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thee hither and what makost thou in this
place 2" Aud tue Levite, who wasn't max.
ing much Of anything, listened to their call
to a wider sphere OF usefulness, aud went of
with them taking with him all Micahs para
phernalia for worship, considering that II was
"better TO be a priest unto a tribe and family
in Israel than to be priest unto one man."
Micah didn't look at the institutions Of re-
ligion as mere helps; they constituted the
very essence Of religion. When his Levte
had been duly consecrated Micah said, Now
know that the Lord will do me good, seeing
/ have this Levite TO be my priest" When
the Levite ran away, he cried after the re-
treating Danites, aye have taken away my
gods which made, and my priest, and are
gone away, and what have / more p And in
fact he hadn't any more all his religion was
invested in his priest and his images and
when these were lost all was lost All inst.
tutions which aim to help men are continually
thus abused. The object Of charitable insti-
tutions is to help people to help themselves
They are abused by people who will not help
themselves, but wait passively for some one
to do everything for them. A like spirit of
pauporism is exhibited by every one who OK
poets others to work for him and does not
himself cooperate heartily with his helpers
The school-boy who expects his teacher to
give him knowledge, the college graduate who
leans upon his diploma for support. the man
who expects the government to give him
living and a church to give him religion, we're
spoken of as illustrations of the abuse Of
good institutions. The institution is but a
tool which a man may use and the first es-
sential is that there be a sturdy man behind
the tool A habit Of manly self-relance is
the first essential Of true living 1t is no use
for any of US to complain that all doors are
closed to us, it is our business to open them
He who is willing TO do this finds thousand
opportunities where the sluggard finds none.
The river Of life is not narrow rill, but is
wide and bountiful, and whosoever will may
take Of its waters freely
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ReIIoma FnIIa.

Walker, Dewey, Blake a Co., have be-
gun building an ale brewery at Cold River.
Rev Edwin Gendreau, former parish
priest OF the Catholic church, died of dia.
betes in a hospital at Montreal last Friday.
Con" Doyle, an employc in the log yard
OF the Fall Mountain paper company. lost
finger on a circular saw last week
-James Z. Goodwin has been appointed
assistant superintendent of the Connecticut
river railroad, the appointment taking effect
November l, with headquarters at this place
his especial charge being the Vermont Val.
ley and Sullivan roads.
%. II. Carpenter, who was admitted TO
the Windham county bar last spring, has
formed partnership with Thomas Riley a
leading Boston criminal lawyer. He has NOV
ed his family to West Medford, where he will
reside
There is talk of swinging the Sullivan
railroad around to Claremont village and
thence TO Windsor
The Congregational society d dedicated
their new house of worship on Wednesday
evening, Rev. DR.. Withrow Of the Park street
church, Boston preaching the sermon The
work Of charging and improving the church
was begun last May, and has been most salts
factorily accomplished. Nothing is left to re.
mind one Of the old edifce. The house has
been raised about foot and half, and en-
larged by an addition of fifteen feet upon the
east side, an organ recess upon the west side
and a tower and porch on the front, so that
it is now large enough for pews and chairs to
seat 800 people or more II has also been
handsomely refitted and refurnished, and con-
tains fine new organ, the gift of Hon. w.
A. Russell. The cost of the work on the
church has been about $780, and the fur.
nishings have cost enough to make the to-
tai expense not far from $4,000 All of
this sum has been substantially provided for
At proper point in the dedicatory exercises
the pastor, Rev. A. b. Dascomb, made an APP.
peal which resulted in reducing the indebted
ness from $1,000 to 500. Rev. DR.. Stevens
of Westminster West, Rev Mr.. Allen of
Walpole, and Rev. Mr.. Austin assisted in the
dedication.
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possible and comparatively safe to drive up
to tho rear entrance TO the station, and If tho
rickety planking Mt the side OF the crossing Is
properly repaired ones life and limb will
stand an even chance of safety If he attempts
TO walk to the station at train timo. IL has
been a long time Of waiting, hundreds Of
tempors have been spoiled, aud the town and
the railroad company have been disgraced
by the way things havo been allowed to re-
main, but lot NJ hope that this ia really the
beginning Of better things and Of some prop
er regard for the rights Of the Brattleboro
people at the hands of the railroad manage
ment The thing which now needs to be at
tended to is the proper planking Of the car
riage crossing.
The death of the little son of Mr. and
Mrs f. O. Crosby which took place on Tues.
day morning. was attended by very unusual
circumstances Some three weeks ago the
little fellow, in running to meet his father as
no came up the street, stumbled aud fell,
striking upon his abdomen on the sharp cor
ner Of his wheelbarrow. He cried with the
hurt at the time, and seemed not to entirely
recover from its effects, but little or nothing
was thought OF an accident 80 seemingly triv-
ial until serious illness was developed only
two or three days before the child's death. A
post nortem examination showed that local
Inflammation had developed from tho hurt
that suppuration had taken place. and that the
intestine had twice folded upon itself, produo-
ing finally complete stoppage. The case
was entirely beyond the reach of medical aid,
and seems like one of those mysterious dis
pensations for which no human agency is re-.
sponsible Tho death of the little boy makes
the first break in family Of happy children,
and the stricken parents have the sympathy
Of ALL The funeral took place on Wednesday
afternoon, and was attended by Rev. Geo. f..
Martin, who came up from Brockton at the
call Of these friends and former parishonors
in their hour Of bereavement.
The following is the list Of letters remain
ing in the Brattleboro post Office, Nov 9:
Lades-Mrs Jas Burke, Mrs Cornelius O'Connell,
Mrs Eva Greenwood, Mrs Sarah Hastings, Deluma
Habbitt, Rosina Murner, Mrs Was0n, Mrs Il
prouty, Ada Spaudiug, Mrs e. Streeter, Mrs i
Thatcher Hattie Wise, Mrs Mary Young.
Gentlemen-J Amsden, y Austin, T. Brukin-
ridge, David Belle, q II Chartre, L Davis John
Fish, q II Frederick, Clifton HOdkns, b Hoton, X
LeRay, + Mulliken, Martin Martin, VIM Mather, II
NORMAN, Newman, Pnney, Pettee,
Richard Rakett, Geo y wilkins Gus Williams, John
Taft Son, X l. Crowe Son, Woolsou Bros.
THE RECORD MATCH AT OAK GROVE RANGE,
TUESDAY, nov. e.
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what Butler Did.

Gen. Butler was at his home in Lowell all
day. About two o'clock he went to the polls
and voted the straight Democratic ticket A
telephone wire connects his house directly
with the Western Union telegraph office, and
he received numerous dispatches all through
the afternoon and early evening. Message
after message came in showing heavy gains
for Robinson, and before the governor sat
down to dinner he had given up all hope Of
election. About his house and the street lead.
ing to it the appearance was totally different
from last year. Then those who sympathz.
ed with him made a noisy crowd on the
grounds and far down into the street Tues.
day night all was still as death about the
house, aud from his windows he could see the
fireworks which the jublant anti. Butler men
of Lowell displayed over his defeat. The
Lowell Democratic city committee had engag-
ed hall for a jollihcation meeting but 1t
was lighted for nothing. Butler was to have
held reception at the Revere House in Bos.
ton in the evening, but after hearing the news
he concluded TO remain at home
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W. P. Jones and family have returned
from visiting friends in Boston.
Rev. H. F. Forrest will preach in the
NJ. E. church next Sunday at 1920 A. NJ.
On Thursday, the 10th inst, there will
be donation for Rev. o. Smith, pastor of
the Baptist church in Nottingham, at the
church in Sadawga. All are cordially invited
to attend.
On Tuesday evening, 30th ult, the legal
voters in district No. (village) offered very
generously to prepare the village hall and
give the Jacksonville cornet band the priyil.
ege of occupying it without charge, which
offer was gratefully accepted and will be duly
appreciated by the band.
-Reuel Willis has returned from visiting
friends in Massachusetts.
Blacksmith Jepson moves into the house
lately occupied by N. Cheney.
w. A. Brown is extensively engaged in
numbering
e. f. Putnam has recently shingled his
house.
Harry Stone of this village has closed a
term of school in the Perry Hall district in
Halifax.
M. w. Stickney has returned from mar.
ket and replenished his stock of goods.
Frank Gallup has taken about 1900 bush
els of apples to the jelly works this season.
much the largest number taken. by any one
person. He has nearly 1000 apple trees,
also 400 sugar naples and sugar house
thought to be the best in the county, 4Oxl9
feet with an ell 1919 feet, a l4.foot evapora,
tor and 32-barrel sapholder.
N. Cheney goes to Readsboro instead of
Newfane as heretofore noted
Mrs. Dea. Adds Brown is very seriously
i'll !,
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Mnaanchuaetia.

The intense political excitement which has
prevailed in the old Bay State for the past
two months eliminated on Tuesday in total
vote of 81 ,S02, and in plurality for Hon
Geo. d. Robinson, the Republican candidate
of 10, 101-with only one small town left to
hear from. Mr.. Robinson's vote was a little
upward of 100000 and Buffers little up
ward of 100000. Last year Butler had 1873, 81
9lG, and Bishop 110, 1897. Almy, Prohibi-
ZIONIST, had ,553 votes this year against ., 81
last year. The vote cast for governor is the
largest ever thrown in the state 1t is 30,
900 greater than that of last year, and 80, 900
larger than that of 1880, the last presidential
year, which was the largest cast in the state
previous to that time. The leaders on both
sides were surprised at the bigness of the
vote. The increase in the vote of Boston
alone this year was about 10, 500, and Robin
sons gain in the city was over G,O0O. The
Robinson gain in the cities was almost univer-
sal as is shown in the table given below. The
claim was boastfully and persistently made
by the Butterflies that Butler would carry Bos-
ton by greater majority than last year, and
their chagrin was correspondingly great when
it proved that against a majority of more
than IS, 600 in that city last year he had less
than 1000 this year As soon as the result in
Boston was known the Butler men gave up
all hope of his election.
The following table, with explanation and
comment subjoined from the columns Of the
Boston Advertiser, shows how the votes of
the two candidates was distributed in the
state.
tggQ 1850
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Local Intelligence.
Announcements,

Unattended ladies desrous Of receiving instruction
In dane ing at r. A. Holland school will be received
at $500 for the term. Lessons at Crosby opera hall
every Tuesday evening when the hall is not Otherwise
engaged.
boy Is years of gc desires to do chores for his
board and go 10 school during the winter term In this
village Inquire Of n. +. Cabot at Vermont Savings
Bank.
Losr.--A gray Tiger Cat, lamein one fore leg, whom
lost had collar marked L. d. Taylor, Oak street.
Any one giving Information will be suitably rewarded
II. Il. TAYLOn.
The old reliable Hartford, New York, Pennsylvania
and foreign Are insurance companies represented by
Cudworth & Chlds afford absolute protection. The
bestis the safest iu the end
PICTURE FRAMES are cheap at Cheney h Clapp's.
EVERY Housr.EEErER should have q bottle Of our
Enamel Furniture Polish. Sample free.
HEERy c. WILLARD.
ARTISTIC PfcruRE FRAMiNG at Cheney Clapp's.
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Wilmington.

"A trst'class school teacher can find ut.
nation by applying at once to Edward Titus
DIR. E. j. Titus or j. r. Buell., committee
DR.. Gale was called to town this week to
council with DR.. Titus.
The Wilmington and Bratteboro stage
line has changed hands again, Charley Snow
being the present proprietor.
AT Tuesdays town meeting it was voted
to raise 80 cents on the dollar to defray eI-
penses for the current year.
C. W. Bissell is the owner of a splendid
creature, which he has just received from Hi
nois Breed, Short-horn Durham; age II
months; weight, 800 or 300 Stock breeders
aud all lovers of fine stock will welcome such
an animal to town.
Now is the time to subscribe for The
PHGNIx. Pass in your names to H. F. Bar
Der, agent
The annual meeting of the Congregation
al ladies' society was held at Mrs Murray HAr
ris's on Wednesday afternoon, and these off
GERS elected for the year President Mrs. H.
F. Barber vice president, Mrs. NJ. j. Harris;
secretary and treasurer, Mrs. d. A, Buell..
The voman's missionary society also met at
the same time and place, and elected Mrs Il.
r. Titus directress and Mrs. H. F. Barber
secretary and treasurer for the year.
On Tuesday evening Waverley lodge, No.
SO, l, o. G. t., installed these officers for the
quarter ending Feb. l, 1884, G. E. Haynes,
w. G. t.. Miss Mary Spencer, W. V. t.; Il.
G.. Riddell, W. s.; Mrs. Anna Spencer W.
A. S.; Mrs G. @. Clark, W. f. s.; &C, CLARK,
/ W. t.; Needham Bartlett W. c.. A. NJ John
son, P. W, @. t.; Everett Corbett, W NJ;
Ida Harris, Dept. M; Mrs. D. A. Buell. VIZ
S.. Dora Haskell, W. L. S.; Mary Mather'
w q Tnbp nIarG "a n n
The Woman's Christian Temperance I'm
ion met with Mrs. H. r. Titus on Tuesday at
ternoon.
The Windham association of Congega
tional ministers will meet with Rev. H. X IL
tus Nov. ID and IA. Sermon on Tuesday
evening by Rev. Mr.. Acterian of Townshend'
| The public are cordially invited.
Mrs. W. b. Haskell has gone to the Bos'
ton infrmary for treatment, accompanied py
her daughter Mary.
DR.. Hoon decides to remove to Mercer,
Pa location near his old home.
An interesting lecture will be given in
the Baptist church next Wednesday evening
by John Baker, Esq, of Tarrytown, n. l.
Mr.. Baker is Pole by birth and education
but speaks English with great purity and
force and thrills his audience with graphic de-
scriptions of his own experience and the great
| questions now agitating western Europe.
CARD.-I wish to say to my many friends IN WI w.
mington aud vicinity that an excellent opening ioi
the practice Of my profession near my old home ~.
| decided me to remove to Mercer, Pa. ! accept VIA
| seems to be professional advantage with many 70
grets as shall leave friends have learned to app
eate and esteem. desire to thank you for your P.t
ronage aud confidence, and trust that when vii vii
Wilmington again. as shall before many months WI.
pass, shall have the pleasure Of meeting you Tn''
| more. Al. HoON, NJ D.
| Wilmington, VT, Nov. Z, 1888.
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Isutney.

F L. Pierce has leased Willard johnson,
farm for a term Of years and set up his port.
able saw mill thereon. Mr.. johnson has rs.
moved to the village,
The third lecture Of the course under ibs
auspices of the Congregational ladies was civ.
en- last Tuesday evening by Rev. Elias Mason
of Billerica Mass; subject, 1.-The Human
Hand" Mr. Mason gave an interesting de-.
scrption of the anatomy of the hand ana
illustrated It's almost infinite adaptability N
the business of life. His style is full of bu.
NOR and poetry, and the lecture was most en-.
tertaining. The next lecture will be given IN
Friday evening, Nov. 1G, by Rev. A. b. Das.
comb subject, "a Chapter of History. or
William the Silent" W
The Universalist ladies' aid society will
hold their annual fair at the town hall merit
Wednesday evening. A good time is expect.
ed. Come and see.
On Saturday last Mrs G. G. Fisher and
her six children had pleasant reunion at G.
L. Pierce's, after a separation OF Is years and
next Sunday the entire party will meet at the
old homestead in Westminster The children
present were Mrs o. A. Taft OF Bufslo
Chas. c. Fisher Of Iowa, Mrs. g. L. Pierce Of
Putney, Byron o. Fisher Of California, Mrs.
L. Z. Brainard of Michigan, and W. X. Fish.
er of New Mexico. Mrs. Fisher has many
warm friends in this place, all of whom re-.
joice that she has had this pleasure youch.
safed to her.
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1t is announced that the Central Vermont
railroad has given notice that it will comply
with the requirements of the law taxing the
gross receipts of corporations which was
passed by the last Legislature 1t has prom
ised that as soon as it can complete its report
and the computations on which the tax will
be based, it will forward them to the COM
missioner of taxes, and make its payment
The Troy d Boston railroad is the only cor
poration which now stands out The Troy &
Boston has only little strip of road through
Pownal, on which the tax would be trifing,
but though repeated notices have been sent
it has given no hint of its purposes, whether
to pay or resist, and the papers have been
served to collect the penalty. 1t is evident
that the new law is not so much of failure
as its enemies made haste to announce that it
was or would be.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-11-09

The Pansy branch of the "Chautauqua
Literary and Scientific Circle, since the last
monthly report, has considerably increased
its membership. The weekly meetings have
been well attended and the reading taken
hold of in a wide.awake enthusiastic manner
During the month of October the articles in
the Chautauquan on political economy, Ger
man history, physical science, American liter
ature and art, have been read aloud in the
circle, and each article has been followed by
a question box, drawing out and fixing in the
memory the most important details Of the
pieces read. The Greek history given in
the form Of outline lessons on the blackboard
has been completed and these exercises, to.
gether with reports and abstracts Of the read
ing done by the members at home, and Chau
tauquan songs, have rendered the evenings
profitable and enjoyable to all.
The winter term of Glenwood seminary
will begin on Wednesday, Dec ..
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MINOR NOTES.

The United States supreme court decides
that suicide by an insane person does not
invaldate life insurance policy.
grand jury at Kingston, Ont, has de-
clared agnostics to be unfit TO testify in courts
of law.
The receipts of the government for the
third quarter of the year were $1l3, 900, 900
last year, and 1913, 900, 900 this, decline of
500, 100000 The expenditures are also de-
clining, because the pension payments are un.
expectedly less, and because the interest
charge is less. The surplus is still so large
that the reduction of the debt has been near
ly $40, 900, 900 since June 80
The postmaster general has issued an order
transferring all mail for Oregon, Washington
and northern California, formerly carried by
the Union and Central Pacific roads, to the
Northern Pacific. The order is to take effect
at once. The amount paid for this service is
said to be nearly $500, 600 per year.
1t is reported that the Louisiana lottery
company has half dozen lawyers at Wash.
ington planning campaign, that horde OF
lobbyists have been engaged, who will make
general onslaught upon Congress, the
courts and even the President and cabinet
during the coming winter.
The patent ballot boxes used in the Boston
precincts in Tuesdays election TO prevent
fraudulent voting and counting, are described
as working with a crank like hand organ -
Every ballot, face down, is drawn into the
box between rollers, and before reaching the
bottom of the box receives across its face
two continuous lines and two impressions OF
a number of letters which render scratching
and erasing of names after the ballot has
been placed in the box easy of detection. In
addition to marking the ballot, the box regis.
ters the number deposited. No ballots can
be removed until the polls are closed, but al
certain times a policeman is allowed in the
/ presence of the election officers to open the
| box and pack down the ballots 80 as to make
room for more.
The report of the internal revenue com.
missioner is published. The total receipts
| for the year were $l44, 553, 344, nearly two
millions less than for the previous year. The
total cost of collection was about 81 per cent
The distileries in operation throughout the
country consumed 1854 1877 bushels OF
grain, decrease of nearly nine millions
from the previous year. In the manufacture
of rum 1878, l06 gallons of molasses were
used, an increase of more than quarter of 9
million of gallons.
| The National Woman's Christian Temper.
ance Union, while in convention at Detroit
Mich, adopted a resolution to memorable
| Congress in the interest of woman suffrage
and also one TO secure the calling of a non
partisan prohibition convention before the
party presidential conventions OF next year
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THOMPSON HoLBRooR FOUND ALIVE But DIES
PROM ExHAUsTIoN -soME FAMIIY NOTE

THOMPSON HoLBRooR FOUND ALIVE. But DIES
PROM ExHAUsTIoS-soME FAMILY MOTIFS
The search for Thompson Holbrook
spoken Of last week, was continued Thurs
day and Friday. From 80 to 100 men from
this and adjoiniug towns convened each morn
ing at the ringing Of the church bell, and in
organized bands searched the ground east OF
the village as far as Brookline, the direction
in which he was going when last seen. He was
found alive on Friday afternoon by Mr.. Cut
ter and others from Brookline, on hillside
in the south part of Mr. Horace Gales pas.
ture. He was taken 10 Mr.. Galess house and
medical aid called but exposure to hunger
and cold for four days and three nights had
80 exhausted him that he sank rapidly and
died Sunday morning. Mr.. Holbrooks
grandfather, Eli Holbrook, came to this town
about 1850 and took up land near the north
school house, and there lived to good old
age. His son Arad spent a long life on the
same farm. Thompson, son of the latter,
was born there in 1904, and spent on the
homestead q useful life. For the last few
months reason has been dethroned, but be
has been faithfully cared for by paten.
wife and loving daughters.
In our mention of a school in district
No. last week we intended to say district
No. 4. A very successful school, however,
has been taught in district No. ? by Miss
Jennie Holbrook
Hon. Ira X. Batchelder and wife return.
ed from the west Wednesday evening in i'm.
proved health.
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