Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-12-27

When Richard Pierce, printer, of
Boston, worked off upon his hand
'ress' on the 18th of September, 1890,
he hrst newspaper ever published in
mcrlca, the general court took the
heet into custody, held solemn debate
yer the Daring disturber of the pu6-
&c quiet, and voted that it contained
elections OF very high nature" and
IS publication was contrary to law
t was not allowed to appear again.
Englishmen should not boast Of their
RATIONAL greatness befofe]Canadian
indians, In reply to one who repeat
d the boast that thecsun never sets
IN the Queens dominions, Mr.. Redskin
sad aal that was e because Heaven was
afraid to trust an Englishman in the
lark.
A lady who recently visited a GEN.
etery with her daughter, observed on
one of the stones a neatly cut figure
lre Of horse. Wondering why such
an emblem should be used, they ex.
amined the inscription closely, but
could find no clue to its appropriate
ness, when her little girl remarked :
Il presume she died of the night
mare :" z-''s a. 9H+
Prof Miller, of Edinburgh, says
that " alcohol cures nothing; it covers
up a great deal" 1t is sure to kill.
Says DR.. Guthrie" If you want to
keep dead man, put him in whiSkey;
if you want to kill a living man put
the whiskey into him." Wine is cap
ital medicine when taken in the "orig-
inal packages" If you must take
wine for a medicine. take in the orig
inal shape. Wine in grapes, @wiue in
pill" will never hurt anybody.
One daily paper in Paris has a cir
culation of 100000 copies. 1t is
printed on four presses of French in-
vention, which turn off $4,000 copies
an hour. Each press can print 600
copies a minute, or ten copies every
second. England has nothing APP
preaching this in quantity or rapidity.
And this paper LIE Petit Journal, sell
ing for one sou, fraction less than
one cent, employs, as well it may,
some of the cleverest pens in France.
Some time ago boy was run over
by railroad train in Ineiana and lost
both legs. He sued the company and
recovered $4,000 damages. An ap-
peal was taken and after innumerable
delays the poor boy is glad to CON-
promise for $3.50, and pay his own
costs. We seem to have read some
where that corporations nave no
souls.
Vienna vagabonds by premedita ted
state of offences secure their incarce.
ration in prison for the winter. and
thus relieve themselves of the task of
earning a living. One who was lately
discharged on a pardon, after two
months Imprisonment, complained
loudly that he was "chcated out Of
four months"
Now the snow has come, it is well
to know how to make boots water
tight, and this is the way: Boil one
quart of linseed oil with half a pound
Of Venice turpentine, with which paint
the leather frequently while warm
but not hot, till the leather will alb.
sOrb no more.
To CLEAN KNIVES small clean
potatOe with the end cut off, is a very
convenient medium of applying brick
dust to knives, keeping it about the
right moisture, while the juice Of the
potato assists in removing stains from
The surface. A better polish can be
obtained 10y this method than by any
other we have tried, and with less
| labor.
SWEET On FOR BURNs.-No FAM
| ly, and especially families il the coun
Try. where it is not easy to procure
everything desired at once, should b.
without bottle of sweet oil. There
is nothing like it for burns, &c. |
YOU have none procure some immedi
atcly.
To CLEAN TN CovERs.-Get tn
, finest whiting; mix a little of it pow
'lered with the least drop of swee
oil, rub the covers we'll with it ait
wipe them clean; then dust over then
some dry whiting in a muslin bag, anc
{ rub bright with dry leather. Thi
ldSb 10 W HICNCib iuSL. NilCtl IiiC CpOr
! must guard against by wiping then
Try and putting them by the fire when
they come from the pantry; for II
once hung up damp, the inside will
!. rust.
Henry Williams, alias Miller, char
i ged with the murder Of Mr.. and Mrs
:, Gowlng at AscutneyvilIe, last summer
has just been indicted by the gran
: jury at Wood took, and his trial
F" expected to take place this week q
that place, Col. Pingree of Hartfor
4 being the prosecuting attorney. Tn
4, case will doubtless turn upon the ev
1t dcnee of Ella Gowing. only survivin
l. daughter of the murdered husban
a and wife, who was in bed III the san
room in which the crime was comm