Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-07-12
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a secret ballot or ballot reform bill has
been introduced in the New Hampshire
Legislature
The article from the Burlington Free
Press ON "Thc Fate Of Prohibition, else
where copied seems To- us a candid and
level headed statement of the subject as it
now stands before the people.
The New York papers are using their
surplus hot weather energy to work up
boom for a worlds fair 10 be held in that
city in 1882 celebrating the lOOth ami
versary of the discovery Of America 10y
Columbus
The Boston Journals Washington cor
respondent thinks an extra session Of Con
gress has practically been decided upon,
and that the day Of converting will be Ell
ther the last Monday in October or the first
IN November
The good and evil qualities Of the crow
are discussed at length in the last report Of
the Department Of Agriculture, as is stated
in an article in our agricultural department
today but it is TO he noted that, whatever
the character which is given him, the crow
goes right ON attending to business in the
most dligent and undisturbed sort Of way
Dissatisfaction with the management Of
Mr.. Herbert Radcliffe as secretary of the
Home Market club, Boston, led 10 an ex
citing time at the annual meeting held on
Wednesday. Mr.. Radcliffe made stout
fight to retain his place, but the result Of
the ballotiur showed only 1I0 votes for
him to ll2 for Col Albert Clarke, who has
recently removed from Rutland to Boston
All Vermonters will believe Col Carkes
selection a wise one.
According to the Iron Age the longest
straight reach Of railroad in the world is
from Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic,
to the foot Of the Andes. For Il distance
of over POO miles the track is without a
curve. The level nature Of the country
will be evident from the statement that
there is neither a cut nor an embankment
which is deeper or higher than one yard
The absence of wood on this plain render
ed the use of metallic ties necessary.
f. II Walcott late of the Caledonian, is
engaged as editorial writer on the Burling
ton daily Free Press The Caedonian con
graduates both the Free Press and the city
10y the lake, and welcomes back to Vermont
a worthy and valuable citizen and a news
paper man of rare tact and ability st
IchHShury tdiedoHip,
Mr. Walcott's work on the Caledonan
was some of the best ever done in the state
and we are glad to see him called back into
our newspaper ranks and in the responsi
bile position which he now holds
A hill has been introduced in the New
Hampshire Legislature, authorizing the gov
ernor to appoint "A person to collect infor
nation in regard to the opportunities for
developing the agricultural resources of the
state 10y immigration. and cause the facts
obtained and other kindred information to
be published and circulated under the direc-
ton Of the governor and council The an
uual appropriation for this purpose is not
10 exceed S25OO The bill was evidently
fashioned after our new Vermont law for
developing the agricultural and manufac-
turing resources Of the state
Dr. Brown Sequard, the venerable and
celebrated French physician, thinks he has
discovered the elixir Of life after 20 years
searching He cuts out certain organs or
Il.
under mortar in distilled water, and from
this extracts an essence which he uses as
hypodermc injection He at first expert
mented upon disabled animals The reju-
venation was remarkable Then he sub
mitted to the treatment himself. He i'm
medately felt ten years younger, and his
capacity for work was increased three fold.
If he tries it on the Grindstone wool figures
and 1t works, we shall believe in it.
"A member of the Presidents household 50
speaking of the Democratic talk about the
time given to ofice-seekers. says: For
fact the President goes to work at 9
O'Clock in the morning, and except during
short while for meals and few minutes
public, is busy from that hour until 10
o'clock at night. Out of this days work
the only hour he gives to office seekers is
between i and -, and they get only part
Of that. The rest of the time is devoted
to public business" That the President is
annoyed by the opportunities of office seek
ers is not denied, but that he gives up his
"a, h., - e
twelve hours of every day except Sun
day is given to important public bust
ness, and less than one hour each for five
days, or less than five hours per week, to
listening TO the plants of ofce-seekers
1t is an open question whether the cele-
braton of the Fourth of July doesn't cause
more casualties, first and last, than did the
war for independence. In Boston three
boys died in agony and five were lacerated
by the explosion of some sort of fireworks
contrivance Powder in a tomato can laid
up six more boys in the same city. The
explosion of n bomb III a mortar at the fire
works display in Salem killed two children
outright and injured four others seriously.
At Richford in tins state l2-years old boy
lighted Il cannon cracker, holding it in his
hand, and when the cracker went off, so
much of the hand went with it that ampu-
tation was necessary, while at Mclndoes
Falls young man of %, who drilled hole
in rock filed it with powder, and got up
at four o'clock on the morning of the Fourth
and touched it off, was found dead by the
rock with one hand gone, This record is a
very incomplete one, but it is a sample Of
what went ON all over the country.
Gen. Sherman's son, who entered on his
novitate in the Roman Catholic priesthood
two or three years ago, received the final
orders rs a priest last Sunday. The cere-
mony was held in Philadelphia in the arch
bishops private chapel connected with the
cathedral An interesting account is given
of the first mass celebrated 10y the Young
priest in the church of Jesu at Philadelphia
ON Tuesday morning. His vestments were
OF white silk, the chausable being made
from the wedding dress of his sister, and
the stole a gift from Miss Steele of Column
bus, O. The alb was made of point lace,
the material having been selected and made