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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19
"A great hard.hip-An iron steamer.

"A great hardShip-An iron steamer.
The texts which dishonest people like
most are pre-terts.
The difference between the cook and
her lover is, the one cooks the meat, and
the other meets the cook.
"A new proverb: "The man who sets
out a single shade-tree is better than the
founder of baseball club"
The one thing, says Jean Paul, which
a maiden most easily forgets is how she
looks-hence mirrors were invented.
The cheapest umbrellas are borrowed
ones, and they make the borrower feel
cheap when attention is called to them.
Backyard cats in Cincinnati have a
wild and hunted look, and the bakeries
are filled with minee pies" says the vera
cious Enquirer.
They have turned over new leaf in
Chicago. Other qualifications besides keep
ing a saloon are now necessary to represent
the city in the legislature.
In former times, when a man was out
| Of business, and didn't know what else to
do, he would start out as travelling dem
tist. Now he goes TO Arkansas and sets up
as Governor.
Professor Huxley says "That man Is
only truly educated who has been so train
ed in his youth that his body is the ready
servant of his will, and performs with ease
and pleasure all the work, that, as a mech
anism, 1t is capable Of doing"
"A man who had saved the life of a
daughter ofa Boston millionaire, received
$3.50 from the grateful parent. He was so
overcome with the magnificent bounty that
he paid out every cent of it to seventeen
organ grinders TO simultaneously serenade
! his benelactor
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19
A wArER-F1NpER.-A New H.mpsb,r,

A WATER-FINDER.-A New Hampshire
correspondent says that Capt. John s. God
frey, OF Hampshire Falls, who has gone to
California to lacate wells, never fails in his
manifestations" as TO where water can be
found. He works thus: With nothing in
his hands, he walks over the ground until
the water, If any exists, is approached,
when he is affected with a nervous twitch-
ing in the limbs, which increases as the
water is neared, he all the time acting very
much like person with the bars of mag
netic battery in his hands, and following
the course Of the spring or stream, which
ever way it may lead, regardless of walls,
fences, or other obstacles, and seeming to
be controlled aud directed by some power
which heis unable to resist. Capt. Godfrey
claims no supernatural power in the ac-
complishment of his work, but declares it
to be simply sensitive organism or pow
erful current Of electricity in himself, so
powerful as to attract him irresistibly to
living streams and mineral deposits be-
meath the surface. During the late war he
located all the wells for the use of the
army under Gen. Howard's command,
andat Hampton Falls, N. H., where land
was rendered valueless for want of water,
he located streams which now supply all
needed demands.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19

Mr. BOtink's Amateur Fire brigade
Mr.. Bolink owns and runs a cooper shop
near the House of Correction, and as he
keeps dozen men at work he is bound 10
have his shop run on "system." The other
day ho was reading a newspaper article in
regard 10 the prevention of conhsgrations.
The article advised all employers to lay out
a regular programme of what should be
done when a fire was discovered in the
shop, and drill his hands until they under
stood it. lie bought fifty feet of hose for
the penstock, detailed a man to use II in
case of fire, and then instructed each other
man and boy just what they should do
when an alarm was given. One was to
roll out barrels, another to save tools, an
other to throw slaves through a window,
and each one knew exactly what to jump
for.
This was all right, and Mr.. Bolink had
good mind to cancel his insurance policies
and depend on his local fire brigade. Be-
fore taking this step, however, it occurred
to him to give his programme trial. He
had little curiosity to see If his employees
would spring TO their posts according to
instructions, and he studied out plan.
Yesterday morning be passed up stairs,
kicked pile of shavings together on an
old piece of zinc, touched a match to them,
and next minute ran down stairs crying
out:
"The shop is on fire! Firei fire ! fire ~
The man who was to use the hose grabbed
it up, threw It out of the window, and
;,, m uhn Gra ,,n1n ho
was heard three blocks of. The man who
was to save the tools threw an adj and hit
Mr.. Bolink in the back, and then hit him
again with a draw-shave.
As Mr.. Bolink was paving around on
the floor the man who was to save the
ready made work rolled five pork barrels
over him, kicked in the heads OF three
more, and then dug out through the back
door. One man saved piece of board six
feet long; another took up stave and
broke two windows before he fled, while a
third threw a hammer at the clock, uttered
| a wild shrek, and kicked open the side
| door.
In two minutes the shop was clear of
| every one but Mr. Bolink, and he was
crawling out from among the barrels when
steamer No. G came galloping down. The
smoke was rolling up through the roof, the
boys yelling "firer and the firemen were
determined TO save that cooper shop or per-
ish in the attempt. Mr.. Bolink heard
them calling to 'glt them hose around
hyar," and to "play her up to eighty-tive,' -
and he got to the door and shouted:
"Hold on, gentlemen, there is no fire
herol
"Git out'n the way p cried the pipemen
"yere's yer mineral waterv"
ITS only joke, gentlemen; there is
no" Mr.. Bolink was shou ting, when the
stream of water lifted him over the barrels
out of the back door, where he sat down
on a broken shave-horse until his cooper
shop had been filled with water, and the
shavings had burned out. During the az
ternoon yesterday his whole force were
engaged in emptying barrels, wringing out
draw-shaves, hanging broad axes up tc
dry, and otherwise getting the shop on &
working basis.-Detroh Free Press.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19
Literary Department.


said TO Myself
I said to myself, in my childhood's hours,
"How slowly old Time is crawlingi
How long, how long, from the spring-tide flowers
Till the autumn leaves are fallingi"
Aud forward looked through the futures haze
To womanhood's golden and perfect days,
When voices OF love through the worlds wide maze
My name should call In blessing.
I said to myself, in the summer time
OF my womanhood's completeness,
80 blossoms, blighted by deaths cold rimel
o bitterness mixed with sweetnessl
hopes that blossomed to fade and die
loves that fell from your places 30 high
friendships fitting when gold did fly
More fortunate ones caressingw
Now l say to myself in the autumn's glow,
20 heart, once faint and weary,
Why could you not know that the summers flow,
with its heat and its storms 30 droary,
Would bring yop the autumn with frutAgo ripe?
Would bring you surcease from sorrow aud strife
Sweet compensation to bless your life
With rich and tender bessingl'
And say to myself ITO the far Beyond
My longing spirit reaches,
To higher life, where the true and fond
A lovelier lesson teaches,
Where the fading springs nor the summer storms
Can dim our foreheads or blight our forms,
But love undying, with all its charms,
viii give us its true caressing'
MARY E. Nealy in Home Journal
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19

perience in such work. Once she deci-
phered s1s5,OOO out Of 100000 that had
been in the hold of burned ship for three
years, and Adams Express Company,
which was responsible for tho amount,
gave her $500 in acknowledgment of her
services. Another time she and her asso-
clates worked faithfully and long over
some bonds crazy cashier saw ct to throw
into the fire. The bank asked for only
100000, but the ladies picked out sl45,O 900 ;
whereupon the directors, with reckless eX-
travagance, presented the committee with
S20-about four dollars apiecel
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19

THE zENANA MIssIoN.-A curious and
significant feature Of the mission work in
India is what is known as the Zenana Mis-.
sion. Zenana is the name given to the In
ner or womAn's apartment Of the houses
OF high caste In India. The inmates ol
these zenanas cannot go out except in q
closed palanquin or carriage, and closely
yelled. Their rooms are bare aud unfurn-
ished, their minds are left without knowl-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19

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 is intended to be
eminently and emphaticaly l LH Knitting
Machine, designed to meet completely known
and lOng-fet domestic want Its practical utility IN
the manufacture of substantial hosiery, in which II
stands without rival is of course, its chief recon-
mcndation. But this is only ont of the multiplied
uses to which 1t may be applied. There s scarcely an
article Of fancy apparel household ornament that
cannot be made upon it with perfect facility and ease
The taste and ingenuity Of the operator is the only
limit to the variety Of sty and quality Of the work 1t
may be put to do.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19
FOrget-M e-NOt.

Blue eyes, clear eyes,
Tender as the summer skies;
Shaded DER by sunny hair,
Like finest gold, so bright and fair.
Blue flowers, fair flowers,
Blooming through the sunny hours,
With cup Of gold, yellow dot
SO blooms tho flower forget-me-not.
Blue skies, clear skies,
There see her tender eyes:
And the sunlight, bright and fair,
Falls As did her golden hair.
Blue eyes, gold hair,
Both are lying still and fair;
Over them the sky Of blue,
Like her eyes 30 clear and blue.
Sunlight falls there
Golden sunlight like her hair;
And II lights little spot
Where blooms the flower forget-me-ni
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19
The World !. What We Make It.

I've seen some people in this life
Who always are repining,
Who never, never yet could see
The storm-eloud's silver lining.
There always something is amiss,
From sunrise to its setting;
That Gods hand made their map Of life
They seem the while forgetting.
And have seen pleased sight
TO sin-beclouded vision,
Some people who, where'er they be,
Make earth seem an ElysiAn.
They always see the brightest side
The direful shadows never
Ard keep the flower OF hope in bloom
within their hearts forever.
The one can make the sunniest day
Seem vondrous sad and dreary;
The other smiles the clouds away
And makes a dark day CHEEKY.
This life Of ours is, after all,
About a. we shall mako it.
II We can banish grief and care,
Let's haste to undertake II.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19

RESULT OF PATERNAL DISCIPLINE ON A
DETROIT BoY-ANoRY THOUGHTS IN A
wooDsHED-A FOND FAREWELL ALL
AROUND,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19

He was one ofthat kind boys who need
a good whipping about twice per week, but
who think they ought not to be whipped
more than once in two years. His amuse-
ment was sliding down hill on nothing,
bluffing some boys, and preparing Cayenne
pepper lozenges for unsuspecting cats. He
was often heard to remark:
"Things has got 10 git up'n howl when
Leonidas is around"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-19

d. d. HARRIS, President,
c. +. THOMPSON, Treasurer,
j. l.. SIaoNDs, Mfg. Supt.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-11-24
The LEGISLATURE

Is now in session, and much interest
will be manifested as to what is to
come of it. The common opinion IS
that it will be al important session,
and that many of the reforms promised
so readily and frequently will be car
ried out. This is the hope, and we
trust that it may not be disappointed.
We confess that our faith in the pro-
misses made is not very strong, still we
hope. The position taken by the
Governor is encouraging, and the con-
fdence reposed in him leads to the
belief that be will not forfeit his
plighsed word, to do all in his power
to retrieve some of the evils under
which the State labors. We hope
that he is sincere.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-11-24
Editorial Review.

The Ne1cs &: Courier correspondent
says that Mr. Jas. \. Hoyt has sold
his interest in the Anderson Intelll-
gencer, to Mr.. Preston Butler, and
that it is his intention to remove to
Charleston. This needs confirmation.
Abbeyille is to be blessed with the
music of a Silver Cornet Band, the
musicians now being engaged in prac-
ticiDg. If they DO not hold together
better than the Newberry Comets,
their labor will be in vain.
The Spartanburg Herald Of the
18th says: Since last Thursday night
the town of Due West has been pick
eted by q large force of her citizens to
thwart the designs Of set of scoun-
drels who have threatened to burn up
the place. This threat was made
known in an anonymous letter to one
Of the prominent citizens of the place
under postmark of Abbeville. seve'
raj theories are entertained.
Col. Henry l. Caughman, Of Lex
ington, died on Saturday, the 18th,
at the advanced age Of IS years. He
Was native Of that County, and
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-11-24
Blue Ridge Railroad.

At the meeting in Walhalla, on the
I'd Instant, in the interests Of the
Blue Ridge Railroad, resolutions were
adopted which embody plan of ac-
ton to promote its construction. Ap-
plication is to be made to the l.egisla-
lures of the several States for per-
mission to make subscriptions. A
mass meeting was agreed to be held
in Knoxville, Tennessee, on the 10th
of January. An executive committee
was appointed, and also committee
to present the claims of this road to
Congress. Several gentlemen addressed
the meeting, and letters were read
from Governor Chamberlain, ex-Gov.
Perry, Hon. J. L. Robinson, Speaker
of the House of Representatives of
North Carolina, and Judge Reed.
From Mr.. Robinscn's letter we take
what we regard as a practical sugges::
ton Of value. He writes:
The State of North Carolina has
near 600 able-bodied convicts that can
be employed on the public works. She
will in short time have near 500
of them at work in Western North
Carolina. With the labor of 100 con-
victs furnished by each of the States
of South Carolina, Georgia, North
Carolina and Tennessee, the grading
of this road in these States respective
ly might be done in twelve months,
excepting the heaviest tunneling.) }
Could not Anderson, Ocouee, Rabun
and Macon, with some assistance from
the counties adjacent, feed, guard aud
provide for this labor for tine neces-
sary in prosecuting this work? It is
apparent, gentlemen, while State credit
is PROSTATE, that We must rely mainly
upon local and private effort. If we
do not show a disposition to act and
help ourselves We need not expect
anything from abroad.
Mr. John R. Cochran, Senator from
Anderson County, offered resolutions
looking to the use of convict labor,
which were adopted:
ResoIred, That in the judgment of
this meeting the convict labor of this
State should be utilized for the public
benefit and should be used in aiding
the completion of this road, in which
the people have so large an interest.
Resolved, That the Legislature of
this State be memorialized at the
coming session, to allow the labor of
the convicts to be so applied, and that
the Governor be requested to recon-
mend such application, if in his judg-
ment it is wise and proper.
This is an important interest, and
the action taken at the above meeting
is significant and to the point, and
shows that the necessities which de-
mand the accomplishment Of SO great
benefit to the State are being appre-
ciated. It is hoped that no effort
will be spared, now that the ball is set
in motion, and that all the help posi-
bic will be given. We believe that
the people of this section realize the
Importance of a connection Of this
kind with the great West, and that
they will not prove laggards.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-11-24
SALE Or VALUABLE Land,

The two following named tracts of land,
living on the waters of Heller's creek and
Broad river, will be sold by the Heirs al
Law of Jabez G. Lake, deceased,
ON MONDAY, 9th of DECEMBER, SALE
DAY,
In front of the Court House. during the
legal hours Of sale.
Tract No. l, contains
Three Hundred Acres,
more or less, and is bounded by lands OF
VIM. R. Hentz, Estate Of Daniel Hughey
and others. On this tract are between
Fifty and One Hundred
Acres Fine Bottom Land !;
a Large Two-story Brick
Dwelling,
And all other necessary outbuildings.
Tract No. 2, known as the Old Place,
also contains
Three Hundred Acres,
more or less, and is bounded by lands OF
the Estate Of Elijah Wedeman, deceased.
Estate of Jacob Leitzy, deceased, lands Of
John J. Dreher, Mrs. Lucy Hendricks and
others.
Terms made known on day of sale.
ANY one wishing to examine the LANDS
will be shown over the same by Mr.. j. A.
Cannon, or Mr.. E. J. Lake.
TH0S. u. LAKE.
Nov. 5, 44-5t.
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THE GER nj AN
INITIATION 4 HUMBUG !

We have inflated a
few of our frie nd S
through the dull Sum-
mer months, by giving
them credit. We now
need our money. Your
crop is made and gath
ered---don't sneak a.
round the corners to
spend your cash, but
come up and settle
with us like honest
men. We wish to join
the contraction, hard
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McFALL & POOL.
Nov. "a, Aft.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-11-24

practiced as lawyer many years. He
served in the Mexican war: under un-
der Capt. DeSaussure, Of Richland,
prior to which he vas honored with a
seat in the State Senate, and subse-
quently served as a member of the
House. He was brave and gallant
citizen.
"Three hundred barrels of whiskey"
are advertised in city paper, "war-
ranted to give satisfaction" and we
have no doubt but that it will to those
who drink it. But the question is will
the satisfaction be general, will the
wives, daughters and friends be salts
fed. Warranted to give satisfaction
in horn, and only to those who
take horn. No one doubts the puri-
ty Of the whiskey or its value, but it
cannot give general satisfaction. Some
body will come to grief.
A terrible accident occurred on the
Charlotte, Columbia aud Augusta
Rail Road, on the night of the 18th.
The night passenger and a train of
empty cars were proceeding in the
same direction at the rate of twenty
miles an hour, the passenger train
in the lead. When near the Pine
House the passenger train stopped at
a sideling, when the other bulged on
and the engine telescoped the ladies
car, killing one, bright and beauti-
full child, six years old, son of VIM.
Nightingale, of Georgia, and inHicting
severe wounds on many others. 1t
was miracle that no other lives were
lost.
The letter of Senator J. R. Coch-
ran to the General Assembly, which
will be found in this paper, meets
with pretty general approval. 1t is
an important letter, and the measures
proposed by him cannot fail to impress
the minds of those to whom it is par
ticularly addressed. The suggestions
come in good time too, perhaps better
now than at any period in the late
past, and judging from the reception
the letter has received, it is augured
that it will be productive of good
The demand for better government
is growing stronger. The party in pow
er acknowledge it and see that with
out change for the better their
waning power will be gone forever.
If the Senator can work his spirit into
his party he will do good.
Several of our exchanges say that
the reason Why the State Fair did not
succeed better is that the management
was afraid to use printers ink. We
are slightly inclined to the same op'n-
ion. Another assigns as reason, the
absence of horse racing. Others that
money was scarce, and that the various
County Fairs had exhausted the means
and dulled the interest, and that rail-
roads did not do the right thing by
reducing fares. Only one advertised
a reduction. The Register says that
saw dust shows are afforded more IA
cilities than agriculturists and me-
chauics, and it is even so. The men,
bers of the Legislature for four years
have enjoyed free passes, the roads
being put at their disposal. And
then the business men of Columbia
did not put forth proper efforts to
make the Fair attractive or to attract
visitors. All these things combined
with the absence of printers ink,
made it a failure.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-11-24

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