Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1845-07-25
VERMONT PHOENIX.

lashlOneu nouOn mat the moon mas an lnHu-
ence upon the weather. Comets, and GalvOn-
ism, are also treated of Price % cts.
Marriage no Erperimcat.-The NORTH Carolina
Waterman chronicles the following case of matri-
mony at Satesvle in its neghborhood
'Mr John Martin Sharpe was reannexed TO his
former wife and partner, Mrs Lucy Sharpe, on the
9TH June, by VIM Moore, Esq, having been d.
vorced from each other on the 10th of March last.
Having been married ten years, the old stock of
love ran nut, il. seems. They divorced, courted
and married again
1t is stated that the Congress Spring at Saratoga,
is one of the most productive pieces Of property in
The Union. Ii yields an income of about 800, 600
its waters bottled in vast quantities. and il is
sent TO every portion Of the civilized world, and
more recently TO China. A little acid added, and
il etfervesces freely, making delicious lemonade
~ the receipts of the New Haven, Hartford
and Springfield Railroad for the month of June
lS45, were $l4 ,4569a An increase of 77l3 So
from the same month last year, when the road was
in operation 10 Hartford only.
Hon John Leland ofAmhcrst has recently given
$1,000 to Foreign Missions
Miss Blanchard, who some days since, in the face
OF day, and in the presence of hundreds of the cti
zens of New Orleans, shot the scoundrel who rob-
bed her of her fair fame, died on the goth ult.,
either from the effects of poison the ravages OF
an insane mind.
Preserve The TOads.-Pcisons who have gardens,
perhaps are not generally aware Of the value of
toads as bug catchrrs 1t is worth a while to en-
tertain the nnseemly animal al some cost, even. If
you will have few pieces Of board laying unds-
turbed about yonr cucumber hills, sothat tcads
lodge safely under them during the day, they will
clear your vines OF bugs during the night
At the Native American Convention in Phila-
drlphia, last week, resolutions were passed in ia
vor OF National political organizaton,-2l years
residence before Naturazation,-the immediate
repeal of the present laws and in favor Of nation
al Convention, 10 be held at Pittsburgh, on the I'd
Monday of May, l647.
worthy WIsDoM.--sDo you take newspaper >
Yes what one' ANY one can lay my hands
on
SALE OF THE WfASDoTTE REsERvE--The
Wyandotte Reserve some of the best lands in Ohio
will be brought into market this fall, the sale com.
mencing at Upper Sandusky, on the 22d Of Sep
TENDER next.
An lrishman, being placed at the bar, felt quite
uneasy when arraigned, and complained bitterly
that he should be placed in such an awkward posi-
sition, so far from friends aud home. The Judge
felt kindly toward him. and said, BE calm, young
man. You may rest assured that, although among
strangers, full justice 'oM be done you.' BE me
soul, yer honor groaned Pat 'and it's the fear of
that same that troubles me-.
Ours Resns-The editor of the Charleston Is.
C) Mercury lately received u green rose, plneked
from plant belonging TO lady of Columbia. The
plant has borne flowers several times this season,
and ii invariably produced double of d uni
form deep green color, like that Of the leaf.
An editor somewhere in the west has become so
hollow from depending on the printing business
alone for bread, that he proposes to sell himself to
some gentleman, 10 be used as stove-piPe.
The New Orleans Courier SAYS that the Roman
Catholic Bishop of N Orleans viii not allow pray
TO be offered in the Cathedral for the repose OF
General Jackson's soul. 1t is against the canons
of the Church.
THE DUMB TAUGHT TO SPEAK.-The Lexington
Observer states that Jacob F. Todhunter aged % years
has been taught to articuate by his instructor Robert
T. Anderson. The editor incredulous, when he
heard this statement, but Jacob called on him, babe
him good morning, made himself distinctly understood
in conversation, and read chapter in the Bible, with
ease and clearncss
Scotch paper mentions the accidental cure of
sheep left to die of water in the head by boy boring
gmlet into the skull of the animal, and thus letting
out the fluid
The Journal dc Paris says that mechanic in that
city has invented machine to mako shoes, by
ofwhich one person can in the course of day finish
fifty pairs Of excellent shoes.
A Mr. Legrand Smith, of Albany has invented sum
mer hat with a yentilatng crown II is said TO be
excellent thing for heated imagnations and hot
heads generally
In 1898 a man. named Gillett of Patchogue L. L. cut
his the back of tortoise and let go and in
1874 the tortoise found crawling Gilletts
grave.
The sentence of death against Maria Joaquna the
MADEIRA convert has been annulled, after nineteen
months Imprisonment; and in lieu thereof she has
been sentenced to remain in prison three months long
err and pay fine Of six dollars, for her refusal 10 give
up the Bible and abjure Professionalism Clearly the
dragons teeth not as firmly set as formerly though
his appetite for blood is strong as evertRecorder.
The Locofocos of Muskingum County, Ohio, at
meeting held at GAINESVILLE, on the 28th ut for the APP
pointment of Delegates to the State Convention, held
at Columbus the 9th nst refused to pass series
of resolutions approving the Administration of Presi
dent Polk, after fierce discussion, by vote of s7to9 9.
CHINESE MUsEUM.-The Marlboro Chapel is
dergong repairs preparatory TO the reception OF the
and unique collection Of Chinese articles comPos-
ing Mr. Peeras collection, which first to be exhibit
ed in Boston Sixty-fye shipped on board
the Cleopatra one day last week. from New York to
Norwich route for this city part only of this rich
collection. The exhibition will he attended by three
living specimens-real Chinese-one Of whom is a dis
tngushed professor of music
The little steamboats, Agawam and Phoenix which
formerly piled between here and Hartford, have been
sold one to run between Dover and Portsmouth, NJ Fl.
and The other between Augusta and Waterye, Maine.
They were bought for abon $4,000 each, by Capt San
ford.-lSpringfeld Republican
A Mr. Lake, at Little Falls, gave THE New Postage
Law as 4h Of July toast remarng that all classes Of
the community benefited by it, except lovers, their
letters still continuing to go, earer,denest'
MAINE CRoP.-The Bangor Wing says that yegeta-
ton generally appears quite prosperous. The grass
crop though later than usual will probably be about
average Grain and potatoes appear promising and the
growth is now extremely rapid.
Henrietta Blanchard. This young woman
was yesterday brought before Recorder Bald
win, upon an application to be admitted TO
BAIL The certificates of DR.. Stone were pro-
duced in court, stating that Pathways wound
was not mortal. On motion of G. X. johnson
Esq, her council, Recorder Baldwin admitted