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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-01-03
Farming as a Profession.

Farmers who read Secretary Morton's
annual report will find cause for cempla-
cency and encouragement. Taking them
on an average, our tillers of the soil own
property, including implements, to the
value of $4,000 each. As debtor class
they are vastly better off than railroad cor
porations, bankers, manufacturers and
merchants-the mortgages on farm values
aggregate only 16 per cent. As a product
i've class they stand at the head, for, says
the secretary, American agriculture, after
feeding itself last year, and all the towns,
villages and cities of the Uuited States, has
also sold in the outside worlds markets
more than $500, 900 worth of products.
So the farmers of the United States have
furnished 69.6S per cent of the value of all
the exports during the year 1885," The
secretary shows that the value of farm
lands is steadily increasing, and reminds
farmers that agriculture is "swiftly becom-
ing scientific profession" Intelligent
farming will become more and more re-
munerative.-Zion'S Herald.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-01-03
STATIONS RIVER.

Mrs. Mary C. Bowen joined her husband
on Tuesday at Revere, Mass.
Walter Smith from Boston spent Christ
mas with his home friends.
Mrs. G. B. Tower has been visiting her
parents and daughters. She returned home
this week.
Our public schools are moving forward
smoothly. The winter term promises ex-
ceedingly well.
Mrs. T. W. Smith and daughter from
Amherst, Mass, are at home with the
Glynns for a few days.
Miss Clara Lake has gone to Colchester
TO spend the winter with her grandparents,
Rev. and Mrs. Holbrook.
Misses Weston and Wilbur on New
Years returned to Colby for their winter
term. Misses Locke, Chaplin and Roux
enter again upon college work at Wellesley
January 8.
December, with its mild atmosphere, rain
and wind, was notable, but its glory APP
pears in the marvellous fact of its two full
moons. The evening of the 31st was an
ideal close for 1895.
Mr., Blake has begun extensive changes
upon his residence. The roof will |be
raised to make the house two full stories.
The house will be enlarged towards the
west. The carriage house will also be en-
larged Mr.. Blake intends to make the
second story into tenement.
The year 1895 has been remarkable in
the number of deaths among our older
citizens. Dea. s. w. Warner, Dea. Scion
Morrison, Mr.. Alfred Spaulding, Hon.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-01-03

Didn't he preach in Springfield years
ago?" asked Mr.. Lincoln, look of the
keenest interest now animating his sad and
rugged face.
ayes, my father once preached in Spring
field" was Mrs. Bullitts reply.
"Yes," Mrs. Bullitt broke in, "my faith
er's name is Henry NJ. Luckett."
"Well, this is wonderful" Mr.. Lincoln
went on. ~ knew this man well, and
have often heard him preach. He is tall
and dark like l am, and / have been mis-
taken for him on the street. And he is to
be shot tomorrow? No, no! There will
be no shooting nor hanging in this case.
There must be something wrong with him,
or he would not be in such scrape as this.
l do not know what more l can do for
him, but you can rest assured, my child,'
turning to Mrs. Bullitt, ''that your fathers
life is safe"
He touched a bell on the table and
telegraph operator appeared from an adj
joining room. To him Mr.. Lincoln die
tated despatch to Gen. Hurlburt, direct
ing him to suspend the execution of Hen
ry NJ. Luckett and await further orders in
the case. AS we thanked him and took
our leave, Mrs. Bulitt sobbing and laugh
ing by turns and the others with tears in
their eyes, the president repeated, as if to
himself
"Henry NJ. Luckett! No, no, there will
be no shooting or hanging in this case"
A few weeks later Mr.. Luckett was re-
leased and Iejoined his friends in the
North. Without delay and poor as he was
he journeyed to Washington to express his
gratitude for his rescue from violent and
ignoble death. He called me from my seat
in the House and met me exactly where
had met those who came to plead for his
life few weeks before. He wanted to
call and thank the president in person for
his great kindness, but the circumstances
at the time were not favorable TO such a
call, and it was not made. He remained
with me only few minutes, and then in
the hurried manner of one who has much
to do and whose time is short, he moved
away and l saw him no more. He died
soon after, and nearly all the other actors
in the incident 1 have related have since
followed him.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-01-03
Sherman's Famous signal.


A Topeka, Kansas, despatch says that
the claim now being made, to the effect
that all of the romance connected with the
signaling from Gen. John NJ. Corse, at AL
latoona pass, to Gen. Sherman, at Kene.
saw mountain, in October, 1864, was a
myth and had no foundation in fact, is
raising storm among some of the parJic-
pants in that battle. Men whose Teputa-
ton is beyond question, declare that the
late Judge j. w. Mckenzie, for many
years the presiding judge of the Hampton
district in Iowa, was the sergeant in com
mand of the signal squad attached to Gen.
Corse's command and that during the
fight on that hot October afternoon, when
the third heavy and desperate charge of
the rebel forces had been repulsed, Corse
called the signal sergeant to see if he could
''get" the Kenesaw station.
The battle had been raging for several
hours, and the enemy was desperate and
determined to capture the pass, with its
large stores OF food and ammunition, and
the surrounding hills and trees were filled
with sharpshooters. The task was, in
deed, more than dangerous; it was hazard
GUS. In order that he might not be &C
cused of any Partially, Sergeant McKen-
1iC dShNu ulo OMn 10 the
Kenesaw mountain station.
The statements of the Mckenzie broth
ers are matters of history. Gen. Corse's
own story was in substance that Charles
Mckenzie succeeded in calling the Ken
esaw station, when Corse made that char
acteristic announcement which was never
printed in full in the Sunday school books:
81 am short cheek bone, badly wounded
ptha-uicn. ht,t oh III
of them yet" To this startling but assur-
ing message Sherman replied with the ia
nous Hold the fort, for am coming"
The topography of the ground around
Corses army was such as would permit
the working of signal station from sew
eral points with the Union lines, as both
Allatoona and .Kenesaw were higher than
any of the hills on which the rebels were
DOstad
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-01-03
A Powerful Burning Glass.

A sun-glass made in France generated
heat sufficient to melt copper coin of the
size of our silver 25-cent piece in seven
and a half seconds. George Parker of
Fleet street, London, made a glass much
more powerful than that. 1t was three
feet in diameter and so powerful that it
was actually used to melt substances which
were too refractory for the furnaces. The
best authorities on heat say that it had a
power of 166,362 degrees Fab. This is
best understood when it it is known that
1t only takes a temperature of 27S7 de-
grees to melt cast iron so that it will flow
like water
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-01-03
Arizona,s Petrin.d Fnrests.

The legislative assembly of Arizona has
addressed a memorial to Congress, asking
that the lands covered by the famous
''petrified forest" be withdrawn from entry
and made a public park. This so-called
forest" of chalcedony is in Apache coun-
ty. An area of 10 miles square is covered
with trunks of agatzed trees, some of
which measure 200 feet in length and 10
feet in diameter. Ruthless curiosity seek
ers are destroying the trees by blasting
them to pieces in search of the pretty
crystals which are found inside many of
them. Limbs and similar pieces are ship
ped away by carloads TO be ground up for
various purposes. 1t is urged that to make
the tract a public park would preserve it
from vandalism and injure nobody, mas
much as there are no settlers on it. The
other day cowboy rode over the "agatized
bridge" on horseback, trying to break
down the tree that spans the chasm, and
was disappointed at not succeeding. -Bos-
ton Transcript.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-01-03
CAMBRIDGBPORT.

Norman Blodgett is on the sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. L. Howard spent New
Years at Wallingford.
Mrs. John McQuaide called on relatives
and old neighbors the first of the week.
Miss f. L. Dimond went to Waverly,
Mass, to spend week with her sister.
Mrs. Hannah Taylor has been spending
few weeks with her son, DIR. Taylor of
Acworth, N. II.
Many handsome and useful gifts were
distributed from the well laden trees on
Christmas night.
Rev. j. g. Williamson was generously
remembered by both parishes by gifts of
cash and other articles.
Mrs. Scion Earle of Fitzwiliam, N. H.,
spent few days last week with her mother,
Mrs. Penniman, who has been very i'll,
but at present is improving.
Among those coming to their old home
for Christmas were d. f. Cushing, jr., Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. NJ. Dimond of Boston and
Mr. and Mrs f. S. Wyman and son of
Brattleboro.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-01-03
CHESTERFIELD. N. Il.

Mr.. Riggs mother has been visiting
him.
John Robbins is in town with his wood
saving machine.
Mrs. Matte Wheeler is visiting relatives
in Royalston, Mass.
Fred Stone of Amherst, Mass, has been
renewing old acquaintance this week.
1t is reported that J. II. Goodrich has
bought II. r. Hubbards farm.
Our lumher men are beginning to put on
long faces because of absence of snow.
Geo. Marsh of Chester, VT, has been
spending his vacation with his uncle, II.
c. Marsh.
Rev. G. II. Clark of the Methodist
church is kept indoors nursing the mumps
for a while.
The young son of VIM. Brown had the
misfortune to injure his shoulder by falling
from the table.
Christmas with all its joys and festivities
passed in the usual quiet way. Tuesday
evening the young and old gathered at the
church, where a Christmas concert was
given and gifts distributed.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-01-03
That Distress
WESTMINSTER.
Mrs. Alvin Wright is i'll.
Deacon John Mcneil is liz,

Mrs. Alvin Wright is i'll.
Deacon John Mcneil is III.
Miss Ida Wright is an attendant at the
Bratteboro Retreat.
The Fortnghtly club met with Miss
Hattie Wright Wednesday evening.
The dancing school taught here by Guy
Chandler of Walpole closes next week.
Our band is without leader at present,
Mr.. Daley having left the employ of F. NJ.
Gilbert and gone to Claremont.
The Crescent club gave their drama and
farce at Alstead Monday evening. Owing
to the stormy weather the receipts were
small.
The wind made havoc here Thursday
night of last week. j. NJ. Miller had his
sugar-house blown down and woodshed
pretty much demolished, and a chimney
was blown down at the carriage shop.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-01-03
WEST HALIFAX.

Mrs. Hammond gave on Christmas day a
souvenir dinner at her handsomely fur
nished house, "The Ranch" to a few
friends. The dining room and parlors
were decorated with Christmas green's and
natural flowers. The menu consisted of
all the dalicacies of the season. After the
dinner the gentlemen of the party adj
iourned to Mr.. Hammond's den, which
perhaps is one of the finest and oldest
rooms in this part of the country. Each
guest received handsome souvenir.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-01-03
NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTES.

Rev. F. II. Buffum of Winchester has
accepted a call to the pastorate of church
in Salem, Mass.
Receiver Faulkner of the Connecticut
River savings bank, which closed its doors
last February, announces that he expects
to pay dividend of from % to 30 per cent
the middle of January or first of February.
This announcement will be glad news to
MANY depositOrs
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-01-03

John Farnsworth, Mr. Martin Nichols,
Mr.. A. j. Searles and Mr.. Joseph Sever
ance have passed away in the last twelve
months.
Tuesday morning Joseph Severance
died, having been for months very feeble.
Mr.. Severance has lived in this village for
many years. He was quiet man, never
seen of late years in our public or social
gatherings; a man, however, highly es-
teemed by his neighbors. The funeral oc-
CURED on Thursday afternoon
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-01-03

Mrs. Kate Convey has recently visited her
son, A. NJ. Convey.
Chauncey Prouty has moved his family
to Springfield, Vt.
The roads in town have been seriously
washed by the rise of the river.
The Vermont Academy students will re-
turn to their school next week.
Walter Cambridge is expected here soon
on his return to the school at Southboro
Mass.
Miss Ellen Goodell goes to Westboro
Mass, next week to attend the wedding of
her brother.
Herbert Gray has had a vacation of
some days in town, stopping with his uncle,
Sidney Holmes.
Miss Marston, who has spent her vaca-
ton here, returns to her school at Wood
stock this week.
Miss Lucy Daniels has been at home for
a time, and her mother and sister will re-
turn to New York with her.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eaton spent Christmas
with their daughter in Brookline. Nor
man Davis has the care of the store in
Mr.. Eaton's absence.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-01-03

There is no building material so durable
as well-made bricks. In the British mu-
scum are bricks taken from the buildings
in Nineveh and Babylon which show no
sign of decay or disintegration, although
the ancients did not burn or bake them,
but dried them in the sun. The baths of
Caracalla and of Titus, in Rome, and the
Therm@ of DiOcletian, have endured the
raVages of time far better than the stone of
the coliseum.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-01-03
We All Know Him,

He kicked the moment he was born.
In stalwart lusty cry,
He kicked and howled In babyhood
Till the neighborhood thought they'd die
He kicked when first he went to school
And he scratched the nurse maid, too
He kicked on his college foot ball team
Yes, he kicked his whole life through.
He kicked right hard in politics,
Though he didn't often vote;
And he kicked at the way the choir sang
Though he couldn't sing a note,
He kicked the bucket finally,
And nobody mourned, you bet!
He is probably kicking yet.
SomerUiue Journal.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-01-03
GRAFTON.
HOnOrs for Former Grafton BOY.

Two young men, both of them sons of
Vermont pastors, have received fellowship
appointments from Chicago theological
seminary, which gives them the opportuni-
ty for two years study abroad. They are
Frank G. Ward, son of Rev. E. j. Ward,
formerly pastor for some years at Grafton
and afterwards at Hyde Park, and now re-
siding at st. Johnsbury. The other is
Benjamin S. Winchester, who was pastor
at Brldport at the time his son was born.
Mr.. Ward graduated at the University of
Vermont and took his theological course
at Chicago. He proposes to devote special
study to the Greek New Testament at
Halle, Germany.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-01-03

Beecham's pills for consti-
patton ro@ and a54. Get the
book at your druggists and
90 by it.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-01-03

Gadzooks; Why do you always applaud
everything in the theatre, whether it is
good or bad?
POUNDS: oh, that's an easy one. ap-
plaud good thing because it is good, and
bad thing because it is over.-N. Y.
Tribune.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-25
TROUBLE in SAN PAULO
MANY CONFLICTS BETWEEN ORA
ZILIANS AND ITALIANS.
Three People Killed and Forty
WOunded-PrOf. Andree's BALLOON
Voyage Abandoned.

RIO DE JANEIRO. Aug. A.-Numerous
conflicts are reported 20 have occurred be-
tween the Brazilians and the Italians in
San Paulo Saturday and Sunday and the
agitation still continues. 1t is believed that
the Brazilian government will withdraw the
exequatur from the Italian consul. whom
the newspapers accuse of supporting the
Italians in their agitation. Similar mani
festations and scenes of disorder are ex-
pected here in the near future. The Bra
lillian Chamber of Deputies has unanimous
ly rejected the protocol arranged for i'm the
settlement of the claims of the Italians
who suffered i'm former political troubles.
AS a result of the troubles between the
Braziians and the Italians in San Paulo
during the past three days three persons
are reported to have been killed and forty
wounded
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-25
WRECK AT VALENCIA
THREE TRAINS ON THE PITTsBURG
a. WESTERN INVOLVED.
Twenty-Five Passengers, Mostly Res
idents of Pennsylvania, Injured,
Some Very Seriously.
FIVE WILL PROBABLY DIE
THREE PASSENGER COACHES AMI
IS FREIGHT CARS DESTROYED.
Air Brakes Refused to Work, Two
Freight Trains COllided and the
Express Struck the Wreck.

PITTSBURG, Aug. 24.-A wreck on the
Pittsburg & Western railroad at Valencia.
twenty-five miles west of here at noon to-
day resulted in the destruction of three
passenger coaches, eighteen freight cars
and the injury of twenty-five passengers,
five of whom will probably die. The names
of those seriously injured and who may die
are:
MRS. W. b. MARSH. of Talmage. O.,
frontal bone crushed and, injured inter-
nally.
JOHN CURRY. Pleasantville Pa, jaw
broken and body badly mangled.
MRS. j. w. MORSE, Lodi, o.. collar bone
fractured and injured internally.
MAUD BENNETT, Allegheny. skull frac-
tured.
MARY ]. L. SMITH. Verona. Pa. skull
fractured.
The following were badly injured but will
recover:
MARY BENNETT. Allegheny.
WAITER SMITH: Akron. o.
MRS. f. M. CRAMER, Apollo. Pa.
JENNIE CRAMER, Apollo, Pa.
BELLE CRAMER. Apollo Pa.
GARRETT CLLBERT Allegheny.
ID. b. SCHANTZ. Harmony. Pa.
H. ID. HOUSTON. New Castle. Pa.
f. J. SMITH. Beaver Falls.
J. II. WEAvERLING. New Castle, Pa.
]. G. MILLER. Hazlewood Pa
l.. l.. GRAY. Allegheny
o. w. CROOKS. Carnegie. Pa.
a; J. TAHGHT E1faIoi 10, n Y
'AS'<i<H-'A -A - LII iI<DiNO->->r En-, Alte-
ALEX. JONES. Carnegie. Pa.
DIR. l.. l.. TIERNEY,. Sharpsburg. Pa.
j. EDWARD GRILL, Allegheny.
j. w. MORSE. Lodi, o.
MRS. c. w. HYLE. Evans City Pa
The injured were all brought to the Allie
gheny General Hospital! where every at
tention possible was gwen them. The Sc
rious cases are still there. while the others
are either removed TO their homes in ALLIE
gheny or continued on their journey.
The wreck was a peculiar one. and in
volved three trains-the local freight. No
"a; the through freight. No. %. and the
east-bound passenger. No. IA. from Chi
cago. The local was standing at Valencia
station unloading freight when the through
freight came TO the top of the grade jus,
east of Valencia. The engineer, who was
on the lookout for No. 25 put on the air.
brakes. but they refused TO work. and his
train went crashing into the local. Just al
the time the two freights collided the pas
senger came along on the east-bound track
and was struck by the freight cars which
were derailed at that moment. The engine
and baggage car of the passenger train got
through safely and broke away from the
rest OF the train. The first passenger coach
In which were a great many women. was
crushed by a carload of oil well tubing The
tubing was thrown with terrific force In
every direction. causing most of the
wounds received by the passengers. The
wreckage was piled twenty-five or thirty
feet high in places. The railroad people
say that the whole trouble was caused by
| the failure of the airbrakes 10 work while
the through freight was on the hill.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-25
WIND WAS TOO LIGHT.
First Yacht Race of the Internation-
al Series Declared on.

TOLEDO, O.. Aug. 24.-After sailing over
the first leg and a little than half
OF the second of the international yacht
race course to-day, the judges declared the
race off. as il evident neither boat
could sail the twenty-four-knot course
within the time limit of FIVE and one-haif
hours. There was no time from the start
until the race was postponed that there
enough breeze to take the boats over
the course in the time limit. 1t was a
litIle more than a drift ali the while the
race was on. The only thing demonstrated
by the contesting boats was that Canada
can outSail Nencedor in light wind and
Canada sailors can outsail the crew on
Vencedor. Canada took the lead after
crossing the line from the start. Vencedor
turned the first stake boat nearly twenty
seven minutes behind her rival. Canada s
time on the first leg was two hours and
fourteen minutes. As there no i'm =
provement in the breeze while the boats
were sailing on the second leg. il became
apparent TO the judges that il would be
necessary to postpone the contest, and
they therefore called the race off.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-25
CHOCTHWS AT WARE
Governor Green NcCurtain Reported
to Have Been Killed.

FORT SMITH. Ark. Aug. 2i.-Trouble
which has been brewing for three weeks in
the Choctaw nation as a result of the eiec-
ton of Green McCurtain as Governor. bids
fair TO end in warfare. McCurtain's resi-
dence, sxty-iive miles southwest of Fort
Smith. is now guarded by about forty men
against threatened attack by about the
same number. members of the Buzzard
party. composed largely of old-time fun
bloods and many negroes. This party COM
prises many followers OF McCurtain's oppo-
ncnts In the recent election. An uncoa-
firmed report reaches here by passengers
on a Frisco train tonight that McCurtain
has been killed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-25
HARRIsON's SPEECH THURSDAY.
Extraordinary Interest Manifested ny
the People of New York

Special the Indianapolis Journal
NEW YORK. Aug. 24.-There is ex-
traordnary interest manifested by Repub-
licans and sound-money voters i'm general
in the formal opening of the campaign
here this week. when ex-President Harri-
son will deliver speech. The Generals
speech will be made in Carnegie Music
Hall Thursday evening. Aug. q. not the
following Tuesday as has been erroneous
ly stated The Republican State commit
tee has been fairly overwhelmed with APP
peais for tickets TO the meeting and IL is
alres dy apparent that the hall will ac-
commodate but a small percentage of the
people who desire TO hear the distinguished
Indianian NJ. NJ. Eckstein. secretary OF
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-25
Americans Arrested I'm spain.

BARCELONA, Aug. 24.-As "A result of
the domiciliary visits made by the police in
connection with the revolutionary move
ment here, number of arrests have been
made. The prisoners include two men
named Louis Minnesota and Miguel Rerny.
who claim TO be American citizens. In the
rooms they occupied the police seized a
printing press and number of revolution
ary placards similar 10 those which were
recently posted in the streets here and
which were torn down by the police.