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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-08-13

The Harm the innocent Old Lady Did,
She lives down on Baker street, and she
has a daughter about eighteen years old.
The old lady retains all her simplicity and
innocence, and she doesn't go two cents on
style. The other evening, when "splen-
did catch" called to escort the daughter to
the opera, the mother wouldn't take the
hint to keep still, and wouldn't help carry
out the daughters idea that they had
wealth. While helping her daughter get
ready she asked:
"Mary, are you going to wear the shoes
with one heel OFF, or the pair with holes in
'em -
Mary didn't seem TO hear, and the moth
er inquired: "Are you going TO wear that
dollar gold chain and that washed loeket,
or will you wear the diamond father
bought at the hardware store?"
Mary winked at her, and the young man
blushed, but the old lady went on: "Are
you going TO borrow Mrs. Browns shawl,
or will you wear mine?"
Mary hustled around the room, and the
mother said "Be careful of your dress,
Mary; you know irs the only one you've
got, aud you can't have another until the
mortgage on this place is lifted"
Mary remarked TO her escort that il
promised 10 be a beautiful evening, and as
she buttoned her glove her mother asked ;
"Those are Mrs. Hardy's gloves, amt theyH
She's been good neighbor TO Us, and
don't know how you'd manage TO go any
where If she didn't live near u.s."
Mary was hurrying to get out of the
room, when the mother raised her voice
once more and asked: "Did you run in ia
Mrs. Jewetrs and borrow her bracelet and
FAM Yes, see you did. Well, now, you
look real stylish, and hope you'll have 8
good Time"
Mary sits by her window in the pale
moonlight and signs for the splendid young
man to come aud beau her around some
more, but he hasn't been seen up that way
since that night. The old lady, too, says
that he seemed like nice young man, anC
she hopes he hasn't been killed by tht
streetscars. Detroit Free PreSs.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-08-13
BRATTLEBORO VT, FRIDAY, AUGUST ID, 1875.

quiet atmosphere. The scene was so
strange and weird that felt a moments
hesitation the next instant the imp which
had possessed me all the evening SET my
blood dancing with mischief.
"I promised to he home tonight" said
l, eluding Abijahs OBTAINING hand and
with a mocking, dancing step skipped up
on the plank.
Abjah stood still ON the margin and
looked at me. job stood still also one mo-
ment and holding up his lantern, looked
at Abijah.
Then he said, sarcastically, "By your
leave, Mr.. Plummer this is bridge for
two, and if you've no mind TO be getting
over, I'll step along myself"
Aud it was Jobs hand that, touching me
timidly, steaded my fool-hardy steps, and
Jobs lantern that flickered over the phan-
tom banks hey ond and the deep creek be-
low that treachernus plank. Halfway
across 1 felt a strange quiver, as IL the
heart of the thing were being broken, and
my own heart leaped up with sudden ter
ror, a despairing cry, a whirl of darkness
and chaos, and felt the bridge totter and
CIdsu, anu luOuSul WAS btlhB nNNllt away
into annihilation. Some strong arm grasp.
ed me then, not tenderly, but with aclutch
that reused every faculty, and, trembling,
conscious, struggling for life, 1 found my
self clingng TO the slippery edge of the
other plank, with Job holding me fast by
my raiment, as we hung for moment in
peril together, while the lantern iloated
away below in the debris.
Job speedily regained some sort of foot
ing, and slipping, sliding by SLOW and pain
ful effort we reached the other side.
believe I laughed then when came
to myself shook out my snow -encumber-
ed garments, and looking down, saw jobs
faithless lantern cleaning like a titiul fire.
fly away out of reach, and felt sure that
Abljah Plummer was still watching on he
other side.
Job stretched out over tue brink, looked
down at Tho useless lantern, and shook his
fist, perhaps at the Invisible Abijah.
"Job. oh job" | said, taking his hand,
"Tm sorry spelled beautiful tonight
did not laugh now. l was full Of a strange
excitement.
"Who bad right TO spell such word
but you, Jennie?" answered job, gravely.
"But 1--we lost the books, Job"
"l've lost something too" said job.
ave stood still for a moment and locke
at each other. And there was that in Jobs
face which never shone but once in any
human face, and which all men and all wo-
men know when they see it.
Then Job reused up and said, lightly,
"Will you get along the rest of the way
without Abijah Plummer?
"All the rest Of my life," replied.
Since then job has onen said 10 me, soft
ly, as we sat in the twilight, "They can't
say I didn't win a prize at the spelling
match"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-08-13
Some OTOur People.

In the year 1912, says the Buffalo Com
mercial Advertiser, there came 10 this Sec
ton of country colony OF people who had
emigrated from Geisen, in the Duchy OF
Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, numbering
about 500 souls. They purchased 5000
acres of land for $40 per acre on Buffalo
Creek, few miles from this city, and set
lied thereon. Subsequently they added
1000 or more acres to their original pur-
chase. This was the cooperative commu-
nion known as the "Ebenezers"-lhe four
little villages which they planted bearing
the name of The "Ebenezer Settlements"
and being within eight miles OF Buffalo.
They were a frugal, industrious, moral
people. Working systematically and in
diligently, their farms brought forth album
dant crops, and success attended their ef-
forts. Nor were their energies entirely
devoted to agricultural pursuits. They
erected cotton and woolen factories, four
or five saw-mills, tannery, two grist millS,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-08-13

A TRAGEDY AT SEA.-The ship Glance,
when on her way from Adelaide to Lon
don, was driven by contrary winds out of
her course, and in latitude 40 TO As degrees,
discerned ship ahead of her flying a flag
of distress. This vessel proved TO be the
ship Jessie Osborne, bound for Falmouth.
This was on the morning of Sunday, June
9th, about s O'Clock. The captain of the
Glance at once had sail shortened, and his
ship hove TO. A boat containing the male
and two seamen Of the Jessie Osborne, put
Off from the vessel and came alongside the
Glance. Having come on board, the mate,
pointing TO the fore cross-trees of the Jes-
sic Osborne, called the attention of Captain
Barrelle To the figure Of a seaman, half
clothed, swayng TO and fro upon them.
The crew of the Glance could see that the
sailor in question was hacking with some
instrument at the rigging of the ship, and
that blocks iad pieces of ropes were falling
on deck. The male of the Jessie Osborne
told Captain Barrette that this sailor had
fallen sick on the voyage and was now in
a state of lunacy, that he had been aloft
three days, and that no sailor dared ap-
proach him, that his conduct was imperil-
ling the safety of the ship and preventing
the crew navigating her, and that the cap
tain and officers had decided TO shoot him
in order to save their ship. The Glance
was tnen brought close alongside the Jes-
sic Osborne as soon as possible, and the
captain of the latter shot the unfortunate
man with his revolver. After he had been
wounded several times, and as two OF
three sailors of the Jessie Osborne were
about to run up the rigging 10 bring down
the apparently dying man, the latter fell
upon the deck a corpse.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-08-13

How 1T Is DoNE.-Scene in a library
gentleman busy wriliDg-child enters.
"Fatber, give me penny"
Haven't got any-don't bother me-"
"But, father, want it. Something par
ticular."
81 tell you haven't got one about me-"
"I must have it; you promised me one."
"I did no such thing-I won't give you
any more pennies you spend too many.
It's all wrong; won't give it TO you, SO
go away"
Child begins 10 whimper, ST think you
might give ne one its real r'
"No-go away-I won't do it, so there's
an end of it,"
Child cries, teazes, coaxes-father gets
out of patience, puts his hand in his pock-
ct, takes out penny, and throws it at the
child. "There, take it, and don't come
back again to-day"
Child smiles, looks shy, goes out con-
queror, determined TO renew the struggle
in the afternoon, with the certainty Of like
results. ......
Scene in the street-two boys playing
mother opens the door, and calls TO one OF
them, her own son;
"Joe, come into the house right away"
Joe pays no attention.
"Joe, do you bear nlef If you don't
come in right away, I'll glyo you lick
ing"
Joe smiles, and continues his play; his
companion is alarmed for him, and advises
him to obey. "You'll catch il IT, you don't
so, Joe."
"oh, no l won't she always says so, but
never does. ain't afraid"
Mother goes into the house greatly put
out, and thinking herself martyr to her
children.
I'll ats the way, parents. Show your
children by example that you are weak,
undecided, untruthful, and they learn,
aptly enough, to despise your authority,
and regard your word as nothing. They
soon graduate liars and Knockers, and the
reaping of your sowing will not fail.-It-
lustrated Christian Weekly.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-08-13
BR1TTLEBORO
8uaftlcss DtrErtnrp.

NdWe, DUStHcSS ana LOcdtOH p We tedutng
business Houses IN Brdtieboro.
s1- CUT THIS OUT FoB REFERENCE.
Agricultural implements.
G. F.THoMPsoN & CO, williston's Stone Block.
WOOD X MARSHALL, Exchange Block Main street.
b. A. CLARK, Tyler's Block.
booksellers and statiOners.
CHENEY & CLAPP, G Crosby Block
J. J.STEEN, Fishers Block, Main St.
+. c. EDWARDS, door north America House.
Boots and shoes.
A.F. .BOYNToN, Marshall Il Esterbrook'sb sblock, NJ st
T. A. STEVENS Fisk's block Main street, up stairs.
CIOthiers.
f. S. BRACKETT Il CO., 4 & Granite Row.
PRATT, WRIGHT 4 CO., Granite Row, Main street.
ROOT McKEAND, corner Main and High sts.
II. E. TAYLOR, Union Block.
Carpets.
c. /. BROWN, Marshall n Estcrbrooks block Main-st
j. RETTING & son, High-st, next Brooks House.
o. ]. PRATT, Granite Block.
Chamber Sets.
c. L BROWN, Marshall q Esterb rocks block, Main-st
J. RETTING SON. High-st., next Brooks House.
Coal.
f. X. BARRoWS, office with ?. Burrows.
COfins and Caskets.
c. L. BROWN, Marshall Esterbrook's Blk Main St.
Contractors and Builders.
ALONZO CHURCH, Elliot Street.
Crockery and Glass Ware.
NJ. T. VAN DOORN, Crosby Block.
Dining Rooms.
L. L. COOPER Brooks House.
Doors, sash and Blinds,
C. +. THOMPSON n CO., Williston's Stone Block.
b. A. CLARK, Tyler's Block.
Druggists.
1. y. THORN Il CO., Crosby Block.
II. c. WILLARD 4 co. Brooks House.
nry s.oo,I.'
p. BARRows, Main Street, opposite Brooks House.
o. ]. PRATT, l Granite Block.
FertiIizers.
T. THOMpSON A. On Willston's Sloua pInrk
o. d. NoiEs' thompson hanger Dioek'
rsTrv rposI 90 AMI 49, :, ,""'
r,,r,,,,.,
G. L. BROWN, Marshall 4 Esterbrook Block, Main st
]. RETTING l. son, High-st next Brooks House.
GrOceries,
A. c: DAVENPORT, 9 Crosby Block.
FRANK q. HOWE, Marshall & Esterbrook, Man-st.
Q. D. MOVES, Thompson Rangers Block.
- ~ TAYI2R RFools Hanse 'ou'n A'"in S'S
~ n THoMpS0N A co WilIistop's Stone BLOCK
7un.. Pi,toIs and A Ammuni,ion.
G. d. MOVES. Thompson 4 Rangers Block.
r1,, .aG.,
c,, ,nr -. ~
G. +, THOMPsON 4 CO., Wiliston's Stone Block.
uT.. v1,I
urusT1s h RIiRSnP Main strect.
Ha,. Cana and Fur.
IT. f. TAYLOR Union Block
ice Cream Rooms.
E. l.. COOPER, Brooks House.
Insurance Agents.
cUDwoRTH DAVENPORT, Union Block.
bLSJ ~; 'EN ,SII,I 60; - i pit '0
AO r,I
r,o,,nso>, ,p,Ncpp -cr.ni,opo
-' - ,,,, s.,.,
II II v,pp pi,ao stroo,
W sNITiI rear Crosby Block
yTachtui.t
,,,.,, -.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-08-13

at is a mild beverage madam and the
doc"
"Well, don't want any. When I 60 10
swallering tar and lard and kerosene you'll
know 1t S'posen I'd drank some and ex-
plodedr ~
Don't mention III" he whispered.
"Don't speak Of itp
"Tm sorry for you young man, hut
there's constable living right in sight of
our house, and think-I-I."
you'll drive me to a suicides grave,
you meanr'
She lowered her spectacles, took long
look at him, and went out without reply
ing.-Detroh Free Press.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-08-13
Literary Department,
Time Of Need.

Time Of Need.
In olden days there lived man,
United to a simple wife,
Who worked from early dawn till eve,
And saved his earnings, all his life.
He kept his precious horde Of wealth
Safe in bag, tied round and round,
Until the store Of coins had grown
In weight to balance many pound.
And when his easy wife would ask
"what good in so much care and greed 2"
One answer always was returned:
"I'm keeping this for time e need.'
And so through patient, toilsome years
This was the burden OF his song:
"Let others spend; but will save,
Till time of need shall come along"
The story travelled far and wide;
And so It chanced 4 stranger came,
Who entered at the humble door,
Accosting thus the busy dame:
"Dcar madam, am Time Of Need!
"l'Se journeyed over land aud sea
t. claim the money your good man
Has kept in faithful charge for me-"
"oh deary me! T. the dame replied,
"My husband will be vexed indeed
That he should be away from home
when you arrived, Sir Time Of Need"
81 cannot wait" the stranger cried,
Fer business calls me to depart"
"Thon will get your own she said,
"And give it you with all my heart"
She dragged the hidden treasure forth,
With eager haste and arduous pull;
While he exclaimed: 81 had not thought
To mud my bag so large and full,
"Aud fear l cannot take 1t all,
Since came hither ON my feet"
ooh! ride the bob-iailed horse" she said,
"And take the whole, do entreat."
"a lucky thought! And III return
The horse when next pass this way"
SO ssying, mounted and enriched,
The gentle stranger rode away.
The dame was left rejoicing much
That hcr good man from care was freed,
And now, at last, could rest from work
And think no more Of Time of Need"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-08-13
The Fat Missionary.

Ihe rat NtAAiOnNrN'
It was all in a fore-and-aft schooner
That he sailed to that far countree;
Aud, according to Captain smmonsop,
1t was beautiful for to see
How warmly those heathens welcomed him,
And how grateful they seemed to be;
And how in their simple, innocent way,
They patted him, now on his knee,
And,now on his cheek, and now on his chin,
And, in short, made only too free
With the Reverend Oeus Bacon,
As was sent upon mission
To the islands near Feejee
But have an affidavit
Captain simmonson took afore me
tAnd Simmonson is Christian name),
How standin' that night on his lee,
And swelrin' up his canvas
All ready TO put to sea,
He noticed fire on the island
As was burnin' remarkably free;
But lie had no idea those devils
Were a-mAkin' a frieassee
OF the Reverend oeus Bacon,
As was sent upon mifsion
To the Islands near Feejee.
As simmonson said to me,
II the Board OF Foreign Missions
Had any eyes for to see,
They'd never have rent . man out there
A missionary for to be,
The make Of whose person was tempting
In the very least degree;
or one as was anyways bulgy at all,
stil less, one as tulgy as he,
This Reverend 0leus Bacon,
As was sent upon a mission
To the islands near Foejee.
However, the Lord was in it,
At least, so It seems to me;
Or something was in Mr.. Bacon
As didn't at all agree
With the stomAchs Of those heather men,
But made 'em throw mp quite free.
And happen to know what that something wa
1t was cavendish and rappee!
Nevertheless, it was something unfortunate,
As most any man may see,
That the Reverend Oleus Bacon
Ever started on that mission
To the islands near Feejee.
Gwashington Capita
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-08-13

A curious story of animal friendship
comes from Newtown, Conn.,, where a
ck-and- tan dog has taken charge of
brood of chickens and with them occupies
a basket, barking at every one approach
ing. He staps into the basket, and NOV
ing the chickens with his paws, secures
room to lie down in, when the small balls
his body.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-08-13
a Petition 20 Time.

a Petition TO Time.
Touch us gently, I incl
Let us glide adown thy stream
Gently, as we sometimes glide
Through quiet dream!
Humble voyagers are We
Husband, wife, and children three
zone is lost an angel il2d
To the azure, overhead!
Touch US gently, Time!
We've not proud nor soaring wings;
Our ambition, our content,
Lies in simple things.
Humble yoyagers are we
O'er life's dim, unsounded sea,
Seeking only some calm cline.
Touch us gently, gentle Time!
tBarIy Cornwall
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-08-13
CTEP INTO
PaSturage.

ana rates. L. II. WILCOX.
west Brattleboro, Nor. IL, 1875. tina
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-07-17
Useful Information.

If door does not shut without slam
put drop of sweet oil on the catch; if it
creaks put oil on the hinges. Soap will
do, but not so well.
ICE-wATER should not be used for dis
solving seidlitz powders, as the cold con-
denses the escaping gas (carbonic acid) as
it forms, and prevents eliervescence.
RHUBARB leaves freshly gathered from
the garden and placed near the crevices
where cockroaches are found are said to
be invaluable for DISCRIMINATING these
troublesome insects.
To CLEAN LAMP CHIMNEYs.-Put the
chimneys in strong soda and water; let
it be only moderately hot. The longer
they lie in it the better. Rinse in cold
water, drain and polish by rubbing with
soft cloth. In trimming kerosene
lamps, It's necessary only to remove the
cinders. The wick should be nearly
square, as a curved wick, though burning
clearly, will not give 50 much light.
ACCORDING to NEEDING, a beautiful
orange-yelow tone, much admired in a
chest at the Vienna Exposition, may be
impaired to lakewood by rubbing it in a
warm room with a certain mixture until
it acquires dull polish, and then coat
ing it, after an hour, with thin polish, and
repeating the coating of polish to i'm
prove the depth and brilliancy of the
tone. The ingredients for the rubbing
mixture are about three ounces of tallOw,
three fourths of an ounce of wax, and one
pint Of oil of turpentine. mixed by heat
ing together and stirring.
THE French utilize chicken feathers in
the following way, which is pronounced
a decided improvement on the old
method: The plume portions of the
feathers are cut from the stem by means
of ordinary hand scissors. These are
placed in quantities in coarse bag,
which, when full, is closed and subjected
to a thorough kneading with the hands,
At the end of five minutes the feathers
disaggregated are felted together, form
ing down perfectly homogeneous and
of great lightness. 1t is said to be lighter
than natural elder down, because the
latter contains the ribs of the feathers,
which give extra weight. About one
and siX-tenths troy ounces can be OBJ
tanned from one pullet, and it sells IN
Paris for about two dollars pound.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-07-17

we're scarcely in the water before we
were startled by crash, peal, and then
rushing wind. Peering over the high
northern bank, we saw black cloud
driven furiously up toward the zenith,
and at the same time the sun burst from
under dark veil in the west, revealing
to our eyes a scene of wonder. Myriads
upon myraids of little wings were flash
ing like specks of silver in the sunlight,
not only as far as the eye could reach,
east, west, and south, but rs far as we
could see into the air above us, and we
knew the grasshoppers were driven again
before the north wind.
When our bath was finished, very few
of them were left to annoy us as we re-
turned home, and great was our relief
and Joy to have them gone. But we did
not look forward to the want which has
oppressed so many hearts, and to the re-
lief of which so many readers of our
paper have, no doubt, contributed.-S.
Nicholas.
FRENCH CHIMNEY-SwEEPs.-Of all
the roguish, bright-eyed, impish-looking
creatures that walk the earth, the little
French chimney-sweeps carry the palm.
Born and reared, no one knows where,
tn ey appear in great numbers, and all
have the same saucy abandon, seen only
in boys of that class.
These small fry are up with the larks,
and as you are taking a comfortable
morning doze, you bear the clear,
childish voices crying, each one trying
to see which can scream the loudest,
Ramenez! de haut en- bas."
If YOU chance to look out of your
window, you will see tiny boy, dressed
in tight black clothes, barefooted, with
a small skull-cap drawn down over his
ears. Behind him is the man who
superintends the cleaning of the chin
neys. You may wonder how such a lit
tie fellow can be Of any use to this man,
but the smaller the better.
When they come to a chimney, the
man lifts the little sweep to the opening
at the bottom, and, with his long brush
in his hand, the boy scrambles up, and
up, until he reaches the very top, when
all of sudden you will see his little
black head popping out of the chimney
on top of the house.
1t takes short time only to do this
work thoroughly, and when the sweep
next appears, he is blacker than ever.
These sweeps are the bugbears of all
small, respectable children, and the
mention of one to an unruly child is
sufficient to establish order at once.
In pairs, after their work is done, they
are seen on the boulevards, haunting the
cafes, and ! believe some of them pick
up quite a meal from scraps of bread
and sugar thrown to them from the ia
bles. If they see nothing left on your
plate, they will come up to you, with
heads on one side, hold out dirty black
hand, and beg, " On sou, $ IL rous PIaH,"
which seems to them large amount.
Few persons refuse them, and by mid
night they have collected quite enough
for a nights lodging, and for breakfast,
which they generally eat along the street
as they go to their work. OF all the
gamins that l have ever seen, these seem
to be the happiest. Although it may be
a short life, it is a merry one.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-07-17
Mrs. Petit.

She is too diffident to appear in public
a. lecturer or even It ader, and too unc0n-
yentional to tolerate the fashionable
mobs of society. People who have been
stirred by her trenchant editorials, or nave
felt the tears rise and their hearts soften
at the pathos of her poems, manage WIN
difficulty to penetrate to her home, anu
are amazed to find little roly-poly, rose
tinted. merry dot of a woman, busled
with orphan asylums, or crechesfo babies,
or anv other business which will bring
children about her. Her husband Is
Professor J. Petit, we'll known to the
scientific world; he confesses that for
much of the research in German libraries,
and all the statistics of his great work
on "The Political History of European
Peoelesn we are indebted to his wife,
who felt it her duty to be his helpmaite
in that work as much as in preparing the
delicious game suppers in which his soul
delights. II .Lo
During the last two years as all the
writing world well knows, Mrs. Petit mas
had charge of one of the leading month
" periodicals of the country, the popular
onthor whose name weights it as editor
being only figure head for the public
eve. She has little closet OF an once
in the publishing house, where she sits
for five hours day in close.ftting gown
of brown serge, graphing with the heap
of manuscript that grows with every
mail. There is probably no subject or
fact known to modern thought with
which she is not thus brought in contact
in the course of the year. At 4 pm. she
locks her office door, and goes home and
there is not more picturesque, or better
dressed woman, or daintier dinner IN
New York, than those which welcome
her husband, and her boys an hour later
Her sons are very proud of their little
mother: there is nothing which she does
not know, they will tell you, though,
perhaps. babies and pottery arc her strong
points She is infallible in questions OF
teething, and doles out the most advanced
theories of hygiene to young mothers
Collectors of rare china, or japanese
bronzes, take their specimens TO her tor
a final verdict; indeed, one can hardly
tell whether her touch is more affection
ate and tender when handling a new
born baby or an old cracked teapot
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