The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-12-16
NEWS -UNrNrAn,..


In China they cut up rebels IN =
thousand pices.
Tho Liberator and the Anti Slave
ny Standard are to be united.
Belle Boyd is going to publish
book Of her adventures. 1t viii he
printed in England.
"A funeral at the New York fash.
ionable churches, with all the appoint.
ments, costs about five hundred dol
lars
Be careful Of your table talk, Do
all your biting at table in biting yonr
food. Don't be biting in your remarks
The new fractional currency is "a.
backed with metallic ring on l.
face, which is printed in black Il
about twice as long as the old Issue
Barnum has ready for the ho.
days twenty four feet of giants, cut %
into three lengths
1t is time to get out your skas
and have the irons ground
The wooden mills in Vermont l
now running with full force.
Mrs. Shoddee complains OF he
GOODNESS of the old aristocracy. 81.
sees no reason why the cream Of soce
ty should bo ice-cream
The harvest of last year in Eng
land overlaps consumption by at le..-
p per cent that Of this year is mue
than an average. Al over Europe al
SO the crops have been heavy
Roger A. Pryor must be rel.ra
from further service il the rebel army
Roger has a prior engagement at ior
Lafayette from which he cannot be
released at present
The son Of Governor Co3r~
,or Delaware, was recently convicted
Of being rebel spy The Preside
co'nutod his sentence to imWs
mout for life, audit is stated h hs
been sent to the Albany peuitcnt
4 soldier in Now Orleans expressed
his opinion Of Geu Cauby thus VI
appears to be Ira earnest, ANA O.
thorough soldier Be-.ds. 1 sar
take him Tor man Of bu ues- ior
has been here more ,mu tno mont.
and has not yet found tinc 30 base BIS
photograph taken
Kossuth has three uephcws Wn
are officers IN the armies OF the United
States.
Pleasant music-the laugh Of tie
sleigh-belles.
The Philadelphia coal dealers DE-
liver their coal in sacks nov. j.
Great Britain this method is e-
pulsory, and nuch annoyance aal
and dust is thereby saved to consrnfH
and the public The sacks are
quirod TO hold a certain quantity @a
and the carman must carry them Dig
the place of storage. The coal Wagons
are compelled likewise to carry po'~
bic weighing machine so that Tvs
purchaser can, by having one Aa
weighed and counting the rest, ioll'
pretty correct estimate Of the veg"
Of coal actually delivered.
The first regiment Z. 5. ShhIi
shooters partly made up OF Vernon
soldiers, has been engaged IN i9'
one different battles and sklrmi'-o
Thirty-seyen Of these have been
scribed on their battle-hag.
About the first Of Noyem0e
through mail of six hundred le'"s
from Galesburgh, Illinois, for CH'1'
was stolen by young man l'~ N
Zimmerman, from a baggage cal Ia,
succeeded in kicking out the m'a
when the train was under sllsn1 ~
way, without exciting the atten'ol
the baggage master, and then lurd
after it, receiving some severe ma
in his fall. For time he lnAu.rl n
on the money he obtained, ou' "A
just been tracked by means OF ~ .l
which he presented for payment
has been arrested.
Rev Mr.. Durham, or Man'.s
ter, recently enlisted in the arm .Is
private, and was sent to the i' ~
yous at New Haven. Next nlo'lk
after his arrival, he was summon III
fore the commanding officer - 4b,a
post, and addressed: MIR puD ~,
| see by your name here, Fs' s,aj
to the list, "that you are ie ',6.d
About dozen revorends have Gu
and come here and as you :"
first one who has stald oEu
without asking for a chalia%'
guess wen mako you chaplain
they made him chaplain OF 'n'
lin the.debate in Congress, ooEs
best way to tax tobacco, ar pptsd ID
New York strongly advocate n, stsp
method of attaching a one Ca, moi .
to each cigar sold +; but ne aiu rsn4
at which end OF the cigar ~ t;ging
to place it. Perhaps a law op n b
man to put one cent s'1Hl ghipl
pipe every time he filed 1t, ,w.Spo o b
a still larger revenue, ALI pahgI
this means the pipe woulD lime
become very cumbersome -