Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-06-15
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

man. A ring in the nose will lead her
back to aboriginal simplicity.
.What is heavens best gift to man ~
asked young lady, the other day, smil-
ing sweetly on a pleasant looking clerk.
"A boss p replied the young man with
great prudence.
'sTieing her bonnet under her chin.
She tied young mans heart Within
says the old song. But she doesn't tie
it under her chignon. or tackles it to
her japanese switch.
In Newburgh. n. T. June 4, a mad
dog was shot after having bitten four
persons, including John W. Forsyth.
City Marshall A boy had his hand
mangled and piece bitten out of his
cheek.
Among the relics which the State
Librarian of Virginia exhibits with
much satisfaction are George Washing
toms will. Thomas Jefferson's marriage
license aud the last testament of kosci-
uscko.
George William Curtis delivered a
euIogy on Sumner before the State au-
thorities in the Music Hall Boston. Tues
day. Ex-Governor Bullock introduced
the speaker, the Rev. James Freeman
Clarke offered prayer and Prof. Churchill
read poem by Whittier.
Only eighteen British commissioned Off
GERS were lost in the Ashantee fasco. But
four of these were killed In battle.
Fighting unarmed. naked savages is not
the most heroic service imaginable. and
yet it made Garnet Wolseley a full Gen
eral and gave him $4,000.
Some of the generals and other officers
engaged in the Arkansas war, think they
should be allowed to retire on half pay,
instead of being unceremoniously COM
PEELED to earn living by vending pea
nuts and candy. We suggest, as re-
lief measure for these sufferers, that
they all be sent to congress.
Some efeminate New York svells are
afflicted with the "Grecian beId' and
meander the avenue as if they had par
taken of green fruit. They hold their
elbows close to their sides anil allow
their hands to fall in front like puppy
dog sitting up for cake. A cool blow
with club or, better still, an dd-fash
Toned kick would be highly beneficial to
these masculine Miss Nancys.
On the 10th of March, there died at
Abmednuggur. in Southern India. ven
cradle Mahometan at the age Of l43
years. He had lived a very devout life.
was priest, and held in the highest
esteem. His funeral was the mst re-
markable ever witnessed in that 1egien.
The bier was loaded with flowers, and
the streets were watered all the way it
was to pass. Money was given by all
castles to erect q tomb to his memory.
The passage by the United States
Senate of the moiety bill, is a gratifying
act Of legislation. Although the bill
allows the seizure of books and papers,
the obnoxious features of the old system
are doing away with. Sucn seizures
can no longer be made for the gr:tifca-
of irresponsible spies and informers, but
onl y under such safeguards as United
States Courts require for the protection
of merchants. 1t is we'll that noieties
should disappear with the men who pro
flied by their ruinous exactions.
The Mobile Register, of May %, gives
an account Of q wonderful human mon
strosity that is now in the office of DR..
Gilmore, OF that city. 1t is child qcit6
ate @os~t ese sAo os4fss.do of Sso Jo%y. Tie
formation of the heart and the body is
perfect, and the child lived three days
after birth, and would have lived had
it not been for the carelessness of ne
gro nurse. Medical men visited it fire.
quently while it lived and all thought
the operation of every organ was free
and unrestricted. Put this down as one
of Natures most mysterious freaks.
The New Orleans Picayune tells of
an enormous rat, gray with age, and fat
as an alderman, that appeared on Canal
street there in the midst of the food
bearing in his mouth something that
futtered about like a piece of paper
} He was tired and bedraggled, and de.
, posted his burden behind a box anc
sat down to rest. A gentleman made g
dash at his ratship, and away he went
leaving behind the article brought il
: his mouth, which proved to be five
dollar greenback. Whether the rat in
: tended this as contribution to the sui
| ferers by the overflow, or was himsel
: moving to avoid the encroaching waters
the editor is unable to say, but certain
1t Is that he has not yet returned t
:, claim the property
: The thunder storm of Monday nigh
; proves to have been one of unusual sew
T Gritty throughout New England and i
: New York State, while reports of easu
y alltles come from some more distan
points. In New York State, besides tn
IS casualties reported Tuesday morning
" severe storm is reported to have rage
# on Onondaga Lake, and considerable los
d of life by drowning is reported. A gil
n IN Webster, in this State, died fror
ID fright. In Newport, R. |. the thunde
'r storm was of unprecedented SEVERITY
70 Several valuable horses were killed b
Of lightning. Much damage to propert
$ by the wind and the lightning is repor
i, ed A freshet doing considerable dan
:. age was caused by the rain in Winstet
k Conn.-Bostoas Ldcertiser.
y, The National Brewers Congress h;
l. just held its annual session in Bostol
re The statistics given by Mr.. Henry Clau
s. sea, President of the Association, sho
IS, the number of barrels of fermented
i qnors brewed and sold in the States an
: Territories, during the two years endin
June 80, to be, for 1872 8,0o9, 96e
re for 1878, 8,9l0,854 barrels. The i
as crease in internal revenue receipts
1T the last year over the preceding We;