Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-06-27
Miscellaneous items.

"A man in Chicago has beard six
feet long.
"A gentleman in New York has a
pipe two hundred years od-brought
from MeXiCO-made in the shape Of an
ancient idol of that country.
Mrs. Lincoln has sold all her house.
hold goods at auction, and proposes to
remove to Racine, Wis.
Each of the citizens of Am herst, N
H, took his turn at spade and rake on
election day, last week, and graded and
adorned the public common, performing
for the town in all 500 worth of gratui.
tous labor.
The States Of the Pacific Coast are
as pOpulous and as wealthy as were the
whole colonies in the time Of the Revolu-
ton. California produces more short
cake, and Oregon more butter than they
can eat. Standing alone they can lick
England to-day.
-Thad. Stevens, of Pennsylvania,
was the Founder of the Free School sys-
tenn Of that State. In honor of this fact,
the Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg
has formally inaugurated a preparatory
department, giving it the name Of
Stevens Hall"
The silver wedding of the King and
Queen of Denmark was celebrated on the
28th Of May, at Copenhagen, with great
rejoicing. The festivities of the day
were ushered in at an early hour by
bands of music marching through the
streets.
"A divorce suit was recently tried In
Phelps County, Mo-, in which the plain
tiff was Judge who sat on his own
case, and upon the pleading, entered 4
decree dissolving the bonds Of matr
mony between himself and wife who
agreed to the arrangement.
king william of Prussia who is now
at the Paris Exposition has been in
Paris before. 1t was in 1914, when
rode by the side Of his father at the head
OF the victorious army which was driv
ing the first Napoleon into exile.
A massive cut granite monument toll
be placed in Fortress Monroe, in mem1
DRY of Union soldiers who died to main1I
tain the laws" has just been competeCa
at Biddeford, Me. The base is 10 feetl
square and supports two lesser squares
and an obelisk 40 feet high.
A biography of Robespierre publish
ed in a late Irish paper concludes witt
the following remarkable sentence i.
This extraordinary man left no chilli
dreu behind him except brother who
was killed at the same time"
The people of Central City, Colorado
have subscribed $500, to be paid for In
dian scalps with the ears on" at the
rate Of $40 a piece. From all appe' ran
ces Gen. Sherman will have to fight with
q two edged sword, and it may be ques-
toned whether the white or the red
savages are the most lawless and brutal.
An old lady was in Lewiston, Ne,
shopping the other day, and handed out
in payment for goods few real old
Spanish dollars worth 81 As. She seem
ed altogether oblivious to the fact that
her Spanish dollars were more valuSblel
than greenbacks and was most agree
ably surprised when the merchant vol
unteered generous premium or the
Spanish issue.
III appears budb NltlC bLlC lICsioANhN
ures of the New England States ar NOV
ing in the matter of encouraging The re-
stocking of their rivers and streans with
shad aud salmon, the Canadian papers
are complaining of the overstO'klng OF
their streams with fish. The lGws pro-
hibiting netting in the streams have so
increased the quantities of fish thatthe
quality mas deteriorated.
The English Parliament enacte. in
1770 that whoever shall impose uon,
seduce or betray into matrimony ar OF
his Majesty's male subjects by seats,
paints, cosmetic washes, artificial t'th,
false hair, Spanish wool, iron sIys,
hoops, Bigh-heeled shoes or bolsred
hips, should be prosecuted for wch-
craft, and that the marriage shoHl be
null and void.