Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-11-20

village, and Whitney Jones and Laban Jones,
| ir., OF Dover A sketch OF his life, given In
one OF the Rochester papers, mentions that
severe and combining injury which he received
when be was IL years old turned his attention
to books and study, and resulted in his taking
somewhat extended course under the Rev.
Isaac Cummings, then the Congregational
minister Of Dover. He taught several terms
OF school, was connected with The Pheuix,
az stated in bis speech, and then went West
to Fulton county, New York. and brought up
at Rochester in 1s4l, where he worked for
several years as a journalist, leaving the pro.
fession after time TO engage in educational
work as superintendent Of public instruction
IN Rochester in which capacity he personally
established and perfected the school system
OF the city. Afterwards he removed 10 I'LL
nois, but was persuaded 10 return TO Roches
ter, whore he held public office, kept up
his use OF the pen, and found time to study
law and be admitted TO the bar. In 1873 be
again took up active newspaper work, and ia
still in the harness. He has always retained
his interest 10 Windham county affairs. has
made frequent visits here, and counts many
OF the older residents as bis friends, all OF
whom will be glad to know Of the tribute of
honor and respect paid him by his profess
sional oo-workers.
THE DEVIOUS WAY OF MORPHINE EATER.
-Brattleboro druggists have had A rlpple Of n
sensation this week over an attempted nwindle by
morphine eater who boldly renewed tactcs which sbe
pas successfully worked here previously. on Tues
daya welLdressed but nervous-appearina woman In
middle life entered Greenes drug store and went 10
Mr. Greene himself aud asked for bottle Of NOR
bhlne IL was set upon the counter for her. and she
then said she had prescription for pills which she
would like to have taken down and made M She
dictated the prescription which Mr. Greene wrote ont
ana asked how long before she could have II. On Mr.
ureen replying that II would be half an hour abe
took the morphine and put II in her pocket, saving
that she would call for the pills md pay for both when
she took them. Mr.. Greene, suspecting some dodge
insisted on her paying for the morphine before leay
Ing, when she gave back the bottle and went ont
Fred Holden, Mr.. Greene's clerk at once ruspected
tue woman as the same person who had successfully
worked the same tactics with him q year ago, getting
her bottle Of morphine aud leaving him 10 mt mn tbe
pills which were called for and sti ornament
shell OF the store. Mr.. Greene naturally conc uded
that she would try her game elsewhere and At once
went out to warn hs neighbors, He met the woman
Just coming away from I. b. ThornG and on co.
ing 10 be found the clerk young Reed just writing
gu, tne prescription and preparing to maize the neV-
la3le pills Reed was quickly Informed Of the game
aud told that be had better follow up his customer
and get either his pay or his morphine which he
ulu' he overlook the woman on the bank corner aud
she gave back the morphine The incident has
brought out the fact that the same woman has work
ed her little scheme here ct least fonr times before
= year ago last summer she worked II on Fred Ho-
len as already stated, and z. G. Thorn and Pred
DAVIS AZ the old Thorn stand Two months ago she
worked II on John Hachley at Cbapins but In that
case she only got part Of bottle Of morphine. In
each case the CLERKS have box Of pills carefully laid
away and married. ito be called for for the Womsnis
method IL always the same-to cali for the morphine
get possession Of It, aud then leave the pprescrip.
uoh as pretext under which 10 get away with the |
coveted drug. She halls from Putnoy and is now or
mas recently been resident there She Is undoubt-
edy confirmed morphine eater whose passion for |
the drug has deadened all other sensibities and |
her appetite. e'