Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-01-30

of, may never again have another so favorable
an opportunity to determine" The fish philoso-
pher resumed his study, and the Agassiz dinner
went of like the play of "IIamlet' with Hamlet
ie't out'-Scied9cc American.
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,, SINGULAR TNcIDENT.-Thc Lynchburg
Republican publishes the following incident
remarkaole alike for its snguarity as well as
Tor us melancholy fulfllmcnt to the brother of
| one Of the parties concerned.
Just before the war broke out and before
LlGcoIns proclamation was issued. a Young
Virginian named Summerfeld was visiting the
city OF New lork where he made the acuuaint-
ance OF Two Misses Holmes Of Waterbury, YER
mont. lie becams somewhat intimate with the
young ladies', and the intercourse seemed TO he
mutually agreeable. The proclamation was
issued and the whole North thrown into blaze
of excitement On visiting the ladies one eve
ming, at the hour Of parting they remarked to
Summerleld that their present meeting would
probably be the last they must hurry home 20
aid in making up he u,ercoatS and clothing
for the volunteers from their town. Summer
field expressed his regret that they must leave
but at the same time especially requested them
| to see that the cvercoats were well made, as it
was his intention if he ever met the Vermont
regiment in battle, to kill one Of them and take
his coat
Now for the sequel. Virginia seeded. The
| second Vermont regiment portion Of which
was from the town of Waterbury, was sent to
! Virginia The battle of Manassas was fought,
| in which they were engaged and so was Summer
field. During the battle, Summerfeld marked
| his man, not knowing to what state he belonged
| the fatal ball was sped on its errand OF death
the victim fell at the flash of the gun, and, upon
rushing up to secure the dead mans arms,
Summerfeld observed that he had a fine new
oyercoat strapped to his back, which he deter
mined to appropriate to his own use. The fight
was over, and Symmetrical had time to examine
his prize when, remarkable as it may appear,
the coat was marked with the name of Thomas
Holmes, and in the pockets were found letters
signed with the names Of the sisters whom
Summeriield had known in New York, and to
whom he had made the rem rk we have quoted,
in which the dead was addressed as broth r.
The evidence was conclusive--he had killed
the brother Of his friends, and the remark which
he had made in jest had melancholy fulfill
mcnt. We are assured this narrative is literally
true. Summerfed now wears the coat, and,
our informant states, is not little impressed
with the singularty Of the coincidence.
CoNN'r RIVER VALLEY AGRICULTURAL AND
INDUSTRIAL AssoCMTIoN.-This Association
met at White River Junction, on the 9th inst,
for the choice of officers, and the following
gentlemen were elected for the coming year,
viz:
HENRY HUBBARD, Charlestown, n H.,
PreSt.
VICE PREsIDEyTs-Joseph w. Colburn
Springfeld John H. Marcy, Royalton; Nathan
Cushing, Woodstock Francis Daniels, Grafton;
Rufus II. Hyde, Chelsea; j. II. Benton, Brad =
ford J. NJ. Hoyt, Lyndon e. Clark, Lunen-
burgh p. Follcnsbee Maidstone; Robert
Harvey, Barnet, Vt Thos. II. Leverett, Keene /;
David Buffum Walpole, Russell Jarvis, Clare
mont Richard Hubbard, Charestown John
! Hazelton, Oxford Nathaniel Bayley, IIaver-
, hill; Simon Chase, Northumberland a. NJ.
Chase Whitefeld, n. II.
5 BOARD OF MANAGERs-D. F. Tillotson, Or
. ford A. p. Balch, Hanover; Chester Pike,
Cornish Rob't Elwel Langdoni ]. B. Elliott
Keene; Geo. Rust, Walpole VIM. Parker
Concord, \. H. G. p Baldwin, Bradford
Madison Sloat, Bellows Falls Ebcn Bridge,
Pomfret; J. d. Wheat, Putncy; Amos Barnes,
St. Johnsbury Henry Kcyes, Newburyi John
: g. Smith St Adams; Geo. Campbell West
e minister; Reuben Page, Corinth, VT.
|. observation-disclosures Olcott, Jr., Charles
= town, n. Il.
Observation-Disclosures McLane Faigee,
|. VT.
h MARsuA1L-Ccl. L. R. Jennings, Quechee
- Vt.
- The board of Managers held subsequent
Il meeting and agreed upon the 10th, 18th and
18th days OF September next for their next an
h nual Fair and by previous agreement the Fail
s. will be holden at White River Junction.
n A verdant young man named George w
4 IIunig, fred with literary ambition went t.
t. New York last week, from the Green Mountains
# of Vermont and advertised himself to deliver
IL; loct ;1,
IF however George fell in with one of the syren.
e the sidewalk, named Ida Whitney, who con-
v Quoted him to house of ill-repute where, afte
i a nights revel, he was heeced of $500 in banl
e bill, gold watch, and sundry other valuables
Re Next morning he lodged a complaint at the
,e police office against the fair Ida, but she urged
that she was so overcome with champagne (o
h which she and Hulnig consumed % bottles {!
N shat she could not tell anything about the yalu
d ables or the money. The nymph however, wa
II locked up, until she could recover her scattered
h senses, while her victim proceeded to make ar
w engagements for leaving the city-by the Ii ht
Of ming train-wthout deli ering his series O
promised lectures. He has since been lodge
of in the Tombs as insane.-Bostoa Post.
Ie ARRIVAL OF ARMS FROM GERMANY. TIL
IS importation of war material from Germany al
ready carried on very large scale, is still in
Sc creasng Boxes and packages of every de
ID scription containing arms for our soldiers, an,
all sorts of material now needed for their com
e. pete preparation foa the field, make up larg
y proportion Of every cargo brought to this poi
DC by the German steamship lines.
i The Hammonia, which arrived last week
I'd brought from twenty-five to thirty thouSant
ne stand of arms, and a considerable quantity q
OF war stores
m The Saxona, which arrived this morning