Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-27
miscellaneous Stems.

hc erection OF u monument to Father Math-
Nv in the Central park, New York.
The genuine, old, original John Smith is
lead. lie gave out at the age Of 100 years
II Merriwcthpr. Ga
Robert Dale Owen says he has seen moro
handsome girls in New York or Boston in
i've weeks than in Italy for as many years.
The western lager beer brewers, in aid Of
he woman's movement have determined to
'aisc the price of the commodity 80 per bar
rel.
The Omaha HcIdH reaches the conclusion
hat the great necessity of that community is
about dozen distlleries, to make it great
,orn market.
The South Carolina colorcd politician has
invented n now and pat word for the times
. insinucndo." Make room for it, o Una
bridgod.
Baltimore aud Washington, and other
places in those ATTITUDES, have been Tuxuria-
ling in what they call "sleighng carnival"
IL very unusual possibility.
The rovivnlist Hammond has taken to
holding meetings in the st. Louis bagnios,
and those institutions were never so delight
fully advertised us ut present.
A San Francisco Irish girl has sued the
Roman Catholic archbishop to recover her
savings of 1866 in gold, deposited in his safe
keeping within 10 years.
Asa Packer, of Mauch Chunk, Pa. began
life as canal boat driver, and is now worth
s95, 100000. They say he is honest, too.
But on the other hand, he is II democrat.
Samuel Morse, of jefferson County, n. T.,
ut so years of age couldn't wait for the cur
rent to drilt him into eternity, but leaped
over the brink by the aid of arsenic
Tho Washington Star records us the latest
case of conscience the payment of 25 cents
into the treasury in full payment of duty on
ten-ccnt cigar the smoker knew TO have been
The star which may be observed just now
in close proximity to the moon is the planet
Jupiter. By tho aid of good opera glass
two of its moons can be seen, and small
telescope will reveal all four of them.
George B. Terry is suffering in the Boon
vile, N. Y, Jail from u too affectionato dis
position, which led him TO marry wife each
in Wisconsin and the New York towns of
Copenhagen and Westmorcland.
This sort of item is not at all uncommon
in the Southern papers: sampson Keeble,
colorcd who represented Davidson County
in the last Legislature, has opened barber
shop mt So North College street, Nashville
A newly married lady in Haddonfeld, N.
j., hid n toy snake in her husbands boot n
few days ago. Benedict on discovering the
reptile took critical look at himself in the
mirror and then went for his demijohn and
threw it into pond.
A young beau at his sisters evening party
began to sing, Why am l so weak and
weary" when little brother brought the
performance to sudden close by yelling out.
Aunt Mary says it's cause you come home
50 late and drunk most every night"
An Egyptian correspondent of the London
Times writes that 1.-THE Khedive and his minis
tiers are impressed with the necessity of econ
omy and are determined never again to al
low their expenditure to Outrun their in
come" Some people Mt Washington might
take hint from this.
A boy of Superior, Iowa, made gun out
of gas-pipo by pounding piece of iron into
one end of il for breech. When he fired ii
that breech recalctratcd while his head was
in range, and the coroncr's jury said ii was
a clear free trade argument against cncour-
aging home industry.
+. o. Stannard. member of Congress from
the first district of Missouri, sports the most
magnificent oquipage in Washington. Tho
buttons on his drivers coat are as large rs
soup plates, the cockade on his hat about the
size Of turkeys wing-whilc three yards
of blue ribbon float from the whip handle.
Rather singular, remarks the New York
Erening Post, that the postmaster general
should feel so competent to do the telegraph.
ing, when the treasury department last year
paid IN express company S2GO,OOO for trans.
porting bonds and money between Washing.
ton and New York, rather than to entrusi
them to the mails.
The Liquor Mems 1drOcdtc, we observe
from II copy Just come to light, takes great
comfort in adopting the doctrine that - in.
temperance is II disease" We concedc the
point, and submit that it stands now on the
same plane ms the plague, cholera and small
poX, and the dissemination of it is us vile
and damnablo rs the intentional spreading Of
any of the others.
Tennie Claflin is said TO be the most tri.
umphant subscription agent ever known
She appeared in the lobby of the Minnesota
Legislature, the other day, and emptied the
two houses to that degree that it was neces
sary TO send out scrgeants-at-arms to gel
quoiums to transact business. 1t is thought
she got over 30 legislative subscribers to tn,
notorious Weekly.
A fine distinction was that the preacher o
the Richmond First Baptist church made
" My brudders.n said he, when you was nj
slaves, dar might ha' ben some scuse fol
cuttin' u slice off o de marsr's bacon, OF
hookin' handful o. corn meal, or Robin d,
hen roost, for you all work hard den, my
brudders, AN you earn it, you earn it, my
brudders and sisters! But now you is nj
free men, dur amt no 'scuso whatever, you'
all on yer own sponsibility!"
There is II woman in Norwalk who prac
tees shop lifting on n new and ingenious
plan. The other day she entered store anC
told clerk that she had lost her garter ant
wanted piece of tape to use in place of i
till she could get home. The clerk accom-
modatod her and retired while us he suppos
ed she was adjusting the article. The lad.
finally bowed her thanks and retired, anC
the polite clerk soon found u variety of mer
chandiso missing.
PROT" John Carney was sent to the worl
house in Cincinnati, last week, his sole per
sona property being manuscript lecture t