The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-08
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The old historical oak under which
it is said Wesley preached his first
! sermon in America is still standing at
Frederica, Ga, and on the Fourth Of
July several ministers went ont to Wis
it the venerable chronicler of an age
gone Ly.
Some prominent women of Clare
mont, n. H., who had tried moral
suasion OF the liquor dealers and fail
ed, engineered a general raid, Tues
day, which resulted in securing great
quantities of liquor and evidence to
convict all the offenders.
Whatever may be said or thought
about the character of Mr.. Hayes, or
his title to the Presidency, there can
be no question of the fact that his pol
icy is merely execution of the popular
will, which he had the discernment to
perceive, and the good sense to obey
.-ChdrieStoa NeagS and Courier
| (Dem).
The pope was pretty much used up
by receiving the devoirs Of so many
thousands Of pilgrims. Recently, af-
ter he had revived from a long faiting
spell, the doctors tried to reassure him
with encouraging words; but the old
man shook his head, replying, "Do
not fiatter me, l know well that ] am
near my end" .a. ....
Disguised with a suit for a yoke Of
oxen which had had five trials a Ken
lucky jury has rendered the following
verdict: "Weef the jury find for the
plaintiff one Of the steers in contro-
versy, or its value, $50 and to the de-
tendant the other steer, or its value,
$50; the costs to be equally divided
between the parties, and the yoke to
go to the lawyers"
In the midst of panic industry dies,
and confidence, without which there
can be no prosperity, either for labor
or capital, ceases to exist. For the
workingman turned criminal there
should be but one fate, and that swift
and exemplary; for the laboring mil
lions, who are the sinew Of the country
and the bulwarll of the law, there
must and will be justice, sympathy
and helpful consideration.
A pleasant item for persons who
don't like smokers is published in Paris.
OF twins, one was given a pipe and
taught to smoke in infancy 1t kept
up the vice to the age of manhood.
Its brother, on the other hand, never
acquired the tobacco habit. The un-
fortunate smoker now has the appear
ance Of a puny child, and is stunted
both in mind and body, while the un-
contaminated twin is large, strong,
healthy man.
One Of the pleasantest things lit
this life is, to sprinkle down the floor
in the morning preparatory to cleaning
up, and have the bits Of paper about
the size Of postage stamps stick to the
wet spots, as though they were rivcted
down with boiler rivets and Spaulding's
glue. When the sweeping editor gets
down and claws up with his fingers,
gets splinters under his nails and wet
patches on his knees, he is able to
start into the day with a sunny tenn
per and cast-iron smile.
An Ohio young man sat down the
other day and wrote on the backs of q
couple ofpostal cards. Then he turned
them over and backed them, but by
some mischance placed the addresses
on the wrong cards. :. The result was
that shirt manufacturer in New York
got a very polite invitation to go car
riage riding somewhere out in Ohio,
while the young mans girl was made
frantic by receiving the following,
''Please send me samples of the stuff
your shirts are made Of"
Business men are beginning to re-
fuse to accept at their full value silver
coins with holes in them. 1t has been
found that there are several firms, no.
tably among the Jews on Chatham
street, New York, that make regu-
lar busines Of punching holes in coins
Of all denominations. They collect
the fragments Of silver and melting
them together, sell the lump as bull
lion, and so make profit of twenty
per cent. on every dollars worth Of
J silver which passes through theirhandss
There is at present on exhibition at
st. Albans an instrument called the
"Smithograph" by means Of which any
person, even child, can copy draw
ings, maps, embroidery patterns, etc.,
, accurately, eight the same size or any
number up to Gather times the size of
the original. by keeping the eye on the
needle as it runs over the outlines, the
pencil or crayon reproduces the pattern
with mathematical accuracy. For
teaching children drawing it is inval-
liable, and the price, 80 cents, brings
z it within the reach of all---AdcertiSer.
The Burlington Hawkeye man, in
| his Fourth of July Grafton, was glad
} that our fathers died for us instead Of
, compelling us to die for them. He
+ says: "Our fathers died for us. They
, died willingly and gladly. But if they
| could come back to-day and see what
e kind of crowd they died for, quar-
i reling over the Presidents policy,
: wrangling over the currency, and some
: Of them trying to pay dollars worth
. of debt with ninety cents worth OF
money, talking politics twenty-three
9 hours day, and praying so seldom
that our knees get rusty, drowned by
+ rain, devoured by grasshoppers, they
n would. if they had to do it over again.