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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-01-26
Now Is the lime.

Nov is the time to order your wood. Don't
y wait until you are all out but send a little
espec tally al the last of the week
Those who pay cash strictly in advance always
receive PROMPT attention and little better meas
ure though all have full measure every time;
GEO S. PERRY.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-01-26
Cloak and Fur
Department..
SECOND FLOOR.

The assortment of Ladies',
Misses, and Children's Cloaks,
Shawls, Fur Capes and Fur Trim
mings is quite large and we'll as
sorted, most of it having been pur-
chased during the past two weeks
direct from the manufacturers, at
a material reduction from regular
prices, and the trade are assured
that they will get the full benefit
Of the cut in prices,
s 6 Garments down to + 4
s 8 Garments down to s 6
$40 Garments down to s Z
$12 Garments down to S s
$15 Garments down to SO
$50 Garments down to Sl5
s Z Fur Capes down to s D
$I2 Fur Capes down to $ 8
SIS Fur Capes down to $l2
Also, % very fine Fur Capes, %
to 30 inches long, reduced fully
one-third in price to close the en-
tire stock of these goods During
this sale I shall make the reduction
in price general in all departments
and it will result to the advantage
of customers to make their pur-
chases now while the sacrifice
prices are on.
- = I'D TN"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-01-26
To Whom It May Concern.

A Ii my debts became due October /, | have
"a not pressed anyone, nor do wish to, bat
\ must insist upon all my accounts being settled
either by cash or note before February ! All
pot paid settled then, l shall feel justified in
rcing collection. c. f. THOMPSON.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-01-26
Il. q. Horr's Remarks.

Roswell g. Horr spoke in a more hui
morous vein:
"The whole six New England states are
not one-half as large as the state of Cali
fOrna. But when you come to brains and
business, to genius and godlness, to piety
and patriotism, what a record she can
show. Vermont has only about nine
thousand five hundred square miles, and
those can be measured only by the use of
instruments and mathematical calculations
which determine areas that cannot be
reached with compass and chain. New
York is five times as large as the state of
Vermont. You could cut the little state of
Vermont out of Texas 81 times and then
have edgings enough left to make another
state as large as Connecticut and Rhode
Island combined. And yet who would not
rather have been born in Vermont than in
Texas? When a person says i was born
in Vermont, that means something. The
statement carries with it a definite idea
One says instantly There is person who
was born somewhere No confusion as to
locality follows such a statement. Not so
when you speak of Texas. When a per-
son says i was born in Texas that really
means very little. Texas is so large that
the statement carries with it no definite
idea. 1t would have meant little less if
he had said Il was born somewhere in
North America Indeed, it seems to me
as though | had just as lief never have
been born at all as to have been born in
| Texas. Would it not have been about the
same thing, anyway? But when say Il
was born in Vermont, there is nothing
vague about that statement. | remember
| a Of T.,
eX-minister to the court of st. James, at
| tempted to explain the intense love of Yer
monters for their native state, upon the
theory that country full of mountains,
where people have to struggle in order TO
live at all, always develops in its people an
intense feeling of local love and local pride.
| There is no doubt somewhat of truth in
that theory. But he admitted another fact
must be included to fully account for the
intense love of Vermonters for the place OF
their birth, and that is the size of the
state itself. 1t is not so large as to destroy
ones identity, and identity is the mother
of intensity, A person with healthy, active
affections can spread himself all over the
state of Vermont without any patches get
ting so thin as to lead to uncomfortable
exposures. Take for example, the Chi
nese empire. Its area is so large that It's
people have lost their individual character.
istics. They all look alike. 1t makes ne
difference whether you meet Wing Lo
Chang Lung or Wang Ho, you feel as
though you had seen one and the same
person. They are 'all the samee.' Not sc
when you meet people from Vermont
Somehow each person has an individuality
of his own. The surroundings beget d
type, but the type is made up of distinct
units. To be New England Yankee
means good deal. But TO be a Vermont
Yankee at once suggests a condensation OF
business tact, tirmness, independence anC
love of country coupled with moderation
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-01-26
IN ALL DEPART MENTS.
Dress Goods.

In this department a very
sweeping reduction of prices has
been made amounting to fully %
per cent off on many lines of desir-
able fabrics.
2Oc Dress Goods down to l5c
39c Dress Goods down to 25c
SOC Dress Goods down to 37c
69c Dress Goods down to SOC
ST Dress Goods down to 75c
One case of Century Cloth at
7 IL cents, worth 10 cents one
case Best Prints at 5 cents, worth
7 cents.
All our French Novelties in
single dress patterns marked down
fully one third to close the sea-
sons stock.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-01-26
THE VERMONT PHOENIX.
EBYFRGDAYAT BRATrLEBoRo, VT. BY
o. l.. FREN CHI.

TERMS: 81 so per year in advance; if not paid
within the year, So
RATES OF ADVERTISING furnished on application
Births Deaths and Marriages published free;
obituary Notices. Cards of Thanks etc, IS cents
per inch of II lines or less.
Entered at the Brattleboro Post Office as sec
ond class mail matter.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-01-26

Mr.. Hornblower's nomination to the
United States supreme bench having failed
of continuation, Mr.. Cleveland sent on
Monday the name of Wheeler II. Peck
ham of New York to the Senate for that
position. The nomination has caused a
political sensation, for the reason that Mr..
Peckham is quite as Objectionable to Sena-
tor Hill as was Mr.. Hornblower, whose
nomination Mr.. Hill was largely instru-
mental in having rejected. Mr.. Peckham
has always been an opponent of Mr.. Hill
and resisted his election as governor Of
New York in 1885, and again in 1883. He
also took prominent part in the opposi-
tion to Judge Maynard, and drew the reso-
luton adopted by the New York bar asso-
tion, asking for the impeachment of that
official for acts done in connection with
the state elections. He belongs, moreover,
to the anti-snapper wing of the New York
Democracy. He is man of the highest
personal character and his legal ability
and experience are unquestioned.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-01-26

President Cleveland sent to Congress
last Saturday veto of the New York and
New Jersey bridge bill The reasons as
signed for the veto are that the bill does
not prohibit the construction of piers in
the river; that expert engineering opinion
agrees that the river, at the point fixed for
the crossing of the bridge, can be spanned
by single span; and that a charter for a
similar structure has already been granted
by Congress to another company 10y an act
which requires the construction of single
span bridge. Some people profess to see
in the veto an attempt to 'get even with
the New York senators for voting against
the confirmation of Mr.. Hornblower, but
it is true, nevertheless, that the veto plcases
greatly members of the New York cham
Der of commerce and the maritime ex-
change, who were opposed to the bill be-
cause it did not prohibit interference with
the commerce of the river by the proposed
construction of a pier in the river 20OO
feet from the New York shore.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-01-26
TRUSTEES
NOTICE.

n LII persons having an account with me are
"A requested TO call at my store and settle the
same Immediately j. d. FEED
East DummerstOn, Vt. IS
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-01-26

p. H. RUTTER, President.
N. NJ. BATCHELDER, Vice President.
MlLON DAVIDSON, Treasurer,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-08-03
Punch and Judy in China.

1t would surprise good many persons
probably to hear that Punch and Judy"
is Chinese institution, but there seems to
be good ground for the supposition, accord
ing to correspondent of a London paper,
who says: "A few years ago witnessed at
garden party given by the general then
, commanding the troops in Hong Kong the
exhibition of Chinese Punch and Judy,
which had been brought down from Can
ton. The general arrangements were pre-
cisely the same as those of an English
Punch and Judy the only difference be
ing that instead of the dog Toby there was
a wooden figure with clapping jaws, sup
posed to represent a dragon.
1.-THE costumes were Chinese, and the
piece varied in some respects from that
which we see in England, but all the char
acteristic features were the same The
lesser mandarins were duly knocked over
by the big mandarin. with just the same
satisfactory whack as that with which
Punch disposes of Judy and Jack Ketch.
and all the accessories of voices, pipes and
scenery correspondent to those of the Eng
fish performance.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-08-03

Have you ever seen her-the woman who
eats? If not you should, for outside of Il
museum nothing so remarkable was ever
seen. She generally lives at hotel run on
the American plan, and evidently feels in
duty bound to take everything on the bill
of fare in order to get her moneys worth.
1t never occurs to her to skip one single
thing yet every meal she studies the menu
with an interest as absorbing as though
she We're only to be allowed one portion.
and that one She was determined to have
the best When this exhaustive survey is
finished she leans back in her chair, looks
up at the waiter in attendance with coy,
sweet smile and says, Il will commence
with oysters"
If there was anything ahead of oysters
for her to begin with she would do so, for
she is II systematic feeder aud will go on
reigiously through soup, fish, entrees,
roasts, vegetables, salads and desserts un
til the weary waiter confides To a sympa-
thizing confrere that it is his private opin-
ion that she is the india rubber girl
When at last the finishing sip Of coffee
has been swallowed, she dips her fingers
in the bowl of water near at hand, gathers
up what she has not eaten of the fruit and
passes out, leaving the waiter to wonder at
the appetite OF creature that looks above
such mundane peculiarities yet she leaves
enough soled dishes and crumbs in her
wake to establish forever her reputation as
"a performer who would make her mark if
an eating contest We're ever arranged
New York Recorder
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-08-03

The statistics Of the United States cen
Gus bureau show that in eleven states and
two territories, in 1890, there were more
children between the ages Of five and sew
enteen who were either foreign born or the
children of foreign born parents than
there were native white children of the
same age.
In several of these states and territories
the disproportion was very great, so that
in the public schools an American child of
American parentage was almost an oddity.
In the whole of the United States there
are nearly 5,5OO,OO0 children between the
ages of five and seventeen who were either
born in foreign countries or have foreign
parents They are in fact more than one
third of all the children in the country be-
tween these ages
Every such foreign child may we'll be
quite as good an American" as child
whose ancestors came over in the English
Mayhower or the Dutch Goede Nrouwe
Indeed American children of native race
are often surpassed in stout "American
ism" by foreign born children.
Yet the child of foreign born parents,
who is generally without the home associa-
tions which go with long residence in the
country, has much to learn ut school in or
der to make him thoroughgong Ameri-
can 1t is the problem Of our schools to
assimilate these children to an American
standard of life and ideas The number is
enormous, and in any other country of the
world the task might be impossible. For
tunately for us the children Of the foreign
born generally enter the doors of our public
schools with the best possible disposition to
become Americans. Youths Companion.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-08-03

The late Earl of Essex was buried in a
coffin of oak designed twelve years ago
by the deceased nobleman himself, who
was a prominent member of the Funeral
Reform association. 1t had what is
called "open trellis work" around it and
was filed with choice herbs and ever
greens. There have been many people
of recent years, some of them prominent
in other ways, who have had their cot
fins made to order long before the ap-
proach of death. Maybe the originator
of the fashion was Lord Nelson, who
used to keep standing upright in the
cabin of the Victory coffin that an adj
mirer had presented to him one birthday
anniversary, and in this coffin his lord
ships remains were at last put to rest
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-08-03

The greatest nimrod of the age, Blink
Savage, told Bill Hilsman that there
were several hocls of turkeys doing
great damage TO his pea crop on the
swamp. He therefore baited several
places with corn. and on finding that the
game was eating his bait, decided to go
next morning and kill a lot of them.
That night he examined "Old Betsy
carefully and found her in fine fix, but
on looking up his ammunition found
that he had not a grain of powder or an
ounce of shot
An old darby standing near by saw
his dilemma. He had just returned
from town with gallon of pure corn
whisky, and, says lie, Mars Blink, let's
soak the next lot of corn in the whisky.
an if dey eat dat dey is sho' drunk. "
Blink caught on. The result was he
found flock of sixteen fine wild tuq-
keys on high old drunk, and with his
walking stick soon killed the whole
flock. lbany (Ga.) Herald.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-08-03

Saturday all his brethren of The Pub
lie Ledger. of Philadelphia, united I'M
giving a reception at the Drexel insti-
tute in honor of Colonel NJ. Richards
Muckle. The colonel is one of the oldest
and most popular members of The
Ledger family. He has been in its selV
ice for half a century, and the reception
was in graceful recognition of that fact,
A German by descent, although born in
Philadelphia. he has always been prom
inent in efforts for the welfare Of the
Germans.
For this work, and especially for as
ssting in the restoration of the Stras-
burg library. which was destroyed i'll
the Franco-Prussian war, he was twice
decorated by the old Emperor William
once with the ribbon and the patent
of the Order of the Grown, and again
with that of the Black Eagle, which is
only conferred upon kings and foreign
potentates. He has the distinction of
being the only native American to he
thus ennobled.-New York Tribune.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-08-03
FEAR IN BATTLE.
Two veterans of the Civil War Tell How II
seizes on Great Men.

Two NeteTff1s of the NtFll war Aeh now Az
.,eizes on Great aIen.
DO brave men ever take fright in bat
tle?o
The question was asked by man in a
group of which every member save himself
was veteran of the civil war. They cast
significant looks at one another, and one
of them said:
Every man learns when he goes into
battle for the first time that he is a coward
Most men find it out before their first fight
Quite often the man who feels most fear
before the fighting begins proves to be an
exceedingly good man under fire. Some
times those who seem to have no fear IN
them beforehand are found to be sadly lack
ing when bullets begin to buzz like bees
about them, and shells shrek and burst,
and cannons thunder, and the air is filled
with smoke. | was captain at the begin
ming of the war. and | came out "a major,
so | suppose | was not counted craven,
but am free to confess that l never went
into II fight without being scared half to
death.
My men were the rawest of raw recruits
when they were called upon to stand up
and shoot and be shot at, and was just as
raw as they. We had been drilled less than
a week. | was fresh from my law office and
they from farms and shops aud stores. The
first shell that passed screaming over head
on the day of the first fight threw the men
into frightful state of panic, was rs bad
as the others-for just an instant. Then
it occurred tome that as the shell that had
caused what promised to be rout struck
some 500 yards to the rear of our line and
others were falling in the same locality it
would be far more dangerous to turn back
than to advance, as ordered, and got my
nerve again.
Fortunately the lieutenants of my COM
pany kept their heads quite as well or bet
ter than did mine, and acting all together
we steadied the men and saved the cOmpa-
ny the disgrace of exhibiting cowardice
and perhaps breaking up the entire line of
battle / have no doubt that my reasoning
on the subject WAS all done in Il second or
two, for il it had not been SO it would have
been too late when | regained common
sense to prevent the men from inglorious
flight but it seemed to me then that de
voted full half hour to thinking it all
OUT
Il spent the last two years of the war in
a southern prison. said another member
of the group, because | got frightened. |
was almost scared out of my boots the first
time | was in battle and was only kept
from running by a timely and really kind
slap on the cheek with the flat Of my cap
tain's sword-I was priYate-but | was
not very badly ratified in the next three or
four fights l went into. In my last fight |
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-08-03

"Peanutta, machina roastedt said an
Italian peanut vender i'll the Bowery
yesterday to gronp of people who stood
around small model of working
steam engine, to which he pointed with
pride The steam engine had little
metal manikin turning glass cylinder,
and the engine pulled and turned out the
roasted peanuts in stream. The ma
chine looked too costly toy for the
Italian to own 1t evidently is an ex-
pertinent, and means an eruption of pea
nut roasting machines in every sheltered
nook down town. The Italian did fine
trade, the novelty of the contrivance at
rracting nearly every passerby, ana
about one out of every five became a
purchaser York Sun.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-08-03
"FLY BY NIGHT"
Joe jefferson Gives an Amusing story of
Its Origin.

Its origin.
| presume that most people who visit the
theater have heard the term fly by night
applied to minor and unstable theatrical
COMPANIES, but | believe there are very few,
if any, who understand the meaning of the
term, and among even the present genera
tion of actors there is probably none who
knows how the term originated.
1t was in the days when old Sol Smith,
dead aud gone these many years, had a
Etrolling company which played in only the
smallest and queerest of all the small queer
towns in the south and west, Smith and
his company were playing varied roper
tory, as every company had to do at that
time, Of which "AIacbeth,' with all of
Lockes original music, was prominent
feature But the public proved unappre-
ciative, and the times were hard. Soon old
Sol and his company were at low water
mark, and at length found themselves
stranded in little Kentucky town. FROM
which a finty hearted landlord refused to
permit them to remove their baggage until
they had liqudatpd his claim against them
for board
Smith felt that he was equal to the emer-
genoy, having been there" often before,
and he cast about in his mind for some
upon plan. lie engaged countryman to
bring a strong wagon, drawn by pair of
sturdy horses, under the window of his
room at the back of the tavern at certain
hour on the following night. The mem
bers of the company were let into the Sc
cret, and it was arranged that on the night
in question they should throw the landlord
off his guard by ssembling in the parlor
and practicing one of the witches choruses
composed by Locke for Macbeth and en-
titled I'VE Fly by Night" in which those
words are repeated over and over again.
Meanwhile old Sol and his most trusty
henchman were to lower the trunks from
the window TO the countryman, who was
waiting below to receive them
This programme was carried out to the
letter The company was singing 1--WE
Fly by Night for dear life in the parlor,
while Smith and his man Friday were let
ting down the trunks with us much celebrity
and quietness as possible, but, alas! not as
they fondly thought, into the hands of the
countryman who was to convey them to a
place of safety, but into those of the land
lord, who had somehow or other got wind
of the scheme.
At length the work was completed. Old
Sol and his companion, with "A great load
lifted from their minds, Joined the company
in the parlor and united with them in sing
ing I'VE Fly by Night" But just as they
had sung those words for the third time the
door opened, and the landlord, entering
said, with winning smile, Excuse me, la
dies and 90 tlemen, but you won't fly this
night, for / still have possession of your
trunks
From t At to the present all queer dra
matte All musical companies have been
known Rs "ny by nights. Joseph Jeffer
son in New York Herald
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-08-03

There is some idea of starting an Alpine
club in India Those who have assembled
Mount Blanc, and who sigh for fresh
mountains to conquer, might try their
luck in ascending some of the peaks of
the Himalayas. According to General
Strachey, the whole Alps might be cast
into that great Indian range without pro-
ducing any result that would be discerni-
BILE at a distance of ten or fifteen miles. On
one occasion Mr.. Graham and his guides,
who were taken to India from Switzerland,
did not feel any inconvenience at an alti-
tude of 1000 feet, except the natural loss
of breath consequent on every ascent
Mr. Graham's experiences during his un-
successful attack of Dunagiri were not
altogether enviable. The sun came out
and beat upon him and his companions
with furnace heat The reflection from
the snow was very painful, and he thought
he was going to faint AT last they gained
ridge, where the whole party fell eX-
hausted on the snow. Their hands and
faces rose in great blisters, as though
scared with hot iron, owing to the intense
reflected heat.-London Public Opinion
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-08-03
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