Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-18
" cekly News Summary.

"A wisconsin paper advortiscs for sale
ga cow that gives milk five years DID,
Tho busy musk.rats damage the Erie
canal 10 the amount Of $4,000 year
-Govcrnor.eect Hendricks Of Indiana,
is now digndcd by the added title of the
net result Of the tidal wave"
Hans Christian Andersen, tho we'll
known Danish poet aud novelist, is serious.
ly i'll. lie is now in his sixty.scvcnth
year.
"A Troy bulldog attacked stuffed
tiger in front Of hat store the other day,
and all tho clerks rushed out to see the
fight go on.
The Adgaace has passed into the hands
Of its managing editor, Mr.. j. b. r. Marsh,
aud its publisher, Mr.. Turner. DR.. Patton
will for the present retain an editorial con.
nection with the paper.
An English jury has awarded Gl500
damages to an actress whose forehead re-
ceived a triaIng scar in railway collision,
on the ground that in her profession per.
sonal appearance has direct pecuniary
value
"A current item has it that horse doc.
tors are beginning to wear diamonds
This form Of expressing the fact is altogether
too simple for the Missouri Democrat, which
states it thusly: Carbonilerous ornaments
are beginning to scintillato in the shirt
fronts of epizootic Esculapians."
"A Radical politician at Whitewater,
Wis wrote two letters after election One
was to his son containing the single word /
" Hurrah," the other full Of consolation to .
a weeping friend who bad just lost his wife |
In his excitement he got them mixed 10 |
directing aud the result can be imaged.
Seth Green has had great success in |
securing the eggs Of salmon trout and white
6sh, this season lie has ten bushels Of
spawn in the State Matching. house at Gale
donia, New York Mr.. Atkins has also |
had great success 10 securing salmon eggs
on the Penobscot, having taken over a mil |
lion and half.
Not less than twenty astronomers have
made arrangements for taking photographs
Of the transit Of Venus over Tie suns disk,
which is to take place in December, 1874. |
This is the most accurate measure Of max .
ing solar measurements, and is extremely
useful in verifying former observations and
preparing bases for new ones
Mr. Mausard and his topside contriv.
auce have to take it just now An emf
ncnt thcoogian has discovered that the
extensive conaagration in Sodom and GO
morrah were not due TO any special muni.
cipal iuiqujiy in those cities, but 10 the
prevalence Of the French roof style Of arch
itccture
-Culcb Cushing, while 10 Paris, last
Nav. i- said to have devoted three hours
daily to The study Of French, under guild.
ance OF an eminent teacher, with a view
Ito acquire a greater facility Of express
SION Mr. Cushing has spoken French for
more than forty years, and is y years old
but not TOO old to learn.
The Eastern Budget states that thirty
five Jewish families including children, have
been forced to leave their residences in
Wallacha, 10 consequence Of the persecu.
ton to which they were subjected by the
people Of that country, and they are now
at Vienna under she charge Of the Ameri-
can Consul, who is collecting subscriptions
Speaking Of the future Of the country,
Vice President Wilson said to a New York
Herald reporter that Canada would belong
to the United States before this generation
had passed away, that probably several Of
the northern provinces Of Mexico would
come to US, too, and that 1--WE would have
a controlling influence in the West Indies
al think, - said Senator Wilson, that this
country will ye: contain population larger
than that Of Europe"
"A Boston letter gives some interesting
aud probably reliable statements concern
ing the Boston fire. the most important Of
which are the following; $50 estates were
destroyed which were occupied by 99l
persons, firms and corporations the last
appraised valuation Of the property burned
was 10000 ,000-about one tenth the
whole valuation Of the city-and the sal
wage. insurance, etc, amount to about $780,
100000. The loss Of insurance stock falls
very heavily on a large class Of people, but
mostly on persons who are able TO bear the
misfortune
A well.known miner of California re-
cently visited his mine, stepped into the
bucket and was let down During the de-
scent the rope broke and let the bucket
loose. Its occupant seized the upper end
Of the rope, aud hung suspended. The en-
giueer unaware of bis predicameut low
cred the rope until he supposed his en-
ployer had reached the bottom Of the shaft
it being 80 feet deep-and then stopped,
Meanwhile the victim chung to the rope
and shouted wildly for help, but none was
near. At length when exhausted, be in.
dulced in a silent prayer, in expectation of
being dashed to pieces by the fall about to
take place, and, closing his eyes let 60 and
foll-about eighteen inches When found
he was in a state Of Inconsistencies.
About the smartest escape from prison
on record was made by John Riley and
Robert Hapgood from Sing Sing, on the
day Of Mr.. Greeley's funeral, They had
each served out about half Of five years
sentence for burglary, and Riley was office
messenger for the prison, which gave him the
opportunity to plan the escape. by means
If bogus dispatch, sent to some outside
friend. he contriyed to have the warden and
n,ison clerk summoned to New York, and
when they were out Of the way, he and his
comrade, who had the freedom Of the cor
ridors, exchanged their prison garb for som'
very dressy suits Of citizens clothes whict
they had procured aud secroted under thu
stairs. and, putting on false whiskers' as
sumed the character of two gentlemen visit
ing the prison. Having completed tn
round of the cells, they bowed very politel.
to the official in charge, aud, entering
carriage in readiness at the door, wer
driven rapidly away. Search for them ha
been fruitless, but the warden aud cler
will look out for bogus kilograms in future
IJa aud Eahrielip