The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1868-03-06
Odds and Ends.
Joe. Hooker is in Rome.

Joe. Hooker is in Rome.
Michigan is boring for oil.
-Calboun's library brought only two
hundred and fifty dollars.
-Watertown, y. V, was carried by
the Democrats, Tuesday, for the hrst
time in fifteen years.
An old lady in Kansas will not al
low her family to read Bacon, she has
such Il horror of trichine.
1t has been legally decided in Eng
land that stamped fac-simile OF a sig
nature bears the same value as written
one.
A house in the rear of the foundry
in Nashua, n H., and the old gate
house at the Nashua company's mills,
have recently been destroyed by fire.
A crazy fellow in a Missouri town
declared that he was on earth to redeem
all things. but one of his audience
showed him confederate note, and he
backed out.
The Washington correspondent OF
the Chicago Times Democratic assalls
the President in column letter for
lack of executive talent"
A man who had been swindled by
eXtOrtiOnate charges at hotel IN Indl-
ana. took revenge by sending the pro-
prietor telegram which cost one dollar.
A modern Philosopher takinga mo-
ton Of the earth on its axis al seventeen
miles a second, says if you take off your
hat in the street to bow to friend, you
20 seventeen miles baldheaded without
taking cold.
DIR. johnson was once dining at the
house Of an English lady, when she ask
ed him if he did not think her pudding
good. Yes, - growled the great moral
list, 1T is very good for hogs Shall
| help YOU to another plate full then -
asked the polite hostess
John Jacob Astor left Halleck, who
was for years his confidential clerk, on
" two hundred dollars year. Halleck
often used to joke Mr.. Aston about his
accommodating income, and, perhaps
rather harshly, said: Mr.. Astor, ofwhat
use is all your money to you? | would
be content to live on a couple of hun
dred year for the rest of my life if 1
was only sure of it. The old man re-
membered that, and, with bitter satire,
reminded Halleck Of it in his will.
The editor of a Western paper hay
ing lent his AK TO one of his subscribers,
the borrower unfortunately broke offthe
handle. On returning it he said You
can easily get it fixed" - Yes, replied
the editor, "but that Will cost at least a
quarter of a dOllar!n Well" rejoined
the borrower, eff you amt rather small
for an editor. Here's the quarter; but
I'll thank you to stop my paper at
Oncen
In Louisiana ii j. estimated that
10000 Spaniards, by birth and immedi-
ate descent, are residents. They are
most numerous in the parishes OF St.
Bernard and NachitOches, and in some
quarters many engage in fishing.
Gen. Grants brother, Orville, like
himself is very reticent. Last week,
he was in Galena, H., when a friend
drew from his pocket a splendid knife
and presented it to Mr.. Grant, making
a speech, which, for the sport of the
thing, hespun out TO considerable length.
MI Grant responded as follows: Col
onel, this Is just what l wanted. Thank
you.
Editor Tilton, of the independent,
was in Washington the other day, and
exploited ihe following simple remark
TO a rather duh member of the House,
y no titN allilE Ills bisH~tS 10 the Nsliicl
said: What would you do, Mr.. Tilton,
if you could not distinguish your friends
in the gallery ?' Why, sir" replied
Mr. T., " would try and distinguish
myself on the tioor.n
In consequence Of the recent fatal
accident at South Adams, Mass, the
running of cars down grade without an
engine between stations on the Pitts
field and North Adams railroad has been
strictly forbidden by Superintendent
Russell
An insane man, named Henry A.
Sargent, who disappeared from his fami-
ly at Dunbarton, y. H., last June, is
just beginning to be inquired after. He
must have singularly afiectionate rela-
tives.
"A Kentuckian, who had, after
protracted courtship, made up his mind
to propose to a young lady, carried his
resolution into effect. The lady, with
some hesitation, replied: am parti-
ally engaged but mother wants to get
married.