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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-02-02
Iror brown nsrrlsa OF M. D.ueh,sr..

"Brown, l don't know how It is that
your girls all marry of as soon as they get
old enough, while none Of mine can mar
ry."
"Oh, that's simple enough. marry my
girls OF Oh the buckwheat straw princi-
| pie"
But what is that rrinciple7 never
heard Of it before"
"Well, ! used 10 raise good deal Of
buckwheat, and it puzzled me to know
how to get rid Of the straw. Nothing would
eat II, and II was great bother TO me. At
last 1 thought Of a plan. stacked my
straw nicely and built a high rail fence
around it. My cattle, Of course, concluded
that 1t was something good, and at once
tore down the fence aud began TO eat The
straw. logged them away and put up
| the fence few times, but the more drove
them away the moro anxious they became
to eat the straw, and cat they did, every
bit of it. AS said, marry my girls off
on the Same principle. When young man
that don't like begins calling on my girls
encourage him in every way can. tell
him TO come often and stay as late as he
pleases, and take pains 10 mint 10 tue GIIis
that think they'd better set their caps for
him. II works first rate. lie don't make
many calls, for the girls treat bin as coolly
as they can. But when young fellow that
like comes around, man that think
would suit me for a son.in-law, don't let
him make many calls before give him TO
understand that he isn't wanted around
my house. tell the girls, too, that they
shall not have anything TO do with him,
aud give them orders never 10 speak 10 him
again. The plan always works first rate.
The young folks begin 10 pitch into each
other, and the next thing know they arc
engaged to be married. When see that
they are determined 10 marry l always
give in, and pretend 10 make the best Of it.
That's the way l manage it."-DuJuque
(IoiUd) telegram.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-02-02
A ErirhtfnI Warning.

Western papers print the suljoined on
the alleged authority of the Pawhuska In
dian journal: "The existence of an an
cient Indian village at Paragoonah, Utah,
about 200 miles from Phoebe, is reported.
The houses, now covered with trees and
brush, were arranged in uniform rows, and
were about eight by nine feet in size. They
were all two story, built of adobe, support
ed by pillars of sandstone rock. The only
entrance discoverable was sort OF man.
hole in the top. Bone needles, rude appli-
ances for grinding corn, and other relics
were found in several of the houses. There
is a tradition among the Indians of that re-
gion that long years ago the tribe that i'm
habited this village brought about their an
Inhalation by their own preposterous opiu-
ions. They were quite prosperous neo-
pie, and refused TO associate with the Sioux,
Shoshones, and other tribes. Indeed, they
were far above the savage Indians, mas
much as some of them were real giants,
and walked the Western plains Goliaths in
power and size. They were whittier than
most American descendants of Shem.
They, however, had their developed caudal
appendage. They refused to believe in the
Great Spirit, and declared they could re-
member when they had existed as lour-leg-
ged animals. Their remote ancestors could
trace their origin 10 the serpentino world,
and told how their ancestors in turn could
Tell of the very time when the first men,
Der OF their race lad absolutely sprung in
to being from nothing. The other Indians
did not take TO this idea. On account Of
this preposterous piece of ignorance, this
peculiar race would have nothing TO do
with other tribes. They also looked upon
their beliefs in regard 10 spirit realm and
a hereafter as all loolishness. They did
not believe in the good and evil genii, and
were loud in their denunciations of the
spiritual visitants Of this mundane sphere.
They we're very persistent in their denun-
Citations, and at last brought the whole spir-
it world down upon them. The ETHEREAL
characters determined TO avenge them
selves for the indignty offered them. The
long and short of the mater was, that an
army of them swoopod down upon the ir-
reverent wretches one night and carried
Off the whole tribe, men, women, and chill
dren. At last, they disappeared between
two suns, and left no trace except their
buildings. Not word has ever been heard
of them since. DarwiA and kindred phi
lOsophers should take warming"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-02-02
GBtDtrmont 4Banit.
BRATTLEBORoi
FEIDAY EVENING, FEB. ., 1877.
1900 New Farms started within "a
Near.

Does any one know how many new
farms have been opened in the United
States and their Territories this year; how
many new log cabins have been built !
how many acres Of virgin soil ploughed up
for the first time? Ii is not probable that
any one docs know with exactness, but
there is a little table in the report Of the
Secretary Of the Interior, presented TO Con-
gress the other day, which furnishes the
material for an approximately correct an
swer TO these questions. During the year
ending with June last there were taken up
under the Homestead law 1855 acres.
New land taken up under the Homestead
law is for actual cultivation, and it is gen.
orally taken in lots Of 1GO acres. 1t would
appear, therefore that more than 1900 new
farms were commenced last year under the
Homesteid law alone. But this is not all.
There were sold during the year G4O,69l
acres for cash, and 1877, GAO acres were allot-
ted on military land warrants. 1t is no
doubt true that portion of these 1881
acres were bought or entered by others
than actual settlers, by spectators or by
persons who made investments of this ma
ture for future purposes. 1t would be fair
TO estimate, however, that onc-half OF the
1881 acres were purchased or entered for
tho purpose of immediate settlement and
cultivation and this calculation would
give us 2,432 more new farms of lG0 acres
each. There were also q GAS acres entered
upon the Sioux and Chippewa half.brced
scrip, and COZ 1884 acres taken up under the
nhor ft,1N 1oNt M sci fhnEn iNun
latter items out Of the calculation, we have
an aggregate of about 1880 new faims
commenced during the year. This means
1880 new homes. In five years from now,
these 1850 farms, under good manage
ment, ought TO produce annually some 90
100000 bushels OF wheat, some 100000
bushels of corn, and some 100000 head of
cattle or swine-making provisions more
than enough to furnish meat and bread for
New York city for whole year.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-02-02

SUFFERINGs AND BRAVERY OF TURK
| ISL SoLDIERs.-No one who saw the Turk
ish soldiers during the campaign just fin
ished in Servia could have failed 10 note
two things-their devotion 10 duty and
their want Of the very necessalies Of life.
Other troops would have erumbled at be-
| ing compelled day after day to lie idle
| while their general wasted chance aller
chance and victory AFTER victory; other SOL
diers would have complained when order
ed to attack, in inadequate numbers, al
most impregnable positions, when their
own sense told them that their efforts were
useless; other men would have said that a
hard biscuit a day was too little 10 cam
Iaign upon, and certainly Euglishmon
would have urged the necessity Of having
clothes calculated TO enable them to with
stand the rgors of a winter.
Yet the Turkish soldier bore all hil hard
ships without murmur. When he found
his commander would not move LIE lay
down and smoked till The Pasha altered
his mind when he was ordered to attack
the Alexinalz batteries in front, unsupport-
ed by artillery and unsheltered from the
enemy's shot and shell, Lo shouted al
lahr ~ and went forward cheerfully to be
killed; when he bad no meat rations for
fOrty-nine days he did the Lest he could TO
exc out his biscuit with toasted maize and
when the rain came on, aud he had neither
tent nor greatcuat, he made little hut OF
oak branches and encamped in the mud,
although shivering with cold and wet, and
rapidly succumbing 10 fever.
When the season advanced and winter
came on his sufIerngs daily increased.
Happily just then the Red Cross Associa-
ton sent out lis admirable staff, under DR..
Leslie, and they did much good. A num-
Der of bullocks aud sheep were sent to the
front to enable the men to bear the rigors
of the climate little better. Beds were
got for the sick and wounded, to raise them
from the pools of mud in which they lay,
and tents were increased in number; but
this could only alleviate part Of the dis
tress, and, as the winter has increased in
severity, the wants Of the troops have in
creased.
Many OF them wero born in the south of
Europe or in Arabia, and had hitherto been
useN " sunny Climates hueIe lllllo OF no
snow is ever seen. For them to be taken
to a district covered with snow, where the
cold is as intense as in the south of Russia,
only imperfectly clad aud quite unprotect-
ed from the weather, would have been bad
enough had even their rations been nour-
ishing and good. This they are not, and
thus in the Turkish lines in the Balkans a
vast amount of suffering and distress is be-
ing felt, and men are falling victims to dis
ease for want of the very necessaries of life.
A feeble attempt was made by the Turk
ish Government to provide them with
kind of great coat made of the raw canvas
from which tents are constructed but even
this has not been done in all cases, and
many of the men have nothing but blue
calico jackets and pantaloons TO keep out
the intense cold which is experienced in
the Balkan mountains.-London Daily Tel
e9rGph.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-02-02

Don't bury a can OF nitro 81 ycerlne in
the back yard. Better bury cat or pint
OF onion seed. A man in Sing Sing, N. Y,
planted nitro-glycerine on his premises,
and the other day he went to dig 1t up.
His pick struck the can and all the neigh
borhood thought there was an earthquake.
But the man, o where was her He was
gathered up in pals from an area half a
mile square, and there was not enough for
a coroner to sit upon or to give decent ex-
cuse for a funeral.
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Among the laws passed at the last session

Among the laws passed at the last session
of the Legislature, and which went into ef-
feet on the first of this month, is one which
changes the standard bushel, by weight, OF
various kinds of produce. sixty lbs. OF
beans now make bushel, instead of sixty
four being required, as heretofore. A bush
ell OF buckwheat drops from forty-eight to
forty-six pounds. A bushel of herds-grass
or Timothy seed is fixed at forty five lbs.
in place OF forty-two, and bushel of on
ions at fifty-two, in place of hity-four. The
weight of bushel Of apples is fixed by stat
ute for the first time, and is forty-six lbs.
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AInaschar.


Here's yer toy balloons! All sizes
Twenty cents for that. II rises
Jest as quick as that ere, Miss,
Twice as big. Ye zee it ia
Some more fancy. Make it square
Fifty for EN- both. That's fair.
That's the sixth I've sold since noon;
Trades reyivinp. Just as soon
As this lots worked OF III take
Who'll esale nggers. Make or break,
That's my moitol Then IN buy
In some nrst-class lottery,
Out half ticket, numbere right,
As 1 dreamed about last night.
That'l fetch it. Don't tell mel
when a mans in luck, you sec,
All th ings help him. Every chance
Hits him like an avalanche.
Here's your toy balloons, Miss. Lh?
You won't turn your face this way?
Mebbe youn be glad come day!
With that clear ten thousand prize
This yer trade III drop, and rise
Into wholesale No! I'll take
stock in Wall street. Make or break,
That's my motto. With my luck,
where's the chance Of being stuck1
Call it sixty thouasnd, clear,
Made in Wall street in one year.
Sixty thousand Umph! Let's sec;
Bond aud mortgage'll do for me.
Good. That gal has passed me by
Scornful lke-why, mebbc
Some dsy1l hold In pawn-wby not?-
All her fathers pro9.-Shenl spot
what's my little game and see
What I'm alters her. He! he!
Hell hel when she comes to sue
Lots sec. what's the thing to do?
Kick herr No! There's the perliss!
Sorter throw her of like thisl
Hellol Stopl Help! Murder! Hey!
There's my whole stock got away!
Kiting on the house tops! Lost!
All poor mans fortin! Cost?
Twenty dollarsl Eh7 What's this?
Fifty cents? God bless ye, Miss!
bret Harte, in Gala:
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The Grand UniOn Hotel. of New York,
opposite Grand Central Depot, is one of the most
popular OF the New York City hrstcass hotels It is
so conveniently located to the Grand Central Depot
that all expense Of carriage and baggage eIpressage
Is saved its guests. Persons contemplating Visiting
or passing through New York will do well to give the
Grand Union trial The Grand Uuon supplies ey-
cry advantage Afforded by hrst-cass hotel while the
rates Of charges ale moderate, being suited to the
atEingOncy OF the timea.
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are run on all through trains Of this road.
Thisi the ONLY LINE running these cars between
Chicago ana st. Paul, Chicago and Milwaukee, Chi
eago and Winona.
At Omaha our Sleepers connect with the Overland
Sleepers on the Union Pacific Railroad for all pOinis
west Of the Missouri River.
On the arrival Of the trains from the East or South
the trains Of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway
leave Chicago as follows:
For Council Huds, Omaha L California, two through
trains daily, with Pullman Palace Drawing Room
anG Sleeping Cars through to Council Bluffs.
For ST. Paul Minneapolis, two through trains daily
with Pullman Palace Cars attached on both trains
for Green Bay Lake Superior, two trsrs daily with
Pullman Palace Cars attached, and running through
to Marquette.
For Milwaukee, four through trains daily Pullman
cars on night trains Parlor Chair cars on day trains
For Sparta and Winona and points in Mipneeota on
through train daily, with Pullman Seepers 10 Wi
mona. - "
For Dubuque, via Freeport two through trains daily
with Pullman cars night trains ~
foT Dubuque La Crosse, via Clinton, two through
trains daily, with Pullman cars on night train 10
McGregor, Iowa
For Sioux City Yankton, two trains daily Pullman
cars TO Missouri Valley Junction
For Lake Geneva, four trains daily
FOR Hocktord. Sterling, Kenosha Janesvile and 9TH
or points, you have from two to ten trains daily
New York Ofhce No. as Broadway: Boston Office
No. state Street: Omaha Once, 253 Faruhsm Street:
pan fr@nclsco once l2l Montgomery Street Chicago
ticket offices, GO Clark Street under sherman Honse
corner Canal and Madison Streets; Kinze street ne
pot, corner W. knzie and Canal Streets Wells street
Depot, corner Wells and Kinzie Streets
FOR rates or information not attainabe from vour
home ticket agents, apply to
n SIESSErr. MARVIN HUGHITT
'su' i9sS' Ag l. chicago Gen. Supt, Chicago
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LEWIS a KELLEY's
Real Estate Loan Office,
3o2 NIcOIIst Avenue, MINNEAPOLIS, MINI.
NJ. W. LEWIS, Minneapolis.
A. +. KELLEY, formerly Of Putney, Vt.
]. II. McKEAND. Manager.

Special attention given to the placing of funds on
Real Estate in city and vicinity, that it will net
the lender ten per cent interest, payable semi
annually. Mortgage deeds taken 10 secure notes
for principal, with coupon notes attached given for
the instaments of interest.
All loans made by u.s. well as the Interest," on
them will be collected free of charge, If wished also
titles examined taxes paid property sold debts col.
lected and prompt returns made,
Send for circular showing method Of doing
business.
REFERENCES Northwestern, State, Merchants ant
National Exchange Natl Banks, Minneapolis, MINI. /;
Merchants National Bank, St. Paul, Mimi. First Ma.
tlonal Bank, New Albany, Ind; Vermont National
Bank, Brattleboro, Vt. i; Barber Trumbauer, bank
ers Polo, Ill. Parks Wooson, Springfield, VT. g.
3. Sleeper Co., M. A. Lewis 4 Co., Boston, Mass !:
H. L. Baker, d. L. Shaw, Rev. A. Foster ,Putney, VI
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RSHUELOT RAILROAD.

E::!Is5Fl Al 1Ei De eti2i Ihi isis
s=h Passenger trains will leave
-NS---AA--------K eene at go a. IN. ard 2 go
p. and Saturdays only $3.50 p. In connecting at
South Vernon with Connecticut River Railroad trains
for Springfield Hartford, New Haven, and New York,
and with Vermont and Mass Railroad for Bratieboro.
RETURSING--Loaye South Vernon at 1905 g. m,
5:25 p. m, and Saturdays only 1850 ,. m,
rival Of Connecticut River Il. X. trains, for Keene
Bellows Fails, Fitchburg, Boston, &c.
20 Passengers from BrattebOro for stations on
Ashucut Railroad leave BTstteboro at s15 a. and
1886 p. m. K. STEWART, Supt.
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CIRCULAR SAWS,
Made Without Hammering.

The "sINoSD sn saws are Strengthened by means Of
heat and pressure, and irifhout hammtring aud are
warranted superior TO hammered for the follow
log reasons: I a-7I ~ -
The success Of the process requiring uniform heat
iusures perfectly uniform tenper and hey file and
set in mare sGftsfdciorg mdnHtr.
Being free from uneven strain or buckle, they stand
~ 10 hsir trOrk betftr.
As the steel is left in q natural condition by this
process the saws retain her original thope or posi-
ton, as they reduced IN size, thus avoiding the
necessity and expense Of re-hammerng.
Being made Of higher quality q steel than it is
practical to Use BY the Old method, they hold edge
Longer.
Large circular mill saws can be run at any reason-
able speed with equally good results,-saws SO inches
in diameter having been tested from 400 to 1850 turns
minute, with perfect satisfacton,-while hammered
saws mast lie hammered differently for different
speeds.
The "siMoNDs" Jaws received at the Centennial a
Medal, Diploma, and the following report Of the
Board Of Judges;
"Circular Saws Of beautiful finish and form, ard
originality in the method Of manu- fac'ure."
trial Of the "SIIoTDs" Saws will satisfy any mill
man that he cannot AFFORD TO use hammered saws.
Send for Circular Price List.
SIMONDS MANIC. CO.,
FITCIIDUBC, MASS. memi
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MOODY & HowEs
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ar This lecture should be in the hands Of every
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RatIroane.
CENTRAL VERMONT RAILROAD.

uLU UHL SEnmuNI nhILnuHu.
E!EFssgs.7 TRAINS LEAVE BRATTLEDoRo AS
Ekh-aRG FOLLOWS:
Going south.
$3.50 am, Night express from Ogdensburr, Montreal
st. Adams, Burlington, etc, via white River June.
ton, for S ringheh, New York, etc.
s.15 am, Accommodation FOR Ne. London, SPRING
held New York, etc.
iS S:sg D. No. Passenger for Mle' Pals, Boston, etc
3 $50 ?. M, Mail from st. Adams, Burlington Rutland
white River Junction, etc, for New London, spring
field, New York, etc.
Mixed trains leaving White River Junction G go a. m
arrive at Brstttb Oro II 10 m, ind leaving W. n
Junction $40 pm, arrive In Bratteboro 1870 pm.
Going North.
Trains arrive in Braitlcbsro-
1880 am, Mail from Sew London, field, etc.
1898 PM Passenger from Millers Falls Boston, etc
1915 p. m, Passenger from Miers Pals, Boston, etc
545 pm, Passenger from Springfield aud New York.
1880 pm, Night express from "
Trains leave Bfattleboro-
700 am, Mixed for Bellows Falls and White River
Junction.
lO:3O am Mail for white River Junction, Rutland
Burlington, 81. Adams, Ogdensburg, Montreal and
the West.
5:l5 pm, Mixed for Bellows Falls aud White River
Junction.
1880 pm, Night express for white River Junction,
Burlington, St. Adams, Ogdensburg, Montreal and
the Wet.
Pullmsn's Drawing Room and Sleeping Cars are run
On night trains Lttwetn Springfield and Montreal.
J. W. HOBART, Gen. supt
st. Adams, Vt, Dec. H. 1876.
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BEST FAIRHAVRN OYSTERS.
Wanted 4!

HoOD Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton and Poultry, But
~ tsr and Eggs; also, Beef Hides, Calf Skins and
Shoep feltA CHAB- Il. ALEXANDER,
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CATARRH
Five Years Sickness Cured by Four Bot.
ties of Constitutional Catarh Remedy!
Pain in Shoulders, Back, and Lungs,
and Droppings in the Throat
Disappear.


ST. AENANp, p. O., Sept. IL, 1874.
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come so had as to be unable to do hours work at
tHe Had severe soreness aud pain under the shout
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was weight bearing it down, With continual dropping
IN the throat and down upon the lGnPE Such was my
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Yours truly, HENRY SNYDER