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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-12-10
Miscellany.
Memories.

Memories.
Memories on which we dwell
Are they those that, well defined
By their crystal clearness, quell
saddest longings of the mind2
Or which, softly indlstinct,
Full Of shadows as In dreams,
BY their mystic beauty link
Reality to that which only seems.
Faces on our way through life,
Haunting every step we take,
Some that help us through the strife,
Some we love for their own sake;
Are they those on which are stamped
Energy Of thought and will;
Action that is never cramped,
Working always, restless still7
Rather those DER which are thrown
CLEANS Of mellow, tender light,
Winged grace Of heart and soul,
Charmed sense Of conscious right.
Artists that we choose apart
From the few who high are set,
Just because their lesser art
Quivers DER dead regret;
Are they those who, arm Of hand,
Try the veil Of life to raise,
Though they know the spirit-lAnd
Never may reward their gAze7
Rather those who by touch,
Or = subtle, silver CLEAN,
Show the sunlit thoughts that rush
Out Of some fantastic dream.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-12-10

II is libel on the holy and useful sacra-
ment of work TO call anxiety by its name /;
for work, real, honest work, is of all influ-
ences the most quieting, the most serious
and consoling, genuine happiness in dis
guse. Thank God for daily work 1t is
daily blessing, for God reaches us good
things with our own hands. There is dig
nifty as well as necessity in labor. The an
gels know no higher joy than service !
"the silent heavens have goings on, the
stars have tasks;" and 10 the true worker,
his labor is not altogether a question OF
profit and loss.-Amelid u. Barr.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-12-10

Mrs. Partington desires to know why
the captain of vessel can't keep a mem
orandum of the weight of his anchor, in
stead OF weighing 1t every time he leaves
port.
, 1875-05-08
NEWS rnon Az PANTS.

Owing to the drought and frost
in California, wheat is looking
very badly there, and farmers and
country traders are despondent.
One-third Of the crop anticipated,
at least, will be lost. In Oregon
the seeding time was cut short
from the same cause; the ground
becoming too dry for the germina-
tion of the seed.-Exchange.
Under the Civil Marriage Act
recently adopted in Prussia, the
consent of the father is necessary
before wedlock up to the end Of
the young mans 25th year, and
the young woman's 24th. If the
father be dead, then the mothers
consent is required; and II neither
parent be living, that of the spon-
sors. No runaway matches here.
after.
Mining is being prosecuted in
the South with zeal and &C.
tivity. This is especially the case
in Georgia, where considerable
quantities Of gold are being taken
from certain localities. During
the past year copper ore to the
value Of 100000 was sent to mar
ket from that State.
, 1875-05-08
British Columbia Items.

The Hunter and Trucht parties
have made an exploratory survey
of the line from Victoria to Ma
naimo. The distance is IS miles
and the route favorable.
Thirty head Of fat cattle have
arrived at Victoria from the
Sound this week. They are des-
tined for Cassiar.
A special telegram from San
francisco to Victoria of May 1st.
says: Several parties of engineers
arrived last night from Ottawa and
left this morning for Victoria via
Portland, TO locate the railway
line from Esquimalt to the Rocky
Mountains.
The London Hotel building, cor
ner of Broad and johnson streets,
Victoria, was sold last week for
$700. s "a
Mr.. Vic. Trevitt will open the
Park Hotel in a few days.
After spending nearly $4,000
in an endeavor to open a cattle
trail from Lillooet to Howe Sound,
the Local Government has aban-
doned the project.
Two prisoners escaped from the
chain-gang at Victoria last week,
one was named Chase, sentenced
to four months for mutiAy on board
the Harvest Home, and the other
named Buck, sentenced to seven
years for stabbing a man at Bur-
rard Inlet. Chase was captured,
and it is thought that some Iudi-
ans took Buck over in canoe to
the American side, =
, 1875-05-08
IN JUSTICES COURT.
JUSTICE wM.H. LEARNED, Presidl

JUSTICE WM.H. LEARNED. Presiding.
TIhomss WriSbt fobn fewis ami
John Matthews. Criminal case.
The prosecution in this case relied
mainly upon one witness. a Stickeen
Indian, who stated three of the men.
Matthews. Wright and Lewis. came
into his shanty on. sunday last. a.
about four O'Clock p. n. and asl,ej
witness for a revolver that b9d been
stolen belonging tn one Jobn Dovle
and on being tod that he did not hsve
IL tbey knocked witness down. .blaetino,
his ewes. and that he then erawled nm
dera bed. THAT thew then made an
attack upon the Hytlah. who was Ivin0
down IN 4 drunken sleen anil bsat III,
upon the head with a hammer and an
ax-handle. bv which injuries he died
He also stated that Kaaf,. an, no, come
IN the house but Iool,a,l a. tl,ro,,.,., tho
door. On this te.timopv K,,ars va.
discharged and n,ade-, ,,.,,,los. g.. ~,
other ,,-,so,,s,s 4 Hs 's,o,-.I' ~, 49,,
-. = ~. -. :. 7. 49,. fs ~ s,'e
'e'l' y .-'e li'ese y Apou' sne tune
.,--.oe :, y u'e ,nu'An WINES. .h4'
there was the noise OF fighting going
on among the Indians. who were drunk:
thar fhev want In and saw an rnfl,an
, 1875-05-08
the SPELLING HINIA.

This furore Of the period has at
length reached the "cvcrgrccn
shores" Of this remote corner Of
our broad domain. Last Thurs
day night witnessed its debut in
this city. Notice was given a day
or two before that meeting would
be held in the schoolhouse on that
night to take the preliminary steps
toward organizing a spelling
school, and at the specified hour
for cOngregating large company
had assembled. Rev. P. E. Hy-
land was called to the chair and,
on motion B. E. Craig and D. w.
Smith were appointed captains.
j. o. Shelton, Principal Of the
Public School, was selected to
PROFOUND the words, and after the
contestants had been chosen by
the respective officers, spelling
commenced. Numerous intricate
words were correctly spelled on
the instant, but many missed on
the commonest such as "smug-
gler, rigger, tranquility, sphynx, -
etc. Out of the entire company
some three or four were enabled
to hold out to the end. Finan-
cially, this photographed display
was a success, the sum OF 5000
being realized thereby. The next
meeting will be held at the same
place on Tuesday evening at y
o'clock. Admission 10 cents.
, 1875-05-08
Risen from the Dead.

An event occurred recently at
the house of August Sink, the
well-known hotel proprietor Of
the Grand Trunk Junction, Can
ada, which created an intense
excitement. A little child of Ed
ward Dwyer, an engineer in the
employ of the Michigan Central
Railroad Company, died, appa-
rently, and the funeral arrange
ments were made. The body was
laid out in the usual manner. A
shroud was made for it, and all the
other preparations for the funeral,
even to the engaging of carriages,
were completed, Just before the
time for the funeral services to
commence, the attendants were
startled by a sharp cry, and to
their momehtary horror and con-
sternatiop, the babe for whose
death they had sorrowed for two
days was seen to move. Grief
was changed to rejoicing for one
risen, as It were from the dead,
and the news Of the strange event
went abroad as on the wings of
lightning. The neighbors fiocked
to see the child thus providentially
returned from the grave, and all
that day the wondrous tidings were
carried from house to house. The
Joy of the father and mother can
not be told. The fullness of their
hearts will be measurably under
stood by the fathers and mothers
who have put away, their little
ones in the earth forever.
, 1875-05-08

Dispatches from various points
Of Minnesota say that the recent
severe weather has killed the
grasshopper eggs, and the general
belief is that there will be no more
danger from the pests.
There is trouble anticipated at
AspinwAll and it has been deemed
advisable to send vessel of war
to that port at dhce.
Miss Ida Greeley, eldest daugh-
ter of the late Horace Greeley,
was married on May 1st, by Car
dinal McCloskey, to Col. A. Smith,
of Covington, Ky.
J. n. Mosner has been appomt-
ed Internal Revenue Gauger for
Washington Territory.
A dispatch from Pendleton,
Oregon, dated May I'd, says: Geo.
A. LadoT, Congressman elect,
died this morning at 2 O'Clock, of
rheumatism of the heart.
A special from Louisville, KY
says: The residence of Mrs. Pack
well, sister Of the eminent natu-
ralist, Audubon, was burned on
the 29th ult., together with the en-
tire and valuable library of de-
ceased.
Seven hundred immigrants ar
rived from the East at Sacrament
to on the 9th qlt. Most of them
were transferred to the steamer
for San Francisco.
, 1875-05-08

Two sons of Mr.. Bonser, of
Sauyies Island on the Columbia
River, went out on Sabbath in
search Of game. one aged ~ and
the other IA. After going out
they soon separated, and without
observing each other they soon
espied a flock Of ducks, and as
they eEswled along the bareback,
they happened too near, and Just
as the 'yodAgest was about to
shoot, his brother raised up be-
tween him and the flock Of ducks
and he received the contents of
the gun IN his head, killing him
instantly. Beingthe cause Of his
brothers death has such an effect
upon the you'll. that it is thought
be cannot survive. ia
, 1875-05-08
WARRINGTON TERETTORY.

Rev. J. r. Thompson, of Olym-
pia, started this week for Halifax.
The population of Clarke Coun-
ty is now 800, an increase of
200 in the last two years.
Mrs. Capt. II. Roedcr, of Bel
lingham Bay, accompanied by her
two youngest children, is now on
the way to visit her old home in
Ohio.
The total amount of land cul-
tivated around La Csnner this sea-
son amounts to over 1000 acres.
Among those who have a large
amount of grain in land we notice
THAT J. s. Conner will have 400
acres, Calhoun Brothers 300, and
NJ. V. B. Stacey 100.
Two hundred and fifty yards of
the lower part of that great obsta-
Gle to navigation known as the Ska
git Jam was carried entirely away
by the high water in that river on
the goth ult.
Workmen are slashing and pre-
pairing the ground for the erection
of Father Prefontaine's Catholic
College at Seattle.
A Frenchman living on the
Walla Walla river says that he
has been familiar with that stream
for forty-two years--ever since
1833-and shat it has been higher
last month than he ever saw it.
Some drovers from Nevada
have been to the Walla Walla
Valley and bought bands of cows
and 2-year old steers for 1918
apiece.
, 1875-05-08

WINTER WHKAr.---An investi-
CATION Of the condition of winter
wheat by the Statistical Division
ofthe Department Of Agriculture
at Washington, presents the lcrop
as a whole, much below the status
Of last year. In April the north
ern belt was generally protected
by a covering of snow, leaving
the wheat intact, though the crops
might be brown and lifeless in
places. Between the S9tbnd 10th
parallels of latitude the conditions
were less uniform and continuous,
and the freezing and thawing in
March were destructive in the
more exposed situations. The
injury was greatest in portions Of
Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and
Kansas. In many portions of Cal
ifornia farmers are turning stock
into their fields, the grain being
useless for any other purpose.
, 1875-05-08
FOREIGN.

The Prince of Wales was m
stalled as Grand Master of the
United Grand Lodge of Masons at
London on the 2Sth ult.
The famous traveller and artist,
Jean friedrich de Wattick, died at
Paris on the Both ult., at the age
of ITO.
Forty-one bodies have been
taken from the mine at Esp, Staff
ordshire, killed by an explosion on
the Both ult. Most of them leave
large families.
St. James Hall, Liverpool, is
burned, the loss is $4,000.
, 1875-05-08

THn CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY
which has been 50 thoroughly or.
ganized for the object for which
It was founded, and its success has
been 50 marked, that it is worthy
Of fnotice. By the regular enum-
Grafton Of books in the Library on
December LIST, 1874, the aggrs-
gate number of volumes was
found TO be s74, ,157, to which must
be added pamphlets to the number
Of $4,000. In 1874, alone, were
added l5,4o5 volumes, derived
from the following named sources
By purchase, 6,52s; by copyright
e,s40; BY donation, 66s; by de
post, 1854; by exchange, 1o5
total, 15,405. The number o
pamphlets reached 6,272.
, 1875-05-08

OUTLOOK IN CALIFoRNIA.-The
condition of affairs in this State,
particularly crop prospects, derive
additional importance from the
immense emigration to that region
the present season. These, if
there is any reliance to be placed
upon newspaper reports, will be
failures, and already the problem
has arisen, What shall be done
with the immigrants? Well, we
would suggest, as a solution-and
the most manly course to be pur-
sued under the circumstances
that those publications which have
been foremost in their praises of
California, to the exclusion of 9TH
er States and Territories, direct
the attention of the new comers
to the unlimited resources of
Washington Territory, where no
drouths ever hazard existence.
, 1875-05-08

RAHRoADs.-A report of an
Illinois Committee on Railroads
states that there are in the hands
of receivers thirteen roads, with a
total of 2,2s7 miles of track, and
with an aggregate debt of about
e64. 500. 900, an average of over
$4,000 per mile. Included in
this debt is the sum of about
t1.500, 900 of due and unpaid
State and local taxes, the best
mode Of collecting which j. the
question under consideration!
, 1875-05-08

ATTORNEY GESERAL-Judge
Pierrepont, of New York, is an
nounced by telegraph as the sue
cessoT OF Judge Williams. He is
said to he a lawyer of good attain
ments and sustains a fair reputa-
ton for integrity.
, 1875-05-08

We give place to the following
by request: ia a5 ~
We, the undersigned, representing
business houses on Puget Sound, dc
mutually agree, and hereby promise,
not TO order goods or merchandise from
any agent travelling Tor houses repre-
sented in San Franeisoo, Portland, OF
any OF tie Eastern States. and under
no circumstances whatever give them
any encouragement Of any nature:
PORT TowxsESD. z q *
Waterman & Kat, Charles C. Bartlett,
Rothsehild & Co, Charles Eisenbeis,
%. f, Gerrish, L. S.iFowler & Co.
SEATTLE: .4- ~
Schwabaeher Bros, Frauentllal Bros.
Crawford & Harrington.
FORT GAMBLE:
Cyrus Walker, Manager Puget Mil Co.,
Robert D. Attridge.
FORT LUDLOW:
Arthur Phinney.
FORT DISCOVERY:
c. T. P. Wood, Agent Port Discovery
NH Company. John Z. Pugh.
, 1875-05-08

Ok "Wednesday last we visited
the museum of Mr.. L. Nessel, and
saw several rare and unique arti-
eles ofsheh workprepared through
the skill and ingenuity of the pro-
prietor, conspicuous among which
were two large, elegant shell
frames, a square and oyal, designed
for pictures, size l8x23 in. The
shells (all native) were arranged
artistically in floral representa-
tons. One Of the frames is for a
beautiful floral cross Of German
design, the property Of Mrs. Wm.
Harmed Of this city.
, 1875-05-08
LArrsr NorrIrr ~ PAprR.:

LATEST NOVELTY IN PAPER
Inasmuch as paper has been made
available for the manufacture Of
almost every variety of furniture
and articles Of dress, it is passing
strange that paper cofins should
have been left till this late day
unthought Of. Trunk makers
have long been credited with using
most Of the unstable printed
books; but at the present rate of
production, were every traveller
supplied with van load of these
troublesome impedimenta to tray-
cling, such 3 stock would remain
that all the bookshelves would not
contain them. To further reduce
the stock, a manufacturer in
one Of the Western States pro-
poses to supply every voyageur
to that bourne whence no traveller
returns, with last trunk made Of
paper, watsr-proofed with asphalt
tum.
, 1875-05-08

The ladies ofSt. Johns P. E Church
Olympia, will give Fair and Festival
on "Wednesday, May Isth. All are
cordially Invited TO attend. Captain
watt, OF the str Favorite, has kindly
consented 70 change the hour Of leav-
ing on that evening from O'Clock un-
I'll IL, so friends from the lower Sound
VIII have an opportunity Of making
the trip and returning the same day.
, 1875-05-08

We regret to hear of the resignation
OF Mr.. Young as Customs Inspector.
, 1875-05-08

A PONY, Z YEARS OLD, GEN.
sale by ROTHSeHfLD q CO. T.
, 1875-05-08

ONE WOODEN ANDTwo IRON
" Water Tanks, for sale by
ROTHSCHILD n co.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-19
Pulpit and Farmhouse.

9No sooner is a temple built to God"
says George Herbert, ethan the devil
builds chapel hard BY" and Burton
says the same, namely, that "where God
hath temple the devil will have chap
eli" but the ocean wire tells us that a
"prominent business man Of London" Is
putting this boot on the other leg, hav-
ing bought the Victoria theater since the
Moody and Sankey revival, so as to "fit
t.up tor religious work." Will this lib
eral act fulfill the hopes OF the prominent
business man?
Churches have been turned into thea
ters before this, and theaters into
churches; but the general experience is
that as the 0ddity OF the transformation
soon wears of, the house must depend
ON it's merits for comfort, accessibility,
acoustic effect, or what not; while the
fact of its once being devoted to other
uses passing quickly out Of mind, makes
the audiences not whit larger. The
true sensation is to hire for religious
work a lheater which Is in full blast on
the days when it is not SO occupied.
Then it is that the comparison between
the ordinary use and this extraordinary
one; the view OF the footlights and per-
haps of the fat or the side scenes; The
rolled up curtain; the seats in pit, and
box, and gallery; the thought that yon-
der where the sacred orator reads the
inspired word, last night Othello raved
or Shylock cursed-a my riad such bizarre
contrasts make the turning OF the play
house TO a place of prayer extremely
sensational.
People who are unaccustomed to Ftne
tlfeater, and who believe it is the "dev-
ips chapel" may conceivably find a fas-
cination in the very neighborhood, when
the ban is by authority taken of-the Or
chard becomes an object of curiosity
though the forbidden fruit be removed.
A AccOrdingly, to enter the dangerous
passageway-on Sunday, too-may
cause thrill; to know that the preach
er's desk covers trap-door, whence to-.
morrow demons will pop out with blue
flames around them to reflect that the BIZ
Bile has but for moment eclipsed the
ballet; that stage angels will float up
yonder ere long, "intO the realms of eter-
nal bliss" or that yesterday the place
where the semi-circle of reverend cler-
with a row OF blackened minstrels crack
Ing their darkey jokes-all this adds zest
to the service. 1t is an excitement only
less keen than. the one furnished by the
crusaders, when ladies knelt
and prayed aloud In grog-shops and
dance-halls-places from which they had
always shrunk under the religious mis-.
sion moved them to enter and take a
public part But once build the font OF
baptismal tank permanently over the
trap-door, ill the pit with pews, cause
the hymn OF praise to drive out forever
the conundrums Of the end-man or ko-
meo's rhapsodies, and the transforma-
tion is so complete that the very element
which gave the theater presumed ad-
ices is gone. When ANEW revival
springs up, The leaders will hire another
Lheater, and pass by the one that has
been converted into an ordinary church.
The Galaxy for September.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-19
THE BRIDGE OF LIFE.

Across the rapid stream Of seventy years,
The slender bridge Of human life Is thrown;
The past and future form its mouldering piers;
The present moment is its frail keystone.
Seen by youths magic light upon that arch,
How lovely does each far-of scene appear!
But ah! how changed when on the onward
march
Our weary footsteps bring the vision near
Twas tabled that beneath the rainbow's foot
A treasure lay, the dreamer to bewitch;
And many wasted in the vain pursuit
The golden years that would have made them
rich.
So where life's arch Of many colors leads,
The heart poets rich wealth Of joy to find;
But in the distance the bright hope recedes,
And leaves a cold gray waste OF care behind.
A sunlit stream upon It's bosom takes
The inverted shadow of bridge on high,
And thus the arch in air and water makes
One perfect circle to the gazer's eye.
So tits with life; the things that do appear
Arefeeting shadows on time's passing tide
Cast by the sunshine Of higher sphere
From viewless things that changelessly
abide.
The real is but the half OF life; it needs
The ideal to make perfect whole;
The sphere OF sense is Incomplete, and pleads
For closer union with the sphere OF soul.
Good Words.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-19
Having q Perfect Understanding.

A lady one day wished to order Of her
German servant, who did not understand
English, boiled fowl for dinner. Gret-
tell was summoned, and the experiment
began. 1t was one OF the lady's fancies,
chat the less her words resembled her
native tongue, the more they must be
like German.
Her first attempt was to tell the maid
that she wanted a checking or keeking.
The maid opened her eyes and mouth
and shook Her head.
"Its to cook" said the mistress, $40
cook, to put in an iron thing, in a pit, pat,
pot"
"Ich understand nich," said the maid,
in C0blentz patois.
s"Ips a ting to eat" said her mistress,
''for dinner, deener, with sauce, souce,
zowose. "What on earth am L to doT'
exclaimed the lady-but still made an.
other attempt. ats little creature-a
bird--a bard-a beaG-a hen--a hone-a
fowl-a fool; it Is all covered with teath.
ers-tathers-jeedersw
"Ha, hap cried the delighted German,
at last getting hold of the catchword,
'Ja, ja, fedders--ja, wohlp' and away
went Grettel, and in halfan hour return
ed, triumphantly with bundle Of sta
toner's quills.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-19
Bullet Extracted from i. Mau,s BraYu.

The Louisville Ledger relates the fol.
lowing remarkable case of a young bar
Der in that city named Christ Best, who,
some IS months ago, fired bullet into
his brain in tit of madness produced
by disappointment in love suit. There
was at first no hope OF his recovery, but
in a day or two favorable symptoms set
in and the wounded man continued
steadily to improve until after few
months he was able to resume work.
The attendant ply Ysician had not ven-
tured to attempt the removal of the bull
let, and surgical care was only taken to
remove such parts of the shattered skull
as, from time to time, were discharged.
During the interval he suffered intensely
from neuralgia in the head, and was
probed NUMBER of times to extract por-
tlons OF bone which pressed upon the
brain. Assesses were continually FORM
ing, which discharged copiously, after
which there was temporary relief.
Last Saturday, DR.. r. o. Cowling, Of
this city, was called into the case by the
attendant physician, DR.. Bodine, to as
sist in removing another piece OF bone,
the presence of which had recently
caused the most intense agony. An ab-
cess had also formed; this was lanced
and profuse discharge followed. The
probe was introduced and several small
pieces of bone extracted. The probe
Then touched a large substance which
was thought to be the section of the
skull, which the surgeons were looking
for. .
Carefully working around it, 1t was
finally brought out and discovered to
be the bullet, which had been within the
brain for period of eighteen months.
Although under the influence Of chlo.
roform, the patient visibly WINGED as the
ball was extrccted. Upon coming out o.
the influence Of the anesthetic, however,
he was comparatively free from pain,
and his surprise and pleasure, when the
leaden ball was shown him, may be
imagined.