Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-12-22
MINOR NOTES.

state this year are worth over 5000, 900
more than last years.
A grated tree in Holmes County, Miss.
bore peaches last year and this year bore
plums 1t it regular Ben Butler kind of a
tree.
post ofthe Grand Army Of the Republic in
Washington has adopted n vigorous set Of
resolutions denouncing and repudating the
Grand Army journal, newspaper which bor-
rows the name of the organization to cover
the prosecution of certain ingenious schemes
of blackmail.
Capt. Shaw, the chief of the London fire
department, was over here a few months ago,
and criticised very freely our methods of
putting out fires. They do things better in
the old country, you know, but its fifteen
million dollars fire in London, last week, was
larger than any fire that has occurred in New
York for forty-fve years
Senator Lamar, who has hitherto worn his
hair long, in the favorite southern style has
lost his locks by mistake. He went recently
into barber shop at st. Louis to be shaved,
and the barber told him his hair needed trim
ming. The senator assented but paid no at
tention to what the barber was doing until he
arose from the chair to find his tresses gone
Mr. Lamar is greatly complimented on his
improved appearance.
Aho h'uVc vi LEANS hhs ofti Fli iuu"'"u" III
the treasury drawing no interest. The pub
lie debt is about 50, 900, 600, chiefly in bonds
which are not redeemable except at the op-
tion of the holder until maturity. Gov. Rob
erts went upon the market few months ago
ana tried TO buy up some OF them, but was
asked 40, and only found few even at that
lamcy nSuLe' were 'no ponuS reuotnlhpio 1t al
day. SEQ
A new electric light has appeared at Parls,
| winch Is called sunlight on account OF It's
mellow ustre. The light IS formed by IN
serting two cartoons in holes bored into a
oloek Oh marble IN Sucn innnher mat the
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- pasSeu 'ui 'LJ oHioo anu III
ln6 lnS sun y, .ll'io o'u'e9 II ~ UeIo'n'
"hl'e ho'' tnl"'lns nlos' "Bree"o'o i'Bn''
Judge GiidorsIeeVe OF New YORK, IN pas
sing sent nee upon a young Ilckpocket IN
that city recently, s7ld: 1t mas been urged
on your ueh"li that you are young politician
ana consequently 'nutled TO the c'emency OF
! the court II you Drg II ''eaI'ug a. poltlc-
ian 50 YOUNG uon hno" "hVfe you "ll
emu; Ay op,n''n is 'u"' !o" Suou'u DC n'PPcu
III 'uo "uN'
| One OF the Massachusetts representatives,
tells good story OF Il, neral butIer, lie says
that Butler met Mrs. Bia'ne recently III Bos-
| ton, who congratulated nm and SAID; 1ou
! ~ :. Ia r..,,l,,J ',,rl - p.,,Ij;,.a,, o.,
orror forI h.'o.y ttst 7 ,gos II 'c,sJ ~, r..
eru9r, Ior A''"" ','4' l was vas "a ecu ~ ~.
| knonledpe nv ind. b,edness"
A Wisconsin, Da,,ocra,i, card;5,,. for Co,
-, r,,sIld da,,,, ~ Wastir,,o,, iost ~
iSntont on maxim an early ,nlTy of bis CON-
tast for a seat in Tho nevf Uonyo ia wa,
,,,r,,is.d o,,d dis,,st',I to1,or,, ,Lot tho w.
ont Coraross ba6 notl;ng whst.v.r ~ A.
1a;,l ,Laen,o,,ar oe oo,,tlee,.5 800 ;r 49,
~ aioL,I, Cor,l,.,ss H., I,o,,a
org So ooue ''1.
oie Vi tne t~eeu'la ~ iA''S " io''o" tuo re
| uuction vi le''ei Pos'0Se ~ wv oon'7 anu
lFeeI I'. Votresponuenoo pe - .uo euuIa''us 'hIu
enc oi t io''et EiiB, Si,'B 'ii2ns ''io io"G' lu
raj classes OF hhBlahu ,ne cASapenlnR Oh pos
tHse has uau roNl"lH HHole results III ;u'' uiIeo
no" anu 'ho Peopio "no loi,"o,Iy seluo''
wrote letters, ana ulu nor consIuef 'neIl7eI'''
cnpHo'o % @ T'','nH' ~ u,J .nS ili','a very
ICY ~ "'o 80 10 Nv
Poslebe ~ ie'l.I ~ 'o' '"e '"N' VI '''"
Hunlca'nB Win 'uei' lllehuS'
1t is gwen out that the young secretArlei
and attaches of tho Chinese legation a
Washington are married men, anC
the young women VINO have been flirting
with them are disappointed While on dl
plomatic business they wear their rationa
costume, but at other times dress IN broad
cloth OF the most stylish cut aud wear blacl
curry "IgS " 0o'o' 'l0'' qus"s
The Washington monument Is now Two an,
halt ihcheS hiBh'r thHn tne Top OF tue Ieau
dress OF the statue oil Liberty on the dom
OF the capitol
Miss Mary McCabe, who was uuauimousl!
elected Postmaster of the lower House of th
Illinois Legislature two years ago is again
candidate for the position. regiment o
men office kers show great annoyance a
Miss McCabe'S action, aud some Of them hav
been lnduNtriouslyh hprt adng lhe report amonl
the Republican members Of the Legislator
that shr is - Democrat.
Tie lb-ry Of Con .r,,s Low contains near
ly 500. 900 volumes mud the accession las
wear wa, about 10 OoO volumes. A large por
ton of these books are stored away in crypt
under the Capitol and are ofuo possible use 4