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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-31

A lady tells us that she heard colored
preacher say; "De fo' part of de house will
please sit down fo' de hind part cannot
see de fo' part if the fo' part persist in
standing befo' de hind part, to the utah
obsclusion of de hind part by the fo' part, Z"
Christian Adrocdte.
The country editor Stranger-"What
occupation has that man who is swinging
in the hammock over there, sonny :" Boy
He h'ain't got any occupation that any
body in this town ever seen. He's an ed
itor. ."-Drake'S Magazine.
Mr.. Stoxanbonds-'Iu understand Quick
lyrich, that you have sent your son TO col
lege. Do you intend to give him liberal
education :" Mr. Quicklyrich-"Yes, sir,
l do. He has $500 a month, and if you
know of any one who is giving his son a
more liberal education than that | am pre-
pared to make it a thousand "-Detroit
Free Press.
A New York manufacturer, who proha-
bly, believes in calling spade a spade, has
named his place of business He'll Gate
brewery. Printers Ink
Young Miss Wilgus-"Where are you
going, papa /" Rev Mr.. Wilgus-"To the
temperance meeting, We intend to inaug-
urate a movement to save the young men
of the country" Young Miss Wilgus-
"Try and save real nice one for me, will
you, papa dear f'-Rehoboh Herald.
P. T. Barnum told a good story some
time ago of an old lady who was so deaf
that when some play full chaps fired small
cannon near the old ladys door, she mere
ly said, "Come in" "That was a pretty
fair story when l first heard it, said the
veteran, "but / heard one a day or two
since that beats it. Two gentlemen were
walking along highway near a railroad
One of the pedestrians was somewhat hard
of hearing. Along came a train and the
engine emitted frightful shrek, HIM,
said the deaf one, that's the first robin
I've heard this spring."
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-31
A singular Fa.nI Accident.

Albert Shackett who lived near the d
vIding line between Cornwall and Whiting
in Addison county, was chopping in the
woods in the latter town on Tuesday of last
week and was the victim of an accident
which resulted in his death the next evening
A tree which he had felled got lodged at
about five feet from the ground and Shack
EFT got upon it and went to chopping to free
lit Somehow he fell from the tree. He
got up and went to chopping again, not
knowing that he had been hurt, but after
about ten minutes had 10 cease work and
go home. a distance Of about three miles
and half, which he walked. After arriv-
ing at his home it was found that two of
the ribs on the left side were broken, but
nothing seemed to indicate that the mishap
was a very serious one until the man died
Wednesday evening, as stated. 1t is now
thought that a splinter entered the heart,
thus causing death Shackett was an in
dustrious and sober young man, aged "a
and leaves a wife and child Mddiebury
Re0iSfPT
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-31

The good gray poet has written as follows
to the women at Cleveland, Ohio, who are
organizing national non-partisan temper
ance body
Dear Friend-Illness prevents me from
doing more than to thank thee for thy let
ter, and to say that have always regretted
the action of the w. c. T. U. in taking a
partisan position. | do not by any means
impeach the motive of the noble and devoted
women of that organization, but have seen
no good accomplished by their separate po-
iitical action. hope the non partisan TEN
perance workers will not waste time and
strength in combating the political organ
ization, but go forward in their own way,
which l think is the best way, and, so far
as l can see, the only one likely to accom-
plish the great object of the temperance
effort. With all good wishes, am thy
friend JOHN G.. WHITTIER.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-31
The Miller of Dee.

There dwelt miller. hale and bold,
Beside the river Dee;
He worked and sang from morn till night
No lark more bthe than he
And thus the burden of his song
Forever used to be:
81 envy nobody-no, not |,
And nobody enyies me"
"Ihou'rt wrong, my friend " said good King Hal
AS wrong as wrong can be:
For could my heart be light as thine
I'd gladly change with thee
Aud tell me now what makes thee sing
With voice so loud and free,
While am sad though I'm the king
Beside the river Dee"
The miller smiled and doffed his cap
Il earn my bread, " quoth he:
Il love my wife, love my friend
love my children three
owe no penny cannot pay:
| thank the river Dee,
That turns the mill that grinds the corn
That feeds my babes and me"
Good friend" said Hal, and sighed the while
Farewell, and happy he:
But say no more, If thou'dst be true
That no one envieS thee
Thy mealy cap is worth my crown
Thy mill my Kingdoms fee;
Such men as thou are Englands boast
miller of the Dee"
Charles Mdckdy.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-31

roundings, the silver lamps, aud muse
muse, one third to the Latins, one third T.
the Greeks. one third to the Armenians
Gold and silver for rich Jesus Al
together the sight Of such places does not
increase faith, reverence. Even should
this be the real spot, the place has no bless.
ing in itself When visit the tombs Of
my parents, | know they were placed there,
their remains are yet there. Not so here
Some say they commune better with Jesus
here. ! do not 1t is his divinity which is
everything for me, not his earthly life
am glad 10 have seen the country, the sur
roundings; can understand better; can
not worship more
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-31
MISCELLANY.


The First voyage.
My little ones going to sea,
It's lonely my heart will be;
", pitiless wind
For once be kind,
And bring him again to me"
But. mother. it's not for long.
Aud see. / am brave and strong;
The stars Of night
Are clear aud bright,
And hark TO the old Breton song
tSdHOrs sing on board
The sea is great aud our boat is small,
But heaven Is greater than sea aud all.
Ave Maria"
H.
The little one lightly sprang
On board as the sailors sang,
Aud leaving the pier
His parting cheer
Half gayly. half sadly rang
lie looked at his mother there,
Her hands ever clasped IN prayer
While steady and strong
The old Breton song
Rose through the midnight air
The sea is great and our boat il small
But heaven Is greater than sea and all
Ave Maria"
j. L. MoHOy ht Temple Rdi
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-31
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Terrible tan. R,nIn.inn.


a natural gas explosion at Columbus, O. .
Friday evening destroyed two dwelling
houses killed at least six persons and more
or less seriously injured 30 others About
> o'clock an alarm Of fire drew "a crowd of
people to Il small two story building at the
south corner Of Wall and Noble alleys
There had been an explosion there aud sew
eral persons were hurt. The fire was soon
put out by the firemen aud the crowd were
laughing and talking when a second and a
terrific explosion rent the air a sheet Of
flame burst from the building at the north
west corner Of Noble and Wall alleys and a
great mass Of bricks, beams and stone that
30 seconds before had constituted a two
story brick building were flying with tire
mendous force through the air The people
fled shrieking in all directions, while the
alley was instantly covered with a mass of
debris from which the means Of the buried
victims came. The exploded vapor after
doing its terrible work to the south side of
Noble alley, leaped over to the north side of
the alley aud completely destroyed house
there
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-31
New skirI EIevator.

Mrs. Muddsck-Have you anything that
will keep our skirts out of the mud
Miss Pert-We have some elegant EN-
broidered silk stockings, madam Sunday
Herald
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-31
An Underground River Bur-is into n
Wine.


An Underground River Bur-i- into n
Wine.
A Leadville. Col, dispatch saws Yester-
day after the men who were engaged in a
drift Of the La Platte mine had fired a round
of holes, they were astonished by hearing a
noise resembling the rushing of mighty
river and when the smoke cleared away
they saw from where they stood river
running out Of the drift. They barely had
time to escape and in less than five hours
the mine was flooded to within 270 feet of
the surface. Four thousand feet of the
drift ore are submerged, and thousands of
feet of slopes are covered Many think a
lake was encountered and that when an
opening was made by the shots it burst
through the thin barrier and flooded the
mine. II it proves to be pocket of water
very valuable mineral will be found behind
it, as that has been the rule heretofore. In
that case the water can be pumped out in
thirty days, but if it is a watercourse the
mine will have to be abandoned
Perey w Beck. who lived the life Of a
recluse near Hopkinton Village, y. II was
found frozen 10 death at his home last Fri
day with several cattle and sheep that had
died from the same cause. Beck had with
drawn from the world under the suspicion
of being the murderer Of his brother and
his wife The brother was a prosperous
New York business man and often enter
tained Beck at his home. These visits were
returned and one summer morning eight
years ago the wife was found dead. Two
or three years later her husband mysteri-
ously disappeared while visiting his Hopkin-
ton brother
A S6,OO0,0O failure is reported from
Buenos Ayres. The firm was native one
and did an immense business i'll iobbing the
products of the Argentine republic and had
considerable shipping interests in Europe.
The firm had large warehouses throughout
the republic and carried heavy stock Of
hardware and provisions.
A suit has been decided in the New York
courts against the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railway for failing to heat
its cars by steam. as provided by law. The
company claimed exemption from the op-
Grafton Of the New York law because only
a small portion of its line is in that state
Adam Forepaugh, the well known circus
manager, died at his home in Philadelphia
last week Thursday. aged IS. He began
life as butcher, but embarked in the circus
business many years ago and had accumu-
lated fortune of 81 .OO0O 600. He was a
large real estate owner.
The great snow blockade in the far west
was raised at the end of last week Rio
Grand and Santa F6 express train was
blown from the track at Monument Depot
Col, last Saturday afternoon Two coaches
and a sleeper Immediately took lire and for
a few minutes it looked as though the 20
imprisoned passengers would be burned to
death, but by heroic efforts the traumeu
succeeded in distinguishing the fire
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-31

Salvation Oh is what you want. It Kills pain
aud cures the worst case Of rheumatism, neural
gia, sore throat, hoarseness and headache Price
25 cents
Rhyme and reason; II you cannot keep quiet
because your cough makes riot, there's some
thing, pray try IT, quarter will buy Il; be quick
now about IL; don't do without III your cough
this will rout II; beg you not doubt IL; Oh, yes
you guess Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-31

About month ago the assistant weigher
at the appraisers stores, Boston, while ex-
amining a cargo of sugar, found on the
dock, alive, a centipede and a scorpion. By
the use of heavy canvas bagging the ami
mails we're induced TO enter large bottle,
and alcohol was poured in until they died of
alcoholism. They were then taken out,
mounted on a large fiat piece Of ivory, and
presented to the clerk Of the collectors de-
partment The centipede has 3S claws and
is five inches long. The scorpion is three
inches long from tip TO tip, and one inch
wide, Collector Saltonstall, who has seen
hundreds of both species alive, says they
are the largest specimens he has ever seen
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-31
Dl.eouraging AgrieuI.nraI rur.ui.s.

Witlow-'I hear James has been arrested
for keeping a cow"
Bitso-''For keeping COW What an
outrage !"
eyes, she belonged to another man."
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-31

Don't pay large doctors bills The Lesi i',ant ',,
zeal book published one hundred pace, ~ tbre,,
colored plates will he sent you on recellt"' 70
tvgo. .eent stalnps 10 nav postage iAedrb' a. -
Ordway q Co. Boston, Mass
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-31
Good Farm for Sale.

ONE OF THE MOST DESIRABLE IN WIND
NDHAM COUNTY, consisting of DO acres pleas
anfly situated ON the stage road from BrattebOrO
10 Wilmington and one mile from West Brattle-
boro Buildings consist Of a new two-story house.
BARNS are In good repair. outbuildings ample,
sDlendid cellar under the whole house, Running
water 10 house and barn. Plenty Of wood for
farm. Land can be divided, thereby making two
small farms Line fences nearly all new and am
pie The above described property will be dispOs-
ed OF In pieces II not otherwise sold this spring
Said farm Is calculated for dairy farm and Is
s. N. HERRlCK, Agent,
Brattleboro March 4, 1889.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-31

Keep your blood pure and you will not have
rheumatism. Hoods Sarsaparilla pnrhea tue
blood and tones the whole system.
Minister'S lawyers. teachers, and others hose ..e
occupation gives but little exercise should n vs.
Carters Little Liver Pills for torpid hFeI anu '''
lOusness one II a dose Try them
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-31
RENDALL'S SPAWN CURE,
EENDALL'S SPAWN CURE.
KENDALL'S SPAVIR CURE.

Prlee 81 per bottle, or six bottles for e. All Drug
Rsts have II eau get II for you. IL Will be
tOrs DR. b. J kESpALL Co., Enosburgh Fails. u.
SOLD RY Ali DRUGGISTS
The morning call., 1890-05-15
PRESIDE HEIGHTS.

Organization of the Improvement Club
Perfected.
A meeting of the Preside Heights In
proVement Club was held in the Office of
Tevis 81 Fisher, IA Post street, last night,
George II. Roe presiding.
After adopting bylaws the following Off
GERS were elected: George II. Roe, Presi-
dent; DR.. c. d. Salfield Vice President; A.
Sbarboro, Secretary; VIII E. Fisher, Treas
urer; Executive Committed. Lipman, +.
?. Woodward, c. w. Moores and George II.
Roe.
J. F. Rogers, j. Foley, E. W. Ferguson,
Wallace Bradford and viii E. Fisher were
appointed committee to interview the
water and gas companies, with the inten-
ton OF having pipes laid at the Heights be-
fore the streets there are macadamized.
Joseph Nash, DR.. c. d. Salfield, C. W.
Moores, y. f. Roman. George II. Roe and
VIII E. Fisher were appointed committee
to secure unprecedented railway facilities
Tor the Heights.
The United States Government will re-
sumo work at once on the driveway inside
the reservation and along the north line of
the property owned by the club, with an
outlet CD Central avenue.
The morning call., 1890-05-15
AFRAID OF BOOKS.
How n Well-Kn0wn San Diegan
Once Fared i'm Germany,

Did l ever tell you." said John D. Han
bury TO gentleman who had advised him
to read =" Looking Backward, chow l got
into trouble once over a book of similar
character? 1t was in Germany, where |
haps it was Car nege's book-dealing with
political problems, and lent it to an old Ger
man professor. In a few days he came back
ali excitement.
80 Wonderful book he said Wonder
ful! 1t turn things upside down in Sher-
many. | like to translate it into the SHEER
man language!"
Hamburg was good-natured enough, he
said, to give the old fellow desk at which
to do the work, and in a few weeks the
translation was finished. The next thing
was to find publisher. The old man
lacked 1000 marks of the required amount,
which Mr.. Hanhury loaned him. A small
edition OF the work was printed and the
books were stored in the Hanbury Office
a few evenings thereafter there was sud-
den commoton outside, and Hamburg
found the building surrounded By troops
and police, big force coming in and SELF
Ing himself and his private papers. The
books were found, of course, and these
turned out to be the cause of the trouble
Guarded 10y squadron of cavalry, our
townsman was hurried to the Kaiser
hot, a sort OF court he thought,
and after entering the building was
marched through long hallway.
He kept on his hat and soon met big Ger
man official, clad in uniform and wearing
sword, who Numbered an incomprehensible
lot of aspirates at him, to which Mr.. Ham
bury replied in choice American. The of
fetal danced and yelled. Hanbury stood
still and asked him if his mother knew he
was out. Then ensued wild carnival, in
which the German Numbered and tripped
the ponderous fantastic toe, all without i'm
preston upon our amazed tOwnsman, who
thought the man might be insane or in need
OF help. Pretty soon the German drew back
and with one swing of his huge hand
slapped Hanbury's hat off his irreverent
mead and sent 1t spinning down the hall.
Then our townsman took the hint-tumb led
as 1t were-and at once put himself in a
proper attitude OF respect to the Kaiser, of
whose moi he was such an unwilling
guest
To make long story short" said Mr..
Hanbury, Il was let off on police surveil-
lance and at once began to free my mind
ABOUT the Government, the police, the army
and the royal family to every one who came
along, including seVenty-fiye or hundred
Government spies, as | afterward learned.
Presently l got an intimation from the
American Minister that the authorities
were getting out few scores of indictments
against me and the best thing | could do
was skip by the light OF the moon. How |
lodged the police and got out of the country
don't know, but here | am. Under the
from reading Looking Backward When
ever L look backward | can see that other
dangerous book, as well as the German
officer in the hallway and the shadow of the
kalsers gibbet. 1t gives me a chill"-San
Diego Sun, May 18th.
The morning call., 1890-05-15

vigorous kick was made by Colonel Mac
donald. who announced himself strongly
opposed against the proposition
That kick" materiaiized itself rather
unexpectedly last evening in a very pro-
nounced form at meeting of the regi-
mental board of officers of the First In
fantry, numerically the strongest battalion
in the brigade. The encampment question
was of course discussed. There was only one
expression of sentiment, and it resulted in
the formulation of Il motion that the sue
cess of the encampment and the best inter-
ests of the brigade demand that the camp
be held in July; that the troops leave the
city on the Fourth of July after the parade,
and that the regiment particularly favors
such change of time.
AL the captains reported that their men
wers unanimously in favor of the earlier
dC1s, and upon putting the motion to a vote
It was carried unanimously. Captains
Tilden, Jansen and Marshall were ap-
poiD sed a committee to wait upon General
Cutting, apprlSe him of the action of the
regiment and ask him TO change the time OF
the encampment to suit the popular desire.
1t may be added that at this meeting
Colonel Dickinson was not present, and
the motion was spontaneous the puerile
criticism cannot be advanced that the
measure was suggested OF dictated by the
Colonel, even though he has been an
earnest and consistent advocate of the
earlier date fol- the encampment.
The morning call., 1890-05-15
THE BRIGADE CAMP,
A Unanimous Request for the Fourth
July

A Unanimous Request for the Fourth OF
July Week.
There is no denial of the fact that the ar
bitrary selection of August 10th for the en-
campment of the Second Brigade, n. G. c.,
at Santa Cruz has met with the opposition
of the majority of the rank and file Of the
brigade. The very journal which has at
tempted to defend the selection has made a
complete fioD-Oyer, and while admitting
that there is yet much comment through
out the brigade regarding the date selected
by the. Brigadier-General," makes also the
FRANK put late confession that lit has been
learned that Colonel Dickinson was not the
only regimental commander who, at the
meeting OF colonies held with General Cut
ting to discuss the encampment, objected to
going to camp in August" but that ga very
The morning call., 1890-05-15

mans condition and escaped. Halves was
taken to a neighboring house and it was
feared he was seriously injured, but it was
subsequently ascertained he had received
severe scalp wound only.
Officer Waughaman few hours later ar
rested James Riley, the escaped prisoner,
and charged him with battery and disturb
ing the peace. The hoodlum who assaulted
Halves is named Peter McGrath. The po-
lice were searching for him last night
among his haunts in the Mission.
The morning call., 1890-05-15
Truly a Household Remedy.

{. Middlebrook, 24o Bedford avenue, Brooklyn,
n. Y, writes:
have used ALLcoCK's Porous PLAsTERs
Tor The last twenty years. They are truly a
household remedy. II one OF my children has a
cold and wheezes, put an ALLcoCK's Porous
PLASTER on the chest and one between the
shoulder blades. II any of the children have
croupy coughs, or coughs of any kind place
the plaster close up around the throat; the soOt-
ing effect Is apparent almost always in two
houfs. III they have dsOrdered stomach. a
plaster placed Just below the chest bone makes
digestion perfect In half day. Ii there Is any
looseness OF the bowels. accompanied by cold
ness OF the skin. TWO ALLCoCKs Porous PLAs-
TIERS applied over the ST omach cure In from Two
10 hye hours. l notice particularly that these
piasters never abrade tile skin or cause the
know they never fail for rheumatism pains in
The back or lUmbapOD
The morning call., 1890-05-15
HIT WITH A STONE.
Officer Hawes Assaulted While Arrestinp
HOodlum.

Uhcer Hawes Assaulted While Arrestine
Hoodlum.
Officer John W. Halves, while in the
neighborhood of Church and Twenty-ninth
streets yesterday afternoon at o'clock, OBJ
served two young hoodlums throwing stones
at peddler. He attempted to place one of
them under arrest, but the fellow resisted
and Halves threw him down on the street
with the intention of Handwriting him. In
the meantime the prisoners companion
went TO an adjacent saloon and secured a
large rock. He approached Halves as the
olncer was fastening the handouts on the
young prisoners wrists. and threw the
stone when about ten feet distant. The
missile struck the officer on the back of the
mead mead and dazed him for few moments.
Inc prisoner took advantage Of the police
The morning call., 1890-05-15

ID. g. Jones has been elected Dlspens ator for
class day by the senior class, vice W. A. Davis,
resigned.
The number Of volumes in the university Ii.
brary is 10000. A large shipment of books will
soon arrive from England.
Colonel StOney '88, reviewed the battalion nm
Friday. The annual inspection will lake place
on the 2Sth inst.
The Town Trustees have adopted an ordinance
making The fiscal year begin on May 10Th of
each year.
A schedule OF the examinations has been Is
sued. The senior Will begin June 9th and con
tiuue till the 18th. The three lower classes will
be examined during the week from Tie 18th to
The 10TH
The freshmen are much chagrined over tile
premature publicity OF their dedication TO the
SOPHOMORE class, Intended for the forthcoming
Blue and Gold. One OF the sophomores artfully
purlolned 1t while en- route to the manager.