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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-01

A refreshing story for the dog days, if it
could be kept fresh until then, is related by
a travelling salesman, Dow by name, who
was in Minnesota during a recent 'cold
snap" Being snow bound in q small village,
the only quarters he could find for the night
were in bleak, hAf-furnished room, minus
a stove, but plus two broken panes in the
window. Mr.. Dow accepted the situation,
and, chilled to the marrow, went TO bed and
fell asleep The next thing he was conscious
MT speak or move muscle, nor even realize
what had happened. Itappears that "bliz-
zard" had set in, the thermometer had fallen
to 40o below zero. and Mr.. Dow had actually
frozen stif before the other occupants of the
house could break into his room and get him
out of it. Fortunately, vigorous course of
treatment restored him TO action, and he is
slowly but steadily recovering.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-01

A Boston minister was asked few days ago
what was the result of the Moody and Sankey
TeVival--whether the churches had been ben
Gifted. 'Not materially" was the response
''There have been a great many baoksliders.
The revival was a mistake. Mr. Moody
should have labored in the churches instead
of in big tabernacle, for in this way he
could do effective work. He sees his mistake
now, and at San Francisco and Oakland,
where he is now working, he is laboring in
the churches, with the cooperation of minis
ters and laymen, and with better results. One
good that grew out Of that revival was that II
had the effect of making more workers in
our churches"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-01
The WAY Thinrs Go.

Affairs do go oddly in this world. The
other day there was a railroad disaster in New
Jersey, whereby several persons were hurt,
but only one, as it turned out, fatally. He
was young man of singularly industrious
habits and of a most unselfsh character. Up
on his labors an aged father and mother and
two sisters wholly depended for their support.
1t was the ambition of this young man to
give TO his mother deed of the house which
the family occupied. To this end he had
foregone marriage, and toiled early and late :;
he personally attended TO the smallest house
keeping details, managing them with the
most painstaking economy. The family it.
self had seen better days, and he was the last
prop left. His manly and self-sacrifciDg
spirit had gradually impressed itself upon the
community in which he lived, so that he was
respectfully and kindly regarded on every
hand. He lad been in one place of service
and trust for eight years, and only life and
time seemed to be needed TO enable him to
finally secure the end toward which all his en-
ergies were bent. Well, out of eight car
loads of passengers he was the only one kill
ed. Sitting in the seat with him at tue time
of the crash was man who has said since
that he thought he was ready to die and that
no one would have suffered by his death, or.
according to his own perhaps excessive mod
esty, missed him. This man was not even
scratched, while his fellow occupant of the
same seat, about whose life so many interests
were linked was SO hurt about the head that
even his remarkable natural strength gave no
hope from the first that he could survive.
Things do 60 strangely in this world.-Neio
York EUening Post.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-01
Miscellany.


The Little Girl at Nye's.
There's little girl at Nyo's,"
30 the neighbors said, with sighs.
"she has lost her way, we fear,
Poor lone birdie, nesting here
In a home 90 dark and dreary,
with a mother pale and weary,
with father who is wasting
His strong life,-to ruin hAsting.
Yes, she's surely gone astray;
God ne'er sent her here" they say.
Abi we've eyes, but cannot see;
Deaf, uncertain ears have we:
God is still mystery.
For "the little girl at Nye's,"
With her sweet and loving eyes,
In her home very beam
or the CHEEKY sun did seem.
TIL the mother half forgot
All the hardships Of her lot,
Aud the father, with a smile,
Thinks Of each bewitching vile,
Toiling all the harder now,
Wiping OF his heated brow.
"Quickly must the work be done;
/ must go at set Of sun,
Pr she grieves, my little one"
Tied at home with cords so slender
Baby lisps and coOiDgs tender
Cords 50 slender, yet 30 strong
lucy viii hetp ulh AttA AIom hNuubs
And his lawless friends Of old
sneered, then coaxed, and then grew cold.
But, alasi one wintry day,
Mournfully the neighbors say:
'Baby's dead"
And they lightly tread, and low
whisper Of the parents woe,
And sweet flowers they softly strew,
Wet with tears as once with dew,
Round her head.
And the mother, day by day,
Folds 80 carefully away
Baby's things,
Thinking, with a happy smile
Through her falling tears the while,
"seraphs cannot stray below;
Heaven wanted thee, and so
God sent wings.
But He'll take good care OF thee
He will keep thee still for me-"
Paler grew the fathers brow,
And the comrades whisper: "Now,
When his heart IL crushed and sore,
He will come to US once more.
Let the foaming, sparkling glasses
Tempt him daily as he passes"
Tempt him yes, but he 10 strong;
Hear hisanswer to th. throng:
"I will give you this to ponder: &.
I've an angel waiting yonder-
Waiting, aye, though time be SLOW,
And years pass before go.
Surely. surely, then his meet
That my lips be pure and sweet
For her greeting
At the meeting.
Think you, comrades, that for this
I'D give up my baby's kiss7
So the "little girl al Nyesr
Was an angel from the skies
Was q bit Of Gods own smile
Shining on them for a while.
For q Whilel II sLineth ever,
Gods own smile is darkened never.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-01
ANOTHER OLD RESIDENT GONE.

When the last census taken, in June, $780,
there eighteen persons in town 80 years OF
age. On March Sd, 1881, Mrs. Betsey Joy Reed, one
Of the number who was fourscore years Of age and
upwards, being IS, finished her course in life and
passed over the river" to the farther side. Her life
replete with deeds Of kindness. She fought the
good hght faithful to the Captain Of SALIVA tion,
and kept the faith unto the end. Realizing, in her
last sickness, that her friends the unseen shore
would not have to watch and wait for her coming but
little longer she selected for the text Of the sermon
to be preached at her funeral; "Many the afic-
tions OF the righteous, but the Lord deyereth him
out Of them ALL She died at the residence Of her
Thomas Reed. Her husband, Simeon Reed, died In
1878, aged ~. HIS father John Reed one Of the
first settlers in Putney. He removed TO that town
from Dighton Mass, settled on West Hill, where there
good, rocky SOIL lived there many years. aud die
in lS40, aged SO. Simeon Reed bought the Reuben
Smead place In this town, aud moved there with his
family in 1852, where he lived when he died. Mrs.
Reed was the daughter OF Capt Amos Joy OF Putney.
She was born in that town August G, l795, aud be-
longed to large family Of children only two Of whom
are now iying-Rey. Amariah Joy Of JOyheld, Mich
and Thomas Joy OF Woodstock. JOyheld, Mich, was
named in honor Of Rev. Mr. Joy. Before her marriage
Mrs Reed taught school. In the cold summer of 1915
she taught in District No. l. Dummsrson Centre, and
has often said in reference to the coldness Of that
season, that at times she obliged to shawl
in the schOoroom and get into the sunshine to make
herself comfortable. d. L. n.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-01
AsH-ToNIC,

a Perfected Purifier of the System.
ToNic.--" Increasing the strength, o5riating The
e7.t'sqf debiAy, and restoring heaithy FUNCTIONS"
WEBSTER.
For Indigestion, and Dyspepsia,
the many forms Of Liver Com
Hlaint, Impure and Impoverished
Blood, and Functional Derange-
ments attendant upon Debility, and
for building up the weak, Ash
Tonic is doubtless the most prompt
and certain remedy yet devised. In
1-2 lb. bottles, 10 cents; Six bottles,
81. Accredited Physicians and
Clergymen, who may desire to test
the Tonic, will be supplied with not
exceeding six bottles, at One-half
the retail price, money to accom-
pany the order. Sold by Druggists,
and by d. b. Dewey & Co, 40 Dey
St, N. Y.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-01

A New York lady, well known for her good
works, whose rule it has been to investigate
before granting the applications for aims at
her door, reports that in seventeen years ex-
perience she has never found a deserving case
among persons thus applying, fictitious ad-
dress having been given in every case. The
Sunday School Times argues that this does
not prove that there are no deserving poor,
but II does show the folly and wickedness of
indisoriminAte giving. The poor are 'always
with us, but so are the idle and the vicious I;
and there is need of the utmost care in Civ
ing, lest, instead of relieving actual want,
Christians propagate pauPerism and crime.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-01
(aStOria 80 Dose.

S36 cents. A Mothers
remedy for sleepless and irritable
thildren. The Recipe Of Old d..
Pitcher, Free from Morphine, and
not Narcotic. Formula published
with each bottle. For Flatulency,
assimilating the food, Sour Stomach,
Feverishness, Worms, and Disor-
dered Bowels, CastOria has the larg-
est sale of any article dispensed by
Druggists.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-01
TIE oARF1ELps AND SOCIETY.

The family and social life of the Executive
Mansion goes on quite apart from the routine
official work, and is measurably secluded from
it by the big mahogany doors which cut Of
the portion OF the upper hall where the offices
are located. There is always q great deal of
curiosity in Washington when a new Presi-
dent comes in, to learn how the lady of the
White House is going TO treat the public.
Naturally, the social public is eager TO be en-
tertained and honored by opportunities to
call and chat and show its fine clothes, and
talk afterward about what is going on in the
Presidential circles as much as possible. Nat
urally, too, the wife of q President, while
wishing TO perform well the duties of her sta
tiOn, is desirous of keeping her family life
from being wholly broken up. So there is a
conflict of forces going on for a time. Mrs.
Hayes settled the question in favor of the
public, and gave 1t, think, much more of
her time than any of her predecessors. Mrs.
Garfield seems disposed to draw the line SO
as 10 divide her time more fairly to herself
and her family. She will give only two even
ings in the week TO recreations, and is, hear,
determined TO keep up as much as she can
her old home ways-her reading OF books
and magazines, her oversight of the educa-
tion of the children and her care of her
household and all its inmates. No one who
has home and appreciates its ties and du-
ties will find fault with her. The hospitality
of the White House will, perhaps, be less un-
limited than of late, but those who are SO
fortunate as to enjoy il will be able to do
more than exchange bow and q pleasant
phrase with the mistress of the Mansion. II
there is less society there may be more real
sociability. The Garhelds, during their long
life in Washington, were never at all fond of
fashionable society because It was fashiona-
BILE, but were always exceedingly sociable
when socability was elevated to an intellect
ual plane. Any one who had ideas to give
or exchange was always treated as good COM
pany, whether he made any figure in the
world of fashion or not. The ways of their
modest brick house on Franklin-squAre and
of their farm house in Mentor are not likely to
be greatly modified, except as the duties of
their station require them to be. Certainly
there will be no aristocratic exolusiveness
and no disposition to honor wealth unless II
is playing some important part in advancing
the culture, intelligence or great material in
terests of the country.
HOME LHE AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
A Presidents family belongs so much TO
the public by custom and necessity that l
cannot fairly be accused OF overstepping the
proper limits Of q OOrfespondent's hSld OF OBJ
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-01
THE WHITE HOUSE sTAFF.

In length of service the Oldest member Of
the White House staff is Mr.. W. L. Crook. the
executive agent and disbursing clerk, who
dates back to the end Of President Lincoln's
Administration but there is among the SER
wants of the house q man who was appointed
by President Fillmore he is the fireman and
his name is Herbert and the principal door
keeper, Mr.. Loeffler, was put in the place by
President Grant in 1869.
The exchange reader does his work behind
a big screen in the general reception-room
The private secretary Mr.. Brown, and Mr..
Headley have room to themselves, with two
bay windows looking out on the Potomac and
the Virginia hills and a door leading to the
Presidents room. Adjoining is q smaller
room where Mr.. Prudon, the assistant pri-
vate secretary, keeps, with the aid Of two
clerks, the records of appointments and re-
movals in formidable leather-bound volumes
like the ledgers in u counting. house.
Besides the staff of secretaries and clerks
is what might be called an Official staff Of ser
wants, who are appointed by the President
and whose salaries are provided for by Con-
gress in the annual appropriations. 1t con-
ssts OF steward, doorkeeper, four assistant
doorkeepers, messenger, four assistant
messengers, two of whom are mounted, a
watehman and a fireman. There is also a
telegraph operator detailed from the Signal
Service Corps. The other servants of the
household, such as the coachman, the cook
and the walters, are paid by the President
The repairs and general good order of the
house, its furniture aud its conservatory and
grounds are attended to by the Commissioner
of Public Buildings and Grounds.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-01
DYEING--STEAM CLEANSING

Dress Goods, Shawls, sacques, Feathers, etc., dyed
a variety Of colors. Mems Clothing dyed steam
cleansed and pressed without ripping OF crocking.
Charges paid one way goods sent BY expreas- d.
Iyis M. HALE. PrOprisiOr,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-01
TIE PRrsIpENrIAL soRAP.pooK.

President Hayes carried of to Fremont the
eccentric file" OF his Administration, think
ing it could not be considered by any stretch
of the imagination valuable public property.
Hayes was q great collector Of material of
personal or historical interest, and he had an
active assistant in his son Webb. All the
newspaper criticisms on the policy and
appointments OF the Administration were
carefully preserved by him. He took with
him a small library of scrap-books filed with
such clippings. Speaking Of these scrap.
books must not forget to mention in con-
nection with the office work Of the White
House, the fact that there is a post similar to
that of an exchange reader in daily newspa-
per office. This place is filled by Mr.. Morton,
who served under President Hayes. He goes
through two or three hundred papers a day,
cuts out everything he thinks the President
ought to see, arranges his clippings in topical
scrap. books and takes the books in once a
day for the Presidents inspection. By this
system President can, II he gives sufficient
time to the matter, keep almost as well post
ed on public opinion as the chief editor of
great daily.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-01
A PRESIDENTS DAILY LIFE.


AeWANAAo " VHA ~ AAB " MANH AhouABs
THE PREsmENTs AssIsTANTs-oUR1oUs coLLEo-
TIoNs OF LETTERS AND oL1PPNos-DoMEs-
TIC AND SOCIAL LIFE OF THE GARF1ELDs.
[stAn correspondence Of the N. Y. Tribunel
The routine Office work Of the White House
constantly increases. The early Presidents
were not even allowed private secretary by
law. They had to pay for all clerical assist
ance out Of their own salaries. Afterward
one secretary was provided for then an as
sistsnt was added From Administration to
Administration the working force grew by
the addition Of clerks, or the detail Of army
officers, until what is practically = bureau Of
appointments has grown up. Including the
private secretary, there are now seven per-
sons attached to this bureau, and their places
are no sinecures. Often they are busy until
late at night bringing up the days work. II
they allow tito get behind Il is next to impos-
sible to deal with il satisfactorily. Perhaps a
description Of the current Office duties of the
Presidents personal staff may interest some
readers. An enormous mail is received every
day. This pile of letters is deposited upon
the desk of the private secretary, Mr.. Brown,
and he and Mr.. Headley, the executive clerk,
open and classify them. OF course IL is i'm
possible for the President to read all the let
ters addressed to him. II he should under
take the Job he would have little time for any
thing else. But it is important that he
should be able TO select from the mass such
letters rs he wants 10 read. SO there is a
system Of briefng the correspondence letter
by letter on broad sheets of paper and max
ing a sort Of unbound volume Of the sheets Of
each day. BY gancing over these abstracts
the President can see in few minutes what
letters there are that require his attention
among the hundreds that daily arrive. Such
Of the letters as are applications for office,
and more than nine-tenths are OF this class
are put each into long envelope which hes
printed form on its back for Endorsement
with name, date, Office applied for and re-
marks. Most Of these letters are distributed
each day to the several departments and 60
upon their files There are, however, sever
al files in the White House-one of official let
ters, 10 which the President may wish TO re-
fer, another Of applications and recommend
ations in cases pending for his decision, one
of personal letters, and one, which would
furnish curious reading to students of human
nature, called the eccentric file. An hour
spent in looking over the contents Of this file
would make the least misanthropic man be-
iieve that half the world had gone crazy, or
cause him TO apply to America the bitter re-
mark of Carlyle, who said that England was
inhabited by 80, 600, 900 Of people, principally
fools.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-01

FNO RENT.-Two good offices in the new
Il Bank Block Of them with use Of q book
vault Apply At PeOPlsS National Bank. ia
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-01

A Presidents family belongs so much to
the public by custom and necessity that
cannot fairly be accused OF overstepping the
proper limits of q correspondents field of OBJ
seEVation ip thus glAncing behind the pArti-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-01

BENZ +. STEVENS, President.
JOSEPH NJ. GIBBENs, Secretary
MARCH IL, IssO.-lyll
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-03
Now is tho time to get your saw logs

Now is tho time to get your saw logs
to mill.
Mr.. Manter, the proprietor Of the
Manter Mills, has arrived with his
family. He expects his new engine
here in a few days. This will give
new life to our little burg.
wilkins L Compton suspended oper-
ations a few days in their tie camps,
on account Of Mrs. Compton being
very sick, but she is now improving.
Mrs. Vail has also been quite sick,
but is now much better.
Mr.. Rudi Rex has lost three chill
dren in the past two weeks, by diph'
liberia.
Mr.. Wright has also lost one with
the same disease.
Mr.. Ash Hines little girl was not
expected to live at last account.
It would be we'll to examine your
cellars, a. the decaying matter from
turnips and other vegetables are great
factors in producing this disease.
CHIPPEWA.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-03
Neighborhood News.
AID1IQ.

H. Lyons returned from St. Paul on
Wednesday.
W. F. Markus and wife, of Mime
apolis, have beon visiting with Mr..
and Mrs. L. D. French during tho past
week. Mrs. Markus is sister of L.
D. French. ...
The four weeks old child Of o. Lar.
sons, died on Friday last. :
We hear Of no new cases OF diph"
liberia during tho past week.
George Foster 10 tho boss on cut
ting wood and tics in these parts.
One day last week he made 20 oak tics
and cut l IL cords Of wood. Next.
Sam Dover has failed to have his
usual weekly runaway this week.
What's the matter, Gam! Il -. ...,~
e. f"... u. III u. s.s.-.a4 MORE ANON.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-03
1AsTxRN WADENA.


The school meeting did not come
of, 80 that accounts for our appear
ance again.
G. w. Palmer has been chosen d.
rector, in place Of G. w. Kenyon re-
signed. Now George, hurry up that
school house business.
Mr.. Kenyon is 50 he gets out lit
tie.
G. W. Palmer's baby is quite sick.
Hope it will prove nothing serious.
Part of Coalgrove's crew are down
from camp, laid up for repairs with
sore hands, sore thumbs, etc.
Welch and Preston are also down
from camp. You see when all of our
menfolks come home, they muster
quite a goodly number.
Our latest agitation Is the county
seat busines. We are waiting pa.
tiently to find out who is who, and
which is whichest. ARTICHoKEs.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-03
WRIoHTSToWN.

"810aToTOW0.
Our January thaw was cold one.
Tuttle will start up his mill this
week.
Everybody is hauling logs to tho
mill.
Henry Wright has bought another
team of horses. He means business.
Tuttle has lately bought a feed mill
which he will soon put in operations,
then he will be prepared to manufac'
ture lumber and feed on short notice.
Mr.. Gilmore has sold his seed mill,
but still runs his saw mill as usual.
Mr.. Goodale and the Aldrich boys
are hauling lumber to Alexandria.
w. E. Barber has sold his oxen to
Mr.. Briggs, ON Stowe Prairie, and has
just returned from Parkers Prairie,
where he bought the boss yoke Of cat
tie in these parts. Lot the doubling
one come and see for themselves, for
seeing is believing.
The temperate Temperance" dis
cussion between Viola Cole and d., is
read with interest by all, but it is
voted here that Viola il still head.
Hons. Geo. b. Wright and W. II.
Webb paid us a visit one day last
week. They were at work in favor Of
the r. r. bonds and ''annexatton," :"
and they were successful in: convert
ing quite 4 number Of voters, as I
think tho result Of Tuesday election
will show: .ss= - !. ~
"a Golon Stinson wishes it distinctly.
UNDERSTOOD especially an Parkers
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-03

''double du-claus' and see if they can
not hatch up ''red hot Christmas
tree on the Fourth of July.
I am fresh fish in this literary busi.
ness, but I have dug up the tomahawk
and intend to wage war against any
topic that may present itself to my
mind. O. K. pro tenn.