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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-12

New MAGAZINE FOR THE YoUNd.-lt
is generally understood in literary circle S
that no one of,the monthly magazines has
increased so largely in circulation and in
popular favor during the past year ms has
Scribner's Monthly--tho care and ability
displayed in its editorial management and
the excellence of its illustrations and gen0r-
al mechanical execution having contribu-
ted alike TO its well-earned success. In
view of this fact we are glad to learn that
Messrs. Scribner & Co., will this fall COM
mence the publication of an illustrated
monthly magazine for girls and boys, to be
edited by Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge, the
well-known writer for children, author of
CLANS Brinker," and for the last four years
editor of tho chldren's department of
Hearth and Home. Mrs. Dodge is now in
Europe cleaning materials and securing
contributions for the new venture, the first
number of which will appear in October or
November. Its appearance will be await
ed with much interest, and in the hands of
such publishers its success is assured from
tho beginning.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-12
Ir'esfns fusfcr.
Observation-Disclosures DESTRUCTION OF
ppopEpTy


PROPERTY.
On Friday, Sept. 9Th, about o'clock
p. NJ, We were visited by the most de-
structive tempest that was ever witnessed
in this town. The tornado commenced on
the high lands about four miles west of the
Connecticut river, making an easterly
course through the town, north of the GEN.
ire. The velocity Of the wind must have
been more than 10 miles per hour, and it
was accompanied with rain and hail. Its
march was grand aud awful. 1t extended
from one half TO one mile in width, uproot-
ing large trees, destroying fences, carrying
their rails and posts many rods, seriously
iniuring or entirely destroying fields OF
corn and garden vegetables. Tobacco not
yet gathered into barns was utterly ruined
Hail stones fell of the size of walnuts,
breaking nearly all unshelered windows
facing the storm. The foliage of trees strip
ped and torn by the hail filled and darken-
ed the atmosphere. It produced a sound
resembling heavy distant thunder. Cross
| ing the Connecticut river into Walpole, n
| H., it blew down the large tobacco barn be-
| longing to Charles Hooper; Esq, in which
| was already hung about seven acres of to-
| bacco. Two men were at work in the barn
one had his thigh broken and the Other
was very badly bruised. None but those
who witnessed the scene or have visited
| the field of destruction can form All idea Of
its power. The loss and damage to prop
erty in this town is estimated from $40, 00t
to $4,000. Among those whose losses arr
most heavy are Marvin w. Davis, $4,000
Allen Wells and billiard $1,000 S. X. Cobb
$500. J. r. Morse, Luke Rice, Nelson
johnson, Morris Corlew, II. Weston, Mel
son Oaks, James Shipman and many other
suffered severely, Mr.. Hoorer's loss is es
timated at more than $1,000 Thus in many
cases the labor Of a whole season has beer
destroyed in an hour. 1t is not easy to de
scribe the feelings of those who have beer
| involved in this calamity.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-12
a coon us.ORA RRGU.v.

We have recently had two reasons given us
TO hope that something is at last TO be done TO
put stop to that reckless hazard of human
life which is one of the worst features of
modern times. One of these is the fact that
the conductor and engineer, through whose
criminal carelessness the recent disaster on
the Chicago and Alton railroad occurred,
have been arrested and indicted for man
slaughter and the other is that the con-
tractors who were responsible for build
ing accident and loss of life in New York,
not long since, have, by the coroner's ver-
dict, been brought before the grand jury.
We have long been of opinion that the on
" way to put an end to those fearful disas-
ters, which ever and anon are occurring
and entailing an untold amount of human
misery and suffering, is to make those to
whom the care of human lives is entrusted
feel that they arc directly responsible for
the safety of those lives. 1t is unquestion-
ably tho case that railroad and steamboat
employees, and others who are daily, rs it
were, exposed to less of life and limb, ac-
quire a sort o. recklessness as regards their
own lives but because a railroad engineer
or conductor is willing 10 risk his own neck
by running his train at forty miles an hour
without being sure that he has the right of
way and that there is no unusual danger
ahead, it furnishes not the least reason why
he should imperl the lives OF the occu-
pants of his train by so doing. He should
be made sensible of the fact that il is not
his own life simply that he puts Mt stake,
but the lives of his passengers; and he
should be made to Understand further, that
if lives are lost or bodies are MANNED by
his carelessness, he is responsible and must
suffer the penalty. And the same holds
true of all means Of public conveyance by
land and by sea, as well as of builders and
contractors, owners and operators of mills
and coal mines, and all others TO whose
care, directly or indirectly, human lives are
consigned. If Il ship captain or pilot,
through negligence or incompetcncy, al
lows his ship to collide with another, or TO
strike rock, or founder at sea, thereby
causing his crew or passengers TO be drown
ed, he is as really guilty of crime as
though he had committed an overt act, and
even more so, because Of the risk and loss
of life thus incurred. Or if 4 contractor
and builder in his haste 10 be rich, careless
" erects building on an insecure founda-
ton or with unstable walls, and that build
ing falls and brushes its inmates-and such
instances have been only too frequent in
the past year-that contractor is guilty of
having caused those lives 10 be lost, and
should suffer the consequences like any
other offender. And the same rule holds
trua in all those rcnrIt,l collicry disasters
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-12

complish which he has travelled 1923 miles.
One church alone, that OF Brattleboro VIII
lago, has given in the past year between
five and six hundred dollars toward the
Co. Missionary's salary. BY rising vote
of the conference and congregation IL was
voted TO continue the Co. Mission work for
the coming year, adding the name of c. b..
Rice of BraItloboro TO the central commit
Tee. Tho contract with Mr.. ID. is not COM
plcted, however, and it is not yet certain
that he will SO far overcome his preference
for parish, Oong doierrcd) still another
year, as 10 continue in this pleasant though
arduous, wider field. The S. S. meeting,
addressed by members of the body on
Wednesday evening, was most beautiful
and interesting time. The children chi ~
cd 1t evidently. Appropriately the session
closed with a communion season Thursday
9 Z. NJ, conducted by Revs. Foster Of Put
ncy and Mighll of Brattleboro. w. II. X.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-12

REMARKAnLE TEST OF HUMAN ENDUR-
ANoE.-The remarkable feat of fasting for
303 consecutive hours, or twelve days and
fifteen hours, has recently been accomplish
cd in Boston by man named Owen f.
McDermott The task was begun at 10
O'Clock In the evening of August @, and
finished at 1 o'clock p. M, August 10.
During all this time he allowed neither
food nor drink TO pass his throat, though
the demands Of thirst, which, IL is well
known, are much stronger than those of
hunger, were slightly assuaged by an oc-
casional rinsing OF the mouth and daily
bath in salt water. For the first five days
of the task he worked at saving and split
ting wood, carrying bundles, and doing
errauds generally. Every day he took a
salt wafer bath, and then a long walk, GO
ing some days as far as two or three miles.
AT the conclusion of the walk he would lie
down for three hours nap, and always
had sound refreshing sleep. While taking
his daily walks, after the third or fourth
day, he would occasionally feel faint, or as
if he was sun-struck, but this feeling would
quickly pass away and he would suffer no
Inconvenience from 1t whatever. For the
first four days the feeling of hunger was
intense, bat after that he scarcely felt hun
cry, but found himself gradually growing
weaker, though he kept up the same daily
routine TO the end. On the 9Th of July
he weighed 14l pounds, and he was not
weighed again until the Saturday after he
started on this feat, when he weighed 1870.
AT the conclusion OF the trial he weighed
100 pounds. AS much of the time as pos
sible he spent out Of doors in some kind of
exercise, rarely taking more than three
hours sleep al a time. When he resumed
eating lie only took one-half of an egg-cup
of oatmeal porridge and milk boiled to-
gether. This he took at the hours of p.
M, and 6 p. M, and was ten minutes each
time in eating. The quantity was grad
ually increased until Saturday, when he
ate three egg-cups full of boiled rice and
milk mt ten minutes Of . in the afternoon,
which was the extent OF his eating that day.
lie estimates that during the twelve days
hc walked at least fifty miles. Since he
left of fasting he has steadily gained in
strength, till now he thinks he could walk
as far and as lively as ever, though he still
lacks much of his natural strength. Ills
only object is said to have been with view
TO making match for money for again at
tempting similar feats.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-12
NEWS ITEMS.

BY the caving of tunnel at Lincoln
Mine, Sutlor Creek, in Cal ifornia, Friday,
twelve men were suffocated.
The statement is made that three hun
dred liquor shops in Portland, Mainc, have
United States licenses.
The U. S. steamer Tuscarora sailed fro m
San Francisco on the I'd inst. to survey n
route for a submarine cable from the Wes-
tern coast Of the United States TO China
and Japan.
Two brutes in the form of human oe-
ines had prize fight at Great Neck. L. L.,
Sunday morning. fighting almost an hour
and quarter, one of them being at last
knocked senselss.
Notwithstanding the Abyssinian war
and the Geneva award, the public debt OF
England has been reduced by S32S, 722, 775
within the last fifteen years.
There was frost on Sunday night at n
number of places throughout Illinois and
Iowa, but, so far as heard, not sufficient to
do any material damage.
Bishop Morris, the senior bishop of the
Methodist church in this country, is dan
serously i'll at his home in Springtield,O.
The Mexican government having been
Invited to participate in our centennial ex-
h!btion to be held at Philadelphia, the au-
thoritics of that country have signfied thef
acceptance Of tho invitation, accompanied
by an assurance that Mexico will max
great efforts TO be wortbily represented at
the great exposition.
Com missioner Douglas reports that the
revenue from tobacco for the last wear
reaches 81, 400, 900, which is 81 900, 900 in ex-
cess Of the estimate made when the tax was
reduced to twenty cents.
The New York State commission ia
award 500, 900 for steam propulsion OH a
canal, will meet at Syracuse October H.
when the competitors will appear with
| boats loaded with 200 tons for the final tri-
| al.
The reunion OF the Tu,te family
| whose history in this country dates back
| over 200 years-was held at New Haven,
| Conn, on the Sd inst, and was unusually
| interesting. I.ev. DIR. futile, President of
| Wabash College, Indiana, delivered the
historical address.
| Oregon is harvesting her largest crops
No such prosperous season for the farmers
in all her history. The hay crop is double
| last year, and the gram one-third to one
half more. Good prices are promised, and
the Oregon farmers are paying of their
debts and growing rich.
| 1t is said to be difficult to find the burn
district in Boston, now, so completely are
the buildings now in course of erection OBJ
literatng the traces of the great conhagra
ton. Indeed in many portions of the dis
trict it is only by the sight of chaired piles
of bricks that one is convinced of the oc
currence of the great fire.
The new railroad law of Illinois fixe!
the value of a human life at $1,000. This II
not too great too tempt its destruction, and
is still enough TO furnish some compensa
ton for its loss. The heirs of the four victims
of the Lamont disaster, on the Chicago ant
Alton Railroad, have been paid $4,000 b,
the company.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-12

WATERFOWL UNION LIVE STOCK MARKET.

WATERFOWL, Sept ., 1873
Prices Market Beef. A few choice-S10 Goa 90 90;
Extra 50 O0as9 so; FIRST quality SIS OOas so; Second
quality, Sc O06 81 so; third quality, 81 00s go
Stores-working OIen-SlOO, $3.50, 20Os 1925 SPAR.
Mich Cows an Cslyes-sS5 to 60; extra, SOS so.
Farrow Cows-Sl59S50.
Yearlings-SlO 20 to Is Two years olc-S.O to s2s
Three years old-S30 to As.
Prices of Sheep and Lsmbs.-In lots, 50 80, So 90,
90 SOC 90 rs eaoh Extra, ca 00dsso so per head,
from ta7 lac y n.
Spring Lambs-6Cs7 &c q 70.
Veal Calves-s4dsl5.
Hides-Brighton, DC y n; Country, IS lac y H.
NATURALIZATION, 5a5 sac on. Country 5(a5 l-4c
per 10.
Pelts 81 50aS2 so each; sheGIed Sheep Skins zoe
each. Lamb Skins 5O675c each Calf Skins l6alsc
y n.
CLASSIFICATION OF CATTLE AND SHIP.
n. B.-Deef-Choice grade includes nothipg but
stabilized 100 to 400 lbs Bullocks. Extra and fret
qualtyncludes the best, large fat oxen. Second and
third quality includes Oxen andtwo and three year
oldsteers.
sheep-E1trA include Cossets, and when those of
inferior quality are thrown nut.
REMARKS.
Csttle-T9i head was the sum total at this market
more than 1000 less than last week.
Sheep and Landslide largest supply OF Northern
this season, 1854.
Poultry-Chckens leEs called for than hens; mixed
lots sold for II cents.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-12

The Maine State election for governor
and legislature took place on Monday and
resulted in substantial Republican victo-
ry-Hon. Nelson Dingley, Jr., having been
elected over the Democratic and Liberal
nominees by a majority of some 10000,
which is about the average Republican ma
jorty in the State in non presidential years.
The election was one of the quietest ever
known there. The Democrats had real
zing sense that their party was dead, and
but comparatively few of them had tie
courage to attend the funeral. The Repub-
leans, knowing that they had only pet
rified corpse TO contend with, did not take
the trouble TO go TO the polls-and between
the two the vote was very small. The Leg
islature is largely Republican.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-12
CkPsferGPFd, ". III.

The Chesterfield academy, under the
charge of D. L. Webster, is said to be well
attended and doing finely.
The hail storm on the lst inst, did con-
siderable damage TO several tobacco fields
in this vicinity. Erastus Cobleigh's field,
said 10 be the finest piece in town, was in
jured badly.
The hotel at the center of the town is
now open.
r. c. Cressey has sold his store and
goods, TO Murray Davis and L. d. Farr. 1t
is hoped they will be successful in their
venture.
1T is reported that a few days since a
person on Streeter hill, under spiritual in
flueuce, manifested great physical force,
and certain young lady and her sewing
machine Jared badly.
WAYMAN.
During the hail storm of Sept. lst, a
valuable COW belonging 10 J. Stockwell was
killed by lightning.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-12
ACCIDENT ON THE MOUNT WASHING


RAILwAY.-A thrilling adventure occurred
on the Mount Washington railway, Tues
day night, , inst, while a party were max
ing the ascent preparatory to witnessing
the sun rise. They were about half way
up, when the main eccentric shaft of the
engine broke with loud crash, followed
by lifting movement Of the car and a vio-
lent surge down hill. For moment the
occupants were uncertain whether or no
they would be hurled down TO the rocks
below, but just such accidents had been
provided for in the arrangement of brakes,
and the car quickly settled back on to the
track and remained still. 1t was raining
torrents, blowing a. gale, and black as
Egyptian darkness. Lights were finally
raised, when 1t was found that the accident
had occurred where the great trestle work
rests upon sort of abutment, formed by a
projecting ledge. Crawling along on the
timbers, the party soon reached the ground,
and after several hours of stumbling and
clambering, in which the ladies of the par
ty became almost exhausted, reached the
summit in safety. The accident is the first
one that has occurred on the railway.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-12
Einsddir, ". RI.

Members of the Congregational Society
and Sabbath School, joined by persons con-
nected with other societies, IN all to the
number of nearly hundred and fifty, had
a very fine time at Lake Pleasant last week.
Cheshire Co. Association of Universal
lists met at Marlboro on Wednesday and
Thursday oflast week. The delegates from
Hinsdale were Mr.. and Mrs. c. S. Farr and
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Latham.
II. w. Thayer has bought ont the fish
market under American hall.
Miss Kidder Of Mass, and Mrs. Frank
Stearns have opened subscription schools
in the high school house. Both are first
class teachers.
A horse attached to one Of Henry Eek
er's market wagons ran down Main st.
without driver on Tuesday, making I'M
profitable deposits of beef and triPe in the
street, detaching bark from shade trees, up
setting stone posts, and ending in grand
smaSh-uD.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-12

On Monday night of last week wretch
named Corrivan enticed a little girl nine
years old into the woods at Muskegon,
Mich, and brutally outraged her, so that
she died on the following Wednesday. Cor
rivan was arrested and lodged in Jail, and
on Saturday the father of the dead child
went to his cell and shot him in the head,
inflicting a serious wound. The excite
ment in the vicinity was intense, and fears
being entertained that Corrivan would be
lynched, the Governor of the State ordered
a company of militia to Muskegon to keep
the peace. 1t is unquestionably the duty
of every citizen to let the law take its
co urse in all cases, and abide by its decis-
ion, but if ever, under any pretext, a man
can be justified in taking the execution Of
justice into his own hands it is in case
like this where an innocent child has been
thus worse than brutishly dealt with.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-12

NEW ENGLAND FAIR.-Tho annual fair
of the New England Agricultural Society,
which was held at Mystic Park, near Bos-
ton, last week, was on the whole a very
successful exhibition. Rev. w. ii. H..
Murray delivered an address on Saturday.
classes of Jersey, Devon, Ayrshire, Hol-
stein and Durham cattle, was very superb
or. The display of agricultural imple-
ments was the largest and most diversified
ever seen in the vicinity of Boston. Tho
display from this State was small, though
several premiums were awarded TO Ver-
mont exhibitors.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-12
Eerm ardsfOH. .uass

Nearly 100 pupils are attending Pow
ors Institute.
j. II. Brown & Son of the North village
recently lost valuable horse by lung fe-
yer
Seventeen new houses. two stores, and
a shoe mandatory have been built in
town within five years, besides which n
number OF houses have been renovated and
made as good as new.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-12

A New Orleans despatch states that some
startling facts have recently come to light
in reference TO the manner in which the
last Presidential election was conducted in
Louisiana. 1t appears that no less than
10000 Republican ballots were fraudulent
ly excluded in New orleans and in the
county parishes.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-12

Rev. Mr.. Granger, agent of the state
Temperance Society, will lecture at the
Congregational Church next Sunday eve
ming at o'clock
Mr.. Geo. Rose has purchased one. half
OF the dwelling house of O. A. Alvord, also
the house lately owned by Linus owen,
for shop and has resumed the business OF
undertaken. in which he formerly excelled.
The saddest eveLt of the week is the de-
cease of little Emma d. Boyd. All chill
dren are beautiful to their parents, but this
ono was cverybody's darling, admired and
peted by all. Truly
Death loves a shining mark" F
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-12

The Troy Times very perlinently re-
marks that so far as its observation has ex-
tended no democratic journal has mention
ed the fact that the recently developed rob-
berries of the Brooklyn city treasury were
perpetrated by democratic officials. The
organs OF democracy are very urgent in
their demands for an honest administra-
ton of public affairs, and it is little sing
ular, under the circumstances, that even in
the few localities where democrats have the
handling of the peoples money there are
so many instances of delalcat'on.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-12

Ben. Butler is once more "bottled up"
and the people Of the Old Bay State have
once moro manifested their good sense and
seadfast adherence TO principle. The Mas
sachusetts Republican State Convention
was held at Worcester on Wednesday and
resulted in the nomination of Gov. Wash
burne by reclamation. At the last moment
Gen. Butler made a speech Internationally
backing down and taking himself out of
the way. The result of the convention has
been Enthusiastically foreshadowed for the
past week, though nobody supposed that
the great Self Nominated would thus in
gloriously surrender.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-12

The political contest in California which
closed with the State election on the I'd
inst, was peculiar and complicated one.
The fight appears not to have been SO much
between the Republicans and the Demo-
Gratis, as between the Central Pacific rail-
road and the people. According to last ac-
counts it seems more than probable that the
anti-monopolists have triumphed over the
railroad combination. The election was for
members of Legislature which will elect
a successor to United States Senator Cas-
serly, and If the "people's party" have tri-
umphed tho man will probably be either
Mr.. Casserly or Gov Booth, both of whom
are outspoken in their opposition to rail-
road monopolies. The Central Pacific rail-
road ring is said 10 be the strongest and
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-12

1t said that those business men in New
York and Boston who are possessed of the
best means of information, consider the
prospect for lively trade and easier times
during the coming Fall very encourage" g.
Their opinion is based upon careful con-
sideration of the condition of the exports
and imports, the Southern cotton crops, the
crop reports from the country generally,
and of all other causes which naturally eff
feet trade and money matters in general.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-12

Despite all the fault finding of the oppo-
sitlon, there is at least one commendable
feature of the present Observation-Disclosures
sessments of employees for political pur-
poses are not tolerated. Postmaster Filley
of ST. Louis assessed his clerks, and the
fact having come to Mr.. Cresswell's ears
he will order Mr.. Filley to refund the mon
ey, and there are indications that he may
be removed for the offence.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-12

ing to bring about another Black Friday in
the gold market, but if such was the case
his scheming failed, for the gold premium
tumbled on Saturday, and Gould is said TO
have lost from 81, 100000 to sl,5OO,OOO in con-
ennnnncc.