Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-24
IN GEN ERAL.

The city of Adrian, Mich, is intensly ex-
cited over the announcement that $3.50, 200
water bonds of the city have been fraudulent
ly issued.
G. W. Chadwick, musical conductor of the
Greek play, Edipus, has set Miss Mulocks
'Mill Song" to music for the March Wide
Awake.
The Boston Traveller says President Arthur
was first led to feel the importance of women
having larger and fairer opportunities by the
sympathy he felt for sister, whose health
was quite broken down through long years of
work as a school-teacher, with mans work
and woman's pay.
At dinner party during the recent cold
snap, at which Gen Sherman was a guest, he
was asked how they kept the soldiers in the
Rocky Mountains from freezing. "Freezing!"
exclaimed the general, why, in winter the
enlisted men wear half-wool undershirt, a
blue flannel shirt, blouse lined with flannel,
a long great,coat and cape, both lined, WOOL
en- mittens and stockings, thick boots, and in
very cold winters buffalo overcoats and caps"
And where troops are encamped, the tents are
provided with stoves and an abundant supply
of blankets.
Miss Louisa NJ. Alcott is lady in middle
life, with broad, high brow like that of Char
lotte Cushmsn, sensitive, intellectual face,
means one of the ''little women" being five
feet seven in height and large in proportion.
Mary Hewitt is still living in Meran, South
Tyrol, aged 80, and bright and active as ever.
She declines the acquaintance of the English,
who would overrun her if she did not, and
seldom goes beyond the bounds of her own
domain, which is called Marien Ruhe, or Ma
ry's Rest She herself last year laid out in it
a new garden.
child, o years old, hearing her father
speak of Guiteau, the assassin, said: Papa,
1 thought Guiteau was convicted. Is be
d-SdsSin' yet? 2"
One of the legends upon the wall of the
room in which the Wisconsin Dairymen Asso-
citation held its recent annual meeting was:
Talk to your COW as you would to q lady"
We suppose when milking time comes the
dairyman politely says to the bovine "Will
you honor me with a 'teat .a-teatP "-PhtLG.
delphia Ne'os.
Wilde was not created in vain, after ALL
At a Georgia whist party the other night the
talk turned upon Oscar, and the prettiest girl
present declared that she would ''neyer mar
ry a man who wore his hair hOrse-tail fash
ion." A short haired young man present,
who had long felt kindly toward the girl,
took the hint, license and parson were sent
for, and in just 60 minutes there was we'd
ding.
Two men discussing the wonders of mod
ern science: Said one Look at astronomy,
now; men have learned the distances to the
stars aud with the spectroscOpe they have
even found out the substances they are made
Of" "Yes," said the other, ''but the strsng-
est of all to me is how they found out all
their names"
Tommy was little rogue, whom his moth
er had hard work to manage. Their house
-, kba raiua1 fav fact from the
ground, and Tommy, to escape a well-de-
served whipping ran from his mother and
erept under the house. Presently the father
came home, and hearing where the boy had
taken refuge, crept under TO bring him out.
As he approached on his hands and kneeg,
Tommy asked, "Is she after you, too p'--
Baptist Weekly.
~ just went out to see friend for mo-
ment" remarked Jones to his wife as he re.
turned to his seat in the theatre. "lndeed,"
replied Mrs j. with sarcastic surprise, II
supposed, from the odor of your breath, that
you had been out to see your worst enemy"
Jones WINGED.
Moribund husband TO aesthetic wife)-
"Well, Jennie, the doctor says must soon
leave you. Do not grieve I have provided
handsomely for you in my will. You will
keep my memory green, won't you, my
love ?" Esthetic wife Csobbing) Dearest,
1 will; and l will see that your grave is kept
green also (refeetingly), but not one of those
horrid bright colors, A nice olive-gray
green, with an old-gold tombstone, will look
too awfully lovely for anything.
The total loss by last falls forest ireq in
Michigan is finally set at So, 257, $780, distrib-
uted among 3O75 families and 18, 995 persons
There were 14G4 houses and l416 barns burn
ed. Contributions for the relief of the suf-
ferers have amounted to something like ST.
600, OOO all told but the people were so poor
that the money and supplies now on hand
will be exhausted by March l, and 1t is said
that something like $500, 900 more will be re-
quired to get the destitute persons through
the spring and aid them to plant crops. A
special session of the Michigan legislature is
TO be called upon TO act in the matter by di-
rect appropriation and remission of taxes.