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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
BRAINLESS FROG DEAD.

Last week "braiuless' frog that
ha, caused lot of interest in Cornell
University for the past five years died
of ripe old age, after life of usfeul-
ness in instru citing the youths of the
Ithaca institution how an animal can
manage to exist witt the front lobes
or its brain removed. The peculiar
part of the death of the frog seems to
be connected with the fact that it died
more from the gradual decline of nat
uTal forces than from any iuconven-
fence caused by being deprived of part
of the brain On December 4, 1899
while etherized, the skin and skull
were lifted so as to expose the brain,
and with sharp pair of scissors the
brain was cut i'll two just behind the
cerebral hemisphere; these were then
removed.
The SKIN reunited in few days,
and the frog Liz ed until last Friday,
five years aud five days, lacking what
is regarded as the organ of conscious
ness and volition. During this period
the frog displayed no initiative. the
occasional slight movements being at
tributable to muscular ennui.
The Eyes, opt nerves and optic lobes
of the brain were uuinlured, and it
could evidently see. but without I'M
derstaLding. The most attractive food
was absolutely neglected, ana il WAS
fed on every two or thrte days by
opening the mouth and placing. with
pair of forceps, bit of meat or
flesh far enough back in the thr at to
arouse the II flex mechanism of swal-
lowing
1t has served to impress upon sew
eral successive classes in physiology
both the functions of the cere brum,
of which 1t was deprived ana the
functions of the other portions Of the
brain which it has retained 1t WAS
also shown at meeting of the Ameri-
can Physiological Society. in Wash.
inpton, two years ago.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
PRA YERS FOR KIIN.
Unprecedented Drouth in New Eng
land. Springs Failing

Boston Mass, Dec. % Not within
the memory of any but the Oldest men
has New England suffered from drouth
as at present. Ia most parts of Mas
sachusetts there has been little heavy
rain since June. New Han pshire and
Vermont are similarly situated, so
that all water power N ills from Man
chester to Lawrence are either shut
down, working part of the time, or
depending on steam power
Local authorities have issued warn
ing notices to consumers, urging them
to be sparing in the use of water, for
in numerous instances the reservoirs
are almost dry and the springs which
feed them have dwindled to moist
ditches
Prayers for rain have Deen offered
in churches in towns where the bread
and butter of the Inhabitants depend
on the operation OF the mills. The
weather bureau records no such pro-
onged dIouth.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
ABOUT THE STATE.

The annual Christmas entertainment
at the house Of correction, Rutland,
will be held at the chapel of that in.
stitution the evenings of December 81
aud 70. The first evening will be for
the inmates and as many outsiders as
can be seated. The second night will
be for the public. The first part of
the performance will be minstrel
show, in which twenty of the prison
ers will take part. There will be six
end men this year instead of four as
formerly. The second part will con-
sist of specialties, such as buck and
wing dancing, banjo solos. quartets,
and monologues. The performance
will close with the farce entitled
"That Lady Barber"
Two suits, one for $40, 1000 and the
other for $4,000, have been brought
against the Rutland Street Railway
Co.. by Mrs. Catherine Keenan, and
John A. Keenan,, respectively, of
Rutland. In the written declaration
attached to writs of attachments filed
Monday at the city clerk office it Is
claimed that October 20. 1903. Mrs.
Keenan, was seriously injured as re-
suit of the street car, in which she
was riding, becoming derailed at West
Rutland. Mr.. Keenan,, her husband,
brings suit. according to the declara-
paid out in doctors fees, ETC., occa
isoned by his wife's injuries, and
for other causes.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
THE PEN HIS WEAPON.
Another Threat Against Thomas Law
ten Comes to Naught,

New York. Dec. 20, - Another
prospective shooting affair, with
Thomas W. Lawson as target, has come
to naught. From Boston comes the
report thRt Denis Donohue, financial
writer of the New York Commercial,
who on occasions has written un-
pleasant things about Mr.. Lawson and
his mining properties. had wired Mr..
Lawson to the effect that if certain
advertisements of Mr.. Lawson's ap-
peared in the morning papers he
(Donohue) would take the midnight
train for Boston and put n bullet
through the Boston financier Mr..
Donohue aid not 20 TO Boston, al
though the advertisement appeared,
and now Mr.. Donohue says he sent no
such message to Mr.. Lawson and that
he is a man of peace. his weapon
being his pen.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
DEER SLAUGHTERED.

Henry G. Thomas of Stowe, game
commissioner, has compiled list OF
deer killed in Vermont as returned to
him up to December 10. The number
killed by counties is as follows: Ad.
Olson, 80; Bennington, 81; Gale.
donia. 81; Chittenden, II; Essex,
90; Franklin. 80; Lmoiile, "a;
Orange, 30; Orleans, "a; Rutland.
81; Washington, 6l Windham, az
Widsor, 119; grand total, $40.
The list of Windsor. the banner coun-
ty. is as follows; Andover, Baltimore,
l ; Barnard. s; Bethel, 3; Bridgewater,
10; Cavendish, 6; Chester, 2; Hart
ford, 8; Hartland, 1; Ludlow, Z;
Norwich, /; Plymouth, II; Pomfret,
4 Z; Reading, 8; Rochester, 8; Roy
alton, 8; Sharon, 81 Springfield. 10;
StocKbridge, 5; Weathersfeld, A;
Weston. 6; West Windsor, 4 Wood
stock. 66; total. 1l9.
In Washington county the distribu-
tion by towns is as follows: Barre
town. 49, Cabot, 1; Calais. 2; Dux-
bury, 3; East Montpelier,2; Fayston,
.; Marshheld, Il; Middlesex, A.;
Montpelier. 8; Mortified, l. Rox-
bury, 2; Waitsfeld, 8; Warren, A;
Waterbury, B.; Woodbury.. 81 Wor-
cester, 2; total. 81.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
TITAL STATISTICS.
Uity's Health as Shown by Records.

The vital statistios for the city of
Montpelier since January are practi.
oally complete for the first six months
Of the period. For the last six
months they are somewhat incomplete
as the last returns are not made until
into January. Subjoined are the re-
corded statistics up to date:
Births-January, males. fe.
males, IA; February, males, s fe.
males, 10; March, 1 male, 10 female,
IL April, males, 5 females, IL;
May, males, Z females, 10; June,
6 males, female, z; since June 30,
. males, females, recorded, 10. The
total is ~ births, of these births !
Italians are recorded.
Deaths. January, males, fe.
males, 6; February, 3 males, A fe.
males, 8; March, 10 malos, females,
12; April, males, females. s.
May, males, 6 females, Ia; June,
< males, female; July, males.
August, males, 2 females, 10; Sep
TENDER, 2 males. females, 8; Octo-
Der /, male. female, 2; Noveber, {
males. A total of 7S deaths. There
have been 60 marriage licenses issued
during the year.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
NEW CORPORATIONS.

Association papers have been filed,
recently, at the secretary of State s
office by three new corporations, and
an increase of stock is ann ounced by
one company. The Gary Maple Sugar
Company is organized for the purpose
of manufacturing the products of ma
pie sap. The offices are located in St.
Johnsbury and the capital stock is
$l25, 000 divided into 1850 shares of
a par value Of 800. George G.. Gary,
of st. Johnsbury and five Boston capt.
talists are the signers or the paper.
The Brown Library Association is
organized without capital stock for
the purpose of maintaining free
public library aud reading room in
Northfield The signers of the paper,
all Of Mortified, are as follows !:
George Nichols. W. S. Hazen. j. L.
Moseley, A. E. Denny. Frank Plum
ley, w. B. Mavo.
The Groton Cemetery Association is
incorporated for the purpose of prop
erly looking after the cemetery in the
town of Groton This association car
ries no capital stock. The paper is
signed by l. M. Kicker. T. l.. Sar-
gent, +. M. Page, Alex Cochran, and
7. B. Hall.
The Brattleboro Cabinet Company
fled an increase of capital stock of
500, COO. As increased the stock of
the company is 5000, 900 divided into
200 shares of a par value Of 500 each.
These are about the first fruits of cor
poration business thar the secretary of
States Office has been called upon to
handle since the recent adjournment
Of the Legislature
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
RIIS TELLS STORY.

Jacob Riis and Chief Delaney held
short tanning bee" at the police
station couple CT days ago, in which
both were telling soTies Of their ex-
perienoeq. Ris is story teller Of
merit, and Chief Delaney delights in
a comical yarn.
Riis was telling the chic! of his
experiences in New York when Theo-
dore Roosevelt was police commits
sioner there.
Roosevelt had filed charges against
sergeant for drunkenness on duty,
aud the copper" was before the
board for hearing
The sergeant appeared with eleven
children, all dressed for the occasion.
The sergeant remained impassiye
while TIE charges were being made
against him. but finally it came time
for him to give his side of the case.
Mr. Roosevelt, - he said these
are my children. They have no
mother. / am their only support.
That is all l have to say for myself. +"
You can 90 back to work, hut be
careful of your conduct next time
The plea of the sergeant had
reached the heart of the man who is
now President.
A few months later Roosevelt found
that the sergeant did not have a child
in the world, but that the children
he appeared with before the commits
sion we're borrowed expressly for the
captain in New York, aud rated an
efficient officer. Seattle Wash } Post
Intelligence.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
WESTERN DROUTH.

Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. 90 Manu-
faoturers, mine owners and railroad
officials west of the Allegheny noun
tains are greatly alarmed owing to the
drouth. Unless relief comes the
next ten DAYS will witness the closing
down of many furnaces, mills and
plants in western Pennsylvania. AL
ready the Edgar Thomson plant has
been orderei closed at Braddock.
This means that thousands of men
will be out Of employment
This is the longest drouth and the
dryest year, according to the records
at the weather bureau, since 1871.
There is half foot of snow on the
ground If melted, it would rot do
any thing to relieve distress. The
snow, however, has saved many per
sons and cattle from thirst. In the
Allegheny mountains aud along the
foot hills melted snow is used extern
sively The mines in the mountaines
have used sulphur water until
the pipes and boilers have been
ruined. Where this has been prac-
ticed the loss has been enormous, and
it will require many months before
the mines can again be put in opera
ton. As result, fuel famine is
imminent
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

The marriage of Mrs Hattie Bah
bitt Huntington and Harry l.. Brooks
occurred at Che home of the bride on
Thursday at 4:30 Only the imme
date families Of the bride and groom
were present and the ceremony was
quiet and unostentatious. Fred W.
Huntington, son of the bride, did not
arrive from the Lowell Textile School
until a short time before the ceremony
this afternoon. Rev. Edward
Wright was the officiating clergyman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brooks will leave this
evening for brief wedding trip after
which they will reside at the bride S
present home at "a East State street.
The bride was born in Alburg but
has made Montpelier her home for
some time. 1t was in this city that
her marriage with the late Wilder P.
Huntington occurred. She has been
a member of the Church of the Mes
siah for several years and has been
prominent in social and literary life
both in the church and city,
Harry L. Brooks, who is widower,
came to Montpelier from Burlington a
little over five years ago and entered
the treasurer S office of the National
Life, Insurance Company, the vault
of the treasury department being un-
der his charge. During bis residence
in Montpelier he has made lsrse
number of friends, who wish both
him and his bride happy married
life.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY

Mrs. Wallace g. Andrews and Mrs.
W. e. Harlow and daughter, Helen,
will leave sometime in the early part
OF January for California to spend the
winter. Mrs. Andrews mother and
sister reside at Pasadena.
Telephones have been installed this
week in the residences of O. V. Kent,
Dwight e. Mason, William H. Her
rick, Thomas j. Short, Edith E.
Prize, W. J. Lawrence, D. w. Edison
and O. O. Bancroft. An instrument
has also been placed in Thomas
Shorts lunch room.
At the meeting of the local court of
the L. o. +. held on Wednesday even
ing +. J. Pereau was elected as rep
resentative of the Montpelier court at
the meeting for the organization of a
State High Court. A unanimous In
vitation was extended to the delegates
to the high court to hold their $685.
sions in Montpelier.
The court of claims met this after
noon at 2 80 O'Clock in the State audi
tors office at the State House with
Chief Judge Frank Plumley of North
field and Associate Judges Frank @.
Williams, Newport, and Linus Leavens
of Cambridge present. The court re-
organized by the election of Mr.. Will
liams as secretary. The court is
awaiting the assignment of regular
room at the State House for it's meet
ing According to the law recently
passed the regular meetings to pass
upon clDims will be held the first
Tuesdays III May and November and
claims will not be considered q. any
other times.
John G. Wing, justice of the peace,
rendered Judgment on Thurs lay in the
case of Gross & Strauss vs. Philena A.
Stsndish for tho plaintiff to recover
$40. and costs of SO. 10. The action
was debt on Judgment. j. H. Lucia
for plaintiff
Association papers we're filed at the
secretary OF States office for the
Young Mems Club of Barre. The OBJ
ject Of the incorporators is to promote
a higher moral standard and closer
mutual acquaintance among the young
men of Barre No capital stock is
mentioned in the articles of associa-
ton. The paper bears ten names, all
of Barr,
The water situation at Berlin pond
is quite satisfactory now. in the
opinion OF Supsrintendau Smith.
The water is still running over the
top of the dam while last year at this
time it was two feet below the top
Guy w. Bailey of Essex, who repre-
sented his town in the Legislature
this fall, was married to Miss Mabel
Gertrude Brigham on Thursday even
ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
George w Allen in Essex by Rev.
Evan Thomas. Mr.. Bailey was re-
Gently appointed as an assistant b. the
commissioners appointed to revise the
public acts of Vermont.
Mrs Chauncey Hunt of Worcester,
recently celebrated her ninety-third
birthday Her daughters. Mrs G.
L Nichols and Mrs Addison Minott,
of Montpelier, went home foF the day.
DR.. G E. Hunt, son, was prevented
from being present at the family
gathering Mrs. Hunt is able to be
up and about and accomplishes much
work Her husband, who is over
eighty years old, is SIS smart as his
wife. A son, Dean Hunt, represent
ed Worcester in the recent Legisla-
ture.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
FOUND q UILTY.

Boston. Dec. 22.-The jury in the
case of the United States against
Samuel Grnnberg and Charles A.
Baitler, of the Glasgow Manufacturing
Company, and John W. Traitor and
James A. Shedd, former examiners
of merchandise at the customs house,
which has been on trial for number
of weeks in the United States district
court before Judge Lowell, this morn
ing returned a verdict of guilty. the
defendants are charged with alleged
conspiracy TO defraud the government
of custom duties from December,
1901, to October, 1908 The case will
be taken to the circuit court of APP,
peals.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
IS THE PULPIT DE
CLINING?

After thorough investigation Of
the question, Is there decline in
the ministry ?'' Everett P. Tomlin-
son, in the Worlds Work, sums up
the results OF lis inquiries among man
of all denominations and most of the
professions. He says:
From these opinions, facts and fig
ures certain conclusions can be drawn
that shed light upon the problem,
There is no real 'dearth" of students
for the ministry. There is slight
backset at the present time, but it Is
not so great as has occurred in other
years. and reports of attendance Of
students in the theological seminar
les, when compared with similar re-
ports of twenty Ave years ago, show n
marked and marvellous increase. In
some qusrters there is deter ioration
in the qualiey of students, but the re-
ports are not altogether unanimous.
Methodists and Episcopalians report
decided increase in numbers aud
quality, and other religions bodies
vary in localities and colleges in this
respect.
There is a marked change in the
sources of supply The West aud
South provide much larger proper
tion of students than the East The
response is greater in the newer re-
gons than in the old, in the country
than in the city. in small churches
than in the larger. There is also
steadily increasing drift away from
the seminaries located in the country
to those that are located in or near
the large cities. The chief causes
keeping young men from the ministry
are the poverty of the calling, the
fear of the lack of intellectual and
moral freedom, the conviction that
the petty outweighs the larger in tbs
work, and the suspicion of the pres
ent beneficiary system" which casts
a blight over all. 'Heresy" or the
fear of it's smirch, is the greatest oh
nous report of higher type of life
and of more Christian students in our
colleges than ever before.
The deepest interest of the commu-
mites now is in questions that might
he termed spiritual rather than relig-
ious, certainly not theological. The
ology as science" has given place
TO Christianity as life The church
as an organization has a weaker hold,
while at the same time there is a
greater interest in all vital questions
and affairs. AS consequence what
our forefathers heard as a distinctive
call to the ministry is row finding
expression i'll other and widely varied
forms of service.
"here is a blotting out of the form
er false distinction between secular"
ard sacred - Whatever men NAV
think as TO certain men or peoples, all
history is now believed to be sacred y
and every day and every honest work
as holy This fact. has led many
earnest young men, who in former
years might have believed themselves
to be called to the work of the
ministry, now to believe thac they
can make their lives count fer rs
much, perhaps more, il they give
ahems, Ives to other lines of work that
tt one time were termed secular
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
MEN RETURN TO WORK.

NorthHeld, Dec. 23.-The sounds
Of activity was again heard in the e.
B. Ellis gr.nite sheds here this morn.
ing, when large percentage of the
$50 men employed before the strike
returned to work. A number of the
remaining men are expected to re-
port for duty on Saturday, some feel.
ing superstitious at returning on the
reputed i'll fated Friday.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
PhDLIHIN1kY SITTING.

Paris, Dec. 20. The north inquiry
commission met at foreign ministry
this morning Admiral Fourier was
chosen president until the arrival of
the fifth delegate. After electing the
board of secretaries the commission
suspended the sitting aud retired to
the council chamter to EJECT fifth
commissioner in accordance with ar
ticle one OF the st. Petersburg declara-
ton. The unanimous choice of e
comisslon rs was Admiral Spaun of
Austria. The commissions resumed
the sitting and the president an
nounced this choice to the delegates,
requiring them to inform their re
spsctive governments The sitting
was then adjourned until Jan o
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
DENSE FOG LONDON.

London, Dec. 90 The city of Lon
don and its environs are still covered
by fog of record density. Shipping
in the Thames has been stopped owing
to inability Of shippers to see ships
length before them. Traffic in the
city is also seriously impeded and con.
sequent financial loss will be heavy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29

LIBERAL QUANTITY OF Il. &
NJ. Paint given to churches whenever
they paint. Don't pay 81 80 a gallon
for Inns ed oil Buy oil from the bar
rel at 30 cents gallon, and mix with
the l. q Nj. Paint.
1t makes paint cost about 81 20 per
gallon. Call On
Palmer Pharmacy, Waterbury
Fred Perrin, Plainfeld
Howard q Brown, Ludlow
II u Pierce. Barton.
5l-b2
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
M Il KRIED THIRD SISTER

Rutland. Dec ~ John W. Jones
and Miss Eliza Hughes we're married
at the formers home in Poultney yes
terday afternoon. Rev. j. r. Morris
officiating. Both are we'll known.
This is Jones third marriage. his
bride being full sister of the first
two.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29

On Of the larg, st public schools 10
the world has been opene ut East
dou ton, Lewis and East Third streets
ia New York city, There are 8, 1884
pupils and III teachers. For the
opening exercises the girl students
cooked the opening luncheon in the
cooking school,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
MANY ED.

Johnstown. Pa. Dec. 90. Twenty
five persons are reported killed in a
mine explosion at Bolivar Sayen
bodies have already been taken out,
and majority of whom are Ame,i-
cans.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29

A book of poems by Charles Tenny-
son, brother of the late Lord Teuny-
son, brought 5000 at recent sale in
New YORK. Its value was enhanced
by the fact that on one of the fly
leaves is an unpublished lively e-line
poem by Thackeray. A lock of Thack
eray's hair sold for SIC. 90.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29

About so. 600 water wheels are USED
for manufacturing in the United
States yielding 1900. 900 horse pow
or, or one-quarter to one-thjrd OF the
whole power used OF this total $50. :
600 horse power is used by the 1000
mills in New England.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
n CARD.

We, the undersigned, do hereby
agree to refund the money on a 50-cent
bottle of Greene's Warranted Syrup
of Tar if it fails to cure your cough
or cold. We also guarantee 25-cent
bottle to prove satisfactory or money
refunded.
E. f. Leavitt. S 9. Voodry q Cc.
Wells d Rogers, Geo Kent.
B. III. Daniels, H. d. Vail.
Mark Mears, e. w. Gilman.
W. G. Nye, G. Pray.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29

The autumn exhibit of the Ameri.
can Art Association at Paris has been
u notable success. Sixty Americans
were represented and their pictures
were considered to be highly meri-
torious.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
A Chance for Boys.

We want all the bones we can get
Can use heads, hoofs, horns-any
thing in the line of bones-if only dry
We will pay 60c per hundred pounds
for thoroughly dry bones-we can pay
even more if strictly clean, hard, fresh
dry, boiled butchers bones-and pay
freights from your station If shipped In
lots Of 200 pounds or more May be
shipped in barrels or cheap sacks.
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