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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-06-13
PART II.

It is sad to renest that these days are so heetlng
That youth with It's pleasures, must so soon pa's
away
II Ia sad while the heart for past joys still seeking,
It must grow into age. and pass on to decay!
II ia sad the fair brow must grow worn and wrnkled
The form must grow bent, more feeble the limb,
with the fross Of old age the hair must be sprinhed
And the once sparkling eye grow weary and dim.
1t is sad blooming fields whcro gay tints were blend
Ing
Must loose their fresh green the season wears on
That blossoms must fall the spring time is ending
And changed grow the notes of the merry spring
song. ...... 4ttu
Tis sad the green leaves which gaily blooming,
Must turn scar and yellow and fall to the ground
Tho flowers whose fragrance each breeze Is perfum-
ing
Must fade and grow scentless, and lie scattered
around.
But spring shall return bright suns shall be bcAmng 6,
The flowers bloom again to crown the May Queen :;
Theorchards and fields with new life shall be teemins
Woods and groves shall rejoice in their beautiful
green.
The spring shall come back fresh buds shall be
epringing,
And the trees and the plants sneu tuelf JhBfahec
again;
Ger bills and in valleys, songs shall be ringing
As the birds wing their way mountain and plain
Oh that YOUTH like the spring had the germ Of return
ing!
oh that youth with young friends, might come back
once again!
For the scenes Of young days the heart is st yearn
ing,
And the once loving eyes. that followed us thon.
But youth, with It's joys, but once can come to u.s.
This side Of the valley, 1t shall come never more;
The breezes Of fes morn, no more shall they WOO us,
Till the 'Boatman" has rowed to the other bright
shwe.
TheIc in that promised land" far the river,
There's home where youth shall return we are told
Where beauty ne'er fades, where the brow shall not
wither,
Where our limbs never tire, where never grow
old.
There there shall with friends long departed
To join the glad song in that land Of the blest
Where joys bloom, and the stricken hearted,
The mourner, the way-worn, and the weary find rest.
There no night shall be known, no days dark and
drcary,
There no storms shall arise, no blasts pierce again;
In that home shall linger our songs weary,
And with friends long severed eternally reign.
Almighty Father, hear! Oh grant us this blessing,
The unwavering faith that this home may bo ours,
With this confidence then our spirits possessing,
Well cheerfuly walk down to lfe's closing hours.
wico unfaltering trust, which pray may surround
US,
Well gaze DER the river and welcome the last
"And wrap the drapery OF the couch around u.s."
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-06-13

Brief and Sprinklum say DR.. Harris pro-
posed the change. At all events, the pret-
ty lame girl who acts as librarian, knows
her own affairs, and she AYERS, with a smile,
that the new doctor is TO pay her salary for
one year.
Squire Hsndon's housokeeper is very
fond of the doctor now, and has quite for
gotten her former hatred OF such "cranky
notions; = and the squlre--oh, it would do
you good to see the mingled reverence and
admiration with which he treats her. He
often tells her she stole into .Handon, aud
into Handon hearts; and whenever she
dimes there, as she Frequently does, the old
Squire insists on taking her down In his
own carriage, and rs he lifts her out upon
the walk before her Office door, he never
fails to point to the name upon it, and say
with twinkle about his eyes:
"Ah, my child, might have known it
was sign of the times r-dmerican
| Homes.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-06-13

The RELIGION OF JOHN STUART MILL
According to Charles l.. Brace, John
Stuart Mill ''died as he had lived, a con-
sisont 'modern stoic.' His favorlte read
ing was Marcus Aurelius, and he has left
to the world the memory OF the highest
stoical life-ol utter devotion to truth, JUS
tice, and humanity-but alas | in all prob
ability, without the conscious inspiration
of Christianity, and without hope OF per-
sonal Immortality" We may add that
there is no evidence that he believed in
personal God. When ask ed what his be-
lief was in that respect while a candidate
for Parliament, he Indignantly replied that
it was matter which concerned no one
but himself In reply to Mansells state
meut that Goods goodness is different
from mans goodness" he wrote: "If in
stead Of the glad tidings' that there exists
Being in whom all the excellencies which
the highest human mind can conceive ex-
ist in a.dogree inconceivable to us, am
informed that the world is ruled by be-
ing whose ottributes are infinite, but what
they are we cannot learn, nor what are the
principles of his government, except that
the highest human morality which we
are capable of conceiving' does not sanction
them convince me of it, .and will bear
my fate as l may. But when am told
that 1 must believe this, and, at the same
time, call this being by the names, which
express and affirm the highest human NOR
ality, say, in plain terms, that will not.
Whatever powers such being may have
over me, there is one thing that he shall
not do he shall not compel me to worship
him. 1 will call no being good who is not
what l mean when apply that epithet to
my fellow cre eatures and if such a being
can sentence me to hell for not so calling
him, to hell will CO."
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-06-13

BY BALLOON TO EuRoPE.-The Boston
Board of Aldermen have signalixed them
selves by making an appropriation OF ss, 900
Prof John Wise and w. II. Donaldson to
aid them in fitting out their erial ship, in
which they " Ill start from the Boston Com
mon for Europe on the Fourth of July.
The gentlemen will take two scientific men
with them, il they can get them, to observe
the phenomena OF the upper air. Their
idea is that a a certain height they will
find current OF air moving directly toward
their destination.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-06-13
PoefW.


IN TWO PARTS.-PART 1.
The green Of spring 10 on the trees,
On shrubs and plants, on hill and dale;
The song of birds floats on the breeze,
And flowers scent the evening gale.
The farmers song, as he guides his team .
To plough his burrows deep and wide, .t
The music Of the ripping stream,
warbling down from the old hillside.
....'7 .I.l. .nrm' b.
The humming Of the busy bees,
As sweets from the clover they bring,
The lowing Of herds-all these
Proclaim the birth Of joyous spring.
And like the spring is youths bright day,
When hope weaves garlsnds for the brow,
When loves eyes meet and seem to say,
"The happy time is coming now."
The merry laugh, the merry play,
The merry heart so free from care,
The merry song that cheers each day,
From youths so blithe and maidens fair.
The dimpied chin, the cheerful emile,
The rosy lip and laughing eye,
The kindly heart, the hours beguile,
As cloves young dream" lights up the sky.
The rose OF health is on the cheek,
The bloom of yonth is on the brow,
Joy fills the soul as young hearts meet,
And 'tho happiest time is now"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-06-13

TRANsFIxED.-The following rare bit is
from the Saturday Evening Post: We shall
never forget that evening we spent at Ma
gruder's years ago. We admired Miss
Magruder, and we went around to see her
1t was summer time, and moonlight and
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-06-13

-Bald-headed men seldom get drunk or
crazy, says learned physician OF Gotham.
1t cost a Delaware lawyer only 81 to
call the 'court" "bloated old rhinoceros."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-10-15
How Andrew Johnson Get His Table
Again.

i recent issue Of the Bristol Ten
nessee, Nslcs relates the following:
'Ex-President johnson has been no
ted for his kindness 20 tailOrs. Some
time since be loaned 70 enc Of them
the old table on which he used 10
ply his shears and needle. and from
which he in an unparalleled career
rose to the presidency During the
cholera scare Of June last this broth
er left Greenville in a hurry, taking
his family with him to Bristol In
the confusion he neglected TO leave
this celebrated table Mr.. johnson
was prostrated by 4 violent attack Of
cholera, and could not look after out
door matters, and so the table found
its way TO Bristol OF course it was
regarded by the family a relic TOO
interesting TO be lost, and on WedneS-
day last Mr.. Andy johnson j., q son
Of the ex-President. arrived az Bris-
tol in quest Of It. and found Il safely
locked in one Of the A, " and o.
cars, and snugly billed for distant
Virginia town 70 which the aforesaid
tailor had already removed There
was no use in 4 warrant in detinue,
for the service could not be made,
and, as both table and tailor were in
Virginia, an attachment could not
be gotten in that state, and one from
a Tennessee justice could not be serv-
cd. Did the pursuit end here2 Not
a bit of il Learning that many Of the
Virginia cars are backed across the
State line 10 the Tennessee switch
in order to get them or the proper
track, Mr.. Johnson procured from a
justice on the Tennessee side a war
rant Of replevin, and when this ear
was being switched for It's Virginia
journey there was present Tennes-
see officer, who very dexteriously
switched the celebrated table out Of
it. and turned it over 20 the son OF
the ex-president, who now has Il
again in Greenyille."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-10-15
Lest Arf Discovery.

Men Of this progressive age. not
satisfied with studying out new inyen-
tions are pryiEg open the sealed past,
and hnding out the lost arts. The
latest discovery ofthis kind was made
4 short time since BY a glass spinner
in Vienna.
One Of the lost arts, which skill and
science have for hundreds Of years
been making efforts to re-discover, Is
the production Of malleable glass 1t
was mentioned bv many ancient writ
ers. especially Pliny. who speaks Of
its being indented when thrown upon
hard substance, and then hammer
ed into shape again ike brass. The
world uses q vastly greater amount
Of glass now than during the eariy
ages, bat has never been able to over
come its brittleness. That accom-
plished, and il will enter into uses not
even suspected now, and probably
dispute with iron itself for supremacy
as an agent ofciyilization-
\ glass spinner in vienna has re-
Gently made a discovery that may
lead to the recovery Of the lost link IN
the chain OF early inventions He IS
manufacturing a thread Of this mate
rial finer than the fiber OF the silk
worm, which is entering largely into
the manufacture of variety Of new
fabrics, such as cushions. carpets. ts-
bic cloths, shawls, neckties, figures in
broeaded velvet and silk, embroidery,
tapestry, laces. an multitude Of wool
stronger than silk thread
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-10-15
ne wen, to the wrong Lodge.

4 Richmond, Va, paper tells !
story Of a very ssgacious dog and q
very foolish man, and the man owns
the dog. He is a married man, and
the other evening told his young wife
that be was going to the lodge. y
The wife anxiously looked for the re-
turn of her husband until the small
hours of the morning, and finally
there was a scratching at the door
She opened it. The dog was there
and something more. He had in his
mouth a bloody handkerchief and q
round piec. Of ivory about the size
of o silver dollar. She did not know
anything about the ivory. but the
bloody handkerchief suggested TO her
a terrible story Sheput on her bon-
net and followed the dog. He pi-
loted her to the lodge, which was in
an upper chamber of high building.
and there on the floor in one corner
was her husband, with . badly swol-
len eve and bleeding nose and use
less legs. He could not walk home,
but there was areason for that, which
disappeared in y few hours. That
young man wants to dispose OF a
very faithful, well meaning dog He
also wants to find the man who hit
him on the nose in the gambling
house
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-10-15

extreme dignity. that supefhaman 50
brieiv Of tone. Let's have II. ny
+ lady."
Miss BIimmer thought seriously q
moment. and then resolution. deter
uinatioo, the dictation Of stern duty
and an hundred other things sudden
w went away. She began, Dear
uncle, . and shed feT tears; but she
quickly dashed the latter away and,
putting hand on either shoulder Of
this uacle, she said. odd Fellow I'm
eagaged :"
1t was dangerous but it was over,
and Miss Blimmer was her own hap
py, confding, thoughtless, silly self
again She had carried secret, the
great secret Of a wOman's life, six en-
tire days, and had recovered; and,
being safely through the peril, she
was a. little child.
Thank heaven - said this uncle,
fervently. II thought it was the pro-
tracted meeting, or some OF those ep-
idemics But don't Try il again, nv
dear. You can't go through another
such seven days peril and survive,
nv LADY,"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-10-15

AMoRous gentlemen who are fond
Of hand squeezing and stolen kisses,
are warned of the danger OF the de-
cision OF Judge Nelson, of New
York, in breach of promise case
The language used by the Judge was
as follows; an an engagement to
marry, the contract can be entered
into between lovers without his ask
ing in words the question whether
she will marry him, and without her
answering in words that she viii do
so. This contract or en-
gagemen. can be made without such
words. II the facts and circumstan-
ces are sufficiently full and signifi-
cant to amount to the engagement,
were they or could they be artieulate,
the spirit of the law supplies the lack
ing speech" If this be the law, the
Philan1erer may as well take leave
OF his trade. Farewell Irritation
Farewell impunity of spooning, Lo-
thario's occupations gone.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-10-15

Gambling Congress m en- In Cours

/ 4 case which is likely to cause
some scandal in Chicago was institu.
ted in the Superior Court in that city
few days ago by Hugh Maher
against c. T. Farwell, member oI
Congress from the Third Illinois Dis.
trict. 4 correspondent relates the
following particulars:
"Mr. Farwell is partner and broth,
er of Mr. John V Farwell, the In.
dian Commissioner, but nevertheless
is confirmed draw-poker player
Indeed, be is said to have no super.
ior in CroDgress. In Chicago he is
proudly k2own as ''Five-ace Farwell. .
Mr. Maher alleges that in 1860 be
had small game with Mr.. Farwcll.
and lost 81, 700 in the evening. Being
unable to pay, he gave Mr.. Farwell
a deed for eighty acres of land. for
which he had paid S., 100, by wav OF
security, the understanding being that
Farwell should pay the taxes and,
when Maher was in 4 position to pay
the debt, taxes, and interest. recon
vey the land to him
In 1866 Maher wanted to settle.
but claims that Farwell asked 81, 900
more than he was ent;tled TO. He
has since Learned that on the 10th of
December, 1866, Farwell gave a quit
claim for sixty acres of the land TO
Chales d. Pope, one of his intimate
associates. the consideration being
81, and that in November. 1868, Pope
conveyed the sixty acres TO other par
ties, the consideration being S34, 800.
In November last Farwell sold the
other twenty acres for $4,000, The
whole tract is probably worth $780,
900. Maber sues To have the land
recoaveyed TO him. or TO have Far
well compelled to pay him its present
value, less the deb; of honor and ex-
penses of trust.
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to do that, for he felt that he'd hay'
I the whole field TO himself III
brought the valise as he promised
and | walked eight miles to the mex
hotel. The next day | took the stage
for the city Miss Tusby married
Wilkins, and | have never seen heI
since that fatal night :"
/ "And therefore you hate dogs -
And who wouldn't If il hadn'l
been for the dog, | never would have
met with that accident. | nigh,
have won Miss Tusby, / might have
been the father Of large and flourish.
ing family, instead Of misanthropiC
bachelor nigh"
Here Bangs was interrupted bv
some one rapping at the Office door.
He unlocked it, and ushered in dis
consolate looking fellow, who, on see
ing me, intimated wish to consult
him privately. Bangs private Office
is separated from his reception room
by sliding doors. lie invited the
visitor in and closed the doors, as he
thought, but it happened that the
track which they ran on was out OF
order, and the doors slid open about
three inches. Unavoidably | listen
cd to the whole conversation
You are lawyer Bangs, are you
not ?" said the stranger.
Yes, sir. Can I do anything for
Won"
II think SO. am unhappy in my
marriage relations
"Ah! that's bad Thinking Of a
divorce ?"
Yes, sir"
''-Ah, perhaps it is best where two
cannot live together happily. Person
ally, have always thought the mar
riage state the only happy one for a
man in the world"
Are you married, sir ?"
"0h, no, sir no, sir; might have
been, possibly, had it not been for an
unfortunate accident | once"
You ought TO think yourself
lucky, sir, interrupted the stranger
Perhaps so. But let u attend to
your business. On what ground DO
you intend 10 proceed ,"
'Incompatabilitv Of temper, first"
Anything ciseg"
Yes, sir deception She claim
ed to be a msiden lady"
Wasn't she ~
she had been married three times,
and was the mother Of three chill
dren."
Can't agree, eh ?"
No, sir: could as soon agree with
the devil"
That il bad "
Her reputation, know, is net
good She is nothing but an adven-
turess.r
Let US get this thing in shape. |
will take down your statements"
And Immediately / could hear Bangs
scratching away with his pen.
"1o our name ~
John Badger"
"Wife's name -
Susan Badger
Name when YOU married?r
Susan Tinkham. Tinkhan COM
mitted suicide six months after mar
rage"
Name before she married Tink-
ham -
'Plunkct. Plunket ran away and
left her and she got a divorce from
him.
"Ah, ah, She's one of 'em isn't
shey What was her name before she
Plunket ?''
wilkins He lived with her
about year, when he got a divorce"
Wilkins; that name sounds IA
miliar. Do you know her name be-
fore she married him -
Yes, sir. 1t was Tusby-Susaa
Tusby. or To0tie Tusby, as she was
called"
There was i duh thud an the floor.
a cry of dismay from the stranger,
and | throwing open the door, rush
I'd in.
Bangs had tainted
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/ ar oli Anl blind,
Men point st ne Is sllitten by GoJ's frovH;
Afflicted and deserted Of my kind;
Yet an not east down.
ain weak, yet strong
/ mnrmsr not that no longer see;
Poor, OH, and helpless, the more belong.
Father Supreme, 10 Thee
o Merclful One,
when men are farthest then ThcE art mast EesT
When friends pass by me- and my weakness shur
Thy chariot hear
Thy glorious face
Is leaning toward me; and is holy light
Shines in upon my lonely dwelling place
AMI there is no more night.
On ny beniel kRee
I recognize Thy PurPose clearly shown;
Ny vision Thou hast dlrRHed, that may see
Thyself-Thyself alone.
Ihaye nou.ht TO fear;
This darknoss il the shadow of Thy wing;
Beneath Il am almost sacred here
Can come 10 evil thing.
Oh. seem to stand
iTeMbHE5 Naere 1901 O Inorlai ne er AAsA bcen
Wrapped in the radisneeO Of Thy sinless lant.
Which eye hath never seen-
Visions come snd 20;
Shapes Of -spientent beauty rOu2d me thrJng
From angel lips seem TO hear the aow
or SOFT and holy song.
IL il nothing new.
Nhen Heaven lsopening &C ay sightless eyes
when al-s from Paradise refresh my brow
The earth IN darkness liz.
Ia pureT cline
Ny hesRg ills with rap,ure-Wayes q though.
Roll In upon my spiFi;-st-slEs sublime
Break ever me unsought.
Give ne row my Tyre.
feel the strings Of gin divine
W!.hia my bosom gi0ws uncarthly rrc.
Lit by no skill Of mine.
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Miscellaneous.
PURELY VFGETABLE

PURELY VEGETABLE.
c,ntafrinc those Southern Roots and Herbs which
an sll-sIse Pruyidenee has placed in countries
where Liver Diseases most prevail. Il VII cure
alldiseases caused by Derangemen; of the Liver.
The symptoms OF Liver Complaint are 4 bitter
or lad taste inthe mouth; Pain in the Back, Sides
OF Joints often mistaken for rheumatism; Sour
Stomach: Loss Of Appetite: Bowels alternately
cosiive and lax; Headache; Loss of Memory. with
painful sensation Of having failed to do some
thing which ought to have been done; Debility.
Low Spirits thick yellow appearance Of the Skin
and eyes. dry Cough Oficn mistaken foT Con
sumption Sometimes many Of these symptoms
attend the disease n others very few; but the
Liver the largest organ In the body il generally
the seat e the disease and II not regulated In
time. grea; suffering. wretehet:fiess and DEATH
VIII eusge
This Great Uafaiing SPECIFIC sll no. be found the
Least Unpleasant
Fcr DYSPEPSIA. CONSTIPATION, Jaun-
dice, Bilious attacks SICK HEADACHE. Cole.
Depression 81 Spirits, SOUR STOMACH. Hear;
Burn. &c-. &c.
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DENTISTRI-

= a-s d Bills stTl continue the Fraetlce 81
--- ayr prepared % perform ali ei'lp,'raliioLis
~ manner and a. - low prices a. the "a :
=. q H1-E Fan be done anywhere n tlt : = &; (;
- 4. -...h ~ =. a double set for as. Al
-s--.-s 1-.--lr.ed: and teeth extracted with
lrn7
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-10-15

There are $500 hogs in lows
this fall.
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GID AND BLIND.

Tie !olleWisS sublime and affecting pr0iGrii0n
Was ,liseUyere~ among the remains OF our great
epic poet. ana Is published in a recent Oziord edi-
Ion OF lTillo--s works;
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Lz -rFE u =
--vrECTH 4 ETPPEI- ATIOAN El> "A
- 3. business entrusted o. iEeif e.-re "4''
.--z--. AID g-l-tlzl-y -steI1ei tc-
--E-Ssalli aJor % southern Ell % Nh
---.s E---1uee FROM D.ano1t
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-10-15

Ia-n Old AMI blind
Men point - nc Is snlitten By Gods frnvH;
Afflicted AMI deserted Of my kind
Yet am not east down.
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an weak, yet strong
/ mnrmsr not that l no longer see;
Poor, OH, and helpless, the more belong.
Father Supreme. 10 Thee.
Pennsylvanische Staats zeitung. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1843-1887, 1873-03-06

Die sroBte 0erbrettun8.
Die Circulation btr yptnufplpanti4e
StaatS. 3situns" In Daupbln County
1T grS5r ais bic irsenb elmer anberen TT OAR.
fis5urI gsorudtsn bsutl&tn peer eusltiten 3tt.
tuag. ole bisitt btsbalb bic bette @tltgtnbett
Anltissn In bisism Ibsilt bss Staatss cine
usiis Ysrbrsituns ~ osr(taHen.
Pennsylvanische Staats zeitung. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1843-1887, 1873-03-06

yeaRIblbaail9e Staatsjeltan8,
psrausssSsbsn Son
j. GEORGE RIPPER, Box 10,
rltetnt tebsn DonnerNas, unb !ofst $2.OO
Ct 5abr Iablbar iHnsrbalb bfsSabrts, une
~. so nat YHfub bsS 9abrsanss.
Gtn,slns Grsmplaren, 5 Gent8 per Siiid.
Rstnt Subleriptioata pfrssn far ptnlsir
ais fet5 Wtpnaisn angfncrhnttn; ault lam
Wi,miinb ba5 Ylatt atbsatatn, bio aas 8ad.
6inbt beiatlt linp.