Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-07-08

no disagreeable transformations.
While one of the lady converts ut Il recent
baptism IN Noblesville, Ind, was being led
into the river by the pastor for immersion,
she slipped and he slipped and they both sank
into the depths together. They were iished
out all right, however, though it was some
time before they could remember what they
went for.
A mysterious deaf girl has been agitating
San Francisco. Areporter wentto interview
her the other day, and while taking down the
points, INDUCED in remarks which would not
have been complimentary if she could have
heard them. She stood it for some time, but
finally emptied the coal-scuttle over him and
pitched him down stairs. He doesn't believe
she is deaf.
An Ohio judge has decided that ''the words
of q common scold are not actionable." In
a recent case where a woman, in referring to
the guardian of her children, said ''he could
not spend so much money without using the
funds of the ward" the Judge held that they
were not slanderous, since they had their or
igin in a propensity to find fault with any
thing and everything.
A tree standing OH the land ola Bloomfield
On. W farmer, near a division fence, re-
Gently blew over upon the territory of a neigh
Dor, who cut it up, threw it back, and then
sued him for trespass in allowing the tree to
lie so long. The defendant, in turn, sued
the plaintiff for trespass in throwing the wood
back, and probably when these two wooden
heads have spent the value ofthe two fields
on which the tree made trouble they will
know the beauty of litigation.
On II tree near an entrance to the park in
Woodstock, has been seen for many days the
singular spectacle of Il robin suspended 10y IL
limb, some 30 or 80 feet from the ground, and
dead, of course. One theory is that becoming
jealous of its mate, OF unable to endure its
'intolerable severity" or its 'wIlful deser-
ton" it took this method to put an end to its
troubles, and make itself a conspicuous ex-
ample and warning to all conjugal offenders,
while others surmise that in endeavoring to
convey a string through the branches for its
nest, this became entangled OF the limb, and
in its efforts to d~isengage it the bird became
itself entangled and an involuntary suicide.
A young widower in Windham county,
greatly in need of a housekeeper, rode day
after day in n vain search for II hired girl.
At last, almost discouraged, he drew up in
front of II small dwelling among the hills,
and asked the customary question:: "Can
you tell me where ! can get n woman to do
the work in n farm house?' "Where are We
from? ?" asked the old man, viewing the hand
some horse and buggy with n critical air.
"My name is S., and ! am from -"
"Oh, yes! I've heard of you; you lost your
wife a spell ago. Wall, I've got six gals
good gals, too, and you may take your pick
among 'em for a wife; but they wouldn't
none of 'em think of going out ter work. |
should full as lives you should take Hannah,
because she's the oldest, and her chance amt
quite so good, SEEM as she's nigh-sighted,
and can't hear very well; but if you don't
want her, you can take your pick of the 9th
ers." Our friend went in, selected the best
looking one, drove to the Justices and was
married, and carried his bride home that
very night, having secured a permanent and
afiniapt hn,cnlnnnar xuhn n,.nxyn. tl,.,a Co., l.,