Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-06-13

-Capi Harry attraction ilne head OF
hair.
ATTRACTION of metals--draw poker.
Ballet girls are wrongs which should
he re-dressed
Every one has his trials-every one
except jeff Davis.
There are II acres of flooring in the .
Pacific Mills, in Lawrence Mass.
A Chinese railroad overseer in Ore .
gon bears the name of Whang Doodle.
The weather has been so hot in Paris
within the last few weeks that several
persons have died in consequence.
Two hundred million of shingles
aresold yearly at Green Bay. No other
place in the United States can equa,
this.
The wheat harvest commenced i'll
northern Georgia last week. The yield
is not large, but the quality ofthe grain
is eXcellent.
Ten loaves of bread are given
away to the poor at 1t. Johns (Episco-
pail Church in Portsmouth, n. II. every
Sunday.
When Lolita was serenaded at her
hotel in st. Souls recently half a dozen
politicians appeared at various windows
and cndeVorcd TO return thanks.
"A couple were married in New Jer-
scy the other day, without any other
ceremony usual upon such an occasion
that the presence of Henry Ward Beech
er.
Conservatism is defined, carrying
q stone to mill in the other end of bag.
Tho last number of Ptmch re pre-
sents Il lady dressed, if the word may be
used, in the latest fashion. Aunt says
"Why child, all your clothes are falling
} Off" Lady says sob, dear, no. aunty
it's the I'ashiOn?'
5 Punch says : Those who think that
the proceedings against President john
son are not over wise, will be glad to see
that so far the American Senate is not
+ disposed to town the soft impcach-
| ment."
( The DEATH OF KING THEODORE.-A
Q French traveller gives the following
! highly romantic description of the death
= of King Theodore of Abyssinia. The
e writer processes to have been always on
i friendly terms with the diseased mon
n arch, and was opposed to the English
. expedition:
"Theodore did not commit suicide
:. Having witnessed the destruction Of his
. army, and having searched for death in
. the head Of the enemys columns crown
the beach he understood that his last
+ hour was come he saw that resistance
5 was impossible, and that he was abOu,
Il to be made prisoner. This reflection
= made him roar (rugir.) If the English
Z captives had been still in his power
n 49, ;~-llc ia would bnNe- -heen ceyt2in
If ordered their determination forgetting
" that they were free in the English camp
% On seeing his power fieeting from hin
Is with the blood of his soldiers, contem
o plating his Empire destroyed, his dy
nasty overturned, his reign finished
# two streams of tears cOursed down his
checks; the muscles of his face anC
. chest were contracted with pain, and his
limbs writhed in mute despair. His
J. bitter sufferings should atone for many
r of his crimes. Two balantcheras, pisto
g in hand, stood silently awaiting his or.
u der. H gave his will to Emgheddo. Cros
g sing his arms over his breast he prayed
then with hollow voice he repeated
several times, ethiopia Ethiopia my
wife! my children" The gate ;rem.
bling under the blows of the assailants
was giving way. Proudly raising his
head, Theodore drew his sword to per.
ish like European. ON the bosom OF
the Trinity" said he to the blantcher-
as, ''fire." They both aimed at his
head, but Emgheddo's courage failed,
and his arm fell inert. Area alone
obeyed, and his bullet broke the scull OF
: Africa's bravest warrior. The blant.
cheras remained by the body of their
master expecting death. At this mo.
ment the gate was broken in, and the
English soldiers drunk with blood and
= carnage rushed forward. Emgheddo
showed them the lifeless body of Theo-
dOre."