Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1842-12-23


The ieasllngs and rejocings that took place in
the castle OF Elinwood, on the occasion of the
marriage OF the young pair, it is not our province
to record-nor the after happiness the Bride aud
brdegOom-for we leave these matters TO the im-
aginaon of our readers. But if any matier.of-
fact person desires an authentic record, he must
make pilgrimage 10 Elinwood, slip douceW in
to the hand Of The old gentlewomnn who displays
the wonders of the castle, and bride her to grant
access TO the archives Of the family
Caution to Co .ks A girl in the family of Mr..
Livingston, New York, was burnt to death on
Tuesday, her clothes having taken fire when she
was engaged in cooking.
A Good old .4ge The Catskill IN W Mes
senger chronicles an old soldier of the revolution
living in that ncighborhood, at the age of ll3
years.
Cutting dot0n Mileage. An order from tho War
Department prescribes that after the LIST of Decem-
her. the allowance to officers of the Army, and al
so for their servants, for travelling, shall not ex-
coed The actual cost the usual rates. P0rlerage
mny he included, but not board, nor the extra ex-
pense Of taking circuitous route.
WARTS. These troublesome aud often painful
eXcresences, covering the hands sometimes to the
number Of hundred OF two, may he destroyed by
a simple, safe and certain application. Dissolve
as much common washing sofia as the water will
take up-then wash the hands or warts with this
for minnie or TWO, and allow them TO dry with
out being wiped. This repeated for two or three
days, will gradually destroy the most irritable
wart. Its theory appears to be that warts, having
IL lower vitality Than the skin, the alkali is suli-
clent to produce the Reorganization OF the former
without affecting the latter. The warts never re-
turn.
Right nezt time. "Oh," said poor sufferer to
IL dentist, "that is the second wrong tooth you've
pulled out" Every sorry, SIR" said the blunder-
ing operator, but, as there were only three when
l began, Pm sure to be right next time =
Queer. An exchange says" A number of
dauIhs are unavoidably postponed" The parties
concerned, we presume, had no objection.
Connubial Hooks and Eyes. Amelia simcox, in
n letter 20 n western editor unbosonis her wrongs
as follows: =" ! married Simcox eight wears ago.
at which time my gowns were fastened by eight
hooks aud eyes. Now, sir you will readily con-
ceive that no woman can completely hook and
eye herself. Whist spnsier, she obtains the aid
of her sister, cousin, mother, or Betty, the maid.
When she becomes married woman, the hook
iand-eyo duty naturally deyoivss upon The hus-
band. For the first year of my marriage, Sim
cox, like an iafection0e husband, booked and
eyed the whole eight the second year, he Some
what peevishy restricted his attention to seven ;
the third to six the fourth to five the fifth 10
four, and SO on decreasing, until this morning the
anniversary OF our eighth wedding day--when
you wond have supposed him possessed of the
dearest aud iundcst rccolec.ions, he dropped an
other hook-ond'eye, intimalng to me that Tor the
term of his nautnl life he should restrict himself
to one--the hook nnd-ey ut the top. As know,
MIR. Editor you have a crowd OF female renders.
| thought tia duty owed TO my sex to warn
them, through the medium ofyour columns of The
craluness, and nny say 1.-THE ssliishuess of
man. They will, | hope, take warning 10y my
condition. and ere they enter into mairinony,
Ispuate for "A due performance of toilette atten
ton on the part of their husbands Whist in our
pride, women remember that marriage has
its bonds, letnot the forget that it has also its
HOODS and Eyes.
Honor 10 The Brare. We briefly mentioned re-
Gently the burning Of large edfce in New Or
leans, occupied in part as hotel, and by several
brokers and other business men. 1t was stated
in the paragraph also, that Mr.. Taylor the keeper
of the hotel, bad been seriously injured by falling
from the third story-his only means of escape
from the fre-and that his bar. keeper, an old
mnn, had persisted in the flames.
In compliment TO the memory of Louis Jose
The military will follow him to the grave this after.
noon, at three o'clock.
The New Orleans Bee says il was on board the
Saratoga, McDonoughs flag ship n the middle OF
Lake Champan, that Portuguese Joe nailed the
flag to the mast after it had been struck by the
shooting away of the halyard.-.Nfi0 Orleans Com
sidUtFUSeF.
The San .4nionio. There appears to be nc
doubt Of the loss of the Texan schooner of wal
San Antonio, in the gale of the 9th and 9Th o.
September. She was lat seen off San Louis on
The ID September, aud has never been heard o.
since. She was vessel of l40 tons, mounted
seven twelve Founders, and had a crew of fifty
seven persons.
Fugiiive Sllres in Ohio. The Ohio House oil
Representatives, by a vote Of DC to "a, have pas
sed bill to repeal the law in relation TO fugitive
slaves. This law, as one OF the Loco member:
stated, was passed at the instance of the State o
Kentucky in order TO facilitate the recovery o
fugitive slaves "but now" added he, since the
people Of that State had sent agents here TO inter
ierc in our domestic concerns he thought it moth
ing but justice TO let them take care of their owl
negroes, without calling for the aid of u part,
which had been treated in had faith"
Georgia. The election of Mr.. Colquu to tn,
National Senate, by the Legislature of Georgia
gives great dissatisfaction TO The friends Of thu
Union in that Stale, and also to that portion of til,
Lncos whose faces are turned toward the phio.
sophie shades Of Undertook. Mr.. Colquitti is
Calhoun man, and nullifer, and his election
/! considered Il triumph OF tho South Carolina can
ddate Tor the succession
Temperance in Stosden A Frankfort Germany
paper states that in all the domains of SwedeI
here no longer exist my dstillers of ardent spr
its and thar law has been made which orders
that the name OF any one who is intoxicated shall
: he posted in great letters upon tho door Of lh
, church-and hat the minister shall pray for him
and recommend him 10 the prayers OF the faith
lul.
Bleeding al The Nose. Mr. Ncgrier states, tina
the hemorrhago may be almost nslantaneously
checked by raising tho arm the same side a
that OF the nosIrii from which the blood flows.
Hens. 1t is said that lard, mixed with til,
dough given 10 hens in winter, greatly promotes
their laying eggs. II supplies tho place of'he an
ima food which they obtain from insects in sum
mer.
"A good hing. A free library for girls has beer
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