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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-15

In choosing a topic for his fast-day dis
course, Mr.. Cow could hardly have selected
one of wider practical interest or more
timely character than that concerning the
use of the Bible in our public schools. The
wide diversity of opinion which prevails upon
this subject proves the need of a deeper study
and more thorough discussion Of it than il
has yet received from the general public :;
and few men are better qualified by study
and experience to present the subject in all
its bearings, and point out the various prin-
ciples involved, than Mr.. Cow.
In our opinion one of the chief causes of
the prevalent diversity of sentiment upon
this question has been that people have look
ed at it from too narrow standpoint. They
have considered it too much in the light of
their own personal feelings and preferences
as influenced by their religious opinions, and
have failed to make due allowance for the
differing opinions of other people having
equal rights and interests in the matter. Peo-
pie have failed also TO recognize clearly the
duties which, under our form of government.
the parent owes to the state in relation TO his
child, as distinguished from those which he
owes to the child directly. These points are
brought out by Mr.. Cow with clearness and
thoroughness which leave nothing to be de-
sired.
In laying down at the beginning the broad
principle that the sole end for which human
government exists is to secure to each indi-
vidual the largest liberty of action consistent
with the equal liberty of all, Mr.. Cow strikes
at once to the root Of the matter, and in his
application of this principle to the subject in
hand, displays a catholicity of spirit and
olearness of vision which cannot fail to carry
conviction to many minds The conclusion
which he arrives at is, substantially, that the
religious instruction of our children must be
supplied by home influences and by private,
religious or benevolent agencies, and that,
aside from its general influence in moulding
and controlling the entire training, the Bible
has no proper place in the public schools.
due regard for the sanctity of the BIZ
Bile, no less than for the welfare of the
schools, leads him to this conclusion. The
schools are provided by the state for purely
secular purposes, and only by restricting
them to such purposes can they be maintain
ed against the assaults of those whose pater-
nal theories of government and education lead
them to desire their overthrow This con-
clusion, we believe, is one which all must ar
rive at who will consider the question from
is foundation, for upon no other basis can all
friends of popular education unite.
To attempt to give an abstract ofthe sermon
would be to do it injustice; and we take
pleasure, therefore, in referring the reader to
its full text, which we give on another page.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-15

Geo. A Brown has sold his house next
to the post Office building to Joseph Wilson
for 5000. Mr.. Brown will soon open a law
Office in Union block
S. +. GOodridge has resigned the presi-
dency of the Bellows Falls Savings Institu-
ton.
Rev. Samuel Day, quarter of century
ago pastor for some years of the Congrega-
tona church in this place, died at the resi-
dence Of his son, in Brooklyn, on Sunday,
April 3D., at the age of 70 years.
The construction OF telephone line be-
tween this village and Saxtons River is as.
sured and work will soon begin.
George Underwood has been appointed
Water Commissioner in place of N. S. Brock.
way, resigned. Drs. f. Whitman and L. s..
Albee have been appointed as members of the
Board OF Health. The third appointment on
the Board having declined, there is a vacancy
TO be filled. Times.
BY advice of his physicians, Mr.. L. s.
Hayes has retired from all active attention 10
business for the present His case is one of
nervous prostration, induced by overwork.
We sincerely hope to learn of his early and
complete recovery
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-15

Still sweetly fowing-the maple.
Streets about clear of snow, but oh, my I!
on the hills two feet and more, with con-
siderable of the more in some places.
-Grasshoppershavem made theirappearance.
Leroy Davis has contracted to carry the
mail for the next four years between Chester
and Factory Point, running through this
place.
The new proprietor of the West River
House, Col. II. o. Peabody, is getting settled
down TO business, having refitted and refur-
nished the house throughout with new carpets
and furniture. He will Immediately build an
addition, increasing the amount of room and
conveniences so that this hitherto popular
hostelry, under the management of the Messrs
Evans, will continue 10 be run as a frst-class
hotel by an experienced and we'll known land
lord. The hotel will hereafter be known as
the Peabody House.
Our Byronic friend contributes the fol-
lowing on the new listing law
o the listers came down like a cat on a mouse,
And the scratching Of goose-qus was heard through
the house;
And the eer on their eyebrows was friehifal to see
AZ they called for the tax-lists Of A, b and C.
Like the leaves on the naples when winter il here
Were greenbaek and coupon for many year;
Like the leaves the maple when May is full blown,
The Rreenbaeks and coupons leaped Forthwith q
groan.
For the listers they spread their long ears to the
And swore every granger as onward they passed;
And the Green Mountain air from each hilltop and
glade
Rolled back the oaihs Of the swearing brigade
Afar stood the banker With wild, haggArd look;
He saw the storm coming, and grAsDed his handbook
And be swore by tie saints be would not swear his
They winked at each other and twice tolled his rst
So the Green Mountain prayers are arising each day
Religion Is IN taxes, not churches, this way;
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-15

The snow is still from two to three feet
deep here, and it freezes nights aud thaws
during the day so that it is very good weather
for the sugar makers.
We are glad TO see Mrs. Riddell. who has
been spending the winter with friends in
Boston, with US again.
E. F. Temple, the former proprietor of
the Springs hotel of this place, passed through
here April 9Th, en- route to Keene, N. II. Ne
understand he is stopping for the present at
VIM. Robinson, a former proprietor of
the Sadawga House, was also in the VILLAGE
this week. He has resided in Bennington
most OF the time since he left here
Otis Wheeler's mill-dam was swept away
last Monday afternoon. Mr.. Wheeler will
continue TO manufacture butter boxes at q
Bakers shop until the dam can be repaired
The repairs on Mr.. Squire Bliss house
are progressing rapidly under the supervision
OF ii. b. Ballou aud Z. ]. Reed.
Isaac Allard, an old and respected oiti.
zen OF this town, died last Monday afternoon
he had been in poor health for a good many
years, having lost the use Of one lung more
than twenty years ago. The funeral services
were held on Wednesday.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-15
TOwnahend.

THE BRArTLEBoRo WHITEHALL ACCIDENT.
The railroad accident Monday afternoon,
near Sylvester Hoscock's, BY which the pas.
senger car and two freight cars we're tipped
down an embankment, was not so serious as
it was at first supposed to be. The freight
cars were loaded with potatoes mainly, and
neither the cars nor freight were injured. The
passenger coach was not much injured. The
three were replaced on the track Tuesday aud
run 10 Brattleboro. The accidents 10 passen.
gers, though at first feared to be serious in one
ortyo cases. proved not to have been so. Hon.
Jacob Estey suffered somewhat from slight
injury TO his shoulder q man from Chico.
pee, Mass, was injured about his chest and
head, rendering him unconscious for few
hours, but he was able 10 return home the
next morning a gentleman from Syracuse,
N. Y, received a blow on his head, cutting a
deep cash about three inches long, and was
slightly bruised otherwise, being very heavy
man. Though quite comfortable he is yet
being cared for at the house Of Mr.. Hescock
No blame is attached TO any one in connec.
tion with the accident.
Next Sunday being Easter Sunday, ser.
vices appropriate to the day will be held in
the Congregational church at the usual hour
of service in the morning. In the evening
there will be a variety Of exercises by the
children connected with tho Sunday school,
with responsive readings aud Fecitations by
Miss Brown and Others The choir will be
prepared for the occasion with some entirely
new music.
Maple sugar still continues to be an arti.
Gle OF production, and large quantities of it
are yet being made in the late sugar orchards
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-15

Sadly we announce the death of Miss
Emma L. White, daughter Of F. A. White, one
of our most respected citizens. After pro-
tracted sickness of nearly two years, she died
on the fifth with that unrelenting disease.
consumption, which so often defeats the ef-
forts of the best medical skill. Her loss will
be deeply felt by large circle of friends
Her relatives in their great bereavement have
the kindly sympathies Of the entire commun.
ity. The funeral was largely attended from
the house on the Sth, Rev. w. NJ. ellis off
ciating.
Next Sunday being Easter, a sermon ap-
propriate for the occasion viii be delivered
at the Methodist church.
Mr.. Geo. II. Ellis, who has been living
in this community the last three years, in
tends to move soon TO Chesterfield, n H.
We shall thereby lose a good neighbor and
worthy citizen.
The listers, having received nearly all of
the Taxpayers inventories, find an increase in
personal property of about Sl5,OO
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-15

Here is the way the Christian Register talks
to some of its correspondents: Made mis-
take in your article, did they? The wonder
was they could read it at all. Perhaps, if you
try, you can make it utterly illegible next
time. Get q stub pen, write in very
fine hand, use pale ink and thin paper, write
on both sides of the page, up, down, and
across, fill it full of carrots, sprinkle it all over
with obscure proper names, write the two
first letters in each name, and wriggle out the
rest. We know everything here Our proof
reader has the whole encyclopedia by heart,
from Burgundy pitch to Settler water. You
couldn't mention anybody we hadn't heard Of
We read in all languages. We have read
in every book that you quote. 1t isn't worth
while to mark where your quotation ends
We can always tell you from somebody else
Do all this if you wish TO, but remember that
every Thursday morning our drum cylinder
press rolls around like a day of judgment,
and that, with every sheet that falls from the
fly, the prosecuted compositor may have his
revenge"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-15

Jonathan Jones died on the 18th inst,
after a short illness.
The great rush in the palmleaf hat bust.
ness is over, and Messrs. Howard q Fullerton
have stopped to take breath.
Ed Holmes is preparing to fill a large or
der for barrel hoops from Massachusetts,
firm.
Amos Goodell & Co. are receiving logs
via the narrow-gauge at rate that leads US
to expect some pretty loud buzzing when they
get in their new engine aud circular saw.
1t is the unanimous verdict that in o. r.
Garfield we have lister who thoroughly un-
derstands bis business so far as the new tax
law is concerned, for which we ought to be
thankful.
-Tenements are scarce. Can't some one
suggest plan by which we may provide ac-
commodations for those who wish 10 take up
a permanent abode among usf
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-15

lawyer of this county, who has had occa-
sion to make careful study of the subject of
taxation under our present laws, sends us a
communication relative to the matter of plao-
ing government bonds in the list by persons
who claim no exemption for debts owing.
This gentleman takes substantially the same
view of the matter as is held by Judge Bar
rett, viz, that No. "a of the acts of 1864 was
intended to prevent persons from creating a
debt for money with which 10 purchase Unit
ed States bonds, and then claiming a deduc-
tion on account of that debt Our correspon-
dent says;
Section OF the new law positively requires listers
TO complete che lists Of all persons aud corporations
whose Inventories, in their opinion, contain correct
statement Of all their tdxdbk property. This Ia an
unerrng index 10 the intention Of theegisature with
reference TO all the inerrogatores In the blank
tory. II is h. require the exposure Of ones private
anairs Just 10 far IL necessary 10 ascertain the
amount OF his taxable property, aud farther and
Il the intention Of the legislature 10 re-
guire 10 give theamount Of bis government bonds
than TO state whether his hair is black Orred."
This is common sense, and will undOubted-
y stand - good law.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-15
NEWS ITEMS.

The widow of Theodore Parker died nj
Boston on Saturday night, aged ca years.
There have been serious forest fires near
Jamaica, L. L. and in the vicinity Of Matamo.
ras, Pa.
While a number Of persons were crossing
the 81. Lawrence river ON the ice at Montreal,
Sunday night, 1t broke up, and they were car
RED some distance down the river ON n field
OF ice, being rescued from their perilous no.
sition only with great difficulty.
On Sunday party Of masked men rode
INTO Toledo, Ark, a country town 60 miles
south OF Little Rock. One-half surrounded
the courthouse, while the others entered the
treasury, blew open the safe and stole from
$4,000 to $4,000. They all escaped.
Mrs. Upright, young woman who was
shot at Stanton, Mich, by her husband. on
March 10, died on Sunday, having lived ff
teen days after being shot through the brain.
Arthur and Luther Foster, twin brothers.
students at Phillips Academy, Andover. Mass.
endeavored to rob the house of Abel Wilson
in North Andover, early Wednesday morning.
when Arthur was shot, dying soon after.
Both the brothers had borne unblemished
characters, and their family is one Of the most
respectable in town. Arthur was soon to
have entered tho Andover theological semi
nary.
"A woman and child named Eta Franck.
the latter four years old and quite III, arrived
IN Boston over the Boston & Albany road.
from New York, Monday morning. and went
to the Old Colony station, mingling freely
with the throngs in the waiting-room. Later
1t was ascertained that the child had small
pox, and she was sent to the pest-house The
woman was the grandmother of the child and
knew that it was suffering from smallpox.
but with criminal disregard for the safety
OF the public, determined to take the little
one at once to it's mother in Proyncetown.
She accordingly took one of the all.rail trains
from New York Sunday night, and, entering
car with the other passengers, went TO Bos-
ton, exposing hundreds and probably thous-
ands of people.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-15

Blackwood's magazine says that the Irish
question as it presents itself to-day, can never
be solved by land bill, however generous its
provisions may be. 1t states that in 1879
one-eleveuth of the entire population of Ire
land either received public relief or we're ar
rested for drunkenness, and that one-fifth of
the population of Ireland is ever lowering be-
tween work houses and starvation. The rem
edy suggested for this unhappy state of af-
fairs is the reclamation of the waste lands of
Ireland so as to increase the number of acres
that can be made productive, and the reduc-
ton of the population by some system of
emigration, compulsory if necessary.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-15

From a statement kindly furnished us by
Hon. VIM. II. Dubois, State Inspector Of FL
nance, il is evident that tho savings banks Of
this state have not allowed themselves to be
made medium for screening property from
taxation. The total amount of deposits in
the savings banks and trust companies in the
state January LIST was 80, G20, GGl.33. The re-
turns of these institutions for the quarter end
ing March 31st show atotal of $40, 292, 4O6. SO
in deposits, an increase for three months Of
S6G2, 1850. or this increase, $276, 795. 27
was deposited in the FIVE trust companies and
is a triAe less than 10 per cent. increase in
their deposits; the balance, 1886, $50. 20, is in
the deposits in the sixteen savings banks, and
is about four and three-fourths per cent of
their deposits. The increase in the strictly
savings institutions, it will thus be seen, is
very small BY the courtesy of the State In
spector we are enabled to present the follow
ing table, showing the amount of deposits in
the savings banks in Windham county Jan. 1,
1881, and April l, 1881, and the increase in
deposits in each for the three months:
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-15

Fuller details of the earthquake at Scio, or
Chios, on April Sd, indicate that the magni-
tude of the disaster was underestimate in
stead of exaggerated, and it will take its
place in history along with the great convul-
sions of like character at Lisbon and Calabria
in the last century. The estimate of killed
and wounded has risen from 5000, the num-
Der stated in the first accounts, to IL, 900,
and it is reported that $4,000 people on the
island are homeless and without food. The
suffering, present and prospective, so far e1-
ceeds the means at hand for its relief that the
world at large is appealed to for help in the
direful exigency. On Monday of this week
another violent shock was experienced on the
island, followed by the falling of houses on
all sides Mrs. Blaine, Mrs. Sherman, and
other well known women, have issued an ap-
peal to the people of the United States in be-
half of the sufferers
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-15

The reports of the operation of the new
tax law are almost universally favorable
Very few instances are given of individuals
refusing to make out their lists, and in some
cases the increase of personal property dis
covered is surprising. In Montpelier the in
dications are that the grand list may reach
$4,000. Two years ago it was only gil, 343.
In St. Adams the whole grand list for state
taTation two years ago was only about 3d.
900. This year, enough National Car Com
pany's stock has been discovered to add $12-
900 to that sum-this increase representing,
of course, property value of 81, 200, 900. In
Burlington the Free Press says that the indi-
cations are that the increase in taxable per-
sonal property will be immense.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-15

1t is said that the position of Consul Gen
eral to the Dominion of Canada was offered
toGen. George W. Grandey OF yergennes, but
Gen: Grandey, after mature consideration,
declined the place.
The widow and daughter of Old John
Brown are said to be living in poverty on a
small farm near San Jose, California. Mrs.
Brown is seventy years old and wholly sup
ported by her good daughter, who is obliged
to perform the rough teamwork TO earn suf-
fcient food. Their property is mortgaged
for 81 200, and the payment of the interest
is a serious matter to the two lonely women.
Substantial help ought to be given to them
by those who admire the sturdy hero Of Har-
per's Ferry
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-15

BLAoKNrAILER SHoT.--A desperate at
tempt at blackmailing in New York city end
ed on Thursday of last week, in the death of
one OF the gang and the discovery Of some of
his confederates. Louis Strasburger a prom
inent Hebrew, has for his business partner
Charles Adler, his brother-in.law. They mar
ried sisters, and have on many occasions been
the object of Matchmaking threats, to which
they paid no attention. Last Christmas day
n letter addressed to Mrs. Strasburger and
Mrs. Adler jointly was received at the house
of the former. 1t was signed executive
committee" and purported to repeat a de-
mand for 100000, which bad already been
made upon their husbands, and directed Mrs
Strasburger where TO go and at what time of
the day with an envelope containing the re-
quired amount. Failing to comply, she was
warned that boodshed would be the conse-
quence. No attention was paid to the matter
and on March % clumsy attempt was made
by two men to abduct Mrs Strasburger's
daughter from school, Other letters similar
to the one we have already described were
sent to the Strasburgers, and then the case
was put into the hands Of the detectives. The
demands had, however fallen to $4,000 or
$4,000. Tho directions were followed, and
Thursday noon Miss Louisa Spelten, a gov
erness in the family of Mr. Strasburger, walk
ed toward Fifth avenue and dropped an en-
yelope at point which the blackmailers had
designated. Two men were on the lookout.
and the moment one of them picked up the
missive Detective Campbell, who by arrange
ment was at hand, grasped the fellow by the
collar He struggled, and in the scufie the de-
tective's pistol was accidentally discharged.
killing the blackmailer instantly. He was
found to be Edward Sagert, young German,
and letters on his person led to the arrest of
Albert Vogel, who confessed his share in the
plot. Other arrests have been and are to be
made. The conspiracy was a bold and des-
perate one and the New York papers all ex-
press satisfaction that one of It's leaders met
the fate he SO richly merited. Some Of the
arrested parties claim to be Nihilists but their
story is not believed
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-15

The Senate deadlock continues. The most
e1citingincident during the past week occurred
on Wednesday when Mr.. Pendleton renewed
the Democratic insinuation of Republican
bargain with Mr.. Malone. In reply Mr.
Dawes, speaking apparently with authority
from Mr.. Malone himself, openly charged
that the Democrats had attempted to open
negotiations with the virginian and had been
repealed. The sensational scene came when
Mr.. Malone, replying to an intimation from
Ben Hill that he had sold his vote, said; IF
he meant to imply that my vote had been or
could be bought, he states that which is foul,
untruthful, false, and makes statement that
no man who is not a coward would make
He can solve that question for himself"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-15

The present contest in the senate, which in
the beginning looked to the country at large
like foolish struggle over few petty offices,
is held by the leading Republican senators to
m can great deal more than this. To them
the contest means fight for political freedom
in the South, and it is admitted on the high
est Democratic authority that this is the whole
meaning of it. A prominent Southern sena-
tor is quoted as saying:
"We would not continue this struggle twenty-four
hours II nothing were involved except the possession
of few Offices. II the Malone movement in virginia
succeeds, we may as well make up minds to sur
render the control of half dozen Of the other South
ern States. Mahones will make political re-
bellion and treason respectable In the South, and
Mahones will spring up in North Carolina, in South
Carolina in Georgia, in Alabama, and in Missis-
sipp The very existence of the Democratic party in
some states is at stake In this contest. Dsahected
Democrats in every Southern state watching the
struggle with eager interest," and they will rise in
belion against party discipline the moment they
the Democratic party overthrow in Virginia"