Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-08-12
V MONT FA r. Nj e r &.

ABOUT. Inc grcat-grandfatner OF John Ed |
wards of Bele-fontane, o.. leased II large
tract of land in England to King George for
30 years The lease has expired, leaving
s2,000,000 for the heirs
Some ladies walking along the city of Sc
dalia, Mo-, recently, were somewhat aston
ished to see the head of boa constructor
stuck up through the boards of the sidewalk |
1t proved, however, to he merely an attache
of IN itinerant managerie, that was Just look
ing round
A young man in Oshkosh, Wis, sued II
maiden the other day to compel her to keep
her agreement to marry him. Before the
case was called for trial the father of the
maiden offered the discarded lover five dol
lars to settle matters, which the young man
accepted as full compensation for broken
heart.
\ striking instance of the hasty. careless
business habits of our people is afforded in
the fact that during the month of June more
than 1880 letters misdrected or otherwise
not deliverable were received at the dead
letter Office in Washington. OF these IL 700
contained money, checks, receipts, drafts or
other documents of value.
Some young ladies from Geneva, y. V,
/ by the name of Collier. lately went to Roch-
ester to visit sister, but We're Mortified, up
on their arrival. to find II hcarse standing ut
the door to take away her dead body. While
the were giving way to their grief, II tcle-
gram was brought them saying that II sister
whom they left well ut Geneva, III the morn
ing, had suddenly died.
John Gibbs of Washington lately bought
CLANS, took them home, stored them in his
cellar and sprnklcd Indian meal. mostened
with water, over them. The mice on the
premises scented the meal and went for it,
and the CLAIMS received them with the ut
most hospitality, so that when the owner en-
tered the cellar in the morning, he found the
top of the tub covered with the little rodents
each one held firmly by the tail by clam.
Mrs. Knight of Salem, Ind, in old lady Of
~, being i'll recently, called around her bed
side her five sons, I'LL grsy-haircd from age
to be present at her anticipated death. The
scene was one of deep interest. The sons
ranged in age from 10 downward, II lapse of
prised the venerable woman's entire family,
and she had lived to see all of them grand
fathers, without a death in her family except
her husband.
1t has long been an old wives tale or con-
sidered us such in Laclede county, New, that
there existed cave so rich in silver ore, that
the citizens might line their door steps and
shoe their horses with the precious metal if
they could only find it. short time ago,
however, i'm Indian came one night to IL GER
tain section and departed next morning with
IL wagon full of silver ore, and now every
body has gone to digging with their faith de-
cidcdly above par.
A Milwaukee woman lately got ona cram
page" and was scolding the neighbors, IL
hired girl, and everything in general. when
her husband entered and interposed II mild
word. This added fuel to her temper, and
she opened her mouth for an angry reply,
but II spasm contracted her cheek, her low
er jaw fell and she could neither speak. nor
shat her mouth, but remained in that condi-
ton, her tongue hung out, and her eyes near