Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-07-08
Weekly News summary.

lIouscr was burned to death by her clothes
taking irc from frecrackcrs.
--Bayard Taylor is coming back in septem-
Der, after another tour in the north Of Europe.
Motley stays abroad another year.
An excursion Of Yankee pilgrims have set
up a newspaper at the foot of the mountain Of
the ark, entitled " Whifls from Ararat"
"A larger number Of trees have been planted
in Minnesota this spring than dnring all the
previous years Of is settlement combined
--Twenty-threc Vassar girls went on five
days excursion to Trenton Falls and several
other places, last week, and ddn carry sin
gle trunk
The list Of minor accidents, ARRAYS and
fires on the Fourth Of July, in New York and
Brooklyn, makes nearly two columns Of four
line paragraphs in Monday mornings papers.
Anna E. Dickinson s sister Susan, who has
had the training Of Quaker meetings, like Anna
herself, and is said to have her share of family
talent, is about to appear on the lecture
platform.
Richard }. Dobbins, builder Of Phila.
delphia, is the lowest and successful bidder for
the contract-aggregatiug $4,000 ,OOO-for the
erection Of the memorial building and main
exposition building for the centennial.
brooklyn has a model mother.in-law Her
daughters husband is millionaire, and yet
she sells newspapers for living. That old
lady will earn her place in Paradise ones not
so sure about the millionaire aud his wife
Wales declined 10 attend the recent agri.
cultural laborer's convention in England, "as
it would create an uniavorabe feeling through
out the empire were the heir apparent to the
throne to identify himself with the movement. -
-Davidge, the comedian, is said to be busy
at the very silly work Of getting up a book
about the crimes and scandals in which minis.
ters Of the gospel have been concerned, as a
sort Of revenge on pulpit denuuciations of the
stage
"A Mr.. Lehman, Of Wisconsin, has taken
to feeding his cows on sawdust mixed with their
usual diet of brand, turnips, oat-sbcls, and
grain. lie found that the milk grew richer in
quality, and that the butter was improved in
flavor.
"A Cape Coast bull, apout as big as a New.
ioundland dog, was among the spoil of the
Ashantee brought to England Eleven of his
fellows were killed on the voyage for fresh beef,
and the largest weighed but iorty-sevon pounds
dressed.
The word " milliner is derived from tie
name OF Milan" Millinery, for some cen
turtles, was synonymous for fine dress goods Of
Milan manufacture 1t is still the most fash
ionable city in Italy, and the center Of the silk
business.
Sir John Ashley, an English member Of
Parliament, attended meeting of his consttu-
ents, recently, when q man in the crowd called
out What about the liquor bll2" We'll, -
said Sir John, " mine was uncommonly high
last year. how was yours?'
The wife of the Rev. Henry W. Hale has
taken with her husband the entire course in the
Baptist Theological Seminary at Newton, Mass.
and received the usual degree-the first even
conferred on woman by that institution -
Both are under appointment as missionaries
-Bonner's valuable brood mare, g Lady San.
ford dam Of the trotting stallion, " Jay
Could, " which has record of . 2l5, died. on
Monday morning Of last week at Codcnham
N. Y, after giving birth to a bay colt, sired by
Edward Everett" The colt is alive and
doing we'll.
A California paper says that twenty years
ago a Senator of that commonwealth remarked
" would not give six bits for all the agricul.
tural land in California. This year the State
will harvest wheat enough to load thousand
ships, each Of thousand tons burden, and have
enough left for home consumption.
-Chicago's fire department is picturesquely
described as a refuge for professional thieves
At a recent fire IN boot and shoe store, 1t II
charged, two foremen and dozen hosemer
employed themselves actively, at the high
Of the conlagration, in " conveying " goods
breaking open boxes and fitting brogans, etc.
to their feet
"A Venetian founder, named Giordani, hu
discovered a new process of casting, by the op
GRAFTON Of which, and at single flow Of tn
liquid metal, not only large statues, but group
Of most elaborate completely, can at once b
Elemental chiselng is required. lie has cas-
it is said statue of Leda, with perfe,
success
Its no game this time-the peach crop
Delaware and Maryland is actually failur,
and hardly tenth of the usual quantities wi
be shipped. Middletown, Delaware, whic
usually sends half million baskets to marke
will not have fifty thousand. The farmer
who have Of late years almost abandoned ST
pie crops for peaches and other fruits, will su
fer more loss in this one year Of lack than tv
or three Of abundance will make up.
"A surprising case is that of a railroad Il
borcr named Brock, who was buried by sliC
in cut near Lexington, Virginia, week ag
lie was prying on q rock with his crowbar, al
the earth drove the bar through his body nei
the right lung, besides crushing his right lie!
and otherwise injuring him For all that,
worked his head out from the dirt, and the
called for assistance and being dug out al
stimulated, he gave directions for his trea
ment, and at last accounts was quite lively ar
hopeful.
The Swiss police have just discovered,
Lurques, girl tied by heavy rope to a bea
in an attic, in such II wise that her who
weight rested on the rope she was deprive
there of food, water and sleep, aud when foun
was delirious, and screamed continually. 81
was betrothed to a Protestant youth in Amel
lea, and these outragcs on her were committt
by her father sister and uncle, at the instigi
ton Of cure, who had written letters in ii
girls name to her lover, finally informing BIZ
that she had taken the veil.
A New York correspondent of the Spring
field Republican says 1T is marvellous VIII
immense sums are paid out for advertising |
our heavy houses. One house in this ell
paid an advertising agency SIS 600, the 9th
day, for one job. A house that owns sever
popular patent medicines set aside the sum
100000 for years advertising, all toll
That sum was all paid out. As the result, Il
firm divided, at the close Of the year, 5000 ,O'
profits. The rule here is, il man has 70,
thing, one for which there is II popular deman
or for what popular demand can be made, tn,
the advertiser cannot go in too strong"
In San FrGncisco the cars Of street ra
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