Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-07-19
Miscellaneous Items.

An Oxford (Me.) farmer writes as
an exchange that the indications of
bountiful harvest are seen on every
side. Fruit looks well, grass is very
abundant, corn is coming forward rap
idly, potatoes are growing finely,
while grain of all description promises
a good crop"
Shafter and Howard of Point
Reyes, Marin county, CAL, are the big
gest butter makers on the Pacific
coast at present. They have seven
teen dairies, milking 1000 ows,which
are pastured on ranches containing
$1,000 acres of land. They employ
nearly 200 men to herd and milk
COWS, make the butter, etc.
CURE FOR BARN ITCH.-A CORE
spondent informs US that enc table
spoonful of -four of sulphur given in
meal once a day for one week, viii
cure the itch in cattle. Try it.
The amount of benevolent contribu-
tions for the year has been $43, 700,
an advance of 13 per cent over the
previous year.
The whole number connected with
the Sabbath Schools is 1928.
Near Paris, KY, a man while en-
gagged in running a circular saw, had
his arms taken off. They consisted
of a cavalry sabre and double-bar-
relied shot gun.
At St. Louis a few days ago horse
walked into pond of water and de-
liberately lay down, pushed his head
under water and kept it there until
he was drowned.
A young man named PeIton, from
Somers, Conn, committed suicide in
Springfield Oh the 4th on account of
disappointed love.
The colored men in one of the
wards in Richmond have decided to
run colored man for Mayor and a
council ticket with two whites and
three colored men.
Col. Samuel Merrill, the Republi-
can nominee for Governor of Iowa, is
a native of Maine, about 45 years of
age, who was once driven away from
the South on account of his Senti-
ments, and who rendered excellent
service in the war He is not much
of speaker, but is an admirable bus
mess man.
1t is said that an Illinois girl, who
has lately lost her speech and cannot
speak above whisper, has since had
forty offers of marriage.
Ida and Ella Snow, twin daughters
of Harvey Snow of Mattapoisett, near
ly four years old, were poisoned to
death last week by eating friction
matches.
1t is suggested that while the courts
in Europe are mourning over the fate
Of Maxamillian, they include in their
cause for grief the fact that they are
his murderers.
A French journal gives an amusing
illustration of the familiar truth that
accounts differ" By careful study
of the Cretan dispatches it has ascer-
tanned that the total loss Of the Turk Turks
during the present insurrection has
been 100000 men; of the insurgents
40 men. A similar computation,
founded upon the Turkish dispatches,
gives Cretan loss of 100000 men
at the lowest figures, against Turk
ish loss of 5.
Fifty restaurants in Paris serve up
snails for ten thousand persons who
like such delicacies.
VIRGINIA City, Montana, July S.
Gen. Thomas Francis Meagher, Sec
retary and Acting Governor of this
territory, fell from the deck of the
steamer Thompson at Fort Benton on
the evening of the 1st inst, and was
drowned. He had been absent for
the last fortnight on public business
and had succeeded in procuring arms
for the troops engaged in the defence
Of the territory, and transacting other
military business demanded by our
present exigency. At last accounts
his remains had not been found. The
darkness of the night and the rapid
ty of the current prevented any at
tempts at rescue.
One of the first acts of Hungary,
on the recovery of its liberty of ac-
ton, has been to adopt the decimal
system of coinage. The money will
be, in future, distinct from that of
Autria, and very much more con-
venient for the trader and traveller.
A LIFELONG WORK. = A Good
Templar's work is never accomplish.
ed. While there is drunkard to be
saved, a fellow-being to be assisted
and sustained in the right path there
is something to be done. Duty en-
Joins to constant activity; we should
ever be upon the watch tower, and
never dream of rest till the Grand
Templar above calls US to our final
home beside that "pure river of wa
ter of life, clear as crystal proceed
ling out of the throne of God and the
, Lamb" e
WHICH ?-Let youth who stands
at bar with a glass of liquor in his
z~b.oh hn ho1 hok