Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1859-01-22

, nv 'N'uii'N j." Odthh hour Hllll III Wnondt
destroying one building and a thousand h,.e
els Of grain. The loss is covered by nsr...
b BY the prompt and efficient labors of tho H.,
lington Fire department full 100000 worth -,
f property was saved.
LeRoy Brewster, young man Of q voo,.
from Randolph, was arrested at Middlcbp,
last week, for passing forged note to the caJ
Ter of the White River bank for 800 M,
: of the money was found with him.
Albert Fisher Charles Robbins and Wo.,..
Baker of Ripton, all young men, were arres,S
on Saturday for stealing from several storeSi.
Mlddleoury, ana large amount of goods wa,
found in their possession, consisting of rooIa
made clothing, books, gloves, furs, &c. ''!'
David S. Church, sheriff of Addison Corr,,
died at his residence on Tuesday morning. ogci
III years. No'
A. little child of A. S. Dewey of Durl;ro,o.
was severely scaldcd last week by falling ~ o,
pail of boiling water, and after the usual ami
ances of oil and cotton were made, the latte,
by an unfortunate carelessness was set on fire.
thus infiicting double burn upon the victim
resulting in death the next morning.
A Scotch lady entered store, and enouire5
for table-cloth of dambroad pattern. ave
have some pretty broad" was the reply of the
astonished salesman, "but none quite so broad
as that" The lady explained that "dambroal'
was the Scotch term for checkered pattern.
Rev. p. II. White of Coventry proposes to
write History Of the Congregational Churche,
in Vermont, and requests information on all
points of Church history, "reminiscences from
old members, Church manuals and any docu.
ments that may throw light OH the earlier his.
tory of churches in the State
Asa A. Burnham of Reading, missed a steer
! from his pasture about two years ago, but found
it according to his own statement in the contig-
uous pasture of Jonas Lawson of West Wind.
sor, and subsequently sold it to a Massachusetts
drover. Mr. Lawson afterwards missing one
OF his steers, laid claim to that taken by Burn
ham, and sued him for trespass. A jury has
just awarded Lawson a verdict of SG4 ,OI. The
steer was worth about $50, the payment Of
which would probably have settled the case, but
the parties have expended about $1,000 for costs
| in the suit.
| A barn belonging to Joseph Benson of Stowe.
was burned few nights since with five head of
cattle and other contents.
Mrs Avis, wife of Benon Haskins of Marsh
field, aged ~ years, died last week from burns
received few days previous BY her clothes tax
ing fire. and on the same day, a little daughter
of Francis Loveand, years old was so badly
burned by her clothes taking fire, that she died
the same night.
Two colored men, father and son. named
Phillips and a Frenchman, nephew of the elder
Phillips, were committed to Jail at Burlington,
on Friday, for murderous assault upon Peter
Goulding of Hinesburgh, fracturing his skull
with cart rung and otherwise bruising him in
a shocking manner. Phillips has been dealt
xk.sfh Iaf,~ g.. L
off.
On Tuesday, lth inst. at 2 o'clock, p. NJ, the
Fork Mandatory of Van Ornum, at White
River Village, caught fire in the attic and was
entirely destroyed. Loss estimated at $40, 900;
no insurance On the Sth inst, the chair man
ufactory of Wesson Newcomb, in Barnard, was
also destroyed by fire. We do not learn the
loss; insured in the Vermont Mutual.
Messrs Eugene Garfield, of Arlington, Hen
ry f. Miner and Leonard Sargent Jr., Of
Manchester, SONS of three of the oldest practic-
ing lawyers in the county, viz: Harmon Can
field, A. l.. Miner, and Leonard Sargeant-
were admitted to the bar at the late term of the
Bennington County Court.
"Katy, have you laid the table cloth and
plates, yet?"
"An' sure | have, mem, Everything but the
eggs; an isn't that Biddy's work, surely?"
Ex-Governor Walker and his secretary Stan.
ton OF Kansas, have issued n card addressed TO
| the people of the United States in the Nation
al lntellgencer, in respect to the fraudulent
Kansas election returns Bait Jones. one of
the judges of the notorious Oxford precinct, has
lately published statement that he did not at
tach his name to the fraudulent Oxford return
but that 1t was forged. Mr.. Walker comments
upon this fact an Illustration of the Injustice
done him by the administration in censurine
nm for rejecting the Oxford fraud
The Ohio legislature has bill to reduce the
salaries OF supreme judges from $4,000 to $4,000.
The theory of the democrats who originate this
backward movement, is that cheap men are the
most easily managed. 1t is suggested on the
other side, satirically, that the iudgeships had
better be sold to the lowest bidder, as they used
to sell paupers.
American Gentleman (playfullv)-Do Won
know, Madam, that next year l shall have the
pleasure of calling you fellow citizen of mine?
Cuban Lady Indignantly Never, Was
there ever so unprincipled a nation? Because
thing suits you, you think you have right to
steal it.
American Gentleman-Oh no, Madam We
don't mean to steal it; we propose to buy it.
Cuban Lady-l1a, ha What, YOU buy CubaP
why you cannot buy your own Mount Vernon
-Nesc York Post.
FAST DAY IN NEW HAMpsHIRE.-At the re-
cent session of the Governor and Council. Thurs
day, the 9TH day of April next, was appointed
as Day OF Public Fasting and Prayer through
out the State Of New Hampshire.
The New York Herald says of Senator Sum-
ner-"If his sufferings are half as acute as they
have been represented, he ought to have learn
ed the virtue of resignation by this time"
"Doesticks," describing a New York board
ing house, says you can always tell when they
get new hired girl by the color of the hair in
the biscuit.
UNITED STATES AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY,"
The seventh annual meeting of the United States
Agricultural Society was largely attended at
washington, on Wednesday. President Thigh