Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-03-15
Weekly News Summary.

ana racine Hltonu mas SET out over four miuinp
young trees, and altogether it is estimated ,ba,
twenty million have been planted on the praids
lands. A clergyman Ia IIoulten, Me. was "a.
Gently so affected by dream that woman whose
funeral he had conducted had been buried slivo
that he prevailed upon the husband to have tho
body exhumed In the middle OF the night
large crowd gathered to witness the sight. but tho
woman was found TO be dead and she bore no owl
dence ofpremature burial. 90. Watering -cartsha,o
appeared in Cincinnati. Shares that alwav.
turn up od-Ploughshares . Don't turn nm
your nose at light things. Think Of bread ana
taxation. Goihamitcs are RECALLING themselyos
on Florida strawberries at four dollars and ft,
cents per quaH.....A New York pawnbroker 70
ports taking In two hundred and twenty family
Bibles since February, 1915 II Is proposed in
London TO name n new and important thorough
fare Washington avenue" rs n centennial trl
bute. q. Among the latest arrivals at Cleveland
was hinge Canadian black bear who came sail
ing into port on q cake Of ice.. Montreal claims
to have In process Of erection the largest cotton
mill in America The capacity of the mill will be sls
million yards per year.....A scientific contempt.
r,ry asks Shall We undergo disscc,ion?" "Yon
may-and We shall not feel cut up about 1t, either"
won't work both ways This weather makes the
Ice man exalt his horn. Next summer the Ice.
horn will oxalt the man Surgeons say that
finger nails, bitten of often find lodgemerI In
the stomach where they remain for years, adhor-
ing to the tissues and running ones feelings
Don't bite your finger nails g.. At recen, school
examination, near Bonn, the question was asked
Who is to blame for the division Of the Jewish
empire after the death Of solomon And pirl
promptly answered jeff Davis" Engaging
child o, Mr.. jenkins do let me see you drink
See me drink What for, my dcar2' ooh.
mamma SAYS you drink like a fishW...A Ken.
lucky editor ptesumes that many Of the inhali.
tants Of the Quaker City will this year be called
| upon by numbers Of kinsfolks they never heard
Vt before, and many poiCrfamaias will exclaim,
Save me from my friends" ...." Amt it
protty?' said Mrs H., holding up her new bon
net There's some charming ideas In that,
can tell you" "Glad OF it,, said John ar.
| just as well 90 have ideas somewhere about your
| head, you know, aud lac paused 10 catch a hair.
brush on the fy..... single grain Of wheat acct
dentlly dropped In a garden In Hoseringhsm
| England, last spring produced .iSty-three ear.
and more than three thousand grains Of wheat,
| probably the largest yield ever known but show
ing what good soil aud good cultivation can nc.
| complish ... It is said that figures won't lie but
the figures Of some women are very deceptive to
sly the least The hrst white child was born in
Iowa thirty-six years ago and is now living To
day there are over FIVE hundred thousand Hawk
eyes by birth On the cards recently issued To
a silver wedding at Columbus Ohio, was the fol-
lowing modest warning Please avoid dollar
| lfnT. II.
in Lyons from the down Of hens and ducks and
geese Seven hundred aud city grains Of fsath-
ers make one square metre Of light and very
warm waterproof cloth, which can be dyed in all
shades Harwich, Mass, still retains the an
cient custom Of evyins direct ministers tax 30
The members Of the Congregational sotiety are
regularly assessed on the basis % the town yalua-
ton aud their tax bills are presented and col
lected iu dine form raul laupt, Of Denver
Mich served throughout the war without receiving
a wound, and when Biz regiment was sent 10
Arizona, hc ON ons occasion fought five Araches
single handed, killing three Of the number The
other day he was crushed IL death between two
blocks Of ice 10 an ice house. a London clergy
man proposes that Christians literally obey the
command 60 sc into all the world aud preach
the gospel 10 every creature lie says that u
the churches would furnish iifty thousand preach
ers and ten million pounds year for ten years.
the gospel might lie preached. and preached r..
peatedly, to every man, woman and child in the
world .. The head Of ,hc Scottish house Of Mur
ray. known as the Duke Of Athole a young man o
thirty-sx, holds one dukedom. two marqulsates
five earldoms three titles as yscouut and twelve az
baron, tweDty-three titles ia all six more than
any other nobemau In the United Kingdom.
A very perceptiblc earthquake shock felt
at Detroit the other afternoon II was sever,
enough to shake the houses aud rattle crockery
on shelves, and caused 50 mach alarm IN It
Marys Church that the congregation speedily va
Gated the building The Carlist war is con
sidered virtually at an end Tho most prominent
Of the Caflist leaders have taken refuge In France
... Dispatches from the Eastern, Middle and
Southern states report that Washingtons birth
day was celebrated with unusual enthusiasm
# is expected that soon as the Carlist war i.
over, eN-Qaeen Isabella will enter Spain. Alfonso
will probably meet her at the frontier aud con
duct her to the capital "A recent raid Of Inter
nal Revenue officers in Oglethonne, Ga, resulted
IN the seizure and destruction Of ten Illicit dis
silleries and fifteen thousand gallons Of mash and
beer Twenty-one prisoners were secured 90.
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and with their Threats cut, were found on Watt
Island, in the Chesapeake River, but no clue To
the perpetrators Of the deed or It's motive has yet
been discovered The PhGiuix silk mills in Pat
erson has stopped work account Of the failure
Of r b TIL & Son, Of New York, who we're the
principal owners The stoppage throws eight
hundred hands ont Of employment .... The
London Metropolitan underground railway,
during the last half year, carried twenty-six mil
lion FIVE hundred thousand passengers by eighteen
thousand trains, unattended withhny accident.
dividend Of four per cent was declared, the re-
copts having increased one hundred thousand
dollars, and the working expenses being consd-
erably reduced "a curious story Is being pab-
shed BY German newspaper, according tc
which an officer Of the Imperial prussian Foot
Guards has received challenge, in which thirty
officers Of his regiment are challenged to fight al
equal number Of French officers, the Germans
having the choice Of arms and place. The pat
ent office at Washington, during ia business
hours last year granted patents at the rate OF one
every twelve minutes. "a Philadelphia firm e.
Inmates It's sales Of flags on the 2lst Of February
at five hundred dollars an hour and it was also
estimated that two hundred thousand dollars
worth Of stars and stripes Aoated in the city on
Washington's birthday. Two fellows tried to
chlorotorm donation party in Morayia, Michigan
by scattering the drug profusely on the hoof'
Several women were made insensible and tha'
probably amused the Wags more than did the ten
days they subsequently spent in prison. ne
father Of all newspapers is the venerable FeAlh
Gdgeue, which Is over one thousand years ola
1t is a ten page paper with yellow cover mas
no stories, no ada, " no marriage or death mo-
tees, no editorials no subscribers II simply CON
tans the official notices Of the government DO
The Rev. Adirondack Murray said In his sermon
a week or two ago, 50 Heaven is not populated WIN
singing thieves, or palm-bearng bankrup's' VINO
settle with their creditors at twenty-five cents on
the dollar Wednesday and ride TO church Tue
next Sabbath in thousand dollar coach, WIFE
man In livery on the box" ~, The Independence
was the first steamboat TO make a voyage ron
Cincinnati to New Orleans, consuming elsn'
months in her downward and upward trips cue
was furnished with a rudely-constructed engine
and was pressed into service by Gen Jackson con''
mander Of the American forces, TO assist ID wv
battle Of New Orleans The color OF soldier
uniform Is shown To be not so much OF maVe' "
taste as Of vital Importance. Experience P'V,s'
that men are bit in battle according to the GNU
Of their dress. Red is the most fatal the ie",'
! fatal, Austrian gray, The proportions are Nsu,