Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-02-20
News, Notes, and Varieties.

The Huntington Rend,ttr II the 10Th saws that p
woman in tina; town, on "Wednesday Of last week gave
birth TO four chldrel-two boys and two girls. They
did not survive any length Of time Prolific for Yer
mont.
| On Friday morning Of last week the Thermometer
at 81. Iohrsbury ind Gated 81 deg. below zero Al,
Woodstock IS; at White River Junction "a; and at
Montpelier 90 below. The ice crop is no, likely TO
prove failure Judging from the indications Of the last
two weeks
! French boy nam cd Baroule;te about II wear, Old
was drowned in the Lake, near Burlington, Oh Satur-
day the 9Th inst lie way irving how far he could
go the new ice, which broke AID he went down ;
so says tie Free Press.
The holders OF the second mort rye bonds Of the
Rutland Il Burlington Railroad. met at Bellows Fails
Wednesday the 10Th inst, and elected r. 7. Chandler
aud Souihworth Shaw Of Boston. joseph Warner
Robert Pierpont and Asa WentN orth Of Vermont
Trustees OF the road in place OF Thomas Thatcher and
Samuel hensliaw, the present incumbents The law
yes pronounce the under which they were elected
invalid, and any amount OF litigation may be expected
The Washington Union say. :-"what the Dcrnoc
racy OF Vermont lnck in numbers they would seem TO
make up in weight b. G. Brigham Esq, now in this
city, is sample Of heavy men Of the party in that
State He stands six fee, four, and weighs about 300
pounds and his business operations as n farmer are
proportonably large lie is the owner OF 1900 acres
OF land, and keeps thereon a dairy Of 200 cows"
The Bennington Banner says A few weeks ago.
while gentleman { y was driving from this village
to Hinsailvillc when two miles or more from the
village, his horse stepped into hole in such manner
ms TO break his leg, when the owner of the animal
cooy got OUT of his cutter. cut OF the leg where
was booker threw into the cutter and drove the horse
home upon three legs the remainder of the distance
some two miles We learn that he has now sued the
town for damages to his horse.
The president has removed Mr.. Price postmaster at
Chicago, and reappoined Isaac Cook his immediate
predecessor. He has also removed Mr. Miller, po,t-
master at Columbus, Ohio, and appointed Samuel
Medary the present territorial governor Of Minnesota
snd late editor Of the Columbus Statesman, in lis
place. Messrs Price and Miller were appointed dur.
ing the of Congress, and are both Dourlasite.
Charles G. Carpenter, son of d. n, Carpenter. post
master at Greenfield, has been promoted from pissed
midshipman 10 master in the navy.
During the suspension about half a dozen banks
started business in Pennsy lvania which they could
easily do without having much specie in their vaults
The Governor intended to veto their charters but the
ten days flew by, consequently their charters became
valid The bills of these banks are handled very
cautiously by New York broke and bankers
Calhoun, the Regent of Kansas, has his legal resi-
dcnce at Springfield, ILL.,, his family never having re-
moved from that place. William p. Badger one of
the Democratic members of the Kansas Legislature,
is also citizen Of Montpelier, VT, whence he emigru
ed, leaving his family who are still there.
Cen VIM. T. Haskell the eloquent orator Of Ten
nessce, has again fallen into his old weakness and is
again confined in the lunatic asylum at Hopknsvc,
Kentucky.
An exchange tells OF man whose sister told him
he had not long to live, and suggested that he might
not feel altogether prepared for that event. "Why
should be airaid to die ?" he asked II never voted
Il Democratic ticket in my lile.'
Funcha' correspondent ofthe Philadelphia Ledger
says that it is not nm open question whether any more
Madeira wine will ever be produced. None has been
made since 1851, and there are now only some seven
or eight thousand pipes upon the cntire island. All
recent attempts to manufacture the wine have utter