Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1846-01-22

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prolusion of rings on his fingers to cooper. All
MASTER" said the artzon, "suro sign of weakness
when so many hoops arc used.'
! TwINs.-Thore is farmer in Connecticut who
! has a pair of twin daughters, of whom capital
anecdote is told. They both attended school, and
not long since one of them was called up by the
teacher to recite lesson in geography, which she
had learned very imporectly, and in fact could not
! 20 on at all. The teacher, who was getting quite
out of patience, was called TO another part of the
room and Just at that moment the twin sister sprang
the floor unobscrved, and pushing the delinquent
l scholar to her seat, took her place. The Joke was
| not discovered until some days AFTER OF course
it too good and successful to occasion any Of
! fence
A SENSIBLE CRA2Y MAN. The Waterman Of
! the Valley tells of a worthy citizen of Ohio, who
is unfortunately a little dcranged, and who, while
! walking along the White Water Canal a few days
since, espied, not far from groggery, u barrel of
/ whiskcy. He passed OH without saying word,
/ crossed the canal and having supplied himself with
J a slcdge, returned and commenced vigorous as
sault upon the barrel. He broke in the head and
| after emptying its contents, stepped into the store
| TO pay for it. On being asked by the incensed il
quor dealer why he did the deed he honestly and
sincerely replied that he believed the Devil was in
that barrel, and he was determined to bring him out.
A Coon CnAnAcrfR-A good character is to
young man what firm foundation is to the arti-
zan who proposes to erect building on it he can
build with safety, and all who behold it will have
confidence in its solidity; helping hand will new
cr be wanted; but let a single part of it be defec-
tive, and you 90 at hazard amid doubling and dis
trust, and ten to one it will tumble down at last,
and mngle all that was built on it in ruin. With
out good character, poverty is curse, with it, it
is scarcely an evil Happiness cannot exist where
n good character is not All that is bright in the
hope of youth, all that is kind and bhssul in the
sober Of life all that is soothing in the vale
of years, centres in and is derived from good
character. Therefore acquire this rs the first and
the most valuable. .4Syitm journal.
Mourn ARARAr.--A German gcoogist has sue
ceedcd in reaching the summit of Arorat, which he
declares is Of an antediluvian formation, the wuter
never having acted upon it since the flood.
o. SuwARRow was IL warrior greater in the
field than on paper. lie fell upon his enemies like
a flash of lightning, and his official reports were
like short and sharp thunder-claps. Before battle
he used this speech: "God is with us! forward
the Russians will conquer; hurrahw After Veto
ry he congratulated his soldiers thus Ilurra
matchless heroes! victory glory! The God of
Russia is great!' When he took Isma his des-
patch was--"J'he Russian banners foat on the
walls of Ismail." When Poland fell it was this
Hurrah! Warsaw Suwarrow" But he was not
blood-thirsty. On approaching Warsaw, the peo-
pie sent Deputies to him with terms of capuaton.
The moment he deserted them, he galloped to meet
them without his coat, his helmet on and his sabre
in hand. He flung away his bloody sabre, en-
braccd his enemies and with tears in his eyes ex-
claimed "peacc! poace!"
A RUSSIAN RALwAY.-The Emperor of Russia
has projected railway from st. Petersburgh to
Odessa, 40 French leagues, or about $500 miles.
0F7 Texas contains an area nearly equal in ex-
tent to South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, For-
da, Alabama Mississippi and Arkansas.
o. At the conclusion of meeting for choice
town officers in Il Down East village Mr.. Shoie
was chosen hog constable, which produced the sub
sequent impromptu:
The wisdom of the stands contest,
One ShOte is chosen to govern to all the rest"
A TART REPLY-A lady who presumed TO make
some observation, while physician was recon-
mending her husband to a better world, was told
by the doctor that if some women were to be ad.
mitted there, their tongues would make paradise q
purgatory, "And if some physicians" replied the
lady, "were to be admitted there, they would make
it desert"
STRANGE AccIDENr.-The Montreal Herald
says-a day or two ago, one of Il valuable pair of
horses attempted to lick the other in playful man
ner when the latter seized its tongue and bit it out
close TO the roots
MoRE SKELEroNs.-The Nashville Wing of
Dec. 49, gives a description of monster recently
discovered in Williamson county, Tenn, which was
ontombcd in the creyice OF large rock apparently
in a horizontal position The skeleton, standing
erect measures 10 feet, and resembles that of the
human species more than any thing else. Gentle
men of intelligence who have seen the fossil re-
mains of Masodons and other animals exhibited at
the eastward say this is by far the most eXtraord-
nary antediluyian specimen they have seen.
o. Mr.. Giddngs of Ohio goes for all Of Ore
gon and all of Canada; arguing that a war with
England would give us Canada, and thus Overhaul
ance Texas and weaken slnvery-he tells the To-
cos 10 carry out their policy. This probably agrees
with Mr.. Adams views
New MExIco.-It is said that the people of New
Mexico are somewhat inclined to annexation to the
United States. Some Americans are working the
gold mines. Mr., Waters of Vermont is named
among them-d1ubtess Erastus Watrous, of this
village, who has been in that region for some years
~ In all England there are but nine daily pa
pers published. They are all in London.
KLyrucKY-The entire debt of the State is
S4,4O9,456, having been diminished $4,000 during
the last year.
o. The school district Libraries of New York
contain ,l45,250 volumes, Of which l06S5l have
been added during the year.
MrssioNs.-The amount contributed by the Con-
gregational churches of Boston, during the last
year, to the American Board of Foreign Missions,
was $l5,GS0.
o. The property held by Trinity Church, New
York, is estimated to be worth one hundred millions
of dollars.
FREYcm CoNvENTs.-There are, at this time
100000 girls receiving their education in French
converts.
0CJ%' The arrivals at the port of New-York from
foreign ports during the year were g0l, bringing in
S2,950 passengers.
prNNsyrvANtA-Th whole debt Of rho State