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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-09-24
monkey Stories,

On board her Majesty's ship Euryalrs
there wasa large black monkey with a long
tail for whom the master had q particular
aversion; he was convinced that IL would
some day get at and injure the chronome-
ter Of which he was in charge, and he al
ways kept his room fast locked. Ore day,
however, the monkey crept in, carried off
tho thermometer, and rushed up the rig
ging with 1t in his hand, the poor master
following with the tears in his eyes, while
all the sailors in the ship were set 10 try
and catch the thief. Higher and higher
they climbed, but still the monkey kept
above them, and when they were within
an inch of him he dropped from one part
of the rigging TO another, with only CLAN
cling hold on The ropes, where nothing but
a four-armcd beast with prehensile tail
could follow. At last one active fellow
climbed closer and closer, there was no
outlet right or left, above or below, his
hand was almost soizing the creatures leg
when suddenly the beast, seeing lie was
brought to bay, waved tile thermometer
viciously over his head, raised his arm as
high as possible, and then flung it as far as
he could into the sea. A monkey on board
another Queens ship fell overheard in
very bad weather; the sea was so high
that tho Captain refused TO allow boat TO
be lowered but the feeling of the sailors
for their pet was so great that at last he
gave way. They rowed round and round
in vain, and were returning sadly up the
ships side, when they saw the monkey,
who bad climbed up by the chain of the
rudder, mocking and grinning at them for
their useless pains as he sat on the figure.
head. Another monkey, one Jocko, on
board the -, much petted by the sailors,
was excessively jealous of a white kitten,
which divided their affections with himself
One day the man on the bridge saw him
creeping very stealthly round 10 where
the kitten lay asleep in the netting; sud-
denly he stretched out his hand and chuck
ed her overheard before any lnc could ins
teriere. "Jocko," said the narrator angri-
ly, twas an abominabe beast. could not
bear him, he used to get drunk and play
underhand tricks; still he was not al
together bad. A spaniel on board had had
puppies, with which Jocko was extremely
anxious to play; the mother, however,
would have nothing TO say TO him, and
would not allow him TO enter her den. One
day, however, she had left her children
alone for a moment, aud coming back
found Jocko sitting nursing all the puppies
together in his arms, great, fat, heavy, lum-
bering Jumps which he could hardly ill.,"
Af(er this proof Of good intention, the
dog mother used to take her walks about
the ship, contentedly leaving her children
in his charge, Jocko seeming to consider
himself regularly installed as nurse. Good
Words.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-09-24

ONE OF RALsToN's DINNERS. - George
Alfred Townsend describes one of the
dinners given by the late Mr.. Ralsion,
president of the California bank when
the great banker was living in the sunshine
of prosperity. This particular dinner was
given in honor of Sam Butterworih, who
was about TO retire from business. Seven
ty-six men sat at the two tables; Ralston
at the head, with Mr.. Butterworlh on his
right. The dinner was De,monico or
Welcker dinner, wines between the vi
ands, and only European wines the boun-
tiful markets of the coast supplying arli-
chokes, caulitlowefs, shell fish, game, fiets
deer, and whatever the appetite of man
could desire. Conversation was the sole
enjoyment, and that was free and decor
Gus for the continents were assembled
there. There sat Lord Campbell, the broth
err of the Marquis of Lorne, who married
the Princess Louisa, Victoria's daughter
Lord Clifford was also present. Every
business house or corporation of magni.
tude was represented by its head, and there
is no telling how many millions of money
could have been computed upon the Shout
ders and consciences of that assembly.
New Zealand, Australia, the countries
south of Panama, India, Egypt, and the
East found at such dinners as Ralston gave,
occasions for an exchange OF courtesies not
possible except by the slow process of eve
ming calls. Here the Khedive's Jewish
ambassadors were exchanging cards with
the Postmaster-General of Polynesia and
Major-Gen. Somebody of the New Zealand
militia had the great Paujandrum by the
button hole. Without going TO Ralstons,
stranger got no adequate impression of
the Pacific Coast. At Ralston's board he
saw the soul of the Coast, the enginery ox-
posed, the cheerful heart and great imagi-
nation which overcame obstacles by the
splendor of their combinations. The host
all night was quiet and unobtruslve, yet
the animating presence and cause of the
assemblaGe,
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Some time ago, Mr.. Robert Williams,
near this place, hearing one of his wife's
ducks making a noise, as if alarmed, got
out of bed and went TO where she was, but
co uld not see or hear anything. He went
the second time but with the Same result.
He told his wife he guessed the ducks had
gone crazy. Next morning, he went to
where the old duck was sitting upon her
eggs, under brush pile, and, to his aston
b ishment, he saw large black snake coiled
up under the fowl. The snake having
swallowed twelve eggs, Mr.. Williams cut
his head of, cut him open, took the eggs
out and placed them under the duck, and
eleven of that dozen eggs Matched. Mr..
Williams's word is as good as his bond
Oi0en (Pa.) NelOs.
The Chicago Tribune intimates that the
real reason why JEFF Davis did not go to
Winnebago county was a little difference
of opinion about the value of his services.
He wanted $500; the Agricultural Society
thought $500 enough.
"A country mother visiting Detroit with
her daughter, a girl of fifteen, said TO the
child, who was about drinking glass of
soda water: snow, Mary, be careful. Don't
gulp II down at three swallows, and get
exploded all to pieces by the gas, but sip,
sip, and don't run any risks"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-09-24

CULTURE A MEANS, NOT AN END.-We
must not make culture an idol, as is the
fashion, but regard it as merely one of the
forces that go TO keep the world in motion.
1t is a means, not an end. 1t is no more
to be worshipped for itself than is the
knowledge of the multiplication-t table.
We should not let ourselves he swamped in
our Injuries. The man should always be
better than his surroundings he should
absorb what is good in them, and stand
above them. II is TO the credit of man to
rise purified by his experience, however
bitter it may be, and certainly he should
not fall into joyous self-content because he
has knowledge of brio brac. That is no
better than the strength OF the giant who
forever Tolls upon the sofa. The collection
of curiosities, the ransacking of the globe
after singularities, and the consequent self
ish thI Hing with enjoyment, are not
enough. Indeed, The mere enjoyment is in
itself idle, unproductive, and, if 1t interleres
with work, harmful, however delightful it
may be. That ii Is delightful no one can
deny, but just as fear of starvation is, how
ever disguised, one of the strongest inspi-
rations of toll known 10 man, the evident
danger OF comfort, pleasantly won distinc-
ton, and elegance is, that they produce
sloth, or passive content with things as they
are.-T. S. PERRY, in October atlantic.
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FAMOUS SKELETONS IN THE ROYAL COL
LEaE OF SUReEoNs.-Here are skeletons
enough to stock another church of 81. Urs-
ula like that al Cologne. Atten ding first of
all to the genus bimana-it is extraordina-
ry how naturally hard words come TO ono
in the College of Surgeons-we find the
skeletons of sundry remarkable persons in
odd juxtaposition. Charles O'Brien, the
famous Irish giant who died in 1888, is said
to have had a confirmed and, as 1t APP
pears, well-founded horror that the surg
cons would be on the watch for his remains.
Just before he died-of too much good lq-
uor, at the age of twentytwo-he made
disposition for his burial, requesting that
he might be sunk in the sea, far beyond
low-water mark. All his fears and schemes,
however, proved useless to avert bis fate,
or rather the fate OF his bones TO remain
above ground. At a cost, IL Is said, of $500
his body was secured and the skeleton pre-
pared. He was, if we are to believe all we
hear, eight feet two inches high during life,
the skeleton, however, measures only sew
en- feet seven. Other skeletons are there
of giants and dwarf, and one of u middle
sized thick-set man, not remarkable from
an anatomical point of view, but otherwise
interesting enough. II is that of a famous
individual, no less than Jonathan Wild
the Great" who, in the language of his BIZ
ographer, Henry Fielding, finally Swung
out Of The world" By the side Of the
skeleton is the coflin-plate bearing the in
scription, "Mr. Jonathan Wilde. Died
May Gath, 1875. In we And year of his age"
"a date which clashes considerably with
Fielding's narrative, which sets down as
the BIRTH day of his hero that on which the
great plague broke out in 1861. Almost
equally interesting is the skull of Thurtell,
the murderer of Mr.. Weare. 1t is worthy
of note that, while the head of Wild pre-
sen;s no special PECULIARLY of conforma-
ton, being rather small and elegant than
otherwise, that ofThurteli possesses an afro
cious facial angle" the lower jaw, abund-
antly furnished with great white teeth, pro-
jecting hideously. Eugene Aram's head,
again, is conspicuousy small. Very curl
Gus is the result of putting peoples heads
together. The skull of the Baresark and
of the mild Hindoo are hardly distinguish
dOlOy nhliO thOSS VI hhO htBlOg thO ANON
Hollander, and the Tasmanian, differing
from each other, differ yet more widely
from the heads of white men. Horribly
CHASTITY are the prepared heads from the
Indian Archipelago, covered with paint
and gliding; and supremacy curious are
the long heads preferred by the Carths,
and the flat heads admired by the tribes OF
North America Near these arc oasis ut
the brain cavity of various animals, show
ing how very small in proportion are the
brains of the whale and the elephant when
compared with that of man, and overhead
is an enormous skeleton of the fright
whale weighing several tons. Further on
is the osseous framework of poor Chunee,
the famous elephant whose destruction at
Exeter Change excited so much sympa-
thy at the time.-AH the Year Round.
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SNAKE STORIES are generally supposed
to be Synonymous with pure fiction, but
the one which Pennsylvania wood-chop-
per relates is vouched for as true in every
particular. Mr.. Allen Rogers resides on
the Blue Mountains, about three miles
from Reading, and his son, little boy Of
eleven summers, has lately been in the
habit of leaving his fathers house every
morning and not returning till noon. The
parents of the boy questioned him several
times as to where he went, but they could
get no satisfactory answer, and so the faith
or followed his son one morning last week,
and saw him enter the woods about half
mile from the house, where he seated him
self upon rock. Soon the father was hor-
ritied on seeing a monster black snake
crawl upon the rock and put its head on
the boys lap. The father states that the
snake was the largest he ever saw, being
fifteen feet long and as thick as his arm.
The boy had taken bread with him and
was feeding the snake, which at short in
tervals would stick large tongue out as If
Kissing for more TO eat. Then it would
curl itself around the neck and body of
tne Doy, anu pay Will tue boy nanuS.
AS the terrified father turned 10 leave his
boy with his deadly companion he looked
back, and tho snake hearing a noise, at
once uncoiled itself and raised its body
from the rock and looked in all directions,
and then it returned to the boys lap, and
the father returned home and awaited the
boys return, W hich was, as usual, at noon.
When told that he had been seen playing
with the snake, the boy said the first morn
ing he met the snake he liked TO play with
it; then he took it food, and he was so
much pleased with his companion that
something told him that he must meet the
snake every morning. One morning he
said he was late, and when he reached the
place the snake was standing up, and 1t
came out to meet him, then followed him
10 the rock. Next morning the father and
two OF the neighbors went to the place
with guns, and at the usual time the snake
made its appearance, when all fired at one
time, killing the charmer.
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If A owns $1,000 and b owns nothing, it
is certainly fair that A should pay taxes on
$4,000 and b on nothing. If B borrows AS
$1,000 and buys home with 1t, giving a
mortgage as security, considering that the
two together own but $4,000, where is the
justice of taxing them on SlO,OOOH Again,
II b by his labor, makes and saves 5000,
and pays of his mortgage, making the
property OF the two $4,000 where is the
sense in taxing them Jointly no more than
when they jointly owned but half that
sum 2-BOstOn IrdnscriDL
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