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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-03
SHnd BIRTHDAY.
q. o. Markham Celebrates by Walking
from Mortified to Montpelier.

Galen O. Markham of Mortified. an
old soldier in the Mexican war, cele.
brated his eighty second birthday to-
day by walking from his native town
to tho capital of the State. distance
of ten miles. He has been planning
the trip for several DAYS and when the
time came the snap of old Jack Frost
and the howl Of the wind was no
match for the old soldiers courage
and nerve and he started out from
his home in Mortified about 7:l5
O'Clock. He made the Journal Office a
visit before O'Clock in the afternoon
in good spirits and none the worse for
his journey. He said that he arrived
in the city about IL 80 o'clock He
was we'll equipped for the trip
through the desert having knapsack
in which he carried his dinner, and a
large flask of milk. He found it pretty
hard walking some of the way and
the wind was pretty cold but he said
he did not feel very tired.
The object of the journey was TO
show his friends and neighbors that
it is not always safe to judge per-
sons age by figures not even if the
two digit number starts off with IS. a"
He said he wanted something to talk
about when he became old.
He draws service pension from
Uncle Sam of $l2 month, the pen.
sion having recently been increased
from So. This kind of pension is
not awarded on account of physical
inability or age but is, as the name
implies, reward for services rem.
dered from '46 to '4S. He is the only
veteran of the Mexican war in North.
field. Richard Dodge of this city and
James A. Templeton of Worcester are
also members of Company D, och regi-
ment, which did valiant work under
Truman B. Ransom. He had many
interesting anecdotes of the war to
tell. He said that the secret of his
ability to make the journey of ten
miles in the snow was the fact that he
took one step at time the same as
he did when he marched from Vera
Cruz to the city of Mexico, distance
of 275 miles. He had no idea he
would be able to do the distance then
when he started out but one step at a
time did it. He has never worn glasses
at any time, can read readily and
writes very steady hand. He says he
has not touched drop CT liquor for
thirty three years. Before returning
to his home in Mortified by rail he
made his old comrade, Richard
Dodge, a visit.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-03
ROCHESTER, FIRE.

Rochester, n. Y, Feb 26. -Roches-
ter's shopping district is being swept
by a disastrous fire. The loss at 8
O'clock was 81, 600, 600
Rochester, Feb 26. 1.-The fire star ted
in the building occupied by the Rooh-
ester Dry Goods Company on Main
street, east. Ten minutes after the
alarm sounded the six story building
was ablaze from cellar to roof The
flames then spread to the seven story
building of Sibley, Lindsay and Carr
Company on Division street. The
walls of this buildingg began to go
down at 6 o'clock and at 7 o'clock
Buffalo and Syracuse we're called on
for assistance. Shortly after seven a
series of explosions was followed by
the breaking out of flames in the
twelve story building at the corner of
st. Paul and Main streets, the loftiest
structure in the city. Half an hour
after the fire entered this building the
flames were breaking out of the twelfth
slOIy WluuUWS, 0u6Sbs III ll6 EEEl6"
ston and Whitcomb hotels were called
from their rooms soon after the fire
started. At o clock the fire was still
spreading.
Rochester, Feb. 26. --Beadles & Sher-
burnes store occupying five buildings
east of the Rochester Dry Goods Co.
is also burned.
Rochester, Feb. 26. THE fire was
practically under control at 1915.
The subjoined list shows the burned
buildings: Granite Building, Sibley,
Lindsay and Curr, retail dry goods
and 200 smaller tenants in upper
stories; Beadle Sherburne Company
department store, upper floors, &C.
cupied by various tenants Rochester
dry goods company; Walkover Shoe
Company Sibley, Lindsay and Ourr,
wholesale building.
Rochester. Feb. 26 The burned
area covers three acres. Three thou
sand persons are out of employment.
The loss is estimated between four
and five millions.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-03
LIES SONNY SIDE

The world is too much with us late
and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste
our powers:
Little we see in nature that is ours
We have given our hearts away, a
sordid boon
This sea that bares her bosom to the
moon,
The winds that will be bowling at
all hours,
And are up gather now like sleep.
ing flowers;
For this, for everything, we are out
of tune;
1t moves us not. Great God I'd
rather be
A pagan sucked in creed outworn !
So might [, standing on this pleasant
lea,
Have glimpses that would make me
less forlorn;
Have sight Of Proteus coming from
the sea,
Or hear old Triton blow his wreath
ed horn. Wordsworth.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-03
LCOKING FORWARD.

There's a longing for spring when the
violets mile
And brooklets are murmuring low,
When the south winds are stirring the
sizes to beguile
From their aspect of shadow and
snow.
But it isn't the fow're so winsome
and shy,
That sets the heart longing today,
Nor is it the brook that goes laughing.
ly by.
Nor the zephyr that whispers of May.
We sigh for the time when these
troubles are DER
That harrow the innermost soul.
For the time when the hens will be
laying once more,
And we won't have to buy any coal.
Washington Star.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-03
VI COB STIEN AND HIS DOC

Come here, oldt boy
You vas only dog, but | love you
de same,
An more den some peoples dat |
could name,
Because you vas always so loving
and true,
Dots Wy l neffer 60 back on you.
An sometimes | wish we could shwop
our locations
An be der dog, NIT no great oxpec-
tations,
Shust take vot you give me. an do as
you say;
Shust eat ven Is hunrgy an den go
away
An lie down in de shade of der oldt
apple tree,
An be shust as happy AS happy could
be.
You didn't vas worried NIT bizness
IN which
a man will go craze ven he tries to
get rich.
From mornings till night | must
hustle for fair,
Still, Gretchen, my wife, says she's
holdings to wear,
An de same NIT de girls, | must buy
ueIu new clOtneS
But ven you shed your jacket anoder
one grows.
You see, ven you's tires you drops in
heap
An right off you vas snoozin AN
fast asleep,
While l hav to do all de evening
schores,
Such as Winding de clock and locking
de doors,
An ven, after while. get snugly in
bed,
Leedle Yacob, he cries cause he
wants be fed.
| Den Grechen, once more, saws, Wv
don you get up?
But you can't onderstan' dat, you in.
nocent pup.
Ach nein after all has been said,
volts Ger use
For to put up kick or to make an
excuse
Dis world is a purity good place for a
man
What feels he is doing de best dat he
can.
But Won't say some M ore about dot
shust now,
see you agree by your bow, WOW,
| WOW.
Dey say ven a dog is gone dead, he
| vas dead,
Nit holdings to bodder him tardel
| ahead,
But if effer get to de land up dere
AT de oder end of dose golden stair,
| hope / will find you alive once more,
De same oldt friend dat you vas before
May de same love.look in your honest
| eyes
Greet Inc again init glad surprise.
We hope for some tings in dot paradise
| land,
Yet dere's great many things dot We
| don't Understand,
| But | know dis for sure, we vas
friends here today,
An really, dots all dat started to
say.
q. w. Scarf
Burlington. January, 1904.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-03

Secretary Hitchcock of the interior
department. has been pushing the in
vestigations regarding the land frauds
in western States which have led to
the indictment for conspiracy of -four
real estate operators in San Francisco.
The three government clerks. Walk,
Marian, and Allen, who confessed to
eceiving brides for imparting conf
dental information. are to be exempt
from prosecution but will be dis.
missed. The method of Hyde. Benson,
and others indicted, was to use the
disclosed Information, which informed
them in advice of where the new for
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-03

The Essex County Herald calls for
an able, honest, poor man for Gov
ernor. " 'rhe ST. Adams Messenger
objects to the word poor" on the
ground that 1.-THE amount of money
the man may have should not count,
but rather how he spends his money,
his personal fitness and character, his
capacity for public service and fidelity
to public interests. " The Messenger
is right in its stand, and yet perhaps
the Herald's wish has some sense in
it. 1t is certain that a poor man would
be free from all possible accusations
of the use of money in seeking the
nomination or the election and, in
view OF the charges and counter
charges which were made during the
last campaign, that might be decid-
ed advantage in the selection of can
didate. On account of the letter of
Mr.. DeBoer and a reported statement
of Mr.. Martin false impression has
gone out that the governorship can be
afforded only by rich man. That is
wrong, too. Considering The duties
imposed upon him, the governor OF
Vermont is as we'll paid as most other
governors. A poor man can take the
Office without expecting to go bank.
rupt and there should be no reason
why rich man cannot aspire to it
without being charged with corrup-
ton.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-03
CHESTER NAN DEAD.

Chester, Feb. 20. Lester G. Howe
of Ludlow died at his home in that
village Saturday afternoon from heart
trouble, aged about 80 years. Mr.,
Howe had been high sheriff of Wind
'sor county and since then deputy
sheriff. Mr.. Howe was a Mason, be-
ing past master of the lodge at Lud-
low. His brother, Capt. E. r..
Howe, is postmaster at Ludlow, and a
prominent G. A. r. man. Mr.. Howe
was widely known in this part of YER
mont Mrs. O. H. Walker of this
village is a 81 ster.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-03
Worry, Care, Grief.

overwork of mind or body, exposure,
loss of sleep, too much food too little
food, the wrong food. or any of fifty
causes may provoke an attack of rheu
matisrn, kidney trouble. or govt. On
first signs use DR.. David Kennedy s
new medicine Oal-cura Solvent, and
write to the Csl.cura Company, Rom
dout, N. Y, for a booklet, and a free
sample bottle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-03
OUR KALEIDOSCOPE

She asked him to be her husband
All, she was divinely fair
She knelt on the rug before him,
She vowed that she would adore him
If her lot he would deign to share.
Then he answered the gentle maiden
And said: "You must ask my ma ~
Like frightened fawn she starte d
And relinquished him, broken
hearted
There still was "A line to draw.
Chicago Record Herald.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-03
Working Overtime.

Eight hour laws are ignored by
those tireless little workers-Dr
always at work, night and day, curing
Indigestion. Biliousness, CONSTIPATION,
SICK Headache and all stomach, Liv-
or aud Bowel troubles, Easy pleasant,
safe, sure. Only 300 at G. Blakely' IS
drug store.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-03

The Japanese war loan of $50, 600, 600
was taken about four times over by
popular subscription. Evidently the
Japs have both patriotism and money
to burn. They are likely to have a
chance to burn considerable of both
before the war ends.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-03

" owe my whole life to Burdock
Blood Bitters. ScIofulous sores Gov
cred NV BODY. | seemed beyond cure
b. b. b. has made me a perfectl '
well woman" Mrs. Chas. Hutton,
Berville. Mich.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-03
THE YELLOW PERIL.

1t is possible that Mr.. hays prompt
action towards the end of keeping
China out of the war in the East will
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-03
Indigestion Causes
Catarrh Of the
Stomach.

For many years Il has been supposed that
Catarrh Of tho Stomach caused indigestion
and dyspepsia, but the truth Is exactly the
opposite. Indigestion causes catarrh. Re-
peated attacks Of indigestion inflames the
mucous membranes lining tho stomach and
exposes the nerves Of the stomach, thus caus-
Ing tho glands to secrete mucin instead Of
the juices Of natural digestion. This 10
called Catarrh Of thA Stomach
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-03

The Woman Suffrage convention,
which has been in session in Washing
ton, closed its labors on the 18th. 1t
decided to concentrate all energy in
the hope of securing sixteenth
amendment to the Constitution, giving
full suffrage to women. 1t might
about as well ask for the earth for it
would be just about as likely to get
it. Still strange things happen occa-
sionaIly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-03

est reservations would be situated.
Taking advantage of this, before the
market, by means of dummy appli-
cants they secured large tracts of
school and unsurveyed lands, at a
nominal price, and after the reserva.
ton had been withdrawn by the Presi-
dent, they exchanged these lands
acre for acre. for other valuable lands
within the State. The loss falls princi-
pally on the States. AS the depart
ment now conducts its business with
loca! land offices by telegraph, the
door to possible leaks is closed.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-13

that constant associ-
alton with Marshall,
Chilvers. Carter and
other golfers had
dulled my finer sensi-
bilities and deadened
my appreciation OF the
wonderful scenic beat
ties OF the Woodvale
golf links. Like the
fool bicycle scorcher
who tears past beau
tiful bits of landscape
with his eyes glued
to the path spurned
by his whirring wheel,
or ike the goggled
maniac who steers an
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-13

maniac who steers an
automobile. | now find hat | have
played hundreds Of times over this golf
course without once having seen it.
When | was a lad OF ten my foolish
parents took me with them on a pro-
tracted tour of the continent. My
impression OF the colossal splendor
beneath the vaulted heights of Saint
Peters dome was that a certain smooth
space of the marble floor offered I'M
equaled facilities for PLAYING marbles.
| marveled that baseball grounds were
not laid out in the open areas surround
ing the palaces of Paris. Berlin and
Vienna, and the Swiss Alps attracted
me by the fact that they offered 50
many opportunities for coasting.
1t V occurred to me until to-day
that nature had any motive in planning
Woodvale other than to provide a
sporty" golf course. Miss Harding
has opened my eyes to the fact that it
is one of the most beautiful spots on
the face of the earth.
| lost my bet with Carter. He
wagered a box OF balls that l would
not make e~ightv-fve playing with Miss
Harding. | have not the slightest idea
what my score was. As a matter of
fact we did not finish the round. but
| did not tell Carter that. | simply
grinned happily and told him that
he had won.
There is no reason why | should
+.,-,.- =, ,,,--, -, .g.,-to ri tho no NJ
because | shall never forget the slight
est detail OF it as long as | live. The
is black as ink; but | could start
from the first tee and retrace
every step made by Miss Harding over
the fourteen holes played. and must
admit that a diagram Of ii would look
like the wandorings of an inebriate
in a dense forest. / will wager that |
could place my hand on every place
where her clubs tore up the turf, and
could locate the exact spots where she
drove out OF bounds.
The dav was a beautiful one. and the
weather perfect. As a-rule the only
thing | can recall after a golf game,
as far as the weather is concerned, is
whether it rained or If a high wind was
blowing. 1t was different to-day. |
noted that the breeze was lust strong
to rutile the lace at her throat.
and that the blue of her gown matched
most charmingly with the feecy, white
that fioated lazilv in as deep
a sky as ever | saw.
/ might play with Marshall or Chill
vers a thousand times. and not
know OF care if they were CARRIED
in green or yellow. or if the 4
were pink or Van Dyke y
but as | said before ~
the only sentiment aroused by
association with these hardened
golf fiends is a wild and unreason-
ing desire to beat the life out of
them at their own game. | dislike
10 say it. but they have never
in me n emotion OF
which | am proud. 81
As | made a tee for Miss
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of the opposite sex.
| can see that | have
been unfair to Thomas.
The man who refuses
or hesitateS to play
golf with a woman,
and who justifles such
conduct on the plea
that she cannot make
the contest an inter-
esting one-well, he
has none of the finer
instincts of a gentle
man. | told Marshall
and Chilvers so this
evening. and they
laughed at me.
Both of these men
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-13

III S1IudIlDn.
On her fourth shot Miss Hard
ing landed her ball in the brook,
and it took a long time to find it.
We were still in range of the
first tee, and while we were looking
for the ball Boyd and LeHume
called Fore and drove through
us. We finally located it. and
waited for them to pass us.
| have seen this brook ten thou
sand times. but never until this
afternoon have | noticed its perfect
pastoral beauty. To my mind it
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-13

Ipay;" Havana grown in Mexico, Porto Rico,
or "tropic grown" for less even than this.
So much for the cigars.
Ny mode of selling by the hundred at uhole-
sale prices direct to the consumer must appeal
TO the lover of choice cigars. Cigars are
shipped direct from the factory in the best Of
condition, with no rehandling whatever.
| am willing and anxious to take the burden
of proof on myself. | do not claim TO suit all
tastc--couldn't do that if | made a thousand
varieties Of cigars-but | can deal on broad
lines, tell the exact facts about my merchan-
disc. and so make and hold "A trade.
/ have il on the best Of authority that no
other manufacturing cigar business has ever
grown so rapidly as mine. and that | am one
of the largest users of Havana tobacco in my
district.
Bear in mind that | am selling to consumers
by the hundred or larger lots at strictly whole
sale prices, without any intervening retail
have to be added to the cost of cigars TO con-
sumers or taken out Of the quality. These
savings | give to the smoker, and | do not
believe that any other cigar in the world is
sold TO the consumer. by the hundred or other
wise, AT so near the actual cost OF production.
Write me if you smoke.
HERBERT d. SHIVERS,
Manufacturer of Cigars,
Dos Filbcrt St, Philadelphia, Pa.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-13
SUNDAY MAGAZINE for NOVEMBER Is. 1904
GOLEING WITH MISS HARDING
By Frederick UphaHA Adams

Harding. and carefully placed a new
white ball on it, l could not help
thinking of the many times l had
laughed and sneered at Thomas, who
is the only good PLAYER in the club who
seems to enjoy a am of golf with one
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-13

regret that lack of intimacy with
l the muses. prevents me from re-
cording this entry in my golf diary in
verse: l have been PLAYING golf with
Miss Grace Harding,
Not until this afternoon did | realize
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-13

are married., and both OF them used to
play golf with their wives before they
were married. Once in awhile they
yet play a round with those who are
supposed to be the partners OF their Joys
and sorrows, but they do it as if it
was a penance, and seem immensely
relieved when the ordeal is over. 1t is
pitiful to watch these two women forced
to play with each other, while their lords
and masters indulge in fierce foursomes,
waged for the brute love of victory, and
incidentally, perhaps. a ball a hole.
If | ever marry | shall play with the
habitual golfers only when Mrs. Smith
is disinclined to favor me with her
society on the links. Chilvers and
Marshall say that they made the same
months. Let them watch mel
Miss Harding missed the ball entirely
the first time she swung at it. and both
of Us laughed heartily. Now that 1
think of it. nothing used to infuriate
ME more than to have to wait for a
woman on a tee who was wildly striking
at a bali But one must learn. and it
is no disgrace for "A woman to miss
as small an object as a golf ball.
She hit the bail at the second attempt.
1t did not go far. it is true. but it went
gracefully, describing a parabolic curve
considerably to the right OF the line
of the green. Then l drove a long
straight bail. and felt iust a little bit
ashamed of myself. 1t seemed like
taking an unfair advantage of my fair
opponent; but she expressed delight.
That was splendid, Mr.. Smith, she
declared, as my bail stopped rolling more
than two hundred yards away. Il know
that my poor little garne will bore YOU
to death, but YOU invited this calamity. y
Il only wish that-that / and
then stopped Just in time to keep from
saving something foolish.
Well" she insisted, a smile hover
ing or her lips.
Il only wish that | could drive as
far as that every time, - | said, and
and that you could drive twice as far. ="
What an absurd wish,' declared
Miss Harding. 1t was worse than that it
was stupid. lust imagine a woma driving
a ball -four hundred yardsi | would
new dare to marry such a omar
and | came nearly saving so. hut luckily
at this moment we came to her ball.
| selected the proper club for her.
jabbered something about how to play
the shot, and thus got safely out OF
an awkward situation.
On her fourth shot Miss Hard
ing landed her ball in the brook.
and it took a long time to find it.
We were still in range Of the
first tee. and while we were looking
for the ball Boyd and LeHume
called Fore" and drove through
NC We fDa11y IncataJ ~ ,,J
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-13
M OFFER ISL will upon re-
" quest send one hundred Shivers'
PaneteIa Cigars on approval to
IL

a reader of this magazine,
express prepaid. He may
smoke ten cigars and re-
turn the remaining ninety
at my expense, if he is not
pleased with them but if
he keeps them, he agrees
to remit the price, $500,
within ten days.
In ordering, please use busi-
ness letter-head, or enclose bust
ness card, and state whether
light, medium, or mild cigars are
preferred.
don't know how TO make my
offer palmer or broader. don't
ask a reader to take any chances
Of getting his money back. j
simply ask smokers TO try them
entirely at my risk. / do not
retail cigars, nor sell sample lots.
! cannot afford tot costs more
10 put up a sample package than
it does TO ship the original. l
pay no store rent, statesmen, or
managers. Every cigar is shipped
direct to the consumer from nv
factory, and every cigar that /
sell is made right here in my
factory.
The filler of these cigars is
long. clear, clean Havana of
good quality, and nothing else.
Note that | said "he filler as"
and not that "he HdndHG IN
these filters is" They are hand
made, by skillful, careful work
men. The wrapper is genuine
Sumatra-grOtrn an Stundtrd, and
not in Mexico, Florida, or Con-
necticut. The cigars are moth
ing but tobacco; no favoring,
drugging or doctoring.
Selected Havana can buy
iiavana-that is, tobacco grown
in Cuba and called Havana"
for half and less than half that