Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-11-02
Nv GENERAL.


There has been u decrease of fifteen per
cent in the importation of French silks to the
United States the present year.
"a family of seven children in Green
county, Ky, pair of twins among them, are
all deaf and dumb" That would be a splen-
did cast for "a Quiet Family"
A New York ieweler has n splendid opal
ring which has been sold nine times for an
engagement ring. and nine times has been ex-
changed on account of the general belief that
these jewels are unlucky.
---Florida's orange product this year Is esti-
mated at 17,OOO, 600. 1t is believed that in
ten years the principal northern cities will OBJ
tain their main supply of oranges from Flori-
da, instead of the West Indies
Victor Emanu,l has awarded African Ex-
plorer Stanley special gold medal and the
Italian Geographical society is preparing an
address in acknowledgement of Mr.. Stanley's
valuable contributions to science.
The enduring odor of musk is marvel
Gus. When Justinan. in 53s. rebuilt what is
now the mosque of St Sophia. the mortar
was charged with musk, and to this day the
atmosphere of the building is filed with the
odor.
The Krishma shoal light house. nm SsO.-
coo iron structure in the Bay Of Bengal 60
miles below the Rangoon river, has mysteri-
ously disappeared. and is supposed to have
sunk in the sand with the seven men who
kept it.
-Blondin has returned to England, and is
exhibiting on n rope 40 feet from the ground,
standing on his head lying on his back, feint-
ing to fall. sitting on the back of chair bal
anced on two legs on the rope, and riding a
velocipede along it, backward and forward.
The California geysers are simply lot of
boiling springs extending half mile through
tair y.ba ivito lEc
amid the kissing and roaring noises of steam
ing sulphurous gases and over lava beds.
There is nothing beautiful. but much that is
fearful about them.
A new Chinese theatre is going up in San
Francisco. The theatrical manager, All Wang,
from Hong Kong brings full company of
carefully-selected artists, numbering ninety
two actors and six cooks They are engaged
at a uniform yearly salary Of $500 each, with
board, the whole company eating and Sleep
ing in the theatre.
The tumor. of which the great singer
Tietjens died, was produced by some Of her
| heavy falls on the stage, when carried away
| by the excitement of the scene. as bruises fire.
| quently result in this way in the case of tieshy
persons. Tietjens by the way, was, only a
few years ago, slender in person, and at one
time was as thin as a rail.
-Diphtheria has become. next to consump-
ton, the most fatal disease in New England.
The vital statistics of Massachusetts, Just pub
lished, for the year 1876. show that it now oc-
cupies the second place in the list of fatality,
whereas, no longer ago than 1872, its place
was the nineteenth. Last year, 2G1O persons
died of ii in Massachusetts and 1927 of con-
sumption
All the Sioux Indians at the Red Cloud
agency in Nebnska have been started on
their march to the vicinity of the Missouri
river, where provision has been made for
them by the government, and no dissatisfac-
ton has been expressed by them. The march
will be long and tedious one, probably oc-
cupying month. The Sioux at the Spotted
Tail agency will not move for some days.
-Postal-card communications embrace all
sorts of subjects, business, religion, law,
love, sense and nonsense 1t may be news to
some people that postmasters have perfect
right to read any postal card passing through
their hands. Their authority for doing so
will be found in the October number of the
u. s. Official Postal Guide, on page 80 under
the head of Rulings"
1t seems to be an undoubted fact that since
their emancipation the colored people of the
South have been dying of at nm unusual rate.
They have crowded into the cities and large
towns, occupying the unhealthiest quarters,
and have contracted diseases previously al
most unknown among them. The present
average mortality of negroes in the Southern
cities is twice that of the whites.
A Warner lady stopped the milkman as
he was passing the house the other day and
inquired the price of milk by the quart, put
ting up her ear trumpet to catch the reply.
The milkman drew quart of milk and emp
tied it into the trumpet, and the result has
been that he has had to go mile out of his
way to keep out of sight of the lady, who sits
on the front porch with shotgun watching
for him to pass.
VIM. H. Vanderbilt was an inveterate
smoker in his youth, and one day in 1858 as
: the family were on the steam yacht North
Star en- route for St. Petersburg, his father
remarked to him: Il wish you would give
up that smoking habit of yours. I'll give
/ you $4,000 if you do it," The son replied
'You need not give me any money. Your
wish is quite sufficient" He has not smoked
| since.
Brigham Young once ingeniously put off
n simple disciple who had lost leg and want
, ed him to have him another supplied by mir
) aculous growth, by saying that he could COM
mand another to grow, of course but begged
: his petitioner to consider how awkward it
would be to walk around heaven with three
legs while the other saints would have only
two. The credulous sufferer went away sat
isfied
"A vigorous temperance reform move
ment is going on at Charlottetown, Prince
Edwards Island One of the first saloon
| keepers to yield was man named John Car
! roll, who, instead of abandoning his saloon
! business, began to conduct it on strict tenn
perance principles d. Banks Mckenzie Wis
tied Charlottetown on the Sd, and grand
temperance demonstration was held in the af-
! tenoon, followed by an illumination of many
: residences and places of business in the eve
; ming.
, ~. s11.,.4 81 Das,
. . vile. Ohio, the other day where Henry Rouch
was buried alive in well 10 feet deep, the
whole of one side falling on HIM Though there
\ was little hope of getting him out the citizens
rallied under the direction of the Mayor and
. went to work to get him out. After Is hours
: of continuous toll he was taken out alive,
air having reached him by means of the rope
! by which he was lowered, and his bent arm
. held up huge stone which threatened tC
crush his head. He said that he seemed to be
in the well for u week.
A Yorkshire weaver named Hartley left
: England for Canada - years ago, intending
n TO send for his wife in year or two. When
. the summons arrived however, his wife re-
. fused to leave the old country, and in a few
. years Harley married again and lived with his
: second wife % years, butneyer failing to send
: his first wife regularly money enough to sup
;, port her. When wife No. . died, the othei
n hearing of il in some way, started at once tC
,, reion her husband. The meeting was n joy
IA full one. and they have determined to share
; each others forum to the end of thei
K lives
r George William Curtis in addition to hi
a other labors conducts the services in the lit
: tie Unitarian church in his neigliborhood
> The house of worship is small and the con
II gregation not large. Three years ago tn
n pastor resigned and Mr.. Curtis was asked t.
n read sermon and conduct the general ser
, | ua hoe conditioned IN YayfoF1n that In