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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-23
Westminster We.t.

An old folks dinner party was an event worthy
ul special notice last week The day was unta
Nufahie, but nine responded a. he invitation %.
our hohnrrd citizen, Horace Goodhur 90 nln
graduate him on his SD birthday The ayeraE,
4se ol The party was ~ years and month,
Three Of the party left companions at home RA.
would gladly have been present had they u'~r
Ahir Go brave the rain and excitement of IN. u.
chsioh by speaking loud and plain they could
understand each other and detail Interesting ami
important bits Of history that will ba forgotten
when they die What was of special interest wa,
liiat STA OF the party were born and educated u.
tile same school district and all but one had O-rl
members OF the same church from their MINOR
". The oldest of the six is ~ the Youngest =
anu siN months You can easily imagine there
Wa no lack Of entertaining talk-at least % was
so To the party. The flush Of youth came over
their wrinklel face, as they recalled the mi-rGfu
aud serious incidents ut childhood. old Joke,
We're unearthrd and made 10 do service again for
"a hearty laugh Ii was evident they were as good
AS new, for there was no lack Of hits AMI r-
bounds m the lime of Jokes
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-23

The Baptist society are holdirg ..,
meetings again this week. a cordial ,,..'
tation Is given 10 every one ~ attend ,t..
meetings
The entertainment given by the drs,o.,.
club at the town hall Tuesday evepipg ~.
a great success, aud the club NAV feel ,ro,'i
Of their efforts. Everything passed gg
smoothly and the parts we're well Learned
Prof Preston will meet his sinpin, .i.
at the town hall Thursday evening.
The first lesson Of MIR Julian .lobr,....
singing school will be given next sstgrJ..
evening at the town hall beginning n, :
o'clock sharp. This lesson will be especial,
for beginners.
Mr. Henry Holden and family have 30
turned from the West also Mr., Ja,.
Green Mrs Emma Wilder Of Troy. y y
is Ia town Mrs mason Howard of Jar,si,.
is visiting relatives in town
Several people went from thi, town T.,
Brattleboro 10 attend Miss Howes ropo.r,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-23
A Little Allowable G,or,oe.,,on.

Mr. Editor; l want to glorify our coun
try little Our party has been deservedly
and sufficiently glorified
Now, our country, in all its solidarity,
challenges the admiration of the world
Whether the world will yield its due admi-
ration or not is another question, which l
now pass by. But in what country in the
world could such an election as we have
just had been gone through with so quietly,
peacefully and submissively 10y the defeated
party Think of it Could it have done
so in any other country under the sun
es, it could have occurred in England,
were it "A republic and in Australia and in
Canada but where else Nowhere. !
yield TO no one, Mr. Editor, in rejoicing
that the party to which you and ! belong
received the sanction of the majority-it is
worthy subject of rejoicing; but to me
the fact of this great country going through
all the forms of such an election, and the
minority submitting quietly wish | could
say gracefully-to the will of the majority
(but form is matter of taste, of no sub
stantial Importance is to me worthy of the
highest admiration Could it have occurred
in France, with its abortive pretense of a
republic, or in Italy, or in Germany, or in
the Danubian principalities, or in any Of the
South American republics, so called In
none-not one If, as we all hope, political
freedom is to extend, in the progress of
centuries, through the world, it must be
carried by English speaking people. In ne
other countries in the world except in those
where English is the native tongue are chill
dren brought up from their mothers knee
to know that TO secure freedom the rule of
the majority, legally oppressed, must he
peaceably submitted TO. No child of a Lat
in race ever heard that, the alphabet of
Freedom, and there is no likelihood that he
ever will
The great Democratic party is sound at
heart, though we think it mistaken There
are little cusses' in it, according to Arte-
mas Wards phrase. Notably at the pres
ent time little cuss,' Clerk Clark of the
House of Representatives, pops up. The
great Democratic party will be ashamed of
him hereafter-most of them probably are
now. And between ourselves, Mr.. Editor,
though we whisper it with bated breath, -
mustn't we admit that little cusses" are
not unknown even in the Republican pha-
lanx. What Of it The sun is a resplen-
dent luminary, though some spots are on
its face Let us hope, and for one believe
that ages hence it will be- as it ought To be
now, the greatest glory of every man, not
that he Is Democrat or Republican, but
an American citizen.
This country will always be divided into
two great parties. From time TO time ma
iorities will change, and so will names. In
the lapse Of centuries the names "Republi-
can aud Democrat will become unknown
and obsolete. No matter. Let us hope
that our children, 10 the last generation,
may feel, a. we do now, that they are citi-
zens of the only nation which ever solved
the problem of political freedom. S.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-23


DR.. Stafford of Nottingham is attending
h, {. Sargent, who is in poor health a.
mentioned last week
Miss Lillian Boyd gave a pleasant party
TO her school friends last Friday evening il
being her twelfth birthday
e. f. Wheeler moves this week into his
new tenement in the house bought of % b.
Butteriirld. The house has been remodeed
and much improved.
The street lamps aud posts have been re-
painted this week
Mrs. c. NJ Russell intends to open MILL
merry rooms IN the spring, with a full line
of seasonable goods.
The subject of the sermon at the Metho.
DIST church next Sunday morning vii. De-
soul struggles after Rest In the even
ing the subject of the sermon 70 young
people will be, why should not keep hal
company The praise service will be- H
charge Of Mrs j. c. Wheeler
Union Thanksgiving day services wil be
held at the Methodist church next lhursaay
at u O'Clock A. NJ There will be a sermon
by Rev d. W Phelps of the Baptist church.
Two practical bridge builders from ~
Adams supeDintend the erection OF our HoN
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-23

will Of the people directly interested that
changes in these offices will be required in
many cases in order to conform the service
TO the commonest civil service principles
In the railway postal service, also, changes
will inevitably be necessary. But, whatever
is done, self-respecting Republicans cannot
do less than refrain from making grab
for the offices simply as 'spoils Of victory
or as rewards for party service. To cite a
case in point, the public sentiment Of this
community would not tolerate any attempt
to displace Captain Childs as postmas-
ter at Brattleboro during the term for
which he was appointed. Capt. Childs's
own course aud his treatment Of his pre-
decessor, when he came to the office was
honorable and high minded, and no Repub
licau will care now To adopt an opposite
course.
Another case in point, of very differ
ent character, is that of G. b. Hyde, the
faithful, competent and non. partisan postal
railway clerk on the Brattleboro & White
hall road. who was removed from his place
10y despcable means, and under circum-
stances which were disgrace to the ad-
mnistration and to every one who had any
thing to do with the petty job We do not
know Mr. Hyde's present occupation, but
if he wants his old place back he should
have it as soon as the machinery of the civ
il service comes again into Republican
hands
The principle which underlies General
CIRCUITS bill to regulate the appointment Of
country postmasters, that the will of the
people should rule in their selection, is
sound one and we hope it will prevail in
Windham county and everywhere else. In
all branches Of the civil service there are
wrongs that should be undone, but we hope
that under Gen. Harrison's administration
bossism and personal and partisan consid-
erations will be given a back seat. OF
these we of Vermont have had enough un-
der President Cleveland-and Mr.. Atkins.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-23
Cen. Low MnIInee,- Speech.

1t is with no purpose to keep up the fight
after the campaign is over and the victory
is won that we print on our first page to
day the speech of Gen. Lew Wallace before
the Ben Hur club of Charlottesville, Ind
We print the speech at this time be
cause we regard it as the most notable ut
terance of its kind during the late presiden
tial canvass, and because several Brattle-
boro Republicans wish copies of it to send
~ friends and to preserve for reference.
The speech is notable for its authorship
alone, but it is still more notable because of
the terse, vivid, incisive way in which it
sums up an important chapter of historical
facts and then goes ON to present a vital
issue of the present day.
Thank Heaven, the result of the election
in Virginia and West Virginia renders that
issue less foreboding one than it has been
at any time before since the close of the
reconstruction period.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-23
ssnn,ar Onn, an n.nL-

Senator Quay does not mince his words
in speaking about the next House of Rep
resentatives. He says 1--WE have the
House by majority Of five certainly, and
possibly by nine ON the official count of
Congressional districts. As 10 the Demo
cratic threats that Democratic governors
of states will refuse to certify the election
of Republicans To the clerk of the House,
and he will refuse to place our people Oh
the roll, we do not care what the Demo
cratic governors or the clerk of the House
may do. They are not dealing with chill
dren and old women. The Republican
party will hold, with IA mailed hand, all
that it fairly won on Nov. g."
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-23

Twenty four couples attended the dance
at school house hall last Friday evening A
dance is talked Of for next week FRIDAY
night at the same place
Arthur O'Leary and Perley Sparks shoi
y horses within eight hours last Tuesday
New telephone poles are being set be
tween this village and Fayetteville, and
have already been set between here and
our station and on 10 Brattleboro.
I. j. Lyon Of Wilhamansett, Mass, has
been stopping at A. OLeary's
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-23

Nermont's official vote for President of
the United States, as shown 10y the com
plete returns from all the towns is Harri-
son 40, 1872, Cleveland 10, 7SS, Fisk 1859
The Republican plurality therefore is 2S,-
404, in a total of SO, 439 votes cast.
Four years ago the vote for Blaine was
3S,4ll, Cleveland 1882, st. John 1912,
Butler and scattering 1S9 Baine's plural
ity lS,66S, The gain in the Republican
majority is 9,636 and the falling off in the
prohibition vote is 1913.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-23

FROM the Boston AdNertlS-r
Mr. Cleveland is credited with having
said, when he was told that the House
might possibly be saved to the Democratic
party, let the tail 60 with the hide " Al
though much might be said for or against
the authenticity of this alleged remark
We are inclined on the whole to think that
he never made it. Undoubtedly it ex-
presses his idea Of the relative Importance
of President Cleveland and a Democratic
House, but it is intrinsically improbable
that he should employ seven consecutive
ones syllable words when it is clear that he
could nave expressed the same idea in Il
dozen polysyllables.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-23

A reception was given President elect
Harrison and wife at Indianapolis last Fri,
day night by the survivors of his old regi-
ment, the 10Th Indiana. 1t was attended
by over 300 of the survivors with their
wives and daughters. 1t was a brilliant
event. No speeches were made, the gene
raj and Mrs. Harrison spending the time
socially for two hours among their loyal
friends. The regiment has taken steps to
accompany the general TO Washington on
the occasion Of his inaugnration.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-23
THE RUGGLEs-sT OrARTFT

NJ. Editor NAV say a word about the con.
cert of d Nt Tuesday evening think every one
who attended the concert given by the Ruggl-s
street quartet last winter, IN the \. VI C. A
coursr. was delighted, and would say that moth
us finer could b" asked for II is lamentahlp but
a fact nevertheless that the Brattleborn of TODAY
Is not the Braitlehor0 OF fifteen years ago in il
liberal patronage of the very best of music. for
mustrs sake To hr Sarr, the travelling opera
companies sing Ia fair houses, but there is The.
added attraction, To many. Of the dramatic rlt-
htht winch draws the crowd No local manager
has iDlt like mourning the expense Of such con
cert as Is nov projected. Now that We ar. offer.
rd such an attractive entertainment let us s.,. 10
u that tnu huhs- grrrts thrm, and that the
manager shall, at least, not lose anything Il is
perhaps. unnecessary 10 say that tins suggestion
is entirely gratuitous and unsolicited
l.. W HAWLEN.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-23

Three inches of snow fell SUNDAY night
nut Mondays rain soon carried it of
n L. Stetson has recently visited friends
in Brattleboro.
Farley F. Grown has moved to Sadavps
where he has rented Capt Sticknev's place
and Will engage in the shoe business.
Stetson Brothers have this season ,yortsl
up about 10 900 bushels of apples and made
l,5O2 barrels of cider. '''''''
Mrs. Jennie Pike aud two sons of Reads.
boro, and Miss Flora Rice matron Of ,L.
Worcester, Mass, hospital. have rocentl,
visited at o. V. Benefits. and Mrs salt
Rice will stay at Mr. BENEFITS through the
winter. WV
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-23

Mrs f. Taylor of Feeding Hills. Nn..
visited in town last week
II Stickney Of Jacksonville was the gue.,
Of Merchant Stickney on Saturday.
W +. King has been called b. Deer8eB
n. Il, by the illness of his son Carl
The mercury fell TO zero on Wedne,dsy
morning
a deer was seen on the hill' last Frida,
morning When asked how be dard ~
come out he replied, ~ have no fear, since.
election the people believe in protection
feel safer now than for 3. year past
A. !. Stickney, who has recently conn.
here and reOpened the old store. has a ,o,I
stock Of groceries and a line Of .tapl-
goods Of all kinds He intends h. do b1.,
ness ION the square, and his store vii. b.
found great local convenience Read b,.
advertisement in this paper.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-23

BY means of the New York Tribune
fresh air fund fortnight in the country
was given the past summer 20 1920 chill
dren and working girls, with the expendi-
ture of 20, 636 GA, or 81 30 each
The trustees of Columbia college have
decided to establish an annex Tor ,ya,,a',
similar To that at Harvard college.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-23
The Civil Service Under the New Adj
minisIraIiOu.


The most difficult problem which will
confront the new administration will he
the arrangement of the civil service on
basis which shall rid that service of objec-
tionable and disreputable employees on the
one hand and avoid the Democratic method
Of making Il partisan grab for the offices
on the other 1t is true that leading Re
publican responsibility will be the formula
ton and enactment of a measure Of tariff
revision and revenue reform on the general
lines laid down in the Senate tariff BILL but
this responsibility will rest primarily on
Congress, while the arrangement of the
civil service will devolve on President Har-
rison and his chosen advisers and co-work
ers. The task, as we have said, will not be
an easy one. In place Of the old time ser
vice, which, however partisan it may have
been, was genuinely efficient and reliable,
Mr.. Harrison will find service which has
been demoralized by use as weapon of
partisan warfare and by even having in
jected into it graduates from jails, prisons
and reformatores. In getting rid of such
men Gen, Harrison will inevitably be sub
jected TO "a charge of makingpartisan use OF
the offices as has been done by Mr. Cleveland
and his lieutenants Moreover, the course
of the Cleveland administration has been
such as strongly 10 provoke partisan repris
ais, and the pressure from within the new
administration own party for Clean
sweep will be strong
~. Al.
party will not tolerate the idea of such "a
procedure. To turn every Democrat out
of Office simply because he is Democrat,
and TO put Republican in his place simply
because he is "a Republican, would be an in
jury tocivil service reform such as no right
minded man wishes to see inflicted ON the
cause In getting the service on TO a
sound, honest and efficient working basis
once more there will he mistakes, msun-
derstandings aud ordinations, but we
believe Gen Harrison 10 possess such lev
el head and steady hand as will in the
end command universal recognition of the
integrity of purpose which animAtes him.
Under the circumstances which exist,
Republicans who have the best good Of their
party and of the country at heart will not
lend themselves To a grand rush for the Of
fees as soon as the new administration
comes into power One of the first branches
Of the service 10 receive attention will nat
urally be the postal service because this
affects the entire people more intimately
than any other, and complaints are loud
that the management of the mails is ineifi
Gent and unreliable. In our own county,
for instance, the appointment Of Demo
cratic postmasters was made in almost every
case On an arbitrary and purely personal
basis. aud with such total disregard of the
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-23

The bank back Of j q. Pulen's house
recently slid down. taking with it large
apple tree and nearly destroying his sprin.
of water, the tub around which was moved
several feet. A portion of the earth slid
under the house
Alonlo Whitney will build new barn
ON the Emery Mason place.
some 200 persons went from this town
to Brattleburo on the evening of the Re
publican Publication
The mercury indicated from 6 to- above
zero Wednesday morning
The school superintendent will hold d pub.
lac examination Of teachers tomorrow az
her home
Schools in this village will open for the
winter term the Monday after Thanksgiy-
ing
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-23

Gen. Golf, the Republican candidate for
governor in West Virginia, claims that he
is elected beyond question, and says he
will see to it that the will of the people is
not overthrown by the Democratic officials
The election Of three Republican congress
men is claimed, and it is declared that their
seats will he contested in the courts, if nee
essary on account Of the outrageous frauds
which have been perpetrated by the Dem
ocratic returning boards.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-23

of the Mhitechnnsl Rend in

Talk of the Whitechapel fiend in London (.
the English government is scarcely less
hendish than he Saturday, during the
evctions on the estate of a member of par
lament, bed-ridden woman of 90 wears
was removed from her home and had 10 be
carried To an adjoining house. A woman
who was in state of delirium, and her
four children, one a baby three months old,
were also elected Boston Erenilg Record
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-23

Mrs. W. d Harris and son of Deerheld.
Mass, visited at VIM Harriss last week.
also Mr.. Will Harris of Bernariston, Mass
We are glad to inform the people of this
vicinity that Geo W Pebbles. who former
ly blacksmithed here, will reopen the shop
IN this place this week
All Insurance receipts not taken mp by
the first Of Dec Der will be returned "a
the company. g.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-23

The situation as regards the probable
Republican majority in the House of Rep
resentatives remains unchanged. The
Democratic clerk, Mr.. Clark, has abandon
ed his confident claim of being able to give
his party the organization, while Mr. Quay
keeps his own counsel, simply saying that
the Republicans will have majority of
five 10 nine.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-23

Several Of our people attended t.
cert at Brnttleboro on Tuesday eyen,n.. .''.
Episcopal services we're held o., w.
hall last Tuesday by the Rev BENJAMIN I ~
Atwell '' A
Next Sunday union service. wilIb.t..
at the Baptist church The R.y "'1
Parsons, evangelist is expected "a. NJ. ..
All are cordially invited ~ attend
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-23
Republicans BnIIo,. Did =,

From the Herald
What caused our drf-ats Indianapolis SENT.
mel
Well, a great many things conspred u
that end. Among them this one was rather
COMPLEMENTARY the terrific and over
whelming university of Republican
votes That's what killed Cock Robin.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-23
GuiIford.

Fred Burdick, who spent the summer in
Nermillion, Oak is at home for the winter
Maurice Lamson's wife and little daugb
ter are both seriously ill., c f. Estabrook
Wm' Martin and Bradley Weatherhead are
also on the sick list
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-23

A. l. Parsons, the evangelist. will hold a
series of meetings Ia the Congregations.
church, beginning Nov. 30 and ending Dec
g. Meetings each day at 2:3O aud ,3J p
NJ Every one is invited TO attend all the
meetings Those who fail 10 come will lose
a rare opportunity Of hearing plain. earn
est practical preaching by a man Of uuu,
ual power in his special work
Mrs Clara Allen, on her recent gjtb
birthday, was able b have the company of
two or three neighbors to dinner, for which
occasion Mrs Park made one Of her no,a
ble cakes
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-23

The New York World which was once
edited bv Manton Marble, and is now the
leading Democratic journal in New York
prints a special despatch from Washington
saving that the original draft of the Presi-
dents tariff message was written by Mr..
Marble. and that although some changes
were made. the message as it was sent to
Congress was substantially as Mr.. Marble
had written it,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-23

LAST night a man registered as G. X Thompsop
al hunt Hotel and desired % be- called IN season
20 lax lhe X p n train for Chicago Being mn.
lneais OF tine Nentilator over the door. and the
gentleman was found 10 he dead lie was adver-
,lslllk agent Tor sulphur Bitters which has an ex
tteHalNv suit The coroner returned a vrrdict of
1 i,, disease The body will be sent east inlme.
dlately Gin. Commercial '''''''
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-23

Elder Z. F. Emerson of East Rochester
y. II, who has conducted series of meet
ings at the chapel the past week. will presci
next sunday at 1920 A. NJ and 30 p NJ
The young people will give the play "Cou
pom Bonds, at Withheld hall next iuesia,
evening An oyster supper and dance vii
follow
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-23
West RrntIIebOrO.

The personal property belonging tn the
estate Of the late Nm NJ Chamberlain
will he sold at auction Friday of next
week, Nov 30
Roscoe Fisher and family returned from
Dakota last Saturday.