Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-29
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.


with mice
President MacMahon like President
Grant is an inveterate smoker.
The newspapers of the great West,
without regard to the party, rejoice over
the defeat of the boss salary -grabber.
The newest thing in railroad rolling
stock is honeymoon car for bridal
parties. The Pacific railroad has one.
Hallstones weighing two and three
pounds are mentioned by the Western
CIV. Va.) Democrat as having fallen in
Sand Fork, Braxton county, recentl y
with disastrous results.
The Presque Isle, Me-, Sunrise con-
tains the following refreshing item: In
consequence of the circus being here
next Saturday, Sept. 18th the dedication.
of the Baptist church is postponed until
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The proposed amendment to the Con-
stitution of Connecticut providing for
single State capital, and for Hartford
to be the place, is to be voted upon the
9th of October. If ratified, the amend
ment will take effect on the first We'd
nesday of May. 1875.
A boy living with Simon Hunt of
Columbia, Conn, got up in his sleep. a
few nights since, dressed, jumped from
chamber window sixteen feet to the
ground, turned in uninjured on the soft
side Of the front doorstep and did not
awake till morning.
The Albany Journal believes s'the
first duty of the Forty-third Congress
to be to repeal the salary Law, and there
by bury out of sight great scandal
Two youths Of Raleigh, n. c., on
wager wrote respectively 695 and 804
words on postal card. and a telegraph
operator of the same place 20l6; but
an Augusta, Ca, man has surpassed
them all by writing 30l6.
While compositor on the Montreal
Fitness was setting up an advertise
ment for a lost canary, the bird flew In
at the Office window, (which shows the
value of advertising"
It is said that an Irishman after he
had seen the numerous hills and noun
tain ranges of this State exclaimed, "Be-
dad, I never was in a country before
where they had SO much land that they
had to stack it.
Gen. Butler has frequently boasted
that when he enters into fight he never
leaves off until his opponents regret the
contest and long to be out of it. This
may be true, but it is a curious fact
that the same thing may be said of
skunk, which is an ignoble animal.
Mrs. Cephas Walker, of Embden, Me-,
who recently swallowed her husbands
jack knife, in a fit of insanity caused
by sickness, is now considered out of
danger. The knife passed off last week,
it being over ten days from the time she
swallowed it. 1t is rather singular
case, as it was large-sized knife, and
it was thought would prove fatal
The first week in this month fifty feet
progress was made in the Hoosac tunnel
from the central shaft. which is the
largest gain yet made in asingle month.
while the west shaft made thirty three
| feet in the same time. The workmen
are stimulated by the payment Of 81 per
foot over 125 feet per month on each
face by the contractors.
In Portland, Sunday morning. about
| | o'clock, party Of weil-dressed sports,
who had evidently been "bucking the
tiger" stopped under the gas light near
bank on Middle street and began to
shake dice on the top of a silk hat for
SIS notes. Business was brisk, but the
heavy shower coming on at that moment
cut short the little game when only $50
had changed hands.
A SpiIitualist seance of the Eddy
family at Chittedden, Vt, was badly
demoralized few nights since by a
skeptic suddenly striking parlor-match.
the light of which revealed the medium
in the middle of the floor, united, and
vigorously playing guitar. which he
affirmed was floating in the air, support.
ed and played upon by spirit-hands.
Call off your dogs" was one of the
tauntlng expressions with which Gen.
Butler made the public familiar during
his recent campaign. At Worcester the
taunt came home to roost. Gen. Butler
called off all his dogs, and then doggedly
took himself off.
Oar are" said sable orator, 1.-TWO
roads through this world. De one am
de broad and narrow road that leads to
perdition, and the udder am de narrow
and de broad road dat leads to sure des-
truction.'' .sIf dat am de case, SAID a
sable hearer. '.dis Guild individual
take to de woods.
The Danbury News tells of mar
canvassing for society for the preven
tion of cruelty to animals. He drove
about until noon, and then hitched his
horse in front of restaurant while be
, ate his dinner and smoked cigar. Then
he jumped in and drove around till night
and then went home, very much disap
pointed in his humane undertaking. II
is not known how the horse felt.
A man bought pair of boots Friday
!. and finding that they fitted too tighI
for comfort said they ought to be stretch
ed. His twin brother told him to put
quart of beans in each. tie the legs to
gether and let them stand over night
. The beans swelled and burst the sole
from the uppers during the night ant
now he says that for prompt action bean
|, will speak for themselves.
1t is announced that eminent capital
, lists in Holland have made a proposition
) which is in the possession of Senate
Morton, to furnish the means to build
four-track railroad between the Atlantl
coast and Chicago or Indianapolis Sucl
scheme would solve the transportation
!. problem much quicker than Congress
oauf colvc IT