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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-31

this fact the leaders Of the Alliance calmly
proposed to raise the price of wheat above
its legitimate point by joining in big cor
ner of the wheat market They were about
carrying their little scheme into effect when
they were reminded that there is provis-
ion in the constitution of the state which
makes it a criminal offence for "any combi-
nation of persons, either as individuals or
as officers or members of any corporation
or association, to attempt to monopolize
the markets for food products, or to inter
fere with or restrict the freedom of such
markets in any way" This knocked the
job on the head, greatly to the consterna-
ton of its leaders, but the funny part of it
is that it was lgnatius Donnelly, the pres-
dent of the Minnesota Alliance, who intro
duced this provision into the legislature in
1887, and secured its passage, SO that it was
afterward adopted by the people and graft
ed into the constitutional law of the state.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-31
The Remington Celebration

The Vermont centennial commission held
a meeting at the Bardwell House. Rutland
the 23d inst, and decided upon the official
medal, arranged details relating 10 the ban
quet, male All appropriation for fireworks,
announced the program of President Har-
rison's trip, and discussed the invitation
question. The official medal will be- an
inch and a half in diameter, on one side
being representation of the battle monu-
ment and on the other the coat of arms of
the state, with appropriate inscriptions.
Ii was decided to have 1000 medals made
of copper bronze and 300 of nickel plate.
Fifteen hundred banquet tickets have been
placed on sale in different towns in the
state. The guests of the state AT the ban
quet will number from 800 to 700 people.
No tickets will be sold after August /.
seats will be provided for 5000 persons.
The sum appropriated for fireworks was
S400, provided the Bennington people raise
an equal amount.
President Harrison will arrive in Ben
ningtOn on the evening Of the 18th from
Cape May. While there he will be the
guest of Gen. Mccullough. After the eel
ebration hc will pay visit 10 Secretary
Proctor at Proctor, as has been heretofore
announced. With the President will be
Mrs. Harrison, Secretary Halford. Attor-
ney General Miller and wife. Secretary
Foster and Miss Foster, Secretary Rusk and
wife and possibly Secretary Tracy.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-31
Give Rest.

Gen. f, A. Walker in The August Forum
So broad and straight now is the chan
mel by which immigration is being con-
Quoted to our shores, that there is no rea-
son why every stagnant pool of European
population, representing the interest fail
ures of civilization, the worst defeats in the
struggle for existence, the lowest degrade
tiOn of human nature, should not be COM
pletely drained off into the United States.
So long as any difference of economic con-
ditions remains in our favor, so long as the
least reason appears for the miserable the
broken, the abject, to think that they
might be better off here than there, if not
in the workshop, then in the workhouse,
these Huns, and Poles, and Bohemians,
and Russian Jews, and South Italians will
continue to come, and TO come by millions.
For one, believe that the United States
have, by a whole century of unrestricted
hospitality, and especially by taking in five
and quarter millions of foreigners during
the past ten years, fully earned the right to
say to all the world, "Give us a rest"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-31
Xn Clme 10 AImx.. NNhrrenhouts.

Every clue which it was hoped would
lead to the discovery and arrest of the
murderer Almy, who took the lite of Miss
Christie Warden at Hanover. y. H.. two
weeks ago, in such a cold-bloodel way, has
proved misleading, and the officers have
now no idea as to which way he fled or
his present whereabouts. The man whose
flight was traced to Canada proves not to
have been Almy, but prisoner who es-
cape from the lookup at White River
Junction. where he was cOninel for an as
sault committed at Olcott Falls on the day
before the murder at Hanover. There
have been several arrests on suspicion, one
being that of a farm laborer near Montpel-
ier, who was held until the Hanover oil
GERS came on AMI found that it was not Al
my. Another similar arrest was ma lie at
Weston, this state.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-31
NIr. Blaine stin Living.

Secretary Blaine went to ride with En-
mons Blaine in an open carriage, unaccom-
panied, and the Secretary held the reins
They drove for an hour and a half on the
country roads, returning to the Stanwood
at II o'clock. A member of Mr.. Blaine's
family said today that the recent reports
that Mr.. Blaine is seriously i'll and likely
to retire permanently from public life are
entirely without foundation. Mr. Blaine
will remain here as late as Bar Harbor is
comfortable for residence. He then ex-
poets to 60 to Washington and enter upon
the duties of his office
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-31
Death OF a Notable New England
Woman.

Mrs. Mary Frances Searles, a woman
best known in New England, and, in fact,
both on the Atlantic and Pacific shores, as
Mrs. Mark Hopkins, died suddenly in Ne
thuen, Mass, Friday night. Mrs. Searles
was about 70 years old, and was the daugh-
ter of William Sherwood, in his day we'll
known resident of Great harrington, Mass.
At about the age of 35 she married Mark
Hopkins, a typical Massachusetts, man, and
a member of the celebrated New England
family of Hopkinses. Mr.. Hopkins was a
native Of Great Darlington. In 1S49 he
followed the irresistible drift of the times
and went to California by the way of Cape
Horn He set up in hardware business
in Sacramento, and was very prosperous.
The foundation for his great wealth, how
ever, was laid in his connection with the
Pacific railroad, in the inception and con-
struction of which he was one of the lead
ing spirits. He died in 1878, leaving no
children. His widow thus became pos
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-31
Resignation Of quay aud Dudrey.

At meeting of the Republican national
committee, held in Washington on We'd
nesday, Mr. Quay resigned the chairman
ship of the committee and Mr.. Dudley the
the treaSurrrShip. ami both were accepted
in resolutions which seem unnecessarily
profuse in their expressions of conf fence
and regret. Mr.. Quay had previously ten
dercd his resignation as the member of the
committee from Pennsylvania, and he is
therefore removed from all connection
with the committee. Gen. Clarkson sue
ceeds TO the acting chairmanship OF the
committee until full meeting is held in
November when the date of next years
national convention will be- fixed
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-31
A PhenomennI Career.

E. c. Allen, the Augusta, Me-, publish
er, died at the Parker House in Boston on
Wednesday, from pneumonia. He had
just returned from Europe and was i'll with
the disease before he arrived His life
reads like a chapter from tale of romance.
He was born in small Maine town, and
worked on his fathers farm until he was
lS years old, receiving only a district
school education. He was ambitious for a
career beyond the scope of his surround
ings and at Is struck out into the world
as book and newspaper canvasser. His
capital was $3.50, which he had accumu-
lated by raising garden products for the
Augusta markets and by picking berries.
In a short time he had earned money
enough to begin the publication of
monthly periodical which reached the eX-
traordinary circulation of 100000 copies
the first year. In 1870, before he had at
tanned his majority, he erected six-stOry
publishing house in Augusta at a cost of
Sl25,OOO Until 1871 he enjoyed uninter-
rupted success. In that year, through
pushing plans that proved unpopular and
by over advertising, he lost $3.50 900, in
volving him seriously, but he wiped out
his Indebtedness in 1876 by the publication
of popular record of the centennial eX-
position. From this time his business sue
cess progressed uninterruptedly, and in
1880 he erected another siX-stOry building
on Water street. At the time of his death
he employed 500 hands in the publishing
business, had a branch house in Portland
and agencies in the leading cities of the I'm
ion, issuing l6 publications, with an aggre-
gate subscription list of 100000. His bill
for postage was $500 day. He had heavy
investments in the West, was one of the
largest ship owners in Maine, and was in
terested in manufacturing enterprises in
Maine and Canada. He was president of
the Augusta board of trade and the largest
individual tax payer in that city.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-31

A German woman in a steam car at
Newport, Eng, the other day was much
incensed at the idea of riding to Ostend
with the rather shabbily dressed woman
and little girl who had just entered the
compartment. After she had left the car
with the intention of hiring cab, she
learned that the woman was the queen of
Belgium while the little girl was the
Princess Clementine. They had been
rambling along the seashore hunting shells
and had strayed too far to walk back.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-31


\ statesman named Norman has intro
duced in the Georgia Legislature, of which
he is a member, bill making it misde-
meanor for any teacher to teach or to al
low to be used in his school any history of
the United States that refers to the war of
lS6l-'65 as ''the war of the rebellion" 1t
is understood that on the passage of this
bill he will introduce another, making it a
felony to teach that twice two are four.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-31

An amusing development has shown up
in Minnesota in connection with the Farm
ers' Alliance movement, which is just now
having things very much its own way in
that state. The chief stock in trade of the
Alliance has been unsparing denunciation
of the "wicked monopoly of the railroads
and other corporations, but regardless of
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-31

The Boston Journal makes this morning
an official editorial announcement in double
leads that Lieut.-Go Halle of Springfield
will under no conditions accept nomna-
ton for governor.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-31

Hon. A. b. Maynard, leading Detroit
lawyer. who died last week Friday, was the
brother-in-law of Senator Edmunds and a
native of Vermont He was born in 1917,
and after receiving collegiate education
and admission to the Vermont bar. he en-
gagged in business pursuits, returning after
a time, however, to the profession of his
choice. Mr.. Maynard was the prosecuting
attorney of his county at one time and for
number of years he was a member of the
Vermont legislature Senator Edmunds
studied law in his office, and for few
years the two were in partnership Mr..
Maynard left Vermont IN 1854 for Michi-
gan, where he soon took leading rank at
the bar and afterward held important ofiic-
ial positions. His wife, the sister of SEN
ator Edmunds, and three daughters survive
him.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-31

A career which was ideal in its measure
of long-continued public usefulness, and
its qualities of personal uprightness and of
a strong, kindly and winning manhood,
came to an end last Monday morning in
the death of ex-GOv. Paul Dillingham;. a
sketch of whose life is elsewhere given.
Our Vermont public men of emnence have
been long-lived as rule, but TO few or none
has a fuller measure of years been given
than to eX-Gov. Dillingham;, and none has
ever left behind him a more sincere and
lasting regret on the part of the men who
knew and hOnored him in his years of
strength and activity. 1t was Paul Dill
lingham who first brought Geo. F. Ed
munds prominently to the public service,
and it was the thoughtful and fitting act
of Mr.. Edmunds, on the day when he sent
his resignation to Gov. Page, to send at
the same time copy of his resignation to
the man who had appointed him senator
% years before, with note expressing to
the venerable man the high measure of OBJ
legation and personal esteem in which he
had always been held by the recipient of
that appointment.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-31

Two Cinnamon, and the "Melican man
who helped to smuggle them from Canada
into the United States, have come to grief.
Last Thursday or Friday the ciistom author
titles at st. Adams learned that two China
men had been brought in hack from St.
Armand, Canada, to st. Albans, where they
were put ON the Central Vermont train
ticketed for Springfield, Mass. despatch
was sent to Windsor ordering their deten-
tion there, and Col. II. F. Taylor and an
other officer We're sent down TO take them
back to ST. Adams. Their hearing was set
for Monlay at Burlington, but was post
pOned until today. Charles W. Bailey of
ST. Adams, the hackman who brought them
over the line, has been held i'm $1,000 bail
for appearance before the United States
court in October.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-31

Henry NJ. Stanley, the explorer slipped
and sustained a fracture of the ankle while
on climbing expedition in the Alps last
week, but beyond tie temporary nconven-
ience the injury is not serious. Some mis-
chievous and malicious correspondent hav-
ing started story that the explorer and
his wife had separated on account of mu-
tual ncompatibility, both Mr.. and Mrs.
Stanley have published cards saying that
the statement is absolutely false and that
their married life has been of the happiest
kind.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-31
The Best, Most widely Circulated. Most
influential.

George P Rowen & Co.. Of New York. in their
new book for advertisers name the hest. most
widely circulated, most influential papers at each
important centre of population or trade through.
out the whole country. For Brattleborothe paper
accorded this distinction Is The Phoenix
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-31
THURBER & CORBETT.
EVEN PICS GROW

IF well fed like to see things grow; should
never be content If had business that would
not grow. Have now got horse shoer and you
will now be able 10 have all your iron work, wood
work and shoeng done at my shop, where prices
are reasonable You will find me at the shop
MONDAYS and saturdays. New vehicles on hand
at low price. LOST-Buggv cushion: leave at
shop. Some one always at shop from a. N. till
& p. NJ. to care for you. ID. l., GRIGGS.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-31

Two hundred persons have been drowned
by collision of vessels in the Japan Sea.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-31
C9e 0crmont 3p9@uIf.
BRATTLEBORO:
FRIDAY, JULY 81, 1891.

The Vermont Phenix has n larger
paid circulation in Windham county
than any other paper. ..-r..
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-31

During the visit of the white squadron
to New York last week a very successful
test was made Of the new German smoke
less powder. The powder is described as
being made In black cubes about three
eighihs Of an inch long on each edge, very
light in weight, AMI looking and cutting
very much like rubber. With a charge of
80 pounds greater pressure and velocity
was secured than with the usual charge of
1870 pounds of ordinary powder. 1t is
stated that very successful progress is being
made in the experiments for the manufact-
IRE of an American smokeless powder at
the Newport. Il. l., station.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-10-22
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

More than 100000 of exposition work
Is now contracted for and is in progress.
The sultan Of Zanzibar has decided to
make an extensive exhibit at the Column
bian exposition at Chicago.
Sarah Bernhardt has promised to con-
tribute painting to the women's gallery Of
pictures at the Chicago exposition.
1t is reported that the Prince Of Wales,
Emperor William of Germany and the shah
of Persia all seriously contemplate visiting
the Worlds fair in 1903.
The art department has issued strong
circular urging every architect in the I'm
tied States TO personally assist in an ex
hibit of American architecture.
The graceful beauty of the fisheries
building at the Worlds Columbian expo
sition has gained for it from the severest Of
critics, architects. the title of IAN archi-
tectural poem"
In regard to the free admission of Chi
nese into the United States during the
time the Worlds fair is open, the state de-
partment has advised the vice president of
the Worlds Columbian exposition thatthe
matter will be laid before congress.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-10-22
CURIOUS cuLLlNes.

John Stowe. of Birmingham, Conn.,, re-
Gently elected live frog, which he declares
he swallowed two years previously.
A Portsmouth (N. H. woman recently
found one cent piece In an egg which one
OF her hens had laid, and later on the same
hen laid an egg with ten cent piece in it.
About 1870, when ships at Middlesbor-
ough were loaded at the staiths in the
Tees, ships boatsail was frequently used
on a coal wagon when the wind was favor
able. and by its aid run.up to Stockton.
1t is related as curious fact that Paris,
with a population OF nearly $500, 900 souls.
has less than 100 negroes within its limits
Statisticians say that the whole Of France
cannot muster negro population exceed
ing 500
In parts of Scotland persons suffering
from epilepsy are directed to drink warm
water from the Skull Of person who has
committed suicide. If pieces of the skull
are powdered and swallowed with the
draft it will be doubly efficacious.
All Eskimos are superstitious about
death, and. although they hold festivities
in memory Of departed friends, they will
usually carry a dying person to some aban-
doned hut. there to drag out his remaining
days without food, medicine. water or at
tendance. After the death Of a husband
or wife the survivor cuts the front Hair
short and fasts for twenty-five days.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-10-22
POWDER AND BALL.

The new British cruiser Inconstant has
been passed into the first class "A" reserve
In all their wars the British have won
the splendid average of SO per cent. of Che
battles.
The Hood, one of England's finest battle
ships and the largest turret ship in the
world, was launched at Chatham recently.
In making 9o4 out of possible 1000 the
First aud Second Maine regiments break
the military rifle record by = wide margin.
A new steel cuirass, covering the breast
only, will shortly be introduced into the
Austrian army 1t is said to be impene-
trable to the bullets Of any rifle yet invent
ed. It can be folded up and packed in an
ordinary knapsack The armies of the
triple alliance will be provided with it.
The Italian government has decided to
build at once three new ironclad battle
ships, each OF which is to be Of 1880 tons
displacement The government is aho
having plans completed for four new cruis-
ers and twenty-five first class torpedo
boats. The estimated cost Of theys add
tons to the Italian navy is go 100000
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-10-22
FIGS AND TRUSTEES.

Every man is some kind Of coward.
The apple you mustn't have always looks
the sweetest.
The devil hates the man who mirds his
own business
Troubles will run when you look them
squarely in the face.
Beware of people who do not love chill
dren and flowers
II you want to bring. down the sinners
outside Of the church shootSat those In 1t
The man who owns railroad never gets
half as much joy ont of it as the one who
travels ON > free pass.
the man who doesn't love his brother on
the other side OF the earth doesn't love ms
brother on the other side of the street
There are women who sometimes think
ON Sunday that they have religion, but
when the clothesIne breaks down on Mon
day they nnd ont that they haven't
Rams Horn
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-10-22
FIN, FEATHER AND FUR.

Carrier pigeons recently made the dis
tance between Nuremburg and Vienna,
800 miles, in less than four and a half hours.
A deer recently walked into the navy
yard at Kittery, Me-, and was captured
and quartered in q barn, where It Il now
living apparently contented
The king or horseshoe crab chews its
food with its legs; the little animal grind
ing its morsels between its thighs before 1t
passes them over to its mouth.
The garpike often rises to the surface
and breathes the air direct, as 1t has q
pneumatic duct connecting the throat with
the air bladder. Few, il any, of the mod
ern lung fishes inhale the air dinect.
The greatest fish story Of the current
season comes from Del Norte, Cal, where
they say that herring and smelt have been
30 thick in the bay that boy walked
across on top OF the fish. barely moistening
the soles Of his shoes.
The starfish TURNS himself inside out
and wraps his food around him and stays
that way until be has had enough. The
prongs Of the starfish look like teeth, but
In reality they are not, being nothing but
ornaments to his person
One Of the greatest obstacles TO the ex-
ploration Of certain tracts Of country In
Africa has been the tsetse fiy, small
insect. which though harmless to man,
large game and goats, is deadly to horses,
oxen, dogs and donkeys. Its bite proves
fatal In few days
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-10-22
ELECTRIC SPARKS.

Edison is OF the opinion that ultimately
the house will be both lighted and heated
for sixty cents year.
| Electricity is now used for making forg-
ings. augurs, railroad spikes, ball bearings,
and many other articles hitherto made by
hand or by expensive machinery.
An electric lamp does not compete for
the oxygen Of the apartment In which 1t IL
placed, and this circumstance gives It q
marked advantage over any open flame.
Professor Elisha Gray remarks that elec-
tricai science has made greater advance
in the last twenty years than in all the
1000 historic years preceding. More Is dis
covered in one day now than In 1000 years
formerly.
Dentists declare that by means OF the
electric light they are able to keep their
patients' teeth in much better condition
than formerly, an the light enables them
TO discover minute cavities which without
its use would not be noticed.
Among the novel applications OF electric
ity Is an electric pool table in which but
tons are arranged in front OF the pockets
When ball strikes a button an electric
contact Is made, which Is recorded by an
annunciator placed on the wall.
The new electric thermostat. for use in
ships bunkers and refrigerating rooms,
has lately appeared. the special feature be-
ing a steel bulb inclosed in frame having
set screw which can be altered so as to
bring the meYcurial column TO platinum
contact wire exactly at the desired temper
AZURE
The cars on the new cable railway in San
Diego. CAL. have electric push buttons in
stead of the troublesome dangling straps
with which to notify the gripman when to
stop the car. Dry batteries are used for
the electric bell service. and they are said
to be less troublesome than replacing
broken straps.