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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-06
Vermont Ahend.

From the Burlington Free Press
\ correspondent sends us the following
little incident that may serve to throw light
IA side light, as it were-on an article in
this issue discussing some features of the
Vermont farming problem
a farmer residing in northern Iowa. for
warded to Mr.. f. d. Douglas of Whiting, a
sample of prairie grass, six feet tall, as a
practical demonstration of the wonderful
fertility of the soil in his section of the coun-
try. 1t belonged to a species which is of
little or no value as fodder crop. Mr..
Douglas responded by forwarding in return
a sample of the products of Vermont soil in
the form of timothy six feet and two inches
in height, grown upon his own farm. In a
letter to the lowaian he wrote alphabetically
that the man who selected the specimen
said that he could have made much better
selection if he had been tall enough to look
over the top of the grass in the field and see
which were the tallest spires"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-06

The boomer who sets out for the Sioux
reservation next spring will need to be more
discriminating than his predecessors in Ok
lahoma, says the New York Tribune Ma
ior William Warner, who was one Of the
commissioners, reports that there is nothing
Of an Eldorado or Garden Of Eden about
the land lie describes it as "a vast rolling
prairie. as large as the states Of Massachu-
sets, Rhode Island and Connecticut com
bined, covered with a rough sod and sage
brush, cut here aud there by sluggish
streams that run in gulleys which have the
appearance of cracks in half baked brick g
One third of the territory belongs to what
were known as the bad lands" Major
Warner goes so far as to say that there i,
no land which is good FOR far ming purposes,
and advises the settler to prospect in Kan
sas and Missouri rather than in the Sioux
reservation
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-06

The agricultural page of the New York
Tribune has the following bit Of second hand
information about the habits of bees
Mr.. Philip Week, Cheviot, y. y, cites in
the American Bee journal several bits of
evidence-of which we quote two-that bees
reason and can talk to each other IF only
one bee discovers where honey is secreted.
1t viii fiji itself and return to the hive, and
very soon bring an army Of bees with it to
carry home the discovered treasure, as much
as fifty pounds a day and if you assail one
in lonely place, the bee will 20 home and
bring "A company with their sharp pointed
weapons to avenge the insult"
There is no help for it there are always
those who will write about things that they
do not understand. a bee never stings
when aSsailed I'm lonely place" nor in any
place not near the hive unless actually held
and pinched or squeezed, and in such a case
no company of bees with their sharp pointed
weapons" were ever led back by their in
iured comrade to the place of assault to
avenge the insult except in the Imagination
OF the writer. But it is quite evident with
out drawing on the Imagination for facts,
that bees have some means of communicat
ing with each other The statement in ref
erence to the discovery of honey by one bee
and what follows, is true saving the exag-
gcration, but it is less convincing evidence
that bees can, in certain sense talk to
each other than is found in many other
facts well known to scientific bee culturists.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-06
An EqunI PnrInership.

Two gentlemen were talking about a
business enterprise, in which, though it in
volved some pecuniary risk, they were
strongly inclined to embark. Finally one
of them remarked ~ must consult my
wife before | decide" "Why :" exclaimed
the other, lis she boss y "No," was the
calm reply, neither am l. We are well
matched team and we don't drive tandem
My wife is as much interested in the welfare
of our family as | and she has a right to
have a voice in the investment of our little
property" There is nothing more than
justice in this view of matrimonial obliga-
ton, especially in the case of poor or only
moderately well to-do families-and these
comprise an overwhelmingly large proper
ton of the families in this country-where
a slight increase or dminution Of the an
nual earnings would be felt alike by every
member The wife, who has labored in the
home to earn or TO save, while the husband
has labored in the field, the shop, or the
counting room, is justly partner in his
earnings and their savings, and should
share in all his plans Of disposing of their
small accumulations, so as to make them
more productive if all goes well.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-06
TIE HOUSEHOLD.



In Germany there is a custom which
seems TO be survival from the middle
ages, when the boys were sent to the great
families TO be trained as pages, and the
girls learned TO spin, sew, embroider, brew
and bake under the supervision Of the chat
elaine Of a castle This custom, in its mod
ern form, is TO send girls, after they have
finished school, to live year in the home
VI some noted housewife who teaches them
all the accomplishments which it is held fit
ting hdts mUtie, should acquire Many
women in q ermany who are left widowed
and in need Of money keep their homes in
this way. They take as inmates young la
dies who are given year of training in
housekeeping They are taught all the
mysteries Of washing paint so that it will
not peel, Of sweeping carpets so that the
nap is not taken away with the dust. They
learn how floors should be waxed to look
like glass, and old mahogany polished TO re
sembe mirror how silver should be
cleaned, and china and glass properly wash
ed what will soonest cleanse and brighten
mirrors and windows how lamps are kept
in order, and what is the secret of the sat
in gloss Of properly laundried linen They
learn how to market, 10 choose the best
meat, fish and vegetables, and how they
should be cooked to be tender and well fla
vored Their pastry falls into flakes at a
touch their bread and rolls are light and
sweet they know how to can, preserve
and bottle all sorts Of fruits and vegetables
and just how tables should be set and din
uers served. They know the art of bed
making, busting, packing, arranging clos
cts and regulating servants work, and they
are taught all the important rudiments Of
needlework At the end of the year they
are competent to run house economically,
yet literally, and with oiled wheels, war
ranted TO not squeak.
Mrs John 4. Logan has been making a
study Of this system, it is said, with the
idea Of founding just such home in this
country, where girls can take post grad
uate course Of "A year, learning all those
very important accomplishments which
would 20 far toward negativing in many
homes the suggestion that marriage is "A
failure. Her plan is to establish this home
in Chicago, and already some twenty young
women have applied to be received as pa
pills. She does not propose to make the
year all work and no play. The house is
to he large and handsome one, fitted with
every comfort and supplied with books and
music and the girls are to find that part
of the curriculum is to learn through prac
teal experiments how to entertain in every
fashion. Mrs. Logan is a woman Of great
energy and executive ability, and if she
undertakes this work it is certain to be a
success
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-06

portation just received. Best
thing to be had for a travelling
rug.
New lot handsome Beaver
Shawls SIS to S12.5o each.
Job in Beaver Shawls at
$2.o5 each, will compare IA
vorably with usual So grade.
Five new patterns in colored
cotton Skirting 40 inches wide
at IS cents a yard.
Beautiful new designs in fan
cy French Flannels, IS cents
a yard.
Excellent time now to fit
out school girls with jackets
and dresses, many scrv1ceable
and staple garments and fabrics
being pushed out now at cut
prices to make room for the
newer arrivals which are COM
ing in now every day in every
department.
Lots of handsome fancy
striped dress goods now in,
suitable for combination with
any plain material.
Few very dainty, nobby
combination suits now ready,
which are not easily duplicat-
ed.
". /. HAWLEH.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-06
AGRICULTURAL.


The reply OF Mr. Alpha Messer 60 the ed
itor of Ion's Herald who comments un.
lavorably upon New England, appears else
where boz this paper The paragraph which
Mr. Mes,er quotes so misrepresents actual
facts a. to hardly deserve the serious aud
courteous notice which is given it, There
is nothing original about it, unless it is the
discovery that the farm buildings Of New
England have neglected and sloveuly
appearance in comparison with those seen
everyW here Ielse Il even in Canada aud
the West" This is truly original a re.
markahle discovery that was never
made before and never will be again The
rest is simply a reiteration Of the old, false
story about the barenncss II New England.
including Vermont which stands at the
head of 3i states and territories in the
value Of her agricultural products averag-
ed to each person engaged in farming.
The editor Of lions Herald may have in
vested some Of the profits Of his profession
in the West, or even in Canada, and thus
have an interest in promoting the exodus
from New England but we prefer to be-
heve that, though he may be an expert in
heraldiug all matters pertaining to Zion, his
experiences fails to extend itself so as to
take in all other things, and that he may
be professionally ignorant Of the statistics
which prove Vermont to stand in the front
rank as an agricultural state and that af-
ter journey from Boston through New
England to Canada en rouic for the West,
perhaps taking Vermont in n sleeping car,
he has merely given us along with little
truth, some Of the false impressions of his
school boy days. He remembers, and re
peat> with his endorsement, the advice of
Horace Greeley, given many years ago un-
der circumstances differing greatly from
the present, but probably never heard Of
Grecey's later and more mature conclusion
that nowhere in the country would Civ
on sum Of money bring more substantial
comforts than when invested in a Vermont
farm
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-06

Frances Willard urges women to read the
newspapers She says: "Women are a set
of passivties on the subject, as class and
| am never more annoyed for my sect than
when the newsboy goes trotting through at
full speed if he finds the car contains chief
paper. clutch his sleeve with vim and
buy one of every variety he has, and ask
what he is thinking about to lose patronage
in that way. Gossip is nothing but small
change-the nickels and pennies and dimes
while the newspaper deals in dollars and
VS. and KS; so it broadens the mind more
to read the newspapers than to gossip about
the neighbors"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-06

Those who are using their powers in pro
viding entertainment for the young magi-
nation have a tremendous responsibility,
which many of them do not seem in any de
gree to recognize. Not only should that
which they provide for the young be free
from wrong, or the suggestion of it, or
from anything that might peradventure de
velop into wrong, but it should he aggres-
sively in the other direction not only in.
nocent, but useful sound and strong. true
and healthy. By demanding the true, we
do not mean to exclude fancy and imagina.
ton, but only that the tone should ring
true, and that false sentiment should be
frowned at as much as false fact, or state
ment of fact not true to nature While the
marketman and the provision dealer are
feeding the body, the writer is doing much
toward feeding the soul and good deal
of the worthessness of an impoverished in
telectual and spiritual nature may be laid
at the door of whomsoever it is who fur
nishes mental food of poor quality Parents
too often are not without blame in this
matter There are individuals whom they
would not allow inside their doors, there is
conversation they would not suffer to be
whispered about their hearth but they
leave upon their tables novels full of ques-
tionahle characters sayings, doings, situa
tons and scenes, for their children to dip
into on occasion they take in newspapers
which reek in report and advertisement
with ruinous knowledge and scandal, while
people of such sort that we should turn our
eyes away from them in the street-who
live in the under world of darkness and
crime, from which, should they be suffered
to emerge, it should not he into the society
of children-have in the same way the free
dom of their house and hearth. If writers
realized their power more, if they believed
in the old maxim concerning the superior
might of the pen, if they realized that the
drop Of ink at the point Of the pen is like
the ink of the cutie fish, and can give to a
whole clear sea its own color, they might
pause before they wrote the unwholesome
word, or let the thought not distinctly ben
eficial see the light upon paper Bd-dr.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-06

Dr. Webster Fox maintains that the ma
jority of blind people have lost their sight
from want of proper care during infancy,
expose an infants eyes to the glare of the
sun for hours may be laying the foundation
of the most serious evils He protests
against permitting young children to use
their eyes in study, and declares that the
eye is not strong enough for school work
until the age of seven to nine. Children
should not he allowed TO study much 10y ar
tficial light before the age of ten, and
books printed in small type should be alb
solutely prohibited in the schoolroom.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-06

Mrs Helen f. Starrett, principal of Ken
wood institute, Chicago, predicts in the
September Forum as sweeping a reform in
household economy as the most daring pc,
litical economist has predicted in political
economy. She foresees the day when cook
ing and housekeeping will he done by or
ganized companies, which will serve every
family according to its desires and the
servant girl will disappear, carrying with
her all the trouble that she brings aud the
present wasteful system.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-06
Consumption Cured.

An old physician, retired from practice, having
had placed IN his hands by an East India mission.
AIRY the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for
the speedy aud permanent cure of Consumption,
Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all throat and
Lung Affections, also a positive and radical cure
for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Complaints,
after having tested its wonderful curative powers
in thousands of casrs has felt It his duty To make
IL known tu his suffering fellows Actuated 10y this
motive and desr' % relieve human suffering,
Will send free ot charge, To all who desire il, this
rrcipr, In German, French or English, with fun
directions for preparing and using Sent by mail
by addressing with stamp, naming this paper
W. 4. MOVES, lil Powcrs Block. Rochester, A. T.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-06
NEW LONDON NORTHERN Rail ROAD



Trains leave Brattlrhoro as follows
52h A. NJ for Springfield aud New York
$50 A. NJ, for Boston via Btrhrrtuwn and tn,
Central Massachusetts X r., and for New Lon
don and intermediate stations
800 A. N. for Conn River h r., Millrrs Falls. Pal
mrr, New London, Fitchhurg Boston, Hoosa,
Tunnel, etc
2:2i r. N. express Tor Springfield and New York
1913 =. ~ mall for New York via Springfield, anC
steamboat train for New York via New London
i;lO p. n txprsS for Springfield and New York
GOING NORTH
Trains arrive in Bratilrhuru:.-
1875 a. n. from Nrw London and New York
ls:a' r from Mlllrrs Falls lluosAc Tunnel Bos
ton, Fitchburg, etc
300 p. " from Springfield Montreal and White
mountain day express
4:l1 p N from Palmer, New London and Boston
$50 T.. a. from Springfield.
800 from New London, Palmer and Boston,
via Central Mass X r.
lO:O5 p. N. from Springfield and New York
q. + SPAULDING, Supt
New London. Conn, July ]. 1854
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-06

1T WOS'T BAKE BREAD.-In other words, Hood 5
Sarsaparilla will not do mpossibilities Its prnpri-
etOrs tell plainly what it has done, submit proofs
from sources of nnquestioned reliability, and ask
you frankly If YOU are suffering from any disease
or affection caused or promoted by impure blood
or low state Of the sl STEM TO try Hood Sarsapa-
rla. The experience of others is sufficient assur-
ancr that you will not br disappointed in the re-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-06

Waists made of different material from
the skirt viii continue in popularity during
the autumn months, hut some Of the skirt
goods is invariably introduced into the cor
sage, thus dispeling any idea which might
exist in the mind of the beholder that the
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-06
For Sale!

4 VERY DESIRABLE PLACE in the village
4 n Of Brattlrboru. Pleasant house, containing
three welLarranged trnrments; running water
upstairs and down. Good neghborhood. Also
for sale, Building Lot. This property is sure to
prove good investment For further particulars
apply by letter to REAL ESTATE, care Phoenix
Onicr, Brattleboro, VT 3ltf
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-06
JOHN DUNLEVY,
CustOmTailOr
Hooker Block, up one flight.
&ailrnans.
VERMONT Valley RAILRnAn

nN and after july ], lS>l. trains ON this road
~ will leave irattlrhurp for all points North at
iu.t5 A. NJ. 3.iS, G,up and lO:luP. N
The lu: ~ p. train is - press for Montreal via
White River Junction, With slrrpiug-car attached
The 10. q train is mail train Tor Montpelier
81 Adams, Rutland, darlington, Montreal and the
HassumISlc road
The rs train is the White Mountain and
Montreal day express
The G.uu p NJ train Is mail train for " hite River
Junction and Rutland
Train, leave Bellows Falls for the South. con
meeting with the Connecticut River line at Bratt,.
buru, Is follows: Montreal Express train at { ~
4. NJ; mail and accommodations SO 4 NJ mail
tram, l.@l pm; White Mountain express ] al N
New y rk day express, 800
All thrsr trains make close connections with
Boston 4 Albany X r, both east and west Of
Springfield j. MULIIGAN Supt
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-06
Good Farm for Sale.

nNE OF THE MOST DESIRABLE IN WIND.
~ HAM COUNTY, consisting Of IN acres pleas
anty situated ON the stage rad from Bratteboro
to Wilmington and one mile from West BTattl
boro. Buildings consist Of a new two-Story house
Barns are in good repair, uutbuildings ample,
splendid cellar under the whole house Running
water To house and harn Plenty Of wood for
farm. Land can be divided thereby making two
small farms. Line fences nearly all new and am
pie. The above described property will he dspos
ed Of in pieces If not otherwise sold this spring
Said farm il calculated for a dairy farm and is
within ! I. miles Of the BrattebOro Creamery.
5. n, HERRlCk, Agent,
Brattlcboro March T. lssg
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-06

Every nervous person should try Carriers Little
Nerve Pills, They are made specially for nervous
and dNsp"ptic men and women, and are Just thu.
medicine needed by all persons who from any
cause do moi sleep well or who fail to get proper
strength from their food. Cases of weak stomach.
Indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous and sick headache,
etc, readily yield tu the use of Little Nerve Pills
particularly if combined with Carriers Little Liver
Pills In yials at 2ic
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-06
Children Cry for Pitchers CastOria.

When BABY was sick, We gave her CastoriA
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them CastoriA
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-06

appthn,- ,r,p1p nt -rp q tNiprp
n -
~,
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- a,a,I. -. .l.,,',,,,,',. .,,.;','s
$40 ones for S2o
25 X
20 10
10. 12.5o and X. all
and ., 3
/ haze carlIoads Of nc7y
o-00ds. Same Sbecj0I b0,-
oai0s. CN/byJccs wode 0o7g
on balance Of summer stock
10 clear ont amt make room
TOR "e79 H./0|'7cs. Spec
raj sale Of coffonS ter a .fe79
dayS.
Entire stock of blcachcd and
brown cottons offered by the
"'N " Ply - "o'''' o'''o''
r u y wv '"'o'
Ivy P'toI' 'o'' anu ~"
cent Grades Ginoham ot & cents
ward.
,,,, Gu,
er Flannel : "a cents a ward.
and a heavier one "NIill on the
Floss" 20 inches wide at 10
''' t awe
i ',o" Uo9IS'' III S0'r
~ ~, o...Ia '''''' ''''' '.'.9
- 10 90
Lot new things in Scrim
All-oVer hsh-hct olack SILK
FACE lor dresses
Two special things in Quilts.
Maui lot Io1;,., ,,L;.o eliza.
n ca cor+s anJ e a,.,,.a
GOOD co,. tho ,,,.;,,o y
LOT Oh ladieS jersey vests
worth Is cents Tor IS cents
NC" 'o' i'I"cA DIX NioNeS'
Job in Kid Gloves.
New Iot or Gam ta,/abLss
and any. crstor,crs u,bo v,;sh
to make their own, will find
this a good time to buy both
Print and Cotton Batting.
More Of those 25c and 29c
stainless Black Stockings Just
in. Cannot get them fast
enough yet. All who buy
them once ask for them again.
Every merchant has fast
blacks to sell now, but the
color and quality of our partic-
ular make we believe to be
exceptionally good.
LOT of coIorod kIonl.ots fo,
comrors ont A. q, & . na;,
Rest tb;no we over, had for +ho
price.
orK mills cottonades Tor
men 5 ana boys wear closing
at IS cents yard.
Leading New \ ork import
erS are now showing their
hrst lmportatlonS OF ran dress
goods Representatives OF the
unon the choicest novelties &c
soon nc shown NIorvof hast
THINGS are hard TO Oct when
the retail season oncne Tbovo
ot tbis fret oror;lo ,,;oI-oJ
many complete and attractive
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-06
SUMMER EXCURSIONS
To Halifax, Cape Breton and p. Z. l.,
the land of Acadia.

The Boston, Halifax & r. f. L. Steamship Line,
and the Canada Atlantic Steamship Co, sailing
from Lewis Wharf Boston as below, offer the lH4st
provinces The new steel steamship Halifax leaves
Boston for Halifax only, making connections with
all points ON the lntercolunial r. r., eyrey Satur-
day, at l2M No finer ship sails out Of Boston
than this. The steamer Carroll or Worcester leaves
Boston every "Wednesday, at ~ ~, for Halifax,
Cape Breton and =. + l. THIS is the only direct
sea route to the Bras d. Or Lakes, and the SPLEEN
did SCENERY of Caps Breton. Circulars sent with
full information upon application to r. b. GARD
NER, Manager, - Atlantic Ave, Boston, Mass.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-06
EXPECTING
TO MAKE A CHANGE

! offer my cottag" house Of nine rooms and barn
with two stalls zone box stalb ON Western avenue
for sale. \ corner lot Of = acre with abundance
of choice fruit, spring water runs To house and
barn Any one in want Of snug, convenient
house, well located, nearly opposite school hous4'
and having daily mail delivery, had better look At
my place. MALCOLM MOODY.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-06
Photographers
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prize. list for
FlrSt-ClaSS Cabinet Photographs.

Former price 50 per dozen. Rcdured price
I Dozen Cabinets, any style, 50. M
IL " cam
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