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Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-09-09

LEAcH's PERPETUAL MoTIoN.-Our
readers will recollect some notice taken
in these columns about year since of
small machine exhibited through the
country, which its inventor claimed TO
contain the principle Of self-motion, or
perpetual movement. The machine was
a metallic wheel with system of cords
and falling balls suspended to the arms
of the wheel, which was supported on
thick base of wood. IL turns out that
the affair is a very ingenious deception.
The base or platform contains a system
of clock-work, with a spring running up
to the axis through one of the standards
supporting the wheel. When wound up
it would run some ~ hours. '" D.
The inventor of this wonderful per-
petual motion is said to have made quite
sum by humbugging persons and then
imparting the secret. OF course parties
who have invested are anxious to get
their money back by sale or exhibition,
and have bad motive in keeping his
secret.
We hear Of Two very respectable and
highly moral gentlemen Of Sherbrooke
Who have a small interest in the affair.
The exposure Of the cheat was made by
IN honest German pedlar, who proposes
o bring the matter before the COURT
Journal
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-09-09

Here is a specimen of breaking tht
news gently:
During the summer of l849, a Mr.
James Wilson, of West Jersey, died o.
the cholera while some fifty miles from
his home.
John Rogers was employed to convey
the dead body in wagon to his friends
at home. BY inquiry he learned the
precise home of the deceased. Ga driv-
ing to the door he called to a respectable
looking lady, who was in fact the newly
made widow, and asked
"Does Mr.. Wilson live here ?"
eyes" was the reply, "but he's not at
home to-day"
81 know he's not at home now, but he
soon will be, for I've got him here dead
in the wagon"
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-09-09

Mr.. Alfred Hull, of Wallingford, ba--
wing viewed with regret the dilapidated
and neglected condition Of the Walling-
ford cemetery, has generously and nObly
volunteered to pay $500 toward a sum
of $1,000 or $500, the remainder to be
yet raised of $4,000, by subscription, the
whole amount to be expended in i'm
provemenis in and about the cemetery.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-09-09

MUCH. "A little elevation at the rigl
of the railway was the scene of one {
the most heroic exploits of the war
There Col. Innis--warned by the oil
negro have introduced to the reader
with little band of 389 Michigan men
without artillery or other defence than
hastily thrown up barricade of CAM
wagons and under brush, beat off Gen
Wheeler's whole force of 5000 horse
and two field pieces.
Col. Innis, said Gen. Rosecrans tc
him on the eve of the battle of Stone
River, will you hold Lavargne ?
I'll try, General
Il ask if you will do it?' exclaimed
the laconic general,
4 will, quietly responded the Colonel
and be kept bis word.
Just as the New Years sun was send
ing its first greeting to the little band that
crouched there behind the wagons, the
head Of the rebel column emerged from
the woods which skirt the southern side
of the town and Capt. Firman, riding
forward to the fimsy breast-work, cried
out;
Gen, Wheeler demands an instant
and unconditional surrender
Give Gen. Wheeler my compliments,
and tell him we don't surrender much,
came back to him from behind the brush
heaps.
Mounting then his Kentucky roam,
the heroic colonel rode slowly around
the rude entrenchment. Boys he said,
they are 3,000,-tave you said your
?
we are ready, Colonel. Let them
come on = answered the Michigan men.
And they did come on.
six times we swept down on them,
said Capt. Firman, Wheeler's aid to
ne, and six times | rode up with flag
lnd summoned them 10 surrender-but
each time Innis sent back the message,
varied now and then with an adjective
We don't surrender much
He sat on his horse during the first
charges as if on dress parade; but then
saw him go down. | Thought we had
winged him, but when we charged again
here he sat as cool as if tee thermometer
lad been at zero. One Of our men took
deliberate aim and again be went down
,ut when rode up the 9Th time and
houted, Wen not summon you again
urrender at once p it was Innis who
elled out-'Pray don't, for we don't
much ?
AT the seventh charge | was wounded,
nd the general sent another officer with
le summons. Your people halted him
few hundred yards from the breast
ork, and an officer in a cavalrymans
vercoat, came out TO meet him. CThey :
ad killed my two borses,' said Colonel
mis- to me afterwards, 'and | was
'raid they would SINCE my overcoat-
Ie fire was rather hot, so l covered it,
what is your rank, sir! demanded
Ie Union officer.
Major, sir
60 back and tell Gen. Wheeler that d
} insults me by sending one Of your
nix to treat with one of mine. Tell
N, too, have not come here TO surren-
II. | shall fire on the next flag
1t was Innis, and by that ruse he
ade US believe he bad received rein
rcements. Thinking it was so we i'm.
ediateIy drew off, and the next day In-
5 sent Wheeler word by prisoner that
had whipped US with three hundred o
d eghty-nine men r-E. hirke. Il
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-09-09

NEITHER ONE NOR THE OrHER.-A
very diminutive specimen of man late
ly solicited the hand of fine buxom
girl. "Oh, no." said the fair but insult.
ing lady, II can't think of it for a mo-
meni. The fact is, John, you are little
too big for cradle, and little too
small to 60 to church with"
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-09-09

A FAIR-DEALING ENGLIsHMAN.-
IF a man, while fighting with another,
stops between his blows to shake bis fist
at me, do you think / would be mean
enough or coward enough to make such
actions an excuse for attacking him when
his hands were already full? No; l
would say to him, if l meant to fight him
at all, "You wait until you are my equal
when you haYe but one TO fight, and then
l will let your shaking your fist at me
annoy me-" And if we while America
is struggling for life against barbarOus
foe fighting for slavery, let any act of
hers that may spring from an irritated
temper more than from enmity to us,
cause US to attack her, there are no: wa
ters enough in the history Of coming time
to wash the stain of meanness and cow
ardice from our name.-NeaOman Hall.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-09-09

A badly buuged up Emerald Islander,
in response to the inquiry, "Where have
you been ?" said "Down TO Mrs. Null
roony's wake, and an Elegant time we
had of it. Fourteen fights in fifteen
minutes; only one whole nose left in
the house, and that belonged to the tay-
kettle"
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-09-09
GEN. GRANT AND THE Transfer
A correspondent of the New York illus
trated Ns,cs is responsible for the follows

ing: '~"
"While driver was endeayorlng To-
accomplish certain result with frac-
tious mule team, along came General
Grant--alone and in his usual unpretenS
tious style of dress. Seeing the team
steI's trouble he suggested another meth
cd of treatment? The vexed fellow
turned on him With, See here am boss
Of this team or are you? ? Paying no at
tention to this answer, the General con-
tiuued bis effort to help him out of his
trouble and soon got further answer. It's
my business to drive this team if you
think you know more than I do about
driving damned old mule you're damn>
ably mistaken Now old man, you'd
as wen get out of this neighborhood p
General Grant left at once, and broth.
er teamster consolingly remarked NOW
you will get hell-that's General Grant =
But the next day be got promoted from
teamster to wagon>master."
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-09-09

Gen. Ethan Allen was much in the
habit of boasting, not only Of his own ex.
ploits, hut Of the strength, bravery and
other good qualities of his relatives. He
was once speaking, in presence of Alex.
ander Harvey Of Barnet, of himself and
bis six brothers, and declared with no
little emphasis that seren such sons nev-
er were born of woman before. IL have
heard Of woman said Harvey, "who
had seven just such" Who was the
woman ?" eagerly inquired Mr. Allen
Mary Magdalene, sir" was bis quick
reply.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-09-09

A gentleman offering for sale or rent
his beautiful and much admired situation
in the delightful village of Windsor, Yer.
mont, after giving a romantic descrip-
ton of the ''serpeniine walks, arbors
hontysuckle bowers, and fish ponds,' 81
concludes by saying that, "it is, without
any rhetorical figure, a Paradise ~
Among other things enumerated by the
advertiser as contributing to render it
delightful he states that the garden pro-
duces White blackberries.," and that it
sis pleasantly situated within 80 rods of
the State Prison p
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-09-09

An army contractor was hung out in
Indiana few days ago. He had con-
traeted so much that it was thought ad-
visable to stretch him bit.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-09-09
The Rocky Mountains.

A correspondent of the N. Y. Evar
: gelist, in letter from Denver City, dG
3 ted June 28, says:
"Early one morning about the middl
, June, weary, drowsy and hungry, for W
fad not breakfasted, and had rode al
night, and indeed five or six previou
nights, we were reused by the driver o
our coach, crying out the "Rocky Noun
tains."
Instantly we were On the alert, for W,
had been looking for them "a hours, anC
there they lay before w stretching along
in full view 100 miles or more.
High above all the lower and inter
vening ranges rose the "Snowy Range
with Longs Peak directly in front of us
They were Is or so miles from us and
yet so clear, and clean and outstanding
as they glisiened in the full light of the
morning sun, that they seemed not more
| than 5 or 6 miles distant. covered
with snow" does not mean, as with us,
when we speak of the Highlands or the
Catskill in winter, meaning only that
the ground is covered but every tree
and crag and peak was buried in snow,
it was said, in various places from 80 to
100 feet deep You could see where
the snow had been piled up as in great
drifts, and had broken down in avail
anches by its own weight; and still the
ragged outline seemed not as yet, to have
soitened ia the least by the glow of the
summers sun.
The following day, which was Sab
bath, we sat before them at Latbam's,
and contemplated these great wonders of
God, the grandest we had ever seen,
and we were not surprised at the enthu-
siastic remark of one of our missionaries
to this territory, that every man ought
to see the Rocky Mountains at least be.
fore he dies"
l have not seen the Alps, but if they
surpass the Rocky Mountains, l greatly
desire to see them before l die. am
satisfied, also, from nearly two weeks
spent amidst the ever varying grandeurs
and heaniiss of the soone deep dark
gorges clear, cold, powerful mountain
streams; bare precipitous sleeps, rising
hundreds of feet overhead rolling ridg-
es, smooth, green with grass and smiling
flowers, or covered with mountain pine
and then pleasant lawns through which
wander the purest streams of water, and
lotted here and there, while with ever
green's and poplars, as if elaborateIy pre-
Jared by the hand of man-thaL if the
Pacific railroad were built they would
.ome thronging into these mountains
housands from the heated cities, to
whom Newport, the White Mountains,
Saratoga and Niagara are no longer q
lovelty.
Into these mountains | passed, few
lays after, by a sharp turn in the road
round tine point of a mountain, and
Trough gorge scarcely wider than our
zach, out of which issued quite noisy
tream, but SO covered up with a vigor-
US growth of tangled brushwood, except
here it had been cut away for the car-
iage road, h at l wondered how
ne ever discovered the opening, for it
not visible half mile off, and think ,
ow that nothing but keen search for
old would ever have noticed this little
perture in what seems continuous,
nbroken wall of granite" n
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-09-09

About the year 1890, Prince Edware
of England, son Of George III, passed
through Vermont on bis way from Mont.
real to Boston. His manners were very
disagreeable, and exposed him to no
small amount of contemptuous and un-
kind feeling. For some purpose he made
short call at the house of shoemaker
by the wayside, where he made himself
so much at home, that when he took
leave he rudely stepped up and kissed
the shoemaker's wife, saying by way OF
soothing her evident resentment, "Never
mind-you can tell your people that you
have had the honor of being kissed by
an English Prince" "And you," ex-
claimed the incensed husband, as be ad-
ministered a kick that sent the fellow
reeling from the house, "can tell your
people that you haye had the honor of
being kicked out of doors by an Ameri-
can cobler p
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-09-09

Love changes all into splendor, even
tears and the grave; and before us, life
like the declining sun of the longest day
Of the North Sea, touches only with its
rim the passing earth, and rises again,
like morning, in tbs arch Of heaven.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-09-09

The distance from Atlanta to Macon
where many of our prisoners are confn-
ed, and against which it is said Sherman
has sent Stoneman with cavalry, is l05
miles.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-09-09

A MAN THAT SWALLOWED FIFTEEN
cows.-Just as passed a crowd that
had collected together to listen to work
ingman who was addressing them the
speaker said:
81 met man the other day who had
swallowed fifteen cows You may think
this strange" continued the speaker, "but
| will tell you how it happened. When
| first knew him he was very well TO do
in the world. He bad a comfortable
home, and very good dairy, consisting
OF fifteen cows. But at length be took
to drinking, Until first one COW went, then
another, and another, and another, until
at last, by the drink which he sold the
cows to procure, he swallowed the whole
fifteen, and is now an inmate of an aims
house."
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-09-09

AoCIDENTs.-A fatal accident occur.
red in Wilmington on the 25th ult.--
George Tyler was shingling his barn,
when owing to some falling about the
scaffold he slid TO the ground, a dis,
tance of II feet, injuring him so badly
that he died on the next Sunday. He
was % years of age and leaves wife
and two children. ~
A son of Mr.. Enos Sheldon of Rupert
met with sad accident on the I2th.--
He was walking with a sythe in his
band, and and by some mishap stumbled
and fell upon it, striking the knee joint.
The knee pan was cut in two and the
joint laid completely open. baa
The Woodstock Standard says that
on The 9th inst, as Mrs. George b. Bar
rett of that town was driving in Tafts-
vile, the horse became frightened, CON-
menced running and upset the wagon,
throwing her out and severely injuring
her spine and head. The same day from
a similar accident, Elizabeth Udall, of
Hartford, had her wrist broken and her
head somewhat bruised.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-09-09

Rev. Moses Cheney of Derby, famil.
larly known for many years throughout
Northern Vermont as odd Elder Che.
ney, was the author of more queer say
ings than any other Baptist minister in
the State. His society in Derby on GER
tain time concluded that they ought to
do more for his support than they were
doing, and SO they appointed commit
tee to purchase a COW and present to him.
He was very grateful for the Gift, but
upon trial her milk was found to be thin,
watery and good for nothing. After a
trial of week he determined to return
her So, one morning he called one of
his sons aud said to him "Here Peter.
take this whip and drive this COW back
to where she came from, and tell deacon
Carpenter that III stand lawsuit with
the Society before I'll take the gift of
her !" The whole errand was faithfully
performed, and that was the last of the
present on both sides.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-09-09
WHOLE NUMBER 454.
Vermont Anecdotes.
From the Vermont Record,

Nathan Edison, one of the early set
tiers of ST. Johnsbury, subscribed fol
Spooner's Vermont journal in company
with neighbor. Edison lived on the
post road and his neighbor on a back
road. Accordingly the papers were lefl
at Edson's honse, and after they had ac-
cum ulated for several weeks, he met the
neighbor and suggested that be should
call for them. "Oh, no." was the reply,
you keep them till the end OF the year,
and then We'll divide them"
Another of the early settlers there
who had paid in advance for the journal,
was greatly surprised and Indignant at
finding in his paper, one week, a short
editorial, headed in large, bold staring
capitals, PAY THE PRINTER + and
calling upon delinquent subscribers to
pay up their arrears. "See here" said
he to the postman, the next time he
came along, "what does this man mean
dunning me for the paper when | have
oaid for it?" "Oh, that doesn't mean
you" was the reply, "it means those
who have not paid" "Well, if that
iocsn't mean me, what did he put it in
ny paper for Z"
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-02-29

BIBLE WORK IN ISpIAxAPoLs.-The Indiana
polls Female Bible Society has commenced ia
this city full Bible work-the object of which
is 10 obtain. il possible from all the people, old
and young, rich and poor contributions to the
Bible cause; TO ascertin how many families are
without whole Bible, and how many children
able TO read, who without a whole Tesla
ment; ard to supply with Bibles. the destitute
families, and with Testaments the destitute
children.
This work has been committed to the Rev. S.
T Stout and the Rev james Mccoy acting as
auxiliary agents. These gentlemen. with view
both to expedition and economy, are dividing the
city into convenient Bible districts and securing
efficient local agents to operate therein
IL is the design that the districts remain with
fixed boundaries, and that the agents be secured
with an eve TO permanency, that through
them a complete work may be accomplished
every year, with increased success measured by
increased experience.
1t il the purpose Of this statement to commend
these agents, auxiliary and local. to The families
and persons upon whom they will call: not only
30, but earnestly to ask that everywhere they
may meet warm hearts To appreciate their work
and liberal hands TO help it. Bible funds are
needed now; needed to help the parent institution
ia the great and blessed work il is doing in our
country and the world. and needed to assist this
noble auxiliary ut indianapolis in paying for
many thousands of Testaments which have been
already distributed from its depository among
Indiana soldiers, and for many thousand more
which it proposes TO order for the purpose of
supplying and re-supplyng these brave men
In behalf of the Peoples Family Bible Society
WN. ARMSTRONG,
Agent A. S, Northern Indiana.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-02-29

Of the subject would permit II possessed the
rare merit of being just to the insurgent States
and 10 the slaves.
Mr.. Deming defended the amnesty proclama-
ton as being justifabIe from the fact that, in
legal sense. every citizen of an insurrectionary
State is public enemy.
NJ. Blow of Missouri discussed affairs of that
Site He defended himself from attacks which
Ia been made he had sought to discharge his
whole duty. and might challenge eomoarison of
records with his ASSISTANTS. The radicals had
kindled the fires; IN spirit of retaliation they
had undertaken 70 build Nd a party He was
willing 70 accept gradual emancipation. and when
the people of that State desired immediate eman-
cipaton he would be ready 20 accept that. The
radicals had sought deceive Union men: they
had refused % vote for immediate emancipation.
when they mad the power to carry it in conven
ton.
As TO tire recent convention in B Gilmore il
was compelled to nominate Lincoln. as the peo-
pie OF that State we're for him Dark lantern as
sociations still exist in Maryland Some dele
gates were elected. proGessedly for Lincoln. bu,
10 betray their trust One of Secretary Chase's
assessors had declared he would vote for whom
he pleased
Mr.. Blair expressed his surprise that the repre-
sentatiyes from Iowa and of other States had
been caugh, in trap by signing paper asking
for the rejection by the Senate of Scho6eld "a
Major General
Mr.. Wilson. of Iowa. denied that the delega-
ton from that State were caught in trap. He
knew wha, the paper was. and il told only the
truth
Mr. Grimes, of Iowa said the Missouri militia
came from Northern Missouri into the southern
portion OF his District. stealing horses and rob
bling hen roosts. They came to blow up the
Court House and unite themselves with the
knights of the Golden Circle
Dir. Blair replied that there was not sufficient
ground against Scho6eld. While a few such
men may have crossed over. the attention of the
commanding officer was directed to another QUAR-.
ter. The enemy sought TO msrepreseut and in
jure Gen. Schoheld, aud thus make an issue
against the President The Navy Department
courted investigatioh-not so the Treasury De
partme1t
In alluding TO Pomeroy's recent circular, he
spoke OF its design an intrigue against the
who had confded to Chase a portfolio.
Mr. Blair gave notice of his intention to in
troduce resolution on Monday to inquire into
the affairs of the Treasury Department in con
nection with the trade regulations OH the Missis-
sppi
Mr. Donnelly addressed the Committee for an
hour on the Importance of encouraging foreign
emigration. and in advocacy of bill heretofore
introduced by him to establish Bureau of Emf
grafton.
Mr. Edwards reviewed and condemned the acts
OF the Administration in connection with the
war. which. with our overwhelming numbers,
ought long ago To have been ended on the prin- |
cpe OF the Crittenden resolutions
The Committee then rose and the House adj
journed.