Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-09-27
Social and Personal.

ALDEN WINCH, publisher of the Flag Of
Our Union, is dead.
Mr. WENDELL PHILLIPS declines all in
vitGtions to lecture the coming winter.
THE latest reports about cabinet changes
make Congressman Kasson, of Iowa, post
EX-CADET WHITAKER now advertises
the subject Of his lecture as Ears, and the
Color-Line at West Point"
ALGERNoN CHARLES SwINBURNE, the Eng
lish poet, is coming to this country, and
will give public readings from his own works.
ARCHIBALD FORBES is coming back to
America. So are several other people who
have found the curiosity of the American
people profitable to them.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR, it is said, has pur.
chased lot in the field adjoining the
Tower at Newcastle, N. H., on which he
will erect summer cottage.
A MAN over sixty years Of age is reported
156 miles in "a hours on tricycle.. A young
rival did 1S5 miles in the same time.
"YoU miserable printer" cried the en-
ragged poet, "you have not punctuated my
poem at ALL" Yes, but you see sir, am
not a pointer; I'm SETTER" replied the
printer.
A JAPANESE custom is to give baby girls
the names of delicate and lovely plants or
flowers, while the boys are simply numbered,
and are known as First boy, Second boy,
and so on.
A LITTLE boy, once a page, but now in
the graveyard, has been assessed by Jay
Hubbell. The little boy need not pay it.
He will not lose his place.-NeW Orleans
Picayune.
MARX TWAIN is forty-seven years of age,
with iron gray hair cut rather short, and a
moustache of the same color. He is of me-
dium height, inclining to portliness, has
small, black, piercing eye, and rather
aquiline nose
ENGINEER MELVILLE received grand
ovation at the city hall, New York, Thurs
day afternoon, 1000 citizens paying their
respects to him. Flags were displayed on
the buildings. At banquet given in the
evening l30 prominent citizens were present.
Mr.. MALLEY, the father of the Malley
boys of Jennie Cramer fame, has brought
suits for sums aggregating $4,000 against
number of insurance companies, the latter
refusing to pay for losses occasioned by the
burning of the Malley stores in New Haven.
OF the sons of Ex-President Tyler, one is
a commissioner to superintend the destruc-
ton of Cancelled national bonds at Washing
ton a second is a prosperous physician in
the same city, and the third is principal of
an academy at Memphis, Tennessee.
THE father of an elderly damsel to mar
riageable young man "On the day that /
give you my daughter, Adele, will deposit
100000 francs with NJ. Lafitte." Francois
"Thanks, dear sir but supposing you give
me 100000 francs, and deposit Mile. Adele
with NJ. Lafitte."
THE Rev. Dr. Thomas, the "heretic" "
Methodist preacher of Chicago, considers
himself supremely blest in worldly affairs,
now that he has home of his own an in
dependent church to preach in, and COM
Portable salary, together with good busi-
ness at writing and lecturing.
The Rev. A. II. birmingham of New
York city received on Monday, in the same
mail, two duplicate letters mailed in Ran
COON, Burmah, on August 7th. One letter
was taken through the Suez canal, and
through Italy, and thence to New York,
while the other came by way of China, Hong
Kong and San Francisco.
LIEUTENANT DANENHowER denies the re-
port that he made the charge that if Melville
had not turned back from the first search
DE Long and his companions might have
been saved. He says; al have made no
charge against any one. My personal rela-
tions with Melville have been of very
pleasant character"
AT McKeesport, Pennsylvania, John Nc
Cleary charges that F. II. Cousin, fellow
member of the Methodist church, is able
but refuses to pay debt due to the former.
McCleary has appealed TO the church disci-
plne for relief. The matter will be tried
before the pastor acting as judge. The
action is said to be without precedent in
the American church. The discipline of
the Methodist church sets forth in effect
that member who can and will not meet
his financial obligations is liable to expulsion.
AUSTIN SHELDON, the hermit of Pike
county, Pa, desires to marry. He has pro-
posed to several girls in the neighborhood,
but they have declined, possibly because he
declares that he will not quit the cave in
which he has lived for forty years. This
abode is twelve by fourteen feet, with a
gravel floor The furniture consists of four
blocks of wood for chairs, dry-goods box
used as table, fireplace over which he
does his cooking, and an old rickety chair in
which he sleeps, He has not slept in bed
for years.
A STORY is told of minister in Michi-
gan which is too good to keep. He was
spending day in the country, and was in
vited to dine. They had chicken for din
ner of course much TO the grief Of little
boy in the household, who had lost his fa-
vorite hen TO provide the feast. After dinner
prayer was proposed, and while the preacher
was praying poor little lonesome chicken
came running under the house crying for its
absent mother, The little boy could restrain
himself no longer He put his mouth
down to a hole in the floor and shouted,
Peeppy, peeppy, I'didn't kill your mother.
They killed her for that big preachers din
ner." The amen " was said very suddenly.
al AM a Quaker, as you know" Phila-
delphian recently said TO me, and 1t is re-
ported that, shortly before Jenny Lind's
visit TO our city, an aged lady arose in one
of our meetings and said she had heard that
Jane Lyon, very wicked woman, was on
her way to this country to sing and she
hoped that none of the people would be
drawn away to hear her. Nevertheless, an
uncle took me and my brother to the Satur-
day matinee. We had seats in the bal
cony and so near the stage that we could
in way see behind the scenes. Early in
the entertainment Jenny Lind sang, Home,
Sweet Home and the audience was be-
side itself. Among the members of her
company was her future husband, Otto
Goldsohmidt. He was to the audience
simply an unknown pianist, and to be
obliged to listen to anything but the voice
of Jenny Lind was provoking. Well, the
man played, and from where we sat We
saw Jenny Lind behind the curtain listen
ing most intently. When he had finished,
the audience seemed in nowise disposed to
applaud; but Jenny Lind began to clap her
hands vigorously, observing which, we boys
REINFORCED her, and, observing her face light
up-l can see the love-light on it yet-we
clapped furiously until the applause spread
through the audience. When he had fin
ished playing second time, my brother and
set the ball in motion, and the applause
was great enough to satisfy even the .fGncee
of Otto Goldschmidt. October Century.