Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-09-14
IN GENERAL.

1t is said that washing was and is still
done in Japan by getting into IA boat and
letting the garments drag after the boat by
"a long string. The japanese have no in
stinct for laundry work like the Chinese.
Thirteen thousand boxes went astray,
l3, 900 umbrellas were left in the railway
carriages, and 81 900 different items of
property were lost on the railways of the
united kingdom during the single month of
August 1887
Gen. Sheridan once remarked, when ask
ed the cause of the want Of success of ma
ny soldiers "Some generals are only anx-
ious not to be whipped. The idea of whip
ping the enemy never seems to enter their
heads
There are 800, 600 freight cars on the
various railroad lines in this country, of
which 60, 900 are the property of the Penn
sylvania Central road. They range in value
from $500. the cost of constructing a fiat
car, to $500, the amount expended in build
| ing the average refrigerator car.
An Alabama man has hit upon novel
way of wedding his cotton fields He keeps
a number of geese in the field, who eat the
weeds and grass and will not touch the cot
ton. He says that it is only question of a
few years when the whole cotton crop of
| Alabama will he weeded outby the ordinary
farm goose.
The introduction of Ohio oil by pipe line
! into Chicago is expected to solve the prob
lem of cheap fuel for that city, and offset
to some extent the competition of cities
which use natural gas. This Ohio oil diff
fers from the PENNSYLVANIA oil in that it does
not submit to the refining process. 1t is
good for fuel only, and sells for II cents
per barrel Practicable ethods of using
| - ~, g., have. haap Iayisal and tlAr
is no question but that it will come into ex-
tensive use, wherever it can be had cheap.
At the recent florists convention in New
York one of the addresses was on the
growth of the florists trade in this country
In 1910 Isaac Mckenna was one Of the few
florists in New York. He worked like a
slave standing all day long on Wall street
with a basket of flowers on his arm, shout
ing his wares and congratulating himself
when fortune smiled ON him to the extent
of two dollars per day. Now some thirty
thousand buds year are sold in New York
alone, aud thousands of stores are devoted
to the sale of flowers.
According TO a special report on the fish
cries protection service, Just issued by the
Dominion government, there was only one
seizure, during the past season, of an Amei
can vessel charged with being inside the
!
sels were detained charged with infractions
Of customs regulations. 1t is singular that
the Presidents clustering message should
come at the close of season Of exceptional
quiet and absence of irritating Incidents,
when two years ago, when the work of
"harassng the Yankees was going ON
most hriskly and oiIensively, and in at least
one instance was attended 10y direct insult
10 the American flag, President Cleveland
preserved the most stolid compusure.
"Redtup' is spreading itself People who
daily pass oak View the Presidents coun
try residence, near Washington, were
greatly surprised a few days ago hy the
u sudden appearance of a new building in the
landscape. 1t went up almost in a night
while the President was absent on his fish
ing excursion, aud is perfectly finished
a ornamental cottage, - By 30 feet, Will
e wide piazzas and complete equipment II
e is made Of Michigan wood, painted stone
gray, with brown trimmings aud red roof
u aud is "A present from Western Michigan
y friends Of the President TO hun aud Mrs
s. Cleveland, 1t will he used as an office an,
' summer house
An item in the Boston journal persona
column says During Mr.. Richard Briggs
J. last visit TO Europe he went To "a small manu-
e featuring town iu Germany lie is proha
+ bly, the only American in his line who eve
p calls at the place on business While seek
e ing novelties, he was told that they had re
F. Gently opened an old closet and there fouu
Is two cups and saucers, ON Que of which wa
r. picture Of William Henry Harrison am
on the other IA portrait Of John Adam,
v Mr., Briggs brought them home, aud has re
e Gently presented TO the Adams family IN
e relic Of the past, and he has sent to EenjG
st min Harrison the cup bearing the portra
ls of his grandfather. How ties ariicl,
~ ! ever came 70 be manufactured IN that slna
out Of the way Gei man town is IA mystcIl