Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-12-07
Miscellaneous Items.

eide at Titusville, Pa, last week, from
melancholy conviction that he was
his own grandfather He left the
following singular letter.
Il married a widow who had a
grown up daughter. Ny father visit
ed our house very often, fell in love
with my step-daughter and married
her. So my father became my SON.
in-law, anu my sIep-daughLer my
mother, because she was my fathers
wife. Some time afterwards nv wife
had sOn-he was my fathers brother
in-law, and my uncle, for be was the
brother Of my step-mother. Ny
fathers wife, i. e., my step-daughter,
had also son; he was Of course, my
brother, and in the meantime nv
grandchild, for he was the son of nv
daughter. My wife was my grand
mother, because she was my mothers
mother. | was my wife'S husband
and grandchild at the same time.
And as the husband of a persons
grandmother is his grandfather, was
my own grandfather.
All who love peace, and are des-
tined to live with those Of less deli
cacy OF feeling than themselves, must
learn to take no offence where none
/ is intended.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher is writ
ing story for the New York Ledger,
the publication of which is to COM
mence early in 1867.
A BAD ENTRY.-A Frenchman
came to Island Pond last week with
a fine stallion, which ne succeeded in
entering for $3.50. The officers after
wards thinking the entry cheap. took
the horse and entered him for S400,
and added 20 per cent. to the duties.
The Frcnchman, it seems, had papers
in his pocket showing that he could
take 500 for the horse in Boston,
Union.
! VERY GENTLE.-The Burlington
Times says Atwater's Directory rs
not SO generally correct as it might
nave been Its grand list is errone-
Gus III six counties, its governor vote
in every county, and its population in
llS towns out of oil We think
that, with little more time and or
binary intelligence and care, Atwater
might have been much more correct.
To MAKE A CANDLE BURN ALL
. | NIGHT.-I remember seeing, some
years since, in an agricultural work
now out of print, an article on 'ecOn-
omy OF candles, which may be new
and useful to many Of our readers.
When, as in cases of sickness, a dull
light is wished, or when matches are
mislaid, put finely powdered salt Oh
the candle till it reaches the black
part OF the wick. In this way a mid
aud steady light may be kept through
The night, by small piece Of candle.
Judge Smalley and a jury in the
; United States circuit court on Satur-
day returned a verdict against Gorham
J. Abbott of Burlington, awarding
= Thomas A. jerks $4,000 in compen-
Sation for services rendered said Alb
, DOtt as counsel in a case connected
with Goodyear's India rubber patents.
| The senior editor of the Bu1ling-
/ ton Free Press, Prof George ".
e Benedict, i'll company with his estima-
d bic wife, has taken passage to the
West Indies where be proposes spend
e inc the winter for the benefit of his
! health.
A correspondent describes Carl
: baldi's "softly elastic nostril, which is
). ike the folded leaf Of the sensitive
!, plant" Oh! blow it.
A young lady residing in Landing,
: Michigan, was Stung on the forehead
oy honey bee in august last. The
. poison of the sting caused a severe
y swelling, and so prOstrated her nerv-
It Jus system as to coniiue her to bed,
and eventually caused her death.
ie A farm at Newbury, formerly OWL
II ID by Messr5. Hazen, and sold by
Je them to Austin Palmer for about S25,-
to 300. has recently been sold to Mr..
a Nimball, of HaverhiIl, \. H., for about
ID $4,000.
10 "What is the difference" graveiy
g propounded young wretch, "between
H. his ere novel of Mr.. Dickens, and
IN hiring a young woman as a wet uss
,n D'you give it up? Why, one is a
III Tale of Two Cities, and the other is
eli the sale of two -.
~ Mrs. Mcclure, farmers wife, liv-
~ ~ ing near Quincy, ILL.,, apparently died
y y on Sunday, and next day was buried
~ \. in the family vault near the house.
a. a. On Wednesday groans were heard In
~ - the vault by children; the coffin was
- opened and the woman found alive
" q She had injured herself in attempting
p p to force open the coffin, but is recov
. ) ering.
ed The highest salary paid to any
in man in New England is said to be re.
At ceived by the agent of woollen mill
,st in Massacbusetts-s15,O00. The low.
ed est is.believed to be that OF Metho-
as dist preacher, who stated at a late
on convention in Boston that his salary
OF for preaching last year was new nal
le, and bushel of apples.