Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-08-16
NO. 33.
IN GENERAL.


leans have sailed for Europe the argestnum-
Der ever recorded
The Congegationalist publishes "A list of
church debts paid since the first Of January,
which foot up Sl,8ji,53l.
ireland was never so prosperous as she is
to-day, and the upper classes Of the people
are as a rule, loyal to the Government.
Hereafter at the st. Louis morgue the
bodies are to be placed in caskets into which
air will be forced at such a low temperature
that the corpses will be frozen.
Ten thousand acres Of hop-vines in Cen
trail New York give promise Of an unprecc-
dented yield, and make glad the hearts Of
hop-growers and beer-makers.
Mr.. Jay Cooke, since his failure, nearly
five years ago, has been living with his son-in-
law He has grown old rapidly. His tall
form and white hat can be seen almost daily
on Third street, Philadelphia.
1t has been discovered by Minnesota
farmers that two acres of sundowers win sup
ply family with fuel through long winter
The wood of the stalks and the oil of the seeds
make roaring and cheerful fires.
The coal area of Illinois is estimated at
3j, 900 square miles, which is three times as
extensive as the coal area of Ohio and Penn
sylvania. 1t comprises one-ffth Of all the
productive coal fields of the United States.
One Of Krupp's new guns is % feet long,
and weighs 114,O00 pounds. The shells for
this monster weigh 1,155 pounds, and 253
pounds of powder are required for n charge.
To manage the gun easily eighteen men are
required.
Mrs. Solomon Hart. of Madisonville,
Ky, -, was SO miserable after year of life
with her wealthy husband of 20 that she hung
herself and the afternoon of her funeral the
widower suddenly died leaving II children by
two previous marriages.
The greatest eel pond in America is on
the farm Of James n. Wells, in the town of
Riverhead, N. Y. 1t covers five acres, and is
now so full of eels that they'can be raked out
with a garden rake. Two years ago Mr..
Wells put two thousand dozens of cells into
the pond. intending to have them undisturb-
ed for five years These have increased to
millions.
"A Frankfort (Ky.) bald-headed beau
| bought bottle of Halls Hair Rcnewer, and
! found note inside the wrapper from the girl
who packed it, saying that she should Just
dote on husband with no hair on the top of
his head Letters and photographs have done
| the rest
A wave of conscience has smitten Sara
! toga doctors, and they say many visitors in
| jure themselves every season drinking too
much of the iron waters, which are not
| tain conditions of the system.
Mrs Weathers of New Albany, Ind. whip
| ped her daughter Alma, aged 13, who there
upon tried to commit suicide by eating up all
the matches in the house and then throwing
herself into the river Her mother fshed her
out and whipped her again
Capt Jonathan Walker. 'the Man with
the Branded Hand" who died only a few
weeks ago, has had a monument erected TO
his memory which was unveiled at Muskegon,
Mich. last week, his old friend, Parker Pills
bury. being among the speakers on the occa-
sion.
A clever TusCaroran was tried at Elko,
Nevada, for stealing cattle. The jury acquit-
ted him without leaving the box and upon
his return home friend inquired as to the
result of the trial mo cause for action" said
the party, II merely killed the OK i'll self-de-
fense and ate him for Spite and of course,
was acquitted by the intelligent jury"
Sand bathing is popular at the seaside.
A trench is dug in the damp sand near the
ocean, and the suns rays are allowed to pour
into it until the sand becomes almost hot.
The bather then reclincs in the trench and an
attendant covers him with sand until he looks
like n terrapin. The bathers say the baths
are not only pleasant but beneficial. and that
three such baths will cure rheumatism.
Those poisoned arrows from South Amer
lea in the Smithsonian Institute at Washing
ton are dangerous things to fool with The
points are tipped with wooruara, most dead
ly poison which seems to never lose its ven-
ON. A short time ago some experiments were
made on rats, and though the point of the
arrow only pricked the hind legs of the ro-
dents they died within five minutes after the
application was made.
Six reindeer are to be imported from Lap
Nd fr,fn +nf,o
be accompanied to their new home by Lapp,
who will have charge of them during the
| Journey and also for some time after their
arrival The moss which grows in great
abundance in the wooded country east of
Lake Winnepeg, and in many other places, is
said to be identical with that which forms the
chief food of the reindeer in Northern
Europe.
Another queer report of jury has been
recorded in England Sheffield furnace
man came home late and drunk and his wife,
who was asleep, kept him waiting at the door
longer than pleased him. Accordingly he
knocked her down upon a sofa, emptied a
bucket of water upon her, pulled her along
the floor, kicked her in the mouth with his
heavy shoes and wound up by dragging her
into the yard and jumping upon her. The
jury found him guilty, but recommended him
to mercy ION the ground of the provocation
| gwen nm Dy MS WIG
The recent resumption of work on the
Washington Monument brings to mind the
disposition of stone that was designed Tor a
place in the structure. The American Minis
ter told Pope Plus TX. that it was proposed to
insert monoliths from the various States and
nations, and the Pope sent one to America
1t reached Washington in 1854 when the
| Know nothing excitement was at its height
and the young men of Washington resolved
that the Romish contribution should not
make part of the monument. They there
fore gathered together at night, Clipped off a
few pieces of the stone for relies, took it to
the middle of the Potomac and dropped it in.
A queer fish story comes from Burling-
ton, Iowa At Clear Lake dwells a little girl
who takes a ride every day in a small skif
drawn by two pickerel. They are regularly
harnessed, and by means of lines she is en-
abled to guide them in any direction. The
fish are about three feet in length, weigh be-
tween seven and eight pounds each, and are
very powerful. When the girl has tired of
riding she drives the pickerel to a boathouse,
where they are Embarrassed, taken into u
commodous glass aquarium made expressly
for them, and fed. When she goes to the
tank to harness them for n ride, the pickerel
jump almost into her arms, so glad, apparent
ly are they TO see her. The young miss has
been offered $1,000 for her team.
|
Isaac FRIEDLANDER, who has just died in