Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-04-05

"A man was lately arrested and held un-
der bonds on tue novel charge Of having .pik-
ed the cannon which was used at political
celebration after the late election in New
Hampshire.
Duluth is in fever Of excitement lor
fear some one will die there before they get
a graveyard. One man had the consump.
ton, and they got out an injunction on him
to stay proceedings.
The latest report from the isthmus OF
Darien represents that the newly.discoyered
route for the canal is only - miles long. and
the deepest cutting necessary will be not more
than 100 feet and perhaps only - or 100
feet
The gossips have it that Ella, daughter
of Gov Hoffman of New York is engaged to
Cadet Binney of West Point, and that Nellie.
daughter Of President Grant is engaged to a
young naval officer.
The Alumni of Union college have sub.
scribed upwards Of 100000 for new build.
ings, etc, to be erected Immediately, and not
content with this, they propose to increase
the sum to 100000 or more if necessary.
The prolific novelist who writes under
the nom de plume Of Louisa Muhbach, is so
inharmonious with her husband that they are
about to separate on terms Of the profound
est mutual satisfaction Ia Bowen and Til
ton.
-Berthold Auerbach writes from Stras-
burg to friend in Dresden Believe me,
my friend under German rule Strasburg will.
in less than five years, be more populous an
prosperous than it it ever was while it be.
longed to France.
An Indian was lately allowed to testif
in his own behalf against white man, in p
California court against the decision Of tn
state supreme court, the judge ruling that
" the constitution Of the United States was
paramount in this matter"
Suits for a million of dollars have been
brought against the city of New Orleans by
the heirs of one Madame Delibizarre, Creole
lady of the last generation, for the recovery
of property said to have been obtained by
fraudulent deeds from her.
The Kentucky Legislature has repealed
the bounties set upon the " soups" Of wolves,
wild cats and foxes That's right, let the
brutes have as good chace as their two-eg-
ged imitators, the ku-klux, who have had an
altogether unfair advantage lately
The people of Jefferson county Ky.
have organized society to invite migratior
thither. How strange it is that these south.
ern people should encourage carpet-bag-
ging' in this way, and then get mad be.
cause the new corners prove themselves smart
er than the natives
Seamless kid gloves are coming into fav-
or sailor cut trousers are now en- reggie /;
the ladies are to do up their hair la Gree
que Scott Sddons cuffs and collars are the
latest wrinkle, and the Nilsson necklace is
the thing, with Nilsson horseshoe for the
clasp.
The Shaker, little paper from the Leb-
anon community says: " 1t has been asserted
that the Shaker males hate the females, and
vice versa. This is not true we love each
other better than we can express" How is
that for little fash of heat lightning under
the shadow of a broadbrim?
"A society paper of New York makes the
timely suggestion to the proprietors of sum
mer hotels that they furnish bedrooms with
decent looking glasses and destroy those fear.
full tin affairs which make one look double.
Towels, too, should be increased in size and
thickness, and soap capable Of being soneued
by water.
AS check upon the dispensation Of poi
sons by ignorant drug clerks, it is suggested
that it shall be made law that all poisonous
ingredients in drug stores be placed in de-
partment by themselves, in bottles of peculiar
and defined shape triangular would be best }
and with a stopper also of an unusual and
defined color
The senior editor of the New York OF.
serrer, writing Of his recent visit to Wash
ington, says; saw nothing new, EXCEPT
Winnie Ream's statue Of President Lincoln.
The buttons on the coat are well done" And
is this all that the venerable editor deigns to
say of statue for which Uncle Sam paid
$4,000?
The rivalry among western cities crops
out queerly now and then. The Cincinnati
Gazette pities St. Louis for proximity to The
tornado route whereupon the Chicago Tribune
says that St. Louis may well retort that Gin
cinnati is so far out of the usual route 0.
travel that even hurricane could not afford
to go out of its way to visit that city.
People who buy " No. " mackere, get
those which, when caught, were thirteen inches
long from the tip of the snout to the notch OF
the caudal fin, and fat No. 2 are fat fish
less than thirteen inches in length No. 8
comprises those which are thirteen inches long,
and poor; while No. are under thirteen
inches, and poor
The Princess Beatrice, Queen Victoria :
next manageable daughter, may take a re
publican husband. Soon after the betrothal
of Princess Louise and Lord Lorne, she went
to the Queen and said 4" Mother, | am
glad that Louise is going to marry subject,
because now | suppose | can marry an Amer
lean"
Rev. Alex. Fair of Christ church. New
Orleans, is totally deaf yet breaches constant.
y and converses fuently understanding
everything said merely by the motion of the
lips. lie returns instant and pertinent an.
swers to every question, and it is said tina
unless the fact of his deafness is mentioned
it would never be known.
The French fashion of mutual suicide
was determined on recently by a pair who
loved without law, in Greenfield, Ohio, but
when they reached at midnight the lonely
glen where the women chose that they should
take farewell of life, she alone had the despe-
rate courage to swallow the poison, while her
paramour " funked, " rushed back to town and
told the horrid news, and is now raying ma
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