Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-05-22
" cekly News Summary.

"A deceased Philadelphian left five thou.
sand dollars TO buy broad for the poor in his
district
The latest argumentfor the narrow gauge
is that the road to heaven is built on that
principle.
Surely the times have changed, when a
monument to John Brown can be erected at
Harper's Ferry.
Bret Harte will contribute an original
poem to be read at Rochester on the evening
Of Decoration day.
The people of Wyoming don't know
whether to call their female Judge Justices
Of the peace, or justice Of the peacess.
In some parts Of the South it is becoming
dangerous to use even the word "niggardy, F"
the substitute therefor being "coloredly"
Strips of ookng.glass introduced into
the roofs Of the street lamps in London cause
them to give three times as much light as the
ordinary lamp.
The "meauest man" in Wisconsin has
eloped with the only schoolma'am in the place.
thereby consgning the Green Bay olive bracb.
es to ignorance.
Mr.. Phelps, the man so nearly murdered
in New York last Friday night, is still i'm.
proving, and the chances are quite favorable
for his ultimate recovery.
The question of the "indirect claims" Of
Greeley upon the democrat. is exciting great
interest in that party. The consequential
damages" are what they are afraid Of.
An Iowa widow has already realized
$4,000 from the life insurance companies on
two husbands, and confidently looks forward
to steady income in the line Of business she
has chosen,
The Roman Catholics in the province OF
Ontario, Canada, have formed an association
cilled the Catholic league, the object of which
il to secure for themselves a due proportion Of
political offices.
"A blind woman in Iowa has learned to
thread a cambria needle with her teeth and
tongue. "ls there anything in the world that
woman's tongue cannot door undo 2" ask,
an exchange We will think about it.
"A Georgia editor used patent outsdes
which we're furnished by northern frm, anC
his subscribers rose up as one man to demand
an explanation Of the sentiments therein con
timed. lie did not examine them closely.
The annual election Of the New York Law
institute was held on Wednesday, and wa
chiefly interesting to outsiders from the fac
that an Opposition" ticket, got up and rul
by David Dudley Field, was badly defeated
The Hungarian General Gregory who il
1919 defeated the hopes of Hungary by sur
rendering 40 600 men to an inferior Russian
force was recently recognized in Torda, cit,
in Lower Hungary, and only escaped by th,
aid Of some Russian soldiers from the nfuri
ated populaee.
There will be two sets Of delegates from
Utah at the Philadelphia Convention. On,
will represent the Church, or Mormon Repub
licans, while the other will represent tn,
straight out Republicans who do not belev,
in mixing up ecclesiastical and political mat
tiers. There can be little doubt as to which
delegation will be admitted.
Colonel Thomas A. Scott, who the Phila
delphia Press would have us believe is tn,
busiest man in the nation, goes to the oper
or the play like an old-fashioned fellow, drive
his family through Fairmount Park in a verl
democratic establishment, and gave the mos
elegant entertainment in Philadelphia to tn,
congrcgated doctors.
The steamboatmen on the Missouri River
charge that the new bridge at Leavenwortb is
fatal obstruction to the navigation of the
Missouri. The captain Of one Of the packets
was obliged to cut off eighteen feet of his
smoke-stack before he could pass. This is al
very low water. A convention Of steamboat.
men is to be held to demand the taking down
of the bridge
Tho doena;r;no aJ;to. of n po,ossb,x-
Va, paper makes the following wall "a
man from Maine has our Post-ofiice, YER
mont man represents US in Congress, fellow
from Pennsylvania is our street commissioner,
our commissioner of revenue is Massachu-
sets man, fellow from Philadelphia is jailor
The chief of police is a Pennsylvania, two
negroes represent us in the Legislature, a
Maine man represent US in the Senate"
The Welsh people, which preserves it's
characteristics better than the Irish or the
Scotch has never yet had university. A
few wealthy Welshmen recently dubbed to-
gether and bought the Castle house at
Aberystwyth, containing 80 halls aud $50
chambers, for 10000, and it is now being
fitted up for university. Efforts are being
made to raise fund aud Ell 900 has already
been subscribed, mostly in England.
The Rev. E. g. Towne will soon hav,
pretty kettle Of fish to attend to if tn,
woman suffrage leaders whom he assais deigr
to notice him. He says that the woman suf
frage movement, as it has been conducted
has failed to represent either the actual wo
man or ideal womanliness, and that Ann,
Dickinson, Kate Field, Olive Logan, and tn,
rest, fail to satisfy their audiences. Mr.
Towne is bold man.
AT the Cooper institute meeting at New
York, on Monday evening, at which Henri,
Ward Beecher advocated the opening of Ii
braries on Sunday, it was announced that tn,
library and reading-room Of the Cooper uniol
would, at the beginning Of the fall season, b.
opened on Sundays from 2 till 10 p. M, an,
keep open thus for one year as an experiment
III it turned out i'll, the place would then b
closed; if well, it would be permanently KEEP
open.
The steamer Hassler, conveying tn
Agassiz scientific expedition, has reached thu
straits OF Magellan, and letter from one o
the members says: ave have already shippe,
forty large packages to the Cambridge mu
scum, and have many more on hand; and al
though we have experienced many vexation
and delays, we think lightly of them in com
parison with the important geological an,
scientific discoveries we are constantly max
ing"
The five ladies with the Japanese en-
bassy, at the suggestion of their American
hostess, recently consented to be laced up and
tied down, rutiied, paniered, hounced, bowed
an1 al -. a L.. l.. IL
powdered up from an orange-peel hue to a
delicate lemon, and pronounced perfect, as far
as dress goes. Half an hour later. however
their dismayed civlizers found them smiling
and happy 10 their half-pettcoat, halfpanta.
loon dress. TOO muchee," said the gentle
Japanese.
During the recent session Of the working.
mems congress 10 Rome, Neapolitan work.
man made the following speech, which will ap.
ply very well to places outside of Rome