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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-05-03
How TO Pop THE QUEsrIoN.-Pitts is a

How TO PoP THE QUEsTIoN.-Pitts Is q
capital business hand. He examines the
goods he is thinking of purchasing and
then says: "Well, I'll look around, and II
! don't lind anything that suits me better,
I'll call and take this" Not long ago Pitts
said to himself 81 am getting rather along
in years, and guess I'll get married" His
business qualities wouldn't let him wait
so, calling upon lady friend, he opened
the conversation by remarking that he
would like TO know what she thought
about his getting married. "Oh, Mr.. Pitts"
she replied, "that is an affair in which
am not 50 very greatly interested, and
prefer TO leave it TO yourself" But"
said Mr.. Pitts, "you are interested, and my
dear girl, will you marry meH" The young
lady blushed very red, hesitated, and,
finally, as Pitts was very well to do in the
world, and morally and financially in good
standing in society, she accepted him
whereupon the matter-of- fact Pitts respond
ed, "Well, well, I'll look about, and if
don't find anybody that suits me better
than you, I'll come back"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-05-03

-Spiritualism Is making very rapid
strides in Germany and Russia.
The monument to General Thomas Is
to be a colossal equestrian statue in bronze,
to be placed either in the Capitol grounds
at Washington or at West Point.
A nephew and regular correspondent
of Louis Kossuth denies that the Hungar-
ian patriot Is poverty stricken. On the con-
trary, the old gentleman, now 70. years of
age, has n fair income and enjoys life.
The Chicago elevators. by the time the
next grain crop Is ready for market, will
have an increased capacity of a million
bushels, as compared with the facilities be-
fore the fire.
A bill to suppress lotteries was under
consideration lately in the Ohio Senate, and
an amendment permitting church congre-
cations 10 raise money for religious pur-
poses by holding fairs and otherwise in
dulging in innocent games of chance was
voted down.
An important United States Supreme
Court decision has Just been rendered max
ing valid and binding all contracts made
in the South before the war for payment
for slaves.
-Brigandage has been revived to an as
tonishing degree in Spain. Twenty-Five
men recently stopped train between Sc
VILE and Madrid, took 1875 900 francs, killed
one or two people, cut the telegraph wires,
and made good their escape.
Fired Douglass says that Catholicism Is
f ssn OF irneEsaslpg among the solossd
says, by the cold, repulsive policy of those
| who consider Professionalism a religion ex-
clusively for "white men,"
"A Kentucky man of an inquiring turn
of mind has kept two blood-thirsty mos
| quitoos under an inverted tumbler for six
months, ond they have not lost flesh or de-
| clined in vigor which proves that their
fondness for torturiDg us poor humans ari-
SIS from pure "cussedness."
| The Washington Home in Boston, one
of the most successful, and we believe, the
oldest hospital for inebriates in the coun-
| try, Is about to erect substantial and con-
venient building, at a cost of $4,000. The
new structure will occupy plct of ground
at the corner of Warren and Dartmouth
streets, one of the most respectable quarters
| of the city, and will accommodate from
sixty to seventy patients.
The art of petrifying the human body
Is said TO have reached high state of per
fiction at the hands of the Italian profess
or by immersion in certain liquids it seems
only to be asleep. The ancients mumified
but that changed the appearance while thi'
| process leaves the subject in lfe-like APP
pearance. The body of Mazzlni is so pre-
served.
The Springfield Republican is inform
| ed that the Chinese government has really
decided to send 100 lads to this country t.
receive an education. They are all from
| highly respectable, Is not distinguished
families, and are TO be selected for thei
| brightness and aptness in acquiring knowl
| edge that they may do the utmost credit t.
the pains, time and money to be expended
upon them. These boys are to be sent t.
the United States in annual installments o
| 30, for four consecutive years and the gov
eminent allows period of from twelve tc
| fifteen years for their instruction.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-05-03

BASE INaRATITuDE.-A Detroit man,
who had contributed a bundle Of his cast
off clothing for the relief of the victims of
the Minnesota fire, received from one of
the sufferers the following note;
"The committy man Civ me, amongst
other things, wat he called pare ov pants,
and 'twood make me pant sum to ware
'em. | found your name an whore you
live In one ov the pockits. My wife lated
so when / shode 'em to her that thot she
would have conipshun tit. She wants to
know if there lives and brethes man who
has legs no bigger than that. She said II
there was, re orter to be taken up for va
grinsy fur havin' no visible means ov sup
port. couldn't get 'em on my oldest boy,
so | used 'em for gun eases. If you hav
another pare to spare, my wife wood like
to get em TO hang up by the side ov the
fire place to keep the tongs in"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-05-03

NEwsPAPERs.-Some peopleestimate the
ability Of a newspaper, and the talent Of
the editor, by the quantity of original mat
ter the publication contains. The Literary
Journal truthfully says: "It is compare
lively an easy task for a frotby writer to
pour out daily columns OF words-words
upon any and all subjects. His ideas may
flow in one weak, washy, everlasting flood,
and his command of language may enable
him to string them together like punches
of onions, and yet his paper may be mea-
gre and poor concern. Indeed, the mere
writing part of editing paper is but
small portion of the work. The care, the
time employed in selecting, is far more inn
portant, and the tact of a good editor Is
better shown by his selections than any
thing else; and that we all know, is half
the battle. But, as we have said, an editor
ought to be estimated and his labors under
stood and appreciated by the general con-
duet of his paper; its tone, its uniform,
consistent course, its aims, its manliness,
its dignity and its propriety. To preserve
these as they should be preserved, is enough
to occupy fully the time and attention of
any man. If to this be added the general
supervision of the newspaper establish
ment, which most editors have to encoun-
ter, the wonder is how they can find time
to write at ALL"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-05-03
P0etry.


ny MRS. Q. Il. HEWITT.
Up in the garrett the grandmother sits,
Under the rafters dark and low,
Sorting over the faded bits
OF woolen, and silk and calico;
And the children wonder, as peeping in,
They watch the old lady her task begin,
why the aged hands so wrinkled and THU,
Should tremble and be 80 slow.
Run away, ye careless ones. to your playi
Let her muse for 4 while alonei
These faded remnants, once bright and gay,
Have history-every one;
And this is the reason the graDd-dame signs,
And the binding tears that unbidden rise,
She paused to wipe from those faded eyes,
Whose weeping, she thought, was done.
This silk, whose color she scarce can tell,
Laid away with such pride and care,
Was the bridal robe-she remembers we'll
OF her darling so pure and fair,
And she hastily folds II out Of sight,
FOR she knows full well, in that land of Light,
Unfading and spotless, clean and white,
Arc the garments the ransomod wear.
And the tiny shreds Of old, soft lace,
Which the years have turned so gray
How they bring before her the baby face,
That within these rufiies layl
And her heart leaps over the days that remain,
Till she clasps in her arms her babe again,
while her withered heart feels yearning pain
For the little one called away.
And now she has found scrap of blue,
And she brushes away tear
As she thinks OF her soldier son so true
To his country-to her 80 dear;
A bit Of the blue her brave boy wore
when he said goodbye" at the cottage door.
She listens in vain, on the oaken floor,
For the footsteps she loved to hear.
And thus she labors, and thinks and Dreams
While memories fast arise,
Till the fading light Of evening seems
To come with swift surprise;
And the children that night in the chimney moo
Looking up at length from their picture book,
See the folded hands, and the shadowy look
OF tears in her kindly eyes.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-05-03
woMAN's powrn.-Those disaster, VIII

WoMAN's PowER.-Thosedis disasters which
break down the spirit of man, and pros
strate him in the dust, seem to call forth
all the energies of the softer sex, and give
such intrepidity and elevation to their
character, that at times it approaches to
sublimity. Nothing can be more touching
than To behold soft and tender female,
who had been all weakness and depend
ence, and alive TO every trivial roughness,
while threading the prosperous paths of
life, suddenly rising in mental force to be
the comforter and supporter of her hus-
band under misfortune, and abiding. with
unshrinking iirmness, the bitterest blasts
Of adversely.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-05-03
THE VERMONT PHOENIX
Published every Friday Evening by
PROUTY & STEDMAN,

ONCE No. Granite Row. Main st., BrAttleboro, Vt.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-12-05
The Old South.

The Old South Church. Boston,
which narrowly escaped destruction
by the recent fire, is, doubtless the
most noted church edlice In the United
States. The Old South Society was
the third Congregational Society in
Boston, and was organized In 1869. in
consequence of a curious theological
quarrel In the First Church. The first
church building Of this society, erected
In 1869, stood for sixty years. 1t was
Of cedar, and 1t had a steeple and gal
lerics, with the pulpit on the north
side. 1t was taken down In 1929. when
the present building was erected on
the same spot, and religious services
were held In 1t for the first time on the
26th Of April, 1880 70. ST.. The Old
South Is frequently mentioned In the
pages devoted to the history Of Boston
before and during the Revolution. In
l775 the British soldiers, eager to In
suit those by whom they were 80 cor
daily hated, but whom they held so
completely In their power, occupied
this Westinghouse as a rlding.school
and place for cavalry drill. They es-
tablished a grog shop in the lower gal
lery, which they preserved In part for
spectators Of their sport. The rest Of
the galleries were torn down, and the
whole interior was stripped Of its wood
work. The floor they covered with
about two feet Of dirt. At this time
the church was without a pastor, and
no new pastor was ordained until 1779.
In 1882 the building was thoroughly
repaired and put In very much Its pres
ent condition.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-12-05
Daily Newspapers.

The Supreme Court has recently de-
fined a daily newspaper. The opinion
was delivered in 4 case from San Fran
cisco, incidental to which a notice had
been published In the San Francisco
Chronicle, when it was not issued on
Mondays. Objection was taken to the
publication because Sunday was a non-
judicial day. and therefore there were
only five legal publications In a week.
The Supreme Court overruled the OBJ
lection, and says that If o paper Is Is
sued every day Of the week except
Monday 1t Is "daily newspaper In
the sense Of the statute, which employs
the term "daily newspaper" In con-
tradistinction to the term weekly"
"semi weekly" or "tri weekly "
newspapers. The term was used and
1t was to be understood in its usual
popular serse and in this sense q pa
per which, according to its usual Gus
tom, is published every day Of the
week except one Is a daily paper.
Otherwise, a paper published every
day except Sunday would not be a
daily paper. The term in its popular
sense, does not admit Of this construc.
tion.-Sdn Jose (Cai.,l Mercury.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-12-05
California State Prison Break.

A telegram from San Rafael, CAL,
dated December 3, gives the following:
Information came from San Quentin
this evening that the prisoners made
made an effort to escape, and that a
number had got away before the at
tempt was discovered. No reliable In
formation can be obtained, but the
story Is that two prisoners were haul
ing water In the brick-yard, and while
the guards were not looking they
threw = rope over the wall and sew
eral made 4 rush for liberty, while a
row was created at another portion OF
the prison to draw oil the attention OF
the guards. The escape was detected
BY the discovery Of several prisoners
making good time over the hills which
lay between the prison ard San Rafael.
Pursuit was given and the alarm tele-
graphed to San Rafael. Sheriff Wat
son Immediately started In pursuit,
and while he was hunting through a
canyon where the brush was 30 thick
he had to crawl, he saw one Of the es-
capped men lying very low. He told
him to come out, hut the prisoner
would not nov The Sheriff then
threatened to shoot him. He then
ann out and was taken back to the
prison. Another was seen on the
Petaluma road. A large number Of
mel are securing the country for
miles around with rifles, and II any
resistance Is made they will be shot
like dogs. Much excitement was
caused BY the report that the Brother
tons had escaped.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-12-05
Killed at Sea.

The accident resulting In the death
Of Ralph Phelps, we'll known In tho
theatrical profession on this coast says
the San Francisco Chronicle Of Tues
day, occurred on the 18th of lsst month
on the steamer Ajax. OH her voyage to
Honolulu. A "strap block" broke
from its fastenings and few across the
deck, striking Phelps on the head,
crushing his skull and rendering him
self insensible. He died about ten
hours after the accident. The body
was taken to Honolulu and inferred.
The deceased was the husband OF Fan
ny Morgan Phelps, who was we'll
known here and vas at n time a
very popular actress. Phelps was q
brother OF A. r. Phelps and was an
old theatrical manager. He wa
widely known throughout this State
and in Oregon, where he had travelled
extensively. He was manager Of the
Orc Elmo Theatre In Portland for one
sesson. His wife was playing a brief
engagement ut Honolulu at the time
of his death. while waiting for his arri-
val, when they intended making u pro-
fessional trip to Australia together.
His death leaves Mrs. Phelps and her
little daughter in Strengthened circum-
stances.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-12-05
Narrow Escape from Death.

Deputy Sheriff Van Alstinc, who
returned from the railroad last night,
says the Eureka Sentinel Of December
Sd, gives us the particulars Of the
miraculous escape OF a small boy from
death at Palisade. II seems that the
little son OF Mrs. Cobb, a lad some
twelve years Of age. and two larger
boys were skating on the Humboldt
river. The ice gave way with the lit
tie fellow, and Immediately his COM
panions ran to rescue him. Arriving
close to the waters edge, they began
to grapple for him, when suddenly
they all went down together. After
some struggling the larger boys sue
ceeded In getting out, but the smaller
n disappeared under the leo and
drifted slowly down stream. He seems
to have turned ON his back, aud with
his face upturned close against the ice,
he was plainly visible, as the current
bore him onward to what appeared iu-
evitable death. The alarm was given,
when a gentleman near by, taking in
the situation mt u glance, crossed the
river on the bridge, and quickly seiz-
Ing a scantling. ran 1t ont on the Ice
and broke a hole just In time to rescue
the almost ~lIfeless body of tile little
fellow from its icy prison. Vigorous
rubbing and other proper e soon
restored him to consciousness, and at
latest accounts he was rs we'll and as
lively rs before the accident occurred.
1t is estimated that he floated with a
sluggish current under the Ice a dis
lance of not less than sixty yards.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-12-05
President Grant.

"
The following personal sketch Of the
President is from a long article on the
White House, in the Washington
Chronicle:
The President has a broad but not q
high forehead, his nose Is slightly aqui-
line ; his eyes blue and kindly his
mouth grave, and when at rest, stern;
his chin square, his complexion some
what ruddy; and his hair nearly black.
His face Is a study. There are lines In
It which show not only traces Of deep
thought, but the impress Of painful ex-
periences. There are also a gentleness
and patience In his manner which
might lead q tryo to suppose there was
a weakness somewhere In his compost
ton, but for that grim, determined ex-
preston about the lower part Of his
face, the firmness Of purpose that gives
that square set to his shoulders, and
makes him from head to foot appear
what he Il, q man Of decisive will.
But not of obstinate and stubborn will.
He digests principles, he resolves K
| pedients, he looks squarely ut whatev-
er he undertakes, and weighs 1t in tho
balance ; he Pounds his acts OH his on
stitutional prerogatives the Constitu-
| ton Is chart and compass ; and Intent
only on the national integrity and the
common good, he fights 1t out on that
line if the stars do fall. And yet his
manner is 81 gentle as that Of a wo-
man, aud his heart as quickly touched
by the distress of others, which he fails
not to relieve to the extent of his pow
err. I know much that might DO told
Of his quiet and unobtrusiyc kindness,
and how, when thanked with heartfelt
words for favors received at his hands,
he wears an expression In his quiet
face as If he were tho recipient and
you the benefactor.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-12-05
The Week Of Prayer.

The officers Of the different branches
of the Evangelical Alliance have Is
sued their annual programme Of topics
for the week Of prayer, extending
from January S, 1873, to the 18th. The
following are the subjects selected:
Sunday, January 5.-Sermon. Sub
ject: The foundation, security, and
universal extension Of tho Christian
Church.
Monday, January 6.-Deyout ac-
acknowledgement. Remembrance ofGod's
mercy to the nation, to families, and
to the churches; providential and
spiritual blessings to ourselves con-
fesslon Of sin.
Tuesday, January Prayer: For
Christian Churches !; their increase in
love, activity, fidelity to truth, and
the clearer manifestation Of the unity
in the faith for ministers, mission
aries, and evangelists.
Wednesday, January S.-Prayer:
For families ; for sons and daughters
Of Christian parents; for q blessing on
home influence, and on the services
and ordinances Of the Church Of God ;
for schools, colleges and universities
for children at sea, or In foreign lands ;
for young men In business, and pro-
fessions /; for servants and for all In
sickness and tribulation.
T~hursday, January 9.-Prayer: For
nations; for kings, and all In authori.
ty for the maintenance of peace for
increase Of righteousness; for the
spread Of religious liberty; for the
growth Of sound knowledge; for con-
tentment, concord, and good will
among all classes, for the d~iscernment
of Gods hands in national judgments ;
and for the removal Of intemperence,
immortality, and the sins which are .
reproach to any people.
Friday, January l0.-Prayer' For
mankind ; for the circulation of the
Holy Scriptures, and the speed Of pure
literature ; for the overthrow of all
forms OF tyranny and oppression for
the removal Of every form of anti
Christ ; for all prisoners and captives,
and for the increase OF that kingdom
which Ia righteousness, peace and JOY
In the Holy Ghost.
Saturday, January l1.-Prayer: For
Sunday Schools ; for missionary, tract
and other religious societies ; for the
raising up and sending forth Of more
lsborers Into His harvest ; and for the
removal OF hlndrancss to the spread Of
the Gospel, and the conversion OF the
world.
Sunday, January l2.-Sermon: Let
the whole earth be filled with his
glory. Amen and amen.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-12-05
NEW TREATMENT IN HYDRO
PHOBIA.

An interesting experiment with the
Turkish bath for the cure Of hydropho.
bia was recently tried in st. Louis. A
girl ten years old, named Katie Miles,
was bitten in the nose by a dog, and
about two weeks after, although the
wound had been cauterised, the child
began to show symptoms Of hydropho-
bia. She complained Of a swelling
and soreness in her throat, exhibited
the greatest repugnance to water, and
on making an effort to drink it went
into spasms. The child was visited
by several physicians, who decided to
attempt her cur by means Of hot air
baths. When taken to the baths in a
carriage the child was delirious. In
being removed from the vehicle she
frothed at the mouth aud endeayored
to bite those about her, as we'll as her
own hands, which were covered and
protected BY a sheet drawn tightly
around her. The child was first sub
jected to a temperature Of about so
degrees, which vas gradually in
creased to nearly $50. She became
quiet and docile, the spasms abated
and at length almost ceased entirely.
Her consciousness also returned, and
she readily recognized friends and rel
atives and addressed them. She was
wrapped in quilts and conveyed to an
other apartment, where she fell into a
light slumber. On being again seized
with the spasms, she was again sub
jected to the bath treatment. The
noise In the water pipes caused her as
much distress as before, but it did not
remain so long. Though the phys
icians were fully convinced that the
treatment was beneficial, the mother
had the girl removed next morning to
the City Hospital, where she died on
the same day. The experiment Is an
interesting one, and 1t Is to be regret
ted that 1t was not allowed to reach a
decided result.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-12-05

OSE of the noteworthy men In the
new Congress will DO Hon. William
C%rutchfleld, Of the Third District OF
Tennessee. Crutchfield Is the man
who listening to JEFF Davis speech at
Chattanooga In 1861, when he was on
his way from the United States Senate
to the Presidential chair Of the South
ern Confederacy, denounced Davis as
q traitor and liar. Davis moving to
resent the insult, Crutchtield drew q
revolver, and, It Is said, that but for
the prompt interference OF the by
ISLANDERS, Crutchfield would have killed
him. The new Congressman carried a
district that ordinarily gives 1000 to
1000 Democratic majority BY a Re-
publican majority Of 1000. He is de-
scribed rs q man Of large means, plain
In his habits, full Of good humor and
llberal-hearted