Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-12-20
W eekly News Summary.


Mr. Moffat, of Ohio, tried to melt l.,
let out Of his gun lie succeeded Arel CO.
Rat skins constitute the most coro.,
currency in Northern Minnesota.
The Jews Of Birmingham. England has,
combined to oppose the London society n.
their conversion.
The Italian opera season, Just closet d.
New York, has Melted 100000, of Will
Nillson gets 500 900.
Winnie Ream has purchased house mo-.
the capitol at Washington, where she will +.
convenient to tho lobby when there are An,
more men to be chiseed.
Julien, the musical director who rocona.
ran away with forty thousand dollars belon.
ing to his musicians, is said to have pay1
it on his orchestra.
Twenty enormous specimens Of me,eor.
iron were brought from Greenland by ina
Swedish Arctic Expedition. One weigh,
twenty.ouc tons.
The last Harvard Advocate contains
very humorous poetical programme Of the re.
ception OF the Grand Duke at the college
ana asensible article on hazing.
The Roman matrons are taking steps 10
erect immediately a statute Of Garabadi
that the illustrous patriot may have III.
pleasure OF viewing his memorial pile beior.
his death.
Two Californian boys lately lnssoed and
took home young grizzly beaf-a feat n.
dangerous as daring and a sport that ola
hunters would not care to indulge in. u,iess
exceedingly well mounted
-Seyenty.fve ladies recently attended ,
woman suffrage mass meeting in Connect.
cut, when il was discovered that there wa.
only one woman present who really wanted Ia
be a voter.
"A robber, in custody Of Pinkcrton. tn,
detective, on board a steamer between Cairo
H., and Columbus, Ky, seized his custodian,
revolver, shot at and missed him, iump,d
overheard, and was drowned.
An uncle Of George Francis Train ma.
made oath that his notorious nephew is
lunaiic, and has asked to be appointed guar.
dian over him. 1t must be powerful sense
OF duty that prompts him to assume such an
incumbrancc.
AS a civil case was lately being tried at
Montgomery, Ala, the first rebel treasury
note ever issued was introduced in evidence.
|, was Of the denomination Of $50, PAYABLE
in one year, and was issued 10 Alexander b
Clitherall in April, 1861.
The marriage ceremony in rituali,t
churches lasts nearly an hour, and is very
imposing ceremony The priest who ofFciates
usually wears a robe Of white satin, trimmed
with lace or embroidery, and the altar is dec
GRATED with flowers, wreaths and banners.
The trail dresses now in vogue for New
York street wear are an excellent invention.
They sweep of the sidewalk the orange teel,
on which. otherwise, people might Clip 10
their great damage.
1t has been suggested in Pittsburgh that
handsome young girls be employed to take 90
the collections at the churches If there /.
anything that will deprive man Of cents il
is pretty girl,
Magnificent specimens Of amethyst. gar.
net, and collaborating quartz have been found
by the workmen engaged in sinking the cais.
sons Of the bridge over the Missouri River 81
st. Joseph.
A new dictionary in Figaro gives thae
definitions Arrogance folly Of dignity.
Haste-The activity Of aziucss. Mirror
The confessional Of coquctry. Waltz-An
improper conjunction Of young people. which
ceases to be so when it takes place before wit.
uesscs.
Henry Meigs the Yankee railroad king
who has been doing so well for himself in
Peru, has purchased large portion Of the
suburbs Of Lima, with the intention Of building
cottages on an improved American plan. He
Will also establish a journal which will be
devoted to the interests Of Spanish America
A horrible tale comes from Alabama.
Three disguised men robbed the wife Of tax
collector Of the public funds, aud then ordered
her TO serve supper. She did so and put ar.
senic IN the tea. On stripping the dead bod.
les OF their disguises, one proved 10 be her
husband, who had taken this means Of steal.
ing the peoples money.
Sir William Jenner, who. for some DAYS
back, has been about the most interesting man
in England, is 6ity-dye years old, aud holds
the appointment Of physician in ordinary to
the queen aud prince of Wales. lie there.
fore stands high in his profession is a member
OF the Royal Society, was three years ago
created baronet, and has reason to be well
satisfied with his progress generally.
Two English elms, two Scotch larehes
two Norway spruces aud one weeping willow
the latter being brought from near the grave
OF Napoleon at St. Helena, were recently
planted around the grave Of Braddock, at
unionyille, Pa, to help perpetuate the trad.
ton of his death and the peculiar manner Of
his burial. A forest tree originally marked
the spot, but had fallen from decay.
Grand Duke breakfasted with the Mayor
of Montreal, the glass used at the table being
that made expressly for the use Of the Prince
OF Wales when he vested Canada. 1t is ar.
ranged that the Duke will reach Chicago on
the 10Th and leave for St. Louis on the SUE.
day night following. No formal reception
will be accorded to him in Chicago, but Lieu.
tenant G enera Sheridan will invite him to
join grand buffalo hunt sixty miles south Of
Fort Mcpherson.
Oysters in England have reached the
enormous price of s55 bushel, consequent
upon the almost complete dredging out Of the
oyster beds, and are now such a luxury that
the aristocracy alone can afford to eat them
The reason of this scarcity is that while the
government inspector of oysters was careful
to draw his handsome salary periodically he
left the poor little bivalves to take care Of
themselves.
According to the New York Mails COT.
respondent, in Boston society everybody
snubs everybody else, in New York society
everybody gossips about everybody else, IN
Philadelphia society everybody attends to the
morals of everybody else, in Baltimore socie-
~ everybody fraternizes with everybody else
and in Chicago society just at present every.
body is borrowing from everybody else. Bos
ton therefore, is aristocratic; New York and
Philadelphia, democratic Baltimore patr.
archal and Chicago, communis,ic
His Honor Mayor Castor has received the
following letter from the Russian ADMIR-
Posset, accompanying Grand Duke Alexis Cd
his way to New Orleans
MONTREAL, Dec. Is, 1871.
S",--As the rigorous season has set To-
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