Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-01-11
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The steam boat Augusta left Natchez on
the Sd ult. for Vicksburg with the ship Jen-
nette in tow On the voyage the ship got
aground. when the Augusta separated from
her and proceeded to wood pile AT one
place she supplied herself with four or five
cords of wood and was making for another,
when the pilot seeing some floating timber
ahead, rung the bell 10 stop the engine
The engine was stopped till the float passed.
and the pilot again rung as the signal to go
ahead. The engineer here discovered that
the engine was at the dead point, and he
Immediately ran back to turn the bolt but
before he had time to return the dreadful ex-
posion took place.
The Augusta is one Of the most frightful
fragments Of destruction ever seen. The
boilers and the whole machinery are rent
into trifing pieces the social hall and its
apurtenances are shattered into atoms, aud
nearly the entire main cabin is swept rway I.
a very small portion OF il next TO The ladies'
cabin being all that is left, and that in such
split up condition at to tell plainly the
extent of The dreadful explosion
The names Of some Of the passengers
dead and missing are not yet known; aud
the Augusta was not, however, very full OF
passengers. Five bodies were found on
board wofully mangled.
On examination ofthe pieces of the boi.
lers found on deck, no doubt is entertained
that this explosion was lhs result of culpa-
BILE negligence on the part of the engineer
A Printers Patron. A few days since,
person walked into our office, and said
scan you give me paper Of this week.
= We handed him one.
will you please let me have another,
want to send it to friend"
"a That also was furnished.
II wish you would do this one up in O
wrapper if you please" said he and we did
as he requested.
will you have il directed, sir? we en-.
CURED when he gave US the name of his
friend and his address, and we wrote them
on the wrapper and handed it 10 him.
THANK you sir" he NODDED 10 us as he
walked out of the office
Pretty fair thought we, but quite clever
specimen OF many newspaper patrons. A
customer is of a different genus He paws
every thing as he goes along And it is
customers. not patrons that we want
Plough. Tel
MINCED PIE.--Of ak denominations pu
into the stomach, minced pie is the "car
sheaf" Did you ever watch the slumber.
ola minced pie eater2 He losses and fumes
like the sea in a Storm. All the wicked
things he ever did in his life, are on his
tongues end: and he tells the story of his
rascality Yes, minced pie brings him &c
hisconlession-and why should il not Con
slider. what mass Of baked grease and flou
and odds and ends of all kinds of meat, i, is
A dog won't touch it, and cats retire to III,
catnip bed Immediately on smelling il. w.
laugh at the Indians baked dog, and The
.Frenchman's frog soup. But dogs them
selves howl at a minced pie, and frogs woule
leap like French dancer TO escape its odor
The only animals who can stomach il, arc
the hog and great ant-ealer; and Certain
animals Of our acquaintance. Boys make
mndpies, in imitation. and they are much
more healihful. Boston Times,
~ a Prince Of the house OF Timour. ha,
been executed in the East Indies for mur