Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-12-17

Journey, entrusted hundred deeners to an
old man; when he came back the old man
denied having had any money deposited with
him and he was had up before the Kanzee.
"Where were you, young man, when you
delivered this money!
"Under tree
S1ake my sea and summon that tree, said
the Judge.
The young man went in wonder After he
had been gone sometime, the Kanzec said to
the old man:
ale is long-do you think he has got there
YETI"
"No," said the old man; sit is some dis
lance he has not got there yet
"How knowest thou, old man. cried the
Kanzee, where that tree is"
The young man returned, and said the tree
would not come.
'He has been here young man, and given
his evidence-the money is thine.
DEAD HEAD1Ne.-we don't know who
wrote the following paragraph, but there is
not an editor or reporter in the land who will
not pronounce it "true as preaching
"1he press endures the infection Of dead
hcadsm from the pulpit, the bar, and the
stage, from corporations, societies and ndi-
viduals 1t is expected to yield its interest {;
it is required to give strength to weak insti-
tutons, eyes to the blind, clothes TO the max
ed and food to the hungry; it is asked to
cover up infrmites it is expected to herald
quaoks, bolster up dull authors, and Halter
the vain it is. in short, to be all things to
all men and If it looks for pay or reward, 1t
is denounced as mean and sordid. There is
no interest under the whole heavens that is
expected to give so much to society without
pay or thanks as the press.
| To- A good anecdote of Prof Agassiz is
| told in a new volume now in press. The
! Professor had declined to deliver lecture
before some lyceum, or public society, on ac-
count of the inroads which previous lectures
given by him had made upon his studies and
habits Of thought The gentleman who had
been dcputzod to invite him continued to
press the invitation, assuring him that the
society were ready to pay him literally for
his services. "That is no induccment to me-"
replied Agassiz, 81 cannot afford to waste IN
time in making money
EcI1rsEs IN ls59-There will be four
/ eclpses Of the sun in 1859, viz partial e.
! clipse on the ID of February, invisible here
| A partial one on the lth of March, invisible
here. Another ono on the 9th of July, par
tial, and very small it will end at 4 / minues
past 6, evening. Another one August 9th,
visible only in the Great Southern Ocean.
There will be two echpses Of the moon, the
first one on the 18th of February, will be
total 1t will commence at 23 minutes past
4 o'clock in the morning--middlo o'clock
end quarter before 8. The other one, August
18th will not be visible here.
~ Wilkius-"Really this is not to be
! borne. Who are you, sir and who was
your fathori" Homebrod-"Who was my
( father? My father was the inventor of throsh-
/ ing machines. ! am the first of his make
and can be set in operation at very little
expense and at the shortest notice. So look
! out"
To There was once a clergyman in New
! Hampshire noted for his long sermons and
INDECENT habits. allow is it, said man to
| his neighbor, PEARSON , the LATEST
man living, writes these interminable SER
mons;" "Why," said the other, "he prob
ably gets to writing and is too lazy to stop"
To A missionary in the Chinese waters
having distributed several copies of the Ten
Commandments on shore, they were sent
back the next day, with the request that they
might be distributed among the Wrench and
English; for the tracts contained admirable
doctrines, and those people evidently much
needed them.
4 ~ my native city has treated me badly
said drunken vagabond, "but love hcl
still" Probably" replied gentleman
"her SIN is all you do love-
To KEEP BUTTER FnEsn. Farm
journal, German paper, published at Allen
town, Pa, says butter will remain fresh ant
sweet for six months or even longer, if pre-
pared in the following manner: Take thu
butter as it comes from the churn and wasl
the huttermik thoroughly out of it, then dry
the surface of the butter with clean cloth
break into small pieces aud pack it solid in
crock The air must be entirely expelled
Set the crock in kettle halt filled with wa
ter, then place the kettle over fire until tn,
water boils. While boiling, remove from thu
fire and let the crock remain in the water un
til cold, then place the crock in a cool place
The object in boiling is to purify the butte
l and precipitate the milk, which remains in 1t
previous to boiling, to the bottom of tn
crock -