Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-07-10
Notes and Comments.

Manly, wherein he c0unsels his old rebel as
sociates against voting for either Grant or
Greeley, by saying Grant will be elected
overwhelmingly. Where will Greeley's fol-
lowers theu be ? The plite has will be
sent to the dyer, and those who wore them
will swear that it was but a joke put upon
the Vain Old JOKER"
People who are fortunate enough to take
their vacation in some hospitable farmhouse,
will find Warmers " My Summer in a Gar
den just the thing for summer reading, and
they will not 90 amiss If besides this they
take either the Memoir Of Robert Cham.
bers,' IIowel's " Wedding Journey" Helen
Hunts "Bi,s Of Travel" Mrs. Whtney's
q" Pausies," or Ionglellow's Three Books Of
Song"
John Robinsous circus, while rafting
along the rairoad between New York and
New Haven, :, edncsday morning, came to
grief at West Haven, CT. Six menagcrie
cages were knocked off the platform cars by
bridge which had settled, and the cage,
were broken up. A lion aud a tapir escaped,
but were finally secured the zebra succumb.
ed many fine birds were saved, hut a small
brigade Of extra nice monkeys has taken to
the West Haven woods Total loss, $4,000
One Of the most brilliant attempts in
smuggling ever heard of was recently made
on the Canadian border. The detectives
noticed an unusual number Of women with
babies on the train, and becoming little sus-
picious examined one Of the youngsters. IT.
clothes were all right but the body, instead
Of being chubby baby flesh, was tin, and filled
with the best French brandy at that Thort
were no less than forty of the same family
on the train. The detectives confscated III,
babies regardless Of maternal feelings.
Mr.. Miller, the President Of the Young
Mems Christian Association recently held il
Lowell, is out with a card denying that the
convention passed any resolutions making to.
tai abstinence a test Of membership, declaring
the use Of tobacco inconsistent with Christian
character, pedgng associations to resist tn,
exclusion Of the Bible from the public schools
and to make special efforts to place the Bbl'
in every Roman Catholic family. Conse
quently several hundred yards Of ediora
matter, in which the young men were pretty
roughly handled because OF their supposed ac
ton, is so much waste ammunition
The delay which has taken place in th'
fulilment Of d.. Houard's release from
prison by the Spanish government is occo
stoned by the fact that Senior Mastos required
on the part Of the Kings catineut that tn
United States minister in Madrid shall asl
that Ilouard may be pardoued by his Majest,
Amadeus. The American minister refuses T.
do this because the position he has assumed
and maintains is that Dr. Ilouard is not gult
Of crime and is unjusily held by the Spaniard,
Sharp cfiicial notes have been exchanged be
tween the Spanish foreign officer and tb
American legation, and ministerial telegram
have been received from Washington on tn
subject.
1t is rumored that arrangements hav
been made for duel between Dana Of tn
New York Sun and Jennings Of the Time,
growing out Of newspaper personalities.
fw days ago the Times spoke Of Dana as o
c iitor who is the most cowardly, venal at,
reckless libeer now living. This the Sm
quoted and replied to in this style: "Who
ever said that the editor Of the Sun is vena
is a liar, libeller and scoundrel. As :
the question of cowardiee, the editor of tb
Times has perpetual opportunity to put ths
to the test, which he persistently negleets :
improve" Both editors have been inter
viewed by reporters but nothing is to be &C
out Of them.
F 1t is positively asserted by those We
informed that the monthly requirements {
Great Britain, up to the next havest, will /
fully one million quarters Of grain, hence tn
lively ipte t exhibited at the grain-contrt
in the United States. In view Of the abov
statement, there is only one source to whic
Great Britain has to resort to obtain the r,
quired amount of grain, and that is the NORTH
western and Western States The new Gro
N England cannot possibly be harvested 10
fit condition for use until the beginning
, September so that for two months to com
the British isles will have to depend on Amer
lea for their dailybread, the crops in France
Russia and in other countries, not affordlng
surplus for export.
? The Boston Jubilee has proved a hug
: failure as financial speculation The e,
cess Of expenses over receipts will amount I
fully one hundred and fly thousand dollar
although the sum to be realized from a sal
of the building and fixtures will reduce th
D somewhat. The deficit will be made up by
fund guaranteed by number Of the citizen
of Boston, to which also the money receive
by Gilmore on the occasion of bis benefit ha
been pledged. 1t seems pity that that enei
getic individual is not to realize any substar
tial benefit from his exertions, and the m,vc
ment, which is now talked of, to get up tei
timonial Of some sort for him, should be push
ed forward to success. Such spirit and er
terprise as he has shown should certanl
meet with some reward
In the British Parliament a bill LA
been introduced for the protection of chiIdre
employed in agriculture, which applies in
modified form to the fields and farm yard,
the principles which have long been apple
to British factories and work shops Tn
bill provides that no children are 10 be en-
poyed under eight years of age. nor unde
ten, unless they have previously had a "a
at school and none between ten and lively
years of age unless they spend part of thei
time at school. A system of dividing tn