Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-03-22
IN GENERAL.

Over - guU pairs 1f wooi=u shoes were
-ai= a. Grand Rapids. Mica. .ast year
They ar w1rn oy the H1-anders Il the
state and cust aoour fifty cents PAIR.
john jacob Astor has al hls lIfe been q
l-m believer n the efficacy 0f pedestrian
exercise a. a means II health He rarely
enters publc vehicle. ~ matter what the
weather may =. and seldom makes Use IF
rs 1Fr private carriS-=. one of the plain
~ and most IncouspicuoCs # al the mil
l0naires II N=w YORK
Joseph 81 Parkinson Of Chicago Is said %
Dc the only ieat ani dumb lawyer IN the
country. He nov ranks A. one IF the most
successful patent lawyers.
farmer II York county. Ne recently
shipped twenty barrels u apples o Liver
pool After freight charges and other eX-
peuses were deducted he found ais fruit
had netted MIN eight cents = hUsheA
Miss Jennie Flood. 5T the death II her
father. the California millionaire, becomes
the richest single woman II The uIt-d
states # not in The world
The vii ot Isaiah =. williamson has
been admitted % probate At Philadelphia
HIS estate VIII amount - oeuSeen :, ,pOO.-
uNN ami - atn-Uuu exclusive IT rEz fund
# S4.9iu.UtU for the mechanical schooL
While two farmers near WlliamstOwn.
Pa. we're cutting down a tree. they iiscuv-
cred a packa-- IN a hollow On being
ap=r-1 the uaczaz= was found q couraln
between >. 80 and 81 90 n national oau 4
notes To whom the money belongs. lr
when It vas placed IN the tree, l. unknown
AT sal= Of farm stock near Reaiinz
Pa. free transportation and meals were
furnished the 500 people who attended
4 steer weighing 9oO pounds. go chick
-us. j. 80 pies. $40 loave> ot bread ami -
bushels II potatoes were required % feed
the visitors.
Cil=ns Falls. Y Y. has q sensation IN the
form Of a p=triiei woman. Her body
from heal . feet : Ike a rock She :
blind. and with the exception of her TN
-ers. l. unable o move. Her lover limbs
are perfectly 0ss.tei Her arms are IN the
same condition. ami the neck and back Of
the head A. Sold A. stone she has lost her
upper teeth and. although her Jaws are
locked and every joint II her whole body
set she : sui able u tAlk.
\ J Drexel. the Philaielphia million
ARE. : to found. az an expense Of 81 81.
$50 an industrial college. IN which girls
from Is % - years Of age VIII be taught
the duties Of the household a. vel As the
trades - make them prscucal women.
On the nigh road in 8 quaint village Of
LAl-uanshvrJau. in central sweden. stands
an ron shaft on a pei=sua. 0f coarse gran
ite. Il bears an inscription. of which the
following Is a translation In A miner
hut Ar Langnaushyrran were born the two
brothers Niles Ericsson January 3D. ISu9
ami john Ericsson July 81. lSQ3 Both
houorei their native land. Their way
through the world 20 kn0wl ledge and last
,u- fame is open - every swedish youth.
A Washington despatch says thar nal-
-urati0n weather has proved nearly a-
deadly among the RANKS Of the P=nnsyl
vauia troops As iii Lees invasion IF the
old Keystone state one thousand Il the
boys III blue are reported sick with lung
ami throat troubles resulting from their
battle with the elements On the 4th II
March. Two members # the ! lsr regiment
have lied from the results Of their expos.
ure. ami the returns are not all IN yet.
The China famine relief committee Of
New YORK have received from the North
China famine relief committee # SnAng
aAi. grateful thanks for American sub
scrIpuous amounting Ia tae-s % li@u.
about Sis 1nn. Your generosity has saved
many thousand lives
sir Julian PauucefoJe, the new british
minister. has a pretty daughter who tALk-
vel and dances with airy and fascinating
grace. sir Julian himself Is credirsd with
standing six feet four In his stocking feet