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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-08-08
Hftfsdufe, ~. III.

Rev. NJ. II. Harris it is expected will
resume his O'Clock p. NJ, services here
in the Universalist church next Sunday.
Rev. C. C. Watson is expected TO re-
turn in season TO resume services in the
Congregational church one week from next
Sunday.
C. r. Sergeant has contracted TO build
the foundation walls for the new Baptist
church, and has commenced work on the
job. The church is TO be built by Rev.
Mr.. Gray of New York who is now preach
ing here for the Baptist society.
John Jeffords took the job to build the
parlor and kitchen under the Congrega-
tional church for $3.50, and has nearly COM
pleted it. The painting and papering will
make another job, but the ladies who man
aged the construction of the rooms will
soon have them in readiness for use.
&C. j. Amidon is completing new tur-
ret adjoining the pond of his factory, on
the top of which is n belfry in which u
fine new bell is 10 be placed. These I'M
provements, with The large addition just
completed on the east end, make his es-
Enlistment very complete and desirable.
"Stars" and "Actives," had a close and
spirited contest On Saturday p. NJ. last.
The result of the game was slightly in ia
vor of the "Sars." The same clubs are to
play a rubber game next Saturday p. NJ.
Mr.. John Stebbins, Il venerable and
veteran citizen of Vernon, VI, has been
making II visit here this week, and your
correspondent was so fortunate as to re-
ceive call from him. 1t is seldom we meet
with an aged gentleman so cheerful and
entertaining. His narration of incidents
which occurred in his youthful days are
Unidentified with events connected with the
history Of this town nearly or quite seven
ty years ago, are especially interesting 10
people here, rs are his recOlections of the
noted and eccentric Congregational clergy
man, the Rev. Bunker Gay, then settled
here, and of whom so many entertaining
things are often related. Mr.. Stebbins.
parents were parishiouers of Mr.. Gay, and
it was their custom 10 come over from the
Vernon side of the river 10 church on horse
back, and to take John with them, placing
him in front on the pOmmel of the saddle
while the mother took position behind the
father, holding TO him with one hand and
with the other to the crupper. This must
have been n jolly way TO ride, and would
in these days excite not little merriment.
At another time we may give other items
of interest related by Mr.. S., but want of
time now prevents
Now comes Frank Stearns and nails to
post in our piazza Il stalk of corn nine
feet nine inches tall which he thinks ought
to sufficiently advertise his farm, which he
desires 10 sell. NJ.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-08-08

Hon. Edwin b. Morgan has given $780,
900 to ondow Wells College, Aurora, N. y.
Boston has just had another fire, which
destroyed property 10 the value of half a
million.
The Board of health of New York
have ordered the seizure and destruction of
all unripe fruit and vegetables found in
the city.
Iowa grasshoppers not only eat Lima
beans, but pull up the poles, and swallow
them, too. Rail fences and grind stones
are also iavorite articles of diet with them.
Michigan University has matriculated
IS girls for the next college year. Forty
two have entered the academic department,
81 the medical, and the rest will take Black
stone.
"A dreadful accident occurred Aug. 2,
on the Northwestern Railway, near Wigan,
to the Scotch tourist express train from
London. Twelve persons were instantly
killed, and thirty wounded.
The authorities of San Francisco have
discovered positive evidence of the exls-
tence in that city of secret Chinese soce-
ty named High Zee Tong, formed for the
purpose representing traffic in Chinese
women to be sold for prostitution.
An insane patient at Utica, formerly a
seamstress, has had three hundred needles
taken out of various parts of her body,
which she is supposed to have swallowed
at various times during the last i've years.
Mr. King, the Boston eeronaut, pro.
poses TO start from Buffalo abou. the first
of September on the most extended inland
voyage ever attempted. He is now con-
structing his mammoth ballon in that city.
"A Saratoga express train Friday after
noon colllded with freight train at larry
town, on the Hudson River railroad, and
80 passengers were injured, good many
of them seriously. The accident was oaus-
ed by one of the freight cars jumping the
track.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-08-08

WHAT PROF. MARsH's EXPEDITION Is
DoINd.-A correspondent of the Tribune,
who is with Prof. Marsh in Nebraska,
writes of the adventures of the party after
leaving Omaha. From the North Platte
station on the Union Pacific railroad,
which was the starting point of the first
trip, the party proceeded, under escort of
two companies of cavalry, through the
desert to the Niobrara. The march over
sandhills were most trying, and the party
were true martyrs TO science. The Their
mometer indicated from 9S to lO4 degrees
in the shade, gigantic musk etoes swarmed
up from the long grass, forage was poor,
and game was scarce and shy. Arrived at
the Niobrara, the work of search began,
and was prosecuted with great success. The
letter says: "Of the scientific results of
our labors it would be premature to write
at length until Professor Marsh's next
years investigation shall enable us to speak
with precision of what we found. 1t is suf-
ficlent 10 say that fishes, turtles, crocodics,
snakes, birds, lizards, mastodons, ele-
plants and diminutive horses, some not
more than two feet high and Il -tood, the
camel and rhinoceros, and numerous large
carnivores and rodents, -indeed, almost all
of the vertebrate groups were represented
in the beds which we explored. The SOL
diers of our escort were ut first inclined TO
make merry at our expense, and TO despise
tho ill-directed yea! which we exhibited,
but they too were soon drawn into the vor-
tex, and became the most ardent of col
lectors, although at the cost of two or three
mastodons and camels, which were broken
up and thrown aside as rubbish"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-08-08

The above places are within few rods of
each other. Three trees surrounding and
not more than ten feet slant from the ten
ement house of Deacon Hines, on Forest
street, were struck during the shower, but
the house was untouched. Mrs. Aloxan-
der Capen's house, on Prospect street, was
struck in the rear, the lightning passing
entirely through to the front side, and
leaving traces of It's work In almost every
room. The unfinished chamber where II
entered and the piazza where II made its
exit were both considerably demoralized;
but here, as elsewhe re, the occupants were
untouched. The grlstmill of Messrs. Es-
ley, Frost & Co., near the depot, was struck
near the rdgepole, at the west end of the
main build ng, the Lightning following the
partition down nearly to the. lower floor,
where it exploded with loud report. One
of the worknen was within q few feet Of
where the explosion occurred, but escaped
with nothing more than severe fright. At
the time the mill was struck, the accommo-
daton train from the south had just arriv-
ed at the depot, and some of the stages were
loading their passengers. The horses of
the Townshend and Williamsville stages
became unmanageable from fright, escap-
ed from their drivers and ran. The lead
ers of the Townshend stage broke away,
but the wheel horses remained attached,
and were soon stopped, the passengers be-
ing uninjured. The other stage was over
turned ant badly demolished, one of the
passengers, Miss Laura SLickney of West
Dummei ston, receiving severe spinal in
juries. The others escaped with severe
bruises. Mr.. Charles c. Frost, who has
Taken note Of electric phenomena here for
many years, reports that during this storm
nineteen strokes of lightning fell within the
radius ofa mile. Seven is the highest number
ever before noted in one shower, and two or
three is the most common record. 1t APP
pears wonderful that with such terrific
play of lightning, no person was killed and
no building sci on fire.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-08-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

There are q 900 cases now pending be-
fore the Southern Claims Commission.
Postmaster Neal Mclean, at Meridith
Village, N. H., is defaulter To the gov
eminent In the money order business to
the amount of Sl0,050, and has been arrest
ed by the Post Office Department.
"A man who was discovered asleep
among lot of tombstones in a stone-cut-
ter's yard in Bingh imton said, on being
awakened, that he had come in to buy a
monument for himself, and having picked
out one, made up his mind he would try it
one night before purchasing.
An old lady on a steamboat observed
two men pumping up water 10 wash the
deck, and the captain being near, she ask
ed him as follows: "Well, captain, got
well on board, eh?" "Yes, maani, always
carry one" said the polite captain. "well,
that's clever. / always did dislike this
nasty river waller, especially in dog days"
81 had more money than be had to car
ny on the suit" said very mean indvid-
ual who had Just won lawsuit over a
poor neighbor, land that's where had the
advantage of him. Then had much bet
ter counsel than he, and there had the adj
vantage of him. And his family were sick
while tue suit was pending, so he couldn't
attend ~ it, and there 1 had The advantage
of him again. But then, Brown is a very
decent sort Of man after ALL" Eyes,"
said his listener, land there's where he
has the advantage Of YOU"
"A young married friend tells good
joke on himself perpetraed by littlo
three year-old "pride Of the family" She
is the only pledge Of love that has twined
itself around the hearts and affections of
himself and wife. A few evenings since a
minister visited the family and remained
until after tea. At the able the reverend
visitor asked The blessing and the little one
opened her eyes 10 the fullest capacity in
startled wOnderment. She could not un-
derstand what had been done, and ii was
with great persuasion that her mother
| could keep her quiet during the time they
were at the table. When they left it she
walked up TO the minister for whom she
had formed great friendship and said {:
"What did you say ut the table before we
| commenced eating?" "My little darling,
1 thanked God for his goodness in giving
us to eat, so that we might grow and be
strong" Papa don't say that" "What
does your papa say?' Papa says God
dlemishty what supper '-Loweu Cot-
|
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-08-08

A DISHONEST AGENT-NoTICE TO sur
soRIBERs.-Mr. c. w. Bond of Guilford
has for several years past acted as agent for
THE VERMONT PHOENIX, combining him
self mostly TO the towns in the southern
and western part of Windham county. Mr..
Bond is also agent for the Vermont Record
and Farmer, and, we believe, for certain
other publications. Now canvassing for
home papers, through limited extent of
territory, may appear to be Il dull business
for n smart and enterprising young man.
But Mr.. Bond contrives to make II pay
He receives Il liberal premium for new
subscribers; for collecting from old sub
scribers, small percentage only. So he
goes to n mana farmer, per-
haps-and says. "Mr. A, you are
taking the PHGNIX believe"
Eyes, sir" is the reply. "Well, don't
you want to subscribe for the Record the
coming year, believe it is called the best
paper?" "Well, no." replies the farmer,
81 have taken the PHOENIX for good ma
ny years, and I don't know that care to
change"
"I'll tell you what I'll do" says the en-
terprislng Bond; "I'll give you a quarter
if you will swap and take the Record !"
Every WELL" remarks the farmer, who
realizes the value of % cent scrip, 81
don't know that it makes much difference
which county paper L take; you may put
my name down for the Record, and tell
the PHGNIX man 10 stop wren the present
year is out" So he pays the agent the
subscription price for the Record, minus
the 25 cents, and congratulates himself that,
according TO poor Richards maxim, he
has saved half dollar, while Bond passes
on to the next victim, smiling witt inno-
cence and the knowledge that he has clear
ed quarter, more or less, out of that man.
The only drawback TO Bonds happiness in
this financial operation, is that he is oblig
ed to sacrifice the percentage allowed by
the PHOENIX for renewed subscriptions.
In order, however, that this drawback may
be removed, we hereby reuoke Mr.. Bond s
co mmtsSion as agent for this paper.
The above little game in "addtion, di-
vision and silence" may oe, and probably
is, sometimes applied in the opposite direc-
ton; we don't know. But we know
enough of Mr.. Bond. He is altogether too
smart to act as our agent. and he is hereby
requested to walk up to the captains office
and settle his account.
Subscribers TO the PHOENIX who have
been in the habit of renting their pay
ments through Mr.. Bond, for the sake of
encouraging home talent" will hereafter
please remit through the local agent or pay
direct TO us.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-08-08
TWO DAYS rRorr1So-saoOo IN PREMIUMS

TWO DAYS TRoTTING-53000 IN PREMIUMS.
Arrangements have been made for a
series Of races to- come off at the grounds
of the Windham County Park Association
in this place, OH Tuesday and Wednesday,
August PC and q. Three thousand dollars
in premiums are offered. On the first day
three purses of 500, $500, and 5000 will be
trotted for, and on the second day two
purses of Sl100 and 500 respectively, the
Sl100 purse being free to all horses. The
races will be mile heats, best three in five,
and entries must be made on or before the
10Th. The matter is in the hands of COM
mitiee of responsible citizens, and the hand
some purses offered will undoubtedly be
the means Of bringing some of the finest
horses in the country.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-08-08

SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DIsTRICr.-Th
Proctorsville correspondent Of the Rutland
Herald, who uses the initials Of Hon. Clark
H. Chapman, makes the following predic-
lions concerning matters in the Second
Congressional District:
1.-The death of Judge Steele naturally
calls up conversation concerning his sharp
contest with Judge Poland for the Con-
gressional nomination in this district last
fall. Poland and his friends complained
that Steele stole his thunder while he was
away out in Utah attending to his law bust
ness and Emma silver mines for his clients
and that il was not fair 10 commence the
canvass without notice 10 the present in
cumbent. The gifted and lamcnted Steele
is indeed gone, but his devoted friends will
hardly be reconcied TO allow Judge Po-
land 10 enjoy his back pay in quiet, and be
his own successor without another effort 10
supplant the surviving contestant, who will
then have enjoyed the honors and emolu-
mcnts of office-State and National-for
nearly thirty consecutive years, by a
younger man of equal integrity, purity
and capacity for good service in Congress.
If Judge Hoyt III. Wheeler, OF Jamaica, can
be induced to step down from the honora-
BILE position he now holds and take the
nomination he will be likely to get it,.
9th erwise the Hon. VIM. III. Walker, FLUID
low, who though younger man than he
looks to be, has obtained the front rank in