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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-20
Are Your Hen. menI,hyt

Owing to extreme heat, moisture and other
causes, there has been much dullness and disease
among poultry the past summer, and especially
among chickens and young pullets expected to
lay this fall and winter For this reason ii would
he a great mistake to kill of all the old hens when
the moultng season rs at hand and the hens have
stopped laying, got fat, and seem to be eating
their heads of; because it is fact that year-old
hen If properly cared for and helped at the mout-
ing time to get her new coat quickly, she can 90
to LAYING early, Will lay more and better eggs than
young pulles, particularly If the puets are weak
tned by diarrhHa, cholera, gapes, etc. Many peo-
Pile have learned by experience that sheridan :
Condition Powder given once daily, In the food,
will supply the needed material to strengthen and
inyigorate sick chickens or mOulting hens and get
them to laying earlier than anything else ON earth.
Mrs Edwin Brown, East Greenwich, X, J., says:
II could not do without Sheridan's Condition
Powder when hens are mOultng 1t is the only
thing to keep them healthy. use II for gapes and
diarrhusa; for when chickens are small they often
droop and die. To pint Of clabbered milk add
a teAspoonful of the powder, mix well, and let the
be Just what they need, they soon become so Wig
or0us People laughed at me when began 10 use
Sheridan's Powder, and had no idea should win
a premium. They laugh best who laugh last
however. got more eggs than any Of my neigh
bOrs, and some of them had over 100 hens. We
Matched G6 chickens from - eggs, obtained while
forcing our hens To lay with your powder; so you
see there was no trouble about eggs hatching.'
s. Johnson & Co.. - Custom House street Boston,
Mass, Uhe only makers Of Sheridan's Condition
Powder, will send, postpaid two 2i-cent packs of
powder and their poultry raising guide for W cents
The book alone costs - cents. For SlOO, five
packs of powder and book; for u ~, "A large y
pound can Irregular price, and book; six cans,
SiW, express pr,"p paid. send stamps or cash.
Interesting testimonials sent free also for cents
sample copy Of the BEST poultry paper published
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-20

Out in Dakota territory the Norwegians
are all Republicans, says the Cleveland
Plain Dealer and nothing thus far has
been able to swerve them from their allegi-
ance to that party. One Col. John Ely
was a Democratic member of the last Da-
kota legislature. He was taken very sick
some time during the session and it was
thought he was about to die. Capt. Tom
Edison and other friends attended him and
one evening Tom walked in and asked
"Well, John, how are you getting on y
Poorly, mighty poorly, Tom I'm afraid
I'm going to die" said Ely.
81 don't know but you will, replied Edi
son. "You look awful bad, John"
81 know it, l know it, " said Ely. And
in a moment he added "Tom, there's one
thing wont you to do for me if | die. ."
"What is it p asked Edison in sympa-
thetic tone, getting ready to receive a
deathbed commission.
''Tom," said Ely, ''if l die l want you
to see that l am buried in Norwegian
burying ground"
wha-what's that for - ejacu-
lated Edison.
Because" said Ely, without break in
his solemn manner. "because the devil will
never think of looking for a Democrat
among the Norwegiansn
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-20
NO. 3S.
Be Kind to the Aged.

The loneliness Of age How few think
OF this and treat with due tenderness and
consideration those who have outlived their
generations. and whose early companions
and friends have been taken from them :
Unable TO engage in the activities of life
they are no longer brought into contact
and sympathy with those around, and no
tie of common interest and mutual depend
ence binds them together. Their views
and tastes have naturally grown apart
They share little in common with Others
The future Of this life has nothing TO in
spire their ambition or excite their hopes
What calls forth the energies of others has
no inspiration for them. They necessarily,
to great extent, live in world of their
own, with which those around them are
not familiar. The communngs of their
hearts are with the scenes of the past and
the companions of other years who have
long passed away. Lover and friend have
been taken away from them, and their ac-
quaintance laid in darkness The forms
they admired and love are gone, the eyes
that looked into theirs with the tenderest
affection are sightless and the voices that
stirred their souls have long been silent
Their early world of hope and life has he
come a desolataion, and they sit in silence
contemplating the ruin that has been
wrought. They have but little to interest
them in this world Who would not do
what he can to cheer the loneliness of age,
to smooth their pathway, and comfort them
IN their declining years l-Nehodis' Re-
earlier
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-20

The New York Herald recently printed
this short lecture to young folk on its edito-
rial page. Whether it was written in sar-
casm or in sober earnest some of the chill
dren and some of the parents will have to
decide for themselves:
To the boys and girls of America In
the conduct of life you should always bear
in mind that the eleventh and most import
ant commandment is, parents should love,
honor and obey their children.
1t may be difficult to enforce this rule on
all occasions, because parents-on account
of their superior strength and alleged wis
dom-are sometimes obstinate and obstrep-
erous. With the proper discipline, how
ever, they may be subjugated and kept in
that condition.
They have many faults which you should
endeavor to correct, one of which is per-
sistent conceit that they know what is for
your good better than you do yourselves.
This hallucination shows itself in the most
obnoxious ways, as, for instance, when they
insist that you shall go to school, though
they know it is irksome to you, and that
you would much prefer to go fishing. Or
again, when they tell you, dear girls, that
you mustn't marry man simply because
he is fool, and has neither the means nor
the ability to support you, ignoring the
clear fact that it is your divine right to
marry an idiot, provided you are yourself
idiot enough to fall in love with him, and
also your right to make mistake in your
youth and to repent of it all the rest of
your days
There are a thousand and one other mat
ters in which parents make themselves dis
agreeable, but we will not recall them.
Parents are necessary evil The woods
are full of them. But they should be made
to know their place, which is at the foot OF
the table at dinner and standing against
the wall at party. Their chief duty is tc
sacrifice for their offspring, and especially
to work hard and accumulate a fortune
that their children may be comfortable and
happy.
American youth may not stand in need
of this advice, because they have inaugur-
ated the reform and are carrying it forward
with marked effect and success. We speak
therefore only that we may encourage q
noble work
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-20

The report that the pope is about to flee
from Rome is renewed, but good authorities
pronounce 1t a-ly.-BoStoH Herald.
"What sort of a fellow are YOU" spoke
the hub to the wheel, that you are always
strongest when you are tired H-Bnghdm
ton Republican.
He-"What did your pster say when yor
told him we were engaged y She-"O
you must not ask me to repeat such Ian
guage .'-LUe.
Judge Lynch is not a real Judge, is he ?
asked Mrs Fangle. "No, replied her hus
band, "he's usually in the suspender bust
ness "-7jme,
"Have you had a pleasant vacation thi.
summer ?" Eyes, enjoyed myself hugely.
"How did you spend it Z" "By sending my
wife to the country for six weeks. Judge
A COW committed suicide at Newark, n
j., few days ago by drowning herself. 1
was a cowardly act Chicago Tribune.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-20

"A new commandment give unto you
Written by l.. Arthur Dodge of Sunapee, n /
on the adoption of a Sunday school mott
Helping one another.
"A new commandment What, eleven:
Was it from Sinai or from heavenr
And now the Golden Rule We count,
And thus have twelve from Holy Mount
These laws, we claim, are heaven ordained
And through the universe sustained
To love your God with heart and mind
Creates a love for all mankind;
Love shuns the thorn and plucks the rose,
Yet bids us love our various foes.
Hear Him who speaks as only can
The Lord from heaven, the son of man:
DO good to them that do you wrong,
Though Persecution lifts her thong;
Those who would blast your deathless fame
And cast on you all kinds of blame.
Come, then, before the mercy seat,
let heart and tongue your prayer repeat:
For them divine forgiveness claim,
Ask in the dear Redeemer's name
Not Enoch, Noah, Daniel Job,
Nor all the prophets on the globe,
Could better Heavens law fulfil
Than does this Golden Rule, Gods will.
You love your Maker love his ways;
You sing the anthem in his praise;
You love the GOODNESS in the shower;
You love the fragrance in the flower;
You love the music in the Tyre,
The eloquence of men admire;
But how To love your cruel foe
All that is what you want tn know.
For what the angel world would See
Must now be done by you and me.
The love which leads this prayer shall rise
Like golden incense 10 the skies
We thus the realm Of peace explore,
Where pleasures flow furevrrmOre;
And thus, o man, thy prayer shall bring
The sweetest song the angels sing.
This law, when all shall know its worth,
Shall banish war from all the earth,
This brings the great millennial school
This twelfth command, the Golden Rule.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-20

From the Boston Evening Record
The United States Senate committee,
which has been at Chicago trying to get at
the inside facts of the dressed beef monop-
oly 10 which New England pays millions
of dollars per year, has had to give up its
quest Armour and the other millionaires
refused to obey the summons of the com
mttee to appear, and they will be reported
to the Senate for contempt. No wonder
that they did not come to testify. They
are making millions year by an absolute
control of the beef market, just as the
Standard Oil people do on petroleum, and
it is not to be wondered at that they do not
care to make public their business secrets.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-20
The NV ENGLAND MnRnzinc.

\ very promising and attractive venture
in magazine literature is the 'New Eng
land Magazine, " which appropriately brings
out its first number with the coming of Sep
tenber, the first month of the year of re
newal of active work and usefulness in ev-
cry direction. The name is an old one, but
the magazine starts with fresh and def
mite purpose under Rev Edward Everett
Hale and Edwin d. Mead as editors, and
with list Of contributors which includes
the best-known writers in New England.
1t will be devoted especially to New Eng
land life and history, but in no narrow or
provincial spirit as the New Englander and
his ideas are now found in every part of the
world, so the magazine will concern itself
with whatever pertains to general Ameri-
can development and is of interest to the
American people, The opening number is
devoted to Plymouth and the Pilgrims, and
its series of handsomely illustrated articles
ON this topic are douhly interesting at this
time when the great celebration at Ply
mouth is still fresh in mind, The October
issue will he an educational number, and
succeeding issues will be given to topica
themes of equal interest.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-20

Sensational stories which have been
printed recently about the disastrous tnan
cial condition of Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, are entirely without foundation
in fact 1t is true that the income of the
institution has been seriously reduced for
the reason that very large part of its en-
dowment is invested in the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad which has yielded no divi-
dend for three or four years, but It has in
come from other sources its friends have
recently raised fund Of 100000 to meet
present necessities, and President Gilman
stated at the last commencement that funds
were then in hand to take care of its run
ming expenses for the next four years,
The university is in full working order III
every department, there has been no re
duction in its force of instructors, and in
several cases the salaries of its professors
have been increased.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-20
MISCELLANY.
The burden hearers.

looked and saw two different companies
Who travelled the same road, but wide apart:
Each pilgrim had n burden at the start,
Which, as he iourneyed onward, grew In size.
These looked not on each other with heart
or sympathy, nor felt their sorrow rise
To see the pangs Of anguish that would dart
Through the flushed countenance and boodsho
eyes
OF fellow traveller None would lay his load
Aside 10 help his brother up the hill
And oft they pushed each other from the road;
Aud ever as they journeyed, quarreled still
Their law was, Each must his own burden hear
Therefore their burdens grew TO black despair.
Such this crew. how far diverse were they
Who seemed a gloomier band at the first look
And more had they 90 do-tO watch and pray.
And often study O'er a little book
Besides each others burdens that they took
With gladness on their backs and on the way
They yielded each TO tn other; none forsook
The tired, or by the fallen refused to stay;
None was SO mean that all did not behold
In him brother high In rank and place;
Whence the fant-hearted daily grew more bold
Aud those who Jagged behind revived their pace
Their law was, "One anothers burdens bear
Therefore their burdens grew as light as air.
-TheudOrr d IIOuispU
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-20
The Red Gmide.

O one should travel without a reliable Railroad
Guide. The information which 1t gives Will Of ten
save hundred times its cost. The best pocket
guide for the Eastern Middle aud Southern states
Is the Travellers Ready reference Guide formerly
Appleton's,) now known as the Red Guide, which
elers It's index of stations refers directly to the
page Of the guide upon which each station Is
shown in time tables II has a general u. S. rail
way map, a list of good hotels aud a Tourist guide
describing summer resorts and how to reach them
Being compiled In the ohice of the official guide
its time table information is always the latest, II
can be bought for twenty-five cents from any
news dealer or will be mailed by the knickerbock
er Guide company, i6 Bond street, New York, ON
receipt of price.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-20
True Word. About vermont.

From tine NulNhko lIlbuut.l
A western paper, commenting on the eff
forts Vermont is now making to secure
Swedish settlers for its abandoned farm
lands. says that it is a poor state. 1t is not
overhowing with riches like the city Of New
York, but from the standpoint of individual
comfort its people are far better off than
those of many more pretentious common
wealths. The population of the state is
about $50 900, Of whom 60, 900 are deposit
ers in savings banks, where they have SlG,-
900, 600 on deposit There is about 81, ,OOO,-
900 deposited in national banks in the state
There are large sums invested in the west
and south which are paying well. The mon
ey loaned out in the state itself is all Yer
mont money A community where one out
of every six of the inhabitants, men, women
and children has money in the savings bank
eau hardly be called poor one The Yer
mont farmers have learned that they cannot
compete with the far west IN the raising Of
certain crops, and they do not waste their
time and money trying it, They raise some
thing else, where there is no competition
Were some Illinois farmers TO follow their
example and quit contending with Dakota
and Kansas they would come nearer to max
ing both ends meet than they do now.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-20

Corporal Tanners resignation as commits
sioner Of pensions was as follows:
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WAsnINGTuN, ID. c.,
Sept II, 1889. \
The Hon. james Tdmer Commissioner Of
IrHSiuHS:
Dedr Sir. Your letter rendering your
resignation of the office of Commissioner
Of Pensions has been received, and your
resignation is accepted, to take effect on
the appointment aud qualification of your
successor. | do not think it necessary in
this correspondence to discuss the causes
which have led to the present attitude Of
affairs in the Pension Office. You have
been kindly and fully advised of my views
upon most of these matters.
1t gives me pleasure 10 add that, so far
as am advised, your honesty has not at
any time been called in question and beg
to renew the expression of my personal
good will. Very truly yours.
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
Major George S Merrill ex Commander
in Chief of the Grand Army of the Repub
lie, says of the Tanner case
Weeks ago told Tanner that he was
talking too much, and in relation to his visit
to Milwaukee | wrote him one of the strong
est letters | ever wrote to any man, in
which told him it would be madness for
him to go where he would he sure to do or
say something to break down the already
overloaded bridge. He took no heed OF
friendly cautions, but went to the encamp
ment, and delivered that speech about wild
ows' pensions, which, in my opinion, was
the last straw Tanners worst enemy has
been his tongue. What could have been
more indiscreet than the style in which he
mounted the housetop and summoned the
people of the United States to watch him
while the wheels go round or while he pull
ed string and dangled the Secretary OF
the Interior at the other end He was all
right at heart on the pension question, fa
voring a liberal but not unlimited, distribu
tion. But what is the use of talking This
is the end of Jim Tanner, and it is his
tongue that killed him.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-20

The Douglas axe manufacturing company
of Boston has failed through the embezzle-
ment of d. d. Dana, its treasurer and man
ager, who has absconded. Douglass was a
native of Castleton in this state and has al
ways retained his interest and acquaintance
in the place. The latest accounts credit
him with sinking Sl95, 900 in Colorado min
ing schemes.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-20
The Latest TrusI---YOung AmericH
0CnIchea On.p

From the Newport Express
Persons having business around the pass
enger depot may have noticed occasionally
boy selling apples, indeed there has been
several of him. That competition is the
life Of business has been proved in the apple
trade as in everything else, also that ruin
Gus competition is destructive of all profit
The running" ON apples grew to such an
extent that the sharp customer could get
four for cent As there was no profit in
this the six or eight boys in the business goi
together and formed trust-a genuine
trade combination, by which no apples
should be put upon the market at less than
one cent each. Then, true to the monopo
listic tendencies of their elders, they waited
ON depot master Dane, told him what they
had done, and asked him to quietly kick of
the platform any new conner in the apple
line who should try to undersell them,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-20

The new building of the New York
World will be thirteen stories high, the
roof being thirteen feet higher than the
Times building Above this main structure
of stone, brick and terra Gotta, will be rails
ed dome five stories high, and surmounted
with lantern which will be 300 feet above
the sidewalk In this dome the editors and
renorters will have quarters
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-20

The publishers of st, Nicholas announce
that that popular chldren's magazine is to
be enlarged, beginning with the new vol
ume which opens with November, 1883,
and that a new and clearer type will be
adopted, -Four important serial stories by
four well known American authors will be
given during the coming year.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-20

Each of the constitutions of the five new
states recognizes in one form or another,
the right of women to the suffrage. North
Dakota, South Dakota, Idaho and Washing
ton have each granted school suffrage to
adults of that sex Montana gives them the
right to vote on local questions, provided
they are taxpayers; while Washington and
South Dakota will submit the question of
unrestricted woman suffrage TO the voters,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-20
ConsumpIion Cnred.

An old physician retired from pract ice, having
had placed In his hands by an East India mission
ary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for
the speedy and permanent cure of Consumption,
Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all throat and
Lung Affections, also positive and radical cure
for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Complaints,
after having tested its wonderful curative powers
i'm thousands of cases has felt 1t his duty to make
il known 10 his suffering fellows. Actuated by this
motive and a desire To relieve human suffering l
will send free Of charge, To all who desire IT, this
recipe in German, French or English, with full
directions for preparing and using. Sent by mail
by addressing with stamp, naming this paper
W A. MOVES, 1i9 POiCers Block, Rochester N Y,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-20
Work Of EIecIriciIy.

There are now in use in the United
States more than 6, $50 central electric sta
tions for light and power, There are 2lO,-
600 arc lights and 1900, 900 incandescent
lamps There were 80 electrical railways
in operation in March last, and SO roads in
process of construction. The increase of
capital in electrical investments during 1885
was nearly 10000 600. These are very
significant figures, and they point unmis-
takably to the course of future inventions
and discoveries.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-20

From the New York Tribune
a man killed himself in Brooklyn the
other day on account Of malignant throat
disease, brought on by excessive indul
gence in cigarettes against the use Of which
he had often been cautioned, but in vain.
Yet the consumption Of cigarettes in this
country is increasing year by year. Many
boy and young man may be storing up
the seeds of disease, which will bring forth
evil fruit in days to come. The warning
against this pernicious and insidious habit
cannot be sounded too often.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-20

From the Boston Evening Record.l
New Hampshire folks have begun to look
into the matter of their deserted farms.
The showing is not pleasant In jackson
30 odd farms, which have been deserted
since 2j or 30 years ago are reported. 1t
is a noticeable fact that nearly every town
reporting has from one to thirty or more
deserted farms which could be made fairly
productive at small expense. But we can
find examples of this thing the world over.
An illustration Of the depreciation of agri-
cultural land in England was afforded with
in fortnight, when farm in Lincolnshire
was offered for sale. The highest bid was
e2lO0, although the property cost e67OC
1S years ago, and considerable sum has
since been expended in improvements
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-20
Fnc,s Wor,h Knowing.

In all diseases Of the nasal mucus membrane the
remedy used must he non irritating. The medical
profession has been slow to learn this Nothing
satisfactory can he accomplished with douches
snuffs powders or syringes because they are al
irritating, do not thoroughly reach the affected
surfaces and should be abandoned worse than
failures A multitude of persons who had fol
years borne all the worry and pain that catarrl
inhict testify TO radical cures wrought by Ely'
Cream Balm.