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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-02-20

The Pioneer Association of the North
Western Territory will celebrate the
first settlement in Ohio, April 7th, at
Chillicothe:
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To make a good broil, leave letter
from one OfyOur old sweethearts where
your wife can find it.
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A Topeka, KS, Dispatch says Pom
eroy's Hotel expenses during the Sen
atorial contest was about $4,000.
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The Court of Italy mourned twelve
days for Napoleon.
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DBODES, Z. L. a sOa. Wholesale Grocers
Ia ana Commission Merchants. UppositeR
X. Depot.
DRUGS, BARDB.ARD &c.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-04-18

WHAT Is CATGUT.-Somc inquiring
catgut?' The Shoe and Leather Reporter
thus answers: "For many years the only
article used under this name consisted of
the intestines of sheep, cut and twisted.
AS the Italian sheep are the leanest of
those accessible TO market, and as the
be tougher than those of animals in high
condition, the best catgut has come from
Naples and that vicinity.
There Is no historical record concerning
the use of the intestines of cats for strings
of this sort, but from the fact that the name
from earliest times has uniformly been APP
piled to this article, it would appear al
together probable that the strings did first
come or were supposed to come from that
source. The chief use of catgut for many
years was for the strings of harps and quit
airs it was manufactured from the viscera
of sheep. The membranes of smaller ami
mails are sometimes used for the covering
of whips and such purposes, but sheep still
furnish the strings for musical instruments.
The process of preparing is quite curious.
The membranes are ordinarily exposed to
the power of burning sulphur, and then
slit and twisted into cords of different
sizes as wanted. Musical strings, WHIP
cords, hatter's cords, strings of coaks, etc.
are the chief uses on the list. They are
then dyed, stretched ON frames, and dried
in very high temperature.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-04-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

The first temperance society in the
country, il is said, was organized in the
town of Moreau, Saratoga county, n. Y,
in 1865.
Much attention is now being paid to
Algeria and other parts of the north of Az
RIGA as a source of iron ore, the expectation
of which has lately greatly increased, espe-
cially 10 France.
"A boy Of sixteen has won the reward
and medal offered by the Nebraska State
Board of Horticulture for tree planting. He
set out nine hundred and eighty trees on
the day appointed.
The Danbury News says: There was
fight between Dapbury and Norwalk roos-
ters in this place on Friday. The pain ev-
cry good citizen must feet over such bru-
tai display is somewhat Modified by the
fact that our rooster licked.
Upwards of a hundred patents have
been issued for apparatus for dessicating
and reducing wood or other similar fibrous
substances to pulp for the manufacture of
paper, and in the means employed there
for.
The archer fish, toTotes Jacuidtor, sup
plies itself with food by spirting drops of
water at flies, as they rest upon grass stalks
at the edge of the stream. The fish seldom
fails to hit and bring down tho fly at which
he aims.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-04-18

his life he never once drank n single
drop more than the prescription called for,
and he died at last a sober man, as the
wife had so:earnestly prayed that he might.
But the end was not yet. When the low
ing and patient woman laid him in his
grave, and saw her long labors thus ended
in the victory for which she had toied so
hard and suffered SO bitterly, she turned,
in her grief, to the brandy which had been
left in the house, and drinking 1t, she fell
herself into the power of the devil which
she fought so heroically. And the woman
died, not many months later, hopeless,
helpless drunkard. Hearth and Home.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-04-18
F.sR.uE.y'G Nv THE .NOO.v.

A farmers club in Central Illinois, as we
learn from the Secretary, has been discuss
ing the subject of the influence of the moon
on vegetation. The particular point in the
discussion was in regard to the proper time
to SOW wheat in order to gain the greatest
amount of good from influences of the
noon. AS is usual when this subject comes
up, there were some who denied that the
moon exerts any influence OH growing
crops, while others affirmed that it did ex-
ert powerful influence, and ono which
farmers should avail themselves of.
No intelligent person, or persons pos
sessed of very large share of common
sense, we think, believes that the moon ex-
erts any occult influence on vegetation in
any stage of Its development. There IS,
however, some reason for believing that
the moons rays do influence the growth of
vegetation, and observation seems to con-
firm the idea that established plants do
make more rapid growth during the Pc
riod of the moons greatest light, than dur
ing that of her greatest obscuration-all the
circumstances being equally favorable. 1t
is also claimed to be fact, and there is
some reason for the belief, that very ten
der plants, for example, young wheat
plants, do best if allowed period of rest
during the night, in which they recuperate,
as babies and young ducks do; while hardy
young plants, like the sprouts of potatoes
and other bulbs, which have something to
feed upon directly, do better if their growth
| is pushed during the whole OF the day and
night.
Admitting both of these premises to be
| true, the conclusion would be this: If we
could regulate the weather in respect TO
warmth and dryness, or he reasonably as
sured that they would be favorable during
the whole + the season when planting and
sowing must be done TO insure crop, we
should SOW their seeds when plants are
very tender at the start, so that they would
break ground during "the dark of the
moon," to the end that they might have The
"night's rest so grateful and recuperative
TO all who work. On the other hand, we
would, every thing being favorable, and
good weather being insured, plant potatoes,
and some other crops which are hardy al
the start, so that they would come up "ir
the light of the moon," in order that they
might make the fastest growth possible
But there are $50 many ifs in the way
that we do not believe 1t is practicable Il
take advantage Of the favorable action o
the moons influence, if, indeed it exertl
influences especially favorable or unfavor
able; and our convictions are, that the far
mer who puts off seeding whom the land is
in good condition in order to plant or SOW
during the right time of The moon, will bt
quite likely "to beg in harvest" and hav,
wise people laugh at him for his folly
Prairie Farmer.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-04-18

oy TINE rHREsuOLD.


Ho, Ben you are late this mornins' Josiah has milk
the cows
You can em now In the pastur tnere' aneauy
turned out to browse.
Kpee-doep in the headlong clover that runs to the
brook below
Aha, my nne six-footer! do you mind how long ago
u,ed TO carry YOU over the ford and up the hilsope
there,
And hold you on while you logged along on the back Of
the old gray maref
Since then you are head and shoulders over the grand
ALL me, my boy, s-msny things have come to pass
since thenl
For some are married and gone away, and some are
gone and dead;
But what is this fancy lately, they try to put in my
head2
Hey Ben are you cold in stranger ground' shot
down in the bloody hght7
lkeer tale twill take to cheat the old man out Of
his sight.
Your father is dead-ycs John is dead-of that make
no doubt,
Almost seem to remember the day he was carried
out.
So long sgo-a kind of cloud comes my memory
now;
But nothing know, in the house since then has gone
the same, somehow.
And you are altered, too, Benz I miss the merry
ways,
The ready laugh and the ringing voice you had in the
good old days.
= alone,
And under the shivery locust leaves down there, on
the shady stone.
Sometimes by the hour together you sit and look al
me-
with look in your eyes IT well-nsh makes my own
run over to see.
What Is Il your taking SO 70 hearth what secret wor
ries you, Benz
The grandsres learnt to hold his tongue no fear he'll
tell IL agani
Your mother there in her dairy over the butter and
cheese,
ns little enough she thinks of what the old hear
and sees;
And % for that Josiah. at every word say,
He stsros in my face as If he thought my wits wer
gone sstray.
Good Lord but 1T makes laugh to think that afte
all their airs,
theirsi
Ahal they'll stare when they miss US both, some morn
ing, by and byl
It's borne my mind we've a journey to make to
gether, you and l.
You're come to fetch away, doubt; you're tire
Of being alonei
Yes, lad, III hobbe along with you old head
better than none.
But day like this you see when the is cror
ping out,
And the smell Of the rpenng clover-felds comes u
from all about,
I'd sooner sit and dream . bit, so happy and stil
somehow,
While the sosks into my stiff old bones, that &C
so chilly now
But you-you're pale with the heat, Ben. It's goin
for noon;
doubt the from the meadow will be up for thei
dinner, soon.
Meantime, two, in the quiet here, we'll have a
together
You in the shade and in the sun, this dozy summt
weather.
Kate Putnam Osgood in the Independent.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-04-18

daily; his faculties were open TO receive
impressions; he became favorlte with
brilliant women who wero match for
himself; he forgot his wife's sacrifices he
only saw In her worn woman of forty,
lacking In culture her love grew stale,
aud he neglected her. She little thought,
while she was making sacrifices for him,
that she was putting him farther from her.
His disgust grew at last to hatred. He
sent her home, and plunged into the de-
lights of society. He associated with bril-
liant women; with whom he discourscd on
the deficiencies of his wife, and received
their pity and coincidence. Hannah Jane,
meantime, accepted his excuses, and was
happy in the thought that he was still
climbing upwards. She had wiped herself
out of the world, she was all absorbed in
him, and was only sorry her sacrifice
could not have been greater She joved to
think she was the step on which he had
mounted. And he was not altogether heart
less; sometimes he felt twinee of re-
morse, but IL didn't last long. Once, in a
moment of tenderness, after looking at her
portrait as she was in youth, he sent her a
cheap ling-he couldn't send more valua-
BILE gift because he had just made a present
of set of briliants to an actress with
whom he was just then in love. At last,
his wife discovered the truth. Abel had
lost all love for her, and did not care to con-
ceal 1t. He deserte her, and gave her 10
understand that her death would be an ac-
commodaion to him. Too old TO bend, she
broke and died, at the age OF rorly-two.
She had splendid funeral, at which Abel
appeared as chief mourner.
OF course he married again, and this
time he chose a woman of culture, who I'M
derstood the "dvine NATURAL" and had
cravings after the infinite, but who, also,
had longings after Partisan millinery, and
| who did not know how To make sacrifices.
She wanted dress fr>m Paris, and Abel
sold cadetshp to get it. This got him in
TO- trouble with his constituency. and he
lost his seat in Congress. Mrs. NJ. revolt
ed at the idea Of taking care of herself
They quarreed, she left him, and he be-
came a broken, disprited man, with no
other resource than 10 turn life insurance
agent. Thus was Hannah Jane avenged
| fear my comedy has turned out TRACE
dy. would make it plea for larger OPP
portunlies for Woman to improve herself
in all things womanly. I would not have
her slave or a to-, but the educated e.
quail of her husband. l would give her a
broader education, closer contact with life,
make her equal in all conditions of life
with her husband. and thus secure his re-
spect and love. 1 would strengthen her
hands by Strengthening her mind, making
her sclf-reliant and able TO advance, ster
by step, with her husband. The first ster
in the regeneration of our race, and the
perfection of humanity, is TO bring Woman
nearer TO God, by according TO her two at
tributes of Deity-intelligenc and will.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-04-18

gloss and freshness Of youth. Thin
hair is thickened, falling hair checked,
and badness often, though not always,
cured by its use. Nothing can restore
the hair where the follicles are de-
stroyed, or the glands atrophied and
decayed; but such as remain can be
saved by this application, and stimu-
lated into activity, so that new
growth of hair is produced. Instead
Of fouling the hair with a pasty sedi-
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. The
restoration of vitality it gives to the
scalp arrests and prevents the forma-
ton of dandruff, which is often so I'M
clearly and offensive. Free from those
deleterious substances which make
some preparations dangerous and inju-
rious to the hair, the Vigor can only
benefit but not harm it. IF wanted
merely for a HAIR DRESSING,
nothing else can be found so desirable.
Containing neither oil nor dye, it does
not soil white cambria, and yet lasts
long on the hair, giving it rich, glossy
lustre, and a grateful perfume.
Prepared by DR.. J. C. Aver & Co.,
Practical and Analytical Chemists.
LOWELL, MASS.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-04-18

THE AGE OF MILLIoNs.-In a single
business transaction in the city of New
York, Henry N. Smith is said TO have lost
and paid 81, 100000 and Daniel Drew $780,
900. There are in the city of New York for
tunes of private gentlemen estimated from
ten to sixty millions of dollars. The loss by
the Chicago fire was over S200.000,000 by
Boston some $50, OO0,O Single horses are
driven in carriages in the City of New
York valued at $4,000 Private mansions
are built costing from 100000 to 81 100000.
Incomes Of single individuals range from
one to fifty millions annually. Jay Gonld.is
arrested for stealing s9,OOO,OOO. Tho Tam
many frauds are said to have cost the city
of New York over Sl00,O00,O0O. The Ma
tional debt is 81 900, 100000. State debts are
from one to fifty millions, aud municipal
debts from one to ten millions. The an
nual expenses of Government are 100000
900. Private corporations deal often in
millions. Stock companies for banks,
mines, ships, water, gas, real estate, are
organized on a basis of millions for capital.
In a word, we are in the Golden age, the
age of millions. This is greatly in con-
.rast with the simplicity of our people fil-
ty years ago. Then the term "million"
was vague and indefinite expression for
an unknown quantity. Then, men were
passing rich in the hundreds OF thousands.
Now, wealth is only expressed in millions.
Where will the thing end? In another
half-century we shall need new arithme-
tic, and "billions" will become a term of
familiar use in the business vocabulary of
the money makers. "God save the rich
the poor can beg."-Sdn Francisco Chroai-
Gle.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-04-18

How THE TOMATO PREMIUM WAS Won.
Mr.. f. T. Renwck, of New Jersey, to
whom Col. Waring paid his premium OF
500 for the largest and best Trophy toma-
to of 1872, has communicated to us his
method of cultivation: "After the plants
are set out, put down in the alternate
spaces between tho plants, an inverted T
of one-balf inch drain-tile, and 1 add a
short piece of tile at each end of the r, so
as to reach the vicinity of the centers of the
roots of the plants at each side. Whenev-
the ground is sufficiently dry to permit
watering, funnel is inserted in the open
end Of the 4, and liquid manure is poured
in, the article which / use being the sew
age of my house, which Is collected in a
tank for such purposes. This system OF
watering, obviates the caking of the ground
at the surface, while it causes the plants to
grow with extraordinary vigor. l have q
bed of three dozen Bourbon, Nosette, and
Ten Roses, treated in this manner, and The
vigor and abundance Of bloom are such as
to surprise all who see them. In Deem
Der, the rose bushes are loaded down and
covered with vigorous leaves, and they are
very much more satisfactory than If they
were taken up every fall"
This certainly is very simple plan,
which may be readily tried by any one
who can get even piece of old tin leader.
The idea Of introducing sewage water in
this manner about the roots of the plants
is not entirely original, though the appli-
cation of II is SO. The earth-closet people
have for some time recommended that
house sewage be distributed through lawns
or in the fruit borders by the use of drain
ing tile, placed ten or twelve inches below
the surface, and we know of several in
stances In which this plan of manuring Is
In satisfactory use.-A0riculturist.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-04-18

grindstone. The polishing was completed
by means Of bow, drivinga conoave leath-
or surface covered with n fine rotten-stone
found in the fields. Good single micro
scopes were thus completed although too
much rounded at the edges,) and the tri-
umph was complete. Neighbors from lar
and near came TO see the wonderful mag
nifier." Many were made, and the curious
supplied with what was then highly priced.
After the process was well perfected, for
such crude materials and means, one OF the
boys succeeded in borrowing the volume
of DIR. Brewster's Encyclopedia on Optics,
in which the same process, substantially,
was fully described, although of course
with great improvements. younger
brother of this inventor took up the sub
ject and pursued It with great persevcr-
ance, and finally succeeded In making
very fine sextuple achromatic object glass
es for compound microscopes, and he was
indeed one of the very first TO manufacture
these microscopes in America, and al
though he lived only TO the age of twenty
six, contributed some valuable original
papers on this subject TO Sillman's Journ-
al of Science.
Among the various contrivances which
home ingenuity accomplished, was fine
camera obscura in n darkened room an
| achromatic telescope showing Saturn's
rings and Jupiters belts; an achromatic
microscope showing with great distinct
ness the strie on the down of The butterfly;
| an herbarium of thirteen hundred species;
a good electric machine, made ola junk
bottle, powerful enough to bore a hole
through the glass sides of "a Leyden jar
simple air pump, and n fine collection of
minerals, made partly by exchanges. The
natural sciences, however, did not receive
exclusive attention. One Of the boys COM
menced the study of Latin, and became
thorough master of the language, by copy
| ing his lesson each morning on slip of pa
per, and committing il thoroughly TO men,
DRY during his field labors each day. He
did not stop with Latin, but has since be-
come familiar with the principal ancient
and modern languages, and now, after the
lapse of many years, is one of the most en-
inent phlologsls of America. Another
member of this family is now editor of a
leading American agricultural journal.
Now, in conclusion, the interesting ques-
ton comes up-what gave this family such
a taste for science and study, while others
about them spent their leisure time in idle
sports? The answer is-the example of the
parent. When boys see their father occu-
pying all his time, thoughts and affections
in making money, they will naturally
copy him at once. But if, as in the case a.
bove described, the father had an enthu-
sstic taste for science, made it his delight,
and gathered around him scientific friends,
the whole atmosphere and pervading in
fluence led to these natural results.-Coun-
trU Gentleman,
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