Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-02-17
IN GENERAL.

--kos,uth passes every day several hours
at the graves Of his wife and daughter in the
Genoa cemetery. He Is too poor to erect
monuments on them, and has refused all the
offers Of his friends to give him money for
this purpose.
"A French mayor, who wished to be very
amiable toward, @ duchess, whowas one-eyed,
in making out her passport, wrote as follows
Eyes-dark, beautiful, soft, full Of express
son-one Of them being absent"
"A young housemaid at Tifin, O., recent
ly exhibited some extraordinary fnanciering
skill. She wanted to 70 to minstrel per.
Torrance, so she went to the grocery where
her employer made his purchases, bought
some eggs, had them charged to him, went to
another grocery and sold them for cash
The Grand Army Of the Republic now
has in the United States IS departments,
5000 posts and membership Of 100000.
The indispensable qualification for an initia-
| ton is the possession Of certificate of hon
orabe discharge from either branch Of SER
vice in the late war
/ American flour is carried across the
1 Atlantic, manufactured a, Glasgow into bis
cults, and these biscuits are sent back across
the Atlantic and sold in America in large
quantities
Government lost million dollars worth
OF property last year by the sinking Of steam.
boats on the Missouri River
Weston was 80 much Of curiosity at
Ellenberg, n Y, that all the congregation
rushed out Of prayer-meeting to greet him.
leaving the minister in the lurch.
Always expect to succeed, and never
think you have succeeded.
-Meekness and modesty are the rich and
charming attire Of the soul.
He who studies books gets the frame Of
knowledge, but he who studies men gets the
soul.
Take the world as it is, not as it ought
to be.
Mrs. Surratts remains we're disinterred
yesterday aud delivered to her friends
Nineteen hundred dollars worth Of dia-
monds were stolen from a window in Broad
way New York, last evening.
There are two eminent physicians ia
New York--one says lunch in the middle of
the day and the other says nay. An old
doctor used to say, " eat when you are hun
cry drink when you are dry, keep your feet
warm, your bead cool, lie straight in bed,
and bid defiance to the physicians"
"A Texas paper advises the War Depart
ment TO supply General Sheridan with yeloci.
pedes for the pursuit of the Indians
"A convict became unmanageable while
in New York Central Railroad car When
bis attendant called for assistance it was as
certained that out Of thrty-two male passen-
gers twenty-nine had reyolyers in their pock-
cts.
i cannot doubt that If A. T. Stewart
should advertise for clerks at one hundred
dollars per annum, and board, he would have
five thousand applicants before the weeks
end.-Greeiey
There is a tiger near Chinta poonta, Mad.
ras, who has within year Or two eaten more
than 200 natives, and is still at it.
Massachusetts has the veloeipede fever
In one town Methodist Church has been
converted into " velocipede rink"
japanese tea to be properly prepared,
it is stated, should be treated differently from
tea from China. The Japan tea should be
nearly boiled. Tea carefully drawn, il is
asserted is most powerful anti-spasmodic.
-Calltornia's population is only one-iourth
female. In Nevada there are eightmento one
woman, and in Colorado twenty to one.
Forgive others much-thyself nothing.
The German Duke of Nassau takes
s2,OOO,OOO Of our fye-twenties.
The mammoth OK, Gen. Grant is on his
way to Washington and the inauguration bar
beeue. He was exhibited at New York,
Wednesday.
"A western editor thinks the poem OF
Enoeh Arden has encouraged hundreds OF
dead husbands to return and annoy their fam
HES, who would otherwise have kept away
The Enoch Arden in real life, he says is
usually scallawag, and comes home ragged,
dirty and drunk.
Within the United States the names Of
towns are duplicated to the following extent.
There are "a Fairchilds, 20 Adamses, II
Bostons, 40 Richlands AZ Centers, 81 Per
rvs, 52 Wsynes, n Van Burens 81 Harri-
sons, ~ Franklins, so Jeffersons, 100 jack
sons, and l34 Washingtons. There are in
the Union 80 towns named Union, and 90
called Liberty
indiana is selling maple mOlasses made
this season
Last years crop of sugar and molasses
IN Louisiana are worth twenty million dol
lars 1t will be larger and more valuable
this year
"A Chicago gentleman has bought one
hundred and twenty-five square miles OF land
in Kansas for a wheat field
San Francisco did rea estate business
gilmore than 1927 100000 last year.