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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-07

Perhaps, you know, gentle reader, I
say gentle" as it is the usus, but then
you are, for having gone so far, listen-
Ing to my tale of WOO. Tho dinner gonp
on steamer rings half an hour before
every principal. meal. Why, / don't
know. Thoy can't expect a man to put
on his Sunday clothes for the occasion?
Perhaps it is for tho client, according to
tho law OF tho sea, to mako room for
what is to como.
Thus pass thodays of q sea-sick person.
AS long as you arc in that state death
'is preferable, but rs soon as land ap-
pears you suddenly change your mind,
and with tho rest dance and be merry.
Everybody thon does something towards
tho amusement OF the company. /, for
my part, intended to draw L few por-
traits of political lights. My first pro-
duction is n likeness of Gladstone No
sooner have l finished it than thun-
dcr-storm OF applause and boots, that
havo boon drawn off for the occasion,
welcomes mo. Tho audience, mostly
Englishmen. is divided into two dis
tinct parties. Whether tho party ap-
plaudinG at this moment is the Glad
stono side, can not tell, and Just so
vico versa The likeness might have
boon miserable enough to cause applause
among tho hostile parties; at any rate,
i did not further attempt to make my
self tho target of political discord
draw cute little picture OF Mary and
the little lamb, which is received with
stormy applause, especially by the la
dies.
Thus tho last day OF our voyage passes
in peace. Ono plays ulllo-board, ono
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-07
FIXING ONES FENCES.
New Version OF tho Origin OF u Popular
Political Phrase.

New Version or tho Origin OF u Popular
Political Phrase.
Tho very common expression nova
days, fixing ones fences, " originated in
the spring of 1880. John Sherman, who
was at that time Secretary OF tho Treas
ury, and one Of the most vigorous can
didates for the Presidential nomination
of his party. announced at Cabinet
meeting ono afternoon about two months
before tho meeting OF the nominating
convention, that he was going to Ohio.
HAS your visit any political signif1-
cancer" asked friend at the Cabinet
table. Mr.. Sherman replied: "No politi-
cal significance whatever. In tho spring
of tho year tho fences about my farm in
Mansfield require a great deal of fixing.
must go out and SEQ that the work Is
properly done" This very sage. digni-
fed answer raised o hearty laugh. or
course nobody was deceived by it, bo-
cause Mr.. Sherman was then recognized
as leading Presidential candidate, and
the incident was soon tho talk of the
town. The saying got into its present
shape, however, when Horace Porter
was travelling en- route to tho Chicago
convention in Mr.. Pullman's company
near Mansfield. The car in which these
gentlemen were with few friends
joltcd terribly. ''What Is the matter?"
shouted Governor Mccormack. "Ono OF
John Shcrman's fcnoe-rails has gotten
upon tho track" promptly exclaimed
Horace Porter.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-07
WONDER WHAT THEY ARE DOING ?

'|I am very sick: please do not ISL. mo
how feel" Immediate success! / am
Lott to myself, and now come hours OF
philosophy. Before mo the vast ocean
with its 2ir-2ag horizon, which /, with q
painful effort, sweep with my eyes. AS
a lover OF art. question myself: What
color is tho ocean? Is it black, blue OF
lgrcen? 10 mo, weakened specimen of
Isca-sicllrcss, all these colors seem COM
|bined; hut then why do tho poets sing OF
the deep blue sea-? Is it deep blue, or
is it deep and blue? become confused,
drink champagne and wander oil to
Ianothcr subject. In tho music room a
lchorus OF gentlemen sing 3 coDlical Gre
lation: And Went With Him." when
they suddenly oil appear and lean
over tho sido OF tho ship. l wondc!
what they GRO doing.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-07
The Following List the Industries Secured and in

iron furnace completely
Ianncry
90 Ssl000 'uena
n a v o o and Job Office lin Factory
& dG0 Co. On opaon 100000; Three Livery
;lsascS
Sash Blind
So 1000 AT BARCLAY President 49,"
I'D
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-07
Buena Vista, Virginia,
Offers Free Sites to Substantial
Industries.


OF 'ooo inhabitants with
IL mas
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-16
The ETect of the New Tariff on Our
Commerce.

The Enect of the New Tariff on Our
Commerce.
The bureau Of statistics at Washington
has just completed very important state
ment, showing for the first time in official
form what has been the effect of the Nc
Kinley tariff law on the foreign commerce
of the United States. During the eleven
months from October |, 1890, to August
81, 1891, under the operation of the new
tariff, the total value of our foreign com
merce, imports and exports combined, was
S163, 1872, 2G6, or an increase of S74, 76S,-
$50 over the value of our foreign commerce
during the corresponding period of the
year before. For the twenty years from
1871 to 1891 the average annual increase
was 3S,314. .3j2, from which it will be
seen that the increase under the new tariff
has been nearly double the average. The
value of our exports for the eleven months
was Ss40,57 ,301, an increase of $40, ,0S7,-
323 over the prior period, while the aver
age increase for twenty years has been only
| S20, 80, 425. This phenomenal increase in
our exports was confined almost entirely to
the two classes of products of agriculture
and manufactures, being So, 2S6, ,227 for
the former and 1898, 270 for the latter
The increase in the amount of imports
for the same eleven months was S2J, ,6S1 =
316 over the same period for prior years.
! The portion of merchandise admitted free
of duty was 47.7S per cent of the total i'm
| ports, while for the corresponding months
of the prior years the proportion of mer-
chandise admitted free of duty was "a per
cent, an increase of IS in the percentage of
! free goods imported under the new tariff.
! This is the greatest amount and percentage
of merchandise admitted free of duty in
the history of our foreign commerce dur
ing any similar period. To understand the
full significance of these figures, it must
merchandise in which there was this large
increase were chiefly those not produced in
this country-necessities which daily enter
into the consumption of the people-such
as sugar. coffee, crude india rubber, chem
icals, drugs, hides and skins, fruits and
nuts, etc. Notwithstanding this large in
crease in imports the figures show reduc-
tion in the customs revenue for the period
named of S41 1916, 425, proving that the
new law has fulfilled its contemplated pur
pose as recited in its title, "An act to re.
duce the revenue" etc.
From whatever point viewed it is evident
that the Mckinley law, in its effect upor
the business of the country, is more thai
fulfilling every claim or promise that wa'
made for it,.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-16

stood $50 for Mr. Barrett to $50 for his
competitor for the nomination.
Senator Eugene Hale of Maine, who was
in Boston Wednesday, told friends who
enquired that Mr.. Blaine is well man, a
picture of health and strength. He said
there was no truth in the story that Mr..
Blaine has had paralysis or any other
permanent ailment.
A deer which had been liberated from
Dr. Webbs farm at Shelburne was shot by
James Brigham, jr., of Burlington. The
laws of the state fix penalty of $50 for
the shooting of deer, and every true
sportsman will be glad to see young Brig
ham prosecuted.
George William Curtis has again enroll
ed his name in the Republican column.
He says II shall vote the Republican
ticket this fall. In politics ] regard my
self as an Independent, but when it comes
to a choice as between Tammany Hall and
its powerful organization on the one hand,
and the Republicans on the other | can
have no hesitation"
A notable wedding was that of Walter
b. Gates, city editor of the Burlington
Free Press, to Miss Isabel Chandler,
daughter of the late Col. A b. Chand-
Ter of the First Vermont Cavalry and
granddaughter of Hon. Crosby Miller,
which was celebrated at the home of the
brides uncle, DIR. II. H. Mcintyre, at
West Randolph on Thursday evening of
last week Many prominent people were
present.
Amos Andrew Parker, the Oldest college
graduate in America, quietly celebrated
the Tooth anniversary of his birthday at
his home in Fitzwilliam, n. H., last week
Thursday. Mr.. Parker was born in Fitz-
william and graduated from the University
of Vermont in 1913. He practised law
for years, was intimate with Daniel Web
ster and has served in the Legislature more
terms than any other member As colo
mel on the governors staff in 1920, he act
ed as escort to Gen. Lafayette
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-16

One of the great molding forces of the
last generation was the old lyceum or de
batting club. 1t was an institution which
trained young men to think for themselves
and developed many into political leaders.
1t ought never to have fallen into desue-
tude.
1t is now proposed to revive that institu-
tion in the interest of good citizenship.
The Youths Companion announces an or
ganization called the Lyceum League of
America. 1t is to consist of system of
local debating clubs, connected through the
lyceum department of The Companion.
This department accepts the care of the
league, gives each club free equipment,
suggests topics for discussion, and furnishes
valuable aid in their investigation both by
books and by correspondence.
The aim of this movement is to make
our growing youth intelligent on the great
problems which confront the American
people, and to impress them with the du-
ties of citizenship. 1t is a timely step.
There is undoubtedly a rising tide OF
Americanism which this movement will dc
much to swell. 1t will be kept entirely
above the plane of partisanship.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-16
MINOR NOTES.

The Cleveland baby is named Ruth, af-
ter Mrs. Cleveland's grandmother.
Mr.. Allen, the Republican candidate for
governor in Massachusetts,, has been tenn
porarily disabled from making speeches on
account of a throat trouble brought on by
over eXertion.
The st. Johnsbury Republican names l..
X. Quimby of Lyndon as a good man for
inspector of finance, and states that he has
had long and successful experience in fnan-
cial matters and is eminently qualified for
the Office.
Senator Edmunds and his family left
their summer home at Burlington last Sat
urday for Aiken, S. c., where they will
pass the winter. Mr.. Edmunds pays his
last visit to Washington as a United
States senator this week.
A pension Office statement shows that
the total number of pensions granted dur
ing the month of September was 27,644, in
which the first payments aggregated 81,
or, ,476. The average first payment in
each case was S147.32.
Secretary Proctor has sent a check OF
$1,000: to the trustees of Derby academy,
in Orleans county, wherehe received por-
tion of his early education. He has prob
ably donated within few years upwards
of $4,000 for educational and charitable
purposes.
Elizabeth Bisland, the bright young
woman who went around the world in as
brief time as possible for the Cosmopoli
tan Magazine, was married last week tC
Charles w. WetmOre at the church of the
TRANSPORTATION in New York. Mr.. Wet
more is lawyer.
w. E. Barrett, speaker of the Massachu
setts house of representatives, and manag
ing editor of the Boston Advertiser, wa
nominated for representative for the fiftl
time by the Melrose Republicans Monda,
evening, after warm canvass. The vot
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-16

The silver jubilee, in celebration of the
5Oth anniversary of Rev. Father Boisson-
nault's ordination as a priest of the Roman
Catholic church, will be celebrated at st.
JOhnsbury Nov. II.
o. p. Bennett, one of the selectmen of
st. Johnsbury and a veteran marble worker,
was picking apples last Monday when his
step ladder collapsed and fell, breaking his
leg.
L. d. Hazen of st. Johnsbury has been
appointed by the president member of
the commission to locate the government
building at Pueblo, Col. The commission
consists of the supervising architect of the
treasury department, a gentleman from
Cincinnati and Mr.. Hazen.
Since our state news page went to press
it has been learned that the man who com
mitted suicide at Barnet by drowning was
Simeon Smile, the father of Mrs. Ezra
Gibson. A mistake was made in all the
associated press dispatches, from which
the first item was taken.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-16
VERMONT VALLEY RAILROAD.

On and after October s. 1891, trains on this road
will leave Brattleboro for all points North al
11:lO A. N 1925, 6:25 and 1918 p. N.
The 1910 A. NJ, train is mail train for Montpelier
st. Alhans, Rutland, Burlington, Montreal and
the Passumpsic road.
The s:25 P. n, is the Montreal ana Quebec day
express. ~
The 6:25 p. N train Is mail train for White
River Junction and Rutland
The lO:l5 p NJ train is an express TO Montreal.
Sherbrook and Quebec, with sleeping cars at
tached This train runs daily Sundays TO Mon
treal only.)
Trains leave Bellows Falls for the South con-
Meeting with the Connecticut River line at Brat
tleboro as follows: Montreal and Quebec express
train for Springfield and New York at 4:4O A. n.
mail and accommodation, $50 A. NJ; mail and
accommodation, l:30P, NJ New York day express,
1905 p NJ
All these trains make close connections with
Boston & Albany h, r., both east and west OF
Springfield. j. MULLlGANSupt,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-16

The Republican club of Massachusetts
held magnificent demonstration in Music
hall, Boston, on Wednesday evening, with
Mr.. Allen. the candidate for governor,
Thomas B. Reed, Henry Cabot Lodge and
James r. Soley, assistant secretary of the
navy, for speakers. Tlse great auditorium
was packed, and the enthusiasm showed
the unmistakable drift of public sentiment
toward the Republican party in the old Bay
state
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-16
fair examples of the whole

In this same line of investigation the
New York Press has done piece of work
equally thorough, publishing long table
of comparative prices of articles like wool
ems, cottons, hardware, tinware, hOuse-fur-
nishngs, clothing, and the like, which in
clude the every day necessities of the peO-
pie, and the result shows as a whole that
90 per cent of these necessaries have not
risen in price under the tariff, and that 30
per cent of them cost less today than they
did year ago.
One year ago the Democrats fooled a
great many people, and carried the cleo
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-16

An mtimation comes from Washington
that the administration is likely to score
another victory for American trade by Sc
curing the removal by Germany in part of
existing duties on grain, flour and provis-
ions, in return for the free entry of Ger
man beet sugar into this country. 1t is es-
timated that in the present state of the
worlds trade this would mean, including
-four exports, an equivalent of 100000
bushels annually of American wheat and
corn 10 be sold to that country.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-16

The present term of the United States
supreme court, the active work of which
will begin next Monday, will he one of the
most notable in the history Of that tribunal.
The docket includes the Sayward case,
which involves the question of the juris-
dction of the United States over the seal
fisheries in Bering sea, the anti-lottery
case, and the cases involving the constitu-
tionality of the Mckinley tariff act No
other American court has had to deal at a
single term with such vital and far
reaching list as that.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-16
Mckinley Prices.

The National Economist has made val
liable contribution to the current discussion
of the effect of the Mckinley la% ON prices.
1t publishes a list of So staples, with the
prices of each of them in 1857, near the
close of the last low tariff or free trade era ;
in October, 1850, the beginning of the Me
Kinlcy tariff era, and in September, 1891,
or after II months operation of the Me
Kinley law.
The prices quoted by the Economist are
found by taking an average of 400 reports
made by merchants in every part of the
country-those in hill towns and at remote
cross-road sections, where life is slow and
prices are high, as well as those at the pop
ulous business centres where competition is
sharp and margins are small. 1t is evident
that the Economist has done its work in a
| spirit of candor, with real wish to learn
| the facts, leaning toward high averages if
anything. For illustration, sugar is quoted
at an average price of 81 cents, while there
are few places where its price exceeds five
cents a pound. With one exception, ac-
cording to the Economist, every article
quoted was selling at a lower price in Sep
tember, 1891, after II months of Mckinley
tariff, than in October, 1890, when the Nc
Kinley law went into effect. The lone eX
ception is pearl buttons, which sold PEI
dozen at 22t cents in 1857, lit in 1880, III
in 1890, and 13f in 1891. From the Ion.
list given by the Economist we quote tn,
following articles of ordinary domestic us
as fair examples of the whole:
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-16
A simple and Dignined American Cit
From the Boston Journal. ]

The address of eX-President Hayes at
the annual congress of the National Pris
on Reform association is another illustra-
ton of the admirable way in which Mr.
Hayes has solved the problem of ''what
shall become of ex.presidents?" In pri-
vate life, since his retirement from the
presidency, Mr.. Hayes has borne himself
with dignity and simplicity, and as presi
dent of the prison reform association, and
an active promoter of the elevation of the
negro and the Indian, and in other ways
has found opportunity for many broad and
useful activities.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-16
A Big wheel Bur.ts at Manchester, y. i

The immense driving wheel in one of the
Amoskeag mills at Manchester, N. H., eX
ploded yesterday forenoon, instantly killing
the engineer, fatally wOunding several
others, and injuring many more or less Sc
verely, several women being among the vic
tins. The accident was due to the clog
ging or the governor of the 20O0 horse
power Corliss engine, rendering the great
machine uncomfortable. The wheel be-
gan to revolve more and more rapidly and
exploded with tremendous concussion
heard all over the city. The engine-room
was in three-story brick building, which
was reduced to ruins and the employees fell
among the wreck.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-16

The Pennsylvania state senate convened
in special session on Tuesday, called to-
gether by Gov. Pattison to investigate the
frauds and malfcasance in Office with which
the state auditor and treasurer are charged.
The scandal is remarkable one, Bardsey,
the Philadelphia city treasurer, apparently
being the active thief, with large number
of magistrates of that city and minor off
cials mixed up in it.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-16
Tn Now Subscribers.

New subscribers to The Vermont Phoenix will
receive the paper from this date TO January list,
1893 upon the payment Of SI.0O, the regular
yearly price.
All Phoenix subscribers have the benefit of club
rates with the Boston Weekly Journal New York
Weekly Tribune, New York Weekly Press, and
Mail and Express at 45 cents each; The Man
chester Mirror & Farmer at 50 cents; The Weekly
Burlington Free Press, state edition, at IS cents;
The Household and the Albany Journal both one
year. for only 75 cents.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-16

Rev. Phillips Brooks was consecrated
bishop of Massachusetts in Trinity church,
Boston, with impressive ceremony, before
a crowded congregation, on Wednesday.
Bishop Potter of New York preached the
sermon, and 600 clergymen, many of them
men OF wide renown, assisted in the SOL
plnn rites
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-16
RETTING BROTHERS.
Railroads.
NEW LONDON NORTHERN RAILROAD

GOlNd SOUlH.
Trains leave Brattleboro as follows:-
5:25 A. NJ, for Springfield and New York, daily.
5;45 A NJ for Boston. via Bechertown and tht
Central Massachusetts r. r and for New Lon
don and intermediate stations.
9:22 A. NJ, Milers Falls, Springfield and New
York
1O:25 A NJ. for Milers Falls, Boston and the West
via Hoosac Tunnel line, Palmer connecting
with Chicago special ON Boston * Albany
h. r and New London.
2:2s p. NJ, express for Springfield and New YORK
4:45 p M., steamboat train for New York via New
London and express for Springfield and New
York
GOING NORTH.
Trains arrive in Brattleboro:-
lI:O1 A. NJ from New London and New York.
l2:2j p NJ from Mlllers Falls, Hoosac Tunnel
Boston, Fitchhurg, etc.
3:23 P M from Palmer and New London,
3:l3 p. NJ, from Springfeld-Montreal express.
0:22 p. NJ. from Springfield.
$3.50 p. NJ, from New London, Palmer and Bostor
via Central Massachusetts r. h.
1910 p. NJ. from Springfield and New YORK
c. +. SPAULDING, Supt.
New London, Conn, oct. s. 1891.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-16

From the Great Darlington. Mass, Courier.l
The Mckinley bill was intended to give
our people preference in our markets for
all they can produce, and to let them buy
in other countries free of duty what they
cannot produce. Our free list was never
so large as now and our foreign trade new
er so great.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-16

The Home Market Bulletin says the av-
erage price of the necessares Of life is be-
tween four and five per cent lower than it
was year ago, and no Democratic organ
has disputed the statement.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-16

A Washington despatch says: "The
womans garments worn by
jefferson Davis when he was taken pris-
Oner at the close of the war are locked up
in big iron chest in the safe keeping of
Brig-Gen. Breck of the army. They had
been i'm the chest for 26 years, and were
opened Wednesday in Secretary Fosters
Office. There was an old-fashioned water
proof, made of light gray cloth, bespattered
with mud, red cashmere shawl and a
pair of spurs"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-16

1t is estimated that the value of farm
S30,000,O00. The Boston Journal in COM
mentng on this says: "This is a showing
that might excite the attention of even a
Western state. This has been the best
year for the farmers of the Green Noun,
tain state since the close of the war. The
sugar, dairy, sheep, and grain crops have
ali responded to improved methods, ano
there is a swing of prosperity in the all
that leaves no peace for the prophets OF
New England's agricultural decline"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-16

tions, by their false claims that the new
tariff would raise prices and ruin the coun-
try. Under the showing here made it is
no wonder that in this years state cam
paigns they steadily refuse, as they did in
Massachusetts,, to discuss the "Prices of
the necesaries of life as affected by the Nc
Kinley tariff bill.n