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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-08-30

A boy finished his education and looked
around for employment. lie was bright
lad, with healthy organism and resoute
heart His father had given him all he had
to give, and the boy took his bundle and
turned his steps toward the city. There was
nothing about him to insure Success appar-
entity, that ninety boys out Of hundred did
not have. ioung as Ae WAS he had some
rules. lie would keep out of bad company.
He would go into 10 bn,lness that was not
reputable. He would not be idle II I, would
take any business. even if the pay was poor
TINT would give hua q living H. would try
10 make every position t,ppiug stone TO
sonythiug better. Whatever he did he would
do checrfully and do it well His uncle once
told him that cyility was poor man's capi-
tai lie had some Of that stock and be pro
posed to invest it, IL trott.d around week.
asking the st-r,otyUod qul stiou. do YOU
want a boy SIR =" Nobody wanted boy.
Endurance was one of his traits. and he held
on. man kept "a small seed store Just off
Broadway. He wanted q boy but he could
not pay much. Position. not money. was
what the boy was after. ana be thankfully ac-
ceptcd the place The work was hard, the
pay poor lle shirked nothing and never
grumbled His CHEEKY. smart way of doing
things attracted the attention OF the bank
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-08-30

Some men are as unsatisfactory as II soapy
door-knob, and twice as slippery.
The worst thing about mosquito is its
long soliloquy as to whore and when it had
better settle down and bite.
DR.. johnson once dined with Scotch ldy
who had hatch patch for dinner. She asked
him if it was good. Good for hogs" said he.
Then, said She, "let me help you to some
more"
A bashful young man escorted an equally
bashful young lady. As they approached the
dwelling of the dnmsel she said entreatngly,
"Zekill, don't tell anybody you beNu'd me
home" ''Sary," said he, emphatically, don't
you mind, am as much ashamed of it as you
are"
How some women change their minds re-
specting their husbands Mrs. Jmks was
forever telling her husband that he wasn't
worth the salt in his bread, But when the
poor mau got killed in a railroad smash-up,
the fond widow sued the company for five
thousand dollars damages.
"Haye you card, sr:' asked the door
keeper of the house. The man looked little
surprised and answered: Gard? No,
don't carry pack "Where are you from ?"
inquired the doOrkeeper. "NOthe Carliny,"
was the reply. ''What do you do down in
North Carolina when you 60 II visiting? Don't
you send in u card to the man you want to
see ?" The "tarheel" laughed outright, "Lor'
a massy !" he exclaimed, 'why, we ride up to
n fellers fence aud holler to him to tie his
dog, and then We light and go in."
Was sitting beside my destined bride,
One still sentimental day;
"How long" said !, 'but to make you cry,
And I'd kiss the bright tears away"
Fair Cecy blushed, her voice grew hush'd
thought she would cry to be sure,
But she lisped to me pOuting prettily,
prevention Is better than cure"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-08-30
How the Catcher wa. Caught.

Full tall was De, with sinewy muscles,
And shoulders broad and full and square,
With limbs designed for mighty tussels
And the regular prize ring crop Of hsr;
And be played, with skill exceedingly tine,
The catchers place IN western nine.
He was rlch IN Al Of tie manly sraccs-
A very Apollo from head 20 nrtl;
And, though he was good at the stealing of bases,
He uov'r Uzs base enough. surely. to steal.
A foul, indeed, h.s puls,s stirred,
But be never was loul iu deed az word
A. fair was she AZ the sun uprising
A blooming maiden, With luscuus lips,
whose dainty comp pleteuess was really surprising,
Down TO her rosy Anger tips;
And she often sat on the stand in the shade,
And saw the games which that catcher played
Aud whenever he seized on a hot one nicely,
Or caught foul with agility,
She cspped her hands, for that precisely
The sort OF thiug she wanted TO see:
For much did this blooming maiden pine
For the catcher who caught in that cstern niue.
wherefore it was meet when the games were over,
The catcher, so brave and manly and tail,
Should frequently play the part OF lover
In game considerably older thau ball
And il an occasional error he made
Twas simply because with miss lie played.
For spite Of her love, this maid addicted
To ways most coquettsh aud naughty aud sly,
And the man Of the diamond field was restricted
To taking loves fsvors' as twere, on the hyi
And, though she protested at kissing, doubt
II the maid by the catcher was eve. put out!
At that dangerous hour, while yet the sun fingers
Above the horizon, aud Nature Is DUMP,
He would hold her small hand between his Jammed
fingers
And stroke her soft hair With his sG-iointed thumb
And often their walks extended so late,
Twas eleven O'Clock when she crossed the home plate
At last he mustered up courage and old her
How fondy be lunged to make her his wife,
And she rested her head on his manly shoulder
While he eagerly asked would she i've him life -
And he hinted with emphasis, leaving no doubt
That, should she refuse him, he'd surely strike out
Twas the umpire Love that gave the decision
The maiden permitted her lips to be kissed,
Aud then, looking up with slightly blurred vision,
She blushingly murmured: "Why, yes-I' assist y
SO the game to right happy ending was brought,
And thus, as it happened, the catcher was caught!
y. \. Gamer.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-08-30

The Chinese are fast getting their revenge
of the foreigners especially of the English,
for compelling them to open their ports to
the outside world. They are steadily getting
the commerce and trade of nearly every land,
originally established by foreigners, into their
own hands, and it is said that from three
quarters to four-ffths of the commerce, great
and small, of the country introduced by the
British. Germans, and Americans, is owned
and controlled by the natives. These are so
very shrewd, are so contented with small
profits and can live on so little, that the peo-
pie of other nations can in no manner com
pete with them. They crowd out all other
rnoes. and the time seems not distant when
they will be likely to have everything their
own way. A large number of foreign mem
bers of firms and corporations have lately
been compelled to retire from business IN ths
Flowery kingdom, and the indefatigable and
prodigiously thrifty Mongolian has taken their
place
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-08-30

ORIGIN AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SOME Gro
GRAPHICAL NAMEs.-It is not generally known
that the Hudson was called North River in
contradistinc;ion to the South River, as the
Delaware was formerly styled. Massachusetts,
was so dubbed because in the aboriginal
tongue it meant ''about the great hills" /. e.,
the Blue Hills Boston. named after the
English city, was originally st. Bardolph's
Town, of which Boston is an abbreviated cor
ruption. Albany was so christened in honor
of the Duke of York aud Albany, (afterward
James II. at the time it came into possession
of the English (1GG+.) Catskill is Dutch for
panther or lynx, which once infested those
mountains. Cattaraugus was so designated
by the Indians because they had, for some
mysterious reason, associated it with unpleas-
ant odors. 1t means ill-smelling shore. This
is not quite so bad Chicago, an Indian
word, signifying foumart, which, judging
from the complaints in Chicago papers of the
cty's peculiar fragrance, would seem to have
been properly named. Chemung means big
horn, from a fossil tusk found in the river.
Crown Point is said to have been so-called be-
cause scalping parties were sent thence by the
French and Indians. Erie signifies wildcat,
(the Erie Railway has certainly been wild
cat road, as the expression is understood in
the West,) and was borne by fierce tribe of
savages eXtermlnated by the lroquols. Man
haitian is eminently fitting for the metropolis,
its import being town on the island. Mohawk
was applied by the New England tribes to the
Iroquois, from their habit of eating live food
Niagara means neck of water; Oneida, people
of the beacon stone Onondaga, place of the
hills Saratoga, place of the miraculous wa
ters in a rock Ontario, a village on noun
tain-the chief seat of the Onondagas; Sche-
nectady, river valley beyond the pine trees
Seneca, (not classic, as many have supposed
is a corrupt Indian pronunciation of the Dutch
word cinnabar-yermilion Jersey is a cor
ruption of Cesarea, the old Latin name of the
largest of the Channel islands, and very un-
like our sister State, which got its title, per-
haps, by contrast Passaic signifies valley,
and Atlantic comes from the Greek Attain
tGos peLag0s, the sea beyond Mount Atlas.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-08-30
Miscellany.
The silent MELODY.
BY OLIVER WENDELL HoLNEs.

"Bring me my broken harp" he said;
1--WE both are wrecks-but as ye will
Though all its ringing tones have ned,
Their echoes luger round 1t still;
II bad some golden strings llknow,
But that was long-how long!-ago.
uI cannot see its tarnished gold,
cannot hear its vanished tone,
Scarce can my trembling fingers hold
The plllared frame so long their own;
We both are wrecks--a while ago
1t had some silver strings know,
"But on them Time too long has played
The solemn strain that knows no change,
And where Of old my fingers strayed
The chords they hnd are new and strange
Yes! iron strings know know
We both wrecks Of long ago.
awe both are wrccks-s shattered pair,
Strange to ourselves in Times Disguise.
What say ye to the lovesick air
That brought the tears from Marian's eyes7
Ay! trust tne--under breasts Of snow
Hearts could be melted long ago!
cor Will We hear the storm-sougs crash,
That from his dreams the soldier woke
And bade him face the lightning fash
when battles cloud in thunder broke To-.
Wrecks-nuught hut wrecks the time was when
We two were worth thousand meuI
AMI so the broken harp they bring
with pit ing smiles that none could blame;
Aii~! tkrrr's not q single string
or all that hllcd the tarnished frame
But see! like children ONerlOyeL,
His fingers rambling through the void!
al clasp theei Ay....mine ancient Tyre.
Nay, guide my wandering fingers. There!
They love TO daily with the wire
As Isaac PLAYED with Esau's hair.
Hush ye shall hear the famOus tune
That Marian called The Breath Of June!'
And so they softly gather round;
Rspt in his tuueful trance he SCENE,
His fingers move, but not a sound!
silence like the song uf dreams...
"There! ye have heard the air, he cries
THAT brought the tears from Mariau's eyes,"
All, smile not at his fond conceit,
Nor deem his fancy wrought in vain:
To him the unreal sounds are sweet
No Iiscord mars the silent strain
Scored on life's latest, starlit pace
The yOiceless melody Of age
Sweet are the lips Of all that sing,
When Natures music breathes unsousht,
But never yet could voice or string
SO truly shape our teuderest thought
As when, by lfes decaying FIRE,
our fingers sweep the striugess lyrel
.lHdntir Huntingdon ), ,ptfp,jrr.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-08-30

The hard times have had one good effect
which should have been produced long ago
the removal of a great many people from the
towns and cities, always overcrowded, to the
broad, unoccupied lands of the far West. The
sales of land by the Government and the rail
ways in that region have been much larger
during the last year than for many years pre-
vious. In Dakota alone the Government sold,
last year, over 500, 900 acres seven times as
much as the previous year. In Kansas, Min
nesota, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado,
the sales have been remarkably heavy both by
Government and the railways 1t is estimat-
ed that ,, 600 900 to &, 900, 900 more acres have
been disposed of there in the past than in the
preceding twelyemonth, and the demand for
land still continues active. When the hosts
of unemployed laborers who cling to the cit
les, despite their enforced idleness, shall have
gone to tilling the soil, one of the serious
troubles of the day will have been naturally
and permanently adjusted. Necessity teaches
what argument and illustration never can,
Political economists and newspaper scribes
might advise the poor and unemployed to go
West until they had grown gray, and all TO no
purpose. -Four or five years of non-occupa-
ton and need have set the tide of humanity
flowing in that most wholesome and desirable
direction.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-08-30

A German editor has amused himself by
making a collection of mixed metaphors
Among them are the following.
'''We will cried an inspired Democrat
burn all our ships, and with every sail un-
furled, steer boldly out into the ocean of free
dom " Justice Minister Hye, in 1913, in
speech to the Vienna students, impressively
declared: The chariot of the Revolution is
rolling along and gnashing its teeth as it rolls
A pan Germanist Mayor of Rhineland cor
poration rose still higher, in an address to the
Emperor. He said: No Austria, no Prussia,
one only Germany such were the words the
mouth of your Imperial Majesty has always
had in its eye Prof Johannes Scher, in
criticism on Lenau's Lyrics writes Out of
the dark regions of philosophical problems
the poet suddenly lets swarms of songs dive
up, carrying far-hashing pearls of thought in
their beaks. )"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-08-30
NO. 35.

PHoToGRApuY AS A DETECTIVE AGENT. -
Photography has long been employed by the
police to assist them in identifying persons
who are wanted and the extensive use to
which the art is put by the Paris authorities
is evident from the display made at the Inter
national Exhibition in the pavilion set apart
for the French capital Here not only large
series Of criminal portraits arc shown, but
examples are presented Of various other ap-
picatous in which photography has been
found useful to assist officers of justice. In
cases of murder, for instance. it seems to be
the duty of police photographers to photo
graph the scene of the decd, and also TO re-
cord by the assistance of the camera the posi-
ton of the victim. There is a special branch
of the Paris police who are photographers in
uniform, and place is set aside at the sta
ton for a studio and dark closet. In a word,
the occupation is now part Of the police
mans duty, and in cases where we might en-
ploy dark lantern they would have recourse
to a camera.
There is little doubt that the Paris police
have been able to detect many n crime by re-
sorting to assistance of this kind. Several
instances Of forgery upon notes and bonds, in
which the original figures We're erased and
others written in their place, have been dis
covered in this way. We believe that the
Bank of France has an officer of its own, up
on whom devolves the duty of examining any
suspicious documents with the camera. In
photograph. it seems, ink marks, which are
invisible to the eye. are frequently reproduced,
while an erasure, let it be ever so carefully
smoothed over, becomes apparent in Il finely
executed photograph. In word, it is next
TO impossible to make an alteration in the
matter of writing or printing upon a paper
surface, without the photographer finding you
out sooner or later.
Even upon the subject of style in hand
writing, the camera gives II sharp criterion.
BY photographing a word or two, and enlarg-
ing the up and down strokes to very wide
dimensions the character of the writing is
more easily studied than in its original form.
This instrumentality is sometimes used by in
quisitive police agents anxious to get at the
history Of doubtful document -LondoH
Daily Nc,rs.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-08-30

DIR. Holmes says that crying widows marry
first. There is nothing like wet weather for
transplanting.
Red used on a railway signifies danger, and
says, stop" 1t is the same thing displayed
ON a mans nose.
Why is it that at the hotel the man who
goes is called a waiter, and the man who real
ly waits for him to come back is called
guest?
The worst slave in the world is the man
who is ever and anon controlled by hot tenn
per. He can undo tho work of years in a
minute when under his cruel master, or do
what years of regret cannot erase.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-08-30
Before and .AfGer.

BETOEE hAhhiAdk.
She waits and listens. Footsteps fall
She knows they are not his.
She waits and listens for sounl
That sweetest music Is.
He cOmes--and with a sudden thrill
And heartbeat loud aud clear,
She does not hear, she does not see
She feels that he is near,
And coyly lifting to his face
Her eyes OF heavenly blue,
She murmurs in loves softest tones,
"My darling, is 1t your"
AFTER MARRIAaE.
Again she listens. Footsteps reach
And footsteps pass her door.
She listens, but her needle fiies
More swiftly than before.
Shs hears at length the tread that time
And cares are making slow,
And with 3 start that sends her chair
Hard rocking to and fro
Springs to the landing, and with voice
More shrill than any lute's,
She screams, above the baluster,
Augustus, wipe your bOotsl'
N. y. EceRiHg POsi
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-08-30

We have just been thinking how language
came into the world 1t was during Adam
and EYES first quarrel, when one word
brought on another. cincinnati 'oGt"Tt'iy
HiOhL
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-08-30
Notice..

refer all parties wishing either to purchase, or
IeaAe any property belonging to me situated IN Brat
COLUMBUS TYLER.
someryille, Mass. Feb. 20, 1878. vi
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-15
UARMOTH's ADMISSIONS.
A Witness TO the Pledges that the Returning
board shouid not he Punished.

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 1i.-The Returning
Board prosecution was brought officially under
the notice of another department of the State
Government to-day for the flrstt time EX-Gov.
Warmoih startled the Legislature out OF its
routine by introducing n concurrent resolution
condcmning the action of the Attorney-Gencral
in prosecuting the Returning Board members.
saying this was violation of the pledges and
promises made by the Hayes commissioners
and the leading officials OF the Nichols Govern
mont. and against the resolutions Of the Nichols
Legislature guaranteeing immunity for past
political offences.
In an excited speech Warmoth took the
grounds on which Sherman lately stood. He
said that he was present when Hayes's COM
missioners gave the pledges to tho waverng
Eepuhiruns that these men should not be
prosecuted. and snid that an agent from the
Democratic National Committee had been sent
down to instil,ate those prQsecutions. ,whlcn
were political prosecutions. He pleaded nv all
the pledges that had been intcrcbanGed that the
Legislature should discountenance such. pro-
cprdings.
The Hon. D. +. Jonas replying. forcibly ex-
pressed the sentiments of the Democratic ma
iority, demanding. If any pledges were made
TO know by what right Mr.. Hayes. ms cOmmls-
sioners or Gov. Nichols could enter into any
agreement to protect common crimin4ls IRON
the law. or through what process the Iegis,l-
turo proposed 10 Interfere with the judicial de'
partment of the GOvcrnment. ,.
The resolutions provoked such hot discus
sion and awakened such vigorous opposition
that their mover was glad TO get them post
poncd for future consideration. or practically
In.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-15
CONFIDENCE OPERATOR MAXWELL.
Making Use OF Information Gained as n Con-
Wet In Auburn Prison.

The confidence operator who styles himself
George " Matsell and who once pretended 10 he son
OF eNSuuerintrndent Matc Is again in the cells IN the
Police Central once. Among the many prisons III winch
Mat.ell has served is thst N Auburn Ills familiarity
with that institution iachalcd his latest operations
Having procured the names OF number o the cohNiet
IN Auburn PRISON. he visited their friends and pretended
Ia he hr m, .cian attached 10 the prison Aver u-
n.hins answers all the anAlous inquiries about hr
runvcts condition. he Indicated III what way Nc'uW u"
ameliorAicd and wound up WIN rogue u oI ieM 90,
nrs fur eNpenseA In several instances III, llau,Nlil
rri,ed hopes If pnrion and money WAS siN,h hn To
urthrr an EFFORT 10 uIattnl. . -,
ca.e Ia point Is that Of Mrs Thomas Week. Of ser.
~ CIV IIrisht- Mntsel visited her with nrssa."
irroi 10 he from her husband. WHO'S prisoner ~
Ai'uru II. tol her that Weeks MAS very SICK ana mat
II, hi. capartv of prison physician he had advised GOV
pntu. m To pardon him The GuNernur nat sAd tlht ne
,y,ul II r could haNe the assurance oi the prisoner
tyrnds mat they would take care o him and not lsinlt
I'm. T. lDcume n change upon TIE Shic MNs'H i,i-
,nnd,d Mr. Wcrks 10 enc him IS 10 pay her husband
ra Iiriad t..re to New Yoik. 90
au0er victim. Mr.. Elizabeth Cahlll, lives IN ChcrrN
.tr,rt Mnts. su protesting To he the Auburn PRISON
ullyslcan, made careful exHminauoh ni one ol hsr
thndren who was sick, and sot - Tor ne service
The prisoners real name Maxwell but ms aliases are
unnuuhrfed and the phases Of MS s"ndlhg operation,
nrs almost ~ numerous when he assumed NE name ol
sure utcndent Matse he cunnhed ms attentions " tue
ketpe's VI dIsOrderly houses IN this cliy
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-15
AcroRs IND acrREssrs DiNcING.


New York Lodge No. /, Benevolent ana
Protective Order OF Elks held its eleventh an
nual ball in .he Academy OF Music last evening.
The lobby for over two hours was I"lnlhcn
almost to sufTocution. and ladics were "oilEeu
to almost force their way through lonS' n'r-
row passage TO the entrance to the oa'' roon''
and when they finally gained admission ,neS
were considerably isarrangcd. ana n rather
prolonged visit to the dressing room
was necessary before they reappc"red
reulv for dancing Insi the crowd was almost
~ ron, ~ without. Promcnading was dlii,
rult ANA tGr dancing floor was So ovefcrowucu
tLnt' II w,s uncomfortable to even move ABOUT
Thr whole affair was simply one great crus,,
80 tLrt dancing or VronenNdlnE WIS Simply
imrnsaible The ladies' programmes gave out
ir,orr II O'Clock and 10y | a q Lock many oi the
Handsomely dressed ladies. with their escorts.
began 10 leave. ,.
II was snid that over six thousand ADMISSION
tickets were sold. Each senlcnan was obliged
To huy n hat check IN the lobby. Tor which he
paid 81 and while he stood waiting
I'm line his ladies stood aside wniil ing
aud shivcring before any ot the party could bn
admitted There were not many of the leading
actors and actresses present and the few VINO
did attend were completely lost in the crowd
and there was considerable rrumbiing at the
mismanagomeut. or rather lack OF manage,
mcnt of what should have been Leading ball
among theatrical people and their admirers.