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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-10-18

A Republican caucus was held here
Tuesday evening, for the election of del
egate to attend the District Convention.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-10-18

pscrHoH.

Delegates to District Convention, A. c.
Howard and A. Stoddard tFor Poland.)
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-10-18

which he is authorized by tho laws Of the
State to take dispositions, administer oaths,
take the acknowledgement OF deeds, &C.,
Jurisdiction extending through the state.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-10-18

Delegates TO District Convention f..
l.. Waterman, j. @. Eddy-Stecle mon.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-10-18

Martin Scott was chosen delegate ard James
NJ. Niles substitute, with instructions to
vote for Judge Poland.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-10-18
TO ADVERTISERS.

THE VERMONT PHOENIX has larger circulation than
,ny other Nevspapern Southern Vermont.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-10-18
WI TEO.v.rL TH.s.vKSGIJ.I.vG.

WASHINGTON, d. c., October IL, 1879.
By the President Of the United States Of
1mericd.
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Second CongressionaI Disfricf Rcpnb-
Hcdn Contention.

NoRw1cu, W., Oct. 10Th, 1872.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-10-18
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LowsH Courier, May ., 1868
Connecticut western news., 1872-10-11

EDITORIAL NOTICES are so common that it is almost impossible for an editor to ex- press his honest opinion of the merits of an article without being suspected ot
 interested motives. This fact, however
 shall not deter us from saying what we think of new: additiohato the Materia Medica to which =our attention has been recently directed. We refer to DR. J.
 WALKERS CALIFORNIA VINEGAR .BITTERs, remedy winch is making itss3w ayinto more families just no w#than all the other advertised medicines put together. Its popularity, as far as we can judge, is. not based on empty pretention. There seems to be no question about the potency ot its tonic and alternative properties, while SC contains the great negative recommen- dation of containing neither alcohol nor mineral poison. Thrt it is 8 specific fo1 Indigestion, Biliousness, Consumption, and many other complaints of nervous origin, we have reason to know; and we are assured on good authority that as q general invigorant, regulating and puri- I flying medicine, it has no equal. It is stated that its ingredients (obtained from the wilds of California;. are new to the medical world; and it's. extraordinary effects certainly warrant the conclusiNn Nn that it is a compound of agents hitherto unknown. If popularity is any criterion
 there can be no doubt of the efficiency o
 the VINEGAR B1TTERs, for the sale of the . article is immense and continually increas l ing.-Com. .-4 > $#$ &"% 5E#%
Connecticut western news., 1872-10-11

A RLMMIscENcE OF THE SIEGE OF PABIs-A French correspondent writes: So many balloons came out of Paris during the siege that those who received their letters bv this means began at last to look upon the aeronaut as a very safe courier, and on his aerial trip as ore of pleasure rather than of peril. Among the balloons which escaped over the iron girdle of Teutons was the Jacquart It was entrusted to the care of sailor named Leprince. Tearing through space before gale of wind, the gallant young tar and his new kind of craft were sight ed at La Rochelle, just as the wind bore him over the Atlantic. On the way he must have met with an atmospheric current which drove him eastward, for there5bave now been found in the Seilly Islands the despatches carried by the Jacqrart. As the sacs have not been picked up in one and the same place, it is supposed that when Leprince saw this gronp of islands be gradually got rid of his despatches, casting them oveGboard whenever he saw land beneath him. Thissnfist of conrse. have considerably frightened the balloon, and consummateo his own destruction by imparting to it an ascending force which waited him once more on the terrible ocean,"
Connecticut western news., 1872-10-11

A DIFFERENCE. correspondent of the But6des states that he had: occasion to examine rooms occupied by young ladies for manufacturing purposes, and he has observ.d that while the workers in one room would be very cheerful and healthy, the occupants of similar room who were employed on the same kind of business were all iuclinedsto be melan- cho]y, and complained Of a certain pain in the; forehead and eyes, and were otten Ill and unable to work. The only differ ence he could discover in the rooms was that the one occupied by the healthy workers was, wholly whitewashed, and that occupied by the melancholy work CTS was co1ored with yellow ochre. As soon as the difference struck him he had the yellow ochre washed off the walls and saGeni whitened. At once an i'm provementS too place in the health and spirits of the occupants. ...,..
Connecticut western news., 1872-10-11
Natural Deeay-Proteet the System

The human body is machine, and therefore cannot endure forever but, like . watch a sewing machine it will last much longer if properly regulated and duly repaired than if pains taken to keep in order The great object of everyone who desires long healthy life should betoput his body in condition to resist the threatening influences by which we are all less surrounded and invigorant and reotye present knownso effectively answers this pur- pose the vitazng elixir which, under the unpreend- ing of Hostetters Stomach Bitters has been for
 than twenty years the standard tonic of America In crowded cities, where the atmosphere contaminated with the eluva inseparabe from large populations in marshy regions where She soggy soil rocks with masma the praries and in the forests where every fall the air is tainted with exhalatios from rottngwe edg and grasses decomposng eaves-in short in every loca
 y where malaria exists this powerful vegetable antidoe is urgently needed Fever and ague. bilious fevers dys entery congestion of the liver, jaundice, rheumatism and all diseases which are generated by infected air. impure water, sudden changes of temperature may be Syerted by strengthenn and regulating the system in advance with Hostetters Bitters Autumn is always
 Of peril especially to weak susceptible organ zations Even them vigorous apt to be in some measure depressed by the humid phere. loaded with deleterous gses produced by vegetable decay. The fall is period of the when the ovation and regulation Of the Evng machine is peculiarly important and the Bters should therefore be taken daily at this critical season.
Connecticut western news., 1872-10-11
" ..- -.$ Homes isisthe West.

At no fern1ef time in"the history of the country has there been so deep, so widespread, and so intelligent an interest felt in the matter of migration and Western settlement as now. The rapid construction of railways which penetrate the fertile but hitherto unoccupied areas of our New Northwestern States and Territories, thus rendering accessible and valuable millions of acres of land which would otherwise have lain waste for scores of years, has given wonder ful impetus to the Westwardl tide of population. #%&&
 A large portirn n of both foreign and American migration will henceforth naturally and inevitably flow into that new Northwest, now for the first made accessible by the building of the North ern Pacific Railread. The belt of coun- try traversed by the route of the thoroughfare { Wisconsin,. Minnesota, Dakota, Montana, Idaho. Washington, and Oregon) has such characteristics of soil and climate as to render it's speedy settlement and prosperous. cultivation certain.
 The Northern Pacific Company is now selling it's lands in Minnesota, and the facilities and helps which it furnishes to settlers and colonies greatly reduce where they do not wholly remove, the hardshlps' of pioneer life. For ex- ample transportation at reduced rates is 1 furnished from nearly all partsS ofthis country to the line of the N. P. Road and if settler buys forty acres or more of railroad land be and his whole family are carried Igee over the N F. Road where going to settle. Then at three different points, on the road large and elegant reception houses have been built and fitted up with conven1ences for single persons families and colonies. Settlers, DO matter whether they locate on free Government homesteads or purchase railroad lands, enter these Areception houses on leaving the cars and aHse them free of charge, as temporary Ihome while engaged in selecting land and building dwelling of their own.
 The company has fixed low prices on it's lands, gives seven years credit to purchasers, and receives in. payment al ten per cent. premium it's own first mortgage bonds which are now selling al
 par, and which are a favorite investment throughout the country.
 There are now few localities in the T West where good Government lands fol free homestead entry can be found neal
 to railroads and markets. The Northern
 Pacific Road has been so recently bull through Minnesota, that there are, clos . to it's line, plenty sf public lands of tn,
 finest quality awaiting homestead settle ment; and they are being rapidly taken Large numbers "f soldiers who, unde
 the new law of Congress obtain ire homesteads of 16o acres, near railroad by one and two years residence ar locating on the line of the Mortimer Pacific. Soldiers . and. all others wh
 think of seeking homes in the West ca i obtain full information, maps, copy ( homestead laws. etc., by addressing Lan . Department Northern Pacific R. R. Go . St. Paul, Minn. -Cone
Connecticut western news., 1872-10-11

TIE WIFE OF THE FRONTIER is the helpmeet of the frontiersman, as we'll as his wife, and, says writer in the Kansas sMoaathly, she is: like him, and eminently suited to him, in his home and in his wanderings throughout the border. Neighbor she has none. Crowded street, the jam and jostle of the pavement, she knows nothing of. Her amusements are lonely, her occupations masculine and homeJy. All she has, and most that she hopes for, are included in the dull rou- tine of one room,. enc hearth, one changeless sceue. Life to her is the ris- ing and setting sun, the changing sea sons, the cloud, the wind and falling rain. She knows the tricks of horses, the straying of the herd, and all the economy of the corral. Business to her is the small traffic of the trading post. Strangers are those who occupy the white tilted wagons which she sees come and go on. the fair horizon. Friends are all who have white. faces and Christian names, and enemies. those whose faces she seldom sees, and who are the willy and ipyeterate foes of all her race. O1 such as these the denizens of cities knou but little, and they deserve history from their very isolation.
Connecticut western news., 1872-10-11
T,9,fvssn sysr 1sra, F.pMs: T,,aya

.z IMMRNsE-HHEAr FARMs.--Thef are three Swheab farms in. tho San Joaquin Valley{ Ca ks0fni6,l with areas respec- tively of GOO aefes, 99ss, GOO and IT ,o0o acres. the. largest of these farms the wheat crop this year is reputed to be equal to afa average Of 40 bushels to the of the farm to 60 bushels. The product of this farm for the present. year is ], 44o, 600 bushels. The boundary on one side of the farm IS I miles Ion tlte ttllte season of blowing, ten four horse teams were. attached ito ten gang blows, each gang haviug four plows-or forty+horse ses with as many blows were started at the same time, the teams following in close succession. Lunch or rdinner was served at Q midway station. and supper at the terminus of the field, seventeen miles distant from the starting point. The teams returned on the following day. The wheat in this field was cut with twenty of the largest reapers, and we believe has now all been thrashed and put in sacks. It would require over fourty, ships of medium size to transport the wheat raised on this farm: to a for eign market. Even the sacks required would make a large hole in the surplus money of most farmers. We have not Ethesfgures touching the product of the other two farms but presume that the average is not much below that of the l first. There are thousands of tons of wheat which cannot be taken out of the valey this season. and must remain over las dead capital, or, which is: nearly as undesirable, will only command ad.
 vances at heavy rates of interest.
Connecticut western news., 1872-10-11

C1ovEs.-Cloves are the unopened flowers of 8 small evergreen tree that re- sembles,iu appearance the laurel. or bay. It is native of the Mo1ucea or Spice Islands, but has been carried to all the warmer parts of the world, and is now cultivated in the tropical regions of America. The flowers are small in size and grow: in large numbers, in clusters, to the very edge of the branches. The cloves we use are tue flowers gathered before they are opened, and while they are still green. After being gathered they are smoked by wood fire, and then dried in the sun. Each c'oves con sists of two parts-of round head, which is the four petals, or leaves, or flowers rolled up, including number of small stalks or flaments; the other part of the clove is terminated with four points, and is, in fact, the flower of the unripe seed vessel. All these parts may be seen. if a few cloves are soaked for. a short time Ill hot water, when the leaves of the flower soften and readily unroll. Both the taste and the smell of cloves l depend on the quantity of oil they con. tain. Sometimes the oil is separated from the cloves before they are sold, and the odor and taste are in consequence much weakened.
Connecticut western news., 1872-10-11

THE MoTHER.-Here is touching lit tle story told by Hearb a,ad Home: In Rock Island, Illinois there was, few years ago, and perhaps she is there yet, a woman who had been put in for insanity. It is the inhnmar custom oi people in me parts Of the country to confne 1unatics in jails. At the time we saw her she had been there for years, and we could not find that anybody knew to whom she belonged or at whose instance she had been confined. This old woman did not have a cell in the women's department, but in the mems. She was called "the Mother" and wore round her neck 8 clumsy wooden cross that had been whittled by some prisoner Her whole time was employed in caring fo1 the prisoners; she patched tbeirs clothes and darned their socks and nursed them in sickness. The hardened criminals venerated her, and if any man had dared molest "the Mother" he would have found plenty ready to defend her. Her cell door stood open, and she walked out among the men who were congre. gated in the corridor, looking on them all as her sons. Here was an intellect clouded and a moral nature unimpaired. The blessed old Sister of Charity had all the sweet motherly love n=her heart
 and she was q very angel of.nae epe5tste these outcasts.y 3s=sss$ 3s=sss$ 7=5ss.Sss 5zSs:s sss
Connecticut western news., 1872-10-11

SWEDEN Charles XIV. Of Sweden, whose death has been announced by ca ble was the third prince of the line of Bernadotte, the only one of Napoleon's generals or relatives who retained king. dom after. .the downfall of the donor
 The reign of the deceased king has been signalized by reforms both social and politicll.> Two Chambers have been es- tablished instead of four, the clergy and nobility Lave been deprived of some special privileges, and the right or privi- 'ege of suffrage has been considerably extended. King gChnrles was also some what {. of 2 slit erateow. The increasing enG grafton. of his s.peopIo. to the United States caused him much anxiety, and u prize was recently offered by the Swed- ish Government for an essay on the best means of stopping the depopulation of the country. -'.
Connecticut western news., 1872-10-11
OCCUPATION oFAFRENcH BE11E.-Tl

OCCUPATION OF A FRENCH BELLE. The amount of@toil a young and pretty girl at Trouville undergoes each day is some thing astonishing. Very likely she is up at 6 o'clock in the morning, and with her bathing dress on, bare footed, she is 'fanning over the sands, joining few scores of"gfrls and young gentlemen in digging for equities in the sand. That done she bathes for half an hour. Then she goes to her de5T1ssr. kind of morn ing dinner. Next she 'walks'oui on the sands then she drives out over the country; !; then. she dresses fol dinner ; then she passes an hour at dinner next kshe promenades the sand again i; then She puts on evening dress and goes to the soloo,s, where she dances perpetually until midnight if it be bah evening. The ball evenings are Thursdays and Sundays: Sunday IS the great eveni-g for dancing; on that day the young girl, will probably dance until after ] o'clock, ,-Fre''ch letter. .-....,. .:5z.. .s.-.
Connecticut western news., 1872-10-11
X. Marching Salute. !.

g An PfixatAswrites Maief.4- --Iwas. heted for his common sense, He was prRctical man, and he was proud of it. He, was a commonplace, brisk little man who, on fofaging expeditions, thought more of capturing spring chickens and fresh eggs than he did of capturing Con- federates. He entered the service a captain and a. very excellent man, and he soon gained reputation for good horse sense.
 Some months after his. promotion, there was grand review.-Ss T1e colonel twas in commands of the brigade, the | liieutenant colonel was absent, and Major l-- was in command of the regiment. The boys were much afraid that he would make mistake, as he appeared more nervous than he evt had in battle, but they trusted that the. mistake if it snccurred, would come where no one Scpuld see ita < E z < F <
 As the regiment passed the reviewing officer at sweeping quickstep, in which the boys always made 8 special eaiorS, the Major shouteds "s Present arms l'' Som ne men presented arms, others, seeing the error, did not Many stopped in utter amazement, many laughed at the l dWhWd1ull6SS. O4 bIS AON1uS SOAuL4A ut fapresent, dmaa1y sWotei as Only outraged soldiers can. In half 8 minute the regi- ment was in utter confusion, and nov ing like rabble. The men so proud of their appearance 8 moment before and taking so much Dainstto do well, were now careless, reckless and chargined.
 The company commanders brought order out of confusion, ard the regi. ment moved again in order, but the men never forgave The Major for the mistake. Ever after they called him ' Old Present Arms" and shouted it at him whenever opportunity occurred. If he rode through camp, men would run inside their tents and shout, :" Present arms r On night march, if he passed to the head of a column, hundreds. of mer would shout, "Present arms !"&3 Ht came out of the service with little more knowledge of tactics and maneuvers thai he had when lie entered, and with tn impression that "common sense'' dit not make the soldier. .gy r. 44 @s-... :.
Connecticut western news., 1872-10-11

Have You Seen Her "A lady who for the last five years has beena leader of fashion in New York, and who may be sesn twice week in her ee- gant caleche driving pair of superb ponies in Gen.
 ral Park has recently stated in the select circle to which she belongs that the only article in existence which imparts beauty and lustre to the complexion without ultimately imparing the texture of the skin and causing it to collapse aud wrinkle, is HAGAN's MAGNOLIA BALM The name of the distngu shed member of the beau monde who made this declara. tion cannot with propriety be given, but it may be mentioned passant that she has s. ent several years of her life ill Europe and is amilr with all the arts and preparations employed by the court beauties of the old world to enhance their charms.-lCom.I
Connecticut western news., 1872-10-11
No Place for Boys.

There Is no place in the UnicA where working man is worth 30 much, and no place where boy is worth so little as in California The report read at the meet ing of the Protection and Relief Society Thursday evening. touches the subject at vital point. In seeking for employ ment for boys, the Secretary says: "Wherever we turn labor leagues and trade unions are against us. !" Either the boys now growing up here will run largely to hoodlums, or they must have amplovment or be banished from the country. We know of a number of promising boys who have been sent east to remain, because there were no ave- uues opened here to honorable employ= ment We are clamoring for immigrants all the time when every California boy we'll trained would be worth as man, as much as four average immigrants.
 Not long ago the pulpit to some extent in this city, took up the subject Of point. Boys need sometimes attractive places of resort. But forced id4sness is today the source of the greater part of juvenile yagrancy and crime: What hope is there for b boy brimming over with activity who can find no honorable work to do? There never was more blind and brutal crusade waged, against boys than that inspired by some of the | labor leagues and unions of the country
 If yotf want hoodlums and vagrants, limit the admission of boys to one or two here and there, among master mechanics and manufacturing establishment, and set the rest adrift. ...,. ..... ..., !. ..s.,''
 | If these boys are to be saved, this cru 1 sade against them must be stopped. The incorrigible hoodlums may bring up in the penitentiary. But the hostility which makes boys drift in that direction is a thing not, only to be be deplored. but to be abolished if possible. There is not single mechanical or other in dustrial employment in California where any other limit should be prescribed for the employment of boys than the ability of the employer to find work for them. Any other is cruel, cowardly and crimi- nal. We cannot kill off the present gen
 eration of boys, make hoodlums of them nor banish them from the country. There is no place in the world where they ought to be worth as much as here. The employer who turna boy away with the excuse that he is limited to the employment of two or three, and cannot employ any more by the rule Of some league or organization, has enlisted in a war against the boys of this State There IS not an employer who, cannot say: "I am master of the situation ] will give as many boys places in my es tablshment as can make room for, in dependent of all dictation." It. may cost something to take this stand, but ii is on solid ground. There are thousand boys in this city with nothing to do who ough not to be drowned to get then out of the way, ought not to be banishet from the State, and ought not to b, turned into hoodlums.-Sap Francisc
 Balietin. .. ... .t:.. .... .. :...
Connecticut western news., 1872-10-11

IAN EGYPTIAN FESTIVAL. = A Cairo letter in the PaN Malz Gazette furnishes an interesting description of the cutting of the Nile, near Cairo, which takes place every year, and is an occasion of great rejoicing and festivity among all clssses.. The bank of the canal is cut just after daybreak and the waters allowed to cover the parched land.
 Long before sunset of the day before the Nile is. filled with gaily decorated boats, upon which bands are playing, and in feasting and merriment the whole night is passed, the darkness illuminated by continual display of fireworks, which even the dawn does not eHd. Just at sunrise the diggers begin their work, loosening up the soil with their implements, which are compromise between hoe and carpenters adz, then loading it into baskets made of palm leaves. It is carried away by boys and girls, and thrown into heap | beyond the channel. In three or fo11 hours the band is down and the waters rushing over. Then comes the widest scene of the occasion, the workers fling aside their clothing and spring into the water, struggling for the " backsheesh' 1 which is thrown to them by the Gov
 ernor of Cairo. All day the Arabs wash in the rushing water, rejoicing that il flows so freely and promises rich har
 vest. #; s f.G~. ftfjti.!.,