Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-03-17
IN GENERAL.


The ST. Johns river in Florid, o.,
only 3 inches in 300 miles. ''''
Grant is the youngest man who In.
been elected President. lie will be II ''f
old April %. '.'
Don't speak against Christians ron..,
the endless future which will mako
Impression than We are aware Of
MIR. Seward praises Grants cab,,,
is going to visit Thurlow Weed at Ait1 '
c.
For " talking back " to minisio,
ing service, an Iowa man has had 10 r,.
dollars fine. ~
Hardening operations in Georgb H.
been checked by the recent cold sn6n
Atlanta the ground was frozen a foot do., al
The Texas cattle fever is travoIin, ,
ward, aud has reached Montana, wbar.
discovered to terminate in the foot
sores like the small pox.
President johnson has informed
Baltimorcans that he will accept their r.ir
reception, Thursday, llth.
The Newfoundland Legislature oo
urday adopted a resolution in favor ofco,fi
Grafton by a large majority.
AT Lancsboro, MINI, where in T.
last not % single house had been built n.y.
s3j 600 hotel isboiug built thepubIic ~
numbers niucty-fvo scholars, and Che HI.
figure for a business lot is $1,000.
A Chicago paper sncors AT Milo.
as a small town because it did not have n
en- enough to get up quarrel at Che
womans convention in the latter CITY,
Josh Billings says: "When
man amt good for anything else, / nj.
sec him carry gold-headcd cane. n
can't buy cane, let him part his hair In
middle"
Births, marriages and deaths In am Oh.
gon journal are arranged under tho ra.,
i've heads of " Come, D" Fixed to STAY Il.
Gone The second would not DO IN q
cago.
Mrs Pauliua W. Davis, the won
rights lecturer, nearly lost her life IN F.-l
recently, from the effects of poison admit
tered by a person who did not like her !,
ciples.
The invitations to hard times r.-
ia Wisconsin are issued on brown paper y,
the instructions to each guest are TO dre.
everyday clothes and bring crackers i.
pocket
Queen Victoria wears her hair o.. a.
did p years ago. CoiIures. waterf
chignous, curls aud back hair are uaash
her
james NJ Mason of Mason and SID
fame, will leave Canada in a day or two. b.,
expects to be at h. old home ia Winsbs.-
Va, by the middle Of March,
Any person Of good moral chane-
being a voter, may practice law IN lnla
The same qualifications, except the char
are necessary for procuring divorce.
The London correspondent Of the Cat
60 Tribune SAYS that "next 20 the Snn
twins the greatest natural curiosity lr
Mr. Raycrdy johnson
Secretary Washburnc says that Ohio h.
more candidates for foreign missions and .
sulates in the field than any other state 20 "a
Union.
The Sultan of Turkey has issued dem.
throwing open 10 Christians of every demon.
nation the mosques and temples of tbe Flll.
iul, upon the simple conditions that they g
not scott nor disturb the worshiner. in ha
prayers.
-Sugar-makers in Ohio report the SOP
the present season as being Of an inferior
quality and say that the yield Of maple M.
and molasses will be small
Cen. Cox, the new secretary Of The -
terror, is a son-in.law Of Rev Mr. F.nntJ
the famous revival preacher
The exodus Of the Canadians to c,clr
the new enrolment still continues. and A
trains IN the eastern provinces are crowds
with lugitiyes.
When the German people began to pug
chase United States bonds they were 50.
for forty cents or "a dollar Now they az
eighty. The Austrian securities which %.
sold ioreighty arr now down to forty.
Hans Christian Andersen the Dam
story-teller, is greatly pleased with the hg
with which his works meet in America.
said recently that he longed for nothing
much AS to make trip to the United Stat
The New Orleans rebels are disgruntl,
OF course, at the re-assgnmont of Phil. Sh
idau to the command of Louisiana. and d
prospect OF law and order in that state. II
negroes are jubilant and will give Sherid
public reception.
Horses are sold at New South Wales Z
a penny apiece, and have become so hume
GUS that they area real nuisance. One squa
ter has killed 1900 which encroached on b
land and the product Of their carcasses har.
ly pays for the powder and shot.
Weston, the child Of misfortune an
Payne, the pedestrian, have made match 3
walk one hundred miles, from Walnut Greek
Pa, to Buffalo, n. Y, on the lake shore DO.
road for $500 side, play or pay. Payn
Is to give seven days notice, and the matci
will commence on or before April |.
Kid gloves, just now, run on fancy col.
ors. Only demonstratiye hues sell, and
green or gorgeous yellow lead
Modest shades like modest people, make no
show at ALL
The Columbus Ohio Journal pointedly
remarks that every cord Of wood given to
the poor here will be somuch fuel saved from
use in the other world
The Wintersett tIowa) papers say that
hey have little man in that town-JohnBy
Mchlbbln-who is smaller and lighter than
either Thumb or Mutt. lie is said to be
smart and bright, and little love of man
generally.
The Union Pacific railroad track passed
ogden, in the Salt Lake valley, on Monday
The road is now clear through and trains are
TO the end of the track. Letter
nails will hereafter be sent overland, but
newspaper mails will 60 forward by steamer
A novelty introduced at a recent ball in
Paris was a trail Of flowers beginning in the
lair and falling down to the bottom Of the
ram, after being caught in some fancitu ana
,aaceiul way, either round the BOSOM or the
waist, or in sash.
Scene in the court room Prisoner !
hallenge the Judge" "You mean the Ja'
or. y No, Sir, the JUDICIAL the judges
WhyY " Because they are all my personal
nemies." How so ?" "Thcy have ALREADY
ondemned me five times, and never cleared
ne once"
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