Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-05-19

like old men.
An officer of the artillery made the fol.
lowing experiment at Quebec. Having Gllej
n bombshell, about II inches in diameter viii.
water. he closed it by driving an iron moo
firmly in and left II exposed to frost. Tbee
stoppor was soon driven out 70 distance az
| 100 Yards and cylinder Of ice, eight or nina
inches long, issued at the opening Tbs
shows the expansive force Of ice.
"A consignment of tea from Japan In.
arrived at San Francisco, to be shipped over
the Pacific railroad to st. Louis. fhisis ,bo
beginning Of direct trade over this road win
Asia.
An express way-bill received at Cloye.
land read as follows -" One child (alye). n
Mrs. Sarah A. Leonard, Cleveland Ohio
from Mrs W. Bush, Williamsport, Pa
Charges S57O.'
There is some possibility that Laramie
NAV be the capital Of Wyoming Territory
and accordingly an onterprising journalist has
moved thithcr and started daily paper in
advance Of population to warrant it. in the
hope that it may become the official organ.
Tho pictures of Gems Lee and StonewaD
jackson that formerly hung in the council
chamber at Charleston, S. G., have been 70.
moved, and replaced by pictures Of Gems
Grant and Sherman
The Canadian government will submit
to the parliament on Friday a scheme for F,
new banking policy which includes the grad
ual extinction Of the bank currency at The
rate Of 20 per cent. annually, beginning in
! 1871
Dispatches from all parts Of the Northwest
arc to the effect that the new wheat crop /,
In excellent condition, and promises an album.
dant harvest. A much greater breadth of
land has been put into wheat, this year than
ever before, and il no unfortunate disaster
occurs the crop will be Unprecedented.
"A number Of Gen Geo II Thomas
army comrades repaired to the generals head.
quarters at Louisville, KY, Wednesday, TO
present him with a magnificent silver service.
but the general declined lis acceptance, on the
ground that he was determined never TO BE-.
ceiye "a donation under any circumstance
The first shipment Of goods to San Fran.
cisco by the Pacific railroad from Philade.
r phia was madeon Wednesday.
-Forney writes from Richmond that The
life Of Northern man is az safe in Virginia
as in New England, but the " first families
~ will not associate with him unless he supports
! the theories Of the Lost Cause
If the West is not thoroughly educated.
it will not be for the want Of ample public
provision for that end The States and Ter.
ritories west Of the Mississippi river have al
ready had grants of public lands for eluca.
tiona purposes to the enormous amount of
u hcenty-firo million acres! An area nearly
two-thirds as large as the whole area of Eng.
a land and Wales, which has only 81 million
acres ofland.
San Francisco has an olive-oil refinery
The olives grow abuudantly in the southern
7 counties Of California.
81 Philadelphia fines for washing sidewalks
4 after Z A. NJ, half the money going to the
y iniormer. A couple Of smart boys made $40,
the other day, by a tour through the city and
reporting delinquents to the authorities
Z. old Tin Bear the Oldest chief of the
m Camanche Indians, says che has lived so
Al winters on buffalo meat, and he cannot see
20 why they viii not let him continue SO TO live,
and not force him to eat corn meal, which
makes him sick aud like the true saw.
age that he is, is teaching his people to max,
n their hoes into arrow heads.
The estate owned by Senator Cassorly in
u She vicinity Of San Francisco is assessed at
S2,700,000 and he has very valuable prop
arty in the city besides.
es TO gather crowd of people; raise
M plank on the sidewalk and start terrier at
M ter rat To disperse them circulate
ed subscription paper for the benefit Of poo
family.
%. One thousand acres Of peppermnt--fou
nj times az much as usual-will be raised j
gn Wayne county, n Y, this season. The buy
od ers are anxious to contract for the crop a
$3.50 per pound for oil, but the growers vii
not sell at that price
~ The men who will never die are the maj
ne who voted for Washington, the man who frs
nominated Grant, the Oldest Precursor. III
last soldier Of the Revolution, jefferson
- body servant, the oldest American actor, an,
the man who originated the idea Of the Pacii
ic railway.
- Every pleasant evening Madison square
= New York, is thronged with amateur rider
~ Of the yelocipede.
se "A street preacher in London has beer
en- fined for singing hymn " Come to God, Il
n the tune Of " Tommy Dodd."
Us w d. Richardson Of Chicago has con
tracted to build the monument TO Lincoln al
he Springfield, H., for $780, $50 according Il
the plans Of Mead, the sculptor.
ad The Sun has a queer idea Of the fines
n. Of things in mixing up It's items in this way
lv The bar room of the Astor House has jus
been newly painted and adorned in the high
., est style Of art, and the parlors and sleeping
n rooms have been furnished with nearly thre'
hundred Bibles, presented by the American
Bible society. A new stock of choice liquor
III has been laid in for summer use.
-. When it was discovered that Col. Grove
> ofAlabama could not be installed governor
=. Of New Mexico without an act Of Congres;
aa for the relief Of his political disabilities a
telegram was sent to Gov. Mitchell, asking !
he would continue to hold the Office until
NJ Col Grove was ready to take it, He prompt
~ y replied that he would not hold it a week
IL to accommodate such man.
s s' Chicago lately received, in one week, q
,o weight Of pork greater than the weight o.
the entire human population of the city
Bread is to be sold by weight in Philadel
T., phia, by an order from the select council
i, based on an old state law passed in 1907
ho Charles Dickens has been obliged to sus
40 pend his course of farewell readings in Eng
w land, by order of his physicians. He ha
4 oyerworked.
re The Delamater iron works at New Yorl
Ii are working with might and main on the en-
he gines and machinery for thirty Spanish gun
Is. boats.
lc- "A Michigan City lind cat has just bee
he discovered in chest which has not bee'
lie opened before since December, alive, bu
- rather thin.
ld' The late United States Marshal Ely o
res Philadelphia, ruptured blood vessel whit
jumping up stairs three at time, and died u
ter a few minutes.