Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-04-18
IN GEN ERAL.

William Walter Phelps, our minister to
Germany, is said TO he worth s., OOO, 900,
the greater part Of which is invested in
railroad securities
job Biggs, the mail carrier on the Camp
bell, N. c., route. delivers his mail to the
Offices on foot, walking "a miles one day
and 81 miles next day. During year he
steps over Si54 miles, aud at this rate
would cover the circuit Of the globe in
three years, exclusive Of Sundays
Col 7. w. Gligginson says: 81 should in
vite colored guest Of the proper qualf-
cation to sit at my own table. and have
often done so nor have an acquaintance
hereabouts, so fer as | know, who would
think less of me for doing it,"
In a library in Paris, said to he the larry
est in the world, is a Chinese chart OF the
heavens, in which l4GO stars are found u
he correctly placed according 10 the scien
fists of the present day. The chart was
made in 600 b. G.
The Hartford Times reports an innova-
tlnn at funerals in that city in the shape Of
silk skull caps, To he worn by the minister
in charge and the bearers mt the grave. al
so by the male members of the family The
caps are put ON in the carriages aud the or
haN0 lfiN LitItf lilt Cups 10 ne worn
all the time at the grave. 1t will prevent
many colds
The Chinese can evidently give us points
on fish stories. The 'Hu Pao, Chinese
newspaper, is quoted as saving that a gi-
gantic fish was seen one day lately at Sha-
okl Slang, floating not far from the beach
bold boatman went off with a line, eaped
on its head aud made the line fast. and the
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ashore, the people on shore began to haul
on the rope, thinking it was dead The
fish, however, suddenly cavorted round
and the boatman was washed off and
drowned. The fish was hauled ashore.
Mr. Foster of Buckfeld Me the largest
manufacturer Of toothpcks in the world
says of his make alone there are now
enough in stock to supply the United States
Tor two years. When running, his mills
will produce in twelve months more than
the total American consumption for twice
that time.
The gospel Of enterprise, is Stanley's
latest good mot, and it is, as he says. gos-
pei that is spreading to the most remote
corners of the world
Russian newspaper tells this story :
There arrived last evening at the Hotel
de IEurope the widow of a merchant of
the neghborhOOd for short sojourn in our
town, accompanied by her only daughter
Asked by the obliging clerk TO put her own
with the lady's name on record among the
lists of guests, she added after her own
signature Merchant widow from Omit
rowsk, accompanied by her unmarried
daughter Jasha, 10 years Of age. O.OOO
roubles dowry, Of fair complexion, with
light hair and blue eyes, turned up nose.
dimpled cheeks. No other bodily defects
or special marks
A rabbi of Montreal says the low death
rate among Jews is owing to their adher-
ence to the Mosaic law, which permits for
use as food only the flesh of such animal,
AS divide the hoof and chew the cud. In
the killing of these animals the strictest
examination has to be made to prevent the
communication Of disease to man. As to
fish the Jews only eat those with both fins
and scales, and oysters, in his opinion. are
SIMPLY the scavengers uf the sea .ob.
Sters, crab and other cruStacea are like
wise tabooed
Says the Salt Lake Evening Times 4:
There was never a city in the Union that
has changed, as has Salt Lake, from a
sleepy overgrown village 10 a metropolitan
city, in so short a time Where but few
years ago the common story adubes or
the dingy frame dwellings were the only
structures that greeted the eve, TODAY large
business blocks, elegantly constructed, are
seen. The dirt paths along the street are
supplanted 10y wide walks, and the patient
horse which, a decade ago, with difficulty
hauled little dingy omnibus from place 10
place now contentedly munches oats while
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