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II. DRENFI's \ SuN, Shreveport. La
are continually making additions To their
hm~ stock If ladies dress goods, clothing.
boots. shoes. hats, carpets and furnishing
goods. M person frouI Claiborne should
leave Shreveport without calling 1T Thu,
house.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-12-19

How AMERICAN HONEY Cor on QUEEN VIC
ToRIA's TABLE.-It is a curious commercial
fact that whereas year ago no American
honey in the comb was imported to England,
not less than half a million pounds will be
sent in the next twelve months. The reason
was honey could not be sent strained and can
ned because it would candy. American hon
ey is by far the best in the world as regards
flavor and purity of appearance. Knowing
that, New York firm hired Mr., Hodge, a
we'll known honey expert, to try and intro
duce it in England. Over the water went
Hodge, with big lot of sweet stuff in the
comb. 1t required skill TO pack it and to
load and unload, but it arrived all right, not
n cell being burst. The English dealers in
honey gave him the cold shoulder. They had
the editors of the English Bee journal give
him raking down, and they, themselves,
added all the mean things they could say,
Mr. Hodge made little headway. He was
about to give it up as a bad job, when a bril-
liant thought struck him. He must get the
honey on the Queens table. How was he to
do this? While picking his teeth after din
ner and ruminating on the subject, his eye
alghted on pickle jar. 1t bore the name of
a man who had been high steward in Wind
sor castle. Hes my man, said Mr.. Hodge
to himself, and away he went to the pickle
man. Did he rush up to him and blurt out,
81 want to put American honey on the
Queens table p Not bit of it. He began
to talk pickles with the man-asked thous-
and questions about how they were made,
ate score or more of them, and ended by
proposing that the pickle man furnish pick
les to the American house that he represent
ed. The pickle man was delighted. The
New York man gave him an order. They
had bottle of wine together, and the Amer
lean said "Now / have helped you, you
must help me- Can't you put American hon
ey on the Queens table 2" ''0f course l can"
was the reply, and in no time the arrange
ments were made. A case of honey was Civ
en- to the pickle man, and another was sent
to the high steward, and in short time some
of it was before the royal family. The young
folks liked it so well that Victoria gave or
ders that it be kept in the castle. That was
enough. American honey was from that mo-
ment in demand, and Mr.. Hodge has just
sent orders for the shipment of 100000
pounds of this years crop. The British Bee
journal Topped over to the other side and
was loud in praising the American article.
Every fashionable table must have American
honey. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-12-19

BRIGANDs IN RUssIA.-In a recent number
of the Golos we find the following strange
story, copied by that journal from the lead
ing newspaper of Warsaw Jewish ped
lar, recently travelling on foot through the
Grodno district, was attacked in a wood by q
footpad, who robbed him of all the money he
had about him and then let him go. Proceed
ing on his way, the plundered pedlar met
mounted gendarme, to whom he related his
mishap, and who proceeded at once to search
for the robber accompanied by the plunder-
ed man. They soon came up with the object
of their quest, upon whose person the stolen
money was found, as well as two clasp knives
and pocketwhistle, of which ''unconsider-
ed trihes" the gendarme took possession,
Having bound the culprits hands behind him,
and attached him to the gendarme's saddle
by cord, they started for the nearest village,
the pedlsr on foot, the police officer on horse
back. Presently it occurred to the latter that
he might as well ascertain what sort of tone
could be produced by the confscated whistle,
which he accordingly put 10 his lips and blew
with untimely vigor Straightway there ap-
peared upon the scene a horde of armed
brigands, who surrounded the party, and, sf-
ter freeing their comrade from his bonds, at
tackled his captors. The gendarme put spurs
to his horse, broke through the circle of his
assailants, and got away with bullet in his
shoulder. But the unfortunate pedlar, un-
able TO escape, fell a victim 10 the brutality
of the bandits, who hacked his body TO pieces
and left his mutilated remains on the high
road. Preparations are being made by the
district authorities to surround the wood in
which this band Of malefactors has fixed its
headquarters. Such enterprises, however,
are as rarely successful in Russia nowadays as
they were of yore in the kingdom Of Haples
or the Papal states.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-12-19
LINCOLN. Ge,t,.hurr Ahhrn...

Col. Ward Lamon, author of Life OF
Abraham Lincoln, having declared that Lin
coins Gettysburg speech was a great disap-
pointment to all who heard it, and that Sew
ard and Everett agreed that it was a failure,
the editor of the Cincinnati Commercial who
was present, says that as "Mr. Lincoln, tall,
ungainly, but with every line of his face ex-
pressive of care and grief, pronounced those
now immortal words, a visible sensation ran
through the crowd, and tears fell from eyes
not easily moved to weeping" Another wit
ness, quoted by an exchange, says: Mr.
Lincoln's address occupied but about seven
minutes but before five minutes of its de-
livery had elapsed not heart in all that vast
throng but what was stirred to its uttermost
depths and at its conclusion every eye of
that multitude was streaming with tears"
The editor of this paper was also present on
that memorable occasion, and can add his
testimony TO the extraordinary effect of Mr..
Lincoln's eloquence. Such it was, by virtue
of the simple grandeur of the speech deliver
ed without the slightest aid of any art of ora
tory. Mr.. Lincoln's voice was not command
ing His presence had only the dignity of
sorrow and deep feeling. His words, which
have become classic and have never been sur
passed in absolute fitness of thought and ex-
preston to the occasion, could not but deep
ly move every hearer, unless it may have
been Ward II. Lamon. n.-BurAagtOn Free
Press.
The full text of this memorable speech is
as follows:
Four-score and seven years ago our fathers
brought forth upon this continent a new ma
tion, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the
proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in great civil war, test
ing whether that nation, or any nation so con-
ceived and so dedicated can long endure.
We are met on a great battle field Of that war.
We have come to dedicate a portion of that
field as a final resting place for those who
here gave their lives that that nation might
live. 1t is altogether fitting and proper that
we should do this. But in larger sense we
cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we
cannot hallow this ground. The brave men,
living and dead, who struggled here, have
consecrated it far above our power to add or
detract. The world will little note, nor long
remember what we say here, but it can never
forget what they did here. 1t is for us, the
living, rather to be dedicated here to the
unfinished work which they who fought
here have so nobly advanced. 1t is
rather for us to be here dedicated to the
great task remaining before US, that from
these honored dead we take increased devO-
ssS@ to, TO that cause for which they gave the
highly resolve that these dead shall not have
died in vain that this nation, under God,
shall have a new birth of freedom, and that
government of the people, by the people and
for the people, shall not perish from the
earth
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-12-19
The Call and Need for Better Training.
in English.


Within a short time, people have partially
opened their eyes to the defects of q system
which Grams without training, which spends
its strength on the petty or the useless, and
neglects that without which knowledge is but
sounding brass and tinkling cymbal. Voices
have been raised which command attention.
At least one school committee and one board
of supervisors have moved in the right direc-
tion. At least one college has increased its
force Of instructors and its number of courses
in English, and has done what it could to
stimulate the schools and one president Of a
university has gone far as to say, in an Oft
quoted sentence 81 may as well abruptly
avow, as the result of my reading and obser-
walton in the matter of education, that rec
ognize but one mental acquisition as an es-
sential part Of the education of o lady or
| gentleman, namely, an accurate and refined
use OF the mother tongue"
We should, however, not blind ourselves to
the fact that the reform has only begun.
What a recent article in the Saturday Review
says of England is at least equally true of
America; "A large proportion of our fellow
| creatures labor under the halluciuation that
they could write as well as Macaulay, Thack-
cry, or Dickens, If they chose to take the
trouble" They are like the man who told
Charles Lamb that he could write like
Shakespeare if he only had mind to-" "All
he wants, you see" said Lamb, "is the
mind"
The scepticism on this point which used to
pervade the high places of education still
haunts the low ground, aud must be eItirpat-
ed before healthy state of feeling can exist.
So long as people think literary skill easy of
acquisition, they will be unwilling to have
their children spend time in acquiring an ac-
curate and refined use of the mother tongue.
To render the movement in favor of those
things which make for good English Of much
practical utility, it must be spread widely and
penetrate deeply; every school committee
must insist that, whatever else is done or is
left undone, a serious effort shall be made to
teach boys and girls to use their native tongue
correctly and intelligently all our colleges
must put English upon par, at least, with
Latin and Greek, and must provide their stu
dents with ample opportunities for practice in
writing and speaking the language they will
have to use all their lives. If the schools and
the colleges do this work thoroughly well, q
short time will suffice to bring parents to a
sense of the paramount Importance to every
one of knowing how to read and write, and
to show them how much labor that knowledge
costs. .-Prcf. Il. S. Hill Of HaTpdrd college
cool Company, Number Three.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-12-19

UNDERNEATH THE HUDsoN.-The working
shaft of the proposed Hudson River tunnel,
between Jersey City and New York, has just
been completed. This marks an era in the
history of the undertaking. 1t is six years
since the Tunnel Company was formed, and
five years since ground was broken on the
New Jersey shore, and yet not foot of the
tunnel has been bored. This delay has been
caused by litigation.
The working shaft is the largest of the
kind ever constructed. A map of the pro-
posed tunnel shows that it will pass through
silt for 3, 800 feet, thence through sand and
silt TO the New York shore. In the sand there
is about 400 feet of rock to be tunneled.
The bottom of the tunnel is to be from 80 to
1O2 feet below the surface of the river, and
the top is to be nowhere less than 10 feet be-
low the bed of the river. The greatest depth
of water in the river where the tunnel is to
cross is a little over 60 feet. The tunnel
walls will be constructed of the best hard
brick and cement, three feet in thickness,
circular in form, 2G feet in width and "a feet
in height, painted white in the inside and
lighted with gas with double-track railway,
with heavy steel rail, upon stone ballast feet
from the bottom. The entrance to the tunnel
on the New Jersey side of the river is to be
from Jersey avenue, in Fifteenth street; the
work is to extend thence to Hudson street
ana the rlNer, hDOul d, fuU lctli tueuCe uuuoi
the river, curving five degrees northward, to
the New York bulkhead line, at or near the
foot of Morton street, about 5,400 feet
thence curving slightly southwark in New
York, about 1000 feet to point to be Sc
lected by the city authorities, The entire
length of the tunnel and approaches will be
about l2, 900 feet with the depot tracks to
be added thereto), being about one mile un-
der the river and nearly three-fourths of
mile on each side
The company say that more than 400 trains
of cars could be passed through the tunnel
every twenty-four hours. Freight trains
would have transit at night, market trains in
the early morning, all drawn by powerful en-
gines, made especially for this purpose, to be
run by signals, without bells or Whistles con-
suming their own steam and smoke or run
with compressed air. All connecting rail
roads are to have an equal right to have their
passengers and freight transported through
the tunnel Work ON the New York side
will not be begun until next spring. Then
all the men that can well work in the space
will be employed night and day. The work
on the New Jersey side of the tunnel proper
will be begun just as soon as the air-com'
pressing machinery is ready.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-12-19

"WovEN AIR. The Decca muslins of In
dia are among the most wonderful evidencef
of the hand-skill of the strange people of the
mysterious East. These fabrics, which are
spun and woven entirely by hand and are the
product of obscure and curious processes, un-
known to and unattainable by the western
nations, like the fabrication of Damascus
steel and the making of camel's-h shAwls,
are marvels of ingenuity and skill, and illus
trate the poetry of cotton. The most delicate
of tlrese fabrics is known by the name of
woven air" 1t can only be made in the
early morning and in the evenings, when the
air is full of moisture and the dew is on the
grass. The processes by which it is woven
are kept secret, and the people who do the work
are compelled first to pass through long
course of training and initiation. Their del
icate waves are of such ethereal texture as to
be almost invisible, aud yet are so enduring
that they will bear washing and wear in a
wonderful manner. This precious stuff is
monopolized for the use Of the ladies of the
oriental harems, and is said TO be worth hun
dreds Of dollars per yard.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-12-19
NO. 81.

People in the old world largely inherit their
means and methods from their forbears new
men, even there, often have the habit of
overwork fixed upon them by the time their
footholds are secured. But the statesmen
and thinkers of Europe start with assured in
comes more commonly than do our own, and
are not forced to earn their bread as they 90
along Our Wilson's, Evartses, Curtises, have
had 10 consider first the means Of living and
to be statesmen or writer's in addition. Our
Eastern Brahmins, happily, have had for the
most part resources which they have enlarged
by the help of such gentle, scholarly pursuits
as the service Of q university affords. They
have shown themselves quite willing to in
dulge spirit Of usefulness and calm. 80
long as Americans who do not inherit estates
have the Ango-Saxon pride and domestic
tenderness, they will be tempted to do work
elsewhere than in garret, and rarely be able
to drive from their minds the thought Of It's
effect upon an income e-paying constituency.
E. c. Stedman, in December Scri6ner.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-12-19

one word Ralph" written on a night-shirt.
For two or three hours he tried to trace some
connection between himself and the past, but
without avail Everything was blank previ-
Gus to the moment when he seemed to have
awakened from long, obivious sleep. He
went to the nearest inn informed its keeper
of his peculiar mental condition, and retired
early to bed, persuaded that his memory
would soon be restored. The next day
temperance lecturer came to the house, and,
getting acquainted with Ralph, invited him
to hear his discourse in the evening. Ralph
was present, and while listening attentively
was seized with an uncomfortable desire to
run outdoors and break the windows of an
adjacent GROCERY This brought out q num-
Der of its patrons, including the bar-keeper,
who, after falling upon him and beating him
very badly, caused his arrest. Several prom
inent citizens became interested in him, and
labored in vain TO learn something of his an
tecedents. The physician of the county (Bel-
mont) lnhrmary made his acquaintance, and,
after a while, seeing that he was very intelli-
gent, quick-witted, and Trustworthy, appoint
ed him his assistant. He has far more than
average capacity, has a good knowledge of
business, and is very expert penman. His
recollection of general events and of his du-
ties is, strange to say, excellent and uniform.
He is mentally sound in everything except
personal identity. Many people thought him
feigning at first, but nine months of close OBJ
servation have convinced them Of his abso-
lutte sincerity, and DIR. Heweter, of the in
firmary, has reported the strange case in full
to the Hospital Gazette.-N. y. Times.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-12-19

YOUNG BEARs.-Young bears have always
been great fayorites Us pets, being playful
and aGectionate when kindly treated. They
can be trained to perform all kinds of anus
ing tricks and their antics when playing to-
gether or with children are very laughable
They have been taught to execute difficult
parts in theatrical displays; among other
things, to ring bells, pretend to fall dead
h9n sh9 at beat the S dTP% Rn s9go Pd GO through
musket. But, though playful and harmless
when young, they cannot be trusted when
their teeth and claws are full grown. Then
their good nature cannot be counted on and
many instances have occurred in which they
have repaid friendly confidence with sudden
trcachery. 1t must be said in their favor,
however, that their wildness is often the re-
suit Of bad treatment or thoughtless teasing.
There is IA story in print of planter in
Louisiana who once picked up young cub
that had either been abandoned by its moth
er or had run away from the parental den.
He carried it home and threw it down in the
yard, where it was Immediately adopted by
the little negroes. 1t became a great favor
ite with them, sharing their corn bread and
taking part in all their sports. "Billy"-that
was the name given TO him-thrived and grew
large and stout, and learned to box and wres-
tie with the boys so well that visitors to the
plantation were always entertained with these
droll exhibitions But one day in the spring,
when he had been about year in captivity,
Billy was detected in making free with the
young cabbages in the garden. A stout ne
gro man picked up branch of rose-bush,
and gave the marauder a playful stroke.
Filled with rage, Billy sprang upon the man,
shook him as il he had been bundle of
straw, and bit the poor fellow so severely
that he died. Billy was at once shot A pet
that could not control his temper better than
that was considered rather too dangerous to
keep. .-Harper's Young People,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-12-19
Miscellany.
Written ron THR VERMONT PHGNI1.
A Picture, a Purpose, and "a Prayer.

A Pictnre, a Purpose, and u Prayer.
The night Was perfect az a night could be:
The moon, at full, sailed through clOudless sky;
The stars, a countless host attend her way,
But veiled their faces with the silver light.
The grand old hills, like giant sentines
Keeping their watch over the vale below,
Stood forth, in bold relief against the sky.
The river, hurrynR on her seward way,
Flung TO the left and right, as on she sped,
Flashes Of radiant, silvery light,
Caught on her BOSOM from the am'Ious moon.
sparkled in light, on grass, and bush, and tree,
Bright gems Of WOndrous, witehing beauty rare,
A lhrgess from the Frost Kings ample store
To grace fair Natures new autumnAl robe
And all was stiffness in the peaceful vale
Save for the low soft signing Of the sleeping Wind
No sound was heard to break the desth-iihe spell,
And yet, the night was grandy eloquent;
The silence spahe directly TO the soul;
A voice, not heard by mortal ear, but felt within,
Soon thrilled my being TO its nmost core
felt the Presence that could not see
The unknown Power that svays the destiny
or suns, and stars, Of nations and Of men,
Was near, and speaking 10 my trembling soul
Through Natures silent, mystic, midnight speech.
Enrapt stood the spot seemed holy ground,
And l, rude unbidden, un1t guest
Was there, unwelcome, in the sacred place
felt as one who conscious stands condemned
Before righteous, just and plying judge,
Awaiting sentence for = nAmeless crime.
Tho wondrous beauty Of the wltching scene
Melted my cold, hard heart in Joyous tears;
As burdened with the precious gift,
The summer morning pours the welcome food
OF long pent rain, and gladdens earth and man
Deeply felt, and saw as ne'er before,
The gracious goodness Of the sacred Power
Whose will had given to me the boon Of life,
conscious soul, to see and hear himself,
As In that beautiful and silent night
knew that God was with me face to face.
The beauty Of the scene was His alone,
And yet in love He shared it there with me;
with me, poor and undeserying wight.
Ny raptured beug tho already His
By right divine, itself gave up to Him
In consscrAtion holy, deep and true;
HencefOrth, in love, through good report and III,
In veal or woe, to serve his holy will
oh, God said, accept my offering;
'Tia all, AlAsl have, It's all / am
But Thou art good, aud wilt in goodness bless
The holy purpose Of my hope-thrilled soul,
Aud sanctify, in love, the heart and life
In spirit and in truth would fain be thine.
With Thee, in faith, and hope, and holy love,
. gracious God, through this fair world Of thine,
Still let me go, and feel Thy helping hand;
And see, on Natures face, Thy heavenly smile,
As now see It in this sacred place.
And when Thou eAllest on my soul to 60
To life, beyond the mystic tide Of death,
That gracious, loving smile shall surely be
The light TO guide my souls frAil bark to Thee.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-12-19
9cFaPInR Cotton.

Oil de noon-time, chillen, Is creepin' dis way,
Wen soon hear de dinner horn blow.
oh take dem tie-vines-tAekle 'em, say,
An pull for de eend OBJ de row.
oh times s-rollin on!
oh! times a-rollin' ont
slAy de grass cross-wAys, clip de weeds clean,
Kase times a-rollin' oni
De clouds am A-risin way of in de sky,
I'spee it's gWine to rain pretty soon;
It's = mighty good sign when de hshhAWk cry
About dis quarter OBJ de moon.
Oil times a-rollin' on
oh! times A-rolin' on!
Keep yo hoes A-dancin', handle dem blades,
KAse times a-roln' on!
oh! bend to yo' task an wrastle wild de sun,
Don't you mind de sweat A-droppin down;
Den peArtin' up quick, till de works well done,
De eAtin' tim II soon be Aroun'.
0ht times a-Fonin' on
oh! times R-rolin' ont
Yonder comes de boss down de little turn row,
An times A-rollin' onI
oh! de lightnin' fash an de thunder 5peAk low,
De black crows a-sailin' wid de win;
Dab amt single sign OBJ de crooked rainbow
At de place whAr Ii ought to hab bin,
OH times a-rollin' on!
Obi times a-rolin' on
Let yo' muscles slip an de goose grease fly,
KAse times a-rollin' on
An now we Illustrate to de po' sinner man,
BY singin' him dis little song,
To take mighty care dat he Iilt behind han
When de last thunder clap comes Alongl
Obi times A-rollin' oni
Obi times G.rollin on
Kick de debbil endwAys, don't forgit 10 pray,
while times a-rollin' on
VieEsburg Herald.