Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-06-11

PERILous FEAT. - We witnessed titht
rope performance at Montreal last Thursday.
as wonderful as it was perious A tight
rope dancer, named Antoine Dclave, walked
the length OF a rope stretched from the third
stories Of two buildings across Great St.
James Street, and returned, in the presence
of thousands of spectators After crossing
tie first time. ho stopped to rest a moment.
and then started TO return. When about
one-third the way over, he stopped and stood
perfectly still, then he iaid doun upon the
rooe After remaining thus a moment. he
rose to his feet as easily apparently as one
would from chair, and passed across the
street aud out of the sight of vast crowd
who filled the air with ,ociierous cheers. -
The rope was about two inches in diameter :
and it was fearful to behold a man laid out in
mid air ON such a slender thread. Calolo-
mum
SINGULAR ArrAtRs.-rhc Loclport Cou-
ror says young lad, of that village. one day
week before last, got into difficulty with a
another boy, and was threatened with arrest.
which so frightened him that he ran himself
to death. It is said that he ran from Lock
port to Johnson's Crock, thirteen miles. with
out stopping; that he there slept in barn
and caught cold. The next day he ran TO
Rochester. whore he was taken sick, and died
in short time.
~ a man who sold popcorn in the hall
of the Chicago Post Office, not agreeing with
Mr.. Buchanan on the great national Demo.
cratic questions Of the day, has received
notice to quit.
~ The New York Ledger states that at
the funeral of relative, n p Willis and
his sister, Fanny Fern, recently met. and
recognized each other for the first time in
seven years.
SoryENcY q. INsoIvENcY. - Such is the
pernicious influence Of the unsound monetary
system in the United States, that the very
rivers are initiating the example of the inhab-
itants, and breaking their banks in all direc-
tons The last news was, that the Missis-
sippi had set up such run on its banks that
they had given way under the pressure, and
the consequence has been the swallowing IN
of all the landed property within hundreds OF
miles Financial doctors. who don't believe
in specie payments, point with triumph TO
the case as proving that the most extensive
arrangement Of the currency is not only con-
Slstent with, but may actually be caused bv.
the too great solyency Of the banks.-Pmci.
An Extra Loup CAIL."-The editor
OF the Bellows Falls argus has been
presented with a pair of twin daughters,
anu makes an extra loud call on his subscri-
bers ior " the needful' lie says
" The Private partnership of which we are
member have just issued second edition Of
double the usual number of copies. and we
must have the wherewithal to provide for
them with. +"
y Three pugnacious cock robins flew
with such force against Elijah Lucon's par.
Tor window in bingham, that they broke two
panes OF glass, and one of them broke hi,
red breast and died OF course female wa,
the cause of their quarrel.
WAsHINGroN, June s.--The United State,
| Agricultural Society will hold It's Annua
Fair, this year, at Richmond, during tho last
week in October. \ great display Is expect.
] ed especially Of agricultural implements