Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-30
&. IN GENERAL

Rev. Mr. Barnaby, Baptist -. O'1
liarwich, eighty-onc years old Ia. %lsie
a sermon nor meal for forty year, '4lni
"A Mrs. Aiken, at McGroeor
ceiycd letter from her husband ;,'s
mia, the other day, after lap.o " VsG y
years without a word of his wbo,,. M
existence. He is coming homo '. ..,Oe
find his iorsaken wife married. 'uu
"A London despatch SAYS tb,,a
iul termination Of the insnrreetion y, II
Spain, Is largely attributed to the ,, ~ "a
Of Mr.. r. +. Farrell. the Americ,Ss 'o y. 2
that city. 'O'
Admiral Farragut has deoli,ol
dinner rendered him by some Of tho Il
citizens of New York city. "
Baron Rothschild by his will l.e
nuity Of $500 francs to every clc, l',s Y
been ten years in his service. WIG
Two Montreal ladies rescued
from drowning, on Friday. bv tv;n
cloaks together and hauling him %,s
the frightened men Of the party were ,o
aahoIV l"T Htlp.
The coming man is mid ,o1
Chiuaman. "'
st Louis has appropriated s7Ooo
the poor, ~
1t is said that castor oil maxi.
leather soft and pliable and quite NM
to water. f'''@
Chicago derives a revenue Of m,,.
five hundred dollars from licenses !. y.
boys aud shooblacks. wy
Quito recently an Iowa boy.no,,
bought stock on the strength of Z N.,
from chicago, which erroncous,v ,s,f
price of dressed hogs as the price of5s, 4
He lost money, sued the telegraph com,.
and has recovered the amount
"A bullock weighing four thousand
was bought for $1,000 By a pba,lJ.ll
butcher to be slaughtered for his Cbrg
patrons.
The greatest blast on record was RI.
ly made on the proposed site OF ort +, (
Francisco harbor. Twelve tons Of nav
were Cred at once, dislodgng $4,000 ioo.
rock.
An advertisement Of one column 3,
the editions of the New York Tribune y.
s730. lfprinted in larger than tbo nm
type, or if cuts are employed, the price
greater.
The Southern papers are most Of tbsJ
full Of advertisements Of sheriff. sale.
-Indu-irious Cabinet-makers-WaA;sI
ton correspondents.
Probably the most conteutei lo,na.I
in the world lives at petropauloyski. In Ka-
schatka Only one regular mail Is reociyI
there annually; sometimes the mail m,.,
as mails do everywhere, and then the De-,
master has nothing to do for two whole yar
This happy official cnioysa salary Of tina :
four hundred roubes.
In the list Of bankrupts, published (,
one day in the London Gaseite no les. I'D
sereHfecR were connected with the l.gs.
trade Rut, if a list had been given Of q
persons whom they had first made hsuks
in property and character, il would hay Pa
ten times seventeen at least
lit Is stated that J NJ. Lansston, v.-
educated mulatto, will al che Grant 'ius
istration to send him az minister 70 Hiyt
Pumpkins and boy babies are said "a
the only crops that have not failed in Misl
sippi this year.
A seven hundred ounce nugget Of 4
was recently dug up in Queensland.
1t takes 100000 day to pay fia
pork packed in Cincinnati
-Plauchcite has remarkable power
Texas Three men were recently lcasniga
events Of the future by this means IN Bon.
Vile, when il was suddenly discovered q.
they were spell-bound Neither could p
from his saat and an were 80 frighteBoi IL
they were unable 10 speak FoF,unaiiy
lady came in and spoke, thus breaking Z
spell and the writing-leg of planeheiie st 3
same time.
Nearly fourteen million dollars 10
have been derived within one year froa B
sale Of ecclesiastical property in Italy.
Only $50 miles Of railroad need ui
built TO connect Portland in Oregon 81
the Union Pacific Railroad above Salt Lail
by steam. Three hundred and fifteen q q
645 miles can be travelled BY sieamboh
Michigan has a cash balance Of 3 aili
and more
There is no dungeon so dark and d1i
as the mean mans mind.
Postmaster Kelley, Of New York =
l24 soldier clerks in his office.
The trustees Of the Robinson Aeaia1
for girls. at Exeter, \. H., have reas.
about S2j0,000 from the Robinson bells
1t is said that John Bright is the =
English Quaker who ever attained to the {
nifty Of a seat IN the Cabinet.
The wife of Capt. Henry c. Dean OH
Of the oldest residents Of 0xi1rS, Name
aroused her husband few nights since 'ay
ing that she heard some one knocking II
arose, but could find no one, and coming oaa
to the bed found her lying dead.
England now ha an army Of li'v Y
men, Of which 70,292 are garrisoned 10 y
British Isles, $4,000 in India, and the y
mainder in her other dependencies,
A COW rung the front door-bell
house in Washington the other day and ".
the ring was answered the untashlohaOe ''''
walked into the hall.
An Alabama justice has been d,
large business in the marrying line, ao' -
now found that it was without any anaa.!
A competent person is now engaged ID -
over his work to make it complete
The handsomest man in NeE ION
and best dressed, is barkeeper at q P''-
nent Broadway hotel.
Gen. Rosecrans has arrived at 10, Il!
of Mexico, aud was formally recel'7l y
President Juarcz on the 10th instant
The new contractors for the coIalE,e
Of the Suez canal agree to finish TWIN" =
year Of 1869.
1t costs $1,000 to cowhide an editor
Wisconsin. "a
"A Virginia apple tree has Oo'D'
bushels in eleven years a..
I Adams County, Illinois, win ,Ss'
population Of ten thousand, has been S''
ninety-six divorces within month .,
\ Turkey has forty million i ,Iansd
and an army of nearly six hundred \, s'o 4 NO
Greece has only million and han u ,ss
ulotion and has an army of twelve Wv