Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-08-16
Miscellaneous Items.
Boston has over sixty hotels.

All UuI tHO pei Cciit. vi 1uO uSoidu
army can read and write.
There were six hundred and eleven
deaths in the city of Philadelphia last
week.
A mans own good breeding is the
best security against other peoples
i'll manners.
A country exchange says the "girl
of the period" is on a visit to that
section. Her name is Lassie Tude.
One of the finest qualities in being
is that nice sense of delicacy which
renders it impossible for him ever to
be an intruder or a bore.
Nitro-glycerine has been in use but
five years, yet over seventeen hundred
persons have been killed or manned
by it.
woman in Troy, N. Y, has beaten
three cows to death with a club be-
cause they wouldn't stand still to be
MIXED.
Men ripen much like apples. Here
summer, there an autumn, and over
yonder, a variety later still-a kind
that never mellows fit for use till after
the frost and chill of winter come.
The widow of General Thomas has
just received $15,561 from a life
insurance company, on a policy issued
two years ago, and on which only
Sl149 in premiums had been paid.
The hut on Mount Washington
called the Tip Top House rents for
$4,000 for the season-about six
weeks usually. The charges are six
dollars day.
An exchange versed in strategy,
pronounces improbable the rumor
that the Prussians have scattered
Limburger cheese along the Rhine to
keep the French troops from crossing.
Metz, the headquarters Of the
French army of the Rhine, is one
hundred and seventy miles from Par
is. Troops can therefore reach it
from the capital, by railroad, in about
five hours.
A wild cat attempted to take ba-
By out of its cradle in a cabin near
Mankato, Mimi, but a little black
and-tan dog attacked the catamount
and fought it until the mother came
in and drove the wild beast out with
brand Of fire.
Monroe, Ind, has a society of col
ored people called The Sons and
Daughters of the Morning" The
name seems somewhat inappropriate,
seeing that all the sons and daughters
in the association are as black as
midnight.
Great harm and discomfort is caus-
ed by the use of purgadves which
grippe and rack the system. Parsons
Purgative Pills are free from all i'm.
pure matter, and are mild and health
giving in their operation.
At this season of the year, cramps
and pains in the stomach and bowel Is
dysentery, diarrhea, &c, are quite
common, and should be checked al
once. Johnson's Anodyne Liniment
is the best article that can be used in
all such cases, and should be kept il
every family.
Gen. Won Moltke repeated at Hag
uenan precisely the same tactics he
used SO effectually at Sidewalk
vided bis army in the face of the enemy
and sent them into battle entirely
independent Of each other.
The Crown Prince of Prussia, Fred
eric William, who fought Marsha
Mcmahon at Weissenburg, is now il
his 36th year. He married the princes
Royal of England, and his eldest son
young warrior of eleven years, hold
several commissions in the Prussial
army.
About two years ago swarm o
bees were discovered in the steepl,
of the Congregational church at Gil
sum, n. H., where they have since re
NAMED. AS a result, fifty-six pound
of honey were recently obtained from
the sacred edifce.
The Government now employ
about $50 men at the water shop il
Springfield. The work of late ha
been principally on cadet muskets
but as the order for 400 of that arm
, is nearly filled, work will soon be com
menced on the Remington musket-
an order for 10000 of which is to b
, filed.
= A man in Middletown, Conn, wa
opening a bottle of Scotch ale da
or two since, when the cork fey
out, struck him in the eye and nearl
! knocked him down. His eye wa
f badly bruised, and it is feared it
sight is permanently injured.
Within the last few years the pros
!: ress of religious enlightenment thro
5 out the East has been very great
5 Forty years ago complete copy {
the Old Testament could not be foun
e in the City of Jerusalem. At tn
present time there are twenty-tou
r Protestant schools in Palestine,
which 1000 children are taught th
: Bible.
The Yarmouth Register says tn
census returns Of the towns in tha
county continue to exhibit decreas
of population, the result of the declir
of American commerce. Wellfe,
= = foots up 2l31 inhabitants, a decreas
= of 16l IN ten years; Falmouth 223!
! a decrease of A in ten years. 1t
doubtful whether any town but Pro,
Y incetown holds its own.
= A young woman of Iowa walked
| distance of forty miles last week
> have herself treated for toothache.-
Her lover hearing she had left hon
n suddenly. and believing that she ha
a eloped with rival, instantly set O.
in pursuit. After travelling thir
= miles he encountered her returnir
l. alone. In the surprise and pleasul
of the moment he forgot his heartacl
h and she forgot her toothache.
/. To cure a cough, to relieve all irl
Is tations of the throat, to restore
,e perfect soundness and health the mo
k delicate organization of the hum;
frame-the Lungs,-use DR.. Wistal
40 Balsam of Wild Cherry, which is st