Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-08-24
RREVHTIEs.

1t is estimated that 10000 oil wells have
thus far been dug in Pennsylvania and
West Virginia al an aggregate cost of $780,
100000. They have YIELDED about $780,
900 barrels of oil, valued at the wells at
$500, OOO, 900, or $500, 900, 900 at the seaboard
"A San Francisco photographer has sue
ceeded in taking a picture of Occdent
while he was trotting past at the rate of 2;27,
accurately timed, or 80 feet in a second, and
about 40 feet distant, the exposure of the
negative being less than the one.thousandth
part Of second.
Two children fell into the wafer at
Morges on Lake Geneva, when boy only
10 years old threw off his coat aud plunged
into the lake. He soon appeared on tie
surface, supporting a child with each hand,
and in few minutes succeeded in trans
ferrlng them safe and sound to the shore.
Venice was founded in A. d. 42l, on
islands in the lagoons or shallow waters,
on the Adriatic coast, as a place of refuge
during the invasion of Italy by Attlla. Up
to 1247 it was a democratic Republic, and
from that time TO lis destruction by Nspo-
leon, in 1897, an aristocracy. 1t has pop
ulation of 100, 900.
"A novel libel suit was brought in Eng
land recently. A man who didn't like his
neigbor sowed mustard and water-crcss on
his own grounds in such a way that when
they grew the words "Whitehead is a
scamp were seen. The court decided The
act TO be libelous, and that vegetables had
no right to grow in that style.
The peculiarly of the fly Is that he al
ways returns to the same spot; but It's the
characteristic of the mosquito that lie al
ways returns TO another spot. Thus he diff
fers from the leopard, which does not
change his spots. This is an important
fact in natural history.
"A young mother in this city explain
ing christening to her five year-old boy,
told him that when he was christened be
"would be one of Gods little lambs" "And
will have hind legs and baa ?" eagerly
asked tho boy Wilmington EUery Ere-
ming.
"A crazy woman attended church at the
Congregational church at West Meriden,
CT, Sunday, and while the organist was
playing the interlude, rose and screamed
in a shrill voice: "I adjure you, in the
name of the Lord God Almighty, TO trot
that hymn slow?" The preacher was as
tonished.
An elegant young lady entered drug
gists shop in New York, and asked for a
dose of csstor-oil. "By all means" said
the chemist. "Will you have little cream
solar" "With pleasure" replied the young
lady. She had it. After pause, "Where's
that ERE castor ?" "why, you've had it,"
remarked the druggist. "But look here,
wanted it for my mother" Tableau.
1t is a beautiful starry night and the
seniors are out singing: "First senior,
who studies astronomy-"Look up there,
and see how beautiful Orion looks" Sec
oud senior, who does not study astronomy,
but who has q streak of Irish blood-"Is
that Organ? Thank the Lord then, there
is one Irishman in Heaven, anyhow r'-
Cornell Era.
-Closefist and his sou lived together.
They were both exceedingly economical in
their habits. Young Closefist was not anx
ious for his fathers death. He knew the
old mans money was all right, and there
was no necessity TO trouble about it. One
day the old man fell dangerously ill, and
asked his son TO run for physician. Close
fist, junior, with long face: "But, father
you know how these doctors charge"
"Never mind, my son, it will be cheaper
funerals are awfully expensive just now"
"A Pittsburg paper announces the organ
ization of mysterious secret order called
| the Universal Brotherhood. 1t is compos'
| ed of laborers, mechanics and farmers
Lawyers, doctors, preachers, politicians
| Office holders, bankers, bondholders and
spectators are rigidly excluded. No mar
is admitted to membership who is not en-.
| gagged in some active industry involving
| manual labor. The order already mum
bers thousands and will soon be organized
in every ward in Pittsburg. Its object i,
to unite the laboiing classes of every grade
and profession in common Interest
throughout the United States.
All question as TO The success of Capt
Eads's jelties at South Pass is removed by
the favorable report Of the engineer Officer
| inspecting the work. There are now TWEEN.
ty feet of water on the tar, with ample
width of channel, and only one sinai
| " uTtuSeu dCTOss
TO make the least depth twenty-five feet
The mouth of the Mississippi is open a
last, and genius aud enterprise have ac
complished in less than three years time
work that had baffled the methods Of thu
army engineers for more than half cen
fury.
"A tall, elderly, refined-lOoking gentle
man recently went into small Posl-offict
in rural region of England. He ask ed
some question relative TO the registering o
letter, and was very sharply, rudely ant
unnecessarily snubbed by young woman
in attendance. He asked her if she though
that was proper way TO answer an inquiry
in public Office. She said she though
that she had been quite civil enough fol
him. He asked her with an ominOusly in
creasng mildness of manner, If she woulC
favor him with her name. She emphati
cally declined 10 do so. He then said b,
thought he would tell her his name, which
however, she declined to hear, saying tina
his name was no concern of hers. II,
calmly replied that he thought it was, 70
his name was John Manners, and be wa
the Postmaster General.
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SLOW nut SURE.-The "slow lighter
was tall, rawboned specimen of the Pix