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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-30
Ethan Allen as a Prisoner.

In Prof. Justin H Smiths paper in
the November Century The Prologue
of the American Revolution" is this
scene between Gen. Prescott, the British
Commander in Montreal. and Ethan Al
len. who has just been captured before
the city during Montgomery's Canadian
expedition:
1t was an extraordinary scene. on the
one hand stood a British officer. a pro
fessional soldier a graduate OF society
well groomed handsomely uniformed
sword 1t side, cane in hand. on the
other hand was Allen, a son of the for
est, rough, unkempt, a chief of what
seemed even to Arnold like wild men,
dressed in a deerskin Jacket, with I'M
dervest and breeches of sagathy. cow
hide shoes fortified with hobnails. and
a red wooden cap on his unruly hair. all
stained with dust and mire and smoke.
Who are you? What is your name"
demanded Prescott in a tone to make
the spotless quail?"
My name is Allen"
Are you the Allen who took Ticon-
deroga?'
The very man."
At this Prescott put himself into a
| great fury" as Allen said afterward.
brandished his cane over the prisoner
head. and loaded him with hard names.
Allen shook his fist at him. offer
| TO strike, and that's the beetle of mortal
ity for you. I'm not used TO being
| caned," he Numbered
Prescott then turned his rolling eye
| upon the captured Canadians, and order
| ed sergeant and his guard to bayonet
them This was too much for their
! leaders Stepping between his men and
the soldiers, Allen tore open his vest and
shirt, laid bare his tawny bosom. and
cried to Prescott II am the one TO
blame, not they. Thrust your bayonet
INTO my breast, if anybody's They
would nave done nothing but for me, -
| The commandment hesitated. but finally
told the prisoners with an oath that he
would let them live to grace the halter
| at Tyburn.
The scene was epic, and Allen won even
cartoons admiration; but that did not
! save MIN from a short sojourn in the
hold of the Gaspe and long one II,
| Pendennis Castle
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-30
The Alienation of Cuba.

The report of the development of
strong anti-American spirit in cuba will
naturally give rise in this country 10
varied emotions There will be regret
and there will be resentment. There
may be some not altogether judici5ls
manifestations of anger. But whatever
there may or may not be, there should
ha mo- surprise There are few remarks
les. graceful than Il told you SO. hIt
there are also few which might with more
convincing and convicting truth be made
at this time 1t seemed inevitable last
winter that what is now announced
would come to pass For then men at
Washington were openly refusing 20
treat cuba according to the dictates 0f
honor and the unm stakablN implied
pledges of this government. They were
saving openly that they would not adj
init Cuban goods to our markets GA
favora BILE terms. They declared that
they did not care what became Of cuba,
and that if the island wanted to prosper
il would have to relinquish its indepeud-
ence and be annexed to this Union. In
deed they went 50 far as to Initiate
legislation designed practically to dra-
COON Cuba into annexation against her
will; and if it be said that such men
| did not represent the President or the
| people and the Cubans ought to disre-
gard them and trust the President and
the people, the answer is that those men
/ prevailed. defeating the President and
defying the people. Why should We be
| surprised If Cuba develops an anti
American. or at least a non-American,
spirit?
/ There is no occasion for surprise, if
! even for resentment either. a. the dis
| covery that other countries have been
| making the most of the situation for
| their own advantage. The fact has
/ repeatedly been reported in these
/ columns with official figures showing
/ how rapidly American trade with Cuba
/ was diminishing and that Of certain
| European countries was increasing
/ What would you? Cuba had to have
! the goods, and she was bound to get
/ them wherever the greatest trade induce
ments were offered to her. Nor is there
/ reasonable ground on which to complain
! of our successful rivals. Just because
we would not trade with Cuba was no
reason why they should not do So Fiji
teen years ago Great Britain had almost
a monopoly Of Cuban trade Then the
! United States enacted the Mckinley bill,
and under its provisions drove Great
/ Britain out of the Cuban market and
established an American monopoly there.
! OF that there was no complaint. II
was recognized a perfectly legitimate
| thing to do We could do ii again If
We would. All that would be necessary
| would be to repeat what was done by
Mckinley and Harrison and Blaine. But
| If we will not do it. why should W.
! complain if our rivals make the most OF
. their opportunty-the opportunity which
| we deliberately give them?
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-30
About Costs of Prosecution in Liquor
Cases.

MIR. Editor
roday's Reformcr. that organ whose
barroum cry, vote as You drink, has
been floating about. will, | am informed,
contain dlsuuisitiou on the costs in the
recent Roberts liquor trials at Putney.
The point they are making is the small
amount of money the state receives in
comparison to the costs of prosecution
1t may be pertinent to suggest in pass
ing that. from the prohibition view point,
the saving comes, not direct from the
fines in liquor prosecutions, but from
the absence of runs great handiwork.
crimes in the community. The fines rep
resent i'm prosecutions the profits. and the
costs the expense of prosecution which
the convicted must pay as well as the
fines.
As to the costs in the four Roberts
cases. which amounted to 1891, one case
was against Intoxicating liquors. two
jugs of rum and one jug of whiskey, the
costs in that case being SEQ. OF
course there could be no fine in that
case from the nature of the proceeding,
hence the costs i'm the three cases one
for keeping for sale and two for selling
against the two Roberts people. amount
ed to S3i24 The fine in those cases was
the minimum of the law, 5000 Had
the maximum fine of the law been I'M
posed, the result of a case would have
been a fine of 500, and costs $3.50 or Sl2,-
80. for instance. The amount of the
fine is a matter for the discretion of the
Justice or court. with the offence, the
condition of the respondent and tht
amount of the costs in view. The only
thing about the law of costs in such
cases which can be subject to diverse
opinion is the propriety of the 5000 con
viction fee. which the states attorney
receives That is intended as an in
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-30
GRANGE NEWS.

\ large number from Protective Grange
attended the Pomona Grange meeting at
DummcrSton Thursday.
The Grange Sewing society will meet
next Wednesday at $50 p. m. There
Will he work for all and a full attend
ance is desired. as business of import
ance will come before the meeting.
Protective Grange held a regular meet
ing Wednesday evening. The lecturer
presented the following program: Music
by the Grange choir; question, rs or
ganization of labor more justihable than
organization of .capital?', discussed by
David Perry and Carl S, Hopkins in tho
affirmative, and l.. j. Retting in the
negative: song. T.. NJ. Goodenough; reel
tation, Mrs. Wnslow; song, Miss Day
gleanings from the dairymen's meeting,
Philip Franklin, who attended the meet
ing held in Rutland Jan 6-1-S; song.
e. NJ. Goodenough; original poem by the
lecturer piano solo. Mrs. Fred Wall.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-30
True Basis of Comparison.
Rutland News.l

The advocates of license-local option in
Vermont confine much of their argument
to showing that the number Of seizures
of Illicit liquor I'm unlicensed places in
Massachusetts is less per population than
i'm Vermont This is far from being all
of the uroposition The whole result of
the iuuor traffic. Legitimate and illegiti-
mate. should be compared II the COM
parison Is to be fair. There are legiti-
mate liquor stores in Vermont. of course
i'm the town and city agencies. The
number of drunkenness cases. the cost of
police the cost Of supporting the poor and
The criminal under the one system and
under the other is the true basis for COM
parison such statistics show Vermont
ia he more sober. more thrifty and law
abiding than Massachusetts by a large
percentage.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-30
The Methods of 1.-The So-Caled Beef
Trust"

I'VE have evidence from many parts OF
the country illustrative of these meth
DDS" an assistant United States district
attorney I'm Chicago said. and they seem
to be quite simple. For example the
hacker sets his eye upon the meat bust
ness Of town he has selected for inva-
sion. and suaVely suggests to the lead
ing butcher that a much more profitable
trade would result to him should he buy
dressed meats instead of Strengthening.
The butcher either fails to see it or is
suspicious. and SAYS he prefers to go
on with his own business. which may
have been his fathers before him. so
the packer bows himself out and returns
another day. He finds the butcher still
unconvnced. perhaps defiant. and again
h. goes away. And then one fine day
the butcher finds a nice new butcher
shop established across the way; it
glistens with new paint. the attendants
are in spotless aprons, the displayed
meats are artistically decorated with
rosettes. and the prices are many cents
below his own. After that he watches
his trade slip away pound by pound be-
cause the meats Of his rival are bet
ter as well as cheaper. He learns rath-
er late in the day that the new butch
er's meats are those Of the packer whose
products Were first suggested to him.
Then one of two things happens: he
closes his shop in despair or he buys his
meats Of the house which supplies his
competitor If he retires from the field
his competitor takes good care that this
shall not be the signal for a rise in
meat prices. as this would lead the
townsfolk to believe the newcomer had
Intentionally forced the other out of bust
ness. No, the prices remain unchanged
the packer has simply been giving a little
lesson in high trade "-[George Buch-
anan Fife, in the November Century.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-30

The largest tree in the world is in a
churchyard in Santa Maria de Tule a
small town five six miles from the
capital of Oaxaca, in the southern part
of Mexico. Baron Humboldt the Ger
man traveller, saw this tree and left a
tablet on ii claiming it was over 1000
years old. The tablet is nearly buried
from sight on account of the growth of
the tree, which is healthy and constantly
increasing in size. 1t measures 154 feet
i'm circumference at its base. which would
make its diameter about 80 feet. On ac-
count of its being n world curiosity it is
guarded day and night 10 prevent any
possible injury by curious or malicious
ople.-[Milwduke Sentinel.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-30
The Possibilities of the Licensed
Saloon.
Randolph Herald


License advocates, in their desperate
efforts to stem the tide that is running
against their saloon measure. are seek
ing to shift the argument to the propo-
sition that their bill does not legalze
the saloon, but simply allows each town
to say for itself whether it will have
the saloon or not. 1t is maintained that
each town is the proper judge of its own
condition. and should be left to decide
the saloon question itself This theory
is plausible, on its face, and really has
some merit, as we shall try to show but
when closely analyzed is not convincing.
If the saloon were an institution whose
standing was unquestioned, then We
could quite agree to the proposition that
each town should decide whether it want
each town should decide whether it
wanted one or not. If it were like n
thing else of a perfectly innocent nature
it would be well to let each community
decide for itself But IT, on the other
hand, as a great many believe, the
saloon is a menace and an injury, and
under any condition would do evil, in
stead of good. ii is not true that each
town should be left to invite it in, if
a bare majority of its voters so decide,
We do not allow towns to determine for
themselves whether they will permit the
establishment of gambling houses we
declare, as a state, that they shall not
exist, and the fact that the ma jority
might favor them does not give warrant
to the assumption that therefore they
should have them. Local option is bet
ter than license pure and simple, and
why? Because 1t gives towns a chance
to Danish the saloon, not because II gives
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-30
THE CoLLEGlANs BEATEN.
Score Was Y. M. c. A. 16, University
Of Vermont 12-Fast But Rough
Contest Won in a "Yale Finish"

Friday nights game-advertised to de-
eide the championship of Vermont
between the local Y NJ. c. A. team and
the University of Vermont quintet, was
won by the local team 1912.
The game started clearly but rapidly
developed into a trough house" contest
of the first order. The score at all
times was close. and the college boys
i'm the first half had gained the lead and
until the end of the second halt seemed
sure of winning out 10y narrow mar
gin. However, inside the last i've
minutes with the score 12-1O in favor
of the boys from the queen City, March,
who had been substituted for Ellis,
threw two pretty baskets and gave the
locals the lead 1i-12. Howe soon fol-
lowed with another, clinching the victory
and the spectators nearly went wild
For the local boys every one played
well but the work of March was par
ticuar pleasing as he came INTO the
game after playing two hard halves in the
preliminary contest and practically won
The game by his two clean shots. For
the visitors the work of Fogg was prob
ably the best. although Captain 8assett
certainly was a rusher. although inclined
to he rough Peck. L. V. Nj. $ crack
centre. was suffering from an injured
shoulder which doubtless affected his
~ L, V. NJ.
Isarritar If rg Fogg
Ellis. March rf ls Black
Howe ie'h
TUFTS lg IF Basset Patterson
. c,afr,rd 20 If Thomas
score. y. NJ c. \. 16. L. V. NJ. u.
Goals from field, Ellis ? March :; fost
>. Ferritcr. Howe. Black. Peck, Thomas.
Goals from fouls, Howe 3, Fogg ,. Ferrl-
Ter. Referee Sanders Umpires. Crow
ell and Patterson. Basset. Time keep
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-30
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL NEWS.
FINED FOR ASSAULT.
Doolttle Brothers Paid $685. as
Result Of Their Bellicose Exhibit
tion

The arrest of Guy Doolttle by Chief
of-Poice Hall Friday, was followed in
the afternoon by the arrest of his broth
err. Merton Doolittle. at his home. Guy
Doolitte was arraigned before Justice
Stowe on the charge of being intoxicated
on the day previous. lie pleaded guilty
and was fined s. and costs. amounting
to 5000. In the afternoon he pleaded
guilty to the charge of disturbing the
peace by assaulting Supt c. *. Jones,
of the street railroad. and was fined $50
and costs, amounting to $25.4O. Merton
Doolittle was arragned before Justice
stowe on the charge of disturbing the
peace by assaultng A. +. Hill. He
pleaded guilty and was fined $l5 and
costs, amounting to $2ol5. The fines
and costs amounting in all to $500 were
paid. Guy Dooittle testified that he OBJ
tanned rum at the brewery and after
wards got a pint of whiskey at the town
agency for his mother. The breach of
the peace took place IN West Brattleboro.
Guy Doolittle attempted to get aboard a
work car, but Supt. Jones would not
allow him to do SO. lie retaliated by
! striking Mr.. Jones. Both brothers at
tempted to get into a fight with Mr.. Hill
assaulting him and getting him down on
! the ground.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-30

There was n time when intoXcants
We're sold as freely as flour, sugar or
molasses, and they are still freely sold
i'm some parts of the world. For many
years it has been a question in what
way, if any, such sales should be re-
stricted or regulated. A great many
different ways have been devised, and
enacted into law, to regulate or par
TALLY prohibit sales, but of all ways to
regulate the liquor traffic that of high
license has the least fraction of any
correct principle to recommend it. Prac-
tlcally it gives the largest scope in the
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-30
Advertised Letters.

Menu. II. Blake, Thomas Bradley, f.
C. Fish, Chas. Hunt, Frank Marcy, w.
NJ. Mnot f. w. Nash f. d. Patter-
son. Clifton Timpson. Carl Wilder, Ned
r.. Young.
Women.-Mrs. Alba Augustus Braun 2,
Mrs |. Fuller, Mary \. Gallup >, Mrs.
W. S. Howard. Mrs. Annie Jones Mrs.
u. w. Johnson, Mrs. Tracy, Miss G. a.
Wood. Mrs. S. NJ, Wyman.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-30
A Possible Catastrophe

MY dear" said frightened husband
i'm the middle of the night, shaking
mis- wife, where did you put that bottle
of strychnine?"
"On the shelf next to the peppermint -
"Oh, I-ordH' he groaned. I've swallow
ed it!'
We'll, for goodness sake" whispered
his wife, keep quiet or youll wake the
baby"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-30

them chance to establish it. 1t is also
a method by which the sentiment oil
community is recorded, and serves u
good purpose i'm that way. But II Not,
er's honest judgement is that llcehseu
saloon is not a proper institution LOT any
community he is justified in voting
against this act. without examining MS
mental attitude further, for this bill mas
within it the possibility of the licensed
saloon.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-30

Little giri-When l get to heaven I'll
ask him.
Old agnostic-Wen, suppose Jonah
didn't go to heaven.
Little girl-You can ask him then.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-30

ga agnostic-Well, little girl do you
believe in the Bible?
Little girl-Of course | do.
GA agnostic-Well, how about the
story OF Jonah and the whale. do You
believe that?
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-30

Rastus. "Ah dreamed oh heaben las
night"
Zeke. "Am dat so? An whut did 1t
look like!
"A monstus big chicken roost in de
middle oh a watermillion patch!"-[San
Francisco Bulletin.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-30

Visitor-Why do you have Keep off
the grass notices all over this park?
You don't seem to enforce the restric-
ton.
Policeman-We do it so that people
will the more thoroughly enjoy being on
the grass.-Glasgow Evening Times
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-30

If any young folk wish to test the sim
certify of their plighted iroth, there is
AN old fashioned way of doing so which
is specially appropriate at this season.
Place two mstletoe leaves side by side
in front of the fire; If they draw closer
together while shriveing in the heat the
omen is favorable If they spring apart
during the ordeal the sundering of two
lives I'm typified
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-30

Next to the art of talking is the art of
listening. The art of saying something
is poor third.-[Puck.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-30
Brattleboro Has One of the Best
Trained Teams in New England.

Spectators who do not mind seeing the
home team showed under admit that
Monday nights contest with Brattleboro
was the prettiest exhibition of the game
that ever has been seen in Greenfield.
IT was a one-sided game all the way
through, but it was a fine exhibition of
basket ball by the team that won. Com
pany l. just escaped a shut-out, scoring
two solitary points to the 10 piled up by
the Nermonters Even those two points
seemed almost accidental, Capt. Thomp-
son. shooting over his head as a last
chance at a basket that he never expected
to get sent the sphere into that recep-
tacle before he knew what had happened.
Mason got but one chance to make ms
long throw that sometimes means a goal
for Company l., and his Brattleboro OPP
ponent was usually able to start the ball
toward Greentelds goal as soon as 1t
was tossed up The play of Ellis of Brat
tleboro was particularly strong. He is a
little fellow but very agile and clever,
and his quickness in getting down the
floor under a long throw was something
to delight the close students of basket
ball, who see in this kind of gaining a
close resemblance to the work of hrSt-
class end in a football matchs 1t was
clean game. only two fouls being called.
Brattleboro has one of the best trained
teams in New England, the men being
exercised and deted with as much sys-
TEN as athletes training for "a college
boat race or other outdoor contest, and
the team is considered a formidable COM
petitor for the state championship in
Vermont Greenfield Gazette
The Y. NJ. c. \. boys will go to Keene
this evening.
Ellis mas finished playing on the Y.
NJ c. A. team. He may join the Wheel
club.
Vermont Academy cancelled the game
with Y. NJ c. A, scheduled for Monday
night
The games tomorrow, Saturday, night,
will be Y. NJ. c. \. VS.. Catholic Union
and Printers VS.. High school. The con-
tests for next week have not been ar
ranged definitely, but they will probably
take place Wednesday evening.
Company l. team at Greenfield won
from the St. GATHERINGS of Athol l5-l4.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-30
To Cure a Cold in One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Qulnine Tablets
All druggists refund the money If it fails
to cure. Il. w. Groves signature is on
each box. 25c.
The Delta independent., 1903-03-27
CITY COUNCIL GIANTS
TELEPHONE FRANCHISE

Monday night at an adjourned meet
ing OF the city council franchise VA
given the Delta County Cooperative
Telephone company to put up their line
and do business in the city.
The granting Of the franchise was let
on conditions and . scale Of prices
agreed upon which goes with the
franchise.
When the drst telephone company
was organized in Delta there we're pr.c-
ticalIy no restriction governir G it a. it
was only email line, but sincs that
time the old company has been sold
together with the franchise and the
city has had little or no control over
the company whom it comes to prices.
1t seems that at this time the Colo.
RADIO Telephone company has no regular
scale OF prices.