Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-05-24
Miscellaneous Items.

Clean up strawberry beds before
they commence towering. After that
time leave them alone, as a light brush
or touch when in flower will often des-
troy impregnation, and of course the
fruit.
A hole in a tin dish may be mended
by cleaning around its edges, sprink-
ling on a little rosin, putting on a
lump Of solder and heating the other
side with lamp, or otherwise, until
the solder melts.
A butcher in New York has been
arrested for cutting off the fore legs
of an OK at the joints, for the purpose
ofpreventing the animal from straying
away until the "killer" should be
ready to slaughter him. The groans
and struggles of the poor animal, as
he hobbled about on the stumps of his
legs were agonizing in the extreme.
The negroes of Georgia held an
educational convention at Macon last
week, commencing the 1st of Nay
1t was well attended, and good order
prevailed. One of the colored dele
gates expressed his opinion that
"where the teacher keeps the child
ren on dead strain, setting five or
six hours on stretch, it has tenden.
cy to injure the agitation p
A talented temperance lecturer was
once asked, "What shall we do with
all the grain that is now required for
distilling?' "Feed the drunkard's
family with it, they've been hungry
long enough was the prompt reply.
At Scranton, Pa, recently, a little
boy of eight years was shut up over
night in coal vault by a store-keep-
or and his assistant, on plea that the
child had attempted to steal ball.
After spending a terrible night in the
wet and dirt, fighting the rats off his
person, the child succeeded, about
four o'clock in the morning, in max
ing his way out upon the pavement
through the coal hole, and soon sank
insensible into the arms of his mother,
who had been wandering the streets
all night in search of her boy. Strange
to say, the father compromised with
the storekeeper for $500.
Samuel Mills, the Franconia mur.
derer. recently made another desper.
ate attempt to escape from Haverhill
IN. H. Jail. When his plot was dis
covered he had nearly separated the
door of his cell from its fastenings.-
The prisoner expresses himself conf
dent of finally escaping. He says he
shall not strike for liberty again til
the fruit begins to ripen, so that he
can subsist in the fields and woods
till he fancies himself beyond the
reach of pursuers.
We are told to weigh our thoughts
most men and women would need {
very small pair of scales.
Many calumnies are injurious ever
after refuted. Like the Spanish flies
they sting when alive and blister whel
dead.
We call our legislators law-givers
when instead of giving laws, the
charge heavy wages for making them
There is a dull ring about a ba
piece of coin, as there is about tn
moon in hazy weather.
"I have got the best wife in tn
world" said a long suffering husband
"she always strikes me with the sol
end of the broom"
A bashful musician upon being r,
quested to blow his cornet, turne
red and white and blew.
The man who courted an invest
cation says it isn't half as good q
counting an affectionate girl.
Why is a bridegroom worth MOI
than a bride? Because she is give
away and he is sold.
No man can be witty when he wan
to, any more than he can be hungl
when he wants tot comes to him
love does, he can't tell how or why.
There have been registered
Washington 1854 colored and 7,0T
white voters.
: The London journals are discussil
| the question "whether a dissevert
: head retains sensibility." L b e
e should ask an ex-office holder.
Daniel Kimball of Clarendon, so
to Hayward & Hale, few da
;, since, three veal calves, six wee
. and two days old weighing 43O Ii
for $52 40.
e The emperor of Brazil has issued
t decree declaring all slaves free. L
s mandate will take effect within
l. years and all children of slaves DO
: hereafter are to be free from th'
n birth. M sra5a
d - ns
4 DEATH OF COMMANDER PAULDN
,.l-Commander Leonard Paulding,
the United States steamer Water
died at Panama on the 29th of APP
of dysentery. The deceased was
Y son of Rear Admiral Paulding, a
! entered the Navy from New Yo
J Dec, 10, 1910. Of his twenty
= years service nearly nineteen We
spent at sea. His last commissi
~ uas datad naf. % 1265 The