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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17
DR.. W. s. Webb Sued.

According to counsel for the plain
tiffs Hiram A. Hodge of Boston and
Frank d. White of Rutland, in an
action against James s. Cannon, Will
liam X. Vanderbilt, Henry L..
Sprague, Richard Sutro and others,
to recover $2,500,000 damages for
the alleged wrecking of The South
Shore Railway Company in the Prov
ince of Quebec, DR.. w. Seward Webb
was served with a subpoena to tes-
tify in the action, which is on trial
before United States Commissioner
Shields, as special master, in New
York. According to the process serv'
er DR.. Webb accepted service at his
home just previous to the marriage
of his son, after having been inform
ed that if he did not do so he would
be interrupted at the church. How
ever on account of the illness OF
Commissioner Shields the trial could
not go on and it is possible that DR.
Webb might have been excused oil
this account At any rate, he did
not put in an appearance at court
| but went to Chicago Tuesday night tC
attend a Directors meeting there. The
suit is an echo of the Rutland Rail
road deal The plaintiffs allege that
the promoters of the Rutland ROAD
injured the formers credit, so tha
| they could not float their road, anC
that the Rutland Railroad people 60
hold of it and still retain the Soul
Shore Railway running from st
Lambert to st. Francois du Lac, Pro
vince of Quebec. The answer of th'
defense is a general denial. The mat
ter hcs been in the courts severa
years.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17
Visits National Guard.

BY order of Governor Prouty in
structions have been issued from the
office of Adjutant General Gilmore
concerning Sergeant John C. Cody.
First Infantry, United States Army,
who has been detailed by the War
Department to visit the different
companies of the First Regiment.
Vermont National Guard. The visit
to Company X of Bennington will be
made February IA. The company Is
engaged in indoor target practice ard
is making some good records.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17
DIRE DISTRESS.
IL Is Near mt Hand TO Hundreds {
Montpelier Readers.

Don't neglect an aching back
Backache is the Kidneys cry for
help.
Neglect hurrying to their aid
Means that urinary troubles follow
quickly
Dire distress, diabetes, Bright's
disease.
Profit by Montpelier citizens ex-
perience.
Fred Dodge. r. F. ID. No. 2, Mont
pelier Vt says: mo one know;
more than | do the value of Doan's
Kidney Pills. l procured this remedy
at PoGe's drug store in the spring of
1897 when suffering from a weakness
of my kidneys and dull, heavy pains
that ! could not attend to my work
ana although / used plasters and
liniments | received no relief. Doan's
Kidney Pills helped me from the
first and | have since recommended
the remedy to scores of people.
have even gone so far as to buy
Doan's Kidney Pills for sufferers with
the understanding that If they failed
to prove Of benefit they need not pay
me for the remedy. l have never
lost cent in this way and so / have
even more faith in Doan's Kidney
Pills than when 1 testified to theil
merit over eight years ago"
For sale by all dealers. Price 81
cents. Foster -Milburn Co., Buffalo
New York, sole agents for the Unite,
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17
New Weekly Paper.

A rumor is current that a new
soon make it's appearance in Cam
bridge under the management OF
Edward Barber formerly publisher
of the Salem Axiom. The name OF
the corporation will be the Cam
bridge Publishing Company and its
er supervisor, and c. o. Pratt, form
er district attorney. are said to be
interested in the venture. The first
number is expected in about two
weeks.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17
Lynys Showed Fight.

ing half a mile from Bellows Falls
heard screaming noise back of his
henhouse Tuesday morning and upon
investigation discovered two large Ca
madam lynXs. He attempted to drive
them away but they showed fight and
he changed his mind. The game war
den was notified and with compan-
ion followed the animals for miles
but did not come up with them.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17
RAILWAY MAIL CLERKS WANTED

The Government Pays Railway Mail
Clerks $500 to $1,000, and Other
Employees Up to $1,000 Annually.
Uncle Sam will hold spring exami-
nations throughout the country for
Railway Mail Clerks, Custom House
Clerks, Stenographers, Bookkeepers,
Departmental Clerks and other Gov
eminent Positions. Thousands of APP
pointments will be made. Any man or
woman over IS, in City or County can
get Instruction and free information
by writing at once to the Bureau OF
instruction, 1852 T, Hamlin Building
Rochester, N. Y.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17
Bennington Industry.

There is plenty of work at the Ben
nington Machine Works of which
Col. Olin Scott is proprietor, and the
prospect of its continuance is excel
lent. The concern is now turning out
three grinders for the additional
equipment of the largest wood pulp
mill in Nova Scotia. These grinders
weigh ten tons each and are as large
as any that the establishment has
ever made. The foundry work, which
is done for The Hale Manufacturing
Company of Arlington, The Eagle
Square Company of SALISBURY, The
Cooper Company of Bennington and
other concerns is also large.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17
Erect Factory In Bradford,

The corn canning industry in this
State is looking up. II. c. Baxter &
Brother of Brunswick, Me-, who OPP
crate the canning establishments in
Brattleboro, Westminster and Wind
sor have closed their factory in Cor
nish, Me-, and the machinery will be
moved to Bradford, where the firm re-
Gently bought tract of land for the
purpose of building large factory in
the spring.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17

not rotted through being left wound
upon the reel before they had dried
All this may prevent losing a good
fish next season, and there is pleas
ure in doing it, too, pleasure of recol-
lection and anticipation. When you
have gone all over the tackle and
made sure of its condition, light your
pipe and read again Frank Pinckney's
sketch, winter Fishing" or some
bits from DR.. Prime. 1t is not all of
fishing to fish, and the real anglers
enjoyment is not restricted to the
season when he can actually cast his
flies on the stream.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17

Dolphus Dewing, so years old, Of
Franklin has MIXED more COWS
probably than any other man in the
State. His father MIXED as many
as 20 COWS a season. Dolphus COM
menced milking at ten years old,
milking ten COWS morning and night.
Then the average became thirty a
day. Mr.. Dewing has MIXED COWS u
years and must have MIXED about
three-fourths of a million. If anyone
can beat this record in the State he
is anxious to hear the worst.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17

One member ON the society attack
ed the Trifler at its second meeting
for calling attention to case of cru
city to child instead of having the
offending parties arrested and pun
Usher and referred to me as some one
anxious to see his ideas in cold lead.
| was long since weaned of any over
whelming desire to see my ideas or
my name in print, and my reference
to that particular case was only for
the purpose of calling attention to
the fact that there was field for
the society's activities in caring for
neglected and abused children. There
was no occasion for an arrest in that
case. as the trouble was remedied
without interference by any officers
Probably most such cases can be dis
posed of by the Intervention of the
society without resorting to harsh
measures. In fragrant cases arrest
and punishment may serve as a deter.
rent to others but it will generally be
found full as well to work without
the imposition of statutory penalties
The society, | suppose, is more con
cerned with remedying abuses thar
with Furnishing offenders. The for
mer is the important thing, the lat
ter is only incidental
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17
Has Leased Building.

That part of the Gryphon building
on West street Rutland, now occu-
pied by Dreamland theatre, has been
leased by the government of Wright
e Young for postoffice purposes, no.
tice to that effect having been receiv-
ed by Postmaster John A. Sheldon
Under the lease of the present quar-
ters of Station A, in the Putnam &
Sawyer block, the government is
obliged to give the owners three
months notice and for this reason
the change will not be made until
MAY u.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17

Prompt relief was afforded to the
sufferers from the fire in the Hop
kins block last week. The heart of
Montpelier is in the right place. If
there are cases of suffering and des-
titution it is because they are neg
lected, it is because they are not
known rether than because they are
neglected. There are such cases. A pa
thetic instance came to my attention
few weeks ago A woman went to
a rummage sale and spent what little
money she could spare in buying some
articles of clothing for the children.
The next day she wrote to the lady
who had charge of one of the tables
asking if there was anything left from
the sale that could be given her. In
vestigation showed that the woman
and the children were insufficiently
clothed and that there was not enough
bed clothing in the house, while the
furniture was miserably poor and
scant. Some private stores were lev
led on and the need was relieved
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17
Announces Further Reductions.

The Twin State Gas and Electric
Light Company of Brattleboro, an
nounces a further reduction in its
rates for lighting to take effect March
1. The 13-cent rate for first so kilo-
watts will be reduced to II cents and
10 cent rate for second so kilowatts
to 8 cents Further reductions are
expected later but no definite plans
have been taken for further cutting
into the bills.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17

To receive pension as the widow
of soldier, to lose that pension on
remarrying, and to be reinstated as
a pensioner on the death of her sec
ond husband, is the somewhat unusual
experience that has befallen Mrs. G.
e. Stevens of Rutland. The case is
without parallel in Rutland pension
circles, but has been a possible thing
for a number of years.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17

butt slid back striking Mr.. Fofha on
the left leg just below the knee com
pletely severing it. He was left in
the snow until his helper could go to
the house for team, which was
about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and
it was 1 o'clock the next morning be-
fore a doctor could reach him. The
Thermometer registered below zero at
the time. He is in a critical con-
dition but hopes are entertained that
he will recover He is a Swede, 81
years old and unmarried.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17
Charged With Burglary.

r. II. Fintell of Mill Village, a milk
dealer was arrested last week in Rut-
land charged with committing bur-
glary at Burdtt Brothers feed and
grist mill. He was not taken into
custody. A special officer saw a man
leave the mill January 80 with bag
of meal. The man escaped in the dark
ness but on further working up of the
case Fintell was rearrested.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17
Dog River Valley Fair.

The directors of the Dog River
Valley Fair Association at North
field have voted to hold the next fair
September 10 ID and Is. J. e. Punk
EFT was chosen superintendent OF
horses, and H. A. Jones and Charles
Mccarthy superintendent Of cattle,
sheep, and swine. Mrs. e. M. Mason
and Mrs. Arthur Smith will be clerks
and j. E. Plunkett and j. M. Don
ahue officers of the police depart
ment.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17
Festival June | and =.

The st. Adams Choral Union is
for the festival to be held
June / and 2. Fully $50 men and
women are rehearsing and it is eX-
pected the Boston Orchestral Club
will attend The soloists have not
been decided upon. Rehearsals will
be held every Tuesday and Wednes-
day until June.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17
Hotel at BOmOSeen.

There is every indication that Lake
Bomoseen will have a new summer
hotel during 1910. Negotiations are
nearly closed between Edward Dunn
of Castleton and New York parties
for the sale of five acres of Mr.. Dunn's
land on the east side of the lake as a
hotel site. Mr.. Dunn would not go
into detail but he admitted that his
terms had been accepted.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17

A very early spring followed the
winter of 1898, which was much like
the present one. The almost total
disappearance of frost from the
ground in that year except in places
that were shaded the greater part OF
the day, took place early in March,
The highways were settled in places.
S. C. Lyons began ploughing the
farm lands that lay south of his res
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17

An illustrated edition of the old
historical novel "The Green Mountain
Boys" written by Daniel p .Thomp-
son OF Montpelier in 1889, will be
issued in few weeks by a Boston
publishing house. The work will
contain a number of scenes of his
torical localities in Bennington.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17
The Graveyard of Old Engines.

The place where these old loco
motives are dismantled is mechani-
cal dissecting-room. The men who
work there see nothing that is ro
mantle about their labor; yet the
casual visitor who is at all magma
tive finds much that is pathetic. IN,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17
Fed Bed to Horse.

A woman from town near Mont
pelier tells hard luck story to the
effect that her husband fed the straw
in the beds to a worthless horse and
the children have to sleep on the
floor The authorities are looking
for the man.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17

The two Bellows Falls bakers have
agreed not to deliver baked beans or
other foods on Sunday mornings here
after nor to sell three loaves of 10
cent bread for a quarter, as formerly.
They will sell for a dime straight"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17

Mrs. AUGUsTE VEsPERMANN, De For
est, Wisconsin.
Another Operation Avoided.
New Orleans, La.-'For years | suf-
fered from severe female troubles.
Finally l was confined to my bed and
the doctor said an operation was neces-
sary. l gave Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound trial first, and
was saved from an operation" Mrs.
LILY PEYRoUX, I'LL Kerlerec St. New
Orleans, La.
Thirty years of unparalleled success
confirms the power of Lydia (. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound to cure
female diseases. The great volume of
unsolicited testimony constantly pour
ing in proves conclusively that Lydia
+. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
remarkable remedy for those dis
tressing feminine ills from which so
many women suffer.
IfyOu want special advice about
your case write to Mrs. PinkhaIn,
at Lynn, Mass. Her advice is
free, and always helpful.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17
AN AWFUL RECORD.

Every year thousands of men and
women die of kidney disease who
might have been cured if its presence
had been discovered in time and a
prompt treatment with Kidnets ad-
opted. If you have backache, kidney
trouble or other symptoms of kidney
disease, begin using Kidnets imme-
diately. Druggists and dealers sell it
for so cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17
Firm Moved to Charlie stOwn.

Practically all the machinery of the
Superior Tap Company, Springfield,
has been moved to Charlestown, N.
H. The Charlestown shop is complet-
ed and will be running with full force
of so men shortly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17
VERMONT NEWS
Items OF Interest Cleaned From All
Parts Of Green Mountain
State.
Broad Lake Closed.

The Broad lake closed Friday. Lake
Champlain ice men are hustling to
harvest their crop this week. The ice
inside the breakwater is seven inches
thick. The lake closed last year Feb
ruary 8.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17
Measles In Brattleb0rO.

Health Officer Henry Tucker of
Brattleboro says there are now 800
cases of measles in town and urges
precautions in avoiding the outbreak
of further cases.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17
Told Fish Story.

At sale held by the Ladies Union
of the Congregational church in Bel
lows Falls free supper was offered
to the person telling the biggest fish
story. Mrs. Edward Kirkland won
out.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17

Champlain. 1t is annoying, to say
the least, for an American to observe
Canadians taking out fish and selling
them at good prices when they are
forbidden to do so. Several men who
live on the lake shore used to make a
tidy sum from their fisheries every
spring. Now they see the thousands
go into the pockets of the Canadians
and they can get fish for their own
table only by buying from their
neighbor across the line.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17

If by any chance the city should
vote for license it would pay to in
vestigate the experiment tried in Nor
risville, where one second-class Ii
cense was granted and one for the
sale Of beer and light wines.
EARNEST THRILLER.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17
Paint Shop Burned.

The large paint shop of Charles
Miner burned at Brattleboro Thurs.
day. Many wagons were Destroy
ed and the loss is $4,000 with no
insurance.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17

A tax rate of $1.90 looks large to
the Montpelier citizen who has been
accustomed for years to pay $3.50
But when the new City Hall and the
High School are completed, when the
paid fire department is installed and
new sewer system has been con-
structed, he will find that the inter
est charges and cost of maintenance
will require a tax rate larger than
now proposed, unless the valuation
of real estate is raised.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17

Is there a still hunt in progress?
1t is occasionally stated with some
show of confidence that the town
will surely vote yes in March. 1t has
been a good town to live in during
these dry years, but there always are
those who desire a change.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17

1t is interesting to go through the
pelier merchants and note how many
of the charges were for rum. They
were a sturdy race in those days and
used to carry off without trouble
amounts that would stagger a hard
drinker today.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17

A Burlington man dreamed the 9TH
er night that he had died and was
being showed abou his future abode
by one of the attendants. He was
charmed with what he saw and new
beauties unfolded themselves as he
continued his trip about the place. At
length he said to his guide: 81 am
charmed and surprised. l had no idea
it was so fine Heaven is really bet
ter than Burlington" Guess, again,
said the guide. This amt Heaven"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17

1t admits of no dispute that SEEMING
fish in the beeding season has bad
effect on the supply of fish, but that
fact counts for little in consoling the
American fisherman. He is forbidden
to take pike, but they are taken,
just the same. If they are to oe ia
ken he feels that he ought to get his
share. The Canadian political situa-
ton has heretofore prevented any
agreement to put stop to seining,
as the government has needed the
votes of the two counties bordering
on the upper part of the lake, and
would lose them if the fishehmen
should be deprived of their privileges
1t is rather hard, though, that we
maintain a pike hatchery and put mil
lions of fry into the lake and the
Canadians work as hard as they can
to destroy the breeding fish.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17
Keen Youthful
EXCELSIOR HAIR DYE

gives your hair rich. glossy color.
Positive colors assured. Guaranteed
under Pure Food and Drugs Act.
Package sent in plain wrapper for 81.
Different colors. Send postal for
free Information and circulars
DIR. Rudolph Merlin, Inc.
564 Washington ST. Boston, Mass.
FIJI Of
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17

We cannot raise three or four thou
sand dollars by voting license this
year. The State has sequestered all
uor, so if we vote yes we shall do it
for the fun of the thing, not because
we shall derive revenue from it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17
In Fearful Plight.

AS Andrew Fofha of Chester was
falling a tree in the woods, and a
mile and half from his home Mon"
day in company with a helper the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17

About this time, as the old alman-
acs say, get out your fishing rods,
overhaul the windings, look after the
ferules and apply coat of fine elastic
varnish, Overhaul the reels and oil
the bearings. See that moths have
not got into the fly book, Look after
the lines and be sure that they have
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17

ed for some clothing and when the
manager of a rummage sale just clos
ed was asked to aid she replied that
all the unsod stuff had been packed
away to await the next sale
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17

The Salvation Army is an active
organization in charitable work and
its efficiency in that respect compen-
safes for its somewhat bizarre meth
DDS. 1t is one of the ironies of fates
that the captain of the local corps who
has done SO much for others, should
now be herself in need.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17

There is no doubt that the valua-
ton should be raised if the law is to
be complied with. Leaving aside the
question of law, which is the most
equitable and most desirable, low
valuation and high tax rate, or pro-
per valuation and low tax rate?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17

The rummage sales have afforded
an easy way of raising some money
for the support of the churches and
the Y, M. c. A. When church raises
money in this way, while at the same
time people are in need of such arti-
Giles as are placed on sale there and
have not the money to buy them, is
not the church being maintained on
the sufferings of the poor?. Can the
churches afford to rest under that
imputation? Do they not thereby
ALLEVIATE the poor? Is it worth while
in this way to maintain a church for
the benefit of the prosperous, right
eous few?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17

The organization ought not to be
too formal No applicant ought to be
required to pass civil service ex-
animation before securing relief. We
have no occasion for
AN organized charity, scrimped and
iced
In the name of cautious, statistical
Christ"
Let all the churches join and have
some central place where articles
can be stored, to be distributed as
needed and there will be money and
clothes and furniture and food in
plenty
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17

AS | have heard some curious ques-
tons over the heading of this column
! have placed underneath the head
ing the quotation from Shakespeare
from which it was taken, and in fur
Their elucidation ! quote from an old
writer on astrology, who says:
Mercury signifieth subtill men, in
genious. inconstant; hymers, poets
advocates philosophers, arithmeti-
clans and busie fellowes."