Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-10-26

nevolent lady visited her home to take
the money to her. In a darkened ap-
artment lay the corpse. The widow
was crying and everything looked mel
ancholy. She left the $50 and depar-
ted. Finding she had forgotten her
parasol, she returned, and to her sur
prise, found the corpse carefully count
ing the money.
ToADs-In this country the boys
generally kill toads whenever they see
them. The toad is not remarkably
handsome, but he is very useful fell
low, nevertheless, and abroad they
know it, and make him an article of
petty commerce. In London and Pa
ris they are bought and sold in the
markets-bought by the market-gar-
deners, who use them for the purpose
Of destroying troublesome bugs
They are as destructive on the striped
bug which preys on cucumbers and
melons, and on similar pests, as the
turkey is on the tobacco worm and the
grasshopper. The latest quotation
for toads abroad is about two shillings
per dozen, though they have gone as
high as six-thus ranging in our paper
currency from thirty-six cents to near
ly two dollars per dozen.
BRUTAL.-A sweet-faced, barefoot
;, ed bare-headed, bare-legged little girl
of five years has been arraigned be-
fore the Police Court of New York "a
Christian city, for the terrible crime
of picking up forty cents worth of
loose cotton from the premises of one
| Cyrus Turton. The miserable thief
was handed over by the humane mag
istrate to the officers of justice, and
by them promptly incarcerated within
the gloomy cells designed for such ter
rible offenders.
TRIBUTE TO BOoTH.-A gentleman
recently from New Orleans informs
the editor of the New Bedford Mer-
curry that in a hotel in that city he
heard the following toast proposed and
drank:
"Here's to the hand that drew the trigger,
That shot the man who freed the niger"
Gen. Hillyer, of New York, having
stated publicly that Gen Grant is a
firm supporter of the Presidents pol
icy, Grant writes to him
"9ou, nor no man living, is author
lied to speak for me in political mat
ters, and | ask you to desist in future.
| want every man to vote according
to his own judgement, without infu-
ence from me"
,, The New York academy of Music
is being rapidly rebuilt 1t will be
ready for use about the first of Janu-
ary.
HARD ON "MY POLICY R. A.
Conner, soldier who was wounded
and captured at the battle Of Chica
mauga, and suffered all the horrors of
rebel prison pens, except death, having
been removed from the Office of Post
master at North Vernon, Jennings
Co., Ind, and copperhead supporter
Of my policy put in his place, Mr.
Conner publishes sixteen reasons why
he was removed, among which are
J the following:
Il am removed because | do not
: support the Democratic party, one Of
whom tried a second time to shoot
me in Smiths building at Richmond
| am removed because | do not-will
not support the democratic party
which endeayored to freeze me t0
death during the winters of '63-4, al
Danville, Va. | am removed because
| do not support the Internal anC
reasonable Democratic party which
came near starving me at Charleston
S. G. [ am removed because [ dc
not endorse the hellish party which
tortured me with hunger for si1
months at Andersonville, Ga. | All
removed because | do not support
. the assassin's President.
The BEAR AND THE TEA-KETTLE.-
The bears of Kamschatska liv e
chiefly On fish, which they procure for
themselves from the rivers. A few
years ago the fish became very scarce.
, Emboldened by the famine and con-
sequent hunger, the bears instead of
retiring to their dens, wandered about
and sometimes entered the villages
On certain occasion one of them
found the outer door of a house open,
and entering it, the gate accidentally
: closed after him. The woman of the
house had just placed a kettle of boil
ing water in the court. Bruin smelt
it, but burned his nose. Provoked at
the pain, he vented all his fury on the
tea-kettle. He folded his arms around
it. pressed it with his whole strength
) against his breast to crush it; but this
of course only burnt him the more,
The horrible growing which the rage
l and pain forced upon the poor animal
now brought the neighbors to the
, spot, and bruin, by few shots, was
, put out of his misery. To this day,
: however, whenever anybody Injuries
himself by his own violence, the peo-
Pile of the village call him "the bear
> and the tea-kettle. ."-GIt Reporter.
A New Yorker, rich by inheritance,
!. acceded to his wife's desire for a
5 coat-ofarms to be put upon the panels
! of their carriage, and drew a small
d mound in which was stuck a manure
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