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THE VERMONT TROOPS. A RKIUAIIK THAT HAD A I.OT OK U N AMO KKOI.lt? IN IT. Ben. Pprlpy Ponrr. In hln ItemJnUcrnrri, ot the VVnr, Telia This Mory ot u. Vprmuni Brigade. The Vermont brigade was the pet or ganization of tho Army of the Potomac, and Miles O’Reilly described them as honest farmers turned vagabonds—sim pie countrymen changed into heroea. ~hey stole ancient horses and bony cows on the march. -They pillaged moderately in other things. They swept the dairies and they stripped the orchards for miles where they traveled. They chased rab¬ bits when they went into camp after long inarches, and they yelled like wild Indians when neighboring camps were silent through fatigue. They were famil¬ iar with their officers. They swaggered in a cool, impudent way and looked down with a patronizing Yankee cool ness upon ail regiments that were better drilled, and upon that part of the army generally that did not belong to tho Ver montf brigade. They were strangely proud, not of themselves individually, but of the brigade collectively, for they knew perfectly well that they were the best fighters in the known world. They were individually self-reliant and skilful in the use of arms, and they honestly be lieved that the Vermont brigade could not be beaten by all tho combined armies of the rebellion ' They were veterans in fighting qnali ties almost from the first skirmish. This was at Lee’s Mills. They crossed a nor row dam under a fire, made the attack they were instructed to make, and came back, wading deep in the water, with a steadiness that surprised the army . They were an incorrigible, irregular, ■««’ noisy set of rascals. They w ere much ■> “* they “ J would do—march and fight; aud these they ,, did ..., m . a manner peculiarly i their .own They had a long, slow, swingings n eon o ^ ar<d > w “ c j ls ' tanced everything that followed them. They had a quiet, attentive, earnest, in¬ dividual way of fighting that made them terrific in battle. Each man knew that his neighbor in the ranks was not going to run away, and he knew also that he himself intended to remain where he was. Accordingly, none of the attention of the line was directed from the impor¬ tant duties of loading and firing, rapidly and carefully. When moving in*o action and while hotly engaged, they made queer, quaint jokes, and enjoyed them greatly. They crowed like cocks, they ba-a-ed like sheep, they neighed like horses, they bellowed like bulls, they barked like dogs, and they counterfeited with excellent effect the indescribable music of the mule. When, perchance, they held a picket line in the forest, it seemed as if Noah’s ark had gone to pieces there, When the Vermonters led the column on» march their quick movements had regulated from of'division . to bo corps headquarters to avoid gaps in the column as it followed them. If a rapid or forced march was required, it was a common thing for Sedgwick to say, with a quiet smile, “Put the Vermonters at the head of the column to-day and keep everything well closed up.” A Dangerous Experiment One day last fall a small boy of White Plains, N. X., had his ears filled with oats by seme boys with whom he was skylarking in a barn. The boy scratched and cleaned out, as he thought, all of the grain, and went about his business. About six weeks ago the boy was taken with a severe pain in his ear. His head swelled up, and he was in awful agony. All reme¬ dies failed, and his mother took him to a physician, who removed two kerneli of oats which had sprouted and taken root in the boy’e ear, He is now oer* feotly well II; Hail In'lwl of Trail. HOW TEXAS IS OOlNil TO ORT ITS OATH,* north btsnra quarantine. Tho quarantine regulation! of Kansas aguiust the cattle from Texas have brok* en up the northern drives iuto that State, aUtl l “ meot tho pressing demand for an outlet, for the stock cattle of tlie Texas ranches the Fort Worth and Denver 1 City Railroad is being extended at the ! J* of a mil. . ^ beyond j southern Falla - ihw and ‘ wlU southwestern transportation Iexas cattle foi to HarroiJ » which is a newly established town. The battle designed for the North will then be driven across the Indian Territory to the terminus of the St. Louis, Fort Scott and Wichita Railroad, where they will be reshipped in cars. The cattle that are to go to the fattening ranges in Colorado, Wyoming and Mon¬ tana will be driven along the old Griffin and Dodge trail, through the neutral 8 trip just nor ^ Panhandle conn tr v aud thm the * wm reach Colorado. * The Texas cattle interests for a time 8eemed seriously threatened by the CftttJe <&****&*> but tho railroad lias taken the place of the trail. It is be Heved that thia wiU P rove to be a aolu - bou a ser ' oua difficulty. Hie North ern cab ^ emeu » wbo bftV0 been hdUiential e nougli to secure quarantine legislation, claim that the Texas herds bring death artd ( ^ seas0 thci r cattle although pass ing ^y themselves in excellent condition. There has been no doubt of tine infec Uod and orl S'», but its cause is a ™? 6ter y. The southern Texas cattle il PP oar *° fptead the fever worse uin thoae frcm tho northern ranges. There ia 110 P la S«« that “>? cow “<! n dread more than the Texas fever, and m crossing a trail on their drives they will put their cattle on a run, deep.te all con no^hernoattle are permuted to graze or drink where Texas cattle nave passed ^ certain toappearaud Z, to cause ^ Thi „ of interests, which threatened to becomemoBtbitter, is likely to end with the rail in place of the trail. Forces or England and Russia. Russia has more soldiers aud more ships of war than any other country in the world. In her standing army there are 780,000 men, and she has ,358 ships in her navy. It costa $125,000,000 a year to keep her military establishments on their peace footing, and her military authorities say they can place 2,300,000 trained men under arms in war time, rp^ Etigiisli standing army is 182,000 men. This includes the English regu¬ lar troops serving in India. The Eug lisli War Office authorities profess to be able to put 642,000 well-drilled and ef¬ fective British troops in the field If ca u e d on to do so. This does not in¬ clude the Indian auxiliary forces, which wou ia swell the total British forces at ilome an a abroad to over 1,000,000 men. it costs Ragland ^90,000,000 a year to keep up ita regular army. In 1853 tk ere were 52,000 Irish soldiers in the Elfish army; now there are only 31, qqq. In 1853 a great number of Irish men {ronl Tipperary, Armagh, Kilkenny, an a other Irish militia regiments volun leered for active service, and were sent fn to the tne Hrimea C/mutja. The xub Ensrlish Ajugiiou navy ua.j con tains 283 ships. But while the Rus B j an naV y contains more vessels than the English navy.it mnst be bered that England spends three times . as much on her navy as Russia spends an hers, Brief a nd to the Point. * Been to Washington ?* «Y T es.’ * See Cleveland ?' * Yes.’ ‘ Did he ’point you ?’ * ‘Whit Yes.’ to?’ * Door.’ Story of the Kail The following pretty story given the Chinese legend about tho origin of the fan: “One evening when the beautiful Kau Si, daughter of a powerful Chinese mandarin, was assisting at the grand °f lanterns, she was so overcome he J m ™ k * ButuTerpoaelier face to the eyes of the profane and vulgar was a serious offeuee ngaiust the law, so, holding the mask as closely as possible * K o, the movotnellt 8tiu concealed her. The hardy other ladie8 but charming pr?8ent> innovation, witnessing this imi tated it, and at ouco ten thousand hands were fluttering ten thousand masks. Thus the fan was evoked and took the place of the mask.” EVER USED. WE LAST I - myr* IXLs yx C_J| Ban* mm *■» * Sr 22!^ M§vugwlii§«P VmUSh Awnrtletl GOLD MEDAL. LONDON, 1883. U*ed liy Piiluct' Mason A Hamlin Oman ami i'isno Co., Pnlltuan Cnr Co . \e, GLOUCESTER. MtM only bv tho RUSSIA EVERYWHERE. CEMENT CO. iMTSumploTin MASS. SOLD Can by Mail, 25o. Blair’s Fi!?s. Great English Gout and Rheumatic Remedy. Ovnl lioxt !B> 1.00; round, oO cm. Wo will Rond you our liiNt ruiMioii Hook of Knncy tcncliCN W ork ------------ Ribbon It tin* fdilclii'w. and Arrasoon Embroidery. I.n-liv mid Send lii'iiNlnwtoii PnlnliiiK. How to do BtimininK, etc. stamp to pay uoHtaito, T. E. PAIMiEK, l.ynn, din mi.__ CONSUMPTION, 1 have positive roinedy for the abovo disease; bj ’.s a kind and of ton* ,180 thousands of cases ot tlio worst topethor with a VAl.r Alii,ETREATISK on this disease to'nuv sulforer. Give SLOCUM, express 181 nmi u„arlSt.,*Now 1* O. nddr ss. York. pit. T. A. I $35 Harness for 3 ?;% SI 8 assss,.;S ... n.» )« e. u. ». o»d. |»,t i AfaLare i«.W'*W531s.'«JSTi. wanii j . haiinfsm oo.. I *40®.. ». 4 Mliabie ,, VYA';. 1:M nT mO introduce and sell the mult the well-known and 1 celebrated OiRartof tUoNKW YORK AIIAVANA OTGAR COMPANY. Liberal ^nranR«ineuta. Saiabi wr Gom mission r*id to the rigfU* uisn. Fer furthei BMtiouIars and t^nns address, st once, Th. N.w C 1 IHE PENMHNS ART JOURNAL - is Uin I cst aid to good wntiuir. One cop y I Pc. 205 B’dwav. N. Y. PEARL IVORY TOOTHPOWDER | Keeping Teeth Perfect anil Huiun Healthy. BOOK AGENTS WANTED to PLATFORM ECHOES Now Boll or LIVING TRUTHS Tor Head and Heart. John B. Gough Ministers say "Godnpeed it." Every one laughi and criex over SO it. Ten. of thouiands are waiting for it, an t Agent* *cll ID to ndav. 8*0 page*. SS7 splendid Engraving*. iitOO Introduction by Rev. LYMAN ABBOTT, IK IK Circular*, mops Agent* wanted on Wrv Special Terms. Pend for etc., to A. !>• WORTHINGTON A CO., Hartford, Conn. PAf CH ,■ ,,m u.s.stanoard CD insS Of BINCH/\MT0N R. U. AWARE THAT MMMM Loilllard’s CliK«X Plug bearing a red tin tag; that Loriiiard-s Kose Leaf fine cut; thaULorUlanl’s Navy {Jiippin^and that Lorillard’s ISnulIa»,are tho best and ch e apest, qua lity c onsidered ? ^f| jj" SSSSSSli A iVI O TV r X^ H Nfe Ware Co., Was h ingto n st., uoston, Mass, NOW RBDY PATENTS ’ENTS, U. 8. and Foreign Patents procui 722. r-*- 5 years practice. O. V. Levis, Solicitor. 1 ave., (next I^ta'^r building) Pittsburgh. fff VUUUIVU Amrn I IfWfor Big Erie money Catalogue I loci; for Co Agent*- and . Erie. term*. Bend Pfc CLOCKS Improved Worn ui^’lit Elastic ami day. Trtisn. Pos¬ itively by mail cures Rupture. here. Sent every w Write for lull descriptive circulars to tho Now York Elastic Trass Company, York 744 B’dwav. New Elegant packages of Silks and Natinr. weni lor got*, i',mbroidery Rochester, f4iik8, N.Y. 10c, (loz. A. <i. BASSETT, 5 TON WAGON SCALES, Iron. Levers, Steel Bearings, and Br:v s Tsro Ream for free price list mention this piper and address .HINfc-S OF BINGHAMTON, V. Binghamton, N. Instruction Book on art of making Paper Flowers and Tissue-Paper Fancy Work for home decorations. Tissues and Flov er Materials sold, Book an 1 i ri e list mailPd, Id !4tli i ts. liF.WIS A: 2 East street, New York. A Ujuigrrou* C»i«. • • • H<n- rkmtrh. Juno I, IWJ. “Tan Ymn ifo 1 »ns Rttfli'kol with tha mint Intense niut deathly palm in tny Iwoic *n4 — Kuineyt. “Kxtondiitg to tile end of my torn and to tuy tin in! ‘•Which mads mo dellrtou*! “From agony. “It took three men to hold me on tny bed at t iun*s! “The doctors tried in \ am to relievo me, but to no porposa Morphine •‘Had effect! ami other opiates l no “After two months I was given up to die! “When my wife heard a neighbor tell what Hop Hitters bad done for her, she nt once got and ga w e me some. The first dot® wised my brain and seemed to go hunting through my system for the ivun. Tim second dose en'©»l me so much that I. slept two hours, something I had not done for two months, before had usihI flvo bot tles, I was well and at work as hard as any man could, for over three weeks; but £ Worked too hard for tny strength, and taking a hard cold, I was taken with the most acuta and painful rheumatism all through my sys¬ tem that ever was known. “r called the doctors again and after sev¬ eral weeks, they left tin* a cripple on erutehos for life, as they said. I met a friend and told him my case,and he said llop I Bitters ha l cured him and would cure me. pouhed induced at him, but he was so earnest 1 was to use them again. In loss than four weeks I threw away my crutches and wont to work lightly and kept on using the hitters for live weeks, until l became as well as any man living, and have been so for six years since. It has also cured my wife, who has been sick for years; and has kept her and my children well nn 1 healthy with from need two to three bottles per year. There is no to be sick at all if these bitt ers are used. J. J. BeRK. Ex-Super invalid v i so r. wife, •‘That poor “Sister! , “Mother! “Or daughter! “Can be made the picture of health! “With a few bot tles of Hot* Bitters! “Will uou let them suffer r' J-^jrNono gemiino without it bunch of green hoi»s on the white label. Shun all tho vile, poisonous stult with “Hop” or Hops" in their name. »• > I! l‘» a8B3S5BH!B|a* mm mS ■ A r wwm-v go m 1 Alilto on tho veranda of the munition of wealth and in the little cottage ui ion the hill will the refrcHh i»K iufiueni'e of 1{ iIkc'h Food Uhtnc Mango prepared bo ap¬ parent. It is nouiltihiutf, natiH'ying, and is iu a few min it tea. Full direct iouk accompany each can lor custards, puddings, etc. Put un hi four sizes—35c., . J#l.vir*. and (#1,15. N<>. 4 aizo espoei* ally adapted to families. Paynes’ Automatic Engines and Saw-Milt, We offer an H to kf Ilf P. mounted cant-hooks, Engine rig with complete Mill, W-in. Holiil !Suw, 6(1 it. bolting, skids, $ IT# I.W for operation, on curs, IB i. 100. II. Engine VV. on PAYNIC ifc HONN, Send Manufacti for cirnul.irJU). of allrtylen Aiitniiifilic I‘.n« r 'r* and uIiicn, from 2to8.u II. P.. iiox al«<> Pulleys, H~:0* Hangers Stiaftng, Elmira, N, Y. ) _____ _____ IMMEDIATE RELIEF. TXURNISH your own bottles sal J S'vo threo-fonrths the cost, taordou’* Iiin/r of Pain ii furnished io i) 0 *.doi tnl sent bj mtt'I, with full diiejtinm for mix. ing and us’ng, also labels for bob pain ties, circulars, if by etc. and It reliorat hnam hold as magic wherever known is a fas Rheumatism, remedy Neuralgia, lieatb Sprains aciie.Toothache, Bruises, Burns Sore arid Scalds and Throat Ulcere, Flesh Wounds, etc. The remedy is put up in 50c., SI and $5 packages. reduced The linuid 50c. package, will when to bottles form, fill 'M two-oz. You caa easiiy figure the saving. Agents can ooi'i money in soiling it. Or dor a package and you will be a '"^aregtil*r ^ “ CATARRH—Gordon’s customer hereafter. Ob tarrh Remedy positivoly cures. Hftycenta by mail. Satisfaction gusraoteod. Stsrnpe Proprietor, taken. Toledo. Ohio. ^_K. G. RICHARDS, Sole book ever published. Should be in every h< me end read st every fireside. Beautifully illustrated. Con tsins the brightest thoughts of the bestni ais. ICasily Hold. BRYAN. Good TAYLOR pay g> earnest A CO., worker^. Broadway. Address^aickly. N- Y.__ ur-, UAYK.^ 1 To 5 M ffjSSv&SJ »«-*'»»• Cboaial Co. tKfeA Nervous Debility yutrS |.#rm»n»n, Ag*u«v,lWgui^u enrw. N. Yi si.. C lias taken the lead it the sales of that it class of remedic* • and iS ;{!V-a aimubt uaivciial sansfao auioiHr % tlie leading Medi cillc * ldora. A. L. SMITH. Bradford. P». Soldbv I’ruVSjdO.___ Druirgisis.