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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-08-24
SONG OF THE PEssIm1sr.

vss. l know tn seasons perfect fer u,
farmers-lots o. wet,
An III fields Is gettin' peppered III
they're soaked as they kin get.
Heavy snowfalls Is pertectln an preservln
Of tn wheat,
An N country is a-prosperin'-y' never
seen tn beat
But these times is always likely Z preced,
duller spell
IT'S sartin sign O. sickness when y fee
s awfUI well.
Lots o wheat will bring down prices an
Will make a lot q tell
An sich heavy crops as them Is mighty
Wearin' on III soili
Mills is runnln'. wheels Is turnin' an the
wages all is good;
Times II boomin Ike tn mischief. Teddy's
helped EN- all he could.
Can't see nothiu' 10 distress us-felt tn
same way onct before,
An ! learnt II WAS a token that disaster
laid In store.
When yer feelin best git busy with yer
most suspicious look,
Fer tn straighfest streak o. roadway leads
you 70 tn sharpest crook.
kittie water gifts IN stiliest jes before Il
starts L boil
An these awful heavy crops Is plum ex-
haustin 70 II soil
S. ". Gillian In Baltimore American.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-08-24

the seats and ripped blankets on q
hunks an in'y chased the cook out TO
the wangan, cause the cook was a man
he didn't like. Hit him over the nose
oneet. cause he stuck his head in the
cook-house winder
Well, sir. the cook he yelled bloody
murder an shut the door o the wangan
camp after him with a bang an bolted
il inside. Bingo, he jest sot there in the
snow. a-waitin for the cook TO come out,
an all the camp crew couldn't bulge
him They might a-done II with an ak,
o. course, but they wouldn't cause they
thought a heap more o. the bar than
they did o. the cook, who used TO be
barber down 10 Milo Junction. an wore
striped shirts and put lie on his hair.
Comm on night an the men wantin'
supper, they had to send two miles for
me to come over an pacerfy Bingo.
When | showed up that there bar
was 'shamed as a boy caught stealth
apples. He come along home all right,
an went TO sleep in the corner. For two
NENho al A1l AAAdA AF went AhhAA hAAAA -
sheepish. which IS moren can be said o.
most men arter spree. Oncet In a
whfe since then he took a nip. but never
none TO hurt. an he never went near
McNulty's camp agin.
"Bingo, he liked music. When I'd get
my old fiddle down arter supper an
scratch out the 'Arkansaw Traveller, the
Drunken Sailor an the Portland Fan
cy' tunes we used to dance TO down 20
Bangor fore the town got so fash 'nable
il forgot how TO dance. Bingo he'd set
there front o. the fire an roll his eyes,
II made him feel 50 good. an keep time
with his paws. He liked the 'Arkansaw
Traveller best, an learnt him to dance
a few steps o that. He'd git all worked
up over it-all played out SOS he'd have
TO take a rest arter IL. Then I'd give
him a nip out o. my little jug. an he'd
go 20 sleep an snore like one o. John
Ross drivers. But he's gone now
dead an gone, an things is kinder lone
some up home ia a-give the best hun
dred dollars ever see TO that Teller that
shot him il he'd a-took some other b ar,
for the like o. Bingo amt this side o
Fort Kent. IN. Y. World.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-08-24
TALES OF SAVINGS BANKS.
Romantic Incidents Which illustrate
Some Peculiar Phases of Every
day Life.

A ragged little newsboy entered a
invaded the private Office OF the pres
ident, relates William S. Power. in
Success Magazine.
Say, mister he said, "ean | put
some money in this bank?"
Certainly you can,' the president
answered; how much do you want TO
] deposit?"
"A quarter." exclaimed the young
ster. pulling a handful Of pennies and
nickels out Of his pocket The banker
took him over to the receiving teller
and introduced him with all the defer
enee that he would have shown to a
millionaire.
The boy left the city soon after
opening the account, but he kept add
ing 20 his deposit from time TO time,
and, as he was naturally bright and
shrewd. everything he undertook pros
pered. He Is back in Pittsburg now,
the head Of a successful manufactur-
ing concern and one of the banks
most valued customers.
A year ago a proud young father
out in Michigan sent SIS TO open an
account for his first-born son. then
less than a week old. THE boy'll need
# some OF these days" he wrote, "and
we may as well begin TO save for him
right on Six months later a tear
dimmed letter came, asking TO with
draw the money to pay the little fell
lows funeral expenses.
A working woman in a little town
in New York sent dollar bill in the
name OF her daughter. six years of
age. She'll be marrying by and by"
she said. and ought TO have some
thing to start life on" That was
nearly two years ago, and almost
every week since a dollar bill has been
added TO the account. There'll be a
snug little marriage portion for the
young lady some day, il nothing hap
pens.
Not long ago a woman living in iii
nois sent five dollars, with explicit in
structions not to let her ''old man"
know about II, as he'd be after spend
ing every cent of it for drink"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-08-24
TABLE MANNERS.

Always be prompt in attendance at
meals, particularly when you are the
guest of another.
Never seat yourself at table until
your host or hostess gives the signal;
and never, gentlemen, until all the la
dies present are seated.
Always sit quiet in your chair, Meth
er too near the edge Of the table, nor
too far from il.
Always let the napkin lie upon one
knee. Never spread 1t across the breast
nor upon the lap. II is more customary
in the best circles not to unfold it more
than its length.
Never lean upon the table
Never touch anything upon the "a
bic unless necessary. either the food Or
the table furnishings.
Never take more than one dish Of
soup.
Never crumble bread into your soup.
nor into your cup.
Never press food upon a guest when
he has refused
Never be disturbed by any accident
that may occur: if possible let 1t pass
without the slightest notice-Green's
Fruit Grower
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-08-24
BOSTON UNIVERSITY

Offers Metropolitan Advantages OF
every kind.
College OF Liberal Arts
Address Dean w. G. Warren, IL
Somerset Street.
Sehooi-of Theology
Address Assistant Dean G. w
RIsHELL, ~ Mt. Vernon Street.
School OF Law
Address Dean MELVILLE M.
BIGELow, Isaac Rich Hall,
Ashburton Place.
School OF Medicine
Address Dean J. +. SuTHER.
LAND, 295 Commonwealth Ave.
Graduate Department
Philosophical and literary cours-
es. For Graduates only.
Address Dean b. p. Bowie,
II Somerset Street.
w. e. HUNTINGTON. President.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-08-24
Swell Redskin.

Kenekah. a centenarian Usage In
dian. went % a photographer in Paw
huska. OKLA. the other day and had
his picture taken for the first time
he was dressed in magnificent
blanket with splendidly decorated
bucksldn breeches. Among the bone
ornaments around his neck was one
which he declared % be the claw Of a
lion he killed many years ago with
his hunting knife The claw Is pro
fusely studded with diamonds Ken
ekah IS known as a learned and wise
Indian among his fullbloods who cling
10 the old customs and they show him
great faith and reverence.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-08-24
EREE 10 BUTCHERS.

We are in receipt of communication
from c. 8. Page, Ayde Park, VT, which
authorizes us to cay to those of our read
ers who are engaged in the Butehering
Business, that IL they will send him a
postal card with their name and post office
address thereon and say that they saw
this notice in this paper he will enter
their names on his list OF customers and
send them free. postpaid, from time TO
time as issued, bis Hide Bulletins, which
give the ups and downs otthe market on
Beef fiides, Calf Skins, Horse Hides, Tai
low, Bones, Crackings, etc. Mr.. Page has
been in the Hioe and Skin trade for more
than 6ftv wears and has the reputation Of
being responsible and reliable.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-08-24

IL is wonderful how alike some
twins are. not only in feature, but in
character. II is seldom. however, that
the lives Of twin sisters or brothers
are SO nearly alike as those of Mrs.
Mary Sissons and Mrs. Ann Dennison.
These old ladies recently kept their
eighty fourth birthday at Arnold, Not
tinghamshire, near which they have
lived all their lives. The twins we're
married on the same day by the same
clergyman. They married brothers.
Both lost their husbands as the re-
suit OF accident. and both married a
second time. Both enjoy good health
and neither has ever seen the sea-
London Tit-Bits.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-08-24
A cAMERA-ARTIST'S DEN.
Room Where the Amateur Photog-
rapher Can Indulge in Display
of His Successful Efforts.

Imagine a small room with walls Oi
q grayish blue cartridge paper, cream
colored ceiling. black plate rail, and you
have the foundation for this most arts
tic den
II had been a question how TO dispose
Of the hundreds Of good. bad and in.
different prints which had accumulated
and which we're very dear to the pho
tographer's heart He had books filled
records Of many summer and winter out
ings, but there were still countless
prints unclassified. So this method was
devised.
There were the pictures Of college
days These were mounted on a piece
of paper matching the wall paper. They
were arranged according TO fancy
trimmed irregularly-oblong. square
round-as best suited the subject
These made two or three panels. and
were fastened to the wall by narrow
strips OF black holding.
The prints Of the Yellowstone camp
ing party and western scenes made
other panels. Home scenes-interiors
were mounted together. Other groups
were added until the room walls were
lined The effect was good One corner
was devoted to park views, one 10 city
scenes Then on the plate rail the
photographer placed engagements of
specially good negatives, some Of them
simply framed in black, some in "passe-
partout"
For a screen this amateur photog-
rapher made a frame five feet high. con-
tanning three panels two feet wide.
Joined by hinges These he covered
with grayish blue burlap fastened on
with brass lacks On these panels he
put exclusively blue prints. One panel
contained baby pictures Of his boy up 10
two years old, the next panel up 10 four
and the third a faithful record of this
child's life up to the age Of six. for this
father had taken the boys picture every
month since his birth.
II is needless to say that this room
was he admiration OF all friends. who
dearly loved 10 sit there when calling
The furniture was all simple. known as
mission style. in black finish; also the
work OF this clever amateurs hands
Chicago Record-Herald.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-08-24
Real Estate Loans
and Investments.

We make a speciality Of negoti-
|ating Gilt Edge First Mortgage
Leans ON improved farm and city
property in North Dakota and
Washington
Our services are always at the
command of investors without
charge in caring for their mortgage
Investments made through us, in
GLIDING collection of interest, re-
newal of insurance policies and
protection from tax liens. Let us
hear from you if seeking the safe
and profitable investment of your
surplus funds.
We are under the supervision of
the State Savings Bank Examiner.
VT. LOAN { TRUST CO.,
F.B. PUTNAM, Gen1 Agt., BrattIebOrO,Vt.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-08-24
Sanitary Bandages.

Too many people run to the family
ragbag when a finger is cut, and band
age il with the first Bit Of goods that
comes 10 hand. II is dangerous 10 put
colored calico strips, or soiled white
rags on wounds. and children should BE-
taught TO use only clean ones in tying
ND cuts As soon as a handkerchief
napkin. or any piece Of white linen Is
too old for use IN any other way wash
and rinse il wei. iron thoroughly, dry
and fold neatly and put in a clean box
where ali TIE members 81 the family will
know where to find it, Exchange
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-08-24
- IL Housewives.

White paint when dirty should be
washed in milk. Colored paints may
also be treated In this way
Glass can be cut with a pair Of ordi-
nary shears If glass and shears and
hands are all kept under cold water
Chicago Daily News.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-08-24


&ck the vital organs, causing catarrl Of
g bladder, or the kidneys themselves
Heak down aud waste away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles almost always result
nom a arrangement Of the kidneys and
4 cure is obtained quickest BY a proper
Heatment of the kidneys. II You are feel
hug badly YOU can make no mistake by
hking DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the
rreat kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
II corrects inability TO hold urine and
calding pain in passing it, and over
homes that unpleasant necessity of being
compelled to 20 often through the day,
nd 10 get up many times during the
light. The mild and the extraordinary
Meet Of Swamp-Root is soon realized.
ID stands the highest for its wonderful
rures Of the most distressing cases.
B Swamp-Root IS pleasant 10 take and is
<old by all druggists in tifty-cent and
6ne-dollar size bottles. You may have
sample bottle Of this wonderful new dis
.eovery and a book that tells all about it,
both sent free by mail. Address, DR.. Kill
'fler & Co, Binghamton, y. Y. When
writing mention reading this generous
|pffer in this paper. Don't make any
.nristakc. but remember the name, Swamp
Boot, DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the
address, Binghamton, y. Y, on every
bottle
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-08-24

Helen want TO give my fance a sur
prise on his birthday. Can't you suggest
something?
Ethel-well, you might give him your
real age.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-08-24
THE AGREEABLE WOMAN.
Her Influence Far-Reaching and She
Refreshes All with Whom She
Comes in Contact.

The woman you like to meet and who
never stays too long when she comes 20
see you. and TO whom you reluctantly
say good-by, may not be either rich OF
beautiful or particularly brilliant in in
tellect, but she carries an unmistakabls
charm with her which it might be well
you, yourself, should seek to acquire.
she always says the Good morning
as though she particularly meant the
good" part Of il, and when she shakes
hands with you she is not satisfied to
merely touch your fingers. When you
look at her face, no matter how dark
the day may be you instinctively feel
that the sun is shining and she always
infuses a feeling of comfort into the
atmosphere about you. no matter what
was ''in the air" Just before she came in.
No matter how blue" you felt while
the door was closed between you, things
get rose-colored very quickly after she
steps across the doorsill, and. somehow.
the smell Of spring blossoms. the CLINT
OF birdwings and the flutter Of sum
mer leaflets I'LL the air. which before her
advent. was dreary with the odor Of de-
caying leaves. the gray Of winter clouds
and the moaning of the wind through
the bare branches of the souls winter
st. Paul Globe,
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-08-24

tive. Many sudden
deaths are caused
by it-heart dis
ease, pneumonia,
heart failure or
clor Levy csc cften
the result OF kid
ney disease. If
kidney trouble is
allowedtoadvance
the kidney-poison
ed blood will at
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-08-24
he Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths.

There is a disease prevailing In this
INIT most dangerous because 50 decep-
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-08-24
Right or Left, on a Side Hill

bitches
all gassthats VIII
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-01-05
Dining With John Adams.

In the year 1918 Henry Bradshaw
Pearson, an Englishman, dined with
John Adams, second president of the
United States, at the Boston home of
the fine old statesman. then eighty
four years old. The Sunday dinner
was as follows: First course, pud-
ding made of Indian corn, moasses
and butter; second veal, bacon, neck
of mutton, potatoes, cabbages, carrots
and Indian beans; madeira wine, of
which each drank two glasses. I'VE
sat down to dinner at 1 o'clock. At >
nearly all went second time to church.
For tea we had pound cake, sweet
bread and butter and bread made of
Indian corn and rye. Tea was brought
from the kitchen and handed round by
neat white servant girl" Pearson
says further, THE establishment of
this political patriarch consists of IL
house two stories high, containing, l
believe, eight. rooms, of two men and
three maid servants, three horses and
4 plain carriage"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-01-05

In the district known as 1.-THE barony
of Forth" in County Wexford, Ireland
is to be found a race of handwriting
industrious peasants, living in thatch-
ed cottages with clean, whitewashed
walls, which by their perfect whiteness
at once arrest the attention of the Wis
itor. These people differ in many re
spects from the inhabitants of the
other parts of the same county and
have habits and customs peculiar TO
themselves When Il funeral takes
place two wooden crosses are provid-
ed. On the way to the cemetery Il
halt is made at a certain spot by the
side of the road. Here prayers are
said for the deceased, after which one
cross is deposited in q hawthorn bush
or under it. The procession then goes
on its way, and after the intermcnt
the other cross is fixed ut the head Of
the grave. This strange custom dates
from time immemorial. as the great
pile of crosses by the roadside indi.
Gates.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-01-05

1t was vanishing day. and Piccadil-
~ was crowded with the thrOngs pour
ing into Burlington House. All smart
London was there. Gay chat. bright
costumes, the latest gossip. everything
rather than the pictures, held the atten-
ton of those present. So at least it
seemed TO Il slender girl with clear
cut. attractive face who strolled slow
ly from picture to picture. lingering to
study one here and there. promising
herself to come again when there We're
fewer people.
Then suddenly little cry escaped
her parted lips. Was it possible? She
was back in Llandudno again. There
was the Irish sea- dancing in the sun
light the green curve of the Great
Orme. and surely-surely that figure in
white gazing with shaded eyes out
across the water, was herself Bend
ing closer. she gaZed eagerly at the
picture. Yes. the face was hers To a
casual passerby perhaps the likeness
might not be striking. but to her-the
pose, the dress-everything spoke elo-
quently. How could it have happened?
Hurriedly consulting her catalogue, she
found the picture. Hope" it was call
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-01-05

had to be waded through. at some
points waist deep The fire from the
fort was scattering. but when the pail
sades were reached they could not be
scaled and had to be cut away When
Curtis flags crowned the breaStworl,s
the division commander, General
AmeS, who was up at the front, imme-
diately ordered Colonel Pennypacl,er's
brigade to his support, for the first sue
cess was no more than lodgInent.
The stronghold was in the shot proof
chambers, where every foot Of ground
could be disputed, and to the defense
of them the COnfederates rallied. Gen
eral Whiting, moving down the line
from right to left, had led some men to
the first chamber, held by Curtis, and
succeeded in recovering that and the
adjoining parapets, although he receiv-
ed wounds that cost him his life.
Colonel Lamb had gone outside the
parapets in order to get view of the
distant parts. He found the front Gov
cred with assailants and also discover
ed that his torpedo wires had been de
stroyed by the navy shots that had
plowed the sand many feet deep, and
these terrible weapons were useless
But the garrison was fighting bravely
and Lamb cheered them with the hone
that the fort could be held until dark
when Bragg would come to their aid
from Wilmington. His sharpshooters
cut down all the Federal color bearers.
and the hostile flags vanished from the
outer walls. The traverses which inter
sected the parapets every few yards
now became barricades, over which the
combatants fought, often at arms
length.
The Federal naval column was out of
the fight entirely, and the guns on the
vessels kept up steady fire along the
sea face wall, where the sailors had
been repulsed. Gradually taking wild
er target, they poured their shots into
the active Confederate batteries. This
greatly demoralized the garrison, and
the assault was rapidly pushed by the
remainder of General Ames' division.
Some of the sailors on leaving the
ground where they charged on the sea
face had gone north into the works of
the land column. Here they were form.
ed into parties to defend the trenches
against a rear attack on Ames, and all
Of the troops of the army were sent
down to the fort. A desperate struggle
over the parapets and traverses was
maintained until 10 o'clock at night,
the Confederates making a heroic de
Tense until overpowered The conclud-
ing features of this remarkable fight will
be described in succeeding article.
GEORGE L. KILMER.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-01-05
Final Attack on Fort Fisher
FoRTIETH ANNIVERSARY WAR STORY
January IS. 1865

the fort But the batteries farther
down the Confederate line could sweep
the stretch of beach. which ut that
point was nearly half a mile wide, and
the muskets in the fort did terrible eX-
ecution. Three cannon in the fort
poured canister into the ASSISTANTS. ami
both General Whiting aud Colonel
Lamb stood on the pardpet cheering
the men at their work The foremost
body of sailors was nearly annihilated.
The present commander of the north
Atlantic squadron. Admiral Robley ID.
Evans, was an ensign ut the he%d Of
siXty-four men. He was wounded four
times. ana all but ten of his followers
were killed or wounded.
The sailors We're unaccuStOmed to
land maneuvers and very soon showed
the seriousness of this defect Their
officers, among them the gallant Lieu
tenant W. Il. Cushing, rallied and led
them as well as possible. but the for
ward columns halted under the walls
of the fort, lying down to escape the
fire from above, and the rear columns
on closing up did the same. The delay
thus caused was fatal. The COnfeder-
ates were cheered by the sight of &
sort of panic that had seized these nov
ices in war and turned away to receive
the land column, which was announced
to be close at hand by the sharp mus
kerry and the booming of grape shot
ted guns on the north front Simulta-
neously Whiting and Lamb saw in
that direction three of General Curtis
battlefiags on the ramparts adjoining
the northwest bastion
Curtis advance had not been without
difficulty. At places the hollows in the
sand were filled with water, and this