Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-03-23
MEN AND WOMEN.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich was told tn
other day that a certain Boston blue stock
| ing had called him effeminate. $50 an.
he at once admitted, compared with her
A bunch Of violets is shipped every da,
TO Washington for Mrs. Cleveland from
Poughkeepsie, n. Y. the centre of the
Hudson valley violet growing district
where single viOlets, large enough to coveI
silver dollar, are produced
Cora Bell Fellows, the handsome schoo
teacher who married the young Santee In
dian Chaska, three years ago. now wishes
she had followed the advice of Punch and
her friends-"Don't Chaska has de.
serted her and her two children, and eloped
with a squaw.
When Galusha A. Grow entered politics
Lincoln and Sherman were country law.
yers, Grant an obscure captain on the Pa
cihc coast, and Garfield a mule driver on
the Ohio canal. He saw CLAW and Web
ster in their old age and Sumner and Ev.
erett in their prime. Mr.. Grow will be &C
years old next August.
Alpha Messer. master of the state grange
and lecturer of the national grange. has ac-
cepted an invitation to deliver an address
at the Midwinter Fair grange congress,
san Francisco, April Is and IA. He will
also visit different parts of California and
western states in the interest of the grange,
being gone about two months.
Edward Eggleston says that he used to
feel computations about neglecting TO an
swer requests for autographs when stamps
were inclosed, until he told Lowell of his
scruples. AM Lowell said 81 asked Emer-
son what he did about autograph letters.
and he replied: They are my main depend
ence for postage stamps After that, 3"
said Lowell, 81 was demoralized"
1t is told of the late DR.. Francis Park
man, the historian, as illustrating his
strict idea Of justice, that a friend met him
one day walking along street leading
street boy on either hand ''What in the
world are you doing. Parkman?" asked the
friend Il found that Johnny here" he
answered, had eaten all of the apple
without dividing with his little brother. l
am going to buy another for the younger
boy, and make Johnny watch him while
he eats it,
Speaking of Alexander II. Stephens,
vice president of the Southern Confeder-
acy, whom he knew personally. Richard
Malcolm Johnston says that he was not a
good judge OF men. "The poorest. mean
est, shabbiest negro could impose upon
him, and he was deceived again and again
by beggars and frauds. He was the soul
OF generosity. He made as much as $780,
900 during his lifetime, but he died poor.
He spent his money as fast as he made it..
and he dldn seem to appreciate its value
On the wall Of the hotel in Peterboro.
y. H., known as fuckers Tavern
hangs picture of Alvira and Elmira Fife.
Of that town, the Oldest living twins in
it is believed. They were born
in Jatfrey, y. H., Aug II, 1911. and have
since lived in Jaffrey and Peterboro. They
have never been separated from each other
over 10 hours since their birth. Neither
Of them has ever entered a railroad car. at
Tended theatre or put on spectacles. For
~ consecutive years they worked in a
Peterboro cotton mill. The smallest sum
ever received by either OF them for wages
was p cents for three DAYS labor. The |
argest sum received was 90 cents a day. |
In 1856 they retired from work because of !
'ge and have since been supported at the |
Expense Of the town.