Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-01-22

D QuirCd for. 81 believe, SAID the servant
. who had seen where he went, "that he ha
gone to pay visit TO some Of his old pa
I tionts.'
THE SUGAR CRop.-A Nowburyport cor
respondent Of a cotemporary says I'VE un
dcrstand from a gentleman engaged in thu
West India trade, that the sugar crop of tn,
: present year will be one Of the largest eve
known and that every thing in the shape o
a hogshoad or barrel. is being brought up
a and shocked, and sent off to meet the de
mand. He is of the opinion that the staple
{ will reach lower price than has been com
manded for some years
REMARKABLE TrsrMoNY.-Thc Tablet,
Roman Catholic newspaper, published in New
York, makes a striking confession Of the de-
cline Of Romansm in the United States. II
says:
Few insurance companies. we venture to
assert, would take a risk on the national life
Of a creed which puts five hundred daily into
the grave, for one it wins over to its commu-
Mon. And yet this is what Catholicism is
doing in these States while we write"
The Chicago Tribune states that from 2
600 to 5000 farms are mortgagcd to railroads
in Wisconsin. and the mortgages are about to
be foreclosed the railroads cannot pay and
the farmers will be stripped of the earnings Of
many years. They were induced 10 give
mortgages as securities Tor the Liabilities OF
the road by Misrepresentation, as they now
say. The farmers consider themselves swim
died, and begin to talk about uniting to make
iorcible resistance to the sale of their home
stcads.
~ a litdo fve-year-old friend of ours was
the other day puzzled, as many AN Older head
has been IN trying to form am idea OF the SPIRIT
as distinct from the body We cndeavorcd TO
explain. " lou said you loved me, just now
oh. ycs-h@t WI hat do you love with,
your forehead ~ No " Your hand
your foot. your check your eyes Nc
-no-- and the iuquiring hand futtcred
from one member to another as they were
mentioned, pausing at last over the hoaH
with triumphant =" Oh know now, what
love with-its-its--its The piece mat Joggies
Portland Transcript
MAKfNa WAN Oh THE wrrp.-Tne Meth
odists, as a denomination, are making wal
upon the habit Of using tobacco We learn
from some of the Mothodists journals that
large and influential conferences have dctcrm-
incd to license and ordain no candidate foi
the ministry who is not willing to forcgo the
use of tobacco in every form Of personal in.
diligence. A new university also has been
endowed in one Of the Western States. with
the proyso in one Of its bylaws, that mo
Professor shall be entitled to any of tho
avals Of the endowment who is addicted to
the use Of tobacco.
LIVES Losr ny AccrprNrs rV 1897 -
The wear now passino away scoms to have
been been favored ono in rcsnoct "a fatal NO.
cidents. The nnmbor If Iivos Loot 1,, gros r.,
this country during the year is put down at
So, against SO for the previous year From
steamboat accidents 800 have been killed and
SO wounded-lS5B presenting 358 killed and
! and l27 wounded. Railroad accidents have
resulted in 1870 killed and $50 wounded,
against POS killed and 620 wounded during
1856. 1t should be borne in mind that these
numbers do not include persons who have
been killed and manned by jumping from
I moving trains, attempting to get on cars while
they were in motion, being run over &c
! Boston Journal
BALANCE AGAINST rur LAp1rs.-The
Washington Correspondent of the New York
Post saws that the annual report on Com.
merce and Navigation to June 80, 1857
shows how much money has been sent abroad
for Injuries. subject which excited 80 much
discussion month or two since. 1t appear,
that for silk in its various fabrics the ladie,
have spent S2s,G99 6Sl for embroiderie,
| Sf,443,l75, for trimmings and laces s ,l29,-
754, for shawls S2,247, 35l, for bonnets and
hats S2,24G,92S while the men have wasted
f their substance in brandies and liquors 81, =
963, 1875, in wines S2,3Sl, 252, and in cigars
and tobacco $5,579,95l Those who are in
terested can calculate how much the balance
is against the ladies'.
LY' Judge Turner. Vermont LAWYER. VIII,
deceased few years ago at an advanced are
was as famous for his wit and ready renorfc,
as he was for penmanship considerably lesi
legible than that of distinguished Boston
barrster. 1t happened, at a term of tn,
Franklin County Court, that practising at
> torney had case on the docket Of some lega
, abstruseness but of no great pecuniary impor
lance. "Why," said the presiding Judge
who wished to get rid of the case, ..wh,
don't you refer this case to arbtrators >
Why don't you refer il to couple of homes
q neighbors y because" your honor re
piled Turner 'we do not wish to trouble
honest men with it,"
! Coon TARerr Suoor1Ne-Nr David Fl
dridpe. of this VILLAGE. made two riee sbot
at a tarqet the distance heinz si,ty yods
The first shot struck the TARGET one- Jo,,rtb n