Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-05-02
NO. 1S.
IN GENERAL.

Theodore Marsh of Passaic, N. j., has
willed $500 a year TO each Of his four horses,
beside $500 TO be used in building them
stable.
Baltimore prides itself on having grown
TO be the fourth grain depot on the continent,
and that only New York outrnnks II among
the Atlantic grain ports.
France produced, in the year ending Sep
tember last, the enormous amount of over
800, 900, 600 pounds of beet root sugar.
The Missouri Legislature has novel
proposition before it to punish voters who
stay away from the polls three times running
with forfeiture of their right to hold any of
fee in the State
The consumption of spirits, wine and
beer in Great Britain and Ireland during the
year 1873 rose to the enormous total of
1,19O, SSG, 4O1 gallons, appraised to be worth
S71O,944, 500.
The largest oyster ever found was one
taken at Mobile in 1910 1t measured three
feet and one inch in length, and twenty-one
and one-half inches in breadth across its
widest part 1t was opened and served up in
a sayory stew.
A trained kitten at North Berwick, Me,
drinks milk out of an ounce vial, which it
raises to its mouth with it's four paws. 1t
never takes meal without wearing bib and
always has its mouth wiped afterward
The Royal Geographical Society of Great
Britain is taking steps for organizing uni
form system of spelling for the names of
places throughout the world.
One Of the richest fields of lead ore in
the West has been discovered on the farm of
William Dawson, in Bullitt county, Ky. The
vein is eight feet thick, and the ore Of the
best quality
Nebraska farmers have still 10000, 900
bushels of corn to send to market, and it is
becoming a serious question how to get rid of
this great surplus.
The following extraordinary inscription
appears Oh a tombstone in the English grave
yard at Pcshawur: Sacred to the memory
of the Rev. Blank Blank A. NJ, who spent
II years as a missionary among the Afghans,
and translated the Holy Writ into their Ian
gauge. He was shot by his attendant. Well
done thou good and faithful servant
Robert Duncan met with a most horrible
death at a saw-mill near London, Ont His
coat-tails caught in the log carriage, and in
spite of all his efforts he was drawn to the
circular saw, which cut his left leg from the
ankle to the hip. Duncan fought the cruel
saw frantically, but finally his thigh was dis
located and he was caught in the back and
torn in two.
Queen Victoria's palace at Windsor con-
tains 80, 900. 600 worth of royal plate The
collection includes a gold service for 40 per
sons, ordered by George ". shield formed
of snuff-boxes, worth Sl5, 1000, 80 dozen
plates worth $50, 600, an Indian peacock of
precious stones valued at $50, 600, and Tip
poo's footstool, tigers head with a solid in
got of gold for his tongue.
BY the laws of Kansas women stand up
on an entire equality with men in regard to
property If an owner of property dies in
testate, leaving widow and children, the
widow takes half in her own right and the
children the other half or if the wife is the
owner, the husband takes half and the chill
dren half, and neither can deprive the other
of such share by will. In every respect as re-
CARDS trading and sueing and being sued,
there is no difference.
Maria Gillett, aged so years, died near
Albany at the Shaker Community, the other
day, from the effects of spiders bite. She
was very active and interesting woman, and
in early life shared with her parents in some
remarkable experiences among the Indians in
the wild portions of this country. She was
grand niece of Gen. Ethan Allen, her grand
father being a brother of the hero of Ticon-
derogn and serving as captain under him.
Singular to relate, She retained the "Allen
mark" being born with six fingers, and two
of her children bore the same family feature.
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munity for over 30 years.
A young girl named Susan johnson of
Uniontown, Ky, who is addicted to reading
novels, dressed herself in boys clothes, and,
armed with two pistols and dagger, took
the packet for Evansville intending to lead
life that would be a terror to the foe On
the boat some deck hands were moving some
freight. and big rat scud out in the direc-
ton of our hero. Miss johnson jumped on
bale of tobacco and screamed. They carried
her TO the ladies' cabin, where she remained
during the round trip, and she has now prom
ised her parents to do her share in the kitch-
en- and keep her end up at the sewing-ma-
| chine.
Herr Krupp, the famous maker of guns
/ and cannon, is tall, fine looking old man of
remarkably commanding presence. He has
! beautiful home at Essen, and relates how, as
a young hard working man, he fixed upon
! the site of the present house as that of his fu-
ture home if he should succeed in his career
and how he always used to delight as boy,
| when he got holiday, to ascend the hill and
| look down into the pleasant and peaceful val
| ley below He has received almost every or
der from the hands of the Emperor and has
been offered all manner of titles, but he re-
fuses them all, content to live and die as plain
Herr Krupp. The following anecdote is told
concerning his marriage: One day, being in
the theatre at Cologne, he was struck by
girlish face in the box opposite; he begged
one of his friends, who was acquainted with
the family to introduce him. Next day he
was engaged and the following week the
marriage took place. The marriage conclud-
ed so hastily has proved a most happy one.