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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17
A sler, Of mornce GreeIer.
Told by Chauncey NJ. Depew in a speech Def
the Buffalo Press Club

Told by Chauncey NJ Depew in a speech before
the Buffalo Press Club
To interrupt Horace Greeley when he
was in the throes of bringing forth an ed
itorial-an editorial which has never been
equalled in the journalism of America-an
editorial which was a slogan for his party,
thunderbolt for his foes-was danger
which no friend no enemy, none but fool
dared to encounter. | was once in his cd
itorial sanctum when the fool was there.
To relieve your apprehensions, l was not
the fool But he was one of those itinerant
and persistent gentlemen with a subscrip-
ton book. He kept presenting it while old
Horace was writing-as most of you re-
member, with his pen away up to his chin
like this Gllustrating), and Horace had a
habit, when anyone would interfere, of
kicking, and so he kicked at the subscription
fiend. Finally, when he saw he could not
get rid of the intruder by this means, he
stopped in the middle of a sentence, turned
round and said raspingly, in that shrill voice
of his
"What do you want State it quick, and
state it in the fewest possible words
well, said the subscription iend, II
want subscription, Mr. Greeley, 10 pre-
vent thousands of my fellow human beings
from going TO hell
Said Mr.. Greeley, 81 won't give you d
damned cent, There don't half enough 90
there now"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17
A distant relation-an account commu

distant relation-an account commu
nicated through the telephone.
The man who is 'alone with his thoughts"
often is surrounded by the deepest solitude.
Rome Sentinel.
He has not lived in vain who finds out
before he dies what fool he has been.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Women rarely are great inventors, though
they are often the first to discover new
wrinkles. .-Tei1e Hdute Press.
A man in Illinois has Just married his
sixth wife. Every one of his wives
brought him a farm, and he is now one of
the largest landed proprietors in this
country. This shows that marriage is a
great success if it is managed properly
and that if a man sticks to that business
as well as any other he is bound to come
out ahead in the end-Redding Herald,
Old lawyer-"I cannot take your case
Circumstantial evidence is so strong against
you that it will be impossible to prove your
innocence
Prisoner-"B But am not innocent. l am
guilty"
oh Then maybe can clear you
Ne,r York Weekly.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17

the work Of the hands and the invention of
the brain now stilled First set un on
those poor walls forty years ago and d"sti.
tute Of the later improvements, its mouth
piece and rusty wires bore eloquent wit
ness TO the boundess possibilities Of wealth
which others had reaped at his expense:
and Of the poverty which had been his
earthly lot-the too common poverty Of in
ventors. 1t was the irony Of fate: but
reflected, with Anne Bulen:
"'Tis better
To range with humble livers In content
Than TO be perk'd up in a clustering grief,
And wear a golden sorrow."
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17

was for Union, ou. agin it,
Pears like, to me, zach side was winner,
Lookin' at Now and all ats in it,
Le' g 90 to dinner
Le' 4 kind o jes set down together
And do some partnership forgittin'-
Talk, say, for instance, bout the weather
. Er somepin fittin'
The War, you know, s all done and ended.
And amt changed no pints o. the compass:
Both North and South the health s ies splendid
- As fore the rumpus
The old farms and the old plantations
still occipies Their old positions
Le' s git back to old situations
And old ambitions
Le' s let up on this blame Internal.
Tongue-lashin' aud lap.iacket vauntin,
And git back home to the eternal
Cam We re a-wantn'
Peace kind o sort o suits my diet
When WDheH does my cookin' for me-
Ther was mt overly much pie eat
Durn' the Army.
Jomes Hhdconb Riieg in the Century.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17

The special announcement which appeared in
our columns some time since, announcing a spec
ial arrangement with Or, h. j. Kendall Co, OF
Enosburg Falls, Vt, publishers Of "A Treatise on
s,iha, Ssr u snahd tn o,ain co1, oH nf sbs,
valuable work free by sending their address 10 b
j. Kendall Co., land enclosing a two-cent stamp
for mailing same) is renewed for a limited period
We trust all will avail themselves OF the oppor.
tunity of obtaining this valuable work To every
lover of the horse IL il Indispensable as 1t treats
In a simple manner all the diseases which afficl
this noble animal Its phenominal sale throughout
the United States and Canada makes Il standard
authority Mention this paper when sending for
Treatise ~
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17

From the Berkshire, Mass, Eagle,

IFTuIH Ilt btTksHITt' AIass', faBIe
One Boston banker drew 4240 drafts on
European banks during the week before
Christmas, and they were almost all bought
by people who we're sending money to
friends and relatives in their native places
1t is funny that we do not hear of the work
ing people in free trade countries, who are
so Enthusiastically better off according to our
free traders, sending sums of money as
Christmas presents to their unfortunate
friends in this country which is staggering
so under the burden Of protection, taxing
its working people from the crown Of
their heads to the soles of their feet" 1t
seems as though something must be wrong.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17
MISCELLANY.
A snow Parable.


Softly falls the snow and SLOWLY. slowly,
Der the solitude Of void and hill;
Winds are breathing desolate and lowlv
Where the wearied world is lying still
Like a cloak Of pardon and remission
Falls the snow on city den and street
Emblem Of the cOntrite hearts condition,
Earnest Of forgiving love complete.
Where the sin and sadness are unsleeping
Lies purity which IL not theirs;
ThrO the night there comes a sound Of weeping
Thro the night there comes a voice of prayers
All the dismal blackness Of the city
Lies enshrouded with perfect white;
God In wonderful eternal pity
Sends his snowy message through the night.
Turn, o hungry souls that tire Of SHINING.
Take the peace which earth can never give
Leave the by.gone for new beginning,
Leave the dreariness Of death, and live.
Softly falls the snow and slowly, slowly,
Ger the solitude Of street and mart;
Hear, o Father Thou alone art holy
Lay It's whlteness on the sinners heart
GOOD Words
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17

We do not agree with the idea involved
in Andrew Carnegie's remark Give us
war ships and we will have wars" If a
man takes out policy of insurance on his
house, does it mean that he is going to be
burned out Or if he builds a fence
around his cornfeld to keep the cattle out,
does he thereby increase the certainty of
having his crops destroyed philadelphia
nrsgs
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17
A Handsome Compliment
From The New York Tribune.l

= 171-- w -'7' ~" IFl"V-V'I
Many members of the Massachusetts, leg
islature are Vermonters. But that is not
surprising. Nothing much happens in this
country without few Vermonters having
hand in it, In fact Vermont spreads itself
over the whole Union, 10 the great advan-
tage Of the Union.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17

Razzle-What are you in mourning for
Dazzle Ny brother
Razzle Why, | didn't know he was
dead
Dazzle-He isn't. He has moved over to
Brooklyn. Nee York Cioihjcr and Fur
uiShpT
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17
IF | still hold closely to him,
What hath he at lasty
Sorrow vanquished, labor ended,
IAvAaa 80 1aaA

the notes of the little soprano died away in
a sob, and we left the iower-decked church
and golden lights and Sis was laid to rest in
the peaceful little churchyard. Dad broke
down once, and Samanthy, Dads oldest
gal" forgot all save her great sympathy
for him and, raising herself ON tiptoe, kissed
him and as the last words of the benedic-
tion were pronounced a mocking bird, as
TO assure us that death is only seemingly
sad, sang the widest, gladdest song | ever
heard from the throat of bird. And so
we left Sis with the music of the birds, the
soft signing of the sweet old pines and the
sound of the sobbing waves ON the white,
white beach, while Dad and his sad little
band of mourners went away on their
eight weary miles home in the darkening,
lonely night.-NetO Orleans icdyune.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17
FOR SALE.
One Of the Finest Residences in
BrattIebOrO.

ON one of the best streets, four minutes walk
from the Pust-Oitice, ON a corner lot with over
43tO feet of land This house is new and has never
been occupied. II is 2l6 stories with neat and
tasty bay windows and piazlas and has an en-.
trance from two streets. The inside is well ar.
ranged for two families and entirely seperate, or
can be thrown together for one nice residence.
There are l5 large, wellghted rooms, with closets
for every room. Everything from the cellar up
is furnished in first class shape Down stairs the,
paror and hall are finished m cherry; dining ROOM
kitchen, bed room and bath room In ash and one
back bed room IN white wood, Upstairs the rooms
are similarly flushed aud there is a sewing room
in cherry. The downstairs parlor and dining
room have hreplaces, with handsome mantels
The building is heated throughout by steam from
Victor boiler put in by John Anderson. The
plumbing was done by j. Calvin, and hot and cold
water can be drawn on both floors. Electric wires
are strung to all parts of the house, and In fact
II has all the modern Improvements and is ready
for housekeeping today Will be sold at bargain
II taken at once. Anyone wishing one of the best
houses in Brattleboro can obtain full particulars
and price by enquring of
N. IL. WHITE.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17

The Record suggests dropping a nickel
in the slot and getting rid of the train boy
The better way would be to drop the train
boy in the slot -LoceU Courier
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17
Ts Oar Subscriber.

Rheumatism is caused by Tactic acid in the blood,
which Hoods Slrsaparilla neurralizes and thus
cures rheumatism.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17

In the sanctuary all men are equal. In
the contribution box the punched quarter
jingles as loudly as the proudest coin. Bling
hdmtOn Leader.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17
Look YonnR!

Prevent tendency 10 wrinkles or aging OF the
skin by using LEAURELI.E On. Preserves youth.
full, plump, fresh condition OF the features, Pre-
vents wthering Of the skin, drying up OF the flesh
develops the bust Prevents chapping. cracking,
keeps skin soft, smooth. 81. Druggists, or pre-
Perhaps no local disease has puzzled and baiiied
the medical profession more than nasal catarrh
distressing and disgusting ills the flesh Is heir to-
and the records show very few or no cases Of rad.
ical cure Of chronic catarrh by any of the multi,
tude OF modes Of treatment until the introduction
OF Ely's Cream Balm few years ago. The sue
cess Of this preparation has been most gratifying
aud surprising.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17

PhsayS-OaffeIa cures headaches and neu.
ralgia. Sold by all druggists.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17
Bustnrss Carns.

SMERMAN a JkNNk,
General Insurance and Real Estate AGENTS
iepresentng Companies whose assets are over
S1OO, 900, 900.
TENEMENTS TO LET.
Agents for BABcocE FIRE ExrRsuIsHKRs.
once in New bank Block cor Main q Elliot sts
BRATTLEBoRO VT.
,AMEs UONLAND, M. ID,
~ MUSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Oilice IN Crosby Block opposite Telephone Ex
Once hours to . A NJ, to JPN.
Residence cor Main ana W aluut Sts., .Brattleboro
tIENRY 4. CHAPLIN,
IL DRUGGIST, BROOKS HOUSE BLOCK
uruduate OF the College of Pharmacy OF the City of
New YORK. Formerly with Uaswell, Hazard a Co
careful dUehtioH 10 JdmHy prescriptions.
- N. CmAMB BERLAIN.
1Ds HAS, URo, MEMS FURNISHINGS
Agent for Duulup Hats ana BIHttleDUrO Laundry
81 Main street, Brooks uOuse Block.
AsKINs n sTODDARD,
II AllORNEls > * COUNsELLORS AT LAW
AMI oolcltors OF Patents ButtiebOro, VI
a. ATEKMAN, MARTIN a mITT.
w AtIURNElS AT LAW,
balik BLOCK, BrattebUrU, VI
IL ID. E. STOWE,
Il AIIORNEA Ar LAW,
Ioilrctionsa specially. Union Block, Brattleboro
l., -. BOWEN, N. D.,
Ne lloMHopArmc PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Leonard block; TIL : a. NJ; IL to ana d toSP. NJ
4 .. MILLER, M. d.,
a. PHl SlCIAN AND SURGEON
uVoAer Block, bratt'o; till ga. M to :, G:3O to s
p. III.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17
CUR e

Sick Headache and relieve all the troubles incl
dent to % bilious state Of tho Fystem. such ~
Dizziness Nausea, Drowsincss. Distress after
eating, run In tho Side. &c. While their most
remarkable success has been shown in curing
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-09
KILLING Partridges with a Pole.

"Did you ever hear of catching par
tridges with a pole" said a sunbrowned
business man to friend in Broadway. 81
never did myself until recently. A party
of US were up above Three Rivers, Canada,
surveying tract of wild land, and one day
after long tramp we came to the top of a
mountain where we scared up whole lot
of cartridges. They were those little black
Canadian fellows, you know-smaller than
ours-and were so tame that a man could
almost catch them with his hands. No
one of us had thought it worth while to
bring along a gun from the camp.
Our guide, a 'Canuck,' proved equal 10
the emergency, however. Whistle and
watch me catch him. said he TO one of the
party He then went and cut a stout pole
about twelve feet long. while the other
continued to whistle. The birds cooked
their heads first on one side and then on
the other in a way to make US laugh. but
they stood still and faced the music,
while the guide stole up unnoticed and
was thus enabled 70 kill three fine ones
with his pole before the rest took to flight "
New York Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-09
Oneer Names of Firms.

"Did you ever notice the names of bust
ness firms on their signs as you walk along
the street," remarked a man yesterday
with an observant turn of mind. ION the
principle that present company is always
excepted l won't refer to the names OF
business firms in Pittsburg. But what do
you think of this for a combination:
"a few days ago l was in a neighboring
town, when was attracted by this sign,
Love, Sunshine & CO.. The two should
go together, but whether in this case the
partners loved each other, and in conse-
quence there was much sunshine, didn't
stop to inquire. 1t struck me as peculiar,
and 1 couldn't help stopping and looking
at it.
''Such names, combined as they are,
ought to make men famous in spite of the
saw that there is nothing in name any
how. Irish g. English was another name
that caught me. Just at this time, when
these two classes have no particular love
for each other, the association of the names
resembles the lying down of the lion and
the lamb. Hereafter look at the names
that compose partnerships, and you will
frequently be amused. "-Pittsburg Dis
patch
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-09
Old Time Moral LAWS.

This was a period when the so called
"blue laws" were most vigorously en-
forced, not only in Connecticut, with
which tradition associates them, but In
Massachusetts,. In the former colony no
food or lodging could be given to a Quaker,
Adamite or other hereto. No one could
run on the Sabbath day or walk in his
garden or elsewhere, except reverently to
and from meeting. No one could travel,
cook victuals, make beds, sweep house, cut
hair or shave on the Sabbath day. No
woman could kiss her child on Sabbath or
fasting day. Whoever brought cards into
the colony paid fine of Is.
No one could read the Book of Common
Prayer, keep Christmas or saints days,
make minced pies, dance, play cards or
play on any instrument of music except
the trumpet, drum or jewsharp. Liquor
drinking was regulated, and the use of to-
bacco was tinkered necessarily. No one I'M
der twenty-one years, nor any one not pre-
viously accustomed it, could take tobacco
without physicians certificate. No one
could take it publicly in the street or in the
fields or woods, except on a journey of ten
miles. Nor could any one take it in any
house in his own town with more than one
other person taking it at the same time
This last injunction was leveled at the so
called tobacco parliaments. About 1645
the Massachusetts, magistrates were great
ly troubled that the people would tell lies.
-Weeden's First One Hundred Years"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-09

enter the Horrors. Our way in was simply
marvellous. 1t is a winding cave in the
mountain, about six feet wide, and In
some places only large enough to permit
the skin to pass. The height IS great and
solld rock from top to bottom, where 1t IS
open. The cave is winding like the letter
. ana forms six chambers. The rock IS
very dark gray stone, streaked with pure
white: One chamber is particularly
beautiful 1t forms perfect shell and Is
covered with a very delicate green moss.
1t Is very wet, and is continually dripping.
From the crevices here and there, graws
peculiar fern. | snatched few and have
enclosed one. AT the end of the cave it
broadens and has little beach. We got
out of our boat and climbed up ladder
to an elevated rock to view the three
waterfalls, the roaring of which
was tremendous, it sounded like the sea
was bursting in at once, and impressed
one rather strangely. we 1elt quite re-
heved when once out in the open air again
but it is simply wonderful, and is only a
work that nature could construct. We
had only a short time to wait for the
steamer to convey US homeward, and were
permitted to enjoy the entlfe view again.
An interesting sight is TO see long train
dart along mountain side, and IN mo-
ment 1t Is gone, as if swallowed by the
rock, 1t having gone into tunnel At
other places, when least expecting it, one
sees train emerage and one scarcely
knows where from. WefOund our carriage
waiting us at Ponte Theresa, and we wit
messed most glorious sunset with fine
Italian sky, and rejecting against the ma
jestic snow-crowned Alps; you cannot con
ceive such splendor without having seen.
In crossing the mountains the peasants
were going home from their labor,
and the sheppards were returning
with their fiocks; each in turn offering
their humble salutation to US In passing,
which is A custom. Night came on, and
the many little houses on the mountains,
from which the light shone, looked like
lone stars on night of a tempest. By the
time we reached the lake shore, we had the
moon to escort us to our villa, which we
reached about 10 O'Clock, where we found
a grand spread. 1t is unnecessary to state
we did it ample justice. This ended day
of glorious sightseeing, and the feasting
of birthday. Since then we have visited
other points of interest, among them the
"Isola Bella" (the Isle of Beauty on the
Lake of Maggiore, and then made visit
to the top of the great Mount San Saliva
tore in Switzerland, also to Beveda, where
there is one of the ancient large converts,
but l shall have to tell you about same at
some other time. 1t is needless to say we
are having a most delightful time. The
countess Is as gracious hostess as she IS
lovely, and with Maestro Lemalre, who Is
the life of the villa, we live in a whirl of
pleasure continually, and the air so re-
freshing and invigorating, adds to make
this a most enchanting place.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-09


There are occasions when feel 50 hum
bly, sure of my own feeble mindedness that
not a special word Of encouragement from
heaven itself could uplift my downcast
soul. One of these occasions is when /
stand weak kneed and gasping in the
presence of the average dry goods clerk /
may enter the store with the briskness of
a spring lamb, but let me once fall under
the evil eye of the smart young clerk and /
sink to nothingness, like thistle down in
the rain. Il would like to buy hat"
remark. Il would like a simple straw
without trimming and not 70 excel s.. %
in price"
I'VE have nothing answering that de-
scription," the severely superior person re-
marks, "but here is velvet bonpet elab-
orately trimmed in magenta for S15''-and
l take it. Although look like q lurid
fend in that shade of red, and have not
enough money left to buy hat pin, / take
it, and thus set the seal on nv feeble
mindedness. The gift of the born shopper
is special talent. like the gift of poetry or
song. The woman who can hold her own
in bargain Especially for bonnet) may
not be as brainy as Corinne or as gifted as
George Eliot, but she IS power sufficient
unto herself.
She commands my respect, and fain
would sit at her feet and learn the art of
which she is mistress. 1 can truly say, and
l think there is many woman to join me
in the declaration, that l would rather
move on a masked battery, dig a trench,
invade hostile Indian country or face a
dynamite bomb than depend for a fine ap-
pearance upon small income and my own
gifts as shopper. From the time when
as an exultant child brought home twelve
gross of buttons to my afflicted parent, be-
cause the man said they came cheaper by
the gross than by the card, up to the pres
ent writing as a shopper am thorn in
my own hesh.-Chicago Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-09

\ blacksmith makes about - cents clear
profit on every horse he shoes all around
The raw iron in the shoes cost - cents. IL
costs - cents 10 toe" and heel them:
putting them on costs . cents ian hour ;
time; the fuei costs 10 cents. IN ali si-05.
II be could have steady work, he could
make - or e a pay.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-09
a RESUME OF THE SOCIAL EVENTS
FOR THE WEEK.

Stray Bits that are Not Soclety--A Sum-
mary OF the Weeks observation-disclosures
People are Going--Whom They are Wis
iting--A Wichita Literateur Writes on
''Cranks"--An Interesting Letter from
Abroad - Something on Low-Neck
Dresses, and Numerous Little Items
That People May be Interested in.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-09

Isaac T. West. Of the Kansas Loan com
pany. one Of the most experienced and
successful nimrods OF the city. goes with =
party 10 the Indian Territory 3" few days
for b.z hunt.