Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-04-22
VERMONT DAILY TRANSCRIPT. APRIL a2. 1869

the Court, I do not propose in this case
to bore for Wutcr, but TT Here the
tears were suddenly dried, laughter en-
sued, the Righteousness of the ease was
exposed, and the defendant got clear.
A physician having finished the am
| putation of the leg of one of his patients,
"A near relative to the latter took him
aside, and said anXiously to him ::
rccover?' Recover! there has never
been the least shadow of hope for
him." "Then what was the use of
making him suffer ?'' Why, my dear
fellow, you astonsh me! Could YOU
say, brutally, toa sick man, you are
dyingn He must be amused Il little
A young Ritualist, whose reputation
for vcracity was not very good, vcntured
to differ with an old doctor of divinity
as TO the efficacy of the use of the rod.
" Why" said he, "tho only time my
father ever whipped me, it was for tel
ling the truth" Well" rctorted the
doctor, " ii cured you of it, didn't it ?"
ours,n as the lawyer said to his client.
An honest rustic went into tic shop Of
a Quaker to buy hat, for which six
dollars was demanded. He offered five
dollars. Gas I live" said the Quaker,
" | cannot afford to give it thee at that
price" "As you livew exclaimed the
countryman, "then live more moderate
ly, and be hanged to you" " Friend !"
said The Quaker, thou shalt have the
hat for nothing. / have sold hats for
twenty years, and my trick was never
found out till now"
Miss Anna Williams, of Braddock's
Field, Penn, aged fifty-siX, is so annoy
ed by the devotion of Il boy ofseventeen
years, who is ma1ly in love with her,
that she is obliged to call for official
protection.
The meanest Yankees are in Conncc-
ticut, and the mcancst of the Connecti-
cut Yankees are in North StOnington.
The First Baptist Church there pay
their preacher one dollar Sunday, and
this is more than they paid his prede-
cesSOr.
A gentleman of the Jewish persuasion
was advised the other day by friend
to look for situation in the custom
House, as he was a follower of Moses.
Yes, he replied, but Moses has more fol-
lowers now than the Messiah.
A Philadelphia merchant got drunk
one nlSnU laSU WecF, ana lOullQ HIMSELF,
in the morning, in u dissecting room,
having been taken by a party of drunk
ell students for stiff.
The people of New Mexico are going
into the fruit raising business on an eX-
tensive scale. Hundreds of thousands
of vines and fruit trees have been plan
ed by them this spring.
The Rev. w. II. II. Murray, pastor of
the Park street Church, in Boston. and
author of new book on the Adiron-
dacks, is one of the most accomplished
sportsmcn in New England.
Samuel Bowles, of the springfield
Republican, pays taxes on an income
of $10,726. This is exclusive of large in
vestments in companies which pay the
tax before making their dividends.
No less than fourteen railway locomo-
tves have exploded within the past
seven months in the United States, kill
ing 90 persons outright, and severely
wounding much larger number.
Toads are sold in Paris at the rate of
fifty cents per dozen. This animal is
use for the protection of vineyards and
gardens from the ravages of insects that
escape the pursuit of the birds.