Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-12-14

lne Call1Ornla state temperance
society has resolved against the cul-
ture OF the vines in that state which
will keep the society in very small
minority.
The New York Evening Post op-
poses the election of Mr.. Greeley to
the U. 5. Senate because of his high
tariff notions, because he is too easi-
ly duped and cheated, and because
of his implacable enmity to Secretary
Seward.
The Congregationalists have raised
this year, for missionary labor, 1852
900.
A returned Californian named Viii
ti"6: rho he.d boon nhonnt three wears
found his wife living with another
man in Philadelphia; and the mother
of child. He threw the child out Of
the window on Saturday, stabbed the
woman and fled.
A MENAGERIE LET LoosE.-The
Medina County (Ohio,) Enterprise
says that two large boa constructors,
the property of Stewart Craven, Of
Congress, Ohio, escaped from their
keepers, in company with three or
four other snakes. short time since.
The boas have not at last report been
captured. An alligator escaped about
the same time, taking possession of a
field near at hand, driving out the cat
tie and sheep in very short space of
time. Mr.. Craven secured the mon
ster by lasso over him, and he is
now confined in small compass by
heavy board fence. These reptiles
were formerly part of Dan Rice'8
menagerie.
At the recent session held at Mont
pelier, it was decided that the omis-
sion to fix proper revenue stamp
to writ or other instrument, does
not render it invalid under the pro-
/ visions of the internal revenue laws,
unless the omission is shown to be
with intent to evade the provisions of
these laws, and under such circum-
stances as would make the party
whose duty it was to affix the stamp
liable to the penalty or forfeit impos-
ed for the omission or neglect to affix
the stamp. In the Thornton will case
which has been before the courts OF
Rutland county for several years, the
Judgment OF the county court in favor
of the will offered for probate was af-
firmed.
VERDANCY.-The st. Albans Mes
senger relates the following case OF
A well known Boston merchant.
who was here last week, related the
following anecdote: He was transact
ing some business in a store near
Chateaugay, n. Y, when a young rus
tic came in, and was exhibiting some
three pounds, Of choice spruce gum
The merchant, delighted with its clear,
transparent appearance, wished very
much to possess it, and asked the
young Tan what he would take for it.
?, "GoIly!' said he, you can't have a
chor of this; my gal is goin' to have
every bit ont"
While burglar was trying to break
into a house on Clark street, Chicago
Tuesday morning, he was discovered
by policemen, and as they approached
him fired, wounding one of them nam
ed Moesch, in the hand. The officer
: fired two shots back, but the thief es-
capped, wounded. Another encounter
between officers and burglars occur.
red during the night, in which the
burglar was captured. The police
: force is so inadequate that Chicago is
overrun by desperadoes. Only thirty
five policemen guard the city at night
5 BEAUTIFUL THoUGHT.-At the bat
5 tie of the Wilderness a gallant young
!, MissisSippisn had fallen at night
Just before burying him there came
l letter from her he loved best. One
2 of the fearful group around his body
a minister, whose tenderness was wo
|. manly, took the letter and laid it up
/ on the breast Of him whose heroic
heart was stilled. Bury it with him
He will see it when he awakes." |
s was the sublimest sentence of his fu
{ neral service.
) George Francis Train has writer
n a letter descriptive of the Pacific rail
n road excursion. On the trip the part
|, u passed prairie dog village, of whic
o Train says:
o A million dogs. Two shot. AncC
# ma kills dog. Painter a rattlesnakt
& Five hundred shots and two killed.
IS [ shot none, because | could not Sc
@ what harm they had done. They wer
IF not rebels. How peculiar they live
j A prairie dog, an owl and a rattle
f snake, and in one hole. A Radica
S Conservative and Copperhead livin
% in one "Happy Family"
u A Dacotah chap thinks that he ha
u found Paradise. Hear him: No ii
~ come tax; no internal revenue; n
= spies to see if you treat friend Q
- Sunday; no special police; no do
y tax; no poll tax, no school tax
ie bounty fund. And to end with, th
u Indians and halfbreeds can't tell on
80 greenback from another, so all one
- are tens.
in How LEAD PENCILS ARE MADE
Great quantities of pencils are no
made in England of composite
a. formed of saw-dust and small piece
In of black lead, which are ground to a
"a impalpable POWDER mixed with SON
III cohesive Medium. In KeSWick 25C