Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-03-02
WAITS AND HINTS.


he would have died long ago. Goodness has
its reward.
Pittsiord is bound TO 20 ahead-sixteen
marriages, forty-six births, nearly three to
one. The fortune Of that town seems we'll
assured.
Rev. r. Morgan of Euosbursh Falls is a
sensible man. Being out Of health no has
taken to the pillow for health and living, in.
stead of some agency"
The St. Adams Advertiser "wishes to re.
mark" good many things which have been
already remarked. There is such thing
thing as being "too" original, you know.
We notice a great many Vermont minis
ters have visited Boston to attend Mr..
Moody's meetings. Good, but would il hurt
some Of the lay "brothrs" to get revived
During 1875 the democrats ruled Burlnp-
ton and expended of the city's money $780,
10000; last year the republicans tried
their hand and used up only s97,00O.77.
"Nuf ced."
Fifteen members Of the present congress
are natives Of this state Ought we to be
proud or not-who will answer2 We have
one man in Congress, Hon. George f.
Edmuuds.
The drought had one good result. No
more political dirty linen" will be washed
this season--too short of water. What a
pity the Beocher trial could not have been
postponed till this year.
Swanton is getting ready for the autici-
pated opening Of the 2. & o. railroad. A
new paper-The Courier-is to be started
Go ahead, boys, aud don't let your paper Ego
the way Of all the earth"
Railroad men are noted for breaking up
ties. One on the p. & o. is charged with
breaking the "tie" that bound Simeon Hunt
and wife Of johnson, and now Mr.. Hunt
wants $4,000 for the rupture.
The world moves. The Boston j ournal
and New York Times see something good in
the south aud begin to urge reform 1t is so
long since they saw anything but a bloody
shirt that their restored sight is noteworthy :.
Pres. Grant seems to apprebend the Cos
pei rule Of "visiting those in prison" lie
does it most effectually, never forgetting to
take pardon" along, for bushes so the
thieves may be ready, by the time the new
administration gets "set up"
New Haven is up with the times. A
writer in a local paper says the young ladies
Of that town have furnished the lamps for
the newly repaired church, and then thanks
the "young and old" for it, We did not
know before as it was lawful to speak of the
"old" young ladies.
Who would like to live u New York il
this picture Of domestic felicity, as drawn By
Evening Mail, is correct: doubtless there
are wives who throw fat irons at their hus-
bands heads, but doubtless the number of
husbands whose heads are hard enough to
crack the iron is vastly greater"
An exchange says if children 60 with
vet feet they will die of the Group If that
discovery had been made in our childhood
we should have lain under the green turf
ive-apd-thirty years. We are glad science
did not come any earier-onc delay that was
not dangerous-to US.
The Boston journal calls attention to the
fact that Sec. Fish is the only man Of Pres.
Grants cabinet who has stood by from the
first. 1t omitted to mention that extra cab.
met men like Babcock and Shepherd aud
Butler and Kelly ct al have stood by
through evil as well as good report.
Nothing like knowledge: A Boston as.
ricutural editor who has window.ga n
three feet long and fifteen inches wide, says it
is time to whitewash hoe handles, trim your
clothes lines, transplant your coal scuttles,
and bury your grindstouc to prevent it from
freezing. Yearling calves should be shod
and hens nails paired at once.
The Burlington daily publishes, the 26th
ult, an account Of a temperance meeting
which was held in Middlebury the Dist, then
three days and one Sunday intervening. and
the two places were thirty.three miles apart,
with three or four trains each way daily
Nothing like enterprise, even in getting news
and counting in presidents.
For the benefit Of those Literary fellows"
educated men waiting for something to turn
up, We will say one went to Mississippi a
few years since. His friends we're proud of
him, and said he would DO heard in the world
before many years. They were right; the
young man now beats a gong at a railroad
station.
One of the marvels of Mr.. Moody's power
is his ready wit. lie sees a point at once
aud makes it with all his might, as witness
the following: Gan aged man arose at one
OF the prayer meetings aud asked for prayers
for an unconverted wife. "How long have
you been Christian ?" asked the evangelist.
"Thirty-fve years." was the reply. sand
she not converted in all that time 2" was the
quiet remark Of Mr.. Moody. The man was
touched with the reply and, before the
meeting closed asked for prayers for himself"