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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-05-19

iorce and proportions at the call Of duty, Attest.
ing the glorious fact that their ancestors were
rocked in the Maydowor With these tho
amenities Of life are more cultivated, and ao.
quirc prominence friendly 10 the eu,beliisb.
menis Of personal existence, and the advance.
mont Of tho social virues---unted with accdm-
plishmenIs and shrcwd intelligence. ,hey form
marked character.
If we should follow the track Of one of these
women abroad, VIC should 6nd that she could
be lady Hamilton without her errors. and a
Boadicca without her ferociiy Her good sense
is so interviewer with native shrewdness. erace
OF manner with enthusiasm and tact. that she
captivaics everywhere, except, perchance. n,
the academy Of music yet, even there. sbe
adroitly manages 10 conceal her want of culture
by attracting attention to her voluble discourse
on poets and painters, innocenily suggesting
the idea that she represents both in her own
person.
There are those, possessing less refinement
and culture, who push ahead, and whose oreed-
iness 10 crafty their eyes would not refuse an
invitation, If offered, TO witness the ,oriures Of
the lnquisition, provided they could secure the
best seats Cast your eyes around ST. peter's
Church at Rome on Holy Week, and 10 our
certain knowledge, they will be seen occupying
the best places accessible TO strangers, NOT one
day, but every day, and their slower moulded
husbands wondering how they got there.
However unwelcome 10 the eye of the more
fas,idious of the sex, the exhibition of such
traits may be, yet they demonstrate the possess
sion Of Puritan blood always conspicuous,
though running 10 contracted channels. These
are the women who cannot talk their best. with
hands unemployed; the bodily members must
do business together: some advantage mus, be
seen In the perspective, always. Their ac,ivi-
ity would seem to be something quite apart
from anything ever intended by nature. and vet.
lis results, more confound, than provoke us
10 live in progress, no matter how. is their
aim and their joy. The Sabbath bring, rest
and reflection, but not entire eonposgre the
idea Of occupation so presses upon them like an
atmosphere, that they cannot gracefully submit
TO have no wheels turning.
Nowhere, perhaps, do the combined traits Of
the New England women find more favorable
sphere OF action, than when the nnp,ial tie con-
signs her TO residence at the South. She
cheerfnliy welcomes the "skyey influences -
and contracts no morbid or unwholesome tain,
from her surroundings.
Her gentle humanizing influence is fel,
among many souls held in lawful bondage, and
her efficiency in desising means for the main,e-
nance and advancement Of the public morals
and what is of equal importance, she has the
courage to reboke whatever tends to contract
their sphere or impair their force
There are few spectaces on this earth more
sublime than this matron, who amidst the dust
and DIN, the asperiiies and impertinences, the
nor unnatural composure neither assHmtn
nor insulting, and dignity SO easy and nnrc-
sirained thai she seems like living gospel Of
charity and peace.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-05-19

How TO SELL -'Doesiicks' writes
TO the Detroit Advertiser, that he is going TO
publish book, and the following idea is given
as TO the means which he will adopt 10 get it
into extensive circulation -
In order to cripple criticism, and disarm ed
iiorial opinion, copy will be sent to every ed
itor, critic, reporter, writer, wofuens rights
scribbler, in the conniry--it will be advertised
for many weeks in advance as the most witty,
most learned, most laughable, most profound,
most mirth provoking and most solemn book Of
the season--favorable notices in the leading
journals will be paid for, and in short, no trick
cry or siTatagem omitted. It will be for sale
wholesale, retail, and at auction. Those of
you who have dollar to spare will please buy
II, and those who hav MT will borrow copy
from the nearest editor, and never carry il back.
II will be "work which no gentleman s libra
ry should be without" II is considered neces-
sary to the safety of the Union, that its demo
cratic principles be thoroughly disseminated
and 1t is indispensable to the stability Of the
English throne, that its monaTchical doctrines
be thoroughly comprehended. Every man, wo-
man, child, canal driver, biIliard-m marker, faro
dealer, and member of Congress, will be pro-
The hoisibiIlP oiisibiIP dh6 ibeGsby preserving oar I'm
same time contributing TO the gloriscaiion, es-
tablishing the fame and filling the cayernous
pockets Of Yours, hopefully,
Q. X. PHrLASDLR DoEsrIcKs, p. B.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-05-19

THE LAW OF NuaERicAL Relation BETWEEN
the SFxEs.-Thcre is a natural law ofrelalions
between the sexes, which is found to vary at
difieren, ages, according to the differnt dangers
TO which they are exposed This is one of the
most curious of natural laws, and one Of the
most teresiing-demons,ratin the admirable
economy Of adaptons between the several parts
Of the natural system II the number Of males
and females born was exactly equal, the result
would be that, before they reached middle age,
the female sex would be reduced too low, and be-
come inadequate TO the purpose which is TO fill
In fact, the number Of females born is always
greater than the males by about per cent
At 30 years ofage, thisPreponderanee is entire
ly lost. At 10 years, the balance is the other
way, and there are more males than females
At 10 the sexes arc about even, and the uli-
mate age of the human being is reached without
any decided advantage to either sex. Both tho
censuses of 1910 and 1850 prove the law. Be-
yond the age of 10 years, the probabilities of
longevity are much greater for American wo-
men, than that of men. This contrasts singu-
larly with the fact that the physique (reatiyely)
Of American women is inferior TO that Of Amer
lean men. That fact, as has been shown, how
ever, tells tremendously on women between the
ages of 10 and 40, when their mortality is very
great. The longevity Of some women is very
extraordinary. There are now 430 American
women above one hi,adred years of age.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-05-19

to her father, she carried her book in one hand
and IN adverse review in the other, 10 save his
simple and unwofdly mind from rash expecla-
iions OF fame and fortune which she was de.
termned should never be The aims Of her life.
That we have had only two novels since shows
how deeply grounded was this resolve.
"Shirley' was Conceived and wrought out in
the midst Of fearful domestic efi6fs Her only
brother, young man Of once splendid promise
which was early blighted, and both her remain
ing sisters, died in ono year. There was some
thing inexpressby aGectine.in The aspect Of
the frail little creature who had done such won.
derlul things, and was able TO bear up with so
bright an eye and so composed countenahce,
under such weight Of sorrow and such PROS
pcct Of solitude. In her deep mourning dress
(neat as Quaker's) with her beautiful hair
smooth and brown, her fine eyes blazing with
meaning, and her sensible face Indicating hab-
1t of self-control, if not Of silence she seemed
perfect household image-irresistbly recall.
ing Wardsworh's description Of tha, domestic
treasure And she was this. She was able
at the needle as the pen. The household knew
the excellence of her cookery, before ,hey
heard Of that Of her books
In so utter seclusion as she lived in--in
those dreary wilds, where she was not strong
enough to roam over the hills in that retreat
where her siudious father rarely broke the ST.
lcnce-and there was no one else to do IL in
lha, forlom house. planted on tho very clay Of
the churchyard, where the graves Of her sisters
were before her window in such a living sep
ulchre, her mind could not but prey upon itself;
and how il did suffer, we sec in the more pain
fui portions Of her last noyel-"yilleie.' -
She said, with change in her steady counte-
nance, that she should feel very lonely when
her aged father died. But she formed new tics
aler that She married and i, is tho old
father who survives to mourn her.
lie knows, to his comfort, that it is no, for
long. Others now mourn her, in domestic
sense and, as for the public, there can be no
doubt that pang will be felt in the midst Of
the strongest interests Of the day, through the
length and breadth Of the land, and in the very
heart Of Germany, (where her works are singu-
larly appreciaied,) France, and America, iha,
the "Cuuer Bell" who so lately stole as a
shadow into the field of contemporary literature
has already become a shadow again, vanishing
from our view, and henceforh haunting only
the memory Of the multitudes whose expecta-
tion was fixed upon her.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-05-19

How TO DO UP GEST1EMEs's LiSES.--We
find in the Buffalo Republic recipe for doing
up shirt bOsoni4>1nd collars, and iInparting to
them glow 'as good as new Wives try it,
but don't tell your husbands where you got tho
secret Take two ounces Of fine white gum
Arabic powder, put ii in pitcher and pour on
pint or more Of boiling water, (according to
the degree Of strength you desire,) and then
having covered it, leave it over night the
morning pour it carefully into clean bottle,
cork it and keep ii for use. A table spoonful
of gum water, stirred into pint Of starch
made in the usual manner, will give lawns,
either white or printed, look Of newness,
when nothing else can restore them after WASH
ing
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-05-19
MISCELLANY.
DISASTROUS INFLUENCE OF CON-
VENTS.

The following is an extract from the unpub-
lished pages of pamphlet, written by Mics
Josephine M. Bulkley, and entitled "My Book,
or the Veil Uplihed" She recently escaped
from convent in Maryland, and has, in the
above book, detailed some of her experience in
a nunnery:-
aaid at the conclusion Of the last chapter,
that converts, and religious communities Of a
similar nature, are favorable 10 neither moral
nor bodily health. As regards their disastrous
influence on the physical frame, there can be
no doubt, as have satisfactorily shown, and it
is moi denied, even by those most interested in
npholding them. The Mother Superior of ST.
.Josephs, in her remarkable letter, did not at
tempt TO controvert this point, although she
maintained that it was the result Of the pious
and charitable Offices to which the sisters had
devoted themselves, in attending hospitals aud
ministering to the sick But the fact is, that
most of the sickness in the community arises
from the unremitied and laborious seryile duties,
and exhaustng nature of what are termed de-
voiional exercises, the fatiguing forms and at
ttudes in which are more assnilaied TO tor
ture than to meditation and worship.
If weakness, sickness, aud shattered constitu-
tion-the natural results of overtasked strength
had been the only considerations against which
had to contend, might still have been an In
mate Of ST. Joseph''s-an unwilling one, GER
tainly, as was thoroughly convinced Of the
grieyous mistake had commiued-but still
they would not have proved sufficiently potent
in urging me to the desperate venture of an at
tempt to escape from its walls. call it a des
perate venture, because failure to accomplish
my object would have been attended with con
sequences which even now shudder 10 con,
template and no trifing cause could have
prompted an effort, the detection Of whicl
would have exposed me to fearful punishment
But other incentives, combined with the physi
cal and mental suffering | constantly endured
forced me 10 make The trial of escape from
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-05-19
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
yon wonr eIeculcd in good style At flir prices

the calendar, heavy Gnc, imprisonment for CON
Tempt &c.
The bridegrooti who was rather Of timid
nature finally consented, particularly az tho
clerk promised to send friend of his who sal
in the cab, wrapped up In large cloak, TO tho
house of his bride in expectation, explaining
the reason Of bis absence. The reader can i'm
aginc who this person was.
Eleven O'Clock came but still no bridegroom.
Tho guests were staring a, each olher-the
priest began 10 grow impatieni--and the bride
that was 10 be, looked pale and agiaicd, when
carriage drove up, the bell rang and There
he is :! There he is = murmurcd many voices.
A gentleman did enter, whose appearance Gre
aied almost as much astonishment as that Of
Edgar Raycnswood in the Hall of Ashton Cas-
tie at the marriage Of Lucy Ashton in Scots
bride Of Lammermoor. The lady flinied--
private explanation ensued between her parents
and the lover--and the result was that in ten
minutes after, the two real lovers were ioned
in the sacred bond of matrimony much TO the
satisfaction Of all.
The bridegroom that was 10 have becn, az
forwards made his appearance putting and blow
ing. .Wha, he said. and what he did. on be-
holding his rival and being made acquainted
with the condition of affairs was really iragi-
comieal.
The story Of the subpoena shortly ahcr leak
ed out, and has created so much amusement
that the poor fellow declares he will sue the
lawyer for $4,000 damages in subpenatine
him as witness in case of which he knew
nothing, and by which he lost a wife It will
be novel suit indeed if he should do so.-
Nee York Paper.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-05-19

DR. Reese of the American Medical Gazette,
asks to have it kept before the people, that the
only sure and infallibls remedy for burns md
scalds is wheat flour, freely and repeatedly laid
on. He has tried it for thirty years and never
had a fatal case. He has Known The most ex-
tensive butns by falling into cauldrous of boiling
oil, and even molten copper, and yet the patients
were rescued by this simple and cheap remedy,
which, from its infalible success, should sup
plant all the fashionable nosifums, whether oil,
cotton, lead water, ice, turpenline, or pain-ex.
tractors, every one Of which has been tried q
thousand times with fatal result, and the victims
have died in excrncialine agony, when few
handfuls Of nour would have calmed them to
sleep and rescued them from pain and death.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-05-19
POETRY.
THE VIOLET.

Lilies and roses Of the earth,
That are uplftcd gracefully
Rejoice in your luxurious worth,
But you are nothing now to me;
For in my bosom have set
Only q little violet
Love from the regions of the air,
Searching an object for its aim,
Discovered me reclining fhir,
And through the skies an arrow came;
Through the fair violet and me
Came the swirl arrow suddenly.
felt my spirits faint and Gail,
felt the wound that checks the breath,
My features wore the rcd and pale,
But not the livery Of death;
My troubled eyes vision met
Loyelier than any violet
o flower, in whom see alone
The bloom Of each expressive grace.
The beauty of an airy rome,
And glory Of n matchless face;
o maiden, like morn Of May,
You wooed and won my heart awayi
Your soul is az tender vine
That hangs its clusters on the boughs;
You lead unto a royal shrine
The homage Of thousand VOWS;
Love, in raiment shining new,
Steps from throne to iatter you.
Your voice is music heard afar,
When all the night the moon enshrouds;
Your eyes are like the morning star
Beneath the arches of the clouds;
Your stature and your graceful guise
Are as palm Of Paradise.
Dear is the fond conhding air
With which you tell your heart to me,
And you are blithe as you are fair,
Blithe as the summer to the tree.
In you is mirrored and defined
The nature Of my perfect mind.
Unto the eyelids of my youth
You hold a deep enchanted glass,
Wherein the forms of Love and Truth
Do most majestically pass;
Their hands, from urns of silver bright,
Dispense the flowers of my delight.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-05-19
tFrom the London News
DEATH OF CURRER BELL,

DEATH OF CURRER BELL.
"Currer Bell,i is dead, The cal, d..,h ,e
the large family Of yvbom she vos ,he solo sn,.
vivor, prepared all who knew the c;rcur,.,.nce.
10 expect The loss of tsis gf,ed creature =, an,
time but not the less deen ,vil n, ,ho ,,,;o, ~
society that her genius will Weld us no,bing
more. We have three works fran, ber which
will hold their place in the literature of o,r
century and, bu, for her frail hs,l,h ,hora
nigh, have been ,brea ,;nss ,b,, g.. g..
under forty and her oenips was M, ~ an e~-
haustible kind. IL II had boon c,h,,s,;l,. !,
would have been exhausted some time sin.s
Though passion oeeupies too prominen,
place in her pictures of life, though women
have TO compIain ,b,, sbs renye.en,. To-. =, ~,
whole and sole concern of their 1.-Two. and
though governesses esrecially have reason IN
demonstrate and do remons,r,,e ,ba, ,beir sh,,o
of human conflict is Iaid onep. soUs,yh,, NIL
and inconsidera,elv and ve,v s,,oe,;,0,, - -.
cial observation. !, ia ,rue social tIos.;,, H.,
we have had Gem,le u,i,e, ,,ho h., I;sso,'-
tonanced sen,imep,alism and ,oebIa oaa,;sn,
with such practical force as !. .nn,,on, II ,hs
works of Currer Bell He, he,n;no. Loo 80
readily. too yebemen,lv and so,ne,;r0o. n
fashion which their female readers NAV ,o.a,,.
but ,hey do their du,v ,hronoh c,sry,t;,. .ai
are healthy in action boxeve, morbid % n.s.
sion.
How admirable This s,roro,, hon, ,.
derful this force of ;n,e,,;,v--,,, L..l,, H. ~
derstood nv ,,v bo, ,he c,,,, ~ -
nv of this remarkable ,yoro,n,. M, Tha -
count of the scbool h ,.I.,. r., :. -. =.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-05-19
[ From the Kniekerbocker Magazine. ]
JUDGE NOT HARsHLY.

Judge not harshly: kindly speak
OF thy brother, frail and weak;
Fer the loving, gentle tone
Often hath the erring won;
While the stern and angry word
But the depths Of passion stirred.
Jude not harshly: dost thou know
All thy fellow-mortals' woe,
And the heart-corroding care
Every human breast doth bear,
No! Each soul hath secret grief,
None but HEAVEN can give relief
Judge not harshly; for the sigh
Borne to HIM who sits on high,
And the penitential tear,
Dropped when none but GoD is near,
Are in heaven a richer gem,
Than earth's costliest diadem.
Judge not harshly; for, in love,
JESUS judges from above;
And as thou HIS grace would see,
Have HIN kindly smile on thee.
OF my protner, rrail aud weak,
Judge not harshly-kindly speak. M.B.I
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-05-19
KNIGHT OF THE GARTER.

III JONAluAN fINNu.
''The chancellor reads decree dispensing with
existing statutes of the Order of the Carter
The train bands are drumming, drumming, drum
Napoleon is comingl comingl coming lining,
IT is decreed at Windsor castle,
"Garters no more may be worm"
Princes, peasants, earl's, or vassaPs,
Ladies' legs-no more adorn:
Ladies' legs nor Indian leggins,
Flesh nor cork nor wooden peggins.
"Her majesty, assisted by Prince Albert, buckles
it on the left leg of the emperor"
The Russians shaken, shaken, shaken,
Sebastopol IS takenl taken! taken!
Queen of England lays hor hand
On the king of Frances leg;
Shout the tidings o'er the land!
-Garters must come down peg
A Legitimate emperor now,
Stay no longer, crown Lis brow.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-05-19

The woonsockct, R. l., Patriot heads the mar
riages thus
"IIorc the girls and here the widder
Always cast their earliest glance,
And with smiling face consider
If they, too, won't stand chance
To make some clever fellow double
In bliss, and often, too, in trouble"
Plymouth weekly banner. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1856, 1855-08-30

1UuTHFUL PHILANTHROPY AND ITS Re-
wARu.-About four weeks ago an elderly
and respectable dressed gentleman was
observed lying on the side walk on Fourth
street. nearly opposite the Office Of the
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad. A crowd
gathered around, some Of whom proRoun-
ced him in fit, while others attributed
his malody to another cause. Among
them was a little girl about II years of
age, who kneeling down, gently lifted his
head upon her lap, while she wiped away
the clammy perspiration from his fore.
head with her shawl. In short time
the object Of her solicitude revived suffi-
GENTLY TO ask for water, and it being ad
ministered, he asked for a coach, which,
being brought up. he was lifted into it.
when be mo,ioned for he little girl 10 &C
company him. 1t was n case oF paraly
sis; he is retired merchant from New
Orleans. but lately arrived in this city.
His residence is on Fourth. near Park 81.
The little girl who acted the part OF the
good Samaritan in her sympathy with and
administering TO the afflicted is the
daughter OF poor widow woman named
Perkins. who resides near the Ohio and
Mississippi Railroad Depot. and every
morning during his sickness she might be
seen at the residence of the afflicted &c n
tleman, timidly inquiriug after his health
The most grateful phase of the Incl.
dent is that the invalid. who is so far re :
covered that he can ride out, drove oil
Monday 10 the residence of the mother OF
the child. and, presenting her with a
check for 5000. hung a handsome gold
chain around the neck Of his little min
istering angel. to which was suspended a
plain but costly gold watch, upon the
case of which was the following inscrip.
tioH:-"Presented to Mary Cordelia Per.
kins by her friend VIM. Brethers."
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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White WatT fOllegG.

Rev. Geo. B. Jocehn, A. NJ. has been
secured as President in this Institution.
He will be assisted by corps Of excellent
teachers. The Board of Trustees feel
confident that under the Presidency OF
Mr.. Joceivn, the -.Lssiifution will more
than sustain the high reputation il alrea-
dy has. This we do not doubt. Mr.. Joy
celin is well known TO all our renders.
and any remarks from us. as TO bis high
qualifications. would be superfluous.
The next term OF this popular Institu-
ton will commence on Monday Sept: Sd.
The Board aud Faculty are determined
that no elfor: shall be wanting on their
part. 10 render the Institution acceptable
and profitable TO all who may desire to
secure for their Sons and Daughters q
thorough and substantial education.
Information ms to tuition, boarding, &c. I.
may be obtained by reference 10 the cata-
logue of las, year. or by letter TO President
Jocelyn, F. G. Black. Prest. or W. G..
Harvey Sec. B. of Trustees, Centrsville,
Indiana.