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lse, and struck the wire in several
er places.
the extent of the flood in Burke is
Is set, forth by our correspondent:
our trains were flood -bound at the
Test Burke depot on Tuesday. The
ides are all gone between Sutton
How and the Lyndon line; all
r&lges in Burke, north of the Hollow,
e also reported gone, and one near
e Orcutt place between here and
e Hollow. Two bridges in Newark
ire taken out, and a place on the old
ad from here to Sutton was gullied
a depth of several feet and for a
msiderable width. About two rods
"'new road was also carried away. It
Estimated that it cost Burke $3,000
j repair its roads. Caledonian.
" I
ntton.
JUrs. Geo. Abbott of Lebanon, N. II.,
in town.
Sirs. 2f . K. Campbell goes to Nan
t Jcket this week to visit her daughter.
blrs. Charles Ferrin died last Satur
day. Funeral services were held at
i ie church on Monday, Rev. Mr.
Churchill officiating.
The next session of the Vermont
earlv meeting of Free Baptists is to
e held with the church at AVest Der
y, Sept. 8-11. Further notice and the
iH 1 rZi-m-n lnfoi"
programme win u givcu xx.
I The village school taught by Miss
Elva Smith closed a successful term
Friday afternon with appropriate ex
ercises. Miss Smith is to return again
jor next term, we understand, in the
fall.
; I The Ladies' Aid will give a lawn
' party on the parsonage grounds next
Wednesday evening. Exercises by
he children after which ice cream
U-nA Trill be served. Should the
weather be stormy it will be postpon
ed until Friday evening.
There have been 23 burials at the
village cemetery, 21 oi xnem weie
I 'adult persons, since the first of last
feeptember, fifteen of the grown per
I sons, dying in town and six dying
( 1 . J Vm;rr VTrwn rrh-. Vinolr to
lsewnere uuu uciug "fc""
he old town for a resting place among
heir kindred.
Sheffield.
j Isaac Keniston and wife and daugh-
(ter from Framington, Mass., are in
town on a visit.
Wheelock.
; Hiram Eastman has the addition to
; his barn nearly finished.
I) Fred Hoffman has the addition to
his barn up and nearly covered.
I The heavy rains of the past week
i did considerable damage in this town.
M. D. Park has made some needed
repairs on his hotel. It is a hotel that
deserves patronage.
Chas. Rogers has been very busy of
late making out sugar bounty papers.
Most of the farmers have applied for
the bounty next year.
John Mann and wife from West
Concord was here on a visit last week.
Mrs. Ward from St. Johnsbury is in
town on a visit.
Washington has already held a num
ber of ratification meetings since the
nominations were made, several by
the State Republican Association and
one by th Knights of Reciprocity, and
to-night there is to be another one,
the principal speakers being Gov.
McKinley and other prominent mem
bers of the notification committee.
When it is remembered that the
weather has been oppressively hot
here ever since the Minneapolis con
vention was held, this is a remarkable
showing, and it gives the lie to dem
ocratic statements that republicans
are indifferent to Harrison and Reid.
The presence of Chauncy M. Depew
in Washington as the guest of Secre
tary Elkins has revived and given
strength to the rumor connecting Mr.
Depew's name with the cabinet va-
fxnov although some will have it
that he comes only in an advisary ca
pacity. Should Mr. Depew's name
with the cabinet it is regarded as prob
able that Secretary Tracy will be given
the vacancy on Supreme Court, as
the president would hardly care to
have two members of his cabinet from
New York, although there are plenty
of precedents for his doing so if he
feels so inclined. It is almost certain
that Mr. Depew has been asked to
become Secretary of State, and it is
believed that he has not given a de
cisive answer because he wishes to
consider the matter and consult his
frieDds before doing so.
The democrats of the House nearly
all wanted to go to Chicago to see the
fight to the death between Cleveland
and Tammany, and not desiring to
present such a spectacle to the coun
try as holding session with all empty
seats on the side of the House to
which two-thirds of the members be
long they adjourned from Saturday
until Wednesday with the understand
ing that another adjournment for
three days would be taken on that
day, and the republican members
good naturedly acquiesced. To-day
democratic Congressmen are rare
bird3 in . Washington, consequently
there is not so much talk about the
Chicago convention around the Capi
tol as there has been.
Before the House adjourned, Sat
nrday, Representative Kilgore of
Texas, prevented the passage of a bill
1
by unanimous consent, allowing an
G. A. R. men in the employ of the
Government in this city seven days
leave with pay during the National
encampment in September. Mr. Kil
gore, enjoys nothing better than rap
ping the old Union soldiers over the
knuckles at every oppprtunity.
The president and other prominent
officials have been invited to attend
the launching of the big battle ship
Texas, at the Norfolk Navy yard on
the 28th inst.
George W. Childs, in a recent inter
view, has this to say about Postmaster
Generl Wanamaker every word of
which is true: "Mr. Wanamaker is one
of the worst abused men in this coun
try. He has made good use of his
-a 11
wealth in Philadelphia, as you may
know from the fact that he gave $50,
000 to the Young Men's Christian As
sociation, and his charities are innu
merable '. He presides over a Sunday
School where 3,000 to 4,000 people
gather once a week, and he has the
affection of everybody in the Quaker
City. They say that he got his office
of Postmaster General by giving mon
ey to the Repnblican campaign fund.
But he only subscribed $10,000 to that
fund, and he took the Postmaster Gen
eralship at great inconvenience to his
business and social life. He has a bus
iness that could easily be made to yield
$1,000,000 a year by devoting all his
time and attention to it. He has made
the best Postmaster General the coun
try has ever known."
A man who stops his paper because
there is something in it he does not
like, should, to be consistent, get up
and leave the table if he happened to
discover on a bill of fare something
that did not suit his taste. He would
be just as consistent in one act as in
the other. A good newspaper is a bill
of fare of mental food for as many
tastes as possible, and the man who
insists on having everything his own
way should buy material, edit his own
paper, and ask no one else to sub
scribe for and read it.
It is said of a society lady of a neigh
boring town, slightly absent minded
in her hurry to start for church took
from a closet a pair of her husband's
trousers for her dolman, threw them
over her arm, and did not discover
her mistake until she had thrown
them over the back of the pew in
front of her.
I asked a cobbler once how long it
took to become a shoemaker. He ans
wered promptly: "Six years; and
thfin vou must travel." That cobbler
had an artist soul. I told a friend the
story, and he asked , ins coooier me
a 111. A 1
same question. "How long does it
take to become a good shoemaker?"
"All your life, sir." That was still
better a Michael Angelo orsnoesi
Mr. Maydole, the hammer maker of
central New York, was an artist.
"Yes," said he to Mr. Patton, "I have
made hammers here for 28 years."
"Well, then, you ought to be able to
make a pretty good hammer by this
time." "No, sir," was the answer,
"I never make a pretty good hammer.
I make the best hammer made in the
United States." Daniel Morrel, once
president of the Cambria Rail Works
in Pittsburg, which employed 7,000
men, was an artist and a trained ar
tist. "What is the secret of such a
development of business as this?"
asked the visitor. "We have no se
cret," was the answer; "we always
try to beat our last batch of rails.
That's all the secret we have, and we
don't care who know3 it."
A gentleman tells a beautiful story
of his horse. A few days since, as be
was leaving his residence, a horse
that he owned galloped up and caught
his arm and made an attempt to pull
him in a special direction. .Trying this
for a while he galloped off quickly
toward a pasture a quarter of a mile
away. Then he came back again, call
ing urgently and evidently desiring
something very much. The man fol
lowed him, and when he had reached
the pasture found the mate of the
horse entangled in a broken bridge.
When the animal was liberated the
one who had called the gentleman
came up to him and gently rubbed
him with his head and looked his love.
Gentleness and gratitude and care
fulness for others is characteristic of
the higher animals, and occasionally
of the birds and fowls. Indeed, I be
lieve that the animals frequently de
serve the epithet gentleman or gen
tlewoman more than human folk do.
There are no such potatoes in the
world as are grown in Montana. They
attain prodigious size, and often
weigh three, four or five pounds
apiece. Eighteen such potatoes make
a bushel. To the taste they are like a.
new vegetable. The larger ones are
mealy, but the smaller ones are like
sacks of meal. "When the skin is bro
ken the meal falls out like flour. It
must very soon become the pride of
every steward in the first grade hotels,
restaurants and clubs of the cities
here, and even in Europe, to prepare
these most delicious vegetables for
those who enjoy good living. As these
potatoes of the choicest quality can
be cultivated in all of the valleys east
of the Rocky mountains there will
soon be no lack of them. . ;.; . ,
PRUDENTIAL CONSIDERATIONS.
TUcy
Led to tlie Postponement of
the
Longed for Vfeddingr Day.
Miss Mabel Mcuinney had said yes. .
Softly and in a whisper she had ut
tered the word, but Victor Spoonainore
had heard it.
And Victor was wildly, madly, de
liriously happy.
The moon went behind a friendly
cloud for a moment.
During which moment the bold, ardent
youth embraced an opportunity and
but the moon has come out again. Let
r.s proceed with the narration of the
plain, unadorned tacts.
Up and down the broad south siae
boulevard they strolled, heedless of the
flight of time. Her little hand rested in
the hollow of his arm. Beinij a young
man possessed of more than a thimbleful
of brains he knew better than to grab
her elbow after the fashion prevalent in
Bridgeport and Kalamakosh and yank
her along the sidewalk like a trugal
husband on a small salary endeavoring
to steer a reluctant wife past an auction
room.
It only remains now, Mabel," he
pleaded, "for you to name the day.
Make it early, please."
Miss Mabel proceeded to temporize.
"What will your family say when
they hear of this?"' she asked.
"The family will be delighted. 1 fancy
nobody will be greatly astonished, but
if your people can stand it mine can. It's
our own affair, anyhow. It wouldn't
make any difference what the family
thinks."
"It's an old family, isn't it?"
"We can trace our ancestry back
hundreds of years," said the young man
proudly. "There was a Spoonnemower
in Shakespeare's time. A Spoonlemure
was an officer at the court of King
George III. The Spoonamores came to
this country in 1817. and many of them
have filled positions of honor and trust
in Virginia and New England for the
last seventy-five years. It was a Spoona
more that officiated at the laying of the
cornerstone of the Boston state house.
There were Spoonamores in the diplo
matic service in President Madison's
time. There were plenty of them in
both armies during the war of the re
bellion. One was a brigadier general.
A New Jersey Spoonamore designed the
house you and I will live in, Mabel a
larsre. stately buildinsr on Prairie ave
nue, with seventeen rooms and all the
modern conveniences."
"You have reason to be proud of your
people, Victor. Don't you hold family
reunions sometimes?"
"Once in awhile."
"There must be a great many of you."
"Hundreds, Mabel hundreds."
"Are there any other representative
of the family in Chicago besides you?'
she asked, after a moment's silence.
"None that I know of," he answered.
"That settles it, Victor," exclaimed
the young woman sadly, but with iron
firmness. "We shall not be married
until the World's fair is over!" Chi
cago Tribune.
Famine in Abyssinia.
Famine is this year not confined to
Russia. There is dearth bordering on
famine in a few districts of Germany
and Italy. In the East Indies and some
parts of North Africa famine is severe
and -widespread. And now a report is
received from an Italian, Dr. Leo Tra-
versi, upon a terrible desolation wrought
by famine in Shoa, the territory of King
Menelek II in Abvssinia. Prices are
very high, a chicken, for instance beim
as high in price as a calf is in normal
times. Tho military expeditions m
which King Menelek is engaged all the
time have for months past all ended in
disaster because the men died in crowds
from starvation. One host," says Dr.
Traversi, left in its line of march "a
procession of skeletons."- At one spot
near the Italian settlement the doctor,
without changing his position, counted
fourteen skeletons. The population of
the kingdom has this year been reduced
by an incredible number.-
-.Exchange.
Ilreaking Up a Witness.
Probably it is not too much to say
that many a cause apparently hopeless
from the first has taken an unexpected
turn by an accidental happy hit or the
prompt adoption of some smart ruse on
the part of counsel.
A celebrated barrister with whom
cross examination was a fine art once
confidentially told an adverse witness in
the box that he knew he possessed the
kev of the lesral situation that he held
a most important secret.
"And, mind you," added he with
measured emphasis, "I am going to get
it out of you."
And he did, for the witness was demor
alized in anticipation by the lawyers
emphatic and cocksure warning. Lon
don Tit-Bits.
An Experiment in Ventilation.
In the new Institute of Hygiene, at
the University of Pennslvania, the
steam radiators are set in a novel way
and are made to play an important part
in the ventilation of the building. Each
is placed just under a window and is in
closed m its own wooden dox, into
which a well regulated supply of air
from outside is furnished. In the top
of the bos, where the heat escapes into
the room, are two wire gratings about
an inch apart. The space between these
is filled with cotton batting or cheese
cloth, which catc'&s all the dust and
admits onlv pure air. The plan also di
rects currents upward and prevents any
direct draught upon the occupants of
the room. Philadelphia Ledger.
A Snalce witli a Powerful Tail.
According to Miss Hopley, "the col
ored people of India are dreadfully
afraid of the burrowing snake's short,
blunt tail, which they think can sting.
This tail is of great use as a fulcrum in
i burrowing, and when the animal is
taken in the hand it will press the tip of
its tail iirmly against the fingers, to the
terror of those who hold it, who forth
with dash it down, though it is wholly
powerless to injure."
BTATESMEN HALTED
SNAKE.
With the Help ot Warriors Tliey Man
age to Do Ul tle Reptile.
The first inspection of land said to ie
desirable for a military camp was made
yesterday afternoon by the joint legis
lative committee appoiuted to secure a
permanent camp for the Rhode Island
militia.
The committee consists of one senator
and two representatives. The commit
tee was accompanied by Briga-.lier (ieu
?rals Dennis and Kendall. Colonel j
thornton, Colonel Phetteplaee, Captain ;
Barker, Captain George A. Forsytn
Captain Howe and Senator Andrews.
The first proposed site visiied was the
several hundred acres at Hi! i 's gr ve.
The expedition met with an nd venture
in pushing its way through several acres
of brake and brier. The party was
inarching in Indian file along the old
Pequot trail, when the head of the col
rami was aoruptiy naneu ny a lai-e
black snake poised on the decayed limb
of a tree, its head erected, its fan::-
ready to strike and its entire attitude
betokening defiance to the Khode island
militia, the legislature and the commit
tees thereof.
"Forward! forward!" called General
Dennis, who was in the rear, but tnose
in the van declined to budge an inch.
The reptile gave a warning hiss and its
, i .
gaping jaws cioseu wim u sutttmc
snap. Its sinuous body advanced to a
higher limb, and again its crest was
erected to do battle. It gave a spring
to another branch, and the head of the
column wavered; a moment more and it
would have broken, but just then Sen
ator Titus Andrews, who had been gath
ering a bouquet of mushrooms, camo up
and sized up the situation.
"Back, back!" exclaimed those who
had recovered speech, and who were
fearful of losing a valuable senator.
"For what?" "The snake, the snake!"
they cried. "Oh, yes, I see him. V hy,
the varmint. Any of you want him?"
He spoke as though he would pass the
reptile to any one short of a snake. Col-
nel Phetteplace was sorry he hadn t his
sword, and Colonel Forsyth regretted
that he was without a gun. "Tut, tut!"
exclaimed the yeoman senator from
Smithfield, and passing beneath the
snake seized it by tho tail just as Cap
tain Forsyth aimed a blow at it with a
sapling.
"I will show you a little trick, on-
served General Kendall, lilting the
dead snake by the tail. "See me snap
his head off." Ho snapped the snake as
one would snap a whip, but the trick
did not work. The shock revived the
snake1 and the trick was not wed.
Providence Journal.
BIRTHS.
In Holland, June 25, a son to Mr. and Mrs-
Andrus Applebee.
MARRIED.
-Li-
In Barton, at the residence of the bride's
parent?,, Wednesday eve, June29, by Rev. J.
McDonald, Mr. Henry A. Barber of Peabody,
Mass. and Miss Fidelia L. Buswell, of Barton.
In Sutton, June 30, at the residence of the
bride's parents,' Mr. Carl Houghton and Miss
Emma Clark.
DIED.
In Boston, June 30, Ethel A. Drown, daugh
ter of Melvin and Emma J. Drown, aged 8 yrs.
11 mos. and 11 days. Montpelier papers please
copy.
Of Frederte :, suffered terribly for over
tea years with abscesses and running sores on
liis left leg. lie wasted away, grew weak and
thin, and was obliged to use a cane and crutch.
Everything which could be thought of was done
without good result, until ha began taking
s
arsaparilla
which effected a perfect cure. Mr. Hauer is
now in the best of health. Full particulars of
his case will be sent all who address
C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
HOOD'S PlLLS are tho best after-dinner Pills,
assist digestion, cure headache and biliousness.
iarton Prices Current.
REPORTED 1SY O. D. OWEN.
WHOLESALE.
Butter, pr lb.,
Cheese pr lb.,
Eggs, pr doz.,
Maple Sugar,tub, pr lb.,
Maple Sugar dry, pr lb.,
Potatoes, pr bu.,
Hides, pr lb.,
Calf Skins, each,
Pressed Hay, pr ton,
Chickens, live,
15
10
a l6
I 12
16
5a6
5a6
25
a 1
a 40
3i
20
10.00
RETAIL.
Butter, pr lb.,
Cheese, pr lb.,
Eggs, pr doz.,
Potatoes, pr bu.,
Sugar, refined, pr lb.,
Sugar, maple, pr lb.,
Molassos, pr gal.,
Salt, T.I bu.,
Flour, roller, pr bbl.,
Flour, patent, pr bbl.,
Corn, pr bu.,
Oats, pr bu.,
Corn Meal, pr cwt.,
Bran,pr cwt.,
Middlings, pr cwt.,
Cotton Seed Meal, pr cwt.,
Gluten Meal, pr cwt.,
Kerosene, pr gal.,
Tea, Japan, pr lb.,
Wood, pr cord,
18
41
40
5.50 a 5
6.00
47
1.15
1.20
1.30
1.40
1.40
a 10
20
a 60
3.00
i : : , ..' N. JIauer
W HEELER
Have just received new and
C
iothing, Hats, Caps,
Boots and Shoes.
Also a new and vcried assortment of Cotton Dress Fabric
oureux, Gloriana, Tissues,
Ginghams, Prints etc.
-New
Plush
D
Which must please. Good line of
Hammocks Carriage Robes and Croquet Sets. Ash Yal
nut and Cherry.
CURT A
Agents for Newport Steam
20th, July 4th, 18th, and Aug.
IN
IEASB1IEGH., VT.
JUST RECEIVED.
One hundred NEW YORK CHAMPION SELF DUMP ILOKSK HAY
RAKES, with oseilatmg cleaner and spring; seats, Shafts and pole. War
ranted the best rake on Earth. These rakes are sold with the express
understanding that if not bette than any other rake in the country vill
pay charges and take them away.
The Bradley & Clipper Mower.
3 1-2, 4 1-2, 5 and 0, foot cut. Universal Weedcrs, (2riut Stones, Hay
Caps, Horse Pitch Forks and Carriers. Repairs for Mowing mahities.
Rakes and Tedders on hand and Furnishings for nearly alt machines in
use.
Fork to the Spicer Hay Tedder, g
e
s g
With this Fork we war
tri rant this Tedder to civo
I better satisfaction, than
g4 any in the market.
H;0. WHITCHER,
Removed to my old store,
and examine my large stock
n part ot ,
SOFAS, LOUNGES, CHAIRS,
6 g4LT to)
Easy
w
Chairs,
Rocking
P P
M I
In great variety, ranging from 25 cents a vard upward.
CURTAINS, DRAPERIES, FEATHERS, MATTRESSES,
SPRING BEDS!
Undertaker's Goods.
In large supply. Caskets, Coffins, etc. Hearse will bo furnished when
needed.
Call in and sec for yourselves,
J. P. BALDWIN, Barton, Vt.
8
20
14
15
SO
5
6
50
50
.75
60
fc LOOKS.
important additions to our. -dock of
s.
patterns in
raperies.'
Laundry, bring" in your work June '
1st.
June 20th 1S!)2
CHAEPION
Uet ) lako on
larth.
Barton, Vt.
POLES
nicely rc-fdlcd, I invite everybody to call
of New and beautiful furniture, consisting;
At
Chairs,
m
if
Tables, Stands,
etc.