Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-03-30

lkEAL ESTATE IN MoNtfhLiER any pouy can
sell at a good price who chooses to do So there
is no lack Of buyers One Of the last sales was
the house and lot Of Hon S. B. Colby, which has
been purchased by the Episcopal Society for
$500.
Some of the States do not tax legal tender notes,
holding that the act Of Congress exempts them
Congress is correcting that mistake.
The managers Of the Rutland Il Burlington and
Vermont Valley Railroad have continued the pay
Of Lieut. Burlingame who lost his right arm by
an unfortunate accident atthe depot in Bratleboro,
and will furnish such employment as he may be
able to do as soon as he shall be sufficiently recov-
cred to perform labor.
Some Of the Fenians say the cattle plague is al
ready in this country--having come in on the
Pope's bull There is more than Joke in this
Not a few Of the .Fenians denounce the Pope for
meddlng with politics, insisting that his business
is with the church alone.
The report from Montana that many men had
been badly frosted and others frozen to death du-
ring the exodus to the Sun Ryermines is confirmed.
The story that rich discoveries of gold had been
/ found there proved to be hoax and not a few OF
I its unfortunate victims paid for their credulity
I with their lives.
The recent failure in Providence for about a
million dollars was that OF an extensive cotton
manufacturing house having on hand large
amount of cotton purchased at high prices, and
also a heavy stock of manufactured goods.
There is a plague of mice this spring in Ohio
They have attacked the fruit trees in some sections
and destroyed over five thousand trees. They arr
SO thick that in passing through the fields in some
places they scatter before you in every direction.
The prevalence Of the cattle plague in Europe
is making a large demand there for American
butter aud cheese. European agents are now visi
ting the cheese and butter sections of this country
and making large purchases.
SO that's the reasons it?-why butter ha
gone up Keep the churn going
A patent has been granted to Virgil w Ban
chard Of Bridport, for an improved car-brake
Two Canadian soldiers, stationed at Stanstead
deserted on the 18th, saying they would fight 10
the Finnegans sooner than for the Canadians
Sixteen farmers who sell milk in Boston, wer
prosecuted in 1865 for putting too much water j
the milk The quantity of water varied from
TO 81 per cent Eight cents quart IS goo
price for milk and water.
Some of the Washington correspondents tell q
the bill to guaranty Mexican bonds is seriou
thing. It will be, if passed-very serious fc
those who vote for it.
Horace Brownell of Willstons has butchered
Durham COW weighing 1870 lbs. live weight, an
1884 dressed.
LAuGHABLE ERRoR.-A message was receive
at the telegraph office in this place the other da
for Samuel, Pelham and Book. Can our Villag
readers guess for whom it was intended2
Stephen Lawlor, of North Hartland, was killo
at pttsfeld on Tuesday last, by fall.
The small pox has broken out in the town
Holland, and a child has died of it.
The London Standard says, inv view OF Bancroft
oraton,--it 4" can very quietly contemplate d
depth of discredit to which people once Engli'
can descend, when they have allowed themsev'
to become hopelessly democratized" But not i
very quietly either. The Standard cannot TO
get that the awiully demoralized Jonathan hi
licked his dad, and can do il again.
Trade in Montreal is dull, and anticipations
to Canadian business are very gloomy. With u
abrogation of the reciprocity treaty, Fenianis
and non-productive railroads, Canada is in ba
condition