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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-04-05

Miss PETTINGILL's FIRST RIDE IN THE
CARs.-Miss Prudence Pettingil, at the
mature age Of sixty-one made up her mind
to visit New York for the first time in her
life. She had never seen railroad as such
things were unknown in Aroostook County
until this summer, and the ancient farm
house in which she lived was several miles
from the station. So she sits calmly upon
the great wooden platform which sur
rounds the country depot, and gazes with
amazement upon the train which arrives,
pauses a few moments to take on passen-
gers, and then proceeds upon its journey.
The station master interrogates the old la
dy, who sits placidly watching the depart
ing train.
"Why did you not get on, If you wished
to go to New York;"
"Git onW says the old lady, "Git on! /
thought the whole consarn went"
Having explained to her that the plat
form was stationary, the man kindly ad-
vses her to wait for the express train, into
which he escorts the maiden, and finds for
her seat by the side of benevolent old
gentleman. Catching fast hold of the seat
in front of her, she is at first very much
alarmed at the speed at which they are GO
ing, but gradually becomes calm, and much
interested in the novelty Of her surround
ings. The old gentleman answers her ma
ny questions very civllly, and among 9TH
err things tries to explain the use of the tel
egraph wires, and tells her that messages
are sent over them at much greater rate of
speed than they are travelling. "Wa'al
waal, says the old lady, "you don't ketch
me ridn' on 'em, for this Is rs fast as
want to go, anyhow" She had seen so ma
ny wonderful things that she makes up
her mind not TO be astonlshed at anything;
and when the train dashes into tho one
which had preceded it, OWN. to n misplace
ed switch, and the poor old lady is thrown
to the end of the caramong heap of brok-
en- seats, sho supposos IL to be tho ordinary
manner of stopping, and quietly remarks,
"Hou fetch up rather sudden, don't We p"
Being provided with a seat in the forward
car, which was uninjured, she earrved with
out further accident, at her journeys end,
and Is surrounded by an eager crowd of
hackmen, aud listens in wonder to their
oft repeated call Of "IIack, hack r. Grasp
ing her umbrella In one hand and her
handbook in the other, she looks down into
the face of one of the loudest drivers with
the compassionate Inquiry, "Are you in
painH" From tho consequence of his
wrath she is rescued and carried safely
home by her nephew, who has come to the
depot to look for her,-Harper's Md9dsine
for January.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-04-05

THE RoTHsCHILDs.-The firm was es-
tablsh9d at Frankfort l77l, by Meyer An
sci \. Being left an orphan, he obtained
employment in bank at Hanover, and by
his industry and economy succeeded in
amassing little capital, with which he
founded his own establishment. In 1901 he
was appointed agent for the Elector of
Hesse, whose fortune he saved at the risk
of his own, when the French army enter
cd that State. For that service the Empe-
ror of Austria gave titles of nobility to all
the mem bers of the family, with the motto,
TO which they have always remained faith
ful, "Concordtd, Industrd, IntegritaS." The
founder Of the dynasty left ten children, of
whom the youngest was the late Baron
James, of Paris.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-04-05
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western paper tells story of deaf
gentleman's mistake. 1t seems that in the
procession that followed good Deacon Jones
to the grave last summer, the Rev. Mr..
Sampler, the new clergyman of East Town,
found himself in the same carriage with an
elderly man he had never before met
lDRhey rode in grave silence for fow mo-
pfceuts, when the clergyman endeavored 10
improve the occasion by serious conversa-
ton.
"This Is a solemn duty in which we are
engaged my friend" he said.
"Hey? What do you say, sir?" tho old
man returned. "Can't you speak louder?
I'm hard of hearing"
81 was renarking," shouted the clergy
man, "that this is solemn road we are
travelling today"
"Sandy road You don't call this ere
sandy, do ye? Guess you amt been down
TO the south district. There's stretch Of
road on the old pike that beats all ever
see for hard travellin' Only week before
Deacon Jones was tuck sick l met him
drivin' his ox-team along there, and the
sand was pretty nigh up to the hubs of the
wheels. The deacon used to get dreadful
riled bout that piece of road; and East
Town does go ahead of all creation for
sand"
Tho young clergyman looked blank at
the unexpected turn given to his remarks,
but quickly recovering himself, and rails
ing his voice TO the highest pitch, he re-
sumed the conversation.
"Our friend here has done with all the
discomlorts d ofearth," he said solenmly. "a
small spot of ground will soon cover his
senseless clay"
"Did you say clay, sir?" cried the old
man eagerly. "Tain't nigh so good to cov-
er sand with as medder loan. Sez l to Mr..
Brewer, last townmeetin' day, If you'd
cart on a few dozen loads, and there's acres
OF ii on the river bank soz I, you'd make
as pretty piece of road as there is in Hart
ford County, But we are slow folks in
East Town, sir.'
1t was, perhaps, fortunate for the clergy
man at that moment that the smell of new
made hay from neahboring field sug.
gested fresh train of thought.
"Look," said he, with graceful wave of
the hand, "what an emblem OF the brevity
of uman life! AS the grass of the field
so man acurishcs, and Tomorrow he is cut
down."
~ dOn't-calculate to cut mine till next
week, said his companion. "You mustn't
cut grass too 'arly; and then, again, you
mustn't cut it too lato.n
"My friend" shrieked the Clergyman, in
a last desperate attempt TO make himself
understood, "this is no place for vain con-
versation. Weare approaching the narrow
house for all living"
They were entering the graveyard, but
the old man stretched his neck from the
window in the opposite direction. "Do
you mean Squire Hubbard's over yonder?
'Tis rather narrer. They build all them
new tangled houses in that way now. To
my mind they amt nigh so handsome nor
so handy as the old-fashioned square ones,
with broad entry runnin' clear through
TO tho back door. Well, this Is the gettin
out place, aint 1t? Much obleeged TO We,
parson, for your entertainin' remaks."
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-04-05

THE SLATE INTgREsT.-Virginia is ex-
porting slate to Massachusetts. One COM
pany last year shipped 1000 tons valued at
$4,000. There is sufficient slate in Ver-
mont to supply Boston at reasonable pri-
ces but the Vermont, New York and Mass
achusetts railroads keep the freight on slate
so high that it almost acts as prohibition
TO its transportation, and allows slate TO be
brought from Virginia to New England,
and sold at less price. This ought not to
be so. and legislation should fix rates, so
that our material industries shall not suf-
fer such competition. Railroads are said
to develop our quarrles and mines, but in
some cases they more frequently retard de-
velopment than increase it, by freight tar
iif on their products. Special rates are Civ
en- on lumber, so that the seller can deliv-
er 1t in Boston at stipulated price. which
has had the influence to III Ike Vermont
among the foremost lumber markets of the
country. A similar encouragement to the
slate interest would make Vermont the
leading late market of the world.-Rut-
ldnd Hcrdld.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-04-05
ANCESTRAL wIsDoM.-In Pennsylvania,

ANCESTRAL WIsDoM.-In Pennsylvania,
not many years ago, there dwelt the de-
scendanls of Peter Van Schrenbendyke.
who had cleared his own farm, guarded 1t
carefully from the attacks of the Indians.
and willed II to his son jacob. The farm
was transmitted In regular order from faith
er to son, and at last became the property
of Heinrich Van Schrenbendyke-a good
natured, stolid Teuton, whose son Johan-
mes, bright, lively youth of sixteen, was
told to saddle the horse and ride to mill
with grist, and hurry back. The grist
was on such occasions placed in one end of
a bag and large stone in the other end TO
balance it. Johannes, having thrown the
sack across the horses back and got the
grist evenly divided, had no need of the
stone 10 balance 1t. He therefore ran TO
his father and cried:
"oh, fiddler, come and see. We don't
need de stones any more"
The old gentleman calmly surveyed the
scene, and with aseyerely reproachful look
said:
johannes, your fadder, your grandmd-
der, und great-grandfadder, all went TO the
mill with the stone in one end of de nag.
and de gr'st in de odder. Und now YOU, a
mere poy, sets yourself up to know more
as dey do. You put de stones in de pag
and never more let me see such smartness
like dat. "-ELchdnge.
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NO. IA.

counted better than the East Indian. That
from the older trees.is also better than the
product Of young ones; and that which
runs In colder weather Is better than that
in warm.
All through the Amazon valley, and up
its tributaries, these rubber trees abound.
People from the lower Amazon, are now
moving as far up as Bolivia to gather this
gum. I'm Northern Bolivia It is said there
are immense groves Of rubber trees as yet
untouched and the demand, which is so
rapidly increasing, will, at no distant day,
send many adventurous settlers thither to
bring away rich returns from the newer
fields Of this traffic. The entire product of
the Amazon Valley has very greatly in
creased Of late years. In 1870 it amounted
to some eleven and half million pounds.
Yet the drain upon the resources of those
immense forests has hardly begun.-Mer-
camille Journal.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-04-05

HISTORY OF UMBRELLAs.-Atthe the annual
gathering of the members of the Glasgow
umbrella trade, the chairman gave the fol-
lowing bits Of history in regard to the sub
ject:
"Dr. Morrison, the great missionary to
China, states that there is mention made of
umbrellas and parasols in books printed in
China more than 1900 years ago, and that
most wonderful traveller, Layard, relates
that he discovered on the ruins Of Nineyeh,
in 6as relief, representation of a king in
his chariot with an attendant holding an
umbrella over his head. In India we also
find the umbrella has been in use in re-
mote ages, and principally rs an insignia
of royalty, its shape differing very little
from those in modern use. In Burmah the
princes use a very large umbrella, and it
requires separate attendant TO carry it,
and his position is a recognized one in the
royal household. One of the titles of the
king is as follows: King of the white ele-
phant and lord of the twenty-four umbrel-
las The Emperor of Clhna, who never
does anything on a small scale 0f he can
help iO, has no fewer than twenty four
umbrellas carried before him when he goes
out hunting. 1t is used in that country as
a defense against rain as well as sun, and is
principally made of a sort of glazed silk or
paper beautifully painted. We find UNI
brellas mentioned as in use, or at least
known, in England $50 years ago. In Cam
bridge, we read that carly in the last CEN
tury umbrellas were let out on hire for so
much per hour, like sedan chairs. Jonas
Hanway, the founder of a hospital in Lon
don, has the credit of being the first person
in London that had the courage of habit
ually carrying an umbrella He died in
1886, and II is said that he carried an um-
brella for thirty years; so the daie Of
their introduction for general use may DO
said to date from 1856"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-04-05

LOOK OUT.-The fact seems well estab-
lished that certain articles, such as old
wearing apparel, wcll-dried wood, &C., are
capable of generating sufficient heat to in
ducc combustion without the application
of fire. We think that not a few of the nu-
merous fires, supposed 10 be the work of
an incendiary," are caused by, perhaps, a
rag which has been used with benzine by
the frugal housewife To- clean a coat, or by
the heat which is known to be generated
from articles of silk, cotton, &C., shut up
i'm close rOOtn
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-04-05

-Papas with crowds of daughters will
find consolation in the following advice Of
DIR. franklin, who recommends a young
man in the choice of wife, to select her
from a bunch, giving as reason that when
the e ard many daughters they improve
each other, and from emulation acquire
more accomplishments, and know more.
and do more, than single child spoiled by
parental fondness.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-04-05

"A Wisconsin editor speaks of wind
which 'just sat on its hind legs and howl
ed."
The wool industry of Great Britain
supports upward of one million people.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-04-05

Arrival and Departure of Mails.
SOUTHERN MAILS.
Close. open.
A. 2. NJ. A. N. p. NJ
New York and Southern States, s;5 245 II $50 $40
Albany and Western States, $40 2a5 ii $50 b:lb
stations bet Bratto N. York. s:l5 2:46 IL $50 5l5
Asouelot II. r., sio $50 - b'l0
New London Northern r. r., 2a5 1880
EASTERN NAILS
Boston, Rhode Island, Eastern -
Mass, Me. & S. f. New Hamp., S:15 1:l5 1880 bI5
and 2.45
VI 4 Mass, r. r., S:l51:15 ]: 900
and 5;15
Bosion Clinton Fitchburg r. II. 1915 1:00
xoRrHEnS MAILS.
Vermont, Western New lamp-
shire & Northern n. Y. 1915 3:i5 9lb 100
Dummerston, W. Chesterfield
n. H., Putncy, COrnton, Bel
lows Falls, Charlestown, N. H.,
Springfield, Claremont, N H.,
windsor, Woodstock, North
neld, Montpelier Bethel w. II.
June. & towns on West VT Il. II. 400 9:15
Ecene, n. H., lO:l5 2:45 1900
and 5:15
STAGE MAILS.
West Bratteboro, .............. 1880 400 S45
Townshend, Nilliansyille Fay
ettoyille and Jamaica. ......... 400 Sa5
wardsboro (elose Tu. Th. a Sat,
open Mon. We'd x FrL1... 400 s45
Dover, Tu., III. & Sat, ,......... 400 :45
bennington way,................ 1:45 1880
North Adams way. ,.............. :45 1880
Chesterfield G. Factory Mon,
Wed. Il Fri, 1:45 0aO
California, overland daily. 2:45 5:15
Foreign mails close 2:45 =. H. day previous to sail
ing of steamer from New York H. W. CLARKE, p. NJ
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-04-05

II you value your eyesight use these PERFECT
LENSES ground from MIsUTE CRYSTAL PEBBLES,
Melted together and derive their name "Diamond"o
account Of their Hardness and Brlaney They will last
many years without change and are warrantedtuperi-
or to all others, manufactured by j. II. SPENCER \
90. Y. CAUTIoE.-None genuine unless stamped
with our trade mark THOMPSON RANGER, Jew
elers and Opticians are Sole Agents FOR Brattieboro
lars employed So-D
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ID ISNJ. X. JENNIE,

At II ioms in Alvords Block opposite, full assort-
ment Of COFFINS AND BURIAL CASKETS of BEST
QUALIFY. All kinds Of wood repairing promptly
done c. NJ, RUSSELL & co,
Wilmington, VT, Dec. l, 1871.
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BUSINESS CARDS.

Foreign mails close 245 =. 81 day previous to sail
ing of steamer from New York H. W. CLARKE, p. NJ.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-06-26

Washington has given rise TO grave
suspicious Of its good faith, and extreme dislike Oh is
methods Lord Granville is the most polite OF living
Englshmen but Lord Granvilles last dispatch contains
plain ntmation TO Mr. Fish that his abrupt refusal 70
entertain further propositions is discourteous hardy
like TO quote the remark of Sir James Ephinsone In the
House on Tuesday. The Treaty, he declared was
nothing more than stockjobbng transaction on the
other side OF the water, and the English Government
has been duped into negotiating with men who are not
1T TO be negotiated with. The House murmured
dissent not catching apparently, the real meaning OF
the sentence What Sir James Elphinstone meant was
not Think that the American people are unfit to be ne
gotated WITH but that the particular agents with whom
these recent negotiations about the Indirect Claims have
been carried not it, In that limited sense 1t was
a rude speech TO como from Englishman, and Sir
James Ephinstone is very far from being an accredited
spokesman for the House for his party But the dis
patches In print and it difficult TO read them with
feeling that Gen. Grant and Mr. Fish have been OBJ
stnate where they might have yielded and yielding
where they ought to have been hrm and that whether
they way stood fast they preserved throughout
attitude snguary Ill calculated to inspire confidence
win respect, and least Of all fitted to advance the
honor and the interests of their own country. Gws.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-06-26
NETWORK WEDNESDAY. JUNE &C. 1872.

Unconstitutional legislation perhaps excusable during
War, should be done away with. We should long ago
have got back within constitutional limits, but this man
and his satellites would not permit it. The war OF arms
was over seven years ago. and 1t YVES high time real
peace were established The idea Of Grants paying
the debt was secuted The people were paying It, ana
the land still bstered all over with revenue stamps
The financial policy, good or bad, was Routweps He
did not think it the best by any MEANS for the people
needed relief from the great burdenslad on them why
talk Of rejecting Grant TO pay him for military services
Had he not been already paidi Grant was good sol
der bat the poorest statesman we had ever had a the
head of the nation. The reelection OF Grant IN the
interests Of Civil Service Reform was the most
ludierOus claim OF all, when we look al hls
manner OF reform with the horde OF otcehoders that
cover the land like the lice Of Egypt The best road 10
Civil Service Reform is the oneerm principle, ana LOT
that we shall lay the ground work next November ~
electing Horace Greeley. They may laugh AZ MS ola
hat, bur it covers q head Drumming over with grand
ideas his coat for that covered heart iu OF Kind
ness his fellow in every part OF TINS land az
his awkward gait, but he walks in the pain
the assumption and Capitalization OF power. We must
look TO II that does not but there danger even
now. Grants management OF our foreign relations Was
series OF blunders-a middle with Great Britain with
epan with Mexico, and with Santo Domingo. we
wanted no more OF this great giftaker and nepotst
Every alluson TO Mr. Greeley received with hearty
applause and the meeting closed win enthuslastlc
cheers for the Cincinnati platform ana candldates ana
for the speaker Of the evening.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-06-26

MEETING OF THE ARBITRATORs AT GENEVA.
THE DECISION AGAINST THE INDIRECT CLAIMS
SATISFACTORY SOLUTION OF THE QUESTION
ANTICIPATED-THE DIRECT CLAIMS TO BE
CONSIDERED. o.o
GENEVA, Tuesday, June 25. 1871.
1t is said that the Board of Arbitrators at their
session on Monday, the nth instant informed tne
agents on the part of England and the United States
that they considered the indirect claims presented
in the case of the American Government untenable
There is reason to believe that dispatches have been
received from the Government at Washington which
win lead to satisfactory solution of the entire
question. These dispatches Mr.. j. c. Bancroft Davis
the American agent, will communicate to the Court
to-day when it reassembles. After Wednesday the
Tribunal of Arbitration viii proceed to consider the
direct claims of d United States.
LATER.-In response to the summons of Count
Selopis, the Alabama Claims Arbitration Tribunal
reassembled in the Hotel de Vile this afternoon, at
90 minutes past o'clock, and remained IN session
until o'clock and then adjourned to meet again ON
Thursday next The deliberations Of the Board
WERE as was the case at the previous meetings con-
Quoted in secret.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-06-26
ITALY.

THE POPE ON THE RELATIONS WITH GERMANY.
ROME, Tuesday, June IS, 1871.
The Pope, to-day, received the members of
the Literary Club Of this city and in the course
OF his remarks upon the occasion made Of the fol-
lowing language: "The persecution Of Catholics has
commenced in Germany, but they display courage
under affection, and have notified the German Gov
eminent that the persecution Of the Church is folly
The Church." said the Holy Father, remains triumph
ant We have asked Prince Bismarck how t is that the
conented German Bishops have, according to the
expressed belief OF the German Government been sud
denly transformed into dangerous consprators. No
reply yet been received Let pray TO Father
Heaven that the stone may fall that will complete the
overthrow OF the colossus"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-06-26
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
GREAT BRITAIN.

RESIGNATION OF A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
PROGRESS OF THE BALLOT BILL.
LONDON. Tuesday, June 26, 1872.
Viscount Milton has resigned his seat as
member Of the House Of Commons for the Southern
Division Of the West Riding Of Yorkshire. The Amerf-
can frigate Wabash which arrived at southampton on
Sunday last win remain in the harbor for several days
At the session of the House Of Lords tonight the Ballot
BILL amended in that body, was passed TO its third
reading. Miss Clara Louise Kellogg made her appear
tonight Gilda III the opera OF Rigoletto The
audience, which large, exhibited great enthusiasm
over her singing and acting of the part.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-06-26
SPAIN.

APPOINTMENTS OF FOREIGN MINIsTERs-DEFEAT
OF AN INsURGENT BAND.
MADRID, Tuesday, June u.s. 1872.
Official announcement is made to-day of the
appointment OF the following Spanish Ministers abroad
Senior MOret at London; Senior Asquerino, at Vienna
and Senior Escosura, at Berlin.
Several small Carlist bands which have been lurking
in Andalusia formed themselves into one body near
Jerez and entered the town and threw up barbados.
The insurgents were however compelled to leave
as a force Of Government cavalry attacked them and
drove them from the town. They pursued by the
loyal forces, who captured 81 prisoners
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-06-26
STIRRING REFORM MEETING AT SYRACUSE.
tBY TELEGRAPH TO THE 1EIBUERl

SYRACUSE, n. Y, June 25.-The first public
meeting OF the Syracuse Greeley and Brown Club. held
this evening, was largely attended thousand persons
were present nearly half OF them Liberal Republicans
The President Of the Club read telegram from Mr..
pepew, who was unable to be present, but heartily
sympathized with the cause. Inc non henry b. StAn
ION made a telling speech, prefacmg with just
enough OF political history for proper ground
work He spoke as a Republican-nCt as sorehead"
either for he had not refused personally or by any
friends any favor asked Of Grant MI Stanton e1oor
ated the statesmansbip Of Grant, his Govern
ments his unwananted assumptions OF power MS DC
mands for more power with which " Ioe'eS' nHee"'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-06-26

WOMAN SUFFRAGE RowDIEs THE EDITOR OF
THE CALIFORNIA "oRGAN" DRAWS A PISTOL.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 25.-Mrs LOOMS, from
the East, while lecturing against woman suffrage
interrupted BY the Kisses and eers Of the leading female
suffragists who present The Hon. DAVID Meeker
insisted that the dsgacefu conduct be stopped that
the offending woman be compelled 10 leave the hall.
Mrs Emily Pitts Stevens, the editor OF The Pioneer
sufragist organ drew pistol him and demanded
APOLOGY but forced to put the psto IN her pocket
by tbe.bystaBdors
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-06-26
HUNGARY.

THE ELECTIONS FAVORABLE TO THE DEAK FAMILY
PEsIH, Tuesday June IS, 1872.
The elections for members of the House Of
Representatives have taken place and far asi known
have resulted in the of large majority Of the
supporters of Francis Deak.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-06-26
FRANCE.

ORGANIZATION OF THE RIGHT IN THE ASSEMBLY.
PARIS. Tuesday, Juno IS, 1872.
NJ. Larcy, the late Minister of Public Works,
President Of the Party Of the Right in
the National Assembly.