Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-09-29

The Jewish year 5637 began last week
Monday, at sunset. Perhaps when Daniel
Deronda shall have gathered in the Hebrews
he will cause them to begin their year on the
LIST of January,-like Christians.
Indiana is the scene of a political contest
such as never before was known in any
American state,-and some one calls Hoos-
ierland the Cave Of the Winds, there is so
much blowing there. Those Western men
know how to fight in politics as well as in
war.
Thomas Duffy, Molly Mcguire conspira.
tor, has been tried at Pottsville and found
guilty of murder in the first degree. He is
the ninth member of the band who is under
sentence of death, all of whom, it is supposed,
will be executed.
Boston completed her 24Gth year on the
18th, last Sunday. She is well up in her
eighth generation. Four years hence we
shall have to celebrate the city's 250th an
niversary. We remember that the 200th
anniversary was observed in a very animated
manner.
A crazy man was tied fast in wagon for
transportation to BlOuntville, Ky. He yelled
so loudly that the frightened horses ran
away, throwing out the two keepers and
breaking an arm Of each. Then the lunatc
seized the reins, controlled the horses, drove
alone to the asylum and delivered himself
up.
1t is claimed by the English that last
year they completed the longest bridge in
the world in their East India possessions
1t consists of Ga spans of l42 feet each, thus
$500 feet, or more than Ii miles long. Ii
is all built of brick and iron the masonry
amounts to 100000 cubic feet, while the
iron girders weigh 5000 tons.
The Messers. Grub of Dublin are build.
ing large telescope for Vienna observatory
1t is to be thirty-two feet in length with an
object glass of twenty-six inches diameter
and the large brass case, weighing eight tons,
is TO have a chamber twelve feet long and
four aud a half feet in diameter. The in
strument is to be finished in 1878, and is Il
cost eS7 800. ..
An Euglishman in Paris recently wagered
that he would drink fifty glasses Of water il
an hour. He drank twenty.six, then gave
up, and died in less than an hour.
The agents of railroad routes to Phila
delphia report the travel through jersey
City unprecedented Two hundred and fifty
cars were run, Wednesday, by the Pennsyl
vania Central railroad alone.
George Winthrop made an ascension in q
hot air balloon at Paxton; ILL.,, Saturday ant
at an altitude of 500 feet the balloon burs
with loud reportaud began to decend rapidly
The wreck formed parachute and checked
the rapidity Of the descent for short time
but when about 800 feet high a collapse oc
cured The man shot rapidly earthward
driving his legs into the ground up to hi
knees. His forehead was cut open and hi
nose broken by the basket falling on him
His back is badly hurt, and it is though
that he received severe internal injuries which
will prove fatal. ... ...
The result of the newfoundland fisherie
this year is below last year in quantity, Blu
increased prices make up for the small catch
If anything could frighten q man fron
learning how to read it would be the enor
nous total of books annually published. |
this country last year 8,062 OF them wei
copyrighted At this rate an American VII
undertook to keep up with the literature {
his times, would have to read % books
day through the year.
When the Prince of Wales landed .
Portsmouth on his return from India ther
was such eagerness on the part CT the poop
to see him that his carriage could max
no progress. Suddenly happy thougl
struck a band master. He told his men
strike up, tommy Make Room for YO'
Uncle" The people laughed, cheered al
took the hint,
If ever there was rolling stone, it VI
Mr.. Il. p. Kingston, who died recently
London, Play writer and actor, travee
splritualist, Indian chief, Fiji courtier, age
0 and accountant, pedestrian, manufacturer
Dutch clocks, journalist, Cincinnati pi
raiser, notable "brave" amongst the Maori
and South sea islanders, sheep sheArer
y New ZEALAND and storekeeper.in Frisco
man ever saw more phases Of human life.