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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-12-25

A good dancer needs good shoes; shoes
that are adapted to the purpose, and shoes
that fit. Not only this but the shoes worn
daily must fit No one can dance well or
with much pleasure when the feet are sore
or tender
Tight shoes are not the MY ones that
cause sore feet. A shoe may be compare
lively loose, yet so poor a fit that the feet
are always sore. Two to one, the shoe is too
short It's a common fault.
How often when buying shoes you
have been allowed to fit yourself.
The dealer asked the price and size
and gave you shoe accordingly.
YOu tried it on. You were not
sure, but you thought it fitted all
right, or would when "brOken in."
You proceeded to "break it In" and
got several cOrns in doing so. Then
you wished you had bought size
larger or gone elsewhere.
We make it our business TO see
that in every instance our customers
get good fit. We guarantee satis-
faction, and it means a good fit as
much as it means good quality.
MORSE & SIMPSON,
Brooks House Shoe Store.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-12-25
T.W. BARNARD
That Name Johnson

HOMES originally from some one being called
~ Johns son. i don't care where the name
came from particularly, but will tell you quietly
that my stock of lead and iron pipe, my valves
and couplings and other plumbers txings came
from place where good quality of stock can be
bought low My sales increase monthly because
l sell close to cost JOHNSON, the plumber
Flat street,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-12-25
ALMOST SICK

A LII tired out your wife is, WhyY Just he
IA cause she nearly kills herself trying TO do
her own work. just remember some Of the af
and then surprise her by saying, Dorothy Ann
better have the washings done at FALES'S Steam
Laundry Flat street"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-12-25
$1,000.

Perhaps you would get one OF them Some lucky
guesser WIN get them all. Prizes from IS TO $500
You can buy the paper with The Phoenix for
80 so only 81 for both, and still have the Guess
Coupon.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-12-25

Brooks House Shoe Store
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-12-25
Births.
Marriagfs.

In Wilmington, Dec Il, by Rev. r. c. T.
Mckenzie Christian W. Jones Of Middletown, y.
y aud uiss Miriam Harris of Dover.
In Springfield, Dec Il, 10y Rev. X, L. Bruce,
Chas +. Parks of Cambridgeport and Lucy
Spaulding of Woodstock.
In Brattleboro. Dee. p. at the residence of Mr..
Streeter. Canal street by Rev A. II Webb, Geo
A. Miller and Miss Leila A. Harris, both Of Brat
tlehnrn
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-12-25

mas "''l III SOle llllle, COnltllpldlto d UP
to the South.
Mrs. Clifton Sherman and child of Hart
lord, Conn, arrived last Saturday to spend
the Christmas season. Mr. Sherman joins
them tomorrow.
Cards are out for the marriage on the
5Oih inst, of Miss Lulu Corser, daughter
Of Is. G. Corser, to Mr.. John Snyder OF
Essex Junction.
Miss Lulu Herrick returns from Keene
to spend Christmas with her parents, and
Is accompanied by her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. }. G. Warren.
Mr. and Mrs. Wells p. Jones and
daughters will go to Greenfield, Mass, to
spend Christmas, Miss Hattie having come
from Boston for a short vacation.
From the Northampton Gazette: "Ball
Pitcher WOodcOck has entered into two en-
gagements, one to pitch ball and one IN
matrimony. Lucky Mrs. Woodcock."
Misses Cora and Florence Kathan OF
Putney and Miss Grace Platt of Newtane,
assistant teachers in Miss Sawyer's school,
are spending the vacation at their respect
I've homes.
Hon. f. l.. Waterman returned home
last night He has been hearing testimony
IN government cases in the South and West
ior two or three months, his recent work
oelng in Kansas and Iowa.
H. ii. Rice, a tuner with the Carpenter
organ company and member OF the Bos-
Ton eccesia of the Christadelphians, has
published for distribution a circular in re-
gard to the history and beliefs of that re-
hgious sect.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-12-25

n. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy Is an an
dnest Inreparation which no family shq9G e9
itho,t n Is positive for malaria kidney
and liver complaints.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-12-25
New
Years
Reception.

January lst and days fol-
lowing we shall hold a Grand
Reception, We cordially in
vite all persons having &C
counts of three months to
be present, Will give you
a hearty Reception as you
step forward and pay your
bills, Those having &C
counts that have run a short
er time will be admitted to
this reception and no ques-
tons asked regarding their
invitations, Please remem-
Der the date and do not wait
for a personal call before
paying your bill,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-06
AS WE EUILJ.


The r1asous were building the granite wall
Round the beautiful church on tie green;
They hammered and chiseled the stones inch
by inch,
And laid them with mortar between.
They made the foundations both strong and
deep,
And leveled with plummet and line
And carefully wrought that no flaw might ap-
pear
To sully the perfect design.
And when the last beautiful browning stones
Were laid, and the work was done.
Complete and strong and perfect it stood
A lesson for every one.
A lesson Of daily human life;
We build, though may not see,
For Time and Eternity, day by day,
The character that shall be.
Each little word. or thought. or deed
Is cIip"cl IL the chiScl we wteld
Each loving plan for another's good
Is wrought in the life we build.
II honor and truth are the tendrils which hold
The purpose when life is new;
And Conscience and Faith on the granite have
Their seals OF o life pure and true;
Then the years, as they roll with their changes,
will bring
manhood both fearless and strong;
The power and the will to stand fast for the
right,
Aud firmly to stand against wrong,
And the sure reward of a faithful life,
The Great Master Builder will own,
When, tasks well DONE" to US shall be
given
The victor's fadeless crown.
Katharine p. Canning, in Good Housekeeping
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-06
A NOBLE VAGABOND,
Noble Deed of Il registering Rounder on
South Clark Street.

Noble Deed of a registering Rounder on
South Clark Street.
Many a mine shows vein of metal
when you least expect it. Many aman
surprises you with kindness when his
whole aspect seems forbidding. A par
ticularly tough-loolling fellow was
weaving unsteadily down the levee the
other day. his ragged clothing badly
soiled, and his stubby beard darkening
a face that was red and bloated from
excuses. He was walking alone, AMI
was talking a little in a maudlin way
One of the myriad little children who
live-God alone knows how-in that
forbidding place was trundling toy
wheelbarrow along the uneven side
walk, and in the battered vehicle was
her kitten, q sorry-looking thing, but
the only pet she had. She came in the
way of a brutal young fellow. and he
kicked the barrow-cat and all-clear
into the middle of the street. He had
some companions, and they laughed at
the flying, sprawling, complaining eat;
laughed even harder when the little
girl cried bitterly at the ruin of her toy.
The lonely, soliloquiZing, rough-faced
rounder stopped unsteadily a moment,
and then he launched himself into the
group of heartleSs rCwGies. He was a
match for ut their best, and in a mo-
ment they had scattered and fled. The
little girl had been pcnned in a doorway
and could not escape. He saw her, the
tears cutting a pitiful white down her
dirty, frightened face, and he stopped
and gathered her in his arms.
Come on, my beauty" he said with
heartinesS. Wen buy another bar
row. And he carried her into the
nearest store where everything is kept
and anything is sold and found the thing
she wanted. The dealer had Seen-as
had the entire block-the kick, the pun
ishment and the generous effort to
Tighten the child's heart, and he set
handsome price on the wheelbarrow.
But the rounder paid it-paid it royalty
and walked home behind the little
girl and her kitten as proud as king.
There probably wasn't nobler thing
done in Chicago by a well-dressed man
in a week.-Chicago Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-06
PiTH AND POINT.

Mamma (from the sitting-room)-
''Why are you so still there. Ethel?"
Ethel-''Because Jack is still here
Bad handwriting isn't always an in.
dication of genius, but it is the only
sign of genius that some unfortunate
authors possess.-Somerville Journal.
-Brown-''I don't see Jerry with
Miss Charmer lately. You told me he
had fallen in love with her." Fogg-
Eyes he did fall in love with her, but
her father raised him. boston Tran
script.
-Watts-'At what age would you
say woman ceases to be fascinating?"
Potts-"Before L answer that question
tell me how young boy am 1 allowed
to consider in the case?"-Indianapol
Journal.
Your son, hear, is becoming an
excellent landscape painter" ''He is"
"Does he initiate nature well?" ''Imi-
tate nature! He beats nature. He can
put colors in a landscape that nature
never dreamed off. IN. Y. Press.
Surprising News. -Jagman-''What
was it you told Brown about me that
seemed to surprise him so much? Did
.Nou ttll lIiiI wa ihtoAlSdtSo NSSbCh-
day?" Chapman-''No,I told him you
We're sober to-day. saturday Evening
Herald.
Don't you think" she said archly
to the visitor behind the scenes, that
most of these jokes about ballet girls
are rather thin?'' Perhaps So" he re-
piled, much embarrassed. But then
you know it's a pretty thin subject to
tackle. "-Washington Post.
Have you seen the lions in Central
park?" asked New York gentleman
of a little boy. Yes; they are spoiled
lions" "Spoiled?" Eyes, spoiled. 1
saw little girl throw piece of bread
into the cage. and the lion didn't touch
it. He wanted cake 1 suppose"
This was Woman.-Scene-Te
graph office.-''That makes ten words,
madam" Am + not entitled to send
two words more?" Certainly, mad
am" Very well, then, have the kind
ness to put the words ''In haste" on
the envelope of the telegram. Yankee
Blade
"A Result of Experience. -"Great
heavens! What's that?" exclaimed the
new star, darling to one side. That's
3
Hector for the transformation scene"
"Oh," resumed the actor much relieved,
''for a moment l thought it was the
headlight of a locomotive"
-"Well," snarled Mr.. Topnoody, ST
don't see much difference between an
idiot with his mouth open and an idiot
with his mouth shut" ''And you have
such large mouth, too" murmured
Mrs. Topnoody dreamily. And Mr..
Topnoody kicked the cat half way
across the room.-Detroit Free Press.
Summer Saunterers-'Is that your
son, Mr.. Peavine? And only ten years
old! He has grown famously." Farmer
Peavine-''Hes all O. that, Bill is; he's
the infamousest boy in these parts"
Summer Saunterers (after departing)-
''The old gentleman is quite a charac.
ter" Farmer Peavine's DaughterS
"Oh, pa how could you talk SOP" Farm
er Peavine-''It's all right, Tidy. 1t
pleases them city folks to get hold of
an original character, you know. That
little turn of mine tickled them might
lily. They'll take the rooms" And
they did.-Boston Transcript.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-06
A COOL CUSTOMER.
no" Cheeky Young Shop-Lifter Avoid


Dung Shop-Lifter Avoided
Arrest.
IL was sale day. in the glove de-
Partment. Gloves of all colors makes
ages, sizes and conditions were thrown
ooWn Tor the inspection of the public
which was invited to attend and at a
cost OF less than nothing provide itself
with those useful and necessary adj
Juncts to the toilet.
AS Is usual after such an announce
ment the special sale department WAS
thronged; row after row sf those who
always seek but seldom find baro.ins
stood around the counter Some were
oeilg waited on, others were impatient
~ waiting for like attention. while
some more bold reached over the
heaos or broke through the adj
vance line and selected what they
wanted Among these latter was tall,
pony woman who seemed to find con-
siderable difficulty getting a pair of
gloves to suit her. Pair after pair the
woman took from the counter A few
OF them she ostentatiously returned but
py lar the greater number, by some
slelght unnoticed by the busy ladies in
waiting, she succeeded in conveying to
young girl who stood conveniently
behind her. The goods We're artfullv
hidden by the accomplice, who all the
while maintained an air of innocence.
calmly chewed the fragrant gum, and
apparently took not the slightest inter-
est IN the great glove slaughter
Presently the voice of the manager,
the terror of the evil-doer and the
needy, was heard ordering. command
ing and reprimanding as he charged the
crowd in the blockaded aisle, elbowed
his way to the scene of the sacrifice and
paused before the Notwithstanding
gum-chewer.
1t was his business to suspect and
watch his customers after bargains,
and he strongly suspected the girl loi-
terlng amid temptation, for she was
neither pushing her way to the counter
nor squeezing her way out, but he
could not act without proof, however
slight, and of that he had none. She
bore his scrutiny without tlinching or
falterlng. Still she dared not move:
one moment of irresolution, one step
toward the door, would have satisfied
him of her guilt and would have result
ed in Immediate arrest. Therefore al
though the seconds seemed long, and
the tall woman had slipped away, the
tall girl stood with marvellous cOmpos-
ure before her natural enemy.
do you want to buy anything?" he
asked at length, with disagreeable
stress on the word buy Her answer,
without stammer or hesitation, was that
she was waiting to see Mr.. -, the
manager.
Il am he. What do you want?' he
asked, his eyes flashing with awful in
dignation.
81 am in search of employ"
You can't get it here snapped he,
hotly, moving away. Il haven't adver-
tised for you, have II" And the mad
manager glowered upon the malle-be-
ieve applicant, who, with derure
mo, sir to his wild inquiry. and
hidden receptacle filled with stolen ar
cles. took her departure unmolested.-
Chicago News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-06

Jim Sniverly had been absent from.
Austin for several years He returned
not long since, and one of the first men
he met was Bill Tinkerson. They had
lust taken a social drink, when Bill re-
marked:
DO you remember Sally Jane Ben
-derley?"
THAT great big, gawky red-headed
girl with frecl1les as big as dime all
over her nose, who limped and was
uglier than a crazy quite?
"Yes-that's the gal.
"Of course | remember her. Nobody
could forget her. 1t is impossible to
duplicate face like that. She has
mouth like catfish, and smile like
an open valise. What of here"
''Oh. nothing; except she is my wife
Texas Siftings.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-06
"To Tax Effort Adds to Effort"
From the Standard.)


This. so far as we know, is an entire
" new phrase which aptly desert es
the effect of levying taxes on the prod
ucts of industry. 1t occurs in the lead
ing editorial article in the Toledo Sun
day Journal, which is a remarkably
clear presentation of the single tax is
sue The Journal says that the inter
est in the subject is so general that a
statement of the objects and proba bic
effects of the single tax is desirable
1t therefore says:
At the onset it should be stated that
it is not proposed to levy tax on land,
but on land values; a radically different
thing. To tax land equally as regards
area. would not tend to equally distrib-
ute the burden of taxation, for in that
event the arid acres of the alkai plains
would be taxed equally with the most
valuable spot in the heart of New
York, where the land could be covered
with a layer of twenty dollar gold
pieces and still surpass the gold in
value.
Two propositions are laid down in
evolving this theory, each of which ap-
peals to the thinking mind as just and
fair; the first, that there is not now alb
solute private ownership of land the
government, 4, e., the people, holding
title for its use, as witness the law of
eminent domain. which permits the
government to take, or to delegate the
power to take for public use and ben
eft. the land assumed to be owned by
any man, as in the case Of railroads,
highways, public works and the like
The second, the fact that land was al
ways here. and will still be here when
we have all passed on, and that it is al
ways at hand for purposes of equable
taxation.
1t will be readily admitted that to tax
effort adds to effort. The tax on a pair
of shoes adds to the cost Of the shoes:
makes them more difficult to obtain,
and lessons the use of shoes in exact
proportion to such added cost. Thus if
shoes cost two dollars per pair, many
can wear them who would be unable to
do SO if the cost were ten dollars per
pair. This is true in all things where
effort is required. The tax levied
in the case of Col. Smead, to which
reference was made in these columns
some weeks since, adds just so much to
the cost of each furnace he erectx- or
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-06

Then she lighted her room and began
dressing leisurely. The occupation had
its object; sitting still was impossible
while she waited.
But when sharp rap sounded per-
emptorily through the ho-se, she started
with every nerve. Her voice was stea.lv
enough, however, as she went to the
curtained window.
''Who is it?"
Morgan, from over Point"
Captain Morgan. Yes, | know. Ii
you will find your way il I will join
you presently"
She heard the tramp of feet making
their way uncertainty into the lighted
room. She did not hasten. every soft
fold of lace about her throat was set
tied carefully to its place, and she went
back to adjust slipping braid Of hair
as if the most critical and fastidious of
morning callers awaited her. Some
thing of the dramatic instinct must have
been born il her. She stood i'll the
doorway presently, holding the Ian. D
far above her head that she might see
hes visitors, a graceful, Whitehead
shape, with shining eyes and flushed
cheeks. The men rose involuntarily.
Il am Mrs. Morse,'' she said, quietly.
''My brother, Mr.. Tyron, is not at
hoIac.''
Don't be alarmed" Captain Morgan
said rcassuringly. 1--WE are the vigil
ance committee, searching for the
captain of the horsethief gang. He es-
capped US n few hours ago and came this
way"
She thought of the shooting and hang
ing, while the soft-voiced vigilante was
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-06

CONSIDER for moment the utter alb,
surdity of the titles by which we per.
NIT to be grave1y passed from John
Doe to Richard Roe the right to exclu-
sively possess the earth, giving abso-
lutte dominion as against all others. In
California our land titles go back to the
supreme government of Mexico, who
took from the Spanish king, who took
from the pope, when he by a stroke of
the pen divided lands yet 10 be discov-
cred between the Spanish or Portu-
guese-or if you please they rest upon
conquest In the eastern states they
go back to treaties with Indians and
grants from English kings; in Louisi-
ana to the government Of France; in
Florida to the government of Spain;
while in England they go back to the
Mormon conquerors. Everywhere, not
to a right which obliges, but to force
which mpels-Progress and Poverty.
For every social wrong there must be
a remedy. But the remedy can be moth
ing less than the abolition of the wrong
Halfway measures, mere ameliora-
tions and secondary reforms, can at any
time accomplish little, and can in the
long run avail nothing. Our charities,
our penal laws, our restrictions and
prohibitions, by which, with so little
avail, we endeavor to assuage poverty
and check crime, what are they, at the
very best, but the device of the clown
who, having put the whole burden of his
ass into one pannier, sought to enable
the poor animal to walk straight by
loading up the other pannier with
stoneA-Social Problem.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-06

broke and the fool that fired didn't
break any thing. l ought to get off
after that"
She answered him not word, but,
after moments thought: ''You can
come in here" opening the door of her
room. One end had been partitioned
off as closet and store-room. She
dragged down n mattress and blankets.
81 will do my best" she said again,
slowly. She did not look at him; she
spoke as if her lips were stiffened.
you're plucl1y little SOUL lightly.
The mans daredevil recl1lessness was
uppermost again. You know who you
are entertaining?-not an angel I'M
awares; I'm Captain Gordon
Eyes, 1 know"
''Au right, then. Mind one thing;
they are not likely to use you-a woman
roughly. If it comes to that 1 shall
appear on the scene"
I'm not afraid. Don't talk any more,
please" in tired sort of wag.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-06
Effect on the Weather.

"Maude," said Clarence to his sister,
sit is undoubtedly an incontrovertible
fact that"
Clarence said his sister, why will
YOU persist in using such long words?'
..Maude," said Clarence, lat the time
of the year when the days are long and
the weather is hot, it is natural to ex-
pect that words should expand some
what; you can't help tn. Y. Sun
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-07
CIiIRDOT4NTS,

I UCK-TO LOVERS AND BUSINESS PEO-
J Pile II IN trounle of any kind call on Nine De
Canon The trueSt fOrtUne-leller in the citv
Tells everything from the cradle 10 the grave
ItH wu d II She had known Won Al
ways. Cali and satisfy yourself that she is gem
UiUr. Gives luck. in love ami business affairs with
perfect satisfaction. Not failure There Is n %
dnGhJ that Mime. De Canon i the greatest medium
on earth. Has been patrouzed by all the most
prominent business men and women from ali uarts
Of The world II YOU cannot calf on her send daIe
and have your fortune written Miners Locating
~ mines "a specially. 'aV Of S5dreS, rooms q
and = UOuth'tt block. next o. Epier block Take
elevator. oftice hours from 10 a N. 10 . p. m.
4 KKINFp-NES NELSON. READS YOUR
y head and tells past. present and future: con.
suifat3uu an affairs. numbers on a horse -i,an
away our Home. 1916 Front street room 20
NINE. ROSS CAN RI CONSULTED BY All.
VI 0n business love and marriage Pariors !
ana - corner IhiTd end Pike. fieu>Sv block
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CT0CkHOLDERS' MEETING-A SPECIAL,
- meeting OF the stockholders of the. ng County
Investment Company will be held al the com
panv's Office on Monday November g. at / O'Clock
=. n. +. J. GRANT, President
r. SMITH, Secretary.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-07
SPECIAL NOTICES.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT MR. B.
~ +. Godwater is no longer in our employ
A. prayer & Suns, the ''Red Front"
November b, 1891.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT MR.
~ Frank Ii. WinSlOw holds my power of attor-
ney for the state of Washington from this day
ELIZA j. STARR.
Seattle October 81. 1891.
NOTICE-NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN
~ that the directors of the Middle kittas Irriga-
ton District will receive sealed prop osals for the
purchase of thirty year per cent coupon bonds of
said district in the sum Of two hundred thousand
dollars of the denomination of five hundred dol ars
until November 20, 1891, at 10 o'clock a. M at the
office of said board in Elensburg kittitas county,
Washington.
Details and requirements of bids San be seen at
the &c of the said board or will be furnished on
application TO the secretary.
The directors reserve the right TO reject any and
all bids.
BY order of the hoard Of directors of the Middle
Klttitas Irrigation District.
JAMES Il. BOYLE secretary.
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Il X III PLAYING,

\ Nd HOU~ECLEANING ~ - -
- nIAoei ,es order boxes at Graham & Gart, -,
49, - .,e.i %. and Pacific Garrett Company c ryl ;,
''''' anu spFihg. Thomas J. = Pe4ky.