Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-11-08
Miscellaneous Items,

ranging from SO to 80 cents. and a
few sales of prime at So and 37c.
This sudden fall is caused by full
Boston and New York markets from
which the retail dealers draw only in
small quantities, to meet present
wants. 1t seems to be the general
that butter has left the
highest figures for the season.-St.
Albans Messenger.
Anthony, quinine, mercury and
caiomel' enter into the composition of
most OF the cathartic Pills now offered
to the people. Parsons Purgative
Fills are compounded of cathartics
used and approved by all good medi.
cal practitioners.
A FAMILY REMEDY.-No family
should be without some eficacious re-
medy for the cure of affections, so uni
versally prevalent. as coughs, colds,
sore throat, whooping cough. and
croup-some remedy, too, which can
be relied upon as safe, sure and Ger
tain. DR.. Wistars Balsam of Wild
Cherry combines this deSideratum.
The Cavalry Condition Powders
are gradually taking the lead of all
others, and their justly acquired fame
must be very gratifying TO the propri-
etors, Messrs. Johnson & Co.
BOARD OF EDUCATIoN.-The Gov
ernor has nominated and Senate con-
frmed in executive session on Friday,
the following gentlemen to serve as
the Board eff Education for the year
ensuing:
First Congressional District
Merritt Clark, Poultney; D. D. Cor
ham, Montpelier.
Second Congressional District
Jonathan Ross, st. Johnsbury; Ed
ward Conant, Randolph.
Third Congressional District
PIiny II. White, Coventry; A. J.
Sanborn, Morri5ville.
The vile OF the famous Ned Bunt-
line died few days ago in the poor
house at Nashville, Tenn.
The barn owned by Erastus Nash,
South HadIey, Mass, was consumed
by an incendiary fire Friday night,
18th ult. House also fired, but saw
ed.
A railroad from Indianola, Texas,
to San Antonio, has been contracted
for and will be begun at once. This
road will be a benefit to Western
Texas.
1t is stated that James Gordon
Bennett has sold the Herald, also that
he has not. He has sold the readers
of his paper often enough at any
rate.
Native petroleum is to be used for
manufacturing the gas for the TreaSu-
, ry Department at Washington.
A we'll digger in Fayette county,
Ia, few days since, came upon
sunken forest at the depth of u or
Is feet, the trees, which were about
Is feet high, all standing upright in
the solid earth.
! Miss Mary Marshall, daughter of
t Humphrey Marshall of Kentucky, the
tavorite authoress of the South
young, beautiful and Distinguished
e is engaged to be married to Lord Will
liam Mosgrove, a young English noble
e man.
= Edward Payson Weston started
! from Portland, Me, at II m. on the
18th, to walk 10 Chicago in thirty
consecutive days, Sundays excluded,
upon wager OF ten thousand dol
: lars. He must average fifty miles
: per day, and one day he must make
! one hundred miles or lose six tenths
y Of the stake. He is twenty-five years
= old, 1.-THE, good looking, in excellent
condition, and feels confident of sue
! cess.
d The receipts at the New York
theatres during the three summer
months were 100000.
e, Peter Lorillard, the New York to-
lr bacco manufacturer, lately deceased,
al left an estate of S15,000,000
10 Winged prayers have usually a
V, winged answer-they are answered
c. speedily.
O. God is a sure paymaster, and yet
a he expects we should sue him before
it he pays.
III He who thinks he has enough of
a the Holy Spirit, will quickly find him.
IS self vanquished by the evil spirit.
d. If thou Dearest slight provocations
he with patience, it shall be imputed
ne unto thee for wisdom; and if thou
tic wipest them from thy remembrance,
M thy heart shall feel rest, thy mind
RS. shall not reproach thee.
~
at. FAITH AND PRACTICE.-We should
D. act with as much energy as if we ex-
pected everything from ourselves ; and
we should pray with as much earnest
sss ness as if We expected everything
ct, from God.-Futler.
of
ire Gov. Page is the youngest man
is that ever filled the Gubernatorlal
rk chair in Vermont. He is fcrty-one
RI years of age, and is the. third Govern
- err that Rutland has given the State.
lat not marital 10