The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-09-24

tiles The early drouth hurt the crop. Oats and
other grains in Windham and Windsor counties
are fully as good as usual. Potatoes are not
so rye as heretofore and 10 some places they
are rotting badly, while some of the farmers
complain tina their crops are being destroyed
by n small worm which c is off the outside of
the potato. On the whole there will be plenty
of pot toes in Vermont at fifty cents bu+hel
un il winter at lie st. The apple crop is abund-
ant despite the fears early in the season. Fruit
in the West river valley vas cut off by the
frost in June, but back on the hills the yield is
very large,
Other Localities.
W. W. DUDLEY, commissioner of patents,
has resigned and his resignation has been ac-
cepted.
THE Grand Trunk car shops at London, On
tario, we're burned Saturday night. The loss
will reach $5O0,O00
THE tobacco crop OF this year will be larger
and better than ever before Its value will
probably reach $50 0O0,0 600.
THE orange crop of Florida is estimated at a
million of boxes, an increase of three hundred
and fifty thousand boxes, over that of last
season.
THE Salvation Army claims that its colors
are flying Ia nineteen countries, and that it
prints eighteen journals in six different lam
guages.
THE returns of the Maine election received
at the office of the secretary of state show a
republican plurality of 1881 aud majority
of Is All.
A MAN has Just died in New York city from
having ruptured blood vessel in the brain
while laughing over political cartoon exhib-
tied in shop window.
BY new electric headlight for locomotives
thirty-three telegraph poles can be counted
ahead of the engine on a dark night. Thirty
three poles cover about one mile.
A LARGE whale became entangled in sub
marine cable near Panama. and in his eff orts
to extricate himself was 80 severely injured by
the wire that he died the same day.
A EUROPEAN journal computes the mortality
of the globe as follows: Per minute, 81 per
diem, 81, 700 and per annum, 80. $50 1886. The
births are Sc, 972, 600 per annum, 100, 600 per
diem and 70 per minute.
THERE was almost a riot in 1865 when Castle
Garden was first proposed as the landing place
for immigrants, and since then four million
eight hundred eighty eight thousand one hun
dred and eighty immigrants have landed there
Miss Lucy JOHNSON Of Brooklyn, a member
of the Salvation Army, when entering the hal
where that body holds its meetings at Albany,
N. Y, was struck on the back of the head by q
loaded billy or sling-shot, and 1t is thought fat
ally injured.
THERE is great scarcity of corn in Mexico
and dealers in the City of Mexico say that the
country requires at least twenty million bushels
from the United States but freight rates will
have to be reduced in order to bring 1t within
the means of the people.
JERRY McAULEY, the most effective Christian
take it altogether, that has ever labored in the
slums of Now York, died Thursday night OF
hemorrhage Of the lungs. He was one of the
class to which he devoted the last years of his
to reform, and leaves an enviable memory.
THE remarkable petrifed forests of Arizona
are being worked by western stock corpora
| ton that manufactures jewelry, mossics, and
other ornaments from the siliceous wood The
colors include black, white, red, green, yellow
and brown, and can hardly be distinguished
| from moss agate or onyx.
| THE frienzied prediction by woman on
| Missouri railroad train that an awful acciden
| was impending might not have scared nybody
| had she not Immediately afterward fallen from
her seat dead Most of the passengers quit tht
| cars at the next station, but nothing happened
| to those who continued their journey
| A MAN near Hartwell, Georgia, who is prob.
ably not more than thirty.five years old, hal
| lived with three wives inside of eighteen
months. The first one died about year anc
a half ago, and in month or 80 he married
again. The second wife lived only few
months, and few days ago he married hi
third wife,
| THERE is a stagnant pool In Florida fores
particularly lonesome and secluded. Thirt,
| by the father of his sweetheart, who at ono
drowned herself in the same water and tn
belief Is held among the people of that regiol
| that no visitor to the spot can avoid an intens
depression Of spirits, occasioned by the brood
ing ghosts Of the pair.
OLIVER WoRMALD, a fresco painter Of But
falo, announces that he intends to 90 owe
Niagara Falls in rubber ball, for purse O
| 81, 600, as soon as arrangements can be made
The ball is to be fifteen feet in diameter, an
made of rubber three quarters Of an inch thick
covered with closely braided tarred rope, t
prevent any injury to the sphere in case
should strike the rocks.
WISCONSIN man OF habitual profanity ha
been speechless SINCE as he writes out the az
count, he uttered some particularly blasphe
nous words while angered by refractor
horse He thinks that he was smitten dow
as punishment, and will never be able agai
to speak. Others believe that he fell in
drunken sleep, and dreamed so wildly that hi
brain was turned by 1t, his incapacity bein
imaginary.
CAPTAIN ALBERT DE GRooT died Thursda
of last week at the age of eighty years. II
was contemporary OF Commodore Vanderbilt
and was the Oldest steamboat captain alive
He gave to the press and printers OF New Yor
the Franklin statue which now stands In iron
| OF the Tribune and Times buildings, and ais
erected the magnificent bronZes on the Hudso
street depot, representing the life OF Comm,
dore Vanderbilt.
THE king OF Sweden had narrow escapes,
seems, while on his recent tour in England.
tremendous storm arose soon after he lett G,
thenburg, and another as he neared the Enl
lish coast. While he was visiting Holyrood
violent thunder storm came on, and the ligh
ming struck close to a window by which he WI
standing. Later in the day it actually hit
carriage which was awaiting him. The coacl
man escaped by being at the horses heads.
THEY are progressing in railroad manag
/, ment In England. An innovation on Il
, Brighton line is set forth in the advertisement
SIN addition to the ordinary refreshments th
may be had at most railways, passengers wi
in future be able to procure cool and fres
! water at the rate of penny per glass. At ce
tain stations the water will be carried alor
the platform, 30 that thirsty travellers may
, supplied with the cooling beverage withol
: leaving their seats.
THE suggestion Is made in the New Yoi
Sun that the railroads OF the United Stat
[ ought to support a general Office, or ceariI
house. from which tlcketslmay be purchase
q say five thousand miles for 800, or twenty fl
! hundred miles for $50 The tickets should
general coupon tickets, to be removed by h
q conductor and sent to the auditor The aut
/. tor should send the same to clearing hou
Z and get credit for the number of miles repr
sented. Settlement with the clearing hou
: could be made weekly or semi-monthly
On Tuesday, September 16, Rev. DIR. s.
5 Smith and wife celebrated their golden we
!. ding at Newton Center. Mass. Hundreds