Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1867-06-19


A SPEECH ny JEFFERSON DAvfs.-Tho OK
rebel President, on being serenaded at Niagara,
delivered himself as follows
Gentlemen II thank you sincerely for the hon
or YOU have this evening shown TO me 1t shows
that true British manhood TO which misfortune is
always attractive May peace aud pros perity be
forever the blessing OF Canada, for She has been
the asylum for many Of my friends, rs she is now
an asylum TO myself ! hope that Canada may
forever remain part Of the British Empire ana
may God bless YOU all, and the British flag never
cease to wave over you.
Az EGG-cmrrNr PUNISHMENT. A aughable
scene occurred in one Of our markets le W days
since. A woman whose pliering procliuties were
well known, was observed TO be laying m stock
Of eggs, the bosom of her dress being used as the
receptacle OF the hen fruit. An officer in the
market who was watching her operations waited
until goodly supply Of eggs had caused full de-
yelopmcnt Of her bust, - when he laid somewhat
rude hands upon her. aud after crushing the eggs
in an indiscriminate mass, TO the infinite amusc-
ment of a crowd Of lookers-on, she was allowed to
depart with her embryo omeet--BosfoH Herald.
Forty steamboats, bound up the Missouri for
Fort Benton, Montana, laden with 10000 tons
Of freight, passed Sioux City Ia, Saturday after
noon.
Said an Enelishman TO Neal Dow the other day,
When will the United States pay the conieder-
ate bonds?N When you pay the Fenian,n re-
piled Neal
Illuminating gas is improved in power and bril-
liancy, by heating it and burning IL with heated
air and the next Improvement will be to combine
gas and hot air pipes and use combination burn
ers
The Detroit (Alich.) lawyers are trying to pre-
vail on the state constitutional convention to
abolish the elective judiciary system, and substi-
tute that Of appointment, with terms OF increased
length and salary.
A party OF young people amusing themselves at
the house OF Rev. Mr.. White. near Tcue Iaute,
Ind, lately, were very much heightened at hearing
a frog croak in the stomach of a young lady. A
doctor was summoned who cut into the stomach,
and took out green, specded frog four inches
long.
Some German deck passengers on a Mississippi
steamboat, on recent mp found some bags Of
beans among the freight, and helped themselves to
bountiiul supply for soup. The beans we're cas-
tor oil beans consigned TO druggist and caused
a decided connection among the Inscriptions
appropriations.
Judge Bryan'of he United Stotcs dhtrictcourt
at Charestown, S G., has decided that a telc-
graph company is bound 10 exhibit private nessa-
ges in court when rtquncd, kilograms not being
within the class Of privileged communications.
"A gentleman Of Boston sold his private trottng
horse this week for the handsome sum OF ten thou
sand dollars.
1t is proposed in England to devote part of
all OF the money remaining IN the Lancashire Cot
ton Famine Fund to the relief Of the suffering poor
in Southern States The balance ON hand
amounts, it is said, to nearly $1,000 IN cur
rency; and this money was contributed, in fact,
by the people of our Northern States in 1868,
when, owing to the rebellion here, the working
men in the English cotton mills were starving.
On the 2Sth ultin il was showing at Central
City Colorado. as il in the dead 81 winter, and on
the 30th snow was one foot deep in that vicinity
The mountain roads are represented in hor-
rible condition, caused by the late storms. In
many places rocks have slid down from the noun
tain sides and landed in the roads so as to render
them entirely impossible.
A remarkable cave is reported TO have been dis
covered III DuVal county, Texas. 1t has been ex-
ploTed soNenty-iiye yards, has large chambers,
gushing streams of cool, fresh waters, and the
walls composed of sulphae of lime, from which
untold quantities OF plaster of Paris could be
made.
The total Indebtedness of Illinois is 81 795, 99i
On the LIST Of January next it will be reduced to
about seven millions
Among others who have recently left this coun.
try Tor Liberia, under the auspices Of the Amcr
can Colonization Society is an entire coloret
church from Macon Ca including the pastor anC
deacons.
Tho surplus of the wheat harvest in Georgia, II
is estimated, will reach 10000 600 bushels.
The rose fields OF Adrianople extend oyei
twelve or fourteen thousand acres. The air il
the vicinity is deliciously fragrant Hundreds O
bulgarian boys aud girls gather the flowers, iron
which oil is distilled.
In Paris paper appears an advertisement -
Agence general for International marriages
Happiness guaranteed for a year"
The le,ees of Louisiana are 1000 miles long
aud have cost about 500 OOO, 900. They protect,
or should, about 100000 acres of the finest
lands in the world, and population of 600 ,OOC
| souls, three-GiIhs of whom are freedmen