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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-10-29
NO. A..
A Lost Method Of Expression.

1t has been loo much the fashion OF late
10 decry this department OF the work of
housekeeping as useless and menial, and to
insist that money ought TO buy its result,
leaving 10 the wife and daughter time for
self-improvement aud higher duties. There
can be no doubt that the average American
housekeeper often becomes a slave TO her
store-closet, one-thlrd OF the year being
spent in preparing food for the remainder;
canned vegetables, salted meat, pickles and
preserves are often the millstones which
drags her soul and body down TO a very
low level. But there is another side TO the
subject, and we may strike the just mid
dle-ground on IL as on any other. Nobody
wants George Eliot, or Florence Nightin-
gale, or Jessie Fremont, to give her time to
compounding plccalllis or preserves. But,
while one woman Is leader in society, lit
erature, or philanthropy, ninety-nine adopt
some smaller way TO make themselves use
ful and helpful in bettering and brighten
ing the little world about them, and these
smaller ways in city life are frequently in
cessant devotion to visiting, to music, TO
making horrible aud exhausting efforts at
uOuSe uecOTatlO0. we cOuIeSS tnaL Wnen
we have sat down 10 feasts where the veg
etables smacked too strongly of the profess
sional Gamers art, where ths meats were
ill-cOoked, tho offense of the pickles was
rank with vitriol and the desserts bore that
inexhnguishable flavor of the confection-
er's shop, and when, ailer dinner, we have
been called on to listen TO feeble strunl-
ming of the piano, or weak criticisms on
the last exhibition, or 10 admire works OF
art in the shape of spatterdash, or Persian
embroideries on Turkish toweling, we have
remembered the busy Pennsylvania kitch-. d.
en- and the bountiful tables OF old Virginia
matrons the delicious flavor, idiosyncra-
sy, if we may call it so, of every dish the
care with which the fathers taste in soups,
and tue boys fancy for certain jams, were
remem bered from year to year the thous-
and ways in which skill and good taste and
affection were shown in this base art of
cookery; the genuine, homemade flavor
of the dishes, the talk, the very fun,-we
are not at all sure that women in ignoring
this ancient craft so utterly, have not
sighted one OF their strongest modes of
xpression.-Scri6ner for October.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-10-29

THE TRIUMPH OF CORN Con OVER
MEERscuAUM.-How unsatisfactory is the
possession of a meerschaum pipe Suppos-
ing you to have secured fine piece-the
best piece in the universe, say-you would
not be more happy than miserable. The
whole universe seems leagued 10 destroy
II. You fear TO put it away, lest harm
should come 10 ii in your absence; equal
ly do you dread taking it up, for there is
the risk Of dropping, scratching, breaking.
While smoking ii you cautiously keep on
the morocco case; handling would soil the
bowl, and you have heard that the coloring
oil eyaporates If the pipe be exposed TO the
air. The longer and more completely your
precautions are successful, the greater your
anxiety and nervous apprehension and If,
aller all Qt generally ends sol, the cherish
ed, the inimitable, the invaluable meer-
schaum is broken all TO pieces, your agon-
izing sense of loss pays dear for your sea-
son of uneasy ecstasy.
This ever-present excitement and unrest
is destructive to The peace and comfort
which should attend thoughts of pipe
smoking. Our pipe should be our refuge
and solace rather than our care and tor
ment You will seldom find a smoker of
age and experience indulging his habit
throug costly and fragile medium pos
sibly, if lie be rich, he will have you to his
cabinet and parade before you choice
specimen of "real Vienna" but you will
notice that the clay is still virgin; and hav-
ing carefully locked it back in the cabinet,
your experienced friend picks up some
battered, disreputable looking old corn
cob or other, which he loads and fires with
a sigh of relief and satisfaction; aud when
he is through smoking he throws the corn
cob carelessly on the table, nor careth he
should it fall hence 10 the floor; bless you'll
the corn-cob can stand it. Be not deceived
by this seeming neglect, however; trust
me, your wise friend loves cOrn-cob from
his heart, and would feel its loss there,
while the "choice Vienna's" evanishment
would chiefly barrow his-pocket.-JuIidn
Hawthorne in Nor. GALAXY.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-10-29

little dinners they had, trying different
restaurants, and going TO one place when
they felt poor, and another when they felt
rich They were like two happy children
together.
Perhaps the love which lighloued Archi-
bald's tolls made hard tasks easy for him ;
aud then energy and problly have always
their own market value. At any rate, he
succeeded beyond his expectations, and a
few weeks ago he told Bertha he could
make n home again for her now, not so ele-
giant as Of old, but Il chcery and pleasant
abode, where again she could be hospital
hostess and kindly mistress. But Bertha
cings TO the little apartment, where for a
year and half they have been so happy.
Does she think that to enter society again
would be 10 lose her new found paradise
l do not know; but she insists on waiting
till they begin 10 grow really old before
tLey eneryate themselves with luxury. 1
think the truth is that she is happy enough
to dread any change.
Happy enough 10 be mischevous, she
certainly is for when Maria was calling
on her the other day, and CHANGED to say
for the Marias of this world have, year in
and year out, some fresh gossip that re.
peats the old, rs the seasons repeat them
selves on successive ycars-"Jane Nasmyth
is certainly going 10 marry for home |;
isn't 1t dreadful?" Bertha answered ro-
guishly: "Wby, you can hardly expect me
10 blame her; you know 1 did the same
thing myself-HaJpcr's Magazine for Oc-
fnLnl.
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NEWS ITEMS.

WIN T. Drew, who was suspected of the
murder of Josie Langmaid of Pembroke,
N. H., has been released for want of suf.
ficient evidence against him. A French
man named LIE Page is now under arrest,
and there are grounds for suspicion that he
not only murdered Miss Langmaid but
that he perpetrBted the Bail murder at st.
Albaus.
DIR. Hans Guido Won Bulow, the first of
living pianists afler Liszt, as we are assur-
ed, gave his first public performance In
this country at Music Hall, Boston, on Tues
day evening, before an audience of 1000
people. His execution is singularly de-
void Of the excessive gesticulation Of the
conventional pianist, and the general YER
dict upon the performance was favorable.
Joe Hooker's fortune has been reduc-
ed good deal by mistaken speculations.
In these days when a man has any money
there are hosts of people who can tell him
how to double it. All that Wall street
now subsists upon is relatives, brothers
in-law, and retired clergymen. Hearing
that an uptown rector had lille pile, he
was sset by six brokers on the same Sab
bath f,r confirmation. The vestry imme-
diately hid the communion plate. Graph
&c.
The danger of another riot over poor
Guibord's bones at Montreal has been ro-
moved by the tardy action OF Bishop Bour-
get, who has at last issued a pastoral let
ter informing the Catholics that the decree
of the privy council must be obeyed, warn-
ing them not TO interfere with the burial,
ana advising them 10 keep aloof from the
ceremony,-adding the consolation, how
ever, that the ground will be cursed from
the moment Guibord's remains are depos-
tied there. So, as soon as that wonderful
coffin is ready, the burial will probably
come off quietly.
Samuel j. Frost the murderer of his
brotber-in-law, Frank p. Towne of Peters,
ham, Mass, July 4, last, was found gull
~ at Worcester, last week, and sentenced
TO be hanged. The defense, as already in
dicated, was that the deed was not premed-
itated, but grew out of quarrel. Frost
confessed to the killing, saying that he and
Frank got into fight while milking, in the
course of which he caught up a piece of
iron, broken of from the top of a sledge-
hammer, and struck the fatal blow in the
heat of passion and that all his actions af-
fer the murder were induced by attempts
to conceal the crime, which filled him with
terror, and from which arrest was a well
come release.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-10-29

y THIRSTY STATE.-Nevada has a full
share of liquor venders. With only 5000
inhabitants it has 900 licensed saloons and
"corner groceries," an average OF TO 81
persons. Deducting women, children and
total abstinence men from the total popula-
tion, and the result would give something
like one saloon TO fifteen consumers. Even
this would give large proportion of
drinking people in the State, and these IF
teen men and boys have to pay an aggre-
gate of about $50 day for wetting their
whistles. The State also licenses gamb-
ling and there are in Virginia City alone
sixteen faro banks. Somebody estimates
that drinking and gambling cost the State
not far from s5,OOO,OOO year. An average
of over 5000 year for every man, woman
and child in the State is decidedly too prod
igal an expenditure for pleasure"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-10-29

GUIBoRD's SARcoPHAeus.-The sarcoph-
agus in which Guibord's remains are TO be
enclosed is being made by Robert Reid, Of
Montreal. Two blocks Of Montreal lime
stone have been cut in the quarry at Cote,
st. Louis. Each stone is seven feet long,
four feet wide, and about two feet thick.
In each stone cavity is to be cut of suf-
ticlent width and depth TO hold the coffin.
The wooden coffin having been placed in
the cavities, the two stones will be accurate
ly filled to each other aud fastened togeth-
er with heavy iron bolts, aud riveted at
each end. The whole surface of the sar-
cophagus will then be covered with layer
of Portland cement, mixed with scrap iron,
of thickness sufficient to resist the most
powerful drills. The stone coffin will weigh
nearly nine tons. -....
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-10-29

WORK DURING SLEEP. 1t has frequent
ly happened that studious men have done
really hard mental work while asleep. A
stanzl of excellent verse is in print which
Sir John Herschel is said to have composed
asleep, and to have recolected when be
awoke. Goethe oflen sat down on paper
during the day thoughts and ideas which
had presented themselves 10 him during
sleep on the preceding night. A gentleman
one night dreamed that he was playing an
entirely new game of cards with three
friends; when nc awoke, the structure and
rules of the new game, as created in the
dream, came one by one into his memory,
and lie found them so ingenious that he af-
forwards frequently played the game. A
case is cited where gentleman in his sleep
composed an ode in six stanzas, and set it
to music. Tartini, the celebrated Italian
violinist, composed the Devils Sonata"
in dream. Lord Thurlow, when youth
at college, found himself one evening una
bic to finish piece of Latin composition
which he had undertaken; he went to bed
full of the subject, fell asleep, finished his
Latin in his sleep, remembered 1t next
morning, and was compimenled on the fe-
licitous form which it presented.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-10-29

The HoUsEKEEPER is an illustrated
monthly, unique in plan, that will please a
great number of housewives and husbands.
It's aim is TO show how household may
be conducted with the least care and ex-
pense, and with the greatest attractiveness
and comfort. Special attention is given to
marketing, shopping, the exposure of
shams aud frauds, short weights, adultera-
tions, and other household. dangers; every
department OF the home, from cellar to
garret, is represented, and comfort, cGnve-
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all considered. Special departments Of
"Home Occupations" and "What 10 do
for a Living" are of practical value.
Price, sl.5O year, or 10 cents copy, with
special terms to agents and clubs. CHAs.
F. WINdATE, Publisher, 81 John Street,
New York,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-10-29
Beautiful Lives.

Beautiful lips are those whose words
Leap from the heart like songs Of birds,
Yet whose utterance prudence girds.
Beautiful hands are those that do
Work that is earnest and brave and true,
Moment by moment the lorg day through.
Beautiful feet are those that 60
On kindly ministries to and fro,-
Down lowliest ways, If God wills II 60.
Beautiful shoulders are those that bear
ceaseless burdens Of homeiy care
With patient grace and daily rAyer.
Beautiful lives are those that bless,-
Silent rivers Of happiness,
Whose hidden fountains but few may guess
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BrattlebOrO Church Directory.

tinsr B BAPTIsr.-Main ST.; Rev. Horace Bushnell,
Eastor. Sunday services at 10 $50 q. M, 1880
p M sunday School IL 80 a. m. Missionary Con- e
Sett Isl sunday evening in each month. Sunday
Sohool Concert last Sunday evening in each month.
frayer meetings on the other Sunday evenings.
Monday evening, young peoples prayer meeting,
friday evening, prayer meeting, 7;45.
CENTRE ECoSGREeATIoNAL.-Main ST.;
PASTOR. Sunday services 1890 q. M. 7:OO D. IN. +;
SUNDAY School ~ m Missionary and S. s. Concerts
aAe the place OF the evening service the st an
"a sundays OF the month, respectively. Young
peopleA meeting Monday evening at Ia to Il,
Prayer meeting Friday evening at IA to 8. Thure-
Jay p M, ladies' prayer meeting, O'Clock.
EFiscoPAL-Main ST. Rev. W. H. Collins, Rector.
sun lay services: Morning prayer and sermon 10 go
D. m Evening prayer and sermon I 100 PM; Sun
Jay school l2:l5 p. IN. Holy days, IL 90 a. m Holy
Communion lst Sunday in the month, and on all
great festivals. The children of the parish are cat
echised on the 1st Sunday in every month at D. m
METHODIST EPlscoPAL-Mcetings In lower town hail /.
Rev. n. +. Perry, Pastor Preaching SUNDAY
at 1880 a. m; Sunday School IL M; PRAYER
meeting in the evening" S. s. Concert 4th Sunday
oi every month. Glass meeting Tuesday evening: (:
prayer meeting Friday evening. Seats free.
ROMAN CATHoLIc.-Walnut ST. Rev Henry Lane
Pastor. sunday services-lligh mass $50 a. m /:
Nespers and Benedicton 1880 p. IN.
UNIrAR1AN.-Main St. Rev. W. L. Jenkins Pastor
Services Sunday a. M, at 1890. Seats free.
FIRST UNIvnRsALIsT.-Canal ST. ; Rev. NJ. II. Harris
Pastor, residence on North st. Sunday sermon
at7:3O.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-10-29

TnE SNOW PLAET.-one Of California's
contributions TO the Centennial EXPOSE
tiOn will be a suow-plant which has been
brought from Calaveras county, near the
Big Trees. This particular specimen is
The cones, fifteen in number, are blood
red, and grow together in bunch. The
plant forces its way up through The snow
in the spring of the year, and the edges Of
the cones have an appearance Of frost, COW
cred by fine white fringe Of crystalllu
appearance. 1t is Of parasitic nature, gen.
orally taking root in some rotten tree lying
beneath tue surface.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-10-29

Men glory in raising great and magnih-
cent structures, and find secret pleasure
to see ''sets'' of their own planting to grow
up and hourishi but surely II is greater
and more glorious work 10 build up man
to see youth OF our own planting, from
the small beginnings and advantages we
have given him, to grow up into consld-
erable fortune to take root in the world,
and to shoot up into such height, and
spread his branches so wide, that we, who
FIRST planted him, may ourselves find COM
fort and shelter under his shadow.-TillOt-
SOa
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Miscellany.


nv = hAhNEtu ntu-hlnAes
The clock strikes seven in the hall,
The curfew Of the children's day,
That calls each little pattering foot
From dance and song and ivelong play;
Their day that in our wider light
Floats like silver day-mcon white,
Nor in our darkness sinks to rest,
Bat sets within golden west.
All, tender hour that eepds dtlft
or childrcn's kisses through the house,
And cuckoo-notes of sweet "Good night"
That thoughts Of heaven and home arouse;
And soft stir to sense and heart.
As when the bee and blossom part;
And little feet that pattcr slower
Like the last droppings Of the shower
And in the children's rooms aloft
What blossom shapes do gaily slip
Their dainty sheaths, and rosy run
From clasping hand and kissing lip.
naked sweetness to the eye
Blossom and babe and butterfly
In witching one, 90 dear a sightl
An ecstacy of life and light.
And, ah! what lovely witchcrics
Destrcw the floor: an empty sock
By vanished dance and song lcfi loose
As dead bird's throAts; a tiny smcck
That, sure, upon some meadow grew
And drank the heaven-sw-et rains; a shoe
Scarce bigger than an acorn cup;
Frocks that seem 1Owery mcads cut ur.
Tleu lily-dresl in angel-whito
To mothers knee they trooping come,
The soft palms fold like kissing shells,
And they and We go singing home
Their bright heads bowed and worshiping,
As though some glory Of the spring,
Some daffodil that inocks the day,
Should fold his golden palms and pray.
The gates Of Paradise swing wide
moments space in sof; accord,
And those dread angela, Life and Death,
moment veil the flaming sword,
As DER this weary worl forlorn
From Edens secret heart is borne
Tha. breath Of Paradise most fair
Which mothers call "the ehi,dren's prayer
All, deep pathetic mystery!
The worlds great woe unconscious huag,
a rain-drop on blossoms lip;
white innocence that woos our wroag,
And love divine that looks agan,
Unconscious Of the cross and pain,
From sweet child-eyes, and in thR, child
Sad earth and heaven rCconciled.
Then kissed, on BEDS we lay them down,
As fragrant white as clover'd sod,
And all the upper floors grow hushed
With cbildren's sleep, and dews OF God.
And as our stars their beams do hide,
The stars Of twilight, opening wide,
Take up the heavenly tale of even,
Aud light us on TO God and heaven.
LMecmillan's Magazine
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-10-29
Cheap Money.

"Chsap money ?" yes, that is the latest new cry
They'll have 1t so cheap that peck wouldn't buy
A barrel of beans or q bushel OF rye
II you want to get rich, why, all you've to do
Is TO take your gre0nbaeks and cut them intOi
Then get Up lAW-h would be a droll one
ThAt every half dollar should pass for Whols onei
That would save printing bills and expense to the ne
tion,
And be most sensible kind Of imitation.
In that way ia pay every dollar that owe,
Aud it's Just what they advocate out in Ohio.
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The Vermont Phoenix,
Published weekly by
FRENCH n sTEDMAx.
Oiico No. Granite Row, Main street.
BRATTLEBoRo, VT.

t.RNs.-lo single subscribers, by mail s2.25 per
1lnlm in advance; in clubs, s2.OO. When not Maid
lI llyllce 50o additional per year. will be charged
RATES or ADVERTISING made known on application
D!rths Deaths and Marriages inserted gratis; Obitu-
Try Notices or Resolutions, and Cards of Thanks lOc
per line Of ten words.
0. L. FREsCt. D. b. SrrpuAr
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H7ATY WE sell only the WEYMOUTH" ," and
HIHHV experienced buildere know they
MH ssN worth 25c a cask more than any other
W!A1U0s brand.
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HmnnT full stock tf English Cast Steel.
NEHEN Our experience shows us that Ameri-
~ HHHa can is NOT as good as the best En-
" uuMs glish brands Of steel
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YnnEY ALWAYS q full and complete stock Of
AuIsEl kinds and sizes and at lowest possible
msIIH prices.
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BUILDING MATERIALS.

TTaHH WE are the sole agents in this town for
lKH III the Brandon Lime, which is unsurpassed
i'll III in quality, aud which we offer at a very
&AAF4 IL low price
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-10-29

nHHHm ANN THE best HOFFMAN'S RosEN-
HENh HHlVt DALE CEMENT, always fresh.
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keep a large assortment of guns, pis-
tolls and ammunitions of all kinds.
They are first-class gunsmiths, and
repair firearms in the best and most
workmanlike manner.
There are a number of good hotels
in the place, the principal among
which are DyeF5 Hotel, American
House, Planters House, and Railroad
Hotel. There are also several res
%taurants in the place, where meals
can be obtained at any time. There
are three blacksmith and wagon
shOpS-John Nealon, II. Haas, and
Draper & Coat which a good sup
ply of two, four and six horse wagons
of Balm, Schuttler, Stakeholder, Muir
ply, and Espenchied make, can be
always found, with bows and covers.
Besides the above there are a num-
Der of boarding houses tailor shops,
barber shops, small retail stores, &C.,
that we cannot spare time to give in
detail. =
The public may rest assured that
there are abundant facilities in Chey-
enne to outfit everybody at this point
who may start for the Black Hills or
Northern Wyoming; and that it can
be done cheaper here than parties
can outfit at other points, and trans
port their outfits here. Besides they
will know just what they will need
when they get here, and can avoid
purchasing useless and cumbersome
articles. rrEHr
There is a good stock market at
this place for the purchase and sale
Of horses, mules, and cattle. Several
persons are engaged more or less, in
The business of dealing in stock,
among them w. NJ. Ward, j. c. Alb
ney, Barnard & Co. and Tracy & Co.
Those who will come 10 Cheyenne
as the starting point will save money,
time and trouble in purchasing their
mining outfits at this place.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-08-03

CAMP NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
A. Sutorius, Captain ?rd cavalry, comd'g Co Z,
3rd CHvalRy and Post
VIM. Abbot, and Lieutenant 9 h Infantry. Post
AdjuIant.
o. NJ. Rockefeller. 2ud Lieu enant 9Th Infantr.
A. A. Q. NJ. and A. c. \.
G. '. Pettys, a. A. Surgeon-Pnst Surgeon.
W. W. Rogers, lst Lieutenant 9th Infantry. com.
manding Co. T.
W. E. Holman. Let Lieutenant 9th Infantry. com.
handing Co. X.
Il. R Lemley, End Lieutenant. 8rd CavElry, Co, Z
Absent
Major K. F. Townsend, 9th Infantry, leave Of
absence.
Capt. c i. Emory, s.h Infantry, A. D. C. to Gen.
Augu,.
CaPt:G G. B.Russen, 9th hhuty, A. d. c. to Gen
LIST Lieutenant H. BowHan 9th Infantry, re,
cruiting service.
SPOTTED TAIL AGENcT-NEBRAsKA.
Major E. A. Howard, U. S. indian Agent.
g. IL. JeweIt, Trader.
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OBSTACLES TO MARRIAGE

Happy RELIEF for Young Wen from the
Effects of Errors and Abuses in earIg life. Map
hood restored. Inpedlments- 70 MARRIAGE re.
moved Nav method of New and
remarkable remedies. Books and ClrcnlaT-
cent free, IN sealed envelopes. Adtreks, HOW
RI ASSOCIATION 40 Ninth ST.. PhiiAdel.
phia. Pa,-sa Instituton having a high repura.
tatlou for honorable eonduet And Professionsf
XIII. xrsodY
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FURNITURE,
CONVERSE & WARREN, l6H 81
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FRUITS ANDEEGETABLEs.
). II. WOOD, Eddy street
W. l.. COAkLEN. 10th stTeot
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DRY GOODS.
MARKS & MYERS, Eddy street
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BILLIARDS.
JAMES BRENNAN, 1914 street