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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-24
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY "a, 1882.
iii works will resume operations at that

nail works will resume operations at that
place
Curtis Brown of Belvidere (wateryille)
has lately killed his fifteth bear.
Mrs. Fanny Piper of Ripton receives
Sl82j of pension money for the loss Of son
in the war. She is the widow of an 1912 vet
eran, and was the first white child born in
Ripton.
. The total shipments of butter from Frank
lin county last year foot up 1882, 42i pounds,
for which S29G 3Sl was received, 800, 600
more than in 1880. The average price was
p cents pound, against 2j cents in 1880.
j. Aud, formerly with the Rutland Her
aid and Globe, has bought an interest in the
Burlington Free Press, and will assume his
duties as business manager in that Office
April l.
The complications between the Central
Vermont, Ogdensburg and Lake Champlan
and other roads interested in the Portland
and Ogdensburg line relative to an inter
change of freight traffic. have been amicably
settled.
Peter PfeiTer, deaf and dumb mbecile
of Burlington, has been painfully i'll for
month and treated for hernia, but doctor
cured him last week by taking from his bow
els half-inch iron belt eight inches long
B. A. Hunt of johnson owns some land
on the line of the St. Johnsbury aud Lake
Champlain railroad, and on the I'd of last No
vember ~ a certain freight train was holding
the even tenor Of its way, some Of Hunts cat
tie got on to the track, and, in spite Of every
possible effort to avoid hitting them, young
heifer was struck and carried some ways, be-
ing uninjured, however, except in the tail.
Soon after Hunt made up his mind to teach
the company better manners, and got out a
body writ against the engineer Of the heifer
lifting train About the 9TH of November
somewhere near three o'clock in the morn
ing Hunt sent out sheriff with a danger
signal, stopped the train and arrested the en-
gincer claiming that the damage to the heif-
didn't relish this method of interfering with
the running Of their trains, aud brought suit
in which the jury gave verdict of S25 in
favor OF the company.
A correspondent of the Troy Times tells
the following story of two of Nermonts most
prominent men fifty or sixty years ago
Judge On and Judge Mech. Both were
men of gigantic proportions. 1t is said of the
latter (probably by some Democrat Of the pc
riod) that he was put inside of log cabin in
a Tippecanoe procession, aud broke it down
by his immense weight Long before that
the two stalwarts happened together in the
streets of Montreal where they attracted
crowd Of wouderers at their marvellous ply
sique. The curious kanucks followed them
to their hotel and inquired where they came
from. From Yankee land, was the reply
care you fair specimens OF the men grown in
that country" "Oh, no; we came from the
valleys, but back on the mountains they raise
giants"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-24
How THE CzAn Will GO TO HIS CRowNINo

How THE CzAR WILL GO TO HIS CRowNING.
Although he assumed the rank of Gear of
all the Russias on the death of his father,
Alexander I'LL has never been formally crown
ed This official act, which has on successive
occasions been performed at the old capital,
Moscow, has in the case of the present Czsr
been delayed but the received opinion has
been that the coronation day would be in the
early spring. We are now informed that
preparations are being made for this great
ceremony, and one might naturally suppose
that the pathway of the young ruler, from his
palace at Gatschina, near st. Petersburg, to
the old capital, would be adorned in a way
which would, at least, impress upon the look
er-on the joy of the people at the high honor
their ruler was about to receive. In reality,
the preparations are of a wholly different
character for, instead of welcoming crowds
and children strewing the roadway with flow
ers, we are told that the Ozar, who, because
he fears that the imperial railway train may
be blown up or wrecked, will make the jour
ney in private carriage on the highway,
will ride all the distance between lines of
troops, and that wherever it is necessary
trenches and barriers will be erected to keep
the people back. A soveT sign who thus rides
to his coronation must be o. a singularly hope
full disposition, if he supPoses that his reign
will be either long or = happy one.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-24
sarcasm from ,hs Chlcago Times.

One of the characters in Congress is Joyce
of Vermont, who is described as nervous
errAtic member with hobby" That hobby
is the liquor business. He wants Congress to
give the President authority to appoints COM
mittee to investigate this traffic. To put it
palmer, he wants five men commissioned to
cavort around the country year or so at a
handsome per diem and at the public expense,
and then treat Congress to a moral homily on
the evils of intemperance. He endeavored to
pass bill with this view, but failed. 1t re-
ceived many votes, too, from those who have
investigated the subject of alcohol by sam
pling, and know by experience that it doesn't
take barrel to inebriate.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-24
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VERMONT NEWS.

DR. Bullard is to build handsome opera
house at st. Johnsbury, the coming season.
Col, Geo. I. Childs of St. Albans is to
deliver the next Decoration Day address at
Burlington.
Rev. William O. Dawson of st. Thomas's
church at Hanover, N. H., is called to the
rectorship of ST. Paul's at Burlington.
"A hen owned by Ripton farmer was
covered up in ton of hay nearly month,
and when found she seemed none the worse
for her experience,
1t is thought that the Vergennes water
po wer company will erect suitable buildings
an that the recently burned National horse
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-24

Her hair lcas black. "But black" she sighed,
"Is very much too cold;"
And so she bleached her locks until
They looked almost like gold.
simple satin robe she wore,
Which closely to her olung
(In fact IL was extremely scant),
And from her belt lily pale
And four sunhowers hung
Four big sunhowers hung.
She would not touch a bit Of meat,
But oft she'd cit and weep,
To think the broiled chops were once
Part Of a baby sheep.
"And oh" she'd moan, "these scared steaks,
So full of gravy now"
(This was a light mistake, think),
"Ouce wandered DER the fields and meads,
Attached TO a COW
gentle, browsing cow
She was the most poetic thing
She wouldn't harm a fly;
'Its life is short at best," she'd say
ooh, pray don't make IL diel
The very cat for catching mice
In fearful voice she child,
And then at last she married
(And seemed quite glad to get him, too)
butcher: yes, she did
Upon my word she didl
-Hdrper's for March.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-24
Miscellany.
behind the Arrss-..A, ID. I4sO.

l.
"Nay, father, Ills weary day by day
In stones and In metals to work away
At the godsmith's tiresome trade"
"Ab, so7
'tresome tradev I'd have thee know
That silver aud gold are precious things,
And the gems we cut are gems for kings
To wear in their CROWNS"
"But, father, hearl
Thou e'er hast been so kind aud dear
That now 1 am bold to do what yet
l never have ventured-ask thy let
To follow my bent; for would paint
Pictures-oh, many and many a saint
For the shrines where people kneel; and when
come to be famous, father, then
Thy heart will hutter with inward JOY
To think that the painter is thy boy"
"Thg whlm Of ladl What proof haveI
OF the bent thou boastest7"
''Let me try
The strength there is in me. Let me take
panel Just like Van Eycks, and make
No holy Madonna thereon, nor Christ,
Nor such as the masters have suf1ced,
But only myself: for l will place
Yon Flemish mirror before my face,
And copy the form ] hud therein;
And then II the portrait fails to win
The recognition Of those who 60
To school with m every day-why, so
III bend to thy will, and own I'm made
To follow my fathers goldsmith trade.
bu thH WI ul1 CVuAbht tutt
"Yea; II thou,
Unaded, dost paint portrait now,
Which all at ST. sebalds school agree
Can be only thine-why, then we'll see
Which craftman's tools are the tools for thee"
II.
"My picture is finished, father. Call
The boys Of st. Sebald, one and all,
Straight into the shop. On panel there,
Near the head Van Eyck has painted, where
They well can see 1t, my work is hung,
With an antique bit of Arras flung
Round It, whereby, in sooth, / meant
To make them believe IT came from Ghert."
"well, well, as thou wilt. My silver dove
Is finished, and ready to perch above
st. Barbaras shrine. (The one, wis,
Let loose by Noah was like to this
As II few from the ark so pure and whitel
The scholars will want to come tonight,
For promised them all, the other day,
They should see it before It was sent away!
And then, as said, II they declare
That thine are the eyes, the mouth the hair
Justthine and no other's-why, thou maystuEe
Thy will, and have leave which craft to choose
All. here are the boysl
My task is done,
Sweet lads Is the dove pretty one7"
zone loyelier Deyer ceayed the sky!
Aye, marry, 1t seems about to fiyl
Look, Jan! it verify winks its eye
At Albrecht yonder, who hides, ween,
little beyond the Arras screenl"
"No Albrecht is tbere he left the door
Just only moment or two before
Ye entered
"who. then, is he
That under the Arras stares at met
'Tfs 4 tbTech DureT, beyond a doubt!
Ho, comrades, l think we can drag him outl"
"Ah, me! That settles the pact made:
The boy will give up hopest trade
For the silly brush; yet, mayhap, some day
The world hear lim-WlO
-Mdrgdret J. Preston in March Wide Audke.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-24
NO. 8.

will be over 2OOO feet that length to be COW
cred with 22 piers of iron and 20 spans. Some
conception of this dizzy elevation may be
formed when one remembers that Trinity
church steeple might be put beside the lofti-
est span and yet be 10 feet under it. The
piers will be llO feet wide at the base, taper
ing gradually up to width of ~ feet at the
top. Respecting the comparative height of
existing railroad bridges in this country, the
Kentucky River bridge is 276 feet high the
Portage bridge, on the Erie's main line, is
234 feet, and the Niagara suspension bridge
275 feet. Any one who has crossed these
airy structures can the more readily compre-
hend the loftiness as well as the greatness Of
this undertaking
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-24

VERMONT DIVORCE STATISTICS. According
to the registration report, the whole number
of divorces granted by the courts of Vermont
in 1881 was 126, or one to every 21 marriages.
In 35 of them the husband was the lbellant,
and in 81 the wife 20 of them we're for adul-
terry, 81 for wilful desertion, 81 for intolera-
BILE severity, and the remainder for different
causes In 1880 the number was 129, or one
in 20 of the marriages. In these the husband
was libellant in AZ cases. the wife in 80. The
cause in II was adultery, in 25 desertion, in
26 intolerable severity, in 80 wilful desertion,
in refusal to support. The largest number
of these divorces occurred in Bennington and
Orange counties, the smallest in Essex county,
and in Grand Isle county none.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-24
Jenner Not Yet Proved a CRANK.

The efficacy of vaccination is sure to be at
tackled as often as an epidemic of smallpox
makes resort to it general. There never was
discovery of medical or sanitary science
made, no matter how clearly demonstrated or
how well approved by its results, that did not
encounter sceptcism and opposition from
some quarter. There are people who have
conscientious scruples against bath and pure
air, though we do not know that they have yet
gone so far as to organize and distribute tracts
in support of their theories Compulsory
vaccination is measure commonly adopted
only a last resort in protecting the public
from the dreaded pestence. But, whenever
it has been systematically and thoroughly
done, smallpox has been stamped out and no
other way has yet been devised Of accomplish
ing this end. Medical men differ as to the
precise limitations of the protection afforded
by vaccination, but the weight of valuable
opinion is decidedly in favor of the practice.
1t is known to lessen practically to the point
of afording immunity, the chances of under
going the worst form of the disease, for
which it is certainly a very mild substitute.
1t is a prudential measure, to say the very
least, which wise man will not omit, for
himself or his family. Since the production
of reliable animal virus has been reduced to
business, there is no longer any necessity for
the risk of contamination from human bodies
which formerly existed. Jenner may have
been a crank, but he has not yet been proved
to have been so.-BOst0n Herald
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-24

We are glad to know that the Scientific Am
erican came out of the late fire in New York
without serious loss or interruption to bust
ness. The subscription lists, account books,
patent records and drawings, and oorrespon-
denco were preserved in massive fre-proof
safes. The printing of the Scientific Ameri-
can and Supplement was done in another
building, consequently the types, plates, pa
per, presses, ETC., were unharmed. The new
Scientific American offices are located at POI
Broadway, corner of Warren street, very
central and excellent situation, where, in ad-
dition to issuing their interesting publications,
Messrs Mum q Co. continue their very ex.
tensive business as solicitors of American and
foreign patents, in which they have had more
than 80 years experience.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-24
TIMOTHY o. HOWE,
Postmaster General.

The prodding which WIN. H. English, ex-
Democratic candidate for vice president has
received about his alleged penuriousness and
failure to give liberaly of his funds for cam
paign purposes has led that gentleman to
make these remarks about the use of money
by the Democrats in Indiana in 1880;
More money was used by the Democrats
in the Indiana campaign of 1880 than was
ever used in any previous canvass. More was
used by the national committee; more by the
state committee more by the Democratic
candidate for vice president more by the
Democratic candidate for governor, and more
by the party generally. The expense of the
whole canvass up to the time of its close, pri-
or to the October election, was paid out of
money raised within the state the money
used on the day of the election and few
days before came from abroad, almost entire
ly through the national committee. l could
make an approximately correct statement of
the amount disbursed by the Democrats in the
canvass, how it was distributed, and into
whose hands it primarily went. If l did so
(and may if it becomes necessary it would
Rstonish great many people"
These remarks are of special interest when
one remembers how freely the Democrats
charged the Republicans with the corrupt use
of money in Indiana in the campaign of 1880.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-24

The FIRST OCEAN Steamship is just
sixty three years since the Savannah, ves-
sci of $50 tons, sailed from the port after
which she was named for Liverpool The
vessel was built by Francis Fichett at New
York, where she was launched in 1918, and
afterward fitted with engines made at Nor
ristown, N ]. The credit of crossing the
ocean is due to John Scarborough, who
bought the steamer just after she left the
stocks. 1t is stated that when the novel ship
with funnel arrived off Cape Clear she was
supposed to be on fire, and cutter was sent
from the navel station at Cork to her relief.
rumor having obtained credenoe that she
was designed to rescue Napoleon from St.
Helena, sharp watch was kept on her. The
real object was to sell her at profit, and she
was offered to the Swedish and Russian gov
ernments, but as neither would buy her, she
once more made the ocean passage to New
York, traded between New York and Savan-
nah, aud was finally wrecked on Long Island.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-24

The HONEST RAILROAD BRIDGE IN THE
WoRLD. There is being built on the top of
the Allegheny Mountains, at the point where
the Bradford extension of the Erie railway is
to pass, a structure which when completed
will be not only one of the greatest feats of
modern engineering skill ever accomplished
but also the highest railroad bridge in the
world. The place is about 27 miles from
Johnsonburg the terminus of the extension,
and about 13 miles from Bradford Here the
railroad crosses ravine with varying depth,
800 feet being the most favorable crossing
that could be found. The length of the bridge
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-24
An Appeal to Po.rmasters.
The postmaster general has issued the fol-
lowing official appeal:

The postmaster general has issued the fol-
lowing official appeal;
PosToFFIcE DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 8, 1882
To the Postmasters of the United States
The Society of the Army Of the Cumberland
appeals to you for aid to procure contribu-
tions to the fund for the erection of a monu-
ment at the national capital to the memory of
James A. Garfield. l AIN sure no word is
needed from me TO enlist your best efforts on
behalf of such a cause. By noble aspirations
and by tireless endeavor to promote the pub
lie welfare, President Garfield had achieved
the highest honors Of the Republic. When
he had but little passed the noon of life, he
fell the victim to a malice SO wanton as TO
seem demoniacal. A monument to him will
attest the nations love for his virtues and the
nations adherence for that inscrutable de-
pravity which slew him. Such a structure
should not be stintsd for lack of means. The
nation is very rich. Let art exhaust itself in
invention. Let money leap to execute her
designs. have but lately assumed official
relations with your corps. This is my first
communication to you. You are numerous,
widespread, influential. You will respond to
the appeal of the Society of the Army of the
Cumberland, and your response will show,
trust, that those who administer the postal
service for the United States are not the least
patriotic nor the least capable of those who
work for the republic.
TIMOTHY o. HOWE,
Postmaster General.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-24
STILL FURTHER
REDUCTION IN PRICES
THIS WEEK AT
PRATT'S.

Extraordinary bargains i'm
Guinet & BellOn Black Silks,
COIOred GrOS Grain and Bro
cade Silks, Black CaShmereS
and fine Dress Goods, CIOakS,
DOImanS, Walking Jackets,
Ladies', Gents and Children'S
UnderhanneIS, Hosiery and
Gloves (including one of the
largest and finest stocks of
Kid Gloves i'm New England,
prices from 25 cents to $1,000
Linen & Silk HandkerChiefS,
Hamburg Trimmings, White
Goods, Table DamaSkS, Tow
els, Napkins, COunterpaneS,
Blankets and Cotton Goods.
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WHY co WEST i?

1900 farms fer sale In the states of Maryland and
Virginia, Finest climate In the world. Price Of land
from Sc to $40 per acre Terms very easy.
Address Wetmore & MeNeale, Real Estate Agents
1920 New York Avenue, Washington, d. @. 7-iO
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ennches the blood and purihes the
system; cures weakness, lack Of
energy, etc. Try bottle.
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is the only Iron preparation that
does not color the teeth, and will not
cause headache or constipation, as
other Iron preparations will.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-24

will cure dyspepsia, heartburn, mala-
ria, kidney disease, liver complaint,
and other wasting diseases.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-06-03

Mr.. George L. Clarke, who was for many years
chief Of the Pay Division of the Fourth Auditors
Once died at his residence 1920 street last night
sir. Clarke has been in failing health for number
ofyCars, and for the past six weeks has been con.
fined TO his bed lie was born in Boston and en-
tered the volunteer service in the Fortcth Massa-
chusetts Regiment, infantry. He was detailed in
the office Of colonel Greene, chief quartermnster
Department of Washington, and was subsequently
transferred to what was then known MS the coll
orcd bureau He was then appointed in the Treas
ury Department aud rose TO the position of chiet
Of the Pay Division in the Fourth Auditors
Onice by the force Of his own abilities, His
removal for an alleged technlGalty was
and Mr.. Clarke felt this keenly. It is tht
belief of his wife and friends that this act aided
IN shortening his life for he brooded over this I'M
kind action and in the enfeebled condition of his
system 1t told heavily upon his health. Mr.
Clarke leaves widow aud seven children. lie
was an honorable, upright man, warm friend
genial in disposition, aud of far moro than Ordi-
nary ability. lie leaves host of friends who vii
sincerely mourn his loss. He was Il prominen
Mason, and in his death the fraternity has lost ONT
OF its brightest members.