Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-03-31
MeeklY News Summary.

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WHAT plan, said one actor to another shall
adopt to I'll the house at my benefit ?" "lnvite
your creditors, was the sury reply
CnArLIN, the Undertaking. medium whose In.
dcrous exposure was recently described, was
formerly an assistan, Of the Eddy brothers.
RUSSIA, having exhausted her forests is looking
TO the coal beds OF Western China for fuel, coal
being the greatest want OF that immense country.
Troy bigamist ran out Of the back door while
his two wives were fighting over the question as
to which should have him, and has not since
been seen.
The Boston Post asks Mir Prob, as n special
favor, that he will give the ladies some weather
such as will allow them to 20 out and do their
spring shopping.
THEnR are eishty-two priests, eighty-ave
churches, one hundred and siAty-dve chapels, and
aOathohc population estimated at two hundred
thousand, In the three dioceses Of Texas.
IHE remarkable financial fea, Of the French in
paying over to Germany one thousand millions Of
dollars as indemnity within thlrty-three months
Is sun topic OF admiration in Europe. a. il de-
serves 10 be
HE Delaware legislature has adjourned, after
passing an act permitting hotel keepers. steam
boat owners, railroad companies and others. to
provide separate accommodations for "obnox-
ious persons
WE are informed that the basement Of the New
York Tribune building will be occupied By a big
lager beer saloon and yet the Tribune folks ex-
pect 20 keep statue of Horace Greeley standing
In their front window
An excessive mortality prevails among the col
ored population Of Washington, due mainly To
damp Easements and III ventilated lodgings The
matter Is engaging the attention Of the health an-
thoritics OF the district
SPELLING matches rage; but the most note
worthy Is one proposed by the mayor Of Evans
Vile, Indiana, % the mayor Of Indianapolis the
challenge being sent by telegraph, and the match
TO be fought out by the same medium.
GIRL screamed in a lecture audience in Iaiay-
ette, Oregon. Then all the other girls screamed
General CONSERVATION ensued and rush for the
doors People we're bruised, clothes torn, and tie
room at length was emptied The first screamer
had seen rat
THE associated coal companies have concluded
TO advance the price Of coal twenty cents per ton
for April This applies to the Delaware Hnd-
son Company coal The Reading Company have
agreed to issue no prices for April ~ tho men
have shown no disposition to resume work
Fashionable invalids in Florida are represented
as having charming time, dancing yachting
eating fresh vegetables shooting allsators, deny
ing the allegation, smashing their medicine bottles
throwing away their clutches, and conducting
themselves generally in jublan, manner
An anony nous fashion writer describes one Of
the sweet boons Of the season as follows THE
coming bonnet Is to have a hurricane deck and
bell tower and will also have a signal light birds
Of paradise, quail and Welch rabbits Architects
are planning higher doom for its accommodation "
LIEUTENANT In the Russian navy publishes
device for quickly stopping holes made in ships
by collisions, It consists Of waterproof, pliable
patch, with mechanism by which II mas be readily
adjusted on the outside Of the leaking surface
The Russian mcn-of-waF are being supplied with IL
Wake up, Judge wake up, there's a burglar
Ia the house, said Mrs PoItly, Ia Brooklyn, 10
her husband the other night The Judge rolled
out Of bed, grasped his revolver and opened the
door to sally forth for the robber Then turnngto
his wife he said, Come, Sarah, and lead the way
1t Is mean map that will hurt woman"
The REV HESHY CoGoswELI, former Royal
Arch Mason and lecturer in the order. las re-
nounced aud denounced Frcemasonry. Al an anti
Masonic convention in Mansfield Ohio, he read
formal recantatlon Of all the osths Of secresy
which he had taken He said he should feel in
honor bound, however 10 reveal none Of the
workings Of Masonry.
TREEs have been found in Australia which c1.
coed the giants Of California in height, though not
in circumference One fallen tree In Victoria
measured four hundred aud twenty feet in length
anu "h"'iof iour huhhred ana eshty while TIE
nsnes' ye' discovered III eaiiiorna reaches only
iouI nunuted ana MY ieet, the average being
Honi uitec 10 iohr hundred
GENIAL, bald-headed gentleman, while IN
Paris, went one day to the geological Gardens
The weather was warm, and he laid down on
bench. Presently he fell asleep, and he was
aroused by a warmth about the head An iniatu-
a'ed ostrich had come along, and installing his
oaiu he"d Tor an egg settled down with the deter
mined resolution to hatch H.
A BALTIMORE lady Of wealth and piety IS said
to have remained single until the age Of forty
wears, refusing many offers, because she had re-
solved TO marry no man except a clergyman A
while ago she welded to penniless, but de
yout pastor Of little church, and the honeymoon
was hAruiy over before he resigned his charge
ana set nD as a broker with her money.
THE Baaaer Of Light contains, every week, a
page Of what puports TO be communications from
disembcded spirits 10 their friends on earth.
careful attention to this wonderful correspondence
during the past three months shows that in no
instance has the exact place Of residence Of the
spirit while here been given nor any other hints