Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1842-09-09
A STORY OF CRIME AND wO.

Six years ago wealthy and influential
widower of forty-hye named - of Chel-
sea, W., hired an amiable and beautiful girl
Of eighteen named Mary Il - TO assume
the care of his children and household A
few months after, they were seen to ride
away together and in the next Woodstock
paper appeared an announcement that they
had been married at that place, by an Epis-
copal Clergyman. They returned as man
and wife, and have so lived until short
time since, when - dismissed the unfor-
tunate woman from his house, alleging that
they had never been married Whether
she had been utterly deceived by a sham
marriage, or he had consented to deceit in
order TO save herself from inevitable shame,
cannot now be ascertained.
The poor victim, driven in digrace from
the house in which she had so long been re-
garded as a viriuous wife, and thus rem
dered an outcast from society, dared
not to return TO her relatives she went else
where and procured employment but the
finger of scorn was pointed at her, and in
whatever company she found herself alone
fallen, loathed and stunned. She could not
endure this ; and returned at length at night
to the house Of her destroyer and begged
piteously for shelter and protection, declar-
ing that she had wandered long without food
and was starving. At length the door was
opened to her, from dread of attracting
the attention of the neighborhood, She
was fed aud turned away, with strict orders
never to show herself there again. She left;
but where could she gol All day she wan
dered in the woods and lodges adjacent; and
in the night, faint and shivering, she crept
back to the only place where she could just
" claim protection, and cried for a home
She was repealed; but the noise aroused
neighbors, who insisted that she should be
allowed shelter, 1t was agreed that she
might stay that night but should leave in
the morning, neighbor agreeing to take
her to her nearest relatives. Il will go if
alive" was the only promise that could be
extorted from her. She went TO her room
and the next morning was found in it
dead Deserted, loathed, despairing, with
out friend or hope in the world the
wretched victim had committed suicide
And yet the world will go on, Furnishing
the starving thief with rgor, and leaving
the wanton, deliberate, calculating destroy
err Of female innocence, and of the peace
and happiness of families, utterly untouched
and uncensured by its laws How horri-
BILE the PROCLAMATION of the name of Justice
METALLIC LEGs.-D. Miguel Munoz has
petitioned the Mexican Government for the
exclusive right of making metallic legs, of
his invention, during the term of ten years.
He represents them as far superior to any
other kind of artificial legs hitherto invent
ed. With one of these legs, he says,
a man can walk or even dance, without the
aid of crutches.
The oldcn times Of England-The rec
ords of the Corporation of Canterbury pub
lish the expense paid for bringing hereto
from London in 1885 at Ids. Sd and for a
load and half of wood to burn him, Is. for
gunpowder, Id; and a stake and staple, Sd.
This is one of the records of the good old
times"
Gov. King, on Wednesday Of last week,
issued his proclamation, indefinitely sus-
pending martial law in Rhode Island
Why is woman's heart like fiddle 7
Give it up? Because it requires beau to
play upor IT,