Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-02-15
Miscellaneous Items.

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that she was engaged.
"Well," said Bill, "are you engaged
for the next set 2"
She said she was.
"Can't dance with you the next,
then"
II am engaged for that, also.
"Can | dance with you tonight
"No," with some hesitancy,
"Go to Boston," said Bill, highly
indignant. and turned on his heel.
After few moments Bill was ac-
costed by the brother of the young
lady. and charged him with insulting
his sister.
Bill denies; but processes himself
willing to apologize if he had done
wrong, and accordingly steps up to
the young lady, when the following
conversation ensued:
"Miss L., | understand have In
suited you?"
"You have. sir."
"What did l say, Miss LIP
"You told me to 90 to Boston"
"Well," said Bill, ~ have come to
tell you that you needn't CO."
A. K. Shepherd, Quartermaster
in the rebel army, obtained from par
ties in Memphis large sum in gold to
pay off the soldiers of Dick Taylors
army just prior to the surrender
This gold was exchanged for 10000
bales of Confederate cotton, then at
Marion, Alabama, which was subse-
quently seized by the United States
Treasury agents, sent to New York
and sold on government account
Recently, Governor Parsons, of Ala
bama, acting as attorney for Shep-
herd, has obtained Treasury warrants
for $4,000 bales of this cotton at $50
per bale-amounting to S1,440,000.
A resolution of inquiry into this and
other cases was passed by the Senate
this morning.
THE New YORK STYLE OF Rob-
BERY.-On Thursday evening Mr.. E.
R. Strazincky, Librarian of the Astor
Library, in New York, attempted to
leave a Third Avenue car in the Bow.
cry, when he was prevented by gang
of thieves, who rided his pockets and
then violently pushed him off the
platform. His cries for assistance
were not needed by the conductor
who was afraid of interfering Or
reaching the sidewalk he pointed GU
the car in which he had been robbed
to policeman, who replied, however
that he could render him no assist
ance. The Commercial says sucl
occurrences are constantly takins
place.
KISSING A YANKEE TAMoR's WIFE
William the ". late King of Eng
land, when Prince of Wales, and du
ring his service off the coast OF Uppe
Canada, had crossed over into tn
State of Vermont. He entered
tailors shop and seeing the tailor
wife, an exceedingly beautiful woman
he without ceremony ravished kis
from the lady and remarked: "Ther
now, tell your country women that
son of the King of England has kiss
ed a Yankee tailors wife" Unha[
PLY for him, at that moment, her hus
band, the tailor, appeared from tn
back room, and being a stout fellow
he gave the scion of royalty a TIRE
mendous kick, and exclaimed: "Ther
go and tell your countrymen that
Yankee tailor has kicked a son of tn
king of England"
The nearly fatal poisoning of tn
Clark family at Rutland, few day
since, was caused by eating rhubar
which had been put up in tin cans.
A telegraphic dispatch was sci
from Burlington to San Francisco, la'
week, and an answer received in lie;
than four hours.
They have a couple of sharp revel
ue detectives at st. Adams, and su
picious people and things are like
to receive a close inspection. In IL
month of September they collected
duties from railroad passengers, ft
clothing, 1918.
The Alabama House of Represen
atives have passed bill to establish
system of public schools far blacI
and whites alike, except tn al Il
schools for each shall be seperate.
The total cost of collecting the re
enue in Vermont for the year endiI
July l, 1866, was $11,37S.
EXECUTION OF a MURDERER.-Mo
risto,on, Pa. Feb 6.-Jacob F. Ha
olph was executed at noon to-day, f,
the murder of Julius Wochell your
German, in November, 1865. Fl
object was to obtain money belon
ing to Wochell, in Germany, and
was detected by a letter written
obtain it. He died after deliveril
aspeech in German protesting his
nocence.
Son on bust, left his fathers hou
and strayed some days; but he
turned, and sire to dam thus spok
Wife, kill the prodigal, the c;
has returned"
"Be thou dilligent to know the sta
OF thy focks, and look we'll after t
herds, for riches are not forever"
An American lady wore at a rece
ball in Paris jewels valued at $40
900. LoLt
There were received at Toledo
ring the year 1866 by lake and ra
road, 35,4s8,949 feet of black W
nut lumher loo 2A0 5O0 foot oe