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Orleans County Monitor
BARTON, VERMONT, MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1889.
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Irleans county monitor.
PCBLI-HED WEtKLT ET
GEO. H. BLAKE,
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TERMS. Whex Paid Strictly in- Advance
1.50 a Year. II not paid in advance $2.00 a year
ibscribt r living outide of Orleans or Caledonia
unties, $ I. To per vear.
Keep Bubeription in Advance. Remit by Post
(lice Order, Registered Letter, or Draft.
Watch tlie label on jonr paper, and fee tbat your
relit is r.ght. If not correct send the money to
lake it o, or notify us of error by postal card.
Hate of Adveriiwitur made known on applica
tion. All cots must have metal body.
I Send word to Benjamin at once.
The Newport Express is dissatisfied
vith the appointmeut of Fred Grant
fts 3Iinister to Austria.
I j Postmaster General "Wanamaker
pvill require better day's work of the
'clerks in his department than they
thave given hitherto. Under his new
rule, clerks will go on duty at 8 :30
instead of i a. m., and remain at
I their desks till 0 instead of 4 o'clock.
: 1
M It is a question
of some interest
' to know whv some of the monev of
the good people of Vermont can not
!be
used in developing our own re
sources. We have quarries of slate,
jrnarble, granite and limestone un
touched, and it may be mines of iron
and other minerals, that seemingly
would pay a fair working profit, with
1 j the same amount of enterprise that is
'Uhown in other directions, while thous-
andsof dollars are sent to Fort Payne
1 !or to the over-mortgaged west for in
vestment. Distance seems to lend
pnrhantment. but the enchantment
ft fnrta out under the influence of di
minishing dividends. Xortltfield
Gov. Dillingham's Fast Day Procla
mation. In accordance with the long estab
lished custom and in recognition of
the fact that states, as well as indi
viduals, are dependent upon the Su
preme Being for guidance and pro
tection, I do hereby appoint Friday,
the 5th day of April next, to be ob
served as a day of fasting and pray
er. On that day I recommend that all
I business be suspended ; and that in
our homes and in all places of public
worship prayer be offered to Al-
1 mighty God for the bestowment of
t those blessings that will best advance
the virtue and intelligence of the
people, and for a continuance of
peace and prosperity within our bor
ders. American fishermen will rejoice
wKnn llirttf Innrn Vi n f tV.o TnminiAn
government has decided to renew the
issue of fishery licenses to them under
' the modus vivendi in connection with
jl the fishery treaty negotiated at V ash-
ington last year. This conclusion
was reached at a meeting of the cab
inet council held Saturday afternoon.
It creates the utmost surprise thro'-
out the Dominion, as the speech from
the throne, read by the governor-
II rrnrtnrnl n ihft frOnirfT Af k caocmn
intimated that Canada, owing to the
unsatisfactory termination of the ne
gotiations, would not issue further li
censes, but would revert to the treaty
0 of 1818. The change in the govern
ment's policy is very sudden, but it
will be indorsed by candidates short
ly. The Newfoundland government
has agreed to co-operate with Canada
in the issue of licenses, which will be
equally good in all British North
American waters. The Canadians
seem tq understand that there is a
new administration in the United
States.
The proclamation of the president
opening to settlement the lands in the
Indian Territory conveyed by Creeks
and Seminoles comes none too soon,
There is every indication that the
feat of ejection or the dread of the
penalties of the law would not avail
to keep out the rough and eager
"boomers," just across the line in
Jvansas, chafing at the delay. The
yelease and conveyance, it appears,
were executed 3Jarch 16, and doubt
less the proclamation has followed as
closely as permitted amid the engross
ing political duties in which the ad
ministration is engaged. The date
at which the territory will be open
for occupancy is fixed at April 22,
distant far enough to allow a "fair
start" to every one ; while the full
force of the law is insisted upon, ex
cluding from all rights in the territory
any who may seek to avail themselves
of entry in advance of the date set.
It is possible that, with the prospect
so near at hand, the "boomers" may
develop prudence and patience for
the little time remaining.
The Territories.
In filling the territoral offices Pres
ident Harrison has given a signal
proof of his disposition and judgment.
Without trumpeting his purpose, he
has quietly made the appointments
from the territories themselves. This
policy not only harmonizes with the
national Republican platfrom, but it
seems to have been reached by the
President himself while serving as
Senator and making a special study
of the territoral question, as he did
quietly, to his own advantage and the
advantage of the public, it seems,
Now he has a chance to put his knowl-
edge in practice and he does it
promptly and effectively.
'Retrospect will be a safer basis of
judgment than promises," said the
President in his inaugural- Although
but three weeks in office the President
has settled one question and settled
it right. The settlement stands in
gratifying contrast to the course
pursued by Mr. Cleveland, who
promised to give the territoral offices
to residents, but who began, contin
ued and ended with giving them to
politicians residing outside the terri
tories. "Retrospect" is indeed
better than promises.
Some Things Indicated.
The Harrison administration is not
very old yet, but a few things can be
predicted of it from what has been
already done and attempted.
The first thing that can be said of
it is that Benjamin Harrison is Pres
ident. No member of his cabinet,
to the disappointment of many dem
ocratic journals, is at the head of the
new government.
No faction or element seems to be
recognized. Men are selected from
almost all shades of politics to hold
important positions, and the chief
qualification seems to be intellectual
and business capacity. The except
ion to this rule seems rare. While
honoring friends and sections the
President nevertheless keeps the
standard of qualification high.
Soldier patriots who by long ser
vice, wounds and sacrifices saved the
country when traitors assailed it, are
not to be rewarded by back seats,
while those who were once in rebell
ion are honored.
It is pretty certain that the repub
lican party is in ascendency. Those
who stand square for the party and
its principles, as shown by its records
in republican states, by the party in
congress and a long list of platform
declarations will be used in running
the affairs of government. While
this is true, it seems that the offices
will not be stampeded, and that hon
orable, faithful men will be used.
efficiency being the chief end sought.
The President will set the nation
an example of Christian duty in
making the first house of the country
a house of prayer. The Sabbath will
be honored and God will be revered.
The millions of this great republic
will honor the man who shall honor
the nation by a noble Christian exam
ple. Places of public trust will not be
bought and sold, and political ring
masters and grog politicians will not
apportion out the offices of a state.
The administration is to be Ameri
can. Whatever rights belong to us
will be claimed and maintain.,
whether they be assailed by the Can
adians, the Germans, the British or
others.
The above, without going into ' de-'
tails, are some of the things that the
few weeks of the new administration
point to as the governing principles
of Harrison's administration. We
look for such a management of jhe
affairs of government as will satisfy
all true lovers of their country.
The New Commissioner of
Pensions.
The Grand Army Boys throughout
the country will be pleased with the
President's choice for Commissioner
of Pensions, Jamss Tanner.
James Tanner was born in Scho
harie, N. Y., in 1844, and when only
seventeen years of age enlisted as a
private in the Eighth New York Vol
unteers. He became a corporal, and
at the second battle of Bull Run re
ceived wounds from a bursting shell
which necessitated the amputation of
both his legs. Charles A. Dana ap
pointed Tanner to a clerkship in the
war department in 1864. Subse
quently he studied law and was ad
mitted to the Bar in 1869. From
that year until 1877 he was in the
New York Custom House, first as a
clerk and finally as Deputy Collector,
In 1877 he resigned to become Col
lector of Taxe3 for the city of Brook
lyn, and in that capacity collected
about $60,000,000, every cent of
which he accounted for. He held
this office eight years. Corporal
Tanner has twice been Department
Commander of the New York De
partment of the Grand Army. He
is well known as a Grand Army or
ator, and has been a member of the
Grand Army Committee on pensions
ever since that company was organ
ized.
When asked what policy he would
pursue in dealing with the affairs of
the bureau, said: I can best answer
that by quoting one of Gen. Harri
son's remarks made during the last
campaign. He said: "Gentlemen,
it is no time to use the apothecary's
scales when you come to weigh the
services of the men who sayec the
nation." If I were asked to define my
ideas on this pension question in a
sentence I should unhesitatingly re
ply ; "A pensions for every surviving
soldier who needs one, and no sold
ier's widow, father or mother shpuld
be in want. I am going to take hold
of this mighty machine, and I am not
fool enough to think I have nothing
j to learn of its workings." Are you in
j favor of an increase in the soldier's
i pensions ?" "I tell you frankly I am
; opposed to these 1, $2 and $3 a
month pensions. If you are going to
j give a mm anything give him enough
j that he may realize that he is getting
j somethinsr. If there is an old soldier
! who has got a claim that you are sat
j isfied is a good one and he has not
j quite proved it, my policy is to assist
j hirn to secure that proof. You may
say that I am opposed to knocking
out soldiers', claims because of a tech
nical shortcoming."
Prohibition in New Hampshire.
The nearly complete vote of New
Hampshire on the Prohibitory
Amendment shows a majority against
it of 5,509. On a review of the
causes of defeat several reasons are
assigned for the failure of the amend
ment the shortness of the campaign ;
the apathy of voters ; the secret and
corrupt influences used against it ; the
doubt whether it was necessary to
put Prohibition in the Constitution ;
the solid opposition of the Democratic
Party, with the assistance of a num
ber of Republican politicians. Polit
ically New Hampshire is rather a
close state ; and the well known hos
tility of the Democratic Party to
sumptuary laws was, we fear, too
much discounted. Doubtless all the
causes mentioned had their influence
in shaping the result adversely ; but
there is one point which seems to us
to have been overlooked in account
ing for the defeat, and. that is, the
narrowness and selfishness of the
prohibitory policy which New Hamp
shire has been pursuing all these
years. The laws of the state forbid
the sale of intoxicants to the people
of the state because of the evils the
traffic produces ; but they do not in
terfere with the manufacture of intoxi
cants. Legally there can be no sa
loons or bars in New Hampshire ; but
there may be as many breweries and
distilleries as capitalists choose to
establish. The brewers and distill
ers may make as much of the evil stuff
as they wish, providing they ship it
to Maine, or Vermont, or other states,
and let the people of New Hampshire
alone. "Make as much of it as you
like," says this policy to the manu
facturers, "only be careful not to let
the people of New Hampshire get it.
No matter about our neighbors." Of
course the apples and grain raised in
the state may be sold (the farmers do
not lose this market for their pro
duce) to be made into beer and rum
for other states. It looks like a
shrewd policy ; but it isn't in the long
run. It is narrow and selfish, and
has helped to make illegal saloons
and bars possible, and to cultivate
cowardice, which is, we suspect, one
of the main reasons why the amend
ment failed. Certainly the capital of
the liquor-makers had some connec
tion with the election. Independent.
Rebellion War Record.
I had an experience with some con
trabands which it may pay to relate
here, Col. Preston called me to his
tent one day and desired that I select
twenty men from the command, to
go on an errand on which my guide
was to be a negro then in camp. I
selected my men and started out
about sundown. I told the negro as
he was leading us on that if I did not
find ' everything as he represented
I would shoot him. He said he was
owned by a man living some miles
away and had trouble with his master
and planned his escape. We reached
the home of the negro's family some
time in the night, and learned that
the wife and children were owned by
a man named Morton, while the hus
band and father was owned by an
other man some miles distant. The
owner of the wife and children re
monstrated when we made our errand
known, and seemed very loth to have
them taken away. We conscripted
a yoke of oxen and a cart
and packed in the family with a few
articles of furniture. I do not know
how many little "niggers" there were,
but the hay cart was about full of
them. In the meantime the men had
been looking about for something
with which to replenish their haver
sacks and to hold in their mouths,
and had struck a barrel of applejack,
some of them getting considerable
mellow.
Mr. Morton seemed very anxious
that we prolong our stay with him,
but I did not take kindly to the sug
gestion, and if ever a pair of oxen
made good time in getting out of the
Confederacy, that pair did. We were
none too quick, for Mosby was close
on our heels before we reached camp.
We got our contrabands safely into
camp about sunrise, and I informed
the Col. that I would suffer a court
martial, rather than go out on anoth
er negro stealing expedition.
About this time Mosby got a
piece of artillery and was raiding
about that section of the country do
ing some damage and making quite a
noise. Col. Preston received orders
to hunt him, and we made some ex
peditions after him, but he was like
the flea, when we went where he was
supposed to be, he was not there. We
went to Newarket, and when there
Mosby made a slight attack while
we were at dinner ; but we finished
our coffee, and then made ready for a
fight, when the enemy disappeared.
We were to return through Thor
oughfare Gap, and I was ordered by
Col. Preston to take 50 men and pre
cede them there, where he said I would
find a company of the 7th Mich. Cav
alry, Capt. Darliug in command. As
some of the regiment had been am
buscaded the in Gap a year before,
Col. Preston sent us as an advance
guard to clear the way. We were
advancing through the Gap, a long
narrow defile in the mountains, when
we were halted by thirty or forty
men, who proposed to dispute titles
to the road. At this time Preston
came up and sharply reproved Capt.
Darling for not driving out any force
of the enemy that might be lurking
in the Gap. We heard some firing
which indicated that there might be
trouble. The Col. then ordered me
to move on with my guards, following
closely in our rear. Serg. Pearson of
Co. I was riding close at my side, and
the road was narrow, with almost per
pendicular cliffs rising high on either
side. As we were just making ready
to ford a small creek, the Sergeant
said, "It was just here where we
were fired on last year, but I think
we shall get through safely this time."
Instantly there was the crack of a
gun, and then a full volley fired on
us, and if a thousand muskets had
been fired in open field the rattle and
reverberations would not have equal
led the sound of the volley in this de
file. I ordered a charge, not so much
to get at the rebels as to get out of
the range of their pistols. We could
not see a man, but we thought "the
woods were full of them." We struck
across the creek, and one man dis
mounted without orders, taking a
thorough bath with his regimentals
all on. We went on a little distance
and found an old set of buildings
where we had time to rest a moment,
count our losses and decide what was
best to do next. It turned out that
many of the horses were wounded
from pistol shots, but no man of us
was lost. A squad of rebs had post
ed themselves up on the cliff above
the road and had disputed our pass
age in the manner related.
Part of my men were armed with
pistols, sabres and carbines, and a
part had no carbines. I ordered the
carbineers to dismount and prepare
to return to the place where the John
nies had made their ambuscade, while
the remainder were to keep in line by
the buildings. We returned to the
Gap, and soon got within carbine
range of them, and pretty soon one
turned summersault down over the
rocks, and I've no doubt that felloe
never killed a "Yank" afterward-.
We kept up the fire for some lungth
of time, when Col. Preston came on
with a cheer and we soon returned to
camp,the raid or reconnaissance hav
ing resulted in a pretty effectual scare
of the rebs, the capture of some pris
oners and much valuable information.
Col. Preston was consequently prais
ed for the success of his raid, and
the brave lieutenant and his men who
so valiantly charged through the Gap
to get out of the
range
of rebel
pistols was honored by much news
paper praise.
On the 30th of May, while we were
encamped on the line of the railroad,
near Kettle Run, a supply train which
wns going to the front was attacked
a little way south of our camp, by
Mosby with a force of about 35
men who had a howitzer with them,
by which they disabled the engine.
They pulled a rail out of the track
by a wire, ran the train off, fired into
the engine with their gun, and so ter
rified the guards that they ran with
out making a fight. They then cap
tured the mail, robbed the train of
such things as they could eat or make
way with and fired the cars. Our
regiment happened to be mounted
and was returning from a drill, when
we heard the sound of the gun, and
knew pretty well that Mosby was in
the mess. r
Col. Preston ordered me with a
part of the command to strike, along,
down the track for the train while he
took a circuitous route in order to cut
off the retreat of the enemy. We
went off on the gallop, and reached
the train, which was on fire, but
Mosby had gone. We followed on
his trail and kept up a running fight
for an hour of two, when Mosby
found a favorable position to make a
stand and placed his howitzer where
it was a pretty dangerous thing. A
part of the 5th N. Y. Cavalry were
also in the pursuit, and were the
first to charge the rebel force. Lieut.
Barker with 30 of the New Yorkers
charged on the gun which was fired
almost in their faces, killing three
and wounding seven men.
Lieut. Hazelton of Co. II of our
regiment, with a few Co. C men, then
took their turn and received the con
tents of the howitzer when within a
a few feet of it,but went forward and
in a sharp hand to hand encounter
cut down Capt. Haskins, an
English officer, who had charge of
the gun,by a saber blow on the head,
wounded Mosby and scattered the
whole force, Mosby escaping thro'
the woods. The Englishman had
fought in the Crimean war, and came
here to fight, for his love of adven
ture, losing his life. The captured
gun was returned to. Gen. Stahl's
headquarters, and the affair reflected
much credit on the cavalry command.
Mosby was quiet for some time
thereafter, and the Vermonters never
had another clinch with him.
After a few d.ays, we went to Fair
fa.x Court House, and after having
done some scouting and skirmishing
with Wade Hampton's Cavalry, then
passing north to take part in the
Gettysburg: campaign, we crossed
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the Potomac and took part in the im
portant events of the next few weeks
in Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Deafness can't be cured by local application, rn
thev can not reach the diseased portion of the car.
There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by
an inflamed condition of the mucus lining of tin
eustachian tir e. When this tube (rets inflamed you
have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the iuflamatiou can be taken ou and this1
tube restored to its r.o,-mnl condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are
caused" by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed
condition of the mucus surfaces.
Wa w ill itivp tlt llIinHrrl it -jrj Y untr jtuuA
deafness (caused by catarrh) that we cannot cure''
by taking Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for ci cnlar. j
free. .F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. -
s-Soid by druggists, 75c.
Interpreting the New School Law.
Answering the inquiries from all
parts of the state, Superintendent
Palmer gives the following interpre
tation to certain provisions of the
new a jhool law :
(1) Section ninety requires notices
of a school-meeting to be posted up
in two of the most public places in
the district. Clearly, unless this sec
tion is complied with, a school-meeting
is illegal, and also everything
done in consequence of it as the hir
ing 'of teachers, raising of money,
etc.
(2) A school district clerk can not
legally warn a meeting, except the
annual meeting, unless it is applied
for in writing by three voters of the
district. (Section eighty-nine.)
(3) The public money can not be
divided until July ; for the new law,
seetio-Us-two hundred thirty-three, ex
pressly declares that the selectmen
shall divide the school moneys "be
tween the 3d and 6th days of July,"
and chapter thirty-nine (section six
hundred sixty-one) of the revised
laws, by which a division could for
merly be made in March, is repealed.
(4) The attendance of this spring
term must be reckoned with the at
tendance of last year in the division
of the public money ; because section
two hundred thirty-five provides that
the money shall be divided "in pro
portion to the aggregate attendance
during the preceding school
year," and section two hundred
eighty-five provides that "the school
year,' commencing on April 1, 1888,
"shall be held to continue and ex
pire" on June 30, 1889.
(5) It is evidently the intent of
the law that each district 6hall sup
port a school during the coming
spring ; for section two hundred
eirhty-six provides that the superin
te dent of education shall distribute
supplemental registers to record "the
attendance of pupils to the end of
Jit school year," and the registers
L .e been distributed for that pur
pose. (C) I also think that it is the duty
of school directors it towns that have
abolished the tDwn system to provide
for the schools until July ; it is not
plain why they were continued in of
fice by section two hundred eight'
eight until that date.
WASHINGTON .LETTER.
SPECIAI. CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MONITOR.
Washinqto7i Mar. 25th.
'Hope, which is said to be the most
persistent thing in politics, again
springs in the breast of the patient
and lowly office seeker, and at night
when he sits by his virtuous couch
and counts the money in his inside
pocket, he begins to feel mildly en
couraged. He is not, of course elat
ed or hilarious, but he is nearly as
happy as he ever expects to be in
this cruel civil service world. He of
the rank and file of office seekers has
already discovered that he would be
satisfied with a smaller section of the
earth than he first requested, and has
changed his application to a lesser
position.
The present crowd of office seekers
is not, however, as easily satisfied
as were the place hunters who came
here when Mr. Cleveland was elect
ed. Many of the latter throng were
willing to accept anything at all,
from secretary of a department to the
laborer who pushes out its dirt. They
were essentially homeopathic in their
school, believing that a very little of
fice was a good thing and practically
as efficacious as a great deal of posi
tion. In this they exhibited more
courage than sense, as many after
wards discovered to their eternal sor
row, as is shown by the really re
markable list of resignations of dem
crats during the Cleveland admnistra
tion. The present crowd knows full
well that an $800 position in Wash
ington is not worth the taking, espec
ially as full settlement for political
obligation, and they will not seek
them, unless coupled with a substan
tial promise of early promotion. They
have been there before.
A few discharges have already been
made in the clerkships, and more may
be expected. The hungry ones claim
to have had last week the president's
promise to make a clean sweep in so
far as possible, and to begin by re
instating all members of the repub
lican party now in good standing who
were turned out by the democrats.
To do this it will be necessary to re
move once and for all President
Cleveland's decision that no person
shall be eligible to re-instatementover
two years after resigning or one year
after discharge, unless the civil ser
vice examination be passed. That
this rule will be revoked there is now
hardly any doubt. If it is retired, the
ax will be kept pretty busy.
Already the small fry in the Gov
ernment departments are determining
precisely who is to be killed. Clerks
who were appointed so many years
ago that they have quite forgotten
their native place, save for occasion
al letters from their nephews who still
live, very old and feeble, bark on the
homestead, suddenly awake to the
realization that they have been per
secuted for politic's sake, and they
proceed to cry aloud and exhibit their
sores ia ihe market places. In most
of these cases the complainer is re
ceiving to-day as much salary or
more than he received in the repub
lican ride, and he took not enough in-
terest HI tie last Campaign to gO home
to vote or to conti ibllte One dollar to
.
the funds. These be the political
martyrs. Many of the most loud
mouthed were so obscure and inse
cure during Arthur's administration
that they lived in continual and ab
ject fear of dismissal.
In the meantime the President is
ineffectually trying to convince the
anxious represenatives and senators
that they mu9t wait with their candi
dates, and that the positions can not
all be filled at once.
The debate over the confirmation
of Whitelaw Reid on Saturday was a
hot one, and brought out a great deal
of bad feeling. The opposition that
was expected from the southern sena
tors and which would have made the
republicans solid in Mr. Reid's sup
port, as being a vindication of the
honor of the "bloody shirt," did not
come forward, but the republican op
ponents of Mr. Blaine were not so
generous. They gave it to Mr. Reid
with a warmth that was full of long
pent up spleen.
The appointment of Corporal Tan
ner to be commissioner of pensions is
a graceful recognition of the non
commissioned men in the late war.
Mr. Tanner is a soldier who bears
the evidence of service in his two
stumps of legs. His party record is
sound and his work during the last
campaign was a great aid in his par
ty. His appointment is due to the
president's personal desire and to the
further influence of Col. Dudley, the
former republican commissioner, and
John C. New. It ia in open oppo
sition to the wishes of Senator His
cock,who takes the appointment with
bad grace.
There is every indication that Pres
ident Harrison will not escape with
out his own experience with New
York politicians. The efforts of Sen
ator Hiscock in opposition to the pres
ident's long expressed desire to ap
point Mr. Tauner, shows the old, fa
miliar face of the New York "boss."
The Boston Markets.
The butter market is still very quiet,
and while receipts are moderate there Is
not trade enough to maintain the asking
prices, and in consequence thereof values
are easier. Buyers are only taking what
is necessary to till immediate wants,
thereby giving the market a quiet tone.
The best creameries are not quotable at
over 27c, though some choice lots com
mand 28c In a small way. The tendency
is for lower prices, in sympathy with
other leading markets. Firsts and extras
are in fair Jem and at 24 to 2Cc. Dairies
are in moderate supply and nuchanged.
Immitations and ladles are easier. Cheese
continues quiet, with trade still and the
feeling easy. Stocks here are light, and
it is owing to this fact that prices are
steady. Kggs remain very dull aud
prices are still lower and steadily declin
ing. There is no business doing and uo
body is buying any eggs. The receipts
continue large and offerings excessive.
Eastern are offered at 14c and Western
at 13c.
Hay is quiet, with choice grades selling
fairly at quotations, though prices as a
rule are in the buyers' favor owing to the
large supply offering. Straw Is quiet and
unchanged. Potatoes are steady und
theie is no change to note in the condi
tion of the market. The demand Is still
moderate, and notwithstanding that re
ceipts have increased holders are main
taining prices as business averages.
Choice Hebrons are selling the best with
rose and Burbanks but little called for.
Sweets are about steady, thougli there
is not much call for them. Tallow is
quiet and unchanged.
Buttku. Western extra creamery, 27
to 28c; fancy, higher; firsts and extra
firsts, 24 to 20c; extra Imitation cmry,
23c; seconds, 18 to 22c; factory, choice,
21 to 22c; others, 14 to 20c; N. Y. and
Vt. extra cmry, 27c; extra firsts, 2." to
2Cc; N. V, and Vt. dairy, good to choice,
24 to 2r.c; fair to good, 1!) to 23c; East,
cmry, good to choice, 20 to 2Gc;
Hay and Stiiaw. Choice prime hay,
818 to S1S.50; fair to good, 10 50 to
17.50; East flue, $14 to 810 ; good toord,
$14 to SIC; East swale, 10; rje straw,
choice, 18; oat straw, 810.
Potatoks. Hotiltou rose, COc perbu;
Hebrons, f0c per bu ; Aroostock Hebrons,
53 to 55c per bu ; rose, 55 to 58c; N. Y.
Hebrons, 40 to 43c; rose, 45. to 60c; Bur
banks. 35c ; red stock, 45 to 50c ; Vt. Heb
rons, 45c.
Farmers who desire to emigrate
may find something in the way of an
inducement in the offer of the Nicar
aguan government to import 100 fam
ilies of agriculturists per year. Each
family is offered from 25 to 100 acres
of land, $100 in cash and fifty dol
lars' worth of farming implements.
One inducement is freedom from the
burdens of general and local taxation.
There is said to be something in the
Nicaraguan climate that is very con
ducive to laziness, but a knowledge
of this fact may not act as a deterrent
with some people.
Rheumatism,
BEING due to the presence of uric
acid in the blood, is most effectually
cured by the use of Ayer'a Sarsapa
rilla. He sure, you get Ayer'a and no
other, anl ta.ke it till the poisonous
acid if thoroughly expelled from the
(system. We challenge attention to this
testimony :
"About two years ago, after suffering
for nearly two years from rheumatic
gout, being abl to walk only with great
discomfort, and having tried various
remedies, including mineral waters,
without relief, I saw by an advertise
ment in a Chicago paper that a man had
been relieved of this distressing com
plaint, after lonjr suffering, by taking
Aver's Sarsaparilla. I then decided to
make a trial of this medicine, and took
it regularly for eiyrht months, and am
pleased to state that it lias effected a
complete cure. I have xiuce had no re
turn of the disease." Mrs. II. Irving
Dodge, 110 West 1251 li st., .Sew York.
"One year aero I was taken H with
inflammatory rheumatism, lielnjr con
fined to my house six months. I came
out of the sickness very much debili
tated, witli no appetite, and my system
disordered in every wnv. I commenced
using Ayer's Sarsaparilla and began to
improve at once, gaining In strength,
and soon recovering my usual l.rftlth.
I cannot say too much in praise of this
well-known uiedwlne Mrs L. A.
Stark, Nashua, N IT,
Ayer's Sarsaparilla,
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co , Lowell, Mas.
Price $1 ; all bottles, t. Worth 5 botile.
;fif
1! a pt nrlfti
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Absolutely Pure.
Thin powiicr never vmiii. A marvel f purify,
trentrth Hint wIiii!i'oiih ih'. More rcimnmii-Hl
than the nrtlimiry Linl, nul rummt lir "M in ki
petition with the multitiulf rf low trt . hoi t welyht
ttlun) or pholtMti' powilcr. Noli! Otilvtn i'ltu.
Io hI lUkinir I'owd. r Co.. lofl St . N Y.
m A ji.,i.ii.sTI;UIAUIICII:HIOII!
mm ttA K! WbUMra hoar dl.lhMllf. ooifoi.
wmlwli,r,il I rmll. fall. I 'l..hwfc A fromf
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WHEELER
1 ! S AL i ! LiALi !
Have just received a la run Invoice of
200-11). Sacks Feed Salt, 50-1!). Sacks lUtU v Sa I,
11-H). Sacks flutter Salt, 20-11). Hows Tallin
Salt, 10-lb. Hags Tabic Sail, and r,-II.
Hags Tallin Sail.
Especially would we urge our patrons to try a s.t U of 1 1 -
Warsaw "HIGH GEADE"
Dairy Salt. Wherever used It has proved lli If a ery -ujn il ir at I S 1c I i
It! Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded.
For dairymen's ue we al-n have the three leadiiiij klnN i
BUTTER COLOR!
Wells, Richardson & Co's., Thatcher's, and Dutclur'n
Golden Liquid,
Although for a few days short of .Mi 1H.
BUTTER TUBS,
We arc nyuln prepared to supply our customers with all siei.
Iraburgh, April 1, ls!. Wll i:i:i.i:i! l.oi KI .
IRASBURGH, VT.
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good we have left at VKUV LIHKIIAL UKDI C HONS, ( all ..ml p. t ... .
prices ou those broken suits: H Odd Wooded Suits tint we hhall II In m
?3 to 5 from regular price. Thiuk not that they arc tlun.ii d - -cause
cf discount, for they arc not.
Our Line of Gent's
ITever More ComDlcto.
Ask for our Special Brand of Stilt Hats rtt $2 .. S,.ft II its f m-v. i
al vaiietlei. New toek of Neckwear Jiiht r- tived. Line in N i n. . i i
Summer Night Shirts, both in Woolen nnd Fieneli Flannel, wl.n Ii na- in I
wore much the coming cnon. Lebanon OveialU take (he i iK- t v, ,i
We have them.
Keop el f tilly youiM,
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