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Q. What two letters express the most
agreeable people in the world?
A.. U and |.
Q. Why is the letter T like matrimony?
A. 1t is the end of quiet and the begin
ming of trouble.
Q. Why are kisses like the creation2
A. They are made of nothing and yet
are very good.
Trade at Heath's Cash Grocery and
Market.
Q. Why is a weather cock like ambi-
ton?
A. 1t is a vane and glittering thing to
aspire.
Q. Who is the oldest Lunatic2
A. Time out of mind.
Heath sells cheap for Cash.
Q. What never asks questions but re-
quires frequent answers?
A. The front door bell.
q. What most frequently becomes a
woman2
A. A little girl.
Give Heath your trade and save money
z. Why is a lawyer like a restless
sleeper2
A. He lies first on one side and then on
the other.
Cash buys most at Heath's Corner
store.
@. What is the difference between a
honeycomb and a honeymoon?
A. One is composed of little cells and
the other is one big sell.
Q. Why is a dogs tail like a very old
person.
A. Because it is in-frm.
Heath sells Groceries, Provisions, and
Meats of all kinds for Cash at low prices.
Q. What rose is born to blush unseen2
A. Negroes.
Fruits and Vegetables for Cash at Low
! Prices at Heath's.
, 1888-06-13

The owners of a fine Silver Crown
property, which shows pay mineral
from grass roots down, offer a third in
terest in the property to any party or
parties who will do one hundred feet
development work. For further particu-
lars address Miner" Leader office.
, 1888-06-13

We will sell excursion tickets to Denver
at half rates from June Is to 16 in
elusive, good to return the Goth, for the
Gilmore entertainment. Apply at Union
Pacific ticket office.
, 1888-06-13

| am prepared to give lessons in art
embroidery and all kinds of painting.
Large stock of embroidering materials on
hand. Agent for self threading needles.
Mrs. f. d. ROBINSON,
2l4 Maple Terrace.
, 1888-06-13

Everything which belongs to pure,
healthy blood is impaired by Hoods Sar-
saparilla. A trial will convince You of its
merit.
, 1888-06-13
Hotel.

Why stop at a jim crow house when you
can stop at the Occidental for the same
mOney2
, 1888-06-13

WANTED-A competent cook and
laundress; none other need apply. Apply
at once to No. SOB East Seventeenth
street.
, 1888-06-13

WANTED-A young man competent to
care for lawn and garden; must have ex-
perience as horseman. Apply at room
10, Commercial block.
, 1888-06-13

" e haoe nOIU tn OH1. emf
piOy a first class HphOIstey-
err. HI orders lUSH receiUe
prompt and careful atten-
ttOn. Il. E.
MercantsIe Company.
, 1888-06-13
WANTED.

WANTED Vacant block. Ground
between Themes and Seymour. north of
Twenty second street. Give cash price in
writing by July |. V. Baker.
, 1888-06-13

ucctuenLhi hotei'
Is the best workingmen's house in Chey-
enne. Weekly board at bed rock. Open
all night.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-30
NO. 4S.


Rev. David Swing Of Chicago is widely
known on account Of the fact that some
years ago Professor Patton, now President
! Patton of Princetown college, prosecuted
him for heresy before the Chicago presbv
| terry. The result was an aCquittal but,
pending an appeal Of the prosecutor 10 the
| Illinois synod, Professor Swing withdrew
| from the Presbyterian church. Ever since
he has continued to preach to vast audiences
IN Chicago, but has not identified himself
with any other denomination. II is not easy
to define, in a few words, his theological
position. He is not Unitarian although
his fraternal relations with members of that
body sharpened the edge of Professor Pat
tons wrath He would scarcely be able to
indorse all the conservative afiirmations of
progressive orthodoxy" Yet he is so far
from being vague and negative in doctrinal
views that the staple Of his preaching is the
ceaseless iteration with almost infinite fresh.
ness and variety, Of certain fundamental
Christian beliefs That no building i'm
which Mr.. Swing breaches is big enough to
hold the throngs who crowd to hear him
year in and year out is fact often com
mented upon. But most people who try to
explain 1t refer to the liberal theology of
the preacher as a sufficient explanation
some exulting in and others bemoaning its
supposed attractiveness Now, the truth
of the matter probably is that pecuiarities
of theology have almost nothing at all to
do with David Swing phenomenal success
but that the essential religion, which almost
any theological shell can enclose, has every
thing to do with it. Without attractive
personality in form, attitudes features,
voice or manner, he succeeds through
thought and diction in holding the repre-
sentative congregation of the city. being at
the same time the permanent attraction for
strangers. In his personal appearance
Prof Swing has been described as being so
homely as to be positively attractive" -"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-30
students of shor,-hnnd.

The Christian Register sounds a note
OF warning TO the many girls who are tax
ing up shorthand, expecting to fit them
selves for amanuenses The trouble is, it
says, that too many girls untitled by educa-
ton attempt this work. The business
schools are careless about the standard
which they require of their pupils. 1t is
cruel TO allow girl to 20 to the city, spend
the winter there, paying board and tuition,
only to have her find at the end of the sea
son that she is not and can never be a good
shorthand clerk. 1t is almost daily ex-
perience to hear about such girls, and often
to meet them, discouraged, unhappy and
forlorn 1t would be unfair to say that all,
or perhaps even the aiority, of the young
women who begin short hand make such a
dismal failure, for there are some wonder
fully bright and intelligent girls who have
achieved great success but what we do in
sist on is that uneducated girls should not
be encouraged to try. No one need hope to
succeed who has not the equivalent of high
school education and a certain amount of
business judgment is also necessary. Though
most shorthand clerks are now required to
use the typewriter, there must be the abil-
ity to write a clear, handsome hand But
a frequent sin of the ordinary stenographer
is ignorance of spelling. The simplest
words are slaughtered numerically, and
those little out of the common range would
hardly be detected in the new combination
given. They literally " multiply words
without knowledge"
This warning has a double force from
the fact that the editor of the Register is
himself a practical stenographer, while his
wife is one of the most expert short hand
writers in the country, she having at one
L. L. / .l.
porting and translating a lecture deliy cred
in German
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-30

Bullets in Russia are always excellent
IF the first class buffet is unexceptionable,
the third class one, where soldiers, peasants
and tradesmen frequent, is very good of its
kind There is variety of food supplied
one can have two or three kinds of meat,
tea and coffee, wine or beer, brandy or
sodka. There are loaves of bread, smoked
fish, and tea in tumblers, each glass with its
spoon. Milk in tea is an abomination to a
Russian. Tea is sugared, and a slice of lem
ON floats in it. One glass costs about three
and a-half cents, and yet that is good
deal of money for a soldier to pay. The
buffet generally resounds with chatter and
laughter, for the Russian loves to talk, and
is by nature merry.
Russian civilization is not like ours 1t
is peculiar of its kind, and Oriental rather
than European but advanced as we may
be in many things to do with travel, it
would be much to our advantage did we
copy the Russian buffet system. Prices
are adapted to our purses. The food is
clean, well prepared and cheap, and there
is ample time given in which to eat 1t. The
buffets are under government supervision
-Hdrper'S FeekiU
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-30
The Bnse Daniel Rice.

The late Daniel Rice, who died recently
at Springfield, this state, was native
of Dummerston, where he was born
July 2l, 1908 He was raised on a farm
and knew by experience what the hard
farm work Of the old days meant, ac-
quiring from this and his early surround
ings in nature the strong personal charac-
teristics which were his through life In a
sketch of his life the Springfield Reporter
said
His inclination soon led him TO books, and as
his first work In selling them, extensive travel
and contact with men gave him a practical edu.
cation which no other schooling could supply.
Before the country was gridirOned with railroad
tracks, he Travelled through the West with horse
and buggy, and was equally familiar with the
South from Virginia to Texas, In the days Of
slavery. In his efforts to secure the rare books
which he afterward published he went several
times to Europe, accomplishing his object each
time. The nature of these works took him among
the statesmen and scientists Of the past genera
ton. and from such men as Henry Clay Daniel
Webster, Andrew jackson and John j. Audubon,
hc received friendly encouragement In the publ
cation Of his books which were nearly all Of a
national character The most important Of them
were the North American sylvia botanical
work Of great beauty containing hand painted
steel engrHviugs Of all the trees native to the soil
Of our country; the History Of the Indian
Tribes with cDlOred plates Of the principal
chiefs and warriors familiar to history taken
from the original paintings Ia the Smithsonian
Institute at Washington, which were afterWard
destroyed by fire; and the National Portrait
Gallery Of Distinguished Americans Sc from Wash
ington to Grant, and containing more than 100
biographies and steel engravngs. In addition to
these he was interested Ia the rare works Of the
Naturalist Audubon. and also published a sumpt-
uous folio edition of "Boydell's Illustrations Of
Shakesp. are Among these books he toiled FOR
more than half a century, winning for himself
the reputation Of unique and costly books which
others hrsitated to take up And yet IN the
midst Of this work in which he delighted, there
was another influence entirely foreign to il, which
was constantly draw ing him from IT, He was a
lover uf the soil, and every year the old associa.
tions absorbed from his native hills, lurrd him
back from the city to labor in the fields he had
helped to bcautlfy aud among the trees his own
hand had planted In politics hr was a staunch
Republican and the last time he left the hnusr
was to east his ballot for the man whose grand
father he voted for nearly ~ years ago.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-30
The Coming Volume of the Century

With the November number the Century begins
its 3ith volume, Two great features Of the maga,
zine which are % continue throughout the new
volume are already well known to the publc--th the
Lincoln history and the papers ON siberia and
the Exile system" The first Of these, written by
Messrs Nicolay and Hay, President Iincoln's pri-
vate secretaries, contains the inside history of the
dark days of the war, seen from the White
House. Mr. Kennan's Siberian papers are at
tracing the attention Of the civilized world. The
Chicago Tribune says that "no other magazine
articles printed in the English language just now
touch upon a subject which so vitality interests all
thoughtful people in Europe and America and
Asia" AS is already known, copies of the Cen
tury entering Russia have these articles torn out
by the customs officials ON the frontier. During
1889 the Century will contain the result Of four
years work Of Mr.. Timothy Cole the leading
magazine engraver of the world engraving from
the originals the greatest pictures by the Oil mas
ters There will be illustrated articles on Bible
scenes treating especially the subjects of the In
ternatonal Sunday school lessons, George W. Ca
bile Will write Strange, True Stories of louisiana,
there will be nOvrlettes aud short stories by lead
ing writer's, and occasional War Papers. The
Century is published hy the Century company of
New York at : per year
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-30

The annual report Of the third assist
ant postmaster general shows rapid in
crease in the postal business during the
past year. The total number of pieces Of
mail handled was 3.j1s, 900, 600. including
/ 100, 800, 900 letters, 312, 200 600 postal
cards ,0G3 100, 900 newspapers and peri
odicals, and 372 500, 600 pieces Of third and
fourth class matter. Reckoning the popu-
lation of the United States at 60, 900, 600
the number Of pieces mailed per capita is
about sixty, or five each month Sifted
down to this degree of tenuitv the business
seems moderate. But the 10000, 600 of
population includes number of millions
who seldom if ever use the mails. In view
of this vast business the postal deficit of
81, I3O S2S is not in the least alarming. 1t
is explained that this has occurred not
through the reduction Of postal rates, but
on account Of the extension Of the free de
livery service and the increase of the rail
way mail transportation. The reduction
Of the letter rate from three 10 two cent,
has already been overcome by the increase
of business This was confidently predict
ed, and we may expect the proposed reduc-
tion Of the letter rate to one cent 10 work in
the same way. The report makes several
important recommendations advocates the
abolition Of the fraukng privilege and an
allowance Of money to members Of Con
gress to buy what stamps they need for the
transmission Of public documents An ex-
cellent recommendation is that which pro.
poses, IN case one cent postage for letters is
adopted that the classification of all other
matter be simplifed, and that the postage
on all mater now comarehcnded in the
third ard fourth clns ,es be one cent for ev
cry two ounces, and on newspapers and
peroiic'ls the present rute of one cent
,er pound This would give us one cent
postage throughout the whole list and give
thr United States the cheapest postal ser
vice IN the world-though for that matter
considering the distances covered. we have
Tint t,,V
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-30
Mnbit- nndLonR Life.

The information which the blanks give ON
the subject of habits comedies with the
opinions of most people, formed from OBJ
servation, that longevity without regularity
of habits is rare. These old people, men
and women alike, are put down as early
risers and retirers, almost without excep-
ton and fully nineteen out of every TWEEN
ty have observed this custom throughout
life, except perhaps at some short period in
youth, Meals have been eaten regularly,
three each day, with dinner at noon, the
exceptions being so rare as to indicate
nothing. Exercise in most cases has been
hard work up to 50 or 20, and after that
period has consisted when the regular oc-
cupation has been given up) of walking,
gardening, or both. Except in cases of
sickness these old people are, as a rule, as
active and as fond of constant occupation
of some sort today as most men and women
are at 30 One of the most significant facts
gathered in this canvass is that regarding
occupations Out of 1000 men, through
out life, 46l have been farmers % have
been carpenters 20 merchants 81 mari
ners 40 laborers AZ shoemakers; II
manufacturers % clergymen % masons /;
16 blacksmiths l6 bankers 10 each iron
workers, mill-hands, physicians and law
yers and the balance are divided among
nearly all the other trades and professions
The list includes only one each of the fol-
lowing Hermit. hunter, chemist, professor,
soldier, broker, auctioneer, Jockey, con-
tractor. Nearly all, however, began life
upon the farm. .-Fopuidr Science Monthiy
6py NOrpDibpg
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-30

The Charleston, 5. c., News and Courier
is somewhat consoled for the defeat Of the
Democratic party by the prospect of the
passage of the Blair bill 1t says that the
vast majority of the people of the South
and especially the people of South Carolina,
are heartily in favor of the measure be
cause they see no hope Of improving the
colored people except through education. "
The payments during the past fiscal year
for repairs on naval vessels Were 1881, ,349
and on the construction of new vessels 81,
266, 1876.
The New York Mail and Express has an
indianapolis despatch which is undouhted
ly authoritative, and which says positively
that Gen. Harrison has not yet made prom
ises or proposals to any one in regard Il
cabinet positions.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-30
The Deadly Cigarette.

An analysis of dozen brands of cigar
cites has been made in Chicago and the re-
suits are such that cigarette smokers can
not regard them with complacency. Al
most every brand was found to have been
"doctored' to a greater or less degree.
While the injurious ingredients (apart from
the tobacco itself vary somewhat, there is
enough in each variety to induce smokers
who value their health to give up cigarettes
altogether. of all the forms in which to-
bacco is used, this is doubtless the most
harmful especially as the cigarette habit
mas such a firm and growing hold ON boys
and young men.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-30

Every daily newspaper has now adoptet
the trade Of cabinet maker, and the work
turned out Is amusing, if not always use
full The New York Press knows for Ger
tain that Mr. Blaine has been offered tn,
first place in Harrison cabinet, while lot
Of other papers have private information
that Mr. Blaine would not 20 into tine cahi
net if place were offered him. Among
the guesses, this, from an indianapolis gen
tleman 'who stands very close to Gen. Har
rison socially and politically is probably
As good as any; Gen Harrison's secre
tary of state will be no other than Chaun
cey NJ. Depew. He is the man that mad,
it possible for Harrison to be nominated
and the place belongs to him if he will ac
cept it Then he is born diplomat, an,
he would be a credit to the nation and t,
the President"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-30

A good story of Whittier is told by Mr..
Samuel James Capper in the Leisure Hour.
In the course of conversation, the poet
Expressed astonishment that Mr. Capper
should know so much of his verse by heart
and advised him to get rid of it as soon as
possible. "Why,' lac said, Il cant re
member any of it, | once went TO hear a
wonderful orator, and he wound up his
speech with a poetical quotation and |
clapped with all my might. Some one
touched me on the shoulder, and said, DO
YOU know who wrote that : said No,
don't But it's good 1t seems had
written it myself
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-30
COMmIssIONERs, NOTICE.

~ ESTATE Or JOHN L. NlCupi'S'
The undersigned having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Mari
born commissioners TO receive, examine and ad
lust all claims and demands OF all persons against
the estate of JOHN l.. NICHOLS, late OF Gull
ford. In said district, deceased, aud all claims
exhibited in offset thereto hereby give notice
that we will meet for the purpose aforesaid at the
residence of john 7. Nichols on the eigth day
of December and 18th day of April, lSSs, next,
from two O'Clock p. NJ until four O'Clock p. NJ, on
each of said days, aud that six months from the
IIth day of November, a. d. 1881 is the time
limited hy said court for said creditors 10 present
their claims to us for examination and allowance
Dated at said BrattlebOru this 10Th day of No
vem5er, A. d. 1879.
q. \. BONnEN, lron,r, ,s.inr.rs
40 FRED NJ WAITE, :
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-30

Effective nicknames are not the easiest
things in the world to find Three pretty
children often to be seen on Fifth avenue
are the Cryder triplets it was suggested
that they be called Kate, Duplicate and
Triplicate" The ingenuity of the man who
called his children "Cherubim aud Sera-
phim, because they continually do cry, n
has been heard of perhaps often enough
but the names applied to the daughters of
Mr.. Epps of London may be new on this
side of the water. Mr. Epps is the great
cocoa manufacturer, and advertises every
where that his cocoa is grateful, comfort
ing !" these terms were applied to his
daughters, Comforting is now Mrs
Alma Tadema, while Grateful" is the wife
of well known critic.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-30
Tic Now Di.co,er,.

You have heard your neighhors aud friends
talking about It You may yourself be- one of the
many who know from personal experience just
how good u thing It is. II you have ever tried it,
you are one Of It's stauuch friends, because the
wonderful thug about Il Is that when once given
a trial Dr. Kings New Discovery ever after holds
a place la the HOUSE. II you have never used II
and should bc afflicted with cough cold, or any
throat, lung or chest trouble, secure bottle at
once and give Il fair trial. Il is guaranteed eve
~ time, or money refunded 1ria, hotties free at
III. a. ChApin's drug store
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-30

Not for many years has there been such urgent
need of a tirst-class business man at the head of
the poSt-oflice department as there is at present
The postmaster general in President Harrison 5
cabinet will find herculean task awaiting him.
our postal service after four years of Democratic
reform" is in a sadly demoralized condition.
- Boston Journal
The journal has no need to worry Gov.
Proctor is equal to almost any kind of a
"herculean task"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-30
COMMIssIONERs, NOTICE.

u ESTATE Of flll4ENA IL. jeans.
We the subscribers, being duly appointed by tht
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Mu1
boru Commissioners To receive, examine anC
adjust all claims and demands of all persons
against the estate of Philrna II. ,lruNS latv o
Halifax in said district decreased, and all claim,
and demands exhibited in ofIsst thereto, hereby
give notice that We will meet for the pul se aturt
said at the dwelling house OF Ira Larabrr In Hall
fax ON the last saturday of Dec mbrr aud first
Saturday Of March next, from p. NJ, until I p, NJ
each Of said days, and that six months from
the 2gth day of September, 1888, is the time linn
tied by said court for said creditors to presen
their claims to us for examination and allowance
Dated at Halifax this lith day of Nov, 1883,
NJ. B BISHOP, lCo,,p,is,i,,,ar,
4G LUTHER ADAMS, ('''
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-30
STATE OFVERMONT, Marlboro IS.

y BY the Probate Court Tor SAID Distrlct,
To all whom il may concern, Greeting.
Whereas ELWIN II. JONES. admlnistror of the
estate of WM NEEDHAM, late of Wardsboro, IN
said district, deceased, has represented that
The amount of debts due from said de
ceased and the charges of adminstra-
tiOn are estimated at S3OOO
The value of the personal estate is S2OO
OF which has been or may he
signed the widow SaOOO
Balance of debts chargeable ON the
real estate of said deceased $500 o.
PRAYING for license to sell so much of the rea
estate, of said deceased is necessary for the pay
ment of said debts and charges of administration
WhereupOn ii is ordered that the same bc hrart
at the session of said court to be held at the Pro
bate ONCE in Brattlrburo on the iilst saturday OF
Decsmbvr, \. d. lSSS. when and where you may
be heard in the premises if you see cause.
lG +. W. SIODDAkD. Register.