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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-15

AN ENGLISH PREcEDENT.-Th recent at
tack on President Garfield has had a singular
parallel in the English history of the present
century, so curiously identical with Guiteaus
crime in all its leading details that the first
tragedy might well appear to have suggested
the second. In the spring of 1912 the door
keepers of the House of Commons began to
notice among the most persistent haunters of
the place a strange looking, shabbily dressed
man named John Bellingham, whose whole
mind had been dsordered by heavy CONNER
cial losses. These he obstinately attributed
TO the action of the government, and address
cd repeated memorials TO the then Prime
Minister, Mr. Spencer Perceval, demanding
either compensation in money or an appoint
ment to post under government No notice
being taken of these applications, Bellingham
went to the House one May evening with
large pistol concealed in his clothes, and, sta
tioning himself in the lobby, awaited the
Premiers arrival. The moment Mr.. Perceval
appeared, the assassin stepped forward and
shot him dead on the spot, after which he
quietly gave himself up to the officers who
came to arrest him.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-15

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Miscellany.


Where are the footsteps was wont TO hear,
o Spring, In pauses Of the blackbird's sOng2
hear them not; the world has held mine ear
With its insistent sounds too long, too longl
The football and the sweeping robes Of Spring,
How, once, hailed them as lifes full delightl
Now, little moved, hear the blackbird sing,
As blind men wake not at the sudden light.
Nay, not unmovedl But yesereve stood
Beneath thee, throned, queen soDgstross, in tn,
beech,
And for one moment heaven that green wood,
And the old dreams went by, too deep for speech.
One moment-it was passed; the gusty breeze
Brought laughter and rough voices from the lane;
Night, like mist closed round the darkening trees,
And was with the world that mocks again.
SO near is Eden, yet so far; 1t lies,
No angel-guarded gate, too far for sight
We breathe, we touch it, yet our blinded eyes
still seek It every way except the right.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-15

Tell me, little housewives,
Playing in the sun,
How many minutes
Till the cooking's done?
Johnny builds the oven,
Jenny rolls the crust,
Katie buys the -four,
All Of golden dust.
Pat 1t here, and pat it there;
What dainty size!
Bake it on a shingle-
Nice mud pies!
Don't you hear the bluebird
High up in the air?
"Good morning, little ones,
Ars you busy there?"
Pretty Mister Squirrel
Bounces down the rail;
Takes a seat and watches,
Curls his bushy tail.
Twirl it SO, and mark it so
looking wondrous wise);
All the plums are pebbles
Rich mud pies!
Arms that never weary,
Toiling dimple deep;
Shut the oven door now,
And soon wen take peep.
Wish we had a shower
Think we need 1t so;
That would make the roadside
Such heap Of dough-
Turn them in, and turn them out;
How the morning flies;
Ring the bell for dinner
Hot mud pies!
George Cooper.
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ANOTHER LOT!

| INV uuI%uN GVuI
1l6a YARDS OF THOSE BEAUTIFUL
ROMAN STRIPED sILKs--sAMn AS
LAsT--To BE SOLD Ar 55C A YARD.
THIS is THE LAST EXPECT ToRE
ABLE TO SELL AT THIS PRICE. IL
DIFFERENT coLoRINGs IN THIS
LOT. LADIES WHO HAVE BEEN
WAITING FOR THEM TO COME. OR
WHO WISH TO SECURE THE BEST
DRESS THEY HAVE EVER BOUGHT
FOR THE MONEY, SHOULD MAKE
SELECTIONS AT THEIR EARLIEST
CONVENIENCE.
HAVE JUST CLOSED OUT ALL THE
FINE SILK EMBROIDERED sATINE
SKIRTS IN A NTANUFRS AGENTS
HANDS AT CLOSE OF SEASON, AT
ABOUT soc ON a DOLLAR. SHALL
SELL AT $1.OOsl.25 SKIRTS WHICH
ARE THE CHOICEST SHOWN THIS
SEASON AT ST. so, LIS, 400, aas, $50
AND 2.75.
HAVE JUST CLOSED OUT THREE
BIG LOTS OF SHETLAND sHAwLs,
WHICH I SHALL SELL AT SIS, rs,
SIPS. THERE ARE PLENTY OF
sHAwLs TO BE HAD AT THESE
PRICES, BUT THESE ARE GOODS
USUALLY SOLD FOR MORE. HAVE
BOUGHT AS MANY as I SHOULD Or
DINARILY SELL in SEVERAL YEARS,
BUT AT THE PRICES I EXPECT TO
MOVE THEM QUICK.
FULL LINE OF. SIZES IN LINEN UL-
STERS AT $1.l5, 40, $50, IFS, .s5,
200, 2.25, $50, 2.75, 3.ooa3.25. BEST
STYLES & BEST FITTING GOODS
IN THE MARKET.
SPECIAL BARGAIN in BLACK SILKS
AT rs, 100. 100 & 1876.
NEW LOT MADRAS GINGHAMs--
ALL THE IS CT. GRADES NOW OF
FERRED AT l2 1-2 CTS; 12 1-2 CT.
QUALITIES FOR R1I1-2.
LACE BUNTINGs, HALF WOOL, IL
lac, ALL CoLoRS; ALL WOOL, 2sC,
ALL CoLoRs. PLAIN BLACK BUNT-
INGs, ALL WOOL, 15C; BEST QUAIL
ITY SINGLE FOLD DO, CSC. NUNS
vEILINGs, 32c TO 81.
FOUR PIECES GRAY AND BROWN
MIXED ALL-WooL HERRING BONE
STRIPED FRENCH "cHEvERoNS,"
AT sec, HERETOFORE SOLD AT 75c
OR MORE.
CARRIAGE BLANKETS, 75C; SAME
AS SOLD LAST YEAR AT 81. HAVE
A FEW AT $50: USUALLY SOLD AT
400. HORSE NETS, $1.oo. HORSE
SHEETS, $1.5o--ExTRA GOOD ONES.
NEW HAMBURG EMBRoIDERIEs.
cHEMISE %, b, SO, a. "a 0Sc.
CORSET COVERS, 80 "a Osc.
DRAWERS ID, 80, Gs, 40. O5c.
UNDER SKIRTS, 80 s5c. WHITE
SKIRTS, 80, a, -, 90, ,I5, Las, I.5O,
las. 200, 2.25. $50, 2.O5, 2.s5. 2.s5, 800
3.25.
LACE APRONS a5e. WHITE LAWN
SAcQUES soc 10 $500. CALICO AND
cAnIHRIC sAcQUEs aO to OSc.
NOVELTIES IN BELTS. ELEGANT
NEW THINGS IN NULL TIES. NEW
LOT SPANISH, FRENCH, vERMICIL-
La AND ToRCHoN LACEs. WHITE
PIQUE AND LAWN APRONS, Is IL "a
25c.
$50 LINEN ToRCHoN COLLARS
JUST PUT ON FIVE CT. COUNTER.
JOB IN FANCY BRocADE RIBBONS
AT 10 CTS. A YARD.
HAVE JUST CLOSED FOUR LINES
LADIES' FINE BALRRIGGAN HOSE,
WHICH 1 SHALL OFFER AT as CTS.
APAIR WORTH 30 TO 40 CTS.
LUZ w 6AG6 NAOGOnAA LAWNS N
10 CTS. A YARD, WORTH IS. INDIA
LAWNS, - CTS, WORTH aS. SAME
AT b CTS, WORTH ~.
LOT OF EXTRA FINE CHECKED
MANSIONS UNDER USUAL PRICE.
TO CLOSE A LOT OF ODD DRESS
PATTERNS SHALL OFFER AT I2 IL,
10, 20 a - CENTS A YARD, GOODS
WHICH ARE --soME OF THEM---
WORTH DOUBLE THE MONEY.
BARGAIN IN TURKISH 1ATHToW-
ELS ar 10, 10 d 25c.
24-IN. HoRN-HANDLED, TwILLED
SERGE PARAsoLs. s5c. PARAsoLs
AND SUN UMBRELLAS, 90 CTS. TO
$500 EACH.
NEW GOODS OPENING ALL THE
TIME. TO BE TURNED OVER QUICK
AT CLOSE PRICES.
n. |. HAVLEY.
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NENEMENT TO RENT at No. 10 Western
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Inquire on the premises or at this office.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-23
Reeds Gilt Edge Toni oassists digestion
DisraeIi,s WIFE.

A great deal of the late Earl of Bea-
consfeld's success, both social and
political, is undeniably due to his ex-
cellent wife-an extraordinary woman.
as all who knew her readily conceded
her to be. Even before the death Of
her first husband, Wyndham Lewis,
Disraeli's colleague and intimate, she
was a warm friend of the earl, and
aided him by her wise counsel, her
fine tact, and her accurate knowledge
Of society and the world. At the age
Of thirty-three he married her-s6e
had been widowed but a short time
and was helped almost as much by her
influence as by her fortune. He had
been so disturbed by the fail
ure of his maiden effort that
he was resolved to make good
his declaration, that the time
would come when he should be heard.
Consequently he prepared his speeches
for the house of commons with the
greatest care, studying them closely
and reading them over attentively fol
the last time before leaving home fol
parliament. His wife always accom-
panied him, but after she had taken
her seat in the carriage by his side
she never spoke to him for fear of dis
composing his mind, absorbed in the
matter in hand. One day, as they
were quitting their residence, the
footman, in closing the door of the
brougham, caught her finger and shut
it in, causing excruciating pain. But
she drove to the house in silent agony,
and never referred to the accident
until her husband had finished his
speech and gone 70 her, as was his
custom, in the gallery set apart for
members wives. As man and wife
they were a model pair, being always
and wholly in love with n another.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-23
Rescued from Death.

William ]. Coughlin, Of Somerville
Mass, says: I'm the fall of 1876 l was
taken with a violent bleeding of the
lungs, followed by a severe cough.
was so weak at one time that | could
not leave my bed. In the summer oil
1877 | was admitted to the city hospi.
tai. While there the doctors said
bad a hole in my left lung as big as a
half dollar. | was SO far gone at one
time a report went around that | was
dead. l gave up hope, but a friend
told me of DR.. VIM. Halls Balsam fol
the Lungs. 1 got a bottle, when to my
surprise and qualification commenced
so feel better, and to-day l feel in bet
ter spirits han | have in the past
three years.
II write this hoping every one
afflicted with diseased lungs will be
induced to take DR.. Halls Balsam for
the lungs, and be convinced that con
sumption can be cured" Sold by
druggists.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-23

THE New York Tribune is publish
ing a series of lett, purporting to
have been written during the war, by
Q. C. Clay, Jacob Thompson and other
prom nent citizens of the south, and
styles this "Contemporaneous His
tory" at the same time assuring its
readers that these letters "have never
before leon made public" The New
York Times calls attention to the fact
that it published these letters in 1872.
1t happened hal the editor of the
Tribune was the democratic candidate
for president that year, and therefore
had no tate for such letters. The
young men who succeeded Horace
Greeley only lately discovered this
mine, and they are working it vigor-
ously. The Times twits the Tribune
by saying;
fit was not worth while to tell all
this in lo72, why, 10 the name Of com
mo. sense. rs it worth while in 1881?
Newspapers that have a crooked
record should be very careful about
raking up the past. The reformed
thief should be ehary of references
TO the penitentiary and to the profess
sion Of burglary. Let the Tribune
content itself with safe platitudes con-
corning the fashions, the good, the
true and the beautiful. For it, any
delviDg into the political history as
ancient as 1872 will prove most un-
profitable.
This is a case Of family fight with
which we are not disposed to inter
lere. If the Tribune finds comfort in
those old letters no one should OBJ
icot
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-23
Logan in 1861.

Confrmatory of the LEDGER's recent
article a day or two since in regard to
Senator Logan's wayering disposition
at the beginning of the war we clip
the following from the Nashville Ban
ner as the testimony Of ex.Gov. j. D.
Porter:
In May, 1861, a camp of~instruction
for Confederate troops was established
at Union City, Tenn. A company,
part Of whose members enlisted under
the stars and bars in Illinois, arrived
at Union City, under command of
Captain Brooks, and reported for duty
to General B. +. Cheatham. Governor
Porter, who belonged to the staff of
this brave and gallant leader, being
requested by his chief to call upon
the officers in command and welcome
them to Tennessee, complied, and
during the conversation, Captain
Brooks, whose enthusiasm for the
cause Of the south was as warm as it
was lofty, told Governor Porter that
the company he had the honor to
bring to our state had been formed at
the suggestion ofGeneral Logan, with
the understanding that a brigade or
regiment, to be commanded by Logan,
were preparing to leave Illinois for
the Confederate service, Sergeant
Cunningham, a brother.in-law ofLo-
gan, confirmed the statement made by
Captain Brooks. Captain Green. of
Illinois, commissary Of the Fifth Ten
nessee regiment, whose gallant career
ended on the field Of Perryville while
he was engaged in volunteer duty on
the staff Of General Cheatham, inform
ed the governor and other gentlemen
that he connected himself with the
Confederate army after q consultation
with Logan, and up)n his advice and
assurance that he was organizing a
large body of men for the same service,
A day or two subsequent to the visit
of Governor Porter, Captain Brooks
was ordered by Gen. Cheatbam to re.
port to Col. Carroll, of the First Ten
ECfbbc itSlulCub iOI uulJy duu ODcybu,
carrying with him the assurance that
upon the arrival of Gen. Logan he
should be assigned to service with him.
But Gen. Logan never came, his
views, as / am given TO understand,
having undergone a rapid change
through the fundamentally of Hon.
Stephen A. Douglass, in a private in
terview, held at Springfield, Illinois,
several hours after Douglass had de.
livered an unusually strong speech in
advocacy of the Union, a barangue
which angered Logan to such an ex-
tent that Immediately upon its con
clusion he told Douglas that he has
sold the democratic party but could
not deliver it, and that although his
(Douglas) neck was encircled by the
Lincoln collar, he would never wear
it. On the morning after the inter
view alluded to, Logan left Springfield
and raised a regiment which did
valiant service in many a hard fought
struggle, Brooks and Cunningham
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-23
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Judge Devens now receives $4,000
a year Tor his services on the Massa-
chusetts Supreme Bench.
A boy fell over the precipice at
Rochester into the Genesee river, a
clear drop of 100 feet, and was taken
out of the water alive.
Evangelist Moody raised an $4,000
dollar debt for San Francisco Young
Mems Christian Association during
his labors in that city.
Ernesto Rossi, the Italian tragedian
is to make an American tour next sea-
son. He is to give 100 performances
and will receive $500 a night.
Lord Beaconfeld's disease Of which
he died, was described by the London
Lancet as IAN inAAmmatory conges-
ton of the bronchial apparatus in SON
nection with equity diathesis."
The Lancet says that the actual
cause of the czar's death was loss of
blood, and thinks it most %extraordina-
~ that a monarch who always moved
in the shadow OIL death had not a SER
geon close at hand.
Rev. Stewart Robinson, the noted
Presbyterian clergyman of Louisville,
Kentucky, has resigned his charge
on account Of failing health. He
figured prominently in public affairs
during the wal.
The stock of unlicensed Toronto
bar-rooms is seized by the police,
and once a week the contents Of
bottles and kegs are poured into a
bath-tub and allowed to run to waste.
Three baskets OF champagne were in
the last lot destroyed.
President Garfield hopes to escape
from the ofice-seekers long enough to
be present at the celebration of the
battle of Cowpens, South Carolina,
May IL, and the laying OF tho corne
stone of the new school for Indian
girls at Hampton, Va, May 10.
Lord Derby is one of the half doz-
en- English noblemen who have most
money. Except a villa near London
he has but one place to keep up, and
his income is at least a clear $3.50, 900
a year. He is childless and of very
simple inexpensive tastes and habits.
A Kentucky colored clergyman is
reported on his way to Chicago in
search of his wife and the deacon who
has eloped with her. He carries a
bible in n pocket and says he hopes
it will prevent him from using the
pistol which is in another, but he
isn't sure.
Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic nllays Irritation
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-23
LORD BEACONSFIELD.
Touching Scene at The Passing
Away of a Great Statesman.
A SILENT GROUP OF ROuRNERs.
Death Comes on the Wings of the
East Wind.

LONDON, April 19.-One of the late
Lord Beaeonsfeld's medical attend.
ants gives an account of the last hours
Of the distinguished statesman. The
drowsincss which was apparent in the
latter part of last evening gradually
deepened toward midnight into stupor,
from which his lordship was with diff.
fculty aroused. He still, however,
took nourishment UP to half-past 8
o'clock this morning. About 2 o'clock
the stupor deepened into coma or com
plete insensibility and toward 3 O'Clock
the breathing became very much EN-.
barrassed.
THE APPROACH OF DEATH.
Drs. Kidd and Bruce at once ap-
piled all the usual restoratives fol-
breathing, but for the first time during
illness there was no response. Seeing
the approach of death, DR.. Kidd i'm,
mediately dispatched messengers tc
Lord Darlington, Sir Philip Rose and
DR.. Quain. Lord Darlington was the
first to arrive, and upon entering the
sick mans room he found Lord Row
ton closely grasping the right hand Of
the distinguished patient, in which
grasp Lord Darlington joined. The two
noble lords continued to grasp the
right hand of Lord Beaconsfeld until
the last moment, his left hand being
all the time held in that Of DR.. Kidd.
About five minutes before breathing
ceaaed Sir Philip Rose and DR.. Quain
arrived. Then a most placid appear.
ance came over his lordship's face,
which deeply moved all in the room.
PASSING AWAY.
The distressing breathing ceased
and for about FIVE minutes a slow.
gentle inspiration took its placea and all
seemed over. But even after the
breathing had stopped for four or five
minutes, the hearts action kept up,
the pulse continuing perfectly
p%erceptible at the wrist. II
was a most touching scene as Lord
RoWton, Lord Darlington, the three
physicians, DR.. Boehm, the young
servant James, and the two nurses
watched aroud the bed. For ten
minutes most perfect silence was
maintained, save for the weeping Of
some who were present, because,
even when the pulse ceased, it was
difficult to realize that he was dead.
THE EAST WIND.
Thus, without a struggle, Lord
Beaconsfeld passed away. His death
came somewhat suddenly. A few
days ago the east wind, which persist.
emily blew for ten days, changed into
beautiful spring weather. The con.
dition Of the noble patient improved
and hopes were entertained of hi,
eonvalescence; but the east wind re-.
turned yesterday and by last night the
temperature had fallen to such an ex,
tent that during the entire bank holi.
day much anxiety was felt for the no
bic earl. Although conscious to tn,
last, he awaited death with much for
titude.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-23

Of this city, the appointed guardians
Of the public sanitary condition, in its
political environment and compost.
ton, have been found te be apollo
gests rather than denunciators Of the
neglect and efficiency which have
produced the frightful condition Of
our highways and the noxious vapors
which have entered our houses during
the past few months"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-23

how to work a larger quantity of
ground with the men and money that
once we're expended on smaller estates.
Perhaps the increase Of the class of
small farmers has contributed to the
rise. If it has, the south is in luck
in more ways than one, for there was
a time when the men who now man
age small farms and show the south
that cotton is not the only profitable
crop to raise could scarcely find room
or liberation. With land in active
demand, and her manufacturing en-
terprises all succeeding, the south is
indeed in luck.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-23

JOHN Kelly having carried Tamma-
ny is now in a position to dictatea pol
icy to at least one hundred thousand
democratic voters. The Herald says
that while his majority was only fifty
votes, he received at least sixty repub-
lican votes. Be that as it may, he was
elected, and is still a power in the
IL
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-23

MEssRs. f.. 0. L. Edholm and H.
NJ. Hood, editors of the immigration
of the Prairie Farmer, at
Chicago, ILL.,, an old and reliable agri-
cultural paper, are in the city. They
have been in Arkansaw writing up the
resources of that state, and are going
down the river to Helena and other
no;nts