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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-11-17

The total area Of Tennessee Is 26,sO0,000
acres, OF which i0,T7i,s9d, acres are still
covered with lts original forests.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-10

Some of the English prints have been ven-
tilating of late the whole system of Greek
brigandage, and the facts are of interest. A
band of robbers is organized exactly as is the
manning of vessel. Some little capital is
required for the purchase or hire of arms.
1t becomes known that such and such a man
is going into business, and has preference
for tried hands. Then robbers belonging to
other bands change masters. Regular papers
are drawn up, in which the shares of the cap
tain, the men, the food purveyors, and the
spies are regularly specified. Sometimes the
spies form an integral portion of the band,
and have to be supported for certain fixed
period in the villages or towns, but generally
they are only paid providing loot is made.
There seems to have been one authentic case
when a band leased route from another
band on a percentage. This route proving
exceptionally good, the lessons wanted it
back from the lessees, and lawsuit came
near being brought into court. One positive
rule they make is never to allow captive
who is TO be ransOmed his liberty unless the
money is paid A terrible story is told of a
doctor living in Janina, who was pounced
upon and held for $900 He had the money,
but it was in Constantinople, and man was
sent for it. Unfortunately, the messenger
was robbed by band Of thieves No. 2, and,
though band No. was cognizant of the fact,
still they cut the DOCTORS throat from ear to
ear. Not quite two years ago a fairly well-to-
do farmer had two of his children captured
boy and a girl of 10 and 70. One hundred
and eighty piasters was the ransom for each
of them. The money was sent for one child,
and the boy was returned. But the farmers
ready money was exhausted. He begged
little delay, but the band were on the move
and could not wait. The other child-the
little girl-was found afterward with stab in
the heart and wild flowers in her hand. Moth
ing can exceed the temperance of these rob-
bers, who never drink wine. They are very
pious, and never neglect their religious du-
ties, always crossing themselves before eat
ing, never emitting the numerous fast days
the Gresk church insists upon. Some are
quite well read, and it is said that leading
seoundrel to-day always travels about with
small ambulant library. The names of these
robbers, if they are true Greek, have q
most heroic and classic sound, but it should
be generally borne in mind that the longer
and more grandiloquent is the modern HELEN
10 patronymic the meaner and less trust
worthy is the individually. Y. Times.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-10
NO. 23.

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didn't even NV a. hsor
7 walked ON moodilv scross ,bo boo,b An
tho benion effects ~ Joe's nrncb hod avo,,o
rated siI the nleasn,e ~ tba s,1o,, had ~,
sweY,t awav In ono chill blsst tba ao,is' doS,,
i,e ides ,hSt nossessed me- ,vss tbo day.srai,,
alton moi IN buv INV brother Solomon ! ,,e,
umbrella.
aiwavs carried NV ou,n hav ond forbodo
the aayvsnts to ~ mn for me- so yon r,os
ouess I was snrnrised 10 And nv groo,o
v,atcbine, AZ tba ,,ato
nWalFino sir ~ he erolained roaat;ns mn
with a hurried sten and worr;ed face TT
boped vou'd ride home that Won nniobt he The
ouiokef at tbe narsonaoe frbsv,ve sent for
You twenty times at least sir M Solo.
mon"
~ know" ;nterrpntad. ,tMr soio-
mon ;s missing I've inst me-, him III, ~
on and tell them so. for mi be hound the nsy.
isb IL ali nm In arms .
All the parish was IN in arms and had all
gathered AZ the parsonage aa Il saeuad 40
me but-Solomon was there too Ivino on
bis narrow he'd onnos;ts tbe onon ryindo,-
with The sopara ~ nnoonI;t sLv boforo re
closed ewes
They tell me something about n swoon. or
some such womsnisb trick and Il NAV he
true and Il NAV NOT Al anv rate. I remem.
ber nothing after the first few sentences thew
uttered. solomon had been ailino foT sorne
time-so the words went~and had feIt woTse
than usual that dav and lonely and restless
Still he had insisted on nrescbino in tbe
EVENING. and afterward had toiIed m 70 NV
house To- see IL / WAS al home. and then toiIed
back again. An The evening he had been eT.
pectinS me. and Eent listenino for NV sten
while he sent again and again 10 see Il bad
returned. just once he 6ad risen eTcitedlv
in bed then his strength had failed and
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-10

VISIT TO DISTRICT NO. WEST.
About one year ago we reported the con-
dition of the new school house recently built
in this district. 1t was not then finished,
nor, as the teacher informed us at the time,
would il be completed, unless the district
would accept just such a school house as the
contractor chose to build, even though it be
not up TO the written contract. 1t was not
being built up to contract as many judged,
hence the stay in regard to the work, and the
refusal to pay for what was already done.
We understand that the expense for building
will be paid when the school house is finish
ed according to contract We, as one inter-
ested in every good work, hoped to report
progress in this matter, and give the district
a complimentary notice of having new
school house finished as was intended. Things
are now as they were one year ago, except
that the surroundings have much improved.
The debris of the old building is gone. The
bushes have been cut away and things outside
have a more comely appearance. Better
things are TO come. We are hopeful of the
future. This district has sustained religious
meetings in the school house a long time.
Not long since, a well-attended Sabbath
school was in operation. The good seeds
here sown will bear good fruit in due time.
We thus speak, because we believe every
good cause will live. 1t may be made 10 suf-
fer for time because one and another iden-
tilted with it have done something that some
body else did not like. An old Scotch wo-
man richly stocked with keen common sense
was offended with her minister but still con-
tinued to go and hear him preach. The min
lister expressed surprise to her that she should
attend his meetings after their quarrel. Her
reply was, "my quarrel is with you, man !
it is not with the gospel" Her words are
worthy OF remembrance. Never fail to make
a sharp distinction between man and q
cause. The cause may live after the man is
dead and forgotten. D. L. N.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-10

Houghton, Miffiin & Co., Boston, have
Just published beautiful little "LoNdFELLow
BIRTHDAY Book, containing on the left-hand
pages careful selections from the prose and
poetieal writings of Mr.. Longfellow and on
the right-hand pages the names of more or
less distinguished individuals whose birth
days occur on the dates given on the opposite
page. Blank spaces are left on the right
hand pages which are available for the writ
ing Of autographs, the volume thus forming
happy combination of gift-book and album.
The book contains the latest portrait of Mr..
Longfellow, said to be one of the most salts
factory ever made. There are also twelve
choice illustrations, one for each month of
the year We doubt not the book win be
found very satisfactory in many families as
convenient record of the birthdays o I relatives
and friends each being indicated in the hand
writing of the person whose birthday is there
stated. At the end is an index of birthdays,
which, when filled up, will facilitate refer
ence 10 any of the names contained in the
book. Price only 81. Sold in Brattleboro
by Cheney q Clapp.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-10

Five young people were badly poisoned
at q recent picnic near Flora, ILL.,, by drink
ing lemonade in which acid was used instead
of lemons.
Charles A. Cowles of Rochester, N. Y,
suddenly and mysteriOusly recovered his hear
iag while at supper the other evening, after
being deaf 81 years.
DIR. d. H. Onion died at his home in
Milton, recently, aged a., of old age. Dr.
Onion graduated from the medical depart
ment Of the U. V. NJ, in 1927.
The discovery of several genuine straw
colored diamonds, equal to the African stones,
in an old gold mine at Seneca, s. O., has
caused considerable local excitement.
The Soul Sleepers, a new sect of Advent
lists, have sprung up in Indiana. They be-
lieve that the body sleeps till the resurrec-
ton, the soul being in quiescent state until
that time.
The original of 'Mary had a little lamb"
was written by Mr. John Roulstone of Boston,
proprietor of a popular riding school, sixty
years ago. MARY" the owner of the lamb
is now Mrs Tyler of Somerville, Mass.
The Hudson river tunnel at New York Is
progressing favorably. The south tunnel is
now out 450 feet under the river, and the
north tunnel about $50 feet. 1t is expected
that the tunnel viii be finished, ready for
travel, by the summer OF 1883.
"A Nash county (N. o. man set a turtle
hook the other evening, and the next morn
ing found large catfish, hawk and an owl
attached to the line. The hawk is supposed
to have swooped down on the fish after II had
been hooked, aud the owl on the hawk, the
curious result being the capture of all three.
French savants have discovered that man
is venomous animal. Rabbits inoculated
with the saliva taken from any child, or from
an enr6ged man, will die. The deduction is
that parasites exist in the stomach, which in
feet the saliva of young children, and also
that of a grown person when the latter be-
comes angry.
No city in the world, probably, is grow
ing more rapidly than Denver, Col. II is
using more brick at present than New York
city. Among the edihces going up are
court house, an opera house, a railway sta
ton, high school and other school buildings,
a system of sewers and street pavements, and
innumerable new business buildings and
dwellings. The state will soon add a new
ornament TO the town by building q capitol,
and the scbemes for improvement in the fu-
ture are more numerous than those now In
execution.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-10

tence. In mathematics there shonld not be
a problem but that he would have its bones"
We could furnish q long list Of failures re-
sulting from ignorance in attempting 10 teach
what was not known or well understood.
Rev. s. II, McCollester touched on this point
before the association when he related the
incident Of a teacher saying that the Merri-
mac was one of the rivers of Vermont, and
the other case Of young Indy who displayed
her knowledge Of architecture in saying that
the new house, which her father was about 10
build would have a pizarro all around il,
nice buffalo on top Of the house, and the wa
ter was 10 be conveyed in an anecdote.
II
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-10
Teacher., ConrentIon..After-Thourht.


A. NJ Bailey, principal of Keene High
school, made very favorable impression up
on the convention of teachers in Brattleboro,
in his talk on arithmetic. The desire was so
great for more information of the same kind
that it was voted to ask Mr.. Bailey to pre-
pare textbook on arithmetic at his earliest
opportunity. One of the statements made to
the convention was, that ninety mine teachers
out of hundred did not fully understand the
subject of division Of decimal fractions. Was
it an exaggerationP So far as our experience
goes in the examination of teachers for the
common schools, we are inclined TO believe,
as ArtemAs Ward would say, that it is ''too
true" Certainly a majority Of teachers do
not understand, or are wholly ''at sea" in
regard to placing the decimal point in the
quotient when the number of decimal places
in the divisor exceeds those in the dividend.
For want of time Mr.. Bailey did not explain
division of deeimals fully We give the fol-
lowing method of explanation which under
lies two simple principles that are well under
stood by all pupils lst. Dividing the divi-
dend divides the quotient I'd. Dividing the
divisor multiplies the quotient. Applying
these principles TO decimal fractions, the rule
for pointing off in division is easily under
stood. Divide 1928 by OLA. The rule
commonly given does not apply in this case
as most pupils understand it, because the
number Of places in the divisor exceeds those
in the dividend. Regarding both numbers
given as integers, the quotient is l2- Re
garding the diVisor as an integeT, the quo
tient is 100 times too large. We therefore
divide the quotient by 100. This gives ~.
Regarding the dividend as an integer the
quotient is 10000 times too small. We there
fore multiply .12 by 10000. This gives 1900,
the right result. In practice, make the divi-
dend and divisor alike in denomination, and
the rule commonly given in the arithmetic
readily applies
b. F. Bingham, of the Brattleboro High
school, in his closing address before the con-
vention, gave, in his emphatic style, valuable
suggestions in regard 10 the preparation for
the teachers vocation. We heartily endorse
what he said on that occasion. We believe
that teachers should possess some independ-
ent power in the management and in the in
struction of their schools yet, in cases of
inexperience, or limited experience in the
school room, teachers should be willing TO
receive suggestions from persons competent
TO aid them. As Rev. f. N. Peloubet would
say, get all the helps you can use them for
your own good and the good of others, and
in thus doing you may still be original in
their application. In reference TO prepara-
tion Mr. Bingham said 'If you are 10 teach
arithmetic, master it, know II If grammar,
know 1t If history, know history; master
all you attempt to teach. In his work Of
preparation he was determined to know the
] English language and be master Of every SEN
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-10
The Little skipper.

They sat together, happy pair,
In an old hull by the sea,
A maiden fair with golden hair,
And brave, bright boy was he.
'rm the skipper, he cries, "and you're my wife,
And over the sea wen gol"
He cuts the rope with his little knife-
And the crimson sun was low.
Up rose the storm, loud roared the tide,
The boat was hiing fast;
The little wife crept 70 her slippers side,
And wept at the fearful blast.
He wraps her warm in his little coat;
He cries, 40 weep not sol
As swift they drift In the filling boat
And the stormy sun is low.
o what shall be the parents life
In their cabins on the shOrei
The little skipper and his wife
VIII come TO them no more.
o lonely will they wander by,
And watch the ebb and how,
And think they hear their children cry
When the crimson sun II low.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-10

Prof. d. b. st. John Roosa of New York,
one Of the faculty of the Burlington medical
college, and a gentleman who stands in the
front rank of his profession, gave the medi-
cal class this assurance of the excellence of
their school in a recent lecture; For your
comfort wish to say, that as thorough a
medical education as can be obtained in New
York may now be had in Burlington. say
this with full consideration Of the subject aud
knowledge of that which l atfirm-for am
ed a medical student in the three colleges in
New York" This remark was made with es-
pecial reference 10 the facilities for study and
observation now afforded by the Mary Fletch-
or hospital.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-10
AsH-ToNIC

N y oIIoCNou r uNAuBE OF Nuo bYbNem'
Tonic" "Tncreasing ne strength o5ridano he
e6Sctsof debility, dnd'csto'iHg Healthy JunctioHs."
WEBSTER.
For Indigestion, and Dyspepsia,
the many forms Of Liver Com
Dlaint, 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 Id. 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 Onc-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, 1881-06-10
HENRY RAWSON.
PATENTS.

r. FL. Eddy,
No. 40 state 81, opposite HtlDy, BOSTON,
Secures Patents in the United states also in Great
Britain, France, and other foreign countries COPIES
OF the claims OF any Patent furnished by remittng
one dollar. Assignments recorded at Washington
No Agency IN the United States possesses superior ia
eiles for obtaining Patents Gseertdfning the PAT
eatabihty Of Inventions. r, H. EDDY,
Solicitor Of Patents.
TEsrIMoHIALs. ,
81 regard Mr. Eddy as one Of the most capable and
suecessJui practitioners with whom have had ohcia
intercourse. CHAs. MASON, Commissioner OF Patents
, Inventors cannot employ person more trustwor-
my or more capable Of securing for them an early
and favorable consideration at the Patent Once.
EDMUND BURKE, late Commissioner OF Patents"
Boston, Oct. 10, 1870.
r. II. EDDY, Esq.-Dear sirs You procured for
nae, In 1910, my hrst patent. Since then you nave
acted for and advised me in hundreds of cases. ana
procured many patents, reissues and extensions.
have occasionally employed the best agencies IN New
york, Philadelphia and Washington, but still give
you almost the whole Of my business In your hne'
ana advise others 10 employ you. Yours truly
Boston, Jan. !, 1881
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-10
(aStOria -ssD....

36 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, 1881-06-10
SEWING MACHINES,

And in this way have had opportunities for deciding
the question to what makes are the best and
want your confidence that may be able to sell you
sewing machines, and have you believe that what
tell you about them is exactly the truth al with my
experience understand it. If you viii give me that
confidence, I will agree on my part to sell you the
best machine that is made. will also agree that u
every machine sell you does not prove eIactly as
represent it, after thorough and candid trial VIII
either refund the money make II good VIII fur-
her promise not you with my presence to that
extent that you will feel like setting the dog on me
you chance to so past your house, or crawl I'M
der the barn 10 get out of the way OF sewing ma
chine agent who will try to make you buy machine
when you don't want it, have no rent or other e1-
penses to pay out Of the business, but II should
come and iind you should want pay for my time II
you come and see me, or send to me, you will save
that expense in the price of the machine. may be
found at the Brattleboro machine shop. hesldehee'
"a Canal Street.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-10

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RHEUMATISM,
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-10

AnEnTo ulAklTcn EVERYWHERE TO sen
hnen 3 WAN gu t6e best ESpIly K nit;
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minutes, II viii also knit great variety Of fancy
work for which there Is always a ready market Send
for circular and terms 70 the TVVOmbly knitting
Machine Co., 40 Washington ST., BOSTON, Mas
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-10
GREAT BARGAINS.
AT THE OLD STAND OF
Pratt, Wright & Co.,
SUMMER CLOTHING
Men, Youths &
Boys.
EURNlSHlN6 GUUDS.
LIGHT UNDERWEAR,
TRUNKS AND BAGS.
sun AND RAIN UMBRELLAS,
From soc Each to the Finest
silk.
CUSTOM
CLOTHING!
4 Large and Fine Stock of
WOOLLENS S
For Summer and Dress Suits.

We HAVE THE LARGEST
AND BEST SELECTED STOCK
OF CLOTHING, WOOLLENS,
FURNISHING GOODS, TRUNKS
BAGS AND UMBRELLAS, AND
At LOWER PRICES FOR THE
SAME QUALITY OF GOODS,
THAN WAS EVER BEFORE Of
FERED IN BRATTLEBORO.
Pratt, Wright & Co.,
No. 3 Granite Block.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-07-16

Reports From the Centers of Trade.
 NEW YORK, July 15.-Wire and mail ad- vices to Bradstreet from the trade and indus trial centers throughout the United States report continuance of the generally satis- factory volume of trade. From number of leading cities the amount of business done thus far during July is in excess of that re- corded in the first two weeks of that month for a number of years. As rule, however most of the commercial centers report the seasons customary inactivity in industrial lines. Considerable activity exists, notably in iron and lumber. The drouth which has for several weeks threatened the crops in the Southwest has disappeared with the advent of the copious rains throughout that region. The same cause has also served to revive business throughout the Ohio valley, where for week the intense heat has lnterfered with the progress of business in the cities as well as with the corn crop in the rural districts. Late reports from the wheat districts are rather more encouraging and from the cotton growing States as whole are very satisfactory.
 The number of failures throughout the United States and Canada reported during the past week to Bradstreet's was 91, which is about the average number, although AZ over the record for the preceding week, New England States had the largest number, g, an increase of twelve; the Middle States Is, an increase of 9; the Western States 20, an increase of 12 California and the Pacific coast States 13, an increase of 12; Canada 1, a decrease of 3.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-07-16
New York Produce Market.

NEW YORK; July 15. FLOUR-steady and in moderate demand south four steady s5 10a7 25 for good to strictly fancy shipping extras.
 WHEAT-In fair demand and 4aAc. higher; spot sales of Mo- red winter at $I 2S4a1 28k of No. 3 do at S1 23E of No. l white at $1 25kaS1 26, and of No. spring at $1 16 UORN-In good demand and firmly held; spot sales of No. ? at 564a57; of No. at 51, and of steamer mixed at 53s53H. OATS-Generally hrmer and in moderate demand ; No. white 42; No. do 43a434 No. mixed 42Ia 435, and No. 3 do 42.
 RYE-NominaL
 BARLEY-Nominal.
 PoRK-In moderate demand and firm; ordinary mess for early delivery Is 25.
 LARD-Strong and active spot sales of western steam 13 00a13 10, and city do Il 75a12 %. BEEF-Firm and in fair demand; extra mess 12 50 a13 %.
 CUT MEATS-Fair demand and firm 114la114 for pickled hams; IS do shoulders.
 WHISKEY-Nominal
 SPOT COTTON-DulI; middlings Il 9-16; fu- lures steady.
 PETROLEUM-Prices steadily held and busi- is rather fair crude in barrels at 62Ga73S j; naptha in barrels at loo. refined in barrels, cargo lots Ss1c United Pipe line certificates at 742S BUTTER-Ths steady movem snt to trade is well sustained with good prices also fair inquiry from porters western creamery, choice, at 22a23c.; do good