The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-04-25
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

III Nan. AiaH NoaNA 'A AA''e "''f
asked him to giveup the mail-hags,-
which he did.
The Gentiles in Utah have commenC-
ed a new agitation, and want Congress
to modify the organic act of the terri
tory so as to exclude bigamists from
voting or holding Office or beingjurors,
and also to establish the secret ballot.
These provisions enforced would be
likely to drive Mormonism to the wall.
An exchange grimly remarks that
''if about half a gross of candidates
for the United States Senate from
Louisiana should unfortunately accept
an invitation to a quiet little dynamite
party, the situation in New Orleans
would be suddenly simplilied."
Mr.. Richard Grant White says that
English women in general are the
worse dressed human creatures that he
ever saw, and adds: SIN form the
English woman's dress is dowdy, in
color frightfll." We are sorry Rich
ard has tired Of abusing the English
language and turns his sarcasm on to
the fair sex.
The richest woman in New lamp
shire, Mrs. Kelsey Whitehouse, died a
few days ago. Most of her money
will 90 to the Home Missionary Socie-
ty. She was a founder of a Dart
mouth scholarship. She was a mem
Der Of the famous Jennees family OF
Deerfeld, people who had millions OF
money.
General Nichols of Louisiana lost an
arm and leg in the Confederate.
In regard to his loss he said to a
friend: Il feel badly, because the
ambition Of my life has been a Judge
ship, but you know that a one sided
judge would scarcely be the proper
thing"
Some stupendous figures aref;Tnish,
ed by the recent census of the British
Empire. Its total population is 23I,-
$50, 900, or nearly double that Of tho
Roman Empire in its palmiest days
while its territory, 7,75O,000 square
miles, is almost five times as great
A sixth of the Queens subjects are
Christians a little more than a 10th Mo.
hamedans, over two-ffths Hindoos an(
fourth heathens of various sects. The
titled property holders of Great Britain
number 100000.
The King Of Denmark was walking
out the other day in Copenhagen, wher
an enormous bull dog fell upon the
Kings terrier, and seemed anxious tC
devou it. The King attacked the bul
dog with his cane, when the bull dogs
proprietor came out and would assured
ly have "put a head" on the monarch
had not a passing policeman interior
ed and told him who the owner Of tht
terrier was.
A desperate and partially successful
attempt at Jail breaking was made a
Manchester N. II. recently. Emme
Lyons and Jamest G.. CONNER, whc
had been allowed by the turnkey t,
come into the corridor, sprang upol
him, knocked him down and took ava,
his revolver, though he threw the key
; away beyond their reach. The jailer'
t wife held the gate Heading to the aud
e ience-room, and Lyons inundated he
e into opening it by firing three shots q
her. He then succeeded in escaping
0 but CONNER was locked up.
William Conway, IA years old, ha
S his legs caught between rising eleys
u tor and q floor in the Morgan eny(
lope company's building Saturday, br
. q fellow-workman reversed the mf
chinery and prevented more serious il
u jury than bruises.
The association so frequently noti
ed between strong intellect and q wea
!, body is finely illustrated in the follow
ing. Byron was club-footed from il
IS fancy; Talleyrand, a cripple fro
% the cradle the poet Akenside had
lifelong halt in his gait; Walt
if SCOTS infancy and childhood were
% painful struggle with lameness al
disease. The great poet and novel;
4, is described by his biographer as
r "pining child" whose juvenile sic
a ness developed wonderful mental POI
to er, whose youth was spent in readin
/, through inability to do any thing els
g Voltaire, one Of the greatest minds
the last century, was too feeble, du
4 ing the first seven months of ext
Ell lance, to be taken to the church to
&c baptised. 10 fa
q Sir Isaac Newton was Of exceedin
ly diminutive size when born, a
H. D'Alembert was a founding, saw