Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-07-21
Items from the Saturday Courier.

SouIS1 anu Is expected 10 COuDIe mat num- |
Der the present year.
The production of the Weathers6ed
onion crop is twenty-five to thirty thou,
sand dollars per annum. Most of the la
Dor attendant on their cultivation is per-
formed by females
1t is computed that the whole amount of
business done in the leather line in Massa-
chusetts, is equal to S3O,OOO,OOO AL
most equal to the entire cotton crop Of the
United States.
A lad Is years old was recently killed
in NARROW, Mass, by the bursting of a
log which he was filing with powder and
discharging.
The Legislature of Nev-Hampshire
! closed its session on the 18th ult after sit
ting II days No new banks chartered.
The New-Jersey Rail Road was open
ed for cars upon the whole line from Jer-
sey City 10 New. Brunswick, ON the 7th
ofJuly.
Judge Spencer is lanting $50, 900 null
berry trees on his farm, two miles from
Albany. The Jud &c has been one of the
earliest and most efficient promoters of
the silk culture
French Indemnity The legal repre-
sentatives of the Hon. William GRAY, of
Boston, are awarded nearly 100000,
and those of the Hon. Israel Thorndke
about $4,000.
There is gang of hcarless scoundrels
in New York, who pursue to an alarming
extent the atrocious traffic of kidnapping
colored children. They delude them
from their homes under some plausible
pretext, and transport them to the South
Since November 1888, the sloop of
war Vincennes has been round the world,
having sailed $4,000 miles, or about six
ty-four miles per day.
Tie Press The press is the artillery
Of thought.
Ninety washing machines have been
patented since the year 1880.
Forctho~gM Avoid a hasty reply
IL 10 tllc oCCOI4u "OIu WHICH causes the
quarrel.
Powdered Gum Arabic, blown up the
r nose with quill, will stop bleeding ofthe
nose when many other remedies fail.
} To prerent creaking shoes. Tell your
; shoe maker to insert piece of woolIen
cloth between the outer and under soles
ofyour shoes or boots.
Premium for an Or-Yoke. The
American Institute of New Y ork, has Of
fered premium of twenty dollars for the
best ox-yoke that shall be exhibited at the
ninth Annual American Fair.
The way they do the public business a
Washington, is truly disgracefuI The
New Y DIRK Daily Advertiser says: Or
Friday night between II and o'clock
= 70 or 50 bills were passed with not more
~ than 70 members in the House at tn
-. most, and often no more than 40 or go
The appropriation bills passed in thi
- hasty manner will exceed fifteen million
. of dollars in amour" -Bost0n Press.
It Cotton furnished S64,96l,3O2 Of thu
n domestic exports Of this country last year
IS out of SlOl,lS9,O32, and tobacco, SO,
Of 383,G97; -four, S,394,777; cotton manu-
ID features, 1854, 68l.-BoSton Press.
e There appears to be great scarcity {
specie among the banks in Maine Tn
"a last return gives only $4,000 in speci
IS against SI,788,OOO in bills incirculatiol
or ten for one-B0st. Press.
at Mr. r. M. johnson OF Kentucky is no
of on visit to N Iork.-Ib.
n The valley of the Connecticut is Il
ed most forward in vegetation. The col
there looks well. Further East it is sma]
but healthful, and will come in we'll if tt
d. warm weather holds. Grass and wint,
'se grain were never better The ground
ire abundantly watered, and nature was new
ed robed in richer, deeper and more luxul
Eat ant vcrdure. The farmers of the We
err earn their comforts by wholesome toll
eft Their products command the highest pri
IN es, and no class of men better deserve u
IN ceasing prosperity.-Ib.
~ ~" The London and Greenwich railro
of has from 900 to 1000 arches, over viii
=, " the road is carried, and which are us
.; n for shops in arcades-I6.
cen The tolls on the Schuylki'i Canal (P
Ca have risen from $685. in 1924, to S43
- CAB in 1885, and Sl7,898 water rents
addhion.-Ib.
9v- The estimated cost Of bringing the "
on ter from SPOT Pond into the city is S3e
les. OOo.
and 1t is intended to afford supply of t
re- and halt to three millions Of gallons d
all Iy, and that of the purest quality.-I6.
hill The crops Of grass in this vicinity
eW- heavier than has haen known for ve.