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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-29

When Stanley came home from his trip
across Africa he said there was grand OPP
portunty for missionaries in Uganda. His
glowing description of the country, teeming
with 3, 900 600 of intelligent and fairly indus.
trious people, fred the hearts Of English
Christians. They sent several missionaries
TO live in the beautiful country near Victoria
Nyanza in Ugsnda's chief town. French
Roman Catholics soon followed the English
pioneers, and all worked hard and zealousy
to help and instruct the natives. II costs,
the French tell us, So 900 to put a missona-
ry in Central Africa. These Uganda missions
have cost not only many thousands of dollars
but also the lives of three white men and
years Of oesseless toll and anxiety. The news
reached us last week that the fruits Of all
these priceless labors and sacrifices have been
wiped out in a bloody tragedy. Thd king of
Uganda has murdered all the converts Of the
missionaries, who are themselves in great
peril and implore assistance.
For a while a bright future seemed to be
before these missions. They built churches
and made quite o number of converts. A
short time before King Mtesa's death about
so converts were admitted to the English
church on one occasion. Old and young
crowded the schools to learn to read. Mr..
O'Flaherty learned to speak Kiganda like
native. Mr.. Mackay sailed the great lake in
tne llttio Dhfh ElthuOT, WulCu uhu ueeu hbut
in sections from England. Mr.. Ashe excited
much wonderment by digging wells and
building cart. But the kings counseors
always viewed these whites with suspicion.
They often advised the king to kill them on
the plea that they were subverting the ancient
beliefs and undermining his hold upon his
subjects.
King Mtesa on the whole was friendly to
the missionaries, and they and their work
were safe while he lived. His young son
Mwanga, however, is the tool of his council,
and they have filed him with fear that the
whites may some day try to deprive him of
the power which Il of his ancestors for near
ly three centuries have welded. The muir
der of Bishop Harrington, therefore, has
been followed by the extinction of the native
Christians.
When the story of the massacre reaches us
1t will doubtless be found that some of these
hapless converts went to their death as fear
lessly as the martyrs of old. A while ago
King Mwangs warned his subjects of the dan
gers of embracing new faiths by burning at
the stake two Christian boys who refused to
renounce their belief They died with Chris
tisn songs on their lips perfectly sustained
in the terrible ordeal by their unfsltering
trust in the Deity the whites had taught them
20 adore ~ y sam
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-29

When the unabridged Websters dictionary
was first published, the scholarly Caleb Cush-
ing wrote criticism, saying that for its size
it had as few errors as could be expected.
This puzzled the editors, who thought the
work was practically without errors, and they
wrote to Mr.. Cushing asking for an explana-
ton. In reply Mr. Cushing marked 5000
mistakes in the volume that had been pre-
sented him, and sent it back.
According to a Cleveland letter James A.
Garfield has been studying law with Judge
Boynton in Cleveland, and ia looked upon by
friends of his father as the son most like him
in every way. He has his fathers size, COM
plexion, eyes and manner. Both sons are
now men, and have, it is said, great ambi-
ton. Miss Mollie, the only daughter, is now
a young woman, taller than her mother, and
has about finished her studies.
An English periodical, the Circulating Lii
brary, in noticing the memoirs of General
Grant, adds this remarkable information con-
corning the great soldier; Grant was the
son of farmer, who gave him much bet
ter education than he had himself received.
The civil war obliged Grant to become sol
der, in which capacity he served for four
teen years, when he again took to farming,
which he had to relinquish on account OF IL
health. He then became successfully estate
agent, clerk in a store and Senator. In this
last vocation he distinguished himself SC
highly that he was elected President"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-29

II is the custom in some portions of the
Tyrol, when a girl is about to be married,
for her mother to give her a handkerchief,
which is called tear kerchief. 1t is made of
newly spun linen, and has never been used.
With this she dries her tears when she leaves
her fathers house and while she stands at the
altar. After the marriage she folds up the
kerchief and places it unwsshed in her linen
closet in her new home, where it remains un-
touched The tear kerchief has only per-
formed half of its mission. Children are
bonn, grow up, marry and move away from
the old home. Each daughter receives from
the mother new tear kerchief. Her own
remains where it was placed in the linen
closet the day of the marriage, and there it
remains until her death, when it is taken from
its place and spread over the placid features
of the dead, never to be removed.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-29
PIeuro.Pneumonia az chicago.

DR.. Salmon, chief of the bureau of animal
industry, in his official report upon the out.
break of pleuro-pneumonis at Chicago, de.
tails his personal examination Of the diseased
and infected herds and says that it is impos-
sible to say how widely the disease has been
disseminated, but as the diseased cattle have
been found in nearly all the herds and as they
have browsed upon nearly all of the open
pastures around the city the infection must
be very widespread, particularly as the own
ers themselves practiced incubation extern
sively, which, while it reduced the mortality
among cattle, had a tendency to spread the
disease over vast territory. After detailing
the manner in which the disease is supposed
to have started and various difficulties in
tracing it to Chicago, the report continues
The state live stock commission has copper
ated cordially in an effort to discover and iso-
late the affected and exposed cattle, but
neither the state law nor the appropriations
made to secure the enforcement of its pro
visions are adequate to the emergency. Ev-
cry animal in the distillery stables and every
one which has been upon the infected COM
mons of Chicago, should be summary seized,
condemned and slaughtered. Experience of
the world with this plague teaches us that no
other course can be relied upon to extermin-
ate the contagion. Unfortunately it is only
too plain that such a measure cannot be car
ried out, and that it will not be attempted
without additional legislation.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-29

A Curious CIRCUMSTANCE james Gail
braith of Barnet set a trap for a fox one
evening in December, 1882. The next morn
ing he went for his game, but the trap was
gone, and the only tracks in the locality were
made by the switch of the chain attached to
the trap from which be inferred that the fox
had taken wings and disappeared with his
trap. The next August Moses Moreton was
at Litchfeld, Conn, on lumber business, and
while there a man entered the hotel, and
asked if any one had set a trap for an eagle.
He said that he found trap with log chain
attached to it in his pasture and the skeleton
of an eagle in the jaws. Moreton immedi-
ately thought of Gaibraith, told about his
trap disappearing, and said ~. g." was
stamped on the hook of the chain. These
letters were stamped on the chain found.
The distance from Barnet to Litohfeld is 220
miles. -MOntpelier argus.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-29
Crown since IN. Las, Census.

How shall we realize something of the ma
tons progress and power of growth Since
1880 the population has increased from 3d.
600, 600 to 60, 600, 600; an addition of 10, 000,
600 inhabitants about as many as Great
Britain has gained in thirty years, is but one
of the elements at work From abroad we
have added during the six years, by immi
grafton alone, population greater than that
of the entire state of Ohio or Illinois. An
other nation, more populous than this nation
was when il achieved it independence, has
been brought to these shores across the sea
since the last census WAS taken. What is an
'able-bOdied inhsbitant worth? That depends
on where he il. In some countries, where he
can get neither land nor freedom, neither
opportunity or stimulus to effort he is worth
but little. Here he produces farms, cities
and railroads he produces wealth far more
than be consumes; he raises children, and
they in turn add to the producing power of
the nation. But while population as large
as that of Ohio has come to US from across
the sea, another population greater than that
of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut
together in 1880 has been added by natural
increase in six years. Consider what these
four states were and what they produced in
$780, and then conceive that population as
great as that of these four states has been
added to the country in six years.
Growth in population, surprising that of
any other great nation, is but the least sur
prisng feature in the nations development
The census reported about 81, 900 miles of
railroad; on the first of September we had
49,, 900. The middle states have added one
third to their mileage; the states between
them and the Mississippi nearly one.third,
and the southern states nearly half, and
the states west of the Mississippi more than
one .half-over 10, 600 miles. In four states
and one territory-Kansas, Nebraska Iowa.
Minnesota and Dakota-have been added
10, 600 miles. Then consider that every mile
of new railway, in regions not already sup
piled, brings within ready reach of markets
64OO acres of land, enough to support the
entire population of another town, and that
we have added in six years the means of sup
porting As, 600 such towns.-N. y. Tribune.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-29

PATAGONIA No MoBE.-A very considera-
BILE change has recently taken place in the
map of South America, by joint agreement
of Chilli and the Argentine Confederation.
This action amounts to the entire oblitera-
ton from the map of the region so long
known as Patagonia, which was not, however,
a political division, but was until this agree
ment simply section of unclaimed territory.
To Chill has been assigned all the western
scope of the Cordilleras to the southern ex-
treme of the continent, to the Strait of Ma
gellan, and all the islands of that coast. The
eastern slope of the range and the vast pam
pas extending to the Atlantic are now the
property of the Argentine Confederation.
The Strait of Magellan is declared neutral
and free to all nations. The chief island,
Terra del Fuego, is parted equally between
the two nations, Chilli taking all the other
islands, including Cape Horn. -Ameriean
Teacher
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-29
NO. A.


Washington never lost his liking for good
horse, and he knew what good horse was.
He had a servant who had been Gen. Brad
docks servant, and had been with Washing
ton ever since the battle of the Monongahela.
Bishop, as he was named, was terrible dis
cplinariau, and devoted to his masters in
terests. At sunrise every day, he would go
TO the stables, where the boys had been at
work since dawn grooming the generals
horses Woe to them If they had been care
less Bishop marched in with a muslin
handkerchief in his hand and passed it over
the coats Of the horses il a single stain ap-
peared on the muslin, the boy who groomed
the horse had to take a thrashinP. 1t was no
light matter to groom a horse in those days,
for, Just as the heads of gentlemen we're
plastered and bewgged, 30 the horses we're
made to undergo what would seem to US now
a rather absurd practice. The night before a
horse was to be ridden, he was covered from
head to foot with a paste made Of whiting
and other ingredients then he was well
wrapped in cloth and laid to sleep on clean
straw. By the next morning the paste had
hardened and it was then vigorously rubbed
in, and the horse curred and brushed. The
result was a satiny and glossy coat. The
hoofs we're blackened and polished, the mouth
washed the teeth picked and cleaned, and
the horse was then ready to be saddled and
brought out.-St. Nicholas
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-29

LANDsEER's SKILL IN DRAWING was marvel
Gus, and was once shown in rare way at a
large evening party. Facility in drawing had
been the theme of conversation, when a lady
declared that no one had yet drawn two OBJ.
jects at the same moment. Landseer would
not allow that this could not be done, and i'm
mediately took two pencils aud drew horses
head with one hand, and at the same time a
stag's head with the other hand. He painted
with great rapidity he once sent to the ex.
hibition picture of rabbits painted in three
quarters of an hour. Mr.. Wells relates that
at one time when Lsndseer was visiting him,
he left the house for church just as his but
Ter placed a fresh canvas on the easel before
the pointer; on his return, three hours later,
Lsndseer had completed a life sized picture
of a fallow deer, and 80 well was it done that
neither he nor the artist could see that it
required retouohing. st. Nicholas
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-29
Miscellany.


As Came Down from Lebanon.
Az came down from Lebanon,
Game winding, wandering slowly down,
Through mountain passes bleak and brown,
The cloudless day was well-nigh done,
The city, like an opal set
Iu emerald, showed each mlnaret
Aare with radiant beams Of sun,
Aud glistened orange, hg and lime
Where song-birds made melodous chime,
As came down from Lebanon.
As I came down from Lebanon,
Like lava in the golden glow,
Through olive orchards far below
/ saw the murmuring river run;
And meath the wall upon the sand
Swart Bheiks from distant Samarcand,
With precious spices they had won,
Lay long and lAnguidly In wait
Til they had passed the guarded gate,
As l came down from Lebanon.
As came down from Lebanon
saw strange men from lands afar
In mosque and square and gay bazaar;
The Magi that the MOslem shun,
And grave Edendi from Stamboul,
Who sherbet slipped In corners cool,
Aud from the balconies oerrun
with roses cleaned the eyes Of those
Who dwell in still seragOs,
As l came down from Lebanon.
As I came down from Lebanon
The flaming glow Of daytime died,
And Night, arrayed as Is a bride
OF some great king 10 garments spun
OF purple and the finest gold,
Outbloomed in glores manifold,
Until the moon, above the dun
Aud darkening desert, void Of shade,
ShOne like keen Damascus blade,
Az came down from Lebanon.
Clinton Scolldrd
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-29

The November Century makes a new era in
the history of that magazine, in beginning
the publication OF The Life of Lincoln, by
his private secretaries, John G. Nioolay and
Col. John Hay. Two prefaces, one editorial
and the other by the writers, give ample &C
count of the work and call attention TO the
exceptional opportunities which these gentle
men have had to prepare what is certain to
be the fullest and most authoritative work on
the subject. It's authors were, in a sense
the chosen biographers of Lincoln, by whose
aid they were tenforced in the collection of
material during the war. From an historical
point OF view the value of the work-largely
resting on documentary evidence not attaina-
BILE by other writers-must be ranked high.
In fact the inner history of the war waits up.
on this work. The first part is concerned
with the Lincoln family as pioneers, includ-
ing their relations with Boone in Kentucky,
and their subsequent life in Ind ana and Ii-
nois down to the Black Hawk war, and pic.
ture of the society and surroundings of young
Lincoln, involving a concise history of the
western states of that day. On the pictorial
side there is a frontispiece portrait of Lin
coin in 1860, fro m a remarkably fine and un-
hackneyed photograph, portrait of Boone
from Sullys painting from life, and the ira
dtions of the Lincoln homes and localities
are gathered up pictorislly to supplement the
text. A fac-simile of a passage of Mr.. Low
ellis ''Commemoration Ode" referring TO
Lincoln, is printed at the beginning OF the
magazine, and certain other fac-simles throw
new light upon the early history of the Lin
coins.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-29

A young man and young woman of Peo-
ria, ILL.,, have made a wager upon the fate of
a congressional canvass which makes the
forthcoming election a subject of grave con-
Germ to them. II the candidate in question
WINS the girl agrees TO marry the man. II
he loses, the man agrees TO marry the girl.
Wyoming broncho has been shipped to
Europe for Rosa Bonheur. We advise the
fair Rosa to play with her Gagged lions If she
inolines to dangerous amusement, but to keep
away from the business extremity of this Wy
oming curiosity. San Francisco Examiner.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-29

"what does he do ?" He prunes his roses,
Near Florence, at a villa there;
Meath soft Italian skies he closes
The book Of life. Without q care,
He smiles and takes his ease, he poses,
Too ''cultured" for his native air.
An ardent boy, he dreamed of Honor,
And Fame-his heart was set upon her
Twas his to choose; his facile pen
Should charm, convince, or conquer men.
"What has he done?n He prunes his roses
And quite content, the book he closes.
d. II. n. GOOdaie ia the Century.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-29
SRrRna6R,

Sweet lady, come out IN the soft moonlight
And sail DER the deep blue sea;
My boat dancing light In its rays so bright
Impatiently waits to be free.
Together wen ride with the ebbing tide
In lovers blissful dream;
l will guide thee safe o'er the waters wide
In the CLEAN of the silvery beam.
The wavelets are beck ming gently to thee
In their fosm-like, snow-white crest,
And they ripple little song back to me,
'I'm coming at Loves request J.M,l
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-29
0. ]. PRATT,
Nos. | and Z Granite Block.
FALL SEASON.
PRICES ALWAYS The LOWEST.
Special Attraction in Black
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Five extraordinary bargains in
Black Gross Grain Silk with soft
Satin finish at 9Sc, S1.15, S1.25,
$l.3S and $3.50.
Also five genuine bargains in
Black Silk Rhadame at the same
price, together with full assert
ment of COlOred Gross Grain and
Satin Rhadame from Csc to $1.25
per yard. All exceptionally good
bargains.
Also a great variety OfpIain and
fancy VelvetS and Pushes from
Sl.OO up.
New Dress Goods, New FIannelS,
New Stock Of Hosiery, Gloves, I'm
der Flannels, COrsetS, Dress Trim
mingS, LaceS, Ribbons, Yarns,
WOrsted and Knit Goods, now OPP
ening at popular prices at
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-29

Pure blood s absolutely necessary In order to enjoy
perfect health Hoods sarsaparia purihes the blood
aud strengthens the system.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-29
VOL. LII.
GBe Utrmont 9benir
(And VERMONT RECORD AND FARMER. uui,sd
May 1, 1SSO)
Published EVERY FRIDAY ny
FRENCH &c STEDMAN.
BRATTLEBoRo, VT.

TERss--ln advance, per year, $780, II not paid
within the year, $500.
RArEs OF ADvERT1s1Na furnished on application.
Births, Deaths and Marriages published gratis: Obit.
~ lines or less.
Eatered at the Bratteboro Post oaceas secondciass
mail matter.
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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-05
AMICABLY ADJUSTED.
The Nashville and Memphis Spring
Meetings Will Not Conflict.

Messrs. @. II. Gillock, secretary,
and George W. White, director of the
West Side Park, of Nashville, arrived
here yesterday, and spent the day in
consultation with Gel. Montgomery,
president OF the Memphis Jockey
Club. The latter gentleman found
the Nashville representatives more
than willing to arrive at a
harmonious understanding with refer
ence to conflicting dates for spring
meeting, and it did not take them
long to settle the matter satisfactorily
to all concerned. The arrangement
sgreed on with Messrs. Gillock &
White is that the spring meeting Of
the Memphis Jockey Club shsll begin
April 25th and end April Both, and
that the opening day at Nashville
shall be Monday, Msy I'd, the meeting
to continue six days at each rlace.
Messrs.G | ock &Whits mingled freely
with our ciuzens and made a good
impression upon all who had the
privilege OF meeting them. They are
courteous, pleasant hammered and fin
ished gentlemen, and a credit to the
city whose representatives they were
on the occasion spoken Of. They ex.
pressed themselves surprised at the
growth OF Memphis and the many evi.
denoes Of prosperity that confronted
them, and predicted great things for
her in the future.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-05
NASHVILLE, TENN.
A Lengthy Bill Filed In the United
States Court.
lsPEcIAL TO TEE APPnAL.l


NASHVILLE, TENN, December IA
lengthy bill was filed to-day In the
United States Circuit Court here by
Ed Baxter and Brecki q Thornton
for A. M. Shook, J. O. Warner and J..
81. Inman, against Tsrr, Megibben &
Thomas and Others OF Kentucky.
The following order was Issued
to the clerk of the United
States Circuit Court for the
District Of Kentucky at Louisville.
Upon the bill in this case being filed
in your Office you will issue an order
restraining defendants Tarr, Megib-
ben & Thomas, and each Of
them from transferring or assigning
or delivering to their co-defendau to,
or to any of them, any Of the capital
stock of said Kentucky Union Railway
Company or of said Central Lumber,
Mining, Manufacturing and Transport
tstion Company, and restraining
each and all of the defendants from
making any other or further
transfer, assignment or delive y OF
said stocks until a motion for an in
junction prayed for in said bill can
be heard. And you will notify
all of the defendants and sll
of the complainants in said bill
that on the Goth day of
December, 1885, at Oovington, KY,
the motion for said injunction will
be heard by me. Signed, Howell +.
Jackson, Circuit Judge. The bill prsys
for damages fer breach of contract
providing the stock cannot be turned
over to complainsnts,
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-05
THE BROOELYI BRIDGE
JUMPING MANIA CAUGHT BY
MICHAEL HESS,
who Makes the Leap Safely for a
Wager of Twenty-Five
seafsE,G Dollars.

NEW YoRK, December 4.--AnotheI
Fourth Ward man today achieved
fams by, leapinR from the Brooklyn
bridge into toe Est river. The affair
was kept secret and the facs did not
leak ont until late this afternoon.
Michael ]. Hees, lsborer, was In q
saloon on Thursday night with party
of friends. The party bad been drink
ing heavily and the bridge Jumping
feats OF Brodie, Donovan and Others
came up In the conversation. One OF
the y crowd offered TO bet $25
that Hess would not dare to
make the leap. Hess took mp
the bet at once. On Friday, when he
was sober, Hess was reminded Of his
bet. Arrangements were at once
made to carry it out. This morning
at $40 Hess mounted a tfnck and
started over the bridge from the New
York side. As the truck passed the
New York tower about 8 am! Hess
jumped OF, mounted the rail and
jumped of. His body stifiened out
and shot down, striking the
water with q splash, which threw
the water ten feet in the air. In
q few seconds Hess rose to the
surface and was picked up by friend
who, was waiting in a boat. He, was
conscious. He was rowed ashore, car.
RED to Q saloon and stimulants poured
down. his throat. He revived from
the shock, and said that in the period
between leaving the bridge and strik-
ing the water he was not conscious.
Hess left the saloon and walked
through the streets in his wet clothes,
drinking. whisky, until he reached
home. He is doing well.