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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-08-10

"THE SONG OF THE VERMoNTERs."-
This well known song, which we re-pub-
lish on another page as being of special in
terest just now, has frequently been attrib-
uted to the Quaker poet Whittier. In re-
ply TO letter from Hon. Daniel Roberts
of Burlington, Mr.. Whittier writes the fol-
lowing reply relative TO that production:
OAK KNOLL, DANVERs, MASS,
18th 9TH no., 1877.
Dear eRd,-The "Song of Vermont
ers" was written in 1888 or a, and was an
attempt at literary mystitcation hardly ex-
cusable even in young writer. was Gu
rious TO see IL 1t could be received as an
old-time production. 1t was printed in
Buekingham's New England Magazine,
and remained unsupported for nearly a
quarter of a century. How II was at last
discovered as mine cannot conceive. as /
had never owned It, L was early interested
in the history Of Vermont, and in Ethan
Allen, whose life and adventures awakened
the enthusiasm even of Quaker boy,
whose peace principles at that time were
traditionary rather than the result of seri-
GUS confinement. have no CODY of the
poem, and have no clear idea of its charac-
ter in literary or ethical point of view.
In both respects fear 1t Is sadly defective;
and 1t is not without regret that find the
boys practical joke still alive and confront
ing me in late manhood.
am, very truly, thy friend,
JOHN G. WHITTIER.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-08-10
Bennington Battle Celebration.
TUESDAY, AUG. 10.

Salntes and ringing of bells, etc., at sun
rise.
"a. M.-Procession will form at the de-
pot.
$3.50 A. M.-The procession will move I'M
der the direction Of a. Il. Valentine, chief
marshal.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-08-10

EIouuuSs
ORDER OF EXERCISES
The exercises will take place at the pa
vilion tent.
!. Prayer by the chaplain.
z. Address by Hon. Il. j. Phelps, pres-
dent Of the day.
3. Grafton by Hon. Daniel Roberts OF
Burlington.
4. Poem-wrtten by MIS-. Julia C. II,
Dorr-read by Prof J. w. Churchill.
.. Short addresses by Hon. Edward J.
Phelps, Rutherford Il. Hayes, President of
the United States; Hon. William A. Wheel
err, ice President; Hon. Geo. j.. Ed
munds, Hon. Justin $. Morrill,, United
States Senators from Vermont; Hon. II.
w. Stoughton, Hon. Luke p. Poland, Hon.
u, L. walton, Hon. John Gregory Smith,
Hon. Dudley c. Dennson, Hon. George
w. HenGee, Hon. John w. Stewart, Hon.
George w. Grandey, Rev. c. b. Hubert.
ID. D., Rev. NJ. ii. Buckbam, d. D., ex-
Gov. Ryand Fletcher, Gen. Benz. Alvord,
Hon. Charles X. Field, Hon. Paul Dillng-
ham, and other prominent citizens of the
State.
The exercises will be interpreted with
vocal and instrumental music.
AFTERNOON EXERCISES.
l. Review of the veteran soldiers of
Vermont by Rutherford b. HAYES. Presi-
ucut vi tuc Sulltu STATES Hon. William
A. Wheeler, vice president Hon. George
w. McCrary, secretary of war; David NJ.
Key, postmaster general Carl Schurz. sec.
rotary of the interior; Gen. Chas. Devens,
attorney general; Hon. Mr.. Mckenzie,
prime minister of Canada, and His Excel
lency Horace Fairbanks, governor of Yer
mont, accompanied by the governors of
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecti-
cut, Rhode Island and New York.
2. Alter The review Governor Fairbanks
and President Hayes will give a reception
TO the veterans and guests OF the reunion
society OF Vermont soldiers.
3: Public reception by President Hayes
and Governor Fairbanks from to 6 clock.
EVENING.
illumination OF the veterans tents of tie
reunion society and open air concerts at the
reviewing stand also at the intersection of
Main and North streets, near the Putna m
and Stark houses, and at the Wolomsic
house at Center Bennington.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-08-10
GullfOrd.

Mrs. Nellie Brigham will speak in the
hall at the Broad Brook House next Sun.
day, August 18th.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-08-10

-Brattleboros contribution towards the
expenses of the Centennial now foots IN
over $ll0O.
The Brattleboro veterans will be &C.
companied 10 Wilmington by The Vernon
company. Here they will halt for the
night and will be Joined by the other com.
panies from this county, excepting that
from Londonderry, which will march d.
rect to Bennington.
The Brattleboro cOrnet band, Ira Bur-
net, leader, will accompany the veterans TO
Bennington.
Two large relief trains, accommodating
fi1y men, will accompany the troops across
the mountain, who will thus be enabled TO
walk and ride alternately. A special team
will be provided for the band. The ex-
penses per man have been reduced TO the
minimum and will not be burdensome TO
any.
The desire has been expressed on the
part of some of our villagers that the vet
Grams, under command of Col. Hooker.
have torchlight parade before taking their
departure across the mountains, but cir
cumstsnces will undoubtedly render such
display impracticable-st least until afler
their return from bennington.
The Fuller battery will start on the
march for the annual muster at A. NJ. FRI
day morning. A two hours' halt for dinner
will be made at Wilmington, twenty miles
distant, and the night will be spent at
Woodford. Saturday morning the COM
mand will enter Bennington, and take up
their quarters in Camp Stark.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-08-10

Through County TO School street, through
School 10 Main street, from Silver to Union,
from Union TO South, from South to Main,
from Main TO Dewey to the celebration
grounds
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l. Address by Hon. Edward j. Phelps
OF Burlington, president of the day.
2. Welcome 10y His Excellency Horace
Fairbanks, governor of Vermont
). Grafton by Rev. Samuel c. Bartlett,
d. d., president of Dartmouth college, New
Hampshire.
a. Poem by William Cullen Bryant of
New York.
The services will he interspersed by vo-
cal and instrumental music.
At the conclusion of the exercises the
procession will proceed TO the banquet tent,
where plates will be set for $500.
At the banquet the regular toasts will be
offered, which will be responded to by the
President, Rutherford b. Hayes, Hon. Will
liam A. Wheeler, vice president, Hon. VIM.
NJ. Evarts, secretary of state Hon. Carl
Schurz, secretary of the interior Gen.
Charles DeveDs, attorney general; Mr..
Mackenzie, prime minister OF the Domin.
ion OF Canada; the governors of New
Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts,
Maine aud Rhode Island and other distin-
guished citizens.
THURSDAY EVENING.
At eight o'clock a grand torchllght pa
rade.
FRIDAY, AUG. IL.
Vermont militia day. General review
and inspection by His Excellency the gov
ernor.
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The School.boy's Lament.

Teach, teach teach, 1.. o. RI ~
- 1On every day of the week,
And Ead thrash, thrash thrash onr foot
Reading and spelling and writing,
- Graas ,,.9a and gse c ,ogr aTa
~-~-s IS Are full of pains,
And he'stired as tired can be.
Write, write, write,
- The moment you're out OF line,
And write, write, write,
Untal 1t is half past nine;
Scratch and scribble and scrawl,
AND blot and blurandsmear
Till the teacher comes
r. Z And warns Your thumbs,
AND makes you feel ever so queer.
Work, work, work,
Your examples until eleven,
And work, work, work,
Your examples at home till seycn-
Pounds and ounces and drains,
DRAINS and ounces and pounds, -
II Till you get so mad
N~~ You are always glad
WHEN the bell for recess sounds.
1t is, oh. for beautiful place,
A-v4 here never school house is,
! And IT'S oh! for happy land
W Where never a teacher lives;
Where tops, marbles, and kites grow wild,
And a fellow can holler and shout,
And there's never book,
But coy nook
~---~ "For to fish and to swim about.
S.And it's oh for the happy time
WheffI get to be man,
And lean whistle and jump,
- And beat on an old tin-pan;
A-Whell Lean put crooked pins
Down on the next boys seat,
@.tnd can put ink on his face, 20 i~4'
TSWifh never fear to- be beat; Gs
N.Jhmp and whistle and prance, e =, =
SAna boiler and yell and shout,
4Hdnever a one %.a - : =
Tu$poil the fun, ~ - NJ r.
Nor keep me from going out.
f go Richmond DISPATCH l.!
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Arctic Cold

When snow becomes hard as rock, its
surface takes. a granular consistence like
sugar, When it, lies with its, massive
Wreaths frozen in the form of pillows
our steps resound, as we walk over them,
with the sound of a drum. The ice is so
hard thatit emits aringing sound wood
becomes wonderfully hard, splits, and is
as difficult Ito. cut as bone; butter be-
comes like stone, meat must be split,
and" mercury may be fired as a bullet
from gun. If cold thus acts ON things
without life, how much more must it in
fiuence living organisms and the power
of mans will! Cold lowers the beat of
the pulse, Weakens the bodily sensa-
tons, diminishes the capacity of move
ment and of enduring great fatigue.
OF all the, senses, taste and smell most
lose their force and pungency, the
mucous membrane being in constant
state of congestion and excessive
secretion, After a time a decrease
of muscular. power is also pereepti-
ble. Ii one is exposed suddenly to
an excessive degree of cold, involun-
tarily one shuts the mouth and breathes
through the nose J; the cold air seems at
first to pinch and pierce the organs of
respiration. The eyelids freeze even in
calm weather; and to prevent their clos
ing. We have constantly to clear them
from ice, and the beard alone is less
frozen than other parts of the body, be-
cause the breath as it issues from the
mouth falls down as snow. Snow-spec-
tacles are dimmed by the moisture of
the eyes, and when the thermometer
falls 81 degrees CO. below zero they are
as opaque as .frost-covered windows.
The cold, however, is most painfully
felt in the soles of the feet when there
Is a cessation of exercise. Nervous
weakness, torpor, and drowsiness fol-
low. which explains the connection
which is usually found between, resting
and freezing. The most important
point, in fact, for sledge party, which
has such exeftions to make at a very
low temperature, is to stand still as lit
tie as possible. :, The excessive cold
which is felt in the soles of the feet dur
ing the MONDAY rest is the main reason
why afternoon marches make such de-
mand on the moral power. Great cold
also alters the character of the. excre-
tons, thickens the blood, and increases
the need of nourishment from the in
creased expenditure of carbon, And
while perspiratipn ceases entirely the Sc
erection of the mucous membranes of the
nose and the eyes is permanently in
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The Medicinal Famine, During the
III Bioekade- ]

A---A ~ = - * n b. = ~
Mrs. M. P. Handy writes in the Phil
adelphia Times:
The greatestprivation suffered by the
CeYfederates was from LACK 5ef Smedi-
'cirfes. fhe Government afWashington
made them contraband of war. Quinine
and morphine were worth double, nay
treble, their weight in gold, and when
Stonewall Jackson's arm was ampu-
tated, the fact that he had the aid of
chloroform to sustain him under the
operation was telegraphed asfinews
throughout the Confederacy-news to
be received with thankfulness by the
waiting heart of the people. Federal
prisoners cursed the Confederate sur
geons who refused them morphia and
,federates and Federalsspffered alike;
nothing was search 6r smore precious
than sltoh drugs, am not few Southern
Hospitals had little Of the,one and none
of the other in theirstores. An attempt
was made to cultivate opium, and to
that end the seed of the red and
white poppy were distributed
through the country by the. Gov
eminent at Richmond. The plan was
to prick the gum capsules of the plant,
and collect the gum which exuded from
the wounds thus made; but the project
met with no success farther north than
Southern Alabama and Mississippi, and
even there was only partially successful.
| believe that some sort of decoction
made from the green seed stepped in
brandy was used as lotion in cases of
acute neuralgia, but | am not sure
Corn, wheat and other grains were so
precious as breadstutfs that their dis
tillation into intoxicating liquors was
forbidden both by the Confederate
Congress and by the various State
Legislatures. So that fruit 'brandies,
rum made from the juice Of the Chinese
sugar-cane and grape wines were the
only lawful strong drinks of the coun-
try. These paid heavy taxes, but they
also brought high prices, and large
quantities of them were manufactured
Victims OF neuralgia were forced to
drink and forget their misery when hot
poultices failed to bring relief, since
opium was 10 be had only at fancy prices.
Bromine was rlnattainable, and all ano-
dynes SO wholly Aout Of reach that few
people ever even sighed for them. The
medical departn,entsent botahizing par
ties prospecting through the country in
search of roots and herbs which might
be Of medical value, and appealed to
the people of the Confederacy to collect
and prepare such ssinlples as slippery
elm, sarsaparilla, blackberry root, gin
seng, etc. Herb teas were used in the hos
pitfalls by surgeons who for years had rid
iculed them as old wives remedies, but
who now turned to them IL necessity,
for lack of more efficient medicines.
Southern women trod on bare floors,
cutting the carpets which had covered
them into blankets for sick soldiers.
Linen sheets and underclothing were
torn into HANDBAGS, and private, stores
were freely used for the,sick and dying.
Once, during the seven days. fight
around Richmond, public Worship was
suspended on Sunday and the members
Of the churches worked all day long in
their lecture oms making sand-bags
for the Notifications and rolling ban
dages and scraping lint for the wounded.
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The Renarkable Stories He Heard Relat-
u ed On Recent Voyage at Sea.
- THE PROFESSOR HORSE STORY.
.-ss' Look a here! What d. you give your
boss for the bots?'' -
LII give him pint # turpentine.'
TNextday; :" Look here! / give my
boss apint f turpentine, m it killed
him 'sdead's a hammer
- SoH did mine. .
~>-S s1EiE"cAPTAIN's DOG STORY.
r'1herewas a dogain Dublin who be-
lieved in the Cunarda line. That dog
Knew theAwhistle of the jackass-steamer
Which td3ed the Cunarders into dock.
Whenever that particular whistle blew
he would heaf it and recognize it, no
fmafter iltaHas amile away. He would
\Quh whatever he was about, whether it
was a mp ora fight, and make for the
harbor Web, every body on the line
got to- Know him, and every cook felt
bound to give him a bone. Well, that
was what he expected, and what kept
up his interest. He was just stock
ho]der, you see, looking sharp after his
dividends. But at last he met most
extraordinary fate, such as no other dog
over did meet, to the best of my knowl-
edge and belief. He had just got his
regular ration when another dog, a
much bigger beast, pitched into him,
gave him a NEST fearful mauling, and
took away his dividend. Now, what do
YOU suppose that dog did? You can't
ig1agine. He hobbled sstraight down to
The docky and jumped in and drowned
himself,y lisa solemn fact, upon honor.
He. wasa dog of great Intelligence and
high Irish feeling. When he got licked
on the Cunard dock, and lost his
CupaId bone besides, he couldn't want
toIive any longer, and he just commit
ted suicide.
{ THE SURGEONS DOG STORY.
There is very knowing dog, and
salse avery grateful one, in Newhave
England. / ann acquainted with his
case, because / am on duty there, and
see the creature frequently. This dog,
you must understand, is a Dalmatian,
or spotted coach-dog, which makes his
history the more remarkable, for the
breed is not noted for brains. Generally
speaking, its accomplishments are linn
tied to sleeping by your horse in the
stable, and jumping at his nose when he
is on the road. Well, this Dalmatian
fell blind; he had a. cataract-on both
ewh He went cropping about the
streets and tumbling into cutters, until
he stirred up the compassion of my
brother in Surgery, Beach. Beach, by
the,way, cares nothing for dogs; he has
nolfondness for, them whatever. But he
said it was q pity to see this wretch
struggling in that style, if the thing
could be helped. So he got hold of his
subject, had him tied and chloroformed,
operated on him, and removed the cat
saracts. The sight, in short, was restor-
ed completely. Ever since then this
Dalmatian has been Il monster of graft
tude, and absolutely worships and
haunts and bores his. benefactor. 1t
isn't because Beach feeds him. Not at
all. Beach isn't of tina. sort. He is
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creased, and the urine assumes sl..''
deep red colofA ktkrst the7ko~~aalleo s
much confined a State which 49, 3
tinuing for five and sometimes ~ y
days passes into diarrhea. The n.y. ~
ing of the beard f.ndey these ina H,sael
is q CURIOUS! fkct.-khe Lnsls-,lEEa'sse
The Arctic Gt4cte. l. i III W.
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Poem in the Dorset Dialect.

A fOem III lHe DOTSel DlaltCts
- a1sptJsA.i.I "a tLs,..bsO. IL
In Grenley churchyard all alwone,
little maid ran up wi pride
To zee me there, an push'd ABIDE
A bunch o. bennets that did hide
verse her fathdf ,mfshezaid,
Put up above het rhdtheff head; q X II
To tell how nmelfhe aeved her, =
The verse wer sho1f, hut veIy good,
] stood an larn' d enagheae Estood: - II 81
Mid God, dear Meary, gle me greace
To Wind, like thee, better pleace, 49,, T.
Where L woonce mwore mfd see thy feace,
An bring thy children up to know
sHiswerd, that they mid come am show
- u Thy sou loW much lov'd thee"
Where's father, them ! zaid, my chile"
Dead, too" Sheanswered wi a smile;
" An L an, brother linn do bide
At Betty Whites o. t'other eide
/ o. road" /" Mid He, my chile,'' cried,
- ~That's father to the fatherless,s
TBecome thy father now, an bless,
y An, keep, an lead, and love thee"
Though slfesve a-1ost, thought, so much,
Still He don't iet the thought OFT touch
Her litsome heart by day an night; III
An zoo, if we could teake it right,
Do show He'll fneake his burdens light
- To weaker souls, an that His smile
%iy sweet upon a harmless chile,
- When they be dead that loy'd it.
s--William Barnes.
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The whole amount of premium money
won at the horse races the past season
Is S350,539 OF this Pierre Lorillard
has won S59, 1897, or nearly one-sixth,
while George l.. Lorillard follows with
$3.50 1881, which is over one-eleventh of
the whole amount. The average of the
best Ii is nearly $4,000, so that between
these Is stables four-sevenths of the
money has been secured, leaving about
sl50,o0o to be divided up among nu-
merous others. Goldsmith Maidn has
earned her owners 1925, 900 all told.
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Real Cannibals: Z

Real cannibals have. been disGqEss
by missionaries ON the ISLANDS ol ~
Britain and New ireland, on the Hosl Y
east coast of New Guinea. These a|s y
tives are nude savages fof the 9Elesl.
type, who live more hke.beasts tasas.
man beings. Rev.HGeorge .Brssx . !, /.
Wesleyan missionary, reports In I's. i
saw women roasting the les APP niisp u.
of a man who had been killedna sseps
In another hut smoke-died n ".
flesh was hanging, In aiiothsf ]! AZ S eo "
ed 80 jaw bones Of men and 49, i
Cannibalism seems to bereempen - q.
the islands,. not as religious n. s''s
as an ordinary means OF sd ds HI
The natives assured the nissljc!hpaf3 "
the accounts heretofore publsaea - 80
race of tailed human beings Asess 80 -
and were certain that these ~, 81 !. ~
creatures were not monkeys.
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q A IKTfsR was mailed at the Hornells-
vlllq, y. Y, Post-oflice, recently, 3 feet
II inches long and 10 inches wide. 1t
took 90 cents to pay the postage.
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$rffG tNf .t- PEI Z lfENfltf +NB"*Asff. -
The objections to the psymenss..os =
legacies Of the will OF Isaac NJ Si Igsf
the sewing-machine inventor, havelRs =
withdrawn, and the ,beqpests VIII = 2
distributed at once , among ehis.iFiaes,.ss!
mistresses and children. About q Y
GOO are to be- divided. ik1kdds > y 9
amounts previously adisposed io 81, I
this sum, S40,4o0 go TO MIS- ,:,. 49, aisS
who is livingin England S6V, IVY " SIX sRsl i
to four of her children, and slssA sl.,i
each of two others; S2o'0Goit0 - -
five children by Mary MeGenssas.. ~ ss;x 4
600 apiece to three children ~ I s5E7I III
Sparsler, and $4,000 EACH I 81 i
others, and $4,000 to dauenssa.as
Mary Z. Walter The stock as's' ss',si
Mr.. Singer viii also be distFl'.s'
among the legatees.
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THE NEGRO SAILORS STORY.

Wah, wah, wah! See that young un
tryin' to lift that anchor? That reminds
me. My little gal see a rock in the field
bouts big's a long boat. g Oh, pa, +"
says she, mayn't | have that rock to
kerry home m build house with it ?''
''Jes's lieve," says 1. Wah, wah,
wah!-Atlantic for December.
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MARK TWAIN'S LATEST.

The RenzhrkabIe Stories He Heard Relat.
II ] ed On a Recent Voyage at Sea.
THIS PROFESSORS HORSE STORY.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1877-06-25

nommen. Die 3abt Der 8oote, bic sur 3eit
in Cumberland liesen, if iebr geriug. - 4m
6reitas Nlor9eu fiel bic tleine, smeiidbrige
8otter bes on Der @ineomitrabe iuobnenoen
6rn. 0turpbD in einen nit beiBem @aiier
9efiiuten g8aitfeiiel. 9as 8in6 muroe 10
Iduer oerbriiht, oaB es i6on mad Serlani
ueniger Stllnoeu itarb. - Yor uier Sabreu
peri6wauo Sr. Sarl llbl, eiu iuueer &aufs
mann aus SOmeriet, Ba., auf 9ebeimuibooae
2Seie. alle 9iahforihungen mad ieineni
Serbleib fiibrten 3u feIner Spur. Sn Ooriger
gSode 1T er geiuno uno iuOblbebalten mad
Somerlet Suriid9etebrt. @r mar eiuem abens
teuerliben Orange geiolgt unb bate w6breno
Der lebten pier Sabre cine Reiie nm Die g8slt
gemadt.
- (2lus Baltimore @ouuth.) Der Sturm,
pel6er am leeten OOnnerita9e berrlf1te, bat
groBeu Sbaoen in gSoooberrn anaeridltet.
9aS Dad bon bem SiireaugebGuSeo Der Sirina
g8nl. y. Cooper & S1bne iuaro BON BEN er.
re9ten 1iiften fort9eriiien uno mebrere Sunosrt
Sup melt iiber SoneS' 6Gue getrageu. Gin
luugeS, Dem 6ru. 9tatban Miles in ,6ampoen
geb0renoes Yierb marb, mGbrcnS eS I'M Stalle
ltano, pom Sltte getroiien uno auf Der Stelle
get0otet. - Srau Setieg gSbiitle ltarb bieier
Gage i'm buuOertiteu Qebeusiabre 3u SOwion.
t0mn.
- (IuS Iunapolis.) Der @ontroleur bat
Die naGitehenoe Sertbeilun9 bes S6uliteusr-
fonbs fiir Den Ntonat <Suui Inter Die Giientli-
den Sdluleu i'll ben perid)iebenen Counties
NpS lStnntpS nunpnrAupt.