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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-04
The Lost Well.

In the Sahara desert only few wells
are found they are looked upon with
reverence as the gift of God. 1t is not,
as some suppose, vast flat region, but
lnterspersed with mountains rocks of
vast size are rs common as sand. No
country is so difficult to traverse, for
there are no landmarks the only trace
caravan leaves is the bones of the
horses or camels that die by the way.
Those who travel the desert carry water
and food enough to last them from well
to well aud, if they lose the route, they
all usually perish.
An old legend tells us that certain
tribe had found well among the noun
tains, and around it they lived in per-
feet happiness The summer months
they passed on the banks of the Nile. 1t
was SO curiously hidden that it was i'm
possible to find it except in this way :
One of the tribe stayed all summer
there, and on certain day watched for
the return of the others they having
arrived at a certain white, camel-shaped
mountain, made fire, and the watcher
seeing this, built one on his mountain !;
thus were they guided to the oasis.
At one time the tribe returned and
built fire, but no response was elected !;
they waited, they sought for the path,
but all in vain, and they were obliged to
return to Egypt, losing from hunger
and thirst a very large number of the
tribe the secret of the approach to the
well had disappeared; it existed only i'll
tradition.
Nearly 100 years passed, and young
man having escaped from the oppression
of the chief, made his way into the
mountains. He travelled three days in
search of well, wandering among the
valleys finally he was obliged to as
cend mountain of dazzling whiteness.
He remembered the tradition-it was
shaped like camel. Looking there, he
deserted in the far distance what looked
like the green tops of some palm trees.
Toward these he pressed, almost over
come with heat, thirst and WEAKNESS.
1t was beautiful spot F; the palm trees
had grown luxuriantly and tall ; only an
aged man resided here, surrounded with
species of antelope He was the
watcher who had been lett. He had
been unable to build the fire, having
fallen from the rocks. Nor could he
find the way out. Since then stones
have been set up to mark the way
Scholars Companion.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-04
An Effective Quotation.

"The devil, says Shakespeare, "can
cite scripture for his purpose. We
doubt if he ever quoted it as effectually
as parish clerk i'll England once did, of
whom Chambers Journal tells this an
ecdote
He lent man 80 shillings, which was
unpaid for several years. He could
never find the borrower at home. al
though he confronted him every Sunday
in the middle aisle mt church.
One Sunday, the clerk, looking the
debtor full in the face, repeated the
lines, "The wicked borroweth, and pay
eth not again" This admonition had the
desired effect, for the next day the man
called and paid him the money.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-04
A MAIDEN,S TEST.
BY UNCLE Lutte.

One day, with pride, l asked man,
Come my garden see.
lie came ne looked; then turned away,
While these words spoke he:
s'Twere better hulls o. corn to grow
In those flowers place."
A pleased expectancy, 1 know,
Died then on my face.
1 half admired the man before,
But his words cut deep
babe him all his sordid wealth
For another keep.
To-day he courts the kitchen stove
Grand man, wise and good
And smokes and dozes, while his wife
Carries in the wood.
Young maiden, when "A lover comes
Providing round your bowers,
Go hide YOU in the garden then
'Mong your blooming flowers.
Your heart doth wish To self betray,
Laugh "A siren call
But note his face while searching you
Rarest flower of all.
II pompously he strides along,
Mid the beauties there;
III halts he not To fragrance drink
From some blossom fair;
III scorn clouds on his countenance
Plainly lower in view,
That all that "useless rubbish grown
Needs so much Of you;
Skip quickly then behind the hedge,
Speed the garden walks,
And haste you To a safe retreat,
Where no monster stalks.
But if his face. and eyes, and voice,
OF their worth depose,
Then part the fragrant, screening shrubs,
And bid him pluck the rose.
.AMAzoo, Mich.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-04
Salutary Effect of Lightning.

The Bangor Commercial says: A
gentleman who visited one of the ponds
in this vicinity last Sunday returned
during the thunderstorm. He relates
his experience as follows: Before 1
got home l made up my mind that l
should put on Immortality, for, between
a horse that took to stone walls every
time it Numbered and lightning which
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-04
Out of the Shell.

A capital anecdote is told of little
fellow who in turning over the leaves of
scrap-book came across the well-known
picture of some chickens just out of their
shell. "My companion examined the
picture carefully, and then, with a grave,
sagacious look ut me, slowly remarked,
They came out COS they was afraid of
being boiled
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-04
Vegetine.
One Package in Powder Form
Cured Scrofula.
HOW TO REDUCE YOUR DOCTORS BILLS.

% BREMEN ST., East Boston, Mass
Sept. 30, 1879.
Mr.. Fl. r. srEvESs-Dear Sir: My little daugh-
ter Stella has been afflicted long time with Scrof-
ua, suffering everything. i employed different
physicians in East Boston, but they helped her
none. bought some OF your POWDER FoRM VEoE-
TINE and my wife stepped 1t and gave 1t TO the child
according to the directions, and were surprised
in fortnig ht's time to how the child had gained
in flesh and strength. She is now gaining every
day, and can cheerfully recommend your remedy
70 be the best we have ever tried.
Respectfully yours, J. 7. WEBB.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-04

seemed to strike all around me, /
thought there was little left for me in
this world. Consequently left off all
my bad habits, including rum and to-
bacco, but have taken up part of them
since, though l don't think chew quite
as much as / did"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-04

AT the late Boston bar examination
Kanrokuro Nakayoma, a japanese, was
among the candidates, and passed a very
satisfactory examination.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-04

CRooUET will be popular this season,
Notwithstanding that it is played out.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-02

figures the child must have much more prac-
tice in fundamental work II is the excep-
! ton that a child in our school cannot tell
how to perform examples belonging to bis
grade. but the failures consist in the inability
of all to quickly and correctly obtain results.
! without the last two results Of what practical
use can the study Of arithmetic be to the pu-
pil in his business life? Hence all must see
how necessary is greater amount OF practice
The average size Of the arithmetic classes is
% pupils. and the average time for recita-
ton being but half an hour, the teachers
cannot in this time hear each pupil explain
nor test each chid's thoroughness. Every
fifth day number of test questions is given
for the pupils to solve upon paper all these
exercises being corrected out Of school hours
by the teachers. All pupils found lacking in
any principle receive special teaching on
such points which must, Of course, be given
out Of school hours, as the teachers time IL
all fully occupied in the daily work.
II is conceded by all modern teachers that
the one true method for teaching spelling
practically is by writing the lessons. This
involves the correcting Of as many spelling
exercises as there arc pupils present for the
day. The schoo-room is opened every morn
ing at haf-past eight and at noon at one
o'clock at which time one Of the teachers is
always present to give pupils personal assist
ance. During the last term we think we
have done better work than ever before in
the matter Of reading. The pupils have read
from the village papers and such other sup
Elementary matter as could be obtained that
would give them ideas Of the current events
of the day.
The question has occasionally been asked,
"What can four teachers find to busy them
selves about six hours per day in our Gram
mar SCHOOL," From the foregoing statement
it must be evident to every thinking mind
that each of the four teachers must give a
large portion of her time out of school to her
school work. We think we may say that
each teacher gives three hours a day out Of
school to the necessary work which the
school involves, thus making nine hours of
school work instead Of six, as is popularity
supposed
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-02

March 18th, mercury at zero.
March 2sth, snow fell to the depth of :
inches.
Sugar making has been interrupted by
the recent cold wave.
The centennial celebration for Whiting.
ham is deferred till August
Rev. II. b. Fay has closed his labors with
the Methodist society in Nottingham
The Franklin Farmers' Institute" clos
ed its sessions for the season, on Saturday
last, with show (at Greenfeld) of butter
and maple sugar and syrup. Speaking of the
display of the latter, the Gazette says :
Doubtless the lot made by Peter Holbrook
of Jacksonville, VT, engaged the most atten-
ton. The syrup was heavy and hardly more
colored than water. The sugar was the
whitest We ever saw and did not have the
broken appearance that indicates undue stir
ring in the process of cooling. The flavor
too, was good. The secret of his success
lies in the fact that the soil is lime rock,
the sap was caught in tin buckets, boiled in
a copper evaporation aud was not over fifteen
minutes in being reduced to syrup"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-02
MINOR NOTES.

The Kentucky Legislature has tried to put
a stop to the intentional insults which bring
on so many fatal quarrels at the South. by
making it a misdemeanor for any person to
use abusive or insulting language in the pres
ence of another for the purpose of pro-
yoking an assault
Mr.. Erastus Brooks, in a speech before the
Committee of Ways and Means of the House
Of Representatives, a few days since, on the
necessity of taking off the twenty per cent
duty on wood pulp, remarked, in reference
TO the press that he had had II years ex-
perience in journalism in New York city,
and during that time had seen the birth and
death of one hundred and twenty-five daily
papers in that city, and that there are to-day
but three papers in existence there that were
being published in 1897.
The Senate of Rhode Island has rejected
ID TO 20-the proposed amendment to the
constitution giving the suffrage to women on
school questions.
Passenger agents of Northern railroads
who have recently returned from the South,
state that the travel from Southern cities to
Northern pleasure resorts the coming season
will be unprecedented in volume, in eonse-
quence of the highly remunerative cotton
crop OF the past year
The American consul at Chrstiana. Nor
way, announces that the prohibition of the
importation of potatoes into Norway from the
United States has been continued, to remain
in effect until the close of the year 1885. This
action is taken in view of the continued prev
alence Of the potato bug or potato beetle in
the United States. The prohibition is in
force in other European governments also.
A little incident occurred in Hartford. Ct,
the other day which would have made Denis
KeRrney blood boil. \ pretty well grown
up Chinese boy was met by three Irishmen.
one of whom called him very Objectionable
name. The young Chinaman, who is q col
lege athlete, took the fellow by the neck, and,
backing him up against a fence, gave him a
good solid thrashing, in spite of the fact that
it was boy against man.
The United States ship of war Constela-
sion left New York on Saturday for Dublin,
ireland, with 1890 barrels of oatmeal corn
meal flour and potatoes, and 65 packages of
clothing and boots and shoes on board for the
starving poor of that country.
The recent investigations into the affairs of
the bankrupt city of Elizabeth, N. j., with a
valuation of Sl1, $50, 900 and debt of So
400, 900, have resulted in the conviction of
the city controller and assistant treasurer for
conspiracy in buying the bonds of the city
for its sinking fund at so per cent and turn
ing them in at par, dividing the profits be-
tween them. Both men go to state prison.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-02

Work has reopened at the North end and
preparations are being made for the erection
of a three-story brick building, lOOI4O feet,
located on high point of land commanding
grand view Of the valley for miles above
and which will be connected with highways
by new street. The prospect is for busy
season in that section
In the death Of John Wright. which oc-
Cured after a long illness at his house in the
village on Friday morning March 2Gth, the
town loses a valued, respected citizen, life
long resident Of the place, and who by indus
try has made of farming success He leaves
griefstricken family-wife, daughter and
two sons-who have the sympathy of many
friends in their bereavement - GREEN field
Is1ssty.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-02

| ofthese subscribers right TO claim that he has
discharged his obligations as fair-dealing
and honest man, when he has said to his CO.
subscribers II will not pay in my money
with the rest of you as agreed to do, but
am responsible, aud you are welcome to get
it 10y law IL you canv" We think not espe-
cially when the delinquent is lawyer who
knows how TO worry his creditors into sub.
mission. And this seems to be Just Mr.. Da-
venports position
Let us see how this doctrine would work in
other directions. Suppose deliberate SIAN
derer, or thief, or q highwayman, or MUIR
derer, even, should reason in the same way
land all of them undoubtedly do, it would
stand thus: Il will commit, or have COM
mitted this crime, for which do not mean
to be punished if can help it; but If the
parties injured or the officers of Justice can
manage to catch and convict me, then I am
responsible, and will pay the penalty of my
misdeed." Would the payment of the penal
ty in this way, Mt the end of the law, either
repair the damage done to the injured party,
or atone for the crime committed2 Would
it restore the sullied character, replace the
property stolen, or bring to life the murder
ed victim? And would the criminal who
thus submits to the law when he can no long
err resist, be entitled not only to claim the
respect and approval of the community, as a
good, law-abiding citizen, but to make a
boast of his responsibility" and the honora-
BILE observance of 'all his obligations" 20 So
ciety Following the ethics taught and prac-
ticed by Mr. Davenport, these questions must
be answered in the affirmative but can they
be so answered by any other man pretending
to responsibility: The reply may be safely
left to the good sense and conscience of the
reader No man has a right to iniure his
neighbor, either in his good name, his prop
erty or his person. because he may be sub
jected to punishment, and is willing, when
driven to the wall, to submit to the penalty
which the law imposes
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-02
A ShOrG study In Business and Social
Morals.

Mr. Charles N, Davenport, in a published
letter, admits that he failed to pay $3.50 of
OF his subscription for stock of the New Eng
land Furniture Co., 'for reasons satisfactory
to myself (himself), and adds, If any legal
or moral obligation rests upon me to pay it,
collection can easily be enforced" Perhaps
this claim is collectable, as he says, but we
understand it is outlawed, and if this is so,
what chance is there to enforce its collec
ton now against man who refused to pay
before that defence was available? But let
us. look at the spirit of the thing and see if
the ground assumed is tenable on general
principles.
To accomplish an object mutually desired,
divers persons, Mr.. Davenport among them,
put their names to a subscription. paper, each
agreeing to pay certain sum set against his
name, upon conditions therein expressed,
one Of which was that no subscription should
be valid until a certain specified sum should
be bona .fide subscribed-the object being to
make sure of the whole sum required to ac-
complish the end in view The subserip-
tons were therefore mutually dependant one
upon another, each subscriber relying on the
good faith of all the others. Now has any one
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-02
DON'T GIVE Up.

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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-02
The once seeking the Man.

liEom tue bottOu herald
1t sounds strangely to hear the objection
made TO Senator Edmunds as a presidential
candidate that he does not seek tho nomiiia-
ton. We should suppose that that should be
one Of the requisite qualifications Of candi-
date. The august office of President is one
that should neither be sought nor refused.
This Is a truism which every body believes
yet we look upon the spectacle of a man try
ing to get elected President without being in
dignnnt thereat. There are few things more
Illuminating in our history than the efforts of
ambitious men TO become President And
Of those who have labored for this Office have
been statesmen so famous that it would not
lave conferred any additional lustre on
their names. Take men like Daniel Web
ster and Henry Clay, for instance. They
both struggled for years for the presidency,
and yet many of the Presidents are far less
famous than they are. 1t has generally hap
pened that the men most earnestly seeking
the presidency have been disappointed, and
so it may it be in the future. 1t is a good
lesson to teach that this great Office is not
one to be sought.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-02
south Londonderry.

Not much sweetness as yet.
Snow fell 10 the depth of = inches Salur.
day night.
One George Robertson, teamster, has
given up his business here and goes to Glare.
mont, n. II.
The Baptist society are to make extern
siye repairs on their church edi6ce this sum.
mer, at a cost of about $4,000.
B. d. Harris Bro were in town Mon.
day-paying up odds and ends left unpaid by
irresponsible contractors, in many instances,
where they were not legally bound SO to do.
1t will be hard for the calumniators of these
gentlemen to make the impression they de-
sire upon the people along the railroad line,
who have seen the efforts they have constant
ly made to secure every one who had any.
thing to do with the superstructure of the
road
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-02

Word TO THE WIsE.-Any of our Brat
tleboro or other friends who like breakfast.
dinner or lunch, when in Boston. which is
thoroughly reliable, and strictly the very best,
will find themselves satisfied and delighted
with a call at W. A. Ransays snug and cosy
Oyster and English Chop House at 90 State
street. Perhaps We like Mr.. Ramsay the bet
ter from the fact that he is a veteran newspa-
per man and knows, from his own personal
experience, more about the history Of the
profession, 30 years ago, in both New York
and Boston, than We ever thought Of
learning. But this has nothing to do with
the quality of his viands, which we can sober
ly warrant to suit all palates that have taste
for the best. Ia oysters Mr. Ramsay is
known to many Brattleboro people as leading
all other caterers, and in soups, meats, pastry
et eeterd, he is not u whit behind. Saw
'Brattleboro" to him and you are sure OF a
cordial reception.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-02
GuiIford Centre.

E. L. Roberts has bought the Jeremiah
Weatherhead farm OF David Mcclure, the ad.
mnistrator of the estate
Daniel BiIby has bought Russell Rich
mond's farm. Mr.. Il. goes to Leyden.
F. f. Mcclure has bought Mr. Smart q
farm. Mr. S. goes to Putney.
Clark Thomas has returned from Illinois,
where he has been teaching the past few
months.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-02
Wilmington.

Austin Lamb is quite ill with pneumonia.
Geo. Haynes was chosen foreman Of the
engine company at the annual election of off.
GERS las. Saturday.
AT the village school meeting Tuesday
evening Chauncey Smith, A. NJ johnson
and John Patch we're chosen prudential COM
mittee; Herbert Fox, clerk, and John Buell.
treasurer. 1t was voted TO have three terms
of school the coming season; ten weeks in
the summer and twelve weeks each for fall
and winter terms. Nonresident scholars to
be charged - each for fall term
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-02

The New York Herald believes it has dis
covered the chief cause of our recent warm
winter through a comparison of the thermal
range of the Atlantic waters washing our
Gulf and Eastern coasts careful compari
son of the highest temperatures observed in
the water at thirteen stations shows that the
Atlantic during the past winter has been
much warmer of these coasts than during the
same period of last year. The average excess
of thermometric range since January /, 1880,
from Galveston TO Key West and thence
northward as far as Eastport, Me-. is 4. de-
grees, while at the stations along the Gulf
and South Atlantic coasts the similar excess
in the water temperatures over those of last
winter mounts up to 5.s degrees These fig
ures, the Herald believes, clearly prove that
our continental winter climate east of the
Mississippi has been powerfully influenced
by the warm equatorial ocean to the south
and east of the United States, and it looks to
sec the influence continue and give us, very
possibly, an exceptionally warm and moist
summer on this side of the Mississippi Val
ley and as far north as the lakes.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-02

As sort of back handed demonstration
against the Cinnamon, the San Francisco
Board of Health in February condemned the
Chinese quarter of that city as a nuisance.
and gave the inhabitants thereof thirty days
notice to reform their mode of life. The
kearneyites, emboldened by this action, de.
clared that, if the nuisance were not abated
by March PC, they would move upon China
town and drive the pagans into perdition.
Then it was found that almost all the dwell
hngs in Chinatown were owned by Caucasian
landlords most of whom complained that the
indictment of the Board of Health was too
sweeping and too vague. They said that they
were willing to clean their premises when
ever 1t was necessary. The Cinnamon waited
for their Caucasian landlords to begin opera
tions, and when, last Tuesday, the 30 days
of grace expired, the men of the sand lots
made no demonstration against Chinatown,
and the peace of the city was not disturbed.
The Kearneyites swore valiantly, but their
courage is not quite equal to the task of driv-
ing the Chinese out of the city.