Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-09-06

Parliament and the crown have passed
an act abolishing days Of grace in the case oil
bills Of exchange and promissory notes paya-
bic at sight or on presentation
George NJ. Pullman Of palace car fame
owns and enjoys small island and cottage
anong the Thousand Isles Of St. Lawrence
al fires of a hospitable cannon whenever
o. Of his friends come to see him
"A lady at Long Branch exctes a grea,
deal Of amusement by taking her daily bath
in the ocean arrayed in waterproof bathing
suit, India-rubber Shoes an oil-skin cap, In
dia-rubber gloves and a wire mask over her
face.
The Saratoga girls make flu Of a young
dandy there because he makes three grand
toilets day. Are young men to have no rights
whatever, and isn't he to be allowed 70 make
ID ass Of himself provided his papa pays the
bills?
During the Parliamentary recess twenty
select committees Of the House Of Commons
arc now sitting, the number Of members serv-
Ing on each varying from seven to twenty-six,
and the total number SO serving being 20j or
rather less than one-third Of the house
The Parisians, though as poor as a rev.
oiutionary city ever was III its convalescense,
have yet recently appropriated 600 600 francs
toward building new opera house.
--Of the three thousand persons under ar.
rest for denouncing others and thereby ex.
posing them to the violence Of the commune,
over two thirds are women, who will be
tried.
"A section Of the Western Maryland rail-
road is under the charge Of Mrs. Conway, who
Is an active and energetic contractress and
getting along equal to any Of her male COM
petitors.
Mrs John Wingad Of Arena, Wis
while drinking a glass Of milk recently, was
stuug on the end Of her tongue by a hornet
1he member sweled so badly that she was
sboked to death in an hour
Queen Yietoria's physicians say her re-
hrement from society and from all public
a moustrations is Ia consequence Of their
professional advice. They say she has ner-
sous troubles, which might easily be convert
fd into q dangerous malady.
The " anti-kissing society formed by
the fascinating damsels at Saratoga doesn't
fcem to work very well, as fifteen out of the
twenty-three members were fined the very
first week There will be an Overlooking
treasury before long unless the society dis
bands.
A German sailor on board a ship which
recently arrived at New York from Bremen,
whle on the voyage discovered that the stew
ardess was his half sister They had been
soparated in infancy, and the relationship was
pot discovered until the ship had been sever
o. days at sea.
"A "Ladies society" was recently being
held at Baraboo, Wis, at which were l. ba-
bies, and everything going tremendously un-
til some one threw into the circle an apple of
dscord by proposing premium to the hand
soonest child. There was instantly some live
Iy contention about the merits of the COM
petiiors, and so much hard feeling produced
that the society was Immediately broken up.
The Paris police have adopted novel
but very successful plan Of regaining pictures
md other valuables which were stolen from
heir rightiul owners during the reign of the
commune. A notice was placarded in vari.
on streets to the effect that precious stones
and the like could be disposed of satisfactory.
~ at a certain shop in certain street. The
thieves fell into the trap went to the street
named offered their plumber for sale, and
we're as a consequence, deprived of il aud Of
their liberty at one aud the same time
A curious blight is affecting the English
wheat. One side of each car is full of grain.
while the other side is quite empty although
the husks are properly formed, no corn has
eyer grown on the blighted side of the stalk
Une farmer has twenty acres of wheat in this
condition, and he is afraid that this blight is
very general, although it may not have been
noticed, his field to passer.by presenting an
& appearance of ripeness and abundance, but
when the corn is closely examined, it looks as
II hot blast had blown on the one side, and
scorched tho life out of the ear.
1t is said that on certain occasion
Henry Ward Beecher paeached sermon on
the injustice of obligng men to work on Sun.
day The next day while riding down to
taiton ferry, he entered into conversation
witn car driver, and asked if he did moi
'nink some p Ian might be adopted to dispense
WIN 'ne need OF running the cars all day
Sunday. The driver, in ignorance of his in.
terrogating friend, made frank reply
's'' Yes sir, think there might. But there,
no hope it so long as they keep that Beech.
er theater open in Brooklyn. The cars have
70 run to accommodate that"