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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-11

The Montpelier Watchman of this week,
having in view, evidently, Mr.. Deavitt's 5
letter on Proctor's appointment as senator,
says editorially that peace and law prevail
on the whole among the twenty members
of the Watchman association, that Editor
Ropes's interest is six times that of any
other stakeholder, and that Proctor was
supported in accordance with a large ma
jority wish of the association and of the
people of Washington county. Mr. Deavitt
evidently needs to be tethered.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-11
Ten Months Figures.
LFrom the Norwich Bulletin. ]

Tables are now made up showing the rel
ative amount of imports in 10 months under
the Mckinley act and in 10 months before it
went into force. These tables show that
the receipts from import duties in 10
months under the Mckinley Jaw have been
s16S. 755, ,9s5, while the receipts from i'm
port duties in the corresponding 10 months
before that law went into operation were
S195, 415, 296 But the total value of inn
ports in the 10 Mckinley months was
S697, 251, $40 against S676,329, ,2O9 in the
corresponding 10 months of the year be-
fore. That is, under the Mckinley law
imports increased S21 100000 in 10
months, while tariff duties decreased more
than S26,0O0,OO0. Things that people
must buy abroad they can buy and do buy
more freely and to better advantage under
the Mckinley tariff than before it passed.
Things which it has increased duties on
are mostly things which can be made and
should be made at home.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-11
a Deserved Right to be Proud.
lFrom the Burlington Free Press

The Phoenix rejoices over the fact that
Brattleboro won most of the prizes for cat
tie at the state fair Brattleboro has de
served right to be proud of its cattle indus
try and its success in this line ought to
lead the farmers of other towns to emulate
its example. Vermont is rapidly becom-
ing noted for fine cattle as well as thor
oughbred horses and sheep, and there is no
good reason why every town in the state
should not possess its quota of prize-win-
ming stock. When will farmers in general
learn that it costs no more to raise good
stock than poor stock, and that it often
costs a great deal less?
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-11
More New ships.

The next year will witness some impor-
tant additions to our new navy. The 5000
ton cruisers Cincinnati and Raleigh will
probably be launched this fall. So will the
20O0-ton cruisers known as Nos. o, 10 and
II. The 105O-ton gunboats, No. and No.
6, should be completed next April. The
Pacific coast defender, Monterey, which
has already been launched, must be finish
ed in June, 1892, if the terms of the con-
tract are fulfilled, This will give our navy
six more modern efficient vessels. The
new cruisers and gunboats will be urgently
needed to take the place of the unsea-
worthy old wooden ships that are fast drop
ping out of the service. They are of just
the type that is wanted. Their smaller
tonnage makes them far less expensive to
maintain in commission than big cruisers
| like the Newark or Baltimore, and they are
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-11

Labor day was generally observed on
Monday in the cities of the country by pa
rades and athletic sports. In New York
and st. Louis over &c, 900 men were in line,
and in some places business for the day
was entirely suspended. At Northampton,
Mass, there was large gathering of the
Father Matthew temperance societies. The
most notable observance in Vermont was
at Montpelier, where 400 men from Barre,
POO from Montpelier and 40 from North
field, representing the great granite indus
try of that section, participated in the eX-
erciseS of the day.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-11
The New Rain-Making scheme.

Carl +. Meyers, the aerOnaut, who ac-
companied Secretary Rusk's sky-storming
and rain-making expedition to Texas, was
recently in Springfield, Mass, and told a
Republican reporter about the work done
by the party. Their place of operation
was in an alkaline desert in Texas, where
rain is absolutely unknown in the dry sea-
son. Three kinds of explosives were used
in three different forms. A series of kites
were rugged up, by which dynamite was
lifted to a certain height in the air and
there exploded by electricity. Rain fol
lowed in few hours after every such eX-
pertinent. Another form of explosives,
and the most powerful used, was that of
balloons, 10 or II feet in diameter, filled
with hydrogen and oxygen gas, the ingre-
dient of water, which were exploded with
tremendous force at high altitude. Pow
erful rains followed in every instance.
The third form of bombardment was that
of explosives from the ground. Each
rainfall was followed by dews for two OF
three nights. Mr.. Myers declares that the
party were driven out of Texas by the rains
they had produced. He thinks the new
plan practical, and says the bOmbardment
need not be continuous to produce sufti-
cient rain for agricultural purposes, as one
rain almost surely induces another.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-11

1t is confidently expected that the re-
moval by Germany of the restrictions
against American pork, reported in our
news columns, will mean an increase of at
least S10,OO0,OO0 in the amount of exports
of American products to that country.
This change of policyion the part of the
German government is'duelto the firm and
wise course adopted by the Republican ad-
ministration under the authority given it
by the Mckinley tariff law. The meat in
spection bill, passed by the last Congress,
gave the Germans assurance that only
wholesome pork products would be eX-
ported to that country, but beyond this,
and more important than this, was the fact
that the President had the power to sus-
pend the free importation of German sugar
if the government of that country persist
ed in its unfair treatment of American
pork. The beet sugar industry of Ger
many has been developed at great expense
to the government and the authorities evi-
IDENTIFY had no wish to push their restric-
tions on American products to the point of
inviting American retaliation.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-11

quite as effective in doing ocean police du-
ty as larger vessels Americans who saw
the recent evolutions of German, French
and British war vessels off Spithead, Eng,
express the opinion that our White Squad
ron contains the nucleus of navy more
serviceable for our own purposes than any
of the types there exhibited.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-11
The New York Republicans.

The state convention of New York Re
publicans, held at Rochester on Wednes-
day, was large and harmonious gather
ing. Hon. j. Sloat Fassett of Elmira,
whom the President recently appointed
collector of the port of New York, was
nominated on the first ballot. Mr.. Fassett
is young man, only 3S years old, who
possesses rare elements of popularity with
the people of New York He has done
eminent public service as a member of the
state senate. He gre y steadily in ability
with Gov. Hill over the question of investi-
eating the doings of the state canal ring
brought him more prominently than ever
to the front Gov. Hill refused to permit
any investigation to be made and the mas
terly way in which Mr.. Fassett managed
the interests of the people fixed the atten-
tion of the people of the state upon him.
He is a clean, strong man, in sympathy
with the spirit of the times, under whom
the New York Republicans will make one
of their stoutest fights. John w. Nroo-
man of Herkimer was nominated for lieu
tenant governor, and Eugene F. O'COnnor
of Brooklyn for secretary of state.
The platform adopted strongly endorses
the Republican policy in regard to the tar
iff, reciprocity, the silver question, etc.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-11
The Gladstone Record of the Year.


Big crops of grain, and of fruits, and OF
vegetables, and of cotton, and of sugar
cane, and of corn, and of potatoes, and OF
oysters, and of hay, hops, and tobacco,
and Gf we may SOY of flesh, fowl, and fish
such is the gladsome record of the yeal
1891 in the United States, and it is pleas
ant to call the attention of the American
people to that record from time to time.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-11
The Rest, Most widely Circulated, Most
influential.

George p Rowe & Co., of New York, in their
new book for advertisers name the best, most
widely circulated, most influential papers at each
important centre of population or trade through
out the whole country For Brattleboro the paper
accorded this distinction is The Phoenix
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-11

1t is a matter of public cOngratuation
that the theatrical company, of which the
notorious Eva Mann was the bright partic-
ular star, went to pieces after an existence
of few days because of lack of patronage.
The play was entitled "All a Mistake and
depicted, with enough variation to make
the star the heroine, the scandal which re-
suited in the wrecking of the life of Ray
Hamilton. 1t was an insult to the stage to
have this play brought out, but the stage
has come out victorious over the insult.
Probably the projectors think it was ''all a
mistake in presenting the play.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-11
legal Notices.
yTATE OF VERMONT, westr

StTATE OF VERMONT, Westminster, SIS.
y BY the Prob, te Court for sad District
To all persons inter, sted in the Estate of SA-
BRlNA GRAY, late # Townsh, nd, in said dis
trict, deceased Greeting
Whereas. Nillermer Gray has presented to this
court an instrument purpOrting to be the last will
Of SAID deceased for probate: You are hereby
ba'e of SAID instrument at the session thereof to
h,' held at tie inn Of Thomas Evans in TownShend.
said District. on the 18th day of October A D..
1891. when and where you may appear and con
test the same if Gu see cause.
81 CHAS b. EDDY. Register
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-11

the civil war are always thought of and
spoken of as "nush' times when money
was plenty. The highest amount of mon
ey in circulation during the war was in
1865. 1t was then S20.57 per capita. To-
day the circulation is s23.45 per capita.
The best part of it is that every dollar of
it is worth 100 cents, and it is the policy of
the Republican party to keep it so.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-11

A table which has just been prepared
by Secretary Foster of the United States
treasury is surprise to the Western advO-
Gates of ''more money" and unlimited sill
yer coinage. The statement which the
secretary has prepared shows the amount
of money per capita in circulation in the
United States for every year since 1859.
The important and unexpected fact is that
the country has more money per capita in
circulation today than at any time before
in the past 80 years. The times during
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-11

1t is announced that our government has
decided to release the Itata to the new
Chilian government on payment. of the
amount of costs incurred in her pursuit and
capture.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-11
Governor Timber.
From the West Randolph Herald. I


Some men are altogether too democratic
in their ideas. They say, why not step
right out and pick up any ordinary farmer
and make him governor The fact is no
man who is farmer and nothing more is
fit to be governor. The same may be said
of a mechanic of any kind. And the same
is true of professional men, although pro-
fessional training broadens the mind. To
fit men for high office they must have some
kind of preparation. They must be men
of affairs, of broad culture of wide acquaint-
ance with men and things and of mature
judgment. Such men may be found among
farmers, though they are rare among those
farmers who are SO poor that the necessities
of their situation keep them continually
grinding at the mill. We talk about select
ing a man from the people, but we want a
man who stands in range with the highest
and best of the people. 1t is to such men
We look for administrative wisdom. We
place confidence in them. Not many of us
are willing to trust men of our own social
and intellectual rank with great response
bilities. We don't want cheap men for
any Office Give us the best that can be
found
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-11
Gbe l1ermunt 19B@rte.
BRATTLEBORO:
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER II, 1891.

The Vermont Phoenix has a larger
paid circulation in Windham county
than any other paper.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-11

Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher's personal
memoirs of her husband, under the title of
"Mr Beecher as l knew him." will begin
in the October issue of the Ladies Home
journal.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-11
STATE OF VERMONT, Marlboro. IS.

- The Probate Court for said District.
To all persons interested in the estate of HAN
NAH f. TOlLES, late of Brattltboro in said
District. deceased. Greeting.
Whereas Phnras Goodrich has presented TO this
Court an instrument purporting to be the last
Win of said deceased, for probate:-Nou are here
by notified that this Court will decide upon the
probate of said instrument at the session thereof
t. be- held at the Probate Office in Brattltboro IN
said District on the last Saturday of September
A. D. 1891, when and where you may appear and
contest the same. if you see cause.
3. f. w. STODDARD, Register.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-11

The Brattleboro PhnuiN speaks of the general
business depression at Turner's Falls, How strange
this seems when recall the glowing prophecies
of this journal i'm the event Of an increased Me
Kinley tariff Is it not about time that these
thinking "homr market theorists caught on To- IA
system that hampers hinders and demoralizes the
countrys busuesS;- Montpelier Argus of hts
treek
The Mckinley tariff bill has about as
much to do with the depression at Turner's
Falls as the rum raids at Montpelier have
with the spots on the moon. The causes
are strictly local. Probably the Argus does
not know that Greenfield and Orange,
neighboring towns of Turner's Falls, have
enjoyed the greatest growth and prosperity
in their history during the past few months.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-11
COMMIAsIONERs, NOTICE.

Il ESTATE OF HORACE G. STARK
The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Marl-
boro Commissioners to receive, examine and
adjust all claims and demands of all persons
against the estate of Horace G Stark late OF
Halifax in said district, deceased and all claims
exhibited in offset thereto, hereby give notice that
we will meet for the purpose aforesaid at the
late residence of SAID Stark on the third
day of Octoh. rand thirtieth day of January next,
from one o'clock p. NJ. until four O'Clock p. NJ,
each Of said days, and that six months from the
18th day Of August 1891, is the time limited
by said Court for said creditors to present their
claims to us for examination and allowance.
Dated at Halifax this 9th day of August, 1891
ALEXANDER PRESTON,
ISRAEL STOWE, Commissioners.
CHARLES MARCY 36
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-11
THE VERMONT PHGNIX,
and TERMONT RECORD AND FARMER,
united May l., 1SS0)
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT BRATrLEBoRo, VI, BY
O. l.. FREN CHI.

TERMS: S1.5O per year in advance; If not paid
within the year, $500.
RATES OF ADVERTISING furnished on application.
Births Deaths and Marriages published free;
Obituary Notices, Cards of Thanks, etc, IS cents
per inch of 12 lines or less.
Entered at the Brattleboro Post Office as second
class mail matter
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-11
Liberation Notice.

This is to give notice that have given my son,
Arthur Holt his time during the remainder Il
his m norty, and shall claim none of his wages
pay any debts Of his contracting after this date
DWELL s. HoLF
Brattleboro. Vt Sept H. 1897.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-11
CTATE OF YERMONT, westmiIR,steT, SIS.

CTATE OF VERMONT, Westminster, SIS.
= The Probate Court for said District.
To all whom it may concern. Greeting.
Whereas OSCAR r. GARFIELD. Administrator
of the estate of LUCINDA HESCOCK. late Of
Townshend, in said district, deceased, has repre-
sented that:
The amount of debts due from
said deceased is lD.O
The charges of administration
are estimated at 4O.OO
s 10000
is is s 3i.O0
Balance of debts chargeable on
real estate of said deceased, l@OO
Praying for license to sell so much of the real
estate of said deceased is necessary for the pay
ment of said debts and charges of administration
Whereupon it is ordered that the same be heard
at the session of said court to be held at Evans S
Hotel In Townshend on the 18th day OF October
A. d. 1891, when and where you may be heard
in the premises if you see cause.
37 CHAS. b. EDDY, Regist r.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-05-30
Edison Defines Ampere and Volt.

The following question was put to Thomas
A. Edison by John S. Wise in a recent law
suit in which Mr.. Ellison was Il witness
The answer by Mr.. Edison gives 1t pretty
clear definition of the words ''ampere" and
"volt," which are much used about this
time:
Q.-Explain what is meant by the num-
Der of volts in an electric current?
Al will have to use the analogy of a
waterfall to explain. Say we have a cur
rent of water and turbine wheel. If |
have a turbine wheel and allow thousand
gallons per second to fall from a height OF
one foot on the turbine | get a certain
power, we will say one horse power. Now,
the one foot of fall will represent one volt
Of pressure in electricity, and the thousand
gallons will represent the ampere or the
amount of current; we will call that one
ampere. Thus we have thousand gallons
of water, or one ampere, falling one foot
or one volt, or under one volt of pressure,
and the water working the turbine gives
one horse power Ii now we 90 a thousand
feet high, and take one gallon of water
and let it fall on the turbine wheel, we will
get the same power as we had before,
namely, one horse power.
1--WE have got thousand times less cur
rent or less water and we will have a
thousandth Of an ampere in place of one
ampere, and we will have a thousand volts
in place of one volt, and we will have fall
of water a thousand feet as against one
foot. Now the fall of the water or the
height from which it falls is the pressure
of volts in electricity, and the amount of
water Is the amperes 1t will be seen that
q thousand gallons minute falling on
man from height of only one foot would
be no danger to the man, and that if we
took one gallon and took it up thousand
feet and let it fall down it would crush
him. So it is not the quantity or current
of water that does the damage, but it is the
velocity or the pressure that produces the
effect."-New York Sun.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-05-30

When does lovely woman appear as love.
ly as when clad in sweet dignity of man
ner? And if to this she can add donors
and decorations and degrees and titles,
there is Portable grace, serenity and
magnetism about her that is wholly ire
sistible. The day of helpless, incapable
women has gone by. Men and all the rest
Of the world like woman who has some
thing to her, who knows something and
who can sustain her own in delightful
interchange of thought.
Do not think, dear sweet little girl. that
you must wear calfskin boots and divided
skirt and self assertive manner. Nor
that you need go clad in the armor of ag-
gressiveness, carrying prickly shield of
sharp opinions. But what you do need is
to make yourself attractive, is to cultivate
all your little gifts and talents, and to
make the most of the womanliness that is
within.
Have you seen the lovely statue of the
Princess Of Wales as Doctor of Music? If
you have, you remember the calm, sweet,
stately features, above which the mortar
board' cap sits as royalty as if it were a
crown. You know how the long, heavy
doctors robe falls to the feet in great dig.
nified folds that only serve to enhance the
queenly bearing Of tho woman The statue
is a powerful one and a strong one, yet it is
that of woman, and it is all wOmanly.
Prince Victor Of Hoherlohe Langenburg, a
cousin of the princess, made it, and he
well knew how to draw the firm lines,
curved and sweet, that are part of wom-
anly wOman'S make up. - New York
World
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-05-30

A prettier and more pathetic story has
seldom boen told than the one published
in the Daily Telegraph A hospital for
sick children in the East Ends of London
was "a tumble-down old wharf ware
house" But it had to do for the sick
children, simply because there was n,
money to build a bs ter place. One day,
up the rickety stairs, holding on by the
rope that served for banister, came a
shabby, grutf old man, asking, in u tone
that seemed to threaten an action for dam.
ages, if this were a children's hospital aud
if they did not want proper hospital"
The secretary, with faint hopes of guinea,
answered these questions and received-a
check for $1,000! They went over the
place, and when this unexpected angel of
blessing had seen the children he cams
back, asked again for pen and ink, and
wrote-a second thousand ! Then with
his coat buttpned he was about to 90, but
one story after another of healing and of
child heroism flowed from the secretary's
lips, until with gruff Hal" the coat
was thrown back once more, the magic
book produced, and third thousand laid
beside the others. II found my way up
and | can find my way down. Good day y
The man of shabby coat and gruff voice
was gone, but the secretary had the new
building in his hands -Chrlstian AdUO-
cate
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-05-30
A Family with Traditions.

Sometimes we come upon family unique
as bit of genre painting. No need of
family portraits or a yellow title deed to
proclaim this house with traditions. The
walls breathe them, as old chests breathe
lavender Chairs, tables and trumpery
knickknacks upon the mantels and the
corner shelves take airs to themselves as
having had their beauty at compound in
terest years and years, and all but join in
the conversation. Is a story told? Age
has lent 1t bouquet fine as of wine in cob
webbed vaults. Is song sung? Ten t.
one it is very silly old song, but it has the
charm of an heirloom. And as you watch
the family move and speak and smile, you
are dimly aware that it is in accordance
with laws and customs all their own.
They live in an atmosphere of Indian
summer haze. Hence they are not ferret
eyed for flaws of society or character, and
may never be heard of among the world 8
master minds. But they are very gentle
ivers, deeply human hearts. Their web OF
tradition is as prophetic of sunny weather
as are gossamer webs in autumn. Often
they are of the stuff Of which martyrs are
made.-Harper's Bazaar.