Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-11-03
PrObatsando Commissioners Sotioes. .ss.OOsach.

A New York boy of twelve years of age
was intrnsted with Ss5 by his father to pay
rent bill the other day, and while on the
errand he was assaulted and robbed of
that sum on the highway by two of his
schoolmates, each aged thirteen years.
The two precocious footpads bought a
rifle, two revolvers, two bowie knives,
etc., and would ere now have followed the
star OF empire a long way westward if
they had not been laid by the heels in Jail.
Such crimes by youths are increasing in
New York and the authorities are puzzled
to know how to stop them.
Tents have been wholly thrown aside by
the German infantry. At the last Berlin
review the regiments filed by in heavy
marching order without tents or camp
Kettles each soldier carrying part of the
companys kitchen appliances. Quarters
IN villages when the enemy is at a distance
and blvouac in the open air when he is
near is to be hereafter the rule in the Ger
man army. The tented field, like cold
steel and lot of other military myths, is
to be thing of the past. The change
reduces greatly the length of the army
train and the weight carried by each SOL
der.
A few days ago the engineer of train
near Montreal saw large dog on the
track barking furiously. The engineer
WhistIed, but the dog refused to stir and
Was run over and killed. The engineer
observed that the animal crouched close to
the ground as he was struck by the cow
catcher. minute later the fireman saw
a bit of white muslin futtering on the
locomotive, and he stopped the engine
On going back to where the dog was killed
it was discovered that not only the dog,
but n little child, had been killed. 1t was
then seen that the dog had been standing
guard over the child, and had sacrificed
his life rather than desert his charge. The
child had wandered away from neigbbor-
ing house.
Three of the elephants in a circus which
was recently en- route from Nevada to
Colfax, Cal, broke loose and went on a
regular bender" Three days elapsed
before they were recaptured, though their
tracks were closely followed by men on
horseback. During their journey they
went through an Indian camp at night,
but woke not one soul; tore up fences, went
through orchards, consumed quantities of
fruit. took a run of three miles down the
railroad track and as far as known were
not seen by any one in the district, which
is we'll settled. Uprooted fruit trees testi-
fed to their love of fun, and the number of
| fences which had to be rebuilt after their
passage is incalculable. They appear to
have been good-natured all the time, but
to have travelled mostly at night, and
rested during the day in the woods.
UNDER ARREST.--A boys essay on
statesmen. His collar was sixteen and
hat was five. He went to meetin to
crate. He said lax. me question if YOU
want to no." So when he was sweten
under his shirt a man hollared and he
said: "Wot is tariff anyway" And the
statesman he larfed kinder short, and he
said, 81 want no foolin' around me. am
a bad man, and carry cane" So he
gave his cane whirl and laid it on the
table. Then this awful man down among
the spittoons sed again, "How much is
tariff peck, anyway" And the states-
man sed, real hot, II am free man, and
won't be adjourned, so | demand the
law" Then the law dressed as a
poliseman, got the orful man by the
back hold and took him to the kaboze.
And when in the kaboze he did not
AK any more tariff questions, but fot
the cokroches all night. And the states
man went home with his cane.-Cleuela,ai
Herald.