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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-26
STATE BOARD or HEALTH
A Bulletin AbOuI Feather Reds RS IA
source of Disease.

At the last quarterly meeting of the State
Board of Health, held at the Van Ness
House in Burlington, several subjects were
presented to the Board for its consideration.
The greater part consisted Of complaints
which really ought to have been attended
TO by the selectmen of the several towns
The State Board has no authority except in
the actual presence of contagious and epi
demc diseases, " and then only in clumsy
and circuitous manner. The secretary was,
however directed TO visit the places where
such causes of complaint exist, or to cor
respond with the physicians and seectmen,
and endeavor to have those causes remedied.
lengthy communication was received
calling the attention of the Board to the
subject of feather beds 1t is an undoubted
fact that feathers will accumulate and re
tain the exhalations of even healthy per
sons 10 such an extent as to render them
liable to cause disease Much more will the
exhalations from sick persons contaminate
them with disease germs. 1t is the opinion
of the Board that feather beds should not
be used. Most certainly invalids and sick
persons should not be allowed to lie on
feathers, not merely on account of the risk
of contamination for others, but for the in
furious effect upon the patients themselves.
But since feather beds will be used to a
greater or less extent, it is important that
they should be kept in as good a condition
as possible If in constant use they should
be cleansed or renovated every year or two
at the farthest. Steam, under pressure
of % pounds, will destroy the most per
sistent germs and spores, and it is there
fore, next to fire, the best disinfectant
Even at ordinary pressure steam will Kill
nearly all varieties of disease germs. Oh
course. then, steam is the best means OF
cleansing or renovating feathers.
Several other subjects connected will
sanitary matters aud the duties of the
Board were discussed. j. H. Hamilton
NJ. D., was appointed delegate to the Ma
tional Conference of the State Boards OF
Health. CHAs. l.. ALLEN, Secretary,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-26
NO. II.

girls with simply one long garment on, and
they screamed and shouted with laughter.
didn't care for that, for by this time
could see our boat, stranded about where !
thought it would be. We soon reached her.
united our garments from the raft. and
hastened back in the boat to Sallie and the
boy. There we put on our wet clothes.
placed the berries in the boat. and started
Tor home. We agreed that we would slip
into the house by the back way, change
our clothes, and not tell of our adventure :
and we did so. No one knew of it for
some time But Margaret had beau to
whom she told the story after a while and
as it was such good one and as he was a
man, he told it to several, and so every one
knew it in little time, and we were well
laughed at
Another extract from the book is very
characteristic of the old lady 1t is entitled
An ENhOrtatiOn TO Economy.
Now" said grandma, 'you children
know nothing Of economy. Oh, | know
you think you do, and you are good chill
dren but you can't know anything Of the
economy | had to use. | remember once.
when | was living at Bois Blanc, | went
down to Pennsylvania and New York to
see my sisters, and | stopped at Conneaut
TO visit old friends. While going down on
the boat some one had some very fine large
peaches to sell They were great tempta
ton, for | hadn't seen any peaches for
some years, and was very fond of fruit
of all kinds Bois Blanc was so cold and
bleak we could scarcely raise any. But.
when found | would have to pay twenty
live cents for two peaches, hesitated.
No, | said to myself 4 won't do that
Twenty five cents is too much 10 pay for
two peaches, simply to crafty my appe-
tite. may need that money before l get
home again And sure enough | did. In
Conneaut one morning, met a little girl
IN the street who was crying. the tears
rolling down her cheeks in spite Of her eff.
forts to prevent it,
" My little girl, said to her what are
you crying about 2
Then she burst out crying, and sobbed
that she couldn't 90 to school any more be-
cause she hadn't spelling book.
said l.
Twenty-Five cents but mother is so
poor she can't buy me one.
There said | to myself Pm glad |
didn't eat those peaches, for that money
I've still got in my pocket, and | will buy
this little girl spelling book
~ told her that, if she'd go with me
where spelling book could be bought, I'd
get one for her. So she wiped away her
tears, and took me to little store not far
away, where it was soon bought, and she
went joyfully away to school
80 you see, children if | had not been
economical and saved my money, ! could
not have made that little girl happy"
The children looked sedate over this sto-
ry, evidently thinking Of the money they
spent for candies and of the books for the
poor little girls that they didn't buy The
aunties and mammas smiled smile of sat
lsfaction at having such a grandma, but
knowing well that it was rare case Of
economy. '-ChriStidm Register
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-26
rHE VERMONT soLDlERs' HoME.
senator Edmunds Secures for II the
Benefit of the National Act.
From the Burlington Free Press


Congress in August, lSSS, passed a law
appropriating 500. 900 to assist the states
which are maintaining or shall establish
homes for old soldiers. Under the terms
Of the act the United States agree to pay
half the expense of maintaining each vet
eran in the state homes, the amount so
paid not to exceed hundred dollars for
each soldier Of course il was supposed
that the state of Vermont would receive
its share of this appropriation, and our leg
lslature at its last session, passed an act
authorizing the state treasurer to receive
and receipt for the same. To the great
surprise however. Of the trustees of our
Vermont Home. the board Of managers Of
the National Home, by whom under the
United States act the funds are distributed
to the states, decided that Vermont was
not entitled 10 the benefit of the act of
Congress. That act provides that only
state institutions shall he entitled TO receive
the contemplated assistance from the gov
ernment and under its terms the board of
managers of the National Home announced
that the Soldiers Homes in Vermont, Mas
sachusetts, Wisconsin and California, be
ing considered private or only quasi-public
institutions, would not be entitled 10 share
with the ten other states whose homes were
receiving government money.
The trustees thereupon called Senator
Edmunds to their aid. He took hold of
the case with strong interest and energy,
looked up all the facts, and in due time ad
dressed a communication to the managers
of the National Home. embodying so clear
a statement of facts and SO strong legal
argument in favor Of the Vermont Home
to its share Of the national appropriation
that it could not be gainsaid. Gen. Frank
lin, president Of the national board, refer
red Mr. Edmunds's communication to the
comptroller of the United States treasury
and received a reply stating that the de
cision in reference to Vermont ought 20 he
reversed, in view of the facts, which had
not been before clearly understood. The
comptroller states in his opinion, which has
been printed as public document, that
while the Soldiers Homes IN Massachusetts,
Wisconsin and California, cannot be con
sidered state institutions, that of Vermont
clearly is such. lacking only formal act #
transfer of its property to the state, the
passage of which he advises. On and af-
ter July lst next, therefore, the national
government will share the expense of the
maintenance Of the inmates of the Soldiers
Home at Bennington. The matter is of
considerable Importance, as the state treas
ury will he relieved Of half Of the expense
Of the Home aud our citizens and tax
payers will appreciate the service thus rem
dered by Senator Edmunds, who never re
fuses to respond when called on 10y his
state, nor fails to render efficient service
in her behalf
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-26

Bois, pimples, hives, ringworm letter. AN all
other manifestations Of impure blood are cured
by Hoods Saraparilla.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-26

amples, and so he begins where he should
end-with rules and definitions. He does
not know that each subject should be taken
as a whole at first, and consequently begins
with the parts, teaching the letters Of a
word rather than the word itself, the parts
Of a country before the country. Compre-
hending neither the order nor the degree of
mental development, he burdens the mem
Dry with meaningless words, and rouses the
reasoning powers when nature intended
them TO lie dormant for a season. Not un-
derstanding that we remember by the laws
of association. he teaches disconnected
facts, regardless Of comparison, illustration,
and the relation of cause and effect, time
and place He does not realize that Ian
guage is an art, and must be acquired, like
other arts, by practice, and so teaches gram
atical rules to young pupils. He does not
know that geography is an exact science,
taught on psychological principles, and
therefore his scholars waste their time in
learning endless names and measurements.
He does not understand that history is con
structed from facts, and consequently, de
voting all his energies to the collection of
material, requires the pupil TO remember
dates and events without relation to cause
and effect He seems to consider that the
more compulsion is used the better the re
suit, ignorant of the fact that pleasurable
emotions excite mental activity. He fol
lows the text book with uuwavering conf
dence, not daring to deviate from its exact
order In the words Of a distinguished ed
ucator, lie substitutes memorizing for
study and recitation hearing for teaching.
He does not develop, draw out, teach, at
all.
1t is the supervisors duty to instruct
those whose training has been inadequate ;
to inspire pupils, direct teachers, and sys
tematize the whole work. lie must not On
~ know his subjects and the principles of
teaching, but he must also study nature and
the child. lie must be always growing,
knowing that when he ceases to gro" his
usefulness will he at AN end he needs pa
tience with those who do not understand
his aims or who question his motives lie
needs the eternal vigilance which is the
price of that blessing of liberty, good in
structiun he must have Judgment and
skill, for he works upon the most delicate
and the most durable Of all material he
must never lack in sympathy he must
have the moral courage Of his convictions
and the white heat Of enthusiasm, that he
Al. 1 L.. a mt, Ii. nd
in thus losing his life may find it.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-26
Governor Knapp.



Col Lyman f. Knapp of Middlebury,
who has been appointed governor of Alas
ka territory is a respected and worthy cit
izen. He is graduate of Middlebury col
lege, and in 1862 being then "a years old,
he enlisted in the Sixteenth Vermont Regi-
ment from the town of Stratton, went out
as captain of Co. | of that regiment and
was wounded in the repulse of Pickett s
charge in the battle of Gettysburg. On
the expiration of the term of service of
that regiment he reenlisted in the Seven.
teenth Vermont and served with distinc-
tion till the close of the war. He was cap
tain of Co. #, was wounded at Spottsyl-
vania, was promoted major, and took com
mand of the regiment after both of his su
perior officers were killed in the bloody
battle of Poplar Spring Church, near Pc
tersburg. September 30. 1854, and com
manded it during most of the remainder OF
its service lie was promoted lieut. colonel
in December 1864, and was brevetted foI
gallantry in the final assault ON Petersburg
After the war Col. Knapp was admitted Il
the bar of Addison county, and engaged
in the practice of the law. lie was for q
number of years editor and publisher OF
the MiddleburY Register. A few year'
since he sold the paper and has since de
voted himself TO his practice as a lawyer
and 10 the duties of the Office Of Judge Of
probate Of Addison county He is in his
fifty first year,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-26

The great railroad projected by the Rus
sian government, and spoken of variously
as the "Obi railroad, " the "Siberian Pacific
railroad" etc will be, if completed, the
longest single line of railway in the world.
The country which this line will open up
for commercial purposes is vast in extent
and practically untouched thus far, no
commerce existing except what is carried
on by most primitive methods, The road
will extend from Tiumen, in Western Sibe
ria, to Nladivostock, a Russian port on the
Pacific coast, distance Of 1000 miles. The
cost is estimated at between S3O,OOO and
S4O,OO per mile, The greater part of the
proposed route presents few engineering
difficulties, the chief of these being bridges
of great size, which must be built over the
great rivers.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-26
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES NOTICE.

Y 7
The undersigned having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court Tor the Marlboro Dis
I hi Commissioners to receive examine and ad
iust ali claims and demands of all persons against
the estate Of Alonzo Dulton late Of Dummerston
in said district, deceased and all claims eN
hibted in offset thereto, hereby give nutice that
we will meet for the purpose aforesaid at Haskins
4 Stoddard's ofiict in Buttleboro, on the lith day
of May and the ID day OF sept ber next, IRON
I nnti IPM. on each of said days, and that six
months from the 10th day Of April 1889 is the time
limited by said court for said creditors 70 present
their claims To us for examination and allowance
Dated at Dummerston this 18th day of April
iSSg WIN %. MILLER, commissioners
.,a A. 1 lNhAAANANffH'fNa'f
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-26
ArgaI Nuttrrs.
CTATE OF VERMONT, Marlnoro IS.

I,TATE OF VERMONT, Marlboro IS,
- The Probate Court for said District.
To all PERSONS interested In the Estate Of JANE
CARLES late of Nottingham ia said District,
deceased, dltttlng,
Whereas ALEXANDER PRESTON, Admnistra-
tor upon the estate of Jane Carley, late Of Whit
ingham IN said district, deceased, has filed his pc
tition in this court, setting forth that the sale of
the whole of the real estate Of said deceased will
be beneficial 10 the heirs aud all persons Interested
therein and praying for license To sell the same,
and at the same time filed In this court what pur
ports to be the consent In writing Of all the heirs
residing In this state to such sale, WherrupOn II
is ordered that the SAINT be heard at the session OF
said court to be- held at the probate Office IN Brat
Tie boro ON the last Saturday of April 1889, when
and where you may he heard in the premises, II
YOU see cause.
IL H. w. SIODDARl), Register.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-26
AM, for ,Ae Free-Trader. 20 CraeL


Fifteen great trusts organized in free
trade England last year, and 10 more or
ganized this year up ~ date Aud still, ia
face Of such facts as these-facts as protu-
berant as the nose ON the face of Sawken-
bergius free trade journals continue
TO keep up the senseless cry that "a protec
tive tariff Is the parent of trusts.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-26
MISCELLANY.


NInNTF NIITNHs
One stitch dropped as the weaver drove
His nmhe shuttle to aud fro,
In and out beneath. above.
Till the pattern seemed to bud aud grow,
As II the fairies had helping been.
But the one stitch dropped pulled the next stitch
out,
And a weak place grew in the fabric stout;
And the perfect pattern was marrpd for aye
BY the one small stitch that was dropped that
day.
one small life In Gods great plan.
How futile It seems as the ages roll.
DO what 1t may or strive how il can,
To alter the sweep Of the infinite whole.
single stitch In an endless web
A drop In the oceans flow and ebb.
But the pattern Is rent where the stitch is lost
Or marTed where the tangled threads have crossed,
And each life that fails Of its true intent
Mars the perfect plan that its Master meant.
Susan COOIi1Oe
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-26
CTATE OF VERMONT,

- RV the Probate Court for said DlStrlct.
, n, oil ,'honl il may concern Greeting.
Whereas s. n llEkRlCk, adInnistror oi the rs
tate of FOSTER $ FkENCll, late OF brAtl irbor"'
I'M said district, deceased, has represented lhAt
The amount Of debts due from
laid 'Isrsns,.d Is Ssill.S2
lns ,i,aatsJ Gmsis iOOOO Ss1ll 81
The value of the personal rstat"
h S'''"'
of which las been or nlaN be as - .-. -
signed tine widow t"W e'''-o'
Raiance of debts chargeable ON - 80
thr real estate Of said decreased, S'1 y,
prnying for license tu sell so huch OF lhe reAl
estate of said deceased as IL nt,tsar iol tl,e iS
,nsnt of said debts and charges Of administration
Whereipon il is ordered that the same he heard
at III. session of said court % he held nt the Pro
bate Onice In Brattleboro ON ihe mn. sa.u,uay ~
1nril A. D. 1859, When and where you may ot
hllari ia, the premises II you see cause
he"'I III -" y. ", sIODDARD, Register
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-26

A combination has been formed by the
Times, sun, Tribune, World, and journal,
of New York, TO raise the price for the
Sunday issues Of those papers TO five cents.
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-12-15
A Northern Pacific Dividend.

The Northern Pacific has become
dividend paying road. A scrip dividend
was declared in 1888, but it was figured
out from the earnings of the road on the
transportation of material for its own
construction work in Montana and Idaho
and was not therefore actually earned
from commercial business. Now the
road steadily earns a surplus over its op
Grating expenses and its interest charges.
The board of directors, on November 13,
declared a dividend of one per cent due
the preferred stockholders of record De
cember Is, 1889, and payable January is,
1890, out of the surplus earnings accrued
since July 1, 1899. The board found that
there was due to the preferred stockhold-
ers under the plan of reorganization from
July l, 1882, to June 30 1889, $2,144, ,42O.
So; they resolved that in their judgment
it was prudent to defer definite decision
regarding the distribution of this amount
till the issue Of the new consolidated
mortgage bonds should be made, the sale
Of sufficient bonds to meet the require
ments of the company effected and the
future earnings should more definitely
show to what extent the dividend earning
capacity could be safely relied on; that
out of the bonds to be issued under the
consolidated mortgage there should be
set aside from those first issued an amount
which at eighty-fve shall be equal to
81, PA ,420.63, the bonds so set aside to be
held by the treasurer of the company
until further ordered by the board, it be-
ing ascertained that for the months of
July, August and September the surplus
earnings amount to $719, 9,s49.35, or nearly
two per cent on the outstanding preferr-
ed stock and that there is every expecta-
tion that the surplus earnings of the next
quarter of the year will amount to as
much. The one per cent dividend will
require for its payments only little over
$550,O00.
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-12-15
Committees.

The following is list Of the commit
tees appointed by speaker Witter:
Ways and Means Hotter, Thompson, Harring-
ton. Boardman, Stebbins, Bray, Cory.
Judiciary and Federal Elections s-Doman, Good
man, Howey, Eaton, Hastie, Thompson, Harring-
ton.
state A1ruirs-Cory, Dlair, .Iorslsy, Moran Mitch
ell.
Public Lands-Loud, Blake, Hastie, Thompson
Waite, Cory, Goodman.
Privileges and Elections Harrington, Stebbfns
GreenOugh. HOWey, BOardman.
Agricultural and Observation-Disclosures, New
conner. Norton, Loud Mitchell.
Education and Labor-Howey, Hoffman, Phil
ipS, Newcomer LOchray.
Irrigation and Water Rights-Goodman, Wing
Dolman, Blake. Moran.
Mines and Naturalization, Roberts, Lochray
Blair, H0rsky
Towns, Counties and Highways Harlan, Bray
Stebbns, Botfman, Hotter.
Railroads-Cory, Norton, Loud, Hoffman, Phillips
Dolman.
Military Afars--Bray, Phillips, Horsky, Wing
LOchray
interpretations and BIanufacturers-Wa
GreenOugh. Eaton. Cory, MOnteath
State Institutions and Public Buildings Norton
Hotter, Boardman, Loud, Hastie, Wing, Blake.
EngroSsment-Phillips Goodman, Roberts.
Enrollment-Mitchell, Moran, MOnteath.
Printing -MOnteath HoWey Harlan, waite
Goodman.
Rules and Joint Rules-Walte, Boardman
Thomson,
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-12-15
A Verdict not Yet Reached
Inc jury i'll the Cronin Case Have
Retired to the
JuryrOOm but Have not Sent in q
Verdict.
FRANKLIN Bowen, an Attorney Com
mits Suicide.
No Verdict Yet.

CHICAGO, Dec. 14-At 10 o'clock Sher.
III Mathon came into the court room and
said that as far as he knew the Cronin
jury had not yet agreed on a verdict.
LATER: At 1890 Judge Mcconnell
had not arrived so it is not known
whether the jury is waiting for him or he
for the jury. A report reached one of
the lawyers for the prosecution that the
jury had agreed on verdict of all ex-
cept Beggs.
At 1890 Judge Mcconnell entered the
court room and told an associated press
reporter that he had received no commu-
nlcatlon at all from the jury.
Inc all absorbing question Of this city
today is, "what verdict in Cronin case?'
This widespread interest, however, is not
manifested at the scene of the jury's de-
llberatlons, the people having evidently
come to the conclusion that the verdict
can only be reached after a long consul
tation, consequently instead of crowds
hghtlng for places in the neighborhood
OF Judge McConnell's court, only a few
persons aside from the reporters and
lawyers We're present at the hour of open
ing court. Scarcely one third of the seats
were occupied.
The lawyers chatted about the pros
poets for the defence and especially the
counsel for Beggs drew very favorable
augury, believing that the delay meant
acquittal. The prosecution, however,
maintained an appearance of calm assur-
ance, saying that in such an important
case where five separate lives were at
stake an extended deliberation was to be
expected.
Soon after judge McConnell's appear
anco an intangible rumor was spread
abroad that the jury had reached YER
dict as to all except Beggs. The Gold
and Stock Telegraph company went so
far as to send bulletin to the effect that a
verdict had been reached and that Cough
lin, Burke and O'Sullivan were to hang
Kentz given five years and Beggs three
This was subsequently stated to be unof-
icial and Judge Mcconnell when ques-
toned said, "any such rumors are simply
ridiculous not on the ground Of improba-
bility but on the ground Of the impossi-
bility of any such information leakine g
from the jury room. assure you upon
my own knowledge that no communica-
tion of any kind has been received by any
one from the jury and that the jury has
had no means of communication with
anyone.
At 10 o'clock, no communication hav
ing been received from the jury, Judge
Mcconnell left the chamber, saying ht
would return at 2 p. N.
At 2 o'clock one of the clerks of thu
court came to Judge McConnell's room
with a written communication from thu
jury room. 1t was rumored that thu
jury announced their inability to arrive
at a verdict and that they stand II to
for conviction, but Of course these ru
mors cannot be traced to any definite
source.
At 4 p. m. the court adjourned till 6 p
m. Rumor constantly repeated that thu
jury stands II for conviction to one fol
acquittal. Juryman Culver is said to be
the off man.