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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-10
DEATH OF GEORGE E. LYONS,
President of the Granite Company.

President of the Granite Company.
George f. Lyons, president of the COM
pany controlling the granite quarry at
West Dummerston, died at his home in
Greenfield, Mass, Tuesday at the age of
~ years. He was i'll with pneumonia for
about week. He was born in Gill, Mass,
and learned the trade of a stone mason
with an uncle in Boston. Before obtain
ing possession of the granite quarry at
West Dummerston, after the building of
the narrow gauge railroad, he was foreman
of the Joel Bassett quarry at Mortified
Farms. A large business has been done at
the quarry at West Dummerston under his
management, over 100 men being employ
ed previous to the granite cutters strike
last summer. He was also associated with
Mr. Wright in the stone building business
at Springfield. For the past 10 or II years
he had lived at Greenfield. He was pub
lie spirited man and generous contributor
to worthy objects. He was a Knight
Templar and member of the Greenfield
club, Mr.. Lyons leaves a widow who was
Grace L. Goodrich, daughter of Ralph
Goodrich, formerly of Gill and now of
Greenfield, and one daughter, Helen Ethel
Two brothers are living, Elvin A, who
lives at the old homestead at Gill, and
a. F. S. Lyons of the firm of Cutler, Lyons
~ Field of Greenfield, also a sister, Mrs.
George Simons of Barre, Mass.
The funeral will be held at Greenfield
today
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-10

There is more catarrh in this section Of the
country than all other diseases put together, and
until the last few years was supposed 10 be In
durable. For a great many years doctors pro-
nOunced IL a local disease, and prescribed local
remedies and by constantly failing TO cure with
local treatment, pronounced IL lncurable. Sci
ence has proven catarrh To be a constitutional
dsrase, and therefore requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by +. j. Chimney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio, il the only
constitutional cure on the market. It Is taken in
t-rually ia doses from 10 drops TO a teaspoonful
II acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
IT the system They offer 500 for any case IL
fails TO cure Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address,
FJ. CHEVY CO., Toledo Ohio.
kRy-SOld bY druggists ebc.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-10
The Dover Horror.
The Legislative Committee Reports In
competent Officers and Negligent Conn

The Legislative Committee Reports In
competent Officers and Negligent Com
mIttees.
The state board of health reported to the
New Hampshire legislature Wednesday the
result of the investigation of the catastro-
phe at the STAFFORD county insane asylum,
at Dover. The board finds Attendant
Driscoll guilty of gross carelessness; that
Waterman Chesley was untitled for his po-
sition; that the superintendent is inefii-
cient; that the county commissioners were
negligent in not remedying defects easily
ascertained; and that the previous board
of commissioners and all previous county
legislative delegations were guilty of official
neglect regarding the management and CON
dition of an asylum totally unfit for its pur-
poses. The board says the fire might have
been put out at once had Driscoll and
Chesey promptly made the attempt. The
board finds the whole county insane asylum
lamentably defective. 1t recommends that
the state assume the entire charge of the
asylums, that all buildings for charitable
purposes, hereafter be made of brick. iron
or stone, and that the Legislature designate
some authority to have specific control Of
their management.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-10
deaths.

In Brattleboro March 4, Moses b. Howe, 20.
In West BrattlebOro. March 5, Mrs. Harriet E..
Taft. IS years, II months.
In Bellows Falls, Feb. 2l Maud f only daugh-
ter Of Mr. and Mrs W. s Cook, g.
In Little Rock. Ark. Feb. %, Mrs. Eliza Brad
shaw Dodge, wife of DR.. Roderick l. Dodge and
sister of Mrs. NJ. A. Nuttng OF Bellows ia Is.
In Westport, n. H., Feb. 25, Alonzo FAIR, for
merly of Chesterfield. 70
In Hiusdale n. H., March 8, Rollin Dickinson,
90
In Sharon, Mass, March 2, Geo. W Sherwin,
69-formerly OF Newfane,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-10
"Brace Up"

Is tantalizing admnnilion to those who at this
seas n feel all tired out, weak, without aRPette
ana discouraged Bur the way IN which HOOD
oar aptr la iuilds up tn ii ed frame ana gives
a good appetite. is reilly wonderful SO we say
axe lio' dsInd Il hHVe you up. -,
For general family calhaItlc we confidently
recommend Hoods Pills.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-10

The hest salve IN the world for cuts, bruises
sores. ulcers, salt rhtum, fever sores, letter,
chapprd hands, chilblaips, rorns and all skin
eruptions, and positively cures piles or no pay
required II il guaranteed Ia give perfect salts
faction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box For sale by L. II. Holden Co.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-10
THE HIGH SCHOOL FUND.

The following contribution has been
handed me towards the High school dec
Grating by Geo. S. Dowley, S25.
j. ID. HORNE.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-10
y, j. CHEN1 * CO., loleuo, ONO.
sSg-SOd by druggists, zoe.

was 80 much troubled with catarrh il serious
ly affected my voice. One bottle of Ely's Cream
Bahn did tn. work. My VOICE is fully restored
y +. Lii psnrr. A. NJ, Pastor Of the olivet Bap
list chur,h, Philadelphia, Pa.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-10

l. YOU once try Carriers Little Liver Pills for
sick headache. hiliousnrss or constipation, you
will never he with MT them. They are purely
v-gt lablr; small Al d easy to take. Don't forget
tiis.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-10
Wonderful and True
Totally Blind with SCrofuIous
Sore Eyes
Hoods SGrsGpariila Gave Back Her
Sight, aud joy to Her
Fathers Heart.

Waterbury, VT, Nov. 10, 1892.
&C. ]. Hood g. Co.. Lowell, Mass:
In April, 1889 my little girl Mamie who
was then years old, commenced having ulcer
ated eyes, also had sores back of her ears. Her
sight began to grow dim, and l feared she
Might be Blind.
then lived In Jericho, VI. In the early days
Of June 1 went with her TO the Mary Fletcher
hospital in Burlington. and there she was
treated four different times -a surgical opera
ton each time one Of which left the scars now
visible on the eye balls. she recovered from
this treatment each time. slight Improvement
for "A few days, was ON worse thRn ever.
Sh could discern daylight from darkness, but
could not see TO walk ncross the room.
Z" | next went to n large hospital in Hartford,
Conn. At this hospital no surgical operations
were performed, but medicine was dropped into
her eyes and given her to take She was at this
hospital about ten weeks, continually grove
ing verse, and when | took her in November
Was Totally Blind.
II arrived at my station in Jericho with the
child, sad in spirit and impoverished in pocket
completely discouraged. On our way TO the
house from the station, we stopped at the store
OF Capt. Mckinnan who was an old sea captain,
10 warm ourselves. The captain had known
the child before we went away. While we were
warming ourselves Mamie said:
go Papa, its dark, where are you? can't see
you, come to me-
THE captains heart was touched, and with
tears In his eyes he said:
"'Charley, You 20 and get a bottle Of Hoods
Sarsaparlla and give IL TO her, and If II don't
help her will pay for it.
That very afternoon I got Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla and commenced giving It 70 her according
10 dire lions. The first beneficial result was
a Frightening of the eyes, which continued
steadily improving until, under the treatment
Of Hoods Sarsaparilla. on the ninth day Sho
could 20 pick up pin on the floor with
out its being pointed out TO her, and before the
first bottle was all used
Her Sight was Entirely Restored.
keep Hoods Sarsaparilla in the house al
ways, and when the child gets little cold, II
her eyes appear infamed, a few doses settles it
thank God first, Hoods Sarsaparilla second,
Hoods s ss;tf, Cures
and Cant. McKinnan third. Many OF the first
families in Jericho can VOuch for the facts given
above. am glad TO give this testimonial of what
Hoods Sarsaparilla has done for me. which Is
good and lots of it." CHAs. A. ADAMS.
q. L. SMITH. c. NJ. GRIFFITH,
Witnesses to above signature.
HOOPS PILLS cure all Liver Ills Bilious
ness. Jaundice. Indigestion. Sick Headache
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HOOPS PILLS cure all Liver Ills, Bilious
ness, Jaundice. Indigestion. Sick Headache
Births.

In Marlboro, Feb. Il, daughter TO Mr. and
Mrs. Nelson johnson.
In Vernon. Feb. -, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs.
Wallace \. Hall.
In South Halifax. Feb. %. twins, son and
daughter To- Mr.. and Mrs Derrick Harris
In Wilmington. Feb. p. daughter T. Mr. and
Mrs Chas H. Parmplre
In Hinsdal- y. a. Feb IS. daughter to Mr.
and Mrs. VIM Stevenson; Feb. 10, son t. Mr.
and Mrs. Horace Pa kard; Feb -, a son TO Mr.
and Mrs Lester Towne.
In HnSdal- H.. rch >, a daughter to Mr.
and Mrs Napoleon Bergeon.
In Gardner. Mass. March /, a con To Mr. and
Mrs William NounEs
In Hartford, Conn, Feb. 2S. dau Ihter to Mr.
and Mrs Henry J Cud worth and granddaughter
to T. j. 3. Cudworth OF Brattleboro. Corrected
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-10

WTANTED-A situation in a store or
w ofice. preferably as bookkeeper, Address
j.. The Phoenix Office.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-05-23

The accident by which numerous
ladies were injured at the Worlds fair
grounds ought not to have occurred
under any circumstances. The ex-
cuse which is sent out that over ten
feet of flooring went down bearing its
living freight, because of overcrowd-
ing, will not do. Crowds were to be
expected and if the buildings were
not built for any emergency. they
should be condemned until they can
be strengthened. 1t ought to require
more than the weight of seventy-fve
or even one hundred women to break
a hole such as was broken through,
Yesterday.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-05-23
The Artfulness OF the Ant.

Like many other insects, the ant is
very fond of sugar, to obtain which it
employs q skill that is almost incredi-
BILE. An observer thought he had pro-
tected his sugar basin from the atten-
lions of a number of ants by placing it
in the center of the vessel full Of
water. To his amazement, however,
he found that they got at the sugar by
climbing up the wall of the room to
the part of the ceiling that was just
over the basin. From this spot they
allowed themselves to fall among the
sugar. Several that were carried by
the draught past the bowl fell into the
surrounding water, and would all
have been drowned but for their
mates, who succeeded in rescuing
them. The truth of this singular
occurrence Is vouched for by the wit
ness of it
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-05-23
"BLOW FOR PAP"

The relation which very many
times, the father of family bears to
that family, is peculiar one, to say
the least. and while it is sometimes
commented upon, yet in the judgment
of a hurried world, pap very infre-
-quently gets his innings.
1t is not an uncommon thing for a
man and women in good cir
cumstances to wed and possessed of a
comfortable income, the wife attends
to the rearing of any children they
may have, while the husband devotes
himself to his business.
As the years live and die, it grad
ually becomes to be a fixed fact
in the household that the
husband and father has
no part in the domestic mechanism,
save to pay any bills which may ac-
crue, and finally he is put inIthe back
ground until he is mere cypher to
whom even the servants fail to yield
proper respect and obedience. The
sons, chiefly trained by their worldly
mother. wear good clothes and half
sneeringly and half good naturally
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-05-23
WHY He DIsLIKED HAM.

WHY He DISLIKED HAM.
as Was surssited with It During the
Johnstown Flood.
IF there is one thing ON earth that
| can't eat it's ham," said Charles A.
Morton of Pittsburg. '.And l used to
be a great lover of it, too. I'll tell
you how I came to take such dislike
to it 1t was during the Johnstown
flood excitement. l was in the news
paper business at the time, and, with
the other boys, was sent up there.
For the first couple of days. when
there was nothing to eat IT vas pretty
tough, and We ali swore to cat every
thing we could lay our hands on If we
ever came within the sight of food
again.
well, the first day the relief train
got up there it was laden with ham
sandwiches, and the way we put them
out of sight was caution. You'd see
a man coming away from the train
with sandwich i'm each hand and
another in his pocket The next day
it was the same way.
''On the third day the ham sand
witches began to pail little. and on
the fourth they had become absolutely
tiresome. We had had more of it
than we could stand. Still. we must
eat, and there was nothing else to eat,
and we had to stuff the ham into us
It got so that it was an. awful dose,
and many of us went without ham
sandwiches until we got SO hungry
that we were compelled toeat. When
we got away from hnstown and got
to where we could eat something we
thanked God sincerely. Since that
time have never been able to compel
myself to eat ham sandwich, and I
think the sight of one would sicken
me. There is such a thing. you know.
Is being surfeited even with food"
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-05-23
A CURE FOR RHEUMATISM.
Il Wasn't Intended rs Such and Was .
Caution to the Patient.

Il Wasn't Intended rs Such and Was .
Caution to the Patient.
''Talk about sick men in hotel"
said a veteran hotel clerk. .'Let me
tell you of an experience we had with
. fellow not long ago. He came to the
house all right, but he took heavy
cold, and it seemed to go into a sort Of
rheumatism and settled in his shout
ders. The poor fellow suffered awfully,
and couldn't lift his hand to save his
life. He sent for a doctor, and, Of
course, got prescription which didn't
do him particle of good. One of the
bell-boys heard that witch-hazel was
. good thing, and seeing a bottle of
it in one of the rooms, brought it
in to the sick man. The fellow was glad
enough to try anything, and the bell boy
rubbed him with it manfully. About
two hours after rubbing the sick man
felt the thing begin to burn, and word
soon came to the Office that he felt Is
If he were all afire. I went up and
found him in awful pain. asked him
tho cause of it, and he pointed
to the witch hazel bottle. looked at
It and found that it was an old bottle
filed with furniture polish There
was . state of things. Finally the fell
low in his pain, commenced to limp
about the room, and as he did so he
would throw his arms over his head.
In about an hours time the burning
stopped, and his rheumatism WAS
gone. He had . few blisters to take
care Of but he was SO glad to get the
use of his arms that he never made .
kick. Funny cure, wasn't it?"
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-05-23

SEoALIA. No.,
TUESDAY, NAY %. 1898.
MISSOURI HONORED.

The gratifying news comes from
Chicago that Walter Williams, editor
of the Columbia Herald, has been
elected president of the National Edi-
torial association, which was in annual
session in the Worlds fair city the
past week. The vote he received over
a distinguished competitor from the
State of New York, was overwhelm-
ing, and bespeaks the high trust and
esteem in which he is held by his
journalistic brethren throughout the
country.
Mr.. Williams, who is still on the
sunny side of a quarter of century,
was born in Boonville. He was grad
uated from the high school and began
his newspaper career, which has
since proved so brilliant, as a
correspondent for the Sedalia
BAzoo. About the same time he did
local work on the BOonville Topic,
and later, became editor Of the Adrer-
tiser, one of the handsomest, largest
and most influential weekly papers in
the state. Four years ago he began
his engagement as editor of the Co
lumbia Herald, and there and since
that time he has done his best work.
From his earliest introduction to
the calling of journalism he has taken
an enthusiastic interest in the Mis-
souri, Editorial association, having
been for several years its correspond
ing secretary and finally its president.
He has also attended, as delegate,
several of the national conventions
and participated actively and inAu-
entially in the proceedings of this dis
tinguished body.
Mr.. Williams is very versatile
young man. He is a gifted impromptu
speaker, and can write anything al
most from a solid editorial on finance
GA ford description of the peach bloom
of a lady's cheeks or the rose at her
throat. He has never ventured, how
ever, into the metrical realm of poesy
though he is lover of light song or
Shakespearian tragedy.
The new president of the National
Editorial association, which represents
every state and territory in the
Union, is the youngest man who has
ever held this exalted position. He
has abundant force of character and
trained executive ability. Under his
administration the great organization
will surely make notable advance
ment.
To its erstwhile correspondent and
friend The BAzoo extends the hand
of greeting and welcomes him, laden
with honors, back to Missouri.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-05-23

allude to their father as the "old
man" and the daughters following out
the same line of conduct complain Of
"pa" and declare that he is $50 old
fashioned they are ashamed of him."
This, too, after the ''old man. has
given his youth and strength to a
business which because of close COM
petition, has caused him the most
arduous toll of both body and
mind and (Which many a night
has caused him to lie awake and think
and plan until his brain burned and
his heart beat almost to suffocation
that his family might enjoy the adj
vantages that his neighbors enjoyed,
and that no wind of financial care
might blow upon their delicately muir
tured bodies. PA" who remained at
home during the hot season pouring
over big ledgers and looking after
every detail of his business while his
sons smoked cigarettes and pleasantly
afflicted themselves on a bicycle, or
climbed the heights which led them
to the fancy of a summer girl spa"
who worked all the harder because his
wife and daughters were so worn with
society engagements and needed an
outing, and who knew that he must
pay for that outing in a sum which
would make some men rich ''pa who
had not had time to cultivate the graces
which would make him a social
being because every day new demands
were made upon him and pa" who
wore plain clothes and of whom no
body ever thought of inquiring, be-
cause somehow he wasn't up you
know"-unless it was billcollector or
some old friend who ''knew him when
he was a boy, and happened to he
passing through"
What an infamous state of affairs is
thus disclosed.
All honor to the loyal son who a
few DAYS ago remarked to the writer,
father is growing old, my good and
faithful father, who has never denied
his family reasonable want and who
has denied himself no toll that We
might have the advantages which he,
himself, was unable to have. He
wished me, now that have left school,
to 60 abroad and l do not deny
that l would enjoy the trip. but l
have duty to perform and l mean to
90 to work at once with him and try
if possible to relieve his shoulders of
the burden they so long have borne"
Yes, all honor to this loyal hearted
son, whose tears vii! hold no remorse
when they drop upon the folded old
hands of "father" as he lies locked in
eternal slumber" and who is worth a |
thousand of the "old man" kind. i
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-05-23
UNLUcKY THIRTEEN.

Il Wasn't the TouEhnsss Of the BssG
But Its Associations.
He walked into the restaurant with
. yearning, half-famished look in his
eyes
It was not the finest restaurant in
the city, but he seemed oblivious OF
the fact as he eagerly scanned the bill
Of fare.
Bring me some mutton chops" he
said to the obsequious waiter.
81 can't jes' recommend de chops,
sah," replied the waiter.
"Why not?'
"'Cause dey's all gone any more!'
'Then get me a beefsteak and be
quick about it,
The beefsteak was q demoralized-
looking specimen and of adamantine
consistency. The waiter watched him
gleefully as he hacked of q corner
and conveyed it to his mouth.
There was . suppressed groan. Our
hero had broken tooth in an ill-ad-
vised attempt at mastication-
SIS you superstitious, sah?" inquired
the waiter.
mo. Why do you ask?"
'Cause you is de thirteenth pusson
wot tried to eat dat erdentical piece of
beefsteak. and none of 'em couldn't
do nuthin' wild it. knowd sumfin'
were agwine to happen. shuah!"
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-05-23

People Get Bewiidered by the Intrisa-
ciss Of the New York Elevated.
The elevated stations are a constant
source of turning about to absent
minded folk. Those at crowded thor
oughfares, where there are stairs, not
only on both sides of the avenue. but
also of the cr0ss-street, prove particu-
larly confusing to "transients-" The
other day, q young woman, not often
In New York, stopped at one of these
to ask the guard question. You're
on the uptown track" he answered;
go down-stairs and cross the street"
Downstairs she went, crossed
Twenty third street, and sp-
peared again II told you," repeated
the man, ON seeing her. ito 60 down
and cross the street" Thoroughly
bewildered, she went down, re-crosssd,
and once more presented herself before
the same guard "What ais your"
he cried; II said 60 down and cross
the street" Down abe crept. abashed,
crossed the street, and climbed the
stairs for the fourth time. As she
reached the top, she peefed cautiously
over. There stood that man. She
gathered up her skirts, and. turning
on tiptoe, raced down again at the top
Of her speed. A little reflection on
the kerb-stone sent her, finally, re-
joicing across the avenue to the other
track.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-05-23
THE GROWTH OF AN OYSTER.

Each Overlapping Layer OF Shell Means
Year Of Age.
The oyster at the commencement of
its career il SO small that 10000 0
would only occupy a square inch. In
six months each individual oyster is
large enough to cover half q crown,
and in twelve months . crown piece.
The oyster is its own architect and
the shell grows as the fish inside
grows, being never to small
1t also bears its age upon its back,
and it is as easy to tell the age of an
oyster by looking at its shell as it is
that of horses by looking at their
teeth. Everyone who has handled an
oyster shell must have noticed the
successive layers overlapping each
other. These are technically termed
shots, and each one marks q years
growth so that by counting them the
age of the oyster can be determined.
Up to the time of its maturity-that
d. when four years of age-the shots
are regular and successive. but after
that time they become irregular and
are piled one upon another, so that the
shell becomes bulky and thickened.
Fossil oysters have been seen Of which
each shell was nine inches thick,
whence they may be guessed to 10
moro than 200 years old.
One to two million oysters are pro-
duced from . single parent, and their
scarcity is accounted for by the fact
that man Is not the only oyster-eating
animal The starish loves the oyster
and preys upon it increasingly. A va
risty of wheik is also very fond Of
young oysters, to get at which. he
bores right through the shell and sucks
the fish up through the hole thus made
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-05-23

Bah" has . strong plea for our
Hebrew brethren in yesterdays st.
Louis Republic. This is all right but
there are Jews and Jews. The Jew
with camels hump on his nose. who
deals in oil cloth grips and shoddy
clothes has no place among the re-
spectacle, refined, courteous and hon
orable Hebrew business men anymore
than the filthy lazarone has among
the better class of Italians, or the