Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-18

Rev. A. A, Willetts of Brooklyn |
lately received a wedding fee in gold.
The less writer knows of sub
ject, the more ink he uses in telling it.
You cannot dream yourself into a
character; you must hammer and forge |
yourself one.
Within a week five Methodist
shire and Vermont in the vacinity OF
Lebanon.
Three rebels confined in Fort War
ren made their escape from the Fortress
on Tuesday evening in a box in which
they We're supposed to have padded
ashore, landing at Hull. No doubt was
entertained as to their reCapture.
The body of Col F. J. Hurlburt,
who was missing at Chicago for about
a week previously, was found in the
dock at that city last Monday. The aE-
fair was to be thoroughly Investigated,
John Quinns brewery was burned
at Albany on Wednesday night at loss
of $4,000. A boiler explosion occurred
at the same place two days before kill
ing two men, and doing much damage.
-Ex,Gov. Sprague has lately bought
the mare, Lady Lightfoot, formerly
owned in Hartford, for $4,000. The
Hartford Times says for a single mile
the horse is fast, and that ends her, and
that the governor was sold at the same
time With the horse, Query. What
horse was he sold with:
The grand review next week will
eclipse any military display ever wit
messed, if it comes off; but it is under
stood that Gen. Grant does not favor it
on the ground that il will give the men
unnecessary fatigue,
Government paid to-day the first in
stallment of one million and half dol
lars to the Central Pacific Railroad of
California, it being the amount due the
company on the first section Of thirty
miles. Twenty more will be completed
within the next four months.
-Maxims relating to Negro suffrage.
! 1t is better for a sober negro to vote,
| than for a drunken Irishman to do it.
| | would rather have black man vote
whose instincts make him loyal, than
an educated white man whose education
makes him traitor
The waterfall, originally very
/ graceful arrangement, is now rendered
! particularly ungainly and unbecoming
/ because of It's enormous increase in am
/ pltude. An honest lrishman asked a
lady if she was travelling far? No.
Why do you inquire Because l see
you have a large bag on the back of
your neck.
The expenses of the United States
mint, at Philadelphia, are to be largely
reduced. The manufacture of nickel
cents is entirely suspended, and when
the new three cent pieces are struck off,
the work of retrenchment will go into
full effect. At present cents are no long
er boarded as before, and it is likely
that they will soon become conveniently
plenty.
MECHANICAL SKILL OF ENGLISH BURG
LARs.-The art of burglary has almost
arisen to the dignity Of science The
gentlemen of the pick-lOck and crowbar
manage their little affairs with q skill,
a forethough and consummate adroit-
ness worthy of better cause, but of a
! SptClCS vi dOlulIdJlUuJ NOT, perhaps,
that which honest men would like to
deserve, but nevertheless very satisfac-
tory, we feel little doubt, to the
thoroughly professional thief Mechan-
iCal engineering loses nothing Of its
honors in such hands, and we question
if the practical application, at least OF
the forces Of nature is better understood
in the great workshops Of the country
than it is in the "thieves' alley" and
"rogue's walk"
Every mechanical engineer is aware
that the best tool steel is very differ
ent article from even first class plates
1t is capable Of taking better temper
ank Of being made considerably harder
and, as a consequence, drills can always
be produced by careful manipulation
which can find their way through the
hardened sides Of a steel safe, with mod
crate facility.
The art of making such drills is one
Of the burglars trade secrets. His
tools cannot be exceled in their beauty
of finish and admirable quality. Near.
ly two tons of "jimmies," drills, chisels
&c, were sent few months since from
the London police Offices to one of the
dockyards to be worked up, and we
question if any iron or steel distantly
approaching this in quality had ever
found its way into Government "scrap'
before.-Engineer.