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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-06

About eight inches Of snow fell last week
Wednesday night, which gave good sleigh
ing for Thanksgiving.
Services were held on the evening If
Thanksgiving day
Lumbermen are glad IN see the snow.
II. J. Fuller has ! / 900 logs cut and piled
in the woods, ready to he drawn to his mill
l.. G. Bolster. the new merchant, sold
about ten tons oi meal last month
Several Of the grangers will attend the
annual meeting Of the state grange to bs
held in Brattleboro next Tuesday and
Wednesday
Most of the schools in this vicinity began
last Monday, aud nearly all with the same
teacher as last term
New hlackboards are being made for the
Pondville and Grahamville Schools. and
they will soon have them Ia use
The Sunday school voted last Sunday 10
have Christmas tree and chose a commit
tee for arrangements. A general invita-
ton is given u every one in this vicinity to
take part ia the exercises
Quite number of our young people
have left town recently. Among the mum
her are Eliza Cummings, who has gone 10
Lowell, Mass. n work aul lone Burbank
10 Athol, Mass, to work in "a shoe shop
Minnie Burbee has gone To Gardner, Mass,
to attend school, and Grace IIosley Ia Wes-
ton.
l., ]. Bolster's son in law, Mr.. Durham,
aud wife, returned 10 Athol, Mass last
Saturday .-Gen. Sade and one son are very
sick with pneumonia E +. Rugg, who
recently buried his wife aud has been sick
himself is reported better. Miss Gladys
Pier teaches the Jacksonville school again
this "inter.-Miss Minnie johnson IT Graf.
ton has returned to Pondville for the win
ter term. -Hoyt Babbitt Of Derry is at
drahamville teaching his third term there
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-06

At the caucus Of Republican members OF
Congress, held last saturday to nominate a
speaker aud other officers. Hon Thos Il.
Reed Of Maine led with - votes ON the
first ballot and was nominated for speaker
On the second ballot His nearest compel
itor was Mckinley Of Ohio, who had 30
votes on the first ballot The other candi
dates nominated were Edward Mcpherson
Of PENNSYLVANIA for clerk, A. J. Holmes Of
Iowa for Sergeant at Arms, Charles W. Ad
ans Of Maryland for doorkeeper and Rev.
e.. g. Randall Of Washington for chaplain.
The opening of the Fifty first Congress
took place ON Monday, when all the Repub-
lcun nominees were elected, except that
Rev Mr.. Millburn, we'll known as the blind
chaplain and life long Democrat, was re
elected to that post, instead of the nom
inee of the caucus Mr. Reeds speech on
taking the chair was scarcely dozen lines
in length, but was admirable in its spirit
aud comprehensveness.
The speaker elected the members were
sworn in nstallments alphabetically 10y
states The iron clad oath having been
abolished, ex Confederate and Union sol
diers stood up and took the same oath
There was one oath administered to all
save that four members of the Pennsyl-
vania delegation, survivors Of old Quaker
stock, stepped aside until they could affirm
In the Senate the senators from the three
new states of North aud South Dakota and
Washington were the chief objects of in
ganization Of the Montana legislature M
senators have been elected from that state
On Tuesday the Presidents message wa
read in both houses.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-06

BILE business growth in the country in the
next score Of years will be seen in the
South But when any section Of country
runs wild over attempts to boom certain
chosen cities or locations into a fictitious
growth aud seeming prosperity, disaster is
sure to follow in the end and it is the men
Of small means that allow themselves to he
drawn into the whirlpool who will he the
worst sufferers When a man Invests in
this way only so much money as he can
perfectly well afford to lose, he is on safe
ground but when he goes beyond this his
case in nine times out Of ten is hopeless
1t may he all very well for train loads Of
Boston millionaires to go on free excursions
to Texas and Alabama aud invest their
hundreds Of thousands there, but II men of
moderate means try to emulate their eX
ample and make haste to get in ION the
ground floor. 90 they will he likely to find in
the end that the ground floor is nothing but
deserted cellar hole
This craze, fortunately, has not yet seized
upon Brattleboro III any serious or general
way, a. we believe. but we are told Of one
prominent town in Windsor county where
business is absolutely dead because the
place has been literally drained of its mon
ey to put into these Southern schemes.
Other towns are in almost as bad case,
aud their people are morally sure to find
in the end that home investments in legiti.
mate business enterprises, or Western
mortgage investments made through agents
of known responsibility, are bonanzas by
! comparison.
Vermont can never prosper, or her vast e
places be built up anew. while this sort of
| thing goes ON.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-06

Hon. Dorman g. Eaton occupied Rev
Robert Collyer's pulpit in the Church Of the
Messiah, New York city, at the rhanksgiy
ing day service last week. giving half
hour address on civil service reform Mr.
Eaton believes that the people are thor
oughly aroused ON the subject of this re
form and that they will support it and all
measures tending to establish it as soon as
they understand its true effects lie sees
in ballot reform great gain to civil service
reform, and believes that the establishment
Of ballot reform throughout the country
would he the death blow Of the spoils sys-
TEN Mr. Eaton believes that both Pres-
dent Cleveland aud President Harrison
were in earnest in meaning to eXempliy in
their administrations the highest ground in
behalf Of the reform, but that they were
driven from this ground by "the incessant
assaults Of the confederated forces Of the
spoils system. The friends Of the reform,
Mr. Eaton said, are not confined to either
political party and should the majority of
the Republican party see fit to reject the
reform. he believes that the Democratic
would find itself compelled "to take it NJ
and go with it before the people in the next
presidential election 80
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-06

Mr.. c. b. Hyde, mail agent ON the mar
row gauge railroad, died at his HON. i'm
this village last Monday, at 80 p. Nj. He
has been i'll for some time with heart ais
ease, but died quite suddenly at last. H.
was very quiet man, but one who will h.
greatly missed He leaves wife to mourn
his loss
There we're six young ladies' baptized at
the Baptist church last Sunday morning.
Wednesday evening the Christian I'm
deavor society celebrated its first anniyer
sary at the Baptist vestry 4 good enter
taInment was provided, after which re
freshments were served
AIRS John Aiken is very sick with pneu
monia, and Mr.. Aiken is in very poor
health.
There is a good deal of sickness here nov,
and DIR, Milington is kept very busy.
Mrs, DIR. Millington and two childrsn
start on Thursday for few weeks ,isit at
her old home in Pnttsville, Penn
John Greenwood spent "a few DAYS, in
Guiding Thanksgiving day, at his home in
Io"nshend. We understand that he i, To
stay another year with Mr. Chase
Mrs A. r. Cudworth has returned from
her visit to York state, and is murh inn
proved in health
Mr. Asel Fuller aud Miss Emma French
were married on Thanksgiving day AT the
home of the brides brother. Mr Elmer
French 10y Rev Mr. BRYANT
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-06
pre.iasn, mnrri.on,. Me..nge.

President Iarrisun's first annual mes
sage is very long document. If printed
in full it would cover more than page
of The Phoenix, and we presume none
of our readers will object because We have
summarized its less important portions and
have only presented in full what the Exec
utlve SAYS on topics of immediate public in
terest OF these the first in order is the
financial question. The President urges
prompt measures to reduce the treasury
receipts and an immediate revision of the
tariff along the lines of the protective pol
icy of the Republican party He would
have the tobacco tax removed, and the tax
un spirits used in manufactures and the
arts, if this latter can be done safely.
The Democratic clumor about our pen
sion system does not deter Mr. Harrison
from declaring for broad and liberal poll
cy toward the veterans of the late war.
The substance of his declaration is that he
would favor putting ON the pension list all
hunorahly discharged soldiers who are de
pendent ON their own labor for support,
but are prevented 10y disease or casualty
from earning living
The utterance of the message ON the
question of civil service reform will give
no comfort 10 the spoilsnen The Presi.
dent not only promises to administer the
law faithfully, tut makes several recon-
mendatiuns of "a practical kind in the direc
ton of an advancement Of the reform,
No part of the message bears evidence of
more careful consideration than that which
is devoted To the negro question and the
Importance of assuring to the colored race
Il free ballot and fair count The logic
Of the Presidents direct and uncomprom-
ising declaration on this subject is irresisti-
bile, Nothing could be more true or more
evident than that the wrong does not ex-
pend itself upon those whose votes are sup
pressed, and when every part of the coun-
try wakes up 10 a full realization of the
fact that every constituency in the Union
is wronged' by this systematic suppression
of rightful votes, we shall see AN earnest
aud effective movement made to correct
this shameful evil,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-06
An Erroneous Impression.

1t appears to he a fact that many eastern
people have gained IA wrong impression
from the stories Of restitution in the new
states of Dakota which have lately been
published. The reader is likely to get the
impression that the destitution is general
while such is by no means the case. Much
of this wrong impression arises from the
fact that there is not proper appreciation
Of the magnitude of the area covered by
the Dakotas, 80 that, while one section of
this great area may have been unfavorably
affected other sections have not suffered at
all This latter is, in fact, exactly what
has happened. 1t is true that in Ramsey
county in the Devils Lake region, and on
the Missouri slope in the west, two years of
drouth have been disastrous for the farmers
who went in there with small means and
they are in need of assistance, but in the
Red River valley region the season has been
one of abundant crops and general prosper
ity recent Grand Forks letter, print
ed in the Springfield Republican, says that
the Northwest as an entirety has had
counties in particular are ON more solid
financial footing than at any time before
since their settlement The farmers are do
ing well and are able to help their needy
neghbors at the west This years total
wheat crop Of the great Northwest of Min
nesota and Dakota will reach the enormous
aggregate of S5,OOO 600 or 10000, 900
bushels.
Enquiry made at the office of the Yer
mont Loan and Trust company in this place
confirms this favorable report, for it is
stated that the interest on the company's
loans in the section in question has been
paid with unusual promptness, 1t is mat
ter of justice to have this correction made,
for it is not pleasant to think of the new
state of North Dakota coming into the I'm
ion with her people in II condition Of gener-
al restitution
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-06

The Republicans of Ward II, in Boston,
tried on Monday the experiment of con
Quoting a caucus on the Australian ballot
system, and it worked like "a charm So
pleased we're those who attended with the
manner in which the business was trans
acted, that more than two-thirds Of them
signed a petition for the continuance of
this system, requesting the city committee
to So modify its rules as to provide for it as
permanent arrangement The rules pro
vided that the polls should he kept open
from O'Clock 2. NJ until . O'Clock that
ballot should he provided by the ward com
mittee on the Australian plan, bearing, in
alphabetical order, the names of all candi
dates who had been proposed by not less
than ten votes, aud the nomination filed
with the committee not less than - honrs
before the opening of the caucus; that the
check list should bee used that the names
of the persons mdorsing each nominee
should be furnished 10 the voters, aud that
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-06
Ne Vvfane.

Miss Kate Underwood writes Of n pleas
ant voyage to the Bermudas and June
weather ON arrival.
Miss A. l.. Kenny brings back record of
refreshing visits in Worcester, Springfield
and Amherst
Some 80 persons were ON the "mirthful
side OF life at Union hall Monday evening
led thereto by Rev f. II. Parry in his lee
ture, which had good bits Of instruction
mingled with the merriment.
j, II. Myers Of Moody's school spent
the thanksgiving holidays IN this place.
Blind John spent Thanksgiving in town.
W. n. Chase has resigned as constable
and collector ON account of sickness.
PLEASANT WEDDING CELEBRATION.
The gathering Thanksgiving eysnin,, at
the residence of Mr.. Davidson, Wind6am
County bank treasurer, was most Meas
ant affair The Sunday school had desired
To take special note of Superintendent Da.
Wilson's birthday, and AS the same date was
the 10Th anniversary of Mr.. aud Mr.,
Davidson's wedding, relatives and family
friends with the Sunday school quietly made
the occasion a double surprise % the co,Ipls
with suitable testimonials of regard, and
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-06
A GOOD SUGGESTION

+. ". Moseley, If Clinton. la a man
many Years resident in Vermont. WRITES AS
follows IN recent private letter, about the
work of the maple sugar exchange
unr of these days hop, to mud time To write
up something about the Importance Of increasing
the production of maple sugar and syrup ia Yer
mont, and of bringing the general make p to the.
standard IN quality | had thought Of a maple
sugar exchange, or something of the kind b-for,.
the one you have in Brattrhoro was started II
there could h- some Kind ~ maple exhibit in
Chicago something to rducate the western p,.n-
pie up 10 a know ledge Of what a good article is
II would be- "A great medium for advertising Yer.
mont maple products. OF course old Nerm0utprs
m the west know good maple goods and like them
but mann western people say they do not like
Them, aud the rraSun is, In my opinion b.-cais..
They have never seen good pure articlr
The suggestion here made will doubtless
he Of benefit Ia the managers Of the ex-
change. 1t will be remembered that in
recent issue We copied letter written by
Mr.. Moseley to the New England Farmer
IN which he pointedly repealed the charge
Of Huard's Dairynan that Vermont farmers
are an old fogyish and gone to seed class.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-06
PERSONAL

Miss Alice Cross formerly Of Brattle
horn, has recently gone from O,wego. y.
\ ., to cambridge, tia - here she has "A po-
Sitlon HS ,tenographer aud tyIew ritter in a
prominent law office
Mr. Henry NJ Burt. an old time Brattl.-
huro newspaper man. was in town yest-r
day gathering material for IN article ON Mr..
Crowell and the Household. to be- printed i'm
an early number of the Paper World Of
Springfield
Mr.. Lucieu Howe aud Nj, Mary are
likely to he seen in Brattlehoro for tim,
before the winter Is far advanced
Mrs. Rychen of Cincinnati with her two
children, is spending few wrrks with her
sister, Mrs f. j. Parry
Miss Nellie Cohleigh. formerly of Brat
tlehoro, daughter of the late Frank D.
Cobleigh of the Record aud Farmer was
married last week 10 II C. Chaplin ui the
Westiield, Mass Valley Echo
Mr. and Mrs Charles Bingham we're call
ed 10 Newport, y. H., Wednesday hy the
death Of Mrs. Bingham's mother
Herbert T. Whitney of Fitchhurg. Mass
visited his father julius Whitney. last
week
Frank r. 4. Dyer Of Ilrrington. kansas.
the well-knuwn conductor of the Rock
Island railroad, is visiting hi, sister. MIR,
H. b. l.arkn
The people who went to California last
spring ON Badger excursion were pleas
antly entertained 10y Mrs II II. Jul Tues
day evening,
Mrs. Jennie Putnam of Worcester. Mass
is visiting at Hiland Haskms's..
,ludsOn Stafford has ,soua =, ~. N.,,.I- ,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-06
STATE y EWS.

Edward d. Blackwell, for the past nine
years cashier of the Montpelier national
bank, and for -four years previous cashier
of the national bank at Barre, has ten
dered his resignation, to take effect Dec
81, and accepted position with the Thorn
son Houston electric company, Boston.
Rev William b. Buckingham, rector Of
Trinity church at Rutland has resigned,
owing To i'll health.
A boiler in the quarry Of Roberts q
Owen at Fair Haven exploded with terrific
force Wednesday, being thrown over 100
feet into the air and landing in lot 300
feet away. Morris Francis was blown
about 80 feet aud had one of his legs bro
ken, and John Owens was blown 100 feet
and severely injured. The same day Vii
liam Jones in the Hazard slate quarry at
Fair Haven was instantly killed, his head
being caught between rock and cart.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-06

in every way possible the voters should
have the greatest opportunity for full aud
free expression Of their wishes There
was no rush or crowding at the caucus, the
voting proceeded with deliberations and
every candidate stood an equal chance with
ever, other candidate There j, no man
who believes in straight aud above-board
methods in polite, but will approve thi, as
a move in the right direction
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-06
GrRfton.
ARREST OF An AILyGrp FIRE sro


George Ray living in the edge Of this
town, was arrested on Monday evening
last by special agents of the international
secret service ON states attorneys com
plant and warrant, charging him with
burning the buildings belonging 10 his
father, Abel Ray, at East Wallingford in
June, 1883, He was taken TO the house of
correction at Rutland for safe keeping. his
case being set for hearing ON SATURDAY,
next, at . A. NJ, and bail being fixed at
SsOOO. This fire was the first of sig at
East Wallingford, which finally aroused
the authorities TO offer a series of small re
wards for the arrest aud conviction of the
fire bugs. Ray removed To Grafton soon
after his fathers buildings were burned in
June, 1888.
Supervisor c. p Hall will hold all educa
tional meeting in the town hall next Thurs
day evening at 1880. All are invited.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-06
A No,nhIr Achievement.

The New York Sun speaks entirely with
in bounds when it says of the Christmas
number of Harper's Monthly that more
distinguished example of monthly peri
odcal was never printed. In illustration
it surpasses all previous achievements, and
in text it is IA compressed anthology of the
best of contemporary writing. In the his
tory of the modern magazine, the Amer
lean magazine, the Christmas number of
Harper's marks the latest stride upward,
and great stride Prospectuses of the
Harper periodicals are printed in this issue
of the phrniN
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-06

The village school opened Monday with
Nr. Field of Walpole, y H., as teacher
Miss Rose Shattuck is teaching in district
No. g. and W Gibson in district No /.
DR. and Mrs. Woodward were very pleas
antly and completely surprised Nov. 95th.
it being the 18th anniversary of their mar
riage, by friends aud neighbors. W l.
Gibson, III his pleasant wEy, presented them.
in behalf of some of the meighbors with
very handsome decorated dinner set and
other useful gifts Cake and coffee were
served, aud the evening passed pleasantly
with games and singing .-Sjngr
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-06

IL has hecume the custom of late with
some of our leading state papers, To sound
note of warning with regard to the in
vestment of Eastern funds in Western
mortgages, aud to say that the state is be-
ing drained IN this way of money which
ought to he kept at home aud invested or
used for the benefit of home enterprises
and of our home people That there is
wisdom and truth in what is thus said we
have NO doubt, but We believe far greater
danger now menace, our Vermont people
In the persistent aud shrewdly managed at
trmpts which are being made to induce the
investment Of Vermont capital in land com
pauy schemes and other similar ventures in
the south We do not mean at all 10 say
that the South docs not afford a. good
field ior Investment a. the West for We
anticipate that some Of the most remArka
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-06


The sound, of laughter that issued from
Red Mems hall last Muudn, evening would
hardly have led a person To suppose. that
the subject under consideration there wa,
50 grave an one rs "Eptaphs but such
vas the fact that being the subject tor the
second lecture IN the Industrial union
course and Re, Mr. Collin, the speaker
Mr. Collins said that the fact that the step
from the sublime tu the ridiculuu, is IA
short one Is never more plainly shown than
10y visit to some old graveyard and such
visit reminds us that the generation pre-
redIug ~ not only had strange ideas in the
choice of last resting places but also m the
choice OF the words to bee craven un their
headstnnes
The earliest specimens of the epitaph
"rre found, a. uhr might SUPPOSE. ~ Egypt
placed upon the case which enclosed the
body, and ~ the form Of prayers to Isis
and Osiris rather than Of a personal char
acter The Greeks followed next. their
epitaphs being strong contrast tn those u
Egypt both in style and matter. while those
of the Romans were usually mere state
ments Of facts, with no attempt at graceful
expression Examples Of some Of these
were read, showing the thought, enter
tanned by the anceuts on the subject Of
Heath and also showing, like all other form,
IT literature, the religious character Of the
people II wa, not until the reign IF Elil
abeth that the English epitaph made It,
appearance, until then the classic language,
having been considered the only fitting ones
for such compositions. Mr. Collins SAID
that the mirth provoking inscriptions which
We often see IN print are not composed for
the purpose Of creating laugh but are
usually copied from actual rpitaphs. aud
sustained his statement 10y reading from his
own collection specimens than which it
would he hard to find anything more ali.
>urd This formed the main portion uf the
lecture, the epitaphs being largely copied
lay the speaker himself from old headstones
or gathered for him by friends who know
his fundnes> for sepulchra lore, and in
cluded specimens from many parts Of our
own country, from England. Spain aud
other European countries The first given
were the famous ones ON the Tute and
Strattun families, from the old burial
grounds in Vernon, and these were followed
10y others equally quaint, some witty. some
sarcastic, Others serving the double porpo,e
Of recording the death and advertising the
business Which the deceased left behind
HIM, still others suggested 10y the former
occupation of the person whose virtues
they pointed nut Eptnphs humorous or
ptherW Use, from the pen If Milton. Byron.
Pope, benjamin Franklin and others were
also read, and altogether an evening Of
much enjoyment was furnished those for.
tunate enough to be present.