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VEKMOJMT WATCHMAN & bTATE JOURNAL, WEDESDAY, JUNE 26, 1901. VBDNKSDAY, JUNK, 20, 1001. AHTHUR ROPEB, Oenoral Bdltor. Actiou, Not Tnlk. Noxt Sunday two or tbroo clorgymon connocted with tho nntl-saloon move mout will Instruct tho pcoplo .from tho varlous pulpits of tho villugo churchos. Vory likoly tho eolo quostion dlacuaBod will bo prohibltion vs. liconso. If this fcor is justifled tho timo will bo worse than thrown away. Thoro is Oo quostion or Ibbuo or arguraont rognrdlng liconso or local option be foro tbo pooplo ot Lamoille county to duy. Tho only quostion 1b. Shall tho prohlbitory law bo upholu and on forcod to auy oxtont in thlB county? To-day tho prohlbitory law 1b tho only law or quostion of law that rcqulrca tho slightost diBcussion horo . At prosont it Is aa doad aa a toad Btool through a lack of public senti raont in favor of its onforcomont. Itura is practically froe. Drunk onnosB ia on tho Incroasc. Tho ngen cica alono aro mnking inoro work in n day than tho Stnte'a attorney can attoud to in a wcok. Tho aole questlon noxt Snnday and from now on is whothor prohibition ia going to bo uphold and sustalnod and honoBtly onforced in La moillo county or not. Tho Messenger wants prohibltion enforccd nud tho prohibltory law upheld In thia county. It wants tho ngencics to atop fllllug tho hlghwaya and bywaya with drunkards ovory day. It wants somc thing donel Morrisville Measonger. Wbatover may bo tho idoaa or no tious of tho cditor of tho Messenger on tho general aubject of rogulatiug tho liquor traClc, ho ahould have credit for ontiro Bincority inhiadoclarations in fa vor of tho onforcomont of tho prohlbi tory law. That it is true that action, not talk, Is nocdod in Lamoille county, is taught in tho lcBaon prcaented by tho cxperiencos of thia city a dccade ago. Sunday ovoning tomporanco mootinsa had bocn held as a stated obscrvance of tho day. Good tomporanco people, firmly grounded in tho failh, wero pros ont in varying numbora; tho people who wero tho proper subjocts for rc form, in thoir habits or thcir buaincaa, wero clsowherc. Tho mooting3 may havo boon uaaful in kocping alive tho flrcs of temperance rcform in the henrts of tho faithful, but as a meaauro of practical usefulneBB m quenching other flre3 that wero raging outsido thoy wero as ollectivc a3 tho npplica tion of the genorally undoratood princi plcs of Christian Science to the flamcs of a burning town. Rum waB frce, but its aalo was in a scoro or so of saloons, rathor than at tho agoncy. An admonition wn3 administered to one of tho leaders in Ihese Sunday moetings who was himsolf deeply scn siblo of tho incongruity as well as tho Ineffectivoness of the remedy a genor ally recognizod tomperanco agency was providing that notico would bo servod on tho Sunday ovoning mecting speak era and exhorters to etop talking and procood to action, or disband and shut up. A chango of procoduro followcd. Tho Sunday ovoning talk to tho faith ful and truo gave place to rosoluto and persistont action against tho common enemy. Tho rest ia local hiatory. Tho battlc waa not an easy one. It waa fought out, with rcsoluto porsistonco, year by ycar, against illegal sellcrs, iu the sa loons and in the courts, by seizurc, prosecutlon, trial, conviction, sontonco and tho aerving out of sentoncea. A dozon places which had been tho abodo of tho trafflc in tho ond wero tonant leas,or occupiod by tho aollors of pro visions, or clothing, or articlos of law ful trado. Tho salo of liquor and its conscquoncos is not entircly supprosaod. It novcr will bo till tho mlllonium comcs, but tho Montpelier of today, in respect of tho liquor trafflc and its consequcnccB, is not tho Montpelier of 1801 and tho half century precodlng, when it had tho roputation and had probably oarnod its namo of boing tho worst rum holc in Vermont. So much for action in place of talk. HoncBt, rcsoluto and impartial onforcc mont of tho law begot public support; and in a locality formorly and for a gonoralion and moro indlfforent or winklng at tho violation of tho liquor laWi won for tho law such support that prosecution was effoctive, courts ad ministorod tho (statutes In thoir lotter and spirit and juries convictod on the evidence. Morrisvillo, Hydo Fark and all tho towna of Lamoille county ahould go and do likowise. Gitizons Who nood Sunday moetings and proach ing to inform them of thoir dutios and obligations in rcepoct of tho tompor anco Bituation thoro ought to bo set back into a kindergarton of citlzonship and grow up in a bcttor and moro on lightonod undorstanding of its com monoat obligations. llarmony lu Clorelaud. Somcthing that will glvo political malcontonts overy whore in thls couu try frosh pangs has happoncd In OIovo lond, Ohio. Tho Ropubllaans of Cuyn hoga, tho county of Mark Ilatina's homo, havo hold a harmonloua convon tion. Tho Ilanna llon and tho iratl lamb lald down togother and tbo mut ton was not tnsido tho lion. Thoro was a conforonco of roprcBontativeo of tho opposing factlona Ilanna and McKla aon prior to tho mootlng of the con ventlonand a compromlao waa offcctod, whlch was carriod out in good falth, Sonator Ilanna showod that ho could yiold and placate as woll aa put up a flghton occaslon and win. Tho Sonator was a mombor of tho convontion as a delogato from tho ward of hla roBldonco. In rosponso to a call for a spoech ho "struck tho koy noto" of tho meetlng in tho following briof addrcaa: In thia cotnlng oloction It la linport ant that wo ahould bo unitod, as a Log ialaturo 1ft to bo electcd that will aoloct a aucceaaor to Souator Forakor, and it Ia abaolutoly imporativo that wo roturn Mr. Forakor for anothor aix year3. Ohio is tho Prosidont's Stato, and it ahould givo him its moral support lu hia ondoavora to govem tho country for tho bonofit of all. Fcllow Uopublicana, lot thia convontion be noted through out tho Stato and country for thls, that tho Republicans of Cuyahoga county aro loyal to tho party and intond to siuk all porsonalitics, factionalismB and am bitions in acting for tho party's glory. Tho "nntis" of tho nssomblago woro complotoly dlaarmod, and by force of circumstanccs to which Mr. Ilanna dl rcctly contributcd constraincd to havo thoir own way. Tho teat of good fol lowahip camo on tho nomlnation of ono of tho judgcs of a local court. On tho socond ballot it becamo opparont that tho McKlsaon man would lack a fow votea for tho nomination. A storm eeomod to bo browing. An "anti" rc markod, in roply to tho cry of "Har- mony," "You'll havo lt when Hanua votcs for Norton." Immodlatoly tho Sonator wa3 on his foot with tho ready ro3ponao: "Tho forty-llrBt ward changoa its voto and casta fourtcon for Norton." Tho "antia" rolurnod tho complimont when other nominations camo up, and tho harmony reaultlng waa the real thing. Tho platform adoptod by tho convon tion tndorasd tho Fhifadelphia platform and tho adminiatrations of Fresident MoKinloy and Gov. Nash, and instruct- od tho local mcmbors of the LegiBlaturo to voto for Forakor's rooloction. Ohio Republicans aro gotting into lino for a Blrong pull all togother noxt fall, and tho President'a Stato will uudoubtcdly givo a good account of Itsolf at the No- vombor olcction. In Cuba. Tho radicala aro gctting into lino and coming round to the support of tho Platt amondmonl, acccrding to reporta from Havana. Tho reporta aro rcas- auring, but tho Lucha, a leading newe paper of the city, avers that the Cuban problcm has not yet been solved. It was easy, sayo this papcr, for tho Amtr icana to obtain acccptance of tho Flatt amondmont when thoy wero holding the relns of govornmont in Cuba. It will bo difforont, however, whon tho govorument of the island is handed ovor to CubanB. Tho Amcricans will discovcr thon that tho Cubana aro lesa docilo than thoy havo imagincd. Tho Lucha aayo tho Amoricans will have thrco roads open to them, to use force, to nvnil thcmselvoa of the economlc aituotion and force tho Cubana to com ply with thoir demands, or to havo nl lies withln tho Cuban ropublio itsolf. In rogard to tho uecond proposition tho papor saya it doubta if the TJnited Statea will grnnt tariff concosaiona un til tho affairs of Cuba aro in tho hands of Americans. In regard to tho Unitod States hnv ing allios on the island, it is said that if the consorvativo clement has been afraid to ahow a vigorous front during tho period of intervontion, it will bo all tho moro so whon tho ropublic is ca tabliBhod; that an endcavor will bo mado by the rndical elemont to aecuro tho olection of a Congroas which will eithor opposo tho rccognltion of tho Platt amondment, or If lt is recognized it;wlll only bo by a strict intorproto tion. Thero is mattor for rcQectlon in thoso obBorvations. Cuba, out from undor immodiato American control, ia likoly to proaont a radical chango in tho situation, and clomonts of a now problom in which will bo ombodied pecullar difflculties. To say that thoro will bo Borlous troublo is to say that tho majority of tho pooplo of Cuba, loft to themsolveB, aro ready to pursuo, on tho evo of tho flrBt oxiatenco of tho island aa a real ropublic, a courso of wanton ingratitudo and suicido that will wreck all thoir brlght prospocta of Indopond onco, of moral and matorial dovolopo ment and prosporlty. Many and vory Bcrious dlfUcultics havo already been Burmountod, and any others that.'Jmay arise, and, in tho naturo of tho caso must bo anticipatod, ought to bo cotn posod and unquostionably will bo. (In Rutland and Lamoille Tho Stoto's attornoy for Rutland county, Goorgo E, Lawrouco, Esq,, is movlng for tho onforcomont ot tho laws rolating to tho salo of Intoxlcating llquors in tho city of Rutland. Certaiu aelloro havo bcon rcstralned, by tcra dorary injuuctlona, from pursuitig thoir trafllc, and conaidoralion of cortnln casee for broach of lnjunction hr.3 bcon put ovor till July. During thoao hoar Ings Judgo Taft announcod that tho holding of a Unltcd States liquor li coiibo was proof eufllclont to warrunt the IsBulng of a tomporury lnjunction. If tho ownors of proporty know,or havo roason to know, that such proporty la used for tho lllogol aalo of liquor, in junctlona may bo lBsuod against thotn. It is alao curronlly roportod that the Supromo Court has dlrectod all prose cuting ofllcors to compol all pcrsona in Vormout holding Unitod Statos liquor llceusos to show cauao why tomporary injunctlona ahould not bo isauod ngalust thom for maintaining nuiaanco8. According to tho nowapapors of La- molllo county a condltion of affairs is osistont thero which domnnds tho faithful attontiou ot tbo proBocuting of- flcialB, and which has arrestod tho at- tontion of tho judgo of tho Supreme Court assignod to that county. Enforco tho law, invoko its lightning, and lot Its bolt fall whoro Ita mandatoa havo boon aimod, whoniBOOVcr may bo struck. l'rcparluff for Wnr, Preparation for war ia aomotimea tho boat assurauce of poace. Of this klnd is tho preparation tho Unitod S'.ates is making, particularly iu tho nnval arm of tho Borvico. A Washington roport Btatos that Admiral Dowoy called on President MoKinloy to pay his reapccts boforo loaving for Newport. After tho intorviow tho Admiral talkol wlth tho reportors at tho Wnlte Houso. Rofer- rlng to tho work of tho general board of the navy of which ho is prosident, tho Admiral said: "Our work Is somowhat analactoua to that performcd by the gonoral ataffa of tho artnios of Europeaii couutrios. It ia preparation for war, Bomothing that had not been dono when the war with Spaiu came on. Aftor tho dcclaration of war betwoon Pruasia and France, ono ol von Moltko'a callors waa groat ly aurprieea to unu nim reading a Fronch novol, and aaked him why ho was not preparing nis plan ot cam paign. 'It is already proparod,' replied Yon Moltko. 'It ia in that cabinet yonder.' I think wo ahould havo general ataff in our army," continued tuo Admiral. "I anould rcgret to seo tho United States in auother war, but if ono does como I hopo tho work tbo naval board la dolng will be of Borvice Jn proparing us for it." Tho explanatlon of tho law under which Secretary Gago actod in order- ing a countervailing duty placed on Ruasian augar and a duty upon Rua sian potroleum, which Secretary Hay has handed to tho Russian Ambassa dor, ought to convinco Ruasia that thia govcrnment was not actuated by any feoling of antagonism toward Russiau producta, and rcault in the removal of tho retallatory duties which Russia 1ms placed upon aomo American goods. Tho Ruosian Ambassador espreases tho opinion that tho uiattcr will soon bo straightencd out. Thero ia no truth in statcments sont from Washington alleging disagrooment in the cabinet concerning Secretary Gago's aots. Thero was nothing to diaagreo about. Secretary Gago merely carried out acts of Congress, as ho was bound to do. CouQdonco i3 strong in ofllcial circlea that a tariff poace will follow the tariff war which it delights the freo tradora and antis of- all classes to say Rus3ia has declared against the United Statos Reporta from Washington stato that exporta from tho Unitod Statea in tho flacal ycai 1901, now about to ond, will probably roach 81,500,000,000, tho higheat point ovor recorded for a singlo year in the history of Amorican oxport trado. For tho eloven months'endlng with May, 1001, tho total exports woro 81,385,013,505, boing doublo thouo of tho corresponding poriod of 1889 and 8100,000,000 in oxcoss of the total for tho olovon months of last yoar, which broko all provlous rocorda. For tho full flacal year, aa stated, tho total ex ports givo promiso of oxceeding 81,500," 000.00Q, as tho Ogures for elcvcn months fall only 8115,000,000 ahort of that amount, and tho monthly oxporta tion of morchaudiso from the United StatoB has oxcooded 8120,000,000 siuco March 1 of this year. Whatever may bo tho wholo truth regarding tho concentration camps for the Boor womon and children, remarks tho Spriugflold Itepuhlican, thero is ono phaso of tho mattor whlch is not sua coptible of defonso. Piacing upon half rations, under tho conditions which prevailed, tho wlvos and children of all burghors who romainod in tho fleld, for tho avowed purposo of forcing thoao husbands and fathors to surrondor, waa a meaaure of dastardly barbarisin. Tho Britlah govornmont was rosponslble for that, and lt ls credltablo to tbo British pooplo that thoir indignatlon becauso of it llually compellod tho aecrotary of war to ordor that all Boor women and children in tho campa be treated aliko. Sonator Butlor of North Carolina, Populist though ho is and chairman of tho Populiat natlonal commlttoo, is ra tional on tho neod ot protoction for tho South. "As a good buaincss principlo," ho aaya, "tho South ia growing overy day to rocognlzo a protoctlvo tariff as a npcoBslty ln tho conimorctal lifo of that soctlon. Evory bUBinesa man rc ahzoa that tho induatrloa of tho South cannot bo built up, connot Bucceasfully copo wlth tho loug oBtabllahed Indus trics of thjo North, without a protoctlvo tariff." Stlll thoro aro Domocrats who deny that support of Ropublican prin- ilplcs la rapidly incroaBinK Iu tho Soutli. Col. John Ilay'a atart on a public ca- roer was as prlvato sccrotary to Presi dent Lincoln. Proaident McKlnlov had appointed Adolbort S. Ilay to that ofllco and thn young man bad accopled, tho proBont iiBalstant socrotary having beon mado a paymaator In tho regular army. The Proaldout 1b said to havo in viow tho advancomont of Secretary Corielyou to a hlgher poat, so that young Ilay would havo bocomo tho chlof oxccutive's chiof acribo. Bright hopcs and llattcring proapccta purlahcd in that untoward ovent in Now Havon. Waa lt an offort at projudgmont, tho publication in a Burlington papcr on Friday of a atatement that ono of tho govornmont ofllcials Invostigating the affairs of tho F,rmer3 bank at Vor; geuuea had said tlmt Gov. Allon's ac count showod uo wrong-doiug on hiB part, and that the oxiatenco of prcscnt information, two moutha ago, would havo aavod his indictmont? Tho samo papor was conatralned on tho noxt day to say that the roport waa false, that tho govornmont odbiuls havo mado uo such atatomont and aro curiouato know from whom lt camo. Tho writor of the About Town col umn makcB a augceellon reanectiUL' tho suppression of "alcoholic picnics" that is worthy of xciy eerious attontion and onergotlc action on tho part of tho pc- lico ofllcinls. The freedom of tho sur- roundlng country from tho invaaion of thoae monacoa to aafoty and vlolators of doconcy is a flrat ossontial to the en joymont of out door freedom by girls, womon and children of all acea. The ofllcors dcservo commondotion for what they havo dono in this direction and exhortation to continuanco in well doing. Mrs. Mary Drew Peavey died in South Bostou on Sunday, having at taincd tho patriarchal ago of 10G ycars She was born May 0, 1795, and had theroforo lived in throo conturies. She had enjoyod poaaeBaion of her mental faculties and physical powera, uud pleaaautly celebrated the receut anni versary of her birth. Two children aurvive, and o large company of erand children and graudchildreu with sov- oral pretixes of "great." Tho localitv of tho fiood in Weat Virginia la in tho soutn part of the otato, in Alercor county, along tho lino of tho Norfolk and We3tcrn railway Tho road runa through nurrow defilea tho mountaina riBing precipitously on oither side. Happily later iutollUrouce doe8 not conflrm tho earlior estimates of tbo loss of lite. If the Republican party thinks that lt can aianu tor tuo pormanoncy and immutability of Protoction, tho Demo cratic party will bo very much oblised to it. Pormonont protoction for a luaty nation is as incongruous as the laea oi perpotuai crutcnea lor a bound' ing athlote. Brooklyn Eaglo. Calais. Mnrray A. Kont of Montpelier waa In iowd last weanoaday. Oacar QnllaRhor of Bralntreo, Mnss.,camo last Thursday to apend the snmmer at Mrs. mowor'9. Chlldren'a day waa obierved laat Sunday at liiapio uornor ecuooi uouso. Bloh Mowor arrlved ln town laat Batnr uay niRht. Wlllle Foator has boon nnablo to bo In souool lor a weok oocauso ot slckneaa, GeorRe Kent left town last Friday for a weeK'a yacauon. Mabel Lllley ls a vlctim of tho acarlot fover. Mr. Divla, who haa boon boartllnR at T. T. Lampbere'a, left town laat 'Wednesday. Forest and Sydney Foater oamo from Montpelier laat Satnrday to apond tho snm mer at Sydney Foater'a. Mrs. Ola Dwlnell of Cabot waa ln town on Sunday. Mra. Heator Kent retnrnod with her. Mr. nnd Mrs. RnsBoll Heynolda retarned hoine laat Wednesday. Myrta Hawkina went to Montpelier on Satnrday wuere aha will apond the aummer at H. E. nawklcfl. Francea Kent apent aeveral daya ln East Montpelier reoeutly, attendlng gradaation at Montpelier Bemlnary. Mr. and Mrs. A. I. Convorso retnrned on Tbnraday, aftor apendlng a few daya at Lincoln. Mra. Goorgo Ido ot Reading, Maaa., ls vlsltlng at H. A. Kent'a. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Kontol Hardwick aro at thoir summer bome. I. Itloh Kent ls wlth them for a wook. Ryegate. Bort Renfrow ia at home from Topsham, having flnlahed work tboro for Mrs. Lang. Cbarles Goes of Cabot ia BBsIatlng at the North Ryegato creamery, as Mr. Croe, tho butter-maker, ia 111 at his homo ln Plain field. Davld Sblelda has rotnrnod from Boston for tbe aummer vaoatlon and la Btopping at Ereaent wlth bla brotbor-in.law, A. W. Mc am. Blne Monntaln Grango bad a llvely moot lng laat Wedneeday ovenlng. Mnob bual ness ot importance waa tranaactod, Tbe Ladles' Mlaalonary Socloty met at tbo bomn of Mra. N. II. Hlckor on tbo nfter noon ot Jnne SO. Tea was aorved. Mra. M. U. Glbsou dlod very anddenly at bor homa on the mornlng ot June 11) of nenralia of tbe beart. Xbe funerul waa from tho bouso on Friday, and tbo bmlul was iu tbe fainlly lot iu Blue Monntaln cemotcry. Rev. D. O. Fatia of West Barnet proach ed for tbo Iteformed Breahytorlan couRre gatlon at tbe Corner last Sunday at two o'clock. Thn Rcuools throngboat tbo town cloeo for tbe aprlng torm thia wook. Tbo comuilttou ot arraugomonla for tbo tblrd ot Jnly ontortalnmont at B. E. Uall'a met at tbe homo of Mra. M. O. Bncbauan last Wodnoaday ovenlug. ailddlosox. Mrs. A. H. Vaucbn and MrH. Wllllatn Lowla rotnrned on Friday from tholrcar riage drlvo to Burlington. Bred Winn waa bomo from Montnoller on Sunday. F. B. Mlles anont Bnndnr at liomn. Froil wai at Borllu nond on Haturdnv nnd rnnort. od un oxcnllont tltuo. Georgo Pnrkor of Morotown waa In town on Sunday. John Klrklatid'n condltlnn remulnH nliont tbe aamo. Arthnr M. Buoklin of Canaan. N..II.. wesin town lnst Friduy. Wllllatn Klncsbarv ls at work for L. O. Wlldor. Tbo Dost-cffico la now locatod ln Charlrs Ward'a atoro. it belutr removed from Hh formor alte In W. O. Wblto's bnlldlng on Tbaraday ovoning. Noarly all tbe macblnorv for tbe Mlddlc- pnx OI)POBoCompAny Iihh arrlvod. Managor v. u. titinse iiota inst on Alonuay, Jnly 1, evurytblnt! will ho In motlon. Mrs. II. 0. Guarln and dnnghtor Ltllah roturned from thoir vlalt in Ejsox Jnnction on Friday. Mr. antl Mra. Ira J. Johnnon attended tbo Montpelier Illcb school cradnatlnz exor cixet at tbe opora boaae ln Montpollor on Driuay ovoning. Itov. J Hatry Holdnn ot Artleboro. Mesh.. will proacb for tbo Unltarlan aoclety noxt snnuay. Strawborrlnl tbo villano ia overatocked A nnmber ot our progreialvo farmera can uaruiy unu aaio lor all ol tUKlr crop. Mlea Carnllno Swlft and Mlaa Butb B Hl ford, tpnchora ln dlstriot No. 2, comblned nrn uiatrioc jno, 4 and uin ulKtrlct on Moretown ldo aud ga.vo n plcuio to Ita many scbolars last FrhUy. it belng the last day of acbool. All tbo ohildron woro prus- oni witn many oi tneir narents anu an en Joyablo tlme waa bold. Luucb wa i sorvod lncluulne oold lcmonado. Tbo achool grounds of ihe villago di"trict wfi tho placo used for ibe cioo-slon Mnny tliankt aro glven all tho teacbura from tne p irntn and pupua lor tuo lnteroat huowou ln tlielr roa ppctlvo 3llOlrtra. K-at Orango. Myra Button is lsiting in Barre and East Unrro Nntlmn Borrouglis went to Thotforil last wcek to visitlli's uiuiglitor, Mra Stroug, whom uo liaa not scGii lorsoven ycars Mr3. Jothro Burgin bas cono to Barton to spemi a low weons witn lior uaughter. John Ilutcbiiisoii full whilo at work on his ccllnr wall, tiijuriiig lutnself quito bauly. Parties from East Barro woro in town lait weok and erected a monument m tbe cemetery tor mra uoieman. Soveral from this placo wero in Bradford last Friday to attend tbo craduating exero'sos ot tho mgli scuool, Will llutcliinson heing ono ot tlio C1.13S, ilo is to enter collcgo ncxt lnll Miss Elln Bntson spent Satnrday and Stm day at C. M. Colby's Mabel ITntcbinson went to Bradford on Mon' day wbero she bas cngnged to pick slrnwbor ncs. Anson Coleman of East Barre is in town working on the barii at tho Jewell bomestead Cbarles Hurghi is taking down his old barns anu wiu uuiia a new one. Bradford Centcr. Scbool closed lnit Friduy. A very snc coisfnl term. Miss E'iza liatnhcldor. teacber Thls makes MisB Batcbelder'a foartb term bere. L"onard Samnor has been worklnc for N F. Kelley the paat two weeks, and expecta to worK ttio rest ot tne season. Arthnr Maclnro ls working on the rall road SBCtlou at Piermout. Ntd Farr la working for N. F. Kelley. N. F. Kfillev is marketing hla atrawbor ries a' UuutitU aud Walta Klver. Tho faimera are vory busy harvostlng tucir struvu;rrtcs. xiio rnat us atrtick sotut), and iboy mt.rn ae not moro than half a crop. Mrs Walter Wrlght and children wero tho guestB of Mra. Goorgo Billoway, thelr granamomer, last week. North Fayston Miss Florenco Davis of Montpelier ls vls' iting nor nncio, ti. a. uavia. C. M. Gilfflth and familv of Waterbary recentiy visicea at u. urimtu's. Levi n. Grandtleld vislted bls brotber George last Snnday. Mr. and Mra. Jason Hlll of Moretown viE' ited at C. O. Grandfleld'a on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. John Nelll viaited tbeir aon Jobnnie ln warron laat week. Orlando Davla of Montpelier viaited bla urotuer isugar laat satnrday. Jamea Little mado a abort call on hla paronta last wook. Eaat Barre. W. L. Paraonatof Warren waa in tbe placo last week on buainesa witb E. It Davla, Esq., who baa charge of bla property, Mra. B. F. Freuch la rocoverlng from her recent ninesa. auo waa attenuod by Dr J. U. MoArtbnr. W. E. Poole ot Montpelier waa In town iaat weeK, atopping over nignt wttu u. a, Hntcbina and tamlly. Mlaa Hazel Oatta Is consldered a little better. J. L. Dlx and W. W. Nyo went to Nlc- gorbeidpond (islilng laat week. Tbey do not aay a woru aoont tno nan tney cangnt. L. I. Cbeney baa mado a ereat lmnrove. ment on bla boaae by putting ln new plazza poata anu raiunga. The danco held at the opera bonae hall Saturday nigbt waa attended by about llfty conplea. Granlto encampment held Ita regnlar meetlng Satnrday nigbt wben tbo socond degree waa conforred upon ono candldate. Sevoral brotbera from Barre city wero tbere. We wlah tbelr vlalta wonld not bo ao for apart. Mra, Klng of Manchester, N. H ls vlslt lng ber many frienda bero. Robert ByerB and lady and Vernon Cole man aud lady wero ut Berlin pond laat Fri day. John II. JobnBon and wlte of Barre city viaited E. II. Oampbell and famlly tbe flrat of tbo weok. S. W. Davla of Walta Rlver was ln town aeveral days laat week viBltlng his aon, E. R. DavlB, and famlly, E. R. Davla and wife attended commenco ment exerclaea al Montpelier Bemlnary laat woek. G. H. Hntcbina aent a atx borae team to Cabot laat Thursday wlth a large monn mont whloh waa loadod at Barre city. Af tor golng tbroagh tbree or foar brldgea tbey ancoeeded in reachlng Cabot Batnrday nigbt, roturnlng bome tbo flrat ot tbo week. Tbe teacbera and puplls ot our vlllage acboola will bold a plonlo Friday attornoon in 0. W. Hall'a grovo. Stanley Wilaon rotnrned on Monday from Tnfta College, whoro be baa completad bla conrae of atudlea. Ilo, wlth hla fatber and mother, Mr. and Mra. W. W. Wllson, will make tbelr bomo at prosont wlth Mrs. Lu cla Durroll, Mra. W. W. Nye waa taken to Hoaton bcapltal on Monday for treatmeut. Bbe waa accompanled by her bnaband and Dr. J. H, MoArtbnr. Rlckor 31111a. A. II. Rlckor flnlabod aawing his eoft wood loga ou Saturday. Mra. Hlgbt of Weat Topsham Ia vljitlng at J. 0. Ilar vey'a. i E. D. Rlokor boogbt a Mo Oormlokmower of J. O, Harvoy. A, II. Rlcker baa bad twenty awarma of bocs como off thls montb. i A. II. Rlckor waa at Montpelier last xnesaay, . .1 Frunk McUall waa bero on bnalnesa Mon day. Wllllam Renfrow of St. Johna bury waa bero ou Monday. ; Parties Qsblng at Groton nond can bo aupnlted wlth box bonor by calllng on A. II, Rloker, A good anpply ou hand ot pnro beos bonoy. ABOUT TOWN, liollccllons nnd Ohscrvatloiis. Tbe preaent day gradnate. lt bo roads currontllteratnie, mnat havo been jollled out oi uib Bapposeci Hssninpiion oi posaeas lug all knowledge. to bo largo an extent ia ho diacuased, crltlclaed and carlcatared ln tuo juno nnmbora ol all perlodlcala. The Jnne weddlng recelvoa ita abare of atten tion at thls tlme, bnt tho gradnate wlth hla valodlctory, half rolnctant, half rellovod to como to an end of famlllar oxporioncoa, and ibco new onea lurnisnea most temptlng mater.al for tho morallat, the oynla and tbe profoaalonal bnmorlat. It ia uanally nnnecoa aary to Incnlcato In a yontb tbe aplrlt of ln dopondenco, whlch aball preaorve blm from tuo iu oueota ol too mucb advlco. On tbo oontrary lncnleatora ln ovory age have found lt thoir cblef nroblom to curb thls aame aplrlt to a tractable stato tbat wonld aumlt ol the admlnlstrattotr of Btuull qaan tltlos of tbo dosos. Yet it mav llnallv be Hnggcated to tho gradnate tbat ho lake not too aoriouaiy eituor nimself, or tbe warnlng or tne cavu otuora wouiu intuct. For tbo blizb bonoa. the faltbs and hii- thusiiiguiB wblcb form ao largo a part ot the yontbtnl uxpresslon as huard in the gradu ating esanya, thongh Judged atnnalng or patbetlc by tho boarorn ot tho burdon and beat of tbo dav. are vot an annnal contrl. nution to tno one uve roruo wb oh makes thu world go round, lacklng wblcb, that ruunei woinu nnu ua spoeu vigioiy siackou. It 1h a mtstake to vulun llghtly the you bful viow oi tuings. ii, ia no moro ol nocesslty ouoalded or dtillcieut tbau that of inlddle ago, or old age. Ilero's hoplng that lta posaosaora Iose lt not complotoly whon, in ino aujusiineDts au oxpcrimontB thoy mnat make to flnd tllelrplacaa in tbe world, thoy dltcover that tbo? aro uo lonearae. corded tbo respect glven them as soniora by tbo nndergraunutes, out mnat begln ovor somowhat ln tho manner ot froabmen, and suuraii io samo grinaa aua nazing. The great army of toacbera ia aot froe to enjoy o aummer vacaiion according to the dictatea ot thoir varloux tastes and salariea. Some persist in enjojlng it according to tbe dictntea of tbelr consclencoB, and mako haate to Jom witu othura ot tbelr klnd in the work and play of the nutnerons ntu- mor acboola. It la truo pnongh that teach- lug tonua to urain one ol hla last reaonrce, mental and otberwiao, and tbese tnstltn- tlona undertake to immii ln freab sunnllea But it iatruer tbat teaobera aro cnt off from lnterconrao witb normal. mature mlnds dar- ing tbe nlno months of the echool yoar. and need duricin thrf otber tbree tbe balance that ia to be got from tonch witb persona ot ditleront occupationa and tendoncles, to wnomapercent oi atleuiiance or deport ment ls an item lncomnrobenalble and ot no nioment. Walt Wbltman would have auggoated a walklng tonr: "Afoot and llht hcarted I trvko to tho open road, Ilcaltliv. f ree. tho world beforo mo. Tho loug urown patli toofore tne, leading whererer 1 cnuuau. Hcncororth I ask not good tortnne 1 mvaelt am eood fortune: llencefoith 1 whlmper uo uiore, poitpone no moie, ueed notliltif: Dooo wltli lndoor complalntt, llbrarlcs, qucruloua l illltlSlUS, btrouf and content, 1 travel the opcu road." For tbo peace ot thosa in ln thls viclnlty who somotlmoa tako tbls proscrlptlon for "lndoor complaints," lt ts to ba boped tbat ancb "alcohollo plcnlcs" as occurred this weeit m uoriln woou be not pormltted bcroaboutp, that vandala bo prohiblted from dlsturbinc tho oolot of tba ceineterv. aud tbat Dewoy Pxrk ba not so lnfealed aa to make it auonneu oy ue aecent. Tbo careful houdawife must play ber caraa witn circnmspectton nowauuya in ot dor to nut ud a aood came. A rod card a a- uala to tbe icaman, wbo la certalnly tbo trump for thia ueal; a red ot darker hno aummona tho oll man: blue and yollow caraa piaccd ln conaplcnous places will nring me tnsning ojuora wltu tnelr wares. Hotoafter nroanective bousoknoDera ahoald bo Bubjected to a color teat llko that pat to uraKeinon. ino wyatem ia liKeiy to grow more complicatod, till lifo itself can't be sustained witbout an arttst's knowledgo oi unes anu vaines. Walts Klvor. Oar villago acbool closoa noxt Friday wuu a vory snccosami term. Miaa .arotson baa proved beraelf a competent teacher, anu uas given aatisiaction. Fred Rowo la gotting along nicoly on hia barn wblcb blda fair to lmprovo bls place for looka as well us convonieuce. Ho em- ploya aovoral hands. George Rlce of Weat xopanam is doss workman. B. G. Mlles ls working at Montpelier, Clinton Bowon apent laat Saturday and Bunuay at Washington. Weat ToDsbam and Walta Rlver bova played ball last Saturday. West Topsham won. Waterbury Center. Mrs. Eatela Roblnaon of Stowo apent a part of tbe week witb bor parenta, Mr. and Mrs. uryan. Mra. W. K. Maraball apont apart of last week at tier old nome m waitaueid. Foreater Batcbelder and wife have been vlsltlng lu Morrisvillo. Mr. Martin and wife and alster wbo have been visitlng at Henry lillra, have retnrn ed to camorma. Dr. J. E. Foater and hla weatern frienda apent Saturday in Montpelier. Dayton Srr alley of Morrlatown apent Frl day and saturday ln tbo place. Lyman Bnzzel and wife of Stowe apent Hnnday wlth thoir uanghter, Mra. omlth. Soveral membera of our Grango attended tbo l'omona Urange at Morrisville Juno It la expectod tho noxt Grange meetlng wiu do gentieman'a nignt. Mra. Howard of Barton arrived at Green Monntaln Lodge laat week, Tbia ia her tmru aummer nero. TRA.GIC UEA.TU. New Haven. Conu., Juno 24. Adel bort S. Hay, eon of Secrotary Hay and former cousul to Pretoria, fell on Sun day mornlng at about - .iiU o'clock from a window in tho third otory ot tho Now Ilavon bouso, whoro ho had rooms for Commoncomcnt weok, to tho Cbapel streot pavomont, fully GO feet below. Instant dcath roeultca. Within flftcen minutes tho body had been identiQed as that of vouu" Hay. Physiclans wero hastily summoned but woro unablQ to rostore Ufe. Medl cal Examiner Bartlott pronouuced it a caso ot accidental uoath. Tho body was romoveu as soon as possiblo to tho rooms of a nearby undortaker, wbero lt waltod instructions from the afllictod famlly. Ropoatod efforts to locato tsocrotary uay by wiro woro tutllo until tho oarlv inornlnsr hours. when a re- quost from the fathor reached Mr. Soth Mosoloy, propriolor of tbe hotol, to caro for tho body until tho mombers of tho family arrived. It ls bollevod that Hay bocamo 111 and wont to tho window for air, waa ovorconio by a flt of dizKlnosa uud fell to tho grouud below. Tho clothos in tho bod hnd boon turuod, showiug hiB iutontlon to go to bod, His clothos had boon folded. Ou tho ledco of tho wiudow was found n partly burned cigaretto. Thls dlscov ery loads to the bellof that Hay hnd llghtcd n cigarotto boforo ictlrlrg nnd wont to tno winciow to smoKo lt. Tho maunor of his dcatb. tho victim and the fuct that the trngody occurred on tho vory ovo of Yalo's commonce mcnl in which the young man by vlr tuo of his cla88 ofllco was to havo been a leador havo east a deop gloom ovor the gladdoBt of Yaio scasons. aecrotary ilay arrived Irom Wash ington Sunday aftornoon. lle waa un accompanlod and gave signs of groat griof. Ouco withln the wnlla oi tho houso that Bhcltorod tbo romalns of bls dead aon tho secretary collapsed. IIls prostration waa bo complote that mcd ical aid was doemcd necossary. Miss llolon Ilay, a uanghter of the flocre tary, arrived from Boston lato in thu ovenlng. Tnoro was a solitary spectator to tho torriblo tragedy, a laborer on tho city slreets. At the hour mentionod tho workman saw the form of t man fall ing through spaco. An Instant later thero was a Bickonlng thud and tho form hy proatrato directly In front of the matu botel entrancc. The horri flcd laborer rusbcd to the spot and his shouts brought others. Tho usual crowd gnthorod. ln it wore soveral neiateu xaie gradunteB. Tney bont over tho body. Ono of tbom, a clase mate of young Huy, drow back and, horror atrlckou, cried: "My God, its Dol Hay." Tho body was clad ln paja mas. Tbe body will probably bo taken to Cleveland, though no funoral arrango- mcms uavo ucen maue anu tnose may not bo coinplotcd until tho arrtval of Mrs. Hay. AN AWFIJL CALAMITV. Bluefields, W. Va., June 24. A cloudburst In Elkhorn Valley on Satur day nigbt wrought terrible dcstrucaon along tbo lino of the Norfolk nnd Westorn Railway. Thirteen prosporous little mlning towns dotting tho fifteen miles of track were awept by the Elk horn Creek, and all wero entircly or partially dcstroyed. The stricken district is practically cut off from telcgraphic communlca tion. Tbe work of the llood, so far as 1b known at preaent, ia summed up as follows: Lo83 ot lifo, variouely esti mated at from 250 to 600; town of Key Btone ontirely destroyed, a dozen others partially ruiued; tbirty miles of railroad track gone; more than 100 miles of road unsafe; a score of coal plants dam ngod and put out of operation for weoks; 100 cars awept away ; 25 bridges, perhaps more, missing; ateamboat sunk and pounded to picccs in the raging currcnt. Charleston, W. Va., June 24, At mldnight Secretary of Stato Dawson, in tho absenco ot Gov. White, who is at Parkersburg and cannot bo reached, sent a mesaage to Col. John O. Hewitt at Bramwell to take full charge of tho Bituation. A company of tbe national guard at Bramwell ls ordered to assiat in guarding property, and more troops will bo eont. A supply of tents has been ordered for tho homeles.s. If tho railroad cannot be made ready beforo noou a relief traiu of wagons wi.l be sent overland. Roanoke, Va., June 21. Some survivora o tho llood iu tho Elkhorn Vnlloy reached here this morning, Thoy think tho loss of lifo hns been over ostimated nnd that it wiil bo about 100. Bluefield, W. Va,, Juno 24. This Bection of tho State is the scene of a disnstrous llood, involvlng an immenso loss of property nnd the destruction of many ecores of lives. It is the conse quenco of heavy rains which began Saturday, nccompanied by elcctricrl storms, und which incrcasod steadily in violence and qunntity of rainfall. On Sunday morning the storm had abated, but tho lowering clouds indicated further terriflc down pour. Many miles of tho Norfolk nnd Weat ern railroad tracks wero washed out, bridges entircly destroyed nnd com municatlon entircly cut off bo that it was impossiblo to learn tho full extent of tho loss of life and property, but a consorvativo estimnte as to tho loss of lifo is 209. Some of tho drowned nre umong tho most promlnent citizenB of tho coal flelds. The locality of tho disaster is thus deacribed: The Pocahontas coal fleld is located in a basin, with high mountain rangos on either side, Elkhorn creek flowing through the center of the basin, which rangos from one-fourth to ono mile in widtb. For n distance of ton miles mlnors' cabins, coal company commissarios and coko plants lino this basin. Elkhorn crook boing fed by nu merous amall streama coming from tho mountalu sidea, rlaes very rapidly nnd thls wator spout camo bo auddenly that tho ontiro basin botwoontho two moun tain rangee was flooded, and beforo the terror stricken people realizod what was upon thom thoy were carried down by the llood, which swopt overything in its path. Keystono, witha populatlon of about 2,000, seems the groatest sufferer, prac tically tho entlre town being washed away. It is tho principal town in tho Pocahontas coal flolds nnd is located noar its contor. It was to n groat ex tent headquartors from which tho mln ing populution purchased Bupplios. Tho mlning populatlon is occupying tho banks oi tno streama below, catchlng tbo morchandlse and barrels of whis key and beer us they tloat down. A great uumbor of tho coal and coko plants in tno x'ocanontas ueiu are wreckod and ontirely washod away. A nasBoucor traln of tho Norfolk & Westorn railway met tho llood and was unablo to proceod. The waters reach od such n dopth that tho coachos woro nbandoued, the passongora boing rcs cued by means ot ropes strung from tho windows of the coaches to tho tops of coko ovens somo distance away. Betwoon Elkhorn and Vivian yard a dlstanco of ten miles, 100 cnra aro Baid to bo washed from tho trncks nnd ninuy of thom wtro carried down tho strcams. A ecore of bridges havo boen Bwept nwny. Tralns cntinot be run to the slrlckon rcgion for a woek or ten daya, ronderiud It imposBiblo to cnrry relief to thoso who cscaped with thoir llvcs, homoless und v.uihout food suf fering iudeacribnblo hardshlps. EducatoVour llowols Wlth Cuscarotl. C.indy Cathartlc, ouro constlpatlon torovor. lOo, 23o. If 0. 0. 0, fall, drugglsts rcluud moncy.