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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-01-22

During the past week there has been an
Chill, though at the present writing the
feeling has evidently returned that the
trouble will be satisfactorily adjusted with
out resort to arms. 1t was announced.
and was generally expected, that President
Harrison would send to Congress on We'd
nesday a message on this subject, accom-
panied by the correspondence which has
grown ont of the attack on the Seamen of
the Baltimore at Valparaiso last October.
This message was, however, withheld, and
for the reason, ii is understood i'm Washing
ton, that assurances had been received by
the state department from the Chilian
government that suitable apology and rep
aration would be made,
I'm the divided state of public opinion on
this subject "A certain class of newspapers
would evidently like to see the United
States declare war on our South American
neighbor just for the "glory' and excite
ment that would result, while on the other
hand there is another section of the press,
largely OF the mugwump order, which di-
lates ON the enormity of the crime that
would he committed should great nation
tie fellow like Chill. The fact which is
apparent, however, in the midst of all
these different shades of opinion, is that
President Harrison and his cabinet minis
ters are acting in this matter with great
prudence, moderation and discretion, while
they are at the same time determined that
the honor of the United States shall be up
held in any event. Great activity prevails
at every navy yard in the country, every
war ship is being made ready for service,
and vessels already in active service are be-
ing gathered at convenient points in
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-01-22
Interesting Facts for TippIer..

Rev. Madison c. Peters of the Bic
ingdale church in New York city
some "high class liquor stores n
and bought samples of the best l.
gin, Kentucky whiskey, port wine d;
ger beer. Sunday evening he told his
gregatOn what chemist found in tn
samples. The "pure Holland gin con-
tanned rotten corn, juniper berries, turpen-
tine, vitriol and neutral spirits. The white
of an egg and an oyster being dropped in
to the gin soon shriveled into hard. stringy
masses, showing how nicely gin aids di-
gestion. In the "fne old Kentucky whis-
key was found glycerine, neutral spirits,
sulphate of zine, chronic acid, creOsote,
unslacked lime and fusel oil. The "rch,
fruity port wine,' INDUCED in by solid re-
spectability, contained neutral acid gly-
cerine, licorice, zinc, mercury, antimony,
salts of tartar and ether, muriatc acid and
alum. 1t is fact, said Rev. Mr.. Peters.
that in America alone last year there We're
consumed 10000 barrels of Madeira wine"
in excess of the total wine product of Ma
deira.
The lager beer sample proved to be sim
ply appalling. 1t contained pepper, gin
ger, vinegar, capsicum, cream of tartar,
acetic, nitric, citric, tartaric, sulphuric and
prussc acids; nitric, sulphuric and acetic
ether; spirits of nitre, the oils of vitriol,
turpentine and cassia; caraway seed, cloves,
iaponic extract, bitter almonds, orris root,
grains of paradise, Spanish juice, black
ants, dried cherries, orange peel, coriander
seed, white oak bark, tannic acid, fennel
seed, cardamon seed, wormwood copperas,
alum, sulphates of iron and copper lico-
rice, opium, gentian root, quassia, cocculus
indicus, tobacco, saltpetre, logwood, mar
BILE dust, egg shells, hartshorn nutgalls,
potash and soda, Think of it, We guzzers
of heerI
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-01-22
Mr.. EdmundS Heard Form.
He Creates Wild Sensation by Calmly
Lecturing the United states supreme


Lecturing the United states supreme
Court.
Washington Press despatch. Jan co.
The justices of the Supreme court of the
United States were astonished today, and
a mild sensation was created in court by
the manner in which ex-senator Edmunds,
in case under argument, criticised the
court, and stated his opinion that it was
entirely wrong in its decision in the cele-
brated original package case from Iowa.
The case under argument in some features
involved the question decided by the court
in the original package case.
Mr.. Edmunds was counsel for the state
of Vermont Ex Attorney General Gar
land appeared on the other side of the suit
as attorney for John O'Neil, a Whitehall,
n. Y, liquor dealer, whom Vermont had
prosecuted for shipping jugs of liquor into
Vermont on orders from citizens of Rut-
land The prosecution ante-dated the Iowa
case.
Mr.. Edmunds was in excellent spirits,
and he lectured the court in the benignant,
amiable manner familiar to colleagues on
the Senate floor whom he had more than
once told quietly, but with profound con-
viction, that they were altogether wrong
i'm what they had said or done. With
great difiidence, he said. he felt il his duty
to tell the court that it had gone wrong in
its construction of the constitution in its
decision i'm the Leisy versus Hardin case
(the original package case). The principle
laid down in that case was one dangerous
to the peace and security of the people of
the individual states. We were a people
who could never live under consolidated
form of government any more than under
a segregated form of government as that
provided for by the old articles of cOnfede-
ration.
He thought the court had not in the
Leisy case established the clear and plain
line of demarcation to be drawn between
the rights of the states and of the nation.
The true line of what was subject to the
prohibitions of the constitution as respects
limitations on interstate commerce, he
submitted with all Difference to the court,
was that when goods have reached their
final destination, when they are either to be
consumed or remain where they are, they
are subject to the law Just as though
raised in the state or made in the state or
born in the state. He apologzed to the
court for criticising its opinion, and urged
it to restore the line of demarcation, and
to 90 back to the true doctrine in this case
while there was yet time.
The case is before the court in favor of
the state of Vermont, its supreme court
having decided that the sending of liquors
by O'Neil from Whitehall. Y. Y, to Rut-
land by express on orders from persons in
the latter place, the liquors to be delivered
only after the price and express charges
were paid, was a sale in Vermont and not
in New York, and that O'Neil was liable
to Vermont laws. There is, it is said, in
the case some grounds on which a decision
may be reached without passing upon the
question presented In the Iowa original
package decision.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-01-22
Alteration of the Earth. Avis.

The Royal society of England has lust
been informed by Sir William Thompson
that the axis of the earth is altering its
direction, Berlin was some time ago dis
covered to be further north than it had
been previously marked on the map. Ge-
Ographical investigations at Honolulu prove
that the Sandwich Islands have moved
just about as far south as Berlin has moved
north, so the eminent geographers decided
that the axis of the earth must be chang
ing its angle to the ecliptic. If the pro
gression is very rapid North America is
likely to become somewhat tropical and
the United States would lose its place in
the temperate zone The change is taking
place so slowly, however, that nobody need
get into any heat over it.-N. Y. Press
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-01-22

Southern waters If a blow is struck it
will be a hard and telling one. 1t must be
remembered, however, that the Chlians
are good fighters. that the natural advan-
tages are nearly all on their side, and that,
while there would be no doubt of the final
outcome, the contest would be far other
than boys play The expenditure
of money and human life which would be
involved no rght-minded person wishes to
see made, unless the circumstances compel
it.
From the attitude of the administration
it seems evident that the state department
is in possession Of more damaging facts
than have been made public, and great
wisdom is unquestionably being shown in
keeping these facts secrets, rather than
use them to arouse public feeling.
The testimony of Americans who were
in Valparaiso at the time substantiates the
statement Of the men and officers Of the
Baltimore that the attack on our seamen
was deliberately predrranged, and that it
grew out of the ignorant native hatred of
this country for its supposed friendliness
to the deposed Balmaceda, and its Opposi-
ton to the revolutionists, as shown in the
pursuit and capture of the Itata. There
is good reason for believing that the Chilli
an authorities, and the intelligent people
of the country, fully appreciate the situa-
tion, but they are pOwerless for the time
against the clamor of the ignorant Chlian
populace because to appear TO yield at
once to the just demands of the United
States would result in an uprising against
the present government.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-01-22
A Remarkable speech.

A pressure of local matter has prevent
ed until this time suitable recognition of
the remarkable speech in opposition to the
free coinage of silver which Senator Nor
rill delivered in the Senate just after the hol-
idays. Elsewhere in this paper will be found
a series of extracts which show the quality
of the speech. At the time of its delivery
Mr.. Morrill, was closely listened to by cir
Gle of interested senators. who were plain
ly impressed by its clear, strong and con
vincing arguments against any further
steps toward free coinage. 1t was to this
speech that the Springfield Republican gave
this handsome and wel-deserved editorial
recognition: Senator Morrill, of Vermont
carries his - years with rare vigor of mind
and body The annals of the Senate offer
no parallel to the remarkable scene, where
a member so weighted with the burden of
time, after 36 years of continuous service
in Congress, stood in his place and spoke
for nearly two hours. and with unusual
clearness of thought and force OF express
sion, on the perpleXing question of the fl
nances and silver coinage. This would
have been no small effort for a man in the
prime of life
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-01-22

The first railway to Jerusalem will be
opened in the spring, 1t is short line.
running only from Joppa, the nearest port
on the Mediterranean, and intended to ac-
commodate the growing passenger and
other traffic between that place and the
Holy City, The work of construction is
being carried out by a French company.
who began laying down the line in April,
1890. 1t is fully expected that the specu-
lation will be a paying one, the company
expecting TO make large profits, after pay
ing the shareholders a guaranteed interest
of per cent, 1t is stated that over 4O,O 600
persons land at Joppa every year, in order
to make pilgrimage to Jerusalem and
other spots celebrated i'm sacred history.
The number of steamers and other vessels
putting into the port of JOppa is now up
ward of 800 a year, the destination of
most of the passenger and merchandise
they convey being the capital of Palestine.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-01-22

The Boston Chamber of Commerce have
formally opened their fine new building
this week.
Austin Lee was killed at Richford on
Wednesday by being caught in a shaft at
the big grain elevator.
Hon. Herbert Brainerd has been ap-
pointed superintendent of the new govern
ment building to be erected at st, Albans
A sleighing party was struck by train
on a grade crossing near st. Louis Tues
day night, and nine persons were killed
and IL badly injured
Announcement was made yesterday of
the death of Judge Norman j. Allen of
North Ferrisburg, a man who had been
prominent in state politics and was we'll
known throughout Addison county.
There was a S75O,00O fire in Union
Square, New York, yesterday, the we'll
known Tiffany building narrowly escaping
BrentanO & Co., the famous publishers
and newsdealers, We're burned out.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-01-22
4 Machine Gone to Pieces.
From the BoStou .IOluual

The elaborate machine which Mr.. Cleve-
land built up in Vermont by the liberal use
of the Federal patronage during his ad-
minstration has fallen all to pieces.
Brad Smalley, even, the head and front
of it, is now reported to have gone over to
the enemy. There is formidable anti
Cleveland movement among the Democrats
of Maine, and ominous rumors of another
here i'm Massachusetts,. Those fool friends
of the eX-president who are poOh-poohing
Hills nomination as impossible" would
better make up their minds to take their
coats off and do some lively hustling if
they do not want to see Hill capture the
delegations from several New England
states
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-01-22
NVer,uonter upon vermont.

GOV. Page is a man OF deeds rather than
words, and he has not heretofore made
himself known as a speech-maker in the or
dinary use of that term, but at the 10th an
nual banquet of the sons of Vermont in
Chicago, held on Tuesday evening, the
governor delivered an address which was
emncntly creditable to himself and to the
state whose executive head he now is.
The subject of GOV. Pages address was
"Thc dominant forces in the formation of
Vermont character" These forces he
found to lie in the simple, earnest, thrifty
lives of the rural population of Vermont,
in her rugged physical contour and in
spring natural scenery. and in the spirit
Of high patriotism and sturdy self-reiance
which are the heritage of our people from
their ancestry back to the Puritan sons OF
Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, who
formed the early settlers of the state. I'm
both sentiment and expression the speech
was felicitous, and GOV. Page quoted from
the poets of nature in way that showed
familiarity with some OF the best things in
literature. These Stanzas from Sheridan
| Knowles were especially happy, as showing
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mountain air and cause his heart To pump,
strong and stronger. 1.-THE pure blood
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To walk these hills and look M Z" nv
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Its very storms
YOU NnI" '"' l'''"S Gil" '"""d "h''"
Up hither winds, who's base is but the
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For tw" abreast t." pass
By the mountain blast I've laid me flat
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And hny tb",'g6t T T Of f, "her on%l Sbo..
storms
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Coy. Page spoke with high and feeling
/ appreciation of the services of men like
/ Morrill, Edmunds and Proctor, of the he
/ rOes of the war for the Union, and of the
brave and sef-denying women of that pc
/ riod. In the homes OF Vermont he found
the real strength of the state, and he
/ looked with a confident expectation. which
I r9 9rripd convict inn IN his baararS IN a briobt
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-01-22
Gbe l)ermunt 39b@nit.
BRATTLEBORO
FRIDAY, JANUARY %, 1892

The Vermont Phoenix has a larger
paid circulation in Windham county
than any other paper.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-01-22

Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy is the
best medicine l ever used. IL cured my leg of
ulcers after the doctors said il would have 10 be-
amputated. Burton S. Bingham, Mddesex, Vt.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-01-22

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sea, constipation, pain In the side guaranteed TO
those using CarteTs Little Liver Pills One a
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-01-22

Gov. Hill and his strikers i'm the New
York senate appear to have given up, for
the present at least, the scheme for still
further increasing the majority by unseat-
ing Republican members. The proposed
outrage was so fragrant that leading Dem
ocratic papers like the Sun and World call
ed halt, declaring that it would not be
tolerated by the people
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-01-22

One of the claims made by the project
ors of the "bcneht endowment orders
was that those who joined them would be
encouraged to save their money. and that
many small sums usually spent for useless
uNurics would be saved by the members
and yield a rich return. What mockery
this claim was is shown by the report of
the savings bank commissioners of Massa-
chusetts. where more of these orders were
in operation than in any other state in the
country. The amount deposited in the
Massachusetts savings banks in 1901 was
less 10y nearly S5.OOO,OOO than in 1880, and
what is equally significant is the fact that
the Withdrawals from the savings banks
came within S2,0OO,OOO OF equaling the
amount deposited during the year The
money in the savings banks comes from
the working people, and it is the working
people who have been made the dupeN OF
the "get-rich-quick orders.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-01-22

Three Republican members of the New
York senate who refused to be dragooned
into voting on the enumeration bill which
the Democrats were bound to rush through
never seen, were declared to be in con
tempt and there were angry Democratic
threats that they should be sent to Jail.
In an investigation of their case before the
judiciary committee of the legislature the
Senators strongly defended their action
and said they had no apology to make. The
conclusion Of the matter was i'm effect
Democratic back-down, the Republican
Senators being "censured,' and allowed to
resume their seats on Thursday.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-01-22

GOV. Flower has appointed to a vacancy
on the bench of the New York court of APP
peals. the highest court OF the state. Isaac
H. Maynard. man whose sole merit for
the place appears To be that lac acted rs a
go-betwecn and did large share of the
dirty work in the Democratic steal of the
state senate. The Tribune declares this
appointment to be- "a high crime and mis-
demeanor against the people" The Times
is scarcely less severe in its criticism, pro-
nouncing Maynard promotion to be neith-
er more nor less than reward for helping
to perpetrate fraud on the people of New
York. Maynard was the representative of
GOV. Hill during the contests for the con-
troll of the DutchesS, Rensselaer, and Onon-
daga senatorial districts and in all these
cases ne acted rs private counsel for the
boards of supervisors, and it was under his
advice that the supervisors in Dutchess and
Onondaga set at defiance the provisions of
the ballot-reform law Maynard was as
sistant secretary of the treasury under
Cleveland.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-01-22

Senator German has been reelected to
the United States Senate by the Maryland
legislature this week.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-20
Mr.. Chubb to Mr.. Atkins.
Posr MILLS. April 1S. 1870.

POST MILLS, April 10, 1917.
HIRAM ATKINS: Dear Str-In replying to
your editorial comments in the argus of
April IS, it is hardly necessary to state that
the letter referred to was not under the
circumstances private and confidential,
otherwise it would not have been pub
liShed. 1t was received only short time
after we had held a personal interview
which ended with the understanding that /
should, by every honorable means, oppose
you in the campaign for the election of dele
gates to the state convention. Therefore
you knew my purpose, and had no reason
for believing that such a communication
would be treated confidentially, and es-
pecially as IL touched on a subject of general
interest to the party, and upon which you
had failed to throw the light that seemed
necessary in man who had been, and still
aspires to be, the leader of the democracy
of Vermont. The tone of your comments
is in keeping with your usual course when
discussing with political opponent. A
gentlemanly disposition toward those who,
from any cause, fail to espouse your views,
is not to be expected for somehow it is
foreign to your nature, no matter who the
man may be, when he engages in cOntro-
versy which may have a bearing on your
political supremacy to discuss fairly. You
seem always, and with an instinct made
perfect by long indulgence, TO overlook any
considerations demanded by circumstance
or subject and descend to purely personal
matters So that it is not surprising that you
ignore the substance of my letter and at
tempt to arouse prejudice by calling atten-
ton to matter settled nearly thirty years
ago. 1t is true that was a member of the
Confederate army, but when the war was
ended L accepted the result in good faith.
/ again became citizen of the United
States, and have since Loyalty and faithfully
supported her institutions. L have mingled
with the boys who wore the blue, both in
their homes and in their public gatherings,
and in no instance have / ever been re-
minded that they entertained toward me
any but feelings of respect, while many of
them have assured nae that the men who
faced them at the front were feared less,
and honored more, than those who fired
from the rear. Yours truly,
THOMAS II. CHUBB.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-20

from his adversary. The moment he
leads with his right, in the parlance of
the prize.riug, his antagonist lands on
his pepper and on his wind" In the
latter case no damage is done-you
can't knock the wind out of Hiram.
That is as inexhaustible as Barre
granite.
In the last issue of the Argus and
Patriot, Editor Atkins falls upon Cap
tain Thomas II. Chubb of Post Mills,
holding the captain up to scorn because
the latter had been an officer in the
Confederate army, "doing what he
could to destroy the union of the states"
This is delightfully."- absurd, considering
Mr.. Atkins own "war record" No
one can help drawing an immediate
comparison. Captain Chubb was a
Southern gentleman. His home, his
interests were in the South, and he
fought CALAMITY in the Southern army,
as did thousands of others, believing he
was right. Since he came to Vermont,
he has certainly been entirely loyal, in
speech and action, to the Union. But
while Captain Chubb was CALAMITY
leading his men through the smoke of
battle, what was the rotund, rambunc-
tious hero of the Argus and Patriot
doing9 o, he was copperhead, strik-
ing his fangs into the rear Of the Union
army, but reluctantly cheering the Stars
and Stripes at the point of the bayonet.
Captain Chubb, in an open letter in
another column, gives him gallant
Roland for his venomous Oliver.