Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-12-25
december 25, 1889.

hat he had bought stolen property, and
clsiming the watch, at the same time
threatening 10 take him to the police of.
6ce Meanwhile, the first unfortunate
owoer had made off with the money
The farmer being quite ignorant of the
wies and tricks which are played upon
The unwary, gave up the watch forthwith
and the knave had the audacily to follow
him even TO the footboard of the Swallow.
threatening to bring him before the Re-
corder, at all events. He was so thor
ouchly frightened, that the perspiration
stood in large drops upon his face, and
moi until he was half way to Albany
could he be persuaded by those to whom
ne mentioned the circumstances that he
had been duped out of twenty dollars.
The three were no doubt accompllces..
Knave No. L., offered the watch for sale:
koaye No 2. pretended to want to buy il !:
and knave No. 8, declared that it had
been stolen and the last knave, in all
probability, told the truth.-Tfoy Wig.
The following article in relation 10
Canadian affairs is from the Ogdens-
burg Times If the opinions of that pa-
per are well founded, The apprehensions
which have prevailed to considerable ex.
tent Of border difficulties this winter, are
not likely TO be realized-N Y. Spec.
CANADIAN AFFAIRs.-We see br
the papers in various quarters, that border
troubles and conlentloas are looked for as
one OF the exciting themes for discussion
during the winter. La this we suspect
that the borderers will be disposed t. dis.
appoint them. So tar as we are informed
every thing is quiet on this side of the
loe, and no disposition exists, at auy
point, to interfere in the Canadian con,ro-
ygsy. The new Governor seems to have
commenced like sensible man, and the
aiVocates OF responsible government APP
pear 10 be more bold and numerous, and
will undoubtedly obtain all the reforms
they ask II they pursue steady and cor
rect course
Along this frontier. social and business
Intercourse has been resumed, and
beakhfal state Of feeling has succeeded
the suspicious and restricted intercourse
Of last year. All our people now see the
propreiy of leaving the CAnadians to
manage their own affairs.
CONDITION OF THE LIvERPooL.-The
Liverpool has now accomplished six voy.
ages across the Atlantic. The average
laa IN each may be about 1900 to 1900
miles so that she has run, without once
being IN dock, or, in other words, being
constantly ahoat. distance little shoIt of
$1,000 miles. Her engines are still equal,
Naa superior, TO new, anI work to admi-
radOa. She was on Thursday brought
upon what is called the 'gridiron,' in the
Princes d ,ck Basin, where she was left
blythe retiring tide high and dry, for the
purpose Of inspecting her lower works -
Her bottom was found to be as sound and
peIlrci as on the day on which she was
launched and, after being scrubbed, and
some lew sheets of copper being replaced,
where her sheathing had become chafed
above by contact with fl It's and other yes
SEES in loading and discharging, she was
hauled out into the river with the follow
Inc tide, fresh and perfect as on the day
size first sailed. -Standard
We find the following paragraph in
yesterdays Now York Express:
Professor Espy said in our Office half
an honr ago, "A storm has been raging at
the South West for the last thirty-six
hours, and is still raging Yesterday i,
vas clear here nearly the whole day--io-
dav there is Northeast storm of wind
The Norfolk Herald of Monday says /:
The weather was very boisterous and
Wei during the last three days. Yester-
DAY the wind blew quite gale from N.
n. E., and the weather was so very thick
That the steamboat Jewess did not venture
on this morning on her regular trip to
BlIlimore.'
The Savannah Reporter states, as a
Confirmation of another OF MIR. Espy's
neurological theories. that the fires rag
ng in the fields near Savannah were i'm
medalely followed by copious showers o.
'an.--Nationai Gazette.
FRAUD IN FL1UR.-The Boston Cour
Ef OF yesterday publishes the fol
loving letter from friend at Exeter, n
IN Y. Spec.
Agrocer in this place, few days since
received FIVE barrels of -four, marked
Rochester, ~ " and upon opening on,
u Them the -four appeared TO be loos
Soalo have settled from the head. HI
Sisn weighed the barrel. and found it t,
" twenty pounds snort. The o:her fou
were then weighed. and all found TO b
"Om eighteen 10 twenty pounds shoI
Aen' Whether this fraud is practice
The mills. or whether the flour is pur
'O'hed by some one of the many hands
passes through, does not yet appear, but
"sery evident that whoever is guilty
such p'ltering should be ferreted out an
exposed