Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1847-01-28
Chips ano Clippings.

lean, living near the Grand River, Michigan, told
the following story concerning the mosquitoes
Being in the woods, he was one day so annoyed
by then, that he took refuge under an inverted
potash kettle His first emotions Of Joy at his
happy deiveronce and secure asylum were hard
ly over when the mosquitoes having found HIM,
began to drive their probosces through the kettle.
Fortunately, he had hammar in his pocket, and
he clenched them down as fast as they came
through until at last such host Of them we're
fastened TO the poor mans domicile that they rose
and flew away with it, leaving him shetcrless!
Sir r. Heads Emigrdni.
FULLY EMPLOYED. A correspondent OF Lon
don paper, writing from CprnarVon, WaIcs, men
tons having passed. during promenade, stur-
dy looking dame, who was knitting stockings, had
a load of wood on her head, n child tied on her
back, and cudgcl under her arm, with which
she was driving four cows before her. Nor was
her tongue idle, for she scolded the cows in
Welsh if they dared to swcrvc from the path she
meant them TO pursue.
ENGLIsn VESSELS UNDER FALSE CoLoRs.-
Lord Chesterfield being in Paris, was at party
with Noltairc, when the latter said:
"My Lord, which are the most beautiful, the
English or the French ladies z"
"Really, | cannot tell" replied Chesterfield,
81 am not good Judge Of painting"
Soon after, Voltaire, happening 10 be CONVEX
sing with an English woman highly rougcd,
Chesterfield approached him and sad
"Sir, take care that you are not captivated"
"My Lord" replied Voltaire +" have no fears
of being taken by an English vessel carrying
French colo.s"
A Coop One. Hon. Andrew Stewart, dis
tinguishcd member Of Congress from PennsylVa
MIA, has recently paid visit TO Lowell. lie re-
lates in q letter to the Uniontown Pa. Democrat,
the following anecdote:
ain looking over the pay roll or book, which |
accidentally picked up from the table, found on
twenty seven consecutive pages, containing eight
hundred signatures, nearly all girls, but single
one that made mark or ~ all written in good
and many of them in most elegant hand. The
clerk observed to me that Lord Morpeth, when
on a visit 70 this country some years ago, hap
pened to be present on pay day, and with some
surprise enquired, "What! do your operatives
wrle?" Certainly, sir" said the clerk, the
Americans all write" Directly there came in q
man who made his mark "Ah" said his lord
ship with u smile, {" thought you said all wrote
Gall americans your lordship; this was an Eng
Hshmdn" Whereupon his lordship grinned q
ghastIy smile.'
o. A man that keeps riches and enjoys then,
not is like an ass that carries gold and eats this
ties.
COOP PAY The ship Russell Glover, which
was chartered by Government at New Orleans
to convey stores, &c. gets $4,000 for three
months. She cost about year since $4,000.
NOBLE SENTIMENT. When Sir Walter Scott
was urged not to prop the falling credit of an ac-
quaintance, he replied: "The man was my friend
when friends were few; and will be his, now
that his enemies many"
APPLES TO ENGLAND. Mr.. Christian Happy
farmer near Hudson, N. Y, sent large guam
tity of apples TO England last fall packed in bar
rels with kiln dried cut straw On their arriva
there, they opened perfectly sound and fair, ant
some Of them sold as high as SSl2 per barrel
The whole netted him So per Dbl. after deducung
all expenses.
O7S 1t has been estimated that the annual con
sumption of salt on the entire globe is so to 100,
100000 quintals, from 25 TO 100000 of which
are consumed in Europe, and or 100000 IL
the United States.
WAsuNeroN. Two hundred and eight bull
dings have been erected in Washington City
during the past year. The total amount of prop
erty, real and personal, is estimated at $ll,S75,
4l6-the yearly tax SS9065.
ExTRAoRDINARY PAINTING PREss. The Lon
don correspondent Of the National Intelligence
writes that among the novelties Of the day ma,
be mentioned an Improved printing press, which
was tested in London, and threw off the aston
ishing number of 1900 Impressions in an houl
The inventor is Mr.. Little, gentleman connect
is said to have refused 100000 for his invention
There is also an improved press erected by tn
celebrated engineers, Messrs. Dryden, in tn
| London Times office, which is warranted to exc
| cute $4,000 impressions In the hour, or three II
every second
INCIDENT AT SALrILLo. When Gen. Worth
command was approaching Saltillo, and were a
bout .hree miles distant from the city, four youn
women, habited in American dress, were see
standing by the road side. Curiosity ran hig
to know who they were, and they received man
gallant salute as the troops passed them. A
last an officer rode up to see who they were.-
They informed him that they were from Me-
Jersey, and engaged in experimenting the te
male operatives IN cotton and wooden factor
hard by, and expressed, in their conversation,
desire to hear again the old National Air Of Iar
kee Doodle.
EXPORTS OF BREADsTUFFs. More than q
100000 bushels of grain were exported from
Y city last year to foreign countries, besides
l93,42S bbls. flour, equal to 100000 bushe
more, making total of nine million bushels,
its equivalent, from single port. 1t is at II
rate of $4,000 bushels in day, the year roun
Sundays and ALL 1t is more than half bush
to every white man, woman and child in the n
ton.
LONGEVITY A black man named John GRAY
ford Ricketts,, died in Spanish Town, Jamaica,
few weeks since, at the extraordinary age of l.
years. He was in good health till within abo
Two weeks of his DEATH
0J7 Silsbee, the comedian, in one of his ia
ces, says the United States are bounded on t
, north bv the aurora boreas, on the east by t
: rising sun, on the west by the horizon, and on
south by as far as we choose to 60.
EDUCATION A wealthy farmer IN Kcntuc
K SAYS, 81 would rather be taxed for the educati
: oil the boy, than the ignorance of the man. t
l. one or the other am compelled to be-"
g CURE FOR GoUT. Take thousand dolla
e worth of newspaper bills and try and cole
them. Innumerable certificates can be shown
e NF@I say mister what's butter to day"
,e why, butter, certainly
y sWeIl, I'm darn'd glad of it, for the last pou
i. got from you was MORN half lard
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