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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-11-27
HOLDEN & MARTIN LUMBER co.
AUCTION.

ON account of i'll health have determined to
~ sellmy farm, stock and tools at public auc-
tion on the first day of December. The farm is
situated in Chesterfield, n. H., on the main road,
three miles from Bratteboro by way of the sus.
pension bridge, about one-half mile from the
bridge. The farm consists of 115 acres, suitably
divided, There are 10 to so acres of nice meadow
land, with good pasture land adjoining, The
buildings are IN good condition and consist of a
house Of seven rooms, a large cattle barn very
conveniently arranged; creamery, piggery and
other outbufdngs, all in good repair. There are
on the farm not less than 400 cords of wood and
some chestnut suitable for ties and telephone
poles. The stock consists of one yoke of cattle,
COWS, yearlings, calves There is in the
barn quantity of hay and corn fodder. about 600
bushels of corn, 200 of oats, some rye and barley
about 15 bushels of potatoes
Among the things TO be sold are farm wagon
and cart, haTrows, plows, moving machine, horse
rake, and various other tools such as are found
on a first-class farm, including an eightcan
Cooley creamer. Some furniture and household
articles will also be sold.
The mail is delivered at the house every morn
ing by the Chesterfield stage
1913 GEO. A. STAFFORD.
S. N. HERRIcK, Auctoneer.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-11-27
4 General Lumber Yard

And shall handle all kinds of lumber. We shall
also carry on the door, sash and blind manufact
uring business, and do general job work of all
kinds. All work done promptly to order by first
class workmen at lowest living prices. Give a
trial.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-11-27
A Card.

To the friends who so kindly assisted uS ou'l Is
T ratnrn our unfeigned thanks Hay Heaven
blessing rest upon them and when their hour e q
s"'i'" DR AND MRS l.. w, COMBS.
MR. AND MRS. j. @. ALLEN.
MIR AND MRS. w. S. COLLIER
yernou. Vt, Nov. %, 1891.
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We will give 500 for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured with Halls Catarrh Cure. Taken
internally.
f. j. CHENEY & CO, Props, Toledo o.
.EHy-Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-11-27

The best and surest way TO color the beard
brown or black as may be desired, Is Bucking-
bans Dye for the whiskers II never fails.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-11-27

Now that winter is approach
ing, rubbers are common
necessity. For ladies' wear
there is nothing in the market
that gives so much satisfaction
as the "stOrm slipper" Its
appearance is neat and stylish,
and its peculiar shape, being
high in front and back, affords
complete protection from drip
ping skirts. The accompanying
cut shows its peculiar adVant-
ages. II is sufficient guarantee
of its quality TO say that it is
made by the Boston Rubber
Company.
We have a full stock Of this
COmpany'S goods in all sizes
and styles, mems, WOmen's,
youths, misses and children's.
Elegant lines Of slippers for
the holiday trade have recently
arrived. They will be sure to
please.
MORSE & SIMPSON.
Brooks House Shoe Store.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-11-27
w a M tt II d.
At Holden 6 Martins Factory on Frost St.,
ALL KINDS OF JOB WORK

To do. We also have a stock of all kinds of
native lumber in the board to sell. We are in
the market to buy some good oak, cherry and
Eastwood, and a small lot of two to four inch
hard wood. Also four-foot wood delivered at
factory. Intending to enlarge our business we
find ourselves short of room and we wish to sell
one good moulding and flooring machine and one
good Wells planer Both of these machines are
in good working order, and are all right every
way. VIII sell at bargain. We want to buy
5000 feet of good white ash green, and will
contract for loo 600 or 1000 600 feet of hemlock
Prices as good as can be paid and live. MIR. Hol-
den sold 1900 900 feet of lumber this season at
wholesale, and having formed partnership with
Mr.. Martin and located at Brat leboro, will en-
deavor to do a still larger business in the future.
Our motto is large sales and small profits. We
intend starting
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no1os
TOLEDO, o., Jan 10, 1887.
Messrs f. j. Cheney & Co.-Gentemen: have
been In the general practice of medicine for 40
years and would say that In all my practice and
experience have never seen preparation that
would prescribe with as much confidence of sue
cess as can Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
you. Have prescribed 1t a great many times and
its effect is wonderful and would say in conclu-
sion that have yet TO find case of Catarrh that
It would not cure, II they would take 1t according
to directions.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-11-27
TOLEDO, o., Jan. 10, 1881.

A man who has practiced medicine for 40 years
ought to know salt from sugar; read what he
says:
The new North-west., 1891-01-30
TURF NOTES.

Elsctioneer, the great Palo Alto sire. died
recently. eAs1
kassons change of name to "glue
.ta yealls' was because Joseph Arthur, the au-
thor OF the play, has an interest in tho
horse with John Carter, of Nashville.
DAnsille, Ky, trotting men are much
e, enthI'ed over the performance there Of
Cohhor, d yearling, who trotted un exhibit
ton half mile in l.15k. the heet ana.
shown by Kentucky yearling
The we'll known trainer, K. K. A,cock
mas applied to the New Jersey legislature
for change of name, He ies;rea ~ ~
known as kosciusko kossuth Kosko. and
not as formerly Kosciusko Kossuth Alcock
Inc Germans are agitating the subject
American trotting stations and brood
mares.
The Pacific Blood Horse association is
said to be trying to bring Racine and Sal
yator together in q mile race, and is will
ing to add IS, 900 or more. Racine has &C.
eepted, but Salvator's owner has not vet
been heard from.
Another ministerial racing owner an
pears in the person of the Rev. Father
Barry, OF Churchtown, county Cork. Ire
land, who nominated Victorious, one of
the Cambridgeshre favorites, in the late
race at Newmarket
e. W. Williams, the famous Independ-t
ence, Ia, horscman, offered Robert Bonner
Slo,Oo0 for a colt from Sunol by Allertop.
but the offer was refused. Mr.. Bonner ex-
poets great record breaking from Sunol.
and did not wish to throw her out of train
ing
Henry L. Cults, of Orwell, VT, has
shipped to Nashville, Tenn, seven yonng
Morgan mares, descendants of Addison
Lambert, Aristos and Lambert Chief Tho
purchaser of these animals, DR.. William
2. Macy is one Of the syndicate who bought
the celebrated horse Ben Franklin, paving
M. Cults $4,000 for him.
Efforts are being made to secure the re-
lnstatement Of the noted jockey, Isaac
Murphy, who was ruled Of for suspicious
riding of Fircnzi at Westchester. Murphy
has been sick at his home in Lexington
ever since that event, and it is now claimed
that his peculiar riding was due to the
effects OF poisoning, and not intoxication,
Gnbe Caldwell. the we'll known starter
OF race horses and son Of James =. Cald-
well, the King of starters, died at Lebanon.
KY, Of consumption recently, He was n
years old, and had been ailing for the nast
three or four years. Although not the
equal OF his father in his chosen line 0f
work he handled the flag creditably ut
Brighton Beach and Clinton for many
years.
Canadian is credited with saving.
The trottins boom has evidently come il
Canada to stay. Go where you will. the
talk is on this line, and even the farmers
are on the lookout for brood mares nos.
sessing good1y share Of trotting blood.
The one great drawback seems to be the
want OF good trainers. Halt Of our best
stock is ruined for speed on account of ig-
norance in handling and driving"
The new North-west., 1891-01-30

ans to Il son of Japhet, aud by the Chi
ncse to the consort of their emperor, Yao.
who was the founder of one of the colo
nies formed at the dispersion of Noahs
posterity. Spinning and weaving certainly
existed i'll Egypt in the times Of Joseph,
LOO years before the Christian era, it be.
ing recorded that "pharaoh arraycd him
in v"sturcs of fine linen"
tNh"u Moses constructed the tabernacle
In the wilderness ''thc women that were
wire hearted did spin with their hands,
and brought that which they had spu,,
both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet,
and Of fine linen" Linen was International
manufacture Of Egypt, the prolific borders
OF the Nile furnishing from remotcst pc
riods, rs at the present time, IN abundance
of flax. The Egyptians exported their
'lincn yarns" and "iine linen" to the king
dom of Israel in the days of Solomon.
Helen of Troy is mentioned by Homer,
who lived 900 years before Christ, as en-
gagged in making tapestry that illustrated
the combats of the Greeks and Trojans.
The spindle and uistaif form Il leading
feature in King Lemucl's description Of Il
virtuous woman. "She layeth her hands
to the spindle and her hands hold the dis
taft. She nuketh fine linen and sclIeth it,
and dclivcrcth girdlcs unto the merchant"
The tapestry Of Babylon, even as early
rs the days of Joshua, appears to have cx-
cited universal admiration, one of the fab
rics being compared toa peacock's train.
Martial celebrates the magniticencc OF the
Babylonish textures. Pliny mentions the
enormous prices paid for them to decorate
dining rooms, and Plutarch speaks of
splendid shawl which was bcqueathed to
the elder Cato. The Roman matrons wove
robes with golden threads, and in 1914 tho
nuptial garments of Maria, wife of Homo
RUS were discovered in Rome in the
marble coffin that contained her remains.
The new North-west., 1891-01-30


On being burned they yielded thirty-siS
pounds of gold. Nero paid 4,000,0 600 ses-
terces (about sl50, ,0O0) for Babylonian
coverlet. The Egyptians wore fine linen
shirts fringed ut the bottom. Carpets
manufactured at Babylon, Tyre, Sidon,
Miletus, Alexandria, Carthage or Corinth
were spread upon the floors, or hung over
doors, or put up us awnings or curtains
The finest carpets, sometimes representing
hunting scenes, were spread upon sofas
and thrones.
The fishermen of Egypt formed their nets
into tent and gauze curtain was eX-
panded over beds and couches to keep out
flying insects. Curtains were used for par
titions, concealing statues and decorating
scenes in theatres. Napkins, which were
used for wiping the fingers, were embroid
cred or interviewer with gold In the time
of the emperors the Romans began to cover
their tables with linen cloths, some Of
which were striped with purple and gold.
Table linen was so rare in the Fourteenth
nobility and gentry cost fl3.
The spider was the first weaver and the
wasp the first paper maker. Hence, the
generic name textorin, from which is de-
rived the English terms 'texture' and
textile" ns applied to woven fabrics.
From these insects the ancicnts probably
acquired their first idea OF combining
threads, yarns and 1ilaments so as to form
q kind of cloth or fabric. The fibrous parts
of plants, together with rushes, plants and
straws woven into kind of mating, con-
stituted the simplest Kind of ancient weav-
ing preceding the art of spinning or twist
ing the material into yarn and doubling
the continuous threads of yarn into
thread. The early looms depleted on the
tombs at Thcbes, though rude in construc-
tion, produced nno and costly fabrics, and
the rude looms of the Hinloo workmen of
the present time exceed in their product
tho beauty that comes from the most clab-
The new North-west., 1891-01-30
ITS a GOOD SHOW.


A rival house offset this by a nil ghtly dis
play of fireworks. Rockets were sent I'm
which threw out in words Of fame the title
The above are Il few of the novel and
amusing features developed by the Anglo
Saxon race il, $50 years of advertising The
backbone and mainstay of the practice is
of course the newspaper. Often the nler-
chant who doesn't advertise has to close
his doors and hand his el1p. IS over to cred
itors, Such an experience is a rarity for
the man who combines the knowledge of
what to put iii stock with the knowledge
OF how to make people aware that he has
for sale just the things they want. Judi
clous liberality is the best economy in
trade, and honest wares, honestly alver-
tised and honestly sold, bring the dealer
popular confidence, financial competence
and personal content.
FRED c. DAYTON
The new North-west., 1891-01-30
SltleY 81 Is,

Paris is accounted the most beautiful city
In the world. ltcontains 81, 1926 shade trees.
The total arntAl s1sss'iae sss II tn
The French are n reading apl writing
people. Parisians send each year g, ,000,-
600 letters, 100000 postal cards and IS,
100000 newspapers.
a grain of carmine or half a grain of
analine will tinge hogshead of water so
that strong microscope will detect color
ing matter in every drop
All of the postofIices in Italy receive
money on deposit, allowing interest at the
rate of So per cent. per annum and Il diyi-
dend paid every five years.
An Austrian professor says many ladies
who keep lapdogs suffer from an affection
OF the liver oceasioned by Il small parasite
which is peculiar to the dogs liver.
The most expensive drug is physostig.
mine, two ounces OF which would cost 81
0o0,coV. 1t is Il preparation from the Gaia.
bar bean and is of use is eye diseases.
The Influence Of the tides is felt for 400
miles up the Amazon, and the current OF
the river is distinctly perceptible on the
ocean for more vlun 200 miles from shore
Whenever the New York Sixty-linth
regiment par;itlcs every member of the band
OF siAty-hve pieces receives 81, excepting
the leader. who gets sl2 The drum major
has 50.
There are Il dozen bathrooms in Wash
lngton that have cost all the way from
sl,oooto sl0,0 apiece. One senator's house
has nine bathrooms, i'll of which are fin
lshed in mahogany
a large hotel has been built i'll Hamburg
entirely Of blocks OF compressed wood as
hard as iron, and by subjection to certain
chemical processes, rendered proof against
both fire and tho attacks of insects =
One of the most beautiful windows OF
Harvard Memorial hall WAS put in its place
recently. The window is the gift of the
class OF 49, and represents Cornpll, mother
of the Gracchi, and her Two Jewels"
If Il tablespoonful of kerosene be put into
four quarts of tepid water, and this be
used in washing windows and mirrors in
stead of pure water, there will remain
upon the cleaned surface II polish no
amount of mere friction can give.
To fell a large mahogany tree is one
days task for two men. On account Of
the wide spurs which project from the
trunk at its bnse, scaffolds have to be
erected and the tree cut off above the spurs,
which leaves a stump from ten to fifteen
feet hiSh-a waste OF the very best wood
The new North-west., 1891-01-30

IN INDIA, and the spinsters of Ireland use a
wheel very similar in construction, though
somewhat larger.
With the introduction Of the factory sys
TEN, however, weaving ceased to lie a do,
nestle employment, and the jacquard
loom and other automatic machines, With
The auNlillry steam power, now perform in
single mill the work Of many thousands
OF human hands. The Indians Of South
America take up each thread by the hand
ana pass three years i'll weaving a ham
mock. Years have been spent in weaving
= Panama hat, The cloth now manufact-
urcd in single district OF England bv
2I2,oOO people would, under the old sys
TEN, require G10e9 00o operatives. or nearly
three times more than the whole Kingdom
contains.
SILK, cotton, wool, FAX and asbestos have
been used since the earliest times of which
we have record, and it would require many
chapters to describe the changes they have
undergone. Tic origin Of the elaborate
network Of gold, silver, flax or cotton that
constitutes the transparent texture We call
lace is unknown 1t is claimed, by both
Italy and Flanders rs 4 production Of tho
Fifteenth century, but delicate needle.
work is found in church furniture Of
much older datp The laces of Venice,
known in the commercial world. Later
the Flemish laces, the Brussels point and
the Mechlin rvaled the best of the Italian
The famous -Alencon lace was introduced
by the minister of Louis XIV of France in
16G6, but its high price limited its nse to
the rich. "pillow lnce' is so termed from
the pillow or cushion which is used in its
fabrication, the designs being prepared GA
parchment by persons who devote them
selves to this branch. In Brussels 15,00
women are employed IN lace making tht
majority Of whom work at home Very
many u TIC iaes schools are in the cor!
vents.
The extraordinary hneness Of some Of tbs ]
avssided auti The besS i:sft !5ts 4 siso1sFqa, s5F
which is done by admitting n single {9Htu
niiG jI1,cting Il, ti1nn the work liHJs+eIs
lace has Leen sold ;p7 aigh as 81 $40 a f,aDpd
Tho point d'Aiencon tnS been styled the
queen OF lace" aud owing to the tIal5eacy
ofits construction is seldom sae9s IN large
pieces. At the French exposition Of 1861
two lGnnccs and trimmings Of this wa.
terial We're exhibited, the price of which
was 1000 francs. 1t occupied the labor of
forty women for seven years. The lace
represented in the portraits painted by
Nandyke in the time of Charles is
Brussels point. The lIonton lace Of Eng
land is Il pillow lace, but it is rivaled by
the Limerick lace, which is peculiar io
Ireland, and Il valuable source Of industry
to that country.
From the foregoing sketch Of the origin
and progress Of some Of the industrial arts
connected with home labor one may easily
infer why several of the wealthy ladies OF
Great Britain, including its queen, seek to
encourage II return to the old fashioned
hand methods for the production OF fab
rics in common us well ns aristocratic use,
and thus reopen avenues for the employ
ncnt OF women and children who are now
dcbarred by the innovations Of machinery
from earning y livelihood III the fields once
occupied by their ancestors.
j. G. DE Fo,TAiNE.
The new North-west., 1891-01-30
WHOLE NO. 1925,

1or low rates to a London firm. An answer
was received that the books would le sent
Tree provided no objection was iuternosod
TO their containing business notices, Tho
condition was accepted, and in due season
CONSIGNMENT OF the desired volumes ur-
rived. The minister thought that the pul.
Usher had been better than his word far
on examination the volumes showed no
trace OF the advertisers art. They were
used Tor the first time during the HOLIDAYS
me Christmas hymn was given out and
]oyously sung When they had finished
the congregation first noted the awful fact
That the last lines read as follows;
Hark! the herald angels sing,
nluillems pills are just the thing;
Peace OIL earth and mercy mild:
Two for man and nna for r.i'l.--
by the theatrical manager of today He is
one of the firmest believers In printers ink
alive. He utilizes advertisements, "puffs''
and posters with II liberality only bounded
by his cash or credit Sometimes he does
things that are startling and not altogether
creditable. One advance agent whom I
know recently "blled" a southern town
for an attraction called 'Ho 70, the Magic
Queen" His labors over, he drank fire
water and longed for more work. So tax
ing lot of flaming Autographs and paste
pot, he sought at night the monument to
dead Confederate veterans, which was tho
pride of the place, and plastercd it with
pictures OF rosy checked young women in
tights Soon after dawn a friend reused
him, and by his advice the agent fed. The
indignant citizens unable to bring the cul-
The new North-west., 1891-01-30

y, I
with tales of his own invention. After
leaving school Mr.. Farjcon served an ap-
premiership as compositor in II newspaper
office. When d years old he Went to Aus
tralia, where he brought out his first book,
Grief" from which he still draws royal.
~. Then came Joshua Marvel' and that
delightful Christmas story, BLADES O.
Grass The advance sheets of the latter
were bought by Harper Bros. for u good
round sum. Since then Mr.. Farjeon has
been paid as high as $1,000 for advance
proof sheets of his novels
Mr.. Farjeon has many ties to bind him
to the United States. His father and
mother rest in American graves, and he
wooed and Won IN American BRIDE Mar
garet, the daughter of Joseph jefferson,
the famous Rip Van Wrinkle of the Ameri-
can stage.
Rider HnSgurd, another prominent En-
glish writer Whose wonderful romanccs OF
African life and adventure have been
widely read i'll the United States, is on a
visit to the western hemisphere He ar
rived in New York Il few days ago, accom-
panied by his charming wife. After a
brief tour of America, Mr.. Haggard will
go to Mexico to study the shadowy history
OF the ancient Aztec race with view to
The new North-west., 1891-01-30
ORIGIN OF NURSERY RHYMES.

"Three Blind Mice" is in q music book
OF 1903.
"Froggie Would ,.-Wooing Go" was IL
ccnsed in 1880.
Little Jack lIorncr" is older than the
Seventeenth century.
PUSSY Cat, Pussy Cat, Where Have Yoll
Been?" dates from the reign of Queen Eliza
beth.
"Boys and Girls, Come Out to Play"
dates from Charles II, as does also Lucy
Locllet Lost Her Pocket"
"Old Mother Hubbard" ""Gooscy, Goosey
Gander" and "Old Mother Goose' appar.
emily dates back to the Sixteenth century.
Cinderella, y Jack the Giant Killer"
"Blue Beard'' and TON Thumb" were
given to the world in Paris in 1907 Tho
author was Charles Pcnault.
"Humpty Dumpty" was bold, bad
baron. who lived in the days OF King John,
and was tumbled from power. His history
was put into riddle. the meaning of which
was an egg.
"The Babes in the Wood' was founded
upon an actual crime committed in Nor
folk, near Nuyland Wood, in the Fifteenth
century. An old house in the neighborhood
is still poits;ed out, upon a mantelpiece in
which Is carved the entire history.
The new North-west., 1891-01-30

Mr.. Ramsay contended that it was a law
ful common law marriage, and Miss Cald-
well told him to draw up Il similar CON
tract For what purpose?" asked the
lawyer. Never mind" was the response;
Just draw one out
Mr.. Ramsay clipped the contract in
question from newspaper, pasted it on a
slip OF paper, and signed it. The young
lady attached her signature to it, and the
document then read
We hereby certify that on the 1st day Of De-
cembcr, 1880, We united ourselves in marriage at
Johnstown, in the county Of Cambria, having first
obtained from the clerk OF the orphans court OF
said county a declaration that he was satisfied
that there were no existing impedmcnts to our so
doing. Signed, D, G, RAMSAY,
Attest: Bessie CALpwELt.
r. ]. Long, ]. p,
Frank Il. Milford,
The fact that such Il contract was in ex-
istence soon became public property, and
the result was Il spirited controversy as ia
whether or not the parties were man and
wife. Mr.. Ramsay contended that the af-
fair was neither more nor less than joke,
and Miss Caldwell admits that she is ig-
norant of what its legal force may be- Mr..
Ramsay is troubled, however, by the un-
pleasant notoriety growing out of the mat
ter, and is afraid that Miss Caldwell may
be injured by the joke. "There Is really
nothing in it." he explained to IN inter.
viewer. Suppose we had signed our
names to deed to property which was
clipped from /; newspaper. That would
not convey the property, nor do our sigma.
lures to this clipping, put there in n spirit
of humor, make us man and wife. I have
been the groom in several mock marriages
at church fairs and entertainments of that
kind, and know that this affair amounts
to nothing more than a joke which has
taken Il rather disagreeable turn"
I'VE never had any idea Of getting mar
ried," said Miss Caldwell, in giving her
version of the affair. "Pshawl it was Just
in fun. Once we went over to st. Louis
together and we joked then about clipping,
and Dan always said afterward that he
had proposed to elope, and he had bluffed
me clean out
1t is believed in East ST. Louis that the
legal question involved will be settled by
another ceremony, and that Mr. Ramsay
and Miss Caldwell will speedily be married
i'll real earnest.