Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-10
IN GENERAL.

The reduction Of the public debt for No
vember was 50, 00j, 249.51.
A San Diego citizen bought a ticket for
San Francisco and sat down on the pier un-
til the boat should be ready to start He
became much Interested in seeing the work
going on, the passengers hurrying down,
the gangplank pulled in, and the lines cast
off, and expressed pleasure at the sight of
the big steamer as she left the pier. Then
he remembered he WASH t ON board, but
that his baggage was and his language was
something shocking.
A Georgia paper publishes as truth the
story of IA Marion county farmer who be
came satisfied that he had a tapewOrm. So
he carefully baited little tishhook, tied a
short line to it, swallowed the hook, and
tied the line to his buttonhole. Then he
waited for bite By and by he thought
he had one and yanked the line ; the hook
caught in his throat and had to be dug out.
He didn't catch the worm
The Rev. S. H. Fellows of Norwich,
Conn, has genuine old pitch-pipe used
100 years ago in New England choirs and
singing schools. 1t is rectangular box,
made of mahogany, st inches long, p
inches wide, and II inches thick. At one
end is little mouth piece, and at the op-
posite end slide, the size of the interior
r u l:-l ..,,l,.,. a., ,,;+,b
Upon the edge of the slide are the letters
of the scale, and by pulling it out 10 the
desired letter and blowing on the mouth
piece a mellow. flute-like note is produced
1t has a range of over an octave.
The vestry of an Episcopal church in a
western town advertised for designs for
stained-gla window somewhat out of the
| conventional lines local competing ar
VS. i f e,,,is w. ,,'aor;rl, bI,s-
sid 11hn ,nstr tbonht that tbis los oar
;ionaIit,. It'll TOO far
| '!Ds INV ''''o'i'''', ny 900
Caulorna mas Sent -ooGT ,, s'i t. 81 go, :
10 the eaS' 'lIl ms 0on 4 III. ,o','' .
esuiila.v yea al ~ o' se9 "on -; H.
los ,nte F~' " 'Nii VI
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couple were lll'rIlG1 l TE JuSe.c1 y.
'he peace AT Deau"oP'i' ~ - ore uas i''9'
WeeK, ana one hour i .n revui ieu an" al
piie'l lor uiEor.e ne "a i1'1 SOU, '''' 7''
"'u' 10" '''0'' -
La'eiy FeIm'"H Ule1 N"s ~ va Wv
souuh loiA vi Elm NY, iiu,ii"oi,'
Oh.' "hicn Was sa"eu iii'o Nu's ~ u
Whlcn were III lee. lons' nlaA'ils tHe 'o 10
length IA ieTt' An aeTuiaVe ANY a. " INV
mn mn showed .nat ule - ios' i''' '"'
100 iee' Vi iu'ii"e :,
a pre"hi"s' sum 10 "o o"0 m ''''
was Ihe wager Oh TWO liieliioels Vi Une Ion -N'
don Jockey cup not ioiig Slhce anu ""'
served IN a oallooh lar apoNe Uhe clou's'
beeisteaK cooked on Por1ap'e s"Ne' Who's
sparks We're ha9ie every Iiioiiieiil 10 ca Pi'''
the oailoon' dne uSe Vi .ie o"ilu'h '''
SloOO' ana SloOo was pan" Vhe cooh'
The following notice appears III MohVa
ma newspaper ne hlghI VI 'ne lfIn i,la %
dark pay mare 10 halus nisn Sll ii. ,,io
star III ioreheau' p4Ih hiiI leSD MliiUe' va ti
stoieh from 'he sVap,e VI a." ,,"l. ~,
undersigned. VIII give Vle mar anu o'
Ill cash Tor iuli ana reiauie r. " M
gardlhg 'ne iuher"I VI y''e ''i''i '''''
'he Ai'i' VI a." man ''''' A.. ........,.;
among the passengers Oh 'Iie ,'eail -
Fuida' "hicll arrived al NV "a orA o'' ,',,
day, was RUSSIAN ~, fanny III ~, men TulI
en- ana chllureh' lhey were pusvoNe | iS' ~
MS wile' hVe SONS anu ureii "iNes' anu :
grahdchihreh' lhey we're p'u'iu i"i 10
kota.
1t is said that company has been OF
gained in New Zealand, with a capltal 9
ten Millions 10 construct Aclnc cani
from some point IN New ooulR W ai %.'
vancouver Clty, uhe terminus VI 'ie O"i''
dian racine runway,
The Princess of Wales lately got irol
Paris winter costume trimmed WIN nl'
? dark gray fur, which she greatly admired
You are sportsman, she shortly altel
e ward remarked to her husband; tell III
what kind of fur this Is, don't nun
rats and mice, he replied laughing
leave that sport to the sewer men An
q now the Princess doesn't ike the costuh
as well as she did
Twenty North Carolina negroes are wort
from $4,000 to $50 900 each. John Mckee
Philadelphia negro, is worth $500, 600 an