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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-06-02
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Mrs. Bristow Is little above medium
height; her figure is slight and wilowy,
every motion is graceful, and the small
hand is beautifully poised. She has fash
ion OF sitting or standing with her head
slightly on one side, like bird. There
are masses of wavy brown hair matching
the brown eyebrows and browner eyes.
The pretty chin has mite ofa dimple, and
the mouth is every way sweet. Gentle aud
loving you know her nature must be, the
moment you see her.
She was born in ,Elizabethtown, Ken
lucky. Her parents dying in her child
hood, she was "raised" (as they say in the
South) by her uncle. Her maiden name
was Briscoe, prefaced by the old-fashioned
ABBY" Somehow that quaint name suits
her thoroughly. Did you ever know an
Abby who wasn't sweet and womanly?
In that old Kentucky town lived the grand
mother Of the future secretary. or fcourse,
the boy visited her, and meeting the pret-
ty, dark-eyed girl, her image fixed ITSELF
till the education of both being completed,
Miss Briscoe became Mrs. Bristow. Twen-
ty years, she will tell you, have passed
and trust; twenty years of quiet, un-
evenGul life, except during the war, and
the more recent distinction OF her pres
ent position. During her husbands alb,
sence in the army Mrs. Bristow spent
much of her time at her chldhood's homo.
There is no truth whatever in the current
sensational story of a rupture between her
father and her husband on account of his
Union principles. Her father had been
dead for many years, and with her uncle,
who had been as a father, Mr.. Brislow had
always the 'pleasantest relations. When
The war broke out Mr.. Bristow at once
raised a regiment, and fought-how gall
iantly and loyalty history can tell.
Mrs. Bristow has two children. Miss
Mamie is al school near Paris, perfecting
herself in accomplishments which can be
better taught there, while the son, though
only fifteen, is nearly fitted to enter col
lege. He is at present a member of the
preparatory school at Princeton. AS hos
tess Mrs. Bristow is very charming. Their
house, (rented already furnished,) is one
of pretty row facing Franklin Square.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bristow are Presbyterians,
attending Rev. DIR. Mitchell's church. One
little bit of character shows itself in the an
swers given TO visitors who call al inconve-
nient hours. or course, there are crowds
who come even upon the days which are
supposed TO be the lady's own, and Mrs.
Bristow could never have moments pri-
vacy did she receive every one. The con-
ventional falsehood, mot at home," is ca
silly spoken and conclusive, but Mrs Bris-
tow instructs her footman TO say, "She is
at home, but is engaged and wishes to be
excused!" That in Washington is an un-
usual manifestation of conscientiousness.
Mrs. Bristow has large possessions ia
her own right. Her toilets are always ap-
prOpriate and tasteful, often rich, but there
is never any display in dress or equipage,
and know no one who would not gladly
do homage to Mrs. Brislow in the White
House, should fate he good enough 10 give
US such President as the fearless secreta-
ry would make Washington letter.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-06-02

A CHEAP PICTURE KNoB.-Nalls are
never satisfactory, even when furnished
with Ln ornamental head, for they spring
the lathing and damage both plaster and
paper. The nice porcelain knobs are deem
ed too expensive to furnish house through
out, and do not always correspond with the
other furniture. Take empty spools No.
80 or 80, saving each in two parts, and
shorten each half little. Put them up
with 1t or II inch screws, reaming the
spool little to sink the head of the screw.
They can be easily touched with white
paint, or stained to match the border. They
are much neater and more satisfactory than
one would suppose. Mirror and picture
knobs should always be placed near the
ceiling of the room.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-06-02
Miscellany.
The I,,,le RInsL.Ered neDcI.

A boy drove into the city, his wagon loaded down
with food to feed the people Of the Britshgoverned
town;
And the little blAct-eyed REBEL cunning and so sly
Was watching for his coming from the Of her
| eye.
His face looked broad and honest, his hands were
brown and tough,
The clothes he wore upon him were homtspun, coarse
and rough;
But one there was who watched him, who long time
fingered nigh,
And cast at him sweet glanees from the Of her
eye,
He drove up 10 the market, he waited in the line
His apples and potatoes fresh and fair and fine;
But long and long he waited and no oe came TO hny,
save the baek-eyed rebel watching from the corner
Of her eye.
'Now who will buy my applesf" he shouted, long and
loud;
And "who wants my potatoes :" he repeated to the
crowd;
But from all the people round him came no word Of a
reply,
Save the bact-eyo rebel answering from the corner
OF her eye.
For she knew that meath the lining Of the coat he
wore that day
Were long letters from the husbands and the fathers
far away,
Who fighting for the freedom that they meant to
gain die;
And tear like silver elisened in the corner Of her
eye.
But the treAsureshow to get them crcpt the ques-
tion through her mind
Since keen enemies were watching for what prizes
they might find;
And she paused while and pondered with pretty
little sigh,
Then resolve crept through her features and shrewd
ness fred her eye.
80 she resolutey walked up to the wagon old and red
MAY have a dozen apples for kiss ?" she swectly
said;
And the brown face flushed scarlet for the boy was
somewhat shy,
And he her laughing at him from the corner of
her eye.
'You may have them all for pothine and more II you
want, quoth he
81 will have them my good fellow, but can pay for
them" said she;
And she clambered on the wagon, minding not who
all were by,
With laugh Of reckless romping in the corner Of her
eye.
Clnging round his brawny neck, she ciAEped her
fingers white and small,
And then whispered "Qulck the letters! thrust them
underneath my shawl!
Garry back again Ai' package aud be sure that you
are spry!"
And she sweety smiled upon him from the corner Of
her eye.
Loud the motley crowd were laughing at the strange,
ungirlsh freak,
And the boy scared and painting, and so dashed
he could not speak:
And Miss, have good apples" bolder lad did cry
But she answered, "No, thank you" from the cor
ner Of her eye.
With the Of loved absent the dear friends
they would greet,
Searching them who hungered for them, swift she
glidcd through the street.
"There is nothing worth the doing that it does not
pay to try"
Thought the little black-eyed REBEL with a twinkle In
her eye.
Iwill Carleton, in HGrpers for June.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-06-02

In answer TO demand for recipe for
tanning skins with the fur on, an exchange
newspaper gives the following; "First
scrape off all the fieshy or fatty parts
sprinkle we'll with equal parts OF pulver-
lied alum and fine salt, fold together with
the fur side out and lay on a shelf in the
cellar for about nine days; then put the
skin in quantity of wheat bran and rub
WE'LL lay it on board and scrape with a
knife, giving 1t alternate rubbings and
scrapings until dry and soft then hang it
out and air it well, and If necessary wash
II Ia suds, being careful 10 rub well why
drying"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-06-02
PERSEVERE
In the use of this remedy until cured
1t contains the great healing ele-
ments Of plants in their es-
sential form as obtained
by distillation.

Caarrh, in its extent and destructive force, stands
next to Consumption and is closely allied to it for in
certain constitutions the transition from to the
other is only question Of time. 1t is therefore a
singular thing that those afflicted with 1t should not
make 1t the object Of their lives to rid themselves Of
It. single bottle OF any remedy cannot, In the
chronic stage, effect even bring the system
under its influence fully. In many such cases the
bones and cartilage Of the nose are eaten away the
organs Of hearing Of seeing and OF tasting affected
to be rendered useless the uvula elongated and
inhamed to produce . constant and distressing
cough. The return to health must necessarily be
slow under the most favorable circumstances, when
seriously afflicted; but as the evidence Of its great
value daily comes to hand we become more and more
satisfied that there does not exist of catarrh
that cannot be cured by judicious and persistent
OF SASPoRD's RADICAL CURE FoR CArARRH. The
relief in every obtained from the first dose Is
indication of what 1t will do when the system is
brought constitutionAlly under its influence.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-06-02

Agricultural Implements.
C. +. THOMPSON Co. williston's Stone Block.
WOOD MARSHALL, Exchange Block Main st.
b. A. CLARK, Tyler's Block.
BOOkseIIers aad statiOners.
CHENEY CLAPP, 6 Crosby Block.
F. G. EDWARDS, van Doorn's Block.
!. STEEN, opposite Brooks House.
ClOthiers.
f. SiBRAC KETT CO., l. Granite Row.
PRATT WRIGHT CO., Granite Row, Main st.
CHAS. J. ROOT, Brooks House corner.
Carpets.
C.L BROWN, Marshall 4 Esterbrooks block, Main 81.
HOUGHTON, SPENCER CO, 6 Granite Row.
o. ]. PRATT, Granite Block.
J. RETTING & SON, High St., next Brooks House.
Chamber Sets.
C.L.BRowN, Marshall Il Esterbrook's block, Main st.
]. BETTING son, High ST., next Brooks House.
Coal.
FIX BARROws office with P. Barrows.
COmns and Caskets.
CT BROWN, Marshall Esterbrook's block, Main st.
Contractors and BuIIders.
IA. CHURCH, Flat st.
CrOckery and Glass Ware.
FRANK q. HOWE, door north Main St. bridge.
NJ. I. VAN DOoRN SON, Crosby Block.
Dentistry.
DIR. c. s. CLARK, over Vermont National Bank.
Dining Rooms.
f. L. COOPER Brooks House.
Doors, sash and Blinds.
bs \. IA.
c. +. THOMPSON CO., wilstons Stone Block.
DreasmakerS.
MRS. ]. b. WALKER, over Houghton, Spencer Co.
Druggists.
IN. THORN Il CO., Crosby Block.
II. c. WILLARD CO., Brooks House.
Dry Goods.
P. BARRows, Main St., opposite Brooks House.
o. ]. PRATT, Granite Block.
d. RosENBERG, Union Block.
Fertilizers.
c. F. THOMPSON CO., wilistons Stone Block.
FurRiture.
C.L BROWN, Marshall Esterbrook's block Main st.
J. RETTING SON, High St., next Brooks House.
Groceries.
A. C. DAVENPORT, Crosby Block.
J. W. FROST CO., Crosby Block.
FRANK @. HOWE, door north Main st. bridge
@. L. PIPER, corner Canal and South Main SITS.
MARTIN SCOTT 4 son, Thompson Rangers Blk.
J. q. TAYLOR ~ 4 CO., S Brooks 99,.i House i
Hardware, IrOn and Steel.
b. A. CLARK, Tyers Block
CT THOMPSON CO., willston's Stone Block.
Harness Makers.
HEUsTIs BURNAP, Main st.
Ice Cream Rooms.
L. L. COOPER, Brooks House.
Insurance Agents.
ALBERT BALDWIN, Thompson Rangers Block.
CUDWORTH Il CHILDS, Room No. 10 Crosby Block.
D. r. JENNIE, Thompson & Rangers Block.
MOODY HOWE Savings Bank Block.
Jewellers.
RANGER & THOMPSON, Granite Row.
Machinist.
L. II. CRANE, Canal st.
Meat Markets.
". F. RICHARDSON, Market Block, Elliot St.
Millinery and Fancy Goods.
MISSES MARSH 4 BALLARD, over steen's store.
o. j. PRATT, Granite Block
Paints and Oils.
b. A. CLARK, TyleI's Block.
o. +. THOMPSON X CO., Williston's Stone Block.
Paper Hangings and window Shades.
J. STEEN, opposite Brooks House.
NJ +, VAN DooRN h SON, Crosby Block
Patterns (Dutterick'A).
HoUGHToN, SPENCER CO., ag'ts, Q Granite Row
Photographers.
d. A. HENRY, Cutters Block, Main st.
@. L. HOWE, Union Block
Piano ROrtes and Cottage Organs.
EDWARD CLARF, No. 40 High St.
Stencils and steel StanlPa.
L. N. DOUGLAS No. Harmony Block.
stoves and TIN Ware.
WOOD MARSHALL, Exchange Block, Main ST.
Teaming.
CHARLES T. WHEELER, Centreyille p. o. Box s2
UndertakerS.
G. l.. BROWN, Marshall Esterbrooks Block, Main st
UPhOIsterers.
J. RETrING SON, High St. next Brooks House.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-06-02
NO. %.

"You needn't be afraid of that now, Miss
Pink May"
"No, Miss Jane Davis, I amt, cause
I'm sorry 10 mention IL, Jennie-but last
week, when was at your house, and your
mother gave you two chocolate sticks, you
ate the whole of one, and most all the 9TH
er, 'cept one small bite you measured off
for me. And was company, Jennie."-
Christian Union.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-06-02
CATARRH.

From Geo. w. shattuck. Esq., late For
eign Entry Clerk, Boston Custom
House.
Gentlemen II have been troubled with Catarrh for
several years, but by the Of yorr remedy 1t has
been greatly relieved This summer have been
tirely free from II. make Of IL in my family for
colds in tho head, and md 1t effectual remedy.
confidently recommend it to all who similarly
afflicted. Very truly yours,
October 90, 1874. GEO. W. sHATTTCK.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-06-02

"Pll never speak to you again, never one
word SO longs live, Pinkie May" said
Jennie Davis, the next morning. "To
think you'd go and have party, and new
er ask your own contdentlous friend, and
fill your house choek-up with beggar chill
drenp'
"fhey weren't beggars either" said
Plnkie the valiant; "they never begged OF
me. Truo's you live, had TO coax some
Of 'em real hard TO come"
SOAK street childrenp sneered Jennie.
"They're Gods children, anyhow" said
Pinkie, waxing warlike. sand one morn
log, at worship, my father he just read out
of the Bible, Jennie Davis, bout II you're
going to have party, to ask poor people,
and lame ones, and blind ones-and so I
dld-and not your rich friends who'd ask
YOU bsok-and that's you, JenuIe."
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-06-02
CATARRH.
A Case of Six Years Standing, accom-
panied by distressing symptoms,
cured by theuse of two
bottles of
SANFORD'S RADICAL CURE.

MEssRs. WEEKS 4 POTTER:
Gentlemen,-Please allow me to testify TO the great
merits Of SAHFoRD's RADICAL CURE FOR CATAkRH
For six years l have suffered greatly, particularly
while troubled with a cold The accumulation Of mu-
Gus in my head and throat kept me constantly hawk
ing and spitting rendering my presence in company
extremely embarrassing to myself and friends. SiX
months ago l was induced to try SAsFoRD's RADICAL
CURE. After using two bottles hnd myself nearly,
II not quite, permanently cured. have since recon-
mended over hundred bottles WITH the greatest
success. Respectfully yours,
WM W. ARMSTRONG,
December 25, 1874. 159 Harrison Ave, Boston.
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Powers Institute.

SPRING Term will begin February %. Furnished
- rooms for self-boarding, 35 cents per week for
each pupil Board S4O per week. The village quiet
and free from temptations to vice. instruction thor
ough. Pupils will find here superior advantages for
preparation for college, for teaching, for business
and for music. A. J. SANBoRN, AN, Principal.
BernArdston, Mass, Jan. l, 1876. smsO
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DOCKET CUTLERY, SCISSORS, ETC.
IL A flne assortment a
20 CHENEY 4 CLAPPB.
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BRATTLEBORO
Is ustMFss Dttfrtnrp.


sD-cUr THIS OUT ron REFERENCE.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-03-10

like worm fence. 1t was two logs in
hight, or barely two feet. Our men
threw themselves fiat on their faces un-
der this line of defenses, for no sooner
had they reached it then the artillery
fire from the ridge was changed to can
ister and shrapnel. and the infantry
rained down shower of balls. Mount
ed officers were compelled to instantly
abandon their horses and join the men
in hugging the ground behind the logs.
But even there, there was little shelter.
The artillery and infantry on the ridge
turned their fire obliquely down its face,
and thus looked behind and enfladed,
more or less completely from one side
or the other, every part of the zig-zag
line of logs. The storm of shells and
Enfield bullets from the ridge was ter
rife, and even the stone chimneys of
the huts that the builders of the log de-
fense had occupied were sent whirling
about the ears of the PROSTATE assail-
ants. The din was torturing even to
men accustomed to battle, and flying
missiles came so thickly that no man
could raise his head The veteran troops
of the army of the Cumberland waited
for no order to get themselves out of
that terrible situation. There was but
one thing to be done. They could not
remain, they could not 60 back and be
shot down from behind all the way across
the plain. The regimental commanders
each one for himself, for no order from
brigade or division commander could
have been communicated to these men,
with their faces to the ground, in the
horrid din, called to the few men lying
nearest him, and started forward up the
ridge. The enemy had not yet recover
ed from the effect of the audacious and
unexpected advance. Had the ridge
been coolly defended, it could not have
been taken. But the army of the Cum
berland was in position that set the
mems souls on fire. They struggled up
over the rough and obstructed hillside,
and Bragg's army saw its fate approach
ing. Two-thirds Of the way up, the
foremost assailants shot down the rebel
artillery men until their guns were
abandoned, and then officers with flash
ing swords and men with cleaning bay
onets leaped the crowning breast-works
full in the faces of their dismayed de-
tenders. When Hazen's brigade was
gathering up the twenty-five pieces of
rebel artillery which were its trophies
on the ridge, Gen. Wood rode in among
the men. The general was almost wild
with Joy. Men !" he exclaimed to the
soldiers, Men! I'm going to have you
all court-martialed in the morning You
were ordered to take the rife-pits, and
here you've gone and captured the ridge
itself and all of poor Bragg's artillery
I'll have you all court-martialed for dis
obedience of orders
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-03-10
The Cucumber in Russia

What the onion is to the Spaniard, or
the potato to the Irishman, the cucum-
ber is the same to the native Russian.
1t is the indispensable part of every
Russian peasants every meal.
In the account of his trip up the Vol
ga, to the great far off Mini Novgorod,
Mr.. Munroe Butler of Johnstone re-
marks the profusion of water melons
and cucumbers offered for sale. At the
fair and ON the road thither, pyramids
of melons, like cannon balls in an arsen-
al, were heaped up in every direction /;
and as for cucumbers, one could not
help thinking that plague of cucum-
bers, like loeusts, had descended upon
the earth. All along the Volga, from
the Astrakham to Mini, the whole pop
ulation seemed engaged in eating water
melons, which were sold for three copecs,
equivalent to two cents. At every sta
ton the trade in melons was rivaled only
by the traffic in sunfowers.
But if the watermelon and sunfower
are luxuries and pastimes, the cucum Der
is law and necessity. One never sees a
Russian peasant at dinner without
lump of black bread and cucumber.
+" A moujack's dinner may consist of
q plus cucumber" The will consist
of his favorite cabbage soup, with or
without meat in it, the famous grit por-
ridge; sometimes without the soup, but
in either case the cucumber is always
there and should z equal zero, then the
ever faithful cucumber does duty for
all the rest.
In the hot and arid regions of South
ern and Southwestern Asia, these sue
ulent vegetables are highly appre-
ciated and with good reason. Juicy and
cold, they can but be always refreshing
where water is rarity, but in climate
like that of Russia the cucumber is the
last thing one would expect for nation
al dish.
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sometimes fancied, when got dirty do
ing all this, that ! was happy. had so
long been accustomed to work for those
| loved that it was hard to learn that
there might be any reproach connected
with it. | must do Fanny the justice to
say that she was very kind and grateful
to me.
On the last day, after having some
cold tea out of a pitcher ON the corner of
mantel piece, overheard Mr.. jenkins,
who had brought friend in to admire
his new dwelling, say
Well, the carpets are down, the fur
niture is all here, and | think now when
we get our servants, and engage baker
and milkman, and are entirely rid of the
mother-in-law, we shall be ready to move
in"
Both my children married, / had my
solitary little house to myself, and very
solitary it was. / tried to get up some
spasmodic friendships with my neigh
bors, but being hollow, these forced init
macies soon fell through. But l ought
not to complain; it is the way of the
world.
only wonder if considering the love
we have for our children, young or old
the world is not apt to be little hard
upon the mother-in-law
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-03-10

How TO READ.-Don't let a thing
slip by you in your reading that you
don't understand, if you can help it.
Whatever it may be, follow the ad-
vice of the sagaeious Captain Cutie and
"make a note ont" If it is the mean :
ing of word, or the whereabouts of a
town, or the date of an event, or a COW
vert allusion, whatever it is, don't let it
pass you without finding its full mean
ing. If you have the right book of ref
erence, look it up at once. If you have
not, make memorandum of it, and have
it looked up and explained next time.
The value of book is very often not so
much in what is within it as in what is
suggested by it. Follow up every hint
and suggestion of this sort, and you
will acquire store of information. But
once get into the habit of letting such
matters slip from sheer incidence, and
your reading will be superficial and al
most worthless.-Boson Journal
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TUESDAY. DECEMBER 7th, 1875,

or less If necessary. Remember / going to sell
my goods no matter about the price those in want
Of Clothing, Hats Caps. had better call and see
me before buying elsewhere. for will not be un.
dersold by any Call early while the assortment
is good
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-03-10
CTAGE NOTICE.
EREsH AND SALT FISH !

of every variety can be found at E :. DEWEY s.
choice Mackerel in bulk and kits just received.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-12-17

The Grand Duke will, however, be well
supported by bis chief of staff, Gen. Nep
okoytzisky, one of the best superior officers
the B0ssian army possesses. Hitherto he
has been kept back solely because of his
being Pole by birth and his appointments
to 30 important post now shows that the
Gear highly appreciates the ability of the
man. The General was chief of the ataR
of the Army corps commanded by Gen.
Luders during the war of 1854. He went
then through the whole campaign on the
Danube, and thus became thoroughly
familiar with the region in which he will
have to operate nor. 1t is more than pro-
bable that the Grand Duke Nicholas will
be mere fgurehead during the iorthcom
ing war, and that his chief of staff will be
the actual Commander in Chief