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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-03-04
IN GENERAL.
D. L. NJ.


Gov. Long appoints Thursday, April 7,
as the annual Fast Day in Massachusetts,.
The Baroness Burdett-Co Coutts and her
husband are coming to travel in this country
in May.
And now the Delaware fruit-growers have
come to the conclusion that the peach buds
are not killed.
The tunnel under the Hudson river at
New York is cut 295 feet and advancing at
the rate of five feet per day.
The epizootic of 1871 has again appear
ed among the horses of New York city, and
there is much alarm among owners.
The Minnesota Senate, by a vote of q TO
l3, have passed bill to pay its railroad bonds
on the basis of the proposition of the bond
holders.
The state superintendent of agriculture
reports that he held 100 meetings in towns of
the state last year, besides making speeches
at agricultural fairs, festivals, etc.
-Hghtpersons were burned TO death at East
Liverpool, o., February god, by the burning
OF Frank Stewards four-story farm building,
used as drug store, feed store and grocery.
The Charleston News says that the cry
for more negro labor in South Carolina is
pretty general. Labor is scarce and dear,
even where the colored population is heaviest.
The French government has forbidden
the importation of American pork and pork
products, through fear of trichinosis. Some
Of our American packers believe this to 0e
dodge to send up the price of pork in France.
"A dispatch from Lisbon reports that
thirty-six successive shocks of earthquake
have occurred at st. MiohRels, ia the Azores
One church and two hundred houses have
fallen in, and several persons have been kill
ed.
TO enlighten little boy at Waterbury,
Conn, the other day, the teacher asked him
II he had sled and his father should give
him another, how many he would then have.
He promptly replied, ''Pd have a double
ripper"
-"What does your husband do ?" asked the
census man. "He amt doin' nothin' at this
time of the year." replied the young wife.
rs he pauper ?" asked the census man.
(She blushed scarlet to the ears.) Law,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-03-04

Very few of the forty millions Of people in
the United States who burn kerosene know
that its production, manufacture, and export,
its price at home and abroad, have been con-
trOlled for years by a single corporation -
the Standard Oil Company. This company
began in partnership in the early years Of
the civil war, between Samuel Andrews and
Johu Rockefeller in Cleveland. Rockefeller
had been bookkeeper in some interior town
in Ohio, and had afterwards made q few
thousand dollars by keeping a -four store In
Cleveland. Andrews had been a day laborer
in rehneries, and so poor that his wife took
in sewing. He found a way of refining by
which more kerosene could be got out of a
barrel of petroleum than by ang other meth
cd, and set up for himself en-barrel still in
Cleveland, by which he cleared $500 in six
months. Andrews still and Rookefeller's
savings have grown into the Standard Oil
Company. 1t has a capital, nominally $3,-
500, 900, but really much more, on which 1t
divides among its stockholders every year
millions of dollars of profits. 1t has refineries
at Cleveland, Baltimore, and New York. Its
own acid works, glue factories, hardware
stores, and barrel shops supply it with all the
accessories II needs in its business. 1t has
bought land at indianapolis on which to ersct
the largest barrel factory in the country II
has drawn its check for 81 900, 600 TO sup
press a rival 1t buys 80, 600 10 40 900 bar
rels of crude oil a day, at price fixed by It.
self, and makes special contracts with the
railroads for the transportation of 13, OOO, 900
10 IA, 600, 900 barrels of oil a year. The four
quarters of the globe are partitioned amohg
the members of the Standard combinations.
One has the control of the China trade an
other that of some country of Europe an
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other that Of the United States. In New
York, you cannot buy oil for East Indian ex-
port from the house that has been given the
European trade reciprocally the East In
dian house is not allowed to sell for export 10
Europe. The Standard produces only one
fiftieth or sixtieth Of our petroleum, but die
tates the price Of all, and refines nine-tenths.
Circulars are issued at intervals by which the
price of oil is fixed for all the cities Of the
country except New York, where little com.
petition survives. Such is the indifference
OF the Standard Oil Company to railroad
charges that the price is made the same for
points so far apart as Terre Haute Chicago
and Keokuk. There is not to-day merchant
in Chicago or in any other city In the New
England, Western of Southern States, dealing
in kerosene, whose prices are not fixed for
him by the Standard. In all cases these
prices are graded so that merchant In one
city cannot export TO another. Chicago, Gin
cinnati, or Cleveland is not allowed 10 supply
tributary towns. That is done by the Stand
ard itself, which runs oil in it's own tank cars
TO all the principal points of distribution.
This corporation has driven into bankruptcy,
or out Of business, or into union with itself,
all the petroleum refneries Of the country
except five in New York, and few of little
consequence in Western Pennsylvania. No
body knows how many millions Rockefeller is
"ortn: current gossip among his buRiness
acquaintance in Cleveland puts his income
last year at a figure second only, IL second at
all, to Vanderbilt. His partner, Samuel An
drews, the poor English day laborer, retired
years ago with millions. just who the Stand
ard Oil Company are, exactly what their cap
ital is, and what are their relations TO the
railroads, nobody knows except in part. Their
officers refused 10 testify before the supreme
court of Pennsylvania, the late New York
Railroad Investigating Committee, and COM
mittee Of Congress. The New York committee
found there was nothing TO be learned from
them, and was compelled 70 confess its in
ability to ascertain as much as il desired TO
know ''of this mysterious organization, whose
business and transactions are of such a char
acter that its members declined giving his
tory or description, lest their testimony be
used to convict them of crime."-H d.
Lloyd, in March atlantic
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-03-04

REoLAIIINa THE EyERaLADEs.-It is said
that contract has been undertaken with the
state of Florida by aPhiladelphiaco company for
draining the Everglades of Florida, compris-
ing ~, 900, 900 acres of territory or about one
third the area of the state. This huge swamp
known as the Everglades is a dark, impene-
trable, unknown region. No white man has
fully explored it, and all that is known Of il
is that it Is great swamp with number of
lakes, and here and there islands, upon which
roam wild beasts, but withal place of won
derfully luxuriant vegetation. On its out
skirts few miserable human beings-a mon
grel race of white, Indian and negro blood
manage TO exist in state of semi -barbarism
These are the descendants Of the unconquer-
ed Greeks and Seminoles who retreated to the
Businesses Of the swamp before the United
States army. Under the agreement made
with the state, the company is required to be-
gin surveys within 60 days, and within six
months to put force equal to 100 men at
work, and continue the work until the land
is reclaimed. II is proposed 10 drain the land
by a canal from lake Okeechobee TO the Ca
loosakatohee river, which empties into the
Gulf of Mexico. Another canal may also be
constructed to the east, tapping the st. Lucie
river, which flows into the Atlantic These
canals will entirely drain the swamp, and from
10000, 000to12, 900, 900 acres ofthe rchestla land
in the world will be reclaimed. The company
will receive for the work one-half of the land
recovered, and it is expected that this will re-
pay all expenditure of money which may be
made in the work.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-03-04

Morning, and the world had grown white
the tall trees were draped in the most deli
cate lace, the slender twigs at their feet cased
with silver, and the dry golden-rod and ugly
weeds beside the road were covered with
glittering gems. Far and wide, far as the
eye could reach, all was pure and white as .
bridal robe. All was still, too. Now and
then a sleigh passed swiftly over the white
snow, the horses feet making no sound and
the bells soon jingling family in the distance,
as the red scarf Of the driver disappeared
among the trees where the frost Jewels were
noiselessly falling. The smoke assembled In
q still, ghostly fashion, and q dog barked
with a half-mufied sound from some distant
farmhouse. Down by the little Lighthouse,
where a brown COW stood motionless as II
frozen. a man in q bright blue frock was
walking over the white field, and up by the
large house on the hill q sleigh with its warm
robes was waiting, the black horses tossing
their names now and then impatiently.
Toward night the wind blew little, and the
loosened frost-work disappeared as noiseless-
ly as it had come.
Morning came again, bright and clear a.
any day in summer, not q cloud in the sky,
not breath of wind stirring. The uninitiat-
ed said it was beautiful day and proposed
a sleigh ride, the natives advised look at
the thermometer. 1t was 30o below zero and
still falling. By night it stood at 4Oo. The
moon and stars shone bright as day. One
could easily have read his paper out-of-doors,
but no one felt inclined to try it. No one
stirred out Of doors except when business
compelled it, and then mufiled like O num-
my, il riding, or trotting briskly to keep
warm, IL on foot. The stoves were red-hot
in the houses and the ice formed thicker and
thicker on the rivers and lakes. The wind
sprang up and the snow drifted against the
fences and into the lanes.
The air was full of frost, and two great sun
dogs kept watch beside the sun next day.
The weather was growing warmer, it was on
ly 260 below zero, and people ventured out
again. Up the long lake few the sleighs
filed with their merry loads, going to the
golden wedding in the great white house on
its bank, and the cars whizzed along, stop
ping a moment to leave a still merTier party
come up from the city for the same purpose.
What did they all see as they looked up2 A
marvel such as we have not seen for years.
A great circle of white, silvery appearance
passed entirely around the heavens third of
the distance from horizon to zenith, just the
height of the sun, which shone brightly. On
either side of the sun blazed 'sun-dog,"
bright as the sun itself, and crossing the cir
cle round, white ball of light, big as full
moon, at each point of intersection and two
others of the same size and shape in the same
position on the opposite side of the heavens,
while an enormous rainbow colored crescent
was poised above the sun. 1t was beautiful.
1t cast a mellow, ,yellowish light over every
thing, and lasted three hours or more.--Min-
ResOtd Letter.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-03-04

ORIGIN OF THE ''BAKER's DOZEN. Gloss
by Market street (now Broadway lived and
prospered q baker, the first man that ever
baked New-Year cakes-in fact, the inventor
of them. The name of our friend was Volck-
ert Jan Petersen Van Amsterdam, common
ly known as Baas. He was Dutch from his
large feet TO his round bald head, and had no
respect for any one or anything that was not
Dutch. He was a regular attendant at the
old Dutch church, but, nevertheless, in con-
slant fear of being bewitched. His wife,
Maritje, was economical even 10 saving the
parings of her nails, and his gingerbread ba-
bies were always made in imitation of his
children. 1t was New Year Eve, 1856, and
Baas was in his shop dealing out cakes for
small pieces of money, called wampum. he
had taken an extra glass of rum in honor Of
st. Nicholsus, when he heard Q sharp rap,
and in walked as ugly an old woman as ever
he had set his eyes on.
81 want a dozen New-Year cookies, +" sho
screamed.
''vell, den, you needn' sbeak so loud, re-
piled Baas. dDuyvel 1 amt teaf, den."
81 want dozen" screamed the old woman,
''and here is only twelve"
''Vell, den, und what de duyvel is dWAh but
q dozen ?" said the baker.
81 tell you want one morel" she shrieked.
''Vell, den," said he, ''you may 90 to de
duyvel und get anodderi you Won't get II
here"
From this time on our bakers wife and
himself were made miserable. Their money
and cookies were taken away by invisible
hands their bread either rose out Of their
sight or sank into the earth their famous
brick oven was torn down, and poor BaAs
pelted with his own bricks Maritje became
deaf Baas was black and blue from head to
toe and such life as he led was purgatory.
Thrice the old woman appeared, and thrice
was she sent 10 ''de duyVel." And at last,
in his agony, Baas bethought himself of st.
Nicholaus who advised him, on hearing Of
his troubles, when he counted dozen 10
count thirteen.
''Py st. Johannes de DoopeT. put st. Mich
CLAUS is great plockhead |" thought BaAs
and while he was thus thinking, st. Nick bad
vanished, and In his stead was the old woman.
She repeated her demand for lone more"
and Baas, remembering st. NieholAus, Ac-
ceded 10 her demand, when she exclaimed,
THE spell is broken, and henceforWard .
dozen is thirteen, and thirteen is a dozen"
And taking u cooky with an efigy Of the good
saint on it, she made Baas swear that ever AZ
terward twelve should be thirteen, as q type
Of the thirteen mighty states that should
arise out of the ruins of the government Of
Vaderlandt.
It is well known how terribly st. NichoIAus
revenged himself upon those who set them
selves up against the venerable customs of
their ancestors, and refused the homage 10
him to whose good offices II was owing that this
his favorite city has surpassed all others In
beautiful damsels, Yalorous young men,
minoe-pies oliekoeks, and New Year cookies.
-HdTPer'S Magazine for March.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-03-04
AsH:ToNIC
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WEBSTER.
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Blood, and Functional Derange-
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81. Accredited Physicians and
Clergymen, who may desire to test
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the retail price, money to accom-
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and by D. b. Dewey & Co., 46 Dey
ST., N. Y.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-03-04

Iinin1ent.

The most Powerful,
Penetrating and Pain-relieving
remedy ever devised by man. 1t
soothes Pain, it allays inflammation,
1t heals Wounds, and it cures
RHEUMATISM.
Sciatfca, LumbagO, Scalds,
Burns, Stiff Joints, Cuts, Swell
1ngs, Frost bites, Quinsey, Salt
Rheum, Itch, Sprains, Calls, and
Lameness from any cause. Suf-
ferers from
PAIN IN THE BACK,
Fever Sores, EruptiOns, Broken
Breasts, contracted Cords, Neu-
ralgia, Palsy or dislOcated limbs;
and owners of horses, planters, me-
chanics, merchants and professional
men everywhere, unite in saying. that
CENTAUR LINIMENT
brings relief when all other Lini-
ments. Oils, Extracts and Embroca.
tons have failed.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-03-04

W. D. Howells retires from the editorship
of the Atlantic Monthly, position which he
has filed with eminent ability for ten years
past, and will be succeeded by Thomas Bailey
Aldrich, well known TO the American world
of letters as poet and writer of short and
long stories.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-03-04
astoria

&~~35 cents. A Mothers
remedy for sleepless and irritable
Children. 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, 1881-03-04

Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are march
ing cheer up, Garfield, they will come, and
beneath the starry flag they will cabbage all
they can, when they find you in the White
House and at home.-Nes0 York Commercial
Advertiser.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-03-04
WILMINGTON MARBLE WORKS

II OFFER the whole stock at cost and less than
Il cost to close up the business Consisting of over
seventy-hye finished monuments and heAdstones, and
large lot Of unfinished stock This is not lot Of
refuse but is carefully stock Of modern style
Parties in want Of anything In this line can save from
20 to 90 per cent. by calling At the old stand.
Wilmington, VI Jan. 1, 1881. Ss-i2
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COMBINATION
CLOTHING STORE!
We shall close the Darane. OF our
OVERCOATS.
.ULSTERS & REFERS
AT COST,
To make room for Spring stock.

Just Teceived a new line OF SACK. FROCK and
oUTAwAY SUITS, which are selling very cheap
WAY SHIRTS. Also hne line of the celebrated
MONARCH DRESS SHIRTS. CROWN COLLARS
and CUFFS in all the latest styless Furnishing goods
Of all kinds. Two special bargains In Heavy Under
wear, at SOC. and Csc. each. Everything at bottom
prices at the
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-03-04

q RENT.-Two good offices in the new
Bank Block, one OF them with use Of q book
\. Apply at Peoples National Bank. TIA
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-11-18

Bru,xp.-Nr. George Cox. Of the For
tcrSxille mills. was in town Tuesday.
.nd complains that he has had car q
f,onr lavinr in the warehouse on the X
n track three weeks. aud cant get eAr
~ UNA Il. the company not being able 70
furnish him Southern bound ~. t..1
traffic being 90 heavy That di!hcuity
y MI Re rcmedied atter > bridge = ouil'
n kockport, and the road extended 70 |,
connection with the Owensboro anu
Nashville II. r. In the meantime ~.
t'ox says re will be compelled 70 ship
~ he d. & N. X. r., - he can get cars
IL I.oogootee-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-11-18

Nessrs. IT.. T.. shepherd. Genl. Snpt.
ana q. H. Huntington, Director ~. n A.
4 81. Louis Air Line. and George =.
Weaver. Supt. f. r. s r, arrived y enc
city last Saturday, for the purpose Of e.
aiming the blum, with view Of bridg-
ing he Ohio at this point Il was Inc
unanimous opinion Of these gentlemen
that Rockport i the best point on tne
lower Ohio for bridge. Now let d
talk for the bridge. The delegation
came on special train. with kcoer'
O-Rrian. conductor, and our young friend
and former toUnsman. Pat Miner, en-
-Rockport Democrat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-11-18

~ Our Portcrsville items came too
late this week. We learn from them
that Rudolph & Hayes took on IS4 sheep
Tuesday % Cincinnati and that Irs Con-
din dropped cutting knife on biz toes
cutting part Of them or; thai 4. u Nil
burn has started bis ehinglc mill again
that ,. r. Bixler j. building fine barn
that McCorl's boy Who was shot by
funk il getting better: that several
citizens have started from Boone for far
on Oregon Nay joy 60 with them
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-11-18

A ANrcEr BUI DELiCAIE -HoIsT. The
Wv 4 Young gentleman helped young
belie Or Jasper. who was encountered
with ne present narrow hoops. 70 GET
on The r. Il. platform She could only
etep six inches high. and the platform
being eighteen inches. il took consider.
able Or boost She couldn't Be called
\ ..hirh kicker
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-11-18

e>rThe B.inbridge Township inst,'
WI, which va~ held u ne Ja<.,er As<.-
smx 81 Inc le,h. started out ja't right
II make success The County Snpsr-
'.,~,irnt gave his views and plans q
o-..-r;r,iirn Or the township schools.
w E.b,. Wilson was appointed % cor
,..s,.,ni with ~ me institutes u the
..,',ty ana offer them m invitation q
.,..oi cambridge. Arrangements ~
,,s5, "a that visitors viii Be q no *
,.e..... white here Sever ri visitors were
No.. n and took interest IN the exercises
4 GENERAL invitation j. given 70 All g
r. present Il The meeting on che "a q
December.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-11-18

iran oakland correspondent q The
Princeton Clarion says Mr.. O. Il. Hobbs,
who had : contract for furnishing ties On
The Straight Line r. r. from Buskskin
10 Washington, had his ties ready. but
the II. f. company wouldn't pas for them
and be will now sell them 70 other par
ties. 50 as TO obtain money % pay his
hands. The Straight Line has bough;
some old judgments against him. and
levied On portion Of them
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-11-18

WEDDING BELLs---Onr young friend
III. Henry 5. Nelchior will On Tuesday
next, AZ ST - ary's Church. IN Hunting
burg. lead To che altar charming bride
81 the person 81 Miss Katie Witcber.
The bridal party will hold reception
in Jasper. The CoURIrE wishes them Z
pleasant time. and long life Of baPpi-
ness.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-11-18

CoNFLkrED.-The fre-proof vaults d
the Court-hOuec were completed this
week, and the county records ere nov
safe. Theirs y Z differences 81 opinion
between The c0nlr1clor and 0fIcsrs ~
- whether thc contract - been GIIod.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-11-18

MUSICAL Ix<TRUHKxTs---Mr J0e- r.
Sermerskeim q receiving this week The
largest and best stock Of musical instru-
ments ever brought % Jasper. IL y0u
want something for soothing sweet
sounds caIl On Joseph.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-11-18

The Auditor and Treasurer n their
Wow. settlement last week. carried 70 the
iouhtsul record Sle5s3s- A good deal
OF this amount i made up Of taxes Of
persons who have len the county or died
;n~clvent. Ii i distributed in the vari-
- .--- H. 49, fnftnxrs-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-11-18

NOTICE Il hereby given. that the nm
IN dersirned, Administrator o. the
estate OF Paul Il Cans. late Of PrebIc
County. Ohio. deceased, viii IN pursu-
nnce Or an order or The Dubois Circuit
Court, offer q Public Sale. on the premi-
scs. Tor not less than tw0-thirds a -
appraised value, On
SATURDAY, December 81, 1881.
che following described real estate Be-
longing % the estate Of the dccedent.
situated IL Dubois County, Indiana,
|t0-wit;
The Northwest quarter Of Section No.
Eighteen (l8)- Town three (3), South 81
Range three (3) West, containing One
hundred and NInefy-four and Twenty
hundrcdths acres (l94 z0-l0o), more o.
less
TkExs or SALE.- One-third Of ths
purchase money must b paid cash one
third In twelve months, and one-third
IN eighteen months from day or sale, The
purchasers giving notes secured b
mortgage Tor deferred payments, waving
\ benefit 81 valuation Or appraisment laws
and bearing interest from date.
AZ me same time and place, srd 81
\ The same terms. The widow % aid Dcccd
'cnf will eel Her onc-third interest fn end
\ q aid above described real estate.
JESSE s. CANS Adm'r.
G. DoAxE, Attorney.
Nov. ~, 1Uol-1w.