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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-17
TOWNSHEND.

There will be a union temperance
concert at the Congregational church next
Sunday, held at the regular Sunday school
hour. Young and old are cordially invited
to attend the exercises.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-17
Indigestion.
8ORSF0RD'S Acid Phosphate.

Promotes digestion with
out injury and thereby re-
lieves diseases caused by
Indigestion of the food. The
best remedy for headache
proceeding from a disorder
ed stomach.
Trial bottle mailed on receipt Of IS cents
IN stamps RumforI chemical Works
Providence, K. ].
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-17

As naturally results from taking Hoods Sarsapa
rila as Cleanliness results from free use of soar
and water. This great purifier thoroughly expels
scL9iuia, SAT- rheum ana al other impurities and
time to take IL.
The highest praise has been won by Hoods
Pills for their easy, yet efficient action Sold by
all druggists. Price 20 cents.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-17
SILVER WYANDOTTES.

FTHE BEST breeding pen in Windham county.
cockerel took first prize at New England
fair, Worcester, Mass, 1889. Eggs, 81 per III.
linP' d. L. HERRICK, 81 Frost ST.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-17

Coughing leads to consumption. Kemp's Bal
sam stops the cough at once.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-17
For Sale or To Rent.

A NICE RIVER FARM in Townshend, vt; 90
f.ha,, sores OF meadow land In good state of cul
u5va.loh, Excellent land for raising tobacco
running water 10 house and barn Said farm is
NOV as the David Howard farm, one-ha mile
sL I'm Iownshend village For terms INQUIRE or
LEh, ToWnshend, Vt.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-17
Leland 8 Gray Seminary.
VT,

TOWNsHEND, WI,
SPklNG TERM of twelve weeks begins Tues.
~ DAY, March 2, 1898. English, Scientific, elias
s sIeai anu college Preparatory courses OF study.
SEND Tor catalogue To A. b. GALL, A. M. Prin.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-17
SPECIAL SALE

INOR next Saturday and Monday. Double
II thick pressed tin milk pans, that usually
cost Sl.I5 dozen, are selling at less than
wholesale price. Just for these two days 81 25
dozen, but no more at this price Then we
offer Tea Pot Tiles, handsome and Convenient
usual price IS cents, win close them out at 10
cents. Those Grecian Pitchers for this special
sale viii be put at so cents though usual price Is
65 cents. We have them in milk white sea
green, and blue. WILCoX'S NEW YORK BAR
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-17
PerrV's Woodward

III AS at present in IL about $1,000 worth of
IL wood. This is for sale, and II we find the
man who has the desire TO have a business that
pays $1,000 year we shall sell the. whole thing
out, tools, wood and all GEO. S. PERRY.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-17
Wood Seat Chairs.

All kinds, styles and prices, from As cents up.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-12-22
Annual Hunt TO- Parish Stones.

A party Of serious and reaolute mel
might have been seen Yesterday from
nine in the morning until four IN the
afternoon. in the neighborhood OF
Finchley, now following the high road
nov leaving the beaten track tor the
open fields and anon clamberins over
hedges and ditches, hricl walls and
wooden fences.
The leader was not bliudfolded no
did he nervously clutch the hand OF
tbe man nearest him facts which dis
pelied at once the idea that they were
thought readers in search 0f missing
treasure or criminal. They we're en-.
Gagged on An srrand Of immense local
Importance and not until they had
hunted out every one of the stones by
which the limits of thu parish are
marked would they return to their
homes and families.
In all some ten miles we're traversed,
with the satisfactory result that any
difficulty that may have arisen hitherto
with regard to the latitude and longi'
tude of any particular property had
been removed. At Hampstead the
"beaters, as they are called, cele'
brated the occasion by dining together.
1t is fourteen years since this cere-
mony was last carried out at Finchley.
London Telegraph.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-12-22
His Sciencs al Fault

4 phreno,oglst who has been tour'
ING the country and giving lectures in
the art tell the following good one
on himself. He WAS in the habit OF
inviting people of different avocations
TO come upon the stage and he would
dilate upon aud expound the peculiar
tiles Of their cranial construction. He
had come to that portion of his lee
ture where he dealt with the criminal
form of crania and addressed the au'
dience:
'If there is any person present who
at anv time mas been the inmate of a
prison he will oblisc by coming upon
the platform.
Iurespouse to this invitation h2ay-
ily built man went up.
"You admit that YOU been in prison,
sir"
~ have. sir, ," was the unblushing
answer.
"Would you kindly tell IL, how many
years you have spent behind prison
bars
"Aboat twenty years" unhesitat'
ingly replied the subject.
"Dear, dear !" exclaimed the Proles-
sor. "Will you sit down, please"
The subject sat down III chair at
the centre of the stage. The Pro-
fessor ran his fingers rapidly through
the hair Of the subject and assumed a
thoughtful expression.
This is most excellent specimen.
The indications ola depravej character
are very plainly marked. The organs
Of beneyolence and esteem are en-
tirelv absent; that of destructiveuess
is developed to an abnormal degree.
could have told instantly, without
the confession of this man, that his
life had been erratic and criminal
Wha. was the crime for which you
were imprisoned?'
81 never committed any crime,
orowled the man in the chair.
"But you said that you had been an
inmate of a prison for twenty years"
$50 7 have, but never committed
any crime.
"Wil You tell ~ Why yoI wero
there them" persisted the Professor.
"Why, You fool, am iailer!
snapped the subject, rs he left the
air.-New York Herald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-12-22

point where she wished some present
might be found on the bending
branches for this woman whose Christ
mas was surely not a season of Joy.
But that brought with it the fear
that such a present might mean too
much. And every strange parcel
handed up to the superintendent that
he might read the name Of the ia
vored mortal, gave Nora the happiest
pain. How easy for Ed to have hum
bled her and exalted Eliza, by the
simple device of sending to the tree a
wide silk handkerchief, n box OF can
dies or a toilet case?
But the busy moments were over at
last, and Nora turned again from the
Uttered stage and passed into the
dressing room. There seemed no
reason for it, but her heart was crowd
ed full of most untimely sorrow. She
did not realize that in this hour when
her work was done, when the nervous
strain of days had passed its climax,
that her spirits were pressing their
lowest ebb. She did not think of the
night outside and the healing that
would come on the wings of the morn
ing. She only came close to the cold
window and tried to forget the tumult
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-12-22
A High Hat

The late Sir Richard Owen Mt one
time had bel almost as high as the
ceiling of his room, and bad to mount
pair of steps in order to reach it
an example which those who shrink
from keeping the upper sash of their
bedroom window down at night would
do well TO follow. On being asked his
reason for thir, he replied: "Oh, it is
very simple. have had it built SO
that | can look cut ON to Richmond
Park and see the deer in the early
dawn. They behave SO differently at
4 o'clock in the morning, when there
is nobody there to disturb them. -
New York Dispatch.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-12-22
LATER NEWS.

AT the Newport Or. L. Torpedo Station a
shell representing a submarine torpedo boat
was sunk by the shock Of the explosion OF
gun-cotton 400 feet away.
NAVIGATION was made difficult and danger
Gus in the New York Har5or by dense
fog: oceSn steamers were delayed aud a
ferryboat ran ashore.
FIVE alarms were sent in for fire AT
Thoesen's furniture store in New York City.
Loss, s5OO,OOO. Many adjoining buildings
were wrecked by the blaze and falling walls.
More than two hundred persons were driven
from their homes
The grip has stricken the swiyne house.
hold Ia East Marlborough, Penn, with ter
riblo effect. Three sisters, Louise, aged
seyenty-two years Elizabeth, seyenty-six,
and Hannah, seyeniy-:our, who lived to-
eether. ali died within thirty-six hours.
COMPTROLLER EcKELs reports a cash bal
ance Of s34, ,7O7. 4S on hand Of the Freedman's
Savings Bank.
Dick RoB1NsoS was hanged for murder at
Sedalia, No. Arthur Courtney and Henry
Taylor. the murderers Of Captain Cooper.
we're executed at Princess Anne, Nd.
IKE GRoSsKIs, sheep boss, Arthur Davis
and two Of his herders, have been killed on
the Pecos River, nearly 200 miles from San
Angelo. Texas.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-12-22
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Eastern and Middle states.

HENRY $. CocERAy. ex-Chief Weigher n
the Philadelphia Mint. who was recently
convicted Of stealing Sl35.000 worth Of gold
bullion from the institution. was sentenced to
seven years and six months imprisonment.
THE New York Court Of Appeals has do
cided that all fishing on Sunday. whether ia
public or private waters. is prohibited.
The Lehigh strike cost the company
about ~ .000. 900 and the men about 800. coo.
The discharge OF Brotherhood men at
Nikesbarre Penn. led 10 new strike talk.
NATHAN MATTHEWS Democrat was re-
elected Mayor Of Boston, Mass. His plural
ity is about 1000.
JAMES B. CARPESTEE. Of Port Royal. Penn.
has been arrested, accused OF killing his
blind father with an axe.
WILLIAM RosE and Henry Beasey were
killed. with the two horses hitched 10 their
wagon. by going over the edge Of bridge
near Haverstraw. y. y.
TKE New York State Board OF Canyassers
canyassed the vote for State Officers the Re-
publicans will have a majority Of fony-one
IN the constitutional Convention.
TWELVE persons were injured in a wreck
on the Pennsylvania Railroad at NanticO6e
Station. Penn.
The Rev. Vernon VI. Olyphant. son Of the
President ofthe Delaware and Hudson Canal
Company. shot himself dead at his father
house in New York City
JUDGE BARNARD adjudged John y. NJ
Kane. Justice Newton and three election in
spectors Of Gravesen1. y. Y. guilty of con-
tempt Of court. sentencing them 10 be i'm
prisonei for thirty days and 70 pay fine 0i
$3.50.
TIE Arcade. All old bio o,k IN Buffalo, y. y.
burned. The loss is over million.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-12-22
Mark Twain as a Reporter.

Mark Twain was fond of manufac.
turing items of the horrible kind, but
on one occasion he ov rdid this busi-
ness. and the disease worked its own
cure. He wrote an account of q hor-
rible murder, supposed to have oc-
Cured at Dutch Nick's, a station on
the Carson River, where Empire City
now stands. He made q man cut his
wife's throat and those Of his nine
children, after which diabolical deed
the murderer mounted his horse, cut
his own throat from ear to ear, rode
to Carson City, a distance Of three and
half miles, and fell deal in front Of
Pete Hopkins's saloon.
All the California papers copied the
item and several made editorial com
ment upon it as 5ein. the most shock
ing occurrence of the kind ever known
on the Pacific coast OF course rival
Virginia New papers at once de-
nounced the item as a "cruel and
idiotic hoax" When Mark wrote the
item he read it oYer to me and | asked
him how he was going to wind itup 50
as to make it plain that it was a mere
invention.
ooh, it is wound mp now, was the
reply. at is all plain enough.
have said that the family lived N n
little cabin at the edge of the great
pine forest near Dutch Nick's, when
everybody knows there's not pine
tree within ten miles of Nick's. Then
make the man ride nearly four miles
after he has cut his throat from ear to
ear, when any fool must see that he
would fall dead in R moment" "
The people were all so shocked at
first with the wholesale throat-cutting
that they did not stop tothink ofthese
points. Marks whole object in writ
ing the story was to make the muir
derer 60 to Pete Hopkins saloon and
fall dead in front of it-Pete having in
some way offended him. / could never
see how this wa. TO hurt Pete Hop
kins. Mark probably meant to in
sinuats that tho murderer had been
rendered insane by the kind Of liquor
sold over the hopkins bar or that ne
was one of Pete's bosom friends. To-
day not man ip hundred in Nevada
can remember anything written by
Mark Twain while he was connected
with the Enterprise, except this one
item in regard to the shocking murder
at Dutch Nick's; all else is forgotten,
even by his Oldest and most intimate
friends. California.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-12-22

ont there in the house the exhausting
heat, and the flavor not quite Of the
purest
But what was this on the window
pane? Her name? She had not writ
ten her name. She had written ed
Morrow" up there in the mellow soil
of the Christmas frost. And here
above it was her own-his in the fair,
round lines of girls chirography,
hers in the strong, rugged sweep of
mans swift hand.
She turned with a start and little
scream, and there was Ed Morrow,
with his arms about her and his lips
ON her brow Ed Morrow, who said
nothing. but comlorted her with the
slow, quiet pressure of his left hand,
while he took mp the tuning fork from
the window sill aud swung circle
clear around both names engraved on
the frosty pane.
Nora had flown in an instant from
the last day of the Christian year
quite to its first, then back again. And
on the way she gathered something Of
the spirit which had always armed her.
"What made you write my name
above yours, Ed?" she asked, as she
stood alone before him.
because it belongs there, said the
young man quickly. "Let's commence
tonight and never quarrel any more.
That was their compact, and they
passed together out through the house,
trading swift compliments with hun
dred friends, till they reached the
door Then, just as they stepped from
the battered threshold to the creaking
snow, a woman turned upon them,
flashing a face that was rich in its
beauty but marred by its hate.
81 wish you much JOY, cried Eliza
Raines.
Next morning the same sun which
gilded the stable 20O0 years ago swung
over the edge of the world and blushed
like a girl at that ring and the names
it embraced on the schoolhouse win
dow. And he sent his swftest mes.
senger to wash it away before the
early scholar, coming to see the left
over fruits of Christmas tree, could
find it and sharpen a gibe at the girl
who had won-whose heart has sung
these seven years:
Glory in the highest;
Peace on earth, gool will to men
Peace on earth, good will to men.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-12-22
Acted WITH OeIiberatIo1.

"How are all the folks at home
asked an "old friend Of the family,
upon meeting one Of its younger mem
bers recently.
"All pretty well" remarked the
youth. "Uncle Silas is dead, you
know" he added, mentioning the
name of a venerable and wealthy rela.
tion who, succumbing to the inevitable
at ninety, had made him his heir.
"Is that so?" continued the "irlend
ofthe family" 81 hal not heard of it.
Why, he must have died suddenly.
"Well, yes. He did die suddenly
that is, he died suddenly for him. -
New York Herald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-12-22
End Of Famous Brgands Career.

The inhabitants of the province OF
Phocs, in Greece, have heard " ith JOY
of the surrender of Margonls, the
most notorious brigand of the PENN
sula, about whose career and deeds
numerous legends abound. The drastic
measures adopted by the new Greek
Ministry against the bandits made life
SO difficult and precarious for the re-
nowned chief Of the Parnassus district
that he was forced to give himself up.
A letter OF the brigand's wife printed
below had also great effect upon him.
The Ministry smeasures are directed,
in fact, not SO much against the robber
chiefs themselves as against their faml-
lies, relatives and friends. They have
been surprisingly effective in Kidding
the country of the pest which has made
life in certain provinces of the classi-
cal land almost a burden. All persons
supposed to have relations with the
outlaws are sent to lonely places, where
they are under the constant super
vision of the soldiers and police 1t
is, therefore, not surprising that the
family and relatives of the bandits en-
deavor to induce them to surrender.
81 have been informed, - wrote the
wife of Margonis, "that [ an
to be imprisoned on the Island u
Serpho. If you really have any lore
for me and our child, free us by gi,-
ing yourself up to the courts. If you
do not do this, the moment ] place
my feet on the ship which is to take
me to the foreign shore, shall spring
into the sen and drown myself AMI
child. l have suffered imprisonment
and all its terrors for you; but | shall
not be able to bear being carried away
by rough soldiers-I, the daughter of
Kassuppa, the wife of Margonis Live
in your mountains and enjoy life. "
Three days after the receift Of the
missiye, the brigand delivered himself
up. Margonis was kind Of wander
ing knight who protected the weak,
and in his fashion wished to Danish all
injustice from the world. He had not
committed many murders. He bult
houses in his home and saved Il fortune
for his wife and child. He never failed
70 take interest in the elections,
knowing, as do all bandits, that 1t wa
his interest to do so.
With NIargonis, his best friend,
Kapralos, also surrendered himself.
But the Greeks are not yet safe, a
Dull Papialirzopulo and Bells are
still at large. The p ize for the head,
Of each of these brigands was recently
raised by the Government from 20O)
70 10 900 drachma. 1t is believed that |
tbev too. will soon be harmless -Nev |
York Tribune
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-12-22

CARELEssNEss in handling cartridges re
suited in an explosion In the arsenal at Be-
grade, Serva, killing eight men.
Four measures for the repression Of An
archists were introduced in the French Cham
Der Of Deputies a bill modifying the press
laws was passed.
ADyrcEs from Hawaii via Japan say the
Provisional Government declares openly
that it will resist any attempt 10 restore the
Queen.
ADMIRAL MgLLo seized the French vessel
Parabyba and Admiral de Cana formerly
assumed command Of the rebel ships in Rio
Harbor Brazil.
A BOAT from the troopship lamar capsized
in Plymouth England Harbor. Five Of IFS
occupants were drowned.
A rHAw has set in at 81. Petersburg Rus
sia. and with il an increase OF cholera. on
one day there were thirty-eight cases and
fifteen deaths.
The japanese steamship Matsuvemaree
struck on the rocks while bound for Shon-
chara, AMI foundered. Thirty passengers
were drowned.
PART OF Major Forbes command was at
tackled by King Lo Bengula's warriors IN
Matabeland, Africa, and forced to retreat.
NJ. FREI. formerly Swiss Minister TO the
United States. has been elected President OF
the Swiss Federation.
THIRTEEN men were drowned by the sink.
ing OF the coal schooner Parry, which traded
between Dublin, Ireland, and Holyhead.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-12-22
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

THons b REED. Of Maine is nfty-iour
Years old.
BISHOP THEODORE p. LyaMy, Of North
Carolina. is dead.
QUEEN VICTORIA will spend part of the
winter in q villa near Florence. Italy.
SENATORS Palmer. Cullom and DUBOIS were
all for a long time residents oi Springfield
H.
The Chinese Emperor. who is twenty
three years old, has learned the English
language.
TIE Duke Of Oporto, brother Of the King
Of Portugal, is one Of the finest flute players
in the world.
SIR HENRI BEssEMER. the great inventor,
who is now in his eightieth year. is writing
an autobiography
GLADSTONE finds time. with an his mani
fold duties, to 90 to church regularly, rain
or shine, every morning.
Ex-PREsDENT HAREIsoS's lectures on law
before the students OF Stanford University. IN
California, will be delivered in February.
The Prince OF Wales has seventeen
hrOthers-in-law. sixteen uncles nity-seven
cousins and ntty-eight nephews and nicces
A LrFE-sIzED marble bust OF Governor lius.
sell, of Massachusetts, is 10 BE- presentf ~
the State and placed ia niche at the S'ife
House in Boston.
SECRETARY GRESHAM and Secretary Morton
will be the only members Of the Cabinet who
will not keep house this winter. Both will
live at the Arlington Hotel.
EDWARD BARRON. the San Francisco min
ing man who died few days ago. landed in
California at the age Of twenty with ten
cents. He died worth $4,000
PHILErUs SAWYER, Senator and millionaire
lumberman is as vigorous at seventy as most
men at fifty. He began life in a shingle fac
tory carrying out shayings at twenty-five
cents day.
NEAL Dew, OF Portland. Me-, known as the
"apostle OF temperance. will be ninetyyears
old on March 20. 1894, and temperance sOci-
cites all over the world will unite in celebrat.
ing the anniversary of his birth.
DURING the visit of Admiral Avelan. Of the
Russian Navy. at Paris. he is said 70 have re-
ceiyed no fewer than 1900 letter Most OF
them were from ladies and a large majority
Of these asked FOR lock OF his hair.
AUGUST X. Z. BALDAMUs, who died in Ger
many few days ago, aged elghty-two years,
was famous because he had one Of the largest
collections OF birds nests ami birds eggs in
Europe. He was the founder OF the Ornith0.
logical Society
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-12-22

near the woman whose heart had fol-
lowed him in all his wanderings
He could not see her, and she stood
for moment, until time came for the
outer curtain to rise, filing her hungry
eyes with the blessed picture of his
stalwart frame perched mp there little
higher than the rest, his handsome
face laughing above brilliant scarf,
his bearded lips parting to return a
greeting from some of the farmer boys.
For Ed was a favorite everywhere.
Then she moved aside into what
might be called the dressing-room,
while the children sang:
In manger, laid so lowly,
Came the Prince OF Peace to earth;
While choir Of angels holy
Sang to celebrate his birth.
She tried to forget the man out there
beyond the curtain; tried to join her
heart with the swinging rhythm Of the
carol, tried to think of that older, bet
ter time when a still and starry night
like this brought the era Of love, not
the season of pain.
"Glory in the highest
Sang the glad, angelic strain.
"Glory in the highest
Peace on earth good will to men;
Peace on earth good will to men,.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-12-22
Forty Years a Street Car Driver.

John Byrnes is undoubtedly the
oldest street car driver in the world.
He is employed on the Somerville
avenue line, Boston, where he has
driven cars for forty years, travelling
in that time distance equal to twenty
five times around the earth. Appear
ances are deceitful, aud though Mr.
Byrnes looks as young as n man Of
forty-fvc, it is sixty-'our years since
he first saw the light of day He is a
native of the Emerald Isle, having been
born in the County Meath, Ireland, in
820.-Chicago Herald.