Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-12-27

the simplicity of a child. 81
Some no legged organ grinders are
very successful on the stump.
Butter sold at St.-Albansg on Tues
day for 35 to 40 cents. f1AA-e-2- II
Hanging a nackerel to your coat
tail and imagining yourself whale,
constitutes Goldfish aristocracy. '''- q
Why is @'fne old Irish gentleman"
like vessel under full sail +? Because
he leaves a big iudke behind.
A dismal man says, if the rebels do
not actually capture the Chinese cap
ital, they are at least going to peekin.
A Negroes Notion: Itis peculiarly
the duty of the white race to be clean
ly, because they show the dirt so ca
silly. 4a4maasiQe.- 1 a asos
Josh Billings says he don't care how
much man talks if he, only says it i'll
few words. IL. Ia.4 =. 4sf.sl.
Mr.. E. NJ. Sargent of Barnet raised
100 bushels of good oats on eleven
acres of land, the past season.
Two wealthy Chicagoans have gone
to law about lot of ground, of four
inches front, on a street in Chicago.
There are twenty four columns of
Smiths in the New York Directory
besides the Schmitts, and the Smithes,
and the Smyths, and the Smythes.
Mr.. Seward having purchased an
iceberg. and secured the refusal of an
earthquake, is now said to be negoti-
ating for a volcano.
Two Maine men outdid Weston 10
1922, when both walked from Fox
croft to Hebron, ITO miles, in less than
% hours.
A Nevada miner recently had his
leg caught under a rock, and being
rendered helpless, was eaten by pan
Their.
In Coloma, (Cal,) during the past
season, a single Isabella grape vine
bore $500 clusters, weighing 1000
pounds.
1t is said that a tradesman in al
Ohio city appends to an advertisement
Z" Ministers Of the gospel supplied will
goods at cost, if they agree to mention
the fact to their congregations"
Great indignation was expressed b,
the prisoners in the Illinois State pri
, son at Joliet because a negro preache
was allowed to address them. The
are all democrats.
In Canada most of their pork is fat
ted on peas, six bushels Of which ar
j. equal to ten bushels Of corn, and NOR
T. can be grown from an acre than o.
}, corn. ...-
. There is a match factory in Detroi
. which occupies three and half acre
: of ground. and is capable of turnin
!, out about l,000,000,000 matches eve
!. ry year.
/ At a spiritual meeting a short tim
J ago the prophet Balaam was called u
and asked if there were any jacka5se
J. in his sphere. No" he replied, il
e diguantly, " they are all on earth"
= E. W. Moore of Sandusky, Ohio, a
e cording to the Register Of that cit
: has been asleep since Nov. %, and a!
{ pears to be getting along well. A $
r we're illness from which he is recove
o ing is the supposed cause Of his sor
'e nolency.
+ Eighty nine of the inmates of Il
d New Albany { Ind Penitentiary die
y during the fall. The Commercial sa,
heart disease, often the result of di
o. Sipated life, carried off the most
20 them.
lie individuals in Richford have be,
u quilted to the extent Of $4,000, at lea.
III by sharpers of whom they have bong
III the rights for potato diggers, pate
III harrows, wagon brakes. patent MI
y pals, bedsteads and brooms.
ey Massachusetts, has a population
ed l,2Sl,7O0. Its population per squa
be mile is 1913. There are 63.Ot
SIS more males than females. There a
Of 209, 69S dwellings.
In Jacksonville, ILL.,, school teaC
m er taught little girl that the ear
mt was round, that it revolved, and ii
on it was smaller than the sun, whcrel
on he was severely lectured by
father of the pupil for teaching |
or such nonsense, and the girl was TAX
RI from the school.
The Mobile Tribune thus admoni
ra- es Judge Busted: Stand firm, tn
Richard Busted, and we shall ano
an you with the oil of praise. Play c
Of meleon, and We'll baptize you ii
ov hogshead of sulphuric acid"
list
a Fully $1O,O0O,oO0 worth of p
duce, including 100000 bushels
e. grain, 100000 bushels of potato
"a and 10000 barrels of apples,
mo frozen in, in the Erie canal, now he
anu lessly closed for the winter.
was In Henry county, Kentucky, a !
,ow named FLOYD became sO angry bee;