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Sfeif t ,. ill VOL. XLVIII. BRATTLEBORO, VT., FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1881. STO. 23. The Vermont Phoenix AMD VERMONT RECORD & FARMER, United Mai) J, 1880) rUDUSHlD KTKmr rKlDAT lit FRENCH & 8TEDMAN, Hunter aV TliorHpson'a.Illoca., Mnln Ml., BBATILKBOR0, VT. Txaus. To Dollars per year In advance! $.C0lf uot paid within three montba. IUiii or ADTinimiio'f urnlshed on application. Births, Death, and Msrrlsges published gratis t Obit usry notice., Card, of Thanks, etc., 75c per Inch of 13 lint, or le.i. Hiitrritt attltl Bralluboro lit Ofitt at Second-class mall mattir. y O. L. Enxncn. D. B. Siidmim. VUSINJSSS C AlIVS, ylltllMAX etc (lateral Inturanct and Ileal Etlalt Agentt, Representing Companies whose Assets areotrr $200,000,000. TENEMENTS TO LET. Agents for Bibcock Fiat ExuaarjisHias. Office In Btsrr ft Ester's New Bank Block, cor. Mala and Elliot streets, BBATTLEBOIID, VT, HEX11Y KUOKEII.ai.II., SUUUKON AND llOMtEOI'ATUIST, Office and residence, No. 3 Oreen street. Special at tent ion given to chronlo diseases. Hu. nui.xo.ti, yi. ii., . I'UYHICIAN AND HUHOEON, BrUTTBEBOBO, VT. Office and residence corner Main and Walnut Hta At home from 1 to a and from 0 to 7 o'clock r. M. OII.VS. IV. I.IlKtV, .TI. II., ' TUY8ICIAN AND HUltQttON, BBATSLlnono, Yt. Office with Dr. llolton. corner Main and Walnut Sts T7I IV. HTIIUIIAItD. Li. ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Aud Solicitor of Patent., BRATTLtBOEO, VT. E T CAlllEATJKIl.Wrket ltlock.KIHot Ht. . Dt?aerlliTOTBl.FAncvOoodl.Ilooki.KtvttotirT. Nrwipipen, Mftgtitutt & 1 riodlrals. finbacrfptloui receiYed for the prtaclpal newrpipf nand migazlDei, Wi. JIEMIM, Ilonio aod Sign I'tlnter, Of' ntmenUt and Fresco raluticg.arklnlng, Ktl lomlniDR, Paper llanglng, etc. 1T9 Green Street, Bnttlefcoro, Yt. C A. I1AY, .TI. II., EUlot StreeVBrsttleboro, Vt. Wyi. A. UIITIOX, Dealer In Marble and Brown Stone and Scotch Oranlte Monuments and Headstones. Brattleboro, Vt. r c. noivttxEH, I . FIRE INSURANCE AOEN.T, Office, Putney, Vt. NEWS FROM THE People's Store, WEST BRATTLEBORO. GRAND OPENING OF SPRING SUMMER G-OOZDS. DRY GOODS 3 WMll FRESH STQGK OF CROCKERY JUftT AnRIVIXfl. BEST LINE OF BOOTS & SHOES Ever kept la stock, both Ladle.' and dent.'. PAINTS AND OILS ORAB8 SEED FORKS, II0E8 AND BUUVE1.8. Large Sales of l'aper iranglngs. PAIiMLEAP B0SIKES3 STEADILY IN CREASING. ferOoods not In stock furnished at short notice. EATON & NEWELL. T HAVE been engaged for the past 15 years ju io working on or teuiog SEWIHG MACHINES. And In this way hue badoppoltnojtlesfordecidln th. nnaaHnn In what make, srelhebest! SOd wsnt your confidence tbst I msy be able to sell you SewlUff mai-hinf-a. and hare VOU believe that WllSt I tell you about them Is exactly tbe truth, as I, wlthmy experience, understand It. If jon will site me that confidence, I will agree on my part to sell you the best machine that Is made. I will also agree that If everv machine I sell jon dots not prore exactly aa I reoraaant It. aftF tfmronah and candid trl.I. 1 Will Itber ref uud the money or make It good. I will fur ther pronilie not to bore you with my pretence to that exieut that you will reel like setting tor aog on iu. u you chance la .m me fro n&st Tour bouse, or crawl un der the barn to get out of the way of a sewing me chlue agent wbo will try to make you buy a machine when on don't want It, I bate no rent or other ex penses to pay out of the business, but If I should come and nnd you I should want psy for my time ; If you come and see me, or send to me. you will sere that expense In the price of tbe machine. I may be luuuu at ine urattieuoro macuine .uup. HI Canal Street. HENRY RAWSON. PATENTS. Xo. to Mlata el., ouno.llci Kllbr. lloetoii. Socnrea Patents lu the United Stalest also In a rest Britain, France, and other foreign eouutrles. Copies of lb. claims of any FaUnt furnished by remitting , one dollar. Assignments recorded at Washington. I Xo A atwtt In i Aa ITnifjui KtaUi iMMMSMUt SUOcTfOT SO- tililUtoT oUatntna PaUntt or aeeerrafnfriy I. fat- imamtla of intentions, u, u. mui, , Solicitor of Patents, mtifaanix "I regard Mr. Eddy aa one of tbe mat capaiU and suwuf practitioners with whom I bare had official It........ n .- . - . n.n,Mltnnnf Patant.." W.IW.IH, VUAB. ,UI WV """'' . ' "Invanlnaa Hnnri amtntnv . fieraOD more tlmstWOr, lliy, or more capable of securing for them an early and farorable consideration at the Patent Office. EDatcxnBUBKi, lateCommlaaionuoi retenia. Rnaion. Oct. 1. 1810. B. II. EDDY, Esa Dear Bin You procured for m., In 1819, my first patent. Since then you bare BctedforandadTtsedmein hundreds of cases, and Procured man natanla. ralaeua. and extensions. I hare occasionally employed tbe beat agenclee in New York. Fhlladelphla and Weahlngton, but I aUU glr jvuaimusilUO WUOie 01 my UUBIDG.. 1U juur Mur, .arise otnere to employ you. xour. iruiy, Oioaaa Dsirxa. Boston, Jan. 1,1881. 1 RRCUTQ Uf AUTCn KVKRYTfUKHB to sett I luatieetKailyl'i'nlU UaT Marhlne erer Invent!. Will tull apuroi sloulnss, Willi IIEKI. and TOE coinplet., In erer in work for whkh there ts alwavs a ready market. Send t drroiar tenn. ut the Twombly Knltlltlll oaacilllie CO., soil waauinicion ou, ooawu, Bit I AT THE OLD STAND OF ' Pratt, Wright & Co., IN SUMMER CLOTHING FOR Men, Youths & Boys. LIGHT WWm, SUM AHD RAIN UMBRELLAS, From 00c Each to tho Finest Silk. CUSTOM CLOTHING ! A Large and Fine Stock of WOOLLENS .For Summer nnd Dress Suits. WE HAVE THE LARGEST AND REST SELECTED STOCK OF CLOTHING, WOOLLENS, FURNISHING GOODS, TRUNKS RAGS AND UMBRELLAS. AND AT LOWER PRICES FOR THE SAME QUALITY OF GOODS, THAN WAS EVER BEFORE OF FERED IN BRATTLEBORO. Pratt, Wright & Co., No. :i Urnnlfo Block. 11 Having taken possession of the Store lately oceiijitcil hy A. J. SIMONDS, Would mj to tbe cltlzeni of ErattltlM.ro and i trinity tbat we ran be found at No. 49 Main Street, Nix disyis rucls Merit (extraordlnarles excepted,) where we will show our goods and quote prices tbat we think will glte you satisfaction. We expect to take in exchange for goods most kinds of Farmers' Produce at the very best price the msrket affords. We are receiving a fresh line of JAPAN TEAS, both colored and uneolored. Also OOLONGS that we think are hard to beat. A full line o'f goods usually kept In a nrst-clasa Srocery store. fa7Cosut and Sea Ua.jgj WALKER & HOWE INTERNATIONAL Pavement Co. First Mortgage Bonds WITH A HOKUM OF STOCK. ' TbepnTemeotpiadeby tUUeompaoyliaa met with tbe nlgoeit lavori uoia in iaia couniryinum .uiv, and K II cooaiaerea iopprucapcrircwuu wutc ly tban ny ower. Th. wirta at the coLDtunr are at ProTiaeDce.il. I, aod HaitlDgi, N, V.. and tbe needa of tta bmineia will iooo require additional onea at Obtcago and otber iim nnw osndlns with csrjltsllsts in London and Paris for the right to manufacture and use this patemeut In those cities. Few enterprises now on the market promise aa pro- Mt.KI- knaln... aa fhla nnl. The company require additional means to extend their facilities for manufacturing, end offer for sale tbe aesond fiuu.uuo oi tueiro ir wm, v vaatihia tntn atockl at tier and Intereat. Tbe.e bondi carry a bonna of slock, which la fixed for the present at FIFTY FEB CENT. Pamphlets and full Information furnished, and sub scriptions rcoeiTcu, oy THE CORBIN BANKING COMPANY, 43 JHI1U Street, Iloston. tfll (Successor to A. II. Byan,) Practical Slate Roofer And dealer in all kinds of Booting Slate. 'nalaHnoTiaattlAn.et moderate V l ruate. riun aou erate prices. Also, Building, Curb and Walk stone for sale. All kinds re- nrac.it 11. A. Clerk's. Brattleboro, Vt. AU orders promptly attended to. H.B. Slating oyer old ahlngles B spcciaiiy. a wm. nwimwa run uent.-Two irood offices in the new JL Bank Block, one of them with use of book sou. Apply at reopie a national nana, u. TUB sin eToiTh1ll 1. 1 UOlUB. IUL -35 Doses aa cents. A Jlotlicrs' remedy for sleepless and irritable Children. The Recipe of Old 1. Pitcher, Free from Morphine, ana not Nnrcotlc. Formula published with each bottle. For Flatulency, assimilating the food, Sour Stomach, Fcverishness, Worms, and Disor dered Bowels, Cnstorla has the larg est sale of any article dispensed by Druggists. Ash-ToniC A Perfected Purifier of the System. Tome "Inmatlng tht ttrmqth, obviating fAs tjrettof dtblUty, aniXmtolinrj hMty functtjnl. Wznerin. ForliitUxcritioii, and Dyspepsia, the many forms of Liver Com ,)lalnt, Impure and Impoverished lJlootl, and Functional Derange ments attendant upon Debility, and for BulldliiK I the weak, Asli Tonlc is doubtless the most prompt and certain remedy yet devised, In 1-2 lb. bottles, 75 cents; Six bottles, $4. Accredited Physicians and Clergymen, who may desire to test the Tonic, will be supplied with not exceeding six bottles, at one-iinlf the retail price, money to accom pany the order. Sold by Druggists, and by D. B. Dewey & Co., 4O Dcy St., N. Y. CENTAUf) The most Powcrfiil, Penctrntliif; and Pnln-rcllcvlnc; remedy ever devised by man. It soothes Pain, it allays inflammation, it heals Wounds, and it cures lUIEUJUATISM, Sclntlcn, IitiiulinKo, Scnlds, BuriiH, Stlir .Joints, Cuts, Kwclt luirti, lrost liitc'8, Quinscy, Salt Ithcuin, Itcli, Sprains, ;alls, and Lntncncs.s from nny cuiisc. Suf ferers from PAsN IN THE BACK, Fever Sores, Eruptions, IJrohen Itrcnsts, coiitrnctctl Cords, Jeu mlsln, l'alsj'ordislocatetl limbs; and owners of horses, planters, me chanics, merchants and professional men everywhere, unite in sayjng, that CENTAUR IjINIMENT brings relief w hen all other Lini ments, Oils, Extracts and Kmbroca tions lmvo'fiilled. Hardware, Paints, & Oils, PHOSPHATES 4 FERTILIZERS OF ALL-KINDS, LIME, PLASTER & CEMENT, WHOLESALE AND ItETAIL. Iron Vases for Lawns. LAWN MOWERS, HI rut In ibe jri arke(. BARNA A. CLARK ONE OF THE OLDEST AND MOST RELIABLE REMEDIES IN THE WORLD FOR THE CURE OF Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Soro Throat, Bronchitis, Influenza, Asthma, Whooping Cough, Croup, and Every affeotlon Of tho THROAT, LUNGS AND CHEST, Including CONSUMPTION. A WELL-KNOWN PHYSICIAN WRITES 1 " It does not dry up a cough, and leave the cause behind, as is the case with most preparations, but loosens It, cleanses the lungs and allays Irritation, thus removiag the cause of complaint." DO KOT BE DECEIVED by articles bear, iag similar names. Be sure you get DR. WISTAR'S BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY, with the signature of " I, BUTTS M on the wrapper, 60 Cepta and 01,00 a liottlc Prepared by SET! I W. FOWLE & SONS, Bos. k,Msas, Sold by druggists and dealers generally. CA11D C0LLE0TI0K8. Send two 8-cent atamps for our new and attractive set of Cbromo USraS. 1. fl. iUUlUI DUO, asiUBKiaf, tn BratUeboro, Vt. $66 a weak In vanr own town. Terms At 15 outfit free. Address II.Hai.LiTT k Oo.,FortUnd,Ue liniment HA.UI The Illble In Hcliools. . ITr. Editors! Will tou nllow ins ennco In your column to oifircsa a fow mors thoaRlils , on this subject. It Is one upon which I feel uocp interest, witu tuousnnan oi otners in our country. I wish to notice ona objection ! that ia Bometlmea uiftdo to tho practice of reading the Bible in schools) and that i, that the state has no right to require tho 111- I Die to lie read ttiero. Ia this to 1 What are human eorernnicnta for t Are they not for tho protection of the life, the property, the happiness and well being of tho human family ? Are not all hu man cOTcrnmcnts ordained of God? And should they not all harmonize with tho di vine law 7 aim to promote tne nignesi ana bost good of tho whole people, for tbla world and the world to com. t If thla Is so, Bhould they not require tho Illble, or cortaln parts of It, to bo rt&d In the publlo schools ; for what la so directly calculated and designed to . protect men in tbelr persons, in their proper. crty, character ana urea, aa tne law of uoar Let this law be obeyed, and you could dig. penso with the legislature, courts of justlco nnd police ; for It would prevent all tho Crimea that now mako a necessity for those appointments. Ia not tho law of Ood pre eminently the higher law ; and aro not all other laws subordinate to it ? Aro not human laws ordained of Qod, designed to protect men by being a terror to eril doers and an encouragement to them tbat do well? Ilut could it be a terror to evil doers, unless a penalty waa annexed to it? Ilenco it is writ ten, "Cursed is every ono that contlnueth not in all things written in the law of Ood to do them." Ia it not Important, then, that all should become acquainted with it as early in life aa possible ? If the Blblo is not read in tho public schools, how many children will grow up Ignorant of thla law, and tbia impor tant instruction? Many children are born and brought up in families where auch in struction la never given. There ia a lamen table deficiency In thla duty, even In fntmliee that profess to be Christians. If they are not concerned to bring up their children in the way they should go, how can we expect those who do not make any petensions to religion to do so? We do not expect that the reading of the Bible in schools will result in producing its designed effect upon all who hear or read it. But thla is no more reason why it should not bo read there, than it would be an objection to passing a civil or penal law, because all would not be eovened by that. Homo, no doubt, would be personally benefited by it, and it must nave an innuenco on all. Home mlcht not know that there was auch a book aa the Bible, if they did not learn it at the common school. Wo may learn something of the importance the author of the Bible at taches to it by referring to Dcut. Slst chap, ter, 12th and 13th verses. Aa they had no common schools that we road of, Ood com manded Moses to "gather tho people together, men, women, and children, and tho stranger that Ia within thy gates, that they may hear and that they may learn la feir the Lord your Ood, and observe to do all the works of tbia law, and tbat tnclr cbildren wbicu have not known anything may hear, and learn to foar the Lord your Qod, as long aa ye live in tbe land whither ye go over to possess it." Here wo see tho Importance God attached to the hearing and reading of his word, to the whole people, cbildren no: excepted. And Is it of less Importance now tbat it be read w'here all can hear it? Has theBible outgrown itainfluence, or have the people outgrown tho Bible, tbat tho hearing and reading of it id the public schools should be dispensed with ? If it has done as much good in forming the character of thla nation aa is generally admitted, ahould we not honor and respect it for tbe good it has done ; audit it has not lost any of its vitality, suffer it to remain, and continue to exert its elevating, refining, and healthful influence on the ris ing generation ; let it have the most promi nent place lu our scnooia, in our nouses, in our churches, and wherever its teachings are needed. It fills a place that aocular books can never supply. We all admit that knowledge la power, but it Is power for evil as well as good. Wo could name many men of tbe moat brilliant talents and highest literary attainments, whose Influence has been of the most bane ful character. Whatever amount of secular knowledge a man may possess, if he does not make a right use of it, it may be an evil in stead of good. Knowledge, if not under the control of correct principles, mnv be an In strument of evil instead of good. The heart needa to bo educated as well as the head ; the moral as well as the Intellectual. One Is tho centripetal. the otberthe centnfueal. force : one la needed to regulate the otber. Here we see tbe importance, or we mar say tho necessity, of a statute law requiring tho Bi ble to bo read in the publie schools ; for it is tbe highest and best authority for securing obedience to all rightful authority. It de mands those nrinclnles of charitv. sdbrletv. honesty, truthfulness and patriotism, that tend to tne security ana perpetuity of any government, luo tendency or lis teacntngs la to elevato the sentiments, refine the feelings. and cultivate overy moral vlrtuo that will fit the student to fill places of responsibility with honor to himself and safety to the com monwealth. Is not the Bible then the most useful book that can be put Into our schools ? An eminent Jurist has said, "The power of tne state is as broad and as deep as tne neces sity of protecting tbe physical and intellect ual energies of tier citizens and tne morals and tno religion of luo l'rinco of l'cace." II. Ubes. Teacliere Cotavenflon-After-XhouB;lit.. A. M. Bailer, principal of Keene High school, made a very lavoracm impression up on the convention of teachers in Brattleboro. tn bis talk on arithmetic Tne deslro was so great for more information of the same kind that it 'was voted to ask Mr. Bailey to pre pare a text-book on arlthmetio at his earliest opportunity, une oi tne statements maao 10 tne convention was, mat ninety-nine teacuera out of a hundred did not fully understand tho subject of divialon of decimal fractions. Was it an exaggeration ? So far as our experience goes in the examination of teachers for the common schools, we are inclined to believe, as Artemos Ward would say, that It la "too true." Certainly a majority of teachers do not understand, or are wholly "at sea," in regard to placing the decimal point in the quotient when the number of decimal places in the divisor exceeds those in the dividend. For want of time Mr. Bailey did not explain division oi decimals luiiy. no eive tne fol lowing method of explanation which under lies two simple principles mat are well under stood by all pupils i 1st. Dividing the divi dend divides tbe quotient. 2d. Dividlnc the divisor multiplies the quotient. Applying these principles to decimal fractions, the rule for pointins off in division is easily under stood. Divide 17.28 by .Oils. The rule commonly given does not apply in this case as most pupils understand it, because the number of maces In the divisor exceeds those in the dividend. Iteeardinir both numbers given as integers, the quotient ia 12. Re garding the divisor aa an integer, the quo tient Is 100 times too large. We therefore divide the quotient by 100. Tula gives ,11'. ti it ,1.- .1 :! .1 .1 ! t at.. quotient is 10,000 times too small. We there fore multiply .12 by iu,uuu. iiiis gives izuo, the right result. In practice, make the divi dend and divisor alike in denomination, and the rule commonly given in the arithmetic reauny applies, B. F. Bingham, of the Brattleboro High school. In his closing address before the con- .nlUn nA In III. .m1..ll. .Il. -aln.Ua U . ' KUipHUW I H.uaU.. ona in regard to the preparation for the teachers' vocation. We heartily endorse what he said on that occasion. We believe that teachers should possess some independ ent power in the management and in the in structlon of their schools; yet, in cases of inexperience, or limited experience in the school room, teachers ahould he willing to receive suggestions from persons competent to aid them. As Boy. F, N. Peloubet would say, get all the helps you can vise them for your own good and the good of others, and in thus doing you may still be original in their application. In reference to prepara tion Mr. Bingham said t "It yon are to teach arithmetic muter it, know It i if grammar. know it; if history, know history; master all you attempt to teocn. tn nia woraroi preparation he was determined to know the jingnsa language ana pe master or every sen tonce. In mathematics there should not bo a problem but that he would have its bones." We could furnish a long list of failures re sulting from ignorance in attempting to leach what waa not known or well understood. Hot. 8. II. McColleater touched on this point before tho association when lfo related the Incident of a teacher saying that the Merrl- mao was one of tno rivers or Vermont, and the other case of a young lady who displayed her knowledge of architecture in savinit that tho new house, which her father waa about to build, would nave a plzarro all around It, a nice buffalo on top of tho house, and tbe wa ter waa to be conveyed in an anecdote. D. i u. Vernsosster. Irs the West. Minneapolis, Minn., May 28, 1881. JM. Vluinlx: Having spent sonvewthree weeks in visiting quite a number of Windbam county boys who aro now located In Ibis sea- tlon, I tbougnt perhaps it might be a source of satisfaction to their relatives and friends who still remain in the land of their nativity, to know where they are and how they are suc ceeding in their struggles to obtain an honor able position It; tho land of their adoption. ii una long since passed into a proverb that Vermont is a good state to emirrate from; and, if this be true, surely those who had the benefit of early Inhaling tbe life-giving energy that cornea from its green mountains, should give a good account of themselvca when they embark In business In tbu broader Golds of this western whirlpool. That some who have left tho green mountains of staid old Vermont should bo engulfed by the tide of speculation that ever attends the openlng.up of tho re sources of such a land as thla western world waa inevitable, and many of thoso who start ed out with fondest hopes have been sadly disappointed, while many others have succeed ed far better than they could possibly have done had they remained among the green hills oi their cniidnood a home. In Chicago I met several who have oliUlned an honorable position and name, but the Bhort time I stayed there did not Rive me opportu nity to enter into details. Ooing from there to Mendota, 111., I found two of the Merri fictdt, formerly of Brookline, who are the principal owners of tho stock of the Western Cottage Organ Company not large, aa com- fiared with that of j. Estey & Co., but seem ngly doing a very good business, turning out about .200 organs per month, which find a ready markot. This company is largely in debted to the energy and perseverance of these Brookline boys for its success. Its su- Eorintendence and control are now, and have een, in their bands, mo're particularly those of L. B. Merrifleld. We next visited tbe Wlnalow brothers at their boni6 in Kankakee, about two miles northeast of the pleasant village of some 7000 inhabitants, which ia tbe county seat. This, like most western towns, la comparatively new, as only 40 years since it wss the reser vation of the red man, but now bearing the unmistakable marks of civilization and enter prise. Thirteen churches and many commo dious achoolhousea and palatial residences and business oiocu nave superseded tbe wigwam, the tomahawk has been turned into imple ments of husbandry, and the buffalo has giv en place to Durham cattle hard to beat, for tho introduction and Improvement of which the town and state are largely indebted to these sons of Putney. Their farm contains 300 acres of excellent land, all in a atato of high cultivation, for which they paid $15, 000 turee years since, iiaring erected ample barn room for their accommodation and com fort, they wintered 210 bead of cattle and nine horses, to which they fed 17S tons of hay cut on the place, and SO purchased; also tho corn and oata raised on about 100 acres of tboir farm. They sold ICO nice cattle this spring to go to Wyoming territory, to ueasra. Slur geas &. Goodell, the latter a former resident of Brattleboro. Their sales of cattle during the past year amount to $10,000. The larg est part of these cattle were raiaed by tbem on their farm here and at Putney, and they now haTe oyer 100 head on band, among which aro some of the finest specimens of the Durham family. Any Vermonter visiting In the We,t will find a warm welcome and much to interest him at thla Kankakee farm, whether he wants to purchase nice animals or not. It is only CO miles south of Chicago, the great grain and cattle market of the world. 1 find tn this vicinity several Vermont boys wbo are entitled to a passing notice ; but enough for one installment. . is. (JaurBrix. DnxaiBnereton. A VISIT TO DISTSICT NO. A WEST. About one year ago we reported the con dition of tho new school houso recently built in this district. It was not then finished, nor, as the teacher informed ns at the time, would it be completed, unless the district would accept just auch a school house as the contractor cnose to buna, even tnongn it be not up to tne -written contract, it waa not being built up to contract as many Judged, hence the stay in regard to tho work, and the refusal to pay for what was already done. we understand mat tne expenso for building will be paid when tne school house ia finish, ed according to contract. We, aa one inter ested in every good work, hoped to report progress in this matter, and give tho district a complimentary notice of having a new school houso finished as was intended. Things are now as they were one year ago, except tbat tno surroundings nave much improved. The debris of the old building Is gone. The bushes have been cut away and things outside have a more comely appearance. Better things are to come. We are hopeful of tno future. This district has sustained religious meetings In tne school bouse a long tlmo, Not' long since, a well-attended Babbath school was in operation. The good seeds here sown will bear good fruit in due time. Wo thus speak, because we believe every good cause will live. It may bo made to Buf fer for a time because one and another iden tified with it have done something that some body else did not like. An old Scotch wo man richly stocked with keen common sense was offended witn ber minister but still con tinued to co and hear him preach. Tbe loin. later expressed surprise to her that she should attend his meetings after their quarrel. Her reply was. "my quarrel is witn you. man i it is not with the gospel." Her words ore worthy of remembrance. Never fall to make a sharp distinction between a man and a cause. The cause may live after the man ia dead and forgotten. D. h. u, Houghton. Mifilln & Co., Boston, have just published a beautiful little "LoNaraixow Bibthdat Book," containing on the left-hand pages careful selections from the prose and poetical writings of Mr. Longfellow and on the right-hand pages the names of more or less distinguished individuals wnosa oirtn days occur on tbe dates given on the opposite page. Blank spaces are left on the right hand pages which are available for the writ ing of autographs, the volume thus forming a happy combination of gift-book and album. The book contains the latest portraltjif Mr. Longfellow, said to be one of the most satis factory ever made. There are also twelve choice illustrations, one for each month of the year. We doubt not the book will be found very satisfactory in many families as a convenient record of the blrthdaj sot relatives and friends, eacn being indicated in tne nana writing of the person whose birthday ia there stated. At the end is an index of birthdays. which, when filled up, will faeUttate refer ence to any of the names contained in the book. Frice only $1. Sold In Brattleboro by Cheney & Clapp. TJ . Tt TI O, T,U TI..M ' V. V..V atu. ay, aa. ,1 wuu uuvn w, .ton one of the faculty of the Burlington medical college, ana a gentleman who stands in tne front rank of his profession, gave the medi cal cloas this assurance of the excellence of their school in a recent lecture t "For your comfort I wish to say, that as thorough a medical education as can be obtained in New York may now be bad in Burlington. I say this with full consideration of the subject aud knowledge of that which I affirm for I am well acquainted with the opportunity afford ed a medical student in the throe colleges in New York." Thla remark was made with ea poclal reference to the facilities; for study and observation now an orded by tne Mary t letca er hospital. The Little Klilpiier. They sat together, a happv pair, In an old bnll by tbe sea, , A maiden fair with golden hair, And a brave, bright boy was he. "I'm the skipper," he cries, "and yon're my wife, And over the sea we'll go 1" lie cuts the rope with his little knife And the crimson sua wss tow. Up rose the storm, loud roared the tide, The boat was filling fast ; The little wife crept to her skipper's aide, And wept at tbe fearfnl blast, lie wraps bsr wsrm In bis little coat; He cries, "O weep not sot" As swift they drift in the filling boat And the stormy sun Is low. O what shall be the parents' life In their cabins on tbe shore I The little skipper and his wife Will come to them no more, O lonely will tbsy wander by, And watcb the ebb and flow, And think they hear their chlfdren cry - When the crimson sun Is low. A ItfDNiailT MEETING. I alwava did think mv brother Solomon a little hard upon me, though I confess that there was reason for it. Mine were not ex actly his ways, you see mino being tho ways of pleasantness, and his tho paths of peace. lint could I help it that I was not born a parson like Solomon ? Everybody isn't born a parson. Indeed, I don't find tbat, as a rule, it runs much in families ; and even if it did, you couldn't expect that two such persons as Doiomon couia oe born ana raisea in tne bo som of one family. A long while ago, when we were boys to getherin tight blue jackets with gilt but tons and deep frilled collars I used to try with, all my might and main to imitate Solo mon ; and when we were exhibited in socie ty, I always echoed verbatim every remark I heard him make, so that I might ahare hla fame. But that was, as I said, long ago, and gradually such close following in Solomon's steps grew tedious, so 'I chose a widor way. I was warned a great deal against this wider way, but somebow I lounged easily into it when I found bow difficult it was to be al ways as good as Solomon. Aa I aaid to begin with, I always did think Solomon a little bard upon tne. If I uecd language any stronger than a Quaker's, he would maintain a marked and impressive si lence himself; if I took anything stronger tban lemonade, bo would ask meaningly for wator, to my discomfitore ; and if alter we had grown up and were living each of us alone In his own house I took part in tbe harmless recreations of tbe age, I would for the next few days live in mortal terror of Solomon's appearance at the gato, with his book of sermons under his arm, and the odor of outraged sanctity about him. His figure, coming through the gate, even without that brown book under his arm, would have been impressive enough, but it never did appear so. He was curious in appearance, was Sol omon, being emphatically long in every way. ilia legs and reet were long ; nia arms ana hands were long; his hair waa long. His nose waa long, and his aermona were long. His coat-talla were uncommonly long, too ; and, indeed, I think tho only things about him which were not long were his sleeves. After any particularly jovial evening at the squire's or Joe Fleming's at Blagly (the aquiro bred tee beet lighting cocks in tbe country except Joe's ; and Joe's whiskey was the primest that ever escaped duty;) you may guess that my heart didn't bound with joy at the eight of Solomon's long figure and long face; still, on ordinary occasions, Sol and I were good friends, and I looked for ward to the day when he should convert me to his own ways, and we should read tbe book of sermons aloud by turns through our old age. But then I knew there was plenty of time for that. Well, wo had marked tho fight of the sea son, and I had backed Joe's bird heavily. The little affair was to come off on the Bun- day afternoon, and for all the week before we were so excited (Joe and I and our chums, and tho squire and his chums) that we spent every evening together, discussing our birds and our bets, not to mention tbe dispatching of a good deal of the squire's, home-brewed, and of my old port, and of Joe's Scotch. You see, wa didn't read so much in those daya as you do now, and so spent more time over these lighter duties, we dldn t taut very much either; one of Solomon's sermons, di vided among ns, would nave lasted ns an tor the week; but we smoked well, pretty steadily. The Sunday came at last, and in the morn ing I sat in my corner of Solomon'a pew, pay ing the greatest attention to him; for I wouldn't for the world he should suspect where I was going in the afternoon, or that I bad the slightest Interest in either Joe's bird or tho squire's. What was my horror, then, when Solomon, in the very middle of his dis course (I always knew it waa the middle when he began to say "lastly", alluded darkly to a "besetting sin of the age," aa sport at which only Satan could laugh. "And he," conclud ed Solomon, and I felt hla eye upon me, "chucKles witn glee to see men so degrade themselves." I broke into a damp heat. Could any one have turned traitor and told Solomon ? I kept my eyea down upon tbe carpet, and tried to make a resolution that thia ahould be my last cock fight ; but some how the resolution jumbled itaelf up with spsculstious as to how the squire would feel to-night when be was beaten, and how I should feel when I pocketed my $100 win nings. "I shall certainly buy that colt of Joe's ; and, now I think of it, I may as well get Sol omon a new umbrella, I dare say he didn't meau anything about cock fighting, after all. He always hod whims for attacking our sports, and, or course, tbat innocent direr aion must take its turn, like bowls and bill. lards." I had forgiven Solomon by the time he had doffed hia long gown and joined me in the church yard, and I only said, amiably t "You were rather hard upon us all to-day, aa usual, Sol." "Was I?" ho questioned, in his slow way. "Hard or soft, it does but little good, Ja cob." I turned the conversation gingerly. I could not easily prove his words to be untrue, and It wouldn r. be polite if l did so 1 dldn t. "Good. bye, Sol," I said, with great relief, when we reached the parsonage gate. "Shall I see you at service this evening?" waa Solomon's most unfortunate inquiry, aa he slowly removed his umbrella to his left hand, preparatory to giving me his right. "I hope so, but I cannot say I am quite aure." I answered in that way for the purpose of breaking it to mm as gently as 1 could. J knew Solomon felt this sort of thing as sharp ly aa I felt a razor scratch in shaving, so I put it tbat way, tbat I hoped so, but I could not ssy I was quite sure. "I'm sorry you are not sure, Jacob," aaid he j "I should have liked to see you at church to-night. I don't feel very well to-day, so will you oome in now and stay the afternoon witn iner "I wish I could. Sol." said I. as jauntily as possible, "but the fact is I've promised an old friend at Luckheaton" (Luckheaton lav in the direction exactly opposite to Blagly) "to go over ana nave a quiet chat witn mm. lie is not able to go about much himself." I suppose Solomon was shaking. hands in his ordinary way, but bis long fingers seemed to me to have tied themselves about mine, to hold me back. "You want a new umbrella, Sol," remark ed l, neatly preparing tne way for tne gift l naa in store tor mm ; anu, as l tuougnt, turning the conversation with consummate tact. "Do I?" asked Solomon, looking down upon the machine as if he had neverseen it before in bis life. "We both of us want a good many new things, Jacob ; new habita, new aims, new " "Ah yes, indeed we dot" sighed I. as I felt the grip of his fingers relaxing. "You're looking all right. I am glad to see. Don't go and fancy yourself ailing. Sot ; it's a woman ish trick, and not at all like you." "No, I am not fanciful," he said, tucking his book tenderly under his long arm. "Good-bye, then, Jacob; I shall see you again sometime to-night, shall I?" Awkward, that query at the end, but I nod ded yes to him just as If I had known let me see, where was I ? Well, Solomon and I parted very good friends, lie looked back at me with a smile aa I waited, and afterward I looked back at him with a smile too, for, at the moment I turned, a branch of hla old pear tree caught bis bat (which ho always wore at the very back of hie head) and kept it, and he walked on to the parsonage door without an idea that hla head waa bare. I hurried on cheerfully then, feeling pretty sure I waa safo. Solomon would be In bis study all the afternoon and In his pulpit most of the evening. Then ho would drink his cup of strong tea, and sleep the sleep of a parson till morning, with his lattice-windows wide open and a square of tbe night sky ex actly before his eyes. "My sleep Is calm," he used to say, "if my last look has been on heaven." And calm. I believe, it alwavs was, though hia bed waa narrow and abort, and ho though narrow too was long. Sol never could be induced to spend on himself any money which he could spare to give away, and ao he persisted In using still tbe bed he had had as a boy. Well, we hod raro sport on that Sunday af ternoon, and our bird came off the winner, though the squire's waa aa plucky a little cock as erer got beaten. There be lay, when the tusalo was over, with bla comb up and his mouth a little open, as if he were only taking in breath for a fresh attack, yet aa dead aa it he were roast ed with stuffing. Joe gave ns a supper after the fight ; then we dispatched a bottle of port apiece, over settling our bets ; then we gave our minds to pleasure, and enjoyed a good brew of Joe's punch ; and tho squire, though be bad been beaten, was one of the most cheerful of us all. As it was Sunday, we determined to sepa rate in good time, so when it got towards eleven wo set out, while Joe stood in his doorway, shouting hearty good nights after us. I had waited to make an appointment with him for the next day, that we might conclude the bargain for the colt, so I waa a little bohind the others In starting. "Take care of youraclf, called Joe ; "you hare the most money, and hare the farthest to go. Mind tbe notes. Five twenties ; and I hare copied the numbers that we may be safe. Tell the squire so, if he waylays you in tbe dark." This was Joe a parting joke, and when I answered it I gave a kindly touch to the pocket book in my breast pocket ; 'and the squire, who beard us, called out that he dare not try it to-night, aa there waa a moon be hind the clouds. I waa riding a favorite little mare, who knew every step of the way between my own stables and Joe's, so I just rode peaceably on in tne oorx, recoiling tne tiavor oi joe a whis ky, and singing over one of the verses of a song tbe squire had given us i "With five pounds your standing wages, Xou shall dalnttly be fed; Bacon, beans, aalt beef, cabb-ages, Buttermilk, and barley bread. Suddenly the mare made a deliberate ston. and roused me from my melodious dreami ness. Certainly at the end of thla lane a gate opened on the beatb, but then she under stood quite well that she bad only to lift and push this gate, and she had never before roused me here when I had been riding aloep ily home from Blagly. "Steady, my girl I Why, what ia it?" cried -I, for she was shying back in the lane and behaving in every way like a lunatic. I gavo her such a cut as she had not felt since aho waa broken in; and then, without a word of warning, she reared entirely upright, took me at disadvantage, and sent me sprawl ing into the ditch, turning then and gallop ing bacK toward tiiagiy without me. I was none tho worse for my fall, only shaken a little and astonished a great deal ; so I picked np first myself, and then my hat, and atumbled on to find the heath gate. I bad my band upon, it, wben tbe moon came sailing along from under a cloud, and the whole level waste of heath waa made risible in a moment. But the sight of the heath, in all its barren ugliness, waa not what struck me with such a chill, and made my eyea prick, and my throat grow apoplectic. I never gave a second glance in that direction, for there close to me, only on the opposite side of the closed gate stood my brother Solomon: i could not nave mistaken mm, it there hod been only the very faintest flick er of light. There he was, in his long coat and his high hat, with his arms folded on the top bar of the gate, the brown book under one of them aa usual, and hia eyea fixed stead ily on me. "Solomon," I said, growing very cold and uncomfortable under hia gaze, it's getting chilly for yon to be out." He did not answer tbat, and so presently I went cheerfully on. "I've been you remember where I said I waa going " I stopped again here. I did not want to confess where I had been, if he did not know ; and I did not want to tell an other falsehood if he did know. So I put it to him that way, intending to be guided by bla anawer. It was so long in coming that I took heart of grace to try another tack. "Wbero hare you been, Sol?" Another pause, and then he answered, just in his old, slow way : "I've been at homo; expecting you, Ja cob waiting for you until I could wait no longer." "I am sorry for that," I said, feeling a lit tle cheerier to hear him speak. "I would not hare been so late, only I had to go round by Blagly on business I dare say you no tice that I'm coming from there now. I on ly went on business, Sol." He made another pause before he answer ed, and though it waa a trick of Solomon's, and always bad been, I felt myself growing uncomfortably cold. Why could be not have stayed at home aa persons should on Sunday nights ? Bnt the icy chill turned all at once to a clammy heat when Solomon asked me quietly, and without turning hia steady gaze from my face : "How much of that filthy lucre have you won, Jacob?" "Wh what?" I stammered and then you might-have knocked me down with the very smallest of the feathers in Joe's winning bird "Wh what, Solomon?" He repeated the question slowly and stead ily, "How much of that filthy lucre hare you won, Jacob I , "Yon you hare been dreaming, Solo, inon." Unlinking his long fingers, which had been clasped together on tbe gate, he stretched one band toward me. "Fire notes," he Bald, still with tho un moved gaze. "Five worthless ill-won notes.' I clasped my breast-pocket anxiously. "I have a little money here, Sol," I said, as airily as I could; "a few pounds more or less, and i want to buy you a new umurena ; yours, is getting shabby. I'll go into town to-morrow and choose one." I tried to get up a little cheerfulneaa over It, but Bolomon a gaze damped it an out of me ; and, beside, he bad not taken back his long, hungry, outstretched hand. "Five notes," he said, again "five worth less Ill-won notee, Jacob?" "Even if I had the notea. SoL" I began, trembling like a leaf in a storm "even if I had them ha, hal what an absurd ideal What ahould you want with them ? And and," I added, clutching desperately at a straw of courage, "wnat rignt nave you to them ?" "There is no right in the question," said Solomon, and his face grew longer and long er. "It Is all wrong." You don't often ioke. Bol." said I pretty bravely, though I was trembling like any number oi aspens, -out, oi course, you are joking now, and it's rather late for a joke, isn I it f uome aiong nome witn me, "I am not going your way now, Jaoob, Oive me the notea?" And, would you believe it ? I feebly put out my arm, and laid my precioua notes on ma long, open nngera. "Shall you be home to-night ?" I asked try- ing to finish up tbe soene in my natural tones. ' "To-night? It is midnight now." "God bless mr soul. Is it really ?" I ex. claimed, not so much surprised aa ridicu lously flurried ana nervous unaer my uroin er's intent gaze. Solomon had Bhlvered as those words pass ed my lips, and for the first time be looked away. ,11 1 t, 1,. a.M n 1.1- .1, aka.,1 UIW uijut Muu, .u a., wwn, hwbvw- way ; and then I think he added three other words, which he often did add to hla good Dyes j but no apoae bo iow a scarcely ucrou, and I felt so nngry with him, too, that I didn't even try to bear. I walked on moodily serosa the heath. All tho benign effects of Joe's punch had evapo rated ; all the pleasure of tho sport had been awept away in one chill blast ; the only defin ite Idea that possessed me waa the determin ation not to buy my brother Solomon a new umbrella. I alwavs carried my own key. and forbade the servants to ait up for tan ; ao you may gueaa I waa surprised to find my groom watching at the gate. "Walking, air?" he exclaimed, meeting me with a hurried step and worried faoe. "I hoped you'd ride home, that you might be tbe quicker at the parsonage. They've sent for you twenty times at least, air. Mr. Bolo mon " "I know." I interrupted; "Mr. Solo mon ia missing. I've just met him. I'll go on and tell them bo, for I'll be bound the par ish is all up In arms." All the pariah waa up In arms, and had all gathered at the parsonage, aa it Boomed to me; but Solomon was there too; lying on hla narrow bed opposite the open window, with the square of moonlit sky before hla closed eyea. They tell me something about a swoon, or somo such womanish trick ; and it may be trne and it may not. At any rate, I remem ber nothing after the first few sentences.they uttered. Bolomon had been ailing for some time so the words went and had felt worse than usual that day, and lonely and restless. Still be had insisted on preaching in the evening, and afterward had toiled up to my bouse to see if I waa at home, and then toiled back again. All the evening he had been ex pecting me, and kept listening for my step, while be sent again and again to see if I had returned. Just once he had risen excitedly in bed; then his strength had failed, and those wbo wero listening heard him bid bis brother good-night, with the whispered pray er. "Ood bless you 1" Then he had lain qui etly back with hla fading eyes upon that glimpse of Heaven beyond tbe lattice window and had died quietly at midnight. What? The money? Don't oak me what becamo of the money. Over those fivo notea 1 worried myself at last Into tne most serious brain fever that over man came back from into life again. They were gone. No trace could I ever find of my old pocket-book, inougu l made it well Known that tno num bers on tho notes had been taken. When I offered XSO reward, and that didn't bring mem, i aoubiea it, ana ottered xiuo. Who would care to keep them then? Who would keep five notes which were stopped, when they could receive five available onea of equal valuo by only bringing the worthless old pocket book to me ? But no one brought it, and then I advertise anew, offering 150 re ward for those fire X20 notea. Of course, I tried to make out that it was the old pocket book I set the value 'on ; but, after all, I didn't much care who had the laugh against me, if I could only set this matter straight, and give it an air of daylight reality. But no that never brought them. Another cock-fight? No, I never aw an other cock-fight. Don't ask me any more. Its flre-and-thlrty years ago let it rest. Tbe Greek Brigands. Some of the English prints have been ven tilating of late the whole system of Oreek brigandage, and the facta are of Interest. A btfnd of robbers is organized exactly aa ia the manning of a vessel. Some little capital Is required for the purchase or hire of arms. It becomes known that such and such a man ia going into business, and has a preference for tried hands. Then robbers belonging to other bands change masters. Itegular papers are drawn up, in which tne snores of tne cap tain, tbe men, the food purveyors, and the spies are regularly specified. Sometimes the aplea form an Integral portion of tho bond, and hare to be supported for a certain fixed penoa tn tne villages or towns, but generally they are only paid providing a loot is mode. There seems to have been one authentio case when a bond leased a route from another band on a percentage. This route proving exceptionally good, the lessors wanted It back from the lessees, and a lawsuit came near being brought into court. One positive rule they make ia never to allow a captire who ia to be ransomed his liberty unless the money ia paid. A terrible story is told of a doctor living in Janlca, who was pounced upon and held for $000. He had the money, but it was in Constantinople, and a man was sent for it Unfortunately, the messenger was rolued by a band of thieves No. 2, and, though band No. 1 was cognizant of the fact, still they cut the doctor's throat from ear to ear. Not quite two years ago a fairly well-to-do farmer had two of hia children captured a boy and a girl of 10 and 12. One hundred and eighty piasters was tbe ransom for each of them. The money was sent for one child, and tbe boy was returned. But the farmer's ready money waa exhausted. He begged a little delay, but tbe band were on the more and could not wait. Tbe other child the little girl waa found afterward with a stab in the heart and wild flowers in her hand. Noth ing can exceed the temperance of these rob bers, who nerer drink wine. They are very pious, and nerer neglect their religious du ties, nlways crossing themselves before eat ing, nerer omitting the numerous fast daya the Great church insists upon. Some are quite well read, and it ia said that a leading scoundrel to-day always travels about with a small ambulant library. The names of these robbers, if they ore true Oreek, hare a most heroic and classlo sonnd, but it should be generally borne in mind that the longer and more grandiloquent Is the modem Uellen lo patronymio the meaner and leas trust worthy la the Individual N. Y. Timet. Five young people were badly poisoned at a recent plcnio near Flora, I1L, by drink ing lemonade in which acid was used instead of lemons. Charles A. Cowlos of Kochester, N, Y., suddenly and mysteriously recovered his bear ing while at supper the other evening, after being deaf 37 years. Dr. D. n. Onion died at hla home in Milton, recently, aged 74, of old age. Dr. Onion graduated from the medical depart ment of the U. V. M., In 1827. The discovery of several genuine straw colored diamonds, equal to the African stones, in an old gold mine at Seneca, S. 0., has caused considerable local excitement. Tho Soul Sleepers, a new sect of Advent iats, have sprung up in Indiana. They be lieve that the body sleeps till the rcsurroo tion, the soul being in a quiescent state until tbat time. The original of "Mary bad a little lamb" waa written by Mr, John Boulstone of Boston, proprietor of a popular riding school, sixty years ago. "Mary," the owner of the lamb, Is now Mrs. Tyler of Somerville, Mass. The Hudson river tunnel at New York la progressing favorably. The south tunnel is now out 4M feet under tbe river, and tbe north tunnel about SCO feet. It is expected . that the tunnel will be finished, ready for travel, by the summer of 1883. A Nash county (N. 0.) man set a turtle ' hook the otber evening, and tbe next morn ing found a large catfish, a hawk and an owl attached to the line. The hawk is eupposed to hare awooped down on the fish after It had been hooked, and the owl on the hawk, the ourioua result being tbe oapture of all three. French savants hare discovered that man ia a venomoua animal. Ilabblta inoculated with the saliva taken from any child, or from an enraged man, will die. The deduction is that parasites exist In the stomach, which In fect tbe saliva of young children, and also that of a grown person when the latter be comes angry. No city in the world, probably, ia grow ing more rapidly than Denver, Col It is using mors brick at present than New York elty. Among the edifices going up are a court house, an opera house, a railway sta tion, a high school and other school buildings, a system of sewers and street pavements, and innumerable new business buildings and dwellings. The state will soon add anew ornament to the town by building a capltol, and the schemes for improvement in the fu ture are mora numerous than those now in execution,