Vermont Phoenix from Brattleboro, Vermont • Page 2

VERMONT PHCENIX, BRATTLEB01l6, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1805. 2 THE rue Y5 in "I till sol pdrC Tho In Dun organize i March 4, 1171, whom Capt was chosen chu30 a spot Tho first settn, selection of a pal and rellgl tho township lots of 100 ac1 of thatowni fnrm lflTirls. covered with site chosen ceptcd by th' Davenport penters, dn 40 by 50 building Ing the operation obtained heavy it rum was. cordfed. "DroVlded rum agar Trobahi Pr: prvM t) Bearer' wero 3t.v plan R1 cd In? i for the for a g' of Ifrtf.

acrcsW of th-esquo quel, MISCELLANY, My Lovers Tu-aln. My lovers twain my lovers twain, I pray you let mo be! To wed you both I would be fain, Only that may not be. One lover In like music sweet, That steals my heart away: And one Is like the trumpet blast, Which calls me to the fray. One la of gentle, courteous mind, To low and high depreej And one Is stern and harsh of mood, And melteth but to me. One io strangely lovable, That but to touch his hand Do women kneel before the one Do men uncovered stand.

And If I this one do not wed, He never wife will seekj And If that one I do not wed, He sorroweth a week. My lovers twain my lovers twain, Ye should have let me be! I love the one with all my heart Tho other loveth me. As Some Mysterious Wanderer of the Skies. As some mysterious wanderer of the Bkles, Emerging from the deeps of the outer dark, Traces for once In hunran ken the arc Of Its stupendous curve, then swiftly files Out through Borne orbit veiled In space which Where no Imagination may embark- lies Home onwara-rencning track that Clod did murk For all tternlty Iwneath his eyes So comes the soul forth from creation's vast! So clothed with mystery moves through mortal Bight; Then sinks away Into the Great Unknown. What systems It hath seen In all the past, What worlds slialfblazo upon Its future flight.

Thou knowesi, eternal God, and thou alone. Henry Jerome S'cckarit the Century. A WATOHED POT. Scth Peters was a watched pot and so ho never boiled. When he was a baby he was a pretcr-paturally wise-looking baby.

So his nioth- I er and his father, his grandmother and his grandfather, and all his brothers, sisters, aunts and cousins watched him Incessantly in constant anticipation that he would do sonio remarkable thing. Such Websterlan eyes! Such a Shakespearean brow! Surely no mortal child could have such features, such expressions, such an indescribable bearing and not do remarkablo things. So they watched hlni.tiicht and day, mo mentarily expecting to see tho prodigy reveal himself In sonio Orphic utterance, some 1 11... 114.1- i- I 1 QUlOUlOll-HKU W15UUII1. liUL 11LL1U OCIU at Si worn i distinguished himself by reaching for I in Jnnin niil tho moon and occasionally saying, ''uonic," just like other babies.

It was a long while before Seth's vocab- drulary got beyond "gonk." But he kept exgrowlng wiser and wiser looking all the anume. Ilis forehead bulged out further ihbver his eyes, his eyes retreated further jvlthln his head, and his deep and 'know- hicp look deeper and more knowing 'Map (iay, iBen he was five years old and went to '5JJool all bis folks watched him, expecting yuo would distinguish his family by his brll-S liancy, and at the end of the secoud week bo able to teach his teacher. But in learning the alphabet Seth mani fested a strange preference to tne letter A lie liked to have his teacher tell him over and over azaln, week after week, that it was A. It was a wonderfully interesting to him and he never tired of hearing over an(j over again. street ferv morning for weeks the teacher Georgf jjiuj jt was Aj an(j cvcry time he acted finishes jie were t0 uear jt- Every day Irnth dawned upon him with the force beStaty of a revelation.

Ills Webste-wPr eyesVcrew lustrous, and his Shake- month, tli'ency of the great truth mat it was a was borne in upon ins minu, It seemed to fill his soul with complete satisfaction which asked for nothing more, He didn't want to know anything about D. lie had no curiosity about C. lie didn't care to penetrate Into such untraveled depths of learning. lie settled down to the perfect and serene contentment that it was A. That Is, he did until the next day, when he wanted to have the beautiful, old, old story repeated to him again.

Then the old surprise would come into his eyes again, the old wonder would suffuse his features, IIo was lost In awe and contemplation Still as he grew older, he grew more and more profound, and his own family and all his neighborhood and the whole school dis trict watched him, like lynx-eyed detectives, expecting he would do some great thing. He looked so wise that everybody was convinced that he had a great and original mind. And, in fact, as he continued at school he did give expression to very many original ideas. He had views on arithmetic and geography, for instance, that were widely at variance with the views of tho authors of those books. And when he told the committeeman on examination day luat iu times was ana tnat tne Mississippi river was tho capital of Pennsylva nia, the committeeman was rather inclined to believe him, he looked so wise and so deeply and darkly intelligent about it, And when tho committeeman asked him somo easy question in grammar, and he replied, "Tatn't no use nohow to study grammar, nor notntn'," tne committeeman was almost persuaded to receive It as the learned view of an expert, and banish gram mars from the schools.

And when he read the sentence, "Tho cars ran over doaf man and killed him" as, "The-calf- ran-over-a-dead-inan-and-killed-hlm," tho committeeman never opened his head. He took it for granted that Seth knew more about It than he did. Scth was almost 30 years old before he got Into college, and then ho entered, uo so inucu on me sirengtn ot ins examination papers as on tho strength of his looks, The professors concluded that It was im possible for so wise a looking man not to a man of talent, and tnat Ms inaccurate examination papers were due to tne eccen tf tiicitles and Idiosyncrasies of genius. All his family and, In fact, tho whole town, now watched Seth with a keener interest than ever. Now, they said, ho will shine, now ho will dazzle, now he will show him self.

The reason ho has never distinguished himself before is because tne grammar school and the high school arc too elemen tary for nis brain. They did not give ills intellect room enough to swing itself. They were too contracted for his expansive mind. So they watched him with lntentness greater than ever. But the professors In that college never asked him any questions that he cared to answer.

And always, In the class-room, they awkwardly asked him things of which he was thesa-stupid educators, during his entire four years' course, never had tact enough to ask him about anything of which hu had any knowledge. And so they fatuously lost all the benefits of his Wisdom. They wero none the wiser for tl elr four years' relations with him. In fact, thoy wero such unskilful interviewers tli at Seth remained non-committal all through college, and all their attempts to draw him out were In vain. In four years ho never told them a tiling.

It was a great loss to the psofessors. When ho got out of college he was bald-headed, and looked wlseiVthan ever. IIo settled down with his father vand mother, and they were more impressed with tho and profundity of his mlid than ev-Mrs. kre. In fact It Is rumoreAthat they juvuiu.e.wQiice to nave hlin go neail mont, is to ttiat he would Ignite the 1 perlnients abOTatchedihlm, and the i uio water Won.vs watched him.

Now, said they, ho will burst on the world like a meteor 1 IIo will flash across the Intellectual heavens In a shower of light and dazzle tho nations. But Seth didn't nasn to any appreciate extent Just then, He looked as If ho was going to liasn and mignt uasu at any min ute; but ho didn't flash. After no Had uvea at norae nvo years his parents said that his excesslvo studies In college had worn him down and that ho needed a few years more In which to recuperate. After he had recovered frpin the fatigue of college ho would be ready to commence nis career. Finally, when he was 47, ho commenced his career.

The century plant burst Into full blossom tho millennial aloe raised a flower on Its topmost stem. Scth went Into tho hen business. He borrowed tho money of his father and bought five hens. Ho felt tho awful weight of responsibility tnat resieu upon his shoulders, and he took far more pains In selecting his five" hens than Qrovcr Cleveland took in selecting his cabinet. He felt how fatal would be a misstep In this ep ochal, culminating act of his career.

But ho felt that he had come to his rublcon. Did ho pause? Did he falter and wait for the drought of Hip hot season to dry up the river? Not he He plunged in, and in less than two vears. unaided and alone, he had selected his five hens, and gono home to recuperate. But they were fine hens. They wero portly, stately, dignified, Imposing and Im pressive liens, liacli individual lien iookcu as wlsctis Seth looked himself.

Now, said his fellow townsmen, Scth will mako his splurge. Tlio ocean his Intellect has been stirred to its depths, and now watcli for the bursting of tho waterspout. So they watched him with greater eagerness than over. And truly it iookcu for a time as if he would make a splurge. His features took on a new profundity of his five hens grow moro stately, moro dignified, more courtly, Imposing and Impressive.

But as a truthful historian I must record the fact that 'thoy didn't lay. But. then, who could ask them to as if thev were plain, domestic, every-day fowls. But the neighbors, who were plain anu domestic people, watched Scth, and they watched his liens. A serene and beautiful hone animated their minds.

"Some time, perhaps today," said 'hey, "who knows perhaps tins very Hour beta's liens win ue- cin to lay. anu setn win ucgin nis career. So they watched with ever-increasing interest, year after year, until one by ono the liens died and went to their well-earned rest and finally Seth died himself, and theso were his last words: "I have been a watched pot, and so I have never boiled." Sam ICafcr Foss in the JV. r. rWltiiie.

Secure. In St. Paul's one day a London guide was showing an American gentleman around tne tombs. "That, the the tomb of tho greatest naval 'ero Europe or tho wholo world ever knew Lord Nelson's. This marble sarcoughhogus weighs forty- two tons.

Hlnslde that Is a steel receptacle weighing twelve tons, and hlnslde that Is a leaden casket, 'ermetically sealed, weighing two tons. Hlnslde mat is a mahogany coliin 'olding the hashes of tho great 'ero." tne lankee, after tlilnkniga guess you've got him. If he ever gets out of that, telegraph me at my ex pense." -drffonauf. Sunday-school teacher "Why did tho naughty children mock the Prophet Elisha when lie went up me liiuy" Little Johnnie; "Because he had to get on ills wheel and walk." Chicago Jlecord, The acreage devoted to the potato crop this season throughout New England Is much larger than last year. In connection with the fact that eight Sev enth Day Adventists arc working out fines for Sunday desecration with other convicts on the public roads In Khea it Is stated that a magnificent academy built uy mis sect in uaysviiie, was brok en up in March last by prosecution of its teachers.

Oregon has just passed a law against fishing on Sunday in the Columbia river. It Is not intended for the moral benefit of the fishermen, but to give tho salmon a chance to rest and enable them to catch up somewhat with the slaughter of the can neries on the other six days of the week, rue law will bo rigidly enforced. The trial of the American line steamer St.Louis, In the English Channel, to deter mine Her eligibility as a mall ship and also as an auxiliary naval vessel, will be conducted some time August, over a course now being laid out by the hydro-graphic office. The trial will be conducted with extreme secrecy, no representatives ot tne press being permitted to lie present, A MOTHERS DUTY TOWARDS HER DAUGHTERS. Suggestions Which Bear ns Their Importance is Immeasurable Csnctu.

to oca list busxxs. Only a few years ago even tho medical profession scouted tho idea that, young girls could suffer rom the misery of uterus troubles. That form of disease, it was claimed, came only to married When Lydla E. Pinkham first sent out the news of her great discovery, there was no lack of harsh speech from those whoso practice and opinions she- set at aenance. But when young girls by tho hundreds wero absolutely cured by Xwdfa E.

Pink- ham's Vegetable Compound, then tho tongues of the traduccrswero stilled, and faith was allowed to live in tho hearts of the people. Young girls are subject to this trouble. It robs them of the buoyancy of youth. It makes all effort distasteful. It causes retention and suppression of menses, leucorrhcea, severe headache, waxy complexion, depression, weakness, loss of appetite and interest.

Certainly mothers ought to know that these are all symptoms of the one cause of nearly all the suffering that comes to women; and to save their daughters ought to begin treatment at once. Xydla E. Plnkham's Vegetable Com pound Is the surest and most natural remedy for women ever compounded. It Will accomplish Us work with certainty. A DUMMERSTON STORY Or a Winter Night Incident 47 Years Aeo.

The Narrator Think It Supernatural lt rycliolo(ty Would Tnke a IMnVr-ent View-Another Incident of Sim ilar Kind. Ephralm S. Stoddard, a prominent busi ness man, and president o( tuo proauco exchange In New Orleans, now visiting friends and relatives In Dumtnerstoa, his native town, sent tho writer of this article, last February, a ghost story which ho wrote and had published In a Now Orloa ns paper, tho Dally Item. He will bo highly gratified If some one skilled In tho so-called occult science will offer an explanation. The writer Informed Mr.

Stoddard during his recent visit to this town that his ghost story would bo furnished for publication In The Plirenlx. Henco It appears with his consent, but much shortened, and tho statements not always copied verbatim but the material facts of the narrative are correct, and are confirmed by Mr. Mod. dard's brother and Jonathan T. Horrlck named In the story.

Sir. Stoddard's Story. At tho junction of West river with the Connecticut, under the morning shadow of Wantastlquet mountain, nestles tho beautiful village of Brattleboro, tho metropolis of southern Vermont. Along tho west bank of West river runs tho main road up tho West river valley, and on this road, about five miles from Brattleboro, Is the village of WestDummerston. Half a mile south of tho village, at tho mouth of Stlcknoy brook, the road forks, tho western branch following up tne course ot tne stream.

About one mile up this branch lived In 1848 a man by tho name of m. Goss, or Bill Goss as he was generally called. The place was owned and occupied many years by Sidney II. Barrett. At Mr.

uoss's place tne road again forked, tho western branch winding up tho hillside, through ono of those grand old New England forests for about a mile, till it reached the next neighboring farm owned by Nathaniel Hcrrlck. One-half mile duo north of Hcrrlck's was the home of my father, stoudaruj From West Dummerston village, on the main or river road, was a well-worn footpath cutting across lots through fields and pastures and connecting with the hill road at uoss's. ruts pam all the mu people traveled when on foot as the nearest cut to town, and the distance that way was about three-quarters of a mile, bast of my father's place and norm of uoss was ono of tuose grand old llrst-growm now England forests. My oldest brother was then about 23 years old, and Mr. Herrlck's son Jonothan about the same age.

They to gether bought tho largo wood lot spoken of and went into partnership in the wood and lumber business. Uoss was also encaged in the wood business and hauled It to Brat tleboro mostly In winter, when the snow road afforded excellent sledding. He was a very Intemperate man, In fact a great drunkard. Ills custom was to take a load of wood to Brattleboro, and returning at night, always pretty well set up, to leave his team at the fork of the roads to go on up home by itself, while he went on up to tne village tavern and imbibed more: liquor. After finishing his carousal he would stag ger home along mis crosspatu before men tloned, and up to the event to follow had always fetched up all right.

He was the owner of a large St. Bernard dog, named Major, that was his constant companion Goss, Herrlck and my brother often accom panied each other to Urattleboro in haul ing wood with their teams. On this par ticular occasion they had not been with or seen Goss for several days, but worked in their wood lot daily. My brother and his partner boarded at Mr. Herrlck's and on tbo night of Jan.

1 18-18, came home very tired after working hard in tho wood lot all day. My brother retired early and soon fell Into a troubled sleep, much disturbed by dreams, in one of which he fancied something strange in form was after him, and that he lied from it for dear life, in nis lllglil no found himself running along that cross- path that led from tho village to Goss's, every foot of which was perfectly familiar to him. lie ran very fast, closely pursued by the object which looked to Win like small cloud, but bad no human form, until he came to a spot about half way between the two points, when, in a little hollow bo- side the path, he came suddenly upon a man. This so startled mm mat lie im mediately awoke. He was much impressed by the dream and remained awake for considerable time, when he again dropped to sleep and dreamed the same thing over again, un awaking lie was greatly disturbed for having dreamed the same thing twice.

A third time he dreamed of being chased by the hideous sceptre and fled rap-Idly to the spot where he had twice before dreamed of seeing a perishing man. He awoke the third time with a terrlblo start, Without a moment's hesitation, ho sprang out of bed, hurriedly dressed uimsell, put- ling on a pair ot light, new suppers in stead of boots, left the house and at a brisk run hastened down tho road toward the Indicated spot, increasing lift speed rapidly the last half of the way. Although the road was very Icy lie did not make a mis step or slip during tho wholo distance. On nearlng the spot which he saw in his dream, ho stopped suddenly, walked a few steps to the right atid in a little hollow saw tbo man lie had come to rescue from perishing. It was his neighbor Goss and watching over him was his ever faithful dog, Major.

On returning from town that day Goss had drunk more than usual at the village tavern, with the result that he had fallen by the wayside and would cer tainly have perished that bitter cold night uut lor the mysterious providence that guided my brother there to save mm. At first the faithful dog refused to let my brother touch his master, but after a little coaxing allowed nun to approach and examine the unconscious man. He was still breathing but badly frost-bitten. The case was desperate. Uerloc mearures were adopted.

Hp seized the man, shook him violently, pulling him about with a view to start his blood in circulation and warm him again to life. This plan he kept up incessantly, assisted by the sagacious and faithful dog, who tugged at his master and helped (o drag him along. Goss became conscious after a time but was unable to help himself in the least. The dragging and sometimes carrying process was contin ued, although Uoss cursed and sworo frightfully at his rescuer and threatened all sorts of vengeance, until at last, just as tho glorious sun was rising he reached the homo of Goss and delivered tho pretty well resucltated and greatly sobered man into the arms of his, by this time, thor oughly alarmed and wife. Tho cloudy spectre left my brother tho moment ho reached the man ho was to save.

The new slippers, which served him so well In his rapid run down tho hill, were entirely useless In returning on tho Icy road, for he could not possibly stand with them on, and so pulled them off and walked in his stockings. Mr, Stoddard calls the clrcum stance thus related brother says It was supernatural his only mind acting on mind. Another Similar Story. Mr. Stoddard asks for an explanation that will commend Itself to reason.

Tho following truo story Is offered In explanation. Tho farmer to whom tho clrcum-stanco happened Is a bright, well-educated and well-read man, whoso word would bo ccepted without question by all who know him. So says New England Homestead. Several years ago, during his oat harvest, ho told his wife after dinner that they would stay In tho field quite late that evening, as by so doing he could finish cut ting the oats. In the family was a young girl, perhaps seven or cigut years old a neighbor had one about tho same age who use to come over to play with her nearly every day.

Tho farmer and his help went to the Held and hitched up and started his harvester. Ho made a few trips, when on ono of his rounds, on the side of tho field nearest his house and barn, the thought was forced upon him, "I must go to the barn or the children will set It on fire." Such an idea had never entered his head before, and ho shook himself together and thought to himself, "What nonsense; nothing lias happened to make one suspicious and It is all nonsense I am In a hurry and wont go." Ho kept on with his work, but it was difficult to keep on with the round. The next time the samo Impression was felt, and was harder to disregard than tho first, and tho effect lasted during tho trip. When ho came around me third time ho stopped his team and tried to reason himself out of the uncomfortable feeling, but ho could not, and final ly ho said to himself, "I must go to make sure. Of course It Is all foolishness, but I cannot help It, though I hate to loso tho time." IIo went to tho barn, a considerable distance from the field, a good fivo minutes' walk, and found the two little girls with a pile of straw, and his little girl with a match all ready to light the pile.

It was in the cow stable, with hay litter all about, and once a fire was started no power on earth could have saved the larn and contents, and perhaps the children. The barn was new and valuable and the money loss would have represented years of labor. This story was told in the presence of the farmer's wife and the little giri, now quite a largo one, who said, "I shall never forget that day nor what happened when papa caught me." Some unseen, unknown pow er compelled this man to leave his work and look after the safety of his barn and the children. si. Col.

K. Nlliley. Col. E. K.

Sibley, prominent In New York city as a banker and railroad man, has just died in Victoria, B. C. Mr. Sib ley was born In Westford In 18-12. He en listed In the First Vermont Cavalry, serv ing throughout me war, rising to the rank of captain and being made major for gallant and meritorious services.

He served with distinction under Sheridan In the Shenandoah campaign. He was taken prisoner in July, 1803, and sent to Llbby prison, from which he was paroled In No vember of that year. Ho served after the war on the stall of tho governor of Vermont as aide-de-camp, with tho rank of colonel. Soon after the war he went West and en gaged In railroading. He was general manager and receiver ot tho Memphis Little liock railroad and superintendent of the Missouri Pacific and branches.

Later lie was a member of the board of arbitra tion of the Southern Hallway it Steamship association, and also of the Southern Passenger association. IIo then came East and during several years was a member of the firm of Marquant l'armly in JNew York city, retiring from it last spring. Ilelnfurceineiit for Cuba. Two bodies of Insurgents successfully landed In Cuba last Thursday. They had with them two cannon, 700,000 rounds of ammunition, 500 pounds of dynamite, and hundreds of repeating rltlcs and revolvers.

One expedition consisted of 278 men and the other of 75 men, almost all of them veterans of the last revolutionary war in Cuba. The expedition started from two bays In the Bahama Islands and were taken In small boats to several sailing craft which conveyed the whole party to Cuba. Tailor on a Strike. Of tho 15,000 tailors employed by con tractors in New York city, Brooklyn and Brownsville, fully 12,000 are said to be on a strike. They were called out on Saturday night.

Their demand Is for 50 hours' work, a weekly wage scale, the employ ment of union men only and me abolition of sweat shops. The contractors claim that tho annual agreement with tho men does not expire until September 1. Cripple Creek. will soon hold a carnival of sports, at which the principal feature is to be a genuine bull light, after the Spanish fashion, with all the fixings and trimmings. A pen 140 feet In diameter has been constructed, and scats to accommodate 10,000 persons aro to be built around It.

Two toreadors from Mexico city have been engaged to conduct the fight. This, It is claimed, will bo the first real bull fight ever given In tho United States. Tlie present year is a rccord-oreaKer so far as great disasters on tho ocean aro con cerned. On January 30 the North German Lloyd steamer Elbo was sunk in the North sea and 378 persons perished. In March tho Spanish warship Relna Ucgento was lost In tho Mediterranean with all on hoard, about 420.

On May 27 tho Pacific mall steamer, Collma, running between San Francisco and Panama, was wrecked off the Mexican coast, and of tho nearly 200 souls aboard but 20 reached tho shore. On the day following the sinking of the Collma the French steamer Dom Pedro, with emigrants going to Brazil, struck a rock off the Spanish coast, burst her boilers aud sank, with a loss of 105 lives. The latest disaster is the loss of the Italian steamer, Maria which collided with me Ortlgla in the Gulf of Genoa and sunk with 148 souls. A Wonderful Invention THE Horsford's Baking Powder. Trylt.

BRATTLEBORO LOOAL, OKANQB NEWS. l'oinnnn Grange Meets Willi Protective (IrniiKe, Windham county Pomona grange met with Protective grange last Wednesday and enjoyed tho benefits to bo derived from having plenty of room. Tho attendance was small, but reports from other granges were very encouraging. Two granges In their reports showed that they needed new halls to accommodate their increased membership. Tho new banquet hall proved a very pleasant place to cat a grange dinner.

Tho afternoon exercises were open to tho public. Tho welcomo was by Geo. M. Pierce, tho master, who referred with prldo to tho commodious rooms well adapted to our use. Tho response was by Mrs.

Julia Newton of Vernon, who spoke of tho pro-gresslvencss of tho grange hero and elso-where. She was glad that tho time had come when the farmer and his wlfo and family could go to the samo placo and enjoy the same pleasures and labors. Ono said that tho mothers should bebetter educated that they might be tho companions of their children. Mrs. Newton thought tho fathers ought to become better educated also; that they ought to pause from their labors and become acquainted with their families.

A piano duet by Misses Carrie and Lllla Clark was rendered, which gavo much pleasure. This was followed by a recitation well rendered by Miss Loulsia Williams, who showed special talent In that line. Then little Miss Clara Eamcs delighted the audience with a song. C. D.

Whitman opened tho question for the day, which was "What occupation affords the best opportunities for the enjoyments of life," and said that all could not enjoy the samo things, as wo were differently constituted and educated. In speaking about the opportunities the farm offered for happiness he asked, were tho farmers happier than those In other kinds of business. Let every ono answer for himself. E. O.

Lee of Vernon thought he needed the advantages that the youths of our day are having In order to discuss this question nr any other. IIo thought there was a difference In the kinds of enjoyment. Ono likes a day entirely alone with his dog and gun, while another enjoys a crowd. Others like society and others the family. The farmer has every thing at hand for enjoyment if he so chooses.

Mrs. Newton and Mrs. M. I. Beed of Vernon made remarks upon this subject, followed by Dr.

Garrison, who said ho enjoyed his profession more than he could any other. Mrs. Ella Eames, Mrs. May Edwards, and Mrs. Mary Currier followed In this discussion.

GEORGE M. COLT. George M. Colt.an old Union veteran died at his homo in West Dummerston Sunday, July Mr. Colt has been seriously III since the first of February, 1804, with little hope of permanent recovery.

During his entire sickness he has suffered Intensely, but through all has borne up under it with a remarkablo endurance. Death fairly stood over him for many weeks. No one who knew him but feels that he greatly pro longed Ills stay in the llesli by loree of will, He would not succumb. He fought tho great battle of life Inch by inch, and yet he was always cheerful. Mr.

Colt was born In Stnvrua. N. November 1,1828 where ho lived during his boyhood, moving to Stockton, 111., in 1S53, While there iu 1855 he joined the Odd Fel lows. He married Miss Mary M. Ladd of Brattleboro April 22, 1858.

In the fall of 1859 they moved to Brattleboro where they lived, with the exception of tbo year 1808, when tuey returned to Stockton, 111., until 18S0, when they moved to West Dum merston. Tliey have had live children, nis wife and two sons survive him, Charles 11. of Urattleboro and William M.of Keene, 11. Mr. Colt was employed by L.

Cros by fc (jo. a number ot years, lie was police and night watchman in this village for four years and was employed much of his time as nurse caring for me sick. When the war broko out he was among the early ones to enlist. May 1, 1801, in Company Second Iteglment Vermont Volunteers, with whom he served till June 20, 1804, when he was mustered out. His ardor and ambition to be in the front won for him much praise as well as exposed him to great danger.

He was wounded at Salem Heights, May 4 1803: Funks town, July severely wounded in the Wilderness, May 5,1804, in the right arm, which always caused him much pain and trouble. He bore all of his ailllc-tlons with cheerlulncss and courage. IIo will be remembered by his comrades in the old Second Vermont as the maker of the fiddle in camp at Brandy Station, during the winter of 1803 and 1804, a relic of those days of camp lifo which he has always kept with a prido so justly earned by bis indomitable perseverance. He never tired of conversing about tho war, and during his last sickness ho enjoyed tho company of his old comrades. He was an ardent Grand Army man, being a charter member of Sedgwick post, No.

8. Ho was a member of Wantastlquet lodge.I. O. and Palestine encampment. it can be said that lie was loyal to ins coun try and comrades.

He loved the flag for which he fought. Ho was sympathetic, devoted In friendship, generous to a fault, charitable, to tlioso in sickness and trouble, He formed his own opinion of right and wrong. IIo was honest in all his dealings, He hated false pride and scorned the idea of surrendering his manhood to please any one. After Ills mind was once formed and his purposes matured he carried them through triumphantly In the face of the most formidable opposition, no was original from first to last, therefore ho never received the honor so justly his due. "I was tired, run down and bad no appetite.

but Hood's 8araanarlll4 helped me Mrs. Acnes E. Catty, Bhorehsm, Vt. Without Reddlng's Ilussla Salve, burns, scalds, cuts and sores smart and ache. With It they don't.

All druggists. 25 cents. NEW Cdffee. It has bqenalongtime since we talked to you about Coffee, but new customers are starting right along. Only 35 cents a pound.

M. I. MATHER West Brattleboro, Vt. A Limited Number of Books ENTITLED "Talks Upon Practical Subjects" Or how to live, the latest work edited by Marion Harland. To Be Given Away "Willi Every rnrchnso of A Dollar or More.

K. BARROWS. New Prices on Coal. Delaware and Hudson Lackawana Grate, S5.25. Delaware and Hudson Laokawana Egg.

$5.25. Delaware and Hudson Laokawana Stove, $5.50. Delaware and Hudson Lackawana Chest nut, $5.50. Theso prices are for spot cash and Immediate delivery. We consider the present time very fa Torable for buying coal.

BARROWS GO. All WAGONS. Kinds of IlaTe Just received a carload of conveyances of all kinds. Including Top Carriages, Surreys. Llv.

ery Wagons, Traps and Uoad Carts. From this large stock we feel sure that we can give jou satisfaction. A full line of all styles of HARNESS on hand at all times. Take a Ride. Settled roads and fine weather arouse thoughts of rides and outings.

Our main business Is our livery, and we will be pleased to seiTe you at any and all times, H. It. BROWN, Elliot St. Brattleboro Livery Slnglo and ilonble teams, hacks, tally. hos, and in fact, any kind of conTcy-nnco at any time.

lVo guarantee you a good outfit and prompt and satisfactory service. Just now wo are giving spec inl attention to summer parties, with tally-lio or any other stylo of carriage, if preferred. Our hack equipment for wedding pnrtles Is very complete. BRATTLEBORO LIVERY COMPANY The Old Hay htnnd. STOCK Buy From tho Manufacturers, Twelve Tairs for $1.

ve guarantee value. Men's. omen's and unuaren s. Any sizes assorted as you wish. Write for our circular.

MADISON HOSIERY l'osl-ofllce box S405, Boston, Mass. 2S31 For Sale. Ai.I.At,,yb0HK P'ac6 lB a delightful village of ful shade trees, nine and mania mi berof excellent fruit trees. Comniodmn. ham new poultry house, sugar house, shop.

Runnln? auu uaiu. (seventeen acres or land, part mowing and part pasture. Tho grass. un. bm iKMbuittKo muue wm pay six per cent or cost of place.

This Is a most delightful place foi a summer residence, or a retired business man This property recently came Into my hands anc having no use for the same I am i-muW in Hn some one a bargain. Write at onco tor particu astonished. u.i auu puutuKinpu. lerma so low vou Will vrs icimn wjjuw TUU 111 Uf HOSEA MANN, Wilmington be Vt. Real Estate.

I "have some fine farms, but I only mention lew, cneap ones. From S275 to $15,000. Some i uuiiuing iota. All you want to do is to write me what you want, and If I have not got It I will tell you so. A number of business chances in Urattleboro.

Can be bought 1IKUV. AMOS V. MAY. fto. 0 Chnso Street, Brnttlcboro, Yt.

Aciepuune can, ey For Sale. I I 1 IV Hiri 1 1 -r I It 1 1 KTKAAT T. i TTWfllT i cally good as new; rigging for loading and transporting Included. Bold at very small nrlM or iuu particulars address Box UH, Keene, N. SLcfjal Notices.

rjTATK OF A Westminster, Hs Uy the 1 rebate Court for Said District To all persons Interested in the estate of on. TUN V. TOItllEV, late of Jamaica, In wilddis. trlct, deceased. Urcetlng You are hereby notified that this court wll) clde upon the allowance of the account of J.

6 Shuinway, Administrator upon said estate, and decree distribution thereof to the pers ns entitled at the session thereof to Ije held at the lintel of C. O. Taft, In To end. on the seventh day of August, A. D.

when and where you may lie heard In the premises If you sec cause. Zi ciis. 11. Aii.ui.rj, register. IJTATK OF VFItaiO.Vr, Westminster, S3, 3 By the I'robate Court for Said Ditrlct To nil Demons Inleri-sted In the estate of THOMuLY, late of Jamaica, In said district deceased, Greeting, You aro hereby notified that this court will decide upon the allowance of the account of Bhumway, Extcmor upon said estate and decree distribution thereof to the persons entitled, at the setslon thereof to be held at the Inn of Taft In To-vnshend on the seventn day or August, 1893, when and where you may be heard In the premises If you si raus.

JCJ s.l.A II. rtUljlJr.r.., ueicinier. IVOTICH. Thi he nnilerslened having been annotated bv tho Honorcble I'robate Court for the district of Westminster, commissioners, to receive, examine and adjust all claims and demands of all persons against the estate of Wal-B It. Farwell, late of Townsbend.

In said district, deceased, and all claims exhibited In offset thereto, hereby give notice that we will meet for the purporse aforesaid, at the store of Barber In Townshend, on the 6th day of August and the day of November, next, from 1 o'clock until A o'clock r. each of said da and that six months from the sixth day of July. A. 1893, Is the time limited by said court for said creditors to present llieir Claims to us lor pxaminauun auu allowance CHA9 T. P.

ISAItUEIt, 29 STATE OF VEIUIO.N'T, Westminster, SS. The Probate Court for Said District To nil tvraons Interested In tuee-tate of OHIttS P. TOItltbY. late of Jamaica. In Bald district.

deceased. Greeting. Whereas, Phumway, administrator upon the estate of Orrln P. Torrey, late of Jamaica, in said district, deceased, has filed his petition In this court, setting forth that the sale of the wholo of the real state of said dec-eased will be beneficial to the hehs and alt persons Interested therein, and praying for license to sell the same, and at the same time filed in this court what purports to the consent In writing of all the heirs residing In this state to such sale. Whereupon It Is ordered that the same be heard at the session ot said court to bo held at the Probate Offlce In Bellows Falls, on the third day or August, A I).

1895, when and where you may be heard In the premises If you st cause. III l. I I 1 S' TATE OF VEltMOXTt Windham county in uuancery, sepiemoer lerm, icj. WINDHAM COUNTY SAVINGS HANK 3IAKY O. McCLK vltY and W.

VcCLEAHY. P. Whereas the Windham Countv Savings bank, a corporation duly established by law, located and doing business in Newfane In the county of Windham, aforesaid, has this day filed In the office of the clerk of the court of chancery for said Windham county, its petition for foreclosure returnable to the Windham county court of chancery next to be held at Newfane within and for said county on the second Tuesday of September, a.d. lnys, against Jiary u. mcuieary anu uer nusuana, W.

P. McCleary of St. Louis In the state of Missouri, setting forth In substance, that the said Mary C. McCleary, then of Wardsboro In the county of Windham aforesaid, who did business in her own name and right In the transfers of real estate and otbem Ise, on the 9th.day of September, A D. 189J, duly executed to the said Windham County Saving bank, a mortgage deed of certain lands in Jamaica in said Windham county, described as follows: South by lands of Henry N.

riiu auu usiai m. wcsi inuiu uaueu the Mundell hill and bv lands of I.in-v A. Wilbur and others; north by lands ot Revlllo Howard, other laods of the said Mary C. McCleary known as the Silas Jones farm, and lands of Suutre Glea-son's estate; and east by lands of Uvellne 31. Jiurpny, saia premises are known as the Daniel White farm and contain bv estimation two hun dred acres, with the buildings thereon.

Condi- uonea lor me payment oi tne promissory note ot the said Mary C. bearing even date itb said mortgage for the sum of three hundred dollars and payable, to said bank on demand with interest semi-annually, which Is now justly due and has not been paid according to the tenor and effect ot the same. And the petitioner nboweth that It was, at the time, given to understand by the said Mary C. McCleary that she was a single woman doing business in her own name and could lawfully convey said premises In mortgage as aforesaid; and the petitioner did so believe at the time, and upon such understanding and belief advanced the said three hundred dollars to the said MaryC. and as security therefor accepted the mortgage murewiu, luik wio pvuuooer nas recently discovered that at the time of the execution of said mortgage as aforesaid the said Mary C.

bad a husband, the said W. P. McCleart, but for some cause uuknown to the it itioner wero living separate and apart, and have so continued ever since. And praying that the equity of redemption of the said Mary C. McCleary and W.

P. McCleary in the premises be foreclosed agreeably to law. And It being made to appear that both tne said Mary C. and W. P.

McCleary are now resident without the state of Vermont, so that the ordinary process of subpoena cannot be served upon them. It is ordered that the petitioner cause notice of the pendency of Its said petition and the term of court to wuicu it is returns Die to De given to tne saia petitionees, by publis. ing In The Vermont Phoenix, a newspaper printed at Brattleboro In said county, the substance of its sold petition, together with this order, for three weeks successively, the last publication to be at least twenty days prior to the tlrst day of the September term, 18S5, of said COUrt Of Chancerv. whlrh nntri nnlillf-ntlnn will be considered sufficient notice to the said petitionees to appear and make answer thereto shall they see fit. Given under mv hand at Brattleboro.

In said county, this 31st day of July, a. d. 1895 KUYAL.li TV LiC.lt UlerK. JiiLos Davidson. Solicitor for Petitioner.

C. P. GILSON, Auctioneer, West Chesterfield, N. SALES attended to In New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts. Connected bv tel ephone.

Orders may be left at The Phoenix Offlce, Brattleboro, Vt. S3 tf CENTRAL VERMONT RAILROAD IVeir London Division. GOING SOUTH. Trains leave Brattleboro as follows: 5:31 1, for Springfield and New York. 5:20 A.

for Millers Falls Palmer and New London. Connecting at Millers trails with ltcn-burg It. at P.ilmer with Boston Albany It. at Wllllm ntlc with J. E.

N. E. It. at New London with H. H.

It. and steamer for Mystic Island, Watch HIU and I A. 'r SprJ fcSSVNewYork. 10:25 A. for Mil' and stations on Fitch- blB ll- 5 stations on Boston 4 Albany R.

and ffir New London. -i wuuuuuu express. 2:55 p. mall train for Springfield. 4:25 p.

for Millers Falls and stations nn Firi-h- i tiiiri 1 R- R-. Palmer and New London and New n. 1.111, 4:37 p. for Springfield and New York. GOING NORTH.

Trains arrive at Brattleboro as follows: 0:20 A. from Springfield. 10:20 A. from New York via Norwich Line, New London, Palmer and Millers Falls. 11:05 A.

ii from 8pringfleld. NeW I'ondon Palmer and Millers 2:20 p. if, White Mountain express. 5:40 p. from New -York and Springfield.

New London, Palmer and Miller Falls. This traineonnectsatNewLondonwlUi steamer Block Island from Mystic Island, Watch HIU and Block Island. New Yrlt and Springfield. D. MACKENZIE, New London.

S. W. CUMMING3. Q. P.

St. Albans. J. A. SOUTHARD.

D. P. New London. New London, June SO, 1695. B08T0N MAINE RAILROAD.

ON and after July 1, 1893, trains on this road i Bttleboro for all points north at 0:23 and 11:10 a. 2:23, 5:43 and 10:10 p. it. Junction5 A' 'S the traln for Rlver "-'rain Is mall train for Montpeller, St. Albans, Rutland, Burlington, Montreal and the Passumpslo road.

pThe 2:23 p.m. train Is tho White Mountain ex- The 5:45 p. train Is mall train for White River Junction and Rutland. The 10:10 p. u.

train la express for Montreal, Sherbrook and Quebec, with sleeping cars at-achedThIs train runs dally (Sundays to Mon- Going south trains arrive In Brattleboro from Bellows Falls and jiolnts north at 5:31 A. u. (night express). 0:25 a.m., (mall), 2:23 p. (mall), 4:37 J- (Montreal and New York day express).

trains make close connections with Boston Albany road both east and west of Springfield. D. J. FLANDERS, Gen'l Pass'gr Ag't Warren MoorX, i i per maKer uere.an I lip time, (he their teats, nfcie wfc. zeal that betokened sol part ot the ceremony.

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