Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-12-27
v cekly News Snmmnrr
--Gerritt Smith is 70 and vigorous.


olive Logan is to be married on Chs.
mas, they say.
--President White of Cornell favor.
co-cducation Of the sexes. "
Amherst college mas pa student. a.
year.
Leading citizens Of Memphis are oil
bled when the police raid on the keno sbos.
Now York bellies battle their CONN.
ions in condensed milk diluted with hot g,G.
The royal plate Of Great Briiains rorl
household is worth el,750,000, we are ma
The first volume Of Bryaui's poem. w.
printed in 1921 Now, fifty years later
is mentioned for President
--Scribners Magazine has absorbed Anal
er periodical--tho Mosaic, published at N,,
vile, Tenn.
- Bismarck wants to have O talk with Gen
Sherman lie couldn't talk with a soande,
man.
Nevada boasts man who falls dead, ana
only reyiyes when brandy is poured down h,
throat.
The n. Y. Standard thinks the propba
Daniel the only man not spoiled by being l.
onized
-Ncwark has been full Of assassinaijo,
horrors since the boys got to firing shot lfon
their rubber sings
"A New York bridal couple marched ON,
of church before the minister prononrcei ,I'
benedictiou.
Eight thousand stoves were fused io,,
one mass by the Chicago fire, aud will hav@,o
be blasted to pieces.
Selma, Ala boasts tinted rid tina,
skip' rope with a fall pail Of water on her
head, aud never spills a drop.
The destruction Of the Chicago water
works is said to have given the citizens an
unwoutcd trcat-pure milk.
A Wisconsin man wants a divorce be.
cause his wife eau only do hall the work Me
/ promised to before marriage.
John S,rader Of Port Jcryis, n y. ID.
yertiscs for some one % make four shirt, ai
him, as Mrs. $ says she has no time.
The lawyers in the Tichborne case. Lou.
don, have used up the moaey on both sides. alt
are now fighting without fees
The ex. Empress Elgenie is represent,
as no longer a beautiful. woman, but quiuv
grey and wrinkIel."
Not strange that the Prince Of VALE
has been SO sick, if all those eleven doctors Of
his household described by Sir Charles DiRi
had baud at him.
-" Ola Dog Tray, " Shoe Fly" and The
" Pirates Chorus" seem to be the most popu
lar tunes that are played at the church wed.
dings this season.
The Missouri Repujiraa queries Geo.
" Where is Boss Tweed to 70 l' the Topeka
Record replies As this paper IS not al. q
dicted to profanity, we decline to answer the
{ question
The sandwiches at q Louisville COLLATION.
were operated on by jocose youth, who ,ub-
stituted slices Of soap for the ham. 1hs
guests fairly frothcd at the mouth with rage
Il late Georgia fair offered a prize io,
the ueatest specimen Of dirning Au Old
lady took it on a stocking so deftly worked
that no mark Of needle could be seen on he
darned old Thing.
The ball given to the Grand Dak. a
the Boston Theatre lacked s5I62 81 OF pay.
ing expenses, and fifty per cent. Of the qua.
anty fund has been assessed 10 make up the
amount
The republican, Of England have made
good deal OF talk about the Queens not
paying any income tax The monarchisi.
deny that there is any foundation for any
such statement
Spanish coal, which has hitherto been ne.
elected is beginning to be considerably used
on railways aud in manufactures English
capitalists are sinking shafts in the north Of
Spain.
--COchise, the principal chiefoi the Apache
G Indians, is said to have committed one hun
dred murders within the past two years--il
Nay eases killing his victims by tho iufic
ton OF the most irightful tor,ures.
-Womeu's rights have so far progressed
10 Spain, that the gentler sex is now permit
ted to take part in bul-fghis Three bulls
were lately slain by two valiant young
women, AT least SO says the Spanish pa
pers.
The siave-irade, it is reported. is still
/, conducted in Morocco, and a resident Of Tan
Z ger in that country, writes that African
children are exposed FOR sale every market
day in connection with the traffic in cattle and
agricultural produce.
AT late Plymouth church picnic Mr.
Beechcr was asked why he did not dance
" There is but Que reason be replied, "
don't know how. The only dancing that
ever did was waen my father furnished the
music and used me as fiddle. | took all
the steps then"
In Sweden a new Polar expedition ha,
been undertaken which will leave in the
spring The ship owners OF Gottenburg are
~ contribute largely toward the expense, aud
Prot. Nordonshild is 10 conduct the opera.
tons and superintend the fitting out Of i5a
ships
The report is confirmed that Joia H.
Saunders, Jasper Dugan aud Curtis Garrett
confined in Lake City, Arkansas, for the uar-
der OF the negro lawyer, Wynne, we're ,asea
out and shot dead by mob Of negroes who
then took possession Of the town, which ihe}
now hold
AT concert in Boston, young woman
who was disturbing those Of the audience
seated near her by incessant chattering, wa
summarily silenced by gentleman who haOd
ed her a piece OF paper on which he ba
written the suggestion that she might not
conscious that she was revealing family 'e'
crets to large circle Of editors.
Rev. w. II. Culworth, recently called
to supply the place Of lecturer in Bosea
who failed to appear, begged his audience 10
excuse him for u few minutes in the midst o.
his lecture, while he stepped around % BIS
aburnb 10 N 81. - l.ttl. tah M