The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-13
MAILS ARRIVE.
DASHES HERE AND THERE.

DASHES HEkE AND THERE.
Among those from abroad in attendance
on the County Court are Hon. A. L.
Miner, of Manchester; Hon. Charles
Dewey, of Montpelier; Z. II. Phelps,
Simeon Allen and Coral Reed, of Fa'r-
haven.
A jackass in neighboring town, says
the Danbury Ne1es. has the whoop'ng
cough 1t has its coughing spells in the
right, and were it the only son of a greatly
beloved king, it could not have more at
tentive auditory than that which bounds
out of the beds in that neighborhood on the
occurrence of a paroXysm.
A good little boy out west undertook to
come the G.. Washington on his mother in
this way He cut off the cats head with
the traditional hatchct, and then hid the
defunct feline in the meal barrel. When
the old lady went for meal to make the
shoe cake for the frugal morning repast
she discovered that cat and interviewed her
little son. He said, 81 did it, mother, with
my little hatchet, but I'll lie swizzled if |
can tell the whole truth about this little af-
fair" Now most mothers would have
kissed that brave, truthful lad on his noble
brow and kept right on using the meal out
of the barrel just the same, but this one
didn't. She said, "Come across my lap,
my son come across my lap" He came,
and for while there arose a cloud of dust
from the seat of his trousers that effcctu-
ally hid the son from view, and the old
woman now sports goggles and is lavish in
the use OF Pettit's eye salve. That good
little boy had peppercd the scat of his
pants.
A prize fight occurred on Sunday night
in the north part of the town between two
incorIigble darkeys, in which red pepper
and fists were used as weapons Nobody
killed,
Hon. w. NJ, Pingly, of Wcathcrafeld,
who received severe injury to one of bis
eyes, few weeks since, has lost lis sigh.
Rev. Lewis A. Austin, of Me 'Cer, n.
H., occupied the pulpit Of the Conerc g
tional Church in Bennington, on Sunday
morning, and Rev. NJ. Tlbbctts OBLIGATED
at st. Peters Episcopal Church.
We regret to learn OF the death of NJ.
John A. Pooler of Wallipgford, son OF
Amasa Pooler of this village, which &C.
Cured on Sunday. Mr.. Pooler has baen a
nffa cauarol on1 hoe
struggled manfuly TO sustain himself
against the encroachments of disease, " hich
was SCATTERING his constitution and mental
faculties. Mr.. Pooler was vigorous
writer in his healthful days and has long
been an esteemed correspondent of our CO.
temporary.
Augustus Sanborn of st. Johnsbury has
sold patent on swivel piow of his in
ycntiOn to a Massachusetts company, of
which r. +. HolbrOok is a partner, retain
ing n royalty on plows sold. The manu-
facture Of the Gov. Holbrook will cease,
'be sanboru taking its place.
IT,; :, hihops Ncsr"g,r says. We
~. .,.lsd LA. = l.tt!s paragrJrl, in 40 Nos-
ssf.so,' ~" other d-v has riusf,i he l,ut-
i,od Hoz.d 10 "'fne lis position in relation
10 certain matters. The general drift Of its
long trade seems TO be that there is no
great amount OF fraud or corruption IN the
country To be complained of that polti-
clans of the Butler-Tweed stripe are pat.
terms Of virtue and respectabilty; that par.
tlsan wire-pullers and caucus dcmagogues
are worthy of public confidence and that
I'll good citizens who are trying 70 stem the
tide of public corruption and to reform the
politics OF the country, are largely afflicted
with dyspepsia. Now that we know Just
where the HeraM stands, we have no fur
Their solictude about the matter"
The latest trick of the frequent boy is TO
chalk an envelop on the door sill in the
evening, and then ring the bell. 1t is i'm
possible to pick up the letter.
A cannibal told a captain of the royal
navy that to his taste there was nothing so
delicious as little boys ankle.
The Boston Transcript says "Vermont
seems t. be electing an unusual number of
democratic town officers on issues growing
out OF legal efforts to suppress liquor sell
ing. That is the natural result of bringing
in the strong arm OF the law for the pur-
pose OF assisting moral reformation. The
womans movement in the west has one
advantage that 1t is based on persuasion and
not force.
The Hon. A. p. Van Duser is lecturing
on the taxes in a novel way in San Fran
cisco. He uses a large blackboard, and
ciphers out before the audience "the small
proportion of taxes paid by the wealthy
corporations"
Elder Knapp, whose death is reported,
figured extensively in Boston twenty-five
years ago. In the early history of the corps,
the Lanoers were called out to dlsperse
mob In Bowdoin square, oceasioned by the
excitement caused by his preaching.