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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-01

1t is expected that a gentleman from
Kansas will lecture on temperance at the
town hall on Monday evening, the 18th of
July.
The strawberry season proves to be an
exceptionally good one a very large crop Of
large fine berries, and still not gone by
DOR Clough filed quart box rounding
full with 81 strawberries OF the Sharpless va.
riety.
Rev Edward Smiley will deliver a ser
mon next Sunday morning, in the town hall,
in eommemOrAtion of the anniversary OF the
nations independence, entitled ''The Nation.
al Outlook" In the evening, at "a O'Clock,
the subject for consideration will be ''The
New Birth"
Mrs. Lucy w. Ashley has closed a very
successful term of school in district No Of
this village. Whole number of scholars, 80.
Pupils not absent, IS; namely; Florence
Cobb, Hattie Davis, Eta Hannum, Lutte
Hall, Nellie Moody, May Pierce, Lizzie Par
sons, Lucy Richards, Allie Richards, Addie
Shattuck, Hettie Webster, Clifford Davidson,
Nellie Hannum, Charlie Hall, Arthur Pierce,
Fred aud George Parsons aud Halle Web
ster. Seven other pupils were not absent
more than one day, aud 20 pupils not tardy,
Mrs. Ashley is veteran teacher of high rep
utation.
The following list contains the names Of
the scholars who were not absent during the
spring term of the village school, district No.
Mabel and Nellie Clough, Annie Gibson
Lottie, Nellie and Lucy Sanderson, Mary
smith, Perley Blood, BERTHE Bailey, Earnest
French, Webster and Robert Hail. Arthur
Parkhurst, Eddie Smiley, Walter Smith, Ar
thur Stowel. Absent one-half day Minnie
Hewett. Absent one day Helen Robertson,
| Maud Kendriok
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-01

Geo. A: Brown has opened law Office in
Union Block.
The Farmers Hotel" on Canal street is
now turned into tenements and rented to fam
lilies.
Francis g., eldest son of Wyman Flint
OF this place, has been admitted partner in
the firm of Flint Brothers, in the marble bus
mess at Centre Rutland.
The Fourth is to be celebrated with a
procession of Antiques and Horribles in the
morning, athletic sports, creased pig race,
ETC., in the afternoon, and fireworks in the
evening.
The graduating exercises of the Bellows
Falls high school took place at Union hall on
Friday evening Of last week, and were attend
ed by one of the largest audiences ever as
sembled in the hall. The Times pays the
class high compliment for the excellence of
their performances, as well as for their cor
rect and praiseworthy demeanor during the
evening. With the close of the term the val
liable and efficient services of Mr.. George A.
Brown, as principal of the school, came to
an end.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-01

For the encouragement of all doubters,
who are thinking that the old-time promise
that "seed-time and harvest shall never fail'
comet or other celestial or mundane influences
that are quite unaccountable, the Boston
Herald prints the following extract from a
speech by the late Rufus Choate in the Unit
ed States Senate upon the tariff, in reply to
Mr. Benton, who had argued that any change
from the established order of things was ruin.
Mr.. Choate said:
IAN irregularity,' as the gentleman has
said, no doubt is an evil. Sometimes, in
some circumstances, irregularity would be an
intolerable one. But all greatness
is irregular. Take our New England climate
in summer. You would think the world was
coming to an end. Certain recent hereses
on that subject may have had their origin
there. Cold to-day, hot tomorrow mercury
at S0o in the morning, with the wind at south
west, and, in three hours more, a sea turn,
wind at east, a thick fog from the very bot
tom of the ocean, and a fall of 40 Fair. now
so dry as to kill all the beans in New Hamp-
shire; then floods carry off the bridges and
dams of the Penobscot and Connecticut snow
in Portsmouth in July, and the next day man
and yoke of oxen killed by lightning in Rhode
Island and you would think the world was
twenty times coming to an end But don't
know how it is; we go along the early and
the latter rain falls each in its season seed
time and harvest do not fail the sixty days
of hot corn weather are pretty sure to be
measured out to us the Indian summer,
with its bland southwest wind and mitigated
sunshine, brings all up, and on the 25th OF
November, or thereabout, the same being
Thursday, 100000 of grateful people, in
meeting houses or around the family board,
give thanks for year of health, plenty and
happiness. All irregularity, whatever the
| cause, is not defect nor ruin"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-01


Col. Peabody now has the improvements
on his hotel formerly the West River House
well advanced, and in another week will be
ready to give guests every needed accommo.
dalton. By the addition of an ell he secures
new and very complete kitchen arrangements,
with bathroom and several desirable sleep.
ing rooms in the second story. He has intro
duced an abundant supply of running water,
and will have hot and cold water up stairs and
down, water closets, and other modern i'm
provements. The Office has been enlarged
and greatly improved, and the main part Of
the house has been newly carpeted, papered,
furnished and refitted throughout The beds
are excellent, and the sleeping rooms are as
comfortable and attractive as one could wish
In due time the old barns are to be removed,
| giving lawn sloping to the river and an IN.
obstructed view to the other side. Col Pea.
body fully appreciates the fact that, with the
railroad open and the unexcelled natural at
fractions which Londonderry offers, he has an
exceptionally good opening for his business,
and when his projected improvements are
completed he will have model house of its
class. He already has a considerable number
of summer boarders engaged for the season.
Durham & Willis of Brattleboro have
the job for the plumbing at the Peabody
House. A. o. johnson does the work.
Welcome Mason, an old-time resident Of
this town, died recently in Ohio at an sd.
vanced age.
Geo. H. Walker occupies the new photo
graphic rooms (Tyler's) one door above the
| town clerks office. Mr.. W. is a first-elass ar
fist, and will be ready from and after July
4th to accommodate all who may want any.
thing in the picture line.
The ladies of the Baptist society will
hold strawberry festival at the church yes
try on the afternoon of July 4th. All invited,
Geo. H. Kinsman is selling the new
Champion mower manufactured in Spring
field, Ohio.
The Baptist Sunday school and Others
grove in this place, July 4th, special train
being run for their accommodation.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-01

then, in spite of the Legislative enaotments
having in view the redemption Of the honor
of the state, in spite of successive elections of
governors honorably disposed, of favorable
decisions by the supreme court, and the adj
vocacy of payment by every respectable
newspaper in the state, propositions for set
Element in full or for compromises have been
invariably rejected by the people. The leg
islature of 1880, seeking means to evade the
provisions Of the constitution, passed an act
providing for direct settlement with the
bondholders, on basis Of fifty per cent,
and the organization of special tribunal
made up of judicial authorities, to determine
the validity of the proposed settlement with
out the popular will The appointment of
this tribunal was intrusted to the governor,
whose powers in the premises end on tho 1st
proximo. Certain complications have pre-
vented the governor from exercising his
special functions to their full extent Death
and subsequent promotion of member of
the bench have left vacancy which must be
speedily filed, or the tribunal will not be
complete, and there remains less than a week
for this latest attempt by honorable citizens
to redeem the honor of the state to be fairly
set in operation. If success does not attend
these efforts, Minnesota will enjoy the in
famous distinction of doing the largest bust
ness in reputation of the states in the north
ern section of the Union.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-01
THE uN1yERsAL1sr CONVENTION.

THE UNIyERsALIsr CONVENTION.
The Universalist association of Windham
and Bennington counties was held here June
20 and 80. Wednesday morning, after the
organization of the council, Rev. E. w. Whit.
ney of Brattleboro preached on 1.-THE Perma-
nent Power of the Gospel" At P. NJ a
missionary address was made by Rev. j. II.
Farnsworth, state missionary, and further re-
marks were made by Revs. L. W. Whitney
and S. II. McCollester, d. D. conference
meeting was held in the evening, led by Rev.
James Eastwood.
Thursday morning the council listened to
encouraging reports from nearly all the par.
ishes and Sunday schools. Rev. W. N. Bar.
Der of Wilmington gave an address on "OuI
duty to the church, " followed by Revs. Gift
ford, Eastwood and McCollester. In the af
ternoon Rev. DIR. McCollester preached on
Christian unity" and the session closed with
the communion.
Remarks in memory of Rev. Hosea FaxoI
Ballou were made by several clergymen, and
resolutions in honor of the sanity man were
passed by rising vote. A vote of thanks tc
the Jacksonville parish, for their excellent
and generous hospitality, was also passed
The attendance was large, the speaking
timely and earnest, and the meeting one OF
great enjoyment and profit. The next SEES
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-01

Much unfavorable criticism has been clio
tied by the Presidents recent removal from
Office of Pension Commissioner Bentley. The
Boston Transcript, however, alwaysa staunch
advocate of reform, reminds the Democrats
that it doesn't lie in their mouths to reproach
the President with the act, because Demo-
cratic investigating committee, winter before
last reported strongly against him for gross
favoritism and other alleged offences. Nor
does it lie in the mouth of the Independent
press to condemn Bentley's removal, says the
Transcript, for "during the summer of 1880
$50 persons figured on the rolls of his clerical
force, while It's took care of the immense
volume of business one year after the war
and APO suficed even for the bloated list of
appointees in the last year of Grants admin
istration, when the number of pensions was
only 1880. Still, there has been no little
real hardship suffered by soldiers and sailors
from delays in the service amounting to prao-
teal denial of their claims, and Commission
err Bentley has confessed his inability to man
age the huge machine"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-01

We doubt If any of our readers, with com
Portable country homes, can give themselves
so much real satisfaction or do so much good
by an insignificant outlay of time, labor and
money, as by taking some of the Boston
Young Mems Christian Unions Country
week" children for a fortnights outing.
Through this charity 5000 children from the
city have been given the moral and physical
advantages or a week or more in the country
since 1875. This year the Union has the
names of 1900 children on its list. Any per-
son or family wishing to aid in the work may
address the secretary, Miss H. G. Putnam,
IS Boylston St., Boston, stating the number
of children and ages preferred. The travel
ling expenses of the children are paid by the
Union.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-01

The Vicksburg Herald makes good its claim
to be free-spoken by advocating the Yankee
izing" of the South. Some Bourbon fossil
having published protest against Southern
rich people spending money at Northern wa
tering places, and expressed the hope that
they will steer clear of Yankee notions, ways
and picayunishness, this progressive journal
gives him and all his kin an eye-opener after
this fashion; "We are heartily in favor of
the South, from the Potomac to the Rio
Grande, being thoroughly and permanently
Yankeeized. Yankee energy, Yankee schools,
Yankee cultivation, Yankee railroads and Yam
kee capital are badly needed in the South,
and will BIO welcomed by every southern pro-
gressive patriot" Among the reasons why
the Herald thinks its Bourbon neighbor should
go North are these "He would see industry
and energy. He would see fine four-track
steel railways running through the finest titled
lands in the world. he would see country
where every man stands or falls according e
his own efforts. He would see great and pow,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-01

The oxpedient by which the city of Mem
phis, Tennessee, tried, two years and half
ago, to evade the payment of its debt, is re-
called by a decision just rendered by the
courts of that state. The principal of the
debt of Memphis is 81, 9O1, 900, all but $780,
600 rs bearing per cent, and part of it
matured in 1873 the Is matured July l.,
1872. The city has been in default since
January l, 1873. In 1877, 100000 "com-
promised" 30.year per cents. were issued at
90 cents on the dollar. In 1876, the assessed
value of personal property was $4,000, 900 !;
of real estate, SIS, 1929, 600. In january, 1879,
the legislature passed a bill repeating the
city's charter and creating the taking dis
trict of Shelby county" and on Feb. 18th a
receiver was appointed by United States
court judge to take charge of all the city's eff
fects, including nearly $8,OOO,O 900 of unpaid
taxes, with power to collect by garnishment
or otherwise. The repeating act was soon
after declared constitutional by the state SUI
preme court, which said that municipal cor
porations are within the absolute control of
the legislature and can be abolished at any
time in its discretion, and an act which re-
peals the charter of single municipal cor
poration is constitutional. Some half year
ago the United States supreme court decided
the action appointing a receiver void. Now
the state supreme court has decided that when
municipal charter is repealed, and the same
people and territory are incorporated or con-
tinued as a municipality under a new title,
although the officers and their powers are
changed, a suit pending at the date of re-
peal may be revived as against the new cor
poration. This means, of course, that the
evasion has not been successful in throwing
off the old debt-now estimated, principal
and interest, at SO, 600, OOO-and as the feder-
al courts cannot be expected to be less rigid
than the state courts, the question of legal Ii
ability may be regarded as settled, SO far as
the attempt to evade is concerned.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-01

There never was less occasion than now to
waste either sympathy or victuals on the man
who tramps the country and begs under a
plea that he cannot find work. In this vicin-
ity both farm and railroad lsborers are un-
comfortably scarce, and at the West a great
lack of laborers is reported. On the new rail-
ways now building in the Northwest and the
Southwest, contractors are seriously embar-
raised by their inability to find workmen. In
some places Indians are employed at So per
day, and it is said that movement is on foot
to bring more laborers from China 1t is
suggested that recruiting offices be opened in
the large cities of the East, where there are
always to be found plenty of idle men. But
to this it is truthfuly replied that the class in
question will never work las long as they can
get an occasional luncheon in somebody's
basement, chance to warm themselves in
winter, and the soft side of . park bench in
summer"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-01

Among the graduates from the classical
department of Vermont Academy, at SRxtons
River, are Frank Putnam and Lewis Clarke
of this town.
Charles Barrett, from Phillips Academy,
Exeter, N. H., will spend his vacation at Or
well, Vt.
Clara Converse and Susie Daniels, from
Smith college, will spend the vacation OF
three months in Grafton.
Mrs Lucinda Rice, for a long time res.
ident of this town, died early in the week at
Shrewsbury. Her funeral took place here on
Wednesday afternoon, from the Baptist
church. q.
H. II. Burlingame pierced his foot with
pick-ax while at work in the quarry, Mon,
day, and Harlan Smith injured the thumb Of
his right hand by having it caught in the gear
ing of the derrick at the quarry on Tuesday.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-01

erful states no older than Mississippii yet
one-tenth of one of them would buy every
foot of this state. He would see men rich,
who have only kept pace with the growth of
the communities in which they live. He
would see localities where citizens live and
enjoy all the comforts and pleasures of life
for one.fourth what it takes to have them in
the South He would see a country where
real estate is considered the best security for
money instead of the worst as is the case in
Mississippi. He would see such fine, boom
ing, progressive civilization that his Bourbon
ism would have fatal collapse
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-01

Fred Merrifeld has returned from Men
dota, ILL.,, to help do the haying on his faith.
er's farm.
Our townsman, VIM. Adams, has the best
piece of clover in the village. Albro Ford is
at work for him through haying.
L. OsgOod has sold several of the Yam.
kee horse rakes, and so far as known they
have given good satisfaction.
The Baptist Sunday school are intending
to have basket picnic at the grove near the
residences of Mrs. r. Il. Gleason and Dea @.
w. Stebbins ON the Fourth.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-01

That prohibition should seriously trouble
the southern states as a political question,
within the present generation, would have
seemed most unlikely few years ago. But
the sentiment is already widespread
and aggressive. Hard drinking, as prevail
ing vice, is the most powerful apostle of tenn
perance, and amid the whiskey- consuming
population of several of the southern states a
genuine temperance revival is under way. In
Virginia 81, 600 voters are said to have pledged
themselves in uniting to support no candi-
dates for the legislature who will not agree to
favor local option law. In several counties
a special law of this sort is in force and I'M
der it liquor selling has been greatly curtailed.
A general law is now demanded. 1t is not
proposed to carry the issue into the election
of state officers, but it is not unlikely to make
some difference in the composition of the
legislature.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-01

John Loomis, brother to the proprietor
of the wooden mill, has been put in as super
intendent of the mill
The village school closed last Friday with
picnic in Burwells grove, where the clos
ing exercises were held Miss Dwinell has
proved herself a competent teacher and her
services have been engaged for the fall term
We are glad to hear that telephone line
between Bellows Falls and Londonderry is
talked of. No doubt it would be literally
patrOnized. Then like the Brattleboro poet
we could say
Up the Saxtons river valley
BOoms the telephone,
All the way from Bellows Falls
To the mountaineer'a home,
Up in Londonderry
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-01
MinReSOta's RePudiated Railroad
DehI.

Minnesota, when territory, issued bonds,
less than "a 100000 il value to aid the con-
struction of certain railroads. The borrowing
railway corporations became bankrupt, and the
governmenttook legal possession of all thereal
estate of the companies, afterwards surrender
ing it, in the form of land grants, TO new or
CARNATIONS. These transfers were confusing
in their influence on the popular mind, and
the impression was formed that the territory
had shifted its responsibility. Hard times in
1858 aud 1859 strengthened this feeling and
at the first state election in 1860, the mixture
of politics made matters worse a legislature
antagonistic to payment of the bonds was re-
turned, and constitutional provision was
framed which declared that the bonds should
never be paid without popular consent. Since
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-01

Senator Hill of Georgia. in the course of a
recent interview, said that the war was to the
South blessing in disguise; that it taught
the people of that section the long-needed
lesson of self-reliance and industry, and that
he did not believe the real friends of the
South wished or dreamed of reversing the
result. AS an instance of the effects of a
hearty acceptance of the situation, he pointed
to the growing prosperity of Georgia, the
most enterprising of all the southern states,
whose people are making money, building
mills and constructing railroads. He regard
ed civil-service reform as ono of the burning
questions of the future, and believed that the
fathers of the Republic made a great mistake
in not regulating this matter when framing
the constitution.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-01

Secretary Kirkwood has appointed Francis
La Flesche, an Indian, and brother of
bright Eyes" to clerkship in the Indian
office. La Flesche has been educated in the
Indian school at the Omaha agency, Nebraska,
and, after training him in Indian administra-
ton at Washington, the plan is to send him
to one of the Indian agencies as clerk or SUI
perintendent, and ultimately, if he proves
the man for the place, to give him an Indian
agency. This new departure in selecting an
Indian to help manage the Indians may lead
to important results if it is honestly perse-
vared in
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-01

The comet, of magnificent size and brillian-
cy, which suddenly burst into view on Thursday
morning of last week. furnishes an unfailing
theme of individual conversation and press
comments The luminous visitor was en-
tirely unexpected and was not discovered by
the astronomers until it burst into full view to
the naked eye. Prof. Draper of New York
has succeeded in photographing it, and when
fair chance comes a spectrum will be OBJ
tanned from which it is hoped to learn some
thing of the makeup of the celestial intruder.
Prof. Draper says that its motion will carry
it rapidly above the horizon and that it is
moving away and will gradually disappear,
but it cannot yet be determined how long it
will stay. The popularity of the comet is
that it wears its tail in front, and the scien-
lists are discussing whether it is an old ac-
quaintance returned or stranger that has
never, at least within historical times, come
this way For the present, it is only known
in general terms that the visitor is 30, 900,
900 miles off, say one-third as far as the sun,
about 100000 miles from the sun, and
daily receding into space and from the earth
about 800, 600 miles day. The daily jour
ney of the comet in the sky is about five de-
grees, or very nearly ten times the breadth of
the moon, and this has already brought it so
far north that like the Great Bear, not very
| to size its bright head is 200 miles through,
the haze around it ~, 900 and the tail IL, 900,
600 miles long
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-01

The New York World asserts that the i'm
mense unsupported iron bridges, of which the
elevated railway system of that city consists,
already show such signs of wear as to make it
clear that they cannot be kept in safe con-
dition "without constant OUTLAWS quite incon-
sistent with remunerative working of the
scheme If the objection is so serious as
the World represents, elevated railway build
ing will not be much further developed.