The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-06-09

The heaviest brain on record has been
been lately found in the skull of London
bricklayer, who was unable to
either read or write. 1t weighed sixty
seven ounces.
During the war Gen. Longstrect was one
of the chief idols of the Southern people.
\ brave cool-hcadcd fighter. reliable and
successful leader no praise was too lavish
to bestow upon him. Now since he has be
New orcanls" IeGtG2fF sa hyssl!!osss m'l''i0'
"Our best citizens refuse to sneak TO
him; ladies draw their skirts to one side
in passing him on the street.as if he were II
leaper In the eyes of the New Orleans
aristocracy he has sank too low to be no.
ticed. In the public meetings here he is
denounced as traitor, renegade, black
hearted deserter of his people, and, in fact
every cpithet is thrown at him that malice
can paint or ingenuity can invent. But
none of this prcvolkes response from
Longstrcet. He goes on his way coura-
geous but sad, turning neither to the right
nor the left, and paying no attention to
mud thrown at him.
Beecher, Tilton and Bowen have. hereto
tofore been known as ''Congregationalsts. ="
Hereafter they will be known as "Conye-
nantcrs. "-Couricr Joernal.
Here is an isem about little Eddie L. c.
a few mornings ago his mother took
him in her arms, to pet him, " You are
mothers little darlng-her little angel"
Il say, angel,' he replied, "you didn't
think l was an angel lwhen you was spat-
tin me with that board yesterday"
Onc-foorth of share in London water
company was lately sold for forty-six thou
sand pounds sterling. The face value OF
an entire share is only one pound. 1t is
one OF the wealthiest corporations in the
world, but its protector lost his fortune
and died in the workhouse. Its name is the
New River Company.
Bailey, of the Danbury Ne,cs, writes
to his paper from Chicago: a hitching
post is rarity here. When an Eastern
man comes across a hitching post in Chica-
go he sits down and cries. They fasten
horses by strap to an ironYweight, which
is left on the walk These weights occu-
py a prominent position in runaway
When Chicago man sees a runaway horse
coming down the street, he don't stop to
inquire whether it was the result of care
lessncss or an accident. He merely says
Heaven protect us, and crawls under Il
stoop.'
The next meeting of the American Bible
Revision Committee will be held in New
Haven on the second week in July, and
the session will continue from Tuesday eve
ming to Saturday noon The committee is
acting in conjunction with British COM
mittee in revision of the authorized Eng
gish edition of the Bible.
Frauds of over $780, 900 are reported in
the Croton Aqueduct Department at New
York Men were sent to personate the
fictitious names on the roll and draw their
pay.
Two boys have been arrested in Roches-
ter charged with dropping matches into the
street letter boxes and burning the contents.
This new species of mischief does infinite
credit to the innate oussedness of the small
boys of the period.
Young Walworth spent the afternoon
before he went from Saratoga to New
York to shoot his father in gathering white
lilies, which he presented to his mother
A good many unpleasant stories about
the dead .Walworth are finding their way to
print. 1t was said that at the death of his
father, Chancellor Walworth, who disin-
herited him, he stood beside the coffin con-
tanning the dead body of his father and
hnrled at 1t terrible oaths and frightful
maledictions.
A Clergyman in Davenport, Ia, exchan
ged pulpits with pastor in another city a
few Sundays ago, and meeting at the rail
road crossing they had brief chat They
carried satchels just alike, and when the