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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-01-13
and not for the general public

stockholders and not for the general public
to decide.
prominent Brauleboro citizen, of eX-
tended business experience, holds that the
road could not be built upon our narrow
streets as they now are without a large out
lay by the town to make them usable both
by the railroad and by loaded teams. He
instances the sharp turn Oh Canal street
near the new schoolhouse as one place,
Brge street from Brook street to Canal
street as another, and the hill from the iron
bridge up to the Estey shops as still an
other. He also thinks it would involve the
destruction, in large part, of the system OF
road improvement which we have entered
upon. TO many practical men it seems
doubtful whether the road could be operated
in winter with one or two feet Of solidly
packed snow in the streets, without caus-
ing the abandonment for the time being of
ordinary public travel, or an expense which
could not be met for the complete removal
of the sncw.
We believe that this enterprise is to be
discussed on lines like these, rather than
with regard to possible legal questions or
on purely sentimental grounds.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-01-13

Commissioner Raum has just issued a
statement of the pension business of the
country, as a supplement to his annual re-
port in which he says: There were 92O,-
SS5 pensioners on the roll, Since July, 1892,
5S,776 original pensions had been granted,
and increase in 30,305 cases had been al
lowed. The number of claims pending in
December were 776,6S7 For the first six
months of the present fiscal year $50, 423,-
903 was paid out on account of pensions.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-01-13
Connec,icur. wrnngIing Legislature.

The Connecticut legislature of 1S9l-92,
which adjourned last week, did nothing
from first to last but wrangle over the ques-
tion of the governorship. The Democratic
senate adhered to its policy of ignoring
Gov, Bulkley, and adjourned itself by in
dependent action before the lower house
was ready to go. 1t has been the custom
for many years for the governor to address
both houses in joint assembly, but this
year his remarks were addressed to the
representatives alone.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-01-13
Amnesty TO the Mormonn.

The President has issued a proclamation
granting parden to all Mormons who have
abstained from polygamy since Nov. l,
1890 What is specially significant in the
proclamation is its official acknowledge
ment, on the part of the United States
government, that the famous manifesto of
the church of the Latter Day Saints, on
the 9th of October, 1890, was sincere and
binding abandonment of plural marriage
The proclamation declared that the OBJ
'servance of that manifesto has been gen
eral on the part of the Mormons, and it is
on this express ground that sweeping
amnesty is now declared, provided that
those who have thus abstained from living
in polygamy since the date mentioned shall
continue to do So
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-01-13

The expected order of President Harri-
son has been issued extending the classi-
fed service to all free delivery post offices,
and to the weather bureau outside of Wash
ington. This step brings into the classi-
fed service 54S offices and 1000 employees
which have hitherto been exempt from
civil service regulations. Before this en-
to those post-oflices which had as many as
so employees. Now the service extends to
all post-ofiices where carriers are employed.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-01-13

1t is said that since his fathers death
George Gould has been making a collec-
tion of clippings of what has been said of
him. He has, since Dec. 2, received 20
600 clippings, which combined make an
obituary notice six miles long. OF these,
1900 have been taken from the press of
this country and Canada, 5000 from the
British newspapers, and the remainder
from those of France, Italy, Germany,
Sweden, Holland and Spain. Two clip
pings have been made from Turkish publi-
cations.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-01-13
Gbe 11rrmunt 9b@mi..
BRATTLEBORO:
FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1893.

The death of James G. Blaine was ex-
pccted hourly early in the week, but he has
since shown improvement, although the
reports this morning are unfavorabe again.
The significance of the transfer to the
New York, New Haven Il Hartford rail-
road company of the lease of the Provi-
dence & Worcester is not looked upon
lightly by railroad men. 1t is intimated
that the consolidation of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford railroad and the
Old Colony is not far distant, being deem
ed essential in preventing the encroach-
ments of the Boston & Maine.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-01-13
VOL. Tx.
THE VERMONT PHOENIX,
rs,l,asp EVERY FRIDAY ATpRArrLEBoRo, VI aT
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TERMS; 81. .bU per year in advance, If not paid
UitLu tns year, $500. ..,,--.,--
=, M M I Deaths and Marriages published free;
bb,'Sry Notices Cards of Thanks, etc, s5 cents
Osr nr6 of u lines or less
pIFntrred at the Bratteboro Post ONCE as second
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-01-13
O. j. PRATT.
GREAT ANNUAL
Mark Down Closing Off Sale
IN ALL DEPARTMENTS.
Saturday, January IA, '9S

l shall place on one of the tables
in my
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-14
Notice to Cuntractors--SeWers,

Sealed proposals for the construction of sewers
 and apPur@tsna9ces @ in Pine street, frSm Hillside nue from Waterville street to North Willow street, and ip North street from North Main
 street to Rock street, will be received at tho office of the Board. of Sewer Commissioners of the
 city of Waterbury, City hall, until 500 o'clock,
 hour % the bids shai be publicly opened and an read Bidders are required to state in their proposals their proposals are made without any @ connec- nee. tion with any other person or persons making
 in ali Respects fair and without % collasoSn S or fraud; and that no person or persons acting in
 any oSial capacity whatever I t for the board of is directly or indirectly interested therein in any portion of the profits thereof. and accompanied by a bond of S1 ,O06 conditioned
 for the execution of the contract within the time ed. The sureties of the bonds, both for the pro posal and the contract must be satisfactory to
 the Board of Finance No bid will be consider ed which has not responsible sureties upon its
 A certified check for S1, ,oeo payable to the order of the city of Waterbury and deposited with the Board of Finance. will be accepted in place of the sqreties bond, if the certificate and bond forms for the purpose will be furnished on ap- plication to the city engineer. The person or persons to whom the contract may be awarded will be required to attend at this office with the suretfes offered by him or from the date of notice of such award, and in case of failure or neglect so to do, he or they will be considered to have abandoned it, and as in default to the city of Waterbury. The right to decline any or all the proposals is reserved If deemed for the interest of the city. The eng1neer's estimate of work and materials, viz:
 TAO lineal feet of 15 inch vitrified pipe sewer. S57 Mueal feet of 12 inch vitr fled pipe sewer 94s lineal feet of inch vltrided pipe sewer. IA manholes. catch basins.
 2receiving basins.
 Plans may be seen and full information ob- \ tained at the office of the City Engineer, v Bank street.
 These quantities are to be considered as only approximate and given merely as a basis of comparison. The board expressly reserves the right of increasing or diminishing the same as may be deemed necessary by the engineer. The proposals must be made upon blanks furnished by the board, and all proposals must \ be considered as informal which are not in all \ respects in conformity with this notice \ By order of the Board of Sewer Commission
 ~ R. A. CAIRNS, City Engineer. March B. 1898.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-14
LUNCH AND LUNCHEON.

The Difference Betwee' the Much Com
 founded Terms.
 The words lunch and luncheon have been very much discussed, and great difference of opinion expressed regard ing their significance. Some authorities consider them synonymous, others that their real meaning is far from the same. Mrs. Dahlgren in her book upon "Social Life in Washington" frankly said that she "desired to present unsettled points and disputed questions that by inter- change of opinion some settled basis might be established"
 The accepted meaning of lunch as present authorities decide. is a m al prepared to be taken with and parta zen of by members of the household guiny 2 out for days pleasure or business or informally eaten at home by the family y at midday.
 Luncheon signifies form of enter tainment given after breakfast and be- fore the evening dinner hour. It i' q meal of compliment and more frequ ',it- ly extended to ladies alone, geltlen.n seldom being included in the inv.t tiOns
 It is less formal than a dinne., tn ''a- fore the invitations need not bn giv 'n until a week previous to tho dat' fix upon and the hostess can write tn herself or have them engravei as sh chooses. Note form is coAsid.r' Il more elegant for luncheon than card and they should read like the one g v.n b. low:
 Mrs. Robert Bartt n Keene requests the pleasure of Mrs Frederick Dani, Is company at Luncheon, Friday May Sixth, at half past one o'clc"li 0 Portland place. Ia olc Talk.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-14
lCoPYRlGHT,

commodious structure that shall be well lighted, well ventilated and well ap- pointed, where womankind can have freedom and comfort at a moderate cost, and where climbing stairs-that bane of woman's health and consumer of woman's strength-shan give way to the restfulness of an elevator.
 It is a peculiar fact that, while all avenues of work and study have been opened up to woman and she has dem- onstrated her ability to earn her own living and take care of herself, there has never been any cogniZance of her individuality, no place provided for her to live.
 Bachelor apartments, with elegant entrances suggesting the luxuries with in, display their aggravating signs in every quarter; old-time mansions, in convenient locations, have been thoroughly renovated and rearranged in suites and single rooms, for gentle men only" and even the high-toned boarding-houses imagine it adds to their dignity to advertise gentlemen pre- ferred.'
 What, then, is the business woman to doP A single woman looking for de- sirable quarters in New York at pres ent will have some very amusing as well as annoying experiences. She will find it hard to get into f1rst-class house unless it is so late In the season that the landlady has no hope of secur- ing another man, and she will not sell dom find that she is paying a dollar or two more by the week than did the man occupying the room before her-to S,N o,,srox>Sronn hot extra service required of servants, etc. A woman asking accommodation for two will be met with the utmost gra- ciousness until the landlady discovers that the second party is not a husband, but another woman; then there is crawfshing and finally fiat statement that she makes it 0 rule to take in ''only families and gentlemen"
 This sort of thing leaves the woman little choice and usually drives her into an ordinary house where she must pay eight, nine or ten dollars a week for board and a hall bedroom she can't turn around in. These hall bedrooms have no means of heat except from the halls or by gas stove at one dollar a week extra. The coziest of them have a mantel bed and two chairs, but it is ob- viouS that to see callers in such quar- ters is out of the question. It is not a home in any sense of the word.
 Perhaps the woman rents Q square room, furnished; here at least, she can | do as she pleases. But she is compelled to go out for her meals, in all states of health and weather; only bachelor apartments have restaurants attached. The only alternative is a fiat, at from thirty to fifty dollars month, with steam heat, and perhaps gas. In this flat there will be one light room, the front one. It will glory in the posses sion of two windows, while the kitchen in the rear will have but one, and the rooms between none at all unless there happens to be an air shaft or sky light. And, by the way, these make shifts are advertised as light" rooms
 New York being built up so solidly that every inch of light space is valuable 1T
 proportion to the ground space.
 Mrs. Wheeler and Miss Lewis between
 them evolved by degrees and mucl
 leliberation a practical plan for a
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-14
WAS IT 4 CIGARETTE ]?
Probable Cause of the Great
 Boston Fire.
RESULT OF THE INVESTIGATION

The Fire Started in the Mems Toilet Rooms
 on the Thsrsi FIoor and Had the Attempt
 Been Made It Might Have Been Put Out
 A Tsoston Bey asissing-CIty Fire
 Marshal Investigating.
 BosroN, March 14.--Homce Partridge x Co, after a brief investigation made since their fire, make the authoritative state mei.t hat the fire originated from causes still unknown, in the mems toilet room, on the tlird fCor ncar the elevator we'll When discovered the flames were coming through the toilet doors No effort was tEca made to stop it in the anxiety to give tie alarm, so that the fire jumped the hall si ting fire to the pine partition making the opposite wall of the hall in which the tCiiet rooms were located Inside the par tition wi&' the stock room of toys, etc.. and into this the fire at once penetrated, when it was beyond control.
 Ihe firm is confident that someone knows how and when the fire started in tEe c.3stIs and is making strict inves- tic;at;Un to ascertain who was last using tHein. The supposition is that someone WITS sl1'o!. ing aEd that the careless droping or a lighted match or q discarded cigarette or ciaur butt is the real cause.
 Chauncey Paige. II years of age, and living vi i;h his parents at 65l East Fourth street. south Boston. is missing. He left his home Friday afternoon and was af,crWard seen in the vicinity of the fire Oh LirCsln street. He has not been seen since ard il is feared that he may have been Ri l,'! Ky sling walls.
 lie re marshal! has begun an invessiga tiCi into t.:e cause of the fire.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-14
THE BROKEN CLAvIcLE.
That Was tho Cost of Q Famous Singers
 Thrice Repeated Effort.

That Was tho Cost or Q Famous Singers
 Thrice Repeated Effort.
 Fifty years ago European audiences listened with rapt admiration to Ru- bini, tenor, of whom it was said that, though he himself could not act, he made his voice act for him. The inten- sity of expression he gave to his voice, the judicious use of the tremolo, and the management of light and shade produced Q thrilling effect. But his great vocal feat consisted in taking the B flat of the upper stave without prep aration, sustaining it for a long tim me, and then letting 1t imperceptibly die away. The listeners could hardly be- lieve their ears, says the Youths Com panion.
 The adventurous are always on the edge of danger. On one occasion Ru- bini; after repeating this vocal feat, and being a second time encored, found himself unable to produce the expected note. Determined not to fail, he gath cred up his vocal strength and made a supreme effort. Tho note came with its wontcd power, brilliancy and dura- tion, but at the cost of broken collar bone.
 A surgeon examined the singer and found that the tension of the lungs had been too powerful for the strength ot his collar-bonc. Two months rest would be required to rcunite the clavicle, and this the singer declared to be impossible, as he had only finished Il several days of q long engagement.
 Gan I sing at all with broken col. l lar -bonc?' he asked.
 'Ycs: it will make no difference ir your voice." answered the. surgeon
 But you must avoid lifting heavy weights. and any undue cXertion-
 above all, you must leave the flat | alone"
 Rubini continued to sing with { | broken claviclc until the termination O: | his engagement.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-14

reasonable, so the greedy landowner did not serve them so mean q trick after all
 The building will accommodate five hundred women, in single rooms or suites, according to their incomes. The architect has made out scale of prices which are fairly accurate, and which he predicts will be an inducement to oc- cupants and pay stockholders reason able per cent. on their investment.
 Singlerooms, furnished with heat and light, three or four dollars a week, ac- cording to location;, one room and bath, five dollars; parlor, sleeping room and bath, seven dollars; parlor, two sleeping rooms and baths, ten dollars. For those desiring to "keep house" there will be unfurnished apartments with kitchen, to be leased by the year, while the oth- CTS will be let from month to month, so that parties away for the summer, and who cannot afford to pay for their rooms during vacation, will not be obliged to do so. There will be two ele- vators in the building, and the services of porter and a chambermaid at nom inal rates
 The management of the entire house will be as in any first-class appart- ments. Ironciad references as to re- spectability and reliability will be re- quired and will be thoroughly looked into, but once a woman is admitted there will be no espionage. Of course, if an occupant annoys neighbor she will be asked to desist or go, or if com promising rumors force themselves on the manager of the house they will be investigated, but not to- the extent of suspicion and spying without cause, as has been the bete noir of well inten- tioned women from the beginning of their independence. It may be that an occasional undesirable tenant may be taken in, but it may safely be predicted that she won't stay long, and the women in general are not to be treated with any the less consideration on that account. Their friends, both men and women, may be entertained in their rooms as in their own homes-something that is not permitted in the average New York
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-14

boarding house. The Stenographer may open an office in her sitting-room, to save rent, and the dressmalzer carry on business in connection with her living rooms. The walls will be deadened so that music teachers and pupils may practice in peace, and the top floor will be reserved for studios with the neces- sary top north light. In fact, every thing will be done with the welfare of the workingwomen in view-something that seems too good to be true to the woman who has battled with circum- stances in New York for the past ten years.
 It will be essentially woman's build ing, and it is to be hoped that the diff ferent clubs, schools and branches of business peculiar to women will gather under one roof, to be easily found when wanted. There will be a telegraph and telephone office with women operators and book and news stand with wom- en clerks. The ground floor will be di vided into stores, and hero should | be installed manicures, hairdressers, gloves and notions, fancy work-every | branch of business that a woman car ries on successfully.
 The restaurant in connection will be under the management of a woman, on | salary if possible, so there will be no idea of gain, but merely of supplying the very best that can be afforded at moderate prices, and it will be pub lie restaurant, open to both men and women, avoiding the forlornness of an old maids lunch room.
 There will be a fine opening for Turlz- ish baths, as there is but one place in
 
 bath after one o'clock, and that is a
 dingy place which is practically out of
 the busy woman's reach, because it is
 not open evenings, Sundays or holi- days, as the mems baths are. In a
 building where women live there will
 be the added luxury of @ bath and bed
 directly afterward, instead of dressing
 and going into the outdoor air, risking
 one's death of cold
 The open court has already been
 spoken for the sale of potted plants and
 cut flowers by a woman florist on Long
 Island, and bower of beauty 1t will
 be. A library will probably be donated
 as a memorial by a philanthropic
 woman, and the Associated Artists-an
 association composed mainly of women Twill give their services in the interior
 decoration.
 A large assembly room will be de
 cided feature of the building. Sorosi:
 pays Sherry one hundred dollars ( month for the occasional use of certain rooms; the Woman's Press club and tho
 Twelfth Night girls are awfu1ly crowd
 ed for space when they undertake tC entertain their friends, and the various other women's clubs greatly need suit able quarters for public meetings, re captions, dinners, etc. This assembly , room in a woman's building will fill ; long felt want.
 Anyway, next September or Octobe will find the building ready for oc cupancy, just in time to get settled fo , the winter, and if the building prove 3 to have been established on satisfac 3 tory basis capitalists will see the ad vantage of such an investment and wit other buildings will rush in where be D fore they feared to tread
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-14
oHs HOLES THE LEVER.


 A Woman to Run tho First Worlds Fair Train. Miss Ida Hewitt, of Cairo. W. Va, said to be tie only female locomotive engineer in the world, has been en- gagged by the women commissioners of the worlds fair to run the first train over the grounds on the opening day of the exhibition, and will leave for Chi cago about a week before the day ap- pointed for the opening.
 Miss Hewitt has had an extensive wardrobe prepared for her use during the fair, one of her unique costumes be- ing that of a Spanish girl of the four teenth century, which she will wear on the engine during her first trip. She is brunette beauty, and the costume suits her admirably.
 In reply to a proposition made to Miss Hewitt to become a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi- neers, it is reported that she replied that while she could not find it in her heart to become a brother to them she would be sister as long as she lived. The commissioners are said to have had great deal of trouble inducing her to run the engine at the fair, as she shrank from appearing as "a sort of a freak"
 The road upon which Miss Hewitt learned her business and upon which she is now running is known as the Cairo & Little Kanawha, and is a feeder for the Baltimore & Ohio at Cairo from the lumber districts back in that vicin- ity. It is mostly owned by the father of the young lady, who is a man of prominence and wealth. The peculiar employment that Miss Hewitt has se- lected has not unseXed her in the least, and she is as much at home in the par lors of the most cultivated and fashion able people as she is in the cab of her favorite engine. She is also a model housewife, and is thoroughly up in all the little details of housekeeping, at which she occupies herself when ''of her run."