Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-07-04
GiestHHiu -s.

Cut-throat Depot IS an interesting spot
in California.
A minister made an interminable call
upon a lady of his acquaintance. Her
little daughter. who was present, grew
very weary Of his conversation, and at
last whispered, in an audible key,
Didn't he bring his amen with him,
mamma p
For cursing all Democrats freely.
No mortal could ever beat Greeley;
SO to stop his abuse.
And make him of use
They have made him their chief-this
same Greeley.
There are said to be in Switzerland
/, 800, 900 Protestants against 1,0S4,655
Catholics. The Catholics have gained
ground so rapidly even at Geneva, the
old cradle of Calyinism, that they now
number in that canton no less than A.
857 against 43, COG Protestants.
While a Waterbury Conn, } farmer
was moving his dooryard sly puppy
hid in the grass and then jumped out to
take the scythe by surprise. But the
puppy turned ont to be more surprised
than the scythe, for he found himself in
two places at the same time.
A wealthy old lady in Detroit has
taken whim to peddle oranges and figs,
and goes about the streets retaining her
wares, dressed meantime in elegant
clothes She is partially demented and
il her friends do not allow her to follow
her notions she becomes violent.
The German cantatrice at the Boston
Jubilee, is not Peslky Lootner, as the
country members mangle it, nor Peskah
Lutnay', as the profound French schol-
ars enunciate it; neither is it Pesky
Nuisance, as worn out musical critic
styles it, but Peschka Leutner.
The New York and Brooklyn bridge,
when completed, will have total length
of $500 feet, and width of so feet;
the central span will be | 900 feet long,
water; the towers will be 26S feet in
heighth above the surface of high water,
and at the base will be 134 by Sc feet.
indianapolis lovers send such notes as
this to their hated rivals: ''Mr
The next time you do what you did last
night we will have it right then and
there. You know what | mean, | guess
80. se--ss - - IF you don't, / can make
you. / mean the kissing business,
p. S. Henceforth we meet as
enemies. -."
OF the 116, 1917 children born in Scot
land during 1871, There were 60, 072 boys
and 56,055 girls showing proportion
of 1912 males to 100 females. This I'M
due preponderance of male births has
always been observed in Scotland, but
the usual proportion of sexes is about
1865 boys to 100 girls, from which fig
urcs the annual deviations have hereto
fore been trifiing. The increase in the
ratio during 1871 has no assignable
cause.
Messrs. Fou 10y 81 Co., merchants
from China, at No. 90 Charities street,
New Orleans, gentlemen of upright char
acter and very long pig tails, have re-
ceived one more lesson in civilization.
A Christian, or a fellow who looked
like one, stepped into into the store, and
as one of the proprietors was in the act
of handkag money to a customer,
grabbed 4 and run like thief. Being
holly pursued, he threw his plumber
overheard and escaped. The money
was recovered.
All the journalists are trying to find
smile expressive of their idea of the
appearance of the pocket handlerchiefs
wildly waving in applause at the cho-
rus in the Boston concert. Two thous-
and and forty three liken them unto
snow storm; thirty-five are reminded of
the storm driven spray thirteen think
of waving wheat field; one original
genius who has been a devotee of the
s'pop corn boy, likens them to his fa-
yolite edible; and an enthusiastic South
erner is led to indulge IN "reminiscences
of cotton plantations. States west Of
the Mississippi yet to be heard from.