Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-01-10

We'll DoNE.-C. A. Smith, black.
smith of West Concord, has an An.
prentice who has worked at the bust.
ness ten months who recently shod
thirty horses and one OK inside of
twelve hours. Where is the other
who can beat that. gqz4a.e.
Two men came to Smiths hotel at
Danvllle On Tuesday, and offered
their team for sale so cheap, that some
one limited to them it must have been
stolen. They took the hint and left
either the team or their
overcoats. They had previously sold
the buffalo robes to a Mr.. Laid, for
Sc co. .IaS1-.-.srE 9erae
New orchards sometimes fail when
planted on the site of old ones. This
result may be avoided by blowing,
subsoiling and manuring the land
from which the old trees have been
removed, draining it perfectly, and
then setting ont young trees of the
best varieties between the rows where
the old ones stood. IN aa.fsf.s
As an evidence of the utter pros
tration of the wool and sheep bust
ness in many places, it may be stated
that firm in Warren, O., have COM
menced Strengthening 5000 sheep for
their pelts and tallow.
The farmers In a portion of Iowa
are said to have over 100000 bushels
of surplus wheat stored away, under
the impression that higher prices will
rule during the winter and spring.
Good farms in North Germany rent
for s100 per acre. -
Henry Ward Beecher hasa farm of
35 acres which yielded last year
crops valued at So, 700. ,,ze,e
A man in Rockford, H., made over
$4,000 during 1867, from the sale of
crops raised on four acres Of land.
A splendid cotton plantation OF e.
300 acres in Franklin county, n. c.,
was sold lately for $2,05 an acre.
The loving son and heir of man
who lately died at Marysville, Ind,
has put in bill of 5000 for shaving
his father at various times during his
last illness.
Probably the oldest book extant,
ever published in America is now in
possession of Gen. j W. Phelps, of
this place. 1t is dictionary of the
Aztec language, and was printed IN
ne city of Mexico, in 1571-nearly
so years before the landing of the
Pilgrims of Plymouth, and more than
80 years previous to the establishment
of the colony at Jameston, Va. So
says an exchange.
LOFTY TREES N AUsTRALIA.-We
are in the habit of priding ourselves
on the possession of the largest trees
in the world, but recent researches in
Australia have shown that although
the thickness of our California giants
may not be equalled, their height is
considerably exceeded by species of
Eucalyptus, vegetable form charac-
teristic of Australia. Specimens of
various heights have been measured,
and the tallest actually subjected to
; this test gave US an altitude of $50
feet; but another, having circumfer-
= ence of 81 feet at a height of four
h feet from the ground, was estimated
/ to be over 500 feet thigh. The tall
= est spire in Europe, the Munster Of
Strasburg, is 466 feet high; the great
!, pyramid of Cheops is $50, but ex-
f. ceeded by these Australian trees.
FIRE.-On Sunday eve, last, the
dwelling house of Mr.. George Gar.
: vim of this town-in the "Diggins
= observation-disclosures totally destroy.
= ed by fire, with its entire contents
i No insurance, and Mr.. Garvin, poor
y man with a family. is thus turned
q homeless and destitute upon the cold
i' world in this terrible season. Viii
: those who are rejoicing under com
Portable roofs, where plenty smiles
remember him and his destitute wife
and little ones, with their mite. Dc
81 so, and make your own happy New
Year happier, by Tightening the loaC
of want and sorrow which has falleI
upon these poor people. What yol
thus lend to the Lord to-day, will
surely come back after many days.
LamOitte Ne,csdcdler.
A Poor SPECULATIoN.-Ay ounl
man from Burke, last week took fv
hundred hog to Island Pond expect
ing to get ten cents per pound for il
Int the market being low he sold
for nine cents, and to make up tn
deficiency, the same day went to spt
~ culating in buffalo robes. He pu
4 chased three Ordinary buffalo robe
of Bartlett & Robinson, paying abou
S1O4 for the lot, in the following MAJ
uer. He bought two paying SIS 0
apiece, but when he loaded up to G
home, happened to slip third on
into his sleigh. He had been gon
but few minutes when the owner