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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-02-06

teachers There is a special teacher Of elu-
cation who has charge Of this work. giving
careful instruction in class and privately.
10 those who desire it, Bible history is
studied once a week hy the whole school,
and the international Sunday school lessons
are studied on Sunday afternoon Attend
ance at church is required on Sunday. Once
each week the whole school meets for a
recitation and discussion Of current topics
The effort is constantly made to keep the
students in touch with the times and
TO train them for intelligent citizenship
There is great gain from this exercise also
by the development Of the ability to think
and to express ones ideas The methods
employed keep prominent the fact that all
development is really self-development, and
that any real gain from school work must
result from the students own effort The
teacher is not set to do the pupils work but
TO help him to do his own work. The text
books are used as guides, but the student is
taught to grasp principles to analyze causes
and TO estimate results, in short, 10 think.
The prospects for the future are bright.
Friends are constantly doing generous and
helpful things for the school The deter.
mination is to leave nothing undone that
will help to make Vermont Academy the
best place in New England to send boy or
girl to receive training for lifes work.
With board of trustees made up Of liberal
and broad minded men, fully alive to the
needs Of the school and of the age, it is be-
lieved that the future of the school is Sc
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-02-06

81 am always getting stuck, said the
type. Nevertheless. | have a very good
impression of you, answered the paper.
Briggs Il did not see you at church last
Sunday Braggs mo; | didn't get in
until you had gone to sleep. "-Terre Hnute
Express
"Humph ~ sneered the ass. as he en-
countered the zebra. You look like an
escaped convict - Possibly, " retorted the
zebra. But no one ever takes me for an
ass. "-Ne,c York sun.
In reading room, two boys, twelve and
eight years old, looking at illustrated book
Elder (reading) "lndia-r rubber tree -
Younger; 'ls that a rubber tree Z" Elder ::
Yes you hit that tree with hatchet, and
the hatchetll bounce back"
81 believe Fanny is making me an af-
CHAN, said the youth. Il was calling there
last night, and she was working on it but
she wouldn't tell me who or what it was
for. She told me- 1t is for YOU, but it
is not an afghan. It's one of a pair of ear
tabs '-Ncic York sun.
\ shabby looking tramp was in the habit
of calling at the office of local LAWYER
and receiving a small sum ON account of
former acquaintance Last week the men
dicant called as usual, but the lawyer said
81 can't assist you any longer, as I've got a
wife now and need all the money can Law
my hand on We'll now, that's lust com
ing it little too strong Here YOU actually
go and get married at my expense" re
sponded the indignant tramp -TeraS Sin-
mas
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-02-06
AThriIIinr Tale of the sen.

One of the most thrilling tales of ship
wreck which have reached this port of late
was brought 10y Captain Chambers of the
Red d line steamship Philadelphia, from La
guayra, the other day The Philadelphia left
that place January 2l and stopped 10 com
pete her cargo at several southern ports
On the fourth day out a vessel was discov-
cred on the horizon 1t was seen that her
distress signals were flying, and Captain
Chambers gave orders to steam alongside Of
her She proved to be the bark Montreal
from Windsor, y $ Long, ragged slips of
canvas took the place of her sails, the
greater part of which had been torn from
her rigging She was under command Of
Captain Dexter, who, with the crew Of ten
men, were at once taken on board in a
nearly famished condition.
The barque was still sound in hull. but
everything loose on deck was swept away
and there was nothing hut shreds of canvas
to sail her. Five times she was blown
across New York harbor. The week be
fore Christmas the captain was 1870 miles
east of Sandy Hook aud he made an effort
to get to it, but storms and the Gulf stream
drove him away. On Christmas day there
was barrel Of pork and few barrels of
flour and three terces of water in STOCK
and ali hands had to be put ON short ra-
tions. On the third day of the new year
Capt. Dexter sent some of his hands aloft
to furl the torn topsails, as he feared anoth-
er hurricane One of the sailors fell from
the maintopsail yard TO the deck and was
instantly killed. The vessel was battered
around in the hurricane that struck them
and was driven half way across the Allan
tic Since then she had been heating up to
her port, but sighted no vessel or steamship
in the meantime until she met the Philadel
phia. Capt. Chambers gave the captain a
good store Of beef, pork, bread and water
and supply of canvas. He offered assist
ance in towing the vessel 10 port, but Capt
Dexter said that with his supplies ne believ.
ed he would be able to make a successful
ending tn his long and perlous voyage.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-02-06
no. 6.


On the rear end Of big empty truck
that went rumbling up the Bowery the
other cold morning there perched a ragged.
bright eyed hoothlack lie had his diminu
tive kit under his arm and as he iolted
along he knocked his dangling feet together
To keep them from freezing in the frosty
air. Also he made disrespectful and unbe-
coming gestures at his less fortunate fel
lows who were trudging along the sidewalks
or standing shivering on the corners. At
Grand street there was a Bowerv "iam "
Teams, wagons and street cars got them
selves tangled together with much alacritv
and Dispatch while their drivers swore at
each other calmly and delighted small bows
volunteered shrill advice from the outside
The bootblack's truck was in the midst of
the Jam Another truck pushed up close.
ly in its rear The end of the pole struck
the bootblack savagely in the side and he
tell to the pavement. They picked him up
and took him to a nearby drug store Even
as they laid him down again he gasped once
and died. Except for a few coppers his
pockets were empty No one knew any
thing of him, and there was absolutely no
method Of Identification He had dropped
out of the citys life as suddenly and with
as little stir as a starved sparrow that is hit
with stone and falls into the gutter.
Had he parents or friends No one knew.
Apparently, in this city Of a thousand cost
ly churches, no one cared. The boy had
not been so far wrong when, mounted on
his truck, he had crowed over his less fort
unate comrades on foot For he had ridden
straight into a land where there is neither
cold nor hunger nor raggedness nor weep
ing. And they are with us still
" T. Sunddu Press.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-02-06

The well-illed stores and gaudy shop
windows Of the Indiana and Ohio towns
seemed to stimulate, in men accustomed to
impoverished and unpretentious Dixie, the
propensity to appropriate beyond limit or
restraint ] had never before seen any
thing like this disposition to plunder Our
perilous situation only seemed to render the
men more reckless. At the same time any
thing more ludicrous than the manner in
which they INDUCED their predatory tastes
can scarcely be imagined The weather
was intensely warm-the hot July sun burn
ed the earth to powder, and we were
breathing superheated dust-yst one man
rode for three days with seven pairs of
skates slung about his neck: another load
ed himself with sleigh bells A large chat
ing dish. a medium sized Dutch clock. a
green glass decanter, with goblets to match.
bag of horn buttons, chandelier. and a
hird-cage containing three canaries, were
some of the articles / saw borne off and
iealously fondled. The officers usually
waited a reasonable period, until the novel
ty had worn off, and then had this rubbish
thrown away. Baby shoes and calico, how
ever, were the staple articles of appropria-
ton. fellow would procure a bolt of cal
leo, carry it carefully for dav or two
then cast it aside and get another.-.IaHu-
ift'J TPufUt,U
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-02-06

shall he set to work providing certificates
TO be issued for silver bullion at s for 3ilI
grains. When this contamination shall he
reached, as it. surely wilt be II unlimited
coinage he adopted under existing condi-
tons the too ardent aud impetuous lovers
OF silver will sadly realize the truth uttered
10y the wise king If Israel lie that low
eth silver shall not be satisfied with
silver
The speech was brilliant and impregna-
hle argument for the protection aud ad-
vancement Of our shipping interests and
for a sound aud undebased currency As
Mr.. Window closed he was greeted with an
outhurst Of applause which was almost
without precedent on such an occasion.
Almost in the midst of it, and while the
president Of the club was introducing the
next speaker, the death-stroke came The
cause Of death was cerebral heinorrhage.
or apoplexy. and not heart disease, as first
supposed
The body was prepared for burial and
placed in heavy oak coffin plainly covered
with black, and on Saturday was taken TO
Washington 1t was met at the station by
a large company Of distinguished men, in
cluding the President, vice president, cabi-
net officers aud others When all was
ready a procession was formed and the
body was taken 10 Mr.. Windows residence
on Massachusetts, avenue.
Au executive order was issued by Mr.
Blaine from the secretary Of states office,
announcing Mr. Windows death In the
Senate the death was announced by Sena
tor Morrill, in a voice tremulous with emo
ton. In the House the announcement was
made by Mr. Mckinley Both bodies ad-
iourned The legislature of Mr. Windows
home state of Minnesota adopted resolu-
tions Of sorrow and respect aud adjourned
Among his friends in Minnesota, in official
circles at Washington, and throughout the
country, the grief was deep and sincere
for no man in public life was held in higher
respect for his personal character and for
his executive ability The strain upon the
secretary for the past few months has been
severe, for in addition to the usual exact
ing duties of his office there had been a
great weight Of anxiety for the business fl
uances Of the country, and it is conceded
by all that it was by his wise and able man
agement Of the government funds that Mr.
Windom averted a serious financial crash
during the closing weeks of last year
On Saturday President Harrison trans
mitted TO Congress an opinion Of the attor-
ney general, showing that under the present
law the vacancy caused by Mr. Windows
death must be filled within ten days time,
aud calling attention to the undue haste
aud seeming indelicacy which such law
compels. as we'll as 70 the difficulty Of max
ing suitable selection for so important
an Office in so short space Of time To
obvate this state of things bills have been
introduced in both houses Of Congress pro
vidrng for the designation Of some one to
perform the duties Of the head Of a depart
meut in case Of death of the head
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-02-06

The Bureau of American Republics at
Washington has received information that
a Peruvian lady named Adelina Concha de
Concha has offered an annual prize of
$1,000 to the girl between the years of Is
and 20 vino shall be judged by committee
to have most distinguished herself for ami.
ability, intelligence, accomplishments and
charity. The same lady has offered a tri
enniai prize Of $500 to the physician who
shall have proved himself most capable dur
ing the first three years Of practice of his
profession also triennia prize of $500
to the painter or sculptor of Peru who in
competition shall produce the most merito-
rious work of art also an annual prize of
5000 to the two scholars of both sexes of
the municipal schools who shall have the
best standing in their studies and deport
ment
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-02-06

A d Paige Of Lyndonvile train de
spatcher on the Pissumpsic road, goes 10
Birmingham, Ala, to accept similar posi-
tion on the Richmond aud Danvile system
DR., Currier of Newport has an original
copy Of the constitution of Vermont, as
adopted bv the convention held at Windsor
July T. li93, and printed that year by Al
den Spooner 1t was found in rag bin
with almost complete set of Walton s
Vermont Registers.
DR. j. h. Nelson of St. Johnsbury, has
secured verdict Of Sl3, 500 in the Massa-
chusetts court at Boston, against the Boston
x Maine railroad company, for injuries re-
ceived in a collision on the Passumpsic divi-
sion of that road in 1889, Nelson was a
passenger in a saloon car attached 10 a way
freight which had stopped at Passumpsic To
allow through freight to pass A fiagman
was sent back from the way freight, but
the engineer of the through train ignored
the signals and ran into the way freight.
The plaintiff claimed his cheek bone was
broken and he was internally injured, and
that bis practice has suffered greatly on ac-
count of this.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-02-06
Iridr.cen, Chicnrn.

The irrepressble Chicago man shouted as
he stood in the rotunda of the hotel You
New Workers don't seem to know what we
are doing to make Chicago the ridescent
metropolis of this cosmopolitan country
You may be surprised, when we hold the
Worlds fair next year, to see that Chicago
has become a great port for European
steamships, and that the liners of the new
commercial fleet are running between Liver
pool and Chicago, over the ocean, up the St.
Lawrence, through the Canadian canals,
and across the lakes. Where will New
York be when these liners bring their car
goes TO our Chicago docks and take their
cargoes from our Chicago warehouses
Even the immigrants will come our way,
for most of them that now land in New
York are bound for the West. 1t is an
English enterprise, that's true, but notice
that the foreign steamers in the New York
docks are also English, or German, or
French. | tell you that, within the next
ten years, European steamships will be
swarming in Lake Michigan, and Chicago
will yet be the metropolis of North Amer
ica.n
So says a New York Sun writer This
iridescent vision is founded on a scheme OF
English capitalists for building a line of ter
steamships to run from English ports ac rs;
the Atlantic, up the st. Lawrence and
the great lakes by means Of deep-watei
canals
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-02-06
IN GENERAL.

A terrific storm, followed by floods. has
caused enormous damage throughout the
Island of Massawah, on the Red Sea. Over
100 persons lost their lives.
The Beverly, Mass, authorities have Just
found S2SOO secreted in various hooks and
corners of the house of Thomas Thissel and
his sister in that town. Thissell is at the
almshouse and the sister has just gone to
the insane asylum.
Within the past few years a very notable
change has taken place in the methods of
the Salvation army Formerly their out
door exertions were accompanied by much
beating of drums and humping of tambour-
ines. Now the army, while on the streets,
is much less noisy. The leaders of the
movement have concluded that better re-
-ults are achieved by holding their religious
services in halls than in the open air where
they get far more ridicule than serious at
tention.
Gen. Booth launched his scheme at Lon
don, last Friday night. for the redemption
of darkest England and signed a trust
deed dedicating TO the uses of the work the
money subscribed aud to be subscribed
therefor. The first batch Of officers to have
charge of the work was appointed Gen.
Booth retains large powers under the deed
of trust. Either he or his successor will
be supreme director of the scheme and of
the moneys. George Fleming, who had
given $1,000 for the futherance Of Gen.
Booths scheme, was suddenly taken i'll
while addressing the meeting in ST. James
hall Friday night and died almost immedi-
ately.
Two men sat near each other in the
Pittsburg railroad station the other after
7 aNu a..
gan talking about the weather, and then
one asked the other to take drink Within
10 minutes these two strangers had discov-
cred TO their amazement that they were
long lost brothers, Frank and James Viii
liams, who had not seen or heard of each
other for 30 years. They cried over their
wine and each told the story of his life
Frank had runaway as a boy from the
| Pennsy ylvania farm and had drfted all
over the world, finally making his fortune
/ in Colorado, where he now resides James
/ had remained with the old folks and had
seen them decently buried Their meet
ing, which was purely accidental, was as
| dramatic Ms anything 10 be found in myth
or story
The census figures so far as compiled ap-
/ pear TO show, contrary 10 the general ex-
pectation, that the blacks Of the South are
not keeping nearly up to the whites in the
rate of increase of numbers In Alabama,
{ for instance, the whites have increased
391 ,O3i since 1880 and the blacks only ljS,
Psi. This is a rate Of increase Of - 3 for
the whites against only l3 for the negroes
In louisiana the rate is % q for the whites
10 l3. for the negroes and in South Caro-
lima 81 per cent for the whites against only
per cent for the negroes 1t is claimed
that Arkansas, Texas aud Mississippi will
all show a loss in colored population since
1880 Allowing for mistakes in this and
previous censuses, and for emigration i'm
migration, etc, the facts appear to be that
the colored race is not increasing so fast as
the white, and the ratio is apparently al
most three 10 one in favor Of the latter,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-02-06
Vermont Academy
Its Purpose, Policy and Prospects

An Interesting Account Of a Local Insti-
tuition which Has Good Record, and a
Bright Future before It.
One Of the prominent characteristics Of
the last three decades is the increase of in
terest in education, both primary and high
er. and the largely multiplied facilities for
securing it, Decided advances have been
made in most sections Of the country in the
common schools Many important colleges
universities and technical schools have been
founded and large sums given for endow-
ment. The names Of Cornell, Johns Hop
kins Durant, yassar, Vanderbilt, Smith,
Clark, Slater, Rockefeller, Fayerweather
and other princely givers occur at once to
the mind, while scores of other men and
women are equally deserving Of gratitude
for giving as they were able to schools of
every grade.
1t is a question worthy of thought wheth-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-02-06

Every state east Of the Mississippi where
the Democrats have won or come near win.
ming control will be lost To them on the
free-silver issue Massachusetts, Connect.
icut, New Jersey, New York itself, would
no more vote for any Democratic candidate
for President on that issue than they would
vote for the ghost 81 Nallandigham That
IS the question the Democrats have now t.
face 1t may be that the Republicans will
not force that issue, but it may he that they
will And if they do, there is no name
none whatever, that the Democrats can in
scribe upon their banner 10y which they car
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-02-06

Cardinal Jean Simor, Archbishop of Gran
ard Primate Of Hungary, died at Gran
Hungary, recently at the age of 1S years
His father was a cohbler at Southwestern
bourg, Hungary, and it was with such "a
lnwly start in life that Jean set out to be
what he actually became, one of the most
powerful of all the princes of the church
He rose 10 the archhishopric while still in
the prime of life, with diocese richer than
any other in the church His estates were
broad, aud his palaces and parks of ducal
splendor. From his hands in 1861 Francis
Joseph received the crown of St Stephen
Travellers from Vienna to Pesth pass in
view of his palace at Gran, aud of his mag
nifcent cathedral, built by the cardinal,
which is almost an exact copy of st. Peter S
at Rome 1t is the finest cathedral in Hun,
gary, and the cardinal lavished money upon
it without stint, spending in one year, it is
said, more than 81 900. 900 for furniture
aud decorations His real estate alone is
worth over ;. 900 900, and covers an area
of 100, 900 acres
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-02-06
The Feeling in France Toward Ger


| was talking the other day with we'll
known Brooklyn man about his experiences
in France last summer, says a New York
Press writer. He spent six months in
travelling about on foot and by small con
veyances, and as he is conversant with the
French language, was able to get an in
sight into French affairs which he could
get in no other way 50 well. He said to
me There isn't Frenchman alive who
is not bracing himself for the next war
with Germany. There isn't Frenchman
alive who does not anticipate that France
and Germany will have war at no distant
day, There isn't Frenchman who does
not expect that France will literally wipe
Germany off the map. 1t is this intense
national spirit in antagonism to Germany
that has made France so prosperous Every
Frenchman is preparing for that war. The
pride in the successes of Napoleon is stored
up like bottled wrath, awaiting the day
when the ignominy and humiliation of de
feat by Germany can be wiped out. 1t has
made the French nation frugal and under
the surface heroically warlike."
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-02-06

cure. The following is the present boarC
of teachers
Principal, George \. Williams. A. VI. Pm y.
Greek.
Lady Principal, Miss Frances J.. Davis sciences
Hermann A. Lebig. G.. Phi. Greek. Latin ant
German.
Maj Walter o. Cartwright. A. b mathematics
and military drill.
Rev L. Charles RouX, \. NJ. French
Miss Ella +. Prout history aud librarian.
Mrs Alice Temple Llebig. Latin and English
Miss Alice Butler Latin and English
Miss Julia +. Goodwin, painting and drawing
Miss Josephine HOOgs, vocal music.
Miss Margaret b. Scarburgh. piano.
Miss Fannie r. Kingsley. rocuton aud phyS
cal culture
Steward Rev. W y Wilbur
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-02-06

The conviction is gradually forcing itself
upon the sober Democratic journals of the
East that the free coinage cloud which a
few short weeks ago seemed no larger than
a mans hand now threatens to obscure the
whole Democratic tirmament. They real
ize that while the Democracy may possibly
contrive to stagger slpng under the burden
of free trade it will inevitably he crushed
if it undertakes to assume the twin folly of
free silver
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-02-06

Art is long and time is heeting, and il is too
bad To spend half Of a short life distressed with
neuralgia, when y cents spent for one bottle of
Salvation Oil Will cure it quickly
George COnklin, the lion tanner, says he will
have nothing to do with cruss.eyed animals, nor
use any other remedy for his coughs and colds
but DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup. He says il is the
only reliable cough medicine to he had.