Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-01-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

A Western journal offers this induce
ment: "All subscribers paying in advance
will be entitled to first class obituary no.
tice in case of DEATH"
In buying furs blow against the set of
the fur" and if the fibre opens easily and
shows the skin, don't buy; but if the down
next to the skin is so dense that the cur
rent of breath doesn't penetrate it so as to
reveal snuch of the skin, the article is good.
So says professed expert.
--Caicoes often fade because they are i'm
properly washed. Toinsure their not fading,
infuse three gills of salt into four quarts of
water; put the calico in while it is hot, and
let it remain there until cold. BY this
means the oolors of the goods are made
permanent, and will not fade by subse-
quent washings.
"A professional gentleman who owns a
farm not thousand miles from Greenfield,
Mass. decided few years ago that he
would stock 1t with sheep. He according
ly purchased, so the story goes, forty South
Down ewes, and then went to drover and
asked him to buy forty bucks TO put with
them. The idea of polygamy among these
domestic animals had never occurred to
| him.
The following is said to be an authentic
copy ofa circular issued by commercial
firm in Bombay: Gentlemen, we have
the pleasure to inform you our respected
father departed this life on - tn inst
His business will be continued by his be-
loved sons, whose names are stated below.
The opium market is quiet, and Malwa ], =
500 RS. per chest. 'Oh, grave, where is thy
sting? oh, death, where is thy gravel? We
are yours truly, -
Hot sand-baths have been introduced
for the treatment of rheumatism, nervous
disorders, etc. The advantages of this
treatment are that it does not suppress
perspiraton like the hot-water bath, but
rather increases 1t, and does not interfere
with the respiration like the steam or Turk
ish bath. The body can endure its influ-
ence for a much longer time, and much
higher temperature can be applied. 1t can
be used for infants, and permits of easy APP
plcation to part or TO the whole body.
Wisconsin married people are sontin-
ually playing pranks on each other. Only
little while ago Wesley Seward of Column
bus choked his wife almost to death just
for fun, and buried her under hay-stack.
Mistaking his motives the sheriff arrested
him and had him bound over in the sun
of $500 not to be so frisky, but he could not
restrain his frolicsome disposition, and so
the other day, when his wife happened tc
faint, while helping him dig well, he tied
the windlass rope around her neck, push.
ed her into the well and LEFT. The joke was
well planned, but it didn't work perfectly
for the woman managed to get her feet or
the ladder and climb out and, TO "sort o.
play 1t back" on the old man, she raked NJ
what money and clothing she could and
left her pleasant home.
"A Nelson street man was charged by
his wife to bring home her bonnet Saturday
night, but he became so imbued with liq
uor that he fell on tho street and bursteC
the cover from the bandbox and the ha
rolled out on the walk. He grabbed for il
at once, as also did playful dog, and for I
while 1t was difficult to determine whicl
would get the hat. They finally divided it
the man going one way with the string
and few straws, and the dog another will
the balance. When he got homo he ex
tended his share of the victory TO th,
wretched woman, and burst forth in un
feigned admiration: at was the goldarn
eldest dog to (hic) hold on I ever saw, Ma
rier, (hic) an If hadn't bin perfectly sobe
(hic) he'd had the hull, (hlc) the hull ol
iL-[Danbury News.