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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-06-17

The ancient city of Vergennes Is
verv much awake regarding the cOln
ing celebration in honor OF Samuel
dc Champlain. All people, from
those of public responsibility down
to the youngest school children, ars
contributing il al ways in their
power to make Vergennes day, Sat
friday, July 8 one memorable in the
history of The ancient city. All Of
the chief civic societies, Including
several organizations of French
Americans, will take part in the pa
rade and thew will be augmented by
"a Garde D'Honneur dc L'Union st
Jean Baptiste of RutlaLd. In the
literary exercises a chorus of $50
voices, now IN special training, viii
bp heard, and in floats and features
generally classified as pageants, a
large number of seventeenth century
costumes ami scenes will be depicr-
ed. AS has been previously an
nounced, the Hon. John Barrett OF
Washington will be the orator Of
TIE day. The money to pay the ex-
penses of the Vergennes celebration
mas been raised by ppular subscrip-
ton. In this subscription the school
children of the city have done
very credita'le part. From all
sources over $500 is available. A
Un'cue feature of the vergennes
celebration will be the fact that ev-
e1ything will be free. No stdeshows,
nc attraction of any kind will re-
oUiIe paid admission.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-06-17


mend this remedy to all women as the
best and most pleasant tonic that they
can possibly take.
Yours very truly,
Senorita Pillar Monterde.
Julia MarI0we Endorses Pe-ru-na.
81 am glad to write my endorsements
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tonic. do so most heartily"
Julia Marlowe.
Peruna relieves catarrh, not only by
its tonic effect upon the whole system,
but by eradicating the poison of ca
tarrh. 1t gives better appetite, better
digestion, better sleep.
Peruna is manufactured by The
Peruna Drug Mfg. Co., Columbus, Ohio.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-06-17

August 8, and promise to be
interesting days in New Hampshire
for all who are interested in forests.
In connection with the annual meet
Forests, beginning on the evening of
ing of the Society of New Hampshire
August 8 and continuing through
the 4th, the directors of the Ameri-
can Forestry association will hold a
meeting and there will be a gather
ing of the State Foresters of the
New England and Middle Atlantic
States. 1t has been decided to make
the occasion forest conference IN
der the auspices of the New Hamp-
shire society. The Hon. Frank W.
Rollins will preside. The forestry
commission of New York state, Mr..
James S. Whipple, a brilliant speak
er, will give an address, illustrated
with lantern photographs, upon
what has been done for the great
Adirondacks and Catskill reserve.
especially to reforest them. Mr..
Austin F.. Halves, state forester of
Vermont, Mr.. William Rane, state
froester of Massachusetts, and Mr..
Edwin A. Stark secretary of the
Massachusetts Forestry association,
will take part. Full reports will be
made upon the progress OF the APP
palachian bill. On August 5 there
will be excursions to Mt. Washing
ton, to Mt. Echo, overlooking the
great burned areas in Zealand valley
and to other interesting points. The
meetings will be held at the Mt
Pleasant House, Breton Woods,
where special reduced rates have
been given. Persons especially in
terested will be cordially welcome.
One Of the interesting features of
the meeting will be brief address
by DR.. John ]. Finley. president Of
the University of the City OF New
York, who was a close personal
friend of President Cleveland, upon
the Cleveland Memorial Road IN
Tamworth, N. II.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-06-17

In Addison county court at Mid
dlebury Friday afternoon the jury
in the case of State VS.. Charles
Marston, after 26 hours delibera-
ton, brought in verdict pronoun-
cling the respondent guilty of simple
assault on Miss Anne Smith, a local
school teacher. Sentence was mol
pressed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-06-17
e-ru-na a Tonic After Exhaustion.

Pe-ru-na a Tonic After Exhaustion.
Teatro Principal,
City of Mexico.
The Peruna Drug Mfg. Co.,
Columbus, Ohio, U. S. A.
Gentlemen: Having used your justly
celebrated remedy, la Peruna, for some
time, I have the pleasure of informing
you that I consider it the best tonic
have ever used.
1t is wonderful fortifier of the nerves
after exhaustion, and it increases the
vitality of the whole body, and in my
own case has produced the most com.
plete and permanent restoration. 1t is
also pleasant to the taste.
do not hesitate, therefore, to recon-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-06-17
NEWS OF VERMONT
Minor Events From Over
the State Condensed
For Busy Readers

The Old Ladies Home at Rutland
has had prosperous year and there
is balance in the treasury of over
$4,000.
Rev. A. M. Watt of West Brat
tleboro has accepted a call to the
Baptist church at Johnson and will
begin his new duties July ].
Warren l.. Carpenter of Wells, is
valedictorian, and Miss Bertha Still
son of Proctor, salutatorian OF the
senior class at Middlebury College
The graduating class of the Rut-
land High school, by far the largest
in it's history, numbers AZ members,
Is of them being boys. Fourteen
will enter college.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-06-17

The granting of an increase in
pension to Calvin Drown of Island
Pond, at the rate of $50 a month
from May 16, 1909, came a little too
late to aid Mr.. Drown as he died
May 20, having survived his wife
only seven weeks.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-06-17

The last jury trial of the term was
that of State VS. Frank Bushey of
Monkton, charged with an assault
upon an aged woman, Helen Boulieu,
at Monkton, March 6, 1908. The jury
after being ont an hour brought in
a verdict of not guilty.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-06-17

Guy Hutchins of Starksboro, aged
is years. pleaded guilty to a simple
assault upon young girl named
Ada Marseills March II. He was
sentenced to from two to three years
in the house of correction at Rut-
land but sentence was suspended
and he was placed in the charge of
the probation officer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-06-17

w. P Miller Troy, Nelson, Hall
& Co., of Montgomery and W. T.
Donovan of St. Adams have filed an
involuntary petition in bankruptcy
against Charles L. Hutchins of
Montgomery. His liabilities are al
legged to be $1,000.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-06-17

The University of Vermont play,
william Warren's Welcome" was
presented to a large house in Ben
nington Saturday evening. Its au-
thor, Roger G. Ramsdell, '09, lives
in Bennington.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-06-17

The Burlington street commits
sioners have under consideration a
project for extending Bradley Place
to South Willard street and later
connecting Bank street on to Brad
ley Place. A petition literally sign
ed by persons interested in real
estate in that vicinity has been pre-
scented to the commissioners and as
Bradley Place is in a direct line
with Bank street it is probable that
at no remote time they will be con-
nected, making through street
from South Willard to the lake.
Plans and surveys of the proposed
extensions have been made and are
now at the city clerks office. Those
in favor of the extensions claim
that at no time will conditions be as
favorable for the extension as now,
particularly in the case Of the ex-
tension Of Bradley Place to South
Willard street. At the present time
there is only one house standing in
the way of this extension and that
will be taken out of the way at It's
own value leaving only the lot for
the city to pay for. Within a short
time the district will be built up so
that many houses will be in the
way. Another point made is that
now only few property owners
would have to be dealt with, while
after the division of the Peck es-
tate many building lots would be
shaved and matters complicated to
no small degree. Finally, at no dis
tant time, the residents OF Bradley
Place would petition the courts and
then if the extension were made the
expense to the city would be many
times what it would be now.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-06-17

The steamer Ticonderoga, on
which the st. Adams Choral Union
will make the trip to Isle La Motto,
July 8, is the official boat which will
carry the presidential party from
Burlington to Isla La Motto, and the
Choral Union will accompany the
party, which will also include the
Roman Catholic dignitaries and Off
GERS of patriotic societies. The boat
will stop at Plattsburg where the
remaining members of the party will
be taken on and thence will proceed
to Isle La Motto. The boat will re-
turn to Burlington in the evening.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-06-17

The prudential committee of the
village schools has caused a large
flag to be raised on the pole in front
of the school-house on School
street. This action is in compliance
with act No. IS, section one, of the
last legislature which reads as fol-
lows, "The board of school directors
and the corresponding officers in
school districts shall cause to be err
ected on each school house, or on
the premises belonging thereto,
suitable flag pole and shall. while
school is in session therein, cause a
United States flag to be displayed
thereon"
Headquarters for all visiting news
paper men in Burlington during the
week of the Champlain Tercentenary
observance are being fitted up with
all conveniences in the city court
room. The court room is located
in the city hall in close proximity to
the place where President Taft, AM
bassador Bryce and other public
men will speak. Full wire facilities,
including experienced operators ac-
customed to handling press matter,
with an efficient stenographic force,
will be at the services of the cores
pondents. These facilities will be
continued during the entire week
from Saturday, July 3, to Saturday,
July 10, and all newspaper men will
be welcome at press headquarters
at all times.
The st. Adams city council held
a special meeting Monday evening
and among other matters began
conserving the water resources by
ordering the water shut off from the
fountain and ponds in the park. The
measurements at the lower reservoir
showed that there was 23 feet and
z inches there, about the same as
last year at this time. J. II. Cum
mings was appointed inspector Of the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-06-17

Mrs. Daisy Valencia was awarded
verdict of $1,790 against the Cen
trail Vermont Railway Co. by a jury
in the United States circuit court
at Portsmouth, n. H., last week.
Mrs. Valencia had brought suit for
$4,000 damages for injuries alleged
to have been received while boarding
the defendants train at Burlington
June 81, 1908.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-06-17

George j. Loughman of Diamond
street, st. Adams, returned home
from Springfield, Mass, where he
was called to attend the funeral of
his brother-in-law, Harry Sheridan,
a brakeman on the Boston & AL.
bany railroad, who was instantly
killed by being run over by ca
boose. Mrs. Loughman and son will
not return to the city for a few
days. Sheridan had been employed
for two years on the Boston & AL
bany railroad and came from a
family Of railroad people. His father
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-06-17

The list of orators for the tercen-
tenary celebrations to be held on
the New York shore of Lake Cham
plain has been completed by the
choice of ex-Mayor Seth Low of New
York city and Judge Albert C. Barnes
of Chicago, a native of Chimney
Point, VT, as speakers at Crown
Point, Monday, July s.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-06-17

The second RED tag day" for the
benefit of the Brattleboro rest
room, the only association of it's
kind in the state, was held Satur-
day and nearly 5000 tags were sold.
The exact amount collected is not
known but it will exceed last years
proceeds which were 1870. The SOL
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-06-17

Chauncey A. Adams, who has
resigned the secretaryship of the
st. Johnsbury Young Men Christ
ian Association after two years SER
vice, will be succeeded July 1 by c.
A. Palmer, the present physical
director. Mr.. Adams, who has been
in association work six years in
Montreal and the island of Ceylon,
goes to another position.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-12-02

Make much Of It While you have the
most precious of all gifts. a loving
mother. Read the unfathomable love
in those eyes. the kind anxiety Of that
tone and look, however slight your
pain. In after life you may have
friends-fond. dear, kind friends-but
never will you have again the inex.
pressible love and gentleness lavished
upon you which none but q mother be-
slows. Often do l sigh In my strug-
giles with the hard, uncaring world for
the deep. sweet security felt when on
an evening. resting on her bosom.
listened to some quiet tale, suitable to
my age. read in her tender, untiring
voice. Never can I forget her sweet
glances cast upon me when I appeared
asleep. never her kiss Of peace at night.
Years have passed away since I laid
her by my father In the old church
yard. yet still her voice whispers from
her grave. and her eyes watch over me
as l visit spots long since hallowed by
her memory.-I.ord Macaulay.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-12-02

bio scar there all my life!' she re.
piled. With a stamp Of her foot. you
are q nice man to be given charge Of
gun. How many other folks have
you killed or wounded this morningY'
go for him. Dolly; go for himv'
chartered the squirrel. HE tried to
kill US. and don't you let him talk
about any detected shot,
$50 sorry. you know; so sorry!" the
young man kept stammering. Il
wouldn't have shot you for S.. Hon
est I wouldn't. Is 1t bad wound? Is
It painful? Do you think 1t is NOR
tal?"
Il fear 1t u.s." replied Miss Dolly as
spirit Of mischief dubbed up. yves;
It may be fatal, and don't know what
excuse you can urge before coroners
Jury. You will be declared my MUIR
derer."
"He will! He will! Whoop! He
willw chartered the squirrel.
$50 sorry, SO sorry!' said the con-
fused and upset young man. II can't
call an ambulance here, you know,
and-and I don't see any doctors signs
around. Can help you home. and
then-then''-
II think l have the strength to walk
home, but you may run to the village
and tell DR.. Smith that you have shot
me and ask him to come. Tell him it's
probably mortal wound. Tell him
that it's Miss Dolly Meserve YOU tried
to kill. Better throw away that gun or
you'll be shooting the DOCTOR"
Eyes, yes; surely will. Yes; Ill get
DR.. Smith. So sorry, you know. DO
you think you can reach home without
help? Yes, certainly" And he was
gone.
1t was true that some of the bird shot
with which the gun had been loaded
had struck something and been defect
cd. Two Of them were buried in the
quilted hood, and two or three others
were found In the folds Of the heavy
shawl. Only one had struck Miss Dol
ly as she raised her face, and that was
in the center Of the chin. 1t had not
penetrated deeply. AS matter Of
fact, she dug it out with her finger
nail Oh the way home. The doctor
arrived in his gig with his horse on
the gallop. At first he was inclined to
be angry, but when the story was told
and when little plan was unfolded
he laughed and offered his services.
Two hours later, when Will Bailey.
son Of Lawyer Bailey of the city,
called at the farmhouse to repeat that
he was so sorry and to say that he
was visiting the SCOTS and doing a
little shooting he found young lady
on the sofa with her head, chin and
neck done up aud strong smell Of
drugs in the room. He was told by
Miss Dolly that the doctor had said
that she would probably pull through
II given the best Of care, and he went
away a happy young man. He sent
to the city for flowers and fruits and
books. lie presented Brother Sam
with the shotgun, and he told the IA
Their that he would be only too happy
to nav all eXDenSes.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-12-02
GATHERING
CHESTMU1S,
4 Shot at a Squirrel That Brought
Down a Girl.
By LAWRENCE CLAY.
Copyright. 1909. by Associated Literary
prnaa

~ LAWRENCE CLAY.
Copyright. 1909. by Associated Literary
Press
The first frost Of the season had
come. and Miss Dolly Meserve was on
her way down to the back lot with a
basket on her arm. A big chestnut
tree had stood there for no one could
remember how long, and this fall It
simply hung loaded with burs. The
frost probably had opened hundreds of
them.
The back lot was half mile back
Of Farmer Meserve's house, and the
girl. with the basket was his daughter,
who had just completed a term at a
seminary and was home for good. 1t
was biting morning, and she had
donned her mothers hood and shawl
and borrowed a pair Of yarn mittens
from Brother Will.
Yes: the frost and the morning
breeze had done their work. A bushel
Of chestnuts peppered the earth and
more were falling. and the basket Miss
Dolly had brought held only about
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-12-02

OF course the patient began to get
better. At about the third call of the
would be murderer she had dispensed
with most Of the bandages. At about
the fifth there was only piece of
plaster covering the wound. After
three weeks he called one afternoon
to find the plaster gone, and after a
look he cried out:
why. Miss Dolly. you've got the
prettiest dimpled chin in all America!
Really, now. but
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-12-02

two quarts. She was girl who dotted
on chestnuts and hadn't had any for
three years, so 1t was easy to tell what
she would do OH finding the ground
covered with them. She sat down and
began to shuck and eat. She turned
her back to the wind. smuggled the
old gray shawl closer and began to
eat and eat and eat. She hunted for
the very biggest and latest and didn't
mind the squirrel chattering and scold-
ing on the limbs above.
She knew he was there to get his
share. and she had half formed idea
that when she got through eating she
would throw clubs and give him q
scare. Had she been familiar with
squirrel lore she would have under
stood him during the first five min
utes to be saying:
"Well. upon my soul this Is cheeky
Of you! Haven't you been to break
fast? Have you got to lay in a store
or starve through the winter? Go to.
girl, and give us squirrels a show!"
Pretty soon she noticed that his
chatter had changed, but she didn't
look up nor try to interpret it. What
be was saying was:
"A young man! A young man! A
young man is coming this way!'
OF course Miss Dolly would have
scrambled up to look for the young
man and make out whether he was tall
or short, light or dark, handsome or
homely. Not getting the alarm, she
continued to devour fat chestnuts.
"He's got a gun! He's got gun!
He's got gun on his shoulder ex-
claimed the squirrel as he hid behind
limb and peeped out with one eye.
They ought to have been plain to the
girl as Greek. but she never even
missed a bite. 1t couldn't be charged
that she was thinking Of man. young
Or old, and 80 In an absentminded
state.
"And he's going to pepper meme
me-" shouted the squirrel as he disap.
peared into hollow limb.
This time Miss Dolly family compre.
hended and looked up. Flash-bang-
scream! She scrambled up and down
again with a moan and was too over.
come to hear the squirrel shrieking
out:
"He's shot a girl! He's shot grit
Hes missed me and shot grip
"What Is It? What have done?
What's happened" cried the voice Of
man bending over her, and Miss Dolly
shrank away and looked up to see
young man. with gun in his hand, at
her side. Her hand was clasped to her
chin. and blood was oozing from under
her fingers.
I'll have wounded you! gasped the
young man as he turned pale.
Eyes. you have! You have tried to
kill me!'
"Oh. no. no. no! I shot at squirrel
In the tree. give you my word shot
at squirrel"
"But I was sitting on the ground
here"
Eyes, but one Of the shots must have
struck a knot and been detected. !
am sorry. so sorry. can't tell you
how sorry am. May I see the
wound7 Perhaps the shot only glanc.
ed or"
"And perhaps shall carry a horri.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-12-02

No; it was month later that he
proposed. And he took her down to
the old chestnut tree where the squir-
rel chattered:
Il thought so! thought so! First
you shoot a girl and then you tell her
how much you love her and ask her to
be your wife! Go on, both of you!"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-12-02
Stern Reality.

II dreamed last night that, begin
ming with hundred dollars. I pyra-
ulided my bets on the stock market
so that in little while I had $1,000
100000" said one Of the artist c. lOny
In West Sixty-seventh street the other
day. "A crowd Of people came to me
and besought me to cease specializing
They pointed out that I had more
money than could ever spend and
that II I kept on l would own all there
was in the world replied that I
wanted a billion dollars more for my
own use and that proposed with the
two billion already had to establish
a great institution where all the artists
and writer's and sculptors might work
free from pecuniary annoyances and
raise the standard of beauty in all the
arts throughout the world. The last
man who came to beg me to stop max.
ing money was my attorney. I turned
a deaf ear to his entreaties. and finally
he sternly demanded of me tho $3.50
that I had borrowed from him last
week. Then I woke up."-New York
Press.
More Like L.
First Kid-Let's run away from home
and be pirates.
Second Kid-Naw: l know q better
game.
First K.-Put me next.
Second K.-Let's run away and be
dnanceers.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-12-02
Quite Useful.
Man needs a wife

Man needs q wife
To keep him straight
When he Is prone
To celebrate,
To guide him with
A smile or frown,
When he gets gay
TO call him down.
Who else will give
Him good advice,
Unselfish. too,
And minus price?
Who else will serve
The truth on toast
The moment that
He needs 1t Elostf
When he is making
Foolish breaks
And wife dear
Her finger shakes
He knows it's time
For him to back
And shunt upon
Another tack.
Who else will give
Tho word of cheer
When lie Is down
And out of gear?
Who else q warning
Glance will fling
When he is asked
To rise and sing?
Man needs a wife.
He never knows
His faults until
The light she throws
Upon the goods
That line his shelf
Nor takes q tumble
To himself.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-12-02
Hum0r and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
D. DUNCAN n. SMITH

GCnI THnA0nAT0O.
SPEAK kindly to the quurrclsome
man. 1t may susprise him to such
an extent that he will forget his
crouch.
Woman might not make good
CRATER, but she might make the graft
ers make good.
A sick man is sure there Is nothing
doing in the world but his aiiment.
Now is a good time to begin saving
up for that Christmas present your
wife is going to buy you.
Work off your crouch on bucksaw,
not on your wife.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-12-02

Without any leaning toward gener-
osity we all like to see strict Justice
for the other fellow.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-12-02
Mothae.

Mother.
Young people, look in those eyes,
listen to the dear voice and notice the
feeling Of even a touch that is be-
slowed upon you by that gentle hand
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-12-02
Not pota.

Not q DotO.
Don't you just dote on autumn? 2"
said the enthusiastic young woman
who was busy gathering autumn
leaves.
NO." said the man with q cold In
bis head. Il dot dote on u"