Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1870-08-26
State Meas.

"A young man of Mount Holly recently
had ball extracted from his head, which
had been there ever since the battle of An
tiet9m.
-Fifty-three car loads of cattle passed
through st. Adams from Northern New
York for market, Saturday - the largest
number shipped at any one time this sea-
son.
"A patent has been granted to f. NJ.
Perry of Barton, for "cutting off" in cleo
tro-magnetic machines, making simple,
cheap and reliable cutoff in relays, for tel
egraph machines, saving much time and
trouble, as it is done instantly.
The first meeting house in Wheelock
was built in 1877. A curious vote was ia
ken by the town for the purpose Of selling
off the pews. The record of the vote reads
as follows "Voted, that the town be at
the expense of rum for the vendueing off
the meeting house pews."
The Bennington Banner newspaper and
job printing establishment, Cook d Son
proprietors, has been purchased by C. A.
Pierce and Co. of Manchester for $4,000.
Mr.. ]. l. C. Cook is one Of the oldest news
paper publishers in the State, having been
some thirty years in the field. w. II.
Cook, the Junior member of the late firm,
who has recently had the main editorial
charge of the paper, is a young man Of
energy and promise, and should he remain
in the field of journalism, will, we trust
achieve ample success.
The up express train on the Vermont
| Central railroad narrowly escaped a serious
accident near Royalston last Saturday af-
ternoon. While approaching the depot
and going round curve, frog broke
throwing the five cars following the bag
| gage car off the track. A small culvert was
about fifteen rods ahead on reaching which
the wheels were driven out from under ev-
cry car OF the train, but the strong flooring
| OF the cars resisted the violence OF the
crash, and no one was injured. Had the
train been going at full speed, very seri-
Gus accident would probably have oc-
| Cured.
"A very wide-awake and enthusiastic
temperance picnic was held at Lyndon
vile, Aug. 18th. About 5000 were present
Speeches were made by Rev. II. p. Cush-
ing, l.. d. Barrows ID. D., of New Hamp-
shire, f. b. Ryckman of Stanstead, p. O.,
and others. While DIR. Barrows was speak
ing, a telegram was received announcing
the nomination of Wendell Phillips for
Governor of Massachusetts,, by meeting
of eight hundred delegates assembled in
Boston. A response, bidding the prohibit
ton movement in Massachusetts God
speed, was, by vote of the convention, re-
turned.
MAJ. Gen. Ethan Allen Hitchcock, who
died at Hancock, Ca, on the 9th inst, in
the 72d year of his age, was on his..mother's
side:a grandson of Ethan Allen of Revolu-
tlonary memory. He graduated at West
Point in 1917, and in 1924 was placed on
duty as an officer of the Military Academy,
and remained connected with the institu-
ton till 1888. From 1887 to 1910 he super
intended the Northwest Indian Depart
ment. He served in the Florida and in
the Mexican wars, being in the latter on
the staff Of Gen. Scott. Later he was the
military commandant of the Pacific Divis-
ion. In 1854 he resigned his commission
and devoted himself to some curious phil
osophical researches. In 1855 he printed a
pamphlet in which he claimed that genu-
ine.alchemy was not an art for making
gold, but that the alchemists were students
OF man, whose perfection was symbolized
by the philosophers stone. In 1857 he pub
lished Remarks upon Alchemy and the
Alchemists," and in 1858 "Swedenborg, an
Hernetic Philosopher !" and year after
wards two volumes entitled "Christ the
Spirit;" also, mystical Interpretation Of
Colin Clou.s, the Red Book of Appia and
the sonnets Of Shakespeare. Daring the
late war Gen. Hitchcock took an active and
energetic part in suppressing the rebellion
but was most OF the time on duty at WASH
ington, and was warm personal friend
and to some extent a military adviser of
President Lincoln. lie was man of fine
culture, of great purity OF character and
commanded the respect of all who knew
him