Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-09-23
General Stems.

in II Louisville court. In this instance, how
ever, she only represents one of her.
At a recent teachers meeting in Newbury,
N. Y, 81 words were given out to spell, and
of the "a teachers present, not one Of them
spelled the whole list correctly.
During u recent storm mt Norfolk, Va.
pieces of white granite fell with the rain
They are now supplied with building stones
there. and would suggest gold ore next time.
At Huntsville, Tenn, when the regular
telegraph operator is absent. his little seven
years old daughter takes his place, receiving
and transmitting messages with perfect ac
curacy.
An Oshkosh (Wis.,) preacher forgot he
was Christian, the other Sunday, when he
happened to "rie" the inmates of hornets
nest, which some ungodly boys had put I'M
der the pulpit cushion.
The Saratoga girls make fun of young
dandy there because he makes three grand
toilets day. Are young men to have no
rights whatever and isn't he to be allowed
to make an ass of himself provided his papa
pays the bills?
Are women hydrophobious when they get
mad? Facts say so, and let men beware.
Margaret Gcary of New York getting into
quarrel with Ann Foley, the other day, bit
her in the thumb. The wound quickly pois-
oned and killed her.
James Croker, an insane man ut Chicago,
was recently arrested and fined $50 for at
tempting his own life. That is move in
the right direction, but nothing but the Irish
mans plan to make suicide II capital offense
will ever stop its prevalence.
A trio who, luckily for their purse did not
travel by weight, recently alighted at the de-
pot in Vincennes, Ind. They were mother
and two children; she turned the scales at
5s5 pounds; II IS years old boy weighed 425,
and his little sister IT'S pounds.
Anne Riding of Lancashire, England, is
the wonder of curious John Bull now, hav-
ing taken no food for l6 months and only
tasting II drop of water occasionally to moist
en- her lips. Doctors and reporters don't ex-
plain the mystery yet, though the fact that
she can't bear candle at night, might put
them on the track.
A man recently came the Mark Twain
frog dodge upon a La Crosse (Wis.) editor.
They went ont fishing together and each
caught fish, the editors being the largest.
The other man offered to bet that his small
fish was the heavier, and won the bet to the
editors establishment. The money was paid
over and then the winner proceeded to turn
his little fish head downward and empty out
heavy fodder of gravel stones.
Some bold Celtic imagery still floats in the
brains of Welshmen, and they can tell bet
ter fish story than we can. One of the jour-
mails there says that while fishing Mt Liam
rwst, IL bennington gentleman landed II
salmon weighing twenty-five and one-half
pounds. and had it conveyed to his hotel with
the intention of dining on one half of it. On
the salmon being opened, it was discovered
he had gorged an eel, weighing about two
and one-quartcr pounds. The eel was dis
sected, and a one and three-quarter- pound
trout was brought to light. The trout was
cut open, and inside were found eight min
nows, making the total catch of ten fish
The search was not further pursued.