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VERMONT WATOHMAN & STATE JOURNAL, THURSrV, NOVEMRER it o
SIGHTS AHHE CAPITOL
Objects Of Interest In And Around
The State House
MANY HISTORICAL RELICS
Pricclcss Documcnts and Curios -One Of Most Valuable Objects
the Old Days Printing Press First Used in the United States
Cannon Taken at Bennington and Manila Bay, Portraits of
Distingquished Sonj of Vermont and Hiatoric Battle Flags
Excellent Coilection of Vermont Birds and Animal ch
Minerals and Fossiis.
Many Verraontera are not familiar
wlth the valuablo and Interesting col
lectlons In thelr own State Houso in
this clty, and the Journal haB coniplled
a Hst of some of tho most important
objects of interest In and about the
Capltol that are worthy of the atten-
nf trlcaUnra nnH nf nnrMnnlnr in-
uuu Ul t lljlt'll "J w. (' - -
terest to the puplls of Vermont
schools.
Itullding thc State House.
On January 6, 18G7, the second State
Houso erected ln Montpelier was ruln
cd by flre. On February 18, 1857 a
speclal session of the Leglslaturo au
thorlzed the rebulldlng of the struc--ture.
The archltects were T. W. Sll
loway and J. R. Rlchards of Boston,
-and tho bulldlng was completed and
xeady for occupancy at the openlng
of the session of tho Leglslature ln
1859.
The Capltol conslsts of a central
"bulldlng and two wlngs. In front of
the central bulldlng is a Dorlc portlco
72 feet, 8 Inches long and 18 feet deep.
The helght of the portlco to the apex
is 60 feet. The slde walls of the cen
tral bulldlng are each 95 feet, 8 inches
long and the niain structure is sur
mounted by a cupola and dome 56
feet, 9 inches in height and 44 feet
in dlameter at the base. It Is sur
mounted by a statue of Ceres, exe
cuted by Larkin G. Mead, Jr. The
;State House wlngs are each 52 feet
long ln front by 50 feet, 8 inches at
the ends, tho height belng 47 feet, 8
Inches.
In 1886 an additlon was erected for
the use of the Supreme Court and the
State Library. It is 74 feet long, 48
feet wide and 27 feet hlgh. L. D.
"Wlllcutt, of Boston, was the architect.
Objects of Interest.
The statue of Ethan Allen, the first
!hero of the Amerlcan Revolution and
leader of the Green Mountaln Boys,
stands on the portlco at the left of the
entrance of the State House, and was
executed by Larkin G. Mead, Jr., in
1861, at a cost of $3000, authorlzed by
tlks Leglslature. At the rlght en-
trance, on the portlco, stand two brass
fleld guns, captured from the Hesslans
.at the battle of Bennington, August 16,
1777.
On the first terrace, stand two mas--tslve
guns, captured from the Spanlsh
crulser, "Castella," whlcH was sunk
CONFIRMED PROOF
Wlint Has Bcen Twlce Provcd.
Irm aches and palns of bad backs
fr'pm distressing kidney 111s thous
.ailds have publicly recommended
D6an't Kidney Pills. Resldents of
Montpelier, who so testified years ago,
now say their cures were permanent.
This testimony doubly proves the
worth of Doan's Kidney Pills to Mont
pelier sufferers.
J. W. T. Washburn, 124 Elm St.,
Montpelier, Vt., says: "I never had
any serlous kidney troublo but I was
annoyed for somo timo by a dull
ache through the small of my back
and hips. When I arose from a chalr
after aittlng for some timo, sharp
twlnges shot across my loins. 1 had
heard a great deal about Doan's Kid
ney Pills and when I saw them so
hlghly advertised, I procured a box
from V, B. Poole's drug store. They
helped me from the flrst and after
taklng tho contents of ono box, my
backache ceascd and I felt better in
Is to ho an excfillent remeclv."
?nr saln hv nll ilonlnra. Prlno F.n
Foster-Mllburn Co Buffalo,
r no ntner.
Oenuine Western
Corn Whiskey
Only $1.00 per gallon, bought low sold low. We have
just secured sevi ral carloads of the old fashloned
Genuine Western Corn Yhiskey
They wH lnst b"t a short tlme. Seud ln your order early
f you want to taste this
Real Old Fashioned Whiskey
II, W. Hugulej, Co
12 Canal St, Boston, Mass,
by Admlral Dewey's squadron at Man-
111a Bay, ln 189S.
In the flrst corridor of the State
House ls a portrait of Admlral George
Dewey, the hero of Manila Bay, and,
across tho hall, facing thls, an oll
palntlng of Admlral Charles E. Clark,
of Oregon fame, both sons of Vermont.
On the walls of thls corridor are the
portraits and doslgnations of the regl
mental officers of Vermont who were
ln battles of the natlon.
The vari-colored battle flags of in
fantry and cavalry, 67 ln all, are pre
served under glass in the corridor lead
Ing to the hall of the House of Repro
sentatlves. In thls corridor also is a
bronze tablet erected to the heroes of
tho War of 1812 by the Society of
Vermont Daughters of 1812 and on
the opposlte slde of the entranco to
Representatlves' hall ls a tablet from
soldlers of other States to Major Gen-
eral Wllllam Farrar Smlth, a natlve of
thls State, consldered by Llncoln.Grant
and Stanton, as one of the ablest gen
erals of '63. Facing the entrance is
another tablet dedicated to Gen. Em-
erson H. Llscum, a Vermont soldier,
whose brllliant career ended ln death
whlle leading his troops ln Tien Tsin,
Chlna, durlng the Boxer outbreak.
The Governor's chamber contalns
the portraits, in oils, of many of Ver
mont's executlves, and their term of
offlce, and especlal interest centers in
the Governor's chalr which was carv-
ed from oak taken from the frigate
Constltution and presented by Capt
Horace Sawyer, a mldshipman in the
war of 1812, ln 1S58.
The massive palntlng of "The Battle
of Cedar Creek" which covers nearly
one entire wall of the room, Just off
the executlve chamber, was author
lzed by a jolnt re'solutlon of the Leg'
islature in 1870, glvlng the Governor
the rlght to contract with Jullan Scott,
of Johnson, assoclate of tho Academy
of Design, for a painting commemor
atlng Vermont's soldlers in actlon.
In 1874 Mr. Scott was pald $4000 for
his work. Mr. Scott was awarded a
Congrcsslonal medal for bravery at
Lee's Mills.
ln this room are also found many
portraits of distlnguished Vermonters,
some of them the wvprk of Thomas W.
Wood, includlng portraits of Sena-
tors Prentiss and Morrill, and a full
length portrait of Washington, a copy
of the Stuart portrait in Providence,
R. I.
Historlcal Society Rellcs.
Chlef among the treasures of the
State House are the rellcs in the pos
sesslon of the Vermont Historlcal So
ciety and exhlbited in their room just
off the State Library. There is a
sword presented Major General Sam
uel Strong of the Vermont Volunteers,
for distlnguished servlce at tho Bat
tle of Plattsburgh, a stlrrup worn by
Gen. Strong In that battle, a rebel
bayonet taken from the fleld of Ben
nington, Aug. 16, 1777, the charters
and proprletor's dceds of Vermont
towns, a lctter In Ethan Allen's hand
writing to Ira Allen, dated at Bur
lington, 1787, and a book publlshed
ln 1783, entltled "Remonstrances
Agalnst Resolutions of Congress, The
Acts and Conventions and State Pap
ers, 1775-1791 are of historlc interest.
Carofuliy presorved under glass ls
a sword carried by Baron De Kalb of
Revolutlonary fame and which was
presented by Gov. Chittenden to Major
Asabel Clarke for bravery ln the Bat
tle of Plattsburgh: a cannon ball
ploughed up on the fleld of Benning
ton In 1847; a watch worn by Lleut.
P. C. Cheney and which recelved a
bullet ln Its case ln the Battle of Gct
tysburg; an .oak cane from the keel
of tho "Congress," Arnold's flagshlp
ln tho naval battlo wlth tho British
on Lake Champlain ln 1776; a Roman
sword and a scabbard worn by Gen.
Jackson and a report of the coronor's
Inqulsltlon upon the denth of AVIllIam
Fronch. killed at Westminster in 1775.
Mrt flc lilnnri qIioiI In tlin TlovnlllHnn- I
ary War; a pair of doadly French
plstols carried by Col. LoFevro In tho
Russlan campalgn under Napoleon
and aftorward carried by Col. J. P.
Mlller of Montpelier, in tho Greek war
of 1821-25; tho sword carried by Lord
Byron ln tho Greek war; Ethan Al
len's gun; Ethan Allen's tobaccu box;
autograph lctter of Ethan Allen to
Hon. Hcnry Laurens, Presldent of
Congress, acknowledging his appolnt
ment as Colonol followlng his release
from a British prlson ln 1778; manu
script record of tho conventlon of tho
peoplo of Vermont adopting tho Con
stltution of tho United States ln 1791,
with slgnatures of tho mombers; pro
ceedlngs of meetlng at Westminster
in 1775; letter by Governor
Chittenden to Congress; map of aur
vey of tho fortress at Crown Polnt
mado for Slr Henry Moore, the royal
Governor of New York, the most ac
curate and comprehenslve map of the
British fortress ln exlstencc; com
pass, surveying instruments and rec
ords of Gen. James Whltelaw, Survey
or Goneral of Vermont; pdwder horns
captured in the French and Indian
war; cannon balls from Bennington
battle fleld; Indian bows, arrows,
hatchcts and tomahawks; mortars
and pestles used by early Vermont
settlers; guns captured at Benning
ton and Saratoga; a coilection of
Vermont coins, nearly completc,
also other colns; copy of the flrst
newspaper prlnted ln Vermont; old
bank bills; sword taken from British
officer at Battle of Plattsburgh; hat
worn by Gen. Zachory Taylor in the
Mexlcan war; Sitting Bull's war
club; plece of negro slavery whlp;
plece of tho flrst Atlantlc cable; globe
made by James Wilson of Bradford
1809-1812; electric motor, made by
Wareham A. Chaso of Calais, and op
erated by hlm at Montpelier ln 1841;
cyclometer made by Oren Cummlns,
of Montpelier in 1871; Severance coi
lection of Phlllpplne rellcs and cu
rios; gavel made of Lincoln rall;
great lock used in flrst Vermont
State Prlson; Journal of excurslon
party of Norwich cadets, mado in
1823; commlsslon of delegates to
Congress; manuscrlpt of poems of
John G. Saxe; portraits" of Henry
Stevens, flrst presldent of Vermont
Historlcal Society, and Candace his
wife, also portraits Of other presl
dents of the society; samples of Ver
mont woods; portraits of all the Ver
mont Governors.
The Dayc Press.
Probably the cholcest rellc is the
famous old Daye Press. Thls press
was brought from England in 1638,
and was the flrst printing press used
north of Mexlco on thls contlnent. It
was set up ln Cambridge, Mass., by
Stephen Daye, whose flrst work on It
was "The Freeman's Oath," prlnted
ln 1639. On it was also prlnted in
1640 the flrst book prlnted in Engllsh
America "The Bay Psalm Book." It
was afterwards taken by a descend
ant of Samuel Green to New London,
Conn., where It remalned until about
l',.o, when lt .was removed to Nor
wich, Conn. In 1778 it was taken to
DietUen, now Hanover, N. H.; thence
to Westminster, Vt., where in 1781 lt
va used for the printing of "The
Ver'rort Gazette or Green Mountaln
Post Eoy," the flrst newspaper prlnt
ed in Vermont. In 1783 George
Hough and Alden Spooner moved lt
to Windsor, Vt., and used It for print
ing the Vermont Journal and Unlver
sal Advertlser. It was flnally secur
ed by the newspaper men of Vermont
and presented to the Vermont Histor
lcal Society.
The State Library contalns 52,810
volumes and many newspaper flles.
The library of the Vermont Historlcal
Society contalns many rare and valu
able books.
The Stntc Museum.
In 1855 the Leglslature authorlzed
ton in an anclent Indian burial
ground. There were found ln their
graves skeletons, copper lmplements,
nnd ornaments, shell heads, stone
tubes, celts, amulets, blrd head stones,
arrow and spear polnts.
Thc Wood Art Gnllcry.
One of the foremost attractlons
which Montpelier is proud to exhlblt
to students of the beautlful ls the
Wood Art Gallery, ln tho Y. M. C. A.
bulldlng on Stato street. The prln-
clpal possesslons of thls gallery are
the palntlngs of the lato Thomas W
Wood, presldent, at ,ono timo, of the
Amerlcan Water Color Society and,
formerly, presldent of tho National
Academy of Design. Among the
priceless plctures are copies from
Rembrandt, Landseor, Taylor, Murll
lo, Titian, copled in tho Prado 'Mu
seum, Madrid, Plttl Palace, Florence,
Italy, Buckingham Palace, etc. Rem
brandt's famed picturo, "The Shlp
builder and His Wlfe" was copled ln
Buckingham Palace by Mr. Wood, who
galned the speclal permlsslon of
Queen Vlctoria to make the copy. An
drea Del Sarto's "Tho Holy Famlly,"
Tltian's "Herodias' Daughter," and
the worka of Van Oyko and Slr Joshua
Reynolds are most excellenlly copled.
Tho gallery also numbers many or
Iglnal palntlngs, tho characters of
whom nro frequently recognlzed as
ono-tlme resldents of Montpelier, in
varied dlHgulso. Thls coilection of
palntlngs is ono of tho most valuablo
in tho Stato and Is nlways open to
tho publlc.
Tho Kellogg-Hubbard Library,
tho settlng apart of a rooin for a
Stato Musuem in which a gcologlcal
collect on was placed. In loss than a
year flre destroyed tho part of tho
Stato Houso contalnlng tho coilection
and wlth tfio rebulldlng of tho damag
ed wlng a now musourn was cstabllsh
ed. At tho present timo tho room ls
so crowded that It Is tmposfllblo to
dlsplay all tho speclmens which nunv
ber botweon 9,000 and 10,000.
Tho coilection of mammals ln
cludos n largo panther klllod In Bar
The highest medical authority
on foodls,
Sir James Cricliton Browne, LL.D. F.R.S.
of London,
gives thc best reasons for cating more
Quaker Oats
In an article published in the
Youth's Companion of Septcm
ber 23rd, 1909, Dr. Brownc, the
great medical authority on
foods, says( about brain and
muscle building
"There is orre kind of food
that seems to mc of marked
value as a food to thc brain and
to the whole body throughout
childhood and adolescence
(youth), and that is oatmcal.
"Oats are the most nutritious
of all the cereals, being richer
in fats, organic phosphorus and
lecithins."
He says oatmcal is gatning
ground with the well-to-do of
Great Britain. He speaks of it
as the mainstay of the Scottish
laborer's diet and says it pro-
nard ln 1881, a Canada lynx, a wlld
cat, a silver fox, the tusk of an ele
phant found ln a rallroad cut at Mount
Holly, part of the tusk of an elephant
or mastodlon found at Bellows Falls.
There are 380 speclmens of mounted
birds, nearly all found ln Vermont be
lng represented.
Many speclmens have been arrang-
ed wlth partlcular reference to their
educational value for tho pupils of
Vermont schools. The collectlons In
clude 80 speclmens of corals, about
1,000 speclmens of shells and about
the same number of lnsects. Several
hundred speclmens of moths and but
terflles are mounted on Denton tablcts.
There are not only the New England
varietles here but 300 tablets of trop
ioal butterflles, showlng the brllliant
colorlng and remarkable examples of
mlmlcry, which nature grants aa a
means of protectlon. One case con
talns nearly 1,000 eggs from 346 spe-
cies of birds. Most of these are Ver
mont products, but tho ostrlch and a
few others not natives, are shown.
There are over 2000 speclmens of
Vermont rocks arranged in gallery
cases and drawers, practically all the
Vermont varietles belng represented,
Includlng rocks from nearly every
town ln tho State. This vollectlon
wlll give tho student an excellent idea
of the rocks of Vermont. There ls a
flne showlng of speclmens of gran
Ite, marble and slate. There are
about 40 of granite, 150 of marble and
all the Vermont varietles of slate.
The coilection of fosslls is large,
contalnlng not far from 3000 specl
mens. In addltion to some rudo and
less perfect Indian rellcs tho Museum
contalns 350 good speclmens from
Vermont and other States. These in-
clude hammers from the Lake Su
perlor copper mlncs, pottery from
the mounds of Ohlo, polishcd celts,
amulets, etc, from other parts of the
country. Some of the most valuable
Vermont rellcs were found in Swan
housed in a beautlful bulldlng, ls one
of the best in the State and is open
every afternoon and every evenlng,
except Sundny.
GATES AISD MEAD PRESENT.
Poniona Grnngo Mct it Marshfield
Sntiirduy.
Marshfield, Nov. 7. An interesting
meetlng of Pomona Grango was held
wlth Alberta Grange, of Marshfield,
on Saturday, about 150 Grangers at
tendlng from tho dlstrlcts of East
Montpelier, Plainfield, East Calais,
Woodbury and Marshfield. All the
Granges were well represented, and
the 5th degree was worked upon a
class of 30 candidatcs at thc morn-
ing session.
Tho afternoon session was open to
tho publlc and prlncipal Interest was
felt In the addresses by Lleut.-Gov-
John A. Mead, of Rutland, on "The
Needs of Vermont" and by Stato
Hlghway Commlssloner Charles W
Gates, on "Hlghway Improvemeivts."
Both speakers dwelt polntedly upon
the necesslty of good roads for tho
furtherance of the buslness and com
merclal enterprlses of tho State, as
well as to attract tourlst travel, and
Lieut.-Gov, Mead dwelt upon tho nec
esslty for "talking up" Vormont and
not running it down among ourselves
or to other people. Tho Grangers in-
tonded to servo luncheon to tho vislt
ors in tho hall that was burned on
Saturday morning and were thrown
lnto somo confuslon by tho confla
gratlon, but succeeded ln cordlally en-
tertalnlng the guests desplto tho loss
of thelr Grange room.
ROYAL ARCH MASONS 3IEET.
National Conventlon Mccts ln Snvnn
nnli. Savannah, Ga., Nov. 8. Masons of
hlgh degreo from all sectlons of tho
country assembled ln Savannah to
day for tho tenth trlonnlal nssembly
of tho general grand councll, Royal
and Select Masons of tho United
States, and tho thlrty-fourth trlcn
nlal convocation of tho General Grand
Chnpter, Royal Arch Masons, of tho
United States. In honor of tho vls
ltors publlc butldlngs and buslness
houscs havo been gayly decorated
wlth flags and Masonlc emblems,' The
gathering Is to contlnuo its sesslons
four days and wlll come to a close
Friday nlght wlth a great banquct
at Tybee Island.
duccs a big-boncd, well-devel-oped,
mentally energetic race.
His experimcnts prove that
good oatmcal such as Quaker
Oats not only furnishes the best
food for the human being, but
eating it strengthens and en
larges thc thyroid gland this
gland is intimately connected
with the nourishing processes
of the body.
In conclusion he says
"It seems probable thcrefore
that thc bulk and brawnincss of
the Northerners (mcaning the
Scotch) has been in some
measure due to the stimulation
of the thyroid gland by oatmeal
porridge in childhood."
The Scotch eat Quaker Oats
because it is thc best of all oat-mcals.
Rutland Drngglsts Arc Llablc to Con-
tlnuc ln lluslness as Rcsnlt of FalU
ure of Indictmcnts to Speclfy Dntcs
of Allegcd Ylolatlons of Lnw.
Rutland, Nov. 5. Owlng to the fall-
ure of the Indlctments to speclfy the
offenses, lt seems llkely that the Rut
land drugglsts who recently wero fln
ed of a vlolatlon of the llquor law,
wlll continuc in buslness and as 11
censees exactly as before. Such is the
oplnion of Wllllam B. Warner, of
Vergennes, a member of the State
Board of Pharmacy, who was ln thls
clty today to take action on the cases.
Mr. Warner flnds that the indlctments
are now made out ln the , form which
has prevalled for flfty years, a sort
of blanket lndlctment for selllng llq
uor lllegally, whereas the offenses of
tho recently flned drugglsts were spec-
Iflc vlolations of the conditions of thelr
llcense the statutes governing thelr
cases contalnlng speclflc penalties.
Mr. Warner flnds that the indlct
ments do not speclfy the place of
buslness, the date, or make any ref
erence to a vlolation of the flfth class
llcense, so that there appears to be
nothing on which to base a complaint
to the State Board.
It would be entirely posslble for
the llcensees to assert that the vlola
tions of the llquor law occurred be
fore their flfth class licenses were ta
ken out, and there is nothing in the
court records to show differently.
EAST MONTPELIER.
The village school closes Friday.
George Cutler and famlly, of Barre,
visited at W. A. Foster's Sunday.
Mlss Margaret McKnlght, who ls
attending school at Goddard, spent
Sunday wlth her parents.
Miss Lucy Batchelder has flnlshed
work at Fred Townsend's.
Mlss Bell Breen, of Waterbury, vis
ited her sister, Miss 'Beryl Breen, Sat
urday nnd Sunday.
Miss Mary Dancauso is worklng at
Hiram Sparrow's for a short tlme.
Some twenty-flve Grangers from tho
East Montpelier Grange vlslted the
Pomona Grange at Marshfield Satur
day and all report a flne tlme.
Mrs. Fred Townsend, who has been
111 for three months is not as well,
and ls agaln cared for by a tralned
nurse.
The third of a series of very suc
cessful danclng schools was held Sat
urday nlght. C. O. Averill, of Barre, is
lnstructor and Dudley's Orchestra
'furnishes music. Coffee and dough
nuts are served each evenlng and a
general good tlme ls enjoyed by all.
STORIES NOT KELIEVED.
James Logan, St. Jolinsbury Man
Clnlming to Rave llcen Shot by Un-
knoYTH Mnn, IHscredlted.
St. Jolinsbury, Nov. 8. James Lo
gan, the man who reported to tho
pollce Saturday evenlng that he had
been shot through tho hlp by an un
known man who stopped hlm on the
road to thls place, and who was plac
ed in the Brlghtlook Hospltal for
treatment, has told so many confllct
ing Btories that his voraclty Is being
seriously doubtcd by tho authorlties.
Shorlff Wlnch has had two inter
vlews with hlm today at the hospltal,
and as his storles do not agree ln any
partlcular, the officers aro lncllned to
doubt the fact that he was held up on
the road and shot by anyono. He
suited, after sovoro cross questlonlng,
that he had gone to a lonely spot
wlth another man for tho purpose of
sottllng a dlspute and later rolter
ated his tale of Saturday evenlng, that
two men sent to tho House of Correc
tlon somo tlme ago, had sworn von
geanco agalnst hlm and wero prob
ably responslble for tho assault.
Sherlff Wlnch nnd Stnte's Attorney
Slmonds wlll conduct another oxam
Inatlon of tho affalr tomorrow morn
ing. and Logan wlll bo roleased from
tho hospltal, as his wound ls not serl
ous and tho room at tho lnstitution is
needed-'for other patlents.
Harsh physlcs react, weaken tho
bowels, cause chronlc constipatlon.
Doan's Regulets operato easlly, tono
tho stomach, cure constipatlon, 25c.
Ask your drugglst for them. adv.
WATERHURY.
Mrs. W, h. Wasson has been ap
polntcd charlman of thc educational
commltteo of tho Stato Federatlon of
Women's Clubs.
Mrs. Edgar Durand, who has been
vlsltlng her slBter, Mrs. G. S. Bld
woll, has returned to her homo ln
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. Wllllam Harcourt, who has
bcen abroad inco March.was cxpected
to sall for Boston yesterday. Sho
wlll vlslt rolatlves ln thls placo be
foro golng to her homo in Manltoba.
Mlss Llllian Harcourt wlll spend the
wlnter ln Italy.
A very pleasant timo was enjoyed
by all who ftttcndcd tho masqueradc
at tho Hospltal Monday evenlng.
Mlss Mao Seabury left here Thurs
day for Lawrence, Mass., where she
has a posltlon.
Mrs. Minnlo Brown ls employcd In
tho dressmaklng parlors of ,Mrs.
Nowcll Demeritt.
The Plerian Club met with Mrs.
Coburn on Friday afternoon.
Mlss Mattle Woodward, who has
been vislting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. William Woodward, has return
ed to Windsor.
Mrs. Emma Carpenter, who has
been vlsltlng her daughter, Mrs. F.
C. Lamb, has returned to her home
In Valley Falls, N. V.
Mlss Georglana Davls, who has
been spendlng the summer in Read
ville, Malne, has roturned to town.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Jackson, of East
Corinth, were recently the guests of
Arthur Woodward.
On Monday evenlne a meetlng of
Tho Merry Malds was held at the
home of Mrs. Harrison, Mlss Powell,
hostess. Three young ladles were ln
itlatcd And from reports lt is judged
some one had a merry tlme.
E. W. Huntley was in Montpelier
on buslness Tuesday.
Harry Cogswell was the successful
hunter in town to get an alblno doe.
Mrs. A. I. Torry is vislting rela
tives ln Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. 'Josie Atherton and son, Stan
ley, who havo been vislting in town,
have returned to thelr home ln Man
chester, N. H.
George F. Woodward and famlly
have moved this week to Vergennes.
MORETOWN".
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Chamberlln, of
Middlesex, vlslted her parents, Mr.
Mrs. A. P. Wade, Sunday.
w. u. (jhasc was m calais over
Sunday.
Mrs. E. A. Foster was in Montpe
lier Saturday, the guest of her daugh
ter, Mrs. G. S. Knapp.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Chlld were ln
Waterbury Saturday.
Dr. Grimes and Dr. McGulre, of
Montpelier, were called to see Arthur
Smlth, who was so dangerously ill
at H. A. Foster's Wednesday morning.
Mr. Smlth was taken to the Heaton
Hospltal where he had an operatlon
for inflammation of the bowels. He
ls af thls writlng doing well.
Lee Bronson was a guest of Mr.
and Mrs. H. A. Bronson Sunday.
Mrs. D. L. Thomas and Mrs. Sarah
Leonard, of Shady RI11, were the
guests of Mrs. H. A. Bronson last
Wednesday.
John Jackman, of Stowe, was In
town Monday.
John Boyce and his mother were
ln Waterbury Monday.
MARSHFIELD.
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and
A daughter was born
to Mr.
Mrs. G. Bassett, Nov. 1.
W. H. H. Mears visited his son
Warren In Llttleton, N. H., last week.
Those who attcnded the funeral of
Leonard Darling, of Peacham, who
was killed In the flre at St. Johns
bury, were Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Pltkln,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sulham, Mrs. B.
W. Davls and Mrs. L. Sanborn.
John Buzzell, of Middlebury, was
ln town last week.
The Ladles' Aid wlll hold their an
nual chlcken pie supper at the Meth
odlst church Nov. 18. Dinner wlll bo
served from 12 to 1 o'clock and sup
per from 5 to 8.
The Ladles Improvement Society
wlll hold a poverty party at the Vil
lage hall Wednesday, Nov. 10. Mem
bers are expected to dress in uni
form. G. Taylor and M. E. Beckley, of
Groton, were in town over Sunday
puttlng the central offlce in J. W.
Mears' houso near tho saw mlll and
flxlng up tho wires damaged by the
flre.
The Mlsses Minnlo nnd Gertie Bllss
wero home from Montpelier Semlnary
over Sunday and Mlss Ethel Lamb
erton from Goddard Semlnary at
Barre.
Marshfield village feels very grate
ful to Cabot and Montpelier for thelr
wlllingness to help flght the llre last
Saturday morning. 'Cabot got Its en
gino down here ln good tlme, but
James Rnlph, tho hero of tho occa
slon had tho flre under control on the
steople of tho Unlversallst church Just
as thoy camo. Many thlnk lt Is about
timo for Marshfield to obtain somo
flro protectlon, as the K. P. bulldlng
could nnvc been saved lf thero had
been an englno hero.
Mrs. Frank Bemls vlslted ln Gro
ton last week.
Nelson Gay, ot Montpelier, was ln
town last weok.
Forrest Duko, of Montpelier, vlslted
at Vllas Smlth'a Sunday.
STOPS FALLING HA9R
Ayer's Ilalr Vlgor U composed of sulphur, glycerln, quinln, sodlum chlorld, capsl.
cum, safie, alcohol, water, pcrfume. Ask your doctor about thls. Follow his advice.
Promptly checks falllng halr. Completcly destroys dandruff. An elegant dresslng.
Does tiot Color the lIair
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I. i SMALLY DEAD
I'ormcr Mcmhcr of Dcmocrntlc N'a-
tlonal Commltteo nnd Clcrk of tho
United Stntcs Court, Explrcd at
Burlington.
Burlington, Nov. 7. Bradley B.
Smalley, for many years promlnent
In buslness and polltical affalrs ln
thls State, and nt one tlme sccretary
of tho National Democratlc Commlt-
tee, dlcd Saturday nlght. His ago
was 74 years. He leavcs a wlfe and a
daughter.
Bradley Barlow Smalley was born
ln Jericho, Nov. 26, 1835, son of Dav
id A. Smalley and Laura Barlow
Smalley. When four years old he
moved to Burlington with his par
ents, where ho obtalncd his educa
tlon. He studled law in the offlce of
his father nnd was admltted to thc
bar ln 1863. Two years prlor he re
celved the appolntmcnt of clerk of the
U. S. courts which he held from 1861
to 1885.
In polltlcs he was a Democrat. Not
wlthstandlng the hopeless mlnorlty of
thls party in Vermont he wlelded
much Influence and made his mark in
the legsllatlvo hlstory of the State.
He rerescnted this clty ln the Stato
Leglslature ln 1874 and In 1878. Ho
was for many years a member of the
National Democratlc commlttee and
of the National Executlve commlttee.
In four presldentlal campalgns hc
was at the head of a department.
He was a delegate from Vermont to
the National Democratlc conventlon
of 1872, 1876, 1880 and 1884.
He was also promlnent in rallroad
affalrs. He was a dlrector of tho
Central Vermont up to lts'reorganlza
tlon, was a dlrector of the Southeast
ern system and of the Rutland rall
road. He was for many years a mem
ber of tho dlrectorate of the Burling
ton Trust Company.
Mr. Smalley was U. S. commlsslon
er for thls distrlct from 1861 to 1896,
collector of customs for the Distrlct
of Vermont from 1885 to 1889 and
from 1893 to 1897. He was commls
sloner of the World's Columblan ex
posltlon from Vermont.
At varlous tlmes he was presldent
of the Montpelier & Wells Rlver
Rallroad Company, the Ogdensburg
& Lake Champlain Rallroad Com
pany and the Montreal & Provlnce
Rallroad Company.
Mr. Smalley was marrled in June,
1860, to Caroline M. Baxter, of Burl
ington, flve children belng born to
them.
GROTON.
L. S. Blanchard was in Boston last
week, buying goods for his store.
Ellsworth Arthur sold his property
at auction last Wednesday. Goods
sold for a good price; nelther of'his
farms were sold. Mr. Arthur's peo
ple are undecided yet where they will
go.
The funeral of Mrs. Hi.rry Taisey
was held in the Methodist jhurch last
Thursday afternoon. It a.s largely
attended. Quite a few RjDekahs' from
Wells Rlver were here to attend tho
funeral. Rev. P. A. Smlth offlciated,
and the burial was in the village cem
etery. Communion services were held at
the Methodist church last- Sunday and
two were baptlsed.
Twln boys were born to Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar Pierce Monday nlght of
last week.
Mrs. Harry Pike is in St. Johns
bury, caring for her sister, who was
burned in the flre recently.
Mrs. A. N. Clark, of Hardwick, vis
ited her sister, Mrs. George Clark.
Mlss Jennlo Taylor closed her
school on Granito street last Friday.
She wlll teach the wlnter term In the
same school.
Mr: and Mrs. Ed. Gordon of Mer
ldlth, N. H., who have been visitlnE
her father, Charles Morrison, have
returned home.
M. E. Beckley was called to Marsh
field Saturday to look after the Molly
Falls telophoue central, which was
damaged by the flre last Saturday
morning.
NATIYE OF MONTPELIER.
Rev. George It. Spauldiug Rctlres
From Presb) terlan -Mlulstrj" After
Long1 Pastorate.
A dlspatch from Syracuse, N. Y.
announces the retlrement from the
actlve mlnistry of Rev. Dr. George B.
Spauldlng, for 24 years pastor ot tho
First Presbyterlan church in Syra
cuse. Dr. Spauldlng announce'd his
declslon to his church on Sunday.
Rev. Dr. Spauldlng is well remem
b'ercd by oldor resldents of Vermont.
Ho ls a natlve of Montpelier and a
graduate of tho Unlverslty of Ver
mont ln tho class ot '56. Among the
23 graduates of that year wero Dr.
Edward Bradley, I. N, Camp, of
Chlcago, Rev. Lewjs Francls, of
Brooklyn, Rev. E. E. Horrlck, Milton,
and Henry Lamb. There aro but nlno
survlvors of the 23. Rev. Dr. Spauld
lng was pastor of tho Congregatlonnl
church nt Vergennes, 1861-64; and at
Dover, N. II., 1869-83, ln tho courso
of thls lnttor pastorate sorvlng a term
In tho Now Hampshlre Leglslature
nnd as a member of the constitutlonal
conventions. His brother, tho lato
James Reed Spauldlng, was the
founder of tho Now York World.