Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-09

Gen. Spinner declares that the o.,
ment Of employing females as clerks IL P.l
Office of the Treasurer Of the United q. "e
has been complete success, some of ~ L'a, =
males doing more work and better worL ~
5000 per annum than many male clerk. ' ~
who receive double that amount. flo sd ~
Gates that the pay Of clerks Of both scyo ~1tO'
like responsibilities should be assimilate5 w
commissioner Capron has built and g..
nishcd the new building for the Denor,rl'
of Agriculture, at Washington, without
ceeding the appropriations, a thing never IA'
fore known in the erection of public wort,
There was much larger numbe,
beasts on sale at Cambridge and Bri,b,,a
than last week. The improvement ;S , I
market noticed at its opening was hardly emu ,'
tanned at lis close.
"A former slaye-owncr has bcaueatboi g.,
an old colored woman, once his slave /;
farm in Platte County, Missouri, worth s6Ooo
Wisconsin has a greater proportion -
foreign born citizens than any other Sio,"
The whole of she Upper Mipno.,,.
country is covered with nearly two foe, ~
snow. Snow eight inches deep was had =. !,
Cutler Centre, Iowa, on the DIST.
All the rooms in Stewards great drv oool.
establishment, Now York city, compSso
space equal to eighteen acres More b.a
two thousand people are employed in the a.
Enlistment
The New Ironsides, which was bprDo3
about year ago, at League Island. VA
raised on Wednesday, by means Of pontoon.
and foated to the Jersey shore. Her boiler.
we're found uninjurcd. The feat of ra.in,
her is considered one Of the greatest Of mali
cru times Her total weight was 1918 M,
"A Judge Of the New York Sun,om,
Court at Buffalo has decided that woman
cannot be her husbands partner in bp,ipes,
though she puts her own money into bushes,
with him.
Nothing remains now Of Fort Laiayeiis
| New York harbor, but a ruined mass fb5.s
and mortar. There is no fire on the premi..
and soldiers are still on guard Several nm.
exploded shells remain among the ruins. ana
may 90 of at any moment The loss 10 GOV.
eminent will be about s250,O00
"A western clergyman, determined b
raise a contribution Of $50 before he dismiss.
ed his congregation, locked the door and on,
the key in his pocket The hat went around
several times, and at last $3.50 bad bea
taken. The last half dollar came hard. and
the minister was about TO give il up and lea
his flock out, when hand reached h,f
dollar through window, and a rough er.
planatory voice shouted, " Here, parson, Der.
is your money let out my gal. I'm about
tired Of waitin' for her"
Capt. Louis McI.ane Hamilton, killed "a
Custar's last Indian battle, was grandsos
Of Alexander Hamilton.
The Chicago Adrdacc, the orthodox 10.
dependent Of the West, has lost $4,000
aud Tiiton and Bowen chuckle.
In good old Massachusetts,, where As
good old day hsd It's origin, the custom Of
pardoning one or more conyicts on Thllis.
, giving day was not omitted this year Tls
were two convicts pardoned out Of the HAe
prison, one Of whom had three years to sty.
and the other nine.
"A special dispatch from Omaha announ,.
cs that the temporary railroad bridge aer0,s
! the Missouri river at that place, which va
completed day before yesterday, was svct
away by floating ice on Thursday evening
Four hundred loaded freight cars had beei
taken across the bridge before its destruction
This is the second temporary bridge that hl
been destroyed in ike manner The rail
road authorities will at once rebuild d.
bridge, as it is greatly needed.
The speed of the Monday night speca
train, which took james Fisk, Jr., frOi
, New York to Binghamton, was so great tia
the oscillations Of the cars frequently thre'
the inmates Of the sleeping berths out upo
the hoor and they had to hold on with tn
grip to avoid serious injury.
: Secretary Seward il getting ready to z
to Europe as soon as Grant is inauguratc
and there is nothing more for him to DO 8
Washington.
Weston, the wandering walker, b.
J started on his tramp Of 5000 miles, fro
Bangor to st. Paul and back.