Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-01-25
Miscellaneous Items.

GLYCERINE FOR THE ToILET-In
: an interesting article in a late Coun-
1 try Gentleman, descriptive of the
nature and uses of glycerine, there is
omitted an application Of it, which
venture to commend to the use of
+ those of your lady readers who, dur
ing the winter, are afflicted with chap
ped hands and lips. l have used it
ior this purpose for several years, and
found tvery healing in its nature anu
more cleaning than most of the appli-
cations recommended for the purpose,
as a very small quantity is required,
: and it keeps the surface soft for a
long time, while it also serves to ex-
clude the air. In the nursery have
found it invaluable.--COr. Countrg
/ Gentleman
! NoTE.-It may be well to say that
glycerine does not explode or even
burn. The recent prominence which
nitro-glycerine has acquired might
lead some ofyour readers to contonnd
it with that substance and thus care
fully avoid it. 1t can be procured at
any drugstore, and is not expensive.
God S aim in affecting His children
is either to keep them from sin, or,
when they have sinned, to bring them
to repentance for it, and from it.
There were many in Christ's time
who would never know Him, or come
to Him but for bodily diseases
God willingly provides for his child,
but Furnishes him unwilingly.
I In Fairhayen, within a few days, a
liquor dealer was brought up before
the proper authorities and pleading
guilty, was fined 5000 and costs,
amounting to 323S in all. Another
liquor seller a day or two after was
fined $50.
A SAD MEMENTO.-Secretary Stan
ton on Tuesday turned over to Secre- +.
tary Browning, Of the Interior Depart
ment, for safe keeping, the chair occu-
pied by President Lincoln when shot
by Booth at Ford's Theatre 1t has
been in the custody of the War De
partment since the night of the assas-
siuation. The chair is an arm rocking
chair. covered with morocco coIored
cloth.
The dwelling house occupied by
Charles Hathaway. of North Bridge
water, together with its contents, wus
destroyed by fire Wednesday about
noon, Mr. Hathaway lost among
other personal property a purse con
tanning about $50 in bills. He and
his wife had spent the previous night
away from home, and he went to the
house alone in the forenoon for the
purpose OF getting the house warmed
. and doing his chores before getting
his wife horne. The fire took from
the stove while he was at the barn,
The house was owned by Enos B.
Hathawav-Wo0daocb Standard.
This beautiful passage occurs in
Holmes new novel in the Atlantic
Monthly: The old clock that Mar
maduke Storr made in London more
than q hundred years ago was click
J ing the steady pulse beat of its second
century. The featured moon on its
dial had lifted one eye. as if to watch
the child, as it watched so many gen
erations of children. while the swing
= ing pendulum licked them along into
youth, maturity, cray hairs, death
beds-ticking through the prayer at
the funeraI--ticzing without grief
through all the still or noisy woe Of
: mourning-ticking without JOY when
. the smiles and gaiety Of comforted
" heirs had come back again
CURE FOR FROSTED FLESH
n are informed on good authority that
e nothing is better for withdrawing the
e frost without injury TO frozen ears
cheeks and fingers, than the inmedi
ate application of kerosene-rubbine
it on gently few times. In one in
II stance, both cheeks were frozen, anl
t, this remedy produced immediate re
V. lief without the usual inflammation
n The same person repeated the appli
9r cation at another time with equal sue
d cess. In another case the remed
d was applied to badly frozen ear
C. which. as in the other instances,
" cureu without inflammation. 1t i
1t indispensable that the application b
20 made before thawing. This remed
rd is the more valuable because it is a.
n ways at hand in every house.-Com
| try Gentleman.
Ou
On The rapid promotion in the arm
II since the war is illustrated by tn
re following:
re John" said an engraver to HI
y: clerk, "take those visiting cards 1C
d" New Years day up Immediately
ln' Major Williams Now hurry; b
er NAV be made brigadier general b.
ia fore you get there, and then they
~ be left on our hands,
lg,
he During the month Of December la
ser 23,248 Of the public lands were di
we posed of in Kansas In Oregon d
| ring November. All acres We're di
all posed of.
he
,ot The fathers of Generals McClella
%: Grant, Sherman, Sedgwick and Man
oh field were born in Connecticut.
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