Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-08-04

at least ono newspaper Office was offered up
a sacrifice on the altar Of patriotism.' An
explosion in neighboring store originated
fire which destroyed much property at
Hyde Park, Mass, including the Norfolk
County Gazette building.
Tramps are said to be becoming so numer-
Gus along the Central Pacific railroad in
Nevada that conductors and brakemen are
scarcely match for them. It is feared that
ifthey continue To 60 in gangs armed guards
will have to be sent with the trains to pro-
tect passengers.
The spectacle Of man with his 18th bride
listening to the funeral sermon of bis fourth
wife was witnessed at Bangor, recently. No
4 died Of a malignant disease, and there
were no funeral services. lie Immediately
got another wife, and invited her TO attend
tho funeral sermon Of the dear departed.
The first ascension Of Mont Blanc, this
season, took place July 9th. Mr.. Buxton,
an Euglishman, was the hero of the expedi-
ton, with Aristide Carter and Alexandra
Packard for guides they report the paths
aud bridges in an unusually favorable con.
dition for the ascension in consequence Of the
heavy masses Of snow.
The oil region of Pennsylvania has drop.
ped out Of general notice, but that business
there is steadily prosecuted is shown by the
fact that one hundred and ninety wells were
bored in June. The average daily yield of
these new wells was about fourteen barrels
apiece, AMI twenty-seveu were completely
dry.
1t is reported that ox.Col. Val. Baker
who was sentenced TO one years imprisou.
ment for improper behavior to lady in a
railway carriage, and who was released from
the Horsemonger Lane Jail, at the expira.
tion of his term, has accepted commission
and leaves Immediately for the Turkish army
A boy IL years old was found near Paris
the other day, rolling down stones on the
track of the Great Northern railway from
the top of the railway bridge. When ar
rested and questioned, the amiable child re-
piled that he wanted 10 "see the fun wher
the train came along"
The sea.serpent has appeared again, WI
are told, at Coney island, this time, and
after the manner Of other rowing performers
he has added "new properties for thu
amusement and entertainment of the public
He has grown pair Of large and erect ear
since he was last previously seen, thougl
precisely what use he can make Of erect
open ears beneath the surface Of the sea, /
would puzzle a naturalist to say.
Judge SchaefFer has rendered decision il
the case OF Brigham Young vs. Ann Eliza to
recover alimony, which reduces the amour
from $500 to 800 per month, gives the de
PENDANT 80 days in which to pay the amour
payment an execution will issue against hi
property. The court also decides that tn
costs Of the suit shall be paid by the de
PENDANT.
The city Of Paris lately came into tn,
money market for q great loan-and tn
amount subscribed was seventy times wha
was sought The subscriptions in Pari
alone were fifty times the amount How
long will it be before such things are don't
in this country But here everything il
done for the benefit of capitalists, and popu
lar loans are no more thought Of than ar
popular politics.
Saratoga can scarcely be said to be gain
ing anything from the travel to the Centeu
NAL Exhibition. But neither is it losing an
thing, us smaller wate-ing-p places undoubted
are. People who can afford the expense
and have taste for Saratoga life. are abl
to visit the exhibition and keep their seaso
here, if they wish to enjoy both. Clerks an
people of moderate means in the cities, VIII
usually 90 to some small place for a week O
two, will be more apt to spend this short Va
cation in Philadelphia.
A newspaper has the largest advertise
ment to be seen in Europe. The name O
The Glasgow News is cut on the slope {
a hill back of the Ardenleo, Scotland. TIL
length of each letter is 40 feet the tots
length of the line is 1923 feet, the area COY
cred is 1855 feet. The borders of III
letters are sown with a pure white Aowel
the center is set with dwarf beet, the dar
purple of which shows well at a distance, an
on each side of this there is row Of ligh
purple candytut.
The "Century of Gospel Work" gives tn
following as the increase Of ministers in III
leading Protestant denominations Of III
country since l776: Methodist from 90
20, 453 Baptist from $40 to 1857 Pres
byterian from lao to 1854; Congregation
al from sig to 1898 Lutheran from % t
2,662; Reformed German from % to 623
Reformed Dutch from % to 476 Episcopal
ian from $50 TO 3,l40; Moravian from
to Is. There are altogether about 5000
clergymen in the United States.
Everybody exclaims that business wa
never SO dull as now. Except on good
forced on the market under the hamme
there is literally no price for anything %
Of the largest importing houses in New York
house over thirty years old, said that on
day not an article was sold out of the stor,
and not a single inquiry made by q GU
toner, nor did an order come through th
mail, nor even an inquiry. Business me
are really alarmed about the business ou
look.
An experiment is being tried in New YorI
or rather has been tried, that will work
revolution in the transmission of mail matte
Hollow tubes have been laid from the mai
office of the Western Union Telegraph Con
pany to its branches. In these hollow tub,
are placed leather boyes, containing me
sages-tho air is exhausted, and in secou
the dispatch is at the other end Of the rout
The Pneumatic Tube is cheaper than tell
graphing for messages Of any length, and I
the experiment has proved entirely success
ful, tubes are TO be laid 10 Philadelphia al
Washington very soon.
An Italian vessel was sunk in smooth W
ter near Sidney, g, b., by fouing an anch'
and STAYING hole in her bottom. She W
= Immediately condemned and sold for $50
The day afterward she was righted, Aoate
and by the aid of $40 worth of wood al
! copper was put in good order and rcclass'
for four years. She had been insured +
I S45, 900 in Lloyd's, and the mail which Ca
ried to them the intelligence of her loss ca
ried also the new classification. 1t was
piece of quick work and shrewd enterpri