Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-10-21

more women than men, replied II is in
conformity with the arrangement Of nature I;
we always see more Of heaven than earth"
--" No man in England thinks Of black
ing his own boots, said an Englshman to
Mr.. Lincoln. " Whose boots does be black2"
Mr. Lincoln quietly asked.
"A Madison county Ohio cattle dealer
was robbed Of 81 900 ina Chicago street car,
aud has been arrested for the crime himself.
Dreadful Chicago
A terrible snow storm ragged at the
Straits Of Mackinaw, on Thursday week, and
several vessels were badly damaged, the cargo
Of one the lnyincible, heng almost total
loss
Bible promises are like the beams Of the
sun, which shine as freely in at the window
of the poor mans cottage as the rich mans
palace.
The fewer the words the better the
prayer.
1t is not enough to aim, you must hit
AT the recent town cattle show at Hub.
bardston the report ofthe committee on swine
was as follows -
80 swine to-day, not even one,
We know not what t means
We hope that fh0se who slight these shows
win get no pork and heans
no swine today, Oh what pity
And five old men on the cnnmittf.
1t takes a large amount Of provisions to
feed the persons Of delicate health who visit
Saratoga There were at Congress Hall this
year ten thousand visitors for longer or short
er periods The hotel cooked for these nva-
ids los 600 pounds Of beef lamb, mutton
and veal, $4,000 chickens GjO0 turkeys and
other fowl, and 100000 eggs Four thous-
and eggs and five hundred fowls a day was
the average for the three months season.
A man in London lately submitted to Do
fined for refusing to allow his child TO bl
yaccinated lie declared that he thought tn,
system an inducer Of disease.
Italy is becoming much domoralizod by
the introduction Of beer from Germany aud
hot drinks from England and America
Wine is superseded as national drink and
ntoxieation is on the increase.
"A talking match between two women is
in progress ia New Lisbon, Ohio. The pres.
ent indications are that the question of supe-
riority will not be decided until Death cuts
shor; one of them
Russia is to have line Of railway from
St. Petersburg To the Baltic. \ concession
has already been made TO the Association o.
Handed Nobility to construct the road, which
viii cost twenty-siX million roublcs
1t Is estimated that the revenues of the
Irish established church amount 10 Gjsl 900
or equal to one pound sterling for every Prot
estant in ireland. The discovery Of this fact
has increased the public sentiment in England
ia favor of disestablishment.
The Manchester Mirror says that from
81 to SO per barrel is the range Of price for
drst-class apples there and that there is an
abundant crop harvesting
The ladies in Poland are not permitted
to wear black or gray dresses, and are aogged
for Noncompliance with the law
"A school ma ma, who has been fncd S2Z
for whipping a scholar, has had the money
made up to her by the citizens Of Andoyer
Six important railroads are in process
Of construction in Oregon, two of them con-
Meeting with the Pacific Railroad.
Horseback racing has been introduced
into several New York Institutions for the
education Of young ladies'
"A promising pedestrian in Wisconsin
lately attempted 10 walk one hundred AMI
eighteen miles in twenty-four hours. HC
walked seventeeh miles and gave it up.
Mr. J. c. Derby, agent Of the United
States for the Paris Exposition, estimates his
expenses at s54,47S 33.
1t is related of certain minister oil
Maine, who was noted for his long sermons
with many divisions, that one day, when he
was advancing among the teens and had thor
oughly wearied his hearers, he reached, al
length kind Of resting place in his dis
course when pausing to take breath, and look
ing about over his audience, he asked the
question And what shall ! say more?' \
voice from the congrcgaton-more sugges
tive than reycrent-earnestly responded
" say Amen -
1t is said that the Spanish junta viii
bring a bill before the Cortez for aboishins
slavery in the colonies at the expiration o.
ten years.
An exchange writes Planchette plain
cheat"
"A chap from the country, stopping a
one Of the hotels, sat down to dinner. Upon
the bill Of fare being handed to him by the
waiter, he remarked that he didn't care 'bou
readin' now-he'd wait till after dinner.
Minnesota expects a crop of about ii
teen million bushels Of wheat this season
worth twenty million dollars The State il
ten years old.
The board of managers Of the American
Colonization Society have determined not Il
despatch an expedition to Liberia before mex
spring.
In the ease Of the Potters, recently OF
trial for burglary etc. in the Chittenden Co
Court, the jury returned verdict OF guilty
- Chicago omnibuses are hereafter to be
built to contain Forty passengers Chicago Il
a large city in many respects.
One hundred and fifty thousand emf
grants arrived at New York last month.
---Horatio Ward, the London banker, be
queathed 100000 to the National Soldiers
and Sailors Home in Washington, and al
much more to other institutions for the bene6
of orphans, made so by the war. Mr. Ware
was native OF Now lOrk.
A New York paper says that nader
lady of that city has made will in which She
bequeatbs all her property for the purpose Of
building a church. and directs that her entire
remains shall be mixed with the mortar to be
used in laying the corner stone, No name il
given. 1t is hardly probable that so singular
provision will be carried out
- The most important news from Spain Il
that the tariffs on all imports have been re
duced one-third by the provisional junta'
The late Thaddeus Stevens LETT to his
nephew prospective fortune of one hundreC
thousand dollars, on condition that he abstain
ed from the use of liquor, at least until h
was twenty-one years Of age; failing to Oh
serve which proviso, the money is to be de
voted to the benefit of soldiers. The young
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