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VERMONT WATCHMAN & fcJTATE JOURNAL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1903.
TIIE JiAllUE 11AGH8.
FELL NEAR BUZZ
What&
Bnmpla best
f poultry lmpci I'HEE
A 11AILUOAD JOUUNJ2Y.
Mrs. J. T. Sabin nud Mrs. Frank I.
Pitkin liold tho reoord for novel nr
rnngonionts in ttio lino of outortain
mout; Fridny ovoning tho Thomna Olnb
wns cutortniuod iu a niauner thnt,
for originullty nud' oxooution, wonld
linvo douo crodit to tho bost udvortisor
iu tlie conutry. If thoro hnd beon n
steam whistle somowhoro iu tlio barn
it is probnblo tlmt tho imaginatiou of
tho gnosts wonld havo boou inoitod bo
noarly to roalizntioii tlmt thoy wonld
lmvo worrlod bocnuBe thoy Imd couio
nwny witli so littlo baggngo, as ladios
nro sometiuies wont to do.
As tho gnosts ontorod tho frout door
thoy woro coufrontod by Porloy Pit
kiu, woarhig his couductor's uiiiforni
nnd Bnppliod with tho neCossary
rcquisitefi, evou to tho tickot puuch.
Tho nows Btauds nnd pop coru stauds,
a fcaturo or nn Auioricau rnilwny stn
tiou, woro nll thoro, tho foruior stand
coutnining ndvortisiug matter whioh
is always froo. Tho ladics thon pro
onred theli tickets for trausportntiou
at tho tickot olllce. Tho tickets woro
priuted ou difforout colorod cardboard
With dostiuntions nnmod, thore boing
throo tickets of tho samo color, Wnsh
iugtou, Buflnlo aud othor citios eo
tlmt throo players conld flud thoir nl
lotted tables whicli woro placod iu tho
rooms flttod to reprosout coaches. Tho
couductor could givo auy iuforintioii
uocossary in rcgard to tho dostiiintion
of tlio difforout coachos aud it was
xoally a matter of fow miuutos boforo
tho six tablcs woro flllod with play
ors. Tho ladics knew thej woro not
ou tho G. A. R. excnrsiou to San
Fraucisco for tho coaches woro of a
moro niodorn niako thau those" which
trausportod tlmt happy throug totho
wostoru bhoros, tno numbor of tho
coaohos not datiug back so far as 253.
Aftor thoy had brokon tho niouotonv
of tho jouruoy by playiui; ouchro for
somo tiruo hnugor soizod thoni, as is
tlie case vory often whon travolinf,
aud thoy woro givou stopover privi
egos for rofreshuients Theso woro
sorvod from tho Bpacions piazza nr
ranged witli tho couutor of tho rogu
lar statiou rostauraut. Thoro woro pios,
doughnuts, candy and tho othor wull
knowu dainties of tho railroad Btatiou
rostauraut placod in an appotisiug po
Bitiou uudor glass casos aud Mrs. Alma
Srnith did all iu hor power to snpply
tho wauts of tho huugry tonrists.
Mrs. F. H. Pnlfer was awardod tho
loue haud prizo aud whon it was
learnod tlmt Miss Olivo B. Stont had
captnrod the cousulation prizo tittor
iug could bo hoard all aronnd tho
roorus for Miss Stont is not vory, often
a caudidato for suoh honors. lt was
whon the prize was bronght to light in
tlio form of a toy travelor with dress
snit case nnd travoliug embollishinonts,
oven to au obstiuato dog, that the tit
toriug roachod tho proportions of au
ontbnrst of langhtor which Miss
Stout will probnbly ronieuiber. Mrs.
Goorge E. Huut wou the progrossivo
prizo of tho ovoning.
It was lato iu tho oveniug whou tho
train rouudod tho cnrve and the con
dnctor called ont Moutpolior aud tho
Imppy tonrists scattored to thoir 10
spootivo houies.
CAIl ulND CAJiT.
Nwo York, Sept. 6 Iu a collhiou
tliis moruing botweon a Ninth avonuo
trolloy car and liose cart whioh wbb
called ont to a flro iu tho Nutiounl
Ink works iu Brooklyn, niuo firomen
aud threo citizens woro sevorely in
jured. Tho inotormau disappoarod
iininedintely nfter tho crash. Tho
men on the trnck wore tlirown twouty
feot and nll woro nnconicions whon
pioked np.
rawford
HAVE WON THE LEAD BECAUSE OF
The Single Damper (patented) which prevents the diffi
culty and confusion of two-datnper ranges ;
Extra Large Ovcn with asbestos-lincd back and heat
saving cup-joint flues ;
Improved Dock-Ash Grate, which makes a bctter fire
and saves fuel ;
Removable Nickel Rails, which save half the trouble
of blacking;
Together with the Slmmerlng Covcr, extra large Ah Pan, etc.etc
there is no agcnt In your town we will scnd a
"CrawtordV on 30 days' trlal.
WALKER & PRATT MFG. CO.,
Is the licn's cgg yicld sinall? Slck
pcrhaps, or mouHiug. Spccial feed
iiig nicnus spccdy recovery. Up-to-date
poultrynicn always usc
Sfieridan's
Powder
M lxod with nny food lt lnvlgoratos auppllei
neodod elemouts for now plumngo haatons
moultlng Insurcs oarly wlntor Iftylng whon cgRa
nrohigh. 25oapnck;G,$1.00;2-lb.can$1.20; ulx,85.00.
I. 8. JOHNSON ib CO., llo.lou, ninns.
JiJSltltY CULTUltE.
Qlowing roports cowo of successful
borry onlruro iu tlio Yakima Vnlley,
Stnto of Washington, Fivo years ngo
tlio vnlloy was in n couditiou of
flnnuoinl collnpso nud pnrtinl nbnu
douniout, Tho laud had for yonrs
been dovoted aliuost' oxclusivoly to
hops, aud whon tho bottom dropped
ont o tho hop markot rnin aud bank
rnptcy followed. Tliou eomo of tho
moro thoughtfnl farmoiR. plnntod n
fow berrios, by way of oxporimont,
nnd woro rownrdod by nbnudnnt suc
coss. Tho business grow nud spread,
nntll now tho vnlloy is lnrgoly plautcd
to borries, about throo-fourths of
which nro Cuthbort nud othor red
rnspberries, and the bnlanco blaok
borrics. Some of tho products nro
sont bV rnil ns far east ns St. Pnul,
bnt tho grontor part flnd thoir mnrket
in tho monntain oitios. Two years
ngo nn nssocintiou of growers wns
fonuod to rognlnto tho uinrketing.
Tho busiuess hns proved oxtreuioly
snccesstul, all of tlio growors receiv
iug good returus, nnd some niaking
a Imudsomo yearly incomo from n fow
aores.
Now, horo is au objeot lcssou
worchy of tho nttontion of New Eng
lnnd fariuors. Thoy po.soss mauy nd
vnntngos. iu nenr proxiiuity toinarkot,
over thoir brothors of tho remoto
northwest, whilo oujoying fully as
fnvorablo soil and climnto for soiall
fruits culluro. Orclmrd frnits attnin
n pori'ection in tho Stnto of Wnshing
tou not seon elsewhoro on tho ronti
uont, bnt for berries and sninll frnits
it hns no nntural ndvnutagos ovor Now
Euglnud. If berrios cnn bo profltably
raisod thero aud sent half way aoross
tho contineut, whj should not Now
Eugland fnrmors bo at lcast equally
ns Bucccssfnl, with unlimited markota
right at thoir doors? N. E. Farmor.
Whnt Is Life?
Iu tho last aualysis uobody knows,
bnt wo do know that it is nudor strict
law. Abnse that law ovon slightly,
paiu rosults. Irregular living meaus
dorangomeut of tho orunus, resnltiug
in Coustipatioii, Hoaaacho or Livor
tronblo. Dr. King's Now Lifo Pills
quiokly roadjusts this. It's gontle,
yot thorough. Ouly 25o at O. Blnko
ly's Drng Storo.
A S1JA DISAST1SH
Block Islaud, Sop, 5. A lnrgo
four mnsted Echoouor i'ouudorod this
moruing uenr tho southoast light
honso nud uo trace of tho crow cnn bo
fouud. tt is belioved tlmt tho vosiol,
whoso umuo is uuknowu nud whoso
topmnsts stnud out of wntor, wn run
into and simk iu tho fog. Furthcr
nows is oxpected whon tho voseol snp
posod to havfl collided with tho fonr
mastor puts iuto somo port.
A Purgative Pleasure.
If yon ovor took DoWitt's Littlo
Enrly Kisors' for bilioasness or cou
Btipntiou .you kuow whnt a pnrgativo
ploasnro is. Theso fnmons littlo pills
oleauso tho livor aud rid the sBtom of
nll bile wihont prodnoing unplensaut
e'llects. Thoy do not gripo, siokou or
wenkon, but give touo nud strougth
to tho tissnes and organs iuvolvod.
W. II . Howoll of Honston, Tox.,
suyB, "No bottor billcnu bo nsod thau
Littlo Early Risers for coustipatiou,
siok headache, otc," Sold by Rivors
Bros.
WILL A VENGJU JtULlSliS.
Viounn, Sept.. A dospntoh from
Belgrade says that over a thouBaud
offlcors iu the' Sorvinn army lmvo
joined a movemont ncniust the mnr-
dorers of the lnte king nnd quoon. It
is considorod prounblo tlmt tho mis
creniits will resign thoir commissions
in tlie army aud rotiro to privato lifo.
31 - 35 Unlon Street, Boston, Mass.
A small orowd nttondod tho rnccs
nt tho Grnulto Oity Trotting Pnrk on
Frldny nftornoou bnt tho ovont wna
dosorviug of n lnrgor attoudnuco. It
took but throo hcnts, botli iu tho 2.!!5
olass nud tho 2.21 clnes to decldo
whioh wou, aud two of tho honts of
tho Inst meutionod olass woro oxcood
ingly oloso. 0. F. Piko wns stnrtor
nud 0. 0. Wnrrou of Wntorbury, F. J.
IIouBtou of Northfiqld nnd L. 0, Hnui
mott of East Moutpolior ncted ns
judgcs with F. A. Duffy of Bnrro,
olork, A protest wns offorod against
Lllliau Farnnm tho winnor of tho
threo hentB in tho 2 85, owuod by F.
E. Bnxton of Tuubridgo. Tho jndges
dooidod to liold tho purso uutil idonti
ficatlou of tho maro, satisfactory to
tho Btniid, wns mado by tho owuor.
Mies Dillnrd owuod by Pago Bros.
of Barro, wou tho throo honts iu tho
2.21 olass, timo 2.21J in first heat,
2.22 in socond aud 2.21; iu last,
Thoro woro four outrios iu th's rnco
Blnck Benuty, owucd by F, II, Wincli
of Byfleld, MaBS., Emiliuo BnBseo,
owuod by tho Snlllold Honeo stablo
of Sufllold, Couu,, Miss Dillnrd owuod
by Pngo Bros. of Bnrro nud Doris,
owued by G. W. Wliituoy of Enflold,
N. II. Tho resnlt of tho ilrst hont
wns Mies Dillard flrst, Doris Bocoud,
Emiliuo Bnsseo third, nud Blnck
Benuty fonrth, Tho rcsnlt of tho Bec
ond heat wns tho sntno aud in third
heat Emiliuo Bnsseo took sccoud placo
iustend of Doris, tho othcrs boiug tho
Bnrao ns tho precodiug hoats.
Iu tho 2.85 olnss there woro fivo
outries, Lady Stnnford owuod by A,
E. Bnileyof Moutpolior, Lndy Leon
ntus owuod by Sufllold IIouso stnblo
of Snllield, Conn., Lulu, owned by G.
F. Moses of Chicopoo Fnlls, Mnss.,
Dorothy Vernon, owued by J. K.
Lyudo of Willinmstown, nnd Lillinu
Fnrnum owned by F. E. Buxtou of
Tuubridgo. Tho results of tho flrst
heat was Lilliau Fnrnum first, Doro
thy Vernou secoud, Lndy Leountus
third, Lulu fourth nnd Lady Stnn
ford fifth. Tho socond hent tho win
nor was tho snmc, Lady Stnnford
jnmpiug to socoud plnco. Dorothy
Vomon third, Lndy Leonntns fonrth
nnd Lulu fifth. Tho third hent re
snlted as follows: Tho wiuuor tho
sauic, Dorothy Voruou secoud, Lady
Stnnford third, Ladv Leouatus fonrtli
nud Lulu fifth. Timo.first hent 2.23J,
second heat 2.25 nnd third 224.
Don't dolny n miuuto. Oholora iu
fantnm, dysoutory, diarrhoua como
suddouly. Ouly safo plau is to havo
Dr. Fowlor's Extract of Wild Straw
borry always ou haud.
WOX TJlIltl) 11AGK.
HighlaudB, Sept. 4. Proudly, llyiug
throo groat Amoricau ilags ou tho tnff
rail Relianco tho victorious, escorted
by Mr, Isoliu's Sunbeam nud tho
tondor, Moouboam, aud iu tow of tho
tug, Gnidiug Stnr, loft hor mooriugs
shortly nfter oight this moruing nnd
begau tho jouruey to Erio basin.
Whistles Bcroamod nboard ovory Bort
of Btoam cruft nbont Snndy Hook nnd
nt tho top of . overv mnst nud pole
afloat thoStarsaud Stripos fluttered in
tho wiud. Soou after Roliauco'a do
parturo Sir ThomaB' Erin Btnrted up
followed by Shamrock III iu tow of
tho tug Gruisor. In tho trip np tho
Narrows tho Shamrock followed tho
prond yaukce bont nt abont tho saiuo
distauco astoru as she did at tlio fiuish
of tho flnal cup rnco yesterday, nbout
throo milos. Tho Shnmrock lookbd
like n oofeatod yncht but sho hnd hor
slmro of salutcs from passiiig fihips.
Tho crows ou Shamrocks I aud III nre
propariug this moruing to sail for
Euglnud oarly next weok. Thoy will
go iu tow.
Now York, Sopt. 4. Tho third and
final raco, iu the sories for tho Amori
cau oup, yesterday resulted iu a vic
tory for tho Rolianco. Shamrock III
misBed the fiuish lino in tho douse fog
whioh provailod nnd gnvo up tho ruco.
This successful result wnB ncliiovod
ouly nftor four futilo nttompts to Biiil
ott' tho finnlrnco nnd nftor tho ontcomo
Imd boou ndmittod by evou Sir Thoin
us to bo a foregono conolnriiou. Yob
terdny's rnco wna tho niuth attempt to
Bail a rnco. Aftor one flnke tho Ro
lianco wou tho two followiug conteBtB,
ouo by soven miuutos aud threo soo
ouda aud tho othor by ouo miuuto nud
iuoteeu secouds. A weok ago tho
first attompt to Bail the third raco
fuiled nud nttompts lmvo beou mnde
ovory day this wook. Ou two occa-
sious tho Roliauco lod tho Shamrock
to tho fiuish lino by nbout two milos,
but fnilod to rcnqh it before tho ox-
pirntiou of tho timo limit of fivo nud
n hnlf hours. Yostorday'a viotory
monua that tho cnp is deBtiued to ro
mniu iu Amorica uutil Eugland ia nblo
to prodnco n geuinB oqnal to Horshoff
iu yaoht dosiguiug.
Raroly, if ovor, has thero beou n
moro Biiootnonlnr fiuish thau tho Roli
nuco'a iu tho flnal rnco. After Bniliug
for moro.thnu nn honr f.t terriflo spood
through a bliuding fou tho Roliauco
bnrst through n wnll of niist upon tho
view of tho spectators on tlie fioot
nssemblod nt tho ilnlsli lino nud hool
iiic nndor a creat bollying bnlloou iib
top s-ail uutil hor rail wns nwnBh, llod
aoross tho fluiah lino nluiost boforo
tho spootatora could dotormino for n
cortninty that it wna sho. Ouco moro
tho Ynnkoo boat had addod to tho loug
striug.of victories in contosts for tho
houorod uud silvor trophy tlmt cnrriod
witli lt tlio uino rllilion or tlio son.
Tho Shnmrook did not nttompt to
oross tho lino bnt atter n fooblo Balnto
from tho fioot wns takon iu tow to tho
Hook, tho fioot stnrtod for home uud
tho sorios of rncos in dofoiiso of Anier
ion's oun for 1003 woio ondod nud
Auioticnu gonius, brniua nud soamau-
Hinp woro ouco mofo trlumplmut.
Ordiunry Porsou A fluo ovoning,
sir.
Groat Financler (niodeBtly) Tlinnk
yon. Hte.
Bud blood nnd indigestion nro dond
ly onomioa to good honlth. Burdook
blood destroys tlioui.
NARROW ESCAPE OF A WORKMAN STRICK
EN WITH VERTIGO,
Intercsting Hlstory of a Man Wlio
Has Been Near Dcath flany
Times, flade a Prisoiier at
Battle of Ccdnr Creck.
Whilo oporutlug n buzz-snw iu tho
mnllneblo irou fouudry nt Troy, Ilon
ry Simous wna snddonly sttlokou with
vcrtigo nud fell nmost upou tho swift
ly rovolvlng snw. But tho Bnme good
fortnno tlmt cnrriod him uusvoundod
through fonr yonrs of nctivo Borvico
dnriug tho Oivil wnr ngniu proscrvod
hia life. Tho suddon illuoBB which
brought him bo uonr au nwfnl dcath
was tho diieot rosult of his wnr oxpo
lionco, ns Mr. Simous etntod to n ro
portor who cnllod at hii comfortnblo
liomo nt No. 4 LiudoU uvonuo, Troy,
N. Y.
"Evor sluco tho cdmpnign of New
Orlonna iu 1801," he said, "I lmvo
beou nflllctod with nmlnrin nud fro
qnont nttnoka of acnto gnstritis,
brought ou by tho ctfnstnnt oxpoBiiroo
aud tho mnlarinl nimoBphero of tho
bnyou couutry. At times I wna snb
joct to nttnoks of voitigo nnd it was n
soizuroof this kiud tlmt so ucnrly ond
od my lifo.
"For ovor thirty years I omployod
tho bost physiciaus but thoy woro uu
nblo to givo mo pqrmnnont roliof. I
was billons and snfffcrod from pnlpita
tion' of tho honrt, bolcliiug of wlud
nud nn ncnto pain in tho small of my
back. I wns iu n wpnkeuod couditiou
gonornlly and my nppotito wns fioklo.
"Ono dny I Baw Ur. Willinms' Plnk
Pills for Pnlo Peoplo moutioned in n
local nowspapor nnd docidod to try
thoni. Boforo I hnd fiuishod tho first
box I noticod that my nppetito hnd im
proved aud thnt I wns inncli strougor.
Tlmt nlso muikeu tho euu oi tho nt
tnoks of oxtrenio ortigo. I kopt on
taking tho pills nud my rocovory from
that timo waa cradtal bnt Bteady. I
linvo recommondod Dr. Willinms' Piuk
Pills to a liumber of pooplo nud I nin
glud to ondorso tlio retnedy thnt hns
douo so much ior me. "
Mr. Siuioiis is mouibor of tho
Grnud Aimy of tho Repnulio nua
sorved in Company H, Twolfth Cou-ue-ticnt
Voluutoor iufautry. Ho was
ouo of tho 1300 prisouors tnken by tho
Coufedorntes nt tlio battlo of Oedar
Oreok, dnriug the oampaign iu tho
Shonundoah valloy, mado famoua by
Sheridau's ride. Ile was takon to
Libby prisou where he was conflned
for mouths boforo boiug oxchangod.
Hundrcds ot Oivil war vetoiaus,
both Uuiou and Coufedorate, whoso
health was brokon by tho hardships iii
tho nrmy, ns woll ns huudreds ot oth-
ora ruu aowu by ovorwork, worry or
oxccsses of Bonio sort, owe thoir lives
aud liappiuoss to Dr. Williams' Piuk
Pills for Pnlo Peoplo. Aotiug diroot-
ly ou tho blood nud uerves thoEo pills
linvo cured mnny stnuborii casos ot
uervousuess, partinl pnralysiB, loco-
motor utaxin, St. Vitus' danco, rhou
iuatisui, Bciatica nud nll forms of
weakuess, whothor iu mnlo or fomalo.
If you aro siok you owo it to yonrsolf
to givo thom n tnal, iiut romombor
thnt you canuot try Dr. Williams'
Piuk Pills by takiuc ' 'Bomothing
olse" which may bo ofl'orod as n sub-
stituto. Bo snro thnt ovory box you
buy bears tho full uame. Sold by nll
denloi'B iu modiciues, or Bout postpaid
at fifty conts iior box, six boxos for
two dollnrs uud fifty conts, by tho Dr.
Williams Mecliciuo Uo., Sclionectndy,
N. Y.
l'A 1X1? UL A CCJDJ2NT.
Bouniugtou, Sopt. fi. Miss Ida
Lovorledgo mot witli n peculiar aoci-
dont on Fridny nftornoou. She wna
rnnniug a sowing mnnhino nud in
somo ;ny her foro nnd middlo fiugors
got nudor tho feed bnr nnd tho neodlo
cnmo down tlirongli uoth liugors
nearly iu tho centor of thounils, pin-
ning thom togothor. Althongh iu oxcru-
cintiug paiu, sho chnnged hor dross
nud startod for a doctor's ofllco. Sho
hnd to mnke four cnlls bcforo slic
fonud ono nt homo,nnd trnvelod about
a milo It was au hoiir from tho
timo tho acoident hnppened boforo
tho uoedlo waa takon out. The doo
tor had to call iu holp
boforo ho
could removo it.
Torriblo plnguea, thoso itchiug,
pesteriug diseases of tho skin. Put
an oud to misory. Doun'a Oiutment
curos. At nny diug Btore.
COXVJCTS WOUXD12D
BirminghairL Aln., Sept. 4. Four
oouviots wore shot at Pratt miuoa
prisou yestorday whilo attomptiug to
oscnpo. Ouo probnbly will dio. Thoy
hnd seourod a quautity of dyuamito,
aud blew an oponing in ono end of
tho priBou. Thoy ran through this
nud hurlod aticks of dyuntnite nt tho
guards, whou tho lattor opoued flro.
J. H. Emery, Borving twouty yoars,
oBcapt'd,
mitm) nr liqutnjkg
A houso nnd horso baru bolouging
to Houry BrnsBnw, jnst ovor tho
Northfield line nnd nbout ono nnd ono
half milos from tho hond of Borlin
pond, woro buruod ou Fridny night
nbont 10 o'olook. Dnriug tho hoavy
Qloctrio storm lightiiing strnok tho
bnrn aud nluipst iustnutly it wns nll
ou flro, Two horsos wero snvod but
Bomo pigs woro bnniod. Tho llnmoa
thun sprond to the houso whioh was
outiroly bnruod iu spito of ofl'oita to
savo it, Noarly nll tho houBohold
gooda woro burnod. Ouo bnrn loontod
norosa tho road waa envod. Tho prop
orty, wna itiBured iu tho Vormont Muc
unl 'for $350 but tho losa ia abovo
tlmt and it ia snid thoio wna othor
inaurnnco.
AJWUT VlSltMONT.
A. E. Edwnrda hna gono to tho
uorthorn pnrt of Now York to liunt
for giusong plnntB. Mr. Edwnrda con
sidors thnt giuBoug root nnd gold nro
oqnivalout aud hns bogun raising gln
soug. Ho rocently pnrchnsod a Btrip
of Inud uonr hia houso whioh ho cnlls
his ginBoug farm. This ho has spndod
aud nilxod with wooda soll nud fortl
llzor in ordor to lmvo it na uonr ns
possiblo liko tho soll in whioh tho
giusong plnut grows. Ho oxpocts by
fnll to linvo 1,000 plnnts growiug.
Giusong root is used nlmost oxolublvo
ly by tho Ohinoeo bocnuBO of its Bup
posod inodioiual proportios. Tho plnut
growa in North Amoricn. Smnil
qnnutities of it aro fonnd in Vermont.
Mr. Edwaida eays thnt ono pound of
tho driod root, iu Ohiun, is sold for
$25, whilo ono pound of tho sood is
worth $100. It takes 8,888 aooda to
mako a ponnd. Ho haa socurod a
lnrgo numbor of soods from tho plnnta
which he is growiug. He 'doos not
oxpoot to bo nblo to hnrvost auy of tho
root for threo yonrs. Mr. Edwnrds is
a whoolwright by trado but it is snid
ho oxpeots in timo to dovoto nll liiB
timo to raising giuBong.
Tho rositlonco of L. B. Spnnlding, n
Ilnrtford fnrmor, wns ontored throngh
a collnr wiudow on August 27. Tho
thiof abstrnoted from n pookot in Mr.
Spnnldiug'B tronsors n pockotbook
oontniniug $15. Tho trousers woro on
n chair iu tho bedrooin ocoupiod by
Mr. Spauldiug nnd hia wifo. Thoir
dog wna uonr tho foot of tho bod. Tho
sleopors woro uot nrousod, nnd tho dog
gavo no alarm. On awakoning uoxt
morniug Mr. nud Mrs. Spanldiug
fonud thomsolvos afleotod with dizzi
noss nnd nnusen. Tho dog nlso wns
quito siok. It ia suppcsed thnt tho oo
cupnuts of the room woro chloroformod
by tho iutrndors.
A Vermont womnn hna jnst ob
sorvod a romnrknblo birthday nnuivor
sary nt Buflnlo, ou tho farm ou which
sho hns livod'for ninoty years. Sho ia
Mra. Dolilnh Goorge, 10G yenrs old.
Sho wns born nt Wells, iu this couu
try, iu August, 1797. With hor par
euts she Bottled nt Hamburg n few
yenrs Inter. Sho wns thero whou hor
fnther nud her husbnud, .Toel Goorge,
pnrticipatod in tho war of 1812. Mrs.
George rocalls tho burniug of Buflnlo
by tho Iuainus dnriug
sho is probnbly tho ouly
Iuainus dnriug this wnr nud
liviug porsou
who cnn recnll
tho ovont. Dnriug
tho enrly pnrt of
hor lifo showns sur-
rouudod by Iudinus, ns thore woro vory
fow wlnto pooplo living in the vioiu
ity. The fnmily of Mrs. Georgo wero
friondly witli" tho Iudinus, aud cou
Bcqneiitly woro not molested by thom.
Mis. Georgo is n'peusionor of tho
wnr of 1812.
g Upon iuspectiou of tho Bnrton roads
rocoutly, J.Q.Sauford, Statehigh-
way commissiouer, statod that tlio
stouo onlverts which tho commitisiou
ors linvo boeu pnttiiig in "dnriug tho
past few moutha arotho veryubest to
bo fonud iu tho State'.ludiBonBsiug
tho quostiou of thc"purchnso of a stouo
crnshor, Mr. Sauford statod that ouly
throo towus'iu tho Stato outsidoof tho
citios aud villngos owned stouecrnsh
ers, nud iu somo iustnucos whero
crnBhors woro owned thoy woro not
being usod, owhig to tho fact that tho
peoplo of tho town woro divided ovor
tho quostiou of expoudiugthOilnrge
nmount of nfouoy reqniied for rond
purposos. Mr. Sauford commontod on
tlio couditiou of the roads on v.hioh
gruvol-hns boou usod ns ho considers
this nn excollont mothod ot kooping
tho stroots in good ordor.
Mrs Spoar of Oholsea wns driviug
on the rond betweeu thnt towu nnd
Vorshire nbont one nud ouo-hnlf mile
from her honio iu tho eveuiug, August
25, whon a man jnmped from tho
bushes by the rond sido nud pullcd
hor from tho wngou. Sho fought him
desporatoly aud screamcd' for holp.
This attractod the attontiou of a largo
dog owned by Sniith Taylor aud tho
dog ran to tho house barking. Mr.
Taylor, who ia au old inau, onine to
tho door nud opouiug it hoard tho
Borenms. Ho giintclied up n lautorn
nnd startod iu tho diroction of the
souud. Tho nssnilant ?nw tho lnutoru
aud aftor throwing tho womau into
hor carringo flcd. Mrs. Sponr wns uh
cousoious nud tho physicinu who wns
cnllod fonud mnuy bruigoB ou hor
body.
Leou Rnssoll of Ohitteudon, nged
twonty yenrs, wns bliuded by n kiok
from a lioreo ou Wodnosday nftoruoon
of this wook, Tho youug uinuj whoso
parentslivo on Jobso Billings' fnnu in
Ohittondeu, wont to tho bnru to tnko
caro of tho horses His niothor hoard
him groaning n littlo Intor and upou
going out to iuvostigato fonnd him
jnst recovorlug coiiBoiouanoBS. Ho
hnd no olonr recollootlon of whnt hnd
hnppened oxcopt thnt ho hnd boou
kiokod in tho fnco. Tho blow from
tlio liorso's hoof broko tho bridgo of
tho yonng ninn's uoso nud fearfully
lacornted both oyobnlls. Tho physi
oinu who wns called, stntod tlmt ho
thought tie joung mnu woulid ro
covor, but his oyoalght wns totnlly
gono.
Vormout Yatohnlnn Oo., Job Printora
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HARKET5.
Current Comment.
Bonns. Receipts linve boou vory
light for tho past wook, aud pricos for
domostic poa boaus havo boou ad
vauced a littlo, somo snlcs townrds
tho closo nt $2.80. Best foreign pea
linvo rnlod stondy nt $2.00 to $2.10.
Not much doing in rod kinnoys or yol
low oyos, nnd qnotatious nre uu
ohanged. Apples. -Rccoipts havo been a littlo
largor than last weok but thore has
also been coiisidorable improvoment
in domand nnd Biuco Mondny good
fresh stock hns boeu solling'well.
Potatocs. A good denl of stock
olforing fcr tho past wook has beou
moro or less nffocted by rot, aud
snles havo boou at irregnlar'prices. Bost
souud Roso, Hebrous, and Green
Mouutains have beeu solling nt 50o to
GOo, bnt somo iu poor ordor havo beou
clonned up at 80o to 40c. Good Jer
soy stock hns beon stendy nt 55c to
COo. Tho nmrkot is woll snppliod nt
tho oloso nnd demaud is only modorato.
t Frosh Meat. Thore has boou littlo
chnnge in beof. Domand hns been
niodornte but prices linvo been fairly
well sustnined. Muttou has beou qniet
with most sales at 5 to Go. Yoarlings
linvo nlso boon dull nud selliiig nt ensy
prices. Lambs have boou oleaiiiug up
bettor this week, nud Biuco Mondny
choico frosh lota havo boeu firm at 10c.
Thero nro a good mauy light lambs
comiug that have to soll at 0 to 7o.
Veals nre unchnngod. Choico 75 to UO
1b. snlves soll well nt 10c bnt henvy
woights linvo to.be worked off nt easy
Hidos nud Pelts. Tho domnud for
hidos continucs slow, enstern tnunora
showiug uo desiro for snpplies. Buff
hides at Ohio points of shipuiouta aro
hard to soll nbove So, whilo nbont
the samo prico is nskod for Ohicngo
hides. Prices nro nomiunl. Seoond's
nnd B's nro qnotetl lo bolow tho prico
of Buff's. New Euglnud hides nro
qniot nt Go llnt for cows, bntohor's
woights, with hoavy steors nt G2 to
7o. Cnlfskins nro qniet with polts
slow.
May uud Straw. Tlio "markot is
henvily suppliod with low grnaes
of old hny, nnd suoh nre hnrd to soll.
Ohoico hny is not plentifnl, nud the
nmrkot holds nbout stendy. For tlie
best hny offoriug nbout $17 to 18 will
covor most snles. althongh boiuo fnuoy
cnrs wonld go highor. On lower
grndos down ns to qnnlity.
Bnttor. Thoro 1ms beon a fnrther
considorublo shriukngo iu receipts this
wook nud tho anpply of oxtras iu na
sorted sizes hns beou hnrdly ouough
to meot tho domnud. Lnrgo tnbs have
been in full supply, espeoially western
nsh, nud show but little ohnngo in
price. No chniigo in tho lower grados.
Northorn dniry hns beon iu light sup
ply nud strictly oxtrn lots iu Bteady do
mnud. Thoro hnB beou n littlo moro
iuqniry aud a flrmor feoliug on ladloa
and pnokiug stock. . Fino boxes aud
prints iii good deinand nnd rnliug
highor.!
Ohooso. Rocoipts for esport 2G8
boxes. Thoro hna boeu n modorato
snpply oflering this wook aud tho
markot has beou ruliug firm under
strong advicoa from tho country, but
ciomanu nas uot boou vory aotlvo.
Eggs. Rocoipts have boou modorato
ngniu this week. There hns beon n
stendy, good demnud nud a fnrther
advauco has beou mado on all gradcs
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All sales aro at mark nud to bring top
quotntious stock mnst be caudled be
foro shipmont.
Dressed Poultry. Thoro has beon
vory littlo chaugo dnriug the pnst
week. RocoiptB linvo boou very
hoavy but trado has been generally
qniet. Easteru stofik is comiug in
Binall lots, aud wheu choico nnd in
priiue ordor briugs full qnotations.
But shipments aro gouerally mndo
withont ice, nnd somo nrrivo iu very
poor ordor, aud linvo to bo sold J:or
whnt thoy will briug. 3
Livo Poultry. Tho nmrkot hns boon
woll snppliod with chickens nnd
fowls, nnd thero has been n modernto
demnnd nt 12c. Spriug dncks in light
deuiaud at 11 to 12o.
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