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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-07-07
FACTS OF THE T.BR.uO.,'T CR.V-
SIS.

The interesting comparisons and doduc-
tions from the statistics of the Census in
regard to population are by no means ex-
haustod. The figures show the population
to have gained in % towns and cities, dur
ing the last ten years to have lost in l46
towns. In the western counties Al towns
have gained, and "A have lost. In the five
eastern counties 20 towns have gained, and
20 have lost. In the three middle counties
25 towns have gained and % have lost. The
six western counties gain 1880; the five
eastern lose 3,O93; the three middle coun-
ties gain / 100 The present population Of
the six western counties is l56, $40; of the
five eastern lli,03l; Of the three middle,
GO,Ol4.
There are A towns that have each gained
more than 100 in ten years. Thirty-three
of these are railroad towns, two Of these are
mountain towns where Just now consider
| able lumber is worked up, and the nine
others are small towns mostly in orleans
county where wild land is still found tit
| for farming purposes. OF these "A towns,
| nine are in the eastern counties; IL in the
! middle, and % in the western counties. OF
/ these A towns the nine in the eastern coun-
/ ties have gained 1885; the l3 in the middle
| have gained BIAS; the % in the western
have gained 20, ,522. All Of them have gained
4 2s,506. The five towns, Burlington, st,
| Albans, Rutland, Bennington and St
Johnsbury have gained most, and in the
order here stated The sum of their gains
is 10 $50 which is 1913 more than the tota
gain Of the State.
The gain of population in the villages o
Vermont in ten years has Deen about 3d.
i 600, probably little less. Then the loss OF
the agricultural population is about 1900
This is not because farming docs not pay
as one of the city papers says, but because
tho dairy aud stock farms grow in sze, by
means Of their profits, use more machinery
and fewer lnborcrs in the cultivation. The
growing villages cconomize mechanical
and manufacturing labor. In this way
and the farms win be more profitable al
the villages are more prosperous. Tn,
lands nearer the larger villages are mos
valuable per acre. Nothing benefits far
mer like a growing village near by. Tit
farmer has not the least reason for jealousy
of the village growth. lie may profitabl,
invest some of his surplus in village indus
tries. His farm and produce will incrcas
in value and in price as the village increa
ses in popuation.-Free Press.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-07-07

The Board of Health of New York
have discovered tenement house, 20 feet
wide, 200 feet long and five stories in
height, occupied by nearly 200 families of
beings scarcely human and 700 breathing
but hardly living souls, in such a horribly
filthy condition as to render il necessary TO
vacate the premises mt once, as wholly unit
for human habitation. The sun never PEN
etrated this noxious edihce, which II may
well be imagined was crowded with occu-
pants like hive of bees. Tho walls were
covered with green, slimy sweat aud the
rooms filed with foul yapors. An open
sewer filed the cellar and occasionally o.
verfiowed. its pestiferous combination of
liquids emitting horrible odors
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During the past year one-tenth of the
fires in New York were caused more or
less directly by the careless handling of
kerosene.
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STEINWAY PIANOS.

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TNHE srEINWAY PIANOS, for FULLgEss, CLEAN
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-07-07

SUMMER ARRANGEMENT, 1871.
May to Nov 1.
o'cn from 1900 A. M.to p. NJ; Holidays from 6to
1880 a. NJ. and 2 to ~.
ARRIvAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILs.
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rdDGntal School,

A. to professional ability and skil be brings letters Of
the highest recommendation from II. l.. Williams, NJ.
D., Of Wuodstock, with whom for the past two years
he has been associated aud also from Hon. James
Barrett aud Hon. Julius Converse whose names
too well known to need introduction to citizens Of
Vermont. tfl2
nUTCH STOCK.
The attention Of farmers isinyied to the Thorough
urcd Dutch Halstein Stock, at the Houghon Farm,
putney, vt,-muoh eXcelling the shorthorns and al
,thersas mixers They believed to be fully equal
II allothcr desirable qualities.
one two year old bul for sale or would belet TO q
good farmer in neighborhood where the dairy ia
prominent
u. q. ROBERTS,
Manager
April l2S, ls7O.-tfls
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P0etry.


l.Bear ye one anothers burdens, and 90 fuhn the
law.of Christ'l
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-07-07
DR.. .C.S. CLARK,
DENTIST,

tleboro aud vicinity that he has opened an, ,ofioe in
NrOsby Block, over the Vt. National Bank, for the
Sractice Of DENTISTRY, where he would be happy to
4 -e any who may have need Of his services.
lDr. Clark formerly student Of Dr. o. Il Post
aul has had nearly hyo years practice including a
couyse Of lectures atthe
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-04-19
GENERAL GRANT.

The President seems TO be losing
ground in Republican quarters every
where. The Capital, a new Sunday
paper published in Washington City,
and edited by two bitter Radicals, pays
the following compliment to General
Grant:
Ignorant as it is possible for q man
to be and escape guardianship, incapa-
bic of being taught; jealous of men
who may dispute with him the success
sion ; shy of the more intelligent and
refined, he has gathered about him
creatures for advisers who fiatter and
fawn that profits may accrue, and
mako his admir- istration a series OF
plumbers so palpable that he escapes
condemnation only on the plea of in
capacity"
If his leading, party friends speak
thus of his administration. how shall
moderate Republicans and Democrats
regard him? We fear President
Grant has seen his best political days.
Let him gather together his horses,
purpe, and other traps and prepare for
a journey to Galena il 1873, for he
will certainly have to leave the White
House.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-04-19
LOST WOMEN.

Ny friend, has it ever occurred to
you what n commentary upon civiliza-
ton are these lost women? A little
child strays from the house enclosure,
and the whole community is on the
alert to find the wanderer and restore
it to its mothers arms. What r%ejoic-
ings when it is found, what heartiness
of congratulations There are no
harsh comments upon the poor, tired
feet, be they v so miry, no repri-
mand for the soiled and torn garments,
no lack of kisses for the tear-stained
face. But let the child be grown to
womanhood, let her be led from the
enclosure of morality by the voice of
affection, or driven from it by the
scourge of want-what happens then?
Do Christian men and women go in
quest OF her? Do they proeide all
possible help for her r%etuFnSor, if she
returns of her own notion, do they re,
ceive her with such kindness and del.
icacy as will secure her against wan
dering again? Far from It. At the
first false step she is denounced as
lost. Lost, ech) friends-we d;sos.l
you don't ever come near US to dis.
grace US. Lost says sociely, indifer-
emily. How bad these girls are
And Extraordinarily lost-is the
prompt verdict of conventional moral
ity, while one and oil unite in boiling
every door between her and respecta-
bility,
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-04-19
a Sublime Death.

Among all the solemn and beautiful
death bed scenes of which we have
heard and read, none are surrounded
with q brighter halo of tenderness and
sanctity than the death of Rev. Ben
iamin Eaton, OF Galveston, who died
in hi: pulpit in that city q few days
ago. Ascending the desk and an
nouncing his text, "there is yet ROOM"
he touchingly referred to his frien-s
who one after another had gone before,
and painted death entering the church
door, passing up the aisle, laying its
icy hand to the right and to the lett,
and leading the people away. Grow
ing apparently entranced, as though
the spectre which his eloquence had
painted was plain and vivid before his
ey es, he advanced while speaking to
the chancel rails. There he staggered
and faltered. A gentleman who came
to his assistance was waved back, and
for the period of ten m nutes he con-
tinued to speak, although audible only
to those near him. Tne excitement
of the audience was intense. Three
times he struggled to proceed, exclaim-
ing, 81 am very weak, but 1 must go
on" At last, as he raised his hands to
pronounce the benediction, he fell into
the arms of a friend, dying with the
words "To God the Father" upon his
lips. Surely this, if not translation
is closely allied to it. 1t ia too holy
for comment.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-04-19
France.

The friends of Republican institu-
tions everywhere are panied at the
condition of things in France. The
party, there, claiming TO be the espe-
cal friend and exponent of free insti-
tutions is characterized, at this time,
by the grossest outrages upon liberty.
With that party, liberty is construed
into a license to maltreat every one
differing in opinion with a Communist.
Theirs is making vigorous exertions
to restore order. Several very severe
engagements have taken place in the
neighborhood of Paris, in which many
hundreds were slain. From u stand
point, we arc convinced that the peo-
pie of France are not yet prepared for
a government Ike that eff the United
states, or even Great Britain. With
them, liberty is anarchy and asrarian-
ism. The instability of the French,
as we'll as their restless and revolution
airy disposition, would warrant the pre-
sumption that if they r not soon re-
strained by a Master, their boosted gu
premacy as a warlike people, will dwin-
die down to the status of brigauds and
mobs. After all, Napoleon, was
their beat and ablest ruler, and under
his dominion France attained her
greatest prosperity.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-04-19
Ku-KIux in PennsYivania.

Within the last three weeks many
outrages have been committed by arm
ed men upon the miners at Scranton,
Pa. The rioters number about one
thousand. Much property has been
destroyed and many lives taken by the
unrestrained mob!
IF theee occurrences had taken place
in the South, the President and Con-
gress would have made haste to send
armed troops to put down an assumed
instruction. But up to this date, no
steps have been taken by Ben Butler,
or Morton. to inquire into the outra
ges at Scranton, and no committee OF
investigation has been proposed!
If the Radicals are honest in their
attempts to prevent irregularities and
protect life and property, they will
take immediate steps to disgrace the
Governor and Civil authorities Of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by
declaring martial law and marching
troops into the State.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-04-19
The Legislature.

The Ohio Legislature is still drag
cling its weary length along. 1t will
probably continue its session until the
middle of May. The bane of the
country is too much legislation. The
disposition to tinker, amend, repeal,
and patch laws seems to be yer on
the increase. The people are bored
by the everchanging Statutes of Ohio
and none but professional men can
comprehend the labyrinth. In the
name of the people, we would urge
the present Republican Legislature of
Ohio to close up their business, pack
their traps. and go home. Every day
costs the State from two to threeihou'
sand dollars, and adds SO much to the
burthens of the weary tax payer.
Let up, gentlemen, let up.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-04-19
Important Decision,

At the March term of the Court of
Common Pleas at gainesville, Ohio,
the last afternoon and evening of the
Court were occupied in hearing the
petition to remove Alvin =. Tinker
from his office of Prosecuting Attor-
ney for wanton and williul neglect of
duty. The petition was based upon
the complaint of our County Treasur-
err, P. E. Young, and the case excited
much interest. The facts rs proven
ic the trial were briefly as follows: Il
1869 one Albert A. Smith was in
dicted for burglary and admitted to
bail in the sum of $500. E. j. Swee
ney, Esq, of this place being one of
the securities upon the recognizance.
The defendant Smith afterward failing
to make his appearance, the recogni-
zance was forfeited, and in June, 1870,
Mr.. Sweeney, at the request of Mr..
Tinker, paid over to him the 5000,
taking his receipt as Prosecuting At
torney for the same. Now the law
provides that a Prosecuting Attorney
shall forthwith pay over to the Treas
urer all public money that may come
into his hands and also gives the Treas
urer 10 per cent. of such money as
fees for receiving it. The statute also
provides that if the Prosecuting At
torney shall wantonly and willfully
neglect or refuse to thus pay over any
money he shall at once be removed
from his office. Under these provis-
ions the present complaint was insti-
tuted. Mr.. Tinker, having some per-
sonal animosity toward the Treasurer,
alter receiving the money, retained it
in his own possession, Tor the purpose,
as he himself said, of depriving Mr..
Young of his legitimate percentage
upon the amount. After some months
Mr. Young made a formal demand
upon Mr.. Tinker to pay into the
Treasury the amount of the forfeited
recognizance, rs he was required to do
by law. This demand Mr.. Tinker re-
fused to comply with, alleging that
the Commissioners of the County au
thorized him to retain it, and that
their object in doing so was to keep
MI. Young from receiving his fees
Thereupon Mr.. Young brought the
matter before the Court, and this trial
was the result. The hearing extended
until late in the night. The com
plant was finally dismissed, the Judge
remarking in his ''charge" that the law
was undoubtedly rs claimed by the
complainant, and that there was
no doubt but that Nr. Tinker was
guilty of violating its provisions-but
there was not sufficient "wantonness'
about it to warrant him in sustaining
the petition, but the Prosecuting At
torney should pay in the money at
once to the County Treasurer. The
Treasurer gave notice of appeal and
intends to carry the matter up to the
Supreme Cleveland Herald.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-04-19
P~ErTENGILL, BATES & 90.
p - Row Nxw York.
NOTICES.

The following Administrators Elk
ecutors and Guardians, have filed il:
the Probate Court Of Ashland county
Ohio, their Partial and Final account.
tor settlement VIZ
Final account of J. P. Cowan and jacob
lynn. Executor of Hugh Mcclure. decd.
Final account of Luke Selby, Executor
of Henry Sunday, decd.
Partial account of Allen Metcalf, Guar
dian of John Kicks heirs.
Partial account ofSylvester Gray, Guar
dian of Sarah j.. Gray -
Partial and Final account OF Samuel Ber-
~, Guardian of Perluna Casts heirs.
Partial account of John Wallace, Guar
dian of Eugene F. and John H Veach.
Final account of Martin Hoke, Guardian
of Joshua Siberling.
Partial account of Harvey Fem; Guar.
dian of Nora E. Fem.
Final account of Samuel Cutler, Guard.
ian of Jacob and Mary E. S~henebarger.
Partial account Of John Van Nest, Ad'
ministrator Of Jonas Yearick, deceased.
Partial account of J. n. Slonecker, Guar.
dian of George Slonecker.
Partial account Of Jacob Holmes, Guar
dian of D. 8. and CIV. fennage. a-e
Final account Of Peter De Sho1g, Guar
dian Of John /. Hixon.
Final account Of Michael 8. Smith, Guar
dian Of George Smith.
Final account OF Peter Trease, Admins
traitor of Daniel Boon, decd.
And the same will be for@hearine
on the LIST day of May, "a. D. 1871,
at 10o'clock A NJ.
D. w. Whitemore,
Probate Judge
3wuo4O
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-04-19
Democratic Convention.

.. The Democratic SIate Convention
will he held in Columbus, on Thurs
day June LIST, 1874. Ashland coun-
ty will be entitled to five delegates.
This will be an important Convention
We trust the Democracy of this u
ty will send true and tried men as
delegates to that Convention. A rep.
clifton of the Rcsccranz folly of two
years since should not be permitted.
The nomination of a military man, is
not particularly Objectionable, unless
his record and services in the army,
by reason of tyraREical orders, make
him obnoxious to q free people. Give
as a man with a clean record.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-04-19
A HUGE Mastodcn,

r sz|--
Part of the upper jaw and upper
portion of the head of one of the larg-
est mastodons yet discovered, attract
ed much attention at the capitol yes
terday. The bones were unearthed
near ChilFicothe last summer, and
found their way to this city yesterday.
High water had loosened the :oots OF
q large 81 camore tree that had stood on
the bank Of a small stream in Ross
county for ages. The tree fell and
exposed the wonder to view, and the
farmer who owned the premises subse-
quently dug for several rods around,
but found nothing but the part alluded
to above. This he sold to DR.. L. P.
Harris and Rev. D l, Foust, of Crest.
line, who intended to use it in illus
trations of lectures. This project was
not very successful, however, and the
remains arc now here for sale to the
State, the valuation being about twelve
hundred dollars.
The portion Of the animal preserved
is the upper jaw and part of the head,
The frontal bone measures thirty inch
es across, fourteen and a half inches
being the measurement of this part ot
q very large elephant. -Four of the
teeth are preserved. The tusks wer,
sunk two and one-half feet in the
sockets show that the tusks were each
twelve inches in diameter at the wild
est point. The weight is one hundred
and fifty pounds.
Comparison has been made with
the complete skeleton of a mastodon
in a Boston museum, and il is demon
strated that the Ross county ANNA
was forty feet long, including the tusks
and twenty feet high.-Ohio Statesmen
March 31st.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-04-19
The Infamous Force Bill--What
Some of the Radicals say Of it.

The Ku-klux bill, which will pass
Congress in a day or two, does not
meet with the unqualified approval
| either of radical Senators or Radical
papers. Mr.. Trumbull showed that
he appreciated the true character Of
| the bill, when he said that it went to
the extent of Furnishing persons for
violation Of State laws, without any
reference to the Constitution and laws
of the United States. "The four
tenth amendment" he continued,
"does 0 allow Congress to exercise
police power to the destruction Of
State authority. Congress has no
right to substitute Federal for State
Courts The latter are nearer the
people, and, the nearer the admins
tration of justice between mau and
man is brought to the people them
selves, the safer will be their rights in
person and property. There will be
an end to State government. resulting
in an uuwise charge in our govern
ment system"
eff Congress really wishes TO tran
quilize the South and restore order
there" says the New York Sun, 'let
it restore to the people the privilege OF
SELF government. Let the American
doctrine of no taxation without repre-
sentation be inforced, and let a stop be
put to the tyrannical exactions OF the
carpet-bag fraternity. When This
shall have been done, there will be NO
need of legislation against the Ku klux
outrages. The southern people will
themselves take care of that matter,
and maintain peace and good order
without the aid Of United States troops
or money" OF course they will but
the Sun is very green if it imagines
that the Radical desire, in this Ku-
klux business, is to restore order in
the South. The object is simply this
Ito worry and annoy the Southern
people into some resistance, real or
seeming, to the Congressional usnrpa-
ton, and then to use the army to car
~ the Southern States for the Radical
ticket in 1872. 1t is impossible to
mistake this sinister intent. Shella-
barger and his hackers have rung the
changes on the danger to loyal men
in the South, and all that sort of thing,
but he must be a ninny who is deceiv-
ed by such chaff.
This is what the New York Pos
IRadical) says of the bill:
Its provisions give the color of law
to such a coup d stat as made Napole-
on master of France. No Republic i:
justified in thus s~urrendering its liber
ties. The success of such a measure
is more to be dreaded than its utter
failure /; the restoration of order by
such means would be a greater calam
ity to the country than the promotion
of disorder by it. For it would estab
fish a precedent under which any pc
litical party hereafter, on obtaining
the control of Congress and the Exec
utivc, might intreneh itself and it
President in absolute power, leaving
the people no remedy against absolut
ism and Capitalization, but in revolu
ton. 1t is an attack upon the foun
dation of civil liberty an abandon
ment of that reliance upon law anc
upon public opinion which is the
growth of history aud the crown O
civilization; a recurrence to the prin
ciples and methods of bsrbarism