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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-07
The Business of the BrnttIeborO POST
Office.

The increase in the business of the
money order department of the Brattleboro
post-otiice has been constant from year to
year, Notwithstanding the industrial de-
preston of the past few years. Last year,
increase over that of 1896 was substantial,
the figures showing that there were 744
more transactions recorded, representing
S25, $50 A, than in the previous year
1891 domestic orders were issued
amounting to s 2l,6S82s
amounting to S,235 50
44s5 domestic orders paid, amounting to 23,923 IS
ing to 1899
1894 certificates of deposit issued
amounting to 1885 90
265 drafts to Hartford, amounting to lO9, 1855 90
These sums together with the fees re-
ceived, make a total of S2Sl, 312. 81, the
number of transactions being 10,205.
Thus will be seen the magnitude OF the
business of an office with probably less
than 5000 patrons. AS compared with
dozen years ago it is something remark
able.
There were 1908 more registered letters
handled last year than the year before, the
record being;
Letters registered and despatched 2O9s
Received and delivered, 1851
ln transit, 1895
Total 1884
In the postal department of the office
the increase is cOrrespondingly favorable.
The sales of stamps, stamped envelopes.
wrappers and postal cards, together with
box rents in 1897, amounted to SIS, l19 81.
or S695.96 more than for the previous year.
While the net revenue exceeded that of '96,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-07

Meteorological Record.
WrFE ENpiNs THURSDAY EVENING, Jan q, 1873
The Van Buren press., 1898-02-19
AMAzoNS OF ITALIAN FIELDS.
a Land Where Woman Is Not the
Gentler Sex.

A great deal has been said and felt
working in the fields, and of the hard
manual labor they are called to per-
form. In the light of the ideas that
women should be delicate and refined
physically, doubtless the broad backs,
hard muscles and heavy, knotted frames
of peasants we see appear discordant
and unseemly. Fisher women at Dieppe
or Whitby, we know, and alongshore
everywhere hold their own against
town councils when they dictate the
policy of town governments. In mo-
ments of danger, when the signal gun
summons the populace to scenes of dam
ger, then these women, the wives and
mothers of the fishermen, man the life
boats and breast the waves, going to the
rescue Of their relatives in distress
Yet these fierce, strong women scarcely
fill the modern idea of what woman
hood should be.
Now, however, very recently, when 1t
is the fad that women should be ath-
letic, broad-shouldered and deep-lunged,
to say nothing of the wider education of
our highbred and healthy modern girls,
the question arises among the observ-
ant, why working in fields or carrying
burdens is, after all, such a hardship
and degradation TO the peasant woman
more than to the peasant man. Too
much labor and great toll doubtless
break down and age both sexes.
But Disraeli spoke of women as of the
gentler, if not the weaker sex; and
when, in Monte Sacro, | saw women
swinging the scythe with broad
swathes, or cutting the sweet hay on the
mountain sides with their siclles, and
then filing up tall, pannier-like straw
baskets, which they bore away on their
shoulders filed with fragrant grass for
the cattle, asked myself if, after all, in
their present civilization, these women
of Varallo-Sesa, at least, could be bet
ter or more healthily employed. They
sang as they worked, and bright and
bronzed cheeks spoke of healthy TOLL
Scribner's
The Van Buren press., 1898-02-19
The FashionabIe Couture.

To be strictly up to date, The back
hair should be waved in large waves
and well combed out, and then pushed
downward with pompadour combs
made for that purpose. Women with
heavy suits of hair wear close knots OF
braid for the morning, and crimp the
front, combing it back plain from the
forehead without the exaggerated roll.
The part is seldom seen, and never on
women who make any pretensions to
fashion; but soft bang, worn very
short, is still worn by women who have
never given up this style. Side-combs
are more worn than ever, and come in
sets of three and four. The most sty-
lish ones are hinged together. In sets
of four one goes above the knot, one
below, and one on either side. In sets
of three, the middle comb is generally
used above the knot, and is tritie high
er and more ornate than the two side
combs. The teeth of the combs are
coarser and placed farther apart, and
curve to fit the head Many of them
are plain, others are ornamentod with
narrow bands of silver or gold, and still
others are beautifully carved.--Woni-
ans Home Companion.
The Van Buren press., 1898-02-19
DON'T WORRY. DEAR.

Don't worry, dear; the bleakest years
That clog the forward view,
Each thins to nothing when 1t nears,
And we may saunter through.
The darkest moment never comes,
1t only looms before;
The loss of hope is what benumbs,
Not trouble at the door
Don't worry, dear; the clouds are black,
But with them comes the rain,
And stified souls that pareh and crack
May thrill with sap again.
The burden bear as best we can,
And there'll be none to bear:
Hard work has never killed man,
But worry did its share,
DOM worry, dear; don't blanch, don't yield
But dare the years to come;
Nor give the enemy the field
Because he beats his drum.
These little woes that hover near
Are nothing though they gall;
We know that life is love, my dear,
And life and love are all.
Samuel Merwin. in Youths Companion
The Van Buren press., 1898-02-19
Romaus Ifsed HoIlOxy Hrfcks

Hollow wedge bricks were used by
the Romans for constructing arches at
their baths at Bath, England. Ac-
cording TO the Engineer, the roofs of
the dressing-rooms were covered in
some instances with flat brick arches,
and, as these would have fallen in by
their own weight il constructed in the
ordinary manner, hollow voussoirs were
nodded with a semicylindrical projec-
ton on one radial side, and a semicylin-
drieal cavity to correspond on the other.
The bricks were about one foot long
from intrados to eXtrados and ten
inches wide on the back. They were fin
ished well, andapparently Of fire-burnt,
ordinary clay-Chicago Chronicle.
The Van Buren press., 1898-02-19

They begin laying about the middle
of May and hatch in about 80 days. The
female terrapin scratches hole in the
sand with her forepaws, deposits her
eggs, from 10 to 10, in it, and then COW
crs them up and leaves the heat of the
sun on the sand to hatch out the young
terrapins. They are not much bigger
when Matched than a mans thumb nail,
and are as soft as dough. They crawl
around pretty lively and begin to hunt
for their food, consisting of small fish
crabs, etc. The first summer they are
quite small, and about the first to the
middle of November they go into their
winter quarters. This consists of some
soft mud hole in the marsh or on the
bottom of some stream. Here they sleep
until about the middle of April or later,
when they come out and are of quite re-
spectacle size, say four inches in
breadth. The next year they are six
inches. and the third seven inches in
breadth. 1t is, undoubtedly, while the
terrapin slumbers in the mud that he
acquires the peculiar qualities for
which we admire him. II is the only
flesh known which one can crush in
his mouth with his tongue without the
aid of his teeth. The other animals run
about. sleeping only at night. The
terrapin sleeps night and day for six
or seven months Of the year, and takes
his night maps. too, for the balance of
the ycar.-Baltimor Sun.
The Van Buren press., 1898-02-19
eRuEsoME LIVING PICTURES.
Photographic Record of an Impor-
TINT Surgical Operation.


4 machine has been devised for the
taking and exhibiting of living pictures,
which is so compact in its construction
that these pictures may be taken almost
as readily as any snapshot, and when
developed and printed may be shown
with Just as much convenience. Any
room will answer the purpose, without
any special arrangements for exhibit
ton. This is the patent of S. Lubin, of
Philadelphia, and he is at present max
ing arrangements to place one of these
instruments in the operating-room of
one of the hospitals of that city, with
view of obtaining lasting record of
every detail of an important operation,
which will take place in the course of
few weeks. This will be the first time
that such practical use has been made
of this instrument. The film will be
many miles long. and if the operation
is successful the record will be sent to
London, where it will be repeated, the
physicians there having for their guide
the pictures, with which they have been
made thoroughly acquainted before
hand.
By this means the English doctors
will be enabled to acquaint themselves
with the method and technique of
celebrated Philadelphia savant, who has
achieved a worldwide reputation as a
specialist. They will have also for their
guide a written account of the opera
ton, with which they will then be just
as well equipped for the work as if they
had been present at the original opera
ton in that city, thereby saving the
time and expense of trip across the
ocean.
Because of the extreme portability of
the machine, it can likewise be carried
into home, and living picture secured
of ones relatives The loving care and
affection of mothers tender attention
to her offspring or the scene of a death
chamber can be reproduced with abso-
lutte realism in after years. Many other
household scenes could be preserved
and shown at will, being reproduced
with fidelity that could not DC equaled
by any portrait. no matter what might
be its cost or who the artist may be.
Mr.. Lubin has recently taken a set of
these pictures for a New York million
aire, who now has picture of each
member of his family, showing them
Just they are to be seen every day NOV
ing around the house. The pictures are
taken and shown by electricity, sup
piled by batteries. A recent improve
ment in the eineograph has been the
combination of a stereopticon with
machine for showing the living pie
lures. This is great convenience
when used for amusement hall pur-
poses, as the performance can be made.
continuous without the break that has
heretofore been necessary while the
films are being changed.-Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune.
The Van Buren press., 1898-02-19

Have you any visible means Of sup
porto" asked the judge.
"Oh. yes, your honor" replied the
prisoner
After fumbling in his pocket for a few
seconds he laid before the magistrate a
card on which was printed in bold type
the words:
ute ~. Y. Journal
The Van Buren press., 1898-02-19

The Mexican torch thistle, growing TO
a height of 30 OF co feet, looks more like
a candelebra than a tree. Another va
riey of The same species has long, grny
bristles, which give it the appearance o.
the head of an old, gray-headed man
Chicago Tribune.
The Van Buren press., 1898-02-19

The largest mass Of pure rock salt
in the world is in Galacis. Hungary
II is $50 miles long. 20 broad and $50
feet I'm thickness.
The Van Buren press., 1898-02-19
sr,ecthrend snndwiehes.

This is dainty much used for lunche
con. After the sweetbreads have been
boiled and cooled, chop TO the consist
ency of a paste, adding one-quarter the
quantity of French peas that have been
boiled and pressed through a fine sieve.
Mix well with mayonnaise dressing and
lemon juice to taste, spreading the
paste on thin slices Of white bread that
have been lightly buttered.-Every
Month.
The Van Buren press., 1898-02-19

SO rapid has been the change in the
English language that the English Of
today bears no more resemblance 70
the English OF 600 years ago than It
does TO German.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-10
THE ST. JOHNS GUILD.

The st. Johns Guild attended holy
communion in body at the s O'Clock
mass in st. Johns Church Sunday
morning, and in the afternoon the So
ciety held an adjourned meeting, at
which the officers elected week ago
We're installed A literary committee.
consisting of John j. Cannon, Edward
]. Croak and Joseph H. Gilfillan, was
appointed, and committee, consisting
of Messrs. Cannon, Croak and Gilfillan
and John ]. Spencer, Henry Cummings
and John J. Convery, was selected to
arrange for an assembly some time be-
fore Lent. President David Goggin OF
the United Temperance Societies was
present and addressed the Guild on the
benefits to be derived from an affilia-
ton with that body and, although the
society took no definite action, the feel
ing of the members seemed to be in ia
vor of rejoining the organization. The
Guild will have a literary meeting at
the society hall next Friday evening.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-10

. COMMONWEALTH OF MAssACHU-
SETTS.-Wo Worcester, S. Probate Court
To the heirs at law, next of kim creditors
and all other persons interested in the
estate of Tilson J. Sanderson late OF
Spencer, in said county, deceased intes-
tate:
Whereas, a petition has been presented
to said court to grant letter Of admin
istration on the estate of said deceased to
Nellie S. Browning of Spencer. in said
county of Worcester, without giving a
surety on her bond:
You are hereby cited to appear at a
probate court to be held at Worcester, in
said county Of Worcester on the EIGHTH
TEENTH day of JANUARY, A. d. 1898,
at o'clock in the forenoon, to show
cause, If any you have why the same
should not be granted.
And the petitioner is hereby directed to
give public notice thereof by publishing
this citation once in each week, for three
successive weeks, in the Worcester Daily
Spy, newspaper published in Worcester,
the last publication to be one day at least
before said court.
Witness-WILLIAd T. FORBES, ESQ,
Judge of said court this thirtieth day Of
December, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and ninety seven.
Jan. 1910 ~
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-10
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Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-10
A DENIAL FROM DIR. TUTTLE.

Union Church calendar contained the
following paragraph Sunday:
"The pastor has been informed that
an agent of the Ladies' Home Journal
is visiting the families Of the parish,
stating that their pastor desires them
to subscribe for the paper to aid the
canvasser. The statement is false.
Your pastor knows nothing of the
agent, and makes it an invariable rule
neither to give agents the names of his
people, nor, except with a personal let
ter Of explanation, to send one to them. ;"
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-10
a REVISED SCHEDULE.
. Aloysius Temperance Society Drops
Out of the Whist League.

Il. AlOySIuS ISIupeTdHS6 oOS4SbS- i|tOPH
Out of the Whist League.
The st. Aioysius' Temperance Society is
out of the whist tournament of the United
Temperance Societies, having resigned
from the contest at meeting Of the ex-
ecutive committee held at the rooms Of
the St. Annes Society Sunday afternoon.
This leaves six societies in the league, and
it was found necessary to revise the sched-
ule, the following being adopted in place of
that in force up to Sunday:
Jan. O-Guilds at Father Msthews St.
Pauis at st. stephens.
Jan. &c Y. NJ. Lyceums at Father
Matthew's St. Paufs at Guilds
Jan. 17-Father Mathews at st. Anne's,
C.. Y. NJ. LyceumS at st. PauPs.
Jan. 2O-St. Stephens at st. Anne's, Guilds
at G. Y. M. Lyceum.
jan st {ben' A'npe,s n 9t M MGuilds iaesuS st. Ste
Jan. 27-St. PauPs att Father Mathews,
c. Y. M. Lyceums at St. Anne's,
st. Stephens at Guilds.
Jan. 31-St. Annes at st. Pauls, Father
Mathews at St. stephens, Guilds
at c.. Y. NJ. Lyceum.
Feb. s-Father Mathews at Guilds. st.
Rnnes RnneT at At ST 81. s Stephen N Fy0eum' :. St.
Feb. 7-St Anne's at Father Mathews
Guilds at Ct. PPaul,s, 2. y M. Ly-
ceums at st. Stephens.
Feb. 10-Father Mathews at c. Y. M. Ly-
ceum, Guilds at St. Annes, st.
Stephens at St. Paul,s.
Feb 14-Father Mathews at st: Paups, ST.
Annes at C. Y. M. Lyceum,
Guilds at st. Stephens.
Feb. list. Paul's at st. Anne's, ST. Ste
phens at Father Mathews, c. Y.
M. Lyceums at Guilds.
Feb. N-Guilds at Father Mathews, C. Y.
NJ. Lyceums at st. Pauls, st.
Stephens at c. Y. M. Lyceum.
Feb. 24-Father Mathews at St. Annes,
st. Paups at Guilds, ST. Stephens s
at G. Y. M. Lyceum.
Feb. sc. Y. M. Lyceum at Father
Mathews, st. Anne's at Guilds,
st. Pauls at st. Stephens.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-10

know exactly the kind of part he is
going to play and how he will play it.
1t is not his fault; he has never been
given a chance at anything different.
I'm not saying the Empire Company is
not a good one; it is. But it would be
better if it were under different control.
What the American drama needs is
more actor managers and fewer specu-
Ia TORS I"
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-10
A PRIZE FOR NEW MEMBERS.
An Effort Making to Increase the Mem
benship of FIR Mathew Auxiliary.

bership of FIR Mathew Auxiliary.
The Father Mathew Ladies Aid So
ciety held a special meeting at Father
Mathew Hall, Sunday afternoon, when
the spiritual director, Rev. Michael T..
O'Brien, offered a gold medal to the
member who will bring in the largest
number Of new members during the cur
rent year. The society is already
in flourishing condition, numbering
1873 members, but with the incentive Of
fered by FIR. O'Brien, it is safe to say
that number will be largely in
creased. The recently-elected officers
will be installed Thursday evening, Jan.
20, and the following committee was
appointed to arrange for a literary
meeting in connection with the installa-
ton: Misses Mary Hart, Minnie Foley,
Mary Lynch, Ida Cunningham, Mary
Downes, Maggie Hayes, Annie LAWN,
Mary Walsh and Mary Cahill.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-10
ATTENTIONS!
A, PROSPEROUS SOCIETY.
The Sacred Heart Benevolent Societ
Installs Its Officers


The Sacred Heart Church Benevolent
Society installed the following officers,
Sunday afternoon: President, John IL
mon; vice president, p. ]. Stanton; re-
cording secretary, William Stanton;
financial secretary, Michael Loughlin;
treasurer, Michael Donohue; spiritual di-
rector, Rev. Bernard S. Conaty; physi-
clan, DR.. John ]. Brennan. After the in
stallation, addresses were made by Rev.
tr. Conaty and President Timon, and
the reports for the year were submitted.
showing that the society had expended
for charitable purposes among the wor-
thy poor of the parish during the past
year the sum of $500. The receipts
amounted to about $4OO, and the unex-
pended balance in the treasury is s45O
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-10
LEGAL NOTICES.

ASSIGNEE'S NOTICE = Worcester, SIS.
Court of Insolvency = Notice is hereby
given that the third meeting of the credi-
tors of j. Frank Quinn of Worcester, in
said county, insolvent debtor, will be held
at the court of insolvency at Worcester,
Of FEBRUARY, A. D. 1898, at 2.30 o'clock
In the afternoon, at which meeting credi-
tors may be present and prove their claims
and the account of the assignee will be pre-
sented,- and creditors may appear and OBJ
ject to the allowance thereof.
EDWARD C. BATES, Assignee.
BATES & HOLIDAY, Attorneys, I'll
fremont building, Boston.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
subscriber has been duly appointed admin
istrator of the estate of Jennie S. May
nard, late of Worcester, in the county of
Worcester, deceased intestate and has
taken upon himself that trust by giving
bond as the law directs. All persons haV-
ing demands upon the estate of said de-
and all persons Indebted to said estate are
called upon to make payment to
SAMUEL A. MAYNARD,
Admr.
Worcester, Dec. 29, 1897.
Jan. T. TO- IT,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
subscriber has been duly appointed ad-
m1nistratr1X of the estate of Michael
Garland, late of Worcester, in the coun-
ty Of Worcester, deceased, intestate, and
has taken upon herself that trust by giving
bond, as the law directs. All persons hav-
ing demands upon the estate of said de-
ceased are required to exhibit the same
and al persons indebted to said estate
are called upon TO make payment to
MARY MCFARLAND, Admrx.
Worcester, Jan. A. 1898.
Jan. 6,1017
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-10
A CARD

We. the undersigned, do hereby agree to
refund the money on 90 !. cent mt, bottle OF OF
vour cold or cough. We also warrant a
S5 cent bottle to prove satisfactory or no
Albert w. Andrews.
o. ]. Carroll & Co.
Frank G.. Rourke & Co.
r. II. Fales. Holden.
Albert E. Booth Leicester.
b, II. Gregory & Co. Princeton.
Fl. ]. Wizard. East Brookfield.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-10

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU-
SETTS.--Worcester. IS. Probate Court
To the heirs at law, next of kin and all
other persons interested in the estate of
Sylvester @. Keith, late of Northbridge in
said county, deceased:
Whereas, a certain instrument purport-
ing to be the last will ard testament of
said deceased has been presented to said
court for probate by Mary A. Keith. who
prays that letters testamentary may be
issued to her, the executrix therein
named.
You are hereby cited to appear at a.
probate court to be held at worcester, in
ENTH day of JANUARY, A. D. 1898, at
8 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause,
II any you have, why the same should not
be granted.
And said petitioner is hereby directed to
give public notice thereof by publishing
this citation once in each week, for three
successive weeks, in the Worcester Daily
Spy, newspaper published in Worcester
the last publication to be one day at least
before said court and by mailing, post
paid, or delivering a copy of this citation
to all known persons interested in the
estate, seven days at least before said
court.
Witness-WILLIAM T. FORBES, ESQ,
judge Of said court, this thirty-fi day Of
December, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-seven
GEORGE H. HARLOW. Register.
Jan. 1910
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-10
NOT Good to Eat

To secure best results by the application Of On
external remedy in the treatment of Coughs,
Colds. Whooping Cough, Pleurisy and other chest
troubles, be sure and get Benson's Plaster,
carefully avoiding limitations and substitutons
with which the market is flooded. Bensous Plas-
Ter promptly relieves and cures aches and pains Of
: every description, rheumatism, Sciatica, Lum-
I bago, Sprans, etc Price, 25c.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-10
INVESTMENT Co.. Mort.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that the
subscribers have been duly appointed ad-
Ward. late of Worcester, in the county of
Worcester, deceased, intestate, and have
taken upon themselves that trust by Civ
ing bonds as the law directs ALL persons
having demands upon the estate of said
deceased are required to exhibit the came
and all persons Indebted to said estate are
called upon to make payment to
JULIA NJ. TOMPKINS,
HATTIE L. KING,
Admrxs.
Worcester, Dec. q. 1897
Jan 4 10 II
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-10

subscriber has been duly appointed ex-
ecutrix of the will Of Caroline J. Gawler,
late of Worcester, In the county Of Wor-
cester, deceased, testate, and has taken
the law directs. All persons having de-
mands upon the estate of said deceased
are required to exhibit the same, and all
persons indebted to said estate are called
upon to make payment to
CAROLINE A. CHAPMAN. Exrx.
Worcester, Jan. 4, 1898.
Jan. 7,10,17