Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-11-23
Miscellaneous Items,

hitherto been understood. Besides
contributing a large proportion of
sugar mucilage and other nutritive
compounds in the form of food, they
contain such fine combination of veg
etable acids, extractive substances,
and aromatic principles, with the nu-
tritlVe matter, as to act powerfully In
the capacity as refrigerants, tonics,
and antiseptics, and when freely used,
at the season of ripenesS, by rural la
borers and others, they prevent debil-
lty, strengthen digestion, correct the
putrefactive tendencies of nitrogenous
food, avert scurvy and probably main
tain and strengthen the power of pro-
ductive labor.
BUCKwHEAT CAKES. - Take two
quarts of water, blood warm: one
pint OF brewers yeast; make a thin
batter; let them rise as far as they
will; then add three-fourths of a ia
blespoonful of carbonate of soda, dis
solved in little water; then fry
them as quick as you like.
Mrs. Francis D. Gage, says in
letter from Pennsylvania: II met
one of the jurymen who helped to de-
eide the fate of John Brown-a more
ardent hater of slavery and of seces-
sion than he is to-day will be rarely
found. Truly the old mans soul goes
marching on"
Aaron Moon, living in that section
of Bennington known as Paper Mill
Village, attempted suicide Oct. 21st.
by hanging, but was discovered after
he was badly strangled, and rescued.
Loss of property is said to have been
the cause.
Prentice has seen a man so green
that his shadow cannot be seen on the
grass.
The students ola New York college
recently perpetrated funny joke up
on one OF the college magnates, who
is as absent minded as he is learned.
Being in the habit Of reading a chap
ter of the Bible in course to them
every day, the students by changing
the mark kept him reading the 18th
chapter OF Acts for a whole week.
Never chase a bullet that has gone
by you.
As was to be. expected the Vene-
tlans have by a virtually unanimous
vote declared for annexation with
Italy, of which Kingdom Venetia is
now part. And so at last Italy is
free, "trom the Alps to the Adriatic !"
The hopes OF her statesmen, her pa
tnots and her poets. for generations
past, have at length been fulfilled, and
she enters upon her new career under
auspices. She has the best
wishes of all true lovers of liberty
May the genius and patriotism of her
sons prove fully equal to the task
which now deyolyes upon them, of
working out the regeneration of their
fine country.
The English papers report that the
receipts Of the Atlantic Telegraph
COMPANY now average from 81. 500 to
$4,000 daily.
John Morrissey will probably be
President of the Fisrt National Faro
Bank.
Morrissey won about $4,000 bet
ting on the Hoffman majority in New
York city.
A tape-worm 48O inches long was
removed from a man in Hartford.
Conn.
The work of restoring the cathedral
church of Notre Dame, Paris, is al
most finished 1t has occupied 20
years.
In South Bend, Ohio, a man STEP
ped into the Mayors office and stated
that the night previous, a fellow came
into his house, stark-naked: that he
was there yet. Three policemen at
once started on the run to oust the
intruder. When they got to the house
they asked to see the fellow that had
come in there the night before The
nurse brought out the baby.
There is an unusually stupid Cop
perhead in Peterborough, New York,
who listened attentively to the read
ing Of one of Petroleum V. Nasby's
letters describing the Presidents
western journey, and then growled
out in much disgust: "What in Hea-
ven's name did Andy want to take
such blasted fool with him for p
THE SCHOOLMAsTER ABROAD.-The
following is notice of a lost "Caff,"
which was lately nailed up at the
Winooski Post Office:
WNoosKI, Vt, Nov. 2, 1866.
! Found A Heffer on the premises
ocquipide by Peter Shiatt this is a
:, spring Caff She is Half White and red
She is White on the Back. And She
is in good order the honor of a lost
Calf Will Call at j. S. Tubbs & Co
Tin Shop and he will get information.
| RAILROAD ACCIDENT.-As a special
freight train was coming down the
Grand Trunk last Monday morning,
when fifteen miles above Island Pond,
it came upon gang of section men
who, not having been furnished with
time table, had several rails up for
track repairs. AS they saw the train
coming they hurriedly replaced the
rails, but had no time to spike them
! down. The engineer and fireman,
seeing the danger, jumped from the