Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-07-11

pumpkins, some Of which weighed forty lbs apiece.
--.htddiebury Register.
The above story reminds us of one that was told
Of a man out West. He started one morning for
his nearest neghbors, ten miles distant to borrow
some pumpkin seeds While sitting on his horse
conversing with his friend he dropped of the
Seeds The soil was so fertile that the seed took
root and grew with such rapidly that the man on
horseback could not catch up with 1t but as he
approached home he found the roadside srewed
with ripe pumpkins attached to this same vine,
while his own yard contained a supply, aside from
the half dozen that his wife had made into pies.
j. H. Lyman of Northampton has recently sold
his residence and lot, corner of Elm and Prospect
streets, to Charles Fairbanks (son Of Gov. Fair
banks,) Of New York, for $4,000
On Friday night, the Goth, at IL o'clock, the
. house. barn, and shop of Paul Pierce, situated in
Royalston, were totally destroyed by fire, together
with the furniture. farming tools, &c. The whole
loss was estimated to be $500, which is partially
covered by an insurance of $1,000. II is supposed
to be the work of an incendiary.
Thirty men are at work grading a carriage road
to within mile $50 rods Of the summit Of Mt.
Washington. The road follows the old Fabyan
bride path. 1t is to be finished before the 18th
inst and the ascent can then be accomplished from
either house with ease, in two hours.
The report of the board of visitors to the West
Point Military Academy is published. Itquestons
the propriety of the severe discipline maintained,
recommends on increase Of the number Of appoint
ments, an extension of the privileges of the cadets,
and thorough change in the military organization
of the academy. The report is one Of the most i'm
portant made for years.
The New York Police war is ended, substantial
ly, by the decision of the highest judicial tribunal
of the State, in favor of the Metropolitan or State
law. Mayor Wood must now succumb, with as
good grace as may be. 1t is understood that
President Buchanan has been called upon to give
out that he could not and did not approve of the
factional course of the Mayor and his other poiti-
cal friends in New York on this question
A man named Miles Darden, died in Henderson
County, Tenn, who was seven feet six inches in
height, and weighed over 1000 lbs. 1t took 100
feet Of plank to make his coffin and seventeen men
to lift him into ii. He was undoubtedly the lar
gest and most powerful man in the world. When
hungry it is said that he drank thirty-two cups Of
coffee and ate one hundred eggs He could break
the thigh of horse with single kick.
At concert in Wisconsin, at the conclusion Of
the song, "Theres good time coming" coun-
try farmer got up and exclaimed, "Mster, couldn'
you fix the date, that is what we want-just give
US the date, Mister"
The last spider bite happened to a Baltimore gen
tleman sitting in his Office. This is No this sea.
son. Guess this epidemic is manufactured by tn,
dreadful accident makers. A French saran, Whose
name doesn't happen to be running in our ink a
this moment, got himself bitten by all the spiders
he could find. and says there is not poison enough
in the whole family to kill man.
The Rev. Mr.. Parker. in his funeral address OF
the death of Mr.. Calvin Whiting said she had q
genius for lOring his feliOw mem
Doesticks, the American Humorist, has habit
of sleeping till very late in the morning He say:
he knows the adage about the 'early bird" but
does not want to catch the as he has place
to put it. The landladys only means of revenge
is to address him as "the late Mr.. Doesticks."
UHd Cherry.--We hear so much said of the
wonderful curative power of DR.. Wistar's Balsam
in all stages of diseased lungs, that feel perfect
ly safe in recommending it for general use fol
coughs, colds, bronchitis, sc.