The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-02

Things Wise and Otherwise.

wish to return thanks for your report
OF Jsyce's speech few weeks since on the
Centennial Appropriation bill. 1t was a
fine production, but it seems to me he
omitted one thing. | heard him make
political speech year or two since when
he several lines called our attention to
''our ship of state, whose keel ploughs
hell and whose deck rakes the Heavens"
The first part of this figure OF speech we
might assent to, but of the last have my
doubts. However it would have sounded
well to have set the American Eagle
screaming from "Champiain to the Gulf"
after that fashion.
Happening to open a. book to day
entitled Gen. Butler in Nv Orleans, by
James Parton ! fihd on the fl, leaf this
motto.
"wh1tever they call him. what care Il
Aristocrat, democrat, Autocrat, one,
Who eau rdle and dare not lie B."
How will that work in 1876?
In spite Of the prediction that there would
be considerable ''swing" in the b nson
notes hereafter, there does not seem to be
any Swing" at all, and although dislike
exceedingly to do the work of another l
will try and supply the omission for this
week only. | will not vouch for the truth
of the items, but will "tell the tale as twas
told to me-"
A prominent citizen of b -having two
letters ready for the mail, one containing
nearly hundred dollars and going to Cn-
cago, and the other H circular destined for
Brandon, despatched them to the post Office
by his little daughter, giving her money to
pay the postage on one, aud for registering
the other.
She forgot the message, but gave the let
ters and money into the hands of the post
master, just as the mail was closing. The
Chicago letter being stamped the post
master supposed it was all right, go regis
tered and stamped the Brandon envelope.
When the receipt was put into the hands of
this worthy citizen his wrath can be better
imagined than described, and that irste in
dividual made his way to the post-ofiic tor
an explanation. In vain the postmaster
plead in his own defence that the child
could not tell him anything about it, and
he could only guess, and happened to guess
wrong. He could not pour oil upon the
troubled waters, and the town official was
in estate of mind" until he learned that
the money and the circular both reached
their destination safely.
| Probably his Brandon friend never was
quite aware before, of his exceeding caution
and prudence as business man.
A few Sundays ago, fine specimen OF
| young America about sixteen years of age
made his appearance at one of the churches
in B He passed out Of church after
service with jaunty air, stepped into his
sleigh with all the grace imaginable. He
gathered up the reins and picked up his
whip preparatory to a grand start, but the
horse refused to go. 1t was an embsrrass-
ing moment for the young gentleman but
lady perceiving his perslexity called out,
"Why Tub, you hav'nt unhitched your
horse" Sure enough, the horse was an
chored with an enormous rope, large enough
for ships cable.
One of the oldest inhabitants of B.
lady of clear perceptions and an active
mind claims that the people of tina. town
are having a revival this winter, but she
sadly adds, that it is of the wrong king-
| dom.
So your Mount Holly correspondent in
Inmates that the tramp killed in Benson has
appeared to the seleclment of Mount Hol-
ly. That is not the worst that might have
happened. If that jury headed by the ven-
cradle justice and the Hon. Ex-senator
should appear they might as well surren-
der. SAGE GREEN.
| Fairhaven, VT.