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Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-10-28

Mr. EwISu's ISJuRIEs-A telegram to the
COMMERCIAL, Thursday, brought the intelligence
that L. l.. Ewing, editor of the Elktnn wing,
had been shot while cunning near Rowands'
from Elaton, this morning, says that Mr.. Ewing
and Mr.. Way, OF Port Deposit, were cunning
together, aud that in creeping through some
bushes the hammer of Mr.. Ways gun was
caught aud falling produced an explosion, the
main portion of the charge, IS stated, founc
Judgement in pocket book, but some Of the
shot, it is stated passed inward into the liver
MT. Ewing will recover when he does he shou't
ever after hold in higher esteem unpaid bill
Hor it was these, we understand. with which hi
nocket-book WAS filed no one ever knew Al
editor to have pile Of money so thick that sho
would not penetrate D and commend them II
his brother editors as blessings in disguise.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-10-28

DISEASES AMoNa STOCK in Queen Anne's
county, Md a disease has broken ont among
the cattle which veterinary surgeon, who has
mode a most mortem examination, pronouuces a
npsc.es of diphtheiia, Tho first symptoms are
unaffected in a twitching OF the under jaw,
which gradually increases until the muscles at
the root OF tho tongue becomes so enlarged that
they close up the wind pipe, and death ensues
from strangulation in from fifteen to twenty
four hours. Henry Simpson, near Kuthsburg,
has lost three COWS by the disease, All we're in
GOOD condition aud had calves by their side.
In Worcester county, very fatal alsease II
raging among the hogs. 1t il gradually spread.
ing, and the Snow Hill Messenger says there will
bea great scarcity of pork in that county.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-30

Sometime, when all LIES lessons have been learned
And suns and stars forever more have SET
The things which our weak judgments here hav
spurued,
The things DER which grievcd with lashes Wet
VIII dash before US amid lifes dark night
As stars shiLe most in deeper tiu,s q blue;
And We shall see how all Gods plans were right,
And what most seemed reproof was love most true.
And We shall see how, while We frown and sigh,
Gods plans 60 on As best for you and MT
How when we called he needed not our cry,
Because his wisdom to the end could see:
And cen Is prudent parents disAllow
Too much Of sweet to craving babyhood,
50 God, perhaps, is keeping from Us nov
Lies sweetest things because II tseemeth good.
And you shall shortly know that Enlightened breath
Is not the sweetest gift God sends his friend,
And that sometimes the sable pail Of death
ConceAls the fAirest boon his 1--we can send.
II We could push ajar the gates OF life,
And stand within, and all Gods workings see,
We could interpret all this doubt and strife,
And for each mystery ind there a key
But not to-day. Then be content, poor heart!
Gods plans, like lilies, pure and white unfold;
We must not tear the elose-shut leaves apart
Time will reveal the cAlyxes Of God;
And II through patient toll we reach the land
Where tired feet with sandals loose may rest,
Where We shall clearly know and understand,
think that We shall say "God knew the best
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-30

GERMAN GY1INAsTIC DRILL.-In pri-
vate letter TO a gentleman in New York,
the contents of which are furnished TO the
Cincinnati Gazette by a correspondent, the
secret of the success attending the German
arms in recent struggles is partially unfold
ed by a description Of the drill under
which the soldiers have TO pass. The writ
er witnessed some portions of it while
strolling near the barracks outside of
Madgeburg. For raw recruits lot Of gun
boxes were piled up to a height of four or
five feet, and over these the men were re-
quired to make handsprings, each one on
failure being required to try it again and
again until successful. Another squad was
practicing a leap over a four foot high pile,
touching only with the right hand. 9th
ers were springing with the help of the len
hand only, and others still without touch
ing either hand. At one side of the drill
ground were horizontal bars, aud other ap-
pliances of the gymnasium, at all of which
squads were at exercise, every squad be-
ing under the supervision of an officer.
In another place was a wall breast high,
over which soldiers in full marching order
with muskets aud knapsaeks were leaping,
with only the assistance of their left hands.
With bayonets fixed they marched to the
front of the wall, and halted at the word of
command. Then, at another order, each
man rested his left hand ON the wall, and
at another be leaped over, without tonch-
ing feet or hitting the butt of his musket
against the stone. Several times they did
thus, and then from a distance of twelve or
fifteen yards went over it at run in the
same way, by the use of only the leit hand.
Such exercise as this gives a man must
necessarily make him in measure insens-
ible to the ordinary fatigue of an active
campaign, and has also the double effect
Of keeping the man under strict discipline
while improving their physique.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-30
NO. Is.

Americans intercepted the enemy at every
point and at every turn on the highway.
Shots were fired from behind every house,
barn, wall, fence, tree, and corner After
firing from one position the Americans
would fall back, run forward across the
fields, and repeat the manouvre at a lower
point on the road. Their knowledge Of the
country gave them this immense advant.
age, while the British we're compelled to
keep together on the highway, which made
the retreat a more disastrous one to them.
ANY one can imagine how terribly they
suffered in all these engagements, ambus-
cades, and skirmishes on that bright and
glorious day for America. Several Of the
enemy were killed near Vile's tavern.
Colonel Smith was wounded in the leg at
Fiske's Hill, and Major Pitcairn hit in the
arm and unhorsed there. His charger, a
fine animal, ran over the fields, riderless.
till captured by an American, and, with the
accoutrements, was subsequently sold at
auction in Concord. Captain Nathan Bar
rett bought the holsters and pistols, mark
ed with Pitcairn's name, and gave them to
General Israel Putman.-Harpe1's Mag
dzine for Nay.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-30

Alexander Hyde, III the New York
Times, speaks of stock farming as profit
able occ Ipati0n, and instances the Day
brothers Of Northampton, Mass, who have
been feeding this winter 100 bullocks,
whose average live weight is 2OOO pounds,
and 100 sheep, weighing $50 pounds each.
To these sheep they are feeding, besides all
the hay they will eat, nearly 200 bushels Of
corn per week. or course, they do not
raise all the grain they feed. They import
it by the car load from the Mississippi Val
ley, and are thus transporting the fertility
of the Western prairies into the Connecti-
cut Valley. Ifthe beef and mutton will
pay the expenses Of feeding, it is all they
expect. Their profit comes from the i'm
mense piles Of rich manure which these
hlgh-fed animals produce. BY means OF
this they are enabled to raise forty or iny
acres of tobacco, st cks Of corn, and mows
of hay.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-30
NIinisIering Angels.

Angels are near US, their presence unheeded
UnheArd are their voices, unseen are their faces;
Watching they sigh when we grope in the darkness,
Smile when sit in the sunshiny places.
Angels near US they counsel and guide,
Lest We stumble and fall in the rough, rugged way,
Keeping our feet from the snares Of the tempter,
Guiding US safe to the city Of day
Angels are near US, to comfort and cheer us;
When our hearts are o'erburdened with sorrow they
come,
Bringing some balm which will lessen the snartng,
Some message of peace from their heavenly home
Gods favored servants, ministering angels,
Cross with over the dark, silent river,
Through the pearl portals Of heavens mystic man
Gons,
To be our companions forever and ever. H.JG.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-30
Tn. MA. who Wanted u.forma.lou.

Yesterday noon, while all the people
around the Office except the "head report
err were at dinner, the smell of smoke
suddenly became apparent, and fat man,
smoking big pipe, came toiling up the
stairs. When he had recovered his breath
and taken a seat he inquired:
as der big editor what knows every
dings in -
'No-gone to dinner" was the reply.
"Und he shall come back purity soou -
ain about two hours"
II can't wait so quick as dot haf to go
to funeral"
did you want anything?"
"Yes, wants to know Something's about
dot Peecher scandal. You zee, one day
about dree months ago fellow comes init
my saloon and he says: Did you hear
noddings about Mr.. Peecherg und 1 say
nix, und he say Mr.. Peecher shtole corn"
"Yes."
"Und der next day when / went home
my wife says; Did you hear noddlngs
about Mr.. Peecher?' Und she said Mr..
Peecher shtole dog"
"Yes."
"Und when was in der street-gar a man
says: Hello, Mr.. Ritterman, what you
dinks about Mr.. Peecher5" Und l says
no man can be goot man who will shteal
a dog. Und den everybody laughs und
winks, und don't know about it,"
"Yes."
"Und when l was in der Zty Hall a
man shtrikes me on der pack, und zays !:
Hello, old trent, is Mr.. Peecher guilty 2
ynd 1 said 1 dunno. und he said Mr..
Peeeher hiret man to blow up a schurch
init barrel Of bowder."
"Yes."
"Und den when vas in Dearborn a man
looks bretty sharp at me und says: You
lif in Dadroit don't your Und said
lif in Dadroit. Und he zays: What is
your shudgment on dot Peecher plsiness p
Und said holdings. Und he said Mr..
Peecher had fght nit zircus man.
"Yes."
"Und when my pig poy come home
from Doledo he say 'Fadder, what you
| dinks about dot Mr.. PeecherH' Und |
says 1 dunno, Hans. Und be says Mr..
Peeeher got some gloze und shumped der
dailor's bill"
ayes"
"Und when 1 goes home or in der street
| gar, or NIT my zaloon, or in der bost-ofiee
somebody say Something's about dot Peech-
er pisiness, and dunno. Who is dot Mr.
Peecher3 Where he lifH"
ale is a great preacher, and he lives in
Brooklyn"
"ZoH Und what he dor"
"He got one Of those tobacco boxes will
a needle in the cover, and carried II around
in his pocket. When a man tried to OpeI
it the needle went into his thumb abou
twenty-five feet"
SIS dot bossible3"
"Yes, and he had his vest pocket mad
so deep that a cigar would go clear out o
sight, and he kept it full and deceived th,
public"
"My zoul but is dot Zo2"
"Yes, and he keeps an old wildcat bill
in his wallet to lend out when a man want
to secure the loan of dollar for few min
utes."
"Vell DECLARES Ven a preacher shal
do like dot we shall wonder vat next. u
dot is der Peeeher pisiness, eh3 Ven veil.
Detroit Free Press.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-30
Wy Books.

All! well I love these books Of mine,
That stand so trinity on their shelves,
with here and there a broken line
(FAt "quartcs' jostling modest 'twelyes'0
euritus company, own;
The poorest ranking with their betters:
In briefs thing almost unknown
pure democracy-of letters.
A motley gathering are they;
Some fairly worth their weight in gold,
Some just too good to throw away,
Some scarcely worth the place they hold;
Yet well love them, one and al,
These friends so meek aud unottru I've,
who never fail to come at call,
Nor III scold them) turn abusiyri
II have fAyorites here and there,
And, like a monarch, pick aud choose,
never meet an angry stare
That this take and that refuse:
No discords rise my soul to ye1
Among these peaceful book-rcations,
Nor envious strife Of age or sex
To mar my quiet lucubratious.
And they have still another merit,
Which otherwhere one yainly seeks,
WhAteer may be an authors spirit,
He never uninvited speaks;
And should he prove fool or clown,
Unworth the precious time you're spending,
How quickly you can put him down"
or shut him up" without oGendiDgl
Here-pleasing sight.-the touehy brood
OF critics from dissension cease;
And, stranger still, no more at feud,
Polemics smile aud keep the peace.
See! side by side, all free from strife,
(save what the heavy page may smother)
The gentle Christians" who in life,
For conscience SAX had burned each other.
call them friends, these quie, books,
And Well the title they may claim,
Who always give me cheerful looks
(what living friend has done the same y
And, for companionship, how few,
As these, my cronies ever-prrsent,
OF all tho friends ever knew
Have been 50 useful and so pleasant
lJohn O. SAKE
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-30

CoUaHINd.-The best method Of easing
a cough is to resist 1t with all the force OF
will possible, until the accumulation OF
phlegm becomes greater; then there is
something to cough against, and II comes
up very much easier and with half the
coughing. A great deal of hacking, and
hemming, and coughing in invalids is
purely nervous, or the result Of mere hab-
it, as shown by the frequency with which
1t occurs while thepatient isthiAking about
it, and its comparative rarity when he is so
much engaged that there is no time to
think, or when the attention is impelled in
another direction.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-30
BICKFORD'S
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Completely Protected by "a Letter. Pat
ent ON the N ac hine and It's Products.
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LAST LIFETIMEl
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Complete, in from Fire 10 Ten Minutes!
Warranted to bs Ia Perfect Order and to DO last What
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readily learn to operate it.
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Is Represented
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oes with each Machine, from which any one ca
readily learn to operate it.

WYE offer this Knitting Machine to the public in
w the fullest confidence Of its absolute, unques-
toned superiority all machines Of the kind that
have ever been manufactured. 1t il intended to be
eminently and emphAtically Lf knitting
Machine, designed to meet completely Known
and oug-felt domestic want Its practical utility in
the manufacture " substantial hosiery in which it
stands without rival is Of course, its chief recon-
mendaton. But this is only out of the multphed
uses to which 1t may be applied. There scarcely an
article Of fancy apparel or household ornament that
cannot be made upon it with perfect facility and ease
The taste aud ingenuity Of the operator s the only
limit to the variety Of style and quality OF the work It
may be put to do.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-30
BRITTLEBORO
b lsiuegs Dtrertnrp.
Ndrtc, business and Location of the leading
business Houses ni BrGttie6oro.

NdRc, business md Location 9f the leading
business Houses ia BrGttteb0ro.
;5-cCr THIS OUT FOR REFERENcE.
Agricultural implements.
Z. F. THOMPSON Co, wilistons Stone Block.
WOOD y MARSHALL, Exchange Block Main street.
p. \. CLARK, Tyler's Block.
BoOLseIIers and statIOners.
CHENEY 3 CLAPP, Crosby Block
] STEEN, Fishers Block, Main st.
F.. g. EDWARDS, door north America u House.
Boots and shoes.
A. BOTNTON, Marshall & Esterbrook's block, NJ. st.
T. \. STEVENS, Fisks block, Main street, mp stairs
CIOthiers.
F. s. BRACKETT CO., X Granite Row.
ROOT \ McREAND, corner Main and High SITS.
II. Z. TAYLOR Union Bio k.
Carpets.
G. I. BROWN, Marshall EsterbroOk's block Main-st.
J. RETrING < son, Highest, next Brooks House.
.. J. PRATT, Granite Block.
Chamber sets.
c. L BROWN, Marshall Esterbruok's block Main-st.
J. RETTISG son, Highest, next Brooks House.
Coal.
F. K. VIZ, office with p Burrows.
Collins and Caskets.
c. L. BROWN, Marshall & Esterbrooks BIZ, Main st.
Contractor and Builder.
ALONZO CHURCH, Elliot street.
CrOrLery aud Glass Ware.
VI. I. VAN DOOHN, Crosby Block.
Dining Rooms.
E. L. COOPER Brooks House.
Doors, sash and Blinds
@. F. THOMPSON CO., Willistons stone Block.
D. A. CLAi'A' i!'e' D'''A'
, =, --,ro,,,- Z. 90 DTssS
H. q. WILLARD 4 20, / Brooks House.
NEWTON x ROSE, Main ST., opposite High St.
Dry GoOds.
r. bAhtoMs' nam nam a'rIyt' 9lpoai'e BROOKS HOUSE,
r-.,,-
, =, rt,o,,nso,5 = - tritifI, r.. Co.. p,..L
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-30

California, which have yet been found
reach only 450 feet, the average height be-
ing from 300 to 400 feet. Recent explora-
tions show that the great Australian trees
exceed in height, though not in clrcumfer-
ence, the giants Of California. a fallen
tree in the recesses OF Dandenong, Victo-
ria, was measured not long since, and found
to be 42O feet longs another, on the Black
Spur, ten miles from Healesyile, measur-
ed 4sO feet.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-30
Literary Department.
Have HHope.

Have HHOPe.
The following lines are respectfully inscribed
Mrs. Dana Warren on the death Of her husband
which occurred March IS, 1875:
You are not far from him you love;
Death is a narrow river;
One signal from the land above,
And We are DER forever.
And soon the living and the dead
Across the stream shall meet;
For life goes on with hurried tread,
And time has no retreat
But you are not alone dear friend;
Your husbaLd gone before
Is waiting in that better land
Till you shall leave the shore.
Then with a steady eye look up,
Nor from the prospect start;
Let courage, trust and lively hore
Live in your lonely heart
For those across me swelling stream
No look Of sadness wear;
No cloudy day, no troubling dream,
No lonely parting there.
Then for your dead let smiles, not tears,
And words Of faith be giveu
Far from your soul let doubts and fears
And vain regrets be driven.
Oh strive to bear this chastening rod,
with heart and hope above,
Until your summons comes from God
To meet the one you love. H.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-30
RRATTLEBoRO
Cleansing & Dyeing House,

South Main st. Opposite brattIeboro House.
Coats, Pants and Vests, and Ladies' sAeques and
ShAws Cleanaed, Dyed Pressed and Repaired. Dress
Goods, ETC., Dyed and Rennished- Coata, Pants and
Vests Cleansed And Dyed without ripping.
Z. L. HODGMAN.
BrAttleboro, VT, jan. l, 1878, as
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MOST USEFUL AND WON
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SIMPLE AND DURABLE IN CONSTRUCTION, EA.
silly KEPT IN REPAIR, AND WILL
LAST LIFETIME!

II Will KNIT Stocking, ,oith Heel and Toe
Complete, in from Fire 10 Ten Minutes!
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-10-04
Chalk.

1t is odd to think that a bit Of
chalk had to be brought all the way from,
Dover before it can make marks on your
walls; but it is wonderful to learn that
that bit of chalk is composed of the civ.
ira, or shells, Of myriads of little animals.
the globtgerene, that lived and died ip
the ocean, year after year, oge after age,
for hundreds of thousands Of years, and
then, solldifying into compact rock, were
pushed five hundred feet above the sur.
face Of the sea. The bed Of the English
Channel is supposed to be of solid chalk
many hundreds of feet thick, extending
over to France and cropping up near Par.
is. Through this soft material the con.
tempated tunnel is to be bored, the bill
authorizing the work having already been
passed through the House Of Commons.
There is scarcely trade or manulac.
ture, workshop or school, that doesn't
lind use for a bit of chalk. Great auap.
titles are ground up for whiting and put.
ty, and though it is humble material,
yet nothing supplies its place, There is
little or none found iu tais country all
that is used being imported from Eue-
land, either kiln.dried or in blocks as il
is quarried. at abont ten dollars ton
Com. BuHe, !.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-10-04
Some Queer Animals.

Before Columbus sailed so bravely of
out of sight of land, to discover the hall
o! the world that be fot sure was On the
other side, people had verv queer ideas
about tho countries that we're bevond En-.
rope. Animals so strange were though,
to inhabit them, that almost any story o
traveller chose to tell would bo believed
Such Creatures as Basiisks, Grifins
MerDaids, Sirens, Harrics, Ccrtaurs
Onlcorns, Phoenixes and Dragons, were
never seen by any one; but they were
written about in poems and stories. and
some OF them we're used in this way to
express various Symbolic meanings, SO
that, In writing al least, it seemed difficult
to get on without thcm One of tho most
absurd Of these animals was tho Bosilisk.
most unpleasant creature in every way,
and not ono that could possibly be made
a pet OF. People were silly enough to be.
lieVe that 1t came from an egg laid by a
very old cock aud hatched by toad. and
that it had cocks head and wings, /,
lizards body and tail, eight feet, and
wore kingly crown as monarch Of all
the serponts and dragons, who ran away
whenever it came near them. Its breath
was poison, and the fearful glare of its
eyes killed both animals and men when.
ever they encountered it.
The Basilisk, sometimes called the
Cockatrice, lived in tho deserts of Africa
1t could only live in a desert, for its
dreadful breath burned up everything
that grew and no animal would venture
near it except the weasel. who would
bravely fight with it. The weasel cot
the better Of the BasiIisk by eating an
herb called rue, which poisoned the mon.
ster when it bit him-but the poor little
weasel always died too.
When the BasiIsk WAS dead and burn.
ed to ashes, people took a little comfort
10 1t, tor the ashes we're said to turn all
kinds of metal into gold; and i. would
seem almost worth while to have live
Basili.k about for the chance of getting a
dead one.--N. Nicholas for October.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-10-04
A Faro Bank in Feiee.

Civilization is gradually penetrating t,
the Icmutv Iugiuus Ut the uaIth a faro
bank has been established ia Feiee, and
the natives arc fascinated with the game.
A somewhat sad incident is mentioned in
connection with the last match for the
championship A chief became deeply
Interested in game, the stakes for which
we're human beings fatted for the table
Luck seemed to 60 against tho chief for
be put up his servants aud lost. He did
not shed tear over his disaster. Then
he staked his unmarried sister and hi
wife's cousins; and the bank raked in his
chips. The infuriated chief then offered
his baby, and the owner of the bank had
it packed down in his ice chest in less
than fifteen minutes. Tho chief then BET
all oi his children successfully and lost :;
and then, having pambled away his wife,
he staked himself on the last chances,
and again bet on the wrong card. When
he had time to think it over, the chief
said he was convinced that gambling was
very wrong, and ought to be suppressed
by the authorities. But, before his friends
NV~ia gov " riu passcu, lie VAS hlneu auu
put IN cask to corn for the faro bank
man. a succession of peculiar succulent
free lunches made that establishment
very attractive to the Feojeeau epicures
for several months afterwards. The
name of the chiefs family no longer ap
pears in the directory. The faro bank
proprietor, however. is inclined to be be.
nevolcnt and he offers to make very lib.
era arrangements for Sunday schools.
Tie is now much interested 10 a missiona.
ry. whom he expects to entice into his
den. lie has ntimated to bis confidential
friends that if he can only get that mis-.
sionary to play one game, and bet tho in.
fant class. he will get up a supper that
will discount spring chickens entirely.