Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-12-04
IN GEN ERAI.

utit ART nON ~ fllltS Ill Maine. Deer
ing being the latest. 1t is expected that
Cape Elizabeth. Brunswick, Showhegan,
Dexter, Pennington, Camden. Caribou and
Houlton will soon adopt the city form of
government.
An Ohio woman, who was a careful
housekeeper, elOped with the hired man.
Before she had gone far she remembered
she had left batch of bread in the oven.
1t was so good she stayed to eat it. and
changed her mind about the clopement.
As matter of mutual safety, and of
wise precautiOn against accidents. the lead
ing steamship lines have entered into an
agreement to follow uniform tracks or
LANES" in sailing between New York and
Liverpool and return.
"Queensware' is so called from the fact
that when, i'm 1863, Josiah Wedgwood per
fectcd earthenware for table use the British
queen was so greatly pleased that she gave
it her name and patronage. Thereafter the
word queen was stamped on all such
dishes made by Wedgwood
The SaltOn lake. which appeared i'm the
Colorado desert some months ago and gave
rise to so much speculation, is rapidly dis
appearing, and apparently in short time
there will be nothing but the dry bed of a
an overflow of the Colorado river.
4 careful survey of the present condition
of affairs throughout Kansas reveals the
fact that practically every acre of desirable
land in the state has increased % per cent
in value the past II months There has
been steady increase in the demand for
farms, and where bargains were plentiful
year or so ago high prices rule now.
From ono Yrabicfnt.io mound T,,.I:....
recently were taken 1892 flint spear heads
and knives. The bulk was so great that it
took -four horses and large corn wagon
to haul the tiints away The total weight
was tritie over 400 pounds. They were
found in layer one foot in thickness. eX-
tending over space of 20 by 30 feet.
The most remarkable official career in
the history of the United States was that
of John Quincy Adams. 1t extended over
4S years and embraced - years in the di-
plomatic service as minister to Russia.
Prussia and the Netherlands, five Years as
senator, eight years as secretary of state,
four years as President and l6 years as a
representative in Congress
The CorliSs steam engine company has
offered To furnish free to the city of Prov
idence for use at the manual training school
a complete steam plant on foundations to
be prepared by the city, consisting of two
boilers of ia horsepower each and a 40
horsepower engine. The city council ac-
cepted the gift, which is estimated to cost
5000, and voted thanks to the company
If a man who is pretending TO be deaf is
| approached from behind while standing on
stone floor or sidewalk and a coin is
dropped so as TO ring, he will invariably
turn sharply around with view to picking
| ii up. This simple device is frequently re-
sorted to in countries where conscription
is the rule and where deafness or any other
infirmity relieves man from army service.
Many years ago ScOtchman carried
thistle to Australia, and he was bandueted
by his cOuntrymen for the act. He plant
ed it in his garden, and the seeds were soon
scattered far and wide by the winds. Re
| ports say that now the thistle has sup-
| planted the native grasses on millions of
acres of land, destroyed sheep-runs by the
hundred, and is causing a great deal of
| trouble.
The New York sun states that i'm a Mas
sau street cutlery store is exhibited knife
about seven inches long and nearly six
| inches square at the ends, from the four
! sides of which stick out in all directions
| }65 blades, saws, avis, screwdrivers, picks,
scissors and so on. The knife looks like a
| large magnet with iron filings attached 1t
was made in the western part of the state,
and cost $1,000.
The whaleback steel barge works at Du-
/ luth, Mimi, are being enlarged and plant
| for making pig-irOn and steel is being add
ed to the establishment. The blast fur
mace will make pig-iron from Northwestern
/ ores. Twelve whalebacks will be built
there this winter, it is said One of the
| greatest private naval establishments in
the world is likely to be built up on the
shores of Superior.
The British war Office is making a pIac-
! tical experiment to see how long it would
take to send troops from England to India
/ by way of America in case anything should
happen to the Suez canal 4 train load of
troops is now EN- route from Vancouver to
Halifax by way of the Canadian Pacific
railway, steamship being ready to con-
vey the men to England upon their arrival.
The Car is expected to watch the result
with interest.
A series of articles will be published in
The Youths Companion for 1892 on rail
road life and adventure They are to be
by famous railroad men who have worked
their way up from the ranks. Success in
railroad life is explained by the superin-
tendent of the New York Central. A
thrilling narrative, "Asleep at His Post"
is told by the former superintendent of the
Michigan Central. An old brakeman con-
tributes number of rollicking and pathet-
ic rOundhOuse stories, with humorous char
acter sketches.
The late VIM. j. Florence, the actor, new.
er aspired to bea temperance lecturer but he
gave some excellent advice to tOpers. If you
must drink, said he, buy gallon of whis-
key at time, and make your wife the bar
keeper When you are dry give her -
cents for drink, and when the whiskey is
gone she will have, after paying for it,,
So. 70 left, and every gallon thereafter will
yield the same profit. This money she
should put away, so that when you have
become an inebriate, unable to support
yourself, and stunned by every respectable
man, your wife may have money enough
to keep you until your time comes to fill a
drunkard's grave. There's some practical
philosophy for you.
The Connecticut valley has long afford
ed the students of geology an interesting
field for study, and certain changes are now
taking place there which promise to make
it all the more attractive, says the Boston
Journal. These relate to the channels
and banks of the Connecticut river. Ow-
ing to frequent freshets and floods, and the
consequent erosion and deposit, these are
said to be undergoing important modifica-
/ tiOns Near Portland ICOnn I the hanks