Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-02-22
IN GENERAL.

There nre 4GS pupils now in the charge
of the Indian Training school at Carlisle, Pa.
"A Boston firm lately received an order
for a pair of shoes for a colored pastor down
south who weighs four hundred pounds. The
shoes are No. 24's and will answer for cradles.
Bat de Pfare of Meersfeld, Wis, is 100
years old. He fought with jackson at New
Orleans He led an outdoor life and for over
80 years never slept under a roof. He
smokes, chews, drinks, swears and plays po-
ker, and never knew a sick day.
Miss Susan Fenimore Cooper, daughter
of the novelist, has established a home for or
phan children at Cooperstown, where they
are taught industrial occupations. One hund-
red children are inmates of the home, which
is superintended by Miss Cooper in person.
"A negro boot. black named Dudley went
to a masked ball at Stamford, Conn, the 9TH
er night and danced with quality gals"
When he unmasked there was a lively scene
and Dudley was fred out. He has the civil
rights crankism badly, and proposes 10 at
tend public entertainments not intended for
him.
The Pennsylvania railroad has been con-
Quoting some interesting experiments in re-
gard to color blindness of its employees, and
as a result has found 2j per cent of the 10, 600
unable to accurately distinguish danger lights.
Many old and trusted men were as much sur
prised and horrifed as were their employers
to find their vision defective.
The state of South Carolina made good
progress in material prosperity last year
The manufactures of all kinds foot up S32-
1924, ,4Ol, as against SIG, 73S, 00S in the year
1880. OF this aggregate 81, 1858, 1913 was cot
ton goods and s., SAG, 400 consisted of fertili
zers, the product of the phosphate beds in
the Ashley and Cooper rivers. The increase
in agricultural productions was also marked.
"A dentist of Geneva has invented new
and ingenious process of tooth-drawing. A
small square of India rubber pierced with q
central hole, is pushed over the tooth till the
upper part of the root is reached. The India
| rubber gradually contracts, pulls on the root
and the offending tooth is finally enuoleated,
without causing the patient any pain what
ever. Four or five days are generally requir-
ed to complete the operation.
Mrs. Sarah j. Evans, the bride of year,
went with her husband into the Union army
| in 1861 She cared for the wounded, made
many camps comfortable and at Arlington in
| 1862 originated what is now known as Dec
oration Day" She was in the army for four
years. She died at Des Moines, Ia, few
days ago, and at her funeral the Grand Army
post, of which she was an honorary member,
| gave her body escort to the grave.
| "A couple were married Dy clergyman
at Chicago a few days ago, under the names
of Drshcir Nworb, aged 2S, and Alleda Xoo-
| liw, aged %. The names were written with
the letters reversed and Brown, who took out
the certificate, swore that the names were
genuine and is to be prosecuted for making a
false oath. The question is, does the law
prescribe that the English language shall al
ways be written from left to right
"A Georgia court is going to decide the
question whether a Mormon polygamist has
any rights in that state which his lawful wife
is bound to respect. Two years ago a wom-
an who had an infant child refused to join
her Mormon husband in Colorado. He has
returned and sued out writ for the posses
sion Of the child. His wife claims that a
Mormon with polygamous beliefs is not fit
custodian for his child, and she ought to pre-
vail.
The state treasurer of New Hampshire
has an order from New York banking house,
which has 500, 600, 900 of deposits, for all the
New Hampshire securities that can be bought
at prices that will net 81 per cent interest
That is complimentary to the financial stand
ing of the Granite state, and is very sugges'
tive OF the tendency among conservative in.
vestors to be satisfied with very low rates OF
interest when the safety of the investment ID
assured.