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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-07-13
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by Sic restoration Of activity % the stomach and
nervous -T .cm, whereby the brain is relieved
81 morbid flucic-. which are created by the
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To ,I.r-yw.u, Lawyers, Literary men, Mer-
chants, Nau4-..-, Ladies aud all those whose sed-
,ltary g~ulH- H.ut causes nervous prostitution,
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-07-13
BRADFORD ACADEMY


Buildings unsurpassed in arrangements for CONT ort
aud health Of pupils. Twenty-Five Of ground, -
10 woud-ut laid out in pleasant walks, the remainder
ruod with shrubbery and trees. Definite classical
-.i general course II stu4y. Als0 preparatory an5
fuoual course. few gymnasium, music aud ART
g-Yu astronomical observatory and hemical abOra-
tory. Full corps Of competent teachers. year com
L-eucts Sept {, 1888 For circulars and admission
-pp!y 70 MISS ANNIE Z. JOHNSON, Principal, Brad
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-07-13

l shall also offer special bargains in fine
High Cost Dress Goods at from 6jc. to 500
per yard.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-09-26
FRENCH sARDrNEs FROM MAINE.

1t is not generally known that very few,
the fish consumed in America come from
the southeast corner of Maine. At East.
port there are nineteen places where they
turn out sardines at Lubec, three, and
hlong the coast at different parts many
others are found.
To catch the fish small trees or brush are
thrust into the bottom of little bays or di
rectly into the main body of water. They
are arranged in a line quite close together,
running out from the shore some seventy
Ave or hundred feet, then curved like u
horseshoe with line returned to the shore
In this is placed net. At the proper tidal
moment the net is raised and the fish taken
up in scoop nets. The fish are not sardines
at all but small herring.
After being placed in the boats they are
At once placed in the packing place and laid
upon long tables in heaps The first step
requires the cutting off of the head and the
removal of the entrails by very young chill
dren. Tho fish are then placed in ware
water, which is slightly agitated in order to
cleanse them thoroughly. After this neces-
sary precaution they are placed ON very
large gridirons of which the bars are thin
and wide apart, and are then suspended
over very hot fire, where they are partly
broiled. These gridirons are called
fakes" and hold about 100 fish The
sardines are placed in position ON the
fakes" by little girls, who receive ten
cents for filling every hundred. After
broiling the fish are ready for the boxes.
These are already prepared with the at
tractive French labels The oil ia cotton.
seed, pure and simple, and is not always OF
the best quality. The first quality of oil is
used, however, for those sardines sold rs
prime.
The actual cost per box, including all ex.
penses, is five cents. The profit made by
the packers sometimes reaches seven aud
nine cents, but is oftener less. The differ.
ence between these prices and the con.
sumer's expenditure is lost in the differen.
hands through which the fish pass. Ooy.
respontlssce Philadelphia Press.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-09-26
coLoRED PREACHER.

When the Federal army and the army 81
suffers which followed it first struck the
black districts of the South the negroes oi
those districts first made the acquaintance
Of Federal paper money. Many Of them
we're employed in the Quartermaster's or
the Commissary's Department, and at the
end Of the month were paid $40 or 500
extravaganza wages to men who had never
had wages before, and who would have been
perfectly willing TO serve "Lncum's So
gers" for rations and clothes. They were
paid in paper money. For tho first SIX
weeks or 30 in every district the suffers
dourished like green bay trees. The me-
groes couldn't tell a So bill from 81 bill
or Fifty cent note from quarter. They
bought from the srtlers for the sake Of buy.
what looked like 1t, and some change, and
they who had everything the were accus-
toned to have before they wem TO the suit
Ter, didn't care whether he gave them two
ones or two fiyes in change. Brer Peter,
who was much sharper than his flock, soon
found out that they were being fieeced right
and left. &c. on Sunday morning when
his little meeting house was filed with sol.
der and suffers, Brer Peter announced {,
"My tex will be foun' in de book ub Gen.
esis, chapter Arst Now de sarpient was
sutler dan do udder beas ub do fier,'" and
then he ridjled g dem suffers" for an hour.
--PAtlad1tphia Record.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-09-26
A QUEER CASE OF MADNESS.
The Antics of a Youth who Injected Into
His Veins the Blood of Cats.

On Saturday night Deputy Sheriff Frank
Moffatt, of Oakland arrived here with an
insane patient, whose case is one of the
most extraordinary on record. The crazy
man, Roger Williams, is about 20 years of
age, tall and of extremely slender build.
He is graduate of an Eastern college of
high repute, and before his reason was over
thrown he was recognized among his asso-
ciates as a man of fine mind and vigorous
intellect. Being oyerworked in the city, he
went to farm near Livermore, but there
his health continued TO fail, There was a
constant wasting away of blood and tissue
that left him almost skeleton, Among
his fellow-workers ON the farm was young
man of about his own age, who had served
an apprenticeship with a doctor They be-
came warm friends and in their converse.
tons it was suggested that Williams submit
to an experiment in TRANSMISSION of blood, in
hope that he would gain strength by it.
The instruments We're secured, but no one
could be found who was willing to be bled
In behalf of Roger, and after some delay 1t
was decided to use the blood of an animal.
It was here that it was proved that little
learning ia dangerous thing At first a
calf was suggested as the blood supply, but
finally 1t was decided to sacrifice cat. or a
whole colony of cats. The operation was
performed, the blood heing taken from a
number of cats and injected into the veins
of Williams.
The experiment was to an extent success
full. The man gained strength and had
hope of ultimate recovery, but soon he
began to brood over the consequences of
incorporating the blood of cats into his own
system and SO heavily did it weigh upon his
mind that his friends feared for his sanity.
He refused to go to bed saying that he be.
ieved he was being transferred into a cat
and preferred to sleep ON rug before the
fire. At night, when not asleep he would
wander about the house, jumping the garden
fence until tired out, when he would climb
to the roof and perch ON the chimney. He
sought the society of other cats and at in
tervals would try to fight with them, only
succeeding, however, in soaring them away,
when he would retire to the house until
rested. He manifested the greatest terror
of broom-handles and boot-jack and at last
his MANN so grew on him that he was con-
fined until examined for commitment to the
asylum. During the examination he show
ed wonderful propensity for jumping,
several times running ON all fours and
jumping over the doctors. All the time Of
his antics he kept up an ear-percing NEW.
ing and at the sight of dogs became frantic.
Stockton iadepeadeat.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-09-26
A SKULL IN A WELL.
Another Instance OF the Truth of the Adage
That Mnrler VIII Out.

Seventeen years ago man, whose name
cannot now be recalled, came TO Washington
county and made his headquarters at Mata-
moras, going from there into the surround
ing country, being interested in the pur-
chase of oil lands. He seemed to have
plenty of money, drove good horses and
became generally well known. Suddenly
he disappeared as completely as though the
earth had opened and swallowed him up.
His horses, wagon and gold watch were
found in the possession of man named
Ward, who claimed TO have purchased them
from their owner, but many persons suspect.
ed that he had murdered The speouIatof,
and this suspicion was strengthened when
afterwards, Ward, who had hitherto been a
poor farmer, sold out and came to Matamor-
rs, where he purchased hotel and made o
display of money altogether out of place
when his previous poverty was considered.
However, the matter was not pressed and
about four years ago the suspected man
died.
Now comes the strange part OF the story.
Living about four miles from Matamoras, in
what is known throughout the tho country
as the Yellow House" was one George
West, leading merchant and highly re-
spected business man. About the first Of
April he took sick, and ON his death bed
he confessed TO the murder of the oil specu-
lator. He said he could not die until he
had diyulged his guilty secret. His story
was that he and Ward with man named
Kirkbride, who now runs butcher shop in
Matamoras, We're the murderers Ward and
he holding the victim while Kirkbride cut
his throat. The body was then thrown into
well, the location Of which the dying man
disclosed. He spoke of II ring upon his vic
TINS finger, which they had not removed
The well was searched aud human skull
brought to light. The search ia still in pro
gress.
The excitement in the neighborhood is in.
tense, and Krkbride will undoubtedly be
arrested ms soon as discovered. Ho has not
been in his shop for several weeks and his
whereabouts are not definitely known
Ueiidire Tribune
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-09-26
MATCHES.

But how few people realize that this year
Ia only the semi-centennial Of the domestic
match The old way Of striking fire was
with the flint and steel. It is not known
that any attempt was made to produce fire
by chemical agency until the year 1903.
But the matches then invented, as well az
those which followed, until the year 1883,
we're clumsy and dangerous, and did not
come into general use.
But from the year 1888 the growth Of the
business has been enormous. The number
Of matches made in the United States dur
ing the past year was about thirty-three
thousand million. And yet the cost Of this
enormous number is q comparatively in
significant sum.
Matches can be made and sold for about
Atty Or sixty cents gross Of lunches, con-
tanning one hundred each, and yield hand
some profit. That is the cost of nearly
fifteen thousand matches il about fifty cents,
or three hundred for cent. And as the
average use of matches is about six hundred
year for each person of the population, the
for person.
This cost has, however, been much in.
,reased In this country by tax, during the
last twenty years Since the internal
revenue system went into effect, during the
war, the law has required a one-cent stamp
to be placed upon every package OF one
hundred matches.
This tax, during the fiscal year just
closed, yielded more than three and e
quarter million dollars. II will be seen
that 1t amounts to from two to three times
the actual cost Of the matches, so that tho
people have been paying three or four times
as much as they otherwise need to have paid
for this indispensable article.
II is queer fact, as showing how the
taste of the people Of different countries, in
respect 10 taxes, varies; that while Ameri-
cans have borne this tax upon matches with
perfect good Englishoen refuse to
! boar It OF all.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-09-26
MISCELLANY.
woNpERFuL COUNTRY.
What Was Seen ON a. Jaunt ThRsMgi
Colorado.

Since came into Colorado have played
at SNOWFALL with John Sutman on the last
day of July have seen ladies scrape
away the snow and pick flowers from the
ground under the snow, and have seen
red ripe strawberries picked from green
bushes after kicking OFF foot of snow from
over them. This is at Alpine pass.
Ihave seen men on horseback along the
railroad tricks, where we have men afoot,
as track-walkers have seen these horsemen
draw out a red flag, and ride back dare.
devil gallop over the ties, to flag train.
I have seen the ticket agent at Marshal't
Pass, 10, 745 feet altitude, sitting by roar
ing fire in his office, July SO, while outside
the ladies of our excursion were gathering
wild flowers and berries, thermometer "A
N the shade.
l have seen the aGobe houses of the Mexi-
cans at Pueblo, wherein was more dirt and
Nth than ever dreamed of by an Eastern
family; wherein men, women, girls and
visitors alike slept under straw ON clay
floor, in the one room which was alike
kitchen, parlor and bedroom. have seen
Mexican girls with castanets dancing a
fandango, wearing nothing but few SUM-
flowers in their long black hair, unabashed
ia the presence of hundred onlookers.
have seen in the streets of twenty saloon
owns open gambling hells, with a sign
above the door, Cards and Rum" have
seen on the streets of Denver splendid
houses, the occupation of whose female in
mates was only too plainly indicated by a
transparency gas lamp suspended in the
vestibule.
have seen mountains of rocks thousands
Of feet high, with the stones arranged layei
upon layer as if built by mason, rs regu
larly and carefully laid, and 1 have seen
standing in the middle of plain, fiat
stone, ON its edge $3.50 feet to the top. And
have seen in the Royal Gorge a mountain
over 1000 feet high, all seeming one solid
stone, without crack OF crevice, actually
one big solid rock.
have seen, and have in my satchel,
specimens of coal brought from the same
mountain, one from an anthracite vein
proving up 80 per cent. carbon, and another
of bituminous coal from vein feet thick,
and from tested field of 8, 500 acres owned
by one man.
have seen q girl, dashing over the plnins
ON horseback, dismount to pick q bouquet
for her hat, and calling her Newfoundland
dog, step ON his back and remount.
l have seen an open Bible lying on an
elegantly carved oak altar ut the entrance of
rum shop and gambling den at Leadville,
and above the Bib, a sign painted, saying
"Please, Kind Friends, Don't Swear"
Think of such an appeal, made in such a
way, by the keeper of drinking dem
have ridden in palace car ON Rio
9rande railroad the name of which, painted
On its side in gilt letters, was The Blood
of Jesus" followed by another car named
"A ueszt of tise Hssvirussu s---z-szs-=-=--z-
have travelled nearly 1000 miles over
territory west of the Missouri River in a
land which my mind had peopled with In.
dams, and have not seen single Indian on
the whole trip--not one-except two filthy
squaws ON the station platform at Cheyenne
--M0n0ngalseia Republican.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-09-26
couRTsHiP IN ARKANSAS.
How n Young Snlt0r Gained Possession OF
Colonel Webley's Only Child.

tell you, sir" Indignantly exclaimed
Colonel Webley, addressing young man
who aspired to the hand OF his only child,
" that | shall never give my consent to
union which know would be unhappy"
" We love each other" replied young
Balecuff.
Love be eternally blowed! So could
have said years ago. I was devoted to the
woman I married and she was devoted to
me-"
" You have lived happily with each other,
have you not ?"
Happily |" the Colonel contemptuously
repeated. 81 didn't have money enough
to insure happiness. Even in Arkansaw o
man must have money. His wife may be
devoted 10 him, but Il he fails TO provide
those little deIicacies which make life 90
enjoyable to woman she will speak Of this
sad lack Of comfort and instead OF attribu-
ting it to financial inability will regard IL
as willful neglect At times she win be
melting with affection and vow that youi
love is all that she cares for in this world,
but when some one who in worldly goods
seems no richer than yourself rides in q
buggy with his wife she loses sight of the
great sustaining love and bankers after
tangible affection, street display Of love. y
+" 1 am young man of energy and good
business capacity, can work and eatn
money"
No use in prolonging this conversation.
fhaye told you that you should not marry
my daughter. l shall keep close watch, and
If see you here again shall act with vio-
leuce."
Well, Colonel" said the young man
with hrmness, rs the gentler have failed,
am compelled to adopt the last resort
Some time ago before you suspected that
was attached to your daughter, you borrow.
ed $40 from me. Do not vince air heal
me through. You thought that I had for.
gotten the transaction, but haven't. Now,
sir, intend to marry your daughter. II
you persist in annoying me, shall dun you
for the money every time / see you."
The Colonel sat for moment In deep
thought. Finally he said Say, Bob,
don't say anything more about tho $10
lend mo five more ana take the GIRL
Aa,Aapssaas Tsaoossn
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-09-26

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.

Washington correspondent Of the Fhil
adelphia Record says
"The young men in the executive dc
patment here may be roughly divided into
three classes-those with past, those with
future, and those with neither. Those
of the first class are all 'scions never by
accident mere sons or Northumberland al
ways of some proud old family What it
has to be proud of, except its age, is not
always apparent. Its scion is proud of 1t,
however, and that suppose ought to con-
tent u.s. He sleeps on its tombs and fattens
on its bones, and bores you with the good
or bad deeds of its ghosts. This Young
man is apt to be good cle;'t, though
dreamy, and good companion, though
trihe monotonous. But he will never ad
vance any further than to-day. Those with
future are the best of them all They are
bright, often brilliant fellows, with grit,
snap, and ambition. No civil service re-
form will keep thera in Office for with them
an Office is merely pot boiler while they
are preparing for something better. Some
of them are acquiring in the line of their
duties experience which will be of value to
them by-and-by, when they are patent at
torneya, or claim agents, or land and PEN
sion lawyers. Some of them at the same
time are pursuing their studies in the local
law and medical schools, or with the tutors
who are SO abundant here. Every one of
these men has an end in view, and is anvil.
ing himself of every means in his power TO
attain it. He has good salary, he lives
economically, and he buys Accomplishments,
solid and fimsy. There are three flourish
ing law schools here and the same number
of successful medical schools, not to speak
of half dozen of q lower grade. These
men year. Four-ffths of them are Gov
srnment clerks. They get good training in
,hese schools. Their professors are taken
from the leadersin law and medicine here.
Some Of the law professors are Judges ON the
benches of the United States and the Dis
trict Supreme Court. Diligent private
study, added % what they get in the schools
gives them more legal lore TO start with
than il required by the average member Of
committee. These are the men the Gov
eminent ought to keep. But, of course,
they are just the men it can't keep. They
can do better outside They generally
do. / can point to hundred who have
within the last five years put into successful
practice what they had learned at Uncle
samueps expense. And 1 can point to a
hundred more who are crowding ON all sail
witha view to getting into the great race as
soon as possible. As for the great middle
class thin, narrow-chested, sallow-faced,
limp, languid, dressed as nearly like the
Northern dudes, whom we have never seen
here, as possible-their muscles are conse.
Grated TO pool, otherwise "poo-il,' and
their brains go up continually in the un.
ceasing smoke Of their cigarettes. Without
pride of ancestry or hope of descent, they
arU pitiable in their pettiness TO themselves,
an annoyance TO their families, and an in.
cumbrance to the Government.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-09-26
CAPITAL WANTED.

There were eight or ten of them seated on
the grocery steps as the stranger came up
and one of them led off with:
Eyes, gentlemen, this village needs
capital, and needs it bad"
THAT'S So" added second. What we
want here is money"
Eyes, we want capital to develop things"
sighed third, and so 1t went down the line
until every one of the lot had expressed
his opinion that capital was wanted. The
last man looked up at the stranger and add
ed:
Don't it seem that way to you 7"
TT does, sir" was the prompt reply.
"what would be your opinion Of the way
capital ought to be invested heref"
"well, my plan would be to lay out the
first IS, 900 in bar soap, crash towels, bar
bers shears and kicking machines" was
the firm reply, as he prepared for run OF
half q mile TO the depot m. Quad
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-09-26
In the midst Of the storm, and before his

III the midst Of the storm and before his
time, Mr.. BrinNey arrived. Jerry, shelter
ed from the rain and from observation in
One whey corner of the kitchen piazza
smiled queerly behind the newspaper he
was perusing So
Well, girls, how are your" cried Mr..
Brinkley, IS he put down his umbrella and
macintosh and seated himself contented-
~.
/" Very happy, father, now you have
some, ''Lulu murmured, bending over his
chair and kissing his rough old cheek.
But Frances reclining indolently on hen
hyorite sofa never stirred.
Lulu has been behaving shameful,
since you have been away, father" she com.
planned peeyishly. /" She has been flirtino
outrageously with that new hired man.
She helped him in the yard with the milking
and he helped her in the dairy with the but
ter, and they seem to care for nothing but
being together" she ended with very un-
sisterly sneer.
Lulu's bonny face was scarlet
"Oh, Frances, how can you fib So" sh,
demonstrated.
do not fib," was the bold assertion.
You are in love with the fellow and you
dare not deny it. You always did have a
taste for mental associations, and am NOT
surprised TINT you prefer the society of the
aoorish and ill-bred hired man."
But | do not UNDERSTAND said the
farmer. " What new hired man do you
mean ~
The one you sent" Frances explained.
But | sent none," he answered
:" Then he is an impostor and Lulu has
treated him as if he were king. suspect.
ed he was vagabond all the time" Frances
declared.
There was profound nilence The elder
sister was exulting over the petted Lulu's
obvious distress and modification and the
father meditated.
Why is not Mr.. Wsldron with you,
father I" Frances at length inquired,
At the inquiry, Farmer Brinkley sprane
70 his feet
have it by Jove have it," he ex-
slaimed I'm wager anything you like,
Frances, that the man you suspected to be
ayagabond is Jerry Waldron himself.
met MN the day went away he had not
received my dispatch, ana had come here
that We might arrange business matter.
was pressed Tor time and could not wait;
lie mad few spare weeks that he could
spend as he pleased. SO he promised to re-
mann here and look after things until
should come back"
Impossible" Frances gasped IN con
s'ernation.
MIR. Bfinkiey laughed.
Mistakes are always possible" he said,
dryly. g And if l am not mistaken, Wal
aron looked rather forlorn and shabby this
morning. The weather was horribly hot
and dusty he had been travelling several
days, and, besides, somebody had appro-
priated his valise. But was there really
any flirting, little girl ?" he asked Lulu