Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-01-03
Weekly News Summary.
GnERLLrs rAvoRrn ONE TERN
Tho great agriculturIst, Greeley,
Supports the une term t01mt, freely
% What's his one term 81 you cry,
Why IT, VILLAIN, YOU lie %
Add t..tta trItut'a tla tuutfpr with Greeley

The New York papers still invegh against
the enormous and hjeous bustes.
The Chicago Republican is soon to be
merged in the Chicago Post.
The Chicago National Banks arc strong.
er now than they we're before the Gre.
1t is said that every pension agent in
Ohio is now a oue.leggcd soldier.
japan is being gradually but surely con-
quered by the ciyiizing forces Of the more Gu
iiphtened nations. A base ball club has been
organized there.
The cultivation Of the Chinese bamboo
is attracting much attention in California,
which may yet be ruined by Chinese cheap
bamboo
The New York Mail deserves credit for
frowning down vine in company, and also big,
extrnyagaut and trcsome receptions, dinners
aud parties.
.-lfadies will carry con'picuously il their
hands well stuffed purses, they must expect to
lose them by snatehers,' az they doing IN
New York.
Out in Indiana, the town authorities
employed some negroes TO bury smallpox
patient, and then shot the negroes to prevent
them spreading the disease.
The President being shown the Cincin-
natl Commercials list Of his journeys since
his nomination, dryly remarked " | wonder
IT that chap kept fall list Of my trips dur
ng the war;?
Tho MASSACHUSETTS, State Temperance
Alliance met at Boston, '''ei---l- ., i-s.' and
adopted an address to the prohibtiouists Of
Massachusetts urging continued moral action,
but asserting that the fate OF the cause must
be hnally decided at the ballot box. Rev.
A. A. Miner was elected President.
"A Norwegian lady, emigratins to Wis
cousiu, transported her twenty children 10
instalments. She didn't think it safe TO trust
them AN 10 one boat, as in case Of wreck,
she wouldn't have the heart to commence life
in new country.
A. j. Blanchard, Of PIattsburgb, il pre-
pared to play any person 10 the State of YER
mont a match Of Draughts for 500, as test
Of superiority aud championship. Conditions
Of match to be agreed upon at the time Of
the first deposit
"A horrible calamity occurred at FLORES,
Davis county, Iowa, few nights ago. A
man. his wife and four children were burned
to death in their shanty, the neighbors not
being aroused, nor the fire discovered, until
the next morning, when the chirred remains
were found.
The Springfield papers are Boosting Of a
/ policeman VINO refused reward Of 5000
which be had earned by the capture Of a high.
wnymau. He said he simply did bis duty,
| for which he deserved no further reward than
his regular pay and the approval Of bis con-
science.
-Alarming-Th is hustle in fash.
ionable circles. All the ladies are getting
their backs up.
"A thriving business is doue in CearGcld
County Pa, by selling saw logs, stel Ing them
back again saving the ends Oh and reselIing
them
james II flackett the veteran actor
and the great imperouator Of Falstaf, now
over 20 years old, is lying SO dangerously III
Of dropsy, at his home at Jamaica, l.. L..
that his life is despaircd Of
Senator Kelly, Of Oregon Representa-
tive Loughbridge OF Iowa, aud Representative
/ Paine OF Wisconsin, have purchased three Of
Gne block Of II houses lust erected east Of
the capitol a. Washington.
NJ, C,os. or,od.on NJ Commodors
/ V,ndertil, T.. 4, conductor an tho Uud.on Riy.
or Railroad, and the other day was severely
wounded with a stone by some rowdies whom
he put Of his train at Greeubush, NJ
is the name Of W. II Brown, a young ua,
who carries ia his body. at the nsc.en5 IL
twenty.seyen rebel bullets. lie i , mo-,
wreck of humanity. but has an inJ,,n;,ali'
will and manages 10 gain good Twin,
hi said that T.op,so, h..
poem for Boomers Ledger. II isa ,re,, ,';,.'
that Shakespeare never had c1t,oa T., ,,ri,s
for that paper. There's where F,p,v H..
Henry Ward Beecher and Syly,pus CLb
have the advantage Of him.
New York ladie. q, ,l,o,-.....-,.
belt of leather around ,bc 49, ,''' , %!as
il fastened cl,.n vbicb b,ii. "''s' 70 "n,Jn
Of brown, purple or blue silk on one side n
that lady may carry an umbrella without
being obliged to take her hands out Of her
muf.
j, A California scientist declares tb., h,
has prolonged his life by sleening ,ri,h b;'
do, ger tbs touching his toes md has invon,
ed machine to hold the body in thai no.i.
ton when in repose lie assumes tba, ,bo
vital electric currents, instead of runpip, of
aud being wasted, are thus kept in an even
circumaow.
The vigilance committee of Wbitewa,er
Wis, was Organized 20 wear, mo- and no,v
number 500. vet so much i il r..no-,o1 asI
50 virilapt has il proycd ,bot no 49, I =.
longing to it has in all thar Tina b.J - o'
stolen that has not been recovered - "o aa ~
nothing Of the bapcipgs admin;.tereJ ~ "'
Teo oa;,o.or e. e 7, '''''"','e''a
What would Won do if MANN. s J,, NJ 'us a,,
asked lady with whom we have tho 49, Nv. -
an intimate acquaintance ofa I,tle ,br eo',o' VI
old girl that we wouldn't TAX. 6nad..j J"I-
lars for. well mamma . was the r mnI,a' Io,'
y response, IL suppose should bavS ~ snaO
myself" 'f'uN
A good m,rv yo,r. ~. s;..;....,,
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