Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-08-19
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the boy contemptuously. 1--WE got to catch
him, stranger: we're out of meat
The editor of the Elmira .ldccrtiScr has
poor luck buying medicine. lie says: 81
went to II drugstore early one morning for Il
dose of morphine for n sick friend. The
nght-clerk objected to giving it to me with
out II prescription. evidently fearing that |
might destroy myself Pshawr said |, do
look like II man that would kill myself?'
Gazing ut me steadily for half II moment, he |
replied: Il don't know. Seems to me, if |
looked ike you | should be greatly tempted
to kill myself"
Samuel Lovejoy, of Temple, n. H., recent
ly caught six rats in II trap ut once. They
appeared to be all of the same litter. us they
were of equal size and about two-thrds
grown. The trap was of wire, with only one
spring, and it was evident all were caught ut
one springing of the trap. Mr.. Lovejoy says
if any one can beat it he will set II trap with
two springs next time. In the same town
Miss II. NJ. X. found two silver ninepences
in the gizzard of chicken she was dressing.
She likes that breed of poultry.
A young girl ut Chicago has supported her.
self and mother for some months by selling
cigars in the chamber of commerce. On
several occasions she has been insulted by
the Jim Fisks of the Chicago gold room, and
these unpleasant attentions daily increased
in aggravation. Finally the girl went out
and gathering an apron full of brickbats
came to the door and fired Il dozen or so ut
the craniums other prosecutors, which had
the effect to create II terrible stampede among
the bulls and bears of commerce.
Alcohol may sometimes be useful to men,
but it fails to agree with rattlcsnakes Ont
in Louisville II few days ago, they had II fine
specimen of the viviparous reptile, the proud
possessor of six rattles. In order to render
him pleasant company for ordinary people,
chloroform was administered, and then, in
order to keep him safe from the veXatiOns of
this wicked world, he was plunged into II
large glass jar containing alcohol. For fif
teen minutes he kept quiet and enjoyed it.
This was succeeded by period of great cx-
citemcnt, ut the termination of which he
passed quietly away to the spirit world
The gathering of roots and herbs for me-
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dicinal purposes furnishes employment to
many of the poor whites and freedmen of
North Carolina and Tennessee The product
of these gatherings are traded off ut the vii
lage stores for the necessaries Of life, and are
finally forwarded to the great business cen
tiers. About one hundred and twenty five
tons of the different varieties are annually
received in Boston and New York In Bos-
ton there are three wholesale dealers in roots
and herbs exclusively, who do II yearly bust
ness of over 5000, 900 Patent medicine men
and manufacturers of extracts, etc. use large
quantities of them.
The good and true sons of the SOIL yeomen
to the manor born, can always find some
thing to grumble about. A tourist visiting
one in Woodford county, Ky, lately, inquir-
ed, "Well, how are the crops in your neigh
borhoodo" He shook his head rather gloom
| lily and then said "Tm feered we are ruined.
The corn has overshot itself and has three or
four ears to the stalk. They are foot long
and stand out straight enough for II coon to
sit on. The crop is going to be so big that