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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-05-07

Judge Henry Closson of Springfield, VT,
died in that (his native) town on Saturday
evening, aged 81 years He was the young
est son of family of nine children. He stud
led law in the office of Judge Asa Keyes, then
of Putney. VT He was admitted to the bar
at the March term, 1924 at the Windham
county court at Newfane. He first practiced
as a lawyer in the West, then at Lodi, n. Y,
for two years. He then removed to Whiting
ham, Vt, and remained five years. June l,
1880, he married Miss Emily Whitney of
Marlboro Vt. In 1888 he returned to Spring
field and there remained through life in the
practice of his profession. He was town clerk
from 1886 to 1874, States attorney for the
county in lsiO-l-2 and member of the legis-
lature ls31-4O. In July, 1856 at the death
of Judge Dutton, he was appointed by Gov,
Fletcher probate judge for the district OF
Windsor and held that office till 1868. He
was member of the constitutional conven-
ton of 1870 and delegate to different con-
ventions of his party at various times. In
politics he was stanch Republican, in reli-
gious preference a Congregationalist.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-05-07
The VernnI Madness.
CHARLES DUDLEY wARNEE's VIEWS on spRIs
HOUSE CLEANING.

HOUSE CLEANING.
1t is said that the flights of birds at fixed
seasons are not due to heat or cold or hunger,
or to any real consciousness of the uniitness
of their surroundings, but to all uncontrolla-
ble instinct that seizes them at the moment
and thus must be obeyed. 1t is likely that
the same instinct makes hOusekctpers a little
tlighty at the same season Of the year. This
explanation, removing responsibility out Of
the question, develops the sense Of pity in
men and prevents, or tends to prevent the
spread of perpetual discord as tue result Of
the freak of few unhappy days. Hence the
eccentricity is pardoned.
And from an economic point of view, not
that selfish economy that considers only one 5
own welfare, but the great welfare Of the
race that demands constant consumption Of
material al-from such point Of view the
house cleaning craze is well. 1t makes bust
ness There never was house cleaned yet
but its mistress, after the fun was over, was
caught rejoicing that only so few things had
been broken or lost Articles Of ornament,
pictures, clocks. etc, are smashed always
and carpets are demoralized by the wholesale.
1t is thought that the carpet trade is the in
spiration OF the whole movement Carpets
are torn up and men are hired to beat them
to pieces in the name Of economy. 1t stands
to reason that they cannot stand 1t and so
new carpets have to be bought That is re-
ally all there is to it. The carpet industry is
thus rendered vast and highly profitable
while woman, with an Inconsistency all her
own, not only beats the carpets to pieces and
buys new ones, but steadily complains that
carpets are not made ~ they should be and
are "A fraud and IA delusion. 1t is sheet iron
she is looking for, but she does not know it.
House cleaning, in point of fact, vets the
floor and the woodwork ruins carpets, breaks
the glass. smashes the ornaments, spOils or
loses the books, gives all the children colds,
and only satisfies the surposititous and hypo-
thetical pig that is supposed to desire en-
tertaiument suited to his condition and cir
cumstances. In the matter of health it is no
torious that stirring up dust and setting il
ahoat again about the house is injurious and
there are plenty of other arguments to offer,
but they are of no use II is idle. The thing
to do is to endure aud endorse. II you see a
weak spot in the carpet, take hold with your
assistant and push the stick in and tear q hole
clean through If you see clock on the
mantel, knock it on to the floor. If you see
paper Of tacks on the table, go SOW them in
the hall. Be unanimous and in "A week the
house will be back in the same dusty, com
Portable aud easy state. The craze is as briei
as it is futile. Nothing else is so futile, ex.
cept opposition to it.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-05-07
MldnIgh, sunshine on Northern Fields.

A Norwegian scientist, Professor Schubeler,
has recently reported the results of his inves-
legations to determine the effects of the mid
night sun during the scandinavian summers
on the wheat and other grain crops The
sight Of the sun shining near the Arctic Cir
Gle through the twenty-fOur hours COnsecu-
lively for weeks together has attracted many
to the Northern Cape, but few haverehected
on the phenomenon except as a physical Gu
riosity In the Northern parts of Norway its
uninterrupted radiation is felt for two months
(from June % to August 23), and the power
full influence of the almost unbroken sunlight
on grains aud fruits as revealed by Professor
Schubeler's researches and experiments is
astonishing. His experiments were made
with samples of Ohio aud Bessarabia wheat,
both of which every year acquired richer
and darker hue, until hually they assumed
the yelow-brown tint Of the hardy home
grown Norwegian wheats. Similar color
changes occurred in Indian corn and different
kinds of vegetables transplantod d from foreign
countries under the Norwegian skies. In no
case did the experimenter find any imported
plant capable of being grown in Norway lose
in intensity Of color after continued cultiva-
ton there, while with many garden plants of
Central Europe after aCclimatIzHtion they
seem to increase in size and weight. The
conclusion he draws is that wheat, corn and
other seeds imported from warmer cline
when cultivated under the uninternitted sun
light of Norwegian summer, become hardi-
er as well as larger and better able to resist
excessive cold.
These are not, however, the only acquisi-
tions that plants make by exposure to a night
and day san The aroma and flavor of wild
and cultivated fruits capable of ripening in
northern lands, are much greater than when
grown under more southern skies. This is
particularly observed in the small fruits which
are so grateful in the early part of the warm
season, requiring in our latitude but short
period of heat to mature them. DIR. 'Schii-
beler maintains, as the result of his patient
aud careful experiments, that day and night
light unintermitted engenders aroma, as high
temperature engenders sweetness and, while
the high flavor is obtained at the expense of
sweetness, the latter quality is of minor i'm
DOrtauce.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-05-07

circus never lasts too long for the spects-
tors, but let parson preach more than forty
minutes, and his congregation can't sit still.
Miss Biddy AIcGinnis, reading the last Of
the Herald famine subscription reports
"Faix its hoping am some of me own folks
is amongst thin disthrest!
One reason, says the Detroit Free Press,
why Leadville has no schools is because all
the schoolma'ams who go there find husbands
between the depot and the hotels.
Father (who is always trying TO teach his
son how to act while at tho table le)-"Well,
John, you see that when have finished eat
ing l always leave the table" John-"Yes,
sir, and that is about all you do leave"
A doctor attending punster, who was
very i'll, apologized for being late one day by
saying that he had to stop and see man who
had fallen down well. did he kick the
bucket, doctor?' groaned the punster
A minister in one of his visits met boy
and asked him what o'clock il was. about
twelve, sir, was the reply, "Well, remark
ed the minister, Il thought it was more"
Its never any more here" said the boy
lit just begins at one again"
Lawyer O. (entering the Office of his
friend DR.. NJ, and speaking in a
hoarse whisper; Fred, I've got such cold
this morning that can't speak the truth"
DIR. Al; "Well, I'm glad that it's moth
ing that will interfere with your business"
Prof. Geiger sat in an easy chair on the
deck, looking very pale. The compassionate
captain asked how he felt. 'AIiserabls = I'm
sick, captain-Pm sick. have paid tribute
to Neptune till l have lost everything. ;"
But" said the captain, II see you still haro
your boots left" Yes" said the professor,
family, '"but they were on the outside"
A famous ibber told an extraordinary
story, which, strange enough, CHANGED to be,
true. 1T is SO extraordinary" said listen
or, that if did not know it to be true L
should believe it false" "Ah!" said the mar
rator, 'if it had been false should have told
it in much more truthful manner than
did"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-05-07
The Pith OEIAe whole Matter.


We can write down the names OF hfty
staunch Republicans iu the town Of Ellicott,
who declare openly that they will not vote
for General Grant if be is placed in nomina-
ton at Chicago. Among the entire number.
there is not probably one of them who would
not vote for Blaine, Sherman, Washburne,
Edmunds or Garfield. These people are in
telligent persons, who do their own thinking.
have no axes to grind, and expect nothing
personally out of politics. Now, the question
is, shall we ignore this condition of things
and say we believe we can squeeze through"
with Grant? We submit, that it is better be-
fore the convention meets, and before it is
too late, to say frankly what we believe; and
then if Mr.. Conkling and Mr.. Cameron and
Mr.. Logan see fit to put the party screws to
the convention, they cannot say that they
had not fair warning of what might happen
afterwards.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-05-07

MANUFACTURE OF CLoTHING.-It is estima-
ted that 80, 600 men and women are employ
ed in Philadelphia in the manufacture of
clothing, and 20, 900, 900 suits are made there
every year. Cutting machines are gradually
finding their way into all of the large manu-
featuring establishments of the city. The
machines have a capability of cutting nearly
eighteen hundred garments in day of twelve
hours, or about equal to the combined results
of the labor of eight men. Buttonholes also
can be worked by machinery at the rate of
one hundred and eighty per hour, while by
hand it would take the same period to COM
plete three holes. BY the cutting machines
folds of cloth forty ply thickness can be east
ly cut through An instance of the value of
machinery in expediting manufacture is af-
forded in the fact that the establishment
where cutting and buttonhole machines are
used turns out one hundred suits ready for
wear inside of twelve hours.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-05-07

The POPULAR PUZZLE. Mr.. Richard A.
Proctor has been giving the English public
some account of the puzzle of Fifteen, which,
he says, is exercising the minds and apparent
ly also trying the temper and taxing the NOR
al energies of the American people Over
the solution Of this puzzle, he adds, hundreds
of thousands of Americans have lost their
characteristic GOODNESS, and some of those
hundreds of thousands have departed, in
some degree, from the strict path of truth.
At any rate, have seen not few announce
ments in the journals that this difficulty has
been solved, whereas it is mathematically de-
monstrable that it cannot be solved. When
anyone says he has seen the thing done, he
does not necessarily tell an untruth, for the
hand is quicker than the eye, and he may
readily have been deceived but when a man
says be has done this thing, he most ungues-
tionably says the thing which is not - There
is, however, a certain amount of interest in
discussing the mathematical relations involv-
ed in this puzzle, and would commend that
problem-always within reasonable limitA-
tions as to time-to the attention of readers
who may possess mathematical tastes. 1t is,
perhaps, hardly necessary to say that the
problem is one depending on the properties
of Numbers.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-05-07
Miscellany.


Deep in the lonely forest,
High on the mountain side,
Long is the dreary winter,
Short is the summer-tidc;
Just in the breath between them,
Pregnant with sun and showers,
Starts from the earth primeval
Fairest of northern flowers.
All through the sunny summer
Lavish with wealth of bloom,
she, too, hath shared life's fullness
Hid in her forest gloom;
Nurtured with dews and sunlight,
Richly her buds are fed,
Fresh while the summer fadeth,
Fresh when its flowers are dead.
Then when the rude winds seek her,
Threaten her buds to blast,
Fiercely assailed by winter,
Fearless she holds them fast;
Fast till the spring draws nearer,
Fast till the days grow fair,
Fast till the April showers
Quicken the chilly air.
Woke by the murmuring breezes,
Kissed by the shining sun,
Up in burst Of transport
Starteth the prisoued one.
Blushing in fairy clusters,
Pressing mossy bed,
Leaves of autumnal russet
over her soft couch shed.
Close to the damp earth cliugng,
Tender aud pink aud shy;
Lifting her waIen blossoms
Up to the chaugeful sky;
Welcome! our springtide darling
Fresh in thy virgin hue,
Long az the oaks stand round thee,
Yearly thy charms renew
-Eidne Gooiaie.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-05-07
The Windmill.

Behold, a giant am
Alaft here In my tower
With my grauite jaws | dev0ur
The maize, the wheat, aud the rye,
And grind them into tiour.
look down over the farms;
In the fields Of grain / see
The harvest that is to be,
And ! fling aleft my arms,
For know il is all for me.
hear the sound OF ilails
Far on from the thrashing- floors
In barns with their open doors,
And the wind, the wind IN my sails
Louder and louder roars.
stand here in my place,
With my foot ON the rock below,
And whichever way il may blow,
l meet it face to face,
As a brave man meets his foe.
And while we wrestle and strive,
Ny master the miller stands
And feeds me with his hands,
For he knows who makes him thrive,
Who makes him lord Of lands.
on Sundays take my rest;
Church-going bells begin
Their low, melodiOus din;
Icross my arms on my breast,
And all is peace within.
Henry W. LOalfeiiow in Youths Conpdn
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-05-07

A CONGRESSIONAL PoET. Members of Con-
gress rubbed their eyes in blank amazement
on Thursday morning of last week when they
found that the days issue of that charming
publication, the Congressional Record open
ed with an epic poem entitled The Immor-
tails" and extending through fifteen solid
pages. BY rare stroke of humor the poem
was dedicated To the Congress of the United
States "a body partaking about as little of
the essence of Immortality as any that could
have been chosen. The author of this pro-
digious effusion is Mr.. Stephen W. Downey,
delegate from Wyoming. This brilliant gen
tleman had introduced a resolution appropri-
ating half a million dollars for decorating the
walls of the Capitol with paintings ilust'at-
ing the Gospel narratives-Gnd containing
the Apostles Greed as q preamble. He had
asked leave to print his argument in support
of the proposition, and consent was readily
given. This alleged poem was the "argu-
ment " and in a certain sense it may be said
to be a convincing one, for the average Con-
gresham would consent to vote for almost
anything rather than have it read TO him.
An attempt in the House TO have the poem
stricken from the Record was instantly drop
ped when Mr. Conger, with sardonic humor,
threatened to have the poem sent to the
clerks desk and read, if the motion was press
ed This horrible menace was more than the
maker of the motion dared to encounter The
poem itself is scarcely less extraordinary than
the manner of its publication. 1t is of the
epic order, written for the most part in blank
verse, with a slice of hymn injected here and
there, and an occasional imitation of the
Greek chorus. Pagan deities and heroes and
Christian saints and martyrs are whirled TO-
gether in wild and ineXtricable confusion,
The epic form is dropped occasionally for a
variety of rhymed measures, and once, when
the Muse declined to be spurred any further,
the poet dropped into prose. The success of
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-05-07

The first pound of coffee raised in the Unit
ed States has been grown by Mrs. AtzeToth
on her plantation on Indiana river, Florida.
The plants were furnished by.the agricultural
department at Washington, and Commission
er lie Due has now succeeded in demonstrA-
ting that both tea and coffee can be grown in
the United States. Whether anything more
will ever come of it than the simple demon
stratiOn Of the fact, remains 10 be seen.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-05-07
NO. 10.

Mr.. Downey's device for achieving poetic re-
nown at government expense suggests the
frightful possibility that there may be other
poets in Congress awaiting like opportuni-
ty to break forth in epic verse Perhaps af-
ter this impressive warning Congress will see
the necessity Of shutting down on the sense
less custom of allowing the printing of unde-
livered speeches
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-05-07

A NICE DISTINCTION. -Housekeeper to
milkman; my friend, you put water inyour
milk" "Oh, no. don't nam" "But am
sure you do" "Oh, no, nam" 'Now will
you say solemnly that you do not put water
in your milk ?" "Well, nam, well, l must
say that sometimes put some water in the
can, and put the milk in that but l never
put the water in the milk"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-05-07

WEI DE MEYERS CATARRH
Curo, n Constitutional Antidote for
this torrible malady, by Absorption.
The most Important Discovery since
Vaccination. Other remedies may
relieve Catarrh, this cures at any
stage bofOro Consumption sets in.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-05-07

PITCHERS SCASTORIAiS iSnOt
Narcotic. Children grow fat
upon, Mothers like, and PhySi-
clans recommend CNSTORIA.
1t regulates the Bowels, cure
Wind Collie, allnNS FeVcriShncSS,
and destroys Worms.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-05-07
HOUGHTON & KUECH.
Farmers,--Attention !

pUTTER, Poultry Eggs, Maple Sugar, Dried APP
ID pies 6o., sold on commission.
HARRISON ALDRICH,
ll2 So. Market ST., Boston, Mass
REFRRRScEs-O. L. Sherman, Wiamsyille, Vt. /;
Nathan Robbins, Prest Faneuil Hall Bank, Boston.
Mass. 1925
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-03
DECATUR LOCALS.
.Wn CORRESPONDENT.

From Our Own Correspondent.
A lively cotillion was begun in Decatur last
week Thursday, and is now being danced to the
music Of Justice Noyes' fiddle. A. A. Jacques,
Of East Decatur, was found in company with
the wife of one Ambrose Sherburne, in the
house of the latter, and their tete -a-tete was
broken in upon by the husband, who got awful
mad about 1t, and told Jacques he ought to be
ashamed OF himself. jacques CLAIMS he was
doing nothing wrong, or II he was that he was
invited there by the woman Sherburne, who
tempted him. However, we must await the de-
velopments OF the trial to ascertain whether it
been wrought upon once happy home and
fireside.
During the Greenback Congressional conven-
ton at Decatur on Tuesday OF this week Mr..
Merwin, at the Duncombe house, entertained
slxty-fve guests from among the delegates, In
addition to his usual housefull.
Messrs. Ellery and Alvin Hathaway have
bought their fathers stock OF dry goods and
are now conducting the business on their own
account. The old store has taken on new life
since the change.
Orange Hays is the owner Of pure bred
Hamton-ian hoss"-at least he was foaled in
Hamilton-and he can, like Aaron Burnetts
black stallion, travel less than mile in :191[
1t ia time for st. Julian and Maud S. to be sold
to Bonner and put out Of sight.
They do say that Mr.. Gibbs, our respected
citizen, and freight agent of the Michigan Cen
trail, is going to join . circus, and has actually
gone into training as "ground and lofty tum-
bier" at least he was seen to do some ground
tumblipg" OF the liveliest kind the other morn
ing on the walk leading from the Chadwick
block to the depot. The condition OF that walk
is horrid.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. w. Leavens, with their son
George, left Decatur last week for their home
in Bay City. Their annual visit here THE time
has been o very pleasant occurrence, especially
10 their friends here. There are firm ties OF
friendship and sympathy which bind these hon
ored people and their Decatur friends in close
bonds
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-03

The following resolutions were adopted by a
committee appointed for that purpose by the
teachers attending the Institute held here last
week:
Resolved, That we, as teachers OF Van Buren,
county, hereby but feebly express the deep
sense Of gratitude we feel to Superintendent
Cover and the State authorities for appointing
this Institute and for providing us with corps
of instructors so fully compromising our needs
and so thoroughly competent to meet the full
responsibilities OF the situation;
To Professors L. p. Church, A. L. Strong and
f. II. Peace, for the untiring zeal and devotion
which they have manifested in discharging the
laborious duties thus devolving upon them, and
for the example of uniform kindness and re-
fined courtesy they have set for our imitation;
To Prof. o. Durham for his efficient dis
charge OF the onerous duties OF local COM
mittee
To the citizens of Paw Paw for the interest
they have manifested in us as teachers, and for
the open handed hospitality with which they
have received us TO their hearts and homes
provdinglfor our pleasure and comfort
To the School Board for the use OF their ele-
CANT and commodious school building;
TO the proprietor OF the Opera House for
opening his hall for the evening lectures at a
reduced rate;
And we have resolved to manifest our graft
tude by renewed zeal and earnestness in our Ia
bors and by endeavoring to place before our pu-
pills, in our own examples, noble models of man
hood and womanhood for their imitation.
j. AvERIIL,
c. W. Haywood,
DELLA E. WHITE,
MARY A. RICE,
Committee.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-03
GOBLEVILLE LOCALS.
Committee.

From Our Own Correspondent.
The excursion to South Haven gotten up by
the Free Baptist society OF this place, was a
grand success-over 1000 people availlng them
selves OF this opportunity for cheap ride to
the lake. The train, consisting OF ten coaches,
was crowded TO its utmost capacity, but as all
were bound on a jolly time, there was no grum-
bling over squeezing four in seat. South Ha-
ven people tell us that this was the largest and
best behaved party that has visited that place
for years. We think the committee, and DR..
Failing especially, are to be highly commended
for the manner in which they pushed their
work forward to its final success. We expect
soon to have our ears greeted with the tintn-
nabulation OF the church bell
"And our happy hearts with rapture swell,
Responsive TO the bell, sweet boil.
Mrs. p. L. Prescott, of Warren, H., Is visit
ing friends in this place. She reports them
selves as being very well pleased with their
new home.
W. w. p Clement, of Great Bend, Kansas, Is
also in town. lie says times are dull in that
section. owing 10 the drouth.
John Kennedy and Ida Covey were married
by Elder Darling, August 25th. We wish them
long, happy, prosperous life.
We think the exceedingly smart young men
who indulge in tearing up sidewalks, piling bob
sleighs, drags, ETC., upon store steps, and com
uniting other depredations equally low, ought
to be served as the Jews were in olden time
kicked out.