Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-07-05
miscellaneous Items.

make her first trial trip d month hence,
49, A man recently wrote to shoe
maker "Cepd me q pair esq Toad
ShooZe,"
"A rich heiress, only thirteen years
old, was married in Cairo, ILL.,, few
weeks ago to bridegroom Of ninety
one.
Gen Mcclellan has visited Field
Marshal Beuedek, and it is said will
spend year in Europe, in observation.
That is just what he used to do when
commander Of the federal armies.
There be many kinds OF weddings,
but rarely a diamond one. signaling IS
years of married life yet this event
was recently celebrated by q couple in
Olmuty, Moravia.
Two young ladies at Louisville
were recently pLecipitated into privy
vault by the floor giving way, and when
discovered an hour afterward were
taken out dead.
When washing calicoes, infuse
three gills OF salt In four quarts Of
water put the calico in while hot, and
leave it till cold, and in this way the
cOlors are rendered permanent, and will
not fade by subsequent washing.
Mrs. James Gordon Bennett is hard
on her husband. In a letter to the Tri-
| bune she says II do not trouble my
self about politics or politicians or ed
itors, or any such unkind, unfeeling
| people vet | have suffered greatly by
them"
A young lady being told that her
lover was suddenly killed exclaimed,
ooh, that SPLENDID gold watch of his
| Give me that-give me something to re-
member him by !"
- A seasonable fact To remove the
unpleasant odor produced by perspira-
ton, wash the face, hands and arms in
a basin of water in which has been put
two spoonfuls Of compound spirits
of ammonia. The remedy is cheap,
harmless and etfectual.
The receipts from customs from the
1st of July last until the 10Th inst.
amounted to the large sum of Sl63 000,-
| 900 in gold. 1t is estimated that the
total receipts for the fiscal year ending
| Goth instant will reach S170,000,00O,
which is more than double the amount
received during the year ending June
80, 1865.
John Stuart Mill has presented
petition to the Honse Of Commons in
favor Of the extension Of suffrage to
female resident house holders. 1t was
signed, he showed, by 1850 ladies be
longing to the upper and middle classes,
! and all Of them gave their addresses.
Daniel Webster once gave the foj-
lowing characteristic letter of introdnc-
ton
"Deor Sir : present you my friend,
Hon. George f. Badger, OF North Car
Olina-yOur equal, and the superior Of
Yours very respectfully.
sd. WEBSTER"
"A man living in Kinds county, Mis-
sissippi, recently awOke from Il com
! Portable nap Of tlfty-sX hours precisely.
lie took his snooze in barn loft, and
was unacOuntably missing to his friends
during that period.
The finest residence in the South is
that of W. B. Johnson of Macon, Ga,
modelled after the plans of European
! palaces. In order not to know how
much it cost, he destroyed the bills as
fast as they were paid.
1t is believed that by the 10th OF
next month the Great Eastern will be in
readiness to sail faom Valentia, and
! once more attempt the laying of the At
Tactic cable. There are $500 miles of
new cable on the Great Eastern, and
the machinery, both for paying out and
picking up it is said to be the product
Of the best skill that England GUILD
bring into requisition.
"A convention of ladies dissatisfied
with the present mode of female dress
was held at Sarycuse, New York, last
/ week. Miss Or Mary E. Walker pre-
sided and made an address, in which
! she remarked that Jefferson Davis
might be adequately punished by being
! arrsyed in hoops and long skirts and
made to do the wOmen's work of a tour
! story house, but that such severity of
/ torture was suited only to snch great
/ criminals as he.
Since the discovery OF an eccentric
hermit in New York, local reporters are
on the look out for such curiOsities.
One has been found in ChicagO-an old
rag picker, who lives ia hut like
dog kcnurl, not high enough to sit up
nghl jn without furniture of any kind.
a pile of scraps Of paper serving for
/ bed He has been thirty years hermit
| but has occupied his present residence
| only three years. Six dogs serve as
| companions and bed warmers, and earn
their own living by catching rats. The
I hermit is native OF Germany, Of lin
tied education, and was school teacher
! in his youth. He eats nothing but
! bread and milk, never reads anything,
spends what he earns one day in getting
food for the next, aud never has cent
af curr,lnc