Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1875-06-08

as saitableefor summer as winter wear.
They are mounted as fringe as well as
4 bands, though it is as bands they are
used for the trimmings of bonnets and
! paTasols. -. ~. IS &.
1 Rev. Thomas M Hughes of Beau
maris, England, has just been convicted
! of five charges, one OF which was the
commission OF an assault on has step
4 j.daughter, and another was getting noisy
/ Iiaapfisunnent Another church of Eng
land clergyman. Rev Edward Muokle-
Stone of .Hase]y, has had to pay about
| S15 for defrauding a railroad company,
the .offense being the second OF that
Esort.:
0He of the New Orleans train. boys
/ thus. explains how they turn an honest
penny occasionally "You see each
boy is furnished with just 80 much fruit,
SO many books and papers, and he is
either Obliged to,show them up at the
lend of the route. or else turn over the
money for which they must have been
sold. The only way it can be done is
this We sell a book to q passenger for
81 so, He reads it, aud then we give
him new book worth so cents for the
one he has read. He is . generally will
fBg to make the exchange, and reads the
new one. This, when read, he is ready
to swap for a two cent paper, which he
leaves in the car when he gets out. This
paper we pick up and put back in our
pile, -haviBg all our books and papers
and 81 so. That is about the; only
show we have; without it we could not
make adecent living
s:Dick, the Rat is one of the feat
ures OF the eighth ward. lie is paid to
free hotels sad private houses from
rats, and he sells the bodies of his vic.
Tins to gardeners at SO per hundred.
His tools are a pair of tongs, a dark Ian
tern, and deep, strong bag. When the
latter is full of rats, it must be shaken
diligently, for they will gnaw their way
to freedom. On Monday evening, Dick
caught twenty-five lively rates in the |
east-side hotel, clappcd them into bag
and boarded Third avenue car. For |
while he agiated the bag conscientious
ly, and then, seeing pretty girl on the |
opposite seat, he allowed it TO remain |
still. just as the car reached Goth |
street, the rats burst out of the bag, |
which they had hOneyCOmbed while |
Dick was admiring the attractive maid |
en-. They darted in every direction. |
Women screamed, asd men used naugh- |
ty words, and the car was not overbur- |
dened with passengers for the next min |
ute or two. The rodents all escaped, |
except one, which ran under his coat
Neao York Sun.
The following scene occurred in our
vicinity this week, The parties thereto
are well known and respectable; the
lady is 55 years of age, and the gentle
man five years her senior. They had
frequently heard of each other through |
mutual friends, but had never met until
a few days ago, when the following
took place: Gent-Mad-
sgine AM sgsa. is is Yegr naGs 22anld lfdsfasx-MY fs-.
live in Livermore, where own a rancho.
Aheml How would you like me for a
husband? Lady-Well, really / don't
know. l have heard your name, Mr..
-, but how would you like me for
wife? GeEt-Madam, the sight of you
more than does justice to what | have
heard. Will you be my wife? The la
dy assented. The gentleman went inn
to Oakland to get a license,
and twenty four hours after their first
meeting the couple were man and wife,
and by this time are on his rancho in
ivermore--A demledt County, (CdIa.,)
Ind pendent.