Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-07-12
Weekly News SUMMARY

and died IN ueneva, Is now occupied by p,
man Catholic school.
Louis Champagne has been fined in Mo,
treal for getting drunk. How could he bs,,
it with such name.
Alexander Dumas, Jr., describes +,
gloomy bon mot the present great inaus -
strangers to Paris, as a visit TO the uniyor,si
exposition Of human folly.
Sims Reeves the English tenor has be.,
offered 100000 for ! 10 concerts in this com,
try He is disposed to think he can drag on,
a miserable existence on that and will prol.
ably come.
Wallace Berry of Pleasant Hill, Mo.
trying to raise little corn this year. He Ia.
started off with 1900 acres in one onclosur.
which he cultiyates with II men, II cutiv,.
tors and 81 mules, which do 100 acre.
day.
Three Texan women were recently She
while robbing house. One Of them. Will.
dying, said My father forced me to steal
Tor him before was ten years old, aud God
surely will not punish me for my father.
crime"
The English Society of Friends is organ.
l1lng special mission to Paris, partly phil.
an'hropic and partly religious. 1t is intenel
10 re',eVe urgent cases Of distress. and also to
PROVIDE by missionary agency, some mean.
OF unsectarian religious instruction.
Horace Greeley has recently o;yon ,.
ders for the employment Of women y. nro.,
readers on the Tribune, and that thew si,r
be paid the full union scale for such VOL
lu accordance with this order, one wou,s 4
already at work, and more will be engaged
There is farm eight miles sauar, 4.
Livingston county, ILL.,, which was entsrI
twenty years ago, by It's present owner al
81 % per acre II is now subdiyiied INF,
30 farms Of $50 acres each, valued at go
5000
"A hen belonging to Mrs Fisher Of Stauo.
ton, Ind, recently laid an egg in another wo.
mans yard, and dispute arose as TO whom
belonged, which resulted in fight in which
the sons Of the parties joined Mrs Fisher,
son whipped his man, and then held his moth.
er while Mrs. Fisher broke her back with
club.
In reply to young friend leaving
NHNh hNNahH1 nVhAN thugs III IL MtIt NOT ~.
actly TO her taste or content, an old ladya
experience said My dear, when you hau
found place where every body and ever
thing are always pleasant, and nothing what.
ever is disagreeable, let me know, and IN
move there, too"
Some of the sailing vessels which p.y
between New York and foreign ports have
little houses similar to those affixed TO the
trees in the parks, fastened to the mast.
and rigging These houses are inhabited
by sparrows, which accompany the ship. on
their perilous and long voyages, being isl by
the sailors, who take great pride in looSdg
after them.
"A North Carolina negro, who has been
a wandering idiot from a blow received on
the skull while a servant in the confederate
army was the other day subjected to a dill.
cult operation at the hands Of a skillful sur.
geon. His first CLEAN Of intelligence after the
result Of the operation was as he opened vi.
eyes and said We we're at Manassas. YES.
terday Where are we to-day? pr
The Chicago TriJpae asks and receive.
$4,000 for column Of advertisements 5as
year. The business men Of Chicago are kesa
to pay IT, There is one house in Cincinnati
that pays $4,000 week for advertising
There are several in Cleveland even, who pay
As high as $4,000 year. Somehow these
meu don't break up liberal advertiser
never does
They tell Of a couple lately married in
Worcester, who started the same day for New
ork on wedding tour. After the boat
started from New London the husband miss.
ed his newly-made bride, with about five
hundred dollars in green-backs, the lady have.
ing taken the overland route in company with
nice young man whose acquaintance they
made in the cars
Mr. Brown, Of Pitt county, y. c., ha.
been leading quite a secluded life for mum.
Der Of years 10 fact be fed to the swamp,
during the war to avoid the draft aud hs.
only just been captured He dressed in coon
skins, and only surrendered on being promised
that he should not be forced into the army.
lie was little surprised to learn that Zoe
war ended six years ago, as he didn't take ihe
papers regularly.
The local" Of the Chicago RepuJlioqa
'ays the newest method Of making an honest
living is to 90 round at night with an accom-.
plice and play tom-cat under the windows Of
irascble bachelors. Then they throw boots
and boot-jacks, and hair brushes and erockerv
things at you, and YOU nick them
up and sell them for old rags. We got part
Of bedroom set worth $3.50, last night.
and tonight we are going back to get tn,
rest of it.
M. L. Sullivan, of Illinois, has quite
farm, 10000 acres, subdivided into 81 farm,
Of 1850 acres each. Each farm has CAP.
tain and first and second lieutenant, all un-
Ter control Of a commander in-chief. There
are 1900 acres under the plough, over TO-.
300 Of which are this season in corn, which
looks superbly. The whole of the land was
entered from the government by the present
'wner some twenty years since at 81. % per
lcre. and is now worth with the improvements
made upon it, at least s2,000,000
Annie Brown, the notorious snake wo.
nan, who has been puzzling the doctors for
years, has at last turned out to be fraud She
ias lately been at the Wayne county, n Y,
nhrmary, and the physician seeing the snake.
lead protrude form her mouth, seized her by
ne throat to prevent swallowing, aud made
Ter disgorge the reptile, which proved to be
nothing more nor less than piece Of black
India rubber, that she had been accustomed
o slip down her throat and then with her
movements, raise up and LET down
igain.
Rev. DR.. David Strang who has been