Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-04-20
Miscellaneous Items.

OOhSiO hehfO 81 Olo ulliSuloy III hhoiu5
lodgings.
Connecticut lake, the head OF Con-
necticut river in New Hampshire, is
1859 feet above the ocean.
The Governor of New Hampshire
began to grant charters in Vermont
in 1749.
An Iowa commission merchant has
received an order from Spain for 100,-
900 bushels of Iowa wheat.
1t is proposed in France to cult
vate the Chinese bamboo, in order to
open a new branch of industry:
Bismarck will not let his two sons
enter diplomatic life, as he does not
think they are sufficiently talented.
Minnesota had the severest snow
storm of the season last week. All
the railroads were greatly obstructed.
The public debt statement for the
present month shows a decrease of
about $2,500,000.
1t is said that so many Office seek
ers have left Washington that not
more than two or three thousand are
left.
An Illinois railway is having freight
cars built on which will be painted
the words From Ocean to Ocean
No Transfer"
Mrs John Launeer was burned to
death at Appleton, Illinois, while at
tempting to fill lamp from can of
| benzine.
The fitness Of women for Office will
no longer be questioned. A postmis-
tress in Pennsylvania has been caught
robbing the mails.
Thirty years ago, A. I, Stewart
was rated on the mercantile reports,
"Said to be worth $4,000; credit A
L; cautious and safe"
Michigan City is in Indiana, Kan
sas City is in Missouri, and Virginia
City is in Nevada and also in Monta-
ma.
Henry A. Wise is very poor. The
Irish Literary Association of Memphis,
Tenn, recently presented him with
500.
The Catholics of Provincetown
have purchased a lot of land, and con-
! template erecting a church on it at an
early day.
Four thousand soldiers and seamen
had a bloody row in the streets Of
Cronstadt recently, in which six men
were killed and many wounded.
Mexican bandits have a regular
tariff for their prisoners. The Super
intendent of a silver mine is worth
$4,000, rich banker 100000.
The census of the United States for
1868, made partly by the assessors
of internal revenue and partly by esti-
mates, is placed at 38,422,995.
Fhe Chicago people have at last
demonstrated to their entire sati5fac-
tion that Chicago is not in Illinois,
but that Illinois is in Chicago.
, Appleton's Journal reproves the
, women for their bad taste in over
loading their dresses with trimmings,
, and declares that " the feminine mind
is incapable Of originating fashion"
A Milesian hearing sundry reports
rather against his character for verac-
ity, exclaimed in an honest burst of
indignation, "Thank fortune, half the
lies that are told about me amt true !"
One of our artists has recently
painted picture Of Patience-a shop
keeper waiting upon ladies who don t
exactly know what they want, but ex-
pect to before the season is over.
Three bachelors in Iowa recently
played a game of cards for a novel
wager. The loser must marry before
the close of 1869 or support the other
two during the following year.
Mississippi enjoys menagerie free
of charge. The wild beasts expert
enced a railroad accident, by which
they were set free, and are now wan
| dering through the woods.
A raptured writer inquiries, "What
is there under heaven more humaniz-
| ing, or, if we may use the term, more
: augelizing, than a fine black eye in a
| lovely woman ?" Two black eyes is
} the only answer thought of at present.
, During the first battle of Bull Run
a Brigadier General discovered sol.
der concealed in hole in the ground
and ordered him to join his regiment.
The man, looking him full in the face,
placed his thumb upon his nose and
). replied: "No you don't, old fellow,
you want this hole yourself"
VIM. A. Starr, a soldier, who went
to Mexico with Scott, but left before
the war closed, went to sea and was
lost on the Marquesas islands, was re-
Gently brought home. The first quest
ion he asked the crew of the vessel
which rescued him, was, allow did the
Mexican war finally come out 2"
Andrew johnson has made speech
: at Knoxville, Tenn, declaring his in
tention to devote the remainder of his
life to the vindication of his official
: course. He also told his audience
that "a wise and good Prince was In
: fnitely better than a despotic, arbi-
! trary congress"
y A New RIFLE.-Addison M. Chap
, ell, of PittsGeld, an ingenious yankee,
, has made a rife and double barrelled
/, shot gun communicative barrels for
! shot and one for balls. The barrels
were bored from a solid bar of steel
of 80 pounds weight, but which was
0 worked down to weigh but nine lbs.
D The rife barrel is below the shot bar
I rels, and therefore is no obstruction
| to sighting the latter, and carries one
, third ounce halls The whole is COM