Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-11-03
FACT AND FANCY.
If you want to fight 60 to Russia.

Poplins are coming into fashion again.
Quilted satin skirts are very fashionable.
If you know mean thing of your neigh
Dor get it copyrighted.
A medical staff is to be attached to the
Paris Exhibition of 1873.
A Canada newspaper heads the story Of
an elopemont, "Good by, John"
The suns shadows lengthen, and the gas
bills strengthen.
Ounces from California command as high
as $3.50 per bushel in Baltimore.
A ceeoanut tree in Florida bends proudly
under the weighl of hundred cocoanuts.
Appletons' journal says that children suE.
fer more miseries than adults, but forget
them sooner.
1t is stated that man named Keen has
made mile in two minutes and 6ity-six Sec
Onds on bicycle.
The eternal fitness of things is illustrated
in the rearmost name of New York dealer
in musical weapons, which is Toote.
Queen Isabella has had her photograph
distributed among the soldiers of the Spanish
army.
A German grocer in New York called his
horse Napoleon because he had so many bo-
ny parts.
The Traveller don't seem to think that
Russia could conquer. Turkey 50 easily as
most people think.
1t is fashionable in New York now for
coachmen to wear gloves of the same color as
their horses.
A pretty reply off French mother:
(Which Of your children do you love most ?"
"Always the one that is absent"
1t was little three. .year.old who said
that she didn't want to kiss her papa because
he had a "fringe" on his mouth.
The London Sunday society has expressed
itself in favor Of opening educational institu-
tions aHd museums on the Sabbath.
For 6t of ideness count the ticking of
clock do this for an hour, and you will be
glad to pull off your csat and go to work the
next.
The genious who invented wooden tooth
picks for hotel use has made $4,000 out of
the patent, and he is still picking" up mon
ey.
One hundred years ago the art of prepar-
ing autumn leaves was utterly unknown, and
yet some persons affect to sneer at progress
sion.
A piano, which had been in use for
number Of years at female seminary at Ok
ford, Pa, was put at auction, recently, and
knocked down for twenty-five cents.
Young man, if you call on young lady.
now, and she dosn't offer to light the fire in
the crate, you will be safe in calling upon
some other girl next time.
COleridgc tells US that the German writer
Hans Sasche, in attempting to describe the
period Of chaos, speaks Of it as being so very
dark that even the cats ran against each other.
The girl whose lover, named Locke, was
exceedingly bashful, lost her patience and
declared to him that Shakespeare had not
said half as many things as he ought to a.
bout Shy Locke.
Little Robbie went to show and saw an
elephant for the first time in his life. When
he came home, his mother asked him what
he had seen Gan elephant, mamma, that
| BouoIcu nay WIN MS front Jall.
That's the Main building" said a guide
at the centennial to greenhorn from the
Pine'tree State the other day. "Golly," re-
piled the loyal son of Maine, 81 knowed our
boys would put up somethin' fne"
A woman in Council Bluffs, Iowa, sold
her husband for brnde COW, calf, and
twenty dollars to boot. Cows must be cheap
in Iowa. But perhaps it was a sick COW
and counterfeit twenty dollar note.
The following is given as a poor mans
breakfast near Cotton, San Bernardo Valley,
California Tea, sweetened with pure, white,
strained honey, thick cream and bread, milk,
eggs, Hubbard squash, ham, pomgranate,
black Hamburg grapes, green figs and peach
es. Cost of breakfast for man and wife, fif-
teen cents.
The sultan of Turkey recently sent the
emperor Of Morocco a present Of eighteen
women for his harem. 1t is extremely graf
flying that this mode Of making presents is
D not customary among the great men of
. this country. AT the present price of bon
/ nets and seal skin sacques, we should 60 West
: and grow up with the country if any one
| we're to present us with eighteen women.
This note from Chicago girl to her lover
was made public through lawsuit "Dear
Sammy, ,Paps watermilions is ripe. Como
aud bring some poetry like you did before.
My love for you will ever flow like water
= down tater row. Bring piece as long as
d your arm, and have heap more about them
= raving ringets and other sweet things. BE
: sure and come next Sunday and don't fule
4 me-"
A prominent citizen rushed into one of
= our large dry-goods stores and stopped at
= the button counter; he had small sample
! Of brown silk in his hand, and he asked the
smiling clerk if he had any buttons to match
I that. "Plenty, sir" was the answer; will
you have them by the gross 2" mo, sir ="
roared tho citizen, II want them by the
bushel-cart.loa1-ton! want them sent
t up in wagons and backed into my celler, till
it isful and running over, I'm sick of hear
ing "J'o-h-n, did you match those buttons 2"
$ | am not going to spend the rest of my days
, running round trying to match impossible
Q colors. There's my check, but tell you
d won't feel like myself till I've laid in my
$ winter supply of buttons"
!. Elder Stark and his worthy wife were tho
$ happy parents of nine children-girs and
boys-aud riproarious set they were, Day
and night they made things lively around tho
old hearthstone, for even darkness failed en-
I, tirely to quol their turbulent spirits, for by
u the time the older ones had quieted down to
/ sleep, the younger scoins would begin to stir.
. % But at the table, while the blessing was be-
d ing asked absolute quiet and attention were
L. strenuOusly insisted upon. Happening in to
D hinner one hnv lfnr The Eldnrla hnanilnliiu