Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-06-08
ERMONT FARM Err.


knife and whitfield the corners to its just
weight, thereby saving three cents.
A young man from the suburbs" came
into Lubec, Me-, recently, to get marriage
certificate, but on his way lost his pocket
book, and had to return home without it,
wallet that had ten dollars in it, but he didn't
like to keep his gal waiting so long.
A Louisville, (Ky.,) school boy II years old
wandered off to a neighboring town with the
girl of his affection, aged Is, the other day,
and while the old folks thought they were
studying their lessons like good children,
they were quietly married, and returned in
the evening.
The last legislature of New York passed Il
new game law which provides that no deer
are to be killed except in September, October
and ten days in November. All common
carriers are fined $50 for carrying deer out
of season. No lake or salmon trout are to
be caught in October, November, December,
January and February.
Theodore Tilton's success in nominating
Greeley ut Cincinnati has made him witty if
not wise. Talking of his fellow laborer tor
the True and Good Brother Bowen.
cynical friend said ~" Theodore, do you re-
ally believe Bowen will go to heaven?"
well" hesitatingly--" yes, am sure he will
if there are any advertisements there"
The idea that t{sgnited States is the PEN
itentiary of the world appears to be gaining
ground in Europe. During 1871, SO crimi-
nails were pardoned out of German prisons
on condition that they should exile them
selves to this country. The list includes 20
murderers, eight each of incendiarics and
burglars, and two abortionists.
The phantom trains seen II few weeks ago
on the Pennsylvania railroads, now make
their CHASTITY trips on the Chicago and North
western. An evening express on this road
has twice been stopped to prevent collidlng
with what appeared to be another tram n
short distance ahead, when there was really
no train within 25 miles. The supcrintend-
ent advises the men to change their whisky.
The intelligent compositor is on his travels.
He was lately in Newport, where he distin-
guished himself highly, but the last heard
from him was in Jacksonville, Fla. There
he caused the editor of the Journal to re-
mark, in speaking of II highly respected cit-
zen, that he had gone " to that undiscovered
burn from whence no traveller returns"
The family of the deceased made it hot for
that editor after the funeral.
They are 50 pressed with divorce business
in some western cities that they occasionally
mix things, us when IL man named Berg was
dragged into Louisville. KY, court the
other day to be divorced from II woman he had
never seen. 1t was soon discovered, how
f ever, that the anxious woman's husband
f spelled his name with "u;" and the start
led individual who spells his name with an
sc" was allowed to depart.
t A merchant in lightning rods persuaded II
rural gentleman in jamestown, Pa, to per-
nit him, just for an advertisement, to orna-
ment his buildings with rods. All ne asked
was II note for "a, ms, but for that, the patcn-
tees might take down the rods any day. Sc
he handed him note ready drawn for sig
nature; it was signed with touching conf
dence, and without inspections; and it now