Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-11-02

,lor &c ~ - ohleWSDury, Tor the mur-
Iseo o 90 henry ID. Lawrence in the winter of
,,,',o1o me prisoners were arraigned for
was adjourned to Nov. ii. This arr ast y
new ueVelopment in what is known as
the Cold river mystery. The bodv of - aS
renee was found in the Cold riyor ",
shrewsbury in April, 1890. The SKIM bad
been fractured by two blows. The oficors
nave recently discovered evidence that 10
said to make strong case against tho n,a 20
arrested. viz iiioi
$50, Dead or Alive.
Az the exercises which attended the nm
yelling of his portrait, recently presented
TO the Vermont Historical Society 70 ba
hung in the state house at Montneler
Senator Morrill, related this incident: an
the early days of the late war nv nictnre
was put forth by rebel Virginia news
paper, with an advertisement Offering
ike reward for me, dead or alive. of S25
That was usually offered for the recovery
OF runaway slaves, and they described me
as "a person who would be sooner susnect-
ed TO have been the author of Yankee
Doodle than of the internal tariff of 1861 -,
The picture was of course pleasing to the
old masters of the South, being after the
satanic manner of Hogarth's Jack Arikes.
but have not learned thai it has been
made immortal by preservation in any of
their historical societies. 1t will be for
posterity to say, if posterity should ever
trouble itself to say anything about it.
whether or not the Vermonters made a
mistake in not surrendering me for the
S25 Virginia reward"
The Main Object of the SIx-Inch Trout
Law.
When Fish Commissioner Titcomb was
approached on the subject of the proposed
change in the fish law, making the size of
trout to be legally caught five inches in
stead of six, he said "there would be no
advantage in that" The argument on
which we base our advocacy of the six
inch clause is Just this: "The trout does
not reproduce until it has arrived at an age
corresponding to the size of a siX-nch fish
that is, until it is about three years old.
| efore that they do not spawn and you
can readily see how damaging q would be
to the interests of those who a 1T good
sized trout and plenty of them,tu make it
legal to catch the fish before .'oad7 have a
chance to complete their act oIFsoa produc-
ton. Occasionally you will NoN 97,olout that
spawn before the time l merAN ,but they
are immature. Excessive tuSaS { in Yer
mont will keep almost all tlNeA reams de,
pleted of trout over six inches Nng."
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Fish and Game league will be held at Mont
peler Nov. 10.
Rev. H. w. Boyd of South Amherst,
Mass, has accepted call from the Congre-
gational church in Hartford, at salary OF
$1,000, and the use of parsonage.
The Barre Congregational church has
extended a call to Rev. James l.. Hill
D. D., of Salem, Mass, offering a salary
of $500. He will probably accept
A state library association with so mem
bers was formed in Burlington recently
with Miss Sarah c. Hager of Burlington as
president and Miss Mary L. Titcomb o
Rutland secretary.
George Wolcott of Pittsford was attack
ed in Whipple Hollow by lynx. Three
times the lynx sprang at him, but Mr.
Wolcott knocked it down with club
The animal then FLED.
The SD annual meeting of the Vernon
Bible society at Montpelier Tuesday elected
these officers: President, Rev. L. M
Smith of Montpelier; vice presidents, Rev
L. Tenney of Waterbury, Rev. ii. A
Spencer of Montpelier; correspondent
secretary and agent, Rev. L. H. Elliot o
Waterbury.
Fred E. Vaughan, young bushes
man who disappeared mysteriously iron
Rutland several months ago, has bee
found in Kaufman, Tex. A letter to hi
father says he recalled nothing from tn
time he left home until he came to nj
right mind in Kaufman, where he was a
work in a cotton seed mill
The 18th Vermont regiment at its al
nual reunion in Montpelier Tuesday elect
ed these officers President, ex-Gov. Farr
ham: treasurer and secretary, B. j. DerD
of Burlington; executive committee, 10
well B. Farnham, W. w. Walker of Blu
lington, P. S. Chamberlin of Bradford
The next meeting will be held at Burning
ton.
There are 80 repositories in the stat
from which the sale of Bibles amounted !
= s2O46. while Bibles to the value OF SOW
were given to the needy. Out OF o''
families visited, one in seven was tound
be without Bibles. Only 81 per cent
the Protestant population attend churc
and 70 per cent are connected with Sund'