Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1847-06-17


/ seed that it was the regular ticket and tho't
if it was regular it must be right Pretty soon
somebody asked me had | voted, and when told
him had he asked me how, and when | told
him the regular ticket, and what names was on it,
he told me the country was ruined that I'd put
a rope round every poor mans neck and drawed
the slippery moose tight; that I'd twitchcd the
last morsel of food out Of the orphans mouth
and betrayed the unhappy widows checked the
current of the Mississippi abolished the inspec-
ton of steamboat blers, and the gen'ral burstin'
up Of all the steamboats, on the river, with an
, unaccountable loss of life, would only be an O.
venture of dissolution and gen'ral bursln' up
of the Union"
"What deplorable picture !" said the Re.
corder.
."Yes, sir" said the prisoner, sorrowfuy; sand
when heerd that, | wcnt right off, and took TO
drinkin and thnkn'; and finally came to the
conclusion that if I'd voted wrong I'd balance
the matter by heavin' in ticket on the other
side. The responsibility was too great. Couldn't
stand up and have every man, WOMAN and child
IN the State pint their fingers at me and say,
there goes the man that's destroyed the Union"
The unhappy victim of conscience was too
much overpowered to proceed further. The Re-
corder motioned to the officers, and he was re-
moved for further and future examination.
A VALUABLE Horse. wag in Pennsyva-
MIA not long since purchased a very fine horse.
Returning from n ride few days afterwards, he
said that he had discovered quality in this an
final which added fifty dollars TO It's value He
shyed al constable!
THE MANY-HEADED WHEAT--of which we
have recently had SO many marvellous accounts
in the papers, is indigenous to California. 1t is
said that six heads of this wheat, procured by
Major Sperrlng, from native of the Usage tribe
Of Indians, produced six hundred grains, which
III. nj, l1o
Sc, the production of which was ten thousand
heads. The ground on which the wheat grew
was measured by accurate surveyor-the
heads counted-and one head sheed out, and
the grain weighed; calculation was then
made, the result of which was, that the wheat
produced at the rate Of two hundred and thirty
bushels to the acre. /. was planted about the
last Of January and cnt on the Goth of June
The land on which it grew is poor and sandy,
and was unasssted by manure. This is q tall
story, it is true; but we have no special reasons
that we are aware Of, for calling in question its
credibility. Superior culture is always accord
ed to new seeds, and hence the wonderful pro-
ductiveness of many kinds, particularly those
that are extraordinarily cracked up.--lMaine Cul.
PHoNoGRAPHY.-HANDsoM PRIZES. The
New York Photographic Society are to hold
meeting in the Broadway Tabernacle, New York
. city, during the second week in May, 1913. At
that Tune twelve prizes, amounting in all to
$1,000 will be awarded to the most rapid wri-
ters. The competitors may be either ladies' or
gentlemen, and will be divided into two classes.
The first class is TO consist Of those who have
Sunderland practiced Phonogrop ply for any length
of time, and the prizes offered are,
TO the most rapid writer, 5000
To the next, 100
To the next four, so each.
The second class is to consist Of those who
shall have only taken hold Of the subject on the
LIST day of June, 647, or thereafter, and the pri-
zes offered are,
To the most rapid writer, 5000
To the next 100
To the next four, so each.
This sum is to be raised by the voluntary con-
tributions of the friends Of the Writing and
Spelling Reform generally throughout the coun-
try.
'GRUMBLERs-you who are in perpetual snarl
at the high price of provisions, and who cannot
afford so many luxuries or rig out in SO fine
clothes as formerly, on that account-read these
facts about starving Europe, and hold your peace :
" In Dantzic, Prussia, the poor people make
business of hunting wharf rats for food In
the Black Forest they grind up bones and mix
with their rye meal TO make it hold out; and one
instance occurred where the bones were taken
from a graveyard In Zurich, Switzerland,
those refuse substances which have always been
thrown to the hogs, are the only nourishment Of
many human beings"
We pay best, FIRST those who destroy us-gen-
erals; second, those who cheat us-quacks and
politicians third, those who amuse us-musi
clans and dancers and least Of all, those who
instruct us-authors and teachers.
AccrDENr.-A young lad by the name of Jones
accidentally shot his brother, in Brandon, last
week. The charge took effect mostly in the
right arm, breaking the large bone and severing
the main artery. Young lads should be cautious
how they use firearms. Ve,menter.
BoArMEN's HAnvEsr.-The price of freight
upon barrel of -four from Buffalo TO Albany,
since the opening of the canal, has been from
81 IL l-2 to 8 62 l-2, until Saturday, when it
fell to 81. The boats generally carry 700 bar
rels, seldom less, on which clear profit of $500,
at the above prices, is enthusiastically
Cabinet.
CANAL THROUGH THE IsTuMus OF SUEz.-
We translate the following from the columns OF
.our industrious neighbor OF the DeutSche SchneH-
post: from what source he derived the ntell-
gence we are not Informed.
The cutting through the Isthmus of Suez is
at last determined upon. The conditions of this
enterprise in which Europe are combined are l.
Egypt is made neutral State: her neutrality
France, England and Austria: q Prussia, Rus.
STA, North America, and powers Of the second
rank are invited to recognize this neutrality B.
France, England and Austria make the cutting
at their own cost and levy tonnage till the out
lay is made up: A. The execution of the work
cannot be interrupted even by the breaking out
ola war between the contracting parties. Aus
tria undertakes to make the Nile navigable as
far as Damietta, where there is to be an immense
harbor 1.-THE oversight Of this part Of the work
will be- given to Captain Moring Of the Austrian
Engineers, known to many of our readers by his
residence IN the United States y England is tc
buy the necessary land at Suez and the Cana
itself is to be cut by France and England to
gelher.
An American citizen, writing from Liverpool
May ii, to the Commercial advertiser, states tina
he had visited almost the entire southern coas
Of Ireland-that from Cork to Dublin may al
most be called "a well cultivated garden, witt
castles and gentlemens seats scattered in every
direction--but in the midst Of them Is to be seer
the most squalid poverty, the most helpless
wretchedness= THAT in Cork the poor crowd rount
the traveller at every step, exhibiting themselves
and little ones like walking skeletons-and tina
on his way from Cork to Dublin he had seer