Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1836-08-26
vERMONT PHI E NIX.
BRATTL BORO, VT.
Fanny MORNING, Aueusr &c, 1886.

md AIlluiuoS'J
"a reader, so would cel
WASHINGTON, May 10, 1886.
c,o,smen: | have to acknowledge the re-
y, IF vour letter, communicating to me a
IappIn,ion adopted by the " National Antima-
~. Convention" recently assembled at Phi
iJob;a. instructing you to ask me whether,
\ .I",ed President of the U. States, ] would
e";n, altering Masons to office, and have
hnnor TO state in reply, that | should not,
,ho event alluded to, feel it to be my duty to
.n;re whether applicants for office were eth
1Jberinp Masons or opponents of the Maso-
4. institution. Whilst the fact of any such
OoGc,nt being an adhcring Mason would GER
Is;ny not be regarded by me as constituting a
sround of preference, could not at the same
sme look upon either circumstance as creating
4 Identification for Office, if the applicant
[houJ prove to be, in all other respects, well
Entitled thereto. am, gentlemen, very re-
.nectfully, your obedient servant,
P''"''''' NJ. VAN buren,.
Ia VIM. w. Irwin, &c. &c.
The Vermont State Journal has the follow
bp amazing pithy paragraph under the cap
Han of "WHAT's IN NAME!"
ayery much, especially in a good one. We
<ere lorcibly reminded Of this the other day on
hearing a friend remark how frequently the
I ome of Harrison occurs among Children
INV YOU will hardly fail to find some mothers
In who halls by that name in every neighbour
food. What does it meani Undoubtedly that
In name is loved and venerated among the
Aeope. Who ever heard of a son called by
he name of Van Buren,! or johnson, or Slip
ey ELM"
n There, reader, is literal transcript of very
THY article from the pen of a very learned
tditor And isn't it funny' Aye very, quite,
I, very funny indeed We think, however,
J, learned Editor is leetle upon B fiat; but,
De gusiibus non est disputandum," that is,
bere is no disputing about tastes. What a
fy il is the learned Editor had not been chris
med Harrison, it tickles ones ear so amaz-
gly. Then we should have had COLONEL
niUScEY LoNGFAcE Hanson KNAPP!-
less usl what tintinnabulary clatter 'twould
hye made when shouted forth upon the tent
4 6eldp The truth is the worthy Editor was
pm too early; Gen. Harrison had not ascend
to the topmost round of the ladder of Fame
hen our learned friend first peeped forth to
e light Of this mundane sphere. But it is
Pt too late-he can assume it by way of cour-
ny; or what is better, he can petition the
f1t Legislature for an amendment thereof;
ID provided we happen-aye there's the rub
be town representative he shall have the
? weight of our influence. But "What s. in
name'" As the gallant Colonel has answer
the question quite philosophically, though
Pt precisely categorical, we would merely
~ that it is a maxim in phrenology that mo-
Rels exercise great influence in moulding the
Pmp' upon the craniums of their children: so
. they take much pride in naming them az
4 d''linguished military heroes, whose deeds
noble daring have exalted them far above
4 common horde of mankind. Undoubtedly
ey LOOK their cue in regard to giving their
us Inc name of Harrison from the patriotic
dles oil Cincinnati, who presented the wor-
GENERAL for his deeds of chivalry in fight
!ne 'awny savages of the wilderness, with
iiumphal banner made into a Stout quill
''co@! Are we right, sir of the Vermont
ate Journal, q n
i"e hampshire Gazette lately stated that
'''e was not the rise of foot between that
'' ana Bratteboro." This annunciation
'a'ner startling, and some good honest
y VINO never dreamed that newspaper state
4S 'oula be otherwise than true, began to
que mat the earth had lost its equilibrium
''al the north pole was sinking beneath
'''u'nulatlng weight of its eternal SHOWS.
''ie OIL the knowing ones who can turn
, ,t went 10 some advantage, began to count
thousands which this revolution of the
4 %0u'a save them in constructing a rail-
~ough the valley of the Connecticut,
's wv, '"e north pole should not dip SO much
L'aAe descent in that direction. II turns
rO"eVer' that the fears on the one hand
s. a "9 golden dreams INDUCED on the other
/Hbo 10y W uc itdlILeus the HlulLOT
81 a,' a,o'eSald paper having discovered that
& .. ~" retains exactly the same balance that
ro.S "On' to do in times long since past, ere
sins ~ "comot'on had turned topsy turvy the
W us inhabitants. People in travelling
O''nampton to Brattleboro will s.:!l be
~, VIC necessity of surmounting an eleva-
= lI''u,dlng to the survey made few years
MI, ~ ',f Hurd, of 81 feet; but some people
ha with the route who have allow
~, ;u''e'Ves to reflect upon the subject, think
feet. 'o'S ove' ONO nun
II e'mont Erpress.-A little six by nine
curing this title has been issued al Man
+ MI NJ ueafing the two-faced banner of Wing
A"''masonry. The first number comes
o, ,, very red hot that we fear its little
WIN burst before the election and lose