Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1847-01-07

FAsmoN.-The most splendid fancy store in
neutrality-suspicious. in the world, is Stewards mar
Bile Palace, in New York and Major Noah has
the following remarks upon it, illustrative Of the
assertion that this great Bazaar is the best Of places
for the study Of human character-an exchange
where he can at once discriminate between the
lady Of family and education, the parvenu, tho
cheap purchaser Of gloves and ribbons, the spoiIt
miss, the extravagant wife, and the frugal com.
panion They are all shuffied together he says
like pack Of cards, and there are many odd tricks
amongst them. erelates an amusing anecdote Of
country girl and her father, who went to Stewards
to buy shawl for the former to go to meeting
in The girl took fancy to yellow shawl
with rich border, and the clerk placed ii emptingy
over her shouides. whist the lass looked in the
glass TO see the effect aud the honestpspa liked it.
and resolved that the daughter should be gratifed
What might be the price Of this shawf said
the honest farmer
Fifteen hundred dollars, sir = said the clerk ad
II was a camel's hair shawl, from Crcassia, ono
Of the richest and most costly article ever imported
Bless me, sir. said the old coun,ryman, drawing
long and deep sigh "would you believe il,
sirf Why, that ere shawl is the price Of my farm
in old Putnam county thirty.two acres, house.
barn and piggery" f9 fsn ~ ai'f. aio'
The clerk smiled the old man louked grave.
and the lady looked frightened and they slid out of
the store in terror. i ~
The whole world, however, says Major
Z Noah, are not made Of such economical souls
There are some ladies who do not faint at a
thousand dollar shawl, or a three hundred dollar
dress Of India muslin worked with gold and were il
not for those who have or who imagine they have
such heavypurses how could this marble palace have
been built, or what is Of equal importance, how
could il be sustanedl $4,000 dollars year for rent
must be made up by asking stern prices on every
thing, and as sternly refusing any abatement
How Factory INJURIES THE FARMER.--The
free traders are ever telling the farmer how much
he would be improved were the factories stopped
We extract the following facts from Hunts Maya
zine. They relate TO Duchess County, New York,
a county that since 1874 has had within its limits
factory, that pest to the farmer The princi-
Piles here involved hold good for any other manu-
featuring town in The State. '..t-.
First let see the effect factories al Dshkil
az reducing TIC fares 0fthe fopn. The Matten-
wan factory on the creek, in 1910, employed 800
persons, who consumed the produce ofthe farmers,
and paid in taxes from 1898, 10 1874. (sxteen
years. $4,000 lS, or an average Of $4,000 per
year. OF the amount paid by IS farmers of 100 acres
$4,000, is Just SO much money given to the support
ofthe town, without taking anything from the means
Of the farmer ha ~, $780,. M
The same company, in I943 bought ofhe agri-
cultural produce ofthe county. S74 6s4 SO, and Of
the produce of other domestic industry out Of tho
county. $l20.376, or 1896, 060,95 worth OF agri-
cultural products, or manufactured articles that in
their production gave support to agriculture in other
parts Of the country. Now we should like 10 have
free trader tell US how much more the farmers
would have got for this $74, 6Sl SO worth OF pro-
duce, and how much better of The farmers would
have been, had the company not paid tax equal TO
that levied on 30 farms Of one hundred acres each