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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-19
CicsfepGgfd, ". M.

Tho completion of the new hotel at
Spollord lake bids fair to make that pictur-
osquo spot a resort of no little celebrity.
It's great natural beauty and lovely sur
roundings, its convenionccs and accessible
ity, combine to render ii by far tho most
attractive location for picnics and pleasure
parties to be found anywhere in this region.
The hotel-known as the Prospect House.
stands upon the hill south OF the lake, of
which IL commands Il magnificent view.
The hotel Is a fine structure, three stories
high above the basement, with n piazza for
each floor on the side fronting the lake. A
new road leads directly from the hotel to
the lake, at the foot of which is a landing
place for boats. Several new boats have
been placed upon the lake tho present sea-
son by Mr.. j. w. White, who resides near
the hotel. With commendablc enterprise,
Mr.. White has vcntured TO cxpcnd some
thing like $1,000 in tho way of furnishing
suitable craft for tho accommodation of WIS.,
itors. The largest boat, called the "Whito
Lilly" cost $500, and will accommodate
seventy-five persons. 1t has no sails but
is propelled by paddlc-whecls, which turn
by hand and is covered with an awning.
1t is ingeniously gotten up, and is capable
of speed Of seven miles an hour. There
is also iinc sail-b)at capable Of accommo-
dating ten or twelve persons, and another
is to be added next season. Among the
row-boats is ono especially adapted for
speed, and which cost $3.50. Work has been
commenced on bOat-house, which will be
2i by 100 feet, and will contain saloon and
reception room. Other and great improve
ments arc in contemplation, and judging
from the number of people who have
visited tho lake the present season, there is
reason TO believe that the public will be
quick 10 appreciate and respond tot all efforts
in this direction.
David Holman broke his arm last week
while assisting in rebuilding the barns de-
stroyed by lightning last July on VIM.
Benefits place, Ho is doing well.
r. c. CROSBY has sold out his store to.
Murrey ii. Davis, who is refitting il and
will open Il now stock. Mr.. c. will move
10 Bratteboro.
John i. Fisk has sold his farm TO L.
w. Crowningshield, and will leave town in
November.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-19

Ayrshres-best three year old bull, d. II.
Greene of Rutland; best year old bull,
Petcr Laclair of Winooski; best year old,
Charles Sanford of Orwell; best COW, same
best 1 and year old heifers, L. s. Drew of
Burlington. Aldcrneys-best year old
bull, NJ. Garfield of Manchester best 2
year old bull, Il. ChaGeo Of Rutland best
COW, same. Dutch caitlo.-bcst bull aud
best COW, Chas. lIoughton of Putncy.
Grade cattle-cows, H. A. Billings of Rut-
land, LIST Chas. Hougton of Putnoy, Cd;
best and 2 ears old holors. Same. Work
ing oxen, best years old, Benz. Fisk Of
Clarendon best years old, Lyman Brig
ham of Essex. Best year old steers, Will
lis Benson of Clarendon; best years old,
A. III. Royce of Swanton. Mich COWS
Chas. Sanford OF Orwell, 1st; N. ID. Kiddor
of Fairfax, %, Chas. 1Iougbton of Putney,
Sd. Fat cattlo-best pair oxen, A. II.
Royce of Swanton; best COW, G.. i. Roy
nolds of Burlington, Town teams-Rut-
land LIST, Clarendon I'd. Shoep-best Nor
inc buck years old or upward, William
son & Sherbino of Middlebury. Cotswold
and Leicestcrs, best buck 2 years old or
over, G. a. Lyon of Shelburn. Tho Estoy
organs, exhibited by Geo. @. Day OF Rut-
land, received honorable mention for OK
celloucy of finish and tone. French Car
riagc, Co., Grafton, for phaoton, top buggy.
sleigh, twoseat pony sleigh, received first
premium and diploma.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-19
HiHsddle, ". III.

MIR. John Fisk, one of the substantial
farmers of Chesterfield, it is pleasant to
say, is TO take up his residence in this viii
lagc soon.
Tho Universalists mere arc rejoicing
over blessings which have come TO them
through the largo-heartedncss and noble
ness of George C. Fisk of Springfield, Ms,
of the firm of Fisk & Hopkins, who man
ufacture paper in our village. On Monday
of last week he cheerlully and voluntarily
gave tho Universaist society one hundred
dollars for the support of preaching, and
freely proposed TO paper their church in
fine style, and consequently, by his direc-
ton, the paper for that purpose has been
purchased in Boston. These favors are a
perfect God-send TO tho society, and the
members of il must and do verify feel that
u generous man like Mr.. Fisk Is the mo-
blest work of God, and that the degree of
gratitude due him from them is greater
than word can express. Mr.. Fisk is ma
tive of this town, but he left 1t many years
ago. Nearly all of the years that have
passed since he has spent in Springfield,
where he has established an enviable repu-
ton for business capacity, integrity, gem
crosby and Christian department. 1t is
great pleasure to his friends TO know, also,
that he has been eminently successful in
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-19

AS being directly opposed to the tenden-
cy of the present day towards the extreme
of radicalism, skepticism and intidelity in
matters of religious belief, it is curious,
not TO say amusing, TO note the revival of
an old and WORKOUT superstition which
just now presents itself across the water.
We refer TO pilgrimages which have recent
ly been made to the shrine of "Marguerite
Marie" at Paray-le Monial in Franco,
by persons who profess faith in "the sacra-
ment of the Blessed IIcart'-though Just
what this means we are not informed The
interesting part of ii is that these pilgrim
ages have not been confined to the ignor-
ant and unlettcred, but have been partic-
pated in by the higher classes of Catholics
in England. To be sure the thing was not
done after the traditional style, when the
devout and ragged pilgrim did pcnance for
his sins as he trudgcd, staff in hand, along
the rugged road, but on the contrary the
well dressed crowd went by special rail-
road train, and made use of hotel accom-
modalions and other appliances Of comfort
of the average traveller. One of these pill
grimages, to which we moro particularly
refer, took place on the I'd inst, when 400
leading Catholics set out from London for
the shrine at Paray; the players to be said
and dovotions to be observed on the way,
and while in the magical presennc, were all
printed in little books prepared expressly
for the occasion, and the affair, to use a
worldly expression, was put down rs
"periect success Just where the ponancc,
usually supposed to be connected with a
pilgrimage, camein in this case, the papers
do not say, but we are told that so high an
authority as the Archbishop of Westmin-
stor expressly commended ii "as an act of
faith 10 bo proclaimed in the sight of the
unbelieving, and as a protest against the
defiance and dcrision with which the re-
cent pilgrimages in Italy, Belgium and
Germany have been treated"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-19
THE ST.STR FIR.

The State fair at Rutland closed on Fri
day after a four days exhibition highly
successful in point of attendance. The
show of cattle was better than ever before
exhibited in this State. Horses were a
strong feature of tho exhibition and veget-
ables, fruits, poultry, sheep and swine were
less noticeable. The attendance on Thurs
day was very large. 1t was estimated that
nearly 10000 people were present in the af-
ternoon to hear the address of the Rev. w.
III. III. Murray of Boston, and TO witness
the races. The trot for horses whose rec
ord was not better than 2:3S, was won by
Kitty Thorn in 2:46. The three minute race
was won by Honest Fred, owned by VIM.
Robertson of Putney. Soon after Mr.. MUIR
rays address a building was set on fire,
and after it was completely enveloped in
flames, Mr.. Francisco brought forward the
Babcock Fire Annihilator and mastered the
flames in sixteen seconds. This machine
was awarded diploma and first premium.
Among the other premiums awarded were
the following: j. G. Davis, Brattleboro, lst
premium on stock horses years old and
upward; r. Bradley, Brattleboro, LIST pre-
MUM on stock horses four years old and
Sd premium on two years old; Charles
Sanford of Orwell, LIST premium on brood
mares matched horses, LIST premium to
III. II. Baxter of Rutland; ID TO II. w.
Park of Bennington gentlemen's driving
horses, LIST TO John j. Myers Of Rutland,
I'd to VIM. Robertson of Putney, Sd 10 II.
Bradley of Brattloboro; matched or fancy
horses, LIST to ii. ii. Baxter of Rutland, I'd
to VIM. Robertson of Putney. Short horn
cattle, LIST premium for herds TO c. Horace
Hubbard of Springfield, I'd to G.. l.. Roy
nolds of Burlington three year old bulls,
lst to G. L. Reynolds of Burlington, I'd TO
ID. Goodell of Brattleboro; two year old
bulls, 1st and Sd TO A. w. Griswold of
Morrisville, I'd to Shedd & Van Slcklin of
Burlington. Cows, LIST TO G. Horace Hub
bard of Springfield, I'd to Daniel Kinball
of Claremont, Sd TO G.. l.. Reynolds of Bur-
lington. Heifers, two years old, LIST to A.
w. Griswold of Morrisville, I'd to David
Goodell of Brattleboro. Deyons-all pre-
miums taken by Rollin Gleason Of Benson.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-19

Last Friday afternoon tho Graphic's bal
loon, which was to have been the pioneer
of aerial navigation across tho Atlantic,
met with n final collapse, and so far us any
practical result is concerned the enterprise
has proved a total failure. Its initiation
was begun for the second limo at three
o'clock on Friday morning, and everything
proceeded in satisfactory manner until
about four in the afternoon, when, the huge
bag being about two-thirds full, the can
vass parted in great rent near the top,
moro than hundred feet long the gas at
once escaped, and tho Graphic's much-ad-
vertised advertising agent lay on the
ground a shapeloss and useless mass. Prof.
Wise says that the rupture occurred in a
rotten place in the canvass and declares
that it was no moro than ho expected, but
says he would have gone in the balloon If
it could have been properly inflated. lie
still adhercs 10 his theory of an castcrly
current and Expresses a wish to put it to q
test whenever he can do so under favorable
circumstances. Tho Graphic admits that
the balloon was too big, but announces its
determination to "send balloon across
the Atlantic" if it has to build silk one
for the purpose next spring. Pecuniarily
the balloon has been success TO the Graph
ic, as the profits of its more exhibition are
estimated at $4,000.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-19
ryY.tDsE.s.U COE.vrl. SOUxT.

4. c. HoWard q. Charles q. 1ylcr. In
this case the jury, by direction Of the court,
rendered verdict for the plaintiff of Sl4.50.
Ddvtd W. Ramsdcu D. Charles H. Nichols.
This was an action brought to set aside
judgment obtained by Nichols against
Ramsdoll, and TO bring tho case forward
for trial. Tho defendants evidence tended
TO show that after the suit was brought up
on which the said judgment was obtained
that Nichols wrote TO Ramsdell, then re.
siding in Chicago, that he would withdraw
his suit and pay his costs, if lie would send
him $1,000; that plT. acceodcd to this offer
and sent delt. draft for that amount, and
had no knowledge that tho suit was not
withdrawn according 10 agreement; but
that when Ramsdoll returned from the
West he asccrtaincd that The suit had been
entered in court and judgment of about
$1,000 rendered, upon which an execution
had been taken. The defendant claimed
that tho pln. did have knowledge that the
suit was not Withdrawn, and that his offer
TO withdraw included other conditions than
the payment of the money. Verdict for
plh. Counsel for pin, d. c. Dcnnison, a.
Stoddard, j. w. Croker; for def, Martin,
c. N. Davenport.
John l.. clark and iOjc q. Wilmington.
This was an action on the case for injuries
received by Mrs. Clark by an accident in
which she was thrown from IL wagon. The
plaintiffs claimed that the accident occurred
by reason Of the insuflicloncy of tho high
way, and while in the exercise of ordinary
care. The testimony OF the physicians
tended to show that Mrs. Clark ceived an
injury 10 the spine, at the time CT the acct
dent, from which she probably would new
or fully recover. The plaintiffs claimed
damages TO the amount of $4,000. The
evidence on tie part of the town tended to
show that the road in question was in suffi-
Client repair for the kind Of travel that was
to pass over it; that the night upon which
the accident occurred was very da! k that
the plaintiffs wife, in company with two
other persons, was driving from the village
of Wilmington 10 the plaintiffs home at
rapid trot, during a thunder storm, and
consequently was not in the exercise of
common prudence. Verdict or 500 for
plaintifI. S. Il. Davenport and C. i. Eddy
for plfi.; o. L. Butterlield and &. n. Da-
venport for def.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-19

We had hard frost on Sunday night
last, which put an end to the growth of all
plants and vegetables which were unpro-
tcctcd. So hard was it in many places that
water even skinned over.
IL. G. Millington commenced n select
school at this place, on Monday, the 18th
ult., and everything bids fair for Il good
school.
Squire Bliss has purchased the Elmer
j. Reed place of Il. L. Wheeler. Reported
price S52S.
Tho town has made great improve
ments in the road from Nottingham Cen
ter to Jacksonville, by working tho same,
for which they will have the thanks of the
whole travelling public.
Hiram C. Carlcy is making great i'm
provements upon his dwelling house,
which will add greatly to its general ap-
pcarancc and make it much moro conven-
lent,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-19

Apropos of our suggestions last week in
regard to putting an end to railroad and
other "horrors," a London cable despatch
informs us that three railroad accidents oc-
Cured in England last Wednesday, and
adds that "the alarming frequency of dis
asters of this character of late has been the
subject of much COMMENT and, also,
that "the people call upon the Government
TO interfere and compel the managers Of
the roads to adopt more stringent measures
for the prevention Of accidents in the fu-
ture." We suggest that if the Government
were to arrest few of those managers"
and employees through whose fault these
"accidents" have occurred and, upon con-
viclion, either hang them or give them
board and steady employment for a term
of years in one of those useful institutions
commonly known as state-prison, it
would undoubtedly havea salutary effect in
preventing like unpleasant occurrences in
future. We should like 10 see this method
tried, at any rate.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-19
.B0cIsOnr{Tfc.

The first frost of the season in this place
that injured vegetation was on Monday
morning of this wcok, the 18th inst. Car
den vines were ruined, potato vines badly
cut down, and corn, particularly lato plant
cd fields, considerably injured.
The second crop of grass, which was
quite good, has been harvested and sccur-
ed in good condition. The crops this sea-
son already harvested, with the exception
of tho first crop Of grass, have been good,
and those yet to harvest promise fully an
average yield.
Rev. Mr.. Alcott of Williamsburg, Ms,
preached very able sermon in the Metho-
dist church in this place on Sabbath after
noon, the 9TH inst.
Rev. p. N. Granger, agent of the Ver-
mont State Temperance Society, while on
his tour through this part of the State, visit
cd this place, and gave an able and excel
lent lecture on temperance on Thursday
evening, the 18th inst. Before the meet
ing closed the pledge was circulated and a
good number Of signatures obtained.
Measures preliminary to the organization
of temperance society in this place wero
also adopted.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-19

WATERFOWL UNION LIVE STOCK MARKET.

WATERFOWL, Sept. &c, 1873.
Prices MARKET Beef. few choice-S10 Goa 90 90;
Extra so 00dS9 sos first quality So OO@8 80; Second
quality, 50 00@S7 90; third quality, 81 OOa as So
STRENGTHENING Oxon-slCO. gI5b 9OO0f e135 73pair
Mich Cows an Calves-S35 to GO extra 500 to 80,
Farrow Cows-915MsJ5
Ycarlings-s10 90 to 1s. Two years old-.2Ot to s2g
Thrceyears old-s3O to 40.
Prices of Sheep and Lambs.-In lots, 50 90. SO co.
60 6Ogs9 IS each; Extra, "a O0@S5 20 per head, or
from 41-20Gc II 10.
Spring Lambs--Ga7 &c u ID.
Veal Calyes-siMsI5.
Hidos-Brighton, DC q N Country, GO 1.2c o ID.
Tailow-Brighton, Ga 8 3-4c 1b. Country Sd 1.4c
per n.
Pelts 81 75as2 90 each; Shared Sheep skins tOc
each. Lamb Skins 5OG75c each. Cali skins 1Gya1sc
z ID.
oLAssIFIcAT1oN OF CATTLE AND sHrEP.
n. B.-Deef-Choico grade includes nothing but
stabilized 100 to 400 lbs Bullocks Extra and first
quality includes the best, large fat oxen. Second and
third quality includes Oxen and two and three year
oldstecrs.
shoep-Extra include Cossets, and when there Of
inferior quality are thrown out.
hEMARKs
Cattle-Market quiet owing TO Rutland and Central
Vermont trains being late.
Sheep and Iambs-Shaop market opened dull; hut
one lot Of lambs sold as high as &c.
Poultry has declined large lots Of dressed received
during the week turkeys zoe; chickens 15c.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-19

The city of Shreveport, La, has been
stricken with malignant epidemic yellow
fever, and the condition of things in the
unhappy town is such that we in this lati-
tudc can hardly imagine it. The deaths
have reached as high rs thirty to forty
day in population of only 1000, and there
is great suffering among all classes for want
of nurses. In response TO urgent calls for
help nurses and physicians have been sent
there, and contributions of money in aid
of the sufferers have been made in Cincin-
natl, New York and other places. The dis
case is said to have originated in Shreve-
port, and had ii appeared six weeks earlier
in the season there would be serious
grounds for experimenting the spread of the
dreaded scourge through the South Sew
eral cases are said 10 have made their ap-
pcarance in Memphis.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-19
'rs of Laclcdo & Pacific mills, ST. Louis,

otors of Lacledo g. Pacific mills, ST. Louis,
Missouri.
Mrs. Stcbbins, wife of tho late John
Stebbins, Jr., has built tobacco barn 2Gx30
feet of square timber, framed and covered
with shingles.
Hon. N. L. Bryant has built a tobacco
barn 32xGl feet. The frame is of spruce
scanting spiked together in a thorough
manner. II is well boarded, roof covered
with cedar shingles, and inside filed with
a fine growth of tobacco hung on lath.
Hon. ID. l.. Norton has just built nice
horse barn, 3Oxf0 feet, painted inside and
outside, and tho roof covered with slate.
Tho inside arrangement is complete for
convenience, being throo rooms upon one
side and eight stalls on tho other. Cost,
$4,000.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-19

Reports of Mexican depredations on our
Texan frontier continue to come in, and in
addition 10 cattle stealing 1t is reported that
murders have recently been committed
within twenty-five or thirty miles of the
Rio Grande. 1t will be remembered that
the Commissioners appointed by Congress
to investigate this matter reported loss of
Sl5,OO0,OO by these lawless incursions, and
this sum is said to have been largely in
creased since the report was made. The
Mexican Government has failed to take
any decided or effective action in the mat
ter and tho attention Of Congress will un-
doubleday be again called 10 the subject. 1t
Is even suggested that the final remedy for
this evil will be found in tho acquisition of
portion of Northern Mexico, command
ing both sides of the river, and that such
acquisition is not improbable from the fact
that Mexico will be unable to pay tho dam
ages which the Texans have suffered from
the inehiciency of tho government of that
country torestrain its lawless citizens from
their maraudng expeditions. The Texan
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-19
Nez0 Publications.

OxFoRD's SENIOR SPEAKER; A Collection of Exercis-
es in Defamation Recitation, and Representation I;
for Advanced Classes. BY william Oxford author
OF 'The Junior Speaker, &c. With ninety portraits
and illustrations. Philadelphia: j. II. Butler Co.
There is want more commonly felt by the students
in our higher schools and academies than that Of a
good Notwithstanding really adapted to tho
needs Of the average pupil 1t was 30 in our own
school days and believe the remains the same
to the present time In this book an attempt has been
made to supply this want, and the author seems to
have struck happy mean between those works on tho
one hand which filled with "heavy" pieces such as
the ordinary student dislkes to attack and those on
the other, which are "padded" with selections At only
for the school "Reader" The selections poetry and
prose-declnma iory, hortatory pathetic, humorous,
descriptive and dramaic-are very numerous, and ap-
pear to have been very judicousy made-indetd,
many OF them are unique in their way and are pro-
tected by copyright The illustrations are novel and
very attractive feature The possession of this book
by the boys and young men in our high schools and
academies will relieve their school life OF one Of its
greatest bugbears-the finding Of suitable "pece to
speak" For sale at FELToS's.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-19

The proposed amendment TO the Consti
tuition Of Connecticut providing for sin
gle State capital, and for Hartford to be the
place, is TO be voted upon on the 9th of Oc-
tobcr. If ratified the amendment will take
effect on the first Wednesday of May, 1875.
In case of special emergency, the Govern
or is authorized to convene the Legislature
in any other place in the State. The 1850
luton submitting the proposition to the
people had a majority Of eleven in the Sen
ate and of 1876 in the House. The question
as 10 whether Hartford or New Haven
shall be the capital of the State has so long
been bone of contention there that it will
be matter for congratulation all around
when it is once definitely settled which of
the two cities is to have the coveted honor.