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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-01

Neutrality-suspicious. of the most difficult,
if not dangerous surgical operations that
practitioners have been called upon TO
perform, of late, in this section, was con-
summated last Saturday, in the removal
of an ovarian tumor-said TO be as large
as mans head-from the person of the
wife of Marshall Hopkins The operation
was under the direction of Dr.. Romans of
Boston, senior surgeon of the Massachu.
sets general hospital, assisted by DIS.
Bradford, Porter and Davis of Mortified,
and Kemp and Chandler of Montpelier.
1t took the surgeons m hour and q quarter
to effect the removal. At this time
monday afternoon) Mrs. Hopkins is said
to be doing we'll and as comfortable as
could be expected. all things considered
The tumor adhered 50 closely to its sur
roundings that it was found necessary to
actually cut it away pece-meal. Besides
the persons named, DIR. Romans brought
with him medical student and nurse
from the hospital. If Mrs. Hopkins sur
wives this ordeal, it may justly be claimed
as one Of the proudest triumphs of modern
surgical science.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-01

Mrs, Jimeo, Of Bristol, took Paris green, the
other day,aud also gave to her youngest child
Both are living yet, however.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-01
FRANKLIN COUNTY.

FIenchman named Coata died recently at
Montgomery, aged 100 years and months.
new snow pillow, weighing $1,000 pounds and
having all the late improvements, has just been
tnrned out Of the Central Vermont shops at ST.
Adams.
While Dwight McGregor Of lIighgale Springs
was bleeding" a threshing machine "a few days ago
his arm was drawn into the cylinder and so badly
mutilated that it was found necessary to amputate
it just below the elbow
Jeannctt Ienlrick died insane Mt Montgomery
the other day, aged AZ. For l. years before hel
death she had not spoken.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-11
NEWS ITEMS.

Memphis, Tenn, had n fatal case of yell
low fever on Wednesday.
The remains of Prince Napoleon have ar
rived at London.
There were six fatal cases of sunstroke
in st. Louis on Wednesday.
Joseph Atkins, fruit gardener, near
Greensburg, Pa, n years old, quarreled with
his wife on Sunday and shot her dead he in
formed n neighbor of what he had done, and
then killed himself.
At a meeting of the Brooklyn Bridge
trustees, on Monday it was stated that the
bridge would be completed by the first of
January, 1881.
bernhard Hines, aged So, shot his wife
Barbara, aged 81, probably fatally, at Alden,
Erie county, N. Y, Saturday, and then shot
himself dead. He was of an ugly disposi-
ton, and at times was crazy drunk.
The late Mrs. Sarah A. Dorsey of Miss
issppi bequeathed the whole Of her estate to
JEFF Davis, which includes two large planta-
tions and an elegant villa in Louisiana.
A congregation at Boenham, Texas, placed
in the cornerstone of their new church pho
tOgraphs of jefferson Davis and all the lead
ing Confederate generals.
A remarkable railway bridge is in course
of erection in Scotland. The centre pier
that on Inch CARVE, a small island in the CEN
tire of the Forth-is $50 feet high, about 100
feet higher than the loftiest chimney, and
nearly equal 10 the combined nights of the
London Monument and st. Pauls cathedral.
Scarlet fever of a most malignant type is
raging in some parts of southern Indiana. In
the city of Evansville it has assumed the
shape of a terrible seourge, and within a
month more than 500 cases have occurred, II
1T, HaN al
families have lost two and three children each,
the schools have been suspended, families
shut themselves indoors and alarm and gloom
are everywhere apparent
Twelve sets of telephones have been sent
out to Sir Garnet Woseley for use at the seat
of war in South Africa The great advantage
of the telephone over the telegraph is that the
general can carry on confidential talk with the
officer at distant station, or a soldier can
creep out toward the enemy's lines and whiS-
per back the information rs to position A
fine wire-the thinner the better-is all that
Is needed. This the soldier carries on reel
upon his back. a mile of the wire weighing
only few pounds. This will be the first
time the telephone has been used in actual
warfare
John f. Seymour, 81 years old, formerly
wellknown merchant in New York city, a
director OF bank ana an insurance company
and the brOther-in-law of Bishop George +.
Seymour, was found lying dead in the grounds
OF the general theological seminary at New
York at two o'clock last Friday morning
with bullet wound in his left breast. Mr..
Seymour had been living in the seminary
building for some time past. twas his habit
to walk about the extensive grounds at night,
and warn from them tramps who sought lodg
ing under the trees, and it is probable that h'
was killed by some one whom he was warning
away.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-11
HITS AND MISSES.

No man over yet looked on the dark side
Of life without finding it.
When woman declares she thinks the
short walking costume is horrid, Just look at
her feet.
Barber. "Thin out your hair bit, sir ~
Customer ono: never mind My wife at
tends to that. But just oil it we'll
Tho gibbet is n species of Aattory to the
human race. few persons are hanged from
time to time for the purpose of making the
rest believe they are vrtuous.
GLOW do you tie a love knot ~ asked Lau.
ra, toying with bit of blue ribbon. "Oh,
any way" growled Tom, behind his news
paper, ''just so it will pull out easy"
A word to the wise is sufficient. A minis
ter made an intcrmnablo call upon n lady Of
his acquaintance. Her little daughter who
was present grew weary Of his conversation,
and whispered in an audible tone, Didn't hc
bring his amen with him, mamma y
A parshionor of Berkshire pastor was
asked what the color Of his parsons eyes
was. II really don't know" he answered,
'for when he prays his eyes are shut and
when he breaches | generally shut mine
In struggling to make a dull-brained boy
understand what conscience is, "A teacher fl
nally asked "What makes you feel uncom-
| Portable after you have done wrong = 'Fa-
theirs leather strap foclingly replied the
boy.
A country surgeon, who was bald, was on
a visit to a friends house. whose servant wore
a wig. After banterng him considerable
time the doctor said, You see how bald /
am, and yet | don't wear a wig True,
sir, 80 replied the servant, but an empty barn
requires no thatch."
when Dubufe's celebrated paintings of
! II
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-11

We learn that a suspicious looking per
son has been seen several times in the eve
ming and night, lurking about the buildings
Of several persons in this town and in the
south part of Jamaica Saturday evening
the 9Th inst, we hear that he was seen Turk
ing about the outskirts Of our village, and on
being hailed by passing team SHE'D under
some trees and remained motionless till the
team passed. Sometimes he is quite lame, at
others, not at all SO. One man in Jamaica
reports having been awakened by the barking
of his dog in the night, and the next morning
found two-bladed knife and q ball of stout
cord on his barn floor. The man has not
been seen sufficiently plain to get fair des-
cription, yet, but is reported to be little
above the medium height, and wearing light
colored hat. He is probably wanted at
some of the institutions supported by the
State and it will undoubtedly be safe to keep
the front doors locked for the present.
The bountiful rain of the Doth has start
ed up vegetation afresh, and corn looks good
color but is rather backward grass has i'm
proved very much in the last two weeks and
bids fair to give us good average crop.
Apples are looking very encouraging many
trees in this town are now full of quite fair
apples and look remarkably well for the off
year
People are just commencing haying this
week, and all seem quite busy.
Mr. Fayette Rice received quite a serious
injury a week ago Mt South Wardsboro by
falling from the new abutment which they
were putting in ut the bridge in the village
lie fell some eight or nine feet, striking on
his head, cutting and tearing his scalp,
and was thought by his fellow workmen to
have tractm ed the skull, Lut this fortunately
proved not to be the case. lie suffered much
from loss of blood and is still confued to his
bed and quite weak
We have n new store at the "City" in the
Plympton store building by Mr.. Blodgett of
Fayetteville, who now is and has been in trade
in the latter place for some years, the store
to be run in connection with the one at Fay
ctteyille Mr.. b. has put in n full stock of
dry goods, groceries, etc, and all wish him
success
July 3, 1879.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-11
VERMONT ITEMS.

The muster of the First Regiment, Ma
tional Guard of Vermont, is to be held at Brad
ford this summer.
Mr.. and Mrs John Halves of St. Johns
bury celebrated their golden wedding, July
LIST
Hon. L. W. Stoughton, United States
Minister to Russia is at his summer residence
at Windsor.
Mr.. Eaton of Danvle had eighteen sheep
killed at one stroke of lightning, the other
day.
A calf eighteen inches high and weighing
thirty pounds, its age being three weeks,
claimed the enthusiastic attention of the
Burlington Free Press man last week.
Truman Raymore of Cambridge, had his
pocket picked of over $500 at Burlington on
Friday.
Daniel Brooks the brute who nearly kill
ed his wife at Burlington, has been bound
over in the sum of $1,000 on the charge of as
sault with intent to kill.
Mrs G. w. Brink of Waterbury, was
thrown out of a wagon by the breaking of a
harness. while she was riding down hill on
Monday, and fatally injured.
The house and three barns at Westmore
with contents, belonging TO Silas Cheney,
have been burned, the inmates barely escap-
ing loss C-uOO, insurance GlOOO.
-Hazer Homer has been held for trial on
the charge of robbing the store of Miss Ore
2ina Il. Foss of Hyde Park, on the night Of
June 18th. He says he will starve himself to
death if he is kept in jail
The beautiful inlets, bays and wooded
promOntories along the Vermont shore Of
Lake Champaign are attracting large num-
bers from the cities who are camping out in
select parties, and many cottages have been
erected.
1t is estimated that it will require over
half million of dollars to pay the arrears of
pensions due Nermouters under the act of
January -, 1879 which are being paid from
the Concord Pension Agency.
An eleven-year-old daughter Of James
Reilly was drowned at Centre Rutland, Mon
day. The girl went to the rnce-way back of
the grist mill with pail, after water, about
II a. IN. Her absence was discovered about
-, and a search discovered her body in the
hume.
Samuel Z. Cook Judge of the Probate
Court, Addison district died ut his home in
Middlebury on Sunday afternoon at about
four o'clock. His health had been gradually
failing for over year past. He was about
60 years of age.
A somewhat peculiar suit against the
toMu Vi lNoyhltou HAS just btth urea lot tht
third time, resulting i'll "A disagreement of the
jury each time. A man bought farm, and
claims that the town clerk told him that il
was free of incumbmnce, and afterward
found there was a mortgage upon it which he
had to pay. He brought suit on the ground
that the town, by its clerk did not keep prop.
erly indexed records Of mortgages.
Alexander Stewart of Proctorsville. the
woulG-bc heir to the New York Stewards es.
tate, has just returned from New York III
| funds" The Woodstock Standard says thai
from the best information ahoat he has &c
this date received about eight months enter
tainment at the Metropolitan Hotel, with tho
| freedom of the city, and $1,000 in cash, be
sides transportation free to and from New
| York two or three times
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-11

Coon ADVICE FOR Hot WEATHER. Correct
habits of body and mind will antagonize and
generally overcome the most persistent eff
forts of the sun. To begin, avoid heating
food; most people allow the palate to determ-
inc what they shall eat and how much, which
is us foolish as to allow the family fire to Sc
lect such fuel as best pleases it-gunpowder,
nitro glycerine, etc. Do not increase your
physical temperature, particularly that Of
your head, by drinking alcoholic beverages;
when water does not suffice as a drink, con-
suit physician instead of a barkeeper. Use
water externally with frequencyi no one can
get rid of superfuous heat through a skin the
pores of which are tightly sealed. If you
have u great many cigars that ought 10 be
smoked before they grow dry and tasteless,
give them TO your enemy it is better that
his liver should be deranged than yours, for
a torpid liver induces a weak, hot head. Az
least once day take exercise enough TO cause
free Precipitation. The man who perspires
most is always the coolest the soldier on
drill in wooden clothing under hot sun, with
the Thermometer in the nineties, is more COM
Portable than the lounger in white linen and
sun umbrella who looks at him. If you have
a first rate thing to get angry about lay it
carefully away until cold weather. Do nc
worry it is frightfully heating as well as
physically eHtrayagant Sleep regularly and
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-11

Few people have a correct notion of the
extent to which artificial ice is being manu-
featured in the South. The success of the
process employed has been so marked that
from Florida to Texas the machines are being
put in operation at frequent intervals The
actual cost of manufacturing ice on the st.
Johns river is said to be but 20 cents ton,
including the storage and delivery. As north
ern ice used to retail at from $40 TO $l5 ton
there, it is plain that handsome profit re-
mains for the manufacturer after putting his
price SO low as to drive all natural competi-
ton from the market One of the machines,
in which ammonia is used to do the freezing,
turns out ten tons of ice daily in the form of
blocks about two and a half feet long and ten
inches in thickness. The congelation is per-
feet, and many are said to prefer ice thus
made to that formed in the laboratory of ma
ture.-SdrdaHah Ne,rs.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-11

DISASTER AT WORCESTER, MAss.-At Lake
Quiusigamond, Worcester, on the afternoon
of the Fourth, the steamer Isaac Davis, load
ed with passengers, careened, the hurricane
deck broke of, and scores of passengers were
thrown into the lake The Davis had been
running the round trip of thu lake since six
o'clock in the morning, and was crowded each
trip. She had just come up to the wharf on
h-r seventh trip, landing at quarter past two
o'clock. As she came to the wharf, there
were 1000 people on or near the landing, all
struggling to get on board the boat before the
plank had been run out. j. j. Coburn,
former owner, and Jesse Barker endeayored
to keep the crowd back and let the passengers
on, but they paid no attention. There were
about two hundred passengers on the boat,
over one hundred being on the hurricane
deck, with no opportunity of getting off
while the crowd were rushing on board In
the rush, the Davis careened over away from
the wharf causing the crowd TO rush TO that
side and throwing the struggling mass into
the water. As the boat gave way, the roof of
the upper deck came crashing down on the
engine, aud, breaking of the safety valve,
caused the steam to escape, the fearful noise
adding new terror The boat rolled over
NOR. and, catching her gunwale ON a pile,
became fast, and the great weight caused the
supports of the hurricane deck to give way,
bringing the whole structure down to the wa
ters line Many swan to the shore or the
wharf, twenty feet distant others catching
hold Of the wrecked hull or of the floating
roof. Seven persons We're drowned.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-11

The crew selected to man the Arctic ex-
ploring vessel Jeanette, which James Cor
den Bennett is to send in search of the North
Pole have been chosen with the greatest care.
The men had to be of good character, North
cold, hardy mariners, with some experience
in the Northern seas. Men of the greatest
physical stamina, sound in all respects and
without the slightest consumptive tendency.
A decayed tooth, a cough, rheumatic twinge,
depression of the chest-in fact, the very
SLIGHTEST defect was sufficient to cause rejec-
ton by the examining surgeon. Men too SOL
id or too lean, too tall or too short, too young
or too old, all were promptly rejected. The
weight desired in the men was $50 pounds.
-Four Esquimaux will be taken on board at
Alaska, and will make valuable addition to
the crew.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-11

Lucky Baldwin, the wel-known Cali
fornia millionaire, has lately made 10000
acres of desert land in Southern California
blossom as the rose. OF this vast property
10, 900 acres are moist bottom land, needing
no irrigation, and he has artificially irrigated
most of the property by means of eight-inch
pipes, and beautiful lakes are formed here and
there, while some fifty rustic cottages are the
homes of his working people The orchard
has 1900 acres, with $4,000 orange and lemon
trees, 2OO0 almonds, 800 Italian chestnuts,
acres of English walnuts, 800 acres of choice
grapes, innumerable apples, pears, plums,
peaches and figs. He has 60, 900 eucalyptus
trees of twenty varieties, and 5000 of
the graceful pepper trees. A broad avenue
is laid out, three miles long by 1870 feet wide,
lined on each side with eucalyptus trees. In
the centre is a row of pepper trees, making a
grateful shade, and the air is cooled by in
Vulnerable fountains.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-11

The true way to Iyigorate feeble system is to iu-
fuse activity into the operations Of the stomach that
vondrous altmbic in which the food Is Transmitted
into the constituents q blood the chief element of
vitality. Hostetter's Stomach Biers, because It
accomplished this end, Is greatly TO be- preferred to
many so.cailed tones, useful indeed appotzers
but imperative aids to Objection and assimilation.
This sterling cordial whi'e it uyiporatts the 81 mach
BEAUTIFULLY stimulates the liver, bowels aud kidney
tusuriug the escape through the regular channels Of
ohetr and useless matter thrown Of by the system,
which IL thus purihed well az iihigurst'd by it.
Its tonic Influence il soon made manifest ly III
crease Of vital energy and MORT active and regular
discharge Of every physical junction. aud It has the
further eject Of rendering the System unassalbe by
mAlarial epdomics.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-11

Ground was broken on the new road
through the gulch last week, amid the firing
of guns and speech making.
The strawberry festival was a success.
Nearly 800 people We're present The exer-
cises by the children were very fine, and fit
ting to the occasion. Hon. Clark Chapman
of Proctorsvile, who came to celebrate the
Fourth in his native town, made few happy
remarks. The Grafton band enlivened the
time with excellent music. procession was
formed at the church. and, accompanied by
the band marched to the grove.
DIR. W. Clark of Milford, Mass, is visit
ing at DIR. Gibsons.
That sleeve button is found C.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-11

The EUROPEAN PROSPECT. The Pail Mall
Gazette says There never was n time, per
haps, when the international affairs of Europe,
or when the fortunes Of its populations, more
closely depended upon the existence of
two or three individuals With the removal
of any one of these persons, the position of
millions Of civilized beings their lives and for
tunes entirely at the disposal of an emperor
here, an emperor there, minister in one
place, little gang of superior male and female
diplomatists in another-will almost infallibly
be altered for better or for worse All of
these most potent and all but irresponsible
individuals are old men and infirm. In few
years at most the German Emperor that is,
the Car that is, the Bismarcks and Gorts-
chakoffs, will have departed from the world
which they now govern according to their
mere will and fancy or according to as much
of a compact as they can agree upon in the
seclusion of their respective sittng-rooms.
Even on the departure of any one of these
persons much may change and the people,
who are as much the helpless tools and crea-
lures of their rulers as the Egyptians of old
were, will find themselves under heaven knows
what sort of new conditions. Whether il is
to be more war or little peace, more liberty
or yet longer period of subsection to the
grinding militarism which now Expresses all
that is free and wholesome in the growth of
civilization, it is impossible to say. In some
quarters the prospect looks hopeful in others
the outlook is of continued dreariness; but
what seems probable on the whole is, that
though the inevitable and very near change
be begun in increased confusion, the end will
be good. For such a result, at any rate, we
W, may fairly hope. Europe has been too
long under the domination of family parties
of autocrats with vast plans of personal ambi-
ton attempted or fulfilled at the cost of the
mass of mankind"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-11
New York srocL and VI oney MarLe,


TUESDAY, July I, 1879.
Market Beef-Choice 81 25A 80; extra SO 75a o.;
hrst quality 75@G so; second quality OuG 8 20;
third quality OOa -.
tNB.-Choicr includes nothing but stall fed 100 TO
liOO b. uullocks. Extra and hrst quality include The
best fat oxen. Second aud third quality include oxen
and two aud three year old steers.l
store Cattle-Working oxen, z pair, from slOO, $50
a los Mich Cows and Calves 2Oa 40; extra 500 65.
Farrow Cows lOa2O. Yearlings 7@l4; two years old
l2ta 20; three years old 1906.
Sheep and Lambs-In lots 50 OOa3 20 each; extra
OOa 80 each, from "A l-2c q h. Spring lambs
3 l-2d6c
Western fat Swine. live, "a l-2c Z n. Northern
dressed Sc.
Veal Calves, 3 l-2ia Sc.
Brighton Hides l-2c q n. Country Hide, 6GGi-ic.
Country Talow 3-Ia4c.
Pelts 81 0OG 81 % each. Calf skius Toe Q n.
Poultry lld zoe q n.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-11

Every function is deranged, every nerve unstrUng,
every muscle aud IA er weakened by fever and ague
II is, in fact, disease which, If unchecked eventual
ly wrecks the system In al its types in every phase,
it is dangerous destructive. Stupor delrium, con-
wilson's often attend u, and cause swift dissolution.
But when c0mha'tad with Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers It, fouthlld in tn, system dsludged and every
yestiPe of it eradlcated That benign Anti-febrilc
specific and preventive Of the dreaded scOurge IL
Oguiz d not only within own boundaries, but in
tropc lands Tar leyoud them, where Intermitteuts
aud remtteuts fearfully prevalent, 10 be sure
Antid1te to the mAaral poison and reliable mean
Of overcoming disorders Of the stomach, liver aud
bowels, Of which a vitiated torrid atmosphere and
bracksh missma-taiuted water are extremely provo
catye. All enigiauts and travellers should be sup
Piled with IT,.