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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-03-15
MINOR NOTES.

DR.. G.. L. Rice, postmaster at North Ad-
ans, Mass, has rendered to President Har-
rison his resignation, to take effect June
Both He resigns, not from fear of remov
al by Republican administration, but iii
order to return to the practice of his pro
fesson The Transcript says his admins
tration of the office has been a model one
in every respect.
Mr.. Cleveland went to his new law Office
in New York and began work promptly on
Thursday of last week, He is annoyed by
the curiosity which he arouses as he goes
and comes on the elevated roads ; but this
will soon wear away.
Gen. Simon Cameron of Harrisburg, Pa,
celebrated the Goth anniversary of his birth
last Friday. The state legislature passed a
resolution to call on the venerable statesman
in IA body. Mr. Cameron enjoys excellent
health
The Senate standing committees were
announced on Tuesday. There are no i'm.
the head of the finance committee and Mr.,
Edmunds at the head of the judiciary com,
mittee
DR.. George f Root, of Chicago, the ven
cradle author of Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
the Boys are Marching" The Battle Cry
| of Freedom" and other songs that stirred
| the patriotic heart quarter of a century
ago, was last Friday the recipient of hand
some public testimonial from his friends and
admirers,
Gen Grout was called to Glover, neal
his old home at Barton, last week, by tn,
death of his mother in-luw.
The Democrats in Congress have suffere,
a serious loss in the death of Hon, Richar,
w. Thompson of the Illinois Nineteenth
district, which has taken place in Washing
ton within the week,
The mugwump editors are now engaged
in discovering the fine hand of Mr. Blaine
in all of President Harrison's appointments
A feature of the Bradford Opinions in
augural edition of l6 pages last week wa
an illustrated article descriptive of the bus
mess interests of the town.
AS result OF exposure 10 the ihclelhell
weather on Inauguration day, fifteen Con
gressmen were made i'll and confined t
their rooms Some of them had pneumonia
President Harrison and family attende
last Sunday the new Presbyterian "Churc
of the Covenant in Washington. TIL
church is one of the handsomest in the city
Secretary of War Proctor has ordere
Lieut. Col Thomas f. Barr, L. $. A, {
Chicago, to report immediately in Washing
ton for service as military secretary. Co
Barr filled the position under Alexandt
Ramsey, also under Robert 7. Lincoln an
for time under Judge Endicott,
4 big meeting was held Wednesday nigl
in St James hall, London, in honor of NJ
Parnell John Morley presided aud mat
an eloquent speech. Mr. Parnell's recel
t ton was very enthusiastic and his speeC
3 able and dignihed.
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The st. Johnsbury people we're also vic
timized by the "Wrens" The Republican
Of last week says; The Wrens had the
worst night of the season ror their enter
tainment at Music hall Tuesday evening
and the audience was small one 1t was
as large however, as the entertainment
deserved -
This item from the Newport Express of
this week indicates that the last flight Of
the company may have been taken The
/ Wren company advertised to he here last
Friday night did not come to time 1t was
/ claimed that sickness had so clipped their
wings that they could not get here
Presiding Elder Morgan will preach and
administer the sacrament oi the Lords sup
per at the quarterly meeting IN be held in
the Methodist church next Sunday.
- Farmers are shipping large quantities Of
apples at ~ cents a barrel
Mr. Pierce, Mrs Fred Sawyer and her
daughter, Maud, were the persons from
this town who attended the Inauguration
ceremonies in Washington last week They
were entertained by Mrs Sawyer, mother
in law, who lives on Pennsy lvania avenue
Mrs. q H. Walker will teach the spring
term in district No. ,
H. +. Wheat has sold out to his partner
Adebert Corser and proposes now to 20
West, although his plans are not definitely
| decided
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Westminster West,

The drama Enlisted for the War" was
repeated Tuesday evening aud followed by
farce and 10 cent supper The supper
was furnished by the aid society, who re-
ceived the proceeds therefrom, while the
receipts of the drama will go towards Stat
ing the church
Several new books have lately been add
ed to the village library
Miss Genevieve Slate of Brattleboro i.
with her mother, Mrs Stevens, who doe.
not recover from her late illness as rapidly
as could be desired.
Jennie Goodell went to Winchester Mass.
last week to visit her sister Nellie, and hav
ing found employment there, will remain
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hal
sympathize with them in the loss of thei
little daughter Julia, who died at their Rut
land home last week after a brief Hines,
from pneumonia.
The aid society met at H. p, Dinsmore',
the 9th, and on the way home party OF
ladies whom Rev, Mr.. Goodhus had kindl,
volunteered TO transport to and from tn,
meeting, met with a slight mishap. The,
were snugly seated on traverse sled oc
cupying seats improvised for the occasion
and in turning out to avoid one of the nu
merous "thank-you ma'am'sn, they wer,
overturned into a pool of water by the road
Happily thorough fright aud drenchin.
was the sole damage, The well know
views of our pastor on the subject of i'm
mersion will relieve him from any suspicion
as To It's having been a premeditated act.
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THE VERMONT pIGN1X MARCH 15 1885

sold To Livpryman Ray the Ilamblctunion mare
Gertrude % for use ON the coupe, and valuable
animals To- Nelson Richardson of llmsdale, Select
man David Perry. and the town NJ Brattlehoro
4 matched pnt" and single driver were shipped
last week to Northampton Mass parties
The auction sale vt northern horses by G., =.
ellison at Ray livery stable comes of tomorrow.
The horses viii be- exhibited nn Main street at
1880 4. NJ
The Little Lord Fauutleruy" company, which
created such favorable impression here a short
time ago, begins playing "a long engagement in
an Francisco next week,
II Riverside Park" remains in the hands Of the
present owners the coming summer II VIII prOha-
bly, bp leased tu the bnsc ball association. In this
event Brattlch0ro will hc represented 10y a strong
club Aldrch and Splair the battery Of last
years Bellows Falls team, are very anxious to
play here Sweeney. D'tuunpll and trouin. for
merry Of kccnr aud other professional players
can be secured at a small outlay If they are given
situations in the shops. Millers Falls tlaremont.
and other nearby towns are making arrange
ments to put strong clubs in the field with Al
drch and Scar between the points and BOyce,
Donald, Mckinney and Perry for an inheld, Brat
tleboro would have the foundation Of very
strong team, which could cope successfully with
the college or any Connecticut river valley mines.
The abutmcnt for the New Hampshire end Of
the new bridge is nearly completed Part Of the
ten carloads Of bridge iron has arrived and Is be
ing drawn from the railroad station 10y stock
wells teams.
| The ladies uf the Congregational society will
give their last suciablr and supper of the season
| At their parlurs next Wednesday evening.
During the months of March and April people
| have especial need of rubber footwear Durham
| Brothers are making low prices in this class OF
goods for 20 days rs Will hr seen 10y reference l.
their advertisement
| Huush a Co. and + L. Iluughtun talk of start
ing monthly agricultural paprr to be- published
| at a low price.
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An elopem4ut has cauSel quite a SeuSa-
ton in thu section In the small hours of
the morning of the It'll inst, Chandler
Corse left home. representing that he vas
going to Chesterfield, y II 70 buy horse.
but on leaving took along Mrs Albert Gates,
and they have not since been heard from
As nothing disreputabe had appeared
against either, and there were no floating
neishborhood scandals, the people were
taken by utter surprise. Their wherea
bouts are unknown Possibly they might
he found in the queens dominions
BY an accidental fall the other day Mrs.
B. Gallup had her shoulder quite severely
injured, paralyzmg the arm. but breaking
no bones Under the care Of Dr. johnson
she is improving,
Frank Howard, salesman for the futile
company of Rutland, has lately been in
town taking orders for goods, and agent.
for the Singer sewing machine company
have also been in town
Leonard Brown is recovering from a lat,
illuess
Calvin Baker is the town grand jury
man.
Sugaring Is apparently near at hand.
laundering during the past weeks Of fine
shedding has been unusually brisk
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TOWushend.

Rev. A. d Spauding of West Brattle
boro will preach at the Baptist church next
Sunday on an exchange with the pastor
Mr. Spaulding's many friends will be sorry
to learn that he is about to remove from
Vermont to return to Massachusetts,. aud
their good wishes will accompany him to
his new field
School closed here March :, taught by
Miss Hortense Sanderson. The scholar,
having no absences were Willie Blood
Wright Phillips, Earle Underwood Fred
Sanderson, May Willard and Adde Twitch
| ell. Those having none for the entire
school wear were Earle Underwood. Fred
/ Sanderson and Addie Twitchell The III
/ ploma of honor was given to those stand
/ ing the best in lessons and department a,
/ follows Mabel Stoddard, Edith Sanders
Earle Underwood and Hattie Rand
Lucius y. Twitchell. son Of the late Col
Jonas Twitchell Of Townshend aged about
60 years, committed suicide Tuesday after
noon about 4 o'clock, by hanging himself
/ in his horse stable No reason Is assigned
for the act, Mr. Twitchell had been il
his usual health up to the time of his death
although he had not been very robust foi
some years. Tuesday forenoon he attend
ed an auction but a little way from hi,
home and while there he seemed Cheerful
and free to converse with his neighbors anC
acquantances No one detected or though
of anything unusual in his appearance
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Tn. Temper Of the Administration.

All accounts agree that the rush of office
seekers to Washington III these opening
DAYS of the new administration is some
thing overwhelming and disgusting, and
were it not for the memory of the grand
rush which marked the first weeks of the
Cleveland administration it would be said
to be unprecedented. Gradually, however,
the hungry and thirsty aspirants are con
Guiding that Mr. Harrison meant what he
said in his inaugural address and few of
them are sorrowfully taking their way
home. A correspondent quotes the Presi-
dent as saying at the first formal cabinet
meeting
1--WE must 90 slow in filling the offices twas
in the course of some emphatic remarks which
Harrison addressed to the cabinet that he used
this expression. He said, in substance, that he,
meant every word of what he said about the civil
service in his inaugural address, and that he felt
sure his cabinet agreed with him. For the pres
ent no changes would be made, except III the hlgh
err ofiices especially those in the diplomatic and
consular service. Celebrating this idea he SAID
that changes were not to be made solely for the
sake OF change, but chiefly Tor the lnpr0'emtn'
Of the public service He said that the Republ
can party could not afford to spend It's strength
and lose its advantage over patronage II must
remember that It is still ON trial ana must prove
its right to renewed lease of power by tue eN
celen,,e OF its administration. civil service re-
form he is quoted as saying, mas CONT 10 stay
and must be observed by ths administration n
spirit as well as in letter All the ihemuers Z"
tha cabinet Mr. Blaine included, expressed con
currence in tins opinion
Another despatch has it that when Sena
tor Matt Quay called to talk about the Penn
svlyania offices, saying it was his idea to pu
Republicans in place of the Democrats, The
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President answered that in this matter the
administration must go slow, He wanted
to see good Republicans IN all the admins
trative places but he didn't propose 20 make
removals and appointments with undue
haste lie certainly would not make va
cancies until he was ready to I'LL them with
good men. What he wanted in Pennsylva
MIA as elsewhere, was that the Republican
leaders should get together and agree upon
men to be recommended as the choice Of
the party in the state fIr possible vacancies,
then he would he in position to fill them
when they occurred.
\ cold shivpr. relieved ouly 10y a feeling
Of incredibly. has been sent down the backs
of thousands of anxious asprants by this
| despatch which appeared in the Boston Adj
vertiser last Saturday
! Postmaster. General Wanamaker seems not to
! intend to make any difference between the con
duct of his new business aud that OF his old one,
| One uf the chief officials of the department OF
| fprrd his resignation today with the remark that
| he supposed the postmaster general would desire
to have political friend in his place, WHIT reupun
| the postmaster general said: NO sir. haven Z
felt any such desire. and you may Withdraw your
RESIGNATION The Question 3l PGhI a s VIII , n"I
are as competent and faithful rs you ought 10 ne,
and If you are you will stay; If you are not shaH
| not ask for your resignation but shall give you
| your walking papers. Again, when the question
| was presented to him today, how to fill six vacan
| cies existing in the department, 1t was reported
| that the custom had been of late to promote men
| whenever possible from the city post office TO the
| general Office. II was also reported that there
were six applicants for these places but It was
| noted that all were Democrats When Mr. Nana
maker was asked therefore II a requistiun should
not be made upon the civil service commissioners
for men to I'LL these places he answered: Pro
mote the six men They are already in the gov
eminent service. and they ought to be as fit tol
work here as in the city post office.
If this report is founded on fact it means
that Mr.. Wanamaker will carry into tn,
post Office department, which touches the
people more intimately than any other, the
business principles which have carried hi
great Philadelphia business to such mag
nificent success. In other words, it mean
civil service reform, pure and simple.
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CORDIAL RECOGNITION.

From the Nurris,ilr citizen Of this week.
The Vermonters have all returned home
from their Washington trip. While the
city was crowded to overlooking the Yer
mont party were comfortably housed at the
"Maltby, where accommodations had been
secured for them Col Estey proved the
right man in the right place-as he always
does-in the capacity Of committee Of ar
rangemeuts for the Vermont party. At a
meeting held by the delegation the follow
ing was adopted
The delegation Of Nermnntrrs attending the in
nuguration Of President Harrison. being especial
" mindful Of the untiriug cXertipns Of col Julius
! Estey OF Brattleboro to make our visit pleaSur
able and profitable not only To ourselves but %
all friends Of Vermont VINO have called upon l'
during our pleasant stay here. heartily join ~ the
following resolution:
R,soired, That the sincere and hearty thanks
of the delegation are due and are hereby tender
ed to Col. Estcy for the p1iustakiug care viii
which he planned. and the tirelrss energy Wltl
which hc has executed. the arrangement, for uu
inaugural visit the enjoyment Of which has beer
IN such large measure due tohi~ Efforts ln our b"
/ l.IF
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eruOu.

Mrs. Emelne Stockwell went to Athol ON
Tuesday in response to a telegram from
her son George, whose wife is dangerously
i'll.
Mrs. c. II. Newton has fine new up
right piano, and her two sons have begun
taking music lessons
l.. w, Brown lately bought a fine pair of
3-year old colts at Greenfield
Conductor j. NJ Morrill's father is report
ed critically i'll with pneumonia Mrs Jane
Scott is very low Miss Matte Reed is
visiting schools and friends in Boston dur
ing her vacation.
Chas. |, PIERCE was victimized last Sat
urday evening when an old soldier with
an accomplice enticed him to his hen house
on the pretence of wishing to buy some of
his choice Wyandotte fowls After staying
out in the cold till his teeth chartered. Mr.
Pierce kindly invited his tormentors into
the house, upon entering which, 10 the
place was filled with marauders, and c. |
found his chair of authority usurped and
acknowledged himself nonpussed A briei
explanation from his better half" who
had so well outgeneraled him in planning
the affair, assuaged the tumultuous emotion
of G. l., and he blandly proceeded to re
ceive congratulations on having reached
his 42d birthday, The company passed I
pleasant evening, partook of one of Mrs
Peirce's excellent collations of cake, coffee
ice cream, fruit, etc, and on their depart
ure left substantial tokens of remembrance,
and wished their host many repetitions OF
the anniversary.
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REV. DIR, G. H. ATKINSON


News has recently come from Portland. Oregon.
that the Rev Geo II, Atkinson, d d., died in that
city on the 21th of February, after more than 40
years of most laborious and successful mission
work in that remote northwest of our country DR.
Atkinson was born May 10, 1919, in Newburyport
Mass and in early childhood removed with his
parents TO Newbury, Vt, He graduated at Dart
mouth college in 1913, and at Anduver theological
seminary, where he was classmate of Rev. lew
is Circuit, in 1916. In October of that year they
married sisters daughters Of Deacon Bates Of
Springfield, Vt, and for time they both contem-
plated going and working together as mssona-
rtes IN Africa But DR. Atkinson eventually de.
cided 10 90 West, while Mr.. Gruut went east the
former round Cape Horn and via the Sandwich
Islands TO California, and thence To Oregon. " lille
the latter sailed round the cape of Good Hope
and went to the Zulus in Natal.
Dr, Atkinson was the first home missionary Ia
the Pacific coast; and so slow and laborious was
the way of reaching that field when he went out
that the end Of his voyage was not reached
till at the end of eight months after he had set
sail with his wife at New York, and not until they
had sailed 1900 miles by the log, and been de-
tanned three months at the Islands in waiting for
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Mrs W II Childs and SON George sailed for the
Bermudas Yesterday Mr. Clulds aud Freddie ac
companicd them AS far rs New York
EXtiov llolbruuk is in New York for two
months visit
Lawrence Miner " Westminster will begin
work at II G. Clisbre's store Monday
Vocalist A. j. Markham is strongly backed for
the position Of duorkrcprr of tue national House
Of Representatives
Eddie Wood. clerk at Capp 4 Joncss. who has
been quite III for the past two weeks, is imptuv-
ing. but will probably not resume work at present
W. $. Williams has returned from East llump
ton, l.. / He and his wife Will soon begin house
keeping in Mr. CruWell's house, % High street.
Mrs. Grorglannn Robertson is reported to he
seriously ill.,
MIR. Kingsley Of Rutland has been in town this
week to make arrangements for supplying the
Estry Guard with new regulation uniforms.
Or Shoes left his Dummerst1n farm for Boston
ON Wednesday, and yesterday he and Mrs Shulrs
left that city ON their contemplated tour " six
weeks through the South
Mrs Horace Burchatd left yesterday for a visit
to Detroit, Mich
\ j. Pullru is circulating a petition for his ap
pointment as post-oncn Inspector
The daily papers say that f. + Thomas OF
80 years ago Is ON his first visit East
Mr.. G. a.. Culburu, Miss Carrie Leach Mrs Ju
la Drumnunl aud son 1f T. S. Chase are u"
ported critically Ill.
Misses Mary aud Nellie Grady have returned t,
Brattleburo aud taken rooms ON Cedar street
II W Sargeants friends will br glad to Learn
that he Is ION the gain and will probably be
| able to resume business in a few days
W II Minor is said b. have leased the Allricl
| house ON North Main street
}. q Burpe", who came ON tn Bennington las
| week with the Remains of his aunt, Mrs Willari
| Weeks. who died at p"h"y. returns To Grursii
today
| itlon 10 the Valley Mil cumpauys force.
| w f r Mills, cashier of the First Nationn
| bank of kearncy Nrh., spent Sunday with T. J.
! Carpenter.
Mis- Kat Selleck has resigned her position il
| + h. BdrruWs's store. where she has been to
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Good out of Nnznreth.

There is still some virtue left in Arkan-
sas, where John NJ. Clayton was murdered
because his election as member Of Congress
had been deliberately stolen away from
him after the votes had been cast, and be
cause he was engaged in an investigation
which would prove the crime. In his
charge to the grand jury of the county
where the murder was committed, deliver
ed a few days ago, Circuit Judge George
Cunningham talked in a way which has the
bracing, tonic effect of fresh mountain
breeze
You will have to investigate the Clayton assas
snation and whoever aided or ahetted 10y word
or deed in that cowardly hatchery should be drag
ged by the throat to justice. They should not he
exempted from punishment because of any
sanding or influence they may have in the com
munity | do not know who they are | wish to
heaven | did While the cowardly villain who
caught and hung, the main object of our search
should be the dastardly consprators who inst-
gated it Some men seemingly want to apoiogEe
for, or eXtenuate the horror of this murder on
the ground of politics. | tell you there is no DE
mocracy or Republicanism in murder had as
soon punish Democratic murderer as a Repuh-
lcan murderer. and want To appeal to you as
Democrats to punish crime whether the criminal
is a Democrat or Republican
on must STOP TINS ndllUL bbA Stealing ana
fraud or the title to your property will not be-
worth the paper it is written on. The organic law
and life of this great nation says the cUored pro.
pa have a right 10 vote and If they have no right
Ia vote where did You get your right If they
have no right to be- Republicans, how do you get
Your rights to be Democrats | would urge on
YOU as Democrats that the rights of citizenship
must be protected and at every little precinct in
this county there should be- a free ballot and a
fair count Politicians try to scare you with the
myth and huga-a-b boo Of negro domination
Where have they dominat ID: No sirS, 1t is mere
IL an excuse for committing Outragrs ON their
rights which no sensible man should consider
Democracy means that the people should rule
nounce bulldozery. ballot stealing and assassin
ton. If this be true then am no Democrat II
apology for bulldolery. ballot stealing and aSSas
Suation constitutes Democracy, then may the an
gels and ministers of God protect me from sucl
Democracy.
The excitement in Morrilltou, where the
court is sitting, is reported as being great
and bitter denunciations of the judge ar,
heard Judge Cunningham has the rep
utation of being the most able, impair
tial and fearless Judge in the state. He i
Democrat, but his official acts during
term of four years have never been color
ed by craftsmanship. The opinion is ex
pressed that the charge will lead to the in
dictment of parties suspected of being i'm
| plicated in the Clayton murder.