The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-15
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lNrEMPRRANCE.
A Maine clergyman recently remarked
that if call the bones of the victims of IN
could be gathered aud made
into pyramid, no plane could be found
large enough for its base to rest upon, and
the planets would have to be swept aside TO
make room for its apex
An EXTRAORDINARY Problem.
The lawyers of indianapolis are tortur-
ing their brains over an extraordinary prob
lem. Some years ago n lady Of that city
was married, aud four months thereafter
separated from her husband, was divorced
and remarked In n month, and four months
thereafter gave birth to child by her first
husband. Quite recently the second hus-
band procured divorce, and the custody
of the child was awarded 60 him. Now
comes the first husband and claims the
child, and the lawyers are asking, "WhO
is entitled TO its possession?
THE COLD ArRlL.
Prof LOOMS of Yale college confirms
the popular impression about April by the
statement that the month was the coolest
April known in New Haven during the 90
years that records of the weather have bpen
kept there-the mean temperature being
40 3-5 degrees, six degrees below the aver
aye of the month Last November was ihc
coolest November hitherto recorded at New
Haven, making two months of cxtraordi
nary cold W,t!ln a period of half year.
The amount of rain and snow for April
was over 6 inches which is about double
the average fall, and the amount Of snow
for the last six months has been 81 inches
10 inches more than the average fall at
that place.
HAI-
A 10, of rats were found, the other day,
in hogshead that had been left open in a
store at Exeter. The store cat having been
notified, climbed to the edge Of the hogs.
head, but after surveying the situation,
jumped down and ran ont at the door,
shortly reappcaring with another cat The
two looked at their foes and retired, soon
coming back with third cat. They now
seemed satisfied with their force. and made
an attack, jumping into the hogshead. The
cats had, however. miscllculatcd the force
of their enemy. and two were killed. the
other being taken out in season to save its
life.
BIRTHS.
There were i.031 births in Connecticut
in 1878, gain Of 9S2 over the previous
year and of 42} per cent. 1885, The MARI
ages numbered 1911, 1872 less than 1872
and The deaths 0.S22. 1l9 less than in 1872
A noticeable fact in the record of births is
that Bridgeport, which has little more thar
half the population of Hartford. report.
1852. against 039 in the latter city.
new ROUTE TO CHICAGO.
The announcement of new route t,
Chicago via Concord has Do foundation il
fact as yet but that it is more than prob
able that night train will be put on th,
Boston, Concord and Montreal road. Con
| cord with the six p. IN. train from Boston
leaving Concord at 81 O'clock y. m fo
Wells river, thence via the passumpsi
rOao to Newport, VT, and thence via tb
South Eastern road to St. Johns and Mon
treal. arriving at the latter place early tin
next morning. This train, it is stated vii
be put on Monday the 18th Of this month
CONGRESS.
OF the 1856 members of Congress, 124 ar
college graduates. OF the non. graduates
So received an academic education; Go onl
a common school education Four wer
educated in private schools, and six wer
"self-eduCated. OF the remaining fG.
large proportion took partial courses at co
lcge, or supplemented their early educatio
by study il. the law or other professions
schools. A classification of the 1914 gradr
atcs reveals the fact that Yale heads tn
lists of the colleges represented in Congress
the number of its graduates, includn
Mr.. William Walter Phelps of New Jersey
and Coy. Washburn, recently elected as I'll
successor of Charles Sumner hcing eigh
WHOLESALE BAPTIziNG.
That wholesale baptizing Of negroes b
immersion in the Appomattox river nee
Petersburg, Va, the other Sunday, was
decidedly unique spectacle. At o'cloc
in the afternoon one thousand voices chan
ed an anthem rs the long column of cand
dates, 800 strong. marched down in or(lc
to the water. The clergyman then delve
ed an address. Two lines of men wei
then formed, and the ceremony began b
passing the candidates from hand to han
from the shore to the clergyman, who stoo
to his waist in the river. The work wei
rapidly on until the hundreds were plunge
beneath the muddy waters. When eac
convert came out Of the water he began Il
most eXtravagant manifestations of deigl
and ecstatic JOY ever witnessed, and so vi,
lent were the demonstrations at times thu
it often required the strength Of four or liy
able-bodied men to quiet them. Immed
ately after the ordinance the converts we
attired in regular uniform and formed
llnc. A procession was then formed nun
bering about ten thousand, who marcht
back to the church, where the jubilee Co
tnucd AMID the greatest enthusiasm.
a SWEET MoEsEL FOR NEW YORK GOSSIP
New York is seldom without domest
sensation. There Is a very peculiar OF
: just now agitating the surface of fashio
able society. One of the parties is the 81
of a millionaire. He is very fast YOU
man and drives spanking team. He
unmarried, and is regarded as great cate
; The other parties are young man and i
/ wife. Every afternoon the carriage of Il
= millonaire's son drives up to the lady
=, house the husband and wife appear; Il
husband hands his wife into the coach, al
while she drives off he returns TO the hou
g On the return Of the lady the husbal
| UlcttS iltI, uuii SlNtS Itl II warm Hlttllll
In the evening the trio can be seen on 4
pavement, dining cozily at fashionable S
0 looms, or occupying the same box at 4
! opera. The party make sensation whei
ever they 70. Like nervous man vi
), watches an acrobat on the trapeze, fashio
able New York holds its breath to see VIII
: the result of this strange alliance will be.
h KIRKLAND As HUMoRIsT.
y This queer fellow possesses, in additi
o to many other qualities the happy facul
Z of approaching good thing, even if So
: at his own expense Encounterng Geor
/. Adams of the New York World, and nc
). the sole surviving partner of the Eueni
B Star of New York, at the capitol, recent
" Kirkland inquired, By the way, n
y Adams, what are the people saying Of n
q testimony p Adams, who is one of t
= most considerate gentlemen in the worl
i not wishing to injure the feelings, even
t. such fellow as Kirkland, replied evass
NJ y that he had heard very little dscussi