Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-07-28


a good chance of carrying the Dry
Tortugas.
Horses sell at about two and
half dollars each in Hawaii.
The republicans have nominated
John Griswold for governor of New
York.
From its forthcoming city directo-
ry, Chicago figures up a population of
100000.
Gov. Seymour says in his speech
of acceptance he has been caught up
by the tide" He has, sure enough
the tide that will take him up Salt
River.
Chesapeake Bay yields more and
better oysters than any other region
in the country. In Baltimore alone
10 houses are engaged in the trade,
employing 800 vessels. One oyster
lays 1000 eggs.
The last survivor of the party of
young ladies who strewed flowers in
the path Of Washington, as he passed
through Trenton in 1889, on his way
to New York to assume the oresiden-
cy, is Mrs. Sarah Hand, now ninety
years Of age, and a resident of Cape
May county, New Jersey.
A German pomologist asserts that
young pear trees with smooth and
red twigs will furnish juicy and well
favored fruit; while rough, green
shoots indicate a mealy, dry and taste
less article. With apples, rough bran
ches indicate sour; smooth branches,
sweet fruit.
The papers announce the portrait
of Frank Blair, taken in fifteen differ
ent positions. The New York Sun
says: There is one characteristic
common to them all in every posi-
ton he is after Office. The gallant
general is the same in every shape.
A CURE FOR EARACHE.-There is
scarcely any ache to which children
are subject, so hard to bear and sc
difficult to cure as earache. But here
is remedy never known to fail
Take bit of cotton batting, put up
on it pinch of black PEPPER gather il
: up and tie it; dip it in sweet oil anC
: insert it in the ear. Put flame
' bandage over the head to keep i
warm. 1t will give immediate relief
, Sixteen ladies Of Charlestown, n. H.
, mostly Good Templars thinking thu
: liquor traffic had been carried fal
enough, visited the various keeper
of the groceries and saloons in tina
: place, on Friday evening the 9th inst
! and politely informed them if the.
continued to sell after the next eve
ming, they would be prosecuted
h Good for the ladies 1t is under
e stood that the liquor sellers hay
Il, shut down"
The Topeka Kansas Record ha
rs heard lately of curious freak OF n;
e, ture. Seven pounds of rusty bacoI
n furnished to the Indians, swelled
twelve hundred pounds by the tim
r the vouchers were made up for th
"a government to pay for it.
" The Tribune reports a comical il
cident in the late Democratic CONVEX
at ton: During the session of the Deu
"a ocratic convention two Union soldier
u who had experienced the horrors c
captivity in Richmond during the wa
,r met the keeper of the Libby prise
n wearing the delegates badge. The
. fell upon him and gave him a dreadf
beating"
% Soliloquy of a distinguished leg
- gentleman at the close of the Ne
l. York Convention:
"Oh when think of what I are,
And what used to was,
tic l feel hove myself away,
CO Without sufficient CO.'S"
. During the excavations for Il
Whitehall and Plattsburgh railroa
-, the bones of the soldiers killed in Il
~ battle there Of 1912 were disinterre
~ The remains were placed in pla
~ collins and reinforced in the villa
cemetry.
.a+ Cows sometimes get surfeit
49, grass, especially in wet warm weat
~ er, when the grass is succulent al
rich. This feed distends the bowt
the uncomfortably. An armful of
len hay, once day, will serve to abso
out some of the moisture and benefit t
COW in many respects.
fly CHURCH GoING.-A mournful +;
ce, stract OF motives:
Some go to church just for a wa
Some 60 there TO laugh and talk
SIN Some go there for speculation
er. Some 60 there for observation;
the Some go there to meet a lover !;
,aL. Some the impulse oft discover;
o,r Some 60 there to meet friend !;
oaa Some go there the time to spend
her Some to learn the parsons nam
Some go there to wound his fan
Many go there to doze and nod
'nes But few go there to worship G.
One Of the banks in this village
un- Gently paid the coupons due on Sc
$27 900 worth Of q. S. Governm
}. Bonds, within the short space of til
that days, none of which were over the
are nomination of 800, and most Of wi
,irit were but $50 bonds. Two-thirds
rue. these bonds were held by poor won