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, 1889-12-22

There is no end of the strange no
tons cherished by some people. Men
who in all other respects are coarse
and vulgar almost beyond endurance
will sometimes be so squeamish in one
or two minor particulars that it is a
constant trial of patience to live with
them. An English traveller in Abys-
sinia, for example, draws the follow
ing picture of his sufferings at meal
time.
In this country it is considered I'M
becoming for persons to eat in public
as at a picnic, for instance, or in a
tavern. When at home, the people
take their meals within a fence, so as
not to be overlooked; and when on a
journey several of the attendants are
made to hold up a cloth before them,
with their backs turned to those who
are eating.
When no servants are available, the
members of the party sit round the
dishes, throw n cloth over their heads,
and proceed TO eat as if afraid some
one was about to snatch the food out
of their hands.
Ny companions and l had frequently
to submit to this custom. No sooner
did our escor see us seated on one side
of the road, than they directed some of
the people to extend their loose robes
in order TO screen us from passersby,
n those who performed the task
were always careful to turn their faces
away from us.
AS most of the garments thus
opened out for seclusion had not
been washed for months, if they ever
had been, the readers imagination
may be left to conceive the odor which
surrounded us on these occasions. But
even if they had been washed only the
day before, the smell of the rancid but
ter with which the natives besmear
their heads would have sufficed to rem,
der any such curtain almost i~ntolera-
ble.-Youth's Companion.
, 1889-12-22
Imprisoned for Debt.

"a man who will imprison the
father of seven children for a debt of
$50 ought to be prosecuted criminally
and civilly," said Judge Tuthill with
great indignation this morning. Asher
Lazarus, a peddler, asked for his re-
lease from Jail on a writ of habeas
corpus. He waS imprisoned by Fin
kelstein Bros, butchers, for a debt of
$36.
The petitioner presented most Woe
BECOME and wretched appearance as he
took the stand and testified that no de-
mand was made on him for a schedule
of his property before he vas thrown
into jail, as is required by law.
What was the debt for2' asked the
judge.
Meat and whisky"
whisky from a butcher2" said the
court, rather staggered. We'll, did
you have any property"
Nothing but what my family and
| have on our backs"
How much of a family have your"
"A wife and seven children re
piled Lazarus, as the tears came to his
eyes. The effort of the man TO repress
his tears affected the judge.
Let the petitioner be discharged, ;"
he said in thunder tones.
IF your honor please said a
lawyer who stood beside Lazarus coun-
sci.
Who are your asked the judge
roughly.
Il am the attorney for the creditors
of this man"
"Well, l want to hear nothing from
you, sir. The arrest of this man is an
outrage. No malice on his part is
shown, and the man who will impris-
on the father of seven children for a
debt of $50 ought to be prosecuted
criminally and civilly." The creditors
lawyer did not stay to face the judicial
storm, and as he slipped away the
court said: Il have had an experience
with hat lawyer before in the crimi-
nal court. My court cannot be en-
ployed by such as he to perpetrate so
hagrant an injustice"
The wife of Lazarus, Lazarus himself
and five of his seven children went
away weeping.-Chicago Mail.
, 1889-12-22
Cn1Ifornla,s Floral wealth.

The evergreen redwood rises straight
as an arrow to the height of from 20C
to 800 feet. There are whole tribes OF
the conifera, dozens of specimens OF
cypress and cedar, a variety and re-
lationship of the oaks that drives the
botanist wild, ravines filed with the
Towering dogwood, sweeps of glisten-
ing m~anzanita, spattered patches of the
red berried buckthorn, riffs of the
pink petaled rhododendrom, sanguin-
airy patches where stands the Judas
tree. In this favored country also
bloom and bear the p~omegranate, fig,
olive, almond, apricot, lemon, orange
and the nectarine. The camelia is a
tree, the heliotrope a stout shrub; ger
aniums are used for scarlet hedges; the
c~allalily is a weed. Hampers Maya.
zine.
, 1889-12-22
Women n. Dentists. Assistants.

Recently the dentists of st. Louis
have begun to employ young women
as Office assistants. Probably a dozen
are thus employed. They are paid
from Sc to $10a week. Among other
things, it is their duty to assist in
bracing the nerves of patients. One
of them says: IF the patient is a
woman | frequently stand by her side
and hold her hand sympathetically.
Some people may laugh at this, but
it's an immense help to the person in
the chair. Once Or twice when a very
nervous man was being operated on l
have taken his hand, and it really
braced his nerve Eonderfully.-N. Y.
Telegram.
, 1889-12-22
Pays for bis entertainment.

1t is said that when the car visits his
-ather-in-law, the king of Denmark, he
pays all h cost of entertainment, other
wise such a grand potentate might be a
very inconvenient guest. AT the same
time the emperor of Russia draws his
supplies from taxpayers WHO are not
only poor, but are often on the verge of
starvation; and the means which are
used to enforce payment when the mis-
cradle peasants are unable to pay, dis
grace Nineteenth century civilization
Montreal Star.
, 1889-12-22

Language is hardly strong enough to
express my admiration for the merits OF
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. 1t is
the best remedy for Group and whooping
cough | have ever used. During the
past eighteen years | have tried nearly all
the prominent cough remedies on the
market but say, and with pleasure too,
that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the
best of all. Thomas Rhodes. Bakers
field, Gal. For sale by B. B. David,
druggist.
, 1889-12-22

In buying CaIHabIe anti
ctes IN the lime of jeUeIry
and sUatches be careful 10
select practical, reiabie
J~esCeIerS. Zehner, BHech-
ner q Co.'s gM0raSite e of an
article is as good as gold.
, 1889-12-22
After the Little Ones.

Improve the golden hours; seize
them ~ they pass you by" said the
parson impressively, as he opened the
conference. Il amt after such big
game said the reporter who had
nailed a chair close to the recording
secretary, but you ear bet your
greaves I'll collar the minutes" And
he did, before they were an hour old.
-Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle.
, 1889-12-22

Passengers destined to the prominent
cities east of the Missouri river should
~patronize the Chicago. Union Pacific K
North Western line. Magnificent Pull
nan and Wagner sleeping cars, elegant
Pullman and North Western dining cars,
free reclining chair cars. handsome day
coaches and comfortable Pullman c%olonist
sleepers.
, 1889-12-22

The daily increase in traffic on the
Lake Superior, st. Paul Il Union Pacific
line is proof positive that it is popular
among travellers and shippers. The equip.
ment and service on this line is unequaled.
, 1889-12-22
Regard for The Fitness. of Things.

Ruralist (who has paid 81 to a street
peddler for a ten-cent chain)-Police!
Peddler-What do you ant now:
Ruralist-I a the kind of watch
this chain deserves Jewellers Weekly.
, 1889-12-22

Ask your nearest ticket agent in regard
to the rates, accommodations, ETC., offered
by the Lake Superior, St. Paul Il Union
Pacific line.
, 1889-12-22

In selecting their stock Zehner.
Buechner O. Co., as practical men of
long experience, cannot be beaten,
Their goods are always up to the
times in the very latest designs.
, 1889-12-22
Dr.. Vagaer&cp
sRECIALIsrs-

We offer no apology for devoting so much time
and attention TO this much neglected class OF
diseases, believing that no condition of human
tty is too wretched to merit the sympathy and
best services of the profession to which we be-
long, as many are innocent sufferers, and that
the physician who devotes himself
to relieving the afflicted and saving
them from worse than death, is no less a
p~hilanthrophist and n benetactor to his race
than the surgeon or physician who by close APP
plication excels IN any Other b inch Of hispro-
fession. And, fortunately fot humanity ,theday
is dawning when the false philauthrophy that
condemned the victims OF folly or crime, like
the lepers under the Jewish law to die uncared
for. has Iassed aWny.
, 1889-12-22
THEY X g.

III you sUtSh 10 gre your
gentlemen friends n pres
efst, be sure and get a boa
of Frank BOehnn's cigars,
aChtch he Is putting Np
specially for. the holidays.
, 1889-12-22

Buy your Christmas presents at He'll
mans and get a guess in the bean box.
, 1889-12-22

Boys overcoats regardless of cost at
Hellman's.
, 1889-12-22
YOUNG

Who may besufieTing from the effectsof youth
ful follies or indlscretions, VIII do well to avail
themselves Of this the greatest boon ever laid
at the alter OF suffering humanity. DIR. WAC
NER Will guarantee to forfeit five hundred dol
lars for every case OF seminal weakness or pri-
waite disease of any kind or character which he
undertakes md falIs To cIrn-
, 1889-12-22
H- MEN.

MEN.
There are many men OF the age of 81 TO 80 who
are troubled with TOO frequent excavations OF
the bladder often accompanied by n slight
smarting or burning sensation and a weaken
ing of the system in "A manner the patient can
not account for. on examining the urinary de
posits a ro2y sedime will often be found, ard
sometimes small particles Of Hlbumen will Rp-
pear, or the color will be Of akin or milkish
hue, again changing 10 "A dark and turbid ap-
pearance. There are many men who die OF
this difficulty ignorant of the cause, which is
the second stage OF seminal DIR.
Wagner will guarantee a cure in all such
cases and a healthy restoration of the genito-
urinary organ. Consultation free. Thorough
examination and advice. $500.
See the Doctors additional advertisement in
the Daily Denver News and Tribunc-Repuhli.
can.
All communications should be addressed
DR.. WAGNER s. co.
l4l4 Larimere street. Address. Box 27S} Den.
Yer, Colorado.
Cut this out and take along
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-10-04

Men and women who refuse 10 try new ideas or
new articles, virtually combine To make the world
stand still. and check the advancement of thoS,
things which ronlur- to happiness, comfort, and
TIA" getting of NOR into an ordinary life Sweet,
ing improvements such as the telegraph steam.
electricity push themselves in at all odds; and,
although it may not be suspected. a household ar
ticlr is doing the very same hy its iudcious con
vlnrinS. arEumrutatiye advertising W. refer tu
Prarlm" the very name is becoming household
word which means cleanliness with ease aud com
fort We would suggest To- those of our reader.
who do not Use rtarliur to make an experiment
with it, surely such rapid grovt rs it is ENJOY
ing must bee du- to merit; and yet il is old enough
{" have been buried out Of sight long since. did it
not continue To pleas, and satisfy those who us.
IT, 1t claim, much 10y way Of reducing drudgrry
and saving of wear and tear. and, if it fuhls it,
promises, th" NOR 1t claims the better. and thu
sooner You know ali about it, the sooner YOU will
share in the benefit. afforded by purely Scirnti
iic household article
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Wen Enough.

at is we'll enough here for the people
who own the farms, said a young farmer
about starting to establish himself in the
West "lf I owned one Of these nice
farm. in Vermont | would never 20 West.
This was said many years ago when Yer
mont farms were held at comparatively
high prices and when there was ten times
as much fertile land in the West unoccupied
as there is now. Land Of great fertility in
some Of the best of western states was
then open for homestead presumption OF for
sale at Sl.2j per acre. The best land is
now held at high prices even in the most
remote parts of the West We hear of
farms being sold in the new state of Wash
ngton at 500 or more per acre and irri-
gated fruit farms in California for as much
per acre is the price Of a good 100 acre
farm, with buildings and improvements, in
Vermont. At the price for which farms
are now offered there i, more reason that
people should come from the West to seek
homes than that we should 90 there.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-10-04
The walking emit.

We hnve several times made the sugges-
ton in these columns that it would be better
to offer prizes for fast walking horses than
for fast trotters. a correspondent of the
New YORK Tribune says that
cone Of the most interesting events Of
the Ohio state fair was walking match be
tween horses hitched to one half ton of
coal. The track was one Of the drives in
the ornamental part of the grounds, and
measured about four ninths of a mile
There were eight contestants, aud the time
was l:lO and upwards to j;4j. The best
time wa, made by mare that had been
driven forty miles from Mechanicsburg, in
Champaign county, to enter the race
When it is noted that the time was at the
rate Of six miles an hour, while the aver
age horse makes but two and one half miles
an hour, it will be seen how much there is
to achieve in the way of improving the
gait Of a horse, which is really of the most
Importance to the farmer and teamster.
\ large aud Interested crowd witnessed the
contest, and showed that it might be worth
while for fair managers to offer prizes in
this direction. One interesting feature of
the trial was that two Of the losing horses
were of the great imported breeds one a
full blood Clydesdale, the other grade
Prrcheron. Their apparent fast gait, which
led many to think them easy winners, prov
ed 10 be a myth
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which :. the nc., Breed Of cnule 2

This is question often asked. aud "a. Of
tnu answered iu one way or ptherb y the par
ti-au~ OF different breeds The experiment
station. have sought ~ decide the question
hy feeding experiments aud Vhile they have
not reached positive conclusions they have
az least dra on some differences that will be
of value. Prof johnson of the Michigan
Agricultural college gives the following as
his conclusions after testing most Of the
principal breed,
T. The experiments seem To- indicate
that there is but little difference in the cost
per pound Of raising steers Of the different
breed, under the same conditions The SUI
perority of the beef breeds lies in their
early maturing qualities which enables the
+ feeder to turn them of, we'll ripened, at
/ two instead Of three years.
That calves brought up on the pail,
when properly fed. will make rs much
growth and bee equally as valuable for feed
ing as if they were allowed to suclSe their
dams
g. That there is likely 10 be a wide mar
gin of difference between the judgments
oi the feeder. the butcher and the consum
er, when they pass upon the bullock in the
| live classes, in the carcass competition as
well rs in the testing Of the edible qualities
Of the meat
T. That the prejudice resulting from "A
lack Of information may he, too often is,
the basis Of our estimates Of the compare
tive value Of the breeds.
,. The early maturing breeds may be
kept until ripe. thus essening the value of
the carcas, for the consumer
Il. The lesson i, very emphatically taught
that average native steers, weighing from
l,lon to l,3DO pounds at three years or
often much less, cannot be raised aud fed
with profit Well bred steers weighing
from 500 to 500 pounds more at the same
age may. The value Of good blood for
beef production cannot, then, be overesti-
mated. 1t only can with good care and
,kitu feeding, in these and with the pres
eut markets. bridge the margin between
lu~- and profit for the grower and feeder.
g. That the quality Of beef produced bv
"a combined grain ration, in which wheat
bran, oats and some oil meal form the prin-
cipal part is preferable to that produced
10y "A corn ration exclusively | believe
these animal, would have had much less
percentage Of meat valuable to butcher
and consumer if corn had entered largely
into their grain ration.
:. The lesson is plainly taught that early
maturing breeds may be sold with most
profit, perhaps at one year, if pushed from
the start. The cost per pound Of produc-
ton is greatly increased with each succeed
ing year. Certainly under most favorable
condition, they should reach the limit Of
profit at from 81 to 30 months at latest.
/ This may be modified in ordinary feeding
/ 10y the fact that the yearling steer will need
more expensive food than older ones The
latter viii consume more rough fodder
prpiitahly than the former.
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Tke Old Farmers Way with BaIIS
Horse,

Horse.
On Friday afternoon young man drove
up East Main street on the street car track
He had a one horse wagon and a load OF
henlock slabs. When he was about half
way on East Main street hill his horse bak
ed. There was a row of street cars behind
him which reached to the four corners in a
few minutes, and every driver was leaning
out from his platform and yelling more or
less enphatically at the young man to start
his horse.
The young man climbed down from the
wagon and tried to start the horse He
coaxed swore tried to lead and then push
the horse along, but to no purpose. The
animal wanted a vacation and wanted it
right away.
Meantime a crowd had collected ON the
sidewalk, and yelled
Twist his tail -
Build fire under him ~
Put pepper in his nose ~
Stick a pin in him -
Club him ~
Get a wisp of hay and lead him q"
Hitch team to him ~
BLOW smoke in his ears ~
BY this time the street car drivers were
frantic, but the horse did not seem to care.
lie never moved. Finally, an old farmer
came down the walk, stopped, saw what
was the matter, and went up to where the
horse stood. He reached up to the horse
head and stuck his fingers down in one of
the horses ears
The effect was Instantaneous The beast
started up instantly, the street cars moved
on again, and the old farmer said as he
came back to the walk That alters fetch
es en- b gosh - horlrStcr Democ,d.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-10-04
AGRICULTURAL.

When the merits OF Vermont are better
known and Appreciated it will no longer be
the ,love,t OF all the states in growth Of
population We predict that the increase
Of population for the next five years will
hc more than it hn. been for the last forty
years
I'm recent article We stated that the av.
orago value of land in farms in Vermont.
according To- the last census. was a little
lc-, than $50 81 should have said it was "a
little more than 500 Accurately stated it
vas so 49, The hlunder was not a very
great one considering that the hitter figure
represented a nominal value rather than
one at which sales could be made but an
inaccurate statement in figures is bad at
hest. and We don't want to let it pass with
ont correction.
Recent scientific Investigations having
shown the great danger to which people are
exposed from eating the meat of animals
affected with tuberculosis, the Boston auth
critics have taken prompt measures to have
careful examination made Of all animals
branch, r., ,t,. }ri,,b,,,, al,a,,,i- rsla,.,,
fer c,mr.t.rt veterinarian ,.ili i,.,,s,t
all animals and condemn any found diseas
ed. 1t is question whether country PEG
,l,. IL, n,t si ,,....l .,.,,,,. ,..,,i,,,, - Eli
sort
a gentleman now in Brattleboro who
spent some weeks Of last year at Montevideo
surprise the statement made i'm this column
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New England weather Crop nmlIe,in

From the New England Meteorological sucrt, S
report for the week ending sept. =.
Turnips and garden vegetables are in
good condition.
The yield of white beans is heavy, not
withstandng the fact that the crop was in
iured during the wet season.
The onion crop is somew hat short, going
30 per cent below the average in southern
Vermont
Seed corn, of which there is a great deal
raised IN Connecticut. continues to mold
Potatoes are becoming scarce and the
price ON them is advancing rapidly
Newly sown grass has gotten well started
the sowing of rye has heen DELAYED hv the
wet weather, especially in the southern
part
The crop of apples is light, but the fruit
is Of good quality.
Pears are plentiful everywhere in the
district.
The weather was more favorable in tho
Northern section than in the Southern.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-10-04

An old physician, retired from practice having
had placed in his bands hy an East India mission
AIRY the formula OF simple vegetable remedy for
the speedy and permanent cure OF Cunsumption
bronchitis Catarrh Asthma and all throat aud
Lung Affections, also positive and radical cure
after having tested It's wonderful curative powers
in thousands of cass has felt il his duty To- make
u kuoNuiu his suffering fellows. Actuatrd by this
motive and "a dsirr To- relieve human SUFFERING, /
viii send free of charge, To all who desire it, this
recipe, in German, French or English with fun
directions for preparing and using Sent by mail
10y addressing with stamp, naming this unIa.r.
W. A. MOVES llY HIwrrS Block. Rochester, g. T.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-10-04

Averaging about 400 pounds each these
cattle represent l2i, 2lS, 600 pounds Of beef
Of which about ilO,OOO pounds would be
available for food. But this is by no means
the whole Of the nations contribution to
the worlds supply Of beef In the same
months the exports Of fresh beef slaughter
eel were 40, Al ,lii pounds and the exports
Of canned, sailed or other cured beef
amounted to 33, 0SG, $50 pounds. In ALL the
weight Of beef shipped abroad, live, slaugh
tered and packed, exceeded 2OO, 900 600
pounds in three months
This is not a very large part Of nation 5
requirements Perhaps it might serve to
supply the ordinary consumption for three
months Of 5000, 600 out of 81, 900, 600 in
hahitauts of Great Britain The point to
he observed is that this trade is capable of
almost indefinite expansion. English prices
are much higher than American, and can
not Ice greatly reduced because Of the cost
of rental of land, the cost of food aud the
wages of labor. The British farmer gets
very poor returns as matters stand, and
with prices materially reduced would be
obliged to 20 ont Of cattle raising to con-
siderable extent, and To utilize his land in
other ways
That has been the fate of the cattle rails
ing business in the Eastern states of this
country and in some not long ago called
Western, The large supplies of fresh beef
formerly drawn from New York, Pennsvl
wanna aud Ohio come To market no longer,
hut instead the supplies for Eastern cities
aud for export are mainly drawn from far
Western states and territories. This is be-
cause, as the value Of land rises, it becomes
Improbable to employ it in cattle raising.
Apparently the British farmer must antici-
pate similar competition, and 10 a consid
cradle extent must yield TO transatlantic ri
walls the business of supplying to John Bull
the roast beef Of Old England ~ T.
Trblue
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VERMONT BRATTIEBORO OCTOBER

There are
many white soaps,
each
represented to be
just as good as the Ivory"
They are not,
but like
all counterfeits,
they lack
the peculiar
and remarkable
qualities OF
the genuine.
Ask for
Ivory Soap
and
insist upon having it.
It's sold everywhere.