Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-01-21
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1t is said that over 300 Turkish soldiers
were recently frozen to death.
They do say in Paris that the reign of
false hair is at an end. HencefDrth the
rule among Partisan ladies will be to wear
no hair but that actually growing or grown
upon their heads.
Miner j. Charles, young man who
committed rape on Miss Swikard while
escorling hor to the house OF relatives at
Warsaw, Ind, three weeks ago, has been
sentenced TO 10 years imprisonment.
The king OF Sweden has been in the
habit Of committing the death sentences of
murderers 10 imprisonment for life, but
the number of murders has increased so
rapidly that he has given up the practice.
j. II. Grey, wealthy citizen of Kos
ciusko county, Ind, and very respectable
when sober, was found frozen to death in
standing position in a fence corner, on a
recent cold night, with jug OF whiskey
within reach.
"A resident Of Ottawa, Cam, having a
horse that he found useless, drove it into
the bush on a cold night, chopped the hoofs
of the poor animal in order 10 get its shoes
and then left it TO its wretched fate.
1t is said that some people have what
is called "spontaniety," and some haven't;
but nobody ever sat down on pincushion
yet without manifestng something sur
prsingly like it.-Brooklyn ArguS.
"A perfect oat was recently extracted
from the ear OF William S. Church of Lit
tie Compton, Newport, r. l., which had
been in his head 81 years, causing partial
deafness. 1t is perfectly preserved, and
would probably sprout under favorable
circumstances.
"A gigantic bridge is about to be con-
structed across the st. Lawrence River at
Montreal. lis total length will be over H.
600 feet, including the vaducts approach
ing the river and crossing the island. 1t
will consist of fifty-seven spans, and will
be 100 feet above the level OF the river.
1t is very common 10 meet blind men
ON the streets of a Chinese city, but blind
women are not seen so frequently. When
child becomes blind, If girl, it is almost
sure TO die, for no care is taken 10 preserve
the life OF such worthless creature. A
boy eau be taught TO do more things for a
support, so he is allowed to live.
-Blondin, the tight-rope walker, has
been heard from again. On the 10th of
October, while on the Indian steamship
Poonah, and at sea, lie walked on seven
inch hawser from the main 10 the mizzen-
topmast and back. With the rolling of the
ship and the vibration of the powerful en-
gine, the rope was drawn into such siuu-
Gus waves that it closely resembled n
snake, and Blondin was frequently obliged
to sit down as the ship rode a heavy sea.
An absurd story comes from North
Carolina, that steam yacht put into
Swansboro, one day last week, and dozen
men, we'll armed, one of them answering
the pictures and description of Tweed
landed and stayed an hour, when they put
10 sea. A less improbable dispatch from
Montreal reports general belief that the
boss is really in that city; but the best
opinion still remains that he is not far
from New York.
-"Stephening," a custom common for
many years ON st. Stephens Day, the 26th
of December, was visiting the Rector's
house and taking all the bread and cheese
that could be found. Hundreds would
flock there and eat the man out of house
and home. The trick died out in England
in 1877, but has been revived in America
under the comic title of donation Party"
1t is no longer limited to one day, but is
liable to occur in any parish at any time.
"A short time ago three freight ears
containing s6,OO0,0OO worth of silk-worm
eggs arrived in New York from San Fran
cisco. This unusual cargo hsd come from
Hong Kong, and was bound to Italy and
the South of France. 1t might have reach
ed its destination more quickly and at less
cost by way OF the Suez Canal; but it has
been found useless TO ship them that way,
because the Southern climate hatches the
eggs. When the eggs reach their Europe
au destination they will be stored in vaults,
| secure against warmth, until the foliage OF
the mulberry-trees, on which the silk
worm feeds, is grown.
"A remarkable case of restoration of
speech has recently occurred at Portland,
Oregon. It seems that a small boy lost his
voice and was unable 10 speak above
whisper. Physicians were consulted, but
they decided that the vocal organs were
paralyzed, and that he never would be able
to speak aloud. A few days ago tho boy
went out to skate, and, as he arrived at the
ice, he SAW some of his playmates, and
without thinking, he attempted to shout to
them, and TO his great surprise, he uttered
loud "halloo." He Immediately return
ed home and shouted to his mother, and
her delight may be better imagined tnan
described.
Grace Greenwood saw a very pretty
sight in her travels, the illumination of the
Giessbacb, which every evening during
Opposite the hotel, on the wall of the
mountain gorge, was the chain of seven
falls, one over the other, the highest more
than eleven hundred feet above the lake.
The connecting rapids are embosOmed in
forests. At given signal, Bengal lights
CLEAN out pure and white along each of
these falls, and the magnificent chain,
reaching up into the heavens, is all ablaze
with foam reflected brightness. The lights
are successfully changed from white to
green and red.
Here is a rule which will hold good for
all dates in the present century since 1852,
as well as for those in the present year:
In order to find out the day of the week
upon which any event fell, 100 years ago,
count forward two days from the day ofthe
week upon which the centennial aniverss-
ry falls. For instance, the 4th of July,
1876 will fall on Tuesday; the 4th of July,
l776, was Thursday. The centennial ami
versary of the battle OF Bunker hill was
celebrated Thursday, June 18th, 1875. Tho
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