Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-07-10
Miscellaneous Items.
France has Al, ,525 acknowledged i'd

Business is reviving at the South
much to the general joy.
With population of round mil
lion, New York has church accommo-
dations for only 100000.
In the State of New York, there
are 60 masonic lodges and 10000
masons.
There is an excitement in Owen
county, Ind, over the reputed discov-
cry of a silver mine.
The Chinese Embassy at New York
had 30 servants and 5000 pounds of
boggage.
A man in Georgia has, with his
wife, a family OF % children. His
name is Hood. He must be the orig
inal childhood.
The Chinese mandarins are invest
ing in our government bonds.
Within the past six months 100,-
600 persons have died in Algeria from
famine or disease.
The Emperor Don Pedro of Brazil
is tired of the cares of royalty, and
talks of abdicating.
China and It's resources are excit-
ing more interest than ever before
among the people Of this country.
England Sneered at America in Chi
ma FIVE years ago. John Bull only want
ed to get into the China shop herself.
Du Chaillu, the African explorer,
reports that the farther he penetra-
ted into Africa the more forward he
found arts and manufactures.
The noble Marquis of Hastings
doesn't pay his racing debts, but gives
800 francs to the poor of Paris.
The rufian who has power in his
hands at present, in Hayti, is killing
foreigners pretty much at his pleas
ure. The American consul cannot
give his own fellow citizens protec-
ton.
Oregon has just imported $4,000
pounds OF wool from California for
manufacturing purposes.
A Massachusetts farmer has paid
$500 for barrel of the Rose pota-
toes for seed.
A correspondent of the Journal of
Agriculture says that sweet oil ad-
ministered to a horse with bots will
effect cure.
Cotswold sheep are said to be in
greater demand in England now than
ever before. At late sale, 65 aver
aged $3.50 in gold.
The New England Farmer thinks
the amount Of clover seed raised in
} Massachusetts and throughout New
England is decreasing.
| Deep tillage and an abundance of
manure are the keys which unlock the
gates of success in agriculture and
horticulture.
Several hundred head of stock cat
tie were sold at SherifFs sale lately
in Gonzales county, Texas, at 81 cur
rency, per head.
Ashes are regarded as the best fer
JiIizer extant for orchards and small
fruit, They possess valuable manu-
rial properties and repulse insects
The Prince Michael of Servia, who
was lately assassinated, was divorced
from his wife for the same reason that
Napoleon repudiated the Empress Jo-
Sephine.
| Henry Clark, Esq, of the Rutland
Herald, is engaged in compiling a
Vermont Directory for 1869, which
will, in the main, be modelled after
that of New Hampshire. This will
be No. l of the series.
Gen. Stannard returned from a
months Western "Trip, including the
Chicago convention, ,on Saturday. The
General improved his leave of alb
sence by visiting the Rocky Noun
tains and the Union Pacific Railroad.
5 DRUNKENNESS AND IDIoCY.-In the
latest edition of Carpenters Physi-
2 ology," it is mentioned that out of
three hundred and ffty-nine idiots In
England. the condition of whose pro-
genitors could be ascertained, ninety
! nine were children OF absolute drunk
ards, and larger portion of the re-
mainder were more or less lntemper-
a ate. Of the three hundred and fifty
| nine idiots, seventeen were the chill
dren of parents nearly related by
blood.
The late Gov. John A. Andrews,
of Massachusetts, uttered the follow
!, ing noble sentiment a snort time be-
7 fore his death:
"I know not what record Of sin
may await me in another world, but
this [ do know: | never was mean
! enough to despiSe any man because ne
was ignorant, nor because he was
poor, nor because he was black"
|. The Congress Hall hotel at Sara
;. toga just completed, required in its
e construction 100000 of brick and
:, 40 tons of nails. 1t has 60 miles of
carpeting, and 100 miles of wire were
Ii used to connect the bells of all the
z. rooms with the annunciator in the
Office. =
In western Kansas two aerolites