Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-08-30
Weekly News Summary.

OF paulOck, tue halls represented by hr
diamonds
ladies at the White Mountains slos,
der coverlids Of newspapers, as there arc n,
blankets enough to 60 round.
New York fashionablcs have propoun.
the habit of exhibiting bridal presents yug,.
May the time speedily come when the ssn.
can be said of making them.
"A woman Al Cairo, Illinois, has annoo,.
ed herself candidate for mayorcss Of N,
city. Some of these ofice-seeking womep,,.
so modest they almost take our breath ava,
The custom of wearing cadet but,o,,
has been given up by the indignant bellies
West Point, since Cadet Smith prc,en,s
some to a lady Of color.
"A dead whale, 30 feet long, was wash.
ashore at San Francisco the other day. spI
sketched by Bierstadt after which he Va.
cut up into steaks to barter with the Pui.
They have Neglected Married Womep,
society" at Long Branch, which promise. IA
effect extraordinary reformations in the soc.s
world
People in the neighborhood OF Gramof,.
park, New York pay $1,000 a year for a k,
OF the gate so that their children can ps,
there unmolested.
As good parable for minuteness comb
be constructed from a seed of aax as seo5 y,
mustard but enough Of them were raised in,
single county Of Illinois last year to turn s860
600 into their pockets,
A golden, or better name wopli
free-soil wedding, was recently given q, d..
catur, H. at which ~ children oil The eon,L.
we're present, and were presented each wi,b
so acres Of land, all in one tract
The salmon fisheries along the Column,
river are becoming an important branch Of
industry Over 5000 men are engaged ia
them, and one firm has netted over sl2O00
the past year.
"A violent tornado recently passed Owe.
Elkhart lake, wrecking a steamer in is path
and blowing furrow ten feet deep 10 Cd.
lake, throwing the water in sheets thirty 'ss
high on either side.
Two beautiful Circassan ladies are Of
White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, the com.
panions Of French family. They do ul.
wear ehignons, but have natural locks enoug
to fit out half dozen ordinary bellies.
A giant bird, the largest creature eve
seen in this country with wings, and entirei
unknown to American ORTHODOXY, reccn.J
appeared in a Nevada town, and perchs
awhile to be admired before flying off
A Virginia negro murdered his broihg
two years ago and Immediately became g
sane. He has now recovered and will be tries
for his crime. Isn't Dan Mcfarland ato..
we'll
About one hundred first wives" ia salt
Lake City, are eagerly watching the suit
brought by Mrs. Hawkins Of that place
against her husband for adultery. If 50,
gains it, they also are going to pitch &c.
The fall and winter crop Of female le.
turers bids fair to be very heavy. An sort.
of subjects will be introduced How g
keep down the family" is announced BIS
beautiful Indianian of 25."
Michael Cumming Of the St Panl, Miua
chain gang, has brought suit for $40 600 dan.
ages againt the mayor Of that place for keep
ing him chained to tree in the public pan
because he refused TO work in the streets
A man in Knox county. H. has spells
sleeping from two TO seven days at dc
and Of course, during these spells takes
food. When he comes out be is Just as vi
as ever. He is cheap boarder but da,
lodger.
A sensation has been created in Hebrss
society at New York By the marriage Of
pretty sT5, 000 Jewess TO a young Cincinnati
Christian. The mother Of the bride has been
Frustrated by the event, but the young woman
has not yet repcnted.
OF the 26,2OO victims Of the yellow
fever in Buenos Ayres the past season, nine.
tenths were men Not one Of the $3.50 grave
diggers employed in disposng Of them died
making that occupation for the time the mos
cheerful Of any.
The document for the abolition of slavarj
in Brazil will be executed in Rome mex
winter, as the emperor and empress intend 8.
spend the season there. The pope viii sligo
the instrument, 10 which he has been largely
instrumental, it is said. in turning the imre
rial mind.
"A Louisville lKy.,) bride, whose drc.
was carried up the aisle by page, caused The
choir to sing, by her own special request Dur
ing the ceremony
Strip nue. ofthe robe VI pride
Clltho me with humility
What an exposure she would have made I
her request had been carried out
AS Henry Sergeant Of waterproof \. y.
was driving load Of grain to his barn recent.
y, he struck one of the horses with the but
end of the pitch-fork, when the animal kicke.
hitting the handle Of the fork and sending
tines as straight as an arrow through Sareean
body, killing him instantly
The Rev. Morley Punshon is so popu.
lar in England that 20 1000 applications 6r
tickets Of admission to the Wesleyan chapel.
Leeds, were made when he preached there re-
Gently. Sturgeon is nowhere in comparison
and will have to marry his wife's sister from
a sense of duty before he can recover BIZ
ground.
"A Philadelphia man who rode out
the city park with his wife and little ones 10
light business wagon, for want Of NOR
stylish equipage, was turned back at the en-.
trance by policeman. The latters strict
construction Of the rule that "no vehicle o.
burden or traffic shall pass through the park
spoiled the poor mans half holiday and filled
his breast with wrath
Mr. Burns, of Sillersburg, Ind is a
recent convert TO spritualsm. short time
ago his wife died, and remarked with her
parting breath, that If he married again she
would haunt him. Burns did not believe 1t
and Immediately experimental. He has sine
been shot at by an invisible enemy, and beat
en- by unseen hands, and now wants to take 10
all back.
The farmers 10 Wisconsin town aT'
suffering terribly in loss of sheep, over 2Ov
having been killed in one little spot during
the last few weeks. There is no mark Of no
lence except a small wound behind the ei'
from which the blood is sucked, the carcls
being left entire. No sheep-killing anin'
has been seen in the vicinity, and the amateu +
naturalists are inclined to lay it to an in7asIS'
Of the vampire bat.
The Rothschilds are believers in astroog
to such an extent that they pay great deierea'
to lucky stars. They always ask the man Bi'
applies to them for situation, however hue
Bile, "Have you ever had any bad luck p OBJ
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