Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1867-02-06

81. JoHNsBURY, Jan 80.
AT q special ting Of the Commissioners. held
tI-day. Be apo ed that more than The requisite.
amount Of stock had been subscribed, and i was
vot. to pr I'd 90 give notice for meeting Of
tla Stor .lh for AN election of Directors
AZ an Ay hope 90 have the pleasure Of
calling up, and others in Your place and
will then lay before you our plan for working up
This important enterprise
The citizens of Portland are deeply interested,
with efforts 10 secure tine early commence
ment Jrt on this great trunk line and the
conn of the road early as pracdcable.-
rhe eprsc is 1i vital importance to the city of
Po.ltni aud 10 iiie entire State.
We feel assured there will be- no lack of interest
and hearty cooperation, among the people along
the line. from MONTPELIER to Maine. 1t the pe0-
PIE want the road built, and wall manifest il by
their corts t.s road Is eertam 90 be Carried
through,
bpne YOU and Willard viii begin to agi-
tate the question Ia columns OF Your papers,
and show up Che ad, .Itages Of the line to the peo-
pile Of Northern and Central Vermont, as Afford
ing increased fi tiles for transportation to and
from ae Wes developing the resources of a
section u the a-ate not now trayersed by Rail
roads. Ii. f.
Cumosufgs or THE New YoRE Census -
The ccnsus che last wear develops the Interest,"
lug facts, lhe excess OF women has largely
increased 1860 ,s has also the number Of
naturdized voters t' the number of freehold
ers or aliens. md OF r,ons who cannot read and
write, bss decreased bat immigrants from the
Sout states settle the city while those from
the alu States he in the country that
one three forei immigrants stops in the
city t'' there are al cen persons in the city
who are over one hund years old that there
are in fhe city i2909 ti-iilies who have no chill
dren - lsl with one child; nearly the same
number with two children; 1864 with five children,
and two with twelve children; that there were
lJ32 marriages in the city that the most common
wages for men is $50 o month, after which, in
order come 500, 40, 500, $50, $50, $50 aud
Sj2 tha, two women get 500 a month"; the high
est wages paid TO persons Of their sex in the city.
and that the common rate is only 500; lastly that
of the houses of the city 1874 are OF stone 8i 7s7
Of brick, l02aS ohwood, and 800 do not come
under any of the classes, so that brief computl-
tion in simple addition gives the total number of
houses in the city 4s a. which shelter ZIG, 4i3
inhabitants.
DR. HAYES ADvENl oaE Win Wmra BEAR.
The following anu. u{ story is told by DR..
and gives q. a somewha different idea of Polar
bears from chat which we have been accustomed
TO hear from travellers
"Suoling one day along the shore, | was OBJ
serving with much inter the effect OF the differ
ent spring tides upon the zoe foot, when, rounding
F""t va iti"' suut'lila iouhu llleel conn ont
ed, in th, faint moonlight, 10y an enormous bear.
lie had lusi sprung down from the and-ice, and
was meeting me at a full trot. We caught sight
OF each other at the same instant. Being without
a rifle or other means of defense, wheeled sud-
denly toward the ship, with, fancy, much the
same reflections about discretion and valor as
those which crossed the mind Of old Jack Falstaff
when the Douglas upon him; but finding al
ter few lengthy es, was not gobbed up,
looked back over my shoulder when AS much TO
my surprise and qualification, | saw the bear toar-
Jag away toWar he open water with celebrity
which left no 81 % as TO the state of bis mind
| suppose it would be difficult to determine which
was the most frightened the bear or myselfn