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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-02-09

The annual report of Gen. Francis \.
Walker, president of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, reveals a curious
but by no means unnatural financial condi-
tion at that famous school of applied sci
ence. | It's very prosperity has made it sorely
pinched for funds to meet its enlarged
opportunities. "It should be remember
ed" Gen. Walker says, ''that the poverty
of the institute is due solely to its over
whelming success as an institution of learn
ing. q Enough has been bestowed upon it
to have fairly endowed a small institution
of the second cass-an ordinary college.
The reason why its needs are so pressing
is because it has become one of the largest
institutions of the first class. Its needs
are so great because it is itself so much
needed" The effect of the hard times and
of the technical schools springing up all
over the land has been, not to decrease but
to largely increase, the attendance at the
institution. This would be a good time,
evidently, for some man with benevolent
heart and pOcketful of money to put thi,
mother of American technical schools or
sound financial footing instead of start
ing a new college somewhere which cannot
possibly hope to do SO good work or com
mand as much respect so the older insti
| tuition.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-02-09
Not the Same Hand.

"The Wilson bill, ," says Col. Henry Wat
terson, reminds me of an incident that
once happened in Louisville. A well-known
local gambler thought he had good thing
in stranger who appeared upon the scene
loaded with money. He was induced to
play game think they called it draw
poker-and when the opportune moment
arrived the Louisville man dealt the stran-
ger four jacks and himself four queens.
The betting began, and when all their
money was up and it came to a showdown
the stranger displayed four kings. Take
the money, stranger gasped the astonish-
ed native as he fell in it. Take the
money But that wasn't the hand deal
you SO with the Wilson bill. 1t is not
the hand the Chicago convention dealt the
Democratic party and which the people o
the United States backed with their votes.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-02-09

The inmates of the Rhode Island state
prison at Providence are making boots for
the Brazilian soldiers under an order
taken by Boston contractor
The pension appropriation bill reported
to the house provides for an appropriation
of $15, ,000,0 900 less than the estimate.
This does not indicate economy; it only
means that a deficiency bill win have to be
passed after the election in November to
make up the S15, 100000, or the greater
part of that sum-
Extension Commissioner Tanner, bet
ter known as Corporal Tanner, lost both
legs at the second battle of Bull Run, and
ever since then at intervals he has TO un-
dergo the painful experience of reamputa-
tion. Tumors grow on the stumps of both
! legs, which have to be removed, He sub
mitted to such an operation Wednesday at
the Seney hospital in Brooklyn, when
about two inches were removed from the
stumps.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-02-09
DEATH IN SOUTH AMERICA OF
CARLOS S. BROWN,

In our death notices this week there is
recorded the death in Honda, United States
of Colombia, South America, in December
last, of Carlos S. Brown, who was ma
tive of Dummerston, and whose father was
for years a well-known business man in
East Putney. His fathers name was Eph-
rain Brown and his mother was Sarah
Reed Brown. At the age of 10 Carlos S.
Brown left Putney and went to Boston,
where he became a shipping merchant In
1862 he went to New York and entered
upon successful business career in that
city. He was the president of a bank, and
made large fortune in real estate. In
the end, however, some of his ventures
proved disastrous and he lost his fortune.
About 20 years ago he went to South
America and en- ngaged in railroad building.
AT the time of his death he was inspector
of a railroad being built in the vicinity of
Honda. Mr.. Brown was twice married
and his second wife survives him in Honda.
A brother, James NJ. Brown, was a resi-
dent of Bellows Falls, until his death two
years ago. A sister, Mrs. NJ. Aldrich, and
her daughter still live there; also another
niece, Mrs. c. l.. Barber, the daughter of
James NJ. Brown.
Mr. Browns continued interest in the
subscription to The Phoenix and in per-
sonal letters written at different times dur
ing the past two or three years. In one Of
these letters he said: 81 was born in Dunn
merston in the house of my grandfather,
Isaac Reed, and lived near that place until
/ was six years of age; then my father and
family moved to Putney. My first days at
school were in Dummerston. Samuel
Knight who lately lived and died at Brat
tleborO, was my first teacher. About 1882
l was for time clerk in a store at Bra tie
boro. | have often bought goods for my
father from Gardner C. Hall, Hall e Leav-
lit, Hall & Townsley, n. b. Wiliston and
Joseph Steen. | remember also f. Sey-
mour, the cashier of the old Brattleboro
bank, and many others, Chase's stage tav'
ern, etc" In the same letter Mr.. Brown
promised to give some account of what Leo
him to go to South America and of his life
there but so far as is now known he had
not found time to do this.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-02-09

Bluff General Dan Sickles of New York,
stanch old Democrat that he is, created a
sensation during the Hawaiian debate in
the house Tuesday, attacking the Presi-
dents policy. He was the first Democrat
who had not upheld the resolution of the
foreign affairs committee. He held that
one administration should not constitute
itself court of appeal or review of pre-
ceding administration. (Republican APP
plause.) For fifty years this country had
insisted on non-interference by foreign gov
ernments in the Pacific, and this alone
had kept those islands from being en-
croached upon. He could not endorse the
resolution and he would not vote for it.
The Hawaiian monarchy was dead; it had
outlived its time, and had become repug-
nant to the dominant class in the islands.
The monarchy would have fallen any way
in spite of the American minister; it fell
because it was too weak to stand, and that
it did not fall or account of the landing OF
American marines was shown by the fact
that it had not been able to raise itself tC
power again after the troops were with
drawn. He closed his remarks with the
prophecy that, no matter what might be
the action of the House, it could not change
the decree of destiny that sooner or later
the Hawaiian Islands would become a part
of the United States.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-02-09
The Federal Elections Law Repealed.

The Tucker bill for the repeal of the Fed
eral elections law passed the Senate We'd
nesday afternoon by vote of 80 tie Is
the normal Democratic majority being
swollen to II by the help of four Populist
senators. The result was just what had
been anticipated, and produced no excite
ment.
The noteworthy feature of the last after
noon of debate in the Senate was the v,gor-
Gus denunciation by Senator Hoar of the
underlying purpose of the Democratic par
ty in Congress to break down the safe
guards thrown about NATIONAL elections.
That party, Mr.. Hoar said, had shown a
constant purpose to facilitate fraud by un-
dermining all statutes, state and federal,
protecting the voter from losing the just
value of his franchise. After 20 years OF
Democratic effort the restraining bonds OF
federal supervision were about to be broken
and the door was to be thrown open to the
unhampered practice of all the fraudulent
election devices invented under Democratic
auspices wherever the party had been able
to acquire power
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-02-09

The city of Duluth, Mimi, at the head
of Lake Superior, has been a Democratic
city, under Democratic rule, but at the
municipal election held Tuesday the Re
pubicans made clean sweep, electng the
mayor and a full board of aldermen. The
fight was made on party lines, with the
tariff as the issue The Duluth people
don't like the outlook for their iron ore,
lumber and other local industries under
Democratic rule.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-02-09

valiant, the anarchist, who threw a
bomb in the French chamber of deputies
on the 9th of December, suffered the pen
altylof his crime at the guillotine in Paris
Monday The French way is better than
ours in some respects. Within 20 seconds
of the criminals arrival at the guillotine
his head was off, and in two minutes more
his body was on its way to its burial.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-02-09

At a meeting of the New York health
board Wednesday Health Officer jenkins
said he did not look for any outbreak of
cholera in Europe this year, There is no
appearance of the disease now in Hamburg,
but in Italy the disease still turks. A few
cases have been reported in St. Petersburg.
1t is not probable that New York will be
again threatened with cholera the coming
summer
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-02-09
Gbe Drrmunt 3pb@mrT.
BRATTLEBORO:
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1894.

The people of South Carolina appear to
be literally in hot water over GOV. Till
mans new liquor law and his arbitrary
way of enforcing it. There are many re-
ports of riots and shooting affairs, and a
very respectable death-ist has been started
out of those killed or seriously wounded
in raids by the state constables, or in
quarrels growing out of the law.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-02-09
The supreme Court .

The January term of the supreme court
closes its session at Montpelier today. The
court has been in session five weeks and
has heard arguments in 6j cases. 1t will
hold an adiouned term March 1 to an
nOunce its decisions
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-02-09

EX-President Harrison, accompanied by
Mrs. Mckee and his grandchildren, will
start for California Feb. 20, where he will
deliver his first course of lectures on con-
stitutional law at the Stanford university
The will of George W. Childs leaves his
entire estate to his widow.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-02-09
Not Proud of the Record.
IFrom the Boston Recordl

The Sandwich Island republic was a
year old Jan. II. President Cleveland will
be year old March 4. In some way we
have an idea that the Sandwich Island re-
public is more pleased with its first year S
experience than Mr.. Cleveland is.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-02-09
The Famous Old Kearsorgc wrecked.

The most famous ship of our active ma
val service, the old corvette Kearsarge,
which sunk the Confederate pirate Alaba-
ma, was wrecked on a reef on the Nicara-
qua coast Feb. 2.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-02-09

The police census of the unemployed in
New York city, not inclnding the yagrant
element of the population, shows total
of 67,2S0 persons out of work. This
number of individuals represents els, ,6s1
families, of which 39,311 are in need of
immediate assistance, the rest having
saved in the past enough to exist on for
the present, Counting in those dependent
on the workers, the number in want in the
city is 100000. The unemployed com
prise -, ,j92 males and 14,6SS females.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-02-09

According to detailed information print
ed by the Boston Transcript the Louisiana
Lottery company has been moved to Hon
duras only in name. A local office is kept at
Puerto Cortez, Honduras, it is true, but
the lottery managers do not risk their
precious health there on account of yellow
fever, and simply 60 down there once a
month in their own steamer to 60 through
the formality of drawing the prizes. Their
real headquarters is at Port Tampa City,
Fla, where the printing of tickets and adj
vertsing matter is done and the real busi-
ness of the concern is transacted. The
lottery octopus had an arm in the last
Florida legislature and secured an appar
emily harmless change in the statutes, al
lowing lottery printing to be done and lot
tery business to be transacted in tn,
state. The next thing is to drive the lot
cry out of Florida.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-02-09
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 well 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 :
s 8 Garments down to s 6
$40 Garments down to s Z
S12 Garments down to S S
$15 Garments down to SO
$50 Garments down to $l5
s Z Fur CapeS down to S )
$12 Fur Capes down to SIS
SIS Fur Capes down to $l2
Also, 25 very fine Fur Capes, 2l
to 80 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 department.
and it will result to the advantage
of customers to make their pur
ohases now while the sacrifo,
prices are on.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-02-09

The House of Representatives sank to
pretty low depth of serviity Wednesday
when it adopted the McCreary resolutions
condemning the action of Mr.. Stevens and
the Harrison administration in Hawaii,
and heartily approving the course Of
Mr.. Cleveland. The resolutions went
through by the affirmative vote of a bare
quorum. and it was necessary to scour the
country by telegraph to secure the presence
of enough Democratic members to do the
whitewash act. Gen. Dan Sickles and
Amos Cummings refused to stultify them
selves, and voted no.
The Maine Farmer says that among the
students at the dairy school at the Yer
mont agricultural college the recent term
was zone of the most experienced and ca
pable creamery managers in New England,
one whose make of butter has frequently
been met at the great fairs, and generally
among the prize takers. Always wanting
to do still better, he was at the school that
he might avail himself of the highest at
tainable knowledge of dairy work. If
there was anything better in dairy practice
he wished to make it his own
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-02-09

Rev. Lewis Grout Makes an Interest,"
ing Addition 20 the 'OId story Ire
caIled.v
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-04-03
STIR UP YOUR SECRETARIES.

The little Wall street newspapers
throughout the State r constantly
spinning some yarn about the deca
dence of the Alliance" Of course it
isn't more than half as bad as they tell
it, but there is more truth in the stories
than would be if the Secretaries were
more prompt. If one third or N half
of the Sub Secretaries don't make any
report to the County Secretaries and
about the same number of County Sec
retaries make no report to the State
Secretary, the number of paid up mem
bers will always appear much smaller
than it is. There has been much com,
plant along this line. Stir up your
Secretaries. If they don't do their
duty, elect one who will.
1t is highly important that every
County Secretary furnish the State
Secretary with a complete revised list
of Sub-Secretaries in his county. Some
Of the Secretaries who were in two or
three years ago are not members of the
Alliance now, and report blanks and
other official matter sent them from
time to time never reach the proper
hands. For this reason the State Sec
rotary ought to have a revised list. Let
every sub and county meeting discuss
and take prompt action on these mat
tiers.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-04-03
WE'VE GOT REMARKABLE HENS
AND LIARS, TOO.

North Carolina possesses some re.
markable hens, or some mighty lucid
liars editing her newspapers. In the
news columns of the Raleigh Progress
sIvE FARMER we find these items:
A hen in Chatham county has dupli-
Gated the egg in Lincoln county. An
egg here bears these words: Prepare
ye, the end is near"
The hens are still producing eggs with
serious inscriptions upon them. The
last one of that kind contains the fear
full announcement that Hell is Near. "
says the Lincolton Courier.
Caswell NeWs says: "Mr. Sam
Knott, who lives ear Purley, went to
a hens nest last Sunday morning and
found an egg that measured 121 inches
long and in the afternoon of the same
day the same hen went into the house
and laid an egg in Mrs. Knott's Sun
day shoes. -Jasper, ~ Y, Farmers
Weekly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-04-03
THE COLD SNAP.

Within the past week the country
has had two disasters-the veto of the
silver legislation and the frost. The
papers differ as to the extent of the
damage in each case. Certain it is
that frost has killed most of the fruit
in the Southern States. Early straw
berries are gone. Tobacco plants are
injured some. Early truck from Nor
folk to Florida is damaged. The New
Berne papers r not alarmed, but
further from the coast the damage is
great. The loss of a portion of the
fruit there 'is some Left is a calamity
not to be measured in dollars and
cents. Gardens are set back, but not
destroyed, and so is the trucking inter
ests. But nearly everything can be
replanted, and aside from extra labor,
the loss will be smaller than first re-
ports indicated. Very early wheat is
hurt, but not ruined.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-04-03
THAT CONSPIRACY.

. The Charlotte Observer fails to pub
lieh the meat of our remarks, but
makes some extracts and terms them
lame" and "impotent." Then that
paper tries to put us on the defensive
and assume the aggressive side itself
by lecturing us for allowing ourselves
to become the custodian of a secret
about a confidence game" AS we
are not a part nor parcel of the scheme,
and do not expect to be, we could we'll
afford to wait until it was made public
by The conspirators themselves, be
lieving all the time that it would prove
a boomerang. We hardly evera attempt
to cross a bridge until we come to it.
The Observer is ready to back out OF
the business already, justas we thought
it would do. 1t quotes from The Pro
GREssIvE FARMER as follows: "Cuss
Cleveland and throw Ransom over
board, is the war cry" and adds:
Then the Observer isn't in it." That
is a graceful, but inglorious retreat.
Didn't the Observer say that 1--WE"
couldn't afford to carry the admins
tration; in other words could not en-
dorse it, Ransom is an administra
ton tool, has gone against the wishes
of many of his constituents in nearly
everything. To divorce State and
National politics, it will be necessary
to either throw Senator Ransom over
board or quietly ignore him. True the
Observer didn't say ''cuss Cleveland
and throw Ransom overheard, in SO
many words, but to carry out the
plan" this must be done, and that
has been the very essence of the North
Carolina campaign" from the moment
it was first quietly talked.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-04-03
le single or gold standard :

From this we learn that Gne
production of gold has varied in
all these years, from $50, ESQ, 900
in 1874 to $3.50, 600. 600 in 1893. That
doesn't cut any figure, however, for
most of it has been used in the arts,
and a large portion of it has gone into
decayed teeth. But grant that it all
has gone into money. for the sake of
argument, and we find that the in.
crease is insufficient by far, and it is a
well known fact that the Bank Of Eng
land and a few individuals own all the
gold. 1t is boarded and does the coun-
cry but little good. 1t is used to for
ward the schemes of bankers and
bondholders, to depress values and ruin
the non-owners of gold. Silver and
paper currency are the only go
betweens and without them the greed
of the few gold owners cannot be
checked in their avaricious career.
The Times uses the fact that New
York banks have $79, 600, 900 lying idle
in their vaults, and other financial in
situations also have money lying idle,
to prove that there is no scarcity of
money. Yet all the world knows there
is great scarcity of money, and but for
the demonstration of silver in 1878
and the inevitable contraction that fol
lowed, these financial institutions could
not have had their Golfers full to over
flowing, values could not have gone
down to the lowest point in u his
tory. The tendency would have been
upward rather than downward.
The Times says England has had a
gold standard for a hundred years.
That is true. She had nearly all the
gold in the world to begin with and to-
day, by working in concert with gold
bugs outside of England, still uses it to
her advantage. But what of England
She has the Bank of England and a
few rich Lords. The balance of her
population are poverty stricken slaves.
Look at the masses in Ireland, India
and Canada, all subject to her govern,
ment. Now we r getting a taste OF
it ourselves, since England and Wall
street took charge of our government
through Grant and his successors on
down to Cleveland. Americans, will
you throw off the yoke now while you
can or wait until your necks r CALLED
beyond endurance2 Your ballots! your
ballots!!
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-04-03

paid. He understands perfectly that
his deception and fraud has been dis
covered by the masses, and he has no
hope of future preferment, except in the
service of millionaires and the creditor
class. These he has served well and
faithfully, and they have it in their
power to reward him in spite of the
people. IF he gets no Office in the
future he retires from the Presidency
rich and the associate of the million
aires. He can afford to be Infamous
with the masses. He can live in Europe
like Andrew Carnegie and make his
castle the resort of English snobbery.
He ought to be honored among them
at least as much as Benedict Arnold,
for he accomplished a far greater
treachery. The men who attempt to
apologize for him in the South and
the West, especially, are already spot
ted by the people. They cannot attempt
to praise free silver and apologize for
the men who have betrayed it. Those
who apologize for Cleveland are in
the habit of abusing their enemies
with rabid hatred, and their soft words
about Cleveland's sin only betrays their
sympathy, The people here are against
Mr.. Cleveland's policy on silver and
they cannot be fattered into swallow
ing that policy, ven if it is sugar
coated with the name of Democracy.
Of course Ransom and Bunn' must go
down with Cleveland for by voting for
the repeal of the silver purchasing
clause they put it in Cleveland's power
to drive this last nail into the coffin of
free silver. But silver as a money of
the people will have a glorious resur
rection.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-04-03

The Wilmington Star, of the 9th,
a Democratic organ, claims that the
weather for March was the finest in
many years and attributes it to the
fact that the Democrats are in power.
The Charlotte NeUs of the same date,
also an organ, thinks that the Populists
will charge the Democratic party with
bringing on the killing frost. The
organs can't even agree on the. weather
to say nothing of questions of political
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-04-03
THE DEVIL SHOWS HIS TAIL
AND HORNS.

Cleveland's veto Of the bill to coin
the seignorage shows how bold his
managers have become. It is now
pretty well understood that Cleveland,
under the guise of being very bold, is
nothing but a puppet in the hands of
spectators and gamblers in the money
market, who are undoubtedly bold
and determined. The papers giving
Mr.. Cleveland credit for courage in
this matter do not understand the
situation or else they willfully deceive
the people. He is merely carrying out
ms part of the programme for which
thousands believe he has been well