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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-03-10
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VEGETINE
Purifies the Blood, Renovates and In
vigorates the Whole System.
Its Medical Properties arc
ALTERNATIVE, TONIC, SOLVENT AND
DIURETIC.

vEoErIsE 10 made exclusively from the juices Of
carefully-solected bArks, roots and herbs, and SO
strongly conceI raed that II will eectualy eradicate
from the system every faint Of scrofua scrofulous
Humor Tumors, Cancer, Cancerous Humor, Erysip-
elias, Salt Rheum, syphiltic Diseases, Canker Faint
at the Stomach and all diseases that arise from
impure blood. SclAtica, InhammRtory and Chronic
rheumatism, Neuralgia, Gout and Spinal Complaints,
only be efectuAlly cured through the blood.
For Ulcers and Eruptve Diseases Of the Skin, Pus-
tules Pimples, Botches Boils letter, scaldhead and
Ringworm, Vegetine has never failed TO effect per-
mhnent cure.
For Pains in the Back, Kidney Complaints Dropsy,
Female Weakness, Lsucorrhpa arising from internal
liberation and uterine diseases and general debility,
Vegetine acts directly upon the Of these COM
plants. II inygorates and strengthens the whole
SYSTEM acts upon the secretlve organs allAys nhAm-
nation, cures liberation and regulates the bowels.
For CatArrh, Dyspepsia, Habitual Costiyeness Pal
pitAtion Of the Heart Headache, Piles, Nervousness
and General Prostitution Of the Nervous System, no
medicine has given such perfect satisfaction as
the Vegstine. 1t purihes the blood cleanses all Of
the organs, and possesses controlling power over
the nervous system
The remarkable cures effected by vegetino have in
duced many physicians and Apothecaries whom we
know TO prescribe aud II In their own families.
In fact, Vegetine Is the best remedy yet discovered
for the above diseases, and lie the only reliable
BLOOD PURIFIER yet placed before the public.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-03-10
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
ESTATE OF DAN AIATHER.

L5IAIL OF DIN MAIHtH.
The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Hon. Probate Court for the District Of Marlboro
commissioners to receive, examine and adjust all
claims and demands Of all persons against the estate
OF Dan Mather, late of Marlboro in said district,
deceased, and all claims exhibited in offset thereto
hereby give notice that will meet for the purposes
aforesaid at the dwelling house Of A. NJ. Prouty in
August next, from until O'Clock, P. M, each Of
ssla ana that siH
is the time limited by the said court for said creditors
to present their claims to for examination and al
lowance.
1875.
ALBERT NJ. PRoUTY,
CLARK L. ADAMS,
Commissioners.
W. ". Lynde, Admir-.
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
ESTATE OF WILLIS CUTTING.

ESTATE OF WILLIS CUTTING.
The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Hon. Probate Court for the District OF Marlboro Com
missiopers to receive, examine and adjust all claims
aud demands Of all persons against the estate Of Willis
Cutting, late of Wilmington In said district deceased
Apd all claims exhibited in Offset thereto hereby give
notice that we will meet for the purposes aforesaid at
the late dwelling house of said deceased the 20th
day Of March and 10th day Of August next, from
O'Clock until O'Clock, P. M, each OF said days,
.................... and that six months from the
l4th day Of February A. d. 1876 is the time limited
by said Court for said creditors to present their claims
to us for examination and allowance.
Dated at Wilmington this 10th day Of February,
A. d. 1876.
II. II. wINCHESTER,l
JOEL LYMAN, Comm.ssloners
CHAUNCEY SMITH,
NJ. r. CROSBY Admir-.
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
ESTATE OF EMERSON MORSE.

hSAhAb Of EMEhbON AOhSE.
Theundersgned having been appointed by the Hon.
Probate Court for the District OF Marlboro Commits
sioners to receive, examine and adjust all claims and
demands OF all persons against the estate of Emerson
Morse, late Of Newfane in said district deceased
and all claims exhibited in Offset thereto hereby
give notice that we will meet for the purposes afore-
said at the late residence of the deceased in Newfane
on the 9th day Of April and let day of August next
from one O'Clock until fve O'Clock p NJ. each Of said
days. and that six months from the 9th day Of Feru
airy, A. D. 1876, is the time limited by said court for
said creditors to present their claims to us for ex
animation and allowance.
Dated at Newfane, this first day Of March A d.
1876.
EMORY DUNKLRE,
d. o. STRATTON,
10 Commissioners.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-03-10

Gross and sickIy Children can be made
healthy and strong by reg ulatng their stomnchs and
bowels with CagroriA 1t is more effective than Cas-
tor Oil and is pleasant to take honey. For Wind
Collie, Sour Stomach, Worms and CostiveneSs, there
is nothing in existence equal to Castoria.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-03-10
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
ESTATE OF SAMUEL PARSONS.

The undersigned having been appointed by the
Hon. Probate Court for the District Of Marlboro,
commissioners TO receive examine and all claim
and deme II oil persons against the Estate Of Sam
uel Pa ons late Of Vernon in said district deceas-
ed, and all claims exhibited in Offset thereto hereby
give notice that will meet for the purposes
aforesaid at the late dwelling house Of said deceased
IN vernon on the ooh day Of April and Goth day OF
august next from O'Clock, r. NJ, until 4 O'Clock
n M each of said days, and that six months from
tue 10th day OF February, A. ID. 1876, is the time
limited by said Court for said creditors to present
their claims to us for examination and allowance
Dated at Vernon, this I'd day Of March, A. d. 1876.
N. p. CHAPLIN
ALFRED s. BROWN,
Commissioners.
Jas. Z. Franklin, Admir-. 10
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New York, Mar. 7. Money loaned at 26al per cent.
ON call. Gold closed at ia 49, Government bonds
steady The followingar the closing quotations:
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-03-10

why will you suffer from rheumatism,
sprains, Stiff Joints, Swellings, Burns, scalds, or
Weak Back, W hen the CentAur Eminent affords GER
tain relief Many articles Eoothe pain to = certain
extent, but the Centaur Liniment curea. The White
Lniment is fol the human family the Yellow Lini-
ment is for horses and animals.
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CAN BE
SUCCESSFULLY
TREATED
without the use Of the
KNIFE OR CAUBTICS,
And without pain. Address
DR.. A. II. BROWN,
2OS CHAPEL ST.,
NEW HAVEN, CONN.,,
Enclosing twenty-five eta.
for Pamphlet 4 Postage.
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Births.

In westmoreland n. H., March 8, son to Mr.. and
Mrs. A. p. Richardson.
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FERTILIZERS!
Co.'s PHOSPHATE.
Chicago BONE meal.
NOVA SCOTIA PLASTER.

The above will be ready within this week, and FARM
ers will mako a saving by taking them by Sledding-
If we have any.
II is the BEST fertilizer in the maaket.
Our Bone Meal is the same We have sold for several
years, and needs only to be tried to be valued.
Our Phster Is the pure Blue Nova Scotia, and has
been ground since February LIST.
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PencII Phtent Yard MeaBnrei and piece OF JeNeIfy.
Single package, with pair Of elegant Gold Stone Sleeve
Buttons, post paid, IS cts, for S1O0 This package
has been examined by the publisher o. the The YER
mont Phmnix aud found as represcnted-worth the
money. Watches given away to all Agents. Circulars
free BRIDE A CO.. T65 broadway. New York.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-12-06
i" The BEST PLASTER. y
" AN EXCELLENT PLASTER
SOLD BY ~ DRUGGIST

Price * cents. Scat ny raail. csrcfrily VIA, I.
rpceipv OF % cents for one s. - for SIX cr =.
Twelve. 81 WEEhs s. POTTER, PropTiet0Es- -
AAss-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-12-06

The owner of the dog told me the
story, and deem it well worth re-
peating. The animal was pure New
roundland and brought up to care for
his master and his masters family ;
but. like his noble species. it was his
wont to care for everything that really
needed and deserved his care.
One evening the gentleman went to
the theater, sitting in private box,
and taking his fayorite dog with him.
In the course of the drama. which
verged Slightly upon the sensational,
the stage became the scene of fierce
dark visSaged rutfians' for the pos
session of little child. One of the
rutiians had grasped the woman's
shoulder from behind, and the other
was about To tear the child from her
frantic grasp. when a new and unex-
pected actor appeared upon the scene.
Good Neptune, from his masters
hcN, had seen about all of that kind of
work he cared 10 see. and had evident
" only been waiting for good men,
where there appeared SO many,
he saw the ruilian'S hands upon
the child he cleared the railing of
the box ut a bound. and lighted on
the stage. and nj the first onset he
fairly knocked the aforementioned
" heavy man" off his pins. thus set
ting free the child. His next atten-
tiOn was bestowed upon Tutlian num-
her two, whom he was dragging down
upon the stage, when the Scene-Shift-
erS and property-men came to the
rescue. But not until tile owner of
the dog had come upon the stage and
the two ruitans had left the mother
and child in peace, could the noble
animal I've Subdued.
The gentleman of The box tried 90
explain To the audience, bat there WAS
mo- need. They understood fully. and
the noble Newfoundland received
round after round ol applause. up-
roariouS and hearty. ". +. Lafger.
Tho present average attendance
ou the Chicago schools is &>.o14
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-12-06
Memorable Floods and Earthquakes In
History.

The awful calamity in Bengal, in
telligence of which comes to us by
cable. is unparalleled in history. A
number of islands lying about the
estuary of the River Megna, which. in
part of its course, is identical with the
BrahmapOOtra, were entirely sub
merged by a storm-wave on the 3lst
Of October. and nearly all their lnhab-
itants were destroyed. AS the wave
swept onward for five or six miles in
land and as one island alone-Dakhin
Shahabazpore-had IA population of
100000 souls, probably not less than
go, 900 human beings were over
whelmed in the catastrophe. With
the exception of the great earthquake
at Antioch, in $50 A. d., in which,
according to Gibbon, 100000 people
persisted, history affords nothing like
so wholesale a destruction as this.
The only other convulsion of nature
which can be compared To these is the
great earthquake of 1888, in Calabria,
which probably caused the death of at
least 100, 200 people, and was felt dis
tnctly in a large part OF Europe.
Originating under the center of Gala
bria the disturbance passed under the
sea, and rolled up mount hin of water,
which destroyed the city of Mes
slna. On the morning of November
|, 1888, an earthquake threw down the
principal part of Lisbon; The sea re-
tired, leaving the bar dry. and then re-
turned in a wave fifty feet high. IN six
minutes 10000 people persisted. The
battle OF Actium was fought thirty
one years before the Christian era,
while the ground rolled and. rocked
under the feet of the soldiers on land
as they watched the sea fight iii which
they could take no part. This convul-
sion of nature destroyed about 10000
people. In 1912 10000 persons per-
ished in similar manner ut Caracas
OF memorable foundations the follow
ing are noted down: In the early part
of the fifteenth century the sea broke
in ut bort, Holland, and drowned
Seyenty-two villages and over 100000
people, and about hundred years
afterwards general inundation,
caused 10y the failure of the dykes in
Holland. is said to have destroyed
400, 900 souls. II is not too much to
say that within historic times recorded
calamities by lood and earthquake
have killed of between 1000. 900 and
5000. 900 people. OF all that have oc-
Cured in recent years, the hood in
Bengal is 10y far the most disastrous. -
y. \. GT0Dhic.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-12-06

5000 were drowned. The coast at
this point is entirely fiat and low, bear
ing the same relation to the ocean that
our prairies do to the lake. The land
is cultivated for rice and cotton like
other bottom lands, is penetrated by
bayous and rivers, and stretches back
upon IA perfect level to the mountain
ranges. The monsoons set in about
the middle Of October, and this year
have blown with terrific violence. On
the night of Oct. 81 no danger was
feared, although the storm was
raging with great severity, but
one hour later huge wave TWEEN
ty feet in height and miles in
length, followed by smaller rollers,
came tearing in from the sea with the
swiftness of "a race-horse. Every hui
man being who could not escape to the
tops of the trees was drowned. The
houses, which are low, one-story
structures, were smashed like egg
shells and swept away. Cattle and all
other animals were drowned. Moth
ing was left that the huge tidal-wave
struck, except trees here and there.
One may form some conception of the
awful scene by imagining some terri
bic whirlwind lifting up wave on
Lake Michigan twenty feet high,
stretching from the north to the south
limit of the city, and in an instant of
time engulfing Chicago and drowning
over two-thirds of its people, "A calam-
| ity compared with which our fiery
visitation would appear insignificant.
| II adds to the terror of the event that
| the stencil from the putrefying bodies
has developed cholera among the sur
vivors, and that famine has also added
its ravages to increase the fearful and
pitiable condition of these people. In
all the world record Of horror, in all
the ravages of fire, earthquake, or
even the bloodiest wars, it is hardly
possible to recall anything SURPRISING
this Indian horror. -Chic0go Tribune.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-12-06
Religious.
A LAMP TO THY FEET AND A
. LIGHT TO THY PATH.

A LAMP to thy feet--not q splendor
Lighting the hills afar;
Not radiance-solsmn and tender
or moonlight, or glimmer Of star.
All around may be shrouded In shadow
And dimness and mist Of the night
But be II DER mountain or meadow
Before us the path shall be light
Not light with the glow of the morning
Flooded with sunshine sweet.
Not cen the faint CLEAN Of the dawningg
Nay. only lamp to the feet!
Ii all the long road stretched in wilderness.
And wide fields smiled to the day.
Should we move swiftly on in the brightness
Or linger and dream by the ways
He knoweth, who, guiding the stranger
Safely in darkness and hight,
Has hidden the glory and danger
Alike from our wandering sight.
He knoweth, who, walketh before us
Bearing the gimmering lamp,
How somber the shade that hangs o'eru
How we shiver and shrink in the damp
For His locks are wet with the night-dews,
His feet are bleeding and torn,
As, wearying under our burden.
He treads in our pathway the thorn.
Though His lamp light one step. and one only
There's the mark of His loot in the sod
Though the way be thorny and lonely,
1t ends in The bosom of God.
Mary Lore Dickinson. IL Christian Union.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-12-06
The TaraiAula.

The tarantula is a species of spider,
and is said 10 have received its name
from the city of Tarentum. in Italy,
near which II is found in great abund-
ance. But there are many species of
these large spiders, some Of which in
nahlt our Southern States. California
and Mexico. We have frequently re-
crNed specimens from our correspond
ent IN Texas. some of great size, their
legs spreading fully FIVE inches. which
gives them a very formidable appear
mce, The American and European
species of the tUautula are not only
quite similar IN appearance, bat their
habits also are nearly the same. Val
eta. an Italian monk. who had many
opportunities Of observing these Spi-
ders. puhliS ga a very accurate history
of them iu 1905 The bite OF these
spiders is reputed to be exceeding
~ poisonous, hut the 3gyontsu of death
from this cause are probably greatly
exaggerated through fear ans. frequent
repetitiouS ot the same story. The
peasants OF Italy have q mr.hnd of
getting the tarauua ou, OF his hole in
order to destroy G.m Theirplan is To
make q soft, kissing noise through a
straw. The creature is attracted hy
thc sound and probably thinking some
'UrNle>s iuSey. is within its reach.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-12-06
Comfort for Uneasy Stomachs.

That Incompatible ant-dyspeptic cordia
carminativc and appetizer, hostetter
Stomach Bifters, yields comfort TO the VI
easy stomach with degree Of prompitud
most gratifying to the victim of indigestiO.
The eradication of dyspepsia by the Bitter
is, of course, accompanied by the disappea.
ance of every one of its multifarious. an
pulling symptoms, among which may b
mentioned as the most prominent, hear
burn, tatulence, abdominal oppression afte
eating, and sinking at other times, papits
tons Of the heart, water brash, vertigo
sick headache and nausea. Hostetteri
Bitters tone and regulate the various Organs
ton, secretion and evacuation, fortify TIL
system against malarious fevers and develoI
in the enfeebled system fresh stores
vitality. In efficacy, as in popularity, the
surpass any tonic or regulating medicine
the age.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-12-06
Gather Pure Ice.

No one should know more about
ice, whether pure or otherwise than
those who live in Canada, consequent
ly we are inclined to think the Canada
Farmer is about right in saying that
some books on Arctic travel are an
swerable for the widespread notion
that ice is pure and fresh when formed
on water, no matter how impure or
salt. 1t may be the fact that the ice
itself is chemically pure, but if that
ice holds in suspension filth or salt
which will combine again with the
water on the melting of the ice, then
the notion that such ice is pure is for
all practical purposes delusion and a
sham. Rather than propagate such
stories, it were better, even if on that
account alone, such books had not
been written.
An epidemic of fever and diarrhpa
at one of the hotels at Rye Branch this
summer has been clearly traced to the
ice. This had been procured from a
pond of which the outlet had in recent
years been closed by sand and stones
washed up from the sea, the pond thus
bttollllIlS vi
mud and sawdust, there being two
mills on the stream above. The
ice was subjected to chemical analysis,
and was found to contain putrescent
vegetable matter. The hotel stopped
using this contaminated ice, and there
was an end to the sickness among its
boarders.
In these days when so many farm
ers chat there may be more of them
is our wish put up ice for home or
dairy use, it will be we'll for them to
bear this fact in mind. If the water
of "A pond is unfit to drink, the ice
made from that water is unfit to use
for cooling purposes, except when the
ice is outside the vessel containing the
articles that are desired to be cooled.
City people will also do well to ascer-
tain something about the source from
which their ice-man draws his sup
plies We believe it to be scandalous-
~ filthy in some instances. -Rur0l
NelC Yorker.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-12-06

until l could hear the echo of the aoo,
The audience does not know Who, :
is talking about, and he does not know ne
either. The only cheerful part Of b'
sermon is when he gets through. Nov.
when men are genuinely learned ia,
are simple in phraseology and manns,
/ never knew an exception to tba.
But.a little learning will often mai 10 :
man swell beyond all reasonable prone,
lions. Oh. drop your sesquipedal;ar
phraseology. and use short. sharn
plain words. have seen a Lake r.
water twenty feet deep, so clea,
that if you dropped silve,
half dollar to the bottom Won conI5
see it. And there is such a tbina
as being deep and clear at the SANG
time. An Englishman crossed the
Channel to France. and was exceed
ingly disturbed by the fact that h.
could not understand a word of tbs
French language. He was met at ths
depot by Frenchman and the drive,
of the cab talked to him in Frencb
When he got to the hotel he found
nothing but the French LANGUAGE
there; and a man, with French Ian
guage, took him to bed at night, and
he was almost exhausted because If
his incapacity to understand anytlino
that was being said to him, and in sad
mind he went to sleep. In the morn
ing he woke up and heard the chant
cleer crow, and he said, "Thank good
ness. there's some English at last"
And what a relief it is, after hearing
ing some men talk in learned techn
calities, foreign to our capacity, 10
suddenly hear something the plainest
people can understand | know only
of one use for words, and that is to le,
men know what you mean. Christian
at Work.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-12-06
hastens to seize it. when he meets his

hastens to seize it. when he meets his
human foe $50
Wonderful stories are often related
Of the foreclosures OF the tarantulas
of Texas, the Mygdle Hentzt OF natu-
ralists, but so far as these stories as
sert that the tarantula is disposed to
attack human beings, we set them
down as mere fancy or the effect ct
an excited imagination, although we
have no doubt but that they would
bite if roughly handled. But the Ia
rantulas have a very formidable and
deadly foe in large and powerful
wasp known as the Pepsis .fornOsa OF
Say. This tarantula-killer is one OF
the many species OF digger-WaSpS
which bury their victims in holes in
the earth as food for their own young
or Larvae. The spiders are stored up by
these wasps in a paralyzed state, but
not actually killed, and SO soon as the
wasp eggs hatch, the grubs commence
feeding upon the imprisoned tarantu-
In. Some of our Northern species of
mud-wasps use the smaller species of
spider for the same purpose, and the
increase of spiders is kept in check by
the much-hated wasps. Many boy
who reads the Rural has probably
been puzzled to know how the spider
came in the wasp nests which he has
found attached to the rafters OF the
barn or other out-building, and what
they are put there for, but by carefully
looking among the spiders, wasp egg
or the grub Matched therefrom can usu-
ally be found, and this will explain the
mystery. -Rudl Neac Yorker.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-12-06

IN the article on the success of tn
South Pass jetties, the New Orlean
Picayat1e says: This long-looked an,
hoped-for desideratum, IAN open rive
mouth, seems at last to be near of ac
complishment, and we take pleasure il
congratulating the merchants of ou
city on the prospect of the revival o
their business interests which must re
suit therefrom."
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-12-06
The AWfully Profound Minister.

liz deals in MISUNDERSTANDING
about the laws of perception. the sys-
tenn OF consequences. hypothesis, peri
patetic doctrines and apaloEetics. UNI
til his audience can hardly see their
hand before their face, He has a
learned way OF clearing his throat. a
learned WAY of employing his pocket
handkerchief have heard him cough
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-12-06

OF the sugar crop the New Orlean
Times of recent date says: 9TH
prospect is, from present indication,
remarkably fine, not only for a goo
yield, but for good quality, good pric,
and economy in taking off the croI
The yield of mOlasses will not be S
great, but the quality will be bette
than usual"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-12-06

The present average attendance
POD the Chicago schools is E>.us4.