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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19
WATERFOWL UNION LIVE STOCK xAREl1.

WATERTowS, Mar. le, 1875.
, frlees MARKET Beef. few choice-SlO 500 10 IS I;
Extra ~ l5alO so; first qnalty SO O0G9 80; Secopa
qusnty, - Does 80; third quality, IS OOa Z o..
lN.b.-Choice grade includes nothing but stall fed
lie0 TO itOO 10 bullocks; extra and first quality in
cudes the best large fat oxen seco nd and third aua
NY Includes oxen and two and three year old ateefs
St3res-Workine o1en-slO0, 2OOt $40 Spair.
Milch Cows aud Calyes-S35 to Ga; extra Gsto eS.
nearhngs-slOto IS. Two year, Old--s2O to 70.
Three years old-S3O to as
Prices OF Sheep Lamhs.-In lots, SO so 90. 8 50
b97c y 10. ~ ' -
hldes-srlghton, s9-ic Z n Country sG l-2c,
Pelts SlGl SO each. Calf Skins $50 d 10.
Poultry-Live, II l-2@i5c. Geese ST each,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19

ing over the Exeter road saw the bodies OF
three children lying in the road. Each
had number of baskets tied around his
body, and the largest of the three had his
arms around the neck of the smallest.
1t needed but glance TO see that the
boys were dsad-frozen TO death. There
were frozen traces Of tears on their cheeks.
The bodies were taken to Westville,
where they were recognized as those of the
three little basket peddlers. The popular
indignation is intense against the parents.
II there is any legal punishment 1t will be
invoked on the unnatural father and moth
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19

Town officers for 1875: Clerk, Hollis
Town; selectmen, II. Town, Jr., $. Curtis,
f.. Burnap, Jr.; listers, G. $. Curtis.
L. Roberts, l.. Negus; auditors, II. Town,
Jr., c. s. Curtis, j. w. Rice; Uverseer OF
poor, selectmen; constable and collector,
j. G. Wheeler; treasurer, T.. Leonard
agent, II. Town grand juror, ). Curtis;
fence viewers, J. w. Rice, A. Burnap, Jr.,
l.. Roberts inspectorof lumber and shing-
les, s. Curtis superintendent Of schools,
G. :. Curtis.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19

President Grant vetoed the bounty bill,
which proposed, in effect, to take good
many millions of dollars out of the nation
al treasury and put the greater part of it
into the pockets of claim agents. 1t was a
wise and timely act on the part Of the Pres
ident, and one which candid men of all
parties now cordially approve, but we are
willing to stake our reputation as proph-
ct on the prediction that sooner or later the
veto will be brought up Ivy the opposition
az an evidence of Gen. Grants disregard
of, and total Indifference to, the rights and
claims of the brave men who fought, bled
and died under him, etc., etc.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19

when you visit or leave the city Of NEW YORK, save
Inee ana expense OF carriage hire and stop at
GRAND CENTRAL DEPOT. II has over $50 elegant
y iurnished rooms, aud is fitted up at an expense Of
over SOOO 1000 Elevator, steam, and all modern i'm
proyemenis, European plan. The RESTAI,
NEs, Lunch Counter and Wine Rooms are SUP,
peu Win tue best the markets furnish. The eui.
ths y unsurpassed Rooms for single person. 81 %
ahn s2 per DAY rich suites for families proportona
n low, so ,hAt visitors to the city aud travellers
UNION, than at any other hrst-class hotel In the city
stARes and cars pass the hotel every minute for al
paris Oh tue city CT. &W D.GARRISON, Maneef
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19

WASHINGTON, d. c., March S, 1875,
MeSsrS. j. VI. Robinson G Co.:
Gentlemen-I have received paper
signed by your firm, and also by a large
number OF other wholesale merchants Of
the city of Louisville, KY, rendering
thanks 10 me for my efforts in the recent
struggle in Congress over the affairs in the
State of Arkansas. rejoice with you over
the triumphant result. l rejoice as you do,
because the quiet and peace of that State
demanded such decision; but l rejoice
more that the constitutional right of the
people of every State TO frame their own
laws provided they do not conflict with
those Of the nation) has been maintained
inviolate. 1t seemed at one time in i'm
minent danger of being overthrown. In
my Judgment, its preservation is second
only to that of the Union itself toward the
perpetuty of our Government. Accept my
thanks for your kind notice of my humble
efforts, and convey them to your asso-
ciates.
I am, most truly, your obedient servant.
LUKE p. POLAND
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19

Mr.. Larkin G.. Mead, who has been
charged with palming off the work of Ital-
ian artists as his own, writes to the Spring
field Republican that the truth will be
known in due time, and he is content TO
leave the vindication of his reputation as
an artist and his honor as man 10 the re-
suits of the fullest investigations which
can be made by any party.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19

The Democrats of Pennington, N. H.,
accuse the Republicans of poisoning the
free rum which was dealt out to the "un-
terrified" of that town, while, on the other
hand, the Manchester Mirror (Republican)
publishes tho sworn affidavit of a man who
checke the names of those who voted in
Ward of that city at the recent election,
and finding that one man had voted seven
times he ventured to object when he came
up 10 vote again. For this offense he was
told by the city marshal to hold his tongue
ON the penalty of being put out Of the
room.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19

Thurlow Weed predicts the early failure
Of the civil rights law. lie declares that it
will bring nothing but disappointment and
veNation TO the colorcd men, and that at
ter few abortive attempts to enforce it
things will settle down in the old way,
leaving questions of social equality 10 reg
ulate themselves. We shouldn't wonder
il time proved Mr.. Weed true prophet on
this point.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19

-Aler a spirited discussion at town
meeting tho road commissioners were drop
ped and twenty-siX highway surveyors
chosen.
An unusual degree Of health has pre-
vailed through the cold weather. Not one
burial in our village cemetery during tho
winter,
Sidney Holmes is doing good busi-
ness in the manufacture Of the Fyler
churn, a.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19

After all the adulation which has been
poured over Andrew Johnson in view of
his recent ELECTION to tho United States
Senate, special stress having been laid on
his incorruptible honesty, the announce
mont reads queerE Aiat the Tennessee leg
stature is at work investigating charges
that he secured his election by bribery.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19

WHENcr TINS GRrAT Cos,NOIIos s.nItry
through, among the Alcoholic Bi;ter-mongers ? They
stand aghast at an innovation their privilege OF
making drunkaris Of the sick. 4 competitor has
come Into the field with which they cannot contend
DR.. J. Walkers California Vinegar Bit.ers the unde.
hlcd essence Of the most ofcacious vegetable tones
aud Alternatives in the world, Is diving all the still
born nostrums Of King Alcohol to the wall. There il
no disease, iRternal or eGtrrut, ia witch II Is ut
bonehc!1ly administered. 1913
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19
ReVle70 Of The Markets,

NEW YORK, Mar. l6. Flour STEADY; ct. Louis eI.
tas - s5Ao 90; Minnesota eItras 81 SOFAS rs; ehoiee
Whit wheat extras SIS 25S5 90. Wheat red western
u AZ; amber do. 81 2s; white Michigan 81 32. Oats
western mixed, 6Ia CSC; white 6Ta6gc. Corn west
ern mixed, $50 Sc; white, s6667c Pork, new mess
s4O %. Beef, plain mess, 50 OOalO 90.
CHICAGO, Mar. l6. Flour dull; superhne extras
a. - b9Va6 co. family brands 81 ST64 o. Wheat high;
NO = spring 30 lac cash. Corn stiff; No mixed &C
CASH Oats steady No q 52c. Mess Pork sls 10 casa.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19
e's Tooth-Ache Drops cure in one minute.

TWENTIETH YEAR for Pyle's Sslerstus and not ors
successful rival Everybody Acknowledges its superi
GRITTY in all respects. It "a always put up in pound
packages under my name, and sold by hr,t-cllss Gre
GERS. Beware that you are not deceived by the mis-
representations q crafty dealers.
lila JAMES PYLE, Manuf.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19

STOP ThGl Cough NO pulmonary disease
however chronic or Obstinate can reAst tine healins
influence Of Dir. MoRRIs' SYGUP or Tan WILD CHE4.
Rr AND HoREHoUSD. As a remedy for Coughs Colds
Asthma, bronchitis, Hnarseness, SO = Throat, AMI
preventive Of Consumption, 1t has no equal; clears
and strengthens the voice Of speakers aud singer
cures Group in few minutes and axes away all tbr
distress OF WHooPISG CouGH; contains no opium
eyfhing Ads failed in your case, try Trial bottlss
lOc IL. c. willard Co., sole agents for BrAttlebor
Call and ask them about IL. smith, Doolitte 4 Smith
Boston, General Agents. 80
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19

The Beecher trial has been occupied dur
ing the'past week with testimony for the
defence, but the evidence produced has
seemed TO be of a very unimportant char
acter. We think the general feeling is that
so far the defence is weak one.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19

Vice President Wilson has written long
letter justiiyng his course in casting the
decisive vote for the bill TO equilize SOL
diers' bounties. lie makes rather lame
1nTnnon
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19

ECONOMY is consulted by all who wear collars Of
the Narragausett Co.'S manufacture. The Elmwood
Warwick and Rutland brands the best-htting
best-looking and most durable in the market. Sold
everywhere. Geo. NJ. Glazier, 81 Summer Street
Boston, Is Agent.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19

when old party lines are broken, an event
not in the distant future, tue town will
doubtless commit TO his care, If not more
important trusts, yet those duties which
are only invested In its highest honors."
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19

THOUSANDS OF INJUscTfoTs. - The cold-catchitc
community, thousands Of them serving peremp-
tory njuncti ons their Coughs and Caarrhs in the
shape of daily and nightly doses Of Hais's Honey or
HOTehound and Tar, The paroIyms sileuced 10
forty-eight hours. CritteLtOns 9Th Avenue hO5d
by all Druggists.
pikefs Toafh. Urf rs c,tre in ono rn{r,go
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19

viii the Rutland Globe kindly inform us
in what part of Northeastern Vermont, or
whereabouts in that vicinity, Monadnock
mountain is situated
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19
GuIIfOrdl.

A son OF Mason Worden, aged 10 years,
had three fingers on his left hand taken of
by straw cptier, on the 9th inst.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19

Cornelius Nash has bought the "Wn-
liam,' house near the carding machine, for
$3.50.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19

THANKS To JuDGE PoLAND.-The fol-
lowing letter from Judge Poland explains
itself:
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19
TO ADVERTISERS.

1HsVsRMoNT PHOENIX has larger circulation than
any other Newspaper In Southern Vermont.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19

New York, Mar. Ia. Money active at Der ct
Gold steady, closing at ll6 rs.
Government bonds irm.
Inc following are the closing quotations:
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-09-24
Steam Cultivation.

Surely steam cultivation is to be the
base on which will safely and perma-
nently rest the profitable future of agri
culture. Its aid comes none too soon,
for that great national complaint econ
sumption" increases enormously, and
am filled with anxiety and fear when !
reflect upon the possibility of a naval
war which shall interrupt the flow of a
large portion of the foreign supply of
food, on which 100000 of our people
are depending for their daily n0urish-
ment. The first naval engagement in
which Great Britain is concerned would
send up food prices enormously, and af-
feet most injuriously our cheapness Of
manufacturing. Bread and meat would
90 up; farmers with long uneXpired
leases would make a purse, while the
unfortunate remover of an expiring lease
would 90 in at war rents, and go out,
probably at peace prices, ruined, or
impoverished man; just as it was in the
good old times" within my Tecollec-
ton, when gold displaced paper; plenty
and content would vanish before war
prices and INSTRUCTED supplies. Well,
then, let us make hay while the sun
shines, multiply the use of agricultural
steam machinery, and make our land so
productive that our dependence on for
eign nations for our food shall be a min
imum instead Of Gas at presently a max
imum. We all know how this can be
done, but, to do it, many Of our old
Legislative and other antiquated notions
must make way for modern exigencies.
Security Of tenure by lease and absence
Of restraint as to cropping may be safely
granted when accompanied by a power
on the part Of the landlord to Gust a bad
tenant or compel him to amend his ways,
as is provided in Lord Leicester's com
mendable leases. The great want of
British agriculture is a departure from
Anticipated agricultural attachments, and
a recognition and adoption of modern
requirements. Foremost among these
are the concentration and increase of
agreeable capital, both on the part Of land
owner and tenant, and such facilities fol-
the inflow Of at present, outside capital
as shall induce it to become available for
the great increase of both food and profit
All this is "no easy task" but the very
reverse, so somebody must keep "peg-
ging away. "-DUbHR Journal
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-09-24
How to Find out Whom any Given Per-
son VIII Marry.

1t don't require any astrologer, me
dunn, or a gypsy with dirty pack OF
cards.
1t is very aimple-lies in nutshell
and can be expressed in very few words.
They are these:
The last person you would naturally
think of.
II girl expresses her fondness for ma
jestic mon with large whiskers, make up
your mind that she will marry a very
small man with none.
If she declares that "mind" is all she
looks for, expect to see her stand before
the altar with very pretty fellow who
has just sense enough to tie a cravat bow.
If, OH the contrary, she declares she
must have a handsome husband, look
about you for the plainest person in the
circle of her acquaintance and declare
"that is the man." for it will be.
Men are almost as bad.
! The gentleman who desires a wife with
mind and mission, marries a lisping
| baby who screams at the sight Of a
mouse, and hides her face when she hears
a sudden knock at the door.
And the gentleman who dreaded any
thing like strong mindedness exults in
| ILc ldCL tuStC HIS Vic Is CNGI IulllS Ilc
detested
If girl says of one, "Marry him! I'd
rather die" look upon the affair as set
tied, and expect cards to the wedding of
these two people.
If a man remarks of a Iady-"Not my
style at all" await patiently the appear
ance of his name in the matrimonial col
uma in connection with that lady's.
And if any two people declare them
selves d" friends and nothing MORE" you
will know what will come next.
There is no hypocrisy in all this, and
such marriages are invariably the hap
piest.
People do not know themselves, and
make great mistakes about their inten-
tiOns.
Love is terribly perplexing when he
first begins to upset ones theories, and
when his arrow first pierces the heart
there is such futtering there that it is
hard to guess the cause.
Besides, man proposes and God dis
poses, and it is the 81 don't know what
with which people fall in love, and not
their peculiaritics which could be given
in passport.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-09-24
WHY HORSES BREAK.
Farming Near Atlanta, Ga.

The Atlanta Herald, of Sept. 9th, has
an interesting account of DR.. Alexan-
der's farm of 400 acres, which lies six
miles from the city, that pays 20 per
cent. on the investment after paying for
all fertilizers, labor and $500 to the over
seer of the place. The former owner
could not make the farm pay expenses.
DR.. A. lives in Atlanta and practices
medicine, and runs his farm as he does
the healing art, by the rules of science.
From one-half of 400 acres goo only
being under cultivation he shows a clear
profit of over $4,000 year. If the
price of German millet should keep up
for hay and seed the following state
ments show how much money might be
made by raising it:
DR.. Alexander says that there is less
clear money in cotton than in any crop
he plants. He viii never plant more
than u or 10 acres in cottC@, even when
he cultivates his entire farm. The most
profitable crop that he has ever made is
the German millet. He realizes $75 an
acre from this wonderful grass, and it
did not cost him over $12 to the acre to
cultivate it. 1t makes a beautiful hay,
and it is a prime favOrite with all kinds
of stock. 1t is 50 rlch that 1t supplies
the place of corn and fodder both, and
DR.. i. has fat sleek horses that have
eaten nothing but millet for two months.
He once had horse to founder on it.
He declares that he believes a good bread
could be made of the small oily grains in
the head of the stalk; certainly as good
an article as is made from oats. The
seed of the miIlet he can sell readily at
SO a bushel. An acre will yield from
sixty to seyenty-fye bushels of seed. 1t
is the prince Of grasses. lie will plant
millet largely next year. He will con-
t;nue to make corn and oats his main
crop.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-09-24
FIOrcntiRe Needic-W0rk.

In his Ariadne FIorentina, Just pub
lished. Prof. RUskin gives an interesting
description Of three pieces of FIorontine
needle-work which has attracted his at
tention in the bedroom in which he slept
at the Kings Arms hotel, Lancaster.
Mr. Ruskin, while staying at the inn,
was engaged in revising a lecture on
Design in the Florcntine Schools of
Engraving" and he thus illustrates his
subject: con the walls of the little
room where | finally revised this lecture
hangs an old silken sample Of great
grandame's work, representing the do
mestic life of Abraham chiefly the
stories of Isaac and Ishmael; Sarah at
her tent door, watching with folded arms,
the dismissal Of Hagar; above, in
wilderness full of trees, birds, and but
tertIics, little Ishmael lying at the root
of a tree, and the spent bottle under
another; Hagar in prayer, and the angel
appearing to her out OF a wreathed line
of gloomily undulating clouds, which,
with a dark-rayed sun in the midst, sur
mount the entire composition in two
arches, out of which dcsccndes shafts of
Il SUPPOSE benefcent rain; leaving
however, room in the corner opposite to
ioIillI'ttl GllStl lOI IStdt WHO SIdNS
Abraham in the sacrifice; the ram in the
thicket, the squirrel in the plum-tree
above him, and the grapes, pears, apples, !
roses, and daises of the foreground being
all wrought with invoutiOn Of such in |
genious needlc-work as may well rank, |
in the patience, the natural skill, and |
the innocent pleasure of it, with the |
truest works Of Florcntine engraving. |
Nay, the actual tradition of many of the |
forms Of ancient art is in many places |
evident-as, for instance, in the spiral |
of the flames of the wood on
the altar, which are like a group Of first
springing fern. On the wall opposite is
a smaller composition, representing JUS
tice with her balance and sword, standing
between the sun and moon, with a back
ground of Pinks, boage, and corn-cockIe;
a third is only a cluster of tulips and
iris, with two byzantine peacocks; but
the spirits of Penelope and Adriadne
reign vivid in all the work, and the rich
ness of pleasurable fancy is as great still
in these siIkcn Iabors as in the marble
arches and golden roof of the Cathedral Of
Monreale."
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-09-24
The Crime of "Burking."

On the Doth of November, 1927, an
old man by the name of Donald died in
West Port, one of the purlieus Of Edin-
burgh. He lodged with a man named
VIM. Hare, and died owing him four
pounds. His creditor saw but one way
of reimbursing himself, and that was by
disposing of the old mans body to the
doctors. Hare found ready accom-
plice in VIM. Burke, one OF his dodgers.
The body was removed from the coffin,
and a bag of tanners bark substituted
for it. The lid was screwed down and
the little funeral went off as usual The
same evening Hare and Burke stealthily
repaired to the university, and, meeting
a student in the yard, asked for the
rooms of DIR. Monroe, the professor of
anatomy. The student happened to be a
pupil of Knox's, and, upon discovering
their erTand, he advised them to try
knoX's place i'll Surgeons Square. There
they sold the body for 81 los, a large
sum for them, and very easily obtained.
They had no courage to 90 into the reg
ular business Of bOdy-steaEng; and 50
Hare, the vilcst of the two, suggested q
fresh stroke of business, which was to
inveigle the old and intirm into his quar-
tiers and do for them" Hare started
in search of a victim; and, prowling
through the slums, met an old woman
half drunk, and asked her to his house.
He gave her whisky until she became
comatose, and then with Burke's assist
ance strangled her. The body brought
&10.
The appetite of the vampires was now
sharply whettcd, and they entered sys-
tematically upon the work of murder
Migrants, strcet-walkers, and imbeciles
were allured on various pretexts to the
house of Hare, made dead drunk, and
suttocatcd. Emboldcned by their sue
cesses, they began to pursue their thug
gish practices even in daylight. A wo-
man named Docherty was stifed, and
her body left halfeXposed under some
straw was seen by two dodgers, who
notified the police. Thirteen victims
had been secured in eleven months, and
all taken to the same place and sold.
The prisoners were tried Dec. a, 1928.
when Hare, the blacklist of the villains.
was let off by turning States evidence,''
and Burke was convicted, hanged and
dissectcd.
The effect produced upon the public
by this horrible disclosure is indescrib-
able. a new and unheard-Of crime, that
of Burking,' was added to the list of
Of which human fends are
capable. AstOnishment and terror spread |
through the community. Households |
gathered their members within-doors he
fore dusk; wOrkmen walked home from
their nights toll in groups, as if in fear
of being waylaid. The facts were appall- |
ing enough; but thousand exaggera-
tions and inventions filled the air, and |
the universal excitement
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-09-24

by will of 416 slaves, 1850 yoke of
oxen, and 257, 900 other cattle. These
were all fairly well off, one might say,
but apparently Marcus Scaurus was
superior to them all in wealth. These
fortunes are perfectly possible, if we
recolect that the wealth of a plundered
world was in the hands of a few Roman
mobiles; but it must be remembered that
in those days all statistics were more or
less inaccurate, that even now a popular
estimate of mans wealth is often lu-
dicrously exaggerated, and that Ro-
man household consisting of slaves, and
food to a Roman noble costing scarcely
anything, his surplus could all be de
voted to the competition of luxury:
The writer is to continue, and should
begin by rather more exhaustive state
ment of the value and purchasing power
of the coins in which the ancients de
scribed wealth.-LOndOR Spectator.