Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-04-02
miscellaneous Etrms.


Lowell the other day. and after the crowd
had "trcod" the animal in railroad culvert
and dug 1t out with pitchiork. it proved to
be an old grey tom cat
A MoNsrRos1rY.- Christopher Quinn
by Of Barnet has hofcr less than two years
old that gave birth on the l4th inst. to calf
with two distinct and perfectly formed heads,
eight legs, and two tails The calf was dead
the COW lives Caicdonian.
DrArn OF Mr.. b. G. BRIGHAM. 49, We
understand that Mr.. b. G. Brigham. Of Fair
fax. died the 10th inst, of congestion Of the
brain. He has been a prominent Democrat
lie politician, it this State, for many years.
THE FIRST B1RD.-We heard this morn
ing, for the first time this spring, the sweet
notes Of a robin before our window, and vis-
ions of green fields arose before us. Spring
is coming Gree Press, 2oh
"Can a body cat with these things ?" asks
an elderly lady who is handling pair of ar
tlioial plates in dental Office and admiring
She Auoncy with which the dentist described
them
"My dear madam" responded the dentist
"mastication can be pen formed with facility
scarcely cxccllcd by nature herself
Eyes, know, replies the female, "but
can body cat with them
IS'Our government land costs 5 an acre,
on an average, and champagne 81 bottle.
How many man dies landless, who. during
his life, has swallowed a township--trocs and
an.
iy'The unicclng son in Newark. who re-
comfy tried to rid himself of an aged mother
hy leaving her at the office of the ovcrsoor of
the poor to be taken in charge By the city,
hnt who subsequently was compelled to re-
cciyo her back into his inhosptablc home,
w,s last week relieved OF his unwclcomc
Charge by death. There is little danger of
their meeting again
q The workmon at the Messrs Fairbanks
hold daily prayor-mcctings at tho Hall in
their village. At the close of their AFTERNOONS
labor. large and increased number repair to
this room and spend an hour in devotional
as rciscs. We are glad to learn that there
arc unmistakablc signs Of the silout workings
81 INC Spirit Of God in some Of our neighbor
ing Caledonidn.
PolsoNous LIQUoR.-'rhc Brandon 1dco-
.fe says that in Crown Point. n. y, recent
ly three men called at public house for
liquor. Tho keeper of the house tapped
nov barrel to supply thom; they drank and
two of them died, almost instantly; the 9TH
CT barely escaped with his life There was
probably a little too much strychnino put in
Eat time.
JoHN TYLER undertook to force his party
o. accept his measures in lieu of their own
doctrine. Down he went MILIARD Fu1.- |
MnRE undertook TO incorporate the Fugitive
slave Law into the Wig platform. Down he
w MT FRANKLIN Pierce undertook to in
corporate the cnslayemcnt of Kansas into the
Democratic platform Down he went Mr..
buchanan can read the Future in the Past
The fate of his predecessors will be his
Free Press.
EsoArED.---Joseph Archer and Hiram Vim
ocnt,-the persons committed to Jail here for
breaking into and stealing from the Barnet
,pot,-escapcd from jail on Saturday night
LAST by burning off the timbers overhead in
lie privy, and then letting themselves down
rom the gable window, by means Of their
led clothes, into the yard below Sheriff
Wakefield has offered reward of $50 for
their return 10 jail before the first of June
Our new Jail is getting rather an unenviable
raputation for the safety Of prisoners commit
ted to it. Isn't there screw loose some
where > Calcaoniaa.
FoRGERY.---A. J. Shaw of Victory was ar
rested on the night Of the 18th instant, on
charge Of forging the name of his uncle and .
brothor-Jamcs and VIM. II. Shaw-on two
notos-one in May of 500, aud one of S75 in .
July last. These notes were discounted at
the Lyndon Bank. Mr.. Shaw was commit /
ted to tho Jail in this place on Wednesday
last, by Sheriff Wakefield
Cinco a, finn, tbn ob,,.o ,yn 1oo,r tl,,t NJ
Shaw claims that his relatives gave him lbor- |
ty to use their names Caiedopiaa.
A Coon srAN.-A pair of black horses
were sold, the past week in this village, for .
800. Like Mr.. A. b. Flints " Norman,
of this town, they were sons of Old Lion
ont of half sisters, by the Crane Horse, were
well matched, aud went to the pole in four
minutes. Their distinguishing excellence
was size, doeiity and spirit Farmers of
Caledonia county put on hand in height,
and 100 pounds more weight upon your Nor
gans, and you may defy the world in horse |
flesh !-CaicdoniaR.
Miss NoYEs.--A gcntlcman, feeling
strong partiality for a young lady, whose
name was Noyes, was DESTROYS, without the
ceremony of formal courtship, to ascertain
her sentiments. For this purpose he said to
her one day, with that kind of air and man
ncr which means either Jest or earnest, as
you choose TO take it If | were to ask YOU
whether you were under matrimonial engage
ments Co any one, what part of your name
(No-yes) might take for an auawcr ? The /
first, said she, in the same tone. And wero
to ask you if you were inclined to form
such an engagement should such person
offer who loved you, and was not Indifferent
to Yourself, what part Of your name might he
then take as an answer; Tho last. And |
if tell you that love you, and ask you to
form an engagement with me- then what part
of your name may takoN oh then re-
piled the blushing girl, take the choie name,
as in such a case | would cheorfully resign it |
for yours 1t is almost needless to add that
they were soon afterwards married.
A singular tragedy was enacted at the Hi
nois penitentiary last week convict nam
ed Hall knocked down the man on guard and
dragged him into cell, and fastened the
door; then drawing knife from his bosom
and placing Hall between himself and the
door, threatened his life if he was not releas-
ed. Tho guard were Immediately attracted
to the spot, but could not shoot the convict,
for fear of hitting the imprisoned guard. AZ
ter twenty-fOur hours of mannuvring resort