Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-28
miscellaneous Stems.

for rattlesnake bites which is quite as good.
and it has q very ready sale
Man has nm irresistible tendency TO drink of
any spring that is peculiarly nauscous, and to
believe that by so doing he is benefiting his
astonished stomach.
Fourteen years ago, fourteen black bass
were placed in the Potomac. and that river
has now become the best stream in the colln-
try for black bass fishing.
Five hundred and thirty women in the
United States are doctors. twenty-four ARE
dentists, five lawyers and sixty-cight preach
ers.
When Brigham Young's children sing
" Father dear father, come home" the ef-
feet is said TO be wonderful. The old man
comes home without delay
The attendant IN the gentlemen's dressing
room where tirst-class party was given re-
Gently, mt New York, discovered that almost
every overcoat in his charge had loaded
revolver in the pocket.
small boy in New Haven. Conn, made
II sensation for II short time bv quietly trans
icrring . card bearing the words Take
one, from II lot of handbills in front of
store to II basket OF oranges
A servant girl in Newark, named Bridget
Reagan, was arrested last summer, for pill
fering and when searched, six pounds of but
ter with piece of ice and seven pounds of
sugar were found secreted in her bosom
1t was n splendid joke on the part of three
Albany men to cut one of the headquarters
from II Newfoundland dog that had been
killed, dress it, and send it to a friend. who
had it cooked and ate it, thinking it was
mutton. Yes it was good joke.
The Kentucky Legislature have gone
back on the baggage-smashers by enacting
law providing penalty of from $50 TO $500
for damage to trunks and other baggage,
whether through personal spite or negligence
on their part.
petritied frog in the Greeley (Col.) geo.
logical cabinet was shattered with a Ratchet
by some wanton boys, the other day. and
wonderful to relate, an old Aztec coin drop
ped out. The date cannot be deciphered
but the figure of head is plainly visible.
| A woman ut Omaha dreamed that man
would come along and sell her some pills
which would cure her dyspepsia. Sure
enough he came, and she bought the pills,
took two, and was as cold us a hammer
when her husband came home.
Memphis has a beautiful girl, on whose
account three young men have committed
suicide, four duels been fought, and six old
bachelors sent to the lunatic asylum. She
cant help being handsome, and some men
can I help being ldotic.
Ring fox hunts are very much INDUCED in
by the brave men and fair women of Indiana
this winter To capture the animal after he
has been penned into very close quarters by
the narrowing circles, without using dog or
gun, Is rich and rare sport very exciting
withal.
As yet we believe but four members, two
| republicans and two democrats, have had the
grace to refuse or surrender the spoil. The
country would like TO hear from the Others
An expression from local organizations in
the towns where congressman live would do
no harm
DIR. Charles Putnam, of Boston, dscour-
ages the popular delusion that the children
of the poor are tho hardest and most likely
to attain maturity. He says: Twenty
eight per cent, OF the children born in Bos-
ton die during their first year, and among the
poorer classes the percentage is over fifty"
eff you had avoided rum" said II wealthy
grocer to his neighbor, your early habits,
industry and intellectual abilities would now
have permitted you to ride in your carriage"
And if you had never sold rum for me to
buy replied the bacchanal you would
have been my driver
Two girls do all the translating necessary
in the post-oilice department Mt Washington
The work is very severe and requires II thor.
ough knowledge of four languages: for thi.
duty man would think SO, 900 year about
right, but they are talking now OF raising the
salary of the girls TO 81 800, iIom some un.
known lower figures
Samuel Welton of Naples, n. Y, thought
to add to his present fortune of $4,000, I
certain S25,O0O which had been deposited il
an express companys safe, at Susquehanna
Pa. He was caught in the act, but if hC
will put some of his $40 900 where it vii
do the most good he will have little t.
fear.
The old story with traces of more than tn,
usual stupidity comes from Lycoming coun
ty, Va. a young man who was hunting
stopped where his brother was chopin
wood, and leaning upon the muz2le of hi
gun patiently waited till flying chip strucl
the hammer of his weapon The gun wa,
discharged and the affair terminated afte
the most approved form of the modern gun
ming accident.
A mine of EPSON salts has been discover
ed in Minnesota. The sanitary advantage
of this mine TO the State have an ancien
verilication in an epltlph taken from II tomb
stone in Childwald chuchyard, England.
" Here lies me and my three daughters,
Brought here by using seidlitz waters
1--we had stuck to EPSON salts
We wouldn't have boon In these here vaults"
A Cincinnati man who suspected his ser
vant-girl of using kerosene oil TO kiude tn,
fire with, thought he would Try her, on,
night, so he poured the oil out and filled tn,
can with water. When he landed in th,
dining-room next morning, there was NJ
breakfast and no fire to cook it with-noth
ing hut stove full of soaked wood and tn,
fnolsEest looking girl he ever saw.
We hope no one will take advantage O
the unsophstieated innocence of certain con
gressmen TO put ofiworthless stocks on them
The poor fellows buy without knowing wha
they buy and believe everything the selle
tells them, 1t would not surprise MS TO SCI
some sharper come along and sell them con
federate state bonds. They are guilelesi
enough for anything. Congress ought TO pas
u law protecting them.
The lumber dealers OF Maine, with few
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