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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-11-30

CAUSES OF DpHTHERIA AND OTHER DISEASES
Says DIR. Snow, and there is no higher au-
thority Where sunlight, dryness, cleanh-
ness and pure air prevail, diphtheria cannot"
and these essentials are those which are the
great preventives of all diseases Perhaps it
would be well to qualify the statement by
saying physical preventives. There are still
people who are adverse to the bright sun
shine in their homes. They live indoors too
exclusively, and they know that the sun fades
carpets, and fail to realize that its absence has
the same effect upon the complexion. But
there are other than physical causes which are
operating injuriously upon the health of the
young and adults. They may be summed up
in the phrase, undue ambition. The scholar
is driven TO perform an amount of work which
overtasks the brain, prevents growth and de-
ranges the nervous system. Consciously and
unconsciously adults acquire habits of labor
in the pursuit of wealth or other fancied good,
which leave no time for proper rest and recu-
peration. There is too much haste for sue
cess even. Steady work is healthy, but the
over-driven man or woman is not. and cannot
be in sound health. Anxiety-and the over
worked person must always be anxious-is
one of the surest causes of the breaking down
of the body and mind. While. then, the sur
roundings are made sweet and clean, let it not
be forgotten the disposition to be industrious
and contented is also to be cultivated. Clark
ing care is not n proper concomitant of the
flower bed or the household blooming plant.
--PrOrideIioe Journal
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-11-30
PLEAsANTRIEs

The Chicago Inter Ocean We know
why st. Louis is so anxious to get Cleopatra's
Needle The girls of that town want to darn
their stockings
Il lived with him nineteen years." says
an Indiana applicant for divorce land all the
clothes he ever bought me was bunch of
hair pins and a tooth brush"
A young man sent sixty cents to firm
in Michigan who advertised n recipe to pre-
vent bad dreams. He received a slip of pa
per on which was written: Don't 60 to
Sleep
The New York Commercial Advertiser =
What's honor Z" asks Falstaff. That's easy.
ANY woman who sits behind another woman
in church can tell what's on her in two min
utes
Professionally one evening counted -
meteors sitting on my piazza Glass express
es great establishment at the sociable charac-
ter of the heavenly bodies.
During n lull in the convt rsation the tray-
eler remarked to an old man. sitting near by,
Il suppose everybody thinks the fire was the
work of an incendiary 7" wall, said the old
man. ''some do think so. hut think it was
sot"
why" asked teacher in the Sunday
school, did Solomon tell the sluggard to go
to the ant - Because said n l3-year-old
boy, The knew his aunt would have nun AT
the woodpile or ut the onion bed every after
noon as soon as school was out.
The Boston Post. The gentleman who
is assisting Major Ben Perley Poore in com
piling his Centennial Congressional Directory,
which will give the names of all who have
served in any Congress from the First to the
Forty-fifth, inclusive, says that about 800
names will appear, and out of that number
he has thus far found but siXty-nine Smiths,
and only four of them John Smiths" If that
is so the country needs redistricting.
A correspondent asks the Burlington
Hawkeye: do you think it wicked to
smoke? z" And the Hawkeye replies "Oh,
dreadfully. awfully. sinfully wicked. Send
your cigars to this Office and let us burn them
up for you, while you swear off and reform
before it is too late. 1t is already too late for
us We went to swear off last week. but the
Office was closed and the man had gone to a
picnic"
A colored man who was lately resuscitat-
ed from what seemed death but was only cat
alepsy. was entertaining his friends with the
sights he had seen in the other world. ''Plen-
ty of colored bredren in heaven spec. Tom -
'Oh yes!' said Tom. And how about hell
any downthere 7" askedanotheri nterlocutor
'Oh, yes, massa, plenty of dem der too"
ANY white folks, Tom :" Lord save us
der amt no end on EN- but, by gosh, massa
cherry white man done got Niger holdin'
between him and de fire :"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-11-30

STAINING WooD WoRK.-The Manufacturer
and Builder gives the following hints on this
subject: We often stain pine wood by the
means of linseed oil in which little burnt
Sienna and Van Dyke brown were mixed.
The Sienna alone is too reddish, and the Van
Dyke alone is too dull; but mixture makes
n fine shade, which you can vary by chang
ing the proportions according to taste, and
give the appearance of mahogany black wal
nut, and even rosewood. Do not stain with
watery decoctions of logxood, Brazil wood,
etc, as every nail, or even trace of iron, will
cause very unsightly black spots besides
you cannot so well control the shades of color
as you can with oil After the oil is well dried,
coat with amber varnish. If you wish jet
black. however. stain with strong watery
solution of extract of logwood. Apply it
with brush, and, after it is dry, wash with
diluted solution of bichromate of potash, and
rub with rag to remove the grayish film that
will appear on the surface if not jet black,
repeat the operation. When the black is sat
isfsctory, put on gold bands with yellow
bronze powder mixed with little varnish ;
mix little at time as it soon becomes very
hard. When dry coat the whole with good
varnish to give it gloss and the black with
gold bands will be very handsome and dis
unglH.
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How THE FRENCH WORKMAN LIVES. The
French laborer probably gets more for his
wages than any other. His food is cheaper
and more nourishing. His bouillon is the
liquid essence of beef at penny per bowl.
His bread at the restaurant is thrown in with
out any charge and is the best bread in the
world. His hot coffee and milk is peddled
about the street in the morning at sou per
cup. 1t is coffee, not Stops. His half bottle
of claret is thrown in at a meal costing twelve
cents. For few cents he NAV enjoy an eve
ning's entertainment at one of the many minor
theatres, with his coffee free. Sixpence pays
for n nicely cushioned seat at the theatre.
No gallery gods, no peanuts, pipe, smoke,
drunkenness yelling or bowling The Jardin
des Plantes. the vast galleries and museums
of the Louvre, Hotel Cluny, palace of the
Luxembourg and Versailles are free for him
to enter. Art and science hold out to him
their choicest treasures at small cost, or no
cost at all. French economy and frugality do
not mean that constant retrenchment and self
denial which would deprive life of everything
which makes it worth living for. Economy
in France, more than in any other country,
means utilization of what America throws
away, but it does not mean pinching process
of reducing life to barren existence Of work
and bread and water.-St. LOuis Republican,
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Farm and Fireside.


Hail, hail, Thanksgiving Day
Welcome TO saints and sinners
Welcome to all, both great and small,
Thou day Of royal dinners
See how they come from far and near,
troop Of "cafpet-baFgers,
To grace the board with one accord,
And Appetites like daggers.
who cares for Turkish war abroad7
who cares for serf or OEar7
our Turkey lies before our eyes;
Come and attaok-hurrahl
With knife and fork we win the day,
truce 10 care and sorrow
Eat while we may, Thanksgiving Day
Will fade before tomorrow.
We're thankful for host Of things
Too numerous to mention:
For sweeth carts true and hearts 10 WOO,
And all things worth attention.
For all and everything that gives
our lives so muck Of pleasure
We offer thanks. Long may we taste
Thine OVERLOOKING measured
Then hail, bail, Thanksgiving Day!
Thou day Of royal dinnersl
Nor will we care IL the grim nightmare
Should fright the soul within us
when day is done. Let Turkeys ghost,
With the nuts aud puddings and wine,
In the dead Of night begin their hght,
still-yictory is thine!
Harper'a Magazine
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-11-30

TAKE CARE OF THE Tools The tools en-
ployed upon the farm are costly, and should
receive the same care which is bestowed up
on other valuable property. There is mani
Tested by many farmers a kind of chronic
neglect IN respect to the care of the imple-
ments Of husbandry. Complicated machines
like those used for moving, raking, thresh-
ing, ETC., with their iron wheels, levers and
cams, are allowed TO rust and decay, so that
in couple of seasons they are worthless.
This neglect is ineXcusabe, objectionable.
Some farmers become torpid frozen up in
the winter, AMI appear 10 have no active
blood in their veins. They would not take
up rake or a neglected hoe in winter and
put it under cover. We have seen ladders,
forks, harrows, shovels, ETC., peeping out
from under the snow, in winter in time of
tLaw, and have asked why they were not
cared for. Sometimes the reply has been
I'VE viii attend 10 it tomorrow, but that to-
morrow never came. There must be a So
eiety organized for protecting farmer tools,
and the Ofiieer must have full power TO seize
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-11-30

To one class of writers nothing seems plain
er than that the idle mechanics, artisans, and
professional men of our cities should instant
ly go West and proceed to raise grain or grow
stock Neither capital knowledge, experience
nor taste for the life seem to be considered.
If the idle men here were in some way set
down there, wheat and corn, beef and pork,
would quite as a matter of course result from
the change. and the great question would be
solved. Men who couldn't cultivate garden
patch successfully, and have no training nor
fitness for farm work are urged to go West, "
AS though crops were a thing to be struck, p"
like OIL The folly of such advice is more APP
parent than that given to the ambitious old
curmudgeon by his son,-to come West, be-
cause some almighty mean men get office out
here :" 1t is even worse than the mistake Of
the shiftless workmen, the hedgling lawyers,
and the played-out traders of the East, who
focked West n few years ago under the false
impression that the people already there
hadn't their eye-teeth cut :"
Any man fitted either by nature or expert
ence for outdoor work with sound health and
plenty of grit, can undoubtedly find better
chances of success in some portions of the
West than he can at the East. But he can
win there, as here, only by paying the price of
success. If he can live in n board shanty or
Il log-hut-live on plain fare and work hard,
as his neighbors do,-in short, adapt himself
to the healthful hardships and needful thrift
mess of a new country,-he may be indepen-
dent and give to his children the boon of n fair
start which they might never have here But he
must readjust his views of the relative value
of things. The so-called necessities of our
older communities are Injuries, in the new,
and our Injuries are there largely unknown.
Natures fnvors are pretty evenly distributed
after all, says the Tribune. or, in the cpl
grammatic language of the Concord philoso-
pher, IF we have one good thing, we pay for
it by the loss of some other good thing
The law of compensation holds especially
true in respect to localities, and he who seeks
a country not hampered by drawbacks will
fail to find it-this side the better world
just as he ought to fail who seeks for success
in any calling without being willing to pay its
fair equivalent. t. Golden Rue.
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1 CASE or CONSCMPTION.
EAST sroSEHAM, oxford County, Me-,
May II, 1873.

Messrs. SETH W. FowLE a Sous;
Gcntlemen,-I feel it my duty to write few words
in favor of DR. wrsrAR's BALsAM OF WILD CHERRY.
In the early part Of last winter took cold,
and shortly afterward distressing cough added
to 1t. Ny friends did everything they could for me-
but without avail The beet physicians that could be
procured did not relieve me- aud my cough continued
with me all through the winter with increasing
ity. l spit blood three Or four times day, and my
friends considering my case hopeless, gave up
confirmed Coasgmi 'irs. was in this condition when
| heard cf On. wIsTAR's DALsAM OF WILD CHERRY.
began its use, and before had taken half bottle
Of my cough aud all my other troubles left me- and
/ cured. ] feel truly indebted to this great
remedy for what it has done f1r me that send you
this voluntary testimony, hoping may be the means
Of inducing others who are suffering as l was, to
make Of IL. 1t is the best remedy for lung COM
plants that ever heard Of, and l am constantly re-
commenting it to my friends.
Yours with respect,
MAs. MELISSA NJ. BALL.
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Moving Machines.

ATESsRS. NEwHALL & sTEBBINs having issued
4Nl their circular in which they propose to guaran-
tee all parties using tht If moving machines from
damages for infringement of John Cores patent the
subscribers would say them aud the public that il
Newhall Stehpins will furnish any good evidence Of
their pecunRry responsibility that would be respect
able guaranty that damages could be collected Of them
the issue Of suit they shall be Gratifed with such
q chance. JOHN GORE,
5. NJ. WAITE.
Brattleboro June u, 1871. -
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-11-30

THE EYE, EAR, and THROAT
Successfully Treated with
SANFORD'S RADICAL CURE.

CuCCEss r. the test OF merit md success In tho treat
- ment Of Catarrhal Affections, after so many misera
bic failures, means undOubtcd specific curative proper.
ties in the remedy used. Docs SANFoRD's RADICAL
CURE for Catarrh possess such prOpertics2 The evil
dence In the shape u unsolc testimonials from the
most respectable people In all stations OF liC must be
conclusive this point Never believe, In the his
tory Unpopular Incidence has such valuable testimony
been offered, freely offered In favor OF any remedy than
that in the possession Of the propretors of sAsFoRDs
RADICAL cure. Aud valuable ms tits II does not repre-
sent III ousandth Of the recommendations which
are today offered by friends friends In its favor. Peo
pie OF wealth and refinement In all parts Of the country
daily admit It's superiority over any method of cure
known to the regular medical profession, but shun the
publicity Incidental to published statement. Hence
the testimonials IN our possession represent but asma
part of those withheld for the reason mentioned The
following unsolicited testimonial from HENRY WELLS,
ESQ, OF Wells Fargo Co.'S Express, Is an outspoken
Endorsement OF which VIC are Justly proud
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Hardware!

We have very full and complete
stock of Hardware, in all its branch
es, comprising Heavy and Shelf
Hardware, Nails, Iron and Steel,
Saws, Axes, ChiSelS, Planes, Table
and Pocket Cutlery, Screws, Bolts,
Springs, AXles and Carriage Wood
Work, Wheels, Hubs, Rims, SpOkeS,
Shafts, &c. Also Horse and OK
Shoes, Horse Nails, Files & RaSpS,
Betting, ShOvels, Spades, Picks a.
Hoes, ---aIl of which we offer at low
est possible prices for good goods.
c, +, THOMPSON & CO.
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MooDH a "o"Es
General Insurance Agency
Manhood How Lost, How Restored.

- Just published, new edition Of DR., Culver
E wells celebrated essay on the radical cure with
= out mediclnel of SpermatorrhRa Seminal
Weakness, Involuntary Seminal losses, Impotency,
Mental aud Physical Incapacity, Impedments to Mar
rage, etc; also Consumption Epilepsy aud Fits in
duced by sefindulgeuce or sexual extravaganza, &C.
- Price, in scaled envelope, only six cents.
Tho celebrated author, in this admirable essay,
clearly demonstrates, from thirty years successful
practice that the alarming consequences Of sefabuse
may be radically cured without the dangerous use Of
internal medicine or the application of the knife;
pointing out mode of cure gt 'nple, certain
aud ehectua!, by means of which every sufferer no
matter what his condition may be, may himself
cheaply, privately aud radically.
GTThis lecture should he in the hands Of every
youth and every man in the land.
Sent under seal in plain envelope, to any address,
postpaid, receipt Of six cents post stamps
Address, THE CULVERWELL MEDICAL Co,
Al Ann ST., New York Post Office Boy 1850.
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Business Notirrs.


If you doubt the wonderful success of
SH1LoH's CONSUMPTION CURE, give it a trial
then if you are not perfectly satisfied, return
the bottle and we will refund the price paid.
1t has established the fact that Consumption
can be cured, while for Coughs, Hoarseness.
Asthma. Whooping Cough and all Lung or
Throat troubles, there is nothing like it for n
quick and positive cure, and it seldom fails.
10 cents, 80 cents. and S1.00 per bottle If
your Lungs are sore, or Chest or Back lame,
use SHILoH's PoRoUs PLASTER. Price - cents
Sold by H. C. Willard a Co.
DIR. SHILOHS SYSTEM NITALIZER is
no doubt the most successful cure for Dys-
pepsia and Liver Complaint We have ever
known, otherwise we could not guarantee it.
In cases of Consumption, where General De-
bility, Loss of Appetite and Constipation ex-
list, it will restore and regulate the system
while SHILoH's CURE allays the inflammation
and heals the lungs. Price ~ cents. Sold
by H. c. Willard a Co.
HACKMETACK, rich and fragrant per
fume. Sold by H. c. Willard & Co. Brattle-
boro Vt, elsewhere by dealers generally.
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t:ii$ BAY STATE HOTSE, BOSTON,

TINHE undersigned has taken an interest in the
i above named house upon such favorable terms
that he accommodate travellers at such reasonable
rates as cannot fail to give satisfaction The hotel is
situated on Hanover street, within ten minutes Of
Northern and Eastern depots has all the modern con-
veniences Of first-cass hotel and excellent table
Perfect satisfaction in every respect guaranteed.
Terms 81 to - per day. Horse pass the house
every few minutes for all parts Of the city.
2. A. ROBERTS,
Al Formerly Of Marlboro Hotel, Boston
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INVALUABLE.

Mcssrs. WEEKS PorTEn. Wholesale Druggists, Bos.
duty that owe 70 suffering humanity TO write you,
stating the great benefit that have derived from the
use Of SAEToED's RADICAL CURE FOR CATARRu. For
moro than 20 years have been afflicted with this very
troublesome complaint have tried all the remedies
that could find, but without material permanent
benefit Last fall the disease had arrived at that state
that must have r. LIEF or die. Thc entire membranJus
system had hcccmc 50 innAmrd, and the stomach 50
disordercd, that It was doubtful matter whether !
could 20 to the Pacific coast, or II did 70 whether
should liye . c9me back or not saw an advertise
uOus about specifics or nostruWs Of kind. yet In
sheer desperation tried this and at once benefited
by II. The changes Of climate chronic disease ofthe
liver, and my uEc--OvCr 1l-may prevent my entire
restoration. but The benefit derive from !ts daily
Is to me Invaluable. and an hoping to be completely
cured, and ut last arrive at respectable old age.
this statement Of my can be Of any service TO
those afflicted as have been, and enable You to bring
this remedy into more general use. especially on the
Pacific coast twhCtc 10 is much needed, my object in
Very triv yours. HENRY WELLS
Ay-oRA, y. \. june, 1916 OF Wells, Fargo CO.
Each pack age contains Dr. Sanfords Improved Inhal
INK Tube. and full directions for in all cases. Price
Si0O. For sale by AL Wholesale and Retail Druggists
and Dealers hrong out the United States and Candas
WEEKS d PuT1i r. General Agents and Wholesale
Druggists, Boston, '.t>s,
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and put away all neglected implements, no
matter upon whose premises they are found.
Journal IF Chemistry
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LEWIS a KELLEY'S
Real Estate Loan Office,
3O2 RieOlet Avenue, MINNEAPOLIS, MINI
NJ. W. LEWIS, Minneapolis.
A. +. KELLEY, formerly Of Putney, VI.

Special attention given to the placing of funds
Real Estate in city aud vicinity that it will net
the lender ten per cent interest, payable semi
annually. Mortgage deeds taken to secure notes
for principal with coupon notes attached given foi
the nstallments of int crest
All loans made by US, as well as the ntereA, on
them, will be collected free Of charge If wished also
titles examined, taxes paid, property sold debts col
leeted and prompt returns made.
Send for circular showing our method of doing
business.
REFERENCES Northwestern State, Merchants aud
National Exchange Nat Banks, Minneapolis MINI. |;
Merchants National Bunk St. Paul, Mimi; First Ma
tiOual Bank, New Albany, Ind; Vermont National
Bank, BratteborO, VT; Barber Trumbauer. bank
ers, Polo, Ill Parks Woolson, Springfield, VT. e.
S. sleeper Co., NJ A. Lewis a Co., Boston, Mass.
II. Z. Baker T. L. Shaw, Rev. A. Foster .Putney, Vt.
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Railroads.
VERMONT VALLEY RAILROAD.

>=0 nN and after Oct %, 1877
VsEs5ds5sTss7 A-l-IlO trains on this road will
Gssssssszs leave BRATTLEBOROf for all
-a-points North At l0:55 a. M,
as p. m, and 10 40 p. m.
The 1910 p IN. traiu il express for Montreal with
sleeping car attached.
The 1885 a. m. train il mail train for Montpelier
st. Albans, Rutland, Burlington, Montreal the Pas
aumpsic road aud the White Mountains.
The C;A5 y. m. train is mail train for Rutland aud
White River Junction.
Trains leave BELLOWS FALLS for the South COM
Meeting with the Connecticut River line at BrattlebO-
rO follows; Montreal express train at 40 q. m. ;
mail and accommodation, go a. M. mail and accom-
mediation, 1875 ,. m. The $40 a. m train arrives in
New York at 1900 IN. the 7:l0 m. train at 4:l5
All these trai make close connection With Boston
Albany H. r. both east aud west Of Springfield.
% s. NJ WAITE, Vice President.
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ALBION y. Y, Nov. %, 1876.
We have by actual count over forty different pre-
partitions for cough, including all standard medicines
old and new, called for in this section. We have sold
Hatch's Universal Cough Syrup for FIVE years. With
newspaper advertising, this remedy has had sale
larger than any other. II sells steadily, and mAu-
tains ITSELF and our customers speak uniformly in its
favor, as a safe and efficient medicine Of its kind.
CARPENTER x DARRELL.
If you will take the trouble to call on WILLARD
Co., and get free sample you will at what
makes this remedy popular. few doses fire.
quently give relief to the most severe cases. 4t2O
Lame and sick horses, pronounced incurable, cured
free of cost. Giles Linimtnt Iodide Ammonia.
Spavins, Splints, Rngbones, Bunches, Thorough
pins, Spring Knees cured without blemish.
Strains, Shoulder Lameness, Nayicuar Disease,
Shoe Boils guaranteed. Send for pamphlet con-
tanning full information to
DR.. WIN. NJ. GILES, 451 9th Avenue, New York.
Us only for Horses the Imminent in yellow wrappers.
HENRY c. WILLARD CO., Agents.
good domestic Sulphur Bath can lie instantly pre-
pared by taking a cake of GLESSs SULPHUR SOAP
into the bath tub. Such eIpedient will, to a
slang phrase, "knock the spots of any victim Of
cutaneous blemishes. Sold by all druggists. HILL s