Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-10-26
Miscellaneous Items.

The Western sorghum crop will
be very large.
The announcement Of Edwin Booths
marriage is said to be premature.
"A national association OF school su-
perintendents will be held at Washing
ton in February.
Typhoid fever is unusually preva-
lent in and about New York city and in
Central and Western New York.
WIN. Lloyd Garrison has received
a commission from the Freedman.s So
ciety to represent the cause in Europe,
and will probably go over in January
Major General Hooker and wife are
in Washington.
The English capitalists propose to
take trip over the Baltimore and ohio
Railroad, and visit certain battletelds.
b The Democrats of the Sixth Massa-
iichusetts Congressional District have
I nominated Rev. 7. G. Greenwood,
Universalist clergyman Of Maiden, as
their candidate for Representative to
Congress.
The Union papers at the West are
very generally taking ground in favor OF
the re- election of Mr.. Colfax as Speaker
of the next House.
Gen. John B. Hood, late OF the rebel
army, is soon to lead to the altar, a
charming daughter OF Gen. Preston, iof
Kentucky. Hood will make Texas his
future home. gu r.
John G. Weedan, a conducteryon
horse railroad in Washington has been
held for trial for attempting to. expel
"Sojourn Truth" the famous old colored
lady, from car. Sojourner is an asis-
tant in one of the Washington hospitals.
"A Cleveland Democrat is reported to
have sent the intelligence OF the Ohio
elections in the following words, sug
gested by the famous dispatch of Com
modore Perry; 1--WE have met the en-
envy and we are theirs"
One mulatto inserted the blade Of
his knife between the ribs Of another
mulattO in Brooklyn, n. y, on Thurs
day, because they both were counting a
third mulattO whom No2 mulatto was
likely to carry off from No. mulatto
"A New York hack driver was en-
ployed Friday afternoon by Colored
soldier to take him from the Jersey
ferry to the New Haven depot, and on
! arriving there charged him five dollars.
The driver was arrested compelled to
refund the money, locked up in the
Tombs over night, fined ten dollars, and
made to pay three dollars for keeping
his team over night.
"A doctor was summond to cot
tage at HARDWOOD, in England and found
boy in need Of his services.
Show your tongue" said the doctor
The boy stared like an owl.
My good boy, let me see your tongue,
repeated the doctor
Talk English, doctor, said the moth
er, and then turning to her son said:
"Hopen thy gobler, and push out thy
loliker."
The mouth flew open and the doctor
was terribly taken in"
"A lady in Medford, being in Boston
with her youngest children. Ally and
Nelly, bought Ally small balloon, to
amuse and keep him quiet. While pass
ing through the hurrying, busy crowd
on Washington street a rude boy severed
the string, by which it was held, and
away foated the light little bubble over
the house tops. Nelly looked around,
and perceiving the tears in Ally's eyes,
exclaimed, with childs simplicity and
expression, " Never mind, Ally; when
you die and do to heaven you'll dit it.
TD RATHER CARRv II. Going from
market one day, we observed very
small boy, who gave no special indica
ton, by dress or face, Of other than or
binary training in life, carrying bas-
ket that was so heavy as nearly to bear
him down beneath it. We observed.
My boy, you have heavy load yes
said he, bnt Id rsteer carry it then
that my mother should The remark
was one of a nature we like to hear; but
we do not know that we should have
thought enough OF it to have chronicled
it, had We net seen across the street q
highly accomplished Jouog lady play
ing the piano while mother was washing
tho windows.