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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-26

"JUsT THREE BUCKS AuEAD."-H. G.
Wilson lawyer at Troy, Vermont, is one OF
that class, comprehends the full value of
the almighty Dollar" aud seldom lets
one slip from his grasp. Now there is
law in this State which allows man into
whose field buck escapes during certain
days in year, TO add said buck to his own
flock as his individual property. Among
Wilson's neighbors is a boy named Aldrich.
Now it happened that year ago, this boy
owned a buck which on one occasion bunt-
ed through Wilson's fence and entered up
on his freehold TO inspect his flock. AS
this fact came to the knowledge of Wilson
his familiarity with the statute enabled
him TO see money in the escape and he
forthwith added to his inventory gain Of
lone buck" The boy appeared and ap-
pealed with the full force of sorrows elo-
quence for his property. But Wilson, TAX
ing down his Statute, explained the law
and told the boy that If he wanted to grow
up and be rich man, he must be "trooly
lol," submitting willingly TO the laws and
constitution of his country.
The boy retired to wait for better days,
which did not appear till last week, when
four of Wilson's fine bucks escaped into
the boys field. They were cared for as a
matter of course. AS Wilson heard of the
escape he went over to relieve the boy of
further trouble. The boy was at home.
Wilson presented his case, pointed to his
mark on the back of the bucks, 'cussed'
the division fence, which he would have
repaired at once at his own expense, and
offered the boy a dime 10 help drive them
home. "Mr. wilson," said the boy, 81
have been rejecting upon the excellent adj
vice you were so kind as to give me last
year, and have concluded to submit TO the
laws, obey the Constitution and try TO get
rich. I have adopted your game and beat
you Just three bucksv' After wheeling
round three or four times in confusion Mr..
Wilson's eyes rested upon the gate through
which he passed, and the last the boy saw
of him he was scratching his head and sol
EMMY stepping toward home. Mr. Will
sons address is North Troy, VT, where he
can be applied to for further particulars. -
Lydon Union.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-26

The VALUE OF WoRK.-"What Is your
secret of success ?" asked q lady of Turn
er, the distinguished painter. He replied,
IT have no secret, madam, but hard work."
Says DIR. Arnold, "The difference between
one boy and another is not so much in tai
ent as in energy" "Nothing," says Rey-
nolds, sis denied well-directed labor, and
nothing is to be attained without it," "Ex-
cellence in any department." says John
son, lean now be attained only by the la
Dor of lifetime: it is not to be purchased
at lesser price," "There is but one meth
3D." says Sydney Smith, land that is hard
labor, and man who will not pay that
price for distinction, had better at once ded-
icate himself 10 the pursuit OF the fox"
"Step by STEP" reads the French proverb,
Zone goes very far" Nothing" says
Mirabeau, sis impossible TO the man who
can will. rs that necessary That shall
be- This is the only law of success"
"Have you ever entered a cottage, ever
travelled in a coach, ever talked with a
peasant in the field, or loitered with a me-
chanic at the LOOM" says Sir Edward Bull
wer Lytton, "and not found that each of
those men had talent you had not, knew
something that you knew notH' The most
useless creature that ever yawned at club,
or counted the vermin on his rags under
the suns of Calabria, has no excuse for
want of intellect. What men want is not
talent, 1t Is purpose; in other words, not
the power to achieve, but the will to labor.
I am no believer in genius, but believe
that labor, judiciously and continually APP
piled, becomes genius.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-26

PUMPKINS FOR SToCK.-The different
opinions of farmers asto the value of pump
kins for mlch cows and other stock, is be-
lieved to be the result of different ways OF
feeding them, by correspondent of the
Germantown Telegraph. In ahurry to clear
a field farmers will give their cattle sur
felt of pumkins for day or two, then for a
day or two perhaps none, and thus alter
nate feasts and fasts, and conclude pump
kins are worthless or worse. The writer
says he intends TO feed pumpkins about
two onths,-nlaking them last till the
snow flies. lie feeds regularly, once day,
from one to three pumpkins per head, new
err more, aud finds them greatly conducive
to health of stock, besides greatly increas-
ing the quantity and quality Of the butter
made. Pumpkin-made butter will readily
pass for "goden" or "gilt-edged" without
the use of "colorIng."
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-26

A CURIOUS BLUNDER.-A comical story
comes from Paris, the authority being a
cores pendent of the Pail Mall Gazette.
The Shah of Persia when in Paris, went to
the Jardin des Plantes, and was very much
pleased with what he saw there, and with
the courtesy of the Directors; so much so,
indeed, that he made notes of the names of
the men of science, with the view of ere
membering' them, in the sense in which
people who hope TO get something ask to
be remembered" The other day His
Majesty's compliments arrived, in the
shape of "lions'' and "suns," and other
"orders," which count for a good deal in
Persa. Unhappiy, the Persian monarch
somewhat dashed the pleasure Of the 'dec-
Grated men of science by an awkward ac-
cident. lie had noted down. he names of
NM. Godfrey, st. Hilaire, Milne Edwards,
and other savants; but, in company with
them he had also written the names of
some of the "extinct animals whose rel
les are preserved in the museum and un-
luckily the two sets of names got mixed
up together. So it happened that when
the men of science received Persian deco
rations, so also did the megartherium, the
dinothe rum and other "fearful wild fowl"
of the same character.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-26

styles will require not more than half the
quantity of the past but this is dream
that seems impossible of realization.
1t is not improbable that the newly-mod-
eled garments may have skinny" APP
pearance, but familiarity will soon arrange
that, and once accustomed to 1t, weary eyes
will be thankful they are no longer COM
PEELED TO wander over vast rows of Fittings
and hedgerows.of headings.
Painness.of fabric, no less than of fish
ion, is to be the rule. New goods, differ
ent from any yet produced, will soon be
shown, and new colors, or rather new shades
are imminent. The tints and double dis
titled shades of last year were so unbecom-
ing to Americans that the dry-goods hous-
es are importing only novel hues, which 1t
Is expected, will satisfy the most exacting.
"Home and Society,"" Scribner'S for October.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-26

GREAT SALE OF SHoRTHoRNs.-On
Wednesday, 10Th, a remarkable sale OF
shorthorn cattle was held near Utica, N.
Y. ll3 head of cattle were sold at an ag-
gregate sum of 1854, OOO-an average of more
than $4,000 for every animal. The highest
prices were obtained for three bulls and
eleven cows from Mr.. Campbells herd of
the Duchess breed, or "Bates strain" of
blood. Not an animal was sold that rank
ed under duchess, maid of honor, count
ess or machioness, and the prices brought
showed that the distinction was merited
and their blood appreciated. The eighth
duchess of Geneva brought $4,000, and her
calf, the tenth Duchess of Oneida, S27 900.
Others were sold for $50, 900, $50 900, s25, 900,
etc., all being rates with which American
cattle breeders have hitherto been unac-
qualntod, while the grand total for the four
teen was nearly 100000, one man expend
ing about 5000, 900. The highest price paid
for bull was sl2,5OO. We shall refer to
this sale again.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-26
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS,

1t Is stated that the use of tar as pre-
tentative against potato disease is attend
ed with the most satisfactory results.
The single article of cheese brings into
Ohio nearly 81, 900, 600, of which four-hlths
go to the farmers. On the sale of 1t, also,
merchants make profit.
During the week ending Aug. 80, Liza
AL bushels of wheat we're received at Mill
waukee. During the eight months closing
at that date the receipts were 1925, 754
bushels.
The Princeton, Wis, Republic says
four men with Johnston reaper cut, bound
and put up eighteen acres of wheat In one
day, between seven o'clock in the morning
and seven o'clock in the evening.
California grape growers have found
out that II pays TO dry their fruit. One
81; when dried they are reduced TO twenty
pounds, aud are worth $3.50.
Reliable figures show the cotton crop
Of 1873 to amount to 3,93O,50s bales. 1t is
stated that the Department of Agriculture
report for September gives the estimate OF
tuC ClOp lOi tut PiNoSh' SN"SOh "
1000, 900 bales, and the wheat crop at 25O,-
600, 900 bushels. Private advices estimate
the cotton crop at 100000 bales.
The price of S4O,6OO-actual cash pay
mentor one COW, was obtained at an auc-
ton near Utica, N. Y, last week. Farm
ers, however, should not draw the inference
that an auction is the best means of socur-
ing high prices. The fact Is, there was 0
"corner' on the "Duchess' breed of"Short
hcrns," the same as we sometimes see 9
"corner" in wheat or stocks.
Perhaps no greater injury has ever been
done in horticulture than the recommends.
ton by inexperienced writers of chip ma
nure as dressing. Its danger arises main
ly from its ready disposition TO spread flung
which inevitably arise in soils naturally {
| little moist and tenacious. When once
formed, such fungi spread with astonish
ing rapidly, totally preventing growth
and finally killing the plants .-Horticut
turist.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-26
POETRY.
THE OLD SURPRISE.


Now what hath entered my loved woods,
Aud touched their green withkudden changc7
What is this last Of natures moods
That makes the. roadside look so stranger
Who blanched my thistle's hlushing face,
And gave the winds her silver hair9
Set golden-rod within her place.
And scattered asters everywhere
Who splashed with red the sumach hedge
The sassafras with purple stain
Gave ivy leaves q ruby edge,
And painted all their stems again? ?:
Lol the change reaches high and wide,
Hath toned the sky to softer blue;
Hath crept along the river side,
And trod the valleys through and through;
Discolored every hazel copse,
And stricken all the pasture lands;
Flung wells across the mountain tops,
And bound their feet with yellow bands.
Is, then, September come SO soon7
Full time doth summer ne'er abide?
While yet 1t seems but summers noon,
We're floating down the autumn tide.
October Atlantic
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-26
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A FTER an extensive practice of upwards of thirty
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No agency in the United States possesses superior
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Datsntabiiity o(inuenfions.
Allneceesity of journey to Washington to procure
Patent, and the usual great delay there, are here
saved inventors
TESTIMONIALS.
81 regard Mr.. Eddy one of the most capable and
successful practitioners with whom have had otica
MISUNDERSTANDING MASON, Commissioner OF
Patents"
al have hesitation in assuring inventors hatthey
cannot employ q man more competent and truSfpoi
thy and capable of putting their applicatonfin
form to for them early and favorable con-
sideration at the Patent oAice.-EDMUND BURKE
late Commissioner of Patents"
''Mr. II. II. EDDY has made'for mt over THIRTY ap-
plicatons for Patents having been lin almost
every case Such unmisakable proof of great talent
and ability ON his part, leads me to recommend ALL
inventors to apply to him to their patents as
they may be of having the most
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charges.-JOHN TAGGART."
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-26
TOBACCO AND THE MENTAL FACULTIE

ToBACco AND THE MENTAL FACULTIES.
"A distinguished French savant the Alb
be Moignc, contributes TO the discussion of
the tobacco question some interesting OBJ
servations on the influence of the weed up
on his own mental power For many years
he had been addicted TO the habit of snuff
taking, though conscious of injurious re-
suits flowing from the practice. He re-
nounced it again and again, but relapse
always followed. In 1861 his daily allow
ance of snuff was over twenty grammes,
and he observed rapid decay of the fac
ulty Of memory. He had learned some
fifteen hundred root words in each of sew
eral languages, but found these gradually
dropping out of his mind, so rs to necessi-
tate frequent recurrence To dictionaries.
At last he summoned resolution to break
finally with the use of tobacco in any form,
and after six years of abstinence writes as
follows:
at has been for us the commencement of a
veritable resurrection of health, mind and
memory; our ideas have become moro lu-
cid, our Imagination more vivid, our work
easier, our pen quicker, and we have seen
gradually return that army of words which
had run away. Our memory, in word,
has recovered all its riches, all its sensbili-
ty. That tobacco, especially in the form of
snuff, is a personal enemy of memory,
which it has destroyed little by little and
sometimes very promptly, cannot be
doubted. Many persons with whom we
are acquainted-M. Dubrunafant, the cele-
barted chemist, for example-have run the
same dangers and escaped them in the
same fashion, by renouncing tobacco, which
we do not hesitate to say harms the great
est part of those who employ it, since fol-
one smoker or snufi'er who uses it there
are ninety who abuse it.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-26

APPLE BLOSSOMS IN SEFTEMBER.-Mr.
Elliot Wyman, of East Westmoreland, n.
H., has sent us handsome sprig of some
ten blossoms picked from "Sops-of- Wine
apple tree on his place, Sept. l. Such in
stances are always interesting. Nature gen.
orally has an extra "shot in the locker; )"
a preserved force" which may be sum-
moned TO the front in case of emergency.
Early in the season tho apple tree makes a
bountiful show of leaves. The amount OF
the surface of 'lung tissue" which the tree
exposes TO the air and light by its almost
innumerable leaves is obviously very large,
But let the canker worm skeetonize every
leaf, and the tree look as brown and dead
as though scorched by fire, and no sooner
do the worms spin down and disappear
than the tree commences the renewal Of
her wardrobe, and is soon once more "dress-
ed in living green."-N. e. Farmer, 18th
inst.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-26

COMING STYLEs.-OfAutumnm modes it is
hardly time to speak definitely, only one
thing being assured. The promise of plain
ness, made in the early Summer, will be
strictly kept. Superabundant fiounces and
furbelows will take an unlimited leave of
Winter wardrobes, and artistic simplicity
reign in their stead. How our weary and
over-dressed women have sighed for this
change, they only are aware; and that they
will hail the new order with delight is I'M
doubled. 1t Is limited that the prospective
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The Benton democrat. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1871-18??, 1873-01-18
PACIFIC sLOPERs.

Mart Brown has new T" Globe "job
press.
Wheat is 90 cents per bushell in
Yamhill.
Measles are alarmingly prevalent in
Roseburg.
East Portland is to have new Ma
sonic Temple.
A spirited revival is going on in the
M. E. Church, Salem. r.s s-
Jake Brenner. recently of Albany,
is giving music lessons in Portland.
Steilacoom is the only town on Puget
Sound that has no real estate agent.
A line of steamers is soon to be put
on to carry coal from Coos Bay to San
Francisco. = q - p - -1s.2
The Supreme Court passed resolu-
tions of respect to the memory of Hon.
N. H. Cranor.
Twenty two deaths occurred in Olym-
pia, W. T., last year. Its population
is estimated at 1880. iras H5E
Gen. Geo. p. Ihrie, late Of Portland,
is now chief engineer of a real estate
agency in San Francisco. ,
Miss Alice Mckinley, young act
ress, well known on this coast, is lying
very low, with consumption, at Seattle.
It is stated that our Government will
erect forti6cations on San Juan Island,
and maintain a permanent garrison there.
Another gold note bank is to be Or
ganized in California. It is to be loeat-
ed in Nevada City, and will be the fifth
one in that State.
They are prepared with ropes and
tackle to raise the draw in the st. Joe
bridge, to admit the passage of boats
pSthe Yamhill river. 1i3f
VIM. McFadden, sent to the Peniten-
tiary, last fall, from Linn county, for
incest, has been declared insane, and
placed in the Asylum.
A portion of the dry dock in the
basin at Oregon City washed away last
week. The whole structure is consid-
cred rotten and unsafe.
Mrs. ). B. Upton is canvassing for
the True Woman, an anti-woman suf-
frage paper, and, we are happy to state,
is meeting with success.
"A petition, signed by over one thou.
sand citizens, praying for an appropri.
alton for the Improvement OF the Yam
hill river, has been sent to Congress.
A Douglas county man has discover
ed a pair of sandals, seven feet below
the surface Of the earth, measuring ff
teen inches in length, by four riches in
width. Giants, we reckon.
The Puget Sound Company's tele
graph line which is uniting Port Town
send with the Western Union line, will
be finished about the end Of this month
Three miles of cable are required to
span the waters of the Sound.
The Benton democrat. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1871-18??, 1873-01-18

TIME SUBSCRIBER WOULD RE-
i spectfully announce to the public,
that he is prepared to give instructions on
the Organ, Piano, or Melodean. Terms
one dollar per lesson. Instructions given
at the residence fpupils if desired.
Lessons given in vocal music in classes,
or privately.
YPersons wishing to purchase Pianos,
Organs or Melodeans, can save fifteen per
cent, by ordering through the Professor.
P. RUTAN.
Professor of Music, and Graduate of the
New York Institution for the Blind.
s-t@ V1nO29:tf
The Benton democrat. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1871-18??, 1873-01-18

canfes -
Had all their stUg
Dolls dressed in silk +
Their toys. MY Heart
For I.hung up mg stockiii
Kriss Kringle did not ~ wy 49,
And through the chfnl9a ID few,
And never thought
:" did not sleep q I.
Yet dared not To- :,
But ere the sky was fairly nt, 49,
heard a plaintive sound.
Oh, mother, you were praying then,
And praying too for me;
You asked that He who died for men
My Santa Claus would be.
'sYet, mother, it was sad to find
My empty stocking there;
wept till was nearly blind,
But recalled your prayer.
Then knelt down and tried to pray
To Him who rules above;
Iprayed that might have always Ia
My good, kind mothers loves
Fullanany scene of revel wild
Was held that New Year day;
The widowed mother clasped her child,
And brushed her tears away.
ssWhat present does Mamma stil hide z"
ssDear child 'tis only this:o
She smoothed her sunny hair aside,
And gave her brow a kiss. I'D.
The Benton democrat. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1871-18??, 1873-01-18
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Notice to Whom It May Concern

Notice to Whom It May Concern.
COLE LEATHER, FRENCH AND
y American Calf and Kip, and Lining
skins. Also, an assortment of Boot Max
ers' Findings, constantly on hand, for sale.
Ladies' and Gents Boots and Shoes made
to order, in the Latest Style. Country Or
ders promptly attended to.
HENRY MANNS.
Corvallis, October z, 1872. 2:24tf
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-04-03

n@-, Boys say often, we want an edu.
cation, but we are poor and our father is
poor, and We can't get IT.; so weare gsing
to learn a trade. or go into store, or do
something else. Now let me say, every,
boy that wants an education, if he will
bend his force to it he can get just as
good a one rs he wants. Tho way is
open. Education does not come alone
through academies and colleges and sem.
inaries 5, these relhelps, but it comes by
study and reading and comparing. All
the schools in the W rid will not make
scholar of a maa without these and with
them man will be one if he never sees o
college. The same is true Of girls and
what istrue of this pursuit is true ofany
other. The force nsust be from yoursclf
and you must develop it. It is that in
domitabIe | can't, that sets q man astride
tho world, Z