Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-09-29

lowed many veteran printers old age would
be chcercd by the reception of money which has
been due so long that the debt has passed from
memory.
\ coed many years ago Massachusetts man
was elected to tha office of Lieutenant Govern
or When the fact ofhs election was announced,
he was called upon for speech. lie proceeded
to acknowledge the honor in very handsome
terms, and added that he had no doubt he
should make good Lieutcnom Governos as
that was the Office he had always held IN lis
own house!
Two Young ladies in Fab River recently fell
equally aud deeply in love with a gentleman
who visits them frequently. The ladies being
warm friends agreed to draw lots to decide
which should have him. The fortunate dam
sci made sweet haste to inform him of the re-
suit of the drawing, when he informed her that
he was already engaged to a third lady!
James NJ. Folsom, with John A. Andrew for
his council has obtained a verdict of S5,266
damages against the Portland, Saco and Ports
mouth railroad in the supreme court at Boston,
for his violent election from the cars of the
road and the Injuries resulting thercfrom.
The answer to an appeal made BY THe " Y.
Hdepcndcm in behalf Of the prisoners library
for Sing Sing has been so liberal that 1900
volumes were on Saturday sent to the prison of
that place.
Up in Massachusetts, they do not seem to
think it discrcditablc in college professor to
know something about practical matters. Prof.
Clark of Amherst college, rode around the
course at Springfield to give the people an idea
Of the manner IN which gentleman should sit
his horse, and took premium for horscman-
ships he acted on horse committees, and made
were announced at the National Horse Show,
in way that showed that he had lungs and
physical energy, as well as brains. The next
We hear Of him he is delivering 1.-TWO horse
address on horses, and keeping very large All
dicncc, many Of them standing in close alt0n-
ton, for more than an hour.-HqttoM Cour-
art
Nathaniel Toles of Claremont is nominated
as the republican presidential clector for that
district. On the occasion of the convention at
Claremnnt, the Wide AwakeS of keenc and
Springfield. were in attendance, and those OF
Kecne brought banner for the Clarcmont re-
publicans, won in a bet between the two towns
as to which should make largest republican gain
this year. Chas. \. Faulkner made the pres
cuta,iou speech for keenc, and J. ). Walker
responded for Clarcmont. The gathered re-
publicans Of the district were afterwards adj
and torch-light parade closed the demonstra-
ton in the evening.
The oil wells Of Pennsylvania, which have
served as the foundations Of many fortunes
and Of 50 many castles in the air, are beginning,
in flash language. To "dry up" SO that what at
first bid fair to he neycr-ang fountains, have
turned out the mere>t bubbles The Croosley
We'll. which at first Welded neatly hundred
barrels a day, has dWindled down to less than
tenth part of that quantity; while out of two
hundred and thriy->even wells in one district.
two hundred are entirely dry. The misery and
destitution which prevails among the poorer
classes, who r>ked and lost their all in the sink
ing Of shafts that never Welded oil enough to
grease their MINDLESS with, is only equaled among
the deludcd cb.grants of Pixies Peak.-NU-
baWoH Ho0H.
Preparations have been completed for the
destruction Of an immense chalk cliff q short
distance from Chatham England. The cliff is
estimated 10 contain from 10000 to 1000 tons
of chalk. and the quantity OF gunpowder to be
used IN the operation weighs in the aggregate
1900 pounds. distributed in charges OF from
iol pounds to 800 pounds. The sappers and
miacfs have bored two immense shafts into the
summit of the cliff and these have been carried
down to considerable depth into the solid
chalk. From the base Of the shafts longitude
nal gallere, have been driven into the cliff in
various directions To receive the charges of gun
powder TO be used in the undertaking. and as
the several barrels Of gunpowdcr will all be ex-
ploded by means of electricity. the charges will
of course be fired simultaneously The battery
for transmitting the voltac current to the char
geS viii be stationed upwards OF half a mile
from the shafts.