Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-05-01

1t is claimed for Bret Harte that be was
the first novelist who dared TO proclaim to
fiction one law Of morality alike for man and
woman.
Mr.. Cleveland has found that the presiden-
cy is a bigger office than the governorship of
New York, and has stopped bis daily public
receptions receiving only those who have
legitimate business with him.
1t appears that the death sentence in Kan.
sas does not by any means doom a murderer
to death. Tue warrant must be signed by
the governor, and as yet no Kansas governor
has ever signed death warrant. As con
sequence there are now 30 death sentenced
prisoners in the pententsry.
An English clergyman has sent to each
member of the House of Lords a copy of a
pamphlet written by him proving that the
British disasters in the Soudan are a conse-
quence of Gods anger with their lordships
for not rejecting more emphatically the bill
legalzing. marriage with deceased wife's
sister
The circumstances attending the suicide OF
Dr. David Stern, Jewish rabbi of Wilkes
barre, Pa, who was converted to Christianity
are decidedly remarkable. He had been a
rabbi of the Hebrew church in Wilkesbarre,
but bad become a convert to Episcopacy,
and had sought confirmation at the hands of
an Episcopal bishop. Then came the strange
reaction. Goaded by the thought of the
scorn to which he would be subjected by his
change of faith he deliberately took his own
life.
The phenomenal growth of the Wyoming
Stock Growers association Is suggestive OF
the vast importance of the cattle interests of
this country. Twelve years ago this associa.
ton was organized with ten members, owning
20, 600 head of cattle, valued at $3.50, 600.
To-day it has 435 members owning 1000, 600
head of cattle, whose estimated value is
500, O00, 900. It's sway extends over the
whole Of Wyoming and portions of six other
States and Territories, and it ia without doubt
the largest association of the kind in the
world.
DIR. John j. Moran attended Edgar Allen
Poe in his dying moments. He now writes
that the habit of intemperance did, to some
extent, cloud the poets early life, but not his
later years. Poe's constitution was such that
he could not become a dram drinker, and for
four years previous to his death he was per-
feotly temperate. His death was caused by
ill-treatment and exposure suffered from par
ty of Baltimore rOughs, who caught him,
cooped him up, drugged him, and voted him
during an excited election. In attending him
during his last illness, DIR. Moran saw that
his patient gave no signs of a debRuch. He
refused glass of spirits the day before he
died.
The report of the superintendent of pub
lie schools in Boston discusses the expert
ment of manual training for boys. Two
hundred boys. from ten different grammar
schools, have been under instruction in car
pentry two hours a week since September
They were selected by the masters from
among those fourteen years Of age or older
who had the permission of their parents to
take the instruction. "The experiment has
already gone far enough to prove that work
of this kind can be joined to the ordinary
grammar school work with good effect, says
the superintendent and he advocates the
making of provisions for industrial training
for girls as we'll as for boys.
Ia Fontaine did not estimate highly his
own powers Rs a dramatist "Detestablel I"
he frequently exclaimed in the theatre, dur
ing the first act of his 'Astree." "Monsieur,
said lady by his side, not recognizing him,
''it is really not so bad as you say. 1t is writ
ten by a man of fine wit NJ de la Fontaine." Z"
IN. de la FOntaine" was the reply, 'is an
ASS and as am that person himself, ought
TO know" Directly afterward, he went to
the Cafe Proeope, just opposite the theatre,
and fell asleep. "How is this, asked friend
coming in and waking him up; fought you
not to see the first performance Of your opera?
~ have been seeing it," said the librettist,
with yeWn "but the first act was 40 dull
that came away when it closed. 1 admire
the patience Of these Parisians."