Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-10

ton OF his cOuntrymen at nome. during tne
war Mr.. Pepper gave proof of his patriotism
as an American citizen by his services as
chaplain Of an Ohio regiment. Both in the
West and the East he is known as a brilliant
aud eloquent speaker whose own earnest con
yictions carry conviction to tho hearts of all
who bear him On Thursday evening Of last
week Mr.. Pepper lectured in West Rutland
and his discourse receives warm praise in the
Rutland Herald's report. The proceeds of
his Brattleboro lecture will be given to the
Land League fund.
Last Saturday nights snowfall amounted
to about 20 inches in Brattleboro. South Of
us the amount was greater Up the West
River Valley, in the hill towns and TO the
north Of us the fall was less. The, night ex-
press, due here at 1910, left South Vernon
MT about one o'clock. mile this side Of that
place it became stalled and remained there
until two Connecticut River engines came up
and pulled it back into South Vernon. The
Sunday morning express from the north
reached Brattleboro three hours or more late
Two engines and snow pillow preceded it
from here TO South Vernon and after the ar
rival Of the pillow at that place the train from
the south came up, reaching here just before
10 o'clock. A Boston minister who was on
board, with an engagement to preach in one
of our churches, had less than half an hour
to get bis breakfast and prepare for the pull
pit The down express was 80 delayed below
South Vernon that it did not reach Spring
field until o'clock p. NJ. The day was busy
and hard one for all railroad men in this sec
ton. The New London Saturday night freight
train was run up from Amherst on Sunday
with two engines and a snow-plow. The mar
row gauge snow-plow left here at 10 o'clock
and went up through, returning about o.
clock p. NJ, but found no distractions 1t is
needless to say that none of the Brattleboro
churches were crowded on Sunday morning.
GEORGIAN IN BRATrLEBoRo.
A correspondent of the Augusta GA
Chronicle and Consiitutionalist has lately paid
visit to Brattleboro and sends to that paper
very good description of the Estey organ
works. The writer was evidently no little sur
prised and pleased at some things which he
saw away up in Vermont" or the several
members Of the firm Of Estey & Co. he has
this to say
something worthy Of especial mention that
than one-half tho population Of Bratteboro OBJ
tain their support from the business enterprises Of
who came to the town at the age Of 20, poor
friendless and unknown The personnel of the hrm
adds interest to their great enterprise. Jacob Estey
Is of those strong -braned, iron-willed
current century ago, when, the anvil Of pioneer
ing hardships the hammer Of necessary sefreliauce
shaped them into solid form Julius j. Fstey, Ills
son, is the active man Of business in the ONCE
and will be qualified to assume the responsibilities Of
management when the mantle falls on MIN from the
shoulders Of the old man Of such grand achievements
and confess to feeling Of wondering admiration for
the geuius Of Levi X. Fuller, when looking at the
working Of Of the machines Of which he is pat
enee within thirteen years less than q different
inventions for improvements in organ making have
been made by him, upon which grants have been
awarded by the United States patent ONCE. Some Of
these machines are almost human in the intelligence,
rations. The reeds which produce the musical sounds
are entirely made by machinery, aud one Of these
tunes them within an eighth Of a note"
AN INTERESTING LOCAL BEMISIscENcE.
In our notice, last week. referring to the
death of VIM. s. George, formerly a printer
and foreman in The PHOENIX office, and in
his maturer years a leading newspaper man
in the Northwest, there was one interesting
period in his career which was not referred
to. Data now before us show that Mr.. George
came to Brattleboro in July, 1912, as a pa.
tient in the Verm ont Asylum. He was then
II years Of age, ad been four weeks deraup-
ed, was in an excited state of mind. and Ia
bored under the delusion that he was to be a
second Franklin. After three months of
treatment he became SO much improved that
he was allowed to 90 10 The PHRSIx office
to work at his trade, though still subject to
ups and downs in his mental condition On
the 10Th day Of October he carried home to
the asylum the proof sheet of the AsvluDl
Journal, a publication which we presume not
many of our readers remember The weekly
issue of the journal from The PHDSIx office
was continued for three months, when the
success OF the little venture became SO well
assured that press aud materials were
bought by the asylum and the paper was set
up and printed at the white House" the
original asylum building, on the present site
of the Marsh building. For year Young
George continued as editor and publisher Of
the Journal, the asylum records showing that
he was discharged Nov. l, ls43 entirely well.
From subsequent entries in the records il
would appear that Mr.. George was employed
a second year by the institution, at the end
of which time he probably became Mr.. Ry-
theirs foreman in The PHOENIX office, as re-
lated last week Files of the Journal dur
ing the time it was in his charge show that
it was conducted with ability and discrimina-
ton, and one readily discovers in its columns
evidences of that native talent which in la
ter years gave Mr. George high rank in his
profession. The Journal existed for two
years as weekly publication and for two
years subsequently as a monthly issue, being
finally discontinued at the close Of 1916. in
consequences of the recovery Of the printers,
who have left the asylum" It is set down as
an historical fact in the Vermont ASYLUM
records that the Journal was 1.-The first regu.
lar newspaper ever printed in and issued from
a lunahc asylum The publication esems
TO have won good degree of attention and
popularity outside the state, for it is recorded
that at one time its exchange list numbered
no less than POO newspapers looming from
all parts of the United States" Mr. George
seems never to have had any return of his
early mental trouble. In 1875 he paid a
visit TO Brattieboro, one of the village
papers chroniclng the fact that he was then
editor and proprietor of the Lansing Repub-
llean, the State paper of Michigan"
THE SHOOTING AT OAK GROVE RANGE LAST