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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-17

President Bartlett of Dartmouth college
fell on the ice last week, breaking his right
arm between the elbow and shoulder.
The Atlantic steamship companies are
cutting emigrant rates They have already
been reduced to SO
The soldiers of the war of 1912 must have
been a hardy set. There have been over
7S, 600 applications for pensions since 1881
for service in that war.
By decision in Chicago it appears that
all newspapers, magazines, and other bulky
matter left on the top of letter box ON ac-
count of being too big to be put in the slit,
cannot be regarded as deposited in the mail,
and he who steals it does not commit an
offence against the United States.
There is ring of middlemen who con
troll the supply of Western beef in this coun-
try and regulate the prices to Eastern Gus
toners Local dealers are obliged to quote
beef at the arbitrary rates fixed by this
syndicate of capitalists, and it is stated that
American beef is sold for more in Boston
| than in Liverpool.
/ The outstanding claim against Gen. But
| Ter for an alleged deficiency in his accounts
as treasurer of the soldiers home was tried
/ in Boston last week and the verdict was
against him, the amount being SIG, OBJ "a
| The general is not accused or suspected Of
misappropriating funds, but bad bookkeep
ing is at the bottom of the trouble. He ap
pealed the case.
Prominent colored people in various parts
of the South are trying to organize 'col
ored peoples worlds exposition, to be hell
at Montgomery or Birmingham, Ala. 1t i
designed to illustrate the progress anC
achievements of the colored people in ever.
department of life. The scheme has beel
formally approved by the city council
of Montgomery and Birmingham, by tn
general assembly of Alabama through Join
memorial TO Congress, and by the state ag
ricultural society. The directors propos
to ask Congress for am appropriation
DR.. Lincoln, the regular medical attend
ant of President Arthur during his residenc
at Washington, is quoted as making tn
startling statement that three times durin
that time Mr.. Arthur lay at the point @
death. The first attack was at Senate
Jones's house during his visit to Washingto
as icepresident directly after the shootln
of Garfield, the second was ON board tn
Tallapoosa during the Florida trip and tn
third Just after his return from the yellow
stone knowledge of the first attack wa
confined TO the doctor and Senator Jone
Not member of Garfeld's cabinet WI
] ever told.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-17
4 DEMOCRATS GROWL
Over the Way Atkins Managed the
BrndfOrd Post Once Appointment.


Nov. 9. 1877. Charles Il Harding. then Postmas-
ter, on account Of failing health. resigned his Of
flee in favor Of Geo Garfield. who had been his
first assistant for year and whom the patrons of
the Office in favor Of a successor. He was
appointed from that time and has run the Office in
"A most satisfactory manner. He has been in the
Office early and late himself and always has en-
pluyed the most competent help, Although Mr..
tiaffeld was a man of delicate health and 1t was
feared for a time that consumption was fast get
ting hold that might compel him to resign. yet
with all this to- contend with he was always at his
post and ever ready to accommodate every one
who came In. No one ever heard him utter an
impatient word or refuse to confer a favor when
ever it was in his power When the fire came in
lSS3 and destroyed the business part of our vii
lage he was most vigilant in saving everything in
his Office belonging To the government and its
patrons at the expense Of the stock Of goods in
his store In the fall after the new blocks were
built. Mr.. Garfield fitted up au office at his own eX
p.nse. second to none In the state for convenience
and beauty, the cost of which exceeded $3.50 and
this he did without asking "A cent from any one.
When the administration changed two petitions
We're circulated to get the office. and both of the
men who were striving for IL were satisfactory,
and no one had any doubt bat that one Of the two
men would have the office when Mr. Garfield 5
term was out, February >. But last Tuesday, un-
known to any one. Hon Asa VI Dickey was APP
pointed postmaster Of Bradford, a man who has
never circulated petition, and claims to have
known nothing about the appointment until he
was notified by the powers that be in Vermont.
have been a Democrat all the days Of my life,
and believe in the Democracy of old. but il il has
come to this, that the people Of town OF the size
of Bradford cannot have a word to say in regard
to whom they want for their postmaster. want
To Ike considered down and out now and forever
Is this fair in town where for years We have had
To work hard and pay out our money IN order Ia
carry il Democratic. to appoint a man whom no
one wants, and who cannot run IL ON account OF
years and failing eyeSight? Seven-e ghths of the
Democrats of Bradford wanted our old postmaS
ter reappointed, because We knew his ability and
his honesty. He was always pleasant to children
and old people, and would do anything IL accom-
modate them. No wonder Republicans are laugh
ing over such appointments. II We Democrats
ever carry the town again shall be As much sur.
prised rs | was last Tuesday. CITIZEN
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-17

A cold wave should never strike a Their
mometer that is down.
It's quite natural that boy should blub-
Der when he is whaled.
1t is said that Belva Lockwood has made
up her mind not to run again for the pres
idency in 1888. We wouldn't if we We're in
her place 1t won't overtake her if She
burlington Free Press
BOY, let that horse alone there you'll
get kicked "Oh, l amt afraid that
horse won't kick" II know he won't but
I'll kick you if you don't go away from
there, Detroit Free Press.
"Gimme hunk dried beef" "Thir Z"
Bout couple pounds NV dried beef, y 1--WE
don't keep dried beef, thir.n "Then wot do
We go and advertise to sell dry good fur if
we don't keep full stock F'-HdyPer's Ba-
gar.
Mrs. Dashaway-I am to be married to-
morrow evening, and / want floral bell to
hang in the drawing room. Make it just
like the two you sent me for as many pre-
vious weddings.
Florist-How would a chestnut bell in tea
roses answer l-Chicdgo Rambler. r.
Photographers Boy; mo, mani ~
never take pictures unless we get pay for
them in advance" Old Maid But sup
pose pay for them and don't like them y
Don't know, mann the boss is out, but
he'll be in soon an will tell you" Seems
to me a very queer rule you ought at
least to guarantee satisfaction" Eyes, but
you see, mann, there amt no way to keep
pictures from looking like the people
-Omdhd World
"What is the matter with my little wife ~
Her dainty head falls ON his shoulder, and
between the sobs that shake her slight
| frame she says "Wi-Will, | fe-feel so
b-a-ad, l wanted toto make some bi-bi-
biscuit this noon, a-a-and got the wa-wa-
water and s-a-alt and ye-ye-yeast, but
there's something m-mi-missing, and
can't think wha-wha-what it is.n Mr..
Youngman smiled, and clasping his young
wife to his watch pocket he placed his lips
to her ear and whispered, Flour, st,
] Paul Globe.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-17
CURRENT AFFAIRS.


The House Of Representatives pleasantly
surprised the country last week Thursday
by passing, with some minor amendments,
the Senate bill for counting the electoral
vote--a measure designed to prevent the
recurrence of any such dangerous compli-
cations as happened in 1876. The bill first
changes the day for the meeting of presi-
Dental electors to cast their vote in each
state from the first Wednesday in Decem-
Der to the second Monday in January. The
object Of this is TO give more time during
the interval for the settlement of disputes
in the state Section gives sanction to
state methods for the settlement of .contro-
versies, wherever such methods have been
provided by law and applied at least six
days before the day for the meeting Of pres
idential electors.
The underlying principle of this bill is
that questions as to the validity Of electoral
votes should be determined primarily by
state tribunals 1t is provided that if any
state shall provide for the determination Of
electoral controversies by judicial or other
procedures, such determination shall be
conclusive. If more than one return is
made from state, that return only is to
/ be recognized which is sustained as valid
| by the decision Of the state tribunal, if such
decision shall have been made. 1t is only
in the absence of such decision, or in case
when it becomes necessary to determine
which of two or more state authorities is
the proper tribunal that Congress inter
! venes In the former case, those votes are
to be counted which are duly certified by
| the executive of the state, unless the two
houses acting separately, concurrently de
eide such votes not to he the lawful votes
of the legally appointed electors. In the
latter case, those votes are to be counted
which the two houses, acting separately,
concurrently decide TO he supported by the
decision of the state so authorized by it,
laws These provisions make it impossible
for Congress TO reject any return duly GER
titled by the proper state tribunal. Fail
ing of this they give the next authority t.
the seal of the executive, and require tn,
concurrent action Of both houses to over
rule it, In case of conflict Of state tri
bunals, they make concurrent action neces
sary for decision. There seems to be II,
reason to doubt that the House amendment
to the Senate bill will be adopted by thu
Senate, and the measure thus be enacte,
into law
The measure is the one originally draw
by Senator Edmunds, but of late Senator
! Hnnr of Massachusetts has had il in charge
and it has passed the Senate several time
without receiving favorable action in tn
House.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-17
vERMoNTS vIrAL. STATISTICS.
The Record of Births, Deaths, Mar.
ringes aud Divorces.

According TO the just published report Of
the Secretary of State relating 10 the reg
stry and returns of births, marriages,
deaths and divorces, the whole number of
births recorded in the state in 1885 was
Gjg2, of which 3344 were males and 1896
females, - unknown, or one birth to every
80 4 of the population. Compared with 1884
the number was % less The proportion of
the sexes born was 1913 males to 100 fe-
males. In the 20 years that have elapsed
since the close of the rebellion the total
number of births has been 1875, 42j, or an
average of 6971 each year.
The number of deaths for 1885 was j35S,
of which 1884 were males and 1862 females,
~ unknown. Compared with 1884 the
number of deaths was 1875 greater. There
was one decedent to every 62 of the pop
ulation against one to every $50 in 1884.
The whole number Of deaths in the state
during the past 90 years-lS66 to 1888 in.
clusive-has been 100, 1853, or an average Of
5O07 each year These figures indicate a
total natural net increase of 39,2I2 in the
population since the war
The whole number of marriages recorded
during the year was 2709, or Is less than in
| 1884 OF the persons married, 1920 were
of American and S36 of foreign parentage
The number of divorces granted by Yer
mont courts during the year was 81, or on,
to every 2s I marriages. OF the causes Of
divorce, II were for adultery, 10 for in
tolerable severity, 81 for deserton, % fol
wilful desertion.
There were 119 plural births and 40 il
legitimate births recorded in 1885. OF tn,
whole number of births reported 1879 wer,
of American and $50 of foreign parentage
| 1913 unknown The causes Of death ar,
noted thus Consumption, 1872 pneumo
MIA, So; heart disease, 439; old age, 3SS
brain disease, PA paralysis, PIG. cancer
1922 still born, 17j diptheria, 1873; ty
phoid fever, 100; cholera infantum, 1lG
apoplexy, ia Bright's disease 1906; drop
~, los; debility, 81 peritonitus, SO; VIC
lent causes 14.-Bosion journal Cor.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-17


Benton. the Missouri district attorney,
made feeble denial of his outrageous way
of supporting the administration, but
the aflidavits of leading Democrats are con
elusive as to the character of his speeches
and confirm the Republican reporter.
Among those who are of this opinion are
Judge Of Probate Ewing Of Daviess county,
Judge Hicklin, former states attorney,
President Yates Of the farmers exchange
bank of Gallatin and others, Judge Ewing
says -
am afraid Benton made use of the Ian
guage attributed to him. | am a strong
Cleveland man myself, and I've got no us,
for anybody who will draw salary from
the government with one hand and rip il
| open with the other, as Benton did. H,
said in effect, that the President drew hi,
| inspiration on the silver question from tn,
! gold bugs Of Wall street, and referred t,
Cleveland's civil service policy as 'humbug
gerry Benton's remarks were very i'll
timed and injudicious. The Democrats o
! Daviess county brought him here to make
! good old-t whoop-emup Democrat,
! speech, hoping by advertising him as
nephew Of old Tom Benton, to draw out
number of old Democratic voters. He didn'
make the kind of speech we expected
and threw n frebrand into our midst by at
lacking President Cleveland.
There is no evidence that the Presidcn
is giving the matter further attention, bu
there is a good chance for him to show it
never too late to mend, even for a Presi
dent
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-17

The publishers of the Boston Journal call atten-
ton to the merits of the Weekly Journal as pa
per especially adapted TO the wants Of New Eng
land readers 1t win retain for the coming year
all the news, home agricultural, financial and 9TH
er features which have given it deserved popular
ity in the past and the price will remain as here
tofore, 81 per year
The Semi Weekly Journal is especially adapted
to the wants of people engaged in commercial
pursuits outside the large cities and is sold at 81
per year.
The Boston Daily journal, morning or evening
edition, in many respects the best of all the New
England dailies retains all its excellent features
and is sold at only 50 per year or 30 cts. month
The Journal, in each of its editions, fills place
which no other New England paper supplies, and
abundantly merits the wide popularity which II
has attained.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-17

The United States authorities have decid-
ed to extend the government signal service
system into this state, and Norwich Uni
versity at Mortified has been selected as
the location of the new station. The sig
nal station will be established at once, and
Prof. Henry J. Cox has been detailed to
take charge of the observatory. The OBJ
servations will be telegraphed to Washing
ton at A. NJ, 3 and 10 O'Clock z. NJ
The Vermont state teachers association
will hold its annual meeting at West Ran
dolph Jan, 81, % and 90, 1897. Among
the speakers engaged for the meeting is
Hon. j. w. Paterson, superintendent of
public instruction in New Hampshire.
A crayon portrait of the late Chief JUS
tice John Pierpont has been placed in the
county clerks office at Burlington. 1t is
intended for the judges room in the court
house.
Writing to the Rural Vermunter of Mont
pelier, Rev Samuel W. Dixie of Royalton
says The Vermont law of 1884, requir-
ing all libels for divorce to be filed at the
term of court preceding the one to which
they are heard, which insures a delay of
six months before trial has justified expec-
taton. There were 202 divorces in 1884 in
Vermont and only "a in 1885. This clearly
shows how hasty action and the easy access
which our American courts afford to those
| having domestic trouble, real or fancied
have been a powerful element in the in
crease of divorces"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-17
Long-Di-tance TeIephoniug.

An important test of newly-invented
telephone was made Sunday at Galveston,
Tex The instrument is known as the Bar
riett- helms telephone, and is the invention
of s. L. BARRETT and w. w. Nelms both
young men and residents of Houston. The
test consisted in talking over a wire 800
miles long The articulation was far more
distinct and perfect than over the ordinary
short circuits by the Bell telephone. For a
short distance no battery whatever is re-
quired, the automatic dynamo current be-
ing sufficient to articulate with great dis
tinctness and steadiness The inventors
claim that they can talk from New York to
San Francisco with the same distinctness as
shown in this test. A caveat has been
issued on the new instrument, and the pat
ent-office is now considering an application
for patent.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-17

The New York Tribune has it that Mr..
Cleveland was so hattered with the atten-
tons which he received at the Harvard Gel
ebration that he went home firm in the idea
that he can be reelected in 1888 without
the vote of New York, and said as much to
Senators Cockrel and Vest of Missouri
when they told him that his course in the
Benton and other civil service matters
would lose him the vote of New York, In
reply he declared in emphatic terms that he
believed he could carry Massachusetts, New
Hampshire and Connecticut and Maine as
against any one but Blaine, and enough
states in the northwest-Michigan, Wiscon-
sin and Minnesota possibly-to win the
election with the aid of the solid south, moi
counting New York,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-17

DR.. McCosh president of Princeton Col
lege, is so impressed with the evils of gam
bling, intemperance and general vice and
rowdyism which have grown up about the
system of college athletic sports that he
has addressed an open card or letter to 9th
er colleges saying that critical time has
come, and he believes all the colleges should
unite in agreeing ON some simple restric-
tons to lessen the evil Harvard he thinks,
as the oldest college, should lead in the
movement for general conference,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-17

The Rev. Father Boylan, who died recent
ly in Rutland at the age of So, was a typical
Irish priest such as one seldom sees outside
the covers of Levers novels. A strong man
physically and mentally, he went to Rut
land when it had just begun to grow, and
did a noble work in training up and guiding
in the way they should go the somewhat
turbulent element that for years made up q
large part of the towns population. He
was an ardent temperance advocate, anc
many a dance where liquor flowed too free
ly has been broken up by him and his stout
cane. His death made marked impression
ON the whole community, and his funera
was the occasion of spontaneous public trib
ute to his memory.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-17
MISCELLANY.


The ballad Of the HeERnr'
The starlings fly in the windy sky,
The rabbits run out arrow,
The pheasnnts stalk In the stubhle dry
As ! tramp through the evenRow-
As tramp, tramp, tramp, and grow
More weary with every stride,
And think a. the riders come and GO
II had a horse to ride!
The farmer trots by ON his roadster high,
The Squire ON his pony low,
Young Miss sweeps out from the Parkgate nigh
And canters away with her beau:
They are proud Of themselves-oh, no.
But couldn't deal In pride,
And couldn't |, too. cut a dash and show
If | had a horse to ride!
The farmer Is four times as fat as l,
The Squire he is blind and slow,
Young Miss has not nearly so bright an eye
As Bess at the Barley Now
All wouldn't / cry "Gee-hup, geeho"
And wouldn't bang his side,
And wouldn't teach him to gallop IL, though,
If had horse to ride!
ENVOY.
1t was only Beggar that grumbled so,
As his blistered feet he piled;
But the cry is a cry that we all Of us know
n Ihdd horse 10 ride
Austin DObsOn in Dec. wide Aicake.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-17

1t proves that the little scheme of Mrs
A. f. Warner" the Michigan woman who
sent letters to Vermont and other Eastern
papers offering to send Indian wampum in
return for a postage stamp, is to get as
many women's names as possible for adver-
Using purposes, and also to make little
gain in postage stamps. A letter addressed
to her brought 'wampum" she'll some
advertising circulars, and proposition to
send several trinkets in exchange for a list
of 20 women's names from any town.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-17
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