Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1846-04-30
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05@ Somerby has Graham the Columbian the
Ladies' National, and the Illustrated Magazine for
May--a bright the opening spring; and then
there are also the English pictorial papers, with
graphic deneations of the late bloody war in India
o. Godey's Magazine for May is unusually
good. BY the way, Cooley has purchased the sub
scription list of Arthurs Magazine, and numbers
Arthur himself in his list of contributors
o. The weather has been unusually fine-al-
most too bright and dry for the season; and tray
cling never so good at this period of the year.
Ram would not be unacceptable.
o. We fancy that the County Court is either
unusually attractive or unusually pressed win ou
siness. The number of lawyers has been very
large through the term thus far
HAVE you Cow? See the advertisement OF
Greedy e. McElrath.
Crye An emigrant in Oregon, writing home to
one of his friends, says: We are getting along
finely here and hare already laid The foundation Of
jail"
The Legislature Of Kentucky has passed law
taxing pistols two dollars pair, and revolving ps-
tolls two dollars each.
05FY The Postmaster General has decided that
newspapers with stamp or memorandum On the
envelope on the paper are subject to letter post
age by weight
0~J@It is stated that there are forty one steam
%
number of passengers per annum exceeds l,O0O-
600.
~ The amount paid by the various compan-
les in Lowell every month for wages, amounts to
about $4,000.
0~TS The Bristol print works at Taunton, Mass
turn out 1900 pieces of muslin de laine per week.
These are Of the richest quality, and with others
made in this country, have almost excluded the
article from abroad.
LuNATIc ASYLUM. The Government of Canada,
have determined to build LunOtic Asylum at
Toronto, at q cost of 100000.
NJ A copper mine has been discovered in
Massachusetts,, within about two miles Of the Lynn
Depot The shares are held at $500.
NJ The opinion has been expressed by many
of the best surgeons Of the age, that one half the
cases of cancer on the lip, originated in the press
ure of the stem of a tobacco pipe on the lip.
NJ The income of the Wesleyan Missionary
Society in England for the year 1c45 exceeds that
of any former year, being over half million OF
dollars.
PATENT OFFICE. The whole number of appll-
cations for patents, during the year 1919, Is FAC
The whole number of patents issued by the United
States for inventions up TO January, lo46, is Ia,
526.
NJ Within the seven years preceding 1912, it
is said that ninety millions of dollars went to Eu-
rope from The United States, for the article of lron
~ Nearly half million pounds of unleavened
bread are being prepared in the city of New York
for the Jewish Passover.
05@A gigantic project has been broached in
Paris-being u cast iron tunnel beneath the sea to
extend from Calais to Dover-twenty-one miles.
t5- Vermont has more Revolutionary pension
ers, in proportion to her population, than any state
in the Union.
~ Of 5000 bridegrooms in Massachusetts
during the past year, 80 were under 20.
NJ A steam brick press is in operation at Bal
timore, and makes $4,000 bricks day.
~ William Burnet, the pilot of the Steamer
Swallow, on trial in New York for manslaughter
in running the steamer aground and occasionng
the death of several persons, has been acquitted.
"Where was your faith before Fox's time ?" said
pugnacous sectarian to an honest old Quaker
"Where I fear, thine never was, friends in the
Scriptures"