The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-12-30
Pith and Point.

THERE is q man in North Carolina named
More Snow.
THE new remedy for hydrophobia; Turn
'em out to Pasteur
THE fashionable young man of the cold
Northwest wears tall silk hat and velvet
ear-mufilers.
THERE is goat society in England which
keeps pedigree of the most important goats
in the country.
THE last distinct words spoken by Robert
Toombs were Cunning to a reative): LEND
me one hundred dollars"
New York is copying the foreign custom
of sending the private carriage to represent
the family at a church funeral.
Mr.. MORE wrote note to girl asking
her to marry him. She declined, and closed
her note with, No More at present"
THREE snowwhite beavers were taken on
the, Sacramento river near Chico, Cal, the
other day. The fur was as soft as silk.
A coLoRED man at Winnsboro, N. c.,
offered to secure a merchant for advances
by mortgaging a turkey and an old hen
A FRENcHMAN named Avon, residing in
New York, is about to publish a book in
which he will attempt to show that General
Grant was an enemy of France.
ADELAIDE NELSON kept copy of every
photograph of herself which had been pub
lished, and the number of these in the va
rious sizes was found on her death to be 609
OF the senators. twenty-six keep house at
Washington, fifteen live at hotels and the
others board in private families. Very few
members of the other branch are house,
keeping.
ABIJAH JAY, one of the oldest members of
the police force of Detroit, Mich, died last
week at Harper hospital. He is well-Snown
as the " Bijah " of the Detroit Free Press
police court sketches.
A CALIFORNIA man has a defect in his
eyes which causes him to see every object
multiplied nineteen times. He would be a
treasure in a thousand ways. What man
to take the Chicago census.--PbUd. cal.
A FAvoRTE gymnastc exercise with Bos-
ton young ladies is performed with bean
bags. The bags are covered with plush of
different brilliant colors. and are so nice
and soft " that the most delicate hands toss
them about with ease.
THINKER: 81 never supposed the stories
of girls enormous appetites for ice-cream
were true until the other night" Indeed
What convinced you?' "The arithmetic.
1t distinctly states that one gal is equal to
four quarts. It'd Bits.
A NOTICE of dissolution of partnership,
lately published in Minnesota paper,
stated that the dissolution was by mutual
consent, and added that the reason therefor
was that one OF the partners was too lazy
to continue the business"
a GIGANTIC engineering scheme is to con-
meet the Caspian Sea with the Persian Gulf
by way of the Valley of the Euphrates This
would make Asia an island, and would
change the tides of travel and business
throughout the eastern world.
MASTER: "John, how is this? This letter
must have arrived a week ago, and you
have only just given it to mel" Valet:
But, Monsieur, 1t only makes an appoint
ment for tomorrow, and did not think it
necessary to hand 1t to you before!
ONE gets striking idea of the magnitude
of this country from the statement of the
Rev. DR.. Barrows that II the entire popula-
ton of the globe, estimated at ! 400 100000,
were divided into families OF five, the state
OF Texas alone could give each family half
an acre of land to live upon.
THERE will be no RAILWAYS in China at
present. The empress and some of the lead
ing officials approve them, but the board of
revenue and some of the censors oppose, on
the ground that they are dangerous and
likely to cause a rebellion. Telegraph lines,
however, are being established.
A WOMAN in Connecticut nut a splash in
the oven to bake, and it exploded with a
loud noise. blowing the top off the stove.
The next thing we know pumpkin pies will
| begin to blow up, and then what will be-
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fought and died?-Portlopd Transcript.
LONDON would seem TO be fast Incoming
the paradise of domestic servants. ladv
! living in Regents Park. advertising for a
! cook and housemaid. announces that they
will be allowed the use of piano and late
! dinner" They will also be allowed out two
! nights week and every other Sunday.
Miss DIFFIDENT: "Auntv. YOU don't I'M
derstand Italian. and vour applauding at
the wrong time attracts attention to YOU
from all over the house." Mrs. Vulrarien.
sharply: "My dear. do Won see this new
wrap? 1t cost $500 to import. What do you
think | came here for?'' hilddeiphid Press
A NEW pretender has tnrned nm i'm Paris
He is a Young man of intelligence, who
claims to he the prince imperial' His story
| is that he was not killed in Znluland. but
captured by the Zulus from whom he soon
after escaped. He saws that he walked
clear across Africa to the Mediterranean and
| crossed to MarSeilles.
A CURIOUS collection has been added r.
the Natural History Museum of Vienna. II
consists of 7OS skulls of MANY nationali
ties-sllulls of Turks. Greeks. Uunparians
Armenians. Jews. Albanians. Kurds and
others, The grim collection might be vain
able in inspiring the Hamlets of Vienna as
well as useful to ethnolorists.
SAWS the New Yorl, Mail "Ata dinne,
marty on Madison avenue a few evening.
apo the hostess suddenly discovered thai
| there were thirteen at fable one of th,
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