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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-06-19
POrcupine Quilts.
Their BHrbs Work slowly and Pain
fully into the Flesh.

AheH bhrDs WOrk SLOWLY and Palm
fully into the Flesh.
The quill of porcupine is like bad
habit; if it once gets hold it constantly
works deeper and deeper, though the quill
has no power of motion in itself: it is the
live, active flesh that draws it in by means
of the barbed point. One day my boy and
L encountered porcupine on top of one
OF the Catskills, and we had little circus
with him; we wanted to wake him up and
make him show little excitement if pos
sible. Without violence or injury to him
we succeeded to the extent of making his
eyes fairly stand out from his head, but
quicken his motion he would not-proba-
bly, could not.
What astonished and alarmed him SEEM
ed to be that his quilts had no effect upon
his enemies; they laughed at his weapons.
lie stuck his head under rock and left
his back and tail exposed. This is the
porcupine's favorite position of defence.
Now come il you dare" he seems to say.
Touch his tail, and, like trap, it springs
up and strikes your hands full of little
quilts. The tail is the active weapon of
defence; with this the animal strikes. 1t
is the outpost that delivers its fire before
the citadel is reached. 1t is, doubtless,
1850 ANNNN NAAS Ao9 bifNA lloN " NLlG DOpuldI
notion that the porcupine can shoot its
quilts, which, of course, it can not do.
With a rotten stick we sprang at the an
imaPs tail again and again, till its supply
OF quilts began to run low, and the crea-
ture grew uneasy. "What does this
mean?' he seemed to say, his excitement
rising. His shield upon his back, too, was
trified with, and when we finally drew him
forth with forked stick, his eyes were
ready to burst forth from his head. Then
we laughed in his face and went our way.
Before we had reached our camp | was
suddenly seized with a strange, acute pain
in one of my feet. 1t seemed as if a large
nerve were being roughly sawed in two. l
could not take another step. Sitting down
and removing my shoe and stocking, |
searched for the cause of the paralyzing
pain. The foot was free from mark or in
jury, but what is this little thorn or fang
OF thistle doing on the ankle? pulled it
out and found it to be one of the lesser
quilts of the porcupine. By some means
during our ''circus" the quill had dropped
inside my stocking, the thing had "took,"
and the porcupine had had his revenge for
all the indignities we had put upon him.
The nerve which the quill had struck had
unpleasant memories of it for many
months afterward.
When you come suddenly upon the por-
cupine in his native haunts he draws his
head back and forth, puts up his shield,
trails his broad tail and waddles slowly
away. His shield is the sheaf of larger
quilts upon his back, which he opens and
spreads out in circular form, so that the
whole body is quite hidden beneath it.
John Burroughs in ST. Nicholas.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-06-19

Very tardily China follows the lead of
Japan in sending selected youth abroad for
their education. But now that she has be-
gun, she is not content with experiment.
ing with a few. No less than three thous-
and young Chinese are to study military
and naval tactics and the art of war in Ger
many, and others are to be sent to Eng
land, France and Russia. A few will come
TO this country for an industrial education.
1t is difficult to calculate the results to the
Empire that will follow this remarkable
change of policy.
Corporal punishment in schools has pass
ed under judicial review at Chambersburg,
Pa. A boy had kicked little girl on the
play grounds at recess. When school was
dismissed the boy was called forward for
punishment, but refused to go, and when
force was used he drew a knife upon the
teacher. The latter conquered, however,
and gave the lad thrashing which drew
blood. The father of the boy had the
teacher arrested for assault and battery.
The presiding judge said that the boys act
was one of characterization and that it had
to be decided then and there who was the
head of the school. In the opinion of the
judge the whipping was not too severe
The jury agreed with him, and the cost of
prosecution was placed on the boys father.
The newest service rendered by monkeys
to mankind, says an English paper, was re-
Gently illustrated in London. In one of the
school districts too many parents reported
no children in their families, and in order
to ascertain the real number of children in
the district the school officers resorted TO
an ingenious measure. Two monkeys were
gayly dressed, put in wagon, and accom-
panied by brass band were carried
through the streets of the district. At once
crowds of children made their appearance.
The procession was stopped in park, and
the school officers began their work; dis
tributing candies to the youngsters, they
| took their names and addresses. They
found out that over 60 parents kept their
children from school. The ingenious meas
ure brought to the schools about 200 boys
and girls.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-06-19
VERMONT NEWS.
Masonic Week Closed.
A List of the Grand Officers Elected

A List of the Grand Officers Elected.
Masonic week in Burlington closed Fri
day with the annual convocation of the
Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Vermont.
The names of officers-elect of the grand
commanders of Knights Templar and of
the Royal and Select Masters were given
last week. The 103d annual communica-
ton of the grand lodge opened Wednes-
day morning with an address by NJ. W.,
Grand Master Kittredge Haskins of Brat
tleboro, who was next day elected grand
master of the lodge. Other grand officers
elected were Daniel n. Nicholson, Burling-
ton, deputy master; Winfield Scott Nay,
Underhill, senior warden; Will +. Lewis,
Rutland, junior warden; Charles W. Whit
comb, Proctorsville, treasurer; Warren G.
Reynolds, Burlington, secretary; G. H.
Bigelow, Brooktield, senior deacon; w. Z.
Weller, Burlington, junior deacon. These
grand officers were then appointed by the
grand master: Charles II. Montague,
Woodstock, lecturer; Rev. Edwin Wheelock
Cambridge, chaplain; Rev. Frank Apple
ton, st. Johnsbury, assistant chaplain;
Daniel S. Danforth, st. Adams, marshal
+. l.. Snow, Barre, sword bearer; Charles
A. Chapman, Ferrisburgh, pursuivant;
Daniel c. Barber, Burlington, senior
steward; Ernest G. futile, Manchester,
tyler. The deputy appointed for district
No. 8 was d. A. Young, Brattlehnro, No.
l02. Hon. Kittredge Haskins of brattle-
boro was elected chaplain of the Or6er of
High Priesthood.
These grand officers were elected: Daniel
n. Nicholson, Burlington, high priest;
Eugene S. Weston, New Haven, deputy
high priest; Orlando w. Sherwn, Wood
stock, king; Charles w. Whtcomb, Proc
torsville, treasurer; Warren G. Reynolds,
Burlington, secretary; G. A. Calderwood,
St. Johnsbury, king; Charles II. Williams,
Bellows Falls, captain of the host; Smith
B. Waite, Hyde Park, principal sojourner;
Daniel S. Danforth, st. Adams, royal arch
captain; w. w. Booth, Vergennes, mas
ter third veil; John II. Whipple, Man
chester, master second veil; w. S. Terrill,
master first veil; Rev. Herbert K. Titus,
Vergennes, chaplain; w. j. Boyce, Mont
pelier, lecturer; George F. Morse, Bur-
lington, senior steward; Daniel Payson,
Windsor, junior steward; Collins Blakely,
Montpelier, sentinel; Hiram Hanscomb,
Burlington, tyler.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-06-19

Kenneth L. Mitchell, IA years, of East
Swanton, accidentally shot himself while
returning from school Friday. The bullet
passed directly through the boys heart
and he died instantly.
NJ. S. Baylis, 40, a married man, and
Miss Jessie Amadon, 10, have disappeared
from Manchester Centre. Baylis came
from Knoxville, Tenn, four years ago as
drug clerk in G. T. Waite's drug store.
He has managed the business since Mr..
Waite's death. The father of the girl has
gone in pursuit of the couple.
Constable Andrew Smith of Morrisville
made clever capture of horse thief near
Sutton fats Friday. The young mans
name is Frank Nedeau and he is charged
with stealing suit of clothes, hiring a
team and skipping for Canada. He was
lodged in Jail and will probably remain
there till court convenes in December.
Nedeau is also charged with stealing a BIZ
cycle in Keene, n. H., and getting money
under false pretences.
The woman whose body was found float
ing in East river at New York recently
under suspicious circumstances, is now
supposed to have been Kate Mitchell of
Burlington. Her maiden name was Cum
mings, and her husband, Jacob Mitchell,
is serving term in the states prison at
Windsor. Mrs. Mitchell went from Bur-
lington to Nashua, N. H., several months
ago. While she remained in that city she
wrote regularly to relatives, but nothing
was heard from her after she left Nashua.
Duncan Frazer, who claims to be an ex-
Confederate brigadier and who has been at
Bennington in Jail several days charged
with obtaining money under false pre-
fences, was before the municipal court
Saturday for hearing. The case was con-
tinued week, and in default of 500 bail
he was recommitted to Jail. Applications
for pictures of Frazer have been received
from several places where it is thought he
is wanted. He takes his arrest and con-
inement coolly, and does not appear to be
afraid of any conviction.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-06-19
TIE VERMONT PHGNIX, BRATTLEBoRO, FRIDAY JUNE i

wide open, is II by IS feet. The throat,
however, is so small as scarcely to admit a
hens egg. The whale gets his living by
straining the animalcule and Small fish out
of the water he takes into his capacous
mouth. 1t must be slow work, but then,
he has plenty of time and nothing else to
do, so he attends to his eating so regularly
that he often accumulates ton of oil in
his bulky system.
The most remarkable creature in the
world is the hydra. 1t does not amount
to much physically, for it is nothing but
sack, open at one end and fastened by the
other to a stone, but it is almost impossible
to kill It, Turn hydra inside out and it
will get along just as well as before. Trem-
bley, the French naturalist, cut hydras in
slices, and each, in few days, became a
full-grown animal. He grated them and
produced monsters with six mouths and
only one body. He divided them long-
tudinally and produced cluster of hydras.
He found this creature is superior even to
decomposition, for when part of by
dra's body decays it throws it off and re-
places it as a matter of course.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-06-19

My little son, who looked from thoughtful eyes
And moved and spoke In quiet, grown-up wise,
Having my law the seventh time disobeyed,
struck him and dismissed
With hard words and unkissed,
His mother, who was patient being dead.
Then, fearing lest his grief should hinder sleep,
visited his bed,
But found him slumbering deep,
With darken'd eyelids and their lashes yet
From his late sobbing wet
And with moan,
kissing away his tears, left others of my own;
For on table drawn beside his head
He had put within his reach
A box Of counters and red. veined stone,
A piece Of glass abraded by the beach,
And six or seven shells,
A bottle with bluebells,
And two French copper coins, ranged there with
careful art,
To comfort his sad heart
SO, when that night prayed
To God, and wept said i,
"Ah when at last we lie with tranced breath,
Not vexing thee in death,
And thou remembrest of what toys
We make our joys,
How weakly understood
Thy great commanded good,
Then, fatherly not less
Than whom thou hast moulded from the clay,
Thoult leave thy wrath and say,
i will be sorry for their childishness.'
Coventry PdtmOre.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-06-19
NIsalllngton booth at Sing Sing.

IBallington Booth addressed over a
thbd convicts in Sing Sing chapel Sun
darwenty keepers were at hand with
cl9nd revolvers on their person in readi-
neIr emergencies. Outside were as many
gu armed with repeating rifles. Mrs.
BIS earnestness was pathetic. She
fainen guilty of every crime in the cal
EFT among others 20 men serving life
SCI zee for murder were before her; and
ydey all listened to her words with re-
ST hnd attention, and many appeared to
btected by them. "Boss" McKane sat
III solemn and desolate; and Weeks,
Handsome embezzler, was near him,
gag intently at the speaker with tears
odonally coming to his eyes.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-06-19
Town Liquor Agent Arrested.

Theodore Chadwick, the town liquor
agent of Bethel, was arrested recently and
given hearing before United States Com
missioner George E. johnson of Burling-
ton, on the charge of selling without gov
eminent license. He was held for the Oc-
tober circuit court, under $500 bonds. 1t
is charged that Mr.. Chadwick, while acting
in the capacity of town liquor agent, has
lined his own pocket book by the profit of
the sales, by selling in the ratio of three
barrels of whiskey for the town to 10 for
himself Gardner j. Wallace, the first Sc
lectman, is also implicated, but he is seri-
ously ill and cannot be given hearing I'M
til he RECEIVERS. The town is greatly exer-
cised over the matter.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-06-19
Sixty Lives saved by Lightning.

Possibly 60 lives were saved by provi-
initial fash of lightning in Newark, N. j.,
It week. An electric car left Jersey city
It'll 60 passengers aboard and under full
eed was approaching the draw-bridge
at crosses Hackensack river, when a
Ssh came that revealed to the moterman
e fact that the bridge was swung. The
axes were placed and the car brought to
standstill, the front platform hanging
'er the water Had the car gone five feet
rther it would have plunged into the riv-
20 feet below.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-06-19
Steve Rrodis Outdons.

trick Sullivan of Brooklyn, a slende
G man of 81, took his degree as bridge
Der Saturday. In state of intoxica-
he climbed up on the parapet of
pklyn bridge, wavered moment and
pied off, tumbling over and over in his
lent. He struck the water with loud
'sh, sending spray 80 feet into the air.
! of the crew of yacht which was near
drew Sullivan out with boat hook and
was taken to the hospital where it was
nd that he was III injured save that one
was wrenched title.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-06-19

en- Medical Discovery is good for the com
plexion because il makes the whole BODY
healthy-because r clears and purifes the
blood, makes the digestion strong and clears
the ability to assimilate nutritious f,od
and by the infusion of its own ingredients
i enriches the blood and so makes solid.
healfhY flesh. 1t cures diseases of the
lungs, liver, stomach, bowels, skin and
scalp, simply because all these diseases
spring from the same cause "a disordered
digestion and consequent impure blood.
Sold by all medicine dealers.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-06-19
TwOhrida Women Fight n Duel to
the Death.

MIobert Gresham is dead and Mrs.
Mollhines is dying as the result of a
duel Claremont, Fla, Saturday. Mrs.
Gainearned that her husband and Mrs.
Gresi had planned a meeting. Taking
her lands razor, the young wife went
to thdow's home and found them to-
fled and his wife sprang
upon rival, using the razor with awful
effectrs. Gresham defended herself with
a haer. Finally Mrs. Gaines reached
her rs throat with a razor, severing
the llar vein. Neighbors who came in
founrs. Gaines unconscious beside her
deadl. Examination showed that the
blovpm the hammer had fractured her
skull Her recovery is impossible.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-06-19
TIKI EWS IN 9TaIEF.
MoVrmenian Horrors.
OIL Pourt On DefencI.ss p.oO,. wv.
Were Rurued In Ch,,,'

pn Defencless People Who
Were . Burned in a Church.
Rev A Ifupper, jr., in letter dated
MerSina, Minor, May II, gives a
graphic q zion of the terrible condi-
ton of aft n Armenia.
Four dpgo l went as near the town
vi OorIa es allowed to go, and from
Cne most le sources l have positive
PROOF OF All prosecutions more dia-
oollcal ina reported that have come
to us thrcL 1.-The American or FngIisb
press. ~
$50 far 4 nitude ia concerned Oorfo
heads the nth fully 5000 victims in
the last Sspre alone. The number
sacIlnceu great church, where they
nau neu iqth ", is now ascertained to
oe ABOUT FL ID in the streets and sub
uros OF Tn e nearly the same num-
Der of bodA e found, cut and manoled
llosC terri ! missionary, who has
niaue caren stigation on the spot, ex-
Plalns thanIeFy extends around three
SUES OF Till b, and from here a great
quantity eJ cum was poured upon
tne uetenS In, women and children
VINO werear nh together on the floor
Then ligh to es were thrown among
them. =
"Numbha been butchered before
the petrol poured out and the
torch app I so or go who escaped
to the roo the hurch were oyertaken
and tosseco tn lanes. Among those
VINO thuSish1 were aged men and
women, hersl With babies at their
breasts, sperst just taken from their
oeds and dred boys and girls.
1.-THE c.h br ing where this occur
red, who's b, used for many wears
as a placewoi by the Armenians.
has been lver by these murderous
Turks intMoh. q. medan mosque. where
prayers aiowt : offered to the Pro-
phet Moet." DR.. Upper describes
the mass at Biredjik, only few miles
from Cons hardlyless revolving.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-06-19
. Crank Shot "A Bank President and
Then Committed Suicide.

A crank walked into President Wyckoff's
office of the New Amsterdam bank at New
York Monday and handed the latter note
which demanded $4,000. The note said
a partner outside would throw a bomb if
an alarm was made. Wyckoff disregarded
him and stood up. The crank covered him
with pistol warning him to keep still.
Wyckoff dashed for the door and the crank
shot him through the abdomen and then
shot himself through the neck. Both are
dangerously wounded and may not recover.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-06-19
HOODS PILLS
Cure liver ills biliousness, indigestion headache
A pleasant laxative. All druggists.

The Shakers of Mount Lebanon, a community of
simple, honest, God fearing men and women,
have prepared the Shaker Digestive Cordial for
many years, and ii is always the same, simple
honest, curative medicine that has helped to
make the Shakers the healthy, long lived people
that they are. The Shakers never have indiges-
tion This is partly owing to their simple mode
of life, partly to the wonderful properties of
Shaker Digestive Cordial. Indigestion is caused
by the stomach glands not supplying enough
digestive juice. Shaker Digestive Cordial sup
plies what is wanting Shaker Digestive Cordial
nvigorates the stomach and all its glands so that
after awhile they don't need help. AS an evil
dence of the honesty of Shaker Digestive Cordial
the formula is printed on every bottle. Sold by
druggists price 10 cents to 81 a bottle.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-06-19
Arnold B. Sanford, treasurer Of the

Arnold B. Sanford, treasurer of the
Globe Yarn mills OF Fall River, Mass,
has been attached for $4,000 by the Citi-
zens' national bank of New Bedford and
the Fall River savings bank. Sanford has
been endorsing notes for the Somerset and
Johnsonburg Manufacturing company,
which makes certain grades of household
pottery. He was known to be heavily
loaded with obligations.
A short time ago DR.. j. B. Taylor, a
wealthy stockman of San Antonio, Texas,
sent three experienced cowboys in search
of herd of wild buffalo which were dis
covered in Brewster county two years ago,
and have been seen several times since
then. The cowboys found the herd, num-
herring about so head, in a remore section
of Preside county. 1t is DR.. Taylor's in.
tention to start with an expedition and
round up the animals and place them on
his ranch in Tom Green county.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-06-19
Auction.

WILL be sold at public auction In front of the
w American house, Saturday June "a, at
O'Clock p. NJ. Tool chest containing full set of
carpenters tools, iron vice, bench wise, iron
bars
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE-Consistin of 2
chamber suits, / lounge, 8 tables, mirrors pic.
lures. oil stove, coal stoves clocks, / copper
boiler. l Hill steam cooker crockery and a
quantity Of other goods too numerous to mentiont
Any one having property to dispose Of can find
sale for it at same time and place.
G. p. MILLER, Auctioneer.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-06-19
HaSkinS & ,J0hnSnn.

HAVING purchased one OF c. b. Rogers &
ii Cos heavy inside moulders, band saw and
turning lathe, with other machinery In the bud.
ley shop, are ready to get out outside and inside
finish, heavy ard small mouldings, window and
door frames, planning, jointlng and matching,
also hard and soft wood flooring. All work guar
anteed. At the Dudley box shop, Greenfield,
Mass Telephone, 1885, 10
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-06-19

Cupid breaks his
bow at the sight of
a face full of PIN
pies and blotches.
II ollow cheeks.
sunken eyes, and a
sallow complexion
will defy his best
intentions. Beauty
is more than skin
deep. The skin Is
merely the surface
on which is written
in plain characters
the condition of the
body.
mr. piarcot, Hatl
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-06-19
Death Ofynord, the Corrupt Judge.

Death ofSnard, the Corrupt Judge.
Ex.Ju1saac II. Maynard, promi-
nent Law died suddenly at Albany, N.
T., Frid He graduated from Amherst
college 1852 and after his admission to
the bar lew York state became inter-
ested in tics. In the first Cleveland ad-
mlnistra he was second controller of
the trea'. He was selected by Gov.
David Blll as a good lieutenant, and as
attorneNeral. AS counsel for the state
comptro he distracted the Dutchess
county ected returns in order that the
Democmight gain seat in the state
senate which they were not entitled.
Mr.. Mtrd was appointed judge of the
court ppeals by Gov. Flower in 1892,
to fill cancy. The Democratic conven-
ton mated him to succeed himself in
1913, he was overwhelmingly defeated
in th9lst of his partY's success. Since
then Maynard had been practising law
in ALI.