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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-04-23

same man found afterwards in some misera-
BILE crowd Of lawless strikers, contending for
what he thinks his rights He vainly thinks
he has grievance against his employer his
trouble is rather with his appetite and with
the soulless vendor who has dealt out to him
his poison. | pray for the time to speedily
come when we shall see this accursed traffic
put under the ban OF strong public senti
ment. Then. and not till then is it doomed.
(d) We must secure TO the laboring man
the privileges of the lords Day, IL upon no
other or higher ground than simply this, that
the laborer of six days in the week needs the
seventh for rest. Both the law Of God and
mans physical constitution demand this.
The labor question will never receive a suit
able answer until all classes Of men are will.
ing to grant to the workman his day Of rest.
This will demand some self. sacrifice on the
part of many who now enjoy the fruit OF the
laboring mans toll on the Sabbath but bet
ter tho sacrifice than the rendering Of hearts
miserable through overwOrk. / am glad to
note the fact that laboring men are beginning
to see that they have toiled long enough on
the Sabbath. They themselves feel that II
they can secure that day for their own needs,
II will help TO solve many existing problems.
To tbs Christian there should come with spec
ial appeal this question Of securing the Lords
Day to the labOring man. We believe IL Is
not only day Of physical rest for his body,
but 1t IL day in which be may think of the
eternal concerns Of his soul aud prepare for
the great day when all shall stand before the
judgment-seat Of God. SO much the more
then, ought we to labor aud pray for the re.
suit indicated. Aud when we have done unto
others as we would that they should do unto
us, we shall have followed the precept of Him
who spake as never man spake, and whose
heart yearned in sympathy for the lowly and
the downtrodden who brought healing to the
broken hearted, deliverance to the captives,
aud recovering Of sight TO the blind.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-04-23
Miscellany.
AIlcln,a nnnnet.


Last night Alicia wore a Tuscan bonnet,
And many humming-birds were fastened on IT,
/ aat beside Alicia al the play;
Her violet eyes with tender tears were wet
tThe diamonds in her ears less bright than thcy)
For pity Of the woes Of juliet;
Alicia's sighs poet might have set
To delicate music in dainty sonnet
Last night Alicia wore a Tuscan bonnet,
Aud many humming- g-birds were fastened on IT,
And yet TO me her graceful, ready words
Sounded like tinkling silver bells that tangled,
For on her golden hair the hunnming-birds
Were fixed as II within a sunbeam tangled,
Their quick life quenched, their tiny bodies man
gled,
Poor pretty birds upon Alicias bonnet.
Last night Alicia wore a Tuscan bonnet
And many hummin g-brds were fastened on IT,
Perhaps dreamed-the house was very still
But on q sudden the Academy
OF Music seemed forest Of Brazil;
Each pillar that suppOrtH the balcony
Took form and stature Of a tropio tree,
With scarlet, odorous flowers blooming on IT,
Last night Alicia wore a Tuscan bonnet,
And many humming-birds were fastened on II.
Like rain-drops when the sun breaks up the shower
- OF wesvers' shuttles carrying golden thread,
Or flying petals Of wind-blowu flower,
Myriads Of hummiDg-birds few overhead
Purple aud gold and green and blue and red
Above each scarlet cup, or poised upon It,
Last night Alicia wore a Tuscan bonnet,
Aud many humming-birds were fastened on it,
What rapid figbt Each one a winged fame
Burning with brilliant JOY Of life and all
Delight Of motion to and fro they came
An endless dance, fairy festival;
Then suddenly saw them pause and fall
Slain only TO ad0rn AliciaH bonnet.
Last night Alicia wore a Tuscan bonnet
Aud many humming- birds were fastened on It,
Ny mind came back from the Brazilian land;
For, as a snowflake falls to earth beneath,
Allcia'a hand fell lightly on my hAnd
And yet fancied that stain Of DEATH
Like that which doomed the Lady Of Macbeth,
Was on her hand: could perchance have won II
Last light Alicia wore Tuscan bonnet
And many bumming birds were fastened on H.
Mrs, n. CdUaszd IN HdrBer's Bdzdr.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-04-23
Senator morrill,.

From the Burlington Free Press, 18th inst.l
The seyenty-sixth birthday of our honored
senator, Justin S. Morrill,, was celebrated last
evening, by a reception at his house in Wash.
ington, at which his brother senators and
many prominent men gathered aud gave him
their cordial congratulations Mr.. Morrill,
was born in Straiford, April II, 1910 He is,
as most Of our readers know, the Nestor of
Congress- being the oldest member of our
national legislature, in years, and having been
longer in Congress consecutively than any
member. He first entered the House in 1855,
and is surpassed in continuous service in the
Senate only by Mr. Edmunds, who took his
seat one year earlier. John Sherman entered
the House with Mr.. Morrill,, and the only
present member who antedated them is the
venerable Mr.. Singleton Of Mississippi Mr.
Morrilrs record in Congress, however, is not
chiefly noticeable for its duration. II is a
record of continuously industrious, useful
and honorable public service, without par
allel. No taunt on charge OF corruption or
narrow self-seeking blots its fair pages. His
name has gone into the history OF American
legislation, connected with great public meas
ures and the volume of his speeches which
we hope to see collected and published be-
fore long will be q perfect storehouse of
valuable facts and sound reasoning. Mr..
Morrill,, we are glad TO know, is in excellent
health, and as his late admirable speech on
the silver question shows, is in full possession
of his mental and physical powers. The Cit
liens of the state he honors as its representa-.
tive will join in spirit in the congratulations
OF his Washington friends, and will with one
accord wish him still many years of life and
health and honored usefulness
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-04-23
None More E.teemed.

IBoston Herald Washington Despatch, Aprill4.l
Senator Morrill, of Vermont celebrated his
10th birthday this evening by giving the an.
nual party ut which all his friends delight to
be in attendance. There is no man now in
public life more esteemed than the senior
senator from Vermont, and his birthday par
ties are always delightful. The floral gifts
in the senator's parlor this evening were mag
nihcent. The presidents basket, with the
word Congratulations" on his card, was the
finest of all. Next to this in beauty was the
basket Of roses from Secretary and Mrs.
Whitney. A great many kilograms and let.
ters were received. Among those who used the
wire we're Mr.. Blaine and his guest, William
Walter Phelps. Nearly all the senators were
present with their wives, and many Vermont
friends. Among the guests were Gen. Ed.
ward Ripley, Gen. Hazen and Miss Kate
Field. Most of the justices of the supreme
court were there, and many members OF Con
gross
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-04-23
The Panama Canal.

John Bigelow, who accompanied De Lesseps
to Panama a few weeks since, has made a re-
port TO the New York chamber OF commerce
of the isthmus canal, certainly not calculated
to bull the stock of the company. Mr.. Bige-
gives deeper significance to his remark that
lit would be about as safe 10 predict the
quarter in which the winds will be setting
next Christmas day at st. Petersburg as the
time when the canal will be finished, or what
1t will cost" Mr.. Bigelow is disposed not to
pronounce the scheme to dam the river Cha
gres, or to cut through the Andes at Culebra,
impracticable. The contingencies that inter
est investors are numerous. The work is
prosecuted under a weak government, in a
land Of fevers and earthquakes, and with no
natural resources Labor, which cost 30 cents
day at the start, is now 81 so while white
mechanics get So in gold. The task of com
manding sufficient force Of men to complete
the work is more difficult than that OF com.
manding the waters of the Ohagres TO be still
Mr.. Bigelow evidently believes that the com
pletion of the canal within the time named
by Count de Lesseps is quite out of the ques-
tion-but De Lesseps is evidently bound TO
stick to his side of the story to the bitter end,
for he told an interviewer, as soon as the
news of Mr. Bigelow's report reached Paris,
that he would positively guarantee that the
canal would be opened in 1889, and that It
would then have a depth of 2l feet The
further deepening of the canal would be car
ried on according to the receipts from traffic,
as was done in the matter of deepening the
Sucz canal.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-04-23
The Minnesota CycIone.

Workmen are clearing away the debris at
Sauk Rapids, Mimi, and the owners are pre-.
pairing to rebuild stores and storehouses. On
Friday, after solemn requiem mass nine
adult victims Of the terrible visitation we're
buried in one grave and eight in another.
Four more victims were buried Saturday
morning. The wounded are being cared for
IN temporary hospital. Among the freaks
OF tue cyclOns we're waiting a suit Of cloth
ing from a tailorshop at Sauk Rapids to
Brainerd, MINI, G2 miles distant the car.
rying of head stone from the grave yard 10
st. Cloud, across the Mississippi and land.
ing it three miles away. A safe weighing
1900 pounds was carried 400 feet. The sign
'Sauk Rapids" on the Manitoba depot and
basketful of books we're found in Rye Sta.
tion, II miles distant. Just enough houses
are left in Sauk Rapids to form fringe
around the village limits The debris is not
piled in heaps but scattered far and wide
special from st. Cloud, MINI, gives an &C.
curate count Of the killed and in jured by the
cyclone AZ follows st. Cloud killed u, in
jured 80; Sauk Rapids, killed 81, injured
1907 Rice's station, killed u, injured 2l !;
adjacent country, killed 3, injured II total
killed, 73, injured 2l5. The death Of Edwin
g. Hubert At st. Paul makes the total num-
ucI uchu Z 3.
The day on which the cyclone occur.
red had been sultry, with frequent showers
Of rain. About O'Clock an intensely black
cloud appeared in the southwest, and few
minutes later that peculiar moaning whist
ling sound in the air which invariably comes
with such storms, was heard but before the
terrified people could gain places OF safety
the work of death had begun. A few timid
families had gone into their cellars at the
first approach of the storm, and these escaped
injury but most of the inhabitants of the
place were standing about in their door yards
watching it's approach and did not realize its
deadly character until too late.
Much damage was done in western Iowa,
where fences barns, dwellings, live stock
and everything was laid low in the path OF
the storm. The small loss OF life is account.
ed for by the fact that the people had due
warning and nearly every one had time to
get to their cyclone cellars, which nearly ev-
cry farm in that part Of Iowa is provided
with.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-04-23
NO. IL.

ar still play ing the drum sticks and blowing
the FIFE.
"Why, girls is this you that's saved us to-
night from grief and maybe death p broke
out Capt. Folger, the leader Of the company.
God be thanked for your bravery and fore
thought" Aud they eagerly crowd around
the young heroines, while from the light
house tower the grateful father looks down
upon the scene and lights his beacon lamp
and over all falls the soft purple twilight OF
the August night.
Long years have passed since then. The
simple story Of the two brave girls had be-
come forgotten history, save as it was treas
ured and told by the dwellers along shore
the 1.-THE step Of young grlhood was exchang-
ed for the feeble one Of old age, and in the
month of March, 1885, Miss Abigail Bates,
the last survivor of "The Army Of Two" was
borne by the tender hands of the Grand Army
post to her burial. .-,SprinafeM Sunday Re.
publican.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-04-23
Propo..d whit. Uou,e E,,eu.,on.

The Senate committee on public buildings
and grounds in its report to accompany the
bill providing for an extension to the White
House adopts the statements made upon a
similar bill by Senator Morrill, in 1882. The
purpose OF the extension, Mr.. Morrill, said,
is primarily to furnish the President an ap-
propriste dwelling place. To accomplish
this it is proposed to duplicate tine present
structure upon the grounds Immediately south
Of it and TO connect the two by broad cor
ridor which will also furnish porte cochere
in the rear of the present building, and an
ample exit for the large crowds which fire.
quently assemble at official receptions.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-04-23

In 1850 an English clergyman named Good
win made the following argument against
Christianizing the negroes Of Virginia 81.
The negroes are not men. ,. II they are
men they are pre.Adamites, aud therefore
are not entitled to the promises of either
covenant. 3. If they are the children of
Adam, still they are born under the curse of
Ham, and are not entitled to any spiritual
privileges. 4. You can do them no good,
for they are incapable of being made Chris
tians g. II we should make them Chris
tians, they would get snch ideas of liberty
and their rights that they would murder US.
6. We did not come out here to make Chris
tians, but to raise tobacco and make money"
And as a general cliucher he adds, "We
should lose besides all their time on Sundays" :"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-04-23

The venerable DR.. Peabody of Harvard is
noted for his benevolence. One warm day in
summer he was coming into Boston from
Cambridge. He had just left the horse-car
and was hurriedly turning the sharp corner
near the Revere house, when he came near
colliding with an old gentleman. The elderly
looking gentleman stood with his hat of, wip-
ing the perspirstion from his brow, and he
held his hat in such position as to give him
the appearance of begging. DR.. Peabody,
seeing only the hat, dropped quarter into it
Wendell Holmes, who WAS holding the hat
put the quarter into his pocket, solemnly
thanked DIR. Peabody, and passed on.-CM-
cdgO LioiRg Church.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-04-23
The remDer,on Will. Horror Of 1890.

Ihe FemDertOn MtiIs hOrrOr OF AAbO'
The disastrous fire which occurred in the
Pember'on mills at Lawrence, Mass, On the
10th inst, brings to mind the awful calamity
Of twenty-six years ago, when the main build
ing of the Pemberton mills collapsed, bury
ing the 600 operatives in the ruins. 1t was
about 1880 o'clock on the afternoon of Janu-
ary 10, 1860 that, without the slightest note
Of warning, the ceiling of the upper floor
separated from the walls on either side, and
in another instant carried each floor with
burdens OF machinery, iron and tmbers, to
the bottom, whore with 600 people a pyrs.
mid was formed rising over fifty feet. The
wall, thus freed from the internal support
wavered a moment, and falling inward and
outward completed the wreck. The means
and cries for help Of those in the ruins whose
lives had not been Immediately crushed out,
mingled with an alarm rung out by the fac
tory bells, called almost the entire community
to the spot Darkness lent an additional
horror to the scene but thousand hands
were ready to rescue, and notwithstanding
the difficulties surrounding the work, over
200 of the impri 3oned we're taken out in safe
ty, beams and iron pillars being moved about
with the assistance of ropes. Communica-
tion with those of the victims who were un-
injured was maintained for hours, and water,
coffee and words OF encouragement given
them. Toward 10 o'clock two men descend
ed through a crevice with lanterns to rescue
young woman, when one Of the lamps was
broken. The burning oil set fire to the sur
rounding cotton, and in a few minutes the
black, shapeless mass of debris was wrapped
in flames. Before midnight every voice
within the ruins was stilled in death. A few
days after a rough estimate of the loss of life
was made, when it was found that l4j had
been either crushed or burned to death, while
l6G were wounded
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-04-23
TAR RANTS
EFFERVESCENT SELTZER
APERIRNT.

An elegant efhcacious, pleas
ant aperient in the form Of a
powder, producing when dis
solved IN water an EXhilerat-
ing, Ehervescing Draught,
recommended by our best
Physicians as a reliable and
agreeable remedy. II cures
Constipation, cures Indiges-
tion, cures Dyspepsia, cures
Piles, cnres Heartburn,
cures Sick-Headache, cures
Liver Complaint, cures Sick
Stomach, and gently urges
all the Excretory organs 10 a
proper action. 1t should be
found in every household
and carried by every traveller
Sold bydruJgists ererylrhere
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-04-23

The shooting of Joe Souci at st. Albans
leads the Messenger to preach temperance
sermon telling how the man came to his sad
end because he fell from good ways and kept
a saloon. 1t has been popularly supposed
that Vermont had prohibition. Boston Rec
and
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-04-23
FOR SALE.

A WELL established Drug Store, doing a good
IA cash business, In thriving town Of about 5000
Inhabitants. Good reasons for selling. This is
chance TO secure a good paying business at u low
hgure other business will obge the proprietOrs 10
sell before May LIST. For full particulars address,
l4-l7 DRUGGIST, Ph@nix Onlee.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-04-23

400 Doses One Dollar" is true only Of Hoods sar-
saparilla aud it Is an unauswerable argument as to
strength aud economy.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-04-23

I AIDES WANTED-To work for us at their
own homes. ~ to $40 per week can be easily
made; no canvassing; fascinating and steady
- employment. Particulars and sample of the
work sent for stamp. Address HOME MFG CO.,
P o. Box 1915, Boston, Mass,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-04-23

VHHE want Statesmen everywhere, local and
M travelling to sell our goods. Win pay good sal
AIRY aud all expenses. Write for terms at once,
y aud state salary wanted. STANDARD SILVER
WARE COMFY, Boston, Mass.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-04-23

When you have occasion to buy
another SUIT OF CLOTHES or
0VERC0AT, for yourself or
boys, see that the above label is
on the coat, and you will secure
the BEST FITTING, BEST
WEARING and BEST LOOK
ING CLOTHING MADE.
Every garment bears a ticket, on
which appears the "T, c. & Co."
monogram (trade mark. Try it
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KIDNEY DISEASES,
RHEUMATISM, Etc.
PEoAcURA CORN PLAsTERs

eorns, and never fail to cure. Price, 20 cents.
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VOL. LII.
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Cure Cold Feet, GOut, SheuInatisIli,
IBaraIysia, Swollen Feet, etc. The
Peleg White Proprietary Co., 80 Church street,
New York, Manufacturers. Of nrSt CLASS
druggists and
l. b. THORN, District Agent for Brattleboro, Vt.
, 1886-03-04
1yl1a,s srcaerAaY OF SLAVE.
rho nur~aing of a Cannon on the Prince
tan-A Rhetorical K~ssiniscnne


The nur-.ing of a Cannon ON the Prince
ton-A Rhetorical kensiniscnne /.
In the congressional cemetery also lies
buried the Hon. Abel Parker Upshur,
President Tylor's secretary of state, who
was killed on the steamer Princeton by
THE bursting Of a This terrible
accident, by which two members of
President Tyler's cabinet and three other
persons lost their lives, occurred the 2Sth
of February, 1874. Gen. John Tyler, Jr.,
is probably the only survivor of that ac-
cident now living. In conversation the
other day he gave me a very vivid de-
scription Of the event. He said:
Commodore Stockton was regarded as
the most advanced man in the navy Of
his day. He had made many improve
ments in various ways, and among others
had made two large wrought-iron can
non. He called these the ~Peacemakers."
He invited the president and his cabinet
10 take Z trip down the Potomac ON the.
Princeton 10 lest these guns. They had
been shot several times before dinner,
and the sport had been enjoyed greatly
by all present. At the close Of the meal
Secretary Gilmer remarked to Commo-
dore Stockton.
1T is a good while since we heard
that gun
~The commodore regarded this MS an
order, coming as II did, from his superior
officer. and so rose Immediately and
passed on deck, followed by Messrs. Up
shur, Gilmer, and the rest. My father
WAS a little in the rear. Secretary Gill
, 1886-03-04

THE consumption Of glycerine for
medicinal purposes, arts and manufact
ures has greatly increased in the past few
years" said a Liberty square merchant.
AS you are probably aware, he con.
tinued, crude glycerine is the by-product
of the manufacture of candles. Tallow
or other animal or vegetable fats are
saponified, with the addition of water,
under heat and high steam pressure, in
closed tanks. The neutral fats separate
into fatty acids and glycerine, which lat
ter remains dissolved in the water. The
solution of glycerine thus formed is con
centrated and sold to r~efiners. Some of
the latter, in order to cheaper the pro
cess of refining, bleach their half-refined
product by means of vegetable or animal
charcoal. This absorbs the color and
also some of the acids still in the glycer.
inc, rendering it for a short time inodor-
ous and almost colorless; but the seeds of
further decomposition are not removed,
and in time the acids still contained in
the glycerine oxydize and the glycerine
becomes of color 1t should properly
be distilled until the last trace of impuri-
ties is removed, when the glycerine be-
comes chemically pure. inodorous and
colorless, Boston Globe.
, 1886-03-04

The student Of history reading the bill
Of rights sees in every clause the result
of some successful wal fought to wiring
a concession Of that particular principle
from the dominant class. The musket
has steadily led the way and supported
every extension of the boundaries OF
freedom. Without SO irresistible a
weapon within reach Of every mans
hand, the world would still be PROSTATE
under the hoofs of an equestrian aristoc.
racy, whose despotism would only be
tempted by the tyranny of kingcraft.
Artillery is monarchic, cavalry aristo-
cratic and infantry democratic. Armoi
and the horse brought about the rule of
the few over the many; cannon helped
make one man ruler over all, while the
musket is the agent of the popular will
and the pioneer of universal suffrage.
~All the government" a y an eminent
philosopher, depends upon the power OF
the majority to whip the minority The
fundamental principle OF democracy if
that the wishes of 1000 men shall pre-
vail over those of 900 men. and the mus
ket gives the 1000 men the physical
power TO enforce their will upon the 300
men.F-Popular Science Monthly.