Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-08-22
News and GOssip.

The Methodist church at Go0stown, NJ H'' was
,o.,roved nv lightning on Saturday. Loss si,OOO'
Never get under a tree during thunder storm
unless YOU are prepared to cope win Inc ilgn'nl"E
Retter stand outside and take good soaking
The British army in India, exclusive OF EuroI'
cams. has 477s2t men; $1,000 MOhammedans' Eo
native Christians, $50 Jews and the rest Hlhuoos'
When dog banks at night in Japan the owner
ia arrested and sentenced to work year iof uhe
neqbbors that were disturbed, and the dog Is XIII
ell.
Five striking employees of the New Jersey Gen.
trail railroad were sentenced to imprisonment anu
s4O fine, at Newark, n. j., on Saturday. Tor coD'
tempt fcourt
AbalcwItted fellow bathed in saccarappa' Me"
and on coming out of the water could not recolect
where he had hidden his clothes. lie wandered
two days naked in the woods.
San Francisco bartenders have chunks of glass
resembling ice which they put into drinks iof ID
toxicated customers instead of the genuine cooling
substance. The motive is economy.
Chicago man has married three sisters and all
are living lie took them in the order OF their ages
lived with each about year, and then obtained
divorce. There are three more sisters lett
A North Carolina boy up in tree tied a rope
around his neck, told his sister he was gong 10
hang himself, and jumped to the ground suppos'
ing the rope was long enough to reach, BUTT was
seven feet too short and he broke his neck.
An English jury lately awarded $}O5OO as dam
ages to be paid by the Great Northern Railroad
tub hIEhDnn a
clerk with $500 a year salary and prospect oil
$3.50, died from injuries received in an accident
last Christmas, when she also sustained dreadful
injuries.
A woodman in Austin, New, has named his team
of eight oxen after leading citizens Of the place.
Every day he is heard shouting to them like this,
that he also uses profanity "Gee, there, John
Lyons whoa, DR.. Sheridan, you blamed lazy beast;
haw, there, Col Price, or I'll break every bone in
your darned lazy body; git up, Jack squires"
Then he whacks the minister with the but of the
WHIP and throws a stone at the bank president.
Albert Meyn of Boston during twelve years paid
the premiums on $4,000 of life insurance. The
burden was TOO heavy for his business, and was the
cause of his bankruptcy; but he struggled harI
and successfully TO make the payments, believing
that by doing SO he was securing his family against
poverty after his DEATH Within two years one af
ter another of the companies in which he was ln'
sured have gone to pieces, and when he died. sew
eral weeks ago, all his policies were worthless.
His wife and children are penniless.
From time immemorial, it hB been the custom
in the southwest of England for farmers to throw
back shilling Us cents) on every ten sacks oil
wheat and every ten quarts of barley they SELL
This custom is supposed to have its origin in the
fact that the dealers met the farmers at their inns
when the market was over and paid them. when
the farmer threw back a shilling for drink If
the custom were abolished, it is said that it would
cost the largest brewing firm in England $500 a
year.