The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-28
Pith and Point.

appearance of birds that were never before
seen there.
AN umbrella with pistol at the end of
the handle has been invented The old
fashioned umbrella "goes off - easy enough |
for us.-Trareilers' Magazine.
SAID gentleman, whose wife was seri-
ously ILL., 81 know she will get well now.
She asked me to-day to bring her the last
Harper's Bazar. "-Atlanta Constitution.
A PHILADELPHIA man has invented new
cough cure 1t is perfectly safe, as it has
been tried on three cats and only two of
them have died. Chronicle-H erold.
Down in Guatemala, it seems, they call
stoning the presidents house, smashing his
windows, and interrupting the proceedings
of congress with a free fight, taking an in
terest in political matters"
CLEoPATRA's NEEDLE is in such state
that unless it has a coat of something it will
fall to pieces. 1t is generally the coat that
wants the needle. Married men will under
stand this without the aid of a map.-Phild-
deLphid CdH
A LEARNED professor, who was asked the
question, "What is cholera ?' replied:
"Cholera is poisoning by urHmia by
cholemis, by eXtractihpmia; analogous to
what is produced by ptomaines, analogous
to cholera stibie,' or TO cholera arsenical.'
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. rest one of their
chief arguments on the fact that calves have
tubercular conSumption-a communicable
disease. Late researches by Strauss show
that the proportion of tuberculosis in calves
does not reach one in one hundred thousand.
THE editor of the North american Reriew
announces that he has completed arrange
ments with General p g. r. Beauregard for
series of four articles on the war between
the states. The first article is a history of
the Shiloh campaign, to appear in the JAN
uary number.
THERE is something suggestive in the fact
that a bronze statue of Bacchus has been
found lying in the bed of of the river Tber
Devotees of Bacchus are frequently found
lying in the bed of a river Mortality sta
tistics Bacch-us up in this statement.-Nor-
riStOacn Herald.
A DEALER in cod-liver oil in Marseilles adj
vertiSes that his fish are caught in safe and
quiet harbor, where marine monsters can
not enter to brighten them into diseases of
the liver. They live there" he says, " in
peace and comfort; their livers are healthy,
and this is why my cod-liver oil is the best"
Mrs. BLAKE Ito Mrs. Flint: "And so you
have moved since | saw you last. And how
do you like your new location?" Mrs Flint:
=" Oh, very much better than the old one. We
are on an avenue that leads directly to the
cemetery, and almost all the funerals pass
our door, which makes it extremely pleas
ant"
A GRocER's boy complained to his en-
ployer that he was worked too hard and did
not get sufficient rest. i know, Johnny"
admitted the grocer. "that Won are kent
pretty busy most of the time, but I'll see
what can be done. Perhaps when cold
weather sets in I'll let you draw molasses
once in a while.''-New York Times.
IT is told of prominent citizen who has
Eroached the door IN the n;gbt Of tbe meat-
mo GIVING his name and the number If the
Iodge. Reing fold that the nnmher was in
correct he Insisted that he was rigbt bnt
finally looked in a little book which he took
from his pocket, and acknowledged he had
given the number of his shaving-mug at the
barber's-Lynn Item,
Jr 10 est;ma+ed +ba+ +boro oro +b;rt,, f,,o
tbouson5 na,vsnannrS ond 49, driaa;noIs
nuhjisbed in tba would THO Jrnitad Statas
can hoast of nossessinn naarI +u,o S,ths %
the ant;ra nunhar or 70 ho .oxoot os aba,,,,
NV the American Newsnaner Dirsotor,r Co..
tTe current YEAR a totai IF ,hirtoon f3ha',
sand fonr Inndrad ,,;not, fo,, Ill, ~,
Dominion of Canada has six hundred forty
four and Newfoundland nine.
JOSH BILLINGS wrote weekly contribn-
tons for siw montbs 70 PonaIlaamsia pa
nor bnt nohodv noticed tho articiaa o he
aa;de If tho c;ty FinaII,r IN stnJ,inr, A 80
ms Ward;s' bu,nnr 10 40 comolnndnS 49,
fame came with had snallina and adontaJ
Atar'ns wardi athdpd % , "nd rppp,,e1
tho sneilino =" 40 no axnressad ~ Tha go
ESSAYS which had attracted no attant;on ha-
canns when mis-snaiiad In nat;onaI ra,I,,ta
THE inscrintion stones at tho wasbinotor
monument ara beina avail, mt In IT,
some of the largest are nearly fcnhinal and
sowin0 ,nacbina1v hos bad 70 20 ,,saJ - " nt
off the front in a slah Nicbigan eent n
hinge niece Of conner about Sne.fifth Of
Which viii he usad The worlr Of nhiseI
inc off the nndesirabIe mart 10 q hard ioh
TIE marble canitals laid over tbe aast an Il
west doors in tha wntar Of isa9 ba,'e h a,,,,
chiseled off and tbs surface noIiShad 'o'''
""' WV o'. .o' po'''no"
mo the effect Of oomfort o inn,;t,
tables show that tba ricbest naa1Ja ISo,,o on
AVERAGE life Of fftu.t,,o 80 u,idlI;'
fortv-six and the moor onlv forty.ona and :
half A weIi-to- man 10 as HaIIa 90 u"i H.
fectious disease as a nanner Viii ~ Sini,
iberia cromn' Observation-Disclosures and so n,5G.i