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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-11-02

Ben Butler showed himself staggering
ass by declaring on the stump last Saturday
evening that his name was not Tilden, and
is he was elected he should take his seat, no
matter if all the devils in hell tried to pre-
vent him. Could any nonsense be more
ridiculous If Butler gets honest votes
enough to elect him Governor be will take
his seat and nobody will so much as think of
trying to prevent him. Nobody knows bet
ter than Benjamin F. Butler that he can have
no power in the matter in the slightest de-
gree different from what Mr. Robinson or
any other man would have under the same
circumstances
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-11-02
THANKSGIVING DAY.
Ere.ihen1 Ar1hnr,s Trnclnmn,inn.


By the President Of the Utjtcd States If America
Proclamation:
In furtherance Of the custom Of this people at the
closing Of each year to engage, upon day set apart
for that purpose in special festival of praise to the
Gyer Of all good, 1, Chester A. Arthur, President Of
the United States do hereby designate Thursday the
29th day Of November next, day OF national
Thanksgiving.
The year which is drawing to an end has been re-
plote with evidences Of divine goodness The preva
lence Of health the fitness of the harvests the sta
bility of peace and order, the growth Of fraterua
feeling, the spread Of Intelligence and learning the
continued enjoyment Of civil and religious iberty-al
these and countless other blessings for rev
erent rejoicing do therefore recommend that on
the day above appointed the people from their
customed labors and, meeting in their several places
Of worship, express their devout gratitude to God
that He hath dealt bountfuly with this nation and
pray that His grace and favor abide with it forever
In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal Of the United States be affixed
Done at the city Of Washington this 26th day of Octo-
ber in the year Of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-three, and Of the independence
Of the United States the one hundred and eighth.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
By the President:
FRED'K 7. FRELIEGHUYsES Secretary of State
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-11-02
A atronr Team.


To elect man United States Senator for d
term of six years, after be has reached the
age Of 10, would be a novel thing set that il
what Vermont seems likely TO DO in the case
of Justin S, Morrill, Mr. MurrilIs third
term in the senate will end on the lth Of
March, 1855 and on the l4th Of April fol.
lowing he will complete his 18th year. But
be is still vigorous man, with g capacity for
further service. Vermont does no. raise
large crop Of great men. but Edmunds and
Morrill, have made one OF the strongest Sen
atorial teams entered by any Of tie states
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-11-02

A gang of eight Ku-Klux have just been
convicted of terrorizing and maltreating ne
gro voters before Georgia court The YER
dict is said to have created a sensation, which
is not strange in a state where outrages upon
voters have been long continued and notori-
GUS. 1t is to be hoped that this vindication
of the law means the beginning of the end
of the use of shotgun and the whip as cleo
tioneering instruments, and that it may even
lead up to time when fraud will be pun.
ished, tissue ballots be kept out of the boxes,
and honest elections be assured.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-11-02

In presenting elsewhere the comments of
several newspapers on Senator Morrill, and
his probable reelection next year we wish es-
pecially to endorse the comment of the Bur.
lington Free Press on the paragraph from
the Montpelier Waterman, and we are sure
that the people in this section of the state
will also endorse it. Senator Morrill, has still
more good life left in him than very many
men have at 60, and the state will not be in a
hurry to swap his well-tried services for those
of a new and untried man so long as he keeps
his present vigor and activity.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-11-02
DC shonId hr bid. Orn Nncc..,nr.

Some Of the newspapers are asitating the
subject Of United States senator, to be chose n
by the legislature to be elected next year II
seems TO us that next year will be 10 ample
season to talk over this matter but should
Senator Morrill's health continue good. there
can be no doubt Of a strong feeling that be
should be his own successor Indeed they
are likely to feel very much as the people did
in the old district of John Quincy Adams.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-11-02
THE RECORD MATCH AT OAK GROVE RANGE
TUESDAY, OCT 80.

GOOD word F0R s0ME WINDHAM COUNTY MIN.
The Grand Forks Oak. PlAindealer of
recent date says The Vermont Loan and
Trust company have moved their Offices into
the syndicate block, where they will hereafter
be found. The gentlemen connected with
this firm have become well known in the
northwest, and their friends are numerous.
They do business in a business like manner,
and win tine esteem of their patrons aud the
respect Of their rivals. In their new Offices
they are better prepared than ever to accom-
modate all who desire loans. They represent
frst-class eastern capitalists, aud for this res-
son the loans are in the reach Of all They
make this a speciality in their business, and
are always able to accommodate all in their
line. The new offices are well and lastly
furnished, and in pleasant location
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-11-02
Special Notice !!

The change above announced necesstaes the settle
ment Of all outstanding subscriptions previous to Jan.
J. 1884. All persons in expected to make
prompt settlement without further notice.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-11-02

According to the rose-colored dispatches
which De Lesseps sends out the Panama canal
company has nearly 10000 men, 80 steam
excavators, 40 locomotives and 500 tip-carts
at work and have taken out two-thirds of the
great cut between Obispo and Paraiso. The
rapidity of the work will be much hastened
during the winter, the most favorable season.
when $1,000 men will be employed. One
American dredge, the Hercules, removes COCO
cubic meters of earth day. The port works
at Colon are nearly co mplete and the whole
work will be finished in two years. The
Nicaragusn congress has voted to unite with
the other Central American republics in guar
anteeing a per cent, dividend on the cost of
construction of the proposed canal for 20
years from the date of its opening, provided
that the cost shall not exceed S75, 900, 600.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-11-02

where suffrage and the local Legislative and
executive system were abolished some years
ago, the District looking to Congress for its
laoieiotion
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-11-02

Murch, who was once an honest stone-cut-
ter in Maine, but was elected to Congress as
a Greenbacker, has got so far on the down
grade that be is to open a saloon in Boston in
opposition to Slugger Sullivan.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-11-02

The commissioners appointed by President
Arthur under the anti-polygamy act have sub
mitted their annual report in which they
say that at least four-ffths of the male Nor
mons are not and never have been in polyga-
my. The opening of the Pacific railroad was
serious blow to the system, and the incom-
ing of settlers, which has been increasing
year by year, has had the effect of making it
unpopular. Belief in polygamy, however, is
part of the Mormon faith, and hence the
extreme delicacy of touching it by legislation.
By the provisions Of the law elections have
been held under the supervision of the COM
missioners, and while nearly thousand Off
cials have been elected, most of whom are
Mormons, it is something gained that for the
first time in the history of the territory no
polygamist holds official position But though
the Edmunds act has accomplished all that
any one could reasonably expect under such
law, 1t has not oyerthrown polygamy nor de-
creased the power of the Mormon church.
Though they do not so declare in their report.
it is said that the commissioners are of the
opinion that in order to root out the system
Of polygamy it will be necessary to substitute
for the existing government of the territory
government administered by commission
appointed by the president. precedent for
this can be found in the District OF Columbia,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-11-02
Y. II. C. A. NOTES.

The hour Of the young mems devotional
meeting hereafter will be at o'clock Sunday
afternoon instead Of 1870 as heretofore.
There will be a business meeting of the
Association at their rooms on Tuesday even
ing, Nov. e, at $50 2. NJ. Several new mem
beers are to be received and full atte ndance
Is desired.
The second Sunday in November and the
week following are set apart throughout the
world, as heretofore, for prayer for Y. NJ C.
Associations and the success OF their work
The number Of these Associations in various
countries is now 24OO, of which number 49,
are il the United States and Canada, having
a membership of 80 $40 The number of col
lege Associations is 40. The topics suggest
cd for the appointed week of prayer Nov H.
Il, are as follows:
Nov. Il, sunday morniug.-The Holy Spirit Have
you received power from Him Acts Is 1 :8l 80.
sunday noou-What seemed impossible commanded
aud accomplished, Luke G; GIL. Sunday evening
Questions worthy Of thoughtful consideration Mat
l6 26; Luke l2:l6-2l.
Mouday-Opportunities used ZAccheus. Luke -:
lilo.
Tuesday.-OIportuniiies unused: Agrirpa. Acts &c :
22-29.
Acknowledgements improved; the Euuuch.
Acts :2G-4U.
acknowledgements abused: the Husband
man. Matt. q ;32-45.
FrldSy.-OppOrtuuties lost: the young ruler Marx
10 :l7-22
saturday.-oue more opportunity. Luke 1869.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-11-02
FOREIGN.

A Saigon letter TO Paris paper confirms
the reports of the Hue massacre. 1t says
Admiral Courbet directed that there should
be no quarter given TO men, women or chill
dren. Three hundred AnRmites who had
taken refuge in the mouth of the bay of
Thuan were all shot One hundred and fifty
more, who were drifting in junk without
arms or oars, were also massacred. The Par
is Figaro believes that Admiral Oourbet, at
the instance of Commissioner Harmand, al
lowed the preparation of such acts in order
TO terrorize the Anamites. The Paris Temps
denies that Admiral Courbet gave such or
ders, but admits that 1900 of the enemy were
slain.
-Four hundred persons have been attack
ed by trichinosis at Ermsleben and is have
died.
"A lunatic beat a man insensible in q com
partment of railroad car on a London sub.
urban railroad Sunday. The only other oc-
cupRnt Of the compartment was q lady who,
when the train arrived at a station, had the
lunatie secured.
The revival mission of Moody and San
key at Cork has terminated, having been
largely attended and very successful. They
have gone to Waterford to continue their la
bors.
A violent earthquake at Smyrna last Sun
day did considerable damage to the town and
injured $50 people, many of them seriously
10 are in the hospitals Bermuda was shock
cd severely on the goth by the sharpest earth
quake ever felt there.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-09-15
Sanitary.

The London Lancet thinks that if
C illdren would wear wooden next the
skin, and wear longer clothing, suspend
ing it from the shoulders, we would
hear more of boisterous health and less
of backaches and pains.
Hard corns may be treated as fol-
lows: Take a thick piece of leather or
felt cut a hole in the centre. Upon
going to bed at night fill the hole III the
centre with paste made of soda and
soap, wash it off in the morning.
Repeat the same process several nights
and the corn will be removed.
A VEGETABLE DIEF.-A vegetarian
reports the result of his years ex-
perience without meats. AT first he
found the vegetable insipid, and had
to use sauces to get them down. AS
soon as he became accustomed to the
diet all condiments were put aside ex-
cept a little salt. The desire for tobacco
and alcohol left him spontaneously.
Then all his digestive functions became
regular, and he found himself wholly
free from headaches ana bilious at
tacks. After three months a trouble
some rheumatism left him and at the
end of the year he had grained eight
pounds in weight. He believes he can
do more mental labor than before, and
that all his senses are more acute.
For breakfast he has brown bread.
apples and coffee dinner consists of two
vegetables, brown bread and pie or
pudding for tea he ~rejoices in bread
and jam, with milk and water, and for
supper bread, jam, cold pudding, and,
as a luxury, boiled onions. Eggs, milk,
butter and cheese are used only in very
small qualities. The dietist is a doctor,
and his statement is drawing out many
similar ones from medical men.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-09-15

pursuit of that identical business.
Further consideration of the subject
has led us to the conclusion that our
reasoning in this opinion is thoroughly
supported by a formidable array of
authorities
VIOLATION OF ORDINANCE-RIGHT
TO ARREsT.-ln an action for false
Imprisonment tie defendant defended
on the ground that the arrest by him
as n l@fiice officer, for the violation of a
city oVinance, was Just and proper.
The point relied upon by plaintiff was
that as the arrest was made without a
warrant it twas adjustable, unless made
at the ting Of the commission Of the
offense and in the presence of the officer.
The plaintiff recovered a Judgment,
and the defendant carried the case
Vail VS.. Walton-to the Supreme
Court of Minnesota, where an affirm
ance was had. The Chief Justice, Gil
fillan in the opinion, said "a peace
officer may, by our statute, without
warrant, arrest a person /. For a
public offense committed in his pres
ence. :. When a person has commit
ted a felony, although not in his pres
ence. 3 When a felony has, in fact,
been committed, and he has reasonable
AUS for believing the person arrested
to have committed it.. 4. On a
charge made upon reasonable cause
Of the commission of a felony by
the person arrested. At the common
law a constable might, without war
rant, arrest for a breach of the peace
committed in his view. But it was
well settled that in case of an offense
not a felony the arrest must have been
made at the time o, or within a reason
able time after, its commission. Now,
though the offense here was done in the
presence of the officer he did not make
the arrest for two hours, and there was
no difficulty or interference to excuse
the delay. The power to arrest without
warrant, while it may in some cases be
useful to the public, is dangerous to the
citizen, for it may be perverted to pur-
poses of private malice or revenge, and
therefore ought not to be enlarged.
His arrest cannot be justified, and the
judgment against the officer must
stand. -Philadelphia Record.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-09-15
A Father Hubbard.

The other day when old Major Sol
man announced his readiness to proceed
in the direction of church, his wife
appeared wearing a mother Hubbard
dress. The old man intently regarded
her for a few moments, and asked
MARY, what sort of IA coat do you
call that ?"
''It's a mother Hubbard, Jeems."
"Air you going to wear it to
church ?"
"Why, certainly, Jeems. The mother
Hubbard is all the fashion now"
swell, Pm glad to know it, the old
mar replied. Just wait until | get
ready and Wen 60"
The old man went out into the
kitchen, took a couple of meal sacks,
cut the bottoms out, sewed the tops
together, and put them on in imitation
of pantaloons. When he returned, his
wife uttered a loud cry of astonish-
ment, and exclaimed
Great goo ness, Jeems, what's
that ~
"Father Hubbard, " the old man re-
piled.
"You're not a goin' to wear them
sacks, are you ?"
''I'ye got to be fashionable to keep
up with you. I've got as much right
to wear these meal bags as you have to
go in that bran sack"
"INl take it off,"
SAN right OFF goes the father Hub.
bard" and turning away, he added to
himself "Only one way to beat a
woman. and that is by agreein' with
her. Eff il hadn't been for the DADDY
Hubbard I'd a been in a mighty bad
tx.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-09-15
A Good Indian Robbed.

An Indian of the Piute tribe settled
on a piece of land in an out-of-the way
corner, about forty miles from San
Bernardino, CAL, on the head of Rock
Creek, in a place where he found some
water, and as be supposed was safe
from intrusion. He built here for him
self and squaw a little hut, carrying all
the material on his back for the same,
and fitting up quite a comfortable home.
He worked for fifty cents a day and
earned sufficient money to get some
seed barley, and at infinite labor pre-
pared his land and put in a crop and
patiently worked and watched his
growing crops, upon which he was de-
pending for life. A short time since
he went with his squaw to hunt down
deer ; he was gone but a short time,
and upon his return he was confronted
by a scoundrel who had jumped his
little farm and stood in the door of his
house with a pistol and threatened to
shoot the owner If he dared to claim
what by the most laborious toll he had
made for himself. The unfortunate
Indian was driven from his home by
the scoundrel, robbed of everything he
possessed on earth, and the fellow who
was guilty of this outrage is now har-
vesting the grain which the poor In
dian had produced by the hardest
manual labor. If this outraged mar
appeals to the courts, there is no redress
for him if he does as a white mar
would do, and take justice into his owl
hands, then there would be an outer,
against the savage race and a demand
for their determination.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-09-15

George Fenby, | give you back your flu
ture-and my blessing 7"
He spoke to the horse, and obedient to
his word, he dashed down the road and
left him alone.
There is no more need of following
the lovers, to be sure that oil came
right, than there is of following the
rushing mountain stream to be sure it
finds the sea.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-09-15
B OR HowDY-Do

Say good-by or howdy-doo-
Whats the odds hetwixt the two2
Oomin--goin-every day
Dset friends FIST to go away
Grasp of hands you druther hold
Than their weight in solid gold,
Slips their grip while greetin, you..-
Say good by or h~owdy-do2
Howdy-do and then good-by-
Mixes jest like laugh and cry
Deaths and births, and worst and best
Tangled their contrariest:
Ev'ry jinglin weddin bell
Skeerin' up some funeral knell--
Here's my song and there's your sigh
Howdy-do and then good-byl
Say good by or howdy-do--
Jest the same to me and you
'Tain't worth while to make no fuss,
Cause the jobs put up on usi
Someone's runnin' this concern
That's got nothiR else to learn
If he 8 willin we'll pull through:
Say good-by or howdy-do2
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-09-15

love laughs at locksmiths, but it
never laughed at the latch Of a front
gate when pa was coming with a club.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-09-15

The Swiss railroad companies now
cover a portion of their carriages with a
phosphores-cent preparation which
makes them visible at night.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-02-08
The South and the Soldier.

We reprint in another column, this week,
an editorial from the Fort Smith ARK. J
Hcrald advocating the placing of Confed-
crate soldiers on the pension roll ION the
same terms and limitations that are ex-
tended to those who fought on the Federal
side" The proposition seems to have been
suggested by the fact that bill is pending
before the Arkansas Legislature to supply
manned soldiers with artificial limbs-not
manned soldiers who were crippled in de-
Tense of the Union, but those who were in
iuTed while endeavOrlng to overthrow it.
There is Of course, no danger that such a
proposition as that put forward by the HcralI
will ever be favOrably entertained by Con-
gress, but it is interesting as showing how
widely Southern sentiment differs from
Northern sentiment on the subject of pen
sions. While such newspapers as the Utica
Herald are inveighing against the whole
pension system as wrong in principle and
vicious in practice, here comes q Southern
journal which not only iustifes the United
States Government in taking care of its de-
tenders but urges the wisdom of extending
its support to its antagonists also Absurd
as this last proposition is, it nevertheless
goes far to show what the attitude of the
Confederate government towards its dis
abled soldiers would have been had the
rebellion proved successful. We may be sure
that ingratitude would never have marked
the course of the Confederate congress to-
wards the men who fought under Lee and
Jackson, nor the claims of Confederate bond
holders taken precedence of the soldiers.
When the Herald says that it is the duty of
the State to aid the disabled soldier in the
great battle of life-a battle sometimes
harder, darker and more beset with perils
than that even in which he lost a limb
it undoubtedly asserts what would have
been the controlling sentiment of the South
ern people had victory rewarded the valor OF
their armies If, in the midst of their desc
lation and distress, they did not fail to erect
monuments to their dead heroes and crown
the living with civic honors, what bounds
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-02-08

would they have set to public gratitude had
the lost cause" triumphed? Go among
them to-day and you will find that it is to
the men who Were at the front from 81 10
90, and not hcstay- at-homes, that they have
contided the direction Of local and State
affairs, and that now here from the Atlantic
to the Mississippi and the Potomac to the
Gulf is the soldier named except 10 praise
Yet the prowess of the Confederate soldier
brought naught but misfortune to the South,
while from the valor of the Union soldier
the North derived life, wealth and happiness
Is it not shameful--is it not monstrous-
that the latter should be scorned and ne
elected while the former is praised and
petted? Is it from rebels that this rich and
prosperous Nation must take its first lesson
in gratitude?
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-02-08

our columns last week, TO the effect that, in
/ asmUch as the war terminated eighteen
years ago, there cannot be any soldiers or
phans under the age of sixteen who are en-
titled to the benefit Of IN education at the
expense of the State. And this objection is
fully met by the statement that many Of our
soldiers did not marry until after the war,
and, having since died from wounds or dis
ease contracted in the service, have left chill
dren under the age prescribed by the law as
the limit of admission to these schools
Certainly it is as much the duty of the State
to provide for these orphans us for those
who were deprived of fathers care during
the actual progress of the war. It is to be
hoped, therefore, that no means will be neg
lected by the members of the Grand Army
in the Department of Pennsylvania to Sc
cure legislative action in their behalf 1t is
the opinion of those who have made study
of the question that the schools ought to be
continued at least five years longer, and
bin embodying this provision should be
passed by the legislature during the present
session.