The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-02
Pith and Point.

THIS is the hardest place l ever struck"
said the lightning, as it glanced from the
hind heel of mule.
THE editorial room of newspaper is gen
orally pretty democratic. The paste-pot
only feels stuck up.
AN Englishman describes a luncheon in
Paris as an insult to ones breakfast and an |
injury to ones dinner.
FREDERICK KREIsLER, a lad of ten years,
won the first prize for violin-playing at the
Vienna Conservatory this year.
A SCIENTIST named Olszewsk has sue
ceeded in obtaining temperature of three
hundred ninety-three degrees below zero
In Florida it is proposed to inflict state
tax on bachelors of $3.50 per annum, and in
other southern states the idea is discussed.
A CAKE of soap disappeared from Chicago
hotel last week. The poor thing was neg
lected so that it withered and died.-Phla-
delphid Call
HENRY KARAT went to sleep on a door
step in New York and was robbed of his
"turnip," Henry says the policeman was
not on his "beet."
In Montreal man is not allowed to work
at the shoe business unless he is vaccinated,
but the milk-men are allowed to continue
business without any precautions.
VIcE-PREsDENT HENDRICKS is not sports
man. If he were, it Is believed that he
would shoulder blunderbuss and go hunt
ing for mugwumps.-B Baltimore american.
SOME time ago thousands of men were set
to work in Chicago to clean up the streets,
in anticipation of the cholera, and since
then the death-rate of the city has decreased
one-third
NOTWITHSTANDING all that has been writ
ten about Persia, Minister Benjamin de-
clares that ignorance concerning it is so
general that no correct map of the land has
been made.
MONTREAL appears to be favorte local
ity for smallpox. The disease broke out
in that city in 1872 and prevailed for nine
years, during which time five thousand peo-
pie died from it.
THE american Grocer states that the con-
sumption of coffee in the United States in
the twelve months ended June 90, 1885, was
at the rate of 9.46 pounds per capita, and
the rate of tea consumption was 1.16 pounds.
PRINCESS BEATRIcE's wedding-cake, ac-
cording to the London World, was made in
three sections and weighed about four
hundred pounds. A notable feature in the
ornamentation was that all the flowers,
buds, sprays and leaves were modelled in
pure sugar of snowy whiteness.
WRITERS of sea stories who describe
waves as "mountain high " will be thrown
upon their beam-ends to learn that the ex-
IRENE height of ocean waves is forty-eight
feet, and that the average of great waves is
ABOUT thirty IeeU. a IOrty-e1pnt 1OOt noun
tain would be good deal of a mole-hill.
In Norway hotels two dinners are pro-
vided daily at thirty-three and forty-seven
ore-about eleven and twelve cents-if they
are partaken of in the dining-room of the
establishment. They cost less if you come
with your own basket and carry away the
provisions. The food is cooked by steam.
JuDeE-" Did you witness the accident?"
Witness-"I did" Judge-"At what dis
tance?" Witness" Sixty-seven feet and
nine inches" Judge" How do you know
so exactly" Witness" Well, knew that
| would be summoned, and prepared myself
for all the foolish questions that 1 knew
would be put to me in the court of law"
THE cholera at Marseilles is assuming
form with which the doctors are unable to
cope. The victims die suddenly, without
the occurrence of diarrhpa or vomiting
The patient feels GOODNESS, which cannot
be counteracted by the use of reactives, or
even by the most violent friction. Two
hours after death the body becomes black.
A SAVINGS BANK in Portland Oregon, has
a twenty-dollar gold piece which was taken
from the stomach of slaughtered COW and
found to be worth $16.25. The milling is
worn off the edge, which is smooth and
rounded, but the designs upon the sides
remain visible. The date of the coin is
1870, but how long the COW had been digest
ing the 1913 no one can tell.
CULPRIT-" Yes, sab, tuck de chicken.
l was gwinter make some chicken pie, and
TUX de cookbook and read the direcshuns,
and hit says: Take one chicken Hit
don't say buy one chicken, or borry one
chicken, but hit says take one chicken. Hit
don't say whose chicken ter take, so jess
TUX de fust one | could lay hans on. 1 fol-
Tered de direcshuns, sab, in de book"
A CORRESPONDENT sends this curious cor
rection to the St. Louis Republican,: :" In
your paper of the Goth instant is a picture of
n a oh linn
her eyes with her hand. 1t is not true to
nature. A woman always shades her eyes
by turning her hand over-the palm up
ward-so that the back will not sunburn.
During the civil war a woman in the army
in male attire was discovered by this GEES
ture."
AN old Tennesseean, recently deceased
left large property in trust to be used foI
the purpose of suppressing the habit
prevalent in rural regions, of using ones
knife in eating. He had always felt the
disadvantages arising from his own lack Of
training in such matters, and had fairly be-
come monomaniac on the subject fire.
quently calling attention to those whom he
noticed indulging in the use of the knife il
lieu of fork.
The Scientific american contains a wood
cut OF horse said to be the strongest in the
world. 1t is of a Belgian breed, is about
six feet high and weighs eighteen hundred
pounds 1t is clumsy-looking animal, with
small head strongly suggesting that of
cameD set upon an extremely thick neck,
round, compact body, heavy shoulders anC
launches and thick legs, but not remark
ably large hoofs, the latter being fairly higl
and of good shape.
WHEN / cum to New York." said 6
countryman, II alters go round holdin' OF
to my pocket-book like grim death. You
can't tell what minute some fellow ma,
rob you. This city is full of thieves" I'D,
you carry much money with you?" "rv
got about $500 now. ! sold an old boss thi
morning that / slcked up for 500 tina
wasn't worth $75. l see in minute tina
the Teller sold him to didn't know nothin
bout hosses. "-Independent.
The queerest of all queer trade-papers i
a monthly issued in Paris in manuscript
only. 1t is called lie Bon Guide, and is tn,
organ of the professional beggars, contain
ing information of great utility in their call
ing. For subscription of eight sous
month they may consult it for few min
utes daily. 1t does not contain literature o
politics, and all the articles are TO the point
One may read Tomorrow. at noon
funeral OF a rich man at the Madeleine :
" At one, marriage of clerk, no impoI
tance;" Wanted, blind man who pfay
the flute" or " A cripple for watering
place"
Personal.