Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-05-11

In printing Office at Gosport, Ind,
is blind compositor. His average
days work is Eve thousand ems, and
on several occasions he has set from
seven thousand to nine thousand
His letter is distributed for him, and
his copy is read by his partner, his
memory being so perfect that he can
retain from four to six lines.
Many sheep are dying of, from
some cause, in the Kearsarge Mount
ain District, where some of the finest
of these animals raised in the State
are found. Hundreds have died in
the town of Salisbury-various farm
ers losing all the way from twenty
FIVE to hundred. Some attribute
the mortality to poor hay, and others
to a contagious disease difficult to
remedy.
A Paris letter of April Is says: "a
man died yesterday at Bicetre Hospi-
tai, having slept there seven months
and three days. On the morning Of
his death he woke up and swallowed
pint of chocolate, also the same
quantity of broth and some wine. The
case of man having remained asleep
for seven months is considered as
unique in the annals of medical
science.
Daniel FL. Blaisdell, of Fremont
has been sentenced to the State Pris-
on for four years, his crime being that
of burglary. He is man Of about
fifty years, has family, and is said
to be worth some $4,000; yet he
has an irresistible desire to steal
Whether four years will cure him of
this propensity is questionable.
The great earthquake of 1857 on
the island Of Porto Rico was of great
advantage to the laboring classes, as
the work of reconstruction created
such demand for labor that wages
advanced, and mechanics would only
work four hours in day for four
days in the week.
The Earl of Fingall was found dead
in his bed, April %. The deceased,
who had just completed his sventy-
eight year, repl esented Meath county,
Ireland, in the Liberal interest, in the
first two Parliaments of William ". s
reign, and succeeded to the peerage
in 1886. His Lordship was one of
the few Roman Catholics who was a
Wing. His son, Lord Killeen, sue
ceeds him.
Coop SIGN.-The Richmond IVA. J
Southern Opinion announced its last
publication Friday morning last. The
editor says he has for sometime
thought that perhaps the mission OF
the Opinion had been fulfilled, and
adds that the distinct Southern prin-
ciples upon which the paper was foun-
! ded, are "dead in the hearts of the
people"
) Paris consumed in 1867, 10000
deer, $4,000 cartridges, so, 100
pheasants, 100000 snipe, 10000
quails, $4,000 plovers, 100000 tur-
key, 100000 capons, 100000 ducks,
100000 geese, 4,500,000j chickens
100000 larks, 100000 rabbits.
Their total value is reckoned to be
. SIS, 100000, gold.
, An illiterate negro preacher said to
/. his congregation: any bredren
when de fust man Adam was made, he
was OBJ wet clay, and set up agin de
palings to dry" "Do you say" said
one Of the congregation, "dat Adam
p was made oh wet clay, an set up
. agin de palings to dry?" Eyes, sar
| do" "Who made de palings p
"Sit down, sar," said the preacher
! sternly; "such questions as dat would
, upset any system of theology"
q Dennis Carvin, ferryman across the
= Connecticut river above the dam at
Holy oke, Mass, and Catherine Q
Connor, passenger in his boat, were
! drowned while attempting to cross
the river from the South Hadley side
between I and s o'clock On the even
Ing OF the 9th ult. 1t is supposed
they were swept over the dam. Car
vim was about 60 years old, and been
boating there for % years. The wo.
man was employed in the Hampshire
> paper mills, and was 40 years old.
l The Richmond Wing does not like
the course of the Northern Democra
cy toward the South. 1t says:
"They meanly appeal to the crush
ed, bleeding and broken-hearted PEG
pie to sacrifice the last feeble rem
nants of their political and social ex
istence. in order that they (the North
S ern Democracy may be saved from
b the operations of the Fifteenth Amend
t ment. Nothing more shameful has
occurred in these days of degeneracy
: and profigacy."
The following from the Richmond
: Enquirer betrays the spirit of the fight
+ in Virginia against Gov. Wells:
"Now without going into Mr.. Wal
t ker's claims at alive are for any
t body against Wells. He is the most
J. odious man to the white people o.
s this State that has ever put his FOOT
: here-we think we need not except
J, Underwood. They loathe him, they
e hate him-and he loathes US, and hates
S US. We are uncompromising and
= deadly enemies. He has marshaleG
the negroes against MS, and taught
o them to hate US. Walker has no
+ marshall the negroes against US
+ But we are for anybody against Wells
: We must kill him at all hazards"
Is RICHMOND, Va, May 4.-Josepl
Holmes (colored,) member of the
late Constitutional Convention wa,
. killed at Charlotte Court House yes
4 terday. A personal difficulty occur
i red between him and John Marshall
q con Aof Tp1ro Marshall &C ,,xLo.