Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-10-13

/ into full activity again. 1t so happened
that the parrot had Just been treated to an
involuntary bath himself, and he At once
knowingly cooked his head on one side
and surveyed the new comerS for mo-
ment in silence. Then, rs if all was plain
to him. he hitched a little away from his
dripping companions and exclaimed in an
! oracular tone, Little id fools, been
swearing ng"-Bost0n Post.
/ Vice President Wilson has been coun-
seled by his medical advisers to abandon
his intention u lecture this season. rs it
would prove too serious Il strain on his
constitution if undertaken in addition to
his official duties and the completion of
his book.
! Walt Whitman has appeared in Phila-
delphia streets with a broad Spanish SOM
brero. his long. white, silver-grav hair
underneath; and. although his step was
/ feeble. his conversation was rs buoyant
and genial as before his recent severe i'll
ness.
/ Connecticut has adopted the biennial
system. constitutional amendment pro-
viding for biennial elections of State Off
GERS. in November, in place of the annual
spring elections. was voted on IT the town
elections. on Tuesday. and adopted bv a
large majority. Many of The small towns.
under the local option Law, voted no IL
rensc, bat the large ones generally voted
| license.
\ Detroit LADY entered 4 shoe store and
selected Il pair of shoes. He perceived
that she wanted >cvenS. and gently re-
marked: MADAM. all the ari>tocrati,
ladies' are now wearing shoes three sizes
too large for their feet. in order = have
cool extremties AMI OF course Won want
to follow the style" His diplomacy sue
ceedcd AMI She took sevens. thtnking him
for his suggestion.
A new swinile is being played in York
State \ wtl-dressed man stops at 4 farm
hou>e and engages accommodations for 4
drove of sheep and man who drives
them The sheep and drivers are To come
along the next day. The pretended agent
stops over night, has the best fare the
house affords. and Slips off the next
morning without paying his bill The
sh ep and drivers never appear. of
course.
Pierre Bonaparte. who shot Victor Noir.
a few wears ago, has aged very much since
his trial. and is now residing in Il small
piece in Luxembourg which WAS formerly
his shooting box. The other day, as he
was driving through one of the streets of
Paris, he was greeted with the cry of
"accursed murderer" and took good care
to have tie driver whip up his horse
and carry him far from the threatened
| demonstration.
Mining is still a business Of ups and
I L. g.. L. -
coast mines have paid So $50 2p0 in diri-
dends; of that sum one corporation. the
Consolidated Nirginia. has paid S.. 209 900.
or million month, and the other 20
have made up the rest. On the other hand.
S6,7OS,O00 has been called for in assess
ments, showing that, notwithstanding the
extraordinary richness of the bonanza
mine, the dividends exceed the assessments
! by only Sl.500.000.
| The presidential excursion party. COM
prising President Grant, Mrs. Grant. Col.
! Fred Grant and wife. ex-Secretary Borie
and wife. Secretary Belknap. Gen. Alvoid
and others. arrived at Omaha, Friday,
from DeSNoines, a-.d were Hospitality en-
tertained by the citizens. A public recep-
ton was held by the President in the
court room in the new custom house. after
WlllClI tuC oCIlOOl WIS NlSltcl, where
all the school children of the city were
assembled. The President and party left
for Colorado in the afternoon.
In recent letter from London, Col.
Forney writes that Major Auguste Bar
tholdi has under way his colossal light
house. to be placed on Bedloe's Island. in
the approach to the harbor of New York.
Exclusive Of the pedestal it is more than
by gigantic female figure holding torch
in her right hand, and when completed
will be one of the most striking objects of
the kind on any coast in the world. One
part of this colossal figure. the arm alone
has been modelled for display at Philadel-
phia next year. The size of the completed
statue may be coniectured when l tell you
that this single limb looks like the mast Of
a ship"