Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-07-13
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weeks ago pair of Red breasts, apparently Just
beginning life together, happened in among the
shops where the Messrs Fairbanks, Of st. Johns
bury, make the best Scalesin the world. Wheth-
or they had nearu the famous maxim OF sam
Patch, that "Some things can be done as well as
Others" or were moved by the genius Of the
place, the simple fact is, that they are trying
sundry original inventions and doing business
on large scale
To begin with, four nests were built, in shed,
ici1sow mud, and single egg laid in EACH
Then two other nests were built wih mud, and
eggs laid in them, so that when we saw them,
there were ~ eggs in all, five being in one nest
There are also two or three unfinished nests
The bird has been sitting some days, performing
her incubation in way as novel as her other
doings After setting ten or fifteen minutes on
one nest, she hops into the next, and so on thro'
the row; and then back again in the same way.
Sometimes her mate brings her food, but she al
80 sometimes leaves her nests for refreshment.
The nests are near together, so as to touch each
other-perhaps or 10 inches from centre to
centre. To what sort of instinct will naiurasts
attribute all these vagaries Pm. Chronicle.
The NUMBER OF Docs IN THE UNITED
STATEs.-If it be within the power Of those
who are to give directions about the next CEN
sus, we hope they will take measures to ascer-
tain the number Of dogs, male and female, in ey-
efy Nuunty III our Union, anu, VI u could DC
done, II would be useful also 10 have return Of
the number of sheep killed by dogs. AT two
cents per day, il is probable that the cost Of dogs
is equal to the value of our exports of grain and
provisions to England this year and it is not
impossible that our sheep husbandry would add
as much more 10 the wealth OF tho country, &c IL
were not for fear Of having the sheep destroyed
by dogs.
Iap nd ,,aad FIR THAR all
such will ever find in us staunch friends and de-
Tenders. But we have great aversion to idle,
useless whelps, borne only to consume the frniis
Of the land-whether they 90 on four legs or
too The Plo.c, The Loom, and The Anvil.
SEcoSD-HASD PATHos.--A correspondent
Of the Washington Republic states that the
speech Of Mr. Mcdowell, of Virginia, in the
House last winter-a portion Of which, it will be
recollected was affecting as to draw tears from
the eyes of the hardened politicians in Congress
lis identical, almost word for word, with an ora
ton which Mr. Mcdowell delivered ~ years ago,
before the Societies at Princeton College.
Too sLow.-In Cincinnati, lately, young
couple resolved to elope. The night was propi-
tious-bundles on the carriage-and the gentle
man was about to help his "lady-love" into said
vehicle, when papa caught him by the ear, and
applied his foot with much activity to the dis
.ha "a '.h;o,'aS r. WIZ .n ,' MA. 'oos ner
snoe, anu ~, "n'Ppcu 'ne weeping MISS mo inc
smooth"
aar A nsy,v n,.r.;sJ co,nI. r;d;,o !, :.
ebaise. were un}or,una,ely inset 4 gon,lem.n
who came N tbe;r ass;s,a,ca sxnrassed III va.
gret that tbcv sbon,d IN mi 60 loon
:, va Every married man should allow his wife
the management Of the Home Department, and
give her as Secretary the control OF the differ
emit bureauxs Don't let her have any thing to
10 WIZ tife'star department
60 Df. Franklin used to say that rich widows
were tho Only piece OF secondhand goods that
soia as prime cost
- N A heart full of love and human sympatby
always looks out through the window of a cheer
full face, and speaks to you in gentle tone Of
voice. Goodness and uroaniiy seldom walk far
apart.
Rz- What ;s that which II n man has ba
would moi wish TO lose If he has NOT he
would not wish TO have? And which when he
has GAINED. he has n No longer2 iavsu;t
~ Some one asks what IS better than pres
gnec o. niinu IN Ia'lioau hcciuen. 10 "hich
ruhcn reauiy RESPONDS absence Oh Ooay'
81 There are six Plank Roads leading from
Utica, N. Y, and the seventh is building. They
pay is per cent. per annum on an investment Of