Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-01-21

ever hurt, and our friend, holding tight to his
hand exclaimed, as he picked himself up: "Just
our devilish luck, partner; but, by Jove, I'm
bound to play this hand outv- Boston Herald.
The several Banks in this State very general
~ reelected their old officers last week The
Union Bank at Swanton' Falls declared diyi-
dend of ten per cent out of the earnings of the
past year, and has a large surplus of earnings
left. This is one of the Banks so summarily
discredited by Tompson's Reporter.
The Woodstock Standard says that Henry
Pelman, an employer on the Vermont Central
Railroad, slipped on the planking at the bridge
above Woodstock Station, on Saturday week,
full iorty-fve feet, and was instantly killed.
The Vermont Central Railroad Corporation
held its annual meeting at ST. Adams last week.
and elected G. W. Dexter, C.. o. Whittemore,
j. Wheeler, L.. Underwood, J. G. Smith, Jos.
Clark and Lawrence Brainerd, Jr, Directors
The Free Press says: ave understand that the
President of the company was able to give the
stockholders the gratifying information that
there had been no depreciation whatever in the
market value of the stock within the year. 1t
is to be hoped that it will continue to hold its
own, in that regard"
J. S. Lee of Montpelier went to East Mont
X,
$1,000 in his pocket, which he either lost or had
stolen from him before he returned the same
night.
The Free Press learns from a correspondent
that there is some little prospect of new dam
being built across the Connecticut above West
Leabnon, which may afford to that really beau
tiiul village an abundance of water power for
manufacturing purposes. Immediately across
the river at White River junction, there are al
ready executed number of fine buildings suit
able tor manufacturing purposes with a large
amount of machinery, most of which, we pre-
sumo, is laying idle.
James Dana died at Utica, last Saturday. aged
so; he was native of Ashburnham, Mass. later
resident of Windsor, but for the greater por-
ton OF his life prominent citizen of Utica
One of his sons is Professor Dana OF Yale COL
lege.
There were 2,34s,776 lbs of butter and L.
266655 lbs of cheese shipped from che St. Al
bans depot in 1859.
The dry house connected with the new wooden
mill of Prosper Merrill of Felchville, together
with lot of wool, was burnt on the 18th.
VIM. ID. McAlaster has purchased the Wood
stock Age, and become its editor and proprie-
tor
Two new fire companies have been organized
in Montpelier, making five in all, and new en-
glnes from the Button mandatory, Waterford,
n. Y, have been purchased for them.
Hon. George Z. Wales died at Hartford.
January Sth, of lung fever, aged about seventy
years. The Age says: Judge Wales repre-
sented the town OF Hartford in the Legislature,
four years,-and during the sessions of 1923
and 1924 was Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives, the duties of which office he dis
charged with distinguished fidelity and Impair
TALLY. He was elected a Member of Congress
from this District in 1914, and reelected in
1926. He afterwards held the office of Judge
OF Probate for several years"
Eliphalet Merrill ESQ.,, of Washington Ver-
mont, died at his residence in said town on the
Sd day of January 1860 at the advanced age
OF 96 years. He was born in the town of Pop
lin n. II. August 18th 1868, and moved to
Washington in 1893, where he continued to re-
side up to the time of his DEATH He voted for
George Washington for President at his first
election, and has voted at every Presidential
election since.
The New fear-Leap year, by the wav-was
usllered IN at Middlebury by Sleigh Ride, and
supper at the Addison House; some dozen of
the bellies OF the town doing the agreeable, and
paying the bills, for as many of the ayincible
Beaux.
The Western female seminary at Oxford.
Ohio, modelled after the Mount Holyoke female
seminary of Miss Lyon was burned to the ground
on Saturday.morning. The teachers and pupils
all escaped.
Mrs Stephen ID. Nichols of North Blackstone
mas, WITHIN eleven month and four days, presents
ed her husband with three bouncing bows. The
first was born January 3lst, 1853, and the re-
naming two (twins) were born on the 9TH of
the present month.
There is now living in Peru Mrs Stiles, aged
96. There was time when her sight was i'm
pared, but about 20 years ago it returned to
her, and she can now thread the finest cambria
needle.
A cow in Marlboro, owned by ]. w. Bingham.
recently gave birth to five calves at one time
She had unfortunately got into hole some time
previously, and her efforts to extricate hesef
Killed the calves and produced premature con-
fnement. The calves were perfect and weighed
from 32 to As lbs each.
Winthrop w. Chenery of Belmont has lost
y valuable cows and oxen within the past six
months, by pneumonia, or Inflammation of the
lungs, MIR Chenery has imported some of the
oest Dutch cows that ever came to this country.
and the last one that died was the largest COW
in the United States, weighing $500 lbs. The
skeleton was presented to Prof Agassiz for his
new museum.
A series OF tabeaux, gotten up by the ladies
of the Congregational church in Great Barr;rgN
ton were exhibited before large audience on
thursday night, and repeated on Friday eve.
nng' They were skifilly performed. Two Of
mem represented scenes in the ministers
Wooing,'' viz; the offering of Marvin by Can.
dace, and the giving away of Mary by Doctor
hopkins to her betrothea. The doctor was rep
resented in each scene in the veritable wig,
oreeches and hose worn by him in his life time,
and now owned By his worthy grandson. Ma;
c. W. Hopkins. Of Great Darlington. The au.
dience greatly applauded.