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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-25
THE POLITICAL DRIFT.


The magnificent result of the elections
In Vermont and Maine are everywhere ac-
cepted as foreshadowing the election of
Mckinley and Hobart in November, but
independently of this all indications show
the drift Of public sentiment to be unmis-
takably for sound money and the Republic
can candidates. The most careful OBJ
servers believe that the free silver craze
reached its height very soon after the Chi
cago convention, and ever since the tide of
financial and political sanity and common
sense has been setting in strongly. The
Republican leaders and campaign mana
gers have given out estimates of the result
this week for the first time. Gen. Gros-
venor of Athens, Ohio, the intimate per-
sonal friend of Major Mckinley, and &C.
tive worker in his behalf, gave out state
ment which was printed on Monday, in
which he said:
1.-THE condition of uncertainty has not
yet entirely disappeared, but the general
drift of political events has reached point
where, 1 think, need not hesitate to point
out substantially how the several states
will go. The six New England states,
with 80 electoral votes, will go to McKin-
lev so | head nv table as follows.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-25
Frances Experience WIN Fiat Money.

Fiat money is defined by the Century
dictionary as paper currency issued by a
government as money, but not based on
coin or bullion; paper currency contain
ing no promise to pay coin and, therefore,
not convertible into coin" 1t has not
been many months since the leader
of the Populist arose in the United
States Senate and calmly expressed the
opinion that there was no use providing
for the retirement of paper money; the
easiest way would be to go on issuing and
relssuing it as the people needed it. At
heart the whole Populist crowd are for fat
money.
In fact, free silver points directly TO fat
money. II the so cents worth of silver
would be voted a dollar the tendency TO
cheaper standards would have only a be-
ginning. With a cheap dollar the dema-
gogues would soon be crying for a cheaper
dollar, and the whole thing would inevita-
bly, work down to dollar based on moth
ing. This is plain to the understanding of
rev student of history and finance.
In the:t century Mirabeau started the
movement in France niue more gently
than the free silver people WI. aSS:.it ]
in this country, and the reduction of val
ues went on so rapidly that in July, 1896
France went into reputation. She ha,
on hand more than 80 billion of francs
but they were not worth cent. The sui
fering of the succeeding years makes som
of the darkest pages of history. France
prosperity has been coincident with SCUM
money. Bryan and his crowd would d
for this country what was done for Franc
a century ago. They must be defeated
and they will be.-BdltimOre Americd
(Rep.).
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-25

which our country is so rich, but they
seem to know that 100 cents make an hon
est dollar, and to believe that honesty is the
best policy in government finances rs In
neighborly dealing. They evidently do not
believe that the government can fix and
maintain prices or regulate wages by law.
They were not caught by the plea that the
present dollar really buys too many of the
necessaries of life They did not accept
the invitation to vote to wipe out one-half
the value of their savings by giving the
silver-mine owners a chance to have so
cents worth of bullion stamped as 81, and
make this cheap dollar the standard of
value and legal tender for all wages and
debits.-Neto York World.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-25

train nm ,ooo,fs and helpers of the colore d
roo frar, ing their own kind, and its
stndonts 70 edged to remain there among
their own nc pie to help and uplift them.
Tho sohoolP Sentlrely unsectarlan. 1t has
No fr vOd' on about $4,000 annually is re-
nvirod Co. y work. Fifty dollar scholar
sbinS Cor :, zion of boarding students, and
S1a scbolo, hips for tuition Of day students,
arc osnooI.iy desired.
A. H. ose of the morning service Mr..
Diiiin%ho gave All exceedingly interesting
tall 70 ~ Sunday school, and the chill
Jron nIod ed themselves to give a scholar
shir r. ,Ie last-named kind for the coming
year. - C-,. :. + r5..
count, 1la. The fact that the proportion
Of coiorld to white population is $4,000 to
4o00 ~ to 1, in the county, and POO to
1O0 or ~ to 1, in the town, shows how
essentil lily this region is in the "black belt"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-25
Bryan ContrndIcts Himself.

William Jennings Bryan speaks in con-
tradictions. To the farmers he promises
that cheap dollar will enable them to paw
their debts more easily. To others he de-
clares the free coinage of silver would not
produce a 50-cent dollar, but advance the
price of silver until it would command
S1.20 per ounce in gold, which would make
the present gold and silver dollar of equal
intrinsic value. In one breath Mr. Bryan
denounces the gold standard as the cause of
all our woes, and in the next declares sill
yer will be brought up to the gold stand
ard and silver money made as costly as
gold.
The trouble with the American farmer
lies not in the form of currency which is
paid to him for his products, but in the
decreased home demand for them. From
1892, when all our wage-earners were en-
ployed under protection to 1895, when
hundreds of thousands were out of work
and consequently non-buyers, the home
consumption of corn fell from !, 9S3, 551,-
715 bushels to !, 1S4, 1S4, 647. In the same
time the home consumption of wheat fell
from 1856, ia, 1SS to 315, Asa 900 bushels.
The loss of employment and lower
wages of American working men lessened
their ability to purchase. Overproduction,
or more properly speaking, underconsump-
ton and lower prices were the inevitable
consequence. The currency had nothing
to do with 1t. The Wilson law transferred
wage payments from this country TO for
eign countries. The American farmer
suffered because his best customers, the
American working men, had less money
with which to buy food. If all the silver |
in the world were coined into American |
dollars the American farmer could not sell |
his crops at good prices unless American
wage earners were steadily and profitably
emplOyed,-OhiO State journal (RpDl
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-25
,)UNTY SUNDAY SCHOOLS.

m, Annual Convention Mt West Brat
.,oro---A Helpful and Impressive
s..hon---OHicers Chosen.
i've fourth annual session of the Wind
ham County Sunday School association
was held at West Brattleboro last Friday,
and was attended by delegates and visitors
onresenting % or more schools and was
ax seedlngly interesting.
sour county field and forces, how
sbould they be occupied?' was the general
tIeme, and every speaker announced on
tlle program was present and enthusiastic
~ treating the subject assigned.
Supt. II. II. Thompson cond ucted the
devotional service of the morning and
Supt. l.. w. Hawley presided over the con-
Hention and spoke on the field and its
needs. One minute reports from the
schools showed earnest aggressive work
and the spirit of hopeful Christian enter
prise.
Rev. A. j. Hough emphasized the i'm
portance of the use Of the Bible so Sun
days in the year, saying that the Bible will
be force in the school as it is a force in
our hearts. G. w. Osgood of Bellows
Falls set forth with telling effect the great
ness of the teachers work, asserting that
II we make the teachers what they should
be the school will be full. Field Secretary
Miller, with the use of the blackboard,
gave an excellent normal lesson on 1.-THE
teachers preparation"
After basket lunch Rev. II. II. Shaw
led song and prayer service, which was
followed by an address by Rev j. w.
Naramore of Bellows Falls, who said, re-
garding the scholars, that they should look
out and not be cheated out Of their birth
right, that they should assimllate the word,
uphold the superintendent and give them
selves to systematic study.
Rev. G. b. r. Dodge of Bellows Falls
took up the parents part in the work. He
dwelt effectively upon the family influence,
the need of home discipline, the duty of
parents TO be present with their children
and to give sympathy and help. Rev. L.
ID. Temple spoke upon the part of the SUI
perintendent, touching upon the import
ance of leadership and dwelling on the su-
perintendent as a man and as an officer.
As a man he should be man of God hav-
ing right spirit and example, a thinking
man and man of enthusiasm. As an
officer he should be substantially Chris
tan minister TO his school and in his posi-
ton he should be upheld, while on his
part he should love, encourage and bless
others.
Mrs. j. W. Merrill of Keene, \. H., i'm
pressed the value Of home class work, and
Secretary Miller exhibited fine series of
cartoons illustrating the various branches
Of Sunday school work.
After the questions presented had been
answered the convention closed.
The following officers were chosen:
President, Rev. ]. W. Naramore, Bellows
Falls; vice president, Rev. w. A. Esta-
brook, Wilmington; secretary and treas
urer, Mrs. Z. II. Jones, Windham; execu-
tive committee, Rev. J. II. Babbtt, Rev.
c. b. r. Dodge and Edwin Crouch. Revs.
Temple, Day and Naramore were chosen a
committee on a county canvass.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-25
John Boyd Thaoher,s Nomination.

The New York Democratic state conven-
ton carried out the slated program last
week, by nominating John Boyd Thacher
of Albany, gold man, upon platform
which endorses unreservedly the Chicago
ticket and principles. Mr.. Thacher is
man of high standing, but he has long had
an itching to run for governor. He ex-
pected the nomination two years ago, but
the convention was stampeded for Hill.
Mr.. Thacher is car wheel manufacturer,
a graduate of Williams college, and as
mayor of Albany and a member of the
state senate he made an excellent record.
His nomination was evidently for the pur-
pose of catching the sound money votes,
but in this it will not be successful, as the
Sound Money Democrats are already plan
ming to hold convention of their own in
Brooklyn next week. Thacher's nomina-
tion is supposed to represent the wishes of
Senator Hill. Hill, like all the other prom
inent Democrats of the state, did not attend
the convention, but ii is thought that he
and his colleagues have sought to save the
organization, so as to be better able to con-
troll it in the future, when better condi-
tions arise. That a well-equipped and
honored man like ThacheT accepts nomi-
nation from the most humiliating Demo
cratic convention ever held in the state is
one of the striking instances of greed for
distinction dominating man. Mr.. Thacher
has written letter to the chairman of the
New York Democratic state committee, in
reference to his nomination, stating that he
is not in accord with the financial declara-
tions of the Chicago national convention,
but that he intends to vote for Bryan and
Sewall.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-25

''Here is a total of 27S votes or Sd more
than sufficient to elect, all of which are
practically sure for Mckinley.
'Next l come to some states which are
still in doubt, but W. III under the high
tide of Republican Success now sweeping
over the country will be almost sure to vote
for Mckinley, If not all of them at least a
very large proportion of them, to wit
Kansas, 10; Nebraska, 8; North Carolina,
IL; North Dakota, 8; Wyoming, 8; total,
35. Here are 35 electoral votes from which
Mckinley will surely receive enough to
make good any accident that may befall
the total of 27S.
"Of the remaining states Louisiana, s;
Tennessee, II; Missouri, II; Texas, Is;
Virginia, II; total, "a; are most of them
in the line of possibility. 1 might almost
say reasonable probability.
81 concede to Bryan Alabama, II; Ar
kansas, s; Colorado, 4; Florida, 4; Geor-
gia, IS; Idaho, 3; Mississippi, g.; Mon
tana, 3; Nevada 8; South Carolina, o;
Utah, 3; total, 70. These are practically
sure for the opposition, although there
may be possible dispute even along that
line.
81 put my estimate upon the facts with
in my own personal knowledge of the rapid
duu Ill puDllC SGullUle0L
that has been going on ever since the actual
campaign of 1896 began. l believe that
the vote of Arkansas, to which our oppon-
ents are pointing with pride, is more
significant of coming results in the Middle |
and Western states than is even the mag |
nificent victory in Maine"
Chairman Hanna is said to be pleased
with the general outlook, and confident
that McK Il, We're ,sNwyill carry not only the
great ee1pntral p .G99tp"the West, but OTIS.
ohHRRNd electoral vote is now confidently
claimed by the Democracy" This is the
view held at the Republican headquarters
in New York city, where Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Iowa and Michigan, which the
silverites are placing in their column, are
counted sure for Mckinley, and every day
increases the prospect that the Pacific
coast states will all cast their votes fol
sound money.
The careful and unprejudiced Washing
ington correspondent of the Boston Tran
script, in summary of the situation tc
date says:
According to the present outlook Ma
ryland, Delaware, West virginia, Ken
lucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Kansas, Ne
braska, the two Dakotas and the three
states of the Pacific coast are doubtful
The block of states north of this STRIP
look fairly safe for Mckinley and those
south of it are pretty likely to vote fol
Bryan. 1t is interesting to note here thai
the states thus set down to Mckinley cast
227 electoral votes, or three more than 6
majority of the college; while those SCI
down as sure for Bryan number 131, ant
the doubtful &c."
!. TIE general feeling among the Republi
y cans of the East, since Maine so over
Wfs,lmingly endorsed the verdict of Yer
mont, undoubtedly is that the result il
Notember will be a landslide for McKin
ley and sound money, but there is sober
realization of the fact that it is not time
for over-confdence, and the policy of the
Republicans in every state will be to worl
until the day of the election as though the
outcome depended on the individual effort
made in each.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-25
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

~ ESTATE OF ETA o. KENDRICK.
We the subscribers, being duly appointed by
the Honorable Probate Court for the district OF
Westminster Commissioners. to receive, ex-
anime and adjust all claims and demands Of all
persons against the estate of Eta o. Kendrick,
late OF Putney in said district, deceased and also
all claims and demands exhibited In Offset thereto
and that six months from the 5th day OF Septem-
ber being allowed by said court for that purpose
do therefore give notice that we will attend TO
the business Of our said appointment at the Of
trict, on the 2sth day of September and the 2Sth
day Of November, next, from 10 O'Clock, A. NJ,
until o'clock F: N. on each of said days.
A. w. j. WILKINS, lCu,,,i,.,..,
Edwin sANDERsoN, Commissioners
Dated at Putney, this 9th day Of September,
1896 81
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OF VERMONT, Marlboro. IS.

~ By the ProOate Court Tor said District.
To all persons interested in the estate OF HAT.
TIE W. HORTON, late of Braidentown, Florida,
deceased, having estate in this district,
Greeting.
You are hereby notified that this court will de-
eide upon the allowance OF the account of Free
man n. Horton, Administrator upon the estate
Of Hattie w. Horton late OF Braidentown, Flor
ida, deceased, having estate In this district. and
decree distribution thereof 20 the persons entitled
thereto. at the session thereof TO be held at the
Probate ONCE in Brattleboro In said district on
the third day Of October, A. D. 1896 when and
where you may be heard in the premises, il you
see cause. 8S
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CTATE OF VERMONT. Marlhorn IS

- By the Probate Court for Said District
To all persons interested in the estate Of GIL
BERT D. MCCLURE, late OF Brattleboro, in said
district, deceased, Greeting.
Whereas, +. l.. Waterman has presented to
this court an instrument purporting to be the
last will OF said deceased for probate:-You are
hereby notified that this court will decide upon
the probate Of said instrument at the session
thereof TO be held at the probate office in Brat
tleboro, In said district, on the 26th day OF Sep.
TENDER, 1896, when and where you may appear
and contest the same IL you see cause.
81 ANTHONY F. SCHWENK. Register.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-25
Poor Health for Years.

~ have been sick great deal during the past
SIX or eight years and finally thought | would
try bottle OF Hoods Sarssparilla and a box Of
Hoods Pills. ] did so and when l had taken
now taken seven bottles OF Hoods Sarsaparilla
and II has done me more good than any other
medicine. My husband has also been bene fitted
by this medicine Mrs. John G. Wadlegh, Wes-
ton, VI.
Hoods Pills are the best family cathartic and
LIVER medicine.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-25

The breath OF a chronic catarrh patient is often
so offensive that II becomes an object OF disgust.
After a time liberation sets in the spongy bones
are attacked and frequently destroyed. con-
slant source Of discomfort is the dripping OF the
purulent secretions into the throat, sometimes
producing inveterate bronchitis, which has been
the exciting cause OF pulmonary disease. The
brilliant results by its use for years past properly
designate Ely's Cream Balm as by far the best
and only cure,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-25
RheumatIsm and IndIgestIon.

~ have been troubled with rheumatism and
indigestion, and my liver also has caused me a
great deal Of trouble, My food distressed me and
they did not remove the trouble. began taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla and Hoods Pills and have
not felt as well for years l do since taking
these medicines. / recommend them to anyone
hear complaining. Mrs. Hiram johnson, Char
lotte Vt.
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rheumatism Cured In a Day.

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radically cures in one to three days. Its action
upon the system is remarkable and my sterious.
1t removes at once the cause and the disease i'm
mediately disappears. The first dose greatly
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glst, Brattleboro, Vt.
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legal Notices


STATE OF VERMONT, Westminster, IS.
- By the Probate Court for Said District
To all persons interested in the estate OF AUS
TIN w. CLAYTON, late Of Windham, in said Dis
tTict deceased Greeting
You are hereby notified that this court will de
eide upon the allowance of the account OF o. R.
Garfield, Administrator upon said estate, and
decree distribution thereof to the persons en-
titled at the session thereof - be held at the inn
Of c. c. Taft, in Townshend, on the eth day Of
October 1895, when and where you may be heard
In the premises II you see cause.
81 ZINA II. ALLBEE, Register
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-25
What the "Plain People" Understand

At least the voting in Vermont and in
Maine affords a pretty clear indication
that the 'plain people," who constitute
the great mass of the voters, understand
the fundamentals of sound finance. They
have not read Ricardo or Adam Smith, or,
perhaps, many of the modern political
economists and the financial experts in
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Relief In Six Hours.

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ness in relieving pain in the bladder, Kidneys,
male and female. II relieves retention OF the
water and pain In passing it almost Immediately.
If you want quick relief and cure this is your
remedy. Sold by George. E. Greene, Druggist,
Brattleboro, Vt
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-25

Millions Of women use Dobbins' Electric Soap
daily, and say it Is the best and cheapest. II
they are right you ought TO use 1t. If wrong one
trial only will show you. Buy a bar of your
grocer and try It next Monday
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CTATE OF VERMONT, Marlboro. IS.

- BY the Probate Court for Said Di trict
To all persons interested in the estate Of CLARA
L. PRATT, late of Brattleboro, in said district,
deceased, Greeting.
Whereas, d. p. Webster, Executor, has pre-
sented to this court, an instrument purporting to
be the last will Of said deceased for probate You
are hereby notified that this court viii decide
upon the probate OF said instrument at the SEES
sion thereof to be held at the Probate ONCE in
Brattleboro. in said district. the Goth day OF
September, A. D. 1896 when and where you may
appear and contest the same, u You see cause.
81 ANTHONY +. SCHWENK, Register.
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