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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-09-06
"LAsHMAN's YEAST Is THE BEST
4 Big Catch.

An old colored preacher was on his way
for a days fishing. A broad smile ilu-
mined his countenance and he was filled
with an idea that he would catch "whop-
per- He met Ananias Clarkson, who is
an old-time fisherman, and the following
dialogue took place:
"Say, Ananias, I'm goin' fishin'; kin
you tell me de bes' place to ketch emo
"Well sab, dat ponds on de kin yer
want to ketch.'
Desc heah musc'longe's what want
Ever ketch any?'
"Ketch any? Bushels of EN-, sah.'
''Some of 'em purity big, amt dey?'
"Well, l should say So"
"W'at's de bigges' one you ever got hold
of, Ananias?"
"Wel, sab, I've ketched 'em all sizes,
but l reckon de bigges' one ever got hold
of weighed bout $50 pounds"
"What?' said the preacher in astonish-
ment.
Eyes, sab, $50 pounds"
"How in de wurl did you ever git him in
de boat?"
"Dat's jes' de funny part. didn't git
him in de boat"
"How dye know he weighed $50 pounds
den, sah?'i
"Well, I'll tell you. felt somethin' on
my line an | goes to pull in, when finds
dat | couldn't do it. yanked and yanked
till purity near tipped over de boat an l
couldn't bulge i'm an inch. | stuck to it
till dark an then had to give it up. Now
if dat fish didn't weigh at leas' $50 pounds,
doan you s'pose l could a hauled i'm in?"
The preacher gave his pole tilt and
went on.
-BufdLO Courier.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-09-06

There died recently in Moscow man
who in the last 20 years had given S., 000,-
600 to charity. He was State Councillor
Jermakoff, who came from a poor family.
His first public act which excited general
attention was the purchase of the freedom
of all the serfs living in his native village.
This cost him $4,000. He came to the
rescue of the poor people time and time
again when the harvests failed. His fun
eral was one of the largest ever seen in the
old burial place of the Russian Cars, thou
sards of the poor of the capital following
the philanthropists body to the grave.
A prominent geologist, who has been
looking into the formation of the bed of
the Ohio river, forty-three miles below
Pittsburg, says the old river bed is 300
feet above the present water level, and he
finds there stones of Canadian granite,
whose nearest home now is ON the Cana
dian side of Lake Ontario. In the glacial
gravel he came across a rough arrow head,
which he attributes TO the glacial period,
perhaps 100000 years ago.
According to a well-known authority on
chemistry the taste of the cucumber is
due to a poisonous substance called
"fungin" that is found in all mushrooms
and fungoid growth as well as in cucum-
beers. This poison accounts for the effect
of cucumbers on some stomachs.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-09-06

"Did you notice that man that just went
out?' inquired the customer at the furnish
ing-goods counter.
Yes, answered the salesman; 'it was
Mr. Teesquare. He's in the hardware line
in Chambers street.
"And I'm the man that knows it full
well. responded the customer. Let me
see that box of fifty-cent ties, please. L m
in the same concern with Teesquare, and
we've both been there since we were boys,
and every time | look at the ordinary little
cuss I'm tempted to rail against the social
order. for il does seem as II there was
something wrong when such fellows as
him-Say that line Of ties you've got
there, marked a dollar, are dandies, amt
they? Set them over here.
"Teesquare didn't have nothing to com
mence with any more'n | did, and now
suppose he's worth fifty thousand dollars,
and in a fair way to make it hundred
thousand. And how'd he do it? Sheer
luck. Why, that man amt smart. He
amt any talker. He amt socable. He
can work, and so can a hod-cauier; and
that's all he can do. When a man sees
two things that please him equally well,
how's he going to choose? I'll toss up a
cent to see whether | take this dotted tie
or the one with a red stripe Heads takes
the dots. Tails, by jingo. I'll take 'em
both. Let me see some collars; fifteen
and half, stand up.
"Teesquare was always close as the
devil, for one thing, and the boys never
liked him for thai. When he was clerk
along with the rest Of US, you'd never
catch him joining us in a game of billiards
after lunch He always said he was too
busy. He'd 90 back TO his desk and work
Lord knows what at. The rest Of us had
a minute TO spare once in a while. And
then he got cheeky. He began to make
suggestions to the OLD man about the bust
ness. Actually What's that? Something
new in suspenders? Two dollars a pair
They're a little too rich for my blood, |
guess, but II take look at 'em.
1.-The man actually began to tell the
head Of the house how to run his own
business. Any other man in the place
would have got set on mighty hard if he'd
tried that, but somehow OF other Teesquare
managed TO get around the boss, and
blamed if what he said didn't 90. How
much do | owe you altogether?
-Four seventy-five. Ell? Now the ques-
ton is. how much have | got? A five and
two. That settles it. | take a pair of
these suspenders, and l get twenty-five
cents change. Well, its payday. That
one comforting thought.
"And that's why l say there's something
wrong. Fellows like Teesquare, with no
life or sociability about EN-, and no more
juice than a mummy, tumble into the soft
places, and before you know it they re
cutting coupons, while smarter men just
manage to live. Ever run out during
| business hours TO take little something
No? Well, so long"
-Hdrper's Weekly.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-09-06

DR.. j. p Hale, of Colorado has in his
possession a package of pink impalpable
powder, the history of which is very inter
esting. 1t is the residium of quantity of
pink snow that fell in and around Winfield
Col, last April. p. IL. Symons, of Win
field, who sent it to him, thus describes
this peculiar snowstOrm: Last Sunday it
clouded up and the clouds had pink cast
to them. About o'clock the clouds up
the north became very dense and dark
pink, and at 6 o'clock it was too dark TO
read. have seen many strange skies here,
but that was the most strange. 1t began
to snow about O'Clock, and in the morn
ing there was one and half inches alto
gether; half-inch of the bottom was very
pink, and when the snow thawed it left a
coat of slime on the ground and boards,
and our walk is pink even to-day" The
powder is believed to be of volcanic origin.
-NetD York Tribune.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-09-06
Good Points of a Horse.

The chief points are the eve and head ::
for, whether on the score of safety or OF
pleasure in ownership. the essential thing
is to have a horse that is intelligent and
gentle, or one that is intelligent and
vicious, rather than stupid, for stupid
horses are the most dangerous Of all
Every horse shows his character in his
head, and chiefly in the eve, just as Ger
tainly as a man shows his character in his
face; although, as in the case of men, ii is
not always easy TO read what is written
in the equine features. But as 10 horses
Of positive character, positively good or
positively bad, there need be no mistake.
| once bought mare of a dealer, for a
woman's use, without even taking her out
of the stable. She seemed to be sound
and | felt sure from her eye that she was
unusually gentle and safe, and so she
proved 10 be. On the other hand, out Of
six or eight horses shown to me at a sale
stable, on another occasion, | rejected
one-the best IN the lot observation-disclosures
his eye, though not absolutely bad, was such
as TO arouse suspicion; and the owner
afterward admitted 10 me that the animal
was different from the rest in being a
little mean"
| mention these instances to show that
any person of average intelligence can
learn, by taking pains, TO read the equine
character. Horsedealers and trainers
seldom make a study Of this matter, be-
cause they do not care about it. What
you should look for is a large, clear, lumin-
Gus eye: what you should distrusi is a
small eye, protruding eye, a sunken eye,
an eye that shows the white, glancing
backward, which indicates bad temper;
and above all a CLASSY, tremulous eye,
which indicates stupidity. II is hard
10 describe, but easily recognized.
There should be a considerable space be-
tween the eyes. The ears and the carriage
of them are hardly less significant. Well
cut ears that move continually with a
general tendency to be pricked forward
indicate a good and lively disposition.
Large ears, If well shaped, are better than
very small or mouse ears. Lop-ears,
coarse ears, ears planted either very
far apart or very close together, are to be
viewed with great distrust.
Next in importance to the head come the
feet. They should be of medium size,
neither steep like a mules, nor fiat, but
sloping at a medium angle. The best feet
are 'cup-shaped, +" that is, so formed that
when you pick them up they will hold
water.
AS to the other points of a horse, l
shall not attempt to go into details, because
fear they would convey information only
to those who do not need it. But this
may be said generally by way of advice
Avoid long backed or thin-waisted, still
more a long-legged, horse. Look for a
compact, rather Outstanding beast with a
good head, good eyes, and well-shaped ears,
and you cannot go far wrong.
H. c. MertciH in the Century.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-09-06

Jacob Holgate of Corvallis, Ore, start
ed out to capture a sea lion few days ago,
and found in a very brief period that it
was an elephant he had on his hands.
The sea lion was lying on the beach, along
which Mr.. Holgate was driving in his
buggy, drawn by healthy young horse.
Mr. Holgate lassoed the lion, and, tying
the rope to his buggy axle, whipped up his
horse with the intention of hauling the
lion back to town. After being dragged
along a few yards the lion decided to go
home TO the sea, and started toward the
breakers. Despite all the efforts of Mr..
Holgate and his horse the lion got the bet
ter of the tug of war, and in few minutes
the hind wheels of the wagon were in the
surf. Then Mr.. Holgate cut the rope, and
was glad to get home alone and alive.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-09-06

Lunatics often assume a superiority of
intellect to others which is quite amusing.
A gentleman travelling in England some
years ago, while walking along the road,
not far from the side of which there ran a
railway, encountered a number of insane
people out for exercise in charge of keep
er. With a nod toward the railway tracks,
he said to one of the lunatics, "Where does
this railway go TOP" The lunatic looked
at him scornfully a moment, and then re-
Piled SIT don't go anywhere. We keep
it here to run trains on."-Harper's Round
Table
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-09-06
Railroads.
CENTRAL VERMONT RAILROAD
New London Division.
GOING SOUTH.

GOING SOUTH.
Trains leave Brattleboro as follows:
5:3l ,. NJ, for Springfield and New York.
$50 A. NJ, for Mlllers Falls Palmer and New Lon
don. Connecting at Millers + alIs with r1tcn.
burg R, R., at Palmer with Boston & Albany
r. R., at Willimantic with y. f. & n f. R. R.
at New London with n. Y, y. H. G. H. R. R.
and steamer Block Island for Mystic Island
Watch Hill and Block Island
9:25 4. r., for Springfield and New York.
1928 A. NJ for Millers Falls and stations on Fitch
burg r. R., Palmer and stations on Boston
Albany r. R., and for New London
las p. NJ, White Mountain express.
1855 p. NJ, mail train for Springfield.
4:25 P. NJ, for Millers Falls and stations on Fitch
burg r. R., Palmer and New London and New
York via Norwich Line.
4:S7 P. NJ, for Springfield and New York
GOING NORTH.
Trains arrive at Brattleboro as follows:
$50 A. NJ, from Springfield.
1920 A, NJ, from New York via Norwich Line, New
London, Palmer and Mllers Falls.
ll:05 A NJ, from Springfield.
l:05 P. NJ, from New London, Palmer and Millers
Falls.
geo p. NJ, White Mountain express.
$40 P. NJ, from New York and Springfield
1856 p. NJ, from New London, Palmer and Miller
Falls. This train connects at New London with
steamer Block Island from Mystic Island
Watch Hill and Block Island
1905 P. NJ, from New York and Springfield.
D. MACKENZIE, Supt., New London.
S. W. CUMMINGS, G. P. A, st. Adams
j. A. SOUTHARD. D. p. A., New London.
New London, Conn, June 80 1895
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-09-06
BOSTON g MAINE RAILROAD.

ON and after July /, 1895 trains on this road
~ will leave Brattleboro for all points north at
9:25 and ll:l0 A. M, 2:23 5:45 and iO:10PM
Junction.
The ll:l0 A NJ train is m all train for Montpelier
81. Adams, Rutland, Burlington, Montreal and
the Passumpsic road
The 2;23 P. NJ. train is the White Mountain ex-
press
The 5:45 p. N. train is mail train for White River
Junction and Rutland.
The 1910 p. N. train is express for Montreal
Sherbrook and Quebec, with sleeping cars at
tached. This train runs daily Sundays to Mon
treal only.
Going south trains arrive in Brattleboro from
Bellows Falls and points north at 5:3l A. NJ might
express 9:25 A. NJ, (maiD, 2;23P NJ, mail, 1887
P. NJ (Montreal and New York day express)
All trains make close connections with Boston
& Albany road both east and west of Springfield
d. j. FLANDERS, Gen'l Pass'gr Ag't
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-09-06

A remarkable revenge was wreaked on a
rival by young man in Waldron, Mich,
last week. The successful sutton was out
walking in the street with the young
woman whose love was the cause of the
heart-burning, when some one in an upper
story of building skillfully threw lasso
over his head, drew the moose tight, and
hauled him up several feet from the side
walk. The young man would have been
hanged but for the quick help of the pas
sers by. His assailant got away-tempor-
arily, the other man says.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-09-06
MISCELLANY.


In childhOOd's days long years ago.
Far from the busy town.
The happisst hour ] used - know
Was when the sun went down.
For then Id labor's care dismiss
And speed ith heart elate
To win q Welcome home and kiss
From mother a. the gate.
Now, in the afternoon Of life,
As evening shades draw nigh.
Again ! 80 the sun 70 down
without a single sigh;
And when at last il silks n rest
Ill ask 10 kindlier fate
Than a welcoming kiss at sunset
Prom mother at the gate.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-09-06

A thimbe was originally thumb-bel.,
because it was worn on the thumb, as sail
ors still wear their thimbles. 1t is Dutch
invention, and in 1884, in Amsterdam,
the bicentennial of the thimble was cele-
brated with a great deal of Formally.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-09-06
THE TROLLEY ROAD
Can not warm your homes, but
John Calvin can Sell the
Perfect Hot Air
Blast Draft Furnace

That will. An entirely new application whereby
il produces as much beat from the gasas and
smoke alone BY consuming them. as the ordinary
furnaces make from the coal. producing 20 d..
grees higher temperature Of heat with u per
cent less coal This is accomplished by supply.
ing oxygen heated 70 a high ten perature through
the middle Of the body Of coal on each side q
fire pot forcing all gases from the fuel. intro
ducng high temperature oxygen above the sur.
face Of the fire Result perfect ignition Of oxy.
gen, gases and smoke producing more heat with
less coal than any furnace on the market These
are not idle words, bus the application Of the
scientific. modern practical way Of obtaining the
full benefit Of the combustion Of the coal.
will set one Of these furnaces in competition
with any other make Of furnace in the world and
If it will not produce more heat with less fuel l
will set one in your house and charge you rothing
for it.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-09-06
Building Lots For Sale.

ENOUR desirable lots on Highland Avenue and
H. one lot on Washington street, are offered
for sale on easy terms TO persons wishing to build
on them. @. b. HANSON, 80 Washington St.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-09-06

Women in per-
feet or good health
are rarely victims
Of this symptom.
Women nearly
monopolize the
blues. because their
peculiar ailments
promote them.
When the female
organs fail to per.
form their func
tions properly,
when the dreaded
female complaints
appear. there is
shownnervousness,
sleeplessness, faint
ness. backache,
headache. bearing
down pains, etc.
causingthe dreaded
"let-me-alone" and
=" all gone - feel
ings,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-09-06
THE BLUES.
Why do Women have the Blues more
than Menu

Are not women naturally as light
hearted. brave, and hopeful as men?
Yes; but woman's organism is diff
ferent from mans
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-09-06

When the woman does not understand
what the matter is, and her doctor can
not or will not tell her. she grows morose
and melancholy; that's the blues
Mrs. Newton Cobb. Of Manchester. O,
says: "LVdid +. PinkLGm's Vegetable
Compound will correct all this trouble.
cannot praise it enough. l am plea sed
20 tell every one that it cured me; and il
u VIII cure me, why not others 1 am
cure my case was severe enough 1t will.
Get it Of your druggist at once.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-09-06
OOMMIssIONERs' NOTICE.

II
u ESTATE OF SAMUEL BLACKMER
The undersigned having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the district of MARI
boro commissioners, To receive. examine and adj
just all claims and demands of II persons against
the estate of Samuel Blackmer. late of Warren
Worcester county, Massachusetts, deceased, and
all claims exhibited in offset thereto hereby give
notice that we will meet for the purpose afore.
said, at the Office of Waterman, Martin & Hit of
Brattleboro in said district, ON the 2Sth day of
September and the Both day of November. next
from O'Clock until 3 O'Clock p NJ. each of said
days and that six months from the 18th day of
July, A. ID 1885, is the time limited by said court
Tor said creditors 10 present their claims 10 us for
examination and allowance.
Dated at Brattleboro, this ID day of Septem-
ber A, d. 1895.
A STARKEY,
s. II. SHERMAN, Commissioners
SO CHAS. +. SKINNER
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-09-06
CTATE OF VERMONT, Marlboro. s..

SNTATE OF VERMONr, Marlboro, IS.
- By the Probate Court for said District
To all persons interested i'll the estate of WILL
deceased, Greeting
Whereas, Eliza r. Hyde and Josephine Hyde
have presented 70 this court instrument pur-
porting to be the last will OF said deceased for
probate:-You are hereby notified that this
court will decide upon the probate of said nstru.
ment at the session thereof TO be held at the Pro-
bate ONCE in Bratteboro, in said district. on the
9TH day of September, A. d. 1895, when and
where you may appear and contest the same if
you see cause. Z. w. STODDARD. Register.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-04
RIVERSIDE WAT TER COMPANY
Its Affairs Are in a Tangle
Owing to Suits by
Trustees.
of the Hands of the
Receiver.

RIVERSIDE, CAL, April 3.-The- affairs
of the Riverside Water Company are in a
tangled state... Some weeks ago receiver
was appointed for the property and to-day
an important suit was filed against the
company. in which A. S. White, J. F.
Houghton and A. Keith trustees. ask that
all property of the company be turned over
to them under trust deed, which covers
all the property of the company.
:. The action was brought under certain
trust deeds, which were executed by the
company to the trustees in 1885 as security
for the payment of the principal and inter
est of the first series of bonds Of the COM
pany, amounting to 100000. AS a fur
ther cause of action. the second deed Of
trust, which was executed in 1888. to Sc
cure the payment of the second series of
bonds, amounting to $3.50, 900, is cited.
The second deed covers additional prop
erty not covered by the first trust. deed.
OF the first series bonds $4,000 falls due
on July1 next, and the people who are
stockholders in the company are deeply
interested in the outcome of the present
litigation
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-04
SANTA CRUZ BOND SUIT,
The City Will Contest Pay
ment of a Recent Issue
of Collateral.
An Investigation Proving That East
ern Holders Are Not Inno-
cent Purchasers.

SANTA CRUZ, CAL, April 3.-About a
year ago Coffin & Stanton of New York
came into possession of 100000 worth of
refunding bonds Of the city of Santa Cruz
under an agreement with the city to sell
the bonds and with the proceeds take up
$3.50, 900 worth of outstanding bonds, most
of which are held in San Francisco. In
stead, however, of carrying out their agree
ment, they converted the bonds to their
own use, selling and hypothecating them
in the Eastern States for whatever they
could get, and very shortly afterward went
into insolvency and failed for about
100000.
Charles M. Cassin, the present City At
torney for Santa Cruz, was sent East last
December to investigate the transaction,
and ascertained that many of the holders
of the refunding bonds obtained them
under circumstances which left no doubt
that they are not innocent holders, and
the city has determined to contest the
payment of the whole issue, upon the
ground that the act of 1893, under which
they were issued, is unconstitutional, and
also upon several other grounds, and has
retained Hon. James G. Mcguire of San
Francisco and the firm of Lindsay & Cas-
sin of this city as its attorneys.
The suits which will follow will be of
great importance to the city of Santa
Cruz, and no doubt will be stubbornly con-
tested in the courts.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-04
.CHRIsTENED AEGIB. :
Emperor William, Names the Ne,c Ger
man IronctGd as She Slips.

Emperor Witiian, Names the Ne,c Ger
man Ir0nctad as She Slips.
KEEL, GERMANY, April 3.-The new Ger
man ironclad hitherto designated by the
letter T was launched this morning. As
she was leaving the ways Emperor William
christened her Aegir and said:
"In token of the industry OF the father
land this vessel after strenuous toll now
stands before us about to be given over to
the elements. Thou shalt now be placed
in line among the protected fighting units
of the German navy. Thou shalt serve for
the protection of the fatherland and meet
the enemy with defiance and disdain.
Sprung from the old German saga are the
ships which belong to the first class.
Therefore. shalt thou likewise recall to US
the gray past of our ancestors and the
puissant deity whom our Germanic fore
fathers in their ignorance supplicated and
worshiped, and whose mighty kingdom
extended to the icy north pole and as far
as the south pole, on whose pillows the
northern battles were fought out and death
carried into the land of the enemy. The
potent name of this great deity thou shalt
bear Mayst thou prove worthy thereof
I christen thee Aegir."