Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-07-22
ITEMS OF NEWS,

The Garden OF the London horticultural Society
occupies nearly thirty acres.
Found dead, about two miles north of Vergennes,
on the New Haven road on the 10th inst an Irish fe
male. coroners inquest was holden upon the body,
who returned verdict of death, cause not ascerained
The last month has been trfle hotter than any June
for twelve years past
Mines IN McricO.- The number of mines in Mexico.
already known, Is between three and four thousand.
The largest yield IN any one year, S25644 566 in
1906 and for some years previous to 1910, the aver
age annual yield was $24000000. In 1912, the value
Of the gold and silver exported was SlS500000, ex-
elusive of what smuggIed out of the country, to
avoid the export duty of six per cent and which, it is
supposed could not have been less than three millions
more.
A person being asked what was meant by the re
alites of life answered-real estate-real money,
and real good dinner-none of which could be re-
allied without real hard work.
i-JpIn Paris, lately, couple of rival vegetable
vendors, male and female got into quarrel and I'M
dcrook to outscold cach other The man bawIed, the
woman yelled, the man whooped, the woman screech-
ed the man screamed, the woman shrekod; at length
the man won the victory by a mighty effort which
burst his lungs, and he fell dead.
Thoughts A man would do we'll to carry pencil
in his pocket and write down the thoughts Of the mo-
ment. Those that come unsought for are commonly
the most profitable, and should be secured, because
they seldom return-Lord Bacon.
A swarm of bees contains from 10000 to 10000 in
Il natural state, and from 30 to 10000 IN a hive.
american Board Of Missions The amount of le-
gacies and donations acknowledged in the Missionary
Herald for July, is $2967652 Total from August
LIST to May 3lst $l74609,45.
In 1904 only two hundred millions of human beings
read the Bble--now six hundred millions may read it
in their own language.
FatM .lccdeat. While the workmen Oh the Cen
trail Railroad at Burlington, were engaged in excavat
ing sand bank on Saturday last the bank cayod il
and buried five of hem-four of whom taken
out dead and barely alive, and much injured as
to be beyond the hope of recovery. They were Irish
men.
Cost Of The War.-The National Wing says, that il
all the expenses of the war were added up at this time
the amount would exceed one hundred and fifty mill
ions.
Ship tcuer in Royalton-We learn from letter da
ted Royaon, VT, July 9th that twenty-five of the re
cent emigrants who went from this city to work upon
the Central raroad have sckoned, in most cases witt
ship fever and have become burden to the town.
The expense of their support is estimated at near
S Sl0O per week, which Will probably have TO be a
drawn from the town treasury.-1'aUelcr.
u Gen Taylor about to Resign.-The New Orean
Delta says gentlemen who recently arrived in Ne'
70 Orleans from Monterey, had an interview with Gel
" Taylor Immediately before he left The General toll
= him that it was not his intention to advance on Sa
~ Luis Potosl but that it his fixed determination
10 resign his command on the LIST of Sept. next
We understand that during the severe thunder storl
p last Tuesday, little girl Of Mr.. NorthroP, of Fal
m field, was killed by lightning, and other members {
ID his family injured.
- Paying. A well known political economist says:
W "We pay best, those who destroy us-genera
III second, those who cheat us-politcians and quacl
4 third those who singers and musicians; al
~ least of all, those who instruct u.s."
ed An Irishman speaking of a jury's verdict said,
was received by the crowd with suppressed cheers"
~ This is the age of iron--rou Standardization &C
~ fns-iron tombstones; and now they are actually m
Ia king iron cradles at Pittsburgh The boys rocked
h lo them will doubtless be men of iron nerves.
lg- africa. The Missionary Herald says there We
wv, in all Africa in 1913, 40 mission stations 234 lab
of ers, 15,069 communicates, and 10000 scholars
on' A highwayman is as much robber when he pit
r ders in gang as when single, and nation that NAL
md an unjust war is only great gang Franklin
axe The expediture in England and Wales durl
the 30 years ending with 1874, has amounted
"0 sGlIl,8l2,75
ry There has been planted in Ireland but {
tenth of the usual quantity Of potatoes this ye