston.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24

1t Keeps the Feet Warm and Dry.
Z Ask today for Aliens Foot. Ease, a
powder. 1t cures Chilblains, Swollen,
Sweating, Sore. Aching, Damp teet.
At all druggists and shoe stores. 95c.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
To Cure a Cold in One DaY.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab.
let's. All druggists refund the money
if it fails to cure E. w. Gove's sigma
ture is on each box. 25c.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
DIED FROM INJURIES.

St. Adams, March II. William
Manchester died at the hospital at a
late horr on Wednesday evening He
WAS the brakeman who was injured
in the railroad wreck at the gravel pit
between West Berlin and Mortified a
week ago last Tuesday. He was in
jured internally and it was not ex-
pected chat he could live great
while. The other victim of this
wreck was Garland, whose death came
instantly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
The New York
Tribune Farmer

Will post you every week on all
important agricultural topics of the
day and show you how to make
money from the farm.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-13

Altogether he had n delightful boyhood- sent
TO King Edward WIS School. at Bury Saint Ed
munds he not only formed valuable friendships
there, but was in every way so happy that as
Mr. Wright says he looked back with pleasure
to that period Of his existence, land often re-
visited his old haunts" at Bury Even then he
had his little idiosyucrasies. Some years ear
Iier, when he was living in France with his
parents, n famous murder of the day touched
his lima ginatiOn and when. during his stay at
Bury, the murder of Mr. William Weare by
John Thurteli occurred, he was prodigiOusly
interested in all the news of the affair that was
spread abroad.
Following him from school to the university,
Mr.. Wright paints him as OF the LATEST men
who ever studied at Cambridge. Gradually he
becomes indOlent, and devOtes more attention 70
desultOry reading. music and painting than 20
systematic study. He was not the sort
OF man 10 win hOnOrs at a university. He
studied the classics, not because they were to
advance him, but out Of sheer love for them.
Virgil is to him living man; he gathers real
crocuses with Sophocles at CoIOnUs." He gath
cred crOcuses down to the day OF his death. In
ctdentally, as he strolIed through life. he Wis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-13

work we feel that We have learned to know
Fitz Gerald n little better than before.
MT Wright Is wisely at pains to describe Fitz
Gerald's family. I'VE Fitz Gcralds are all mad"
the famous translator once said. speaking Of
his brother, but John is the maddcst Of the
family for he does not know it." The father
Of the brothers was Il Mr.. John Purcell. who
married his cousin and on the death Of her
father took the Fitz Gerald name and arms. She
was handsome. determined woman and "as
became a daughter of the Fitz GeraIds Of Kill
dare" eccentric. He was merely Mrs Fitz
Cerald's husband" Mr.. Wright speaks Of the
subject OF his volume as having derived his
force Of character not from papa but from
Inamma'T' This is hardly happy. Had Fitz Ger
aid force Of character? We should say that that
was Just what he lacked. We see far less of him
in his stately mother than in the elder
Fitz Gerald. OF whom Mr.. Wright says that
"for doing nothing ne was peculiarly adapted"
Our Fitz Gerald seems to have been destined
to Incidence from his birth. Nevertheless. it is
pleasant to derive from the earlier pages Of
this biography impression OF nature not
quite so closterke as the with which
writer's the subject have generally preferred
to make us acquainted. Edward Fftz Gerald
appears to have had from the start gift for
making friends. and if these were found, when
he was a boy. largely among people older than
himself. he seems to have been not only preco-
Cious, but n very human young creature with
taste for just such companions n lad would
naturally choose. Abiding to his youthful days
on the Suffolk Coast his biographer says. "the
boy loved to mngIe with the sailors and to hear
their creepy tales Of smugglers and valued
caves stocked with tea and tobacco and tubs
Of spirits" His mother often took him to Lon
don and there made him familiar with a chief
source OF her own happiness in life. the theatre
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-13

tied. and talked. and smoked. until he had
pretty Wen persuaded himself that very little
else was worth doing. How Gil he ever manage
10 produce the books that were ultimately put to
his credit to say nothing OF his voIuminous
correspondents? That Fitz Gerald was with
out ambition" says Mr.. Wright. lis. as we shall
show. a myth and very foolish one" This
promise is not fulfilled We must continue 70
marvel at Ftz Gerald's literary activities and to
regard them coming under the head Of
miraculous accidents. The one myth that this
biOEr1phcr does explode is that which assumes
FItz Gerald to have always been solitary man.
on the contrary. he seems 10 have Away SLOWED
company provided IT was the right sort. Here
is Il viguette OF him ut early stage of his
career. making visit To Naseby:
He looks round the old home The woOIleys-:
hobanous with Watchams. John Linnet (whOse
daughter Sarah IS weak in the head and can't
abcdr CrOUvcIl'). the blacksmith. who Is a
great rcpcrtOry OF tradition respecting the
battle and understands il well If he had
trailed a pike there. and the aged and venerable
vicar. the Rev. John Marshall He dimes also
with RiuErosc the clrpenter-Naseby is fCu OF
RinGrOseS. hears Miss RuErOSe play the piano;
visits the battlefield for bones, bullets and fOs-
sils writes To- John Allen. Il am quite the king
here. | promise you; and makes = sensation in
church with q magnificent blue surtout or frOck-
coat che loved splendid CoourSl. which not only
ast0nshcl NIscby, but afterUard proved the
theme of infinite jest among his friends. Most
memorable event OF AN. however, he composeS
that pleasant poem with the EIiZIbethJn favour
entitled The Meadows i'm Spring" The poet be-
gins with references to the amenities of winter
When such time cometh.
l ito retire
Into oil
Reside the bright fire.
lie then goes on to tell us how he reads. smokes
and talks To a friend whilst uOUsht passes be
tween them save brown jug, but when the
clouds part and spring comes
| jump up like mad.
Break the old pipe in twain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-13

Tho late Sir Leslie Stephens range was wide
He dealt to good purpose with philosophy, his
tory biography and general literature, and he
WAS a brilliant magazine editor. Workers IN
every one 81 the fields i'm which he labored VIII
miss him But his loss viii De- felt most deeply,
We believe. 10y those who are interested IN the
ESSAY We have scores Of writers today who
attempt TO use that form, but the really coInpe
tent ,sSayiSt is stin one Of the rarcSt OF lit
,rarv phenomena. Sir Leslie stephen was the
last representative Of a dying tradition MI
Andrew Lang. in his charming way, IL not
unworthy Of the great csSayists ~ tie past
Mr. ! Churton Collins is another BTiton ~
whom rs much might bc said But neither OF
tl... Gentlemen has shown the uniform reI'0se,
finish and authority characteristic Of the author
of Hours in a Library and studies of a
Efo-raphcr" Sir Leslie stephen had the hap
r,fest end for which man Of letters could Wish'
No. died I'm harness His Ford Lectures on hnS-
lfsh literature and society in the eighteenth cen
fury went t. the press while he was IN MS
last illness, aud DC had finished not long before
he died his monograph on Hobbies for the ing
l-n Men Of Letters" series. II is &" be hoped
that mi, literary executors VIII publish nothing
that hc did not himself see fit 10 give To the
world
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-13
SUNDAY. MARCH Is, 1904.

4 report from London describes the spring
Season" in books there as n term without very
much meaning this year" Reprints. cheap ed-
ifcus and novels hold the field, with a scatter
in. of more important books The South Att
can war is still blamed TO some extent for the
fact that the trade is not in flourshinS con
dffion. nut responsibility is also laid upon the
Eastern crisis and the fiscal agitation. The
situation in the English book market always
has a certain effect upon the situation in our
own. for. in spite of the ever increasing actiyi-
flies Of American authors we still import an
immense amount Of literary material every
year. Moreover, 4 Presidential campaign a.
most invariably exercises moderatng inhu-
eurc upon sales. Nevertheless, advance orders
li3vc thus far gone to show that politics Will
not thie year play as heavy part in the book
market rs on some previous occasions, and the
lists of American publishers promise a season
Of abundant interest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-13

The literary executor is not always needed u
disturb a writer's Uosthumous fame. Almost
any bu-ybody can accomplish the intrusion II
l.. takes the trolblc one OF the tribe has
lately been burrowin- i'm the flies Of The Iall
Mall Gazette" ne has found therein dramatic
criticism which Arnold wrote in lSN2. and he
has triumphantIy brought If to light From this
find" il appears that Miss Gcncvicvc Ward
struck Arnold as being "a host in herself" and
that since external advantages go for much"
DC thought il worth while to mention her hay
ing worn three arrangements" lie took pains
10 describe them thus: An arrangement in
black, an arrangement in grey, and an arrange
incnt ia red IF which the arrangement in red
is the most Irresistible, but every one Of them
is charming" This has led divers smart jour
uali~ts 10 talk Of Arnold competing with the
lady reporter Of the fashion paper Mr.. Walk
ley is sarcastic over his having come TO this
pass" and exclaims patronizingly about "Ar-
minus talking like Bottles!" The whole episode
is disgusting. Why cannot a great writer be
left in peace?