Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-16
IN GENERAL.

1000 Of them, of which they are to ha,. % ,ae
annual interest.
"A Southern paper advcrtiscs as Iopo,.
Wanted, at this office, an able.bodied L,.l
featured, bad.tcmpered, not-to-be-put.ofT ass
Observation-Disclosures, frcckled-faced vo" "uu
man, to collect for this paper must G,sY
his own horse, saddle-bags, pistols wb;Ja
bowie.kuife and cow.hide We will m,niA
the accounts. To such we promise con .t,a
and laborious employment.
"A Texas editor, on being asked bo,,
got along with his paper, said he had wrjasS
one editorial and shot three men in tho nv
vious twelve months.
Walter Brown has been provided vin
another boat in place of that smashed ~
pier at Parkcrsburg, West Va, the On
day, aud resumed his race against Tina !,
Cincinnati. lie was ahead Of time when ~
accident occurred.
-Whaleu, the assassin Of the Hon. Tbom..
darcy McGee, has been respited to the 9O1
instant
A section Of Kentucky has suffered r-,..
a sudden migration of all its bees. Hiye,E.
miles around were left full of honey but ny,
a busy little bee could be found
Mr.. Il. S. Chesborough engineer Of III.
Chicago Lake Tunnel, is surveying the Ia
troit river to ascertain the practicabiity a.,
tunnel connecting Canada and the tuisl
States.
Queen Isabella has been plainly todb,
she will not receive royal honofs at d.
French court.
The legacy duty on the estate Of the b,,
Baron Rothschild is upwards Of twenty mil.
lion francs.
The Minnesota fur trade is otenio,
slowly The hunters are having good sucotS
but are not bringing in amy good lots as vet
The young man who asked for the daugb.
ter's hand aud got the fathers foot, had n,
consolation Of knowing that his wooing un
not bootless.
49, In the early days of the settlemea, Of
California when nearly the whole population
were adult males, baby began 10 cry lust A
the orchestra was tuning up for the opeung
of performance at San Francisco theaief
A man in the pit cried out, " Stop those "a.
dies, aud let the baby cry. haven't heard
such a sound for ten years" The audeao
applauded this sentiment, the orchestra stob
ped, and the baby continued is periormaass
amid unbounded enthusiasm
Lard oil is now almost exclusively used
in the lighthouses. Sperm has been supersel.
ed, aud petroleum is too dangerous.
The name Of the late king Of siam Va,
Phra. Bard-Samdetch- Phra-P haramendr. M.
ha-Monkut. He was seventy years Of age,
and leaves an extensive family Of widows.
said to be two thousand in number, TO noun
his loss. He spent the last years Of bis lie
chiefly in studying Siamese theology, sil ID
photographing his wives.
A Connecticut Democrat has doas ya.
ance for Seymours defeat by standing on hs
head fifteen minutes
"A Belfast carpenter, thirsiing after cheap
, fame climbed the lofty spire Of a church 10
that city, and stood on the tip-top ball, TO b
photographed.
There arc four men in Providence, R. l.
whose estates are assessed at from 81 400.
600 to s1,sOO,0O0.
There we're sent out Of New York du.
. my NoNthibeIf % @iNoo ieNNcirf eu1 'AAitl'
were received.
A man in Webster, Mass, has pair q
calf-skin boots which he has worn every week
for thirty years.
a --Ridgeway, n c., owns the largest peasA
D orchard in the word--two hundred thoussnt
= trees cover two thousand acres.
During the San Francisco earthquake
= carpenter was at work on a church spr
$50 feet from the ground. lie didn't like I
The Chicago Times has been measor'ul
: the growth of that city during the past yeaI
and finds that "a miles of buildings kav
n been erected, at cost Of s25,00O,0OO, an
i 25 churches, costing s2,000,000.
;. In all the pork-packing States there
= large decrease in the number Of hogs
y Kentucky reports $4,000 fewer porkers iha
|" year ago.
The Cincinnati (0) 6remen have a
i been furnished with accident insurance pol
eies by the business men Of that city
0 Ole Bull was passenger on the Oh
" river steamer America, which eoliided wi
r. the United States on Friday night, ana co.
0 trary to his habit, lay down in his berth vii
his clothes on. When the crash occurred
IS seized his famous violin, and made his WI
ashore, jumping into the water and wadii
ashore. He lost all the property he had wi
\ him, with the exception of the violin and Il
y clothes he wore.
!. The counsel for the defense Of Gen. Ge,
r W. Cole a, Albany, were paid by his brother
Senator Cole Of California, at cost Of NJ
q less than $4,000, James T. Brady Of Ne
:. York receiving $4,000 for his services at a
4. last trial. Gen. Cole will probably 60
D. California and embark in business, with b
N brothers assistance Senator Coles foriun
n is said to be 81 ,000, 900, and he has spent
l. freely in his brothers cause.
1t "A gentleman, writing from Illinois to
friend in Boston, says while out huntn.
K two weeks ago, was in some corn-felds vhic
,r belonged TO a man named Sullivan. He
"A the proprietor Of nine townships, each 81
Is miles square. This year he has twenty-h'
IS thousand acres OF corn. 1t was just the cas-
W est thing in the world to get lost in his eoTI
IF fields. | strayed into one field and wake
4. four and half miles before | came 70 y
4. end of the row Of corn which | followed.
at "A man who took a stiff drink Of " Hal
re Restorative" thinking he was quafhng ir'i
lie a whiskey bottle, insists that his throat wa
IN lined with bristles.
as Gen. Cole, after his acquittal at Albany
lie Monday, replied to the judges dischafs
5, from custody, o. thank the court tina,
1t have, at this time, had fair trial; and
thank the jury for restoring me to the guar,
ID ianship of my children" Gen. Cole, wiz
lie his friends and the jury, then adjournea !
,e the Delavan House, where a sumptuou' Gu
ut tertainment was spread.
in "A poor woman in Philadelphia, VIM
IN raking over an ash barrel the other day, o o.,
70 covered a new wallet containing eoV'VV
n counterfeit currency.
es Some forty years ago man ia ''I
s. mont proposed to visit New York. lie mal
es his will, and had prayers offered in the enllI
that he might be kept from peril in the vi'i
ed city to which he was going. There