Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-06-28
Miscellaneous Items.


Pollock, whose father died at Pollock
Castle, in Scotland is wanted to oc- as.. s..4.
cupy the castle and spend $4,000 a
year. The missing young man left
home in 1865, and is thought to be i''ioi5-
somewhere in this country. At the -ol :
last accounts he was supporting him l4lll a.4l
self by manual labor. aL .inl ys.6 fIserl,is. .-r.
PATRIARCHAL SELF-DEFENsE.-Tn
Centennial celebration at Westmin. aa .-si
ster naturally brought out many sto- 1aaaila i
rles and "reminiscences of the early ,qs-lna .,.
days of that town, and reminds US of
one which is said to have occurred
some eighty years ago, which we heard
some years since, and though not al ltsia
luded to last week, we think is worth o7.l .3
telling, as we do not remember to ,7ssE 1T
have seen it in print. 1t was case r,.....--s
OF Church discipline. Capt. Azariah y
Wright, whose descendants we believe m
still live in Westminster as grand a75A 5a
children, was member of the church bEG a4b
in good standing, but had shot bear aafbra4sa
on Sunday which he found eating corn - -. r.
In his cOrnfeld, TOR which he was sum-
moned before a council of the church. 1N
At the appointed time he appeared HEt
with his gun and took his seat The i3H 5e
minister rose and called out to Mr.. .,.r sa
Wright, like one having authority, to s6
rise. Mr.. Wright instantly obeyed
and taking up his gun aimed it direct
ty at the parsOn,-who looked aston apaa
lShed, and turning to the audience first aal8l
one side and then the other, sat down. a ifaa. 4
Again the minister rose and called to -Er
Wright to stand up, and he did so and
again aimed the gun at the worthy
Reverends head, who again sat down @ -
and so did Mr.. Wright For the third za5uaa 80
time he called to wright to stand up, a.ass- +
and he quickly responded. but the in -
evltable gun was aimed directly at the
minister's head. The crisis had now
come, and the minister and council all
left the house, Wright shouldered his l-asaa
gun, took the key left in the door,
locked the house, Went home and that q -
was the last he ever heard about the
bear Beltows Falls Times. 's
IN. r ea7t ialaaaaa sa Sd
A country paper in Wisconsin says a8v
that the legislature Of that state ad- i
Ijourned non cOmpos." This is about
as bad as the statement made by the
chairman of a meeting held in Byron s
Hall, Chicago, about six years ago, E51 sm
declaring certain resolution passed .oes
g cfim con :" 1 -... - 1
We have often heard and read of
inducements held out by editors and
publishers to persons forwarding new
subscribers, bnL- the folio-vi.s a. tho
latest, which We copy from an eX-
change =" The editor of the Gardi-
ner Journal is offering premiums for
subscribers This is one: For two a91a
new subscribers, furnished by any good
looking young lady, we will furnish a -..
husband, or, if we iail in that, we will
marry her ourselves as soon as the
law will allow -oa
MoRMoNIsM.- Greeley, in a
lecture recently delivered in New
York. upon the Mormons, among 9th 5- a
er things is reported to have said: .
| Il have met among the bishops, Sc .. a..
veral not over happy in their marital
/ reatioas--one, who had among his "
wives two of his nicces another N CO.'S
whose two wives (he was very mod ---l.,s s
est) never spoke to each other on any @ r5z
1 occasion, which made the house rather .
awkward to visitors. Only imagine
to yourself family oil twelve children, -
with four or five mothers to bring 5@ 4i
; them up in one house, and you have as e.Aa.
fair start for hell upon earth as you q 4
can well imagine. Ten years in such
a purgatory would make man long
for the sound of Gabriels trumpet"
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; Coop ADVICE TO PREACHERs.-Be q
}, short and lively. Load up before you
enter the sacred desk. Announce
your text when the time comes with
distinctness, and lash right into dis
cussion. Fire at point blank range. Id
: Keep your eye on that drowsy hear I
4 er until he becomes wide awake fs-. 5e
r Hold the children and those restless
0 young folks under good command
!! Give portion to the aged ones, ~
t who try so hard to catch every sylla- -ol1
BILE you utter, and, under some of the 48
r modern pulpit orators, lose about half. lo5s
Stir all the people. "Shake off dull
sloth" in manner and tone. Be in
earnest tremendously in earnest - 7A@@ g
: Make an impressions if you can, inside 9-.V 2
y of thirty minutes if not, ask God to "a .5f
S give his blessing and-close. 8lg slosaa n5-o5a
A BOYS FIRST COMPOSITION. 9aals g
! Terra Haute (Ind.) Album gives the -
l. following essay on The Ok" from l 4
t one of its young contributors, just as ,'a 90
G it came from his pen. 1t is so natu- o's 14l-
. raj and spontaneous that we doubt II -iS
F ShilIabar or Josh Billings could equal @a~ -
h it in genuine humor: = 0aN--'
!, aOxen is a very slow animal, they I'D 'ii'o
k are good to break ground up. i5 Z a5-
o would drather have horses if they G8q yLbig
d didn't have kollick, which they say isiDow orsi
wind collected in bunch which makes rra ga;.,.
d Fit dangerser for to keep horses than. - :
d am OK. If there were no horses peo- 9O
le pie would have to wheel thare wood Us E&l
b., on a wheelbarrow.5a it wood take them, as9as
IT two or three days to wheel a. eordaa IIsw Is
$ mile. Cows is useful to, have svo.la
y heard some say that if they had to be -. :.
e ttother or an OK they wood be COW. i.'''A =.
/. Rnt think when II fnne to have their ll5 5ss