The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-21
Pith and Point.

THE number of visitors at Florida hotels
last season was 164, 444.
TORONTO is proiting at Montreals loss.
One Montreal merchant has estimated that
at least $6,000,0OO has turned to Toronto.
AN editor ninety-one years old attributes
the prolongaton of his life to the fact that
he never expected to please everybody and
never tried to.
"THE Seven Stars of the Mysterious Ten
and the Daughters of the Sepulchre " is the
dazzling title of an assessment life insurance
association of Texas
HENDERSON has man who can eat five
dozen hard-boiled eggs and two cans of
oysters at a sitting. This is his lunch
LouisUMe Courier-Journdi
A NEW system of drying lumber by sur
rounding it with common salt is just now
attracting attention. The peculiar power
of salt for absorbing moisture is well known.
A MAN learns something by running for
an office and being defeated; but the llnowl-
edge gained is of a sort that does him no
good in any other business.-Ne,C orleans
Picayltne.
AN exchange says that a folded news
paper placed under the coat in the small of
the back is an excellent substitute for an
overcoat. Now is the time to subscribe
EcdnSrHe 4rg,tS.
AN Ohio paper, speaking of senatorial
candidate, says it has nothing against him
personally, " but he is no more tit for a
senator than hog is to teach SCHOOL,
PHtsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
FIRST female: "What business are you
engaged in now ?'' Second female: " / am
book agent" f. F.: "What have you to
do ?" s. F.. Nothing but talk" F. F.:
How delightful '-Boston Courier.
A WOMAN with the rather ominous name of
Medander Olmstead was married at Middle
! town a few days ago. When her husband
comes in late and she says "Medander is
up" he'll quail Binghamton Republican,
"YoUR studies are costing me great
| deal" said a father to his son, as he reached
in his pocket for money to buy more books
with. " / know it, father" replied the son.
with some emotion, as he pocketed ten
dollar bill, "and | don't study very hard,
either
IT is reported that an Illinois editor, a
bachelor, received a complimentary ticket
| to the county fair, good for himself and wife.
Being man of a close and economical turn
of mind, he Immediately got married in
order to avail himself of the full benefits of
the invitation Chicago Tribune.
A LONDON police constable recovered eos
damages from publican, whose bull terrier
! had bitten him severely. 1t appeared that
after the plaintiff had been bitten he was
refused compensation on the ground that
there was nothing TO fear, as the brute al
ways had his teeth cleaned every Sunday.
ST. LOUIS young lady: 81 called on Mrs.
S. this afternoon, mamma, and what do you
think saw on her new ebony parlor table ?''
Mother: 81 have no idea" st. Louis young
lady: "a volume of Shakespeare's Para
disc Lost bound in dark blue. Think of
it! Dark blue against an ebony back
groundn'-Neio York Times.
Tx,o tl,o 9TH 10 ., ;,,1,
asked; Prisoner at the bar, is there any
thing you wish to say before sentence is
pronounced upon you?" The prisoner
looked wistfully toward the door and re-
marked that he would like to say Good
evening"" if it would be agreeable to the
company.-Shoe and Leather Reporter.
A TwELvE-YEARs-oLD Dakota girl, taken
up into the air by "A cyclone, carried out of
sight, and brought easily down in field a
quarter of IA mile away, describes her sensa-
ton while in transit as that of being rapid,
and constantly pricked by thousands of
needles. Since her experience she has been
affected similar to person with st. Vitus'
dance.
SAYS Georgia newspaper; We note
with regret the death of j. NJ Bryan OF
Neville. Mr.. Bryan was harmless gentle
man of many peculiarities. He had for
many years worn his hair as long as any
lady's and done it up in an old-fashioned
net. He was also somnambulist-would
walk miles all through dense swamp while
asleep"
POTTER PALMER of Chicago, who, about a
year ago, adopted the system of requiring
porters at his hotel to turn into the Office all
tips received from guests, says the plan
has worked very well. 1t is his intention
to stop these gratuitous offerings altogether
Mr.. Palmer says: "When man comes to
this hotel and pays $3.50 and 50 a day he
is entitled to the best service the house has. .
A STORY is told of a returned manuscript
which Harper & Brothers We're obliged to
"regret accepting BY return of mail
came the following reply from the angry
contributor: "You are mean set l did