Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-11-24
WAITS AND HINTS.


Girls, only thirty-soven days more Of
leap year and no slcighing yet
Good New York morality thinks of soz.
ing the s2,500,00O Of money illegally put
up on election bets and giving It to the city
charities. The poor would have ono good
Thanksgiving dinner, surely.
Whatever else may be said Of Sollsce. he
has set some musty old lawyers to studying
up "precedents," claws" and "decisions" il
a manner which is highly refreshing. III
an i'll wind, etc., you know.
According to New York paper it costs
congregation Of from 800 TO 1000 persons
not less than $4,000 per annum to main
tain public religious services No wonder
those people are. becoming irreligious.
The promise for weddings was never bet
ter than this season, which makes the heart
Of the parsons wife light and happy, though
she hopes the young men won't be too earn
est advocates of contraction Of the cur.
rency.
An Atlanta democrat wishes he had
known that Tilden wanted only one more
vote, he would have gone twenty miles tC
deposit his Yes, and some wary rcpubli.
can under similar advice would have offset
it.
"On our outside pages to-day will be
found our temperance column" Free Press
That's where you generally keep it isn't it
How would an inOard application Of the
temperance column affect you, friend j
"Try it sir, do"
II is strange what public spirit will do
sometimes. A large number Of men in
New York. in view Of the recent scarcity Of
water, have abandoned its use aud devote
themselves exclusively to lager aud other
than Croton beverages
Governor Conner of Maine has wisely
followed the example of our own excellent
chief magistrate and set apart the 30h inst
as day of Thanksgiving and Praise" but
the Down.easters as we'll as the Green Noun
tain boys will set it apart to eating roast
turkey, chicken pies, rice pudding, etc.
Miss Leila Morse, daughter of Prof
Morse, denies that she was ever engaged ia
marry S. j. Tilden. She says emphatically
Impossble-that could never be- We
presume she tells the truth--young ladies
always do in these matters, aud we sur.
mise the woman could be found to whom
the graceful, cultured, wealthy Samuel once
proposed, and found the proposition as grace
fully declined.
1t is said that several Americans, remem-
bering the zeal and alacrity with which lord
John Russell prevented the depredations Of
the Shenandoah and Alabama, have applied
to the Russian government for letters Of
marquc to prey on British commerce in
case Of war and England stands by Turkey.
Why don't these Americans know VIC have
had Centennial aud that the British gov.
eminent has just given its buildings on the
Centennial grounds to the city Of Philadel.
phia
Rev. W. Il. Alger of New York has just
made discovery rs he thinks, namely, that
the seven places 10 the world from which In
Auence proceeded are the palace, the camp,
the tribunal, the priesthood, the press, the
studio, the theater, the academy--and to his
great satisfaction he thinks the theatei
stands at the head in influence and import
ance, which only proves that Mr.. Algei
never knew what it was to preach with suct
a spirit and purpose as inspired Paul. and
that he never conducted with enthusiasm and
success live newspaper.
The Kansas Farmer reads the grangers Of
that state lesson on the folly Of nominating
NJ. Il. Hudson, the master Of the state
grange, for governor, in view Of his relation
to the order. The advice is sound anC
timely let men be selected for official posi-
tons because they are eminently qualifec
for it, and not because they belong to thu
grange, or the party, or the church, or tn,
mystic brotherhood, or the brother-iu.law o
some one. Keep the grange free from tn,
clutches Of political shysters of either party
Any suspicion of political bargaining bring
only evil. The Rutland Globe recently haC
flaming leader on the POSTMASTER in Pol
itics" ostensibly directed to the unfortunat,
federal official of Bridport, but which wa
intended TO "lead" some trembling aspiran
up Center Street to the triumphant posses
sion Of the massive United States building OF
the hill. Gentlemen, tho commander o
that fortress don't surrender on any sucl
attack the flag which floats so PEACEFUL.
over that edifce will not be hauled down
under any such manouvers, military or other
wise. Don't you remember one Benjamin
f. who boastingy marched up to Fort
Fisher and then-marched back, and-wa
bottled up2
PUBLIC OPINION.