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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-12-09
NO. 40.
Social Prescription for Political
Opinion.

From the Springfield Republican,
The welcome given by Charleston Is. O.
TO its Connecticut visitors (the militia reti-
ment which went there from the Yorktown
celebration) was so hearty, the anxiety that
they should have a good time 80 gracious and
hospitable, the speeches so patriotic, Paul
Haynes poem so fine, the whole affair so
pleasant in the enjoyment and in the remem-
brance, that one is sorry to hear of some of
the guests stumbling into a closet that has a
skeleton in II. But the real pity, after all, is
that thero should have been such closet for
thom to stumble into.
Soon after they reached Charleston, some
of the Connecticut men found outflow we
are not told-that the reception committee
were composed exclusively of Democrats.
This struck them as queer, and they began TO
ask questions. Then, If a correspondent of
the New York Times has the story straight,
the still queerer fact came out that not q sim
gle Charleston Republican had been invited
to eat dinner with them. As the Republican
collector of the port postmaster and other
federal officers had personal friends among
the VISITORS this was all the stranger. Some
of the elatter declined, under the circumstances,
TO go to the dinner. Then, at the last mo-
ment invitations were sent TO a few of the
''ostraczed," but were not accepted. The
wife of one of the federal officers is a Charles
ton born woman. She told one of the Con-
necticut men that her old friends who had
known her all her life passed her on the
street as though she were an utter stranger,
that it was the same thing at church, and that
her minister himself never spoke to her. In
private talk leading Democrats are said to have
frankly admitted this social prescription and
defended it as necessary in a state where the
only protection against negro rule was to
keep the white vote solid. They are even
said to have avowed a readiness to use means
tissue ballots, for instance-to maintain
white ascendency and honest administration.
In short according to this correspondent, the
guests found in Charleston bitterness of po-
litical feeling, as against the local Republican
party, of which they did not find any trace in
their intercourse with leading Democrats of
North Carolina and Georgia. people that
relies upon social prescription for safety is
leaning on reed that will pierce its own hand
and leave poison in the wound. The counsel
that passionate resentment and bysterical alarm
give is almost sure to be bad counsel Let
the South Carolina Democrats listen instead
to the voice of right feeling and common
sense, and cease to do their own intelligence
the injustice of assuming that they can pro-
tect themselves only by prescribing their
neighbors.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-12-09

"A million of dollars in our gold coin
weigh 3,6S5.7l pounds avoirdupois, and a
million standard dollars in our silver coin
weigh So, ,92S.57 pounds.
George Eliot's grave in Highgate Gem
etery is visited by persons from all parts of
the world, and flowers are always heaped
at the foot of the gray granite pillar which
forms her monument.
Disagreement about passage in the BIZ
BILE provoked Henry Budd, of Oil CROUCH,
Ark, to such degree with his wife that he
fatally shot her with pistol
The editor of Virginia paper was asked
by a stranger if it was possible that little
town kept up four newspapers, and the reply
was, mo, it takes four newspapers to keep
up the town"
The largest tannery in the world is just
being completed at Morris, Pa. Three en-
gines and ten boilers will furnish motive pow
er, and 100 cords of bark will be ground dai-
ly.
"A New York jury has just given $12, 900
damages to a workingwoman who was injur-
cd by the sudden starting of a street Car while
she was in the act of stopping from the plat
form. Good
1t is claimed that during the first eight
months of 1881 only 100 persons were COM
mitted to the penitentiary in Kansas, as COM
pared with 204 in the same months of 1880,
that is, before the prohibitory amendment
was adopted.
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Miscellany.


ny the Sea, sept. 10, 1851.
watchman what Of the nght7
The sky is dark, my friend,
And we In heavy grief await the end.
light is burning I'm silent room,
But we've have no light In all the gloom.
watchman what OF the night?
Friend, strong men watch the light
win the strange mist Of tears before their sight,
Aud women at each hearthstOne sob and pray
That the great darkness end at last In day.
watchmani what OF the nght7
Yet his heart quails not though the light burns dim.
AS brayely as he fought the field Of life,
lie bears himself in this, the final strife.
watchmani what Of the nlght7
Friend, we are left no word
To tell Of all the bitter sorrow stirred
In our sad souls. We sta nd and rail at Fate
Who leaves hands empty ana hearts desolate.
"Are pure great souls 80 many in the land
That we should lose the chosen OF the band2"
We cryl But he VINO suffers lies,
Meeting sharp-weaponed Pain with steadfast eyes.
And makes no plant while On the threshold Death
Half draws his keen sword from its glltterlng
sheath.
And looking inward pauses-lngerng long,
Faltering-himself the weak before the Strong.
watchmanl how goes the night7
In tears, my friend, ana praise
OF his high truth and generous, trusting ways;
OF his warm love and buoyant hopes ana faith,
Which passed lifc's fres free from all blight and
scath.
Strange we forget the laurel wreath we gave,
And only lore him standing near his grave.
WatChman what Of the night?
Friend, when II Is past,
We wonder what our grief can bring at last,
To lay upon his broad true, tender breast,
What flower whose sweetness shall Outlast the rest, ,
And this we set from all the bloom apart:
"He woke new love and faith in every heaTt.r
Waterman what OF the night?
Would God that It were gone
And we might see once more the rising dawn
The darkness deeper grOws-thc light burns low,
There sweeps o'er land and sea a cry Of woe
Watchmanl What now What now
Hush, friend-we may not say,
only that-all pain has passed away.
Frances Hodgson Burnett
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1.-THE MILK PROBLEM" I"

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! KUECH
GOMMIssIONEns NOTICE.


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ESTATE OF HOLLIS TOWN.
The undersigned having been appointed by the
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allowance. -
ELLIOT LEONARD, Commissioners.
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Millinery Rooms |

Now opening, a full line Of choice
goods in PIuShes, SaIInaI Ribbons,
Grapes, VeiIings, dc.
New and desi rRbIe shapes in Beaver
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Plush, Beaver and Felt BOnnets.
Black and Fancy PIumeS, Also, a
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Caps for Old Ladies "a specially, as
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Big STOCK OF LOWELL EX-
IRA CARPETS,

At less than Boston or New York
prices.
Cotton Chain Carpets, Hemps,
Oil Cloth, Rugs, Mats, &C., &C., all
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ny the Sea, sept. 10, 1851.
Watchman what OF the nght7
The sky is dark, my friend,
And we In heavy grief await the end.
a light is burning I'm Il silent room,
But we've have no light In all the gloom.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20
STATE ITEMS.
White rats are common in Wasting

White rats are common IN asLiie
county. -, =, u
Every bone in the body CT Miss
Annie Kerr, the young lady who was
killed BY lightning at Loretto, Cam
bria county, on Thursday last, was
found it is said, to have been OF the
consistency of jelly when examined by
physicians soon after death.
John Stewart, of Bellevernon'
Westr.,oreiand cornty, accidentally
shot and killed Frank McFall, Of the
same place, aged IA years, on Friday
last a week. McFall, was up tree,
and Stewart seeing, the leaves move,
thought 1t vas squirrel.
Solne tbrea years ago Thomas Scott
of Bethlehem, got into a difficulty with
a fellow employee and BIT the end OF
hi. nose of Scott lett Bethlehem and
did not return until last Saturday,
when he was arrested and IS now in the
Lehigh county Jail awaiting trial.
A singular accident happened to a
girl in Venango county few days ago.
She was gathering cherries. and the
limb on which she was standing broke.
She fell about five feet, when her head
caught in the fork of a limb. leaving
her body dangling in the air thirty feet
from the ground She retained con-
seriousness, and supported herself BY the
hands until she was rescued.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20
STATE ITEMS.

The farmers of Warren county de
sire to wage war of determination
against the English sparrow, and
talk of petitioning the coming Leg.
islature to repeal the law which i'm
poses fine for killing them.
The Franklin Repository says: On
Wednesday last, as the Mont Alto
train under charge of conductor Sam
uel Horn was coming down the heavy
grade at Pond Bank, the engineer
noticed little child trying to drive
a wayward hog from the track. The
whistle was sounded and the brakes
pulled with all the energy of men
trying to save an innocent life. Just
as the engine was on the the point OF
striking the child, the hog dashed of,
the line, carrying the youngster with
it, and the train rolled by. All hands
drew 2 lopg breath of congratula-
ton and passed vote of thanks to
the porker for its timely action.
Mrs. Henry Berger, of Maple Hill,
Lycoming county, broke her neck on
the 18th ult., by an accidental fall.
John Burn, of Pittsburg, was in
stantly killed at that place by a man
running against him while running a
foot-race.
Sally Boggs, of Masseysbrg, Hunt
ingdon county, fell into a cistern on
Saturday week and was drowned.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20

SOCIETY in Washington, d. c., has had
a sensation within the past few days. The
wife of q well-known scientific gentleman
was told that her husband had rented one
of his houses to a captivating widow, and
that be almost daily called to see the widow.
To satisfy herself she called no one was
in but maid servant. She inquired of the
maid, "W no owns this house ~ The an
swer was, ''Captain SO and So" The wife
then walked in and searched the premises !;
she found letters that her husband had writ
ten-letters that clearly told that the wife
no longer possesses the undivided heart of
her husband. Proceedings in divorce have
been brought by the wife.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20
GENERAL ITEMS.

The question of raising food fishes at
profit has been tested by a man in
Sonoma county, California, who has
sold over 800 worth of carp this year
from a pond covering less than an acre
of ground, and has 20, 1000 fish of var.
ious sizes remaining.
The average yield of wheat per acre
in England Is gradually decreasing.
In l849 it was 90 3 bushels per acre,
and in 1879 about Is bushels. In
France, on the contrary, the reverse is
the case, although the increase has
been very slow. Thus in 1915 the
yield in that country was l3 bushels
per acre, while in 1876 it was 1874
bushels.
The editor of the Troy Telegram was
dismissed from bis position for writing
an article approving of the adjustment
OF the of6ce Of Vice President.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20
GENERAL ITEMS.
yennor is Al years of age.

Vennor Is Al years OF age.
Mrs. General Sherman says that in
thirty one years the General has been
but once late for dinner.
A man has just died in prison at
Odessa, Russia, aged SO years who
had the reputation of having in the
course of his long life committed eighty
murders
A citizen of Clinton, Iowa, fogged
tesmster for Hogging bis horse, and
received from his admiring neighbors
a cane, suitably inscribed, in recogDi-
tion of his '.humsne services"
Six hundred picnickers from War
rensburg, Mo, partook of lemonade
that had been poisoned Many of
them died. The man that sold the
lemonade has been arrested, and an
investigation is to take place.
4 mob in Dodge county, Missouri,
celebrated the glorious Fourth by
taking three horse thieves out OF jail
and ornamenting the trees IN the
court HCusS NdIC Win IIlcH DOuACo,
hung up by the neck
4 novel wager was won IN Vermont
last week, when a man who had made
a bet that be could haul his wife In a
wagon from Waterbury to ST. Johns
bury, a distance of 6fty-seven miles.
in three days, trudged into the latter
place, having won his bet, with half
day to spare.
For nine days DR.. Bliss did not take
of his clothes, and was constantly at
the Presidents side, getting only oc-
casionsl snatches of rest on lounge in
an ante rocm.
A roof Of church at San Mateo,
Mexico, fell in few days since, killing
about fifty people. The church was
being rebuilt, ard one OF the vorl;men
fell from the roof; all the others rush
ed to get off, and the roof crashed in
upon some thirty worshippero, mostly
women, who bad assembled an hour be-
fore tue regular hour of service. These
were instantly killed, as we're twenty
of the workmen.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20
A yty.yao Presbv,erian danced. He

A yESkySo Presbyterian danced. he
was Sessioned unfavorably. He appealed
to Presbytery. That body decided sgains;
him. In October he expects TO carry the
question up TO the Synod of Erie. II the
Synod decides against him he proposes to
go the General Assembly in May with the
question. He is right in carrying his ques-
ton from one ecclesiastical body TO another;
for in that way he will get rule from the
church's ecclesiastical bodies on the ques-
ton. As the question now stands the Pres
byterian church has no rule on the subject
of dancing. The question is left TO the
Session of each and every congregation.
If the Presbyterian Church Government all
the way through were so congregational as
TO leave other general questions TO the Ses-
sions, il would seem like just the proper
thing to do 10 leave such q question as
dancing TO the Session of each congrega-
ton, to manage for itself. But the eccle-
s:astical bodies of the Presbyterian Church
are not simply advisory bodies they have
the power TO Law down rules and enforce
them upon their membership. With the
power 10 rule in favor OF question or
against a question, it seems like begging
point TO say to the respective congregations,
your Session may settle the question as
suits them. The Session OF church may
not have more jealousy or unkind feeling
than is usually found among that number
of gentlemen anywhere else, but il may
happen that when some one of those to-
wards whom they have not the kindest chris
tian feeling dances, they may rule against
the dance, not SO much because of the
dance, but more because of feeling
against the member that danced. A rule of
Presbytery, Synod, and General Assembly,
OF a rule Of General Assembly would settle
the question and save great deal Of con-
tention among members down in the con-
gregations. If the higher ecclesiastical
body say there is no sin in the dance, if
properly conducted, that will end it. II
the higher ecclesiastical body says there is
sin in the dance, no matter how cond ucted,
that viii end the contention down in the
congregations and prevent a great deal of
unpleasant feeling and scandalous talk
among the membership.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20
Destruction by Floods in Iowa.

MARENGo, Iowa, July 1.-The flood
in the Iowa river exceeds that of
1851. The water in the public square
is two feet deep and hub deep in the
principal streets, where boats ere
running with ease. Scores of fami-
lies have been driven out of their
houses, and great damage has been
done to dwellings,. The bridges ap-
preaching this city are gone and
travel is suspended. Thousands of
acres of land are flooded and the
crops ruined. The damage in the
town and to farms is not less than
S2,OO0,000. The mayor has issued a
proclamation warning all who are in
exposed situations to seek higher
ground. The Iowa river is from two
to three mule wide and is still rising.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, July 1.-THE
destruction of railroad, farm and city
property Immediately west of this,
place By the recent storms is unpar
alleled in the history of the region,
the railroads being the great suffer
ers- The damage to the Chicago and
Northwestern road by the blockade
last winter is very small compared
with what the line is now under
going. At some points the waters
are subsiding, while at others they
continue to rise. A large number of
westbound passengers are DELAYED
here, being unable to make any line
which reaches to Council Bluffs. The
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and North
ern road escaped damage by the first
storm, bat the storms and high water
on that line on Tuesday night washed
away several hundred feet of track at
Fraerer, on the Pacific Division. The
main line of the Burlington, Cedar
Rapids and Northern road is badly
damaged and washed out south of
Laporte City. Several hundred feet
of track being gone and the water
still rising, makes it impossible to
repair the break South and east of
this place no damage is reported.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
road has suffered very little damage
and trains are running regularly, but
the grade of the new line is badly
damaged.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20

A WRITER says that Guiteau should
be taken before magistrate, where
sll accused. people have a right to be
taken and heard, and further, that
he may be released on a writ of ha
beas corpus, all of which may do
quite well to talk about and act upon
in cases where there is doubt of the
guilt of the party imprisoned A
man accused, is a different man from
the man that is confessed assassin.
The spirit of an examination is IL
tended for the benefit OF people that
lave heen charged with crime,
as to TIE commission of which there
is doubt There is no doubt as to
who shot President Garfield. Exam
ination as to the guilt of Guiteau,
before a squire, would be a mockery
of Justice, and would be natural
crime almost as great as the shoot
ing of the President. As to the ha-
beas corpus, there, too, the object and
spirit is for the benefit of such peo-
pie as may be suffering by false i'm
rrisonment. Its provisions were
never intended to meet such clear
cases of natural crime as that which
Guiteau has committed. The great
pity is that there is no statuary law
TO meet such crime as that Of which
GuItsau is guilty