Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-10-04

the landlord said they were entirely
full, and that it was utterly impossi-
BILE to accommodate him; that his
wife had to sleep on the sofa and
himself on the floor; but he would see
what his wife could do for him. The |
good woman on being applied to, said
there was a room he might occupy,
provided he could agree to the condi-
ton, viz: to enter the room late, in
the dark, and leave it early in the
morning, to prevent scandal, as the
room was double bedded and occu-
pied by a lady. This he agreed to-
About two o'clock in the morning an
awful noise was heard in the house,
and our friend, the traveller, was heard
tumbling heels over head down stairs.
The landlord on arriving at the spot,
inquired what the matter was. The
traveller CALCULATED as soon as he
could speak:
"Oh, Lord that womans dead J!
Il knew that" said the landlord,
" but how in the ID did you find it
out p
AN AUTHENTIC ANECDOTE OF A Dog.
"A favorite hound, belonging to an
old hunter, came to his master one
morning when he was engaged in
chOpping wood in the forest, and by
various Ineligible signs persuaded
his owner to follow him to thicket,
some little distance off in the woods.
The hunter, on following his dog,
found there small and very feeble
fawn, entangled in some vines and
brambles so that it was impossible for
it to extracate itself. The unfortun-
ate fawn was carried to the house, and
fed upon milk; but the hound, who
was ever ready to hunt and pull down
the wild deer in the forest, seemed to
understand that he had saved this
little animals life. He made it share
his bed at night, and through the day
was ever on the lookout to defend or
aid it, till the rest of the pack of
hounds learned to know it, and to I'M
der3tand that they were not to modest
their companions pet.
NAPoLEoNs New GUN.-The fol-
lowing is the most explicit account of
the new weapon. said to have been
invented by Louis Napoleon, which
We have met with in our foreign files.
1t is taken from a Toulouse paper:
"The trial of the new small can
non, the most terrible arm yet invent
ed, continues at Meudon. None know
their mechanism, except the artillery
officers, who direct the experiments.
Cannon, carriages and ammunition
are brought in leather valises, and
the trials take place behind a screen
of planks, All that can be known is
that at two thousand five hundred
metres these rm S send a perfect
hail of balls against a target two
metres high and one broad. At thai
distance the balls pierce an iron plate
two centimetres thick. Each cannon
can fire twenty shots in a minute, arc
two men suffice for the transport Of
the arm, the carriage, the ammunition,
&c. Lately these guns were tried
against clump of trees at fifteen
hundred metres (nearly an English
mile The trees were moved down
in few minutes, like a cOrnfeld by q
steam moving machine. 1t is fright
full. Five or six men armed with sucl
an engine could destroy whole regl-
ment in a few minutes"
Is Your HUSBAND LIKE THAT ?
There was a poor woman who haC
fallen into a melancholy and murmur
ing frame of mind. Her minister
tried in vain to reason her out of it
She persisted that she had nothing tt
be thankful for. At last he spoke t.
her of her neighbours husband, an in
temperate man, who wasted his none,
when out, and i'll treated his wifi
when he came home.
"Now," he said, sis your husband
like that ?"
NO." was the reluctant answer.
"Well, then, should you not than.
God that you have a kind husband ?
She was forced to admit this, an
promised that she would thank Co
every night and morning for his mel
cy. Some days elapsed before tn
minister revisited her dwelling; br
when he did so, he was struck wit
her bright look as she greeted him.
"Oh, Sir, she exclaimed, 81 hav
longed to see you; have so wiShe
to thank you! For a morning or tw
| did as | promised, but | did NJ
rightly feel what | said. But til
next day when | was thanking Gro
that had a kind husband, | though
| should also thank Him that | la
healthy children; and when / W;
thanking Him for that, | thought
should thank Him that [ had cloth
for them to wear, and a house to COW
their heads; aud so, slr, when | VI
thanking God for one thing, anoth
came into my head, and auoth
still; and now | know not where
stop, or how to thank Him enoug
and feel so happy!"
So it will be with you my readt
if you will only try the experimer
For gratitude increases with its u;
The more thankful we are, the mo
thankful we shall become, and t
more we shall have to be thank
for.
To MUCH THUNDER FOR LIT
PoRK.-The sins we wish to comm