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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-05-12
Education in the south.

Rev. A. d. Mayo, who is now at work in
the interest of education at the South, in let
ters to the Christian Register as we'll as to the
secular press, gives encouraging accounts Of
what he sees and finds there He has lately
spent FIVE or six weeks in South Carolina, and
he speaks in the highest terms Of tho charac.
ter and intelligence of the white people Of
the state. Indeed, they are more like the
people of Massachusetts, than are the people
of New York or Pennsylvania. He finds that
the best people are in favor Of education for
all, both white and black. The Roman Cath
olic clergy fight the movement for an extra
school tax. Some of the Protestant clergy
are on the samo side, and with them are mar
row minded academical people and some sec
tions of local wealth. But there Is genuine
interest in the question of education, and no
question calls the people together in larger
numbers or excites more enthusiasm. Among
he colored population all grades are found.
Half of the blacks cannot read and there is
a large illiterate element among the whites.
Mr.. Mayo was impressed with the folly OF
trying to make an intelligent Republican par
ty out of these colored voters without educa-
ton. In some parts of the state the people
are freely taxing themselves for the support
of schools. The state tax is two mills on the
dollar. Charleston raises a local tax OF three
and half mills for the same purpose. Mr..
Mayo says: "The crying want here, as
through the South, is good teaching for all
classes of children to the age of twelve or
fourteen years. For want of it thousands of
children are growing up either Ignorant or
very poorly instructed; the academies are
compelled to deal with young people only fit
for low grade of work, and the colleges can
be little better than academies. A national
grant that would enable the people of every
district, after doing their best to place an ef-
fectivo elementary school for blacks and whites
on the ground, would not only educate these
children for the duties OF life, but would wake
up the entire region TO academical and collie
giate education"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-05-12
NO. 10.

ter is no longer smooth and silent. II bOs
and foams between the rocks There ore cd
dies and whirlpools, and at last we come to
the narrowest part Of all. Here the once
dark and silent water rosrs and foams in white,
stormy rapids. There are sounds, and furious
leaping and rushing water, and clouds Of
spray. Why is the smooth dark water so
white with rage, so impetuous, so full Of
sounds and turmoil? The rocks are the
cause. The way is narrow and steep. The
waters are hemmed in, and there is a grand
display of flashing white foam and roaring
waterfalls, as the waters struggle together to
get past the narrow place.
1t is the same with the electricity flowing
through the large copper wires. It passes
down one wire into the other, through the
lamp, in silence and darkness, 80 long as the
rods touch and the path is clear. When the
rods in the lamp are pulled apart, there is a
space to be got over, an obstruction, like the
rocks in the bed of the brook. The electrici
ty, like the water, struggles to get over the
hindrance in its path, and II grows white-hot
with anger, and flames and Kisses as II leaps
across the narrow space between the rods.
There is another kind of electric lamp, used
in houses; it has a smaller and softer light,
steady, white, and very beautiful.
In these lamps, also, we have something
like the narrow place in the brook. They are
made with slender loops of carbon, enclosed
in glass globes. The electricity, flowing 81
lently through dark wire, enters the lamp
and finds only a narrow thread on which it
can travel to reach the home-going wire and,
in its struggle to get past, it heats the tiny
thread of carbon to whiteness. Like q live
coal, this slender thread gives us q mild, soft
light as long as the current flows. 1t seems
calm and still, but is enduring the same fury
of the electricity that is shown in the larger
lamps
This is the main idea on which these lamps
are made: A stream of electricity is set
flowing from dynamo electric machine thro'
wire until it meets a narrow place or a break
in the wire. Then it seeks to get past the
obstruction, and there is a grand putting
force, though itself invisible is made known
to our eyes by beautiful light.-St. Nicholas
for Mdy
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-05-12
Falling!

That is what great
many people are doing.
They don't know just what
is the matter, but they have
a combination Of pains and
aches, and each month they
grow worse.
The only sure remedy
yet found is BRowN's IRON
BITTERs, and this by rapid
and thorough assimilation
with the blood purifcs and
enriches it, and rich, strong
blood flowing to every part
Of the system repairs the
wasted tissues, drives out
disease and gives health and
strength.
This is why BRowN's
IRON BITTERs will cure
kidney and liver diseases,
consumption, rheumatism,
neuralgia, dyspepsia, mala-
ria, intermittent fcvers, sc.
ao3 S. Paea ST., Baltimore.
Nov. IS, 1881.
Twas great sufferer from
Dyspepsia, and for several
weeks could cat nothing and
was growing weaker every
day. l tried Browns Iron
Bittcrs, and am happy to say
| now have a good appetite,
and am getting stronger,
Jos. McCAwLEY.
Browns IRON BITTERs
is nat 4 drink and does not
contain whiskey. 1t is the
only preparation Of Iron
that causes no injurious ef-
fects. Get the genuine.
Don't be imposed on with
limitations.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-05-12

THE ORDER OF KNIGHTS OF LABOR is hav-
ing q growth much like that OF the grange a
few years ago, and it resembles that organic a.
ton in many respects. From the beginning,
late in the year 1863, the membership grew
slowly to 10000 in 1879 to 10000 in 1850,
and in the past six months has made a great
bound and is now about 10000 Twenty
one states and the Indian territory are repre-
senied, but Pennsylvania has about half the
whole number of members. Massachusetts,,
with perhaps 5000, is the only New England
state included but in all parts of the West
the order has got foothold, and in some
places in the south. The recent growth has
been largely in the smaller towns, and in some
of them almost the entire population is includ-
ed. The organization now has four weekly
newspapers, and an abundance of money for
ell purposes. The secret feature of its work
ings has been partly dropped, but still the
most important things about it are not made
public. The order exists professedly to get
legislation favorable to laborers, and to favor
variety of general reforms; but its actual
work, so far, has been merely that of trades
union. Il nominally diseOuntenances strikes
and really seems to act with moderation in re-
gard to them but it's rich and powerful, and
its strikes once ordered have 80 far been uni
formly successful
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-05-12
why and How the Electric Light
burns.

II we examine one of the electric lamps in
the streets, we shall find it consists of two
rods, one pointing upward from the bottom
of the lamp, the other hanging downward
The rods seem to touch, and the brilliant
flame is exactly where they seem to meet
Once a day a man comes around with bag of
the rods He takes out the old rods that were
burned the night before, and places now
set in each lamp. After he has gone about,
as if he were putting new wicks into the
lamps, and each is ready for its nights work,
all the lamps are lighted in broad day, to see
that every one is in proper trim. They are
allowed to burn until the men have walked
about in the streets and examined each lamp.
II all are burning we'll, they are put out till it
begins TO grow dark. II one fails to burn
properly, man goes to that lamp to see what
is the matter. The rods are made of a curious
black substance, like charcoal that is called
carbon. When the lamp is out the two rods
touch each other. In order to light the lamp
they are pulled apart, and if you look at the
flame through smoked glass you will see
that the rods do not quite touch. There is q
small space between their points, and this
space is filed with fire. Look at the other
parts of the rods, or the copper wires that
extend along the stroets They have nc light,
no heat, no sound. The wires are cold, dark,
and silent. If we were to push the two rods
in the lamp close together, the light and heat
would disappear and the curious kissing sound
would cease. Why is this ? Let US go to the
woods near some brook, and it may be that we
can understand this matter.
Here is the brook, flowing quietly along
smooth, deep, and without a ripple. We walk
beside the stream, and come 10 place where
there are high rocks and steep, stony banks.
Here the channel is very narrow, and the wa
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-05-12
Commander VaIentIns'a Dee OratIOn-
DAY Order.

BENNINGTON april 1881
As spring advances and the fresh beauties of nature
unfold, We are reminded Of pleasant duty to sleep
ing comrades. 1t was fitting that this should
be chosen In which to deck with garands of beauty the
graves Of fallen heroes Of the nation. We gather
round their resng-place not TO mourn their loss, but
rather to call to remembrance their gallant deeds aud
rejoice in a country saved-a country saved by the
shedding Of their blood, and its future depending up
the spirit which inspired them. Let due prepara-
tion be made by all posts in this department. to the
end that the occasion may be observed with fitting
ceremony, and that not grave be left unmarked by
token Of love for the comrade, Of pride that he
Of u.s. and Of gratitude for a country preserved.
would recommend that all veterans be invited TO
march with u.s. and that every citizen be urged TO
sst in the exercises Of this memorial day, which is Of
common interest to all true patriots.
Vermont has reason to be proud Of her record dur
ing the dark dayso the rebelion for when through
out the land rang the call for volunteers to leave home
and family for sake Of country, responded
willingly or gladly than the sons Of our own Green
Mountain State. Through all the weary strife that
followed none more ready to lay down their
lives that the honor Of the stars and stripes might be
preserved Resting securely in the peace aud happi-
ness that smiles upon our land to-day, let us keep
them In remembrance, strewing flowers with lavish
hand upon the graves of those who bought nations
unity aud prosperity with their lives.
A. b, VALENTINE, Dept Commander.
G. @. KIssMAH, A. A. G.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-05-12
Teacher Examinations.

While we have all due respect for the law
makers of the state, we are rather disposed to
question the practically of certain portions
of the statute regulating the examination Of
teachers. Under the present condition Of
affairs the town superintendent is furnished
with list of questions which he must present
to any and all persons desiring to teach school
in the town, and grant them a certificate, or
not according to whether they are able to
give satisfactory answers to these printed in
terrogations Under this mode the most i'm
portant point is neglected-that of natural
adaptability While we do not for one mo-
ment question the necessity Of good educa-
tion, we do no not consider it the only requi-
site for good teacher. All that is required
of the applicant is to answer a certain per
cent of the questions presented; experience
in teaching and the ability to impart knowl-
edge seem to be matters of little importance,
whereas they should weigh heavily in the Sc
lection of teachers. Would it not be polite
to have graded certificates, and, after AN ex-
animation (Which should include methods OF
teaching government, etc.), award each sp-
HhNhhh S-ihihNhAo spOHdAub WIN nlb VI
her position in the professioni This would
do justice to all, and encourage young teach
ers, with little experience, to do all in their
power towards self-improvement and the ad-
yanccment of the professional standard
Those who educate the nations children
shape its destiny" Is il not important, then,
that we consider the matter we'll, and take
such action as will ensure the best results in
our schools? Shall We not make our exami-
nations practical and to the point, remember
ing that good government and thorough un-
derstanding of human nature-which takes
into consideration the capacity and tendency
of the pupils mind-are important factors to
be obtained? Certainly the subject is worthy
of discussion. K.
Halifax May 4th, 1882.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-05-12
The liquor u sss9;y slssat St JohnsOury in March

The liquor agency sales at St. Johnsbury in March
amounted to ll6 gallons.
Major Josiah Grout Of Derby will deliver the ad-
dress at ST. Johnsbury on Memorial day.
The will of Sarah Burr, the old spinster Of New
York who recently left OOe 900 to the heather and
10 educational institutions, including Burr and Bur
ton seminary Of Manchester this state, is to be
tested by her legal heirs.
The Burlington district telephone company have
erected telephone pole GO feet high carrying nifty
wires and Burngtonians boast that this is the "big
gest thing Of the kind in the state"
The widow OF the late Senator solomon Foot has
bequeathed $4,000 TO the Congregational church OF
Rutland.
Professor Whitthaus will deliver the address at
the approaching commencement Of the midlca college
at Burlington.
Patents recently granted TO Vermonters: W. W..
Dawley, Mt. Holly, for railway chair and railway rail
r. N. Oyerhiser, Orwell, ohurn II. W. Putnam, Ben
ningtOn, stopper for ars L. s. Scott Bristol, stoves.
The following deaths Of persons aged 80 or more
have lately occurred; Mrs. Susan Hubbard at Roch-
ester "a; Asahel Burlington at Lyndon 9l Mrs. Pol
ly Shaw at Essex, 80 Mrs John Herriek At Burling
ton, SO Mrs. Horace Crane at Mddlebury, 30; John
Thatcher At Rochester, 81 Mrs. Sophia Kennedy Of
st. Albans, cousin Of Senator Morrill, 81.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-05-12
Miscellany.


The wedding OF shOn Maclean.
At the wedding Of shon Maolean
Twas wet and windy weather,
Yet thro' the wind and rain
Game twenty ppers togetherl
Earach and DOugal Dhu,
Sandy Of Isla, too,
Each with the bonnet o. blue,
Tartan, and blackjack feather;
And every piper was fou,
Twenty pipers togelherl
The knot was tied, the blessing said,
Shon was married, the feast was spread
Al the head Of the table sat, huge and hoar,
Strong Sandy Of lsla, age fourscore,
Whskered, gray as Haskeir seal,
Aud cad in crimson from head to heel.
Beneath and round him, ia their degree,
Gathered the men Of mnstrelsie,
with Keepers, gillies, and lads and lasses,
Mingling voices and jingling glasses.
AT soup and haggis, at roast and boiled,
Awhile the happy gathering tOiled,-
While Shon and Jean at the table ends
Shook hands with a hundred Of their friends
Then came hush. Through the open door
wee bright form flashed on the floor
The Duke himself, in kilt and plaid
With slim soft knees like the knees Of maid.
Aud he took the glass, and he cried out plain:
81 drink to the health Of BhOn Macleanl
To ShOn the piper and Jean his wife,
clean ircside and a merry lifel"
Then out he slpt, and each man sprang
To his feet, and with "hooch" the chamber rang.
"Clear the tables !" shrieked out one
A leap, scramble-and It was donol
And then the pipers, all In row,
Turned their pipes and began to blow,
While all TO dance stood fain:
Sandy Of Isa and Earach More,
Dougal Dhu from Kilhannan shore,
Played up the company ON the floor
At the wedding of ShOn Maclean!
At the wedding Of shon Maclean,
Twenty pipers together
Stood up, while all their train
Ceased to clatter and bether.
Full Of the mountain dew
First In their pipes they blew
Mighty Of bone and thew,
Red-cheek'd, with lungs Of leather:
And every piper was fOu,
Twenty pipers together
Who led the dancer In pomp and pride
The Duke himself led out the brfdei
Great was the Joy Of each behOlder,
For the wee Duke only reached her shoulder:
And they danced, aud turned, when the reel began,
Like gantess and a fairie mani
But like an earthquake was the din
when Shon himself led the Duchess in!
And she took her place before him there,
Like white mouse dancing with bearl
SO trim and tiny, so slim ard sweet,
Her blue eyes watching Shons great feet,
With q smile that could not be resisted,
She jigged and jumped, and twrled and twisted!
Sandy Of Isla led OF the reel,
The Duke began 1t with toe aud heel
Then all Joined in amain;
Twenty pipers ranged in row,
From squirting Shamus TO lame Kilcroc,
Their checks like crimson, began to blow,
At the wedding Of shon Maclean.
At the wedding Of shon Macieau
They blew with lungs Of leather,
And blithsome was the strain
Those pipers played togetherl
Moist with the mountain dew,
Mighty Of bone ard thew,
Each with the bonnet o. blue,
Tartan aud blackjack feather;
Aud every piper was fou,
Twenty pipers together.
From n. BuehanGns Ne0 Volume af Ballads.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-05-12
The Roadjustor legislature of virginia has

The Readjuster legislature of Virginia has
abolished the whipping-post in that state.
The enactment went into effect May LIST.
The Bible which has been in the United
States Senate since 1921, and which was stolen
three weeks ago, has been returned and was
found on the secretaTys desk.
OF the population of New York city, 1885,
594 persons were born in Ireland and l63, 4S2
in Germany. Together they constitute more
than a third of the entire population of the
city.
The Philadelphia Times voices the
thoughts of great many other people when
il says 1T should be understood hencefOr-
ward that people who wish to fool around in
the Arctic ocean must do so not only at their
own expense, but at their own risk"
"Don has had many advantages" said old
Simon Cameron, talking of his son the Sene-
tor, the other day "but had one that is
worth more to any man starting in life than
all he ever had" "What is that, General ?"
"The advantage of starting poor"
Dr. McCabe, the silyer-tongued cOllec-
ton beggar Of the Methodist Church Ex-
tension Society, recently received this note
from ex-Vice President Wheeler of Malone,
NY: 'Please get out Of this region while
have something left. To reconcile you in
some measure 10 going, l enclose my check
to your order for $1,000. Put the money in
to your frontier work in multiplying the foun-
tains of Christian citizenship, and may Gods
blessing go with you as mine does. When
you get the country we'll underbrushed, we
will send out some Presby yterians and put on
the finishing touches"
The demand for "help" of all sorts at Cas-
tie Garden, N. Y, is something extraordinary.
The labor bureau is besieged by applicants.
Parties are willing to take from one 10 fifty
immigrants each, and the calls for mechanics
of all kinds are inoessant. AS TO wages, hands
are taken who are paid as much as If they
had been working steadily at their trades In
well-established American houFes for months.
The women fare as well as the men. Richly
dressed ladies', bringing letters Of introduce
tion from prominent citizens, are content TO
take servants from the class marked with
out reference" at wages ranging from $40 to
$40 per month, in exceptional cases $50.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-05-12

Gov. Hoyt of Wyoming territory, where
women have the rights of citizenship, says;
"Women don't want to hold Office they do
not care for public life. During oil my expe-
rience in Wyoming territory, where women
are citizens and hold the same civil rights as
men, have not heard of one woman who de-
sired active public life.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-08
At Scotch Graves.

Everybody knows that there is no service at the grave in Scotland, although the clergy. man under whom the deceased ''sat" is of ten, indeed usually, present. The hats of those in attendance may be taken of the mo- ment after they have lowered the coffin into the grave just for an instant but even this IS not always the case. This habit of dispen- sing with religious exercises had it's origin, no doubt, in the Scotch horror of doing any thing that might give 8 color to the charge of following the Roman Catholic fashion of praying for the dead. The reading of a chapter of the Bible and a short prayer in the house before the cortege sets out for the churcLyard is the sole religious service, and the preliminaries to this are sometimes of 8 kind to raise the idea that care is taken to disconn ct it from the peculiar circumstances of the occasion. Twenty years ago l was at a funeral in the country at which the minister and his colleague of the church to which the deceased belonged attended. After the company had assembled some decanters of wine and tray with cake were brought Ill and set upon the table. The daughter of the deceased, herself clergyman's wife, then suggested that the senior minister should Task blessing!" This request served as an excuse for long prayer appropriate to the circumstances of the occasion which had brought us together, and after it was over cake and wine were handed round Then & request was made that the junior clergyman should ''return thanks" and he readily enough indulged in prayer, in which he gathered up the fragments suitable to the circumstances which his colleague had omit ted, and that was the whole religious service
 simply grace before and after meat.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-08
WHERE THE LAUGH COMES IN.

The reporter of New York paper went to see the panorama of 'Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress" The man at the door refused to admit him without paying and the reporter said ''Send Mr. Bunyan out here he will let me in. '-Boston Globe.
 Two brothers who were very successful dentists built large and handsome house, the appearance of which was thought to re- semble large molar tooth. It was com. mon remark, ''See what brothers can do when they pull together 7"
 ''What ails you ?" asked Jones of a notori- ously poor actor, whom he met the other day "you look ill., ''So I am. The doc similarity between you and your liver, " said Jones as he walked on.-Neao Orleans Pica- yune.
 Syrian convert to Christianity was urged by his employer to work on Sunday, but he declined. But" said the master, docs not your Bible say that if man has an ass or OK that falls into a pit on the Sabbath day he may pull him out? ?" "Yes," an swered the convert; 'but if the ass has a habit of falling into the same pit every Sab bath day. then the man should either fill up tho pit or sell the ass."
 One half the marital infelicity in the world is due to the wife's inability to comprehend her husbands little wants or to a stubborn and malignant temper which leads her delibe rately to oppose the qualification of his wish es. But there are women who understand this and act accordingly Brooklyn lady whose husband had been suffering from des- pondency was asked if she wasn't afraid he would commit suicide sometime. ''There's bare possibility that he may" she answered in tone of truly wifely devotion. II al ways lay out razor on his dressing table be- fore he comes home. ."-Br00klyp E0gle.
 The agent of an accident insurance com pany introduces in his advertisement the pie ture of hat with the blade of pair of shears, that fell out of window. sticking upright in the hat He says that the wearer of this hat was insured against accidents in the company for which he is an agent but how that prevented the shears from falling into his hat the agent fails to show. More over it was the height of the hat that pre- vented the shears from burting the wearer of the hat after they struck. A society 10 pre- vent women and children from chucking shears out of upper windows, or one for the encouragement of high hats, would seem to be the real need of the community. ty.-Detfott l E,,1e p7.ooe