The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-08-17

There is IL The world Prof Jcnk
ms, who proposes 10 ride over Niagars
en- a yelooipede, VIA a tight rope. A,
gust "a, He will propel his machine
With his hands and carry balancing
pole on his tccl
Persons will please remember that
bitnuial examinations are required nort
September. and az invatds must be es.
aminei, except such as are exempt by
the loss oi an arm. les or other perma-
n,nt injury
Or Lyman Beecher once said -
should foreign army land upon our
shores to levy such Tar A. intompor-
ance leyies, no mortal power could re-
sist the tide Of swelling indignation
that would oyorwholm il"
Cincinnati has 2aO. 600 inhabitants,
100 churches, throe morning aud two
evening papers besides two German
daihes and 10 weoklics, 20 monthlioa
and one quarterly Its suspension
bridge has the longest span in the
world, and cost two million.
There is a young lady in Harris
county, Georgia, who has pIoughod.
sowed aud cultivated without holp five
acres Of cotton, and has crop nearly
ready TO harvest She was wealthy be.
fore the war aud her industry may
make her wealthy again,
Sitka, in Alaska, is noticeable as
the point where the traveller around
the world either gains or loses his day
Of the week. A Russian reaching il on
his eastward journey, celebrates his scv-
enth day Sabbath there, while the Cali
fornian going westward. finds business
suspended on his Saturday,
A country girl after making some
purchases at store in New Albany. In
diana, was asked by the clerk II thero
was anything more he could do for hor.
Innocently replied the maideni "0h,
no, sir; unless you will bo kind enough
20 go out and milk tho old mare, Tor |
rode her from home without the colt"
Old Slate computes that the amt
Of whiskoy destroyed at the Philadel-
phia fire would have made Ga 900, 900
straight" drinks; aud at Is cents per
glass the whole would amount to $780,
000, 900, or sum sufficient TO extin-
guish more than one third the national
debt.
A colored couple were recently
married at Indianapolis who had lived
together in virtual wedlock for twenty
seven years. Slaves together when
there was no such thing as marriage,
they have accumulated handsome
property, and in order TO have IL trans
mitted to their children. have been
formally married
~ Massachusetts, came out Of the late
war with debt Of $23, 600, 900, and In.
stead OF paying off her obligations, as
9tthaFI StBstaiss SatBstais heYSlsnso so-des h80ffEBpee&Ga
$2S,000,000. The loans and appropri-
ations authorized by the last three ses.
sions Of the Legislature will carry the
amount up to $35,OoO,OO0.
France produces 1909, 100000
eggs annually and Great Britain 2,OOO,-
600, 600, yot England pays about &C.
600, 900 in gold, for importations from
France, Belgium and Holland. In Par
is, eggs are sold in baskets Of lOiO
each and officials, appointed by the
city government, inspect, moi cnly tho
number aud quality, but the size OF the
egg These inspectors are supplied
with ring, all eggs passing through
which are thrown out, or il taken, bring
M inferior price.
"A most singular accident was this:
A Princeton, Ky farmer was draw
ing two heavy nlillstonos up steephill
above his own house. the fasteDings
gave way aud the stones getting up on
edge rolled down with terrible force in
to his own yard There they upset his
bee-hiyos, the onraged inmates OF which
settled upon his three children, playing
near, and stung them so as to occasion
the death Of two Of them within twon-
ty-four hours. The millstones mean
time bounded into the stock yard. kill
ing two horses and a calf
Mr.. j. W. Carrie. Of Aspinwall. has
transmitted 10 the New York Board OF
Health, "A communication in regard to
the use u boiled water ia time of tho
prevalence Of the cholera, and in case
Of exposure to the disease. in general.
He says, giving The results of hia own
experience The boiling 81 the water
found in the most unhealthy localities.
using IL afterwards with or without ies,
diyests il Of all injurious properties.
renders il perfectly healthy, and very
often imparts to il medicinal proper
ties. The epidemieal Diseases prevailing
on this coast are various and tenacious;
when formally a resident Of this place.
tho writer was continually troubled with
feyers aud diarrh0a IL is now hino
months since bis return; during tho
whole time he has used no other but