Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-01-21


quence. and is represented as holding loose
rolled parchment. and sometimes trumpet
Clio was the goddess Of history. and is rep
resented holding a halfopen scroll
Mclpomene inventress and goddess Of trag-
edy. represented as holding a tragic mask, or
bowl and dagger.
Erato presided over love, tender and amo-
rous poetry. She is represented as crowned
with roses and myrtle, and holding Tyre in
her hand.
Terpsichore was the goddess Of dancing
and is represented crowned with laurel, and
holding a musical instrument.
Euterpe, the muse Of lyric poetry, appears
with flute.
Urania. the muse Of astronomy, is represen-
ted as holding globe and rod with which
she points out objects.
Thalia was the patroness Of comedy She
was called 1.-The Blooming One with fair
flowing hair, and generally holds comic
mask.
Polymnia, the ninth Muse, presided over
singing and rhetoric She was represented
yelled in white, holding a sccptre in her left
hand. and with her right raised, as if ready
to haranguc
MISSISSIPPI READY FOR WAR i-Jeffcrson
Davis recently recommended the sovereign
State Of Mississippi to prepare for war. The
Vicksburgh wing thus sums up the material
of war which is on hand
flint lock muskcts-all rusty, and no
brooches on at least two
cannon.
rusty bayonets with no points.
A pile of sword bolts and scabbards, but
no swords
50 cartridge boxes.
The Wing adds
We have now > Major Generals, 10 Briga-
dier Gcnctals and 60 Colonies, 60 Lieutenant
Colonies and 60 majors and will soon have
600 Captains, 1000 Licutenants, 4,sOO Ser
geants and $500 Corporals We are happy
to say. however. that we have no priyates-
the Legislature have dispensed with that use
less portion Of the army.
"RrcoRD or oD.'-Under this head
the N. T. Courier says From the LIST of
January to the 9th Of December, 1858, forty
nine murders have been committed in the
city of New York. and seventy-nine persons
have committed suicide. The number Of
murdercrs hanged during the same period
amounted to one
This zone was the boy Rogers He was
not old enough to vote
The income of the Profile and Flume
Houses, Mt Franconia. n H., the past sen
son, was s2S,643 60; expenses Of carrying
them on, Sl6,0il so; giving for net earn
ings Sl2.60l II. This has been spent in re-
pairs, new furniture, paying old debts and
dividend Of is per cent on $50 900 preferred
stock
A woman was arrested in Chicago the 9TH
or day, on suspicion of theft. She was taken
to the police office, and lady proceeded to
search her. The inqusition resulted in find
ing bag of buckwheat. "a quantity of -four, a
small can of milk, several pounds of sugar,
package of tea and jug of moasses. actually
pinned to her petticoats and hanging upon
her crinoine. Who says hoops are not a
great institution
Every day brings new and confrmatory re-
ports from the Kansas gold regions. One of
the returned miners, Capt West, who has ar
rived at Leavenworth in eighteen DAYS from
Fixes Peak, reports that he prospected all
the creeks in the gold district and found gold
In them all. He says the miners are averar-
ing ten dollars and a half a day, with indifer-
ent tools to work with.
CoURTING by TELEGRAPH.-A certain
young man, whom we shall call Smith. was
employed at an Office on the National Line.
In the course of business, he ascertained that
the person having charge of station in
small town some seventy miles distant, was
a young lady, and that her name was Sarah.
Forthwith in an interval of leisure flashed
over the wires this message
my name is Smith-how old are YOU :"
10 which an answer was promptly returned
my name is Sarah-None of your bust
ness !"
The next one run thus
81 am not married-What are you worth
To which the words came back
worth million"
As a climax the youth replied
will you marry me :"
The answer was ''yes"-an in four months
they were married.
GETTING PURcnAsE.--An old Methodist
clergyman had alluded at some length. in an
extempore DISCOURSE to the miracle of blow
ing down the wall of Jericho Aiter his SER
mon was ended and he was walking home
ward, Mississippi boatman. with compan-
ION, overlook him, and opened converse
ton with him upon the subject of the
miracle "Nou say said he, that seven
men, with seven horns, walked seven times
round the walls, blowing seven blasts seven
times, and then the walls fell in" The
clergyman said the miracle was properly stat
ed Looks reasonable, don't it :" asked the
boatman of his companion, who shook his
head doubtingly. "You see, he repeated,
THAT there were seven men with seven horns,
and they marched seven times round tho
walls, and blowed seven blasts seven times
Don't you think 'twould fetch EN- :" Lets
see, said his companion, "seven times seven
is iorty-nine seven times forty-nine is two
hundred and forty-three," etc. and having
followed up the figures, he said, yieldngly,
''W-e-l-l, y-e-e-s, guess twould fetch EN-.
its ID Of a purchase i-Knickerbocker.
WHAT LONDON Dock GIx Drp FOR AN
editor of the Logan (Ohio)
Gazette having been presented with bottle
of old London Dock Gin, drank il, and then
attempted to write a paragraph of thanks,
with this melancholy result:
I'm conclusion, here's to Fire Fountain
Company No. Some, the Brassfontaine Belle
Band, and the rest of our home insutions and
org cations. including the ladies. and other
branches of business bic in and around town
and especially the Messidents Pressage.
Monington Washument. ETC., all of which may
be had cheap at the Buek--Drook-Br