Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08
Twinklings.

England's Queen takes snuff.
A tame rat in Detroit gets drunk.
Camel coal is Virginia's last find.
Memphis uses goats as pack animals
The census gives Utah 1884 popu-
lation.
They have had sleighing in Buffalo.
Beautiful snow" may be soon expect
ed.
Syracuse has a ten-year old female
drunkard.
A Masonic lodge has been established
in New Zealand.
st. Louis has a genius who advertises
as "chronic physician"
The Mont Gents Tunnel will be COM
pleted next year.
The damage done to Strasbonrg is esti-
mated at about $34,0O0,000.
In Japan a person can live comfortably
on two cents day.
Sweden still sticks to the yelocipede
and several factories are busy all the
time.
A Cincinnati dancing club claims the
appellation of "Sorrowful Old Maids"
Vermont farmers are hosting up their
gates TO be ready for twenty feet of
snow.
The boys were skating on Round Hill
Pond, Northampton, Mass, on Monday
morning.
Why should young ladies never wear
stays? Because it is so horrid to see
girl slight"
A young lady of Boston counted among
her wedding presents recently eleven pie
knives.
In Bolivia, on the 22d, revolutionary
headed by Gen. Reudon was
attempted.
The house of Chief Justice Chase, at
Loveland. Ohio, was partially destroyed
by fire last week.
Mittens are to be the style this Winter
Generous young ladies give them to their
gentlemen friends.
Darling, it's bedtime. All the click
ems have gone to bed" ayes mamma, and
SO has the old hem"
1t is reported that the Mormon militia
Of Utah are drilling in spite of the Cover
nors proclamation.
On Thursday last many Americans
;ympathised with Russia, at least as far
rs desire for Turkey was concerned.
Early rising is now declared to be very
unhealthy, especially if there's anyone at
the other end of the rope.
Mr.. Smith of Ohio, had to change his
name to De Forest Montpensier before
ais girl would marry him.
The learned DIR. Crecelius has gone to
Nancy to search the archives for books
aiken from the German libraries by the
French.
The government of Saxony has pur-
,hased 6,0C0,0 900 of cigars Of good grade
md sent them to the Saxon troops in
'front.' of Paris.
Diamonds in the London market have
allen in value 80 per cent, owing to the |
great quantities offered by refugees from |
france.
A young girl was killed by a shell at |
Coul, who was born at Sebastopol dnring
he siege, where bursting shell caused |
Ter mothers death.
A young Scotch lord is devoting HIM
elf to astronomy, and is now erecting in |
he vicinity of Dunecht Castle, Aberdeen
hire an elegant observatory.
The New Orleans Picayune tells of a
nan in that city who resented being fish
d out of the gutter, saying that he felt
lot and lay down there to take bath.
The last slang phrase improved is found
n the announcement by an exchange,
hat Vicksburg paper, named All sbou
t, "has assembled the tin tube"
Miss Pauline Fletcher, at the age Of IA
n adept in all the mysteries of algebra.
trigonometry, etc. is the cnam- |
ion mathematician of Indians, in La
range county.
The number of apples left deoaying in
he orchards around Auburn, n. Y, is
Many farmers have hundreds |
bushels that they will not harvest even
Or cider.
A Gloucester paper says that a gentle
nan of that town has killed six skunks
n his door yard this fall. The door ward
, not considered an extra one fer skunks
ither.
A minister once prayed 80 Lord, we
hank Thee for the goodly number here
o-night, and that Thou also art here not
outstanding the inclemency of the
Yeather."
Governor Hoffman made one man L
thankful on Thanksgiving day. He com.
lutted the sentence of young Cary, the
yracuse murderer, to imprisonment for
Connecticut papers say that in some
arts OF the State cider is more plentiful
IAN water. In New Hartford one man
18th big orchard has built gigantic
ink holding one hundred and fifty bar. '
'ls.
Fights occurred in Chicago churches I
, q recent Sunday. In one pistols were le
rawn, and in the other deacon neatly
,ored an interloper with a big bible. \
lively town Chicago. II
It is expected that the receptions to be
ven at Washington this season by Ma 8
Ime Cataczy, wife OF the Russian Minis. j.
:, will exceed in elegance and novelty
] others.
A New York politician in writing allet. e
OF coincidence to the widow of q conn. v
= member, who had been his friend
ys'"I am very sorry to hea- that-Il
9 gone to Heaven. We were bosom O
ends, but now We shall never meet
AIM a. 2
Forty OF the Baton Rouge prisoners O
We unconditionally discharged after
ar days Imprisonment, as no evidence Il