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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
DIRECTORS OPEN LET1ER

Rutland, Dec. 23.-The board of d.
rectors of the States prison ana house
of correction, consisting of John N.
Woodfin of this city, A. E Cudworth
of South Londonderry and Judge f.
Nj. Pier of Jamaica. the newly ap-
pointed member who succeeds Marsh
o. Perkins of Windsor, met at the
house of correction yesterday after
noon and organized as follows: Chair
man, John n. Woodfin; secretary. A.
e. Oudworth. The new member was
taken through the institution yester.
day.
Mr.. Woodfin and Mr. Cudworth have
written an open letter TO GOV. @. j.
Bell, in which thew answer the charge
and iDsinustiops made in the report of
the legislative Investigations commit
tee.
The letters are long ones and state
that the casual reading of the commit
tees report leaves the impression that
gross Irregularities have existed in the
management of the two institutions
and one is inevitably led TO the con-
clusion that hardly an honest man,
during that period. has been connected
with either institution. They say a
closer analysis of the report shows but
insinuations and cleverness of Ian
guage which deceives rather than en-
lightens the reader. A report WI ich
made such harsh recommendations as
the report in question should be clear,
definite and precise.
The directors uphold the manage
ments in the two institutions against
the insinuations Of the report. In con-
clusion they say; We are willing to
stand ON the record which has been
made and to be judged by the results
accomplished. 4"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
DIR LYMAN ABBOTT sd
HERETIC?1

Rev. DR.. Abbott was true prophet
when he said in his address to the
Harvard students Tomorrow the pa
pers will brand me as hereto -
Well-what else is he to plain, simple
man who is not learned in the New
Theology" If, as he said in his ad-
dress. he "no longer believes in
great First Cause why should he
not be classed with Tom Paine and
other infdels? Paine did not even
go as far as DR.. Abbott, for he (Paine)
believed in great First Cause"
But DR.. Abbott goes farther. He
does not believe in a personal God,
but sin a great and ever-present
force which manifeste itself in all the
activities of man and the working of
Nature" "God," he says, "is Energy,
intelligent Energy working for good.
The Bible can no longer be accepted
as the ultimate truth Science tells
US that man was not created but is
creature of evolution ~
Literature and history" he COLI
tinues, "tell us that many of the beliefs
of the Bible are copied from former
religions. Even the Ten Command
ments were the result of a gradual
growth, not the inpsired records of
Moses God is great. yet personal
everywhere, yet near-nearer tina
hands or feet" Dust what this means
is not quite evident).
And this is the Gospel according
to Abbott Man was not created as
the Bible tells us, but evoluted"
from protoplasm to worm, from
worm to q reptile, from a reptile to
bird, from bird to quadruped,
from quadruped to biped, and SO
on. Literature and history only
are reliable. The Bible is not to he
depended upon. Moses lied when he
produced the Ten Commandments.
He copied them from some former
religion" "God is energy. Elec-
tricity is energy. Why, then. may not
electricity be one form of God?
And this is what we are coming to
When infidelity is preached from $50
called Christian pulpits, what need
is there of Voltaire's, or of Paine's,
or of Ingersoll's works?
To my plain mind DR.. Abbott's
harangue to an audience of college
boys seems in extremely bad taste.
There are Christian parents who have
sons in Harvard College. They do
not not send them there to have their
faith shaken by infidel lectures.
We're | a parent, with son at Har-
ward, l would withdraw him at once
and send him to some college where
he. will not be exposed to the assaults
of "pious infidels -
ORTHODOX.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
Beware of COunterfeifs.

DeWitt's is the only genuine Witch
Hazel Salve" writes j. l.. Tucker, of
CENTRE, Ala. 81 have used it in my
family for Piles, Cuts and Burns for
years and can recommend it to be the
best salve on the market Every fam
lily should keep it. as it is an invalu-
able household remedy, and should al
ways be kept ON hand for immediate
use. Mrs. Samuel Gage, of North
Bush, N Y, saws: 81 had a fever sore
on my ankle for twelve years that the
doctors could not cure. All salves ana
blood remedies proved worthless.
could not walk for over two years.
Finally | was persuaded TO try De.
Wits Witch Hazel Salve, which has
completely cured me. IL is wonder
ful relief. " DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve cures without leaving scar.
Sold by all druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
SCALES FOR RUSSIA.

Rutland, Dec. % The officials of
the Howe Scale Company have re-
ceived word that the first consign-
ment of the immense order of nearly
800 portable drop.lever scales, which
has just been filled by the local works
for the Russian army, has reached
Russia and will be sent to the army
in Manchuria by way of the Traus-
Siberian railroad. The last consiRn-
ment has recently been sent to New
York from the local works and the
entire order, one of the largest of the
kind ever received here, has been
completed.
When the order was originally sent
here it was en- the condition that the
scales be delivered at vladivostok and
that the order could be cancelled if
the Japanese should blockade that
port, but the Howe company refused
to accept it. 1t was then revised so
that the Russians assumed the risk of
blockading by japanese or ice and
snow, it still being the intention of
the Russians to import the scales by
way of Vladivostok.
1t has now been decided, in spite
of the crowded condition of the trans
Siberian railway, to send the scales
that way, because the Japs would be
more than likely to seize them if they
were sent to Vladiyostok
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
81 Us 1T IS FALSE.

New York, Dec. %. cornelius N.
Bliss, who was treasurer of the Re-
publican National committee during
several presidential campaigns said to-
day regarding Thomas W. Lawson s
five million campaign fund story
published in the January number of
Everybody's Magazine; William
Mckinley. Osborne. Mark Hanna, and
John Moore are dead. 1 have no de-
sire to have argument over this The
statement is absolutely false.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
FANCIED DOG BITE.

Chicago, Dec. 23.-Fred Johnson,
yardmaster at the Hegewisch Car
Works. died in agony on Wednesday
from madness, which was diagnosed
by DR.. j. L. Clark as hydrophobia, due
to mental suggestion.
Last July Inhnson's pet dog was bit
ten by a rabid canine. johnson was
passiopately fond of the dog aud lived
in dread Shat it would get rabies. He
brooded so much that his family had
IA policeman kill the dog. Last Sun
day Johnson was taken violently ill.
He was never bitten by the dog.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
REVTEW or CASE.

New York, Dec. 80 The crime
with which. Nan Patterson, the former
show girl, was charged in trial to
end today was one of the most sersa.
tional in New York criminal annals.
It's peculiar circumstances, the prom,
inence of Caesar Young in sporting
circles, and the glamor thrown around
the central figure in the case because
of her membership in one of the
famous 'Florodors" companies, all
tended to lend an interest hardly
rivalled in recent years.
From that word vaguely defined as
sporting" the interest in the muir
der in the hansome csb," spread
through all circles, and the proceed
ings of the trial have been read from
coast to coast, and have held place
on the first page of the Metropolitan
press.
With Miss Patterson sitting beside
him in a cab, Caesar Young was on
his way tn steamship pier, where
his wife awaited him, to sail with
him for Europe. The trip avowedly
was planned to break his relations
with the girl. 1t was early in the
morning, and but few pedestrians
were abroad on the street through
which the cab was hurrrying to the
dock. There was pistol shot, and
Young fell forward, his head in the
girls lap, dead, with a bullet wound
in his chest Just what transpired
in the glass enclosed vehicle probably
will never be known. The cabman
testified that he heard report. He
knew nothing more.
For some days silence prevailed.
Then flood of alleged eye witnesses
turned up. Their stories, however,
could not stand investigation, and one
after another of these witnesses were
cast aside as sensation seekers.
Then an old man, Martin Hazelton
of Oneonta, came forward, His probity
was unquestioned. His standing in
his home town YVES of the best, and
he told what he had seen on that
June morning. He saw the man and
woman, their hands clssped and held
face high; then flash, puff of
smoke, and the report of a revolver
broke the stiffness of the morning.
He was the most important witness
placed on the stand. and the efforts of
the prosecution TO shake his brief but
vital testimony went for naught
Then, the defendants herself went
to the witness char and told the whole
story of her relations with Young
1t was q cruel ordeal but she told it
lal in a straig htforward manner, from
the day she met the man who was to
turn her life in tragedy's path, to the
fatal moment in the cab She said
her companion shot himself. He held
both her wrists with one hand and,
as she struggled to free herself, she
heard revolver's report and Young
sank into her lap, dead.
This, in brief, is the story of case
that has been a three.times nine
days talk in New York, There were
many sensational sides lines to it.
none of which was brought out at the
trial.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
COMPANY STRANDED.
W. W. Lapoint's Play 1.-THE Village
Grocer" Was to Have Been Given
Wednesday.

Randolph, Dec. 23.-A theatrical
in financial straits arrived in
this town Monday from Warren, and
w. W. Lapoiut of Barre attempted to
put the company on their feet again
but more trouble followed A sheriff
from Moretown arrived here Monday
afternoon with warrants for the ar
rest of three members of the company
who were taken back to Moretown on
the charge of larceny but nothing
could be proven against them and they
returned here Tuesday, The company
gave a fair entertainment Monday
night and another Tuesday night, but
Wednesday evening when they were
to give Mr.. Lapoint's special drama,
The Village Grocer" they were dis
couraged by the poor house and the
ticket holders were given back their
money and the company disbanded.
Atsnoon Thursday the company was
indebted to Q. W. Hayward, proprietor
of the Randolph Inn, to the sum of
$40; Willard Gay for hall rent $50,
and other small bills.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
AHeavy Load.

To lift that load off of the stomach
take Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. 1t digests
what you eat. Sour stomach, belch-
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of the stomach that are cnrable, are
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Cure. S. F. Storrs, a druggist at 297
Main street. New Britain, Conn,
says: "Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is
giving such universal satisfaction and
is so surely becoming the positive
relief and subeQuent cure for this dis.
tressiug ailnant, i feel that l am
always sure TO satisfy and crafty my
customers by recommending it to
them. l write this to show how we'll
the remedy is spoken Of here" Kod-
oil Dyspepsia Cure was discovered
altar years Of eoientifo experiments
and will positively cure all stomach
troubles. Sold by all druggists
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
MURPHY Il RRESTED.

Stockton, Calf, Dec, 2S.-Ted
Murphy, former manager of Battling
Nelson" pugilist, was arrested here
at midnight on the request OF San
Francisco police who have warrant
for him on the charge of stealing
money won by Nelson in the fight
with Britt. Murphy declares all
money won as gate receipts was lost
on side bets. He will be taken back
to Frisco.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
READY FOR CHADWECK.

Coium bus Ohio, Dec. 23. An APP
plication for requisition on the Gov
ernor of New York for the return to
Cleveland OF DR. Leroy S. Chadwick
recalled the Governors office this
morning Tt is safe to say that the
requisition will be Issued and that it
will be ready for presentation to the
Governor of New York by the time
DR.. Chadwick shall step from the
European steamer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
LATE VAR NE VS..

Singapore, Dec. 23.-Two Japan
ese battleships, four cruisers and
twelve destroyers have passed here
steaming westward. 1t looks as if a
concentrated attack ON the Baltic fleet
of vessels when they arrive was be-
ing planned.
st. Petersburg, Dec. 49, General
Kuropstkin wires he has received a
report from Chinese source to the
effect that the Russians have recap
tured 203 Metre Hill outside Port Ar
thur and have seized the guns
mounted by the japanese in the forts9
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
LATE WAR NEWs.

London, Dec, %. The Toxic cor.
respondent OF the Renters telegram
company reports that the japanese
have captured some important posi-
tions Of Pigeon Bay, west Of Port
Arthur proper.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
OTERCOME BY GAS.

Philadelphia, Dec. %. Twenty
seven persons, most of them women
and children, were overcome by coal
gas in crowded tenement house in
Monroe street early this morning.
Twelve of them were in such serious
condition that they had to be taken
to a hospital, but it is believed they
will recover.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
TROUBLE AT BOLORES.

Manila, Dec % --Nstiyes have
ambushed aud killed az Dolores, an
island of Samara, lieutenant and
thirty-seyen enlisted men of the s h
company Of native scouts Two
thousand rebels threaten the town OF
Dolores and the situation is critical
Lieutenant Abbott, in command Of
the scouts, has requested reinforce
ments
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
A Good Complexion.

"Sparkling eyes and rosy cheeks
restored by using DeWitts's Little
Early Risers," so writes S. P. Moore.
of Nacogdoches, Tex. A certain cure
for biliousness. constipation, etc.
Small pill-easy to take-easy to act.
Sold by all druggists
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
That Little Pain i'm Your Back

threatens your Kidneys. If allowed
to go on little while you will suffer
throughout the entire system. Take
at once DR.. David Kennedy's Favorite
Remedy, of Rondout, N. Y, which
costs only one dollar. 1t is the most
certain cure known for the treatment
of all diseases of the Kidneys. Liver
and Blood. ALI druggists 81 6 bottles
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
BLACK 4 CANDIDATE.

New York, Dec 28. Former Gov
ernor Blacks candidacy for the
United States senatorship, now held
by Ohaunoey M. Depew, was formally
announced yesterday by Louis r.
Payn, Mr. Blacks chief supporter.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29

It's the little colds that grow into
big colds; the big colds that end in
consumption and death Watch the
little colds. DR.. woods Norway Pine
Sryup
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
STRIKERS DIVIDE.

Northfeld, Dec. 22.--The stone cut
tiers in the e. b. Ellis sheds, VINO have
been on strike, held a meeting this
morning and divided into two sections,
one in favor of going back to work
aud the other opposed Co it, The
former section of men would have
returned t' work this afternoon bat
for some reason could not get hold OF
any bloksmthe so they will defer
operations until Friday morning
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29

Accidents come with dist essing
frequency on the farm Onts bruises,
sings, spraius Dr. Thomas Eclectic
Oil relieves the pain instantly. Never
safe without it,
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Florida and the Sunny South

Beginning October Is, the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company will sell Win
ter excursion tickets to the resorts of
Florida. the Carolinas, and other States
in the South and Southwest, at greatly
reduced rates. For specific rates, limits,
and other conditions Of tickets, consult
any ticket agent.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-11-04
BLOOD CELLS.
IN HEALTH.

Man is millionaire many times over in
the possession of blood cells Woman IS
not quite so rich, for scientists have proven
that the normal number of red blood cells
in adult men is five million; in women four
and half million, to the square m1lllmeter:
The normal cell is not absolutely round
in health, but, in disease, becomes ex-
tremely irregular in shape. Every one can
be in perfect health and possess the mil
lions of rich red blood corpuscles if they
only know how to 60 about 1t. Or. X. V.
Pierce, consulting physician to the 1nva-
lids Hotel and Surgical Institute at But
falo, N. Y, advises every man and woman
to prepare for long life by observing ma
ture's laws. In the first place, It your
digestion is faulty, and the food you
eat is not taken up by the blood and assim-
Hated properly, you need tonic and diges.
tive corrector, something that will increase
the red blood corpuscles; he believes in
going about this in natures own way:
Years ago, in his active practice, he found
that an Alternative extract of certain herbs
and roots, put up without the use of alco
hol, would put the liver, lungs and heart
into fuller and more complete action. This
medicine he called DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. By assimilating the
food eaten, it nourishes the blood, and, in
stead of the ill-shaped corpuscles, the per,
sons blood takes on a rich red color and
the corpuscles are more nearly round.
Nervousness is only the cry of the starved
nerves for food, and when the nerves are
fed on rich red blood the person loses
those irritable feelings, sleeps we'll at night
and feels refreshed in the morning.
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.
If YOU want to know about your body,
read DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, which can be had for the cost of
mailing, 81 cents in one-cent stamps for the
cloth bound book, or Al stamps for the
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dress Dr. R. " Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cleanse the
bowels and stimulate the sluggish liver.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-11-04
EDWARD L. LATIMER,
SURVEYOR

EVANSVILLE, MD.
Will give prompt attention to all busl-
ness entrusted to his care, and solicits a
share of public patronage.
TSub- divisions specially
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-11-04

Have you read that very interesting
magazine, The Smart Set.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-11-04
Commission MerrRants
3O7 South Charles Street,
BALTIMORE, MD,

wParticular attention given to inspec-
ton and sale of TOBACCO, the sale OF
Grain and all kind of country produce.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-17
ROBBERY y.

/ IN the making of boots and shoes
with the keen competition maintai1l-
Fed by nearly eighteen thousand es.
ltab1ishments, 1t Is likely that pur-
chasers of boots and shoes can be
.trobbed2" 1t is probable the number
of establishments is now TWENTY-FIVE
thousand. No one of these establish.
mfents, If it would get trade and keep
it, can charge more for boots than its
competitors charge
The census of 1880 also shows that
we had 3,s41 carriage and wagon fac.
tories Is not that, number enough
to afford the purchaser of carriage
and wagons ample protection against
over-charge, against robbery %
We had ,943 manufactures af ag-
ricultural implements. This is an av-
erage of fifty such factories for each
State in the Union. Is it at all prob
able that with active competition fer
business among so many establish
ments any one of them could succeed
for any length of time in "robbinS
its customers?
We had 4 ,005 cotton factories, work
ing 230,223 looms and 10,921,147 spin.
dies Is that number not enough to
maintain sufficient competition in tie
manufacture of cotton goods?
We had 4,958 machine shops Is
not this number enough to maintain
sufficient competition in the manllfac.
ture of cotton goods?
We had 4,59S machine shops. Is not
this number enough TO keep up a fair
competition in the production and
price of machinery?
We had COOS factories of furniture
and upholstery. Surely that number
of competitors should make it impos-
sible for any one of these factories
to make more than a fair average
profit in the making of furniture and
upholstery. Surely that number of
competitors should make it impossible
for any one of these factories to make
more than fair average profit in the
making of furniture.
We had 1,OO5 separate establish.
ments for the making of iron and
steel Considering the intensity, of
the competition in that business and
the large amount of capital employed
(Which in 1880 was S230,000,000) tie
efforts of each establishment to set
business, as against its competitors,
render it certain that the profits; of
the business must bear a normal ratio
| to the general range of profits
throughout the country.
Where competition is free among sc
vast a population as ours there can
be no robbery in a tariff, no matter
how high.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-17
AMERICAN
WAGE FARMERS
"a MAN EARNS DOUBLE AS MUCH
IN AMERICA AS IN ENG
LAND"

Extract from remarks of Hon. VIM.
D. Owen, of Indiana, page 5547 IF
Daily Congressional Record, 5OtE
Congress, LIST SESSION.
a man earns double as much in
chasing power of dollar is very
nearly equal The total cost of sup
plies for a family in America is about
) per cent. more than in England.
The official statistics show that the
price of ordinary family supplies are
not more than per cent. in the en-
cess here. Now, you do not comfort a
worker greatly to tell him that if he
will vote for you he can buy for 95
cents for what now costs him dollar.
especially if you tell the truth that
at the same time instead of getting
a dollar for a days work he will So;
so cents. He is too good at figures to
surrender so cents in order to save
5 cents. Now, this per cent. more
than a mans family costs him here
than in England can be paid for the
entire year by the extra American
wages he receives in two weeks. That
is, in two weeks work the amount OF
wages he receives above what he
would get in England pays the : per
cent. extra expenses for one year. For
the other fifty weeks in the year he
can save his extra wages and still fur
nish his family the same things that it
would require the whole of his wages
to supply if he lived in England. In
other words, if the families lived just
the same, the American wage-worker
will at the end of the year have fifty
weeks of the extra American wages
in his pocket. The English workman
will not have dollar.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-17
NOTICE

II you see nice 'oking
couple driving around with a
good stylish horse, elegant harness,
nobby run-a-bout, carriage or trap,
with nice clean robes, and everything
to match, you can wager ten to one it
was hired from the Jackson Livery
Barn, as we put out only that kind
FRED S. JACKSON, Manager. Open
day and night. z