Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-11-01
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Miscellaneous Items.
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Brownlow is going to Europe.

Brownlow is going to Europe.
Thurlow Weed is worth $1,000
900. Plenty.
Gen. Fremont's fortunes, OOO,-
900 in debt.
Land is offered in Florida at so
cents an acre.
Atlanta. Ga, is to have monu-
ment to Lincoln.
The northern part of Oregon pos
sesses an unfailing ice cave.
Gen. Hayes majority for Governor
of Ohio is 3,25S all but eight coun-
ties official. The vote is the heaviest
ever cast in the State, though the great
Republican strongholds like Ashta-
bula are not nearly polled out.
A letter from Indiana says: "The
Republican majority in the whole
State is between $4,000 and $4,000
larger by nearly 5000 than our heavy
majority in 1864, and by nearly 10,-
900 than our majority in 1866. The
Republicans elected their county tick
cts in two-thirds of the counties, and
ten Of the eleven Congressional dis
tricts gave Republican majorities, the
Second and Fourth being gains.
PoLITICAL. The official returns
from all the counties in Pennsylvania
give Sharswood a majority of 1902.
As compared with the vote Of last
year, the entire falling off in the
vote of the State is 90, $50, or about
ten and a half per cent. Of this the
Republicans lose 40,441, which is
thirteen and one-sixth per cent, on
their vote for Geary; the Democrats
lose 22,070, equal to seven and two
thirds per cent decrease from their
vote for Clymer.
Chicago lawyers talk of making a
discount on divorce fees where large
number of bills are wanted in one
family.
A WHOLE FAMILY DEAD.-We cut
the following from the notices of
deaths in Vermont exchange:
In North Tunbridge, Aug. 18th, of
typhoid fever, Hannah NJ, only chile
of J. 5. and Abbie F. Moves, aged l !
years; Sept. 6, of typhoid fever, Mr.
J. 5. Noyes, aged 43; Sept. 18th, of
typhoid fever. Mrs. Abbie F. Noyes
aged 40.
In the town OF s. there was
shoemaker, who at one time oficiatet
as a preacher. He always wrote tn
notices himself, in order to save tn
expense of printing. Here is one o.
them: "There will be preaching i
the pines this Sunday afternoon o
the subject, All who do not believ
will be damned at 3 o'clock "
APHORIsM.-The appearance of vic
is always more easily assumed by til
yirtuous than the appearance of VII
tue by the vicious, as it is evidentl
much easier to become bad when W
are good than good when we are ba(
Understanding, sensibility, ia ent
virtue to religion, may by much grea
er facility be lost than acquired. I'll
best may descend as low as the
please, but the worst cannot ascend
heights they might wish.
MEASURING POTAToEs.-The folloy
ing rule for asccrtaining the numbC
of bushels of apples, potatoes, &c,
bins, or boxes, is recommended ;
simple and accurate For the numbt
OF seven" bushels, multiply the nur
her of cubic feet in the bin by s al
point off one decimal. For heapeC
bushels, multiply 8 twice and point O
two.
The secrets Of Prussias prospect
are coming out by degrees. The OF
er day an English paper, in stat
teal article upon the various profe
sions, showed that England contain'
one lawyer to every 1910 inhabitant
and France one to every 1910, viii
Prussia had but one to every 1900
The Papal States cover 1929 {
miles and have population of 2,89
rs people.
VERMONT BUTTER AND CHEZ
MARKETS. - The St. Adams butt
market, on Tuesday, was dull, with
slight falling off from last weel
figures. A large lot was brought
and the ruling price was 40 cents I
pound, though AZ cents was paid
few fancy lots.
At the Richmond cheese mark
last week, all the cheese brought
was taken up at IA cents for f
dairies and Is cents for sage. @
hundred boxes were sold, most
which were taken by Boston hous
One hundred thrity-eight tubs of b
ter were also sold at SO a 40 cents
BUTTER.-The farmers got rich
of their butter again, Tuesday, a
there were lots of them in the bl
ness, too. All through the foreno
the procession of double wagons
den with the rich products of our {
ries continued, and the last were 9
orally first in the matter of pri(
Sales opened at 3S to 40 cents, but
advance was soon manifest, and
high as AZ cents was paid for f
quality. The ruling figures were