Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1863-01-02
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

CUFrEE ADVERTISING HIS MAsTER.-The
following unique advertisement appears in the
New Orleans Delta:
DUNAwAY FROM THE CITY OF NEW or.
IL LEANS-FrFrY CENTS REWARD -Ran away from
dis chile and left him alone to take Of hssef after
had don worked twcntysix years faithfully for him.
my massa, Bill Duncan. Massa Bill is supposed 10 have
done gone of wild dc scceshcs for 10 hunt for his rights,
and speck he don got lost Any person tufnn him TO
me- dat he can take care n meas he alters said Mig
gar couldn't take " hssefwili be much ooigen
20 dis chile.
n Persons hunrn' him, please look in all dc
last bitches, As often heerd him talk about gon into
spoetiily submitted, JIM
A correspondent Of the Providence Jour
nal, writing from Galveston, Texas, under
date of Nov. 23d, says: " see by the papers
that Gen. Banks is coming down here with a
large expedition. am afraid he will be too
late to save the Union people, as the rebels
will have them impressed into the rebel army
before he will get here. The rebels will not
allow any provisions to come into the city,
and the citizens are nearly starving to death.
Something will have to be done before long
to keep them from starving.t
PRrNrERs's PoETBY.-Happy are they who
the publisher pay, and have squared up for
one year or more tongue cannot express the
great JOY Of the press, when delinquents have
paid the old score ; Printers all the week
long labor hard for song-wishing Satur-
day night may soon come; they have worked
night and day, and Of course want their pay,
o buy sugar, and COTE, and tea.
John Dean, the coachman, whose marriage
TO the rich Mr.. Brokers' daughter created so
much sensation few years ago lives quietly
in Hoboken, and makes a comfortable and
honest living by running an express between
that place and New York He lives happily
with his wife, and there is no truth in the
story lately published that she had been sent
TO the aims house.
Fox. the celebrated orator, was one day
told by a lady, whom he visited that she did
not care three skips of louise for him. -
lie Immediately took out his pencil ard wrote
the following lines:
g. lady has told me, and in her own house.
That she cares not flr me three skps n lousc,'
forgive the dear creature for what she has said,
Since women will talk of what runs in their head
A Georgia soldier, who was formerly res
ident Of Pennsylvania, recently died in one
of the Pennsylvania hospitals. Just before
dying he requested that justice Of peace be
sent for in order that he might take the oath
of allegiance. Said he, don't want it to
be said that went to the Almighty rebel.
The singular wish was gratifed, and in a few
hours he breathod his last.
Miss Hetty," who played the part Of
My Maryland at a ball in Richmond, last
winter, and had her letters knocked off by
JEFF, Davis, has been in Baltimore lately and
had to skedaddle to avoid arrest for Haunting
a rebel flag at q New York regiment.
To- While the bloody struggle was going
on at Fredericksburg, on Saturday, at Will
lards's Hotel in Washington over one hum
dred officers Of the army were smoking and
chatting and laughing, and having good
time generally.
a 6s-pounder shell burst near an Irishman
in one Of the trenches Pat coolly surveyed
the ruins the fragments had made. and ex-
claimed, " BE jabers thim's the fellows to
soften the wax in a mans ear y
A corresp ondent of che New York Tribune
says that many of the shareholders in Arkan-
sas and Tennessee have already entered into
a contract with their negroes, by which the
latter are to remain and work for wages.
If paper shall continue to raise, as it has
risen, for few months past, the U. S. Treas
ury notes will soon DO worth their nominal
value, at par, to sell for paper rags
A few of Gen McClellan's friends club
bed together, bought fine house on Fifth
| avenue in New York and made him present
of it.
1t is easy to say grace, but not half SO easy
to possess it.