Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-05-26

Mr.. \. I. Stewards income every day
last year. as rendered to the Assessor in the
district in which he resides, averaged trife
over $500. Twenty-Five years ago this
amount would have been regarded as re-
spectacle income per anuum. just think Of
$500 coming in every day in the year
"A young minister, whose reputation for
veracity was not very good, once ventured to
differ with an Old doctor of divinity as to the
efficacy of the use Of the rod. why" said
he, the onlytme myfather ever whipped me
it was for telling the truth" Well" re-
torted the doctor, " it cured you Of it, didn't
it?"
The Home Journal reports that some of
the dresses recently received for grand we'd
dings at New York were imported in boxes
high enough for the skirts to hang in them as
in a wardrobe and the folds Of the delicate
fabrics are kept in place by pieces Of tape
nailed at intervals inside the box.
In a suit against the city of Richmond
to make her redeem her small notes to the
amount of 100000, issued during the war,
Chief Justice Chase has decided that having
been issued to aid the rebellion they cannot
be redeemed. The legislature which author
lied their issue was de tacto legislature, and
had power to grant such authority, and had
the notes not been issued for the subversion
of the government, they would be liable to
redemption.
Tho New York Central railroad has UNI
dertaken to compel its passengers to patronize
a certain hotel in Utica, or none at all, aud
has ordered its depot police to arrest the por-
tiers of all the other hotels if found in the de-
pot.
One of the editors of the Paris Steele
lately committed suicide on being told that
his brothers illness was mortal. He stabbed
himself, crept TO his brothers bedside, and
died there. Both the brothers were found
dead in the morning.
Eligible houses for rent on the Rhine
are now reserved for American tourists, who,
without grumbling pay three times as much
for them as the natives will give. Hotels 10
Germany, Switzerland and Italy, much fire.
quented by American travellers, are shun-
ned by continental tourists, on account of the
enormous prices charged for board and rooms.
An Indiana paper tells this story of a
Jealous mother She had several children
when she married her present husband, who
was then widower, likewise blessed with q
large flock. Not long ago, leading in family
prayer, the good old man asked for blessings
on his own children, but did not particularly
refer to those of his wife The mother had
however, been watchful and as soon as deyo,
tions we're over mentioned the omission.
slight quarrel followed, at the close of which
the old lady hit her husband on the head will
FIRE shovel, and since that time there hai
been no discrimination.
A soldier was shot by some miscrean
in the crowd at Promontory Point, Utah
during the exercises of laying the last rail on
the Pacific. The offender was seized and tiec
to telegraph pole when he was to be shot
if the soldier died.
Many of the farmers in the vicinity o
Sacramento, CAL, are haying.
Several heads of ripe wheat of the croI
of 1868, grown in Georgia, were exhibited IL
New York, Friday.
The New York board of health have be
gun whitewashing the city in anticipation o
the summer pestience,
-Freights on wheat and -four from al
points on the Mississippi above Prairie d.
CHEN. Wis, to Chicago, have been reduces
so per cent.
-Horatio Seymour has been buying larg
tracts of land in Iowa, and has become presi
dent of lake aud river Transportation Com
pany operating in Wisconsin,
Every drop of water used by the work
men on the Promontory Point section of tn
Pacific railroad, 1910 miles from Omaha, ha'
to be carried from three to five miles.
The Central Pacific will net pro rat
with or accept coupon tickets from any othe
railroad company. Their fare will be te
cents per mile, in gold, which makes the pas
sage from st. Louis 10 Sacramento s220.3O.
/ Let us have peas but oh lot us hay
them early and cheap.
"A marriage license was issued in Ind
annapolis, the other day, to young couPl
who have already been once married and d
vorced, and who are still under age.