The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-12-22

AN.iAs.taillt lH AftEaNA
Goaj oxen bring 5 thousand dol-
iAus yake u Oregon
Tue population oi tho Uuiied States.
tksa IS vreuue uf8eeIs approaches
at0QNtAla, and ono 6ith 81 the whole
are eolerc3 psrsoas
\ Mobile paper Says 81 q guitar
player 10 thnt 5ity, that 'bis playing
would sv apg well conducted saw mall
+ tbt ioothacbe
/ john Sake SAYS ID is common
notion iH Boston that Z person Is
3 lofa n ihSt elly Il is unnecessary for
/ tho favored individual to be born again
South Carolina wages % blacks
ire slO0 year and found. to farm
workera, women, from IS 70 81 month
and found Mechanics get more, ma.
sons averaging a. per day.
The word d-p-b-t y composed ~
the initials of "inn every body twice
Credit is formed Of the initial let
tors v "call regularly every day I'll
trust
Mrs Abraham Lincoln. while re-
Gently making some purchases in Sau-
ers fancy goods store al Franktort.ou-
the Main, suddenly tainted away. She
was removed 10 her apartments in tho
Hotel a d'Angleturre, where, at last ac-
counts, she was lying in a condition
which gave rise to great apprehensions,
distinguished visitor once enter
ed the counting room ~ the late Bar
on Rothsohild, who was very much en-
gagged Without looking up, he said,
take a chair and he soated. The gem
tleman addressed, feeling aggrioyod at
such reception, remarked "You did
not, perhaps, hear my name; ] am the
Count "Oh, yes, replied tho
banker, "tase two chairs II YOU please
The Secretary Of the Newshoy's
Lodging House in New York states that
5000 boys are annually provided for,
clothed fed aud shipped b the great
West whore suitable employmentis OBJ
tanned for them through the agency Of
the institution in New York.
This instance of Biblical criticism
comes from Pleasantville, Penn:
At Sabbath-school meeting recent
! ly held in that town, after the recita-
tons had been concluded, this dialogue
occurred
Superintendent "Well, children,
what is the subject Of your lesson to-
day y
Children. Judas Iscariot, Sir.
Superintendent What kind Of
man do you think he was, children r.
Small Boy lguichgl Il think he
was de1d bcat Sir
Judge Samuel b Garyin, Of the
/ New York superior court, wilsucceed
/ A Oakley Hall as district attorney for
/ New York Judge Garyin was the pros
ecutor Of the draft rioters Of 1863, when
/ Gov Hoffman was on the bench al re-
corder
Postmaster General Randall who
! was bankrupt three years ago, is now
worth nearly Il not quite 100000 The
deficiencies in the postoiiice department
have been remarkably large and stead.
lily increasing during the last three
years
The Vermont Legislature provided
for photographic survey Of tho state
and the gathering Of statistics in regard
TO its manufactures, but tho pro-
ject will not amount to much, probably.
as it Was left TO tho town clerks, who
are proyerbially shiftless in attending
to any such matter
"What is your consolation IN life
and death n asked clergyman Of a
young mss ia Bible class that he was
catechislng The young Indy blushed
and hesitated. "Will you not tell me ?"
urged the clergyman. Il don't want TO
tell his name, said the ingenious girl,
'qbut I've HI objection to telling you
whore he lives
Montana is generally prosperous,
has about $4,000 population, produces
about $l0000,000 year IN gold, and is
selfsustaining, agriculturally. All bust
ness is transacted on gold basis, a
greenback dollar passing for eighty
cents The placer mining is fiourishing
still, most Of the gulches and patches
holding out well and yielding richly /,
the quartz mining is rather feebler, is
in fact under a cloud, as it is sooner or
later in all mining countries.
! Within four hours ride Of Montreal
by rail, there is a colony Of from 10000
to $4,000 Highlanders The county Of
/, Glengarry, on the eastern frontier Of
Upper Canada, is full Of them la the
back settlements they retain their an
cient language, using their Gaelic songs,
and have their Gaelic preaching
About balm OF them are catholic and
half protestant. The Glongarry men
are renowned for their size and strength
+ II is said that the townships Of Kenyon
3 and Lochiel alone could turn out a
, thousand Highlanders not man oI
) them under SIX feet in his stockings.
The following is said TO have been
told by prominent Southern orator
for the benefit Of Mr.. b. H. II , oI
Georgia, during political canvass -
Said the speaker: "The ambition and
uniform bad luck Of Mr. H remind
me Of little incident A worthy but
poor farmer paid a visit to a sister 81
more means, and somewhat astoniabed
r her by his breakfast appetite. When
, some twenty Of the inevitable Georgia
biscuit had disappeared without salts
fy him, she gently said, you seem fond
) Of wheat biscuit, George "Yes, SAID
he, reaching for another, Il like um as
l well as any body you ever saw, and get
!, t.y, as setdoya . D