Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-05-12
IN GENERAL.

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IN GENERAL.
The first telegraphic despatch from White
Pine to San Francisco, dated April 18th, was
as follows -" The jewellers amid the clouds
greet the jewellers by the sea- All well"
-" Red as Rose is She is the title of
a new serial novel about to be published in
London, by the author of " Cometh up as a
Flower" The demand for striking titles
seems to have gone far beyond the supply.
"A Georgia paper denies that the south
ern people have any idea Of engaging in the
Cuban revolution. He says that they have
"quit making revolutions and taken to plant
ing potatoes
- Large quantities Of sap have been lost
this spring, by our sugar makers, on account
Of the great depth Of snow.
"A police judge in Pittsburg descended
from his lofty position and kicked a threaten.
ing witness into the street.
Napoleon planned the voyage to the
East which the Empress viii make She will
90 by land from Beirut, stopping at Tyre
AtIt duh ~ hutif huA Altutt W btIu0AiAiAs
While Prince Alfred was touring in
Australia he made presents which cost him
about $4,000. When he returned home he
brought in his little bill for this item Of ex-
pense, and the complaisant British govern
ment allowed it.
The New York society for thepreyention
of cruelty 10 animals has received S40OO 600
in requests.
George Francis Train telegraphed Presi-
dent Grant, Wednesday q" The government
stopped the Fenians on the Canadian frontier
| demand in the name Of 900 600 Irish vot-
ers that you send fast war steamer to seize
the Cuban fillibuster which sailed yesterday
The expedition is an English intrigue to check.
Utate lrelands freedom. The Cuban mas
meeting was Tammany affair in English in.
terest."
Cincinnati brewed nearly fifty thousand
barrels Of beer in March
Trout two feet long are caught in the
mountain streams Of California,
Whoever fishes in the sea of matrimony
need not bother to put any bait upon the
hook-if the hook be Of gold.
The potato spectators of the West are
suffering from the effects Of the attempt to
force up prices by keeping back the crops
In Michigan potatoes are selling for fifteen
cents bushel for which sl00 was refused
last fall ; at White Pigeon, Mich, they have
been shipped East for several weeks, at the
rate of 5000 bushels day.
"A disconsolate husband, of Lyons, France,
whose wife had deserted him, sent ten barrels
of -four to the pious poor Of the city, solicit
ing their prayers that the truant might not
return.
An exchange praises an egg, which it
says was "laid on our table by Rev. DR..
Smith" Brother Smith seems to be a lay.
man as well as a minister.
The New York colored men hold state
convention at Binghamton, june / to organ
ize for the fall campaign.
"A patriotic family in Cuba has sent a
&c. 900 case Of jewolry to the Cuban fair in
New York, and it will be ratified for at So
a ticket.
The princess of Wales during her recent
visit to Constantinople, overturned one Of the
most rigid barriers of Oriental life, and OBJ
! NeihNA pidNt ioI anu iilItG UtueT Ia
dies at the table of the sultan.
1t is reported that Berezowsky, the Pope
who attempted to assassinate the Gar. has
been secretly pardoned by Napoleon and is
on his way to this country.
We often suffer ourselves to be put out
Of our bearings by some misfortune, not Of
the most serious kind which looks very black
at the time, but which from its nature cannot
be lasting. We are thus like ignorant hens
that insist upon going to roost in midday be-
cause there is brief transitory eclipse of the
sun.
1t is now the fashion at weddings to seat
the relatives and friends of the bride on the
right, and those Of the groom on the left OF
the middle aisle. This is to see who can
make the biggest show"
The San Francisco Bulletin publishes
an extract from private letter written by
Mr.. Seward, confirming the report that he
intends to visit California this summer. Mr..
Seward says 4" wish to examine personally
the region which has been, at arms length.
one OF my chief studies while in public life.
The Mount Vernon estate which is to be
sold at auction on the 10th of June, is the
one thousand acres and more outside of the
TWO hundred acres around the homestead
now the property of the Ladies Association.
Gen. Grant now thinks he will not 20 Ia
California this summer but he will hardly
be able to resist the temptation and the press.
ure which the opening of the railroad will
create. All the world is making ready to 90
across the continent to see the Pacific Ocean
ana the 70 Semitic; and the President will
pe llkely to follow the general impulse in the
season.
during the past winter not fake Of
snow fell in Portland Oregon. Only three
or four nights did ice form, and then only Of
the thickness of window glass. Sowing and
planting were going on ali winter.
William Steward, who murdered his wife
IN Norwich, England, nearly Is years AGO,
was executed for the crime April 20. He
ielt a full confession and farewell letter Ia
MS second wife, whom he married several
months since. - y "
by the resumption of navigation on the
lakes vast quantities of wheat in the West are
released from the elevators and begin to come
TO The coast cities. Much capital is also set
iree' and business in the West Is expected 10
improve very rapidly.