Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-08-06
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The destruction of the Housatonic paper
MILL resulted from the simple mislaying Of a
wrench with which to set force pump in op-
Grafton. Behold how great a FIRE little mat
ter kindeth
DR.. Nettleton adopted the following as a
maxim for the government of his life: "Do
all the good you can in the world, and make
as little noise about it as possible"
Below Point Couple, in Louisiana, there is
one broad field Of sugar cane covering thirty
thousand acres. There are rows four miles
in length, and as straight as an arrow. At
one point the traveller can count fifteen brick
sugar houses at one glance.
A process is in successful operation in Lon
don, for the manufacture Of ice by the cyapo-
ration Of ether. The article produced is Of
good quality, and costs less than 81 80 a ton.
~ In an advertisement offering the Wood
chester Park Estate, Worcoftcrshirc, for sale,
the auctioneer announces, in a line Of capi-
tai letters, as one Of the tempting induce
ments TO purchasers, "Politital influence over
twelve hundred honest yoemen r.
t-S51 In the telegraph case at Louisville,
KY, where a blunder Of the wires made a
man offer more for a lot Of whiskey than be
intended, Chancellor Logan has decided that
the telegraph company is not liable for dam
ages, as their published contract with their
patrons disclaims all such liability unless the
message shall be repeated back and half the
first price paid to ensure correctness.
SELF-PossEssroN. A correspondent Of
the Lynchburg lNa.) NiTginian, writing from
Newmarket, Tennessee, relates the following /;
lady near this place was bitten the other
day by rattlesnake. after which she undid
her apron string and tied it over the bite
She killed the snake, cut off piece and ap-
piled It to the wound, and drank quart of
whiskey. At last accounts she was doing
we'll This was some spunk.
To The Washington correspondent Of
Forneys Press gives the following paragraph,
which involves the Assistant Secretary of
State in another nice little scheme:
81 have ascertainod that forty-fyo cents Of
the dollar received for the post-ofice printing
is paid to the person executing the work,
ffty-fve cents of which goes TO Appleton, Of
the State Department
~ According TO the Superintendent OF
Education in New York, the female public
schools in that city are of considerable higher
grade than the male schools and their SUI
periority is not confined to particular branches
Of study. it being as great in mathematics as
in most other branches. Eighteen girls
schools are superior i'm average attainment, to
tho best boys school
~ The highest waterfall in the world is
in the Sandwich Islands and is stated to be
between four and five thousand feet high
The stream on which the fall occurs runs
among the peaks of one of the highest noun
tans-so high that the water actgaHy aercr
reaches the boNom SO great Is the distance
that the water is converted into mists, and
ascends to the clouds again.
~. Miss Draye. who warned an approach
ing train, at a bend on the Pennsylvania rail-
road, that a tree had fallen across the track,
and thus probably saved the lives Of all those
ON board has received free pass to last for
life.
70 They are tanning an elephants hide
at Cincinnati Ii was purchased by furrier
in Wisconsin, where .hc animal, which be-
longcd 10 a mcaa-cric. died. The freight 60
Cincinnati cost Sl5. IL is an immense hide,
SO bulky that the tanners handle it with great
difficulty ltis nearly two inches thick and
a fun year and half viii be required to tan
IL thoroughly. IL will be a curiosity when
thoroughly tanned and seasoned.
70 A sensible down cast female is de-
cidcdly opposed 20 the Interference of woman
with politics. She pointedly asks: "lfmcn
can't do the voting and take care Of the
country what is the use of them r. Good
y A contemporary. noticing the appoint
ment of postmaster, says :-"lf he attends
to the mails as well as he does to females, he
viii make avery attentive and efficient officer.
Costly Masonic TEMPIE-Thc Masonic
fraternity of Louisville, KY, have erected a
costly and splendid building one of the fin
est ornaments of that city. 1t has already
cost over Sl3O,OOO. With the aid Of some
eight or ten thousand dollars at the present
time, in addition to their own resources, the
fraternity will be enabled 20 meet at maturity
all the liabilities incurred to free the Temple
from all indebtedness, and TO place themselves
in a position to devote the whole Of their rev
enues forever after to charitable purposes.
CuANGEs.-Thc State of California has
been passing laws against the Chinese popu-
lation, more and moro severe and stringent,
But now behold great and sudden change
The Frazer River gold excitement has carried
off a host Of laborors from San Francisco and
all other parts of the State. The Chinese
are taking their places and it is now conf
IDENTIFY said the new legislature will promptly
repeal the laws against the Chinese, as soon
as they assemble; and the State will proba-
bly, encourage Chinese and Coolie immigra-
ton Of so little use is it to contend against
human need or divine proyidence.-Iorts-
mouth Chronicle.
New UsE FOR THE PHoToGRAPH.-Spea
ing of the Photographic copy of the Declare
ton Of Independence taken upon surface no
larger than pins head, which may now be
seen in Salem, and can be read with power
ful microscope, the Salem Gazette says -
"When such success in reducing the size OF
documents and likenessos has been attained
/ by the Photographic art, il is easy to imagine
what might be accomplished in the time OF
war by the use of the microscope. The most
important official document could be contain
cd in an ordinary vest button, and worn with
impunity by spy in an cncmy's camp, or by
a traitor eager to injuro an active army of his
own country"
A BAPTIST MINISTER AND his DAUGH-
lTER.-Tho lPatchman and Reflector contains