Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-10-13
EDWARD EVER EFT

Paving like a .Sinner.-Several yeaas ago. in |
North Carolina where il is not customary for |
the tavern keepers TO charge the ministers any
thing for lodging and relreshment, preacher
presunngy stopped at a tavern one evening,
made himself comfortable during the night. aud
in the morning entered the stage without offer
ing to pay anything for his accommodations
The landlord soon came running up to the stage
and sad There was some one who had not set
tied his bill The passengers all said they had
but the minister, who said he underslo TODD he new
er charged ministers anything. What, you
minister of the gospel man Of God ? cried the
innkeeper, You came to my house last night,
you sat down to the table without blessing;
lit you up TO your room, and YOU went TO bed
without praying to your Maker, (ior stood there
till you retired J you rose and washed yourself
without prayer eat your breakfast without say
ing grace; and as you came to my house like a
sinner, and ate and drank like a sinner, you
have got to pay like sinner
.Nep Posimaster.-lsaiah Buckman has been
appointed Post Master at South Woodstock, in
place of Oliver Bailey, removed-Mr. Buckman
is a wing free soller. and was the abolltionlst
candidate for town representative in this towu,
at the recent election.-Mr. Bailey IS a member
of the democratic party, and we have never heard
any complaint that the duties of the office have
not been properly discharged under his admins
tralon. The probabilities are that the Depart.
ment has been imposed upon by men claiming to
be democrats who are not ~ Woodstock .3gc.
Dreadful Railroad .fccidea, The morning
express train on the n. Y. Central Railroad, go
ing west, while standing at the Oneida depot,
run into by a freight train going in the same
direction. The passenger cars were badly
shattered, and Mr.. Buckley Thatcher, of Med
way Co.. o., was instantly killed, Many of the
passengers were badly injured, some II was
thought fatally,-among them Patrick Wall of
Manchester, VT, had both his thighs broken,
and his brother was badly injured in the feet.
Mr.. John Vaughn, of Syracuse, had both thighs
fractured, and Mr.. Edward Jewett of New
Haven, was severely injured about the head.
The express train was behind tlme.-.N York
Times.
One Of the Snake Stories. A Texas cores
pendent OF New York paper gives the following
snake story;
"One night my wife and myself were awakened
by noise from the shed which contained our
small store OF crockery, followed by Il crash
which showed that great portion of our cups
and plates had been flung to the 1oor. Spring
ing up 10 discover the author of this " attack
upon China" | found large snake in a some
what unpleasant SIX" He had crawled upon the
shelf, attracted by number Of eggs which were
scattered about One of these he had swallow
GU III ofuci 10 Sct at Aiit iitNt nc h"h PN
his hea1 and portion of his body, through tho
handle of the jug which happened to stand be
tween the coveted delicacies. The handle wal
just open enough to let his body, in It's natura
state, slip cleyery through; but not suthcien
to let 1t pass when pulled out by the egg. In
this position he had swallowed the second egg
His snakeship thus found himself unable to ad
vance or retreat; and in hounderng about q
escape from this novel stock, had caused the ac
cident which aroused as. 1, Of course, proceed
ed at once to execute summary justice upon th
interloperi but the eggs which he had swallow
ed were a dead loss"
Nor so PooR AS LooK.--One day as Judg
Parsons was jogging along on horseback over
desolate road, he came To a log house, dirty
smoky and miserable. He stopped TO contem
plate the too evident poverty of the scene 4
poor half-stayed fellow, with uncombed hair AM
unshayen beard, thrust his head through squar
which served for a window, with" say, Judge
amt so poor as you take me to be, for | don
own this ere land"