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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-07-26
ZegaI Notices.
STATE OF VERMONT.
windham County Clerks once, So.

WHEREAs, Levi s. Leonard Of Westminster, in
w the County of windham, has fled in this ofice
his petition for divorce against his wife, Isabel Leon
ard returnable to the term OF the County Court next
to be holden at NewfaBc on the "a Tuesday Of Sep
tember, 1872 setting forth his marriage to the said
in said County, (hs residence in said County,, and
ayerring that the said Isabel has, divers days and
times between the first day OF January 1871, aud the
date Of said petition, committed the crime Of adultery,
and praying for bill Of divorce
Aud IL appearing that the said Isabel Leonard re-
sides without this State II is hereby ordered that the
petitioner give notice of the pendoucy Of this petition
and the Court to which II Is teturnable by publishing
the substance thereof with this ORDER In the Vermont
Phoenix, newspaper published at Brattleboro, in
said County, three weeks successfully, thc last Of
which publications, to be al least 20 days before said
Court.
Dated at Ncwfanc in said County, this goth day Of
July, A. ID. 1872.
RoYALL TYLER, Clerk,
CHAs. N. DAVENPORT, Attorney. 3w3O
CTATE OF VERMONT. DISTRICT OF
~ Westminster S.. The Probate Court in and for
said District.
To all persons interested in the Estate of SOPHIA
SCOTT late Of Townshcnd, in said District, deceased,
Greeting
been presented to the Court here, purportng TO be
the last will and testament Of said deceased for pro-
bate, by James Ii. Phelps, the Executor therein
named and that said Court will decide upon the pro-
bate Of said instrument at special session thereof to
be held at the Probate Office in Townshend, in said
District, on the 18th day Of August 1872, when and
where you can be heard in the premises, II You shall
see cause.
July 90, 1872.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-07-26

Butter,lb rs 29Pork, dressed, cal
Cheese, lb, i2a16veal, live weight sac
Eggs, doz 22a 25Mutton, " Gao
HAY ton, % 90 a 25 OOLamb, cas-
Hides, beef, lb 71-2Turkeys, dressed, % a25
Calfskins, 14Fowls, 17a2O
Maple sugar, tub, 1Oa12
cake, 10 14wood, dry, cd, 90 a 7 90
dotatoes, bu IS 45wood, green b0Oa6O0
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-07-26

Foreign mails close AS p day previous TO sail
ng of steamer from New York. r.. W. CLARKE, p. NJ.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-11
First Wheat Grown in America

A mild favor of interest attaches to
the results of antiquarian research as to
the first wheat grown on the continent.
Its cultivation in Mexico dates back to
the time of Cortes. This adventure
caused the plants and grains common
in Spain to be introduced into his new
possessions. and few grains Of wheat
stolen from him by one. of the natives,
furnished the seed from which the sup
plies were afterwards scattered through
the whole Mexican region and adjacent
countries. Its first growth in the
United States appears to have
been in Massachusetts, in 1902.
Gasnold, the explorer, sowing it with
some others of the cereal grains. Nine
years later it was introduced into Vir-
einia, but for as much as hundred
and fifty years its acreage was compar-
atively slender, because the raising of
tobacco monopolized most of the efforts
of agrioalturists. It was raised in
New York state, at the then colony of
New Netherlands, before 1866, as ie
shown by the fact that in that year a
ship carried t. Holland samples Of this
grain, together with rye, oats, barley,
buckwheat, beans and fax. In the
West wheat was introduced into the yal-
ley of the Mississippi in 1718, where
much complaint was made, at that time
and after, that it ran into leaf and
stalk, but only very little to ear, yield
ing only from five to eight fold. 1t
was twenty EIGHT years before western
wheat culture had developed sufficient
ly to oenable six hundred barrels OF -four
to be sent annually from Wabash to
New Orleans. But we read that lit
tie later, in 1850, the French in Illinois
raised three times as much as was
needed for home consumption, the sur
plus, like that from Wabash, beng
sent to the entrepot on the gulf.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-11

The British Government allows to
captors of slave vessels off the African
cost Il premium Of four pounds ster-
ling q ton Oh each vessel captured, or
five pounds head ON each slave found
on board the SLAYER. From the report
of these bounties the slave trade does
not seem to be Aoarisbing as we'll as
formerly. During the eighteen months
ending January, 1872. only twenty four
vessels were captured in ali, and OF
them only six were restored to their
owners. Seven hundred and twenty.
two Africans were found on them, OF
whom two hundred and eiehty-three
were returned to the vessels, and three
hundred and seventy-seven were eman-
cipated, the other sixty 1.-TWO dying be-
tween the capture and condemnation
of the vessels. In one case, where only
two slaves were captured, the bounty
amounted to eight hundred aud eight
pounds. BY the head it would have
amounted to only ten pounds, but the
captors were careful to calculate l. by
the ton. Did it never occur to any
speculative wretch that money might
be made out Of this arrangement For
instance, half dozen old schoonera
might be chartered, m African placed
on ene]', and then put where they would
he sure to bo captured, arrangements
having been made beforehand fol Il d.
vision of the bounty H.,c is .n OPP
portunity for entcrprislng souls vino
wish to turn an honest penny at the ex-
pense of the British Government.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-11

SUN that had looked in upon her pretty
face as she set by her window ut her
work, saw, soon, q new face and figure.
Another lodger came a few papers and
odd trifles were saved for me by Victor,
and the rest of the poor furniture was
sold off to pay the rent.
Beauchamp fingered awhile, and
then departed. Perhaps he forgot her.
Perhaps he remembered her too we'll,
and was glad to shake off the haunting
association.
The first day of October, came
back, and great pain smote my heart
ct the black news. A little thread of
hope was left, however, and with what
small clews I had followed up the
search. It led me through various
poor lodging houses, and at last to the
hospital. And here; standing IN the
long ward, / asked of sanity sister of
Mercy for Marguerite.
She pointed to little white bed,
freshly made and clean. "Oh, Mar
gueite I"
''Only yesterday. She sank slowly.
think the hope of seeing you kept her
here many days after the call came to
CO."
I was too much overcome to speak.
"She never went back to the Quar-
tier" said the nurse. presently. "She
was sOrely tempted many times, when
work failed. and when she fell i'll. But. !"
she said, ~ loved him. There was
nothing else so strong IN me as my love.
I could only keep away" Poor little
lamb
"And her body Z"
I" Oh, said the sister, with look of
distress. g Monsieur knows. There
was no one to clam her. Oh, mon
sieur!"
I remembered, then, with a cold hor-
ror. that it is O custom, in the hospitals
to give the bodies of those poor peo-
pie who have no friends to the medical
colleges for dissection. There was no
sleep for me that night. As soon as
the darkness fell I called my Teutonic
ally, and we began our tour of search.
1 spare my reader the story OF the
night.
We went presently to Clamart, and
there, in what with horrld facetious-
ness the students call the "Salle de
Reception" I found my poor little
Marguerite. Her beauty which was
still most touching, had kept sacreligi-
ous hands away from her, and the poor
delicate little body was laid away,
unharmed, under the vlo]ets at Mont
Parnasso. 1t was all I could do for
her.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-11
Ashes, Muck and Sand.

All soils contain large quantities of
silica, but sandy soils are, of course,
made up almost wholly of this sub
stance. It exists, however, in IN in.
soluble form, and can be dissolved only
by powerful agencies which acts 80
slowly that surplus of valuable silica
is seldom or never found. When it is
supplied in abundance, a strength is
given to strawed crops that only need
to be aided by phosphoric and nitroge:
nized manures to develop the leaves
and fill The kernels, in order to secure
a heavy yield. Among the most DOW.
erful solvents of silica is potash,
the presence of which, with
the silica, when assimilated by
plants has an important influence upon
the growth Of stalk, stem or straw iust
previously indicated. Recent re-
searches have shown, however, that
muck, one of the most common and
among the most economical fertilizers.
is capable of producing chemical
changes in the soil that lead directlv
to the dissolving of silica, and conse-
quently to added fertility in the soil.
The theory is that muck absorbs muck
by kind of mechanical action, Just as
sponge absorbs water, or
a piece of charcoal absorbs
a bad odor. simultaneously
with this the muck continues to decay.
producing humic acid. The ,experi-
ments of Thenard 60 to show that in
the presence of ammonia humic scid
forms comparatively stable compounds
with silica, these compounds being
soluble in dilute alkali. It does not
appear that it has ever been demon
strated that these compounds pass d.
rectly and unchanged into the circula
tion of vegetable organism, but this is
more than likely. Assumi ing it to be 80, 4
a method of enrlching sandy soils
by the simple use of muck and ashes IS
Of course indicated. Aside from the
utility of such course in the raising
of cereals, experience has shown its
value for potatoes and the like, potash
being specific manure for this crop as
common salt is for manieold wurzel,
while the addition of two. si1ovels full
of fine peat to hill of potatoes has, on
sand, been known to produce decided
both in size and quality
Of tubers.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-11
NUMBER ID.
MISS NELLIE GRANT.
Correspondence Between Her q
Queen Victoria.

Correspondence Between Her and
Queen Victoria.
The San Francisco Chronicle has re-
ceived through private sources q letter
written by Miss Nellie Grant to Queen
Victoria, previous to her recent visit to
Windsor Palace. 1t reads as follows:
L1NoLEY's HOTEL, May, 1872.
My Dear Lxdy and QUEEN:
1 am embarrassed at the honor of
an official request given through high
officer (youi lord chamberlain, I think, J
to be presented to your majesty. /
should dearly love to see you, that /
might tell my mother and father that /
had been thus honored. am but a
simple American girl; that I am the
presidents daughter gives me no claim
to your recognition as q sovereign. If
with the kind lady who is acting with
me as my ch0peron, might visit you
l should be very glad. Our secretary
of legation hints at some political sie-
nificance in this opportunity. I cannot
SO interpret it, and would not wish to
be so received, because it would not be
right, as I am nothing in American
politics, and I am sure that my father
would not desire me- to appear other
than as my simple, and very humble
self. If with this explanation, your
majesty will allow me to visit you. I
shall be greatly honored. and very
proud.
1 have written this note of my own
notion, and because think it the right
thing to do. lam your majesty's very
obedient servant and admirer.
NELLIE GRANT.
The reply is equally refreshing, and
betrays spirit which does more honor
to the British Queen than multitudes
of other actions for which her subjects
have loudly applauded her.
WINDSOR CASTLE.
MISS Nellie Grant:
I have instructed Lady
to convey to you this note, and We shall
receive you as the daughter of your
honored parents without intervention
of our high officers of. state. I shall
accept your visit az an American
girl, and there shall be no other sieni
fcance in the fact than your kindly ex.
pressed desire to see the lady and not
the sovereign. Isball find it pleasant
to forget that I am Queen in received
you tomorrow afternoon at our palace
OF Windsor. >. VICTORIA
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-11
VOLUME V.
on Thunder bay.

On lnu"0cF a''s'
.,xor~n or LAKE nuxoN, 1772
constance +. Woolson. In Hsrpers mag Vaoo 1OS
Suiy.j
" We satl, wo sail IN our Mack'nsc oos"'
Over old Huron on We go:
Above. above us the summer clo"do noss,
Behind Us the north wind s,nes sn our "aAe'
Wi"g.and.w'"g enc oeaSs ~ us SSy: aWay:
And on to the r'Rnt Ger .ne e srs%n1nk srs...k aAo
Looms up sne neao's"" VI An"""eE "s''
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nes oro1m .s nam"s s.:s,~ W. ~ s,.sst u" A'0'
nc, StTs hS h.;r r,avas S,,r, h"r he.flsxl c.n
Alone WIN OatecNes, ~ sSvo ~ "Nn ..S oa. Sscs
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Oer the oeep wafer o" 1n"noes n.y.
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Tnc1s.h .o1S,e.. r.co 20 and 49,
rshin5 ths nistean ,sith Indian or.ves.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-11
Survey Of the Lake Of the Woods.

It is said that one of the first duties
of the Northwest Boundary Commits
sion, now organized at Washington,
and abont to take the field, will be to
make nm accurate survey of the Lake
of the Woods. This lake, rs laid down
on our maps, is entirely in British Ter
ritory; but the Ashbl. rton Treaty of
1912 makes it's extreme northwestern
point, point in the boundary, from
which new direction southwark shall
be taken as fur as the 10th parallel. It
Is now known that the "most northern
point" OF this lake defined by the treaty
OF 1872, was not correctly ascertained
by the original surveyors, and the new
survey is expected to make quite u diff
ference in the boundary at this point
between the Minnesota and Red River
district, or Manitoba.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-11

THE shipments of wool and hides
from Corpus Christi, Texas, to north
ern markets since the beginning of tie
current year are about $4,000 hides
and ,OOO, 900 pounds of wool.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-11

Con11agr alton In ComStamtinople.
A fire in Constantinople, on Friday,
destroyed over one thousand houses
belonging to poor people in tho sub
urbs of Schutore.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-11

So FAR eight hundred dead bodies
have been recovered from the ruins of
Antioch.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-11
Wild Celery In California.

The Southern California (Auaheim),
of the 18th says: We saw som ethine
the other day at Los Alamites Ranch.
which We think would somewhat sur.
prise the good people away down East.
It was wild celery-a whole pond full
of it-and grown to such q prodigious
size That one stalk measured over eight
feet in height, and two inches in diane.
ter, two feet above ground. It is good
to cat ut the proper season, but it is now
too old and woody. 1t has the same
taste and smell of the tame article. and
is favorite food of wild ducks, which
flock there in great numbers to eat it.
Mr.. d. Lyons, lesse of the ranch, pro
poses to bank up and blanch some of
it another season, and see if it cannot
be made as good for man as it now is
for the birds.
IGNORANCE is not so bad as error
the former il blank sheet on which
We may write but the latter is q scrib-
blcd one from which we must first
erase. Ignorance is content to stand
still but although error moves, it goes
in the wrong direction.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-11
Te.Morrow.

To-day can sing Of yesterday,
Songs tender, tinct with sorroW;
But mute she comes along the way
An beautiful tomorrow!
Her face II full OF prophesies
Her lips have still witholden,
And gazing in her "a liant eyes,
Song turns TO silence golden.
Hope rapt beside her pathway stands,
Asks nothing but the vision,
And turns 1T night with empty hands,
Still dreaming Of fruition.
All, beauty! soon - present, gone,
Most feet and most beguiling;
Why arc our hearts forever drawn
By that strange, far-o6 smilng7
Why Il It that from new delays
New faith they stiu can borroW7
Oh, h II that among the days
Comes heavepss first good-morrow7
-:s,'e.2-sr'4
She will come in with no alarms,
Under this same low portal,
And clasp us a in mortal arms,
Aud We shall turn immortal!
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-11

Medals, certificates of thanks, or
other testimonials, which have been or
may be awarded by the Legislatures of
the several states and territories to the
soldiers thereof, to be sent by the Ad-
jutant Generals of said states and ter
ritories, under such regulations as the
Postmaster Generals may prescribe.
Free registration for currency sent
for redemption is provided for as fol-
lows:
All Postmaeters are hereby author
lied to register, in the manner pre-
scribed by law, but without payment
of any registration fee, all letters con-
tanning fractional or other currency of
the United States, which shall be by
them sent hy mail to the Treasurer Of
the United States for redemption; aud
it shall be the duty of the Postmaster
at the city of Washington, in the Dis
trict of Columbia, to register, IN like
manner, without charge, all letters
containing new currency returned for
currency redeemed, which hall be re-
ceived by him from the said Treasurer,
in sealed packages, marked with the
word "register" over the official sigma
ture of the said Treasurer.
Under this section, it is the duty Of
Postmasters to register, without fee, all
letters containing fractional or other
currency of the United States sent to
the Treasurer of the United States for
demption, and delivered to them tor
mailing.
There are fifteen paragraphs more.
but they are mere repetitions of exist.
ing regulations.
LELAND's Ocean Hotel at Long
Branch opened, on Friday, with 500
guests. A grand opening concert wns
given in the evening at the hotel. All
the hotels ut Long Branch are now
open. Nearly 5000 visitors are there.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-11

TIE Americans in Paris propose to celebrate
the Fourth Of July by grand banquet.
CASES OF vomito are becoming numerous in
Havana, and many result fatally. Senor To-
baza, the new Governor General, has been At
tackled by tho disease.
4HE misunderstanding between the Ameri-
can Consul and the local authorities OF Central
America in regard to the steamer Edgar stu.
art 10 becoming serious.
An Havana letter states that the offic;a, na.
per 10 furious over tho escape OF tho steamer
countable Tor the landing OF the arms for the
Cubans.
CUBAN ndvices state that Carlos Castillo.
formerly secretary of Quesada, has been taken
prisoner. Unless he botrays his former com.
p'nlons and furnishes information b. the Span
'sh commander, he will be executed. The in
surKcnts in the neighborhood OF Santiago dc
Cuna remain firm. None having surrendered
ADvIcEs from Peru report that an insnrrcc.
'on was attempted at Lima il, conseancnce Of
tho election. Troops were called out and
hr"d On tho rioters, and the outbreak was s,,n-
Prccsed. Ih. government lad suspended the
pubhcatlon OF hostile journals and i,nprist,n, d
3heir editors.
The Republicans of Spain have resolved t.,
oppose every form Ofmonarcilical government
in Spain, to acknowledge no mOnarclIical an
srcl,y, and to abstain from all elections while
monarchy remains in tho country. At the same
time the mcmbcrR Of the majority in tho Cor
toz, and the former members OF tho ministry
belonging to the conservative party, have de-
tornnned to withdraw from the political arena.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-11-29
An Arkansas Letter.

MY DEAR BOY: The double-barrel that
you sent came safely to hand, and was
Only shot at once while | was carrying it
home. Bill popped at me from behind
the fence as was psssins his-Aause, but
haa ,...sssilrr rwoshooter as | got it,
land he didn't jump up from behind the
fence but once.
/ am glad that one of the barrels is a
rifle, as need it for a long-range prae-
tice. The other can Gil with buckshot,
and riddle man at close quarters. l
mean to try both barrels on those Jetis
when I meet them. You sec, old man,
Jet stole mule from us in the war, and
when it was over pap laid for him and
killed him. Then Niger Tom Jet, as
we call him-the black-aced one-he
laid for pap and plugged him. Then |
picked fuss with Tom and cut him into
giblets, and since that time his brother
Sam has been laying for me. | know it
is bis turn, but think my double-barrel
will prove to mpch for him.
fyou want to sec fun come down for
a while and bring rife. 1t don't make
any difltrencc which side you belong to,
it isn't even necessary to join the militia.
Its easy enough to get up agrudgs against
somebody, and all you have to do is to
lay for your man and knock him over
Behind my pig pen is one Of the sweetest
places | know of, and it is SO handy y
good many people come within range in
the course of week, and man can pass
his time right pleasantly.
l wish you would send me a catalogue
Of Sunday school books with the prices,
if there are any in St. Louis. If we can
get them on time We will take big lot
of books. l am superintendent of the
Baptist Sunday school now, and am run
ming it under full head of steam. Old
man Byers, who was turned out, is right
mad about it and swears he will chaw me
up; but he will chaw lead if he don't
keep clear of me.
My wife wants to know if you can send
her new set of teeth without her get
ting measured for them. Her twenty
five dollar set was bursted all to flinders
by a pistol shot that went through her
mouth but it didn't hurt her tongue.
Write to your friend and pard,
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-11-29
Of Franklin. Kntucky.


The ioi'1wIr poir's 81 ox-.i'cl-. comprise
few ol ,le many, that may he truia.uIly
claimed for my hiyc.
l. ~ j. fiup.e IN construction. most in APP
pclra..c aaI IT. Che mu.l q. ily understood anl
mama gd movable cumb iame A.vH ever d.
stu.-,4.
. The only material required In Co. con-
Filuc.io1 b. -l .c.t oi Lumber, ~ uli'1 uocts-
6lrv O. la.eu :. t'c- t-us af -. e7 .mali .ct1,t
1l vI-p clHtA g. cover v,uTiil'or No, a
screw. screw eye, h1ra g1d eye, hinge, pivot
p.ee 1i FOB, Ga table, gir.s, or O. her tz, .s.yc
mater Q b. used in Be- construction.
8. Whom properly ..o.. if b. Che COO 10 hive
Tor ssumes tll s aatu l, ilg wsu.'t f1-
v.g-.t rsl. rHlui.l. SIMPLE protection ilr Doe
me, 1l viu.sing of colonies Cn tao sum
mer ~.
T. a '', I i, ',' 10y Ivy e' honey g',' . IL
shilc d. hamhe-- ANY o. coa,nro. 90 suit
The c'ni...aH oi any si4.f colony &C irln ere
.iuri, frame ,o Ten, ah.aE che s-cper O. con-
are ihe ariuli heat 90 thc space only occupied
.. tH- colony.
o. l'-5 tine 3nd i1hor j. required IN hant-
mug ''i me ',oo' l''' exposed 'A'A IN
na,nS ..-,r u,-i,ei'-r hi'-'
o. Nnif ~ d'e- "li e.'Iin % 70 roa-II.,iy
moth POO. under a.i e.t''H .iinoo' g, i,i b
p''.l''l '..l ,"l i'.-. .I.i.il' sid l.'.'
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-11-29

A barbar in Titusville, while cutting
the hair of rural customer, ran his
shea@ against some hard substance,
which proved 70. he a milestone. The
old farmer said he chad missed that
wbetstone ever since haying time last
July, and had looked all over a ten acre
Dot for it, but now remembered sticking
il up over his ear"