Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-02-27
CHIPS AND CLIPPINGs.

NALuE or ADyEBrisisG-it Is saId iA4l 500
Culnels hlye been offered for tie privilege of ads
verusng on the last page of the catalogue of TIE
great Exhibition of the Industry OF all Nations.
4 dog train arrived at St. Paul, Mlnasoe, oo
the 3Jth januaiy an l3 days from Lapoinie, Take
Superior. 'lhey hsG several hundred weight ct
freight ana made 10 miles day, the roads being
bad,
Malanc,hon was rcproached by some one with
changing hs views. Dovou think sir replied
he, "that | hive been studying assiduously Tor
thirty years without learning anything?
The Governor Of yirgiuia, in a letter in reply
to notice Of his having been elected a member
Of the Southern State Rights Associations, de-
ciarcl himself cordially IA favor Of the purposes
and objects OF the society He thinks " that
commarcutl restrictions and regulations VIII ben
eft the South, and bring the people Of the North
10 a true sense Of the inlqnty Of their course.
A BoRRowED CuUNrgNANcE.-A Gascon Of
hcar, dem ,nlmg h.s salary from the Minister of
Wax mainiMnad that he was IN danger of dying
OF hunger. lhe Minister, who that his yis-
age was fan and rlddy, told hun his face gave
ihe Ire 10 ms statement All sir, sad the
Gascoa, Don't trust TO that; tins face is not
mine. Il belongs 10 my landlord, who haas given
me credit for long time past"
o. lratns Goodell, of Waterford, VI, who
wen. from that place 10 California about two
years ago, died at what Is called Willow Springs.
lie aged "A.
~ Geo c. West, ESQ. State Bank Commits
sionsr. has removed from THIS place 10 llariand,
VI All communications addressed to him, should
therefore be directed to that pace.-irasbtVgk
Ga-eAe.
Uho Beats Orleans Court ~ 2-Alexander Ben
ton, ESQ, Of Barton, slaughtered ON the 4ih OF
the present month, a pig that dressed az lbs
Iras5irgh Gazetie.
Mysterious Tappings A barrel Of brandy on
storage at the depot m South Deerield, was sud
denly disposed OF last week. The depot beng
on Suits, some believer in mysterious spiritual
tappngs went under It, bored up through the
floor, and tapped the barrel as 1t lay. Juggling
up what he wished 10 lug Off he left the remain
der to the laws Of gravity ana graveL-Eag.e.
Postmrstrs.-A Postmaster in Pennsylvania
recently had Judgment gwen against hlln for the
price o. subscription of several years to a news
paper ON the plea that he had not gwen
legal notice to the publishers to stop 1t, and hai
continued to receive the numbers for several
years, and sell them for the postage The mag
istrlte decided that merely returning copy OF
I" John SmIth's" paper, with stop this written
on Il without pOstmark or other indications of To-
SaliA(s was iol SuAllSlSHt VI iSEhl Hotitc pub q
written notice, with name, place, date and reas-
son must be sent to the publisher and ranked"
that ii may be taken out by him hroncis.
An exchange paper says in an obituary notice,
that the deceased had been for several years a
Bank Director, notwithstanding which he died
Christian, and universally respected"
A Mississippi paper, IN euloglzing the dlsun-
ionists says the everlasting destiny of the South
hangs upon such men as Quitman, Davis, and
Others. Ii this be true, how appropriately may
we exclain IN the language Of DIR Watts
''Gfeat God on what slendef thread
Hang everlasting things"
Florence, ala. Gdx.
o. 1t is computed that five thousand persons
have persisted, the past season, on the overland
Iouts TO California.