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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-27
ResolutIons In NIemorInm.

At the meeting of the Christian Endeavor soci
ETY. Thursday evening, Dec. 49, these resolutions
were adopted on the death of Nelson Russell
active member Of the Christian Endeavor society
Of Vernon.
Whereas, it has pleased our Heavenly Father ia
His infinite wisdom to call to Hin self our deal
friend and fellow worker.
Whereas, we realize in his death we have LOST
one whom we had all learned to love and admire
for his Christian spirit and unselfsh life, there
fore.
Rcsoircd, That we extend to his family and
friends our heartfelt sympathy in our common
bereavement believing that He who doeth all
things well is able to comfort and sustain in
every time of need.
Not now, but in The coming years.
1t may be in the better land,
Wei read the meaning of our tears
And there, sometime, wen understand
God knows the way, He holds the key,
He guides us with unerring hand;
sometime with fearless eyes wen see,
Yes, there up there, wen understand
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-27
NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTES.
Another Disastrous Feature OF the Saw
ings Bank Trouble at CharIestOwn.

Another disastrous feature of the Connecticut
River savings bank trouble at CharlestOwn is
brought to mind in the receipt by the selectmen
of the annual statement of taxes from the state
treasurer. The town has been largely benefited
by the tax the savings bank, which in 1913
amounted to Sis01 and in 1894 to S3j11, but which
this year is only Sj71, or a loss TO the town Of
$1,000 This sum must in future necessarily be
raised by taxation One Of the selectmen is author
ity for the statement that the towns Indebtedness
The savings bank tax has developed a legal
question which has been submitted to the counsel
for the town for an opinon;i II seems that the tax
is a prOportionate assessment, and depends upon
the amount deposited in savings banks in the
state by citizens of the town. 1t appears that
when the Charlestown savings bank suspended
business last April its receiver made no report of
deposits to the state treasurer the effect of which
was to cause the treasurer to proceed on the
ground that there deposits Charles
town was allowed the benefit of q savings bank
tax only on such deposits were hed by Charles
town people in other banks and no tax was as
sessed against the Connecticut River savings
bank.
Charlestown has companions in this financial
misery, Acworth, Langdon and those other towns
| whose people were heavy depositors in the bank.
A Charlestown correspondent writes After
ALL the most dsheartening feature of the present
outlook is the lack of business or employment for
the people wherewith TO meet the heavy obligations
| in prospect, to which may be added the unsuitable
| mortgage foreclosures or transfers which will
more or less distress large number of our proper
| ty holders.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-27
A Welcome Usher of 100.

The beginning of the new year will have a wei
come usher in the shape of fresh almanac, de-
scriptive of the origin, nature and uses of the ma
tional tonic Alternative, Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers. Combined with the descriptiv matter will
be found calendar and astronomical calculations
absolutely reliable for correctness, statistics, H.
Illustrations, verses carefully selected and other
mental food highly profitable and entertaining.
On this pamphlet, published and printed annual
ly by The Hostetter Company of Pittsburgh, 60
hands are employed in the mechanical department
alone. Eleven months are devoted to its prepar-
alton. 1t is procurabe free of druggists and
country dealers everywhere, and is printed in
English, German, French and Spanish, Welsh
Norwegian, Holland, Swedish and Bohemian
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-27
BONDVILLE.
Silver Wedding.

About 100 friends surprised our pnstor and wife,
Rev. and Mrs S. H. Tucker on the evening of
Dec. 20. it being the 25th anniversary of their
marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Tucker were away
snending the afternoon, but returned about
o'clock They were Immediately waited upon oy
delegation of ladies who invited them 70 take
supDeS at the church hall. They found the nail
we'll filled with friends, a bountlfullY spread "a
HE and at the upper end of the hall table NIL
ed with gifts, articles of silver, some costly
hooks and plate well filled with silver money
After about two hours spent in doing justice 70
the supper several letters were read from Irlenus
and relatives out of town, extending hearty con-
gratulations and expressing the wish that they
MIGHT he present in another 25 years TO help Gel
ebrate their golden wedding Speech making
was next in order and Mr. Tucker responded in
his usual happy vein. Rev. Mr., Brown OF Hard
wick father of Mrs. Thicker, was present, but
owing TO illness and distance no other relatives
couid attend About midnight the party broke
nm leaving cordial good wishes and more SUB
stantial expressions of their good wul IN Ihe e
form of gifts, silver and cash, amounting IN all
TO over $50, including silver syrup pltcher ana
Mate from Omaha, Neb., and rememorahces
Prom former charges. A congratulatory lette,
from Presiding Elder Beeman and an original
noem from Mr. fuckers sister were received TOO
fate M he read with the others. The evening was
enIivened by appropriate music by the church
choir The Bondvie ladies may well congratu-
late themselves on the perfect success or the
whole affair and the complete surprise that II
was TO Mr. and Mrs. Tucker indicates thaI the
"new Wome 4" can keep secret. Mr. ana MIS-;
tucker express thanks TO the friends, near ana
far. who were interested in the pleasant a1air
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-27

- Let parents not live for their children
put WiM them" The mother should aiio,,,
no false modesty to stand in the way of her
daughters knowledge of herself of her
possibilities, of her perils.
:. ,For over thirty years DR.. Pierce has used
MS Favorite Prescription " as a strength
ener purifier a regulator. II works
uitectly upon. the delicate, distinctly femi-
nine organs, in a natural, soothing wav t.
searches out the weak spots and builds
them up. Awoman who would understand
herself should send 81 cents to the World,s
Dispensary, Buffalo, ~ Y, for DR.. Pierce,s
Medical Adviser, book Of 1908 pages.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-27
IN THE LOCAL FIELD.
WEST TOWNSHEND.

william Van Ness of Chelsea, Mass,
spent Christmas at N w. Woods.
Henry Richardson has moved to the
farm in Wardsboro which he lately bought.
Mrs. S. T.. Williams and Mrs. Otis Phil
lips and children are visiting in Orange,
Mass.
The Christmas celebration passed pleas
antly on Tuesday evening. The children
deserve great credit, both for speaking
and singing. After the distribution of
gifts from the tree a supper was served to
the children in the vestry, the older people
taking second and third tables.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-27
"COunt' ShinbOrn Makes Another
Break for Liberty.

Max Shinborn the king Of bank burglars, whose
exploits in robbing the Walpole bank and in
breaking from the jail at Keene and the prison at
Concord years ago, make him an interesting
character throughout the Granite State, has at
tempted second time to escape from the Jail at
Middleburg n Y. The sheriff. at Shinborn's re-
quest, went about IS feet from the cell to get a
cup Of water. The sheriff turned when he reached
the faucet, and he saw Shinborn creeping stealth
lily out of the cell door. The sheriff was dazed
for moment and did nothing, but when Shin
born reached the outside door, which was I'M
locked, he was met by the sheriff's wife, who
seized him and shouted for help BY this time
the sheriff had recovered from his surprise and
he grapped with the Count Shinborn dragged
the two people about 100 feet, when all three fell
over an iron fence. The woman's cries brought
several men to the scene from the hotel near by,
and when they arrived Shinborn gave himself up
and was taken back to the jail. The sheriff sup
posed the cell to be locked, but il appears that
Shinborn had sawed off the lock during the after
noon How he obtained the saw is not known,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-27
SOUTH VERNON.

Miss Cynthia Brown of Powers Institut,
came home to spend Christmas.
W. f. Stoddard went to Hopedale Mass.
where he has a good position.
John Tyler is in Fitchburg, Mass.
to spend Christmas with his brother.
Lorenzo Brown has gone on his annual
trip to Pennsylvania where he intends to
remain during the winter, accompanied by
his son, l.. w. Brown.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-27

Miss Emily Sargent, -, died at the home of
Mrs. Emma VI. Franklin in Bernardston Tuesday
She came there from Hinsdale, n. II to spend
the winter only two weeks ago. and was taken
suddenly ill., The burial was in West Chesterfield,
n. al.
Wallace Meuse, armed with an axe, of Bernard.
ston amused himself by chasing his son, and the
latters wife and children He mad been drinking
hard cider. He was arrested, charged with
drunkenness aud assault, and in default of $500
surety, is now in jail at Greenfield.
The large Holstein prize oxen owned by James
D. Avery are at the auckland farm. and are gain
ing flesh perceptibly. These oxen have been eX.
hibited at the Greenfield. Brattleboro and many
other fairs. The oxen have for company the IA.
nous prize trained thoroughbred Devon oxen
owned now by George Henry Of Amherst He
bought them recently from Norris Holcomb of
Hartford CT. They raised and trained in
Connecticut and now six years old They
have been exhibited H. Europe. and were alsc
shown at the Worlds Fair. They are acknowl
edged TO be the best trained cattle IN the world.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-27
VICINITY GLBANINGs.
Gold Mining Operations at Woodstock
and BridgewBter.

and BrtdgeWBter.
Mr.. f. S. Mackenzie has had men at
work on the bank of the river east of Bridge
water village, near the mouth of the Curtis
brook, and gold-bearing rock has been
found, as it has in several other places in
that section. The scene of operations is
in Woodstock, and Mr. Mackenzie now has
a small lump of gold which is the first et-
err mined in that town.
There are gangs of men working at two
points not far apart, between G. II. Wood
wards and Oliver Lear's. From five tons
of rock $50 pounds of concentrates were
secured, but what the vein will amount to
is not known.
Mr.. Reed, who has been at the Otta-
quechee mine, brought to Woodstock last
week lump of solid gold weighing two
pounds and seven ounces, beautiful spec
linen, which is worth $780, He showed
another lump, not of solid gold, however,
which would just about fill vest pocket,
and is valued at about $500. Work has
been going on at the Ottaquechee all the
fall
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-27
1nndlord stoclkwell IS on the slcI1 llst.

I0nUIOTU On VI1V '1E'
Geo. Richardson has moved in with Mrs Liver
more -,
Miss Chamberlain is teaching very successful
term of school in the village.
pap,arlrable weather for the time of year. No
snnw and the roads in a terrible condition. The
ice Vent out of the Winhall river Sunday morn
ing ,, r,.,..
,,,aniny nassed off pleasantly. The singing and
S,n,oai,i5l nv the children are always much en-
ippved' and they did remarkably we'll
There we're Christmas exercises ana Tree T1o ~
tno teas at CIrahamville schoolhouse and one at
Pswsonyille on Wednesday evening.
Cine of the pleasant events Of Christmas r. ina day
was Vh9 ~ Eisndreau's 10 assist in plucking the
t grlg,,t az from their home Christmas tree
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-27
High Honors for Plymouth Boy.

j. Calvin Coolidge has been awarded
both the silver and gold medals offered by
the Sons and Daughters of the American
Revolution for the best essay on 1.-The
principles fought for in the revolution"
The contest was arranged last year, mem
bers of the senior classes of about 40 col
leges being the competitors. Mr.. Coolidge,
whose home is in Plymouth, graduated
from Amherst in the class of 49, and is
now a law student in the office of Ham
mond Il Field at Northampton, Mass.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-27
MASSACHUSETTS NOTES

Miss Carrie Canning has been appointed post
master at Gill The post office there was discon-
continued a short time ago but 1t is expected than
it ~i be ready for business Jan Miss Canning
is the daughter of the late Josiah ID. Canning, who
was postmaster for many years. She is now
teacher in the Mt. Hermon boys school, and
cannot secure her release there until next June,
SO that she will appoint assistant
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-27
The Liquor War at Keene.

Liquor raids were made at Keene Saturday on
d. j. Foley, j. T. Armstrong, f. w. Minis and p.
j. O'Brien. All pleaded guilty of keeping beer
for sale second offence, aud paid fines and costs
of S61 90 each. The crusade against liquor deal
ers continued Monday, when every drug store
In the city was raided. Evidence was found at
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-27

r. Davis of Winchester has been arrested at
Chester Mass, on the charge of forging check
on the Keene national bank. drawn by Burt Shep-
ardson of Winchester in favor of Davis for Sl4s,
and paid by the Winchester national bank. The
forgery was discovered when the check was sent
in for collection. DAVIS was brought to Keene
after preliminary hearing
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-27

The Sullivan Machine company OF Claremont
will soon ship to the gold fields of South Africa
the largest drill ever manufactured. IL will
weigh nearly eleven tons. ard be operated by
two fifteen horse power engines. The machine
will be used In boring into the earth depth Of
a mile and it is expected that the work Of boring
will occupy three wears
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-27
PULLEN & CROSBY.
During the Holidays

We expect livelier trade than usual
for not only must the people eat but
they usually want to buy something
for their friends. We try to antici-
pate their wants. Our stock of eat
ables is larger, better and more va
ried than ever. We always have
better appetites when we feel cheer
full, you know, and this certainly
should be the most cheerful season
of the year. We have a good line
of Christmas candies, nuts, raisins,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-27

figs, fine stock OF canned goods and
as good an assortment of general
groceries as our ten years experience
in buying would enable us to select.
We didn't indulge in very expensive
luxuries this year, but have a nice
little stock of the more staple articles
such as handkerchiefs, gloves, NIT.
tens, shoes, slippers, underwear;
books, toys and games for the chill
dren fine line of gents ties and
suspenders, diaries, etc. Be sure to
give us a call.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-27
lantern Camsed a sI5.OOO Fire.

A house and two barns, together with 100 tom
OF hay 30 tons of '93 and ~ tobacco. stock etc.
the property of S. b. Crafts of Whateley, wer,
burned saturday morning Loss sl5 600; insured
The fire caused by the explosion of lantern
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-27
Auction Sale of Personal Property

DEING about to make change of business
ID the subscriber win offer for sale at public
auction at his residence in North Hinsdale on
Tuesday, December 81, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, the
following personal property, which will be sold
TO the highest bidder without reserve, comprised
as follows About IL tons of hay and oats, 400
baskets of corn, 5 tons of corn fodder, about 2
tons shredded fodder, Z new mich cows extra
good ones, COWS due to calve in January, COW
due in March, COW due in August '96, . farrow
cows, yearng heifer and good one, calf, 3
horses, extra drivers and good workers for small
horses, 9 shoates, II hens, l two-horse wagon, /
light two-horse dump cart buck board, sleighs,
new buggy pole, never used, Walter A. Wood
moving machine i-2 feet cut Walter A. Wood
horse rake, Eclipse corn planter, new swivel
pillow, new two-hOrse sled, pair work harness,
/ new lead harness, new driving harness, cul-
tivators, new hinge harness, ten gallon milk
can, runner chains, 16.foot cable, reel plain
wire, about 500 feet birch flooring all ready TO
use, lot lumber, lot carpenter tools, and many
other articles too numerous to mention; In fact
everything necessary TO carry on large farm.
Terms at sale -
N. B. RICHARDSON.
p. gibson, Auctioneer
North Hinsdale, Dec 10, 1895.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-27
DR.. Miles Remedies Restore Health


Billiard & Shedd's. F. G. bort & Co.'S and Al
drich & buttons. Hearings were fixed for Dec 20
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-27
ST. VlTUS DANCE.
A Physician Prescribes DR.. Miles
Restorative Nervine.

DR.. Miles Medical Co.. Elkhart Ind;
My daughter Matte, aged Il, was afflicted
last spring with St. Vitus dance and ner-
vousness, her entire right side was numb
and nearly paralyzed, We consulted a phv-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-27
Wanted.

T WANT 100 NJ feet beech and maple logs at
Il my mill, West Leyden, Mass,
j. NJ. SHEARER. .
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-10-10
ON the Country Road.

Sorghum is largely grown as fodder
crop in parts Of Kansas and Nebraska,
where it is sown broadcast, mown and
treated as hay. For states east Of the
Mississippi river Prairie Farmer believes
it better to drill it in rows and cultivate
it as with corn.
Artichokes are pronounced by one
who ought to know the best and surest
root crop for dry seasons These roots
are especially recommended for swine.
Ohio Farmer does not advise alfalfa
for that state, but indorses red clover
A. A. Crozier Of the Michigan station
says: where the soil is poor or where
droughts prevail broom corn millet and
common milIet are preferable to Ger
man millet. The first mentioned is espe.
cially recommended as resistant TO
drought. +"
The famous Kalamazoo celery gardens
are situated on peaty marshes that were
once swamps.
The cowpea does we'll at the south
the Canadian field pea is equally profit
able at the north.
Crimson clover has proved desirable
In eastern and southeastern states and
promises well for colder climates.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-10-10

John Gould Of Ohio has proved that
a cheap silo need not be poor one. He
communicates to Country Gentleman his
success with silo built eight years ago
Of wood and without stone foundation.
This silo is 10 by 10 feet, inside meas
ure, and 20 feet deep, and cost less than
$50 all told. He says:
The clay floor made by hard pound
ing, and concave in the center to avoid
strain on the sills, is in every way as
good floor as the grout and cement one
in the companion silo. The single ceiled
silo was not invented when these silos
were built, and l have nothing to say
against them, but ! am SO fully satisfied
with the walls Of the double boarded
ones, and as two boards an inch thick
can be purchased cheaper here than q
good enough quality of flooring, and
make so much stronger walls, am still
in favor Of the old way Of building.
was told that double boarded silo
would soon rot out and the paper lining
soon dissolve between the boards, but
none of these things has as yet occurred
In the eight filings, there have not
been ten baskets Of waste save on the
top, and no costly silo could have been
better, so far as keeping the contents is
concerned, than this $50 silo of mine.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-10-10
Agricultural Brevities.

The evidence is conflicting concerning
the safety of pasturing second growth
sorghum. Sometimes it kills, and some
times it doesn't. Why it kills or why it
doesn't kill has not been satisfactorily
explained.
Any herbage that stock relish in q
green state may be made into useful
ensilage.
In some sections farmers are fighting
grasshoppers by spreading q deadly in
fection. In other localities dependence
is placed on chopper dozers,
The Kansas wheat crop is small, but
there is promise Of big corn crop.
The Iowa Homestead reports that ex-
periments in feeding corn and wheat to
growing pigs indicate that it is better
to have the feed ground and fed in a
mixture Of equal parts.
Last year corn cutters and binders
were in large demand. This year the
agricultural warehouses are filed with
implements for harvesting corn, and the
farmers win have the benefit of SHARP
onmnatitinn
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-10-10
A HOMEMADE WIRE FENCE.

wire an iron spool The wires 20
through the end post and are wound on
the spool use long, broad staples, but
do not drive them home, so that the
wire is loose from one end to the other
end. To keep the wires from spreading,
so that animals can crawl through,
fasten them together with pieces Of the
same wire cut 3 inches longer than
wish the wires in the fence TO be
apart. One end of these wires is bent in
the shape Of letter U, by bending it in
a hole bored 1 Il inch deep in q half
inch round iron. Unless one use some
thing to keep the wires in place when
these tie pieces are fastened on, the fence
wires will be drawn together. use q
piece Of hardwood board, one-haf by an
inch, feet long, with fat piece Of
iron screwed to one side Of it. This stick
has notches filed three-eighths of an inch
deep in the wood and iron to correspond
with the wires, so that when place the
stick against the fence one wire goes in
each notch My stick is feet long,
and has notches out in 1t every inches.
Where wish my fence wires to be
tied together, place my notched stick
and hang tie with hook ON the other
side Of the fence from me, and the low
or end Of the tie hanging ON the other
side Of the lower wire to be tied. If you
wish your fence wires to be tied every six
feet, begin three feet from the post and
tie the two top wires, then skip one
space and fasten the next wires, and so
on until the ground is reached. The
stick may be moved over three feet, and
the two wires skipped the first time be
fastened as in Fig. 1.
These tie pieces are fastened to the
wire with piece of fiat steel inches
long and an inch wide, bent and filed
hook shaped. To fasten the top Of the
tie hang it close to the notched stick
(have the wires drawn Tight, take this
piece Of steel in my right hand, hang it
on the fence wire to the right Of the
tie, turn 1t over the fence wire until
the notch in the steel catches in the
short end Of the tie and wind it around
the fence wire without any trouble. The
lower end hangs ON the other side of the
lower wire. Catch the end of the tie
that hangs below the wire in the bend
of the steel, with the notch in the steel
against the fence wire. Give the tie a
bend around the wire and finish the job
the same as for the upper end Of the tie.
This makes the best and cheapest
fence Of which know without any ex-
ception. / use Q inch staple one-haH
inch wide, and when fasten the wire
am careful to place the points Of the
staple SO that they will not split the
post. 1t will give half stronger job
than staples of the same length bent for
round wire Outside Of my own work
on my tools for my fence / paid 10 cents
to blacksmith. I have put on the ties
Of a five wire fence 40 rods long in a
half day,