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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-02-28

These twenty little digits and pedal al-
pendages of baby's require a deal of look
ing after else they may cause much suffer
ing. The tiny nails break and tear so east
" they need close watch kept over them
that no sharp little point is left TO cruelty
scratch baby's face or to stab and goad the
tender flesh of adjacent toes 1t is not al
ways colicky pains that make baby scream
and kick. Maybe he is suffering from a
vicious little dagger of a toe nail that with
every squirm of the active foot gives tor
turing prod into its neighbor Twice, at
least, after one of our babies had cried it.
self to sleep with pain or worriment that !
could not find to relieve, hard as tried, !
discovered a long hair tightly wound about
strangled toe, cruelty cutting into the
sensitive flesh Another time we found a
a sharp edged bit of chip-clinging, proba-
bly,, to a turned sock when baby was dressed
that morning-wedged between two pink
toes, tanning them till they had blistered.
No wonder baby had a worrisome day.
As baby grows older and boots take the
place Of soft wool socks, care must be Civ
en- that the fast growing little feet are not
cramped by too small boots Even dainty
kid can goadingly pinch and chafe the ten
der flesh, and if the boot is too short, bar.
barously double the flexible, helpless toes
under themselves, causing baby much wall
ing distress, which we in our ignorance try
to relieve with generous doses of castor
oil and catnip tea
a creeping child is apt to wound its
hands with slivers from floor or furniture,
and they should often be examined La
dies Home Journal
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-02-28

Dr. Twitchel, in a recent article in the
Maine Farmer, gives the following as one
of the many reasons why the grange is a
blessing to farmers Before the grange
came it was a well authenticated fact that
the per cent of farmers committed to the
insane asylum was greater, in proportion
to their number, than of any other class
In conversation with the writer, Dr. Har
low, for so many years the superintendent
of our state asylum, once stated that he
could see no way to check this tendency
save by breaking IN upon the routine life
and relieving the minds of that worry and
exhaustion natural to those who are not
brought into constant contact with others
engaged in the same line of operations.
The isolation of so many farmers, the fixed
ness of habits of work, and the growing
tendency 10 withdraw more and more from
others, were cited as chief causes for the
breaking down of the mental faculties
Doubtless another cause has been the want
of method, the misapplication of the forces
Of mind and body, and, MS "a result the
falling into habits Of worry because there
was wanting "A high ideal.
The coming of the grange awoke in the
minds of many fresh love for society, and
broke in upon the dull, monotonous life of
the farm 1t aroused men to the fact that
more and better work could he accomplish
ed 10y coming together and spending a few
hours regularly in social aud intellectual
improvement than was possible before, and
that the friction of mind against mind in
discussion, was direct help TO farm work
Gradually there has followed, as the result
of grange work, steady decrease in the
per cent Of commitments from the ranks Of
those actively engaged in agricultural pur-
suits. Surely this fact fully proves that the
grange is a blessing 70 the farmers of Maine.
II, during the sixteen wears of its exist.
ence in the state, the order Of Patrons of
Husbandry has been instrumental in reliev-
ing the mental strain and changing the
current leading % insanity, it has been
one of the richest inheritances into which
the farmers could have entered.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-02-28
THE HOUSEHOLD.


want TO say "a word about nervous chill
dreu Don't scod and make fun Of them.
They suffer enough without your threats or
sarcasm Don't let them know you see
their awkwardness when in company, or
their grimaces when alone a case was
recently reported Of a boy ten wears old,
who. on being vexed. and often without
any apparent provocation, will clinch his
hands and make the most frightful contor-
tions Of the muscles Of his face and head
till his poor mother fears he is idiotic But
this is not true. for he is the brightest boy
IN his class at school. fond Of reading and
Of natural history but he is Of a highly
nervous temperament, and has not been
taught TO control the little wires so to
speak, ON which he is strung This is no
single case There are thousands of chill
dren who give way to their nerves in a sim
liar fashion. Never whip them, but talk
to them about these curious little strings,
that should be made their servants not
their masters a prominent physician in
this city says the man or woman who whips
IA nervous child should for every blow Civ
en- receive FIVE and is on a level with brutes
that have no reason. 1t Is our duty to en-
courage and help them. BE patient with
them. They are the making Of our future
successful men and women, for they will
work hard at whatever they undertake
Brace up your own nerves first, and then
be indulgent toward the capers of your
over-nervous children - Christian Union.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-02-28

! wonder if all mothers know that baby
likes to be turned over after he has slept
for an hour or two on one side When he
stretches and wriggles. and finally, per
haps, cries out, try turning him on his 9th
err side or almost on his back. and see if he
does not relapse into another sound nap
without further effort on your part Do
not forget to turn the pillow over also
sometimes. The one or two year old who
wakes in bed, rubbing his fists into his
sleepy eyes, feels, perhaps, hot ard uncom-
Portable Try turning the pillow If he
is like some children the writer knows of.
he will wait for the sound Of the turning
pillow and then drop back on it into a re
newed sleep. Remember also to keep a
child's clothes smooth under him Draw
ing down the rumpled night clothes and
smoothing the cover has much to do with
quieting the restless tossings of the little
sleeper - BdbvhOOd
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-02-28

The First National Bank of Brooklyn Is
the only bank in Brooklyn, n. y, or the
metropolitan district which has number
of women among its clerks They are EN-
ployed III counting money, making up the
exchange lists for the clearing house. and
in other clerical duties The president Of
this bank says that the special advantage
which is found in the employment of
women is their reliability. They keep reg
ular hours, they are in all WAYS to be de
pended on, and whatever is put into their
hands Is safe They have a sense of re
sponsihility which creates feeling of Sc
curity in their employers
Chicagos great auditorium cost s., 700,
600. Under its roof is a theatre capable of
seating 1000 people large hotel reel
tatlon hall, a oanqueting hall and other
rooms. There are 10, 600 electric lights in
the building served by 23O miles of electric
wire, there are % miles of gas and water
pipes, 81 pumping engines and ID elevators
Clara Barton, the famous philauthropist
and the head Of the Red Cross society, is a
good shot with either rifle or shotgun
Boulanger has'been failure socially, in
the Island of Jersey.
George Francis Train, the noted crank
Is perfecting plans for 80 days trip around
the world.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-02-28

Charles l.. Flint says on the subject of
the subject of the relationship existing be-
tween the COW and her calf If the calf
is soon to be taken away, l should prefer
not 20 suffer the COW 60 become attached to
il at all since she is apt 20 withhold her milk
when it is removed and loss is sustained.
Some object 10 removing the calf in this
way on the ground Of it, apparent cruelty
But the objections TO letting the calf suckle
the COW for several days, as they do, or in
deed, Of leaving it with the COW for any
length of time, is that she invariably be
comes attached 20 il and frets and with
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-02-28

Good orange lands with water right
for irrigation can now be- bought
for $50 per acre--iu acres will
cost ........ .............
Clearing, blowing and leveling ..
Cost OF budded orange trees INavels
three year roots and one year
buds 1000 al % cents ........
Setting out same ........
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-02-28

They tell of the summer fairies,
That dance where the flowers grow.
But no one sings OF the lovely things
lu winter, nor where they GO
So looked one day when the SNOW lay deep
To see II the fairies were all asleep
And there in the woods found them;
Snug meath hemoCk tree
Where the bOughs hung low. 90 keep ont the snow
With the spnrrOws for company.
Aud fire Of pine cones burned near by,
To keep the fairies warm and dry
Their little coats were woven
From needles Of the pine.
And all In green sat the fairy queen,
With a cloak Ut mosses fine
The dry gray moss that you always see
on the shady side Of the old oak tree.
They wore no tiny slippers
Upon their feet so small
But little snowshOes such as people use
That they may not slip nor fall.
Aud these were made-fur looked 10 see
OF the inner bark Of the white birch tree
And what were they doing Wv ask you
Why, half could not say.
For some astride on the boughs did ride
And all was bright and CAV
Some were dancing and some hrewed tea
From the scented spines of the hemlOck tree
So that's how they live In winter,
When all Is ice and snow
II you would see. too, that my tale is true,
A hunting them yOu must 90.
But can direct YOU 20 the spot,
For the path took I've quite forgot
Youth Is Communion
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-02-28
Aninni. nnh m. Linn.

was talking the other day says New
York Press writer, with a gentleman Just
returned from long trip through the
South, when he told me about innumerabe
fires in the open air which he saw as the
train swept across Alabama and Georgia at
night. 1t seemed, he said, as if there was
a bonfire III front of every country man
sion. c. H. Parmelee, a former southern
er, now living here, to whom ! mentioned
this observation, said To me why, ne
was Just about right There is IA bonfire
III front OF nearly every country mansion
in the South at night 1t is located some
distance from the house, and is built to
gather the mosquitoes and insects, which fy
TO the light, and leave the people sitting on
the porches in comfort That is one of the
oldest and most common practices in the
South Animals as well as insects are at
tracted by fire, you know. a horse will
dash headlong into fire at night, and when
stables catch fire the only way TO save the
animals is to bliudfod them with blankets "
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-02-28

The North Adams Transcript SAYS Mrs.
Z. d. Tyler has pitcher plant that Is at
tracing attention from lovers Of flowers.
1t was taken up from swamp late last fal
and transferred 70 iiower-pot, and it
makes a unique and beautiful house plant
The plant derives its name from the shape
Of Its leaves, which are formed ike little
pitchers and will hold water as well From
the centre of this one a stem has shot NJ
about foot high, and at the top Is deli
cate and beautiful blossom Many have
called at the house 70 see 1t, and all are de
lighted with the curious flower which be
longs TO the family of orchids 1t grow,
wild IN marshy places and is quite common
III some localities but, SO far a. known
TINS Is the first attempt that has been mad,
TO domestlcate it, and Mrs. Tylers succes,
Is likely TO result in giving it a recognized
place in the list of favorite house plants
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-02-28

holds her milk when il is at last removed
from her She probably suffers a great
deal more after this attachment is once
formed. at the removal Of the object of 10,
than she does at its heing taken at once out
Of her sight The cows memory is far
greater than many suppose and the loss
and injury sustained 10y removing the calf
after 1t has been allowed 10 suck her for o
longer or shorter period Is never known
exactly, because it is not usually known
how much milk the calf takes, but 1t is
without doubt very considerable. II the
udder is all right there seems To be no good
reason for leaving the calf with the COW
two or three days, if it is then to be taken
away American Cultirdtor
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-02-28

Possibly the attention of very few moth
ers has been directed to the Importance Of
the position Of their childrens beds With
certain orderly, careful mothers a small
alcove adjoining their sleeping room is gen
orally considered suitable, leaving the main
room so much freer for other uses. But
to what fate are we consigning our child
when we exile him to the alcove Here
turks all the stale, vitiated, or, as we might
say, dead air, undisturbed by the freer
currents Of the main room. The child
breathing this air night after night expe-
riences a loss Of vitality, a tendency to
colds, and lauguid depressed condition
IN the morning, quite different from the
refreshed awakening in pure air 1t has
been demonstrated that the beds nearest
walls in hospitals have the highest rate of
mortality, they being subject to influences
OF polluted air similar to the nlcove Of the
bedroom. The existence of bad ventila-
ton around the corners and sides of rooms
has been so well demonstrated that it has
already given rise to the building of rotun
da hospitals, where the current of air
along the floors rises as it reaches the wall.
etfectually ventilating the whole
The practice of having the beds made
early in the morning, almost as soon as its
occupants are up, is q very bad practice
indeed All the exhalations from the skin
during the night are shut in beneath the
sheets, and are breathed in again when the
little ones are once more put to bed Let
the beds be thoroughly aired each day Dc
not heap on great loads of comfortables in
the winter, as the weight of them some
times weakens the sleepers myself have
gotten up from such bed feeling sore il
every limb just from the weight of. tn,
covers yet l couldn't have gone without q
single one. II l had. freezing would hay,
been the cost. Use blankets. Two hgh'
wool blankets, though apparently thin, vii
contain more warmth than three or foul
heavy comforts, wadded with cottor
batting -Erchdnge.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-02-28
FOR SALE.
One of the Finest Residences in
BTattlebOrO.

ON one of the best streets four minutes walk
IRON tine fusi-oiiice, ON corner lot with over
l2b feet OF land. This house Is new and has never
bren occupied It is ~ stories with neat and
tasty bay windows and piazzas and has an EN-
trance from two streets. The inside Is well ar
ranged for two families and entirely seIerate or
eau b. thrown together Tor one nice residence
lhere are 10 large, Wellighted rooms with closets
Tor every room Everything from the cellar up
~ furnished % first class SHAPE Down stairs the
purlor and hal are finished m cherry: dining room
Kitchen, bed room and bath room la ash and one
back bed room IN white wool Upstairs the rooms
are similarly finished and there Is a sewing room
ia CHERRY The downstairs paTlor and dining
room have tireplGcrs, with handsome mantels
me building Is heated throughout by steam from
NlctuT boiler, put in by John Anderson The
plumbing was done hy Calvin. and hot and cold
water can hr drawn un both floors Electric Wirrs
arr strung 10 all parts of the house, and. IN fact
y mas all the modern improvements aud is ready
lpr housekeeping today. " IN be- snd at a bargain
II taken az once. Anyone wishing one OF the best
noIs's III hraltlehoro eau obtain fun particulars
ana price 10y enquiriug OF
N. IA. WHITE.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-02-28

From tine Barton Monitor
Somebody sends US paper from the West
which copies an article from an eastern pa
per, which speaks Of abandoned farms %
and the western journal seems to exult IN
the fact that there are abandoned farms in
the East. We have in our possession an
other paper from the West one page Of
which is almost completely filled with no
tees of mortgage sales of farms and real
estate Some large farms are up at auc
ton on which there is claimed to be less
than 500 due on the mortgage We will
let one western paper offset the other We
regret, however, that there is an abandoned
farm IN Vermont whose former occupant.
perchance, is away out West somewhere
struggling 10 relieve himself from a mort
gage debt on his prairie home
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-02-28
CaIarrh.


ItTTUT TFIWT IHTTI HuU FtUfT- I NrT Homo
Treatment
Sufferers are not generally aware that these dis
eases are contagious, or that they arr due 10 the
presence OF living parasites In the lining mem
hrane OF the nose and eustaChiau tubes MlCruscOp-
ic research has proved this 10 be "a fact and the
result Of this discovery II that simple remedy mas
been formulated whereby catarrh. catarrhal deaf
Ness and hay lever are permanently cured in from
one 10 three simple applications made at home by
the patient once IN two weeks
n. Is This treatment is not a snuff or an Oint
nent both have been discarded 10y reputable
physicians as Injurious. A pamphlet explaining
thls new treatment Is sent free on receipt OF
STAMP To pay postage, by A H. Dixon x Son, S37
ana $50 West King Street Toronto, Canada
ChriStidH ADVOCATE
Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles should care
fully read the above
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-02-28

Auu that he has for sale dentnfrice identical
with or containing ingredients equalling or su-
perlur IN efficacy 70 those Of SOZODONT, disCredt
the statement and insist upon having that alone.
By doing so you Will secure dentrifrice mar eN-
celence the best in the market, containing botanic
elements Of rare prrservative influence upon the
teeth, and one which will endow them with most
becoming wilderness. Another desirable feature
Of this staple toilet article that il imparts fra
GRANGE 10 the breath Sold by druggists
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-02-28
SLEEPLESS NIGHTS.
Why No Many People wake In the
merning Feeliug Mere Tired Than
On Refining.

WA 30 Many People wake In the
merning FeeliuR Mere Tired Than
On Retiring.
Sleeplessness Is a rapid road to the insane asy
hum Madness with completely shattered
brain and nerves stares n the face that IN
fortunate who passes wRkcfui, restless. ts.--
ing niEhts, No greater calamity can befall
person than TO become seepless What wonder
that there are so many shattered nerves tired
brains aud debiii aed bodies when we consider the
thousands upon thousands who pass sleepless or
disturbed nights and rise mornings feeling ia
descrtbably miserable, dragged cut and
scarcely able TO face the days work What won.
der that no many rise mornings from their beds
where they have lain with weary lids and sleepless
eyes tossing from side to side. or simply catching
short. undressing maps filled with dreams. feel.
ing heurvhedded, irritable, with pale face. hag
gard looks and dU hearyriHgcd eBes and 20
about their daily employment with tired linn BE-
exhausted energies, nerveless and nn-
biiisnless.
Myriads Of people thus allow themselves to drift
toward the awful verge Of insanity, suicide,
Hoftening of the brain, paralysis. idiocy,
etc, without knowing or realizing the fearful
consequences. Men allow care anxiety or bust
ness troubles To drive sleep from their eyelids.
while women with unstning nerves and excitable
temperament pass hours upon hours each night
iu sleepess, RESTLESS misery
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-02-28
The Ora-Fs.hioned wip,sr. are Rest.

Prom the Boston Globe
Some people are always wishing for a
mild and open season from Thanksgiving 20
Easter, and it can be fairly said that they
have had two of them IN succession Will
they reckon all up and say how they like it,
Can they say they have enjoyed as good
sound health as when the air is crisp, the
wind blows sharp, and the energies are
compelled to make a vigorous resistance
Are intiuenzas, rheumatisns and catarrhs
a satisfying substitute for the dry, cold and
hracing atmosphere that packs all the ice
houses and makes tobogganing, and snow
show tramping and ice palace carnivals
possible We doubt it, The rough truth
about it is that we are accliDated in a lati
tude that regularly provides snug and snow
bound winters and only irregularly per
mits such genial, but strange, interlopers
as these last two. Take US as an entire
population, we are harder manlier. more
vigorous and energetic in consequence of
these rigid but wholesome conditions than
IT we all fled to Florida right after Thanks
giving, 10 come back only with the oriole.
in MAY
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-02-28

Young wives who have old husbands will be
glad 70 know that a New York physician offers 10
cure snoring for ten dollars: hut DR. Bulls Cough
Syrup will cure throGts and colds for - cents
For neuralgia, rheumatism, govt burns and
wounds use salvation Oh. Price p cents a bottle.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-02-28

Those persons who do not need Iron, but who
are troubled with nervousness and dyspepsia will
ind IN Carter's Little Nerve Pills most desirable
article They ART mostly used In combination with
Carter Little Liver Pills, and In this way often
exert most magical effect Take Just one pill of
each kind Immediately after eating and you will
be free from Indigestion and dyspepsia In vials
at % cents Try them
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-02-28

Prevent tendency 10 wrinkles or aging of the
skin by using LEAUAEII.E on Preserves IA youth
tul, plump, fresh condition OF the features Pre-
vents whitening of the skin, dryingup of the flesh
develops the bust Prevents chapping crackin
keeps skin soft, smooth, 81 Druggists, OF pre-,
paid boy express. h. s. Wells, Jersey City, n J.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-02-28

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.
lis sold everywhere.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-02-28
Children Cry for Pitchers Castorla

When baby was sick, we gave her CAstoria
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-02-28

To regain your health II you are broken down
and suffering from nervous prostratiOns will
tell you That cured me after suffering for months
used two bottles Of Sulphur Buffers and now 1
am well man.-C. Stiles, BoOkkeeper, Canton
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-02-28

All medical authorizes agree that catarrb ia no
more nor less than an Inflammation of the linine,
membrane Of the nasal air passages Nasal ca-
tarrh ana all catarrhal affections of the head are
not diseases Of the blood and il is a serious mis-
take 20 treat them as such No conscientious
physician ever attempts 10 do So. Il is held nv
eminent medical men that sooner or later some
speclhc viii he found for every disease from which
humanity suffers. The facts justify as in assuln
ing that for catarrh at least positive cure ALREADY
exists IN Ely's Cream Balm
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-02-28

Advice 10 hOthcrs.--MRs. WINsLow's SooTH-
ING SYRUP should always be- used when children
are cutting teeth. IL relieves the little sufferer at
once; Il produces natural quiet sleep by relieving
the enid from pain, and the little cherub awakes
as bright as button II Is very pleasant 10
TASTE II soothes the gums allays all pain. relieves
VIM, regulates the bowels, and is the best known
rem sdy for diarrhma, whether arising from teeth
inf OF other causes, TWENTY-FIVE cents A hottie