Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-11-01
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ostant church there Of great magniiconce.
--Ex.Congrcssman Sidney Clarke Of Kan
sas has become editor Of the Lawrence Tri-
buRe.
There are about $50 weekly newspapers
published in New York, nearly all Of them
devoted to special interests in trade and com.
merce.
Feathers arc used for dressing the hair
instead Of flowers, ami blonde and gold pow
der is also used, the effect by gas-light be-
ing very dazzling.
--Twccd's old creditors, victims Of his
failure in 1851 are after him aud their bal
ances. They hear Of the diamonds in his
childrcn's shoes, and are going for them.
Temperance is to be the fashion this win
ter, and wines are interdicted at large enter
tainmonts, the substitutes being coffee and
lemonade.
"A New Yorker has dined at Dclmonico's
and occupied the same seat daily for eighteen
years What a record Of good dinners he
must have made by this time.
Elder +. W. Evans, tho Shaker apostle,
has not laborod altogether in vain, as twenty
English families are on their way to join the
society at Lebanon, n. Y.
Roy. DR.. Bellows tolls the New Workers
and we repeat il to the rural districts-that
" there is no sin so great as political corrup-
ton, except political Indifference to it,
AS there are over eighty different shades
Of fashionable colors in ribbons this season,
It requires a lady Of remarkable will and nice
discrimination TO suit herself the first time
trying
One of the latest novelties of fashion is
a belt Of gold clasped with buckle in front
to which are suspended two chains one Of
which holds the bouquet and the other the fan
and handkerchief
The youngest daughter Of Mayor KaIb-
Acsisch Of Brooklyn was married the other
day, and he is now companionlcss and alone.
He will rcmelythat, however by speedy nup-
tials Of his own.
Twelve men out Of thirteen wear their
hair parted on the leit side of their heads
why 2 Because nearly all Of our BARRIERS use
their right hand in their profession instead of
the left
"A new French costume on exhibition at
one Of the high-priced dressmakors' establish
ments in New York is composed Of twelve
different colors, and besides a large quantity
Of silk trimming, has on it sixty yards Of hne
thread lace.
Among the furniture necessary for the
church in Baltimore where the Episcopal
convention is in session, are 205 spittons.-
Even the most herotical will have to admit in
the light Of this fact that salvation is free
there
Patriotism in young ladies is apprcciat-
ed in Metz A young French lady there re-
Gently refused the hand Of a Prussian officer,
and the next day she was complmented with
offers Of marriage from ten Of her richest
countrymen.
The editor Of a Chicago journal has re.
fused several pootical illusions on the late
disaster, on the ground that it is wastefu to
print anything which requires every line to
begin with capital, when capital is as scarce
as it is now 10 Chicago.
For every English visitor to switzer.
Land, this year, the hotel keepers count FIVE
Americans, aud the other lavoritc Swiss re-
sorts tell similar tale Nearly all the avail.
able lodgings in Rome for the coming winter
are already secured for families hailng from
the states.
"A colored member of the Texas Legisa.
ture was recently seen with a roll Of green.
backs in his hand, over which he chuck led so
loudly as to attract the attention of q bv.
stander, who said to him, What are you
laughing at, Jim 2' Jim replied, You sec
that money ?" Yes" "Well. boss. | lust
got that for my vote, Use been bought four
or FIVE times in my life but dis is de fast time
| ever got de cash myself
Major A. K. Colhouu, Pennsylvania
Grand Army commander, was shot through
the lung at the Battle Of Stoue River in
1862. Recently the wound re.opencd and
bled proiusely, and the surgeons, probing
1t, extracted a piece Of the Majors gilt coat
button, which, having been carried in by the
ball, has remained in his breast for nearly nine
years
The French tri.color is still flying from
the Metz cathedral spirc, and there is only
one man in the city who is bold or skilllul
enough to take il down. lie is a poor work
man, who, during the war attached the flag
to the peak of the spiro for five francs, but
the patriotic Frenchman has refused the
Prussan governments offer of 5000 francs
to remove it.
-Twonty-four oyster shells, belonging to
the only dozen Of oysters which were eaten in
Paris during the FIRST siege, have been sold
"to a rich American" Toi course for 81 francs.
The oysters themselves were sold by the Prus-
slams to a restauraut.keeper Of the Boulevard
Montmartrc, for 100 francs. He received 20
francs for each oyster from the happy con-
sumer.
The land Of the Occident is the paradise
Of lazy men. About 500 acres Of Twitchelrs
island on the Pacific slope were sown with
wheat, this year, and 100000 pounds Of the
finest quality Of the grain were produced. All
that was done to get this crop was simply to
burn the ground over, SOW the seed in the
ashes and trample it in by driving a flock of
sheep across. This yield brought $4,000 in
the home market, and heavy burden of hay
was gathered few months after the first crop
was harvested.
An Austrian burgomaster, recently COR
ed by bull, employed surgeon, whose gold
ring slipped of in the wound as he was prob
ing 1t, and he thought it best not to aggravate
the hurt by attempting recovery. The bur
gomaster died, however, and the surgeon is
suffering the wretchedness of imprisonment
for having produced mortal inflammation
with his jewolry.
"A young man named Rumpit from an
Iowa village, some time ago, stole Bible
from Methodist altar and sold it for whisky.
Since then, while suffering with delirium, he
committed suicide by jumping into a we'll
and his funeral sermon was preached in the
same church where he committed the theft.
the minister using Bible borrowed from
the young mans fathers house.
Since 1868 A. T. Stewart Of New York
has given for charitable purposes sl20, 900 in
cash ireighted an American ship with pro-
visions for the starving Irish during the late
famine in their country and during the
tranco-German war, sent ship laden with
oOOO barrels Of flour at cost of $50, 900 to
the suffering French peasantry. The aggre.
gate Of these charities during the past eight
years will exceed the sum of 5000 900.
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