Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-03-29
miscellaneous.

graced that honest State before We thnk u not
likely that another such will ever succeed it, A.
mong their last acts were some additional outrages
upon the counties. part of Cumberland was an
nexed 10 Cape May. The Wing township Of Hope
well was detached from Mercer and added to Hun
terdon, where il is swallowed up-and the township
of Tewksbury, with Loco Foco majority OF i2O, is
detached from the same Hunterdon, where its votes
not needed, and added to Somerset, in order to
overwhelm its small but indomitable Wing majori-
ty In all these of outrage, sheer party out
rage, without the pretence OF public object even
let alone public good--the remonsrans from the
portions of the counties affected have immensely
outnumhered the petitoners-but their voices were
unheeded. Such is practical democracy now-a-
days.-.Nc,o York american.
The Joncsborough Wing gives the following
the Five Points of Locofocosm:
l. Every thing for ourselves, and nothing for
the country.
g TO The victors belong the spoils
g. To our leaders belong the 'Loaves and Fish
es to the common people all they can steal.
d. "A lie well stuck to is good as the truth
s. 'As party, we held together by the CO.
hesve power of public plumber
The Game of Brag--W Was never played higher by
the leaders of the loco foco party than it is at this
present writing and this is their usual policy when
all other expedients likely to fail In converse
ton with gentleman this morning, who was few
years ago prominent member of that party, he said
--iohen The hardest pushed The instructions
dlirdyS 10 6rdg The more, nl The hope uat lcc
might so intindate our opponents as to cause them 10
rcia1 their erTtiOns-and beyond doubt the same
rule is still in force for certain that while their
prospects were never so utterly hopeless before
they never individually and collectively so
much given to braggadocio as now. But il won't
answer their purpose this time.-Salt River Is be-
fore them, and their leaders know it.-.N. III. Pal
IN Honest M0ment.-One of the most prominent
Locoocos in town conversing with one ofour Wing
friends the other day, upon the next Presidential
election remarked That result of the election
of Clay, would be that the Locofoco party would
of office seekers who were hanging a dead weight
upon the party-.Nortoich Courier.
Capitai-The Binghampton Republican says -
A certain noisy Loco Foco OF Conklin in this coun-
ty went to town meeting with town order of So in
the same pocket with his vote. In his extreme ca
gerness to kill off the Wing supervisor he handed
out his order instead of his ticket, which went into
the box During the day he missed hls order and
| looked every where except in the ballot box. The
best Of the joke is ON opening the box out rolled his
town order and upon canvasslng the votes II was
found that the Wing candidate had one majority
Thus making the town order defeat the Loco Foco
candidate,
| NoreI Dirorce Petition.-A novel Divorce case
was brought before OOunCll 10 gay. ObtIt,
of New Brunswick, represents by petition, that nav
ing once petitIoned the Legislature for divorce
from his wife, being informed that bill was passed,
he married another woman and he now learns 10
his surprise that he was nllsnormed, and begs that
the Legislature will relieve him by nulliiying his
first marriage and thus save him from the penalty
of the law The was referred to special CON-
mittee.-Ntsoark, (M ~ .Adceriiser
Useless Receipts. To make Port Wine.-Take log
wood chips lbs, rusty nails l2 ID, white vinegar
pint, water OTIS, treacle l-2 To-, simmer the
whole for an hour, then set to cool and strain the
bottle
Sherry-Take brown vinegar, quart, moist su
gar lbs, water qts-smner the whole for day
with cast off boot, add some filings, aud bottle AZ
above.
.Madeira.-Same as Sherry, with an addtiona
T quart of water and an old pair Of slippers.
Cheering 10 Thomsonian PhySicians.-Ac
to a decision Of the supreme court of Missouri,
physician is not liable to indictment for mansaugh
ter where death results from his unskliulness o
ignorance provided his intentions in administering
medicine TO the deceased were good. This decs
ion was made in the case OF a Thomsonian, VIII
was charged with mansaughter, where paten
) died, apparently from the use of his remedies.
Crouch of tie City-One ofour citizens gave no
, tee to the Mayor and Aldermen yesterday, that b.
y
coming season. BOston piper.
BY recent marriage in North Carolina, sol
J became father-in-law TO his father, the iathe
marrying the second wife, and the son the moIhe
{ of that wife.
4 .Ashes-An active mind knows how TO turn a
: honest penny. A man near Troy, has for year
purchased all the ashes he could get at IL y cent
per bushel, and after taking out 70 cents worth
potash from each, sells the ashes TO farmers for
s l-2 cents a bushel.
= Now is the time for those farmers who have nc
already attended to it, to look up seeds roots, graz
h and scions for the spring.
As to the Liberty party we know there are man
excellent men engaged in it, but this TACT does nj
alter opinion OF its injurious tendency, and W
are therefore constrained to lift up warning voic
against it.-Liberator.
"Shall | see you home this evening"" said
n young gentleman, after meeting, to young lady :
d eyes, sir, said she, sit you 30 and stand on til
IS steps till get home"
n Why, almost every word in Johns letter is spe
u wrong You'd not have me marry such maj
., surely!"
g "La me! suppose that's the way to spell
~ the town where he lives. They have diiferei
le fashions to us in everything"
id Ed,oard C, Delap0n, Esq, the distinguished adv
ne cate Of Temperance, is about to erect large hot
re on the corner of Broadway and Sieuben street,
t. bany to be conducted on strictly temperance prime
III Piles.
W Pipe-laying great leader of the Subterr
$, mean Democrats IN New York, Mike Walsh th
le speaks of pipe laying:-
- "The cant about pipe laying during the last Pres
10 dental election is all froth and captrap, and it