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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-12-23

Church going ii the more isolated parts
of Norway is thus Interestingly pictured by
Edmund Gosse in the North American Re
view: One of the most characteristic and
most charming incidents in rural Norwe-
gian life is still, as it must always have
been, to go to church on Sunday in a boat.
The parishes are of enormous extent, and
it is common thing for one old priest to
have charge of three or four remote
churches Early in the morning, at dis
tant points, the congregation puts out up
on the ford, and nothing is more pictur-
esque than at the close of the voyage TO
see the little fl )tilla of red-brown sails col
Letting toward the point of worship When
service is held but once in three OF four
weeks, short sermon would defraud the
congregation. / sat out one of 80 min
utes the other day, in a great bare chuch
that was all a.futter with the enormous
white headdresses Tor skour of peasant
women. This sermon seemed lengthy. yet
it was only an incident in the service,
which lasted four hours. After three of
them, however, a stranger may slip out,
and will have done wisely if he brings some
sandwiches with him to eat under the birch
trees by the shore. The churches in these
secluded Ravens, where never a tourist
comes, are marvelously large. Behind the
church, if we stroll about, we see a crowd
of carriols, and many plump white ponies
eating their heads off, the mothers with
their foals beside them. These people
think nothing of coming 20 miles to ser
vice, by sea or land, and throughout the
interminable office they preserve an earnest
and hushed decorum.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-12-23
Back to the Crib at bethlehem.

And what action should we now take,
what resolution should we form at this
holy Christmas times We should go back,
in spirit, through the centuries, and with
the shepherds enter the humble grotto and,
kneeling before the crib, ask in all earnest
ness what does this divine child want of
mel And the crib, the straw, the swad-
ding clothes, the infant limbs of the child
will answer; Humility, poverty of spirit
and self-denial." In these virtues, in the
practice of them, in the fulfilment of the
commandments, in The reception of the
sacraments, we may hope to share in the
blessings of the Redeemer's birth. They
will make us gentle, kind and chaste. They
will make us love each other. They will
Danish strife, hatred and revenge. They
will, in short, purify the world and make
us all realize in their full import the words
of the angels song on that first blessed
Christmas night, "Glory to God on high,
and on earth, peace to men of good will. A"
: Rev. Dennis O'Callaghan, Roman Cath
Ollie.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-12-23
The season of Good VIII

The love that is in the world is little
larger after each Christmas day. Good
will toward mems not that the keynote
of the song that was the lullaby of His
manger cradle and the melodious harmony
of His life. We may differ much about
Him, but on one point there will be sub
stantial agreement-He brought into our
human life a new governing force; that is
to say, He elevated to the first place the
spirit of love, and fellowship, and good
will. The heart of man ascends the throne
wherever Jesus of Nazareth is known and
loved If our forms of manifesting affec-
ton by gifts be often empty, yet is there
in them a large measure of this genuine and
uniting good will
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-12-23
A Christmas Greeting.
wish a merry Christmas

/ wish a merry Christmas
To every home on earth;
May lowly cot, may palace hall
Re echo genial mirth
May children's laughter gaily ring,
And happy vo ces gladly sing
A fond and joyous welcoming
To merry merry Christmas
pray holy Christmas
May come to every heart;
A time of sweet tranquility
From troublous care apart.
An hour for thoughts to soar above,
For heart to realize the love
And grace Civine that, like dove,
Brood DER this holy Christmas.
God send blessed Christmas
To every patient life;
A little resting from the toll,
A surcease of the strife.
MAY Faith breathe words of gentle cheer,
Hope point to roses blowing near,
And tender love and friends sincere
Make his a blessed Christmas.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-12-23

Children, sing in joyful chorus,
Sing We, every one;
For he morn is breaking DER us,
And the night is gone;
Greet the Christmas star before us,
Greet the Christmas sun,
Christ is born
Tell how wise men, lOwly bending,
At his Ieet adored;
Tell how heavenly choirs descending
Spread glad news abroad;
And, like them, your voices blending,
Sing in sweet accord,
Christ is born ~
Tlolgh afar in distant nation
Was his place of brit,
Yet today his habitation
Is in all the earth.
Thea upralse your reclamation,
Shout In holy mirth,
"Christ is born T.
Where one faithful heart obeys him,
Is his birthplace found;
Where a band of Christians praise him,
There is holy ground.
There In glory he arrays him,
Shines his light around;
Christ is born
-[Manley H. Pike.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-12-23
nh. New NIotor-CarrIaGes.

In this connection word about the new
.utomobile carriages ('motor : carriages
Cor sbort) is not out of place. They nave
80 vet come into such general use in this
country as they have in France but 'ney
are Nv no means an unusual sight in the
a.naots Of New York. They are prinei-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-12-23
Weather Proverbs for Chrlstma..

A warm Christmas, a cold Easter.
A light Christmas, heavy sheaf
A green Christmas, white Easter.
If Christmas finds bridge, he'll break
it; if he finds none, he'll make one.
If ice will bear a man before Christmas
it will not bear a man afterward.
The shepherd would rather see his wife
enter the stable on Christmas day than the
sun.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-12-23
A VISION OF ST. NICHOLAS.

Twas the night be Christmas when all through the house
Not a creature stirring, not even a mouse:
The stockings hung by the chimney with care
In hopes that St Nicholas would be there:
The children nestled all snug in their beds
While visions of sugar -plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her 'kerchef and in my cap
Had just settled our brains for long winters nap:
When out on the lawn there such a clatter,
sprang from my bed to what W the matter.
Away to the window flew like a flash
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon, the breast of the fallen snow,
Gave a lustre of midday to objects below
When, what to wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,
With a little old driver so lively and quick
knew in a moment it must be st. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled and shouted, and called them by
''Now, Dasher now Dancer. now, Prancer! and Vixen!
On Comet! on, Cupid on Donder and Bitten!
To the top of the porch to the top of the wall
Now dash away! dash away dash away all ~
AS dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with obstacle mount to the sky,
So, up to the housetop the coursers they hew
With the sleighful of toys-and st. Nicholas too,
And then in a twiukng heard on the roof
The prancing and paving of each little hoof
AS drew in my head, and was turning around
Down the chimney St. Nicholas with bound.
He was dressed all in fur from his head to foot
And his clothes all furnished with ashes and soot
A bundle of he had flung on his back,
And he looked like peder just opening his pack.
His eyes-how they twnked! His dimples how merry!
His cheeks like roses his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin white as the
The stump of pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encirced his head like a wreath.
He had broad face, and little round belly
That shook when he laughed, like bowlful of jelly.
He was chubby and plump, right jolly old elf;
And laughed, when l saw him, in spite of myself.
A wink of his eye and twist of his head
Soon gave me to know had nothing to dread.
He spoke not a word but went straight to his work
And filed all the stockings; then turned with jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose
He sprang his sleigh, to his team gave whistle
And away they all flew, like the down of thistle;
But I heard him exclam they drove out of sight,
"Happy Christmas o ALL and to all good night"
Clement C. Moore.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-06-03
FROM ACROSS THE SEA.

London. Speaker says the ultimate
result of the war cannot be doubtful, that
intervention by the powers would only
strengthen the determination of the United
States town, and that il complications
bring on European war every great
power in Europe except England and Ger
many will find what Italy and Spain have
found already-that its Government is sit
ting on a volcano.
Madrid. The Grand Gordon of Naval
Merit has been conferred upon Captain
Deschamps, of the Spanish steamer Mont
serat, which recently arrived at Corunna
from cienfuegos. The Queen Regent per
sonally presented the captain with the in
signium.
{ Madrid. The Government is said to ex-
.pect that naval fight in Cnban waters
acannot be delayed long, and that the result
will evoke Intervention BY Europe
Paris. According to Rome dispatch
haly has protested against the blockade of
Cuba.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-06-03

Most people know that gold is the
most widely distributed of. all metals,
being found in almost every country in
the world, though, of course. not in
quantities which it would pay to dig.
Now comes the startling discovery that
the common red clay of which bricks
are made contain gold at the rate of
nearly a shilling's worth to the tom
even, in some cases, a little more. In
the houses of London there are at least
100000 tons of brick. Make little
calculation at the rate of shilling
per ton and you will find that no less
than $1,250,0G0 ct the. precious metal
is locked tightly up in the ugly red
walls oftLondon alone.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-06-03

ASPARAGUS BON FOR SHORT SHIPMENT.
vorite and various methods of proce-
dure. from an account by The Rural
New Yorker of present practices in
growing and marketing this vegetable
the following information is cleaned,
together with the illustrations: For
the production of the white shoots so
popular from the Oyster Bay IN. W
district deep planting is required. Some
growers use for making the burrows a
special plow that makes furrow about
18 inches deep. Some growers, especial
~ on heavy land, make them 10 inches
deep. The trenches are made from 8 y
to 4 or 5 feet apart. Each grower
has his own ideas about depth, distances
apart, fertilizers, etc.
Some growers prefer 1-year- old roots
and some 2-year- oId. Whichever are
used they should be strong and vigor-
Gus. The plants are put in the bottom
of the trench Is to Is inches apart and
partially covered with soil. The trench
es are filed gradually as the plants
grow by frequent civilizations which
keep the ground clean. Some growers
use stable manure and consider it best,
while others prefer commercial fertili-
zers, and still others are governed by
circumstances as to their choice. Some
apply fertilizers always in the spring,
while others fertilize tne old beds i'm
year, claiming that this gives the plants
a good. strong growth and fits them fer
sending up numerous large shoots the
next season. The ordinary tillage tools
are used for keeping the beds clean,
though some large growers have special
tools. The old tops are removed each
spring, the surface thoroughly worked
up and left in ridges over the rows. In
fighting the new asparagus rust the
New Jersey station recommends remoy-
ing and burning the tops il the fall.
The most popular VARSITY has always
been the CuDover's Colossal though
Bars Mammoth is grown by some, and
more recent additions have been Pal
metto. Columb ian White and Others
At the New Jersey experiment station
Palmetto was the least affected by the
new and destructive asparagus rust Of
all the varieties tested.
Cutting begins as soon as the shoots
begin to show nicely above the surface.
1t is done by means of a special knife,
requires great care and is hard work.
Careless work would destroy many of
the buds that are just starting. The
beds are usually cut over every day
The shoots are put into punches weigh
ing about three pounds each by means
of some of the numerous punching ma
chimes now oHthe market The punches
are about six to nine inches long and
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-06-03
Diamonds in America.

In no country are there more dia-
monds to be found than in the United
States, according to the population. 1t
is estimated by leading New York
diamond dealer that there are upward
of $500 100000 worth of diamonds in
this country. Moreover, this vast
amount is increasing every year.
Until quite recently diamonds were
rarely cut in this country; but Ameri-
can inventors have developed a pro-
cess for diamond cutting which is vast
ly superior to that done abroad.
The loss in weight through cutting is
sometimessfully one-half, buSthe value
is increased probably more than two
fold
The Dutch city of Amsterdam has
been the great diamond cutting centre
of the world from time immemorial,
and up to a few years ago over twelve
thousand people in that place were d.
rectly or indirectly dependent upon
this trade.
But it was not reasonable to suppose
IA4dt Cl0dlA SuOulQ OOuLluuG u
hold a monopoly of diamond cutting.
As one of the greatest importing cities
of the world, New York gradually Of
fered inducements to diamond cutters
and an industry has been steadily built
up here that is now very fourishing
and profitable. In 1859 Henry d.
Morse, of Boston, Mass, invented a
machine for cutting and polishing dia-
monds, and since then improvements
have been made upon it that are very
important. The foreigners continue to
polish their stones by hand, but in this
country machinery is largely used
A famous gem expert places the total
value of all the diamonds in the world
at over $1,000 100000 of Which $780,
100000 worth are in the hands of deal
ers, carried in stock. All the other
diamonds are in the hands of private
individuals, and the question naturally
arises, Who owns them? This is not
so easily. answered, except in the case
of large and world famous gems
Godey's Magazine
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-06-03
SPANISH NAMES.
Their Pronunciation Have Many Strange
Peculiarities.


That Spanish pronunciation has its
peculiarities may be inferred from the
fact that there is Spanish town whose
name is spelled @Cieza," and pro-
nounced "The-a-tha" The accent is
on the second syllable. 81" in Spanish
is always sounded like the English ''th'
in ''thimble" and thirst" &c" before
sc" and 'i" has the same sound. Thus
it is that the same of the Spanish
steamer which not long ago visited the
port of New York is pronounced as if
spelled "Vithcaya," and that the name
of the Cuban port Cienfuegos is pro-
nounced by the Spaniards as we should
pronounce it if spelled "The-en-fwa-
goce," the accent being on the third
syllable. The Cubans do not always
follow the lisping Spanish fashion, and
their pronunciation of Cienfuegos
makes the first syllable sound like Sc. :
The Spanish "g'' has the same sound
as ours when it precedes "a 90 or
"u." But before "e' and 81" it becomes
an aspirate-the equivalent of the
sound we give to "h" in hint and
"head.1 The Spanish "hn is always
silent The Spanish i" is sounded
precisely the same as our III in "ham. ;"
It is because the Spaniards were the
discoveries of that region that the
name of the ella river in Arizona is
pronounced '4Hela,'' and that San Jose,
in California, is called "San Hosay ("
The combination ''ll' is always pro-
nounced in Spanish like our lii in
million" so that "Guamarillo" is pro-
nounced Gooa-ma-reel-leeo." which
is very musical sound. But Ameri-
cans will never be content to dwell
lazily upon each letter in pronouncing
their words. They are busy people.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-06-03
TreasurH "Gfrls y

Lots of Treasury girls at Washington
are widows, hundreds of them are old
maids and several thousand are. sweet,
marriageable girls, with Pretty faces,
good hearts and high grade of culture
and education. Many of them have had
Governors and generals for fathers, not
few are the widows of noted soldiers
and statesmen, and all are far above
the average of their sex the United
States over. Many have travelled
widely.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-06-03
souTHERN AsPARAeUs CRANE.

1Ol Helm AEsI <AteA6OS CRAZE
just about the size of a quart cup. In
fact, some small growers use a cup of
this kind to shape the lunches and
some use homemade wooden bunchefs.
The shoots should be assorted, the
larger and smaller ones being put in
separate lunches. The latter are just as
good for eating. but do not usually sell
so we'll The lunches are tied with raj
fla or soft string. The tops of the bunch
es are made even, and then the butts
cut off square with the knife. THE
punches are a little smaller at the tops
than at the butts. This enables growers
to pack them SO the tips will be pro-
tected.
The first cut shows crate containing
two dozen lunches in two layers. The
boxi little wider than the length Of
two punches, and these are packed ia,
tips and butts alternating. With the
butts against the outside Of the box the
tips'are kept from touching each other
or the box and are thus protected from
bruising. The box is of just the right
size SO that the lunches fit in tight and
cannot shake around. No packing ma
terial is used for nearby market.
The second cut shows a southern crate
holding two dozen punches, but the lat
ter stand on end. The crate is a little
narrower at the top than at the bottom.
These punches stand on damp moss or
other packing material, which keeps
them fresh during their long journey.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-06-03
Deen EYED sweet POTATOES.

In selecting varieties Of, potatoes to
plant, especially those whose reputa-
ti0n is not established, American Guilt
yator advises care in avoiding those
marked with deep eyes. Nearly all .po-
tatoes have to be pared before being
cooked. and the deep eye is almost al :
Ways eu~out without making a'hcle in
the potato. This is the more wasteful
because the part Of the potato which is
thsoNn away with the peefing is more
nutritious than that which grows near
the center of the potato
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-06-03
BEST Educated Natsu.,

Germany is now the best edneabed
nation Of the Continent, ybt only 100
years ago German teachers ia mary
parts Of the country were 50 poorly
paid that they used b aing ii fUnt 81
houses in order to add to thsA af6ofhsa
BY odd pence.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-06-03
Money Made ON LOST r.ie,zots

Street car tickets in Washington are
sold at the rate of six for a quarter.
This has been the custom for years.
An officer of the company states that
tickets to the value of s48; 600 have
never been used. The inference is
that they have been lost and destroyed.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-06-03
B
sfARNapC GROIN
PROFITABLE ASPARAGUS.

How the Famous oyster Bay Product Is
Grown Cutting and Marketing.
Asparagus is generally considered a.
profitable crop. 1t is now grown so ex-
tensively that special tools are used in
its culture, and large growers in differ
ent parts of the country have their ia
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-10-28

Personally Conducted Tour via Penn.
syiNani:s iiai1rOnG.
SEASON OF 1889.

The Personally conducted Tourist system of
TN Pennsylvania uairUau Company Is the tina
evolution - absolute perfection ia railway
travel. the summit oil the excellence Of ;,lodern
luxurious railway facilities
For the season of % aud SO j: has arranged
for the iniIuwIup tours:--
California viii leave New York, Phil.
adSiphia, Harrisburg aTd fitt<hurg, February
8. Nineteen days will be sTvut in California
The party will travel over the entire, route by
tue 'HolGen Gar" Spcc.a!,' the finest Grain that
crosses the continent.
Florida. -Four tours To jacksonville VIII
leave New YORK and Philadelphia january :. l.
February : and u, ami Mafcn = The firsr
three OF these admit y sOjourr q two weeks in
the 'Flowvry state Tickets tor the fourt IA
tour VIII TIE good to return by regular trains
until May 81 1899.
Tickets for the above tours will be sold from
all PRINCIPAL POINTS on the pruuSy lvaniG Kali
road: fordctaiitd itineraries giving 5at"s aud
fulI information, address 1hOs. e. Watt Pas.
s"nGer Agent W estern District, PittsSIrg: &.
Courlacndcr, Jr, Passenger Agent Baltimore
District, Baltimore; c. Studs, Passenger gent
Southeastern District, Wash uytun, or Geo. W.
Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent,
Philadelphia.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-10-28
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For Crc =ress. second ''"reS~ion*l
District,
RICHARD Il. 7 pPETT,
of Baltimore CLiS.
PAUSE AND CONSIDER.

Two wears ago New York, which il
sliuost an empire in itself, gave Presi-
{ INT Mckinley not only its full eleetor-
. vote but q popular majority OF
. q 600 Yet TODAY, to give an Illus
alton of now political matters have
c.angeG, it seems to be an assured
! ct that Judge NanWyck will be
ected Governor over his Republican
opponent Roosevelt. in spite of his
VIZ record. In many other States,
v hich were solidly Republican two
ears ago. the outlook, to say the
last, is very uncertain.
Does it require much study to under,
rtand this great change which has
i cen wrought in two years? We
mink not. This is simply the land
ride which will overcome the Repuh
i,can party this fall as as an outbuGst
,fpublic indignation whjchGhe PEG
lie feel against the outrases Of the
war and the spread of Imperialism
an these two important questions the
Republicans have been weighed III tine
balance and found wanting.