Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-17
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the thrift Of his wife.
Mr.. JOHN RUSSELL YouNG, minister TO
| China, left Philadelphia on Friday for his
post. He will sail from San Francisco on
May goth for Yokohama, whence United
States man-of-war will convey him to Pekin.
JUDGE WYLIE Of Washington in senten-
cling young man TO the penitentiary for
larceny last week said that he could not see
how young man can get trade now on
account Of the trade combinations which
prevent boys from becoming apprentices.
He said every parent in the land should put
his foot down on these organizations which
have the effect of bringing skilled labor
here from abroad and of causing universal
idleness among youths, which drives them
to crime.
| A NEWSPAPER correspondent who sat by
| Lieutenant Belongs side at the hotel table,
during the last few weeks preparation for
the Jeanette expedition, said one day to
that ill,fated officer that the little family he
was about to leave was worth more to his
life than all the glory he could hope to gain.
Would you then let the bachelors have all
the gfory ?" asked DsLong, pleasantly aud
his wife, who with their little daughter,
sat by his side, added q" want him TO go;
[ am as enthusiastic for him as he is"
A GENTLEMAN who visited Darwin several
years ago says: A place Of great recreation
for him was his conservatory, with an out
lying series Of hothouses. In most of them
there were no flowers, but everything was of
the moss order. At my last visit he was
absorbingly interested in the experiment of
planting a shrub with the top down and
the roots up, to further illustrate his theory
Of reverse growth Long before he had
the branch of peculiar tree put with its
leaf-end into the ground and top root rising
at the highest bough, and curious enough,
he succeeded in perpetuating life, showing,
as he philosophical, that light and heat
and warmth are the essential conditions of
growth.
A STORY is told in Berlin of rather en-
barrassing position in which the distin-
guished Professor Mommsen found himself
during his recent visit in Rome. He was
attending lecture by the well-known
arch@ )logist, DR.. Rossi, when the latter
paused to express his satisfaction at seeing
before him ga man who might be called the
father of Christian geography" Before the
lecturer had time to pronounce the name OF
the scholar referred to, Professor Mommsen
rose and modestly bowed his thanks for the
compliment; but he was thrown into con-
fusion when the lecturer, recovering from
the interruption, went on to quote the name
of the Jesuit Father Carucci as the person
intended.
THE bride of Green Bay (Wis) we'd
ding was astounded by receiving from a
) friend pair of trousers, with the message :
"Loaned for the part you are to play" The
bridegroom construed the garment as an in
suit, and the guests unanimously agreed
that some decisive form Of resentment ought
i l. l. i Il. L.
y high, the friend arrived in equal perturba-
n tion, and explained that the trousers should
u have gone to fellow for wear in an anna
d teur entertainment, while piece of silver
9 ware should have come to the wedding. He
IS had hastily whipped the blundering messen-
% ger, and would submit himself to any pun
IS ishment that the bride might intiict. She
d made him wait for kiss until everybody
d else had been served.
= POTTER PALMER the Chicago millionaire,
=, will this season build for his own use mag.
- nifcent residence near Lincoln Park, in that
y city. Mr. Palmer has had somewhat
- eventful career. Some years before the war
~ he ran little country store in the village ol
~ Oneida, Madison county, Ill. Selling ou
,s ,s there, he removed to Michigan, and soor
A. after to Chicago, where he became yer,
= wealthy. When the great fire laid Chicago
"a in ashes, there was no braver nor more hope
IA full man than the former Oneida merchant
N While the ruins were still Kissing hot ht
IA had little rough board shanty hurried uE
a near where the magnificent hotel now stands
N and on projected board appeared thit
az legend, traced with common marking
40 brush "Laborers wanted.-Potter Palmer.
re In the rebuilding of the city no man wa
~ more efficient than Mr.. Palmer.
e IT is generally believed that musical pee
10, pie are the most bitterly jealous and alto
an gether ugly people toward each other tina
or exist. But this is not always so. The New
a Orleans Picayune tells this pretty story o
he two famous women Now that Clara Louis
d. Kellogg is to retire from the stage, the fo
es lowing incident of her first appearance ma
in not be inappropriate Brignoli was at tina
at time the favorite tenor of New York, an
ar had consented to sing at her debut, thong
ID expressing poor opinion of Americans a
Tor singers. They came on together, and he wa
Of fully expected to warble quite an instalmen
is of Italian affection at her, instead of whic
ed he had arranged with the orchestral ganl
a and he simply chucked out couple of bar
.rt and came to dead stop. Kellogg had
Of velvet Jacket on her back, an oriental en-
Of broidered cap on her head, and the wors
ms stage fright on her face one ever saw. Sh
opened her mouth. The venomous old bi
fiddle croaked loudly, all the little fiddle
,Iv squeak out of Clara Louise. On went th
~ accompaniment, and the debutante felt tn
,er ground slipping away from under her fee
Al. She got astray. She was sinking deepe
al when out from an orchestra seat, three row
,rs away came the strain she was strugglin
,vu with, clear, true, sweet as lark. Thf
ke helping voice steadied her, gave her heal
he the right key, the proper phrase. Sh
ID looked, and there she beheld Carlotta Pat
ar half raised in her seat, beating time wit
,v' her little gloved hand. PATHS bright fac
no was the beacon for Kellogg's bark. An
Is Kellogg took heart and pitched in and sun
aft out, and Carlotta fell away when she coul
me go it alone, having performed agraceful &C
ill A CORRESPONDENT of the Philadelpb
tu- Press thus describes the supreme cour
, What jolly old set There was the chi
Justice, with iron gray hair, thick and stil
and whiskers just the same, big nose an
big mouth, wrapped in his black sil
of gown, but looking very like chief justic
ha On his right Oldest in commission of ar
of one on the bench, is Justice Miller, rour
,rn and fat, and sixty four, little bald ar
~ closely shayen face. On the bench he
Iot cross as hatchet, for he hates circumloc
Va tion and shams but off the bench he is
-ol Jolly and kind and gentle as any man yc
so' Oo ever saw. On the chief Justices left
a. Justice Field, appointed as republica
W W but now pesky old democrat He is Ia
w W bald headed, specialized, full bearded, with
ho ie Jewish cast of ccuntenance. Smart he
he he too, as all the Fields are. He writes stror
;te opinions and is popular. He is most 9
70 10 tertaining companion and great travel
W W and scholar. Justice Bradley is the next
"a point Of rank-a thin, refined, closely shave
aa 'ra gray haired, scholarly, judicially lookir
"' old gentleman, who doesn't seem to ha
much TO say to any one. Justice Harla
nat fourth in rank excepting, Of course, Il
ia chief justice) is specimen Kentuckian'
-ay giant in his way. Big body, big hea
cb big hands, big feet, long legs, long arm
,va and long headed, without a doubt. He
ss at least six feet six inches in height Jud!
rn Harlan was strong acquisition to Il
e. bench, and is popular on the bench and o
of Chew tobacco, did you say well | shou
~ think so, and he knows glass of Bourbt
80 when he tastes it. There is not muC
II known of Justice Woods. He is grizzl
az slouching man, whose personal bearing al
,ha appearance are not at all striking. Justi
ia Stanley Matthews is self-poised, dignif,
and fine looking He is quiet in his int
course, aud does not seem to care TO exteI
in his acquaintance. Justice Gray is ia