davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16

The CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS NEXT
WEEK.-The programmes of the centen-
NAL celebrations in Lexington and Con-
cord, Mass, contain great list of attrac-
tons. In Lexington the exercises will be-
gin on Sunday, when Rev. William Adams,
ID. H., of New York, will deliver a centen-
NAL discourse in the town hall. On the
morning of the 10Th salute of 100 guns
will he fred at sunrise, and the procession
will be formed at 0 o'clock. The Presi-
dent aud Cabinet will be on the ground
during the forenoon. The Grafton will be
delivered by Hon. Richard II. Dana, Jr,
preceding which the statues of Hancock
and Adams will be unveiled with due GER
emonies. Two hymns written for the Oc-
casion, by John G.. Whittier and Julia
Ward Howe, will be sung by the BoylstOn
Quartet. The public dinner will take
place about l:20 p. M, when plates will be
laid for 5000 persons. In the evening a
grand ball will be given.
In Concord the day will be observed in
about the same manner. The President
and Cabinet will get there about l O'Clock
p. m. The statue Of the Minute Man will
be unveiled, and Ralph Waldo Emerson
will deliver the grafton. Hon. T.. r. Hoar
will pres ide. Both towns will be extern
sively decorated with flags and streamers.
Companies of minute men have been or
ganized in nearly every town of Eastern
Massachusetts, and ii is expected that the
military display will he unusually bril-
liant
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16

March Both, at GI o'clock p. M, in accord
ance with the school warrant, the clerk
called the meeting TO order. Amer the
reading of the warrant a moderator was
successfully nominated from each party,
tie ensuing in each case. A motion for adj
journment followed, the rebels voting 1t
down. This was repeated at intervals Of
about an hour, the Intervening spaces being
occupied in sleeping, playing dominoes,
scolding, &c. In the mean time how pass
ed the night in the several honest Lamps
burned low, listening ears transformed ev-
cry sound into the voice or step Of the ex-
pected ones, and sleepy eyes peered into
the darkness, only TO meet with disappoint-
ment. At dawn of day women started
forth in search Of their husbands. An un-
Outstanding of affairs being effected, sup
plies in the form Of substantial food were
carried in abundantly by The parties. Find
ing that things for convenience and COM
fort, such as overcoats, were arriving, see
ing no signs of giving out in the party in
favor of adjournment, and knowing that
II o'clock Saturday night would inevitably
terminate the contest, amer listening TO the
firing Of another big gun, the rebels came
TO terms, themselves motioDing an adj
iournment at ~ O'Clock, p. M, March 3lst.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16

"A counterfeit five cent piece il in cir
culalion. There is Just eHough German
silver in il to give ii metallic ring, and 1t
is 50 admirably executed that il will he
hard TO detect it..
The New York Tribune celebrated its
thrty-fifh birthday on Saturday by tax
ing possession Of its grand new building.
This is nine stories in height, besides sub
cellar and attic, and is crowned with a
tower, the top OF which is go feet from the
sidewalk, or only 20 feet lower than the top
of Trinity splre.
james IL. Ingersoll, one of the Tweed
ring thieves, sentenced about two years
ago TO state prison for five years, has been
pardoned 10y Gov. Tilden, on condition
that he shall divulge all he knows concern
ing the operations of the ring. It is said
he will give evidence that will enable the
authorities to recover a large amount OF
the plumber stolen by Tweed and his con-
iederates. lie was pardoned on the rec
ommendation of Charles O'Conor and
Wheeler III. Peckham, the counsel who are
prosecuting the ring suits.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16
Mindhan. County Court.

The April term of the county court con-
menced Tuesday. Present Hon. James
Barrett, Chief Justice; and Hon. l.. II.
Buttertield, Assistant Judge. Hon. o. S.
Howard, Assistant Judge, was not present
on account of Illness. Upon the calling OF
the docket about forty cases were set for
the jury. There were about one hundred
and twenty new cases entered in court. A
jury was impanelled in the case of Abram
Chase VS.. J. Henry Kidder, and this case is
now on trial.
JurOrS.-Geo. ODER, Athens Alfred Alb
bolt, Edwin Evans, VIM. f., Richardson,
Brattleboro; VIM. p. Stebbins, Brookline
AlansOn Smith, Dover; Peter Stickney,
Dummerston Dexter b. French, Grafton +;
Tyler l.. johnson, Guilford; Luther p.
Farnsworth, Halifax; Allison O. Coleman,
jamaica Elijah +. Rugg, Londonderry /;
Brutus Whitney, Marlboro; Fred o. Bur-
dett, Franklin Moore, Hewfane; Reuben
b. Page, Putney; John A. Farnsworth,
Samuel S. Coolidge, Frank A. George,
Rockingham; jerome b. Temple, STRAIT
ton q. II. Garfield, James Follett, Towns
bend; Wilder II. Falrman, Vernon -
Westminster; Lucius p. Mowry, Whiting
ham Hart II. Winchester, Wilmington /;
John p. Farnsworth, Windham.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16

The further Mr.. Beecher goes in his tes-
timony, says the Springfield Union, the
more absolutely incapable of compromise
become the issues of the trial. There is no
possible escape from the conclusion that on
one side or the other of this case there has
been an amount and quality of perjury al
which the very father of lies would stand
aghast. No possible theory of mutual
misunderstanding can any longer be
thought Of. More and more clear it be.
comes that the alternative to the theory Of
Beechers guilt is one Of the great crimes
of the age, a conspiracy, dastardly and
abominable beyond description or prece-
dent. Aud there is 10 doubt, either, that
the public mind is steadily turning toward
the latter alternative. That Tilton and
Moulton, men without conscience as they
are, could have deliberately and from the
beginning resolved on such crime as that
charges them with, seems 10 so exaggerate
human depravity as in itself TO afford q
psychological argument against its likeli-
hood. But the gradual manner in which
thei conspirators were drawn on in their
plan from the first comparatively pardon
able acts further and further till finally
they had to 90 through TO the bitter end or
stand blasted by public indignation, affords
the key to what would otherwise he -
moral poser.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Office of Internal Revenue
WAsHINGToN. April

WAsHISGToN, April 5, 1873.
SRI reply to your letter respecting
the Liability TO stamp-taX of notes payable
at a bank:
- That it is not believed to have been the
meaning and intent of Congress to require
stamps upon promissory notes made in
the usual commercial form, and payable at
bank, when such notes are given in good
faith, and in the ordinary course of busi-
ness. Under strict Interpretation of the
law, they might perhaps be held liable as
"vouchers." 1t is well known that the
leading purpose OF the recent enactment
with regard TO bank checks, vouchers. &C.,
(Section 10, Act of February 8, 1872 was
to cut of the frequent evasions OF the
stamp-tax on checks, as for instance by the
use OF receipts, checks payable nominally
one day alter date without grace, &c, DC.
Unless,notes are used simply as a substi-
tute for checks, as an evasion of the stamp
tax on checks, this office will not insist up
on their being taxed.
The same remarks will also to apply to
drafts upon private parties not bankers,
&C., accepted payable at bank.
Very respectfully,
j. w. DOUGLASS, Com.
Hon. l.. j. Poland,
Pres't First National Bank,
st. Johnsbury, Vt.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16
StraIIOn.

THE sPUNKY sCHooLMEETING IN DISTRICT
NO. @. GOOD GRIT! EIGHTEEN HOURS
OF HARD FIGHTING! GREAT WASTE OF
AMMUNITION AND MANY BIG GUNS FIRED !!
NO LIVES LOST! THE ENEMY TOTALLY
DEFEATED
The commencement of this civil war
dates back one year, when there being but
four pupils in the district, II was voted not
to sustain school The ensuing year; but
the usual officers were chosen in order TO
preserve the organization. The non-sus-
tanning of a school created some dissatis-
faction among the worthy parents, not
wiIhstanding the district had agreed to
meet any necessary expenses in sending
their pupils TO nelghboring schools. Ac-
cordingly in June an application was made
to The selectmen OF the town, desiring them
TO set up a school. Last December. the
first and second selectmen, afIer sundrv
consultations with lawyer, without hear
ing of the parties, appointed officers for the
district from those in favor of having a
school. The committee thus unlawfully
appointed had some conversation with
proposed teacher, aud after much hesita-
ton decided not TO hire. Did he smell pow-
der7 Further consultations followed. The
first seleetman appointed an agent in said
district who engaged the aforementioned
teacher for a term OF ten weeks. Is that
not less than the three months the law de-
mands in such cases2 The question oftax-
es arose before the close of the term, but,
although freely discussed, no tax-bllls were
presented; showing that the party had de-
lected flaws In thair encouragement
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16

WAITING FOR THE VERDICT sun
day Herald of the llth inst, has timely
word regarding the great trial;
at is certainly impossible to follow the
course OF the Beecher trial without being
sensibly impressed with the instability OF
public opinion. Wien Mr.. Moulton was
on the stand his testimony was almost
universally accepted as irrefragable, and
when Mrs. Moulton narrated her remark
able storywith truthful air twas considered
as conclusIvely establishing Beecher's guilt.
Now that the Plymouth orator is asserting
his innocence, and giving ingenious and
astonishing interpretations Of misleading
phrases, the disposition to accept his evil
dence as true beyond the possibility orref-
utatiOn seems to he quite as general. Yet
the parsons guilt or innocence renal rs
improved, and were the case TO be termi-
mated now it would be impossible upon the
evidence for twelve intelligent men, acting
say that TiltOn's charges are or are not es-
tablished. II is possible that Mr.. Beecher
is guiltless; it is possible, also that
Theodore Tilton and Francis ID. Moulton
and Mrs. Mouton have not conspired to
cover an Old mans name with oblOquy
merely 10 crafty revengelul dispositions
but neither supposition can be successfully
supported until the charge of Judge Neil
son is given and the case is submitted TO
the jury and the public. Before that pc
Rod is reached it is well to remember that
rebuting evidence is to be offered, and il
may chance that it will not be wholly un-
satisfactory 10 the popular judgment. 1t
is best, then, to keep the mind unbiased,
to pass on the testimony simply as II Is
presented, and not to arrogantly affirm
that Beecher is either saint or scoundrel.'
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16

Judge Poland, in letter to the ST. Al
bans Advertiser, expresses the opinion that
President Grant was entirely deceived in
regard TO the facts Of the Arkansas case,
and that so far as he held different views
from his (Polands) they were caused by
an erroneous view Of the facts, and that
most urwearicd and persistent and wicked
efforts were used TO deceive him. As soon
As the opinion of even one Heuse of Con-
gress was expressed he acquiesced at once,
and directed the departments 10 recognize
Garland as Governor" After Mr.. Poland's
brave and states manlike course in the
Arkansas matter, his estimate of Gen.
Grants motive Of action in the premises
oughtto be a reliable one, and the "indepen-
dent" press after having SO loudly applaud
ed Mr.. Poland, will undoubtedly make
haste, on the strength of his assertion, 10
correct their Islander and abuse of the
President on this point.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16

The following correspondence, which we
copy from last weeks CaledOnian is of
special interest to the business commune
ty:-
= Mr.. Editor Since the passage of the re-
cent act of Congress, in which the language
of the law requiring two cent stamp on
bank checks was considerably changed,
very great doubt and diversity of opinion
has prevailed, as to the real scope and
meaning OF the law. BY many it had been
construed to embrace all paper discounted
or negotiated at a bank, aud our bank bad
received circulars from several city banks,
saying that they so construed il, and some
declaring that such was the decision of the
Com'r of Internal Revenue. | did not I'M
derstand it so; but that il applied to bank
checks, and every form of voucher used
substantially as check or receipt; but
that it did not apply 10 notes or bills given
for money loaned, and as an evidence Of
the obligation of the maker or accepter to
pay it. | have taken the trouble 10 write
the commissioner on the subject, and his
answer will be of so much general inter
est, will thank you to publish it.
l.. p. POLAND
Aptil s, 1875.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16

The honors of the Spring elections are so
nearly equally divided that neither party
can make them the ground for great as
surance in forecasting the future. In New
Hampshire the Republicans regain control
of the State, and in Michigan they make
large gains, while in Connecticut the Dem
ocrats make clean sweep, and in Rhode
Island, owing 10 the prohibition faction
and Republican Discussions, things are
somewhat mixed. The next State cleo
ton will occur in August, when Kentucky
will bave a one-sided contest. In Septem-
Der Maine will give the country something
important, and the elections in California,
Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming will
he regarded with more OF less interest. In
October, Ohio and Iowa will lest the pop
ular pulse-the latter by electing Gov
ernor. In November there will be several
elections of note TO wind up the political
year preceding the Presidential.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16

Lexington, Concord and Acton, Mass,
are engaged in lively dispute as 10 the
exact point where the first fight of the
Revolution took palce. Lexington is sure
that the hallowed spot lies within her Dor
ders, and that the first red!blood drawn in
the great struggle dyed the village green
in front of her old meeting house. Con
cord is positive, and offers TO prove, that to
her belongs the honor of firing the first
shot, and her people claim that Lexington
is trying TO appropriate honOrs that for q
century have been conceded TO them by
universal consents while in the midst of il
all Acton steps in and says that neither
Lexington nor Concord know what they
are talking about, but that ii was within
her borders that the minute-men first Of
Iered armed resistance 10 British tyranny.
a correspondent of the New York Times,
after recounting this state of affairs face
liously says:-
at can readily be perceived, therefore,
that the stability OF the Republic depends
On the clearing up OF this mystery, for II
the war didn't begin in Lexington, nor in
Concord, nor yet in Acton, as everybody
Is willing 10 admit, such painful questions
begin? Did it begin at all? Were John
Parker, Richard Barrett, DIR. Warren,
Israel Putnam, George Washington, John
Hancock, the Adamses, and all the old rev
dictionary Warehouses, mythical characters,
Igments of troubled and diseased brain
It would be a prudent and wise policy,
aud the suggestion is given gratis TO the
National Government TO appoint a special
commission TO sift this matter 10 the
bottom, before we 80 any iurther, for II
this great and glorious Republic of ours
owes its existence to an event which never
took place, the natural consequence will
he that we must go back hundred years
and begin anew, aud that would upset
things considerably"
The better class Of people, however
look upon the dispute as unworthy tho
memo ries of 1875, and next weeks centen-
tennlal celebrations are likely TO put an end
TO all the trouble.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16
WATERFOWL UNION LIVE STOCK MARKET.

WATERTowS, April 10, 1878,
frlces Market Beef. few choice-$Il O0aa OO % .
Extra $40 IS; rst quality IS 5Oa9 so; Second
quality, SO 5Oas 90; third quality, So 500 90
(NB.-Choice grade includes nothing but stan fed
HOO to 400 N bulocks; extra and nrst quality in
eludes the best large fat second and third
Includes oxen aud two and three year old steers
stores-Workine uxen-SlOO, 2OOtl 2lO 73pair.
Mich Cows an tCalVes-S:b to 63 extra 6bto Of
iearlings-slOtoI Two earsoId-t2Oto os
Three years Old-S3O to as.
Prices OF sheep LamOs.-In lots, So 90, rs, 90
697c y 10. ' ~ '''in
hides-Brighton, lac . II ;ceuntry7 l-2c.
Tallow-BrightUn, &c en-. Country 5I-2eper N.
Pelts 81 15a2 Is each. Calf skins l5e q No.
Poultry l5Cal6c o 10.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16

When you visit or leave the city Of NEW YoRK, save
annoyance and expense Of carriage hire and stop at
the GRAND UNION HOTEL. opposite the
GRAND CENTRAL DEPOT. II has over $50 elegant
~ furnished rooms and is fitted up at expense Of
over 100000. Elevator, steam, and all modern i'm
proyements. European plan. The RRATAU.
RANTS, Lunch Counter and Wine Rooms are sup
Piled with the best the markets can furnish The
nHs lie unsurpassed. Rooms for single person. 81 SO
and 50 per day rich suites for families proportonAte-
~ low so that visitors to the city and travellers
live more luXurousy, for less money, at the GRAND
UNION, than at any other rstclsss hotel in the city
Stages and pass the hotel every minute for ali
parts OF the city. CT. wD.GARRISON, Managers
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16

Tuesdays snow storm Was the sevcrest
in Boston of any during the past cold win
ter. It continued with undated fury until
after daylight Wednesday morning, when
over foot Of damp, heavy snow lay upon
the ground. In many places,it drifted con-
sideraby, and interrupted railway travel.
The storm extended throughout New Eng
land and was quite. severe in New York.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16
ReV1e70 Of lie Markets.

NEW YORK. April 10. Flour hrmer; St Louis ex.
trAs 50 o0as as Minnesota extras IS lba5 5O choice
white wheat extras IS 90s6 so. wheat, red western
" Is amber do. 81 81 white Michigan 81 49, Oats
western mixed, I2s1te white l@SSe. Corn, west
ern mixed, esa9Oc; white, oOS9le Pork new mess
$40 rs. Beef, plain meas, 50 OOaIO 90.
CHICAGO, April IS. Flour hrm; supernne extras
o. ~ 1886 bOi family brands 81 B0Sl 80 Wheat hiQh
NO spring 81 O6 cash. Corn firm; No mixed TOe
cash; Oats steady No q, 50c Mess Pork s2i SO cash
Lard SIS ~.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16

A Portsmouth (Va.) man, after two
years useless labor in trying TO raise the
lrigale Cumberland, sunk by the confsd-
crate ram Merrimac, of Newport News in
1862, has sold out for $4,000 10 Detroit mich
parties, who are now trying to get up the
safe, which is said to contain 500, 900 in
gold and the first issue of greenback cur
rency. This is the fifth firm that has en-
gagged in the enterprise.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16

Gen. TIawley bravely writes in his
Hartford Courant, after the last battle !:
"This defeat has in no respect changed the
principles or the duty of sincere Rcpubli-
cans. We must correct our errors, take
our bearings anew and move on. We can
DO our duty the result is in other hands"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16

The search for poor Charlie Ross is still
going on, but the faith of the detectives that
lie is yet living is beginning to wane. The
pursuit of his child has become sort of
mania with Mr.. Ross, and his mind is
gradually weakening under the constant
strain. lie appears unable TO rest, and
grasps at the slightest information. He
seems to bt suffering again from tempo
lary alteration, and it is feared he will
have TO be placed under surveillance.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16

The large pottery works Of j. S. TAFT 4
Co., at Keeue were entirely destroyed by
fire, Monday forenoon, together with a
large amount of manufactured ware, ma
ehinery and four valuable carriages. The
loss on the building was $1,000, and on
manufactured goods and machinery $4,000 |;
insured for $1,000 on the building and the
same amount on the stock,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16

The annual meeting Of the officers Of the
Windham Agricultural Society for the pur-
pose of making arrangements for the next
fair and revising the premium list, will be
held ct Fayetteville, on Tuesday, April
sn.t.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16

INQUIRE BEFoEE You DErERNRE. Ask your
druggist what Haiss Honey Of Horehound and Tar ia
doing In cases Of cough and cold within his
own personal knowledge, before you Try 1t yourself
inquire Of him If he has ever known a medicine Of
o ~ eAsi as popular as that pure and agreeable veg
state to you We venture to say that there Is not un
ApothecAry in the country who will not endorse 1t as
speeiie for diseases Of the lungs and throat
Plies Tooth-Ache Drops cure in one minute
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16

DIR. Brown Sequard las written Il let
ter denying that he ever said President
Grant would not live six months unless he
changed his mode of living. No need 10
have been 10 that trouble, doctor! Nobody
believed the story.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16

STOP Thai COHgh mo pulmonary disease,
however chronic or obstinate, resist the healing
NJ AND hoREHousD. As remedy for Coughs Colos
asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness Sore Throat and
preventive OF Consumption, 1t has no equal: clears
and strengthens the voice OF speakers and singer
cures CIRQUE IN few minutes, and takes away all the
,s - OF MHoofIsa CoueH; contains opium OF
Tyhing aas gGhed in your case, try Trial bottles
US ID; O. willard Co.. sole agents for BrAttleboro
6Al ahu ask them about it, Smith. Doolittle Smith
Boston, General Agents. az
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16

Just ten years ago to-day, Thursday,
since Abraham Lincoln died from the eff
lecte of Booths bullet fired on the preNi-
Gus evening.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16
WANTED

aeaehers Intelligent farmers aud wide-awvke men to
nc history OF Our Country, for Young Poodle Illus
tMLA'sd, oy Mrs, A. s. Richardson. Brought down 10
He present 2AO Illustrations, hne paper and very
mon. John d. Philbriek l. L., supt Boston schools
Aoaress H. U. HOU6HTON CO., Room o. 1 Somer-
set St., Boston. 1917 y S'"l''
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16

1t is seldom that the people of Putncy
are so highly entertained as they were on
the evening Of the 9Th inst, by Rev. DR..
Matteson, who favored us with his lecture
on Parsons.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16

Cell on o. \. Libby at ID. Leonard &
Co. :, Market Square, and secure a copy of
The American Free Press, a new monthly
journal. Three hundred copies printed for
gratuitous circulation. Cali early.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16

A sugar festival is to be held at Acad-
emy Hall this Thursday evening for the
benefit of the Congregational Sunday
School library.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16
BUSINESS NOTICES.


THAT ESEHT OF MANKIND, Consumption, can be
cured but is far better to prevent the cruel dis
ease from fastening itself the system by the timely
use OF remedy Ike DR.. WstAr's Bslsam Of Wild
Cherry. 80 cts. aud 81 bottle, large bottles much
the cheaper.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16

Governor Peck will attend the Concord
centennial next Monday accompanied by
his military staff, and with the Ransom
Guard attending as escort.