The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-29
Pith and Point.

600 per acre.
! AMONG the treasures of Orange county
| On. W, exhibited at its recent fair, was a
parrot which is known to be at least eighty
six years old.
| VALUABLE and interesting letters of Aaron
! Burr have been discovered in Kingston
| N. Y. They reveal some of his political
plots and philosophers.
JOHN WELTRIER of Fayette county, Penn
sylvania, thinks that he has discovered the
secret OF perpetual motion. and has made
application for patent on the machine that
is to go forever.
He was a travelling printer, and being out
of employment, he hired himself out to a
farmer One day the farper said {" want
you to set that hen" " How do you want
me to set her, solid?"
"AND them gentlemen of the jury I must
appeal to your sense Of Justice, You must
remember that you are twelve strong, we'll
fed men, opposed to this one miserable,
puny defendant. "-Germon Joke.
A FINE blackberry patch in California is
twenty acres in extent. During the height
of the season forty-nine men were employed
in picking the large, luscious berries, which,
hanging thick on the bending bushes, made
a sight of beauty.
A MOST astonishing phenomena of the
Japanese earthquake was the splitting OF
the Papandayang mountain. In a flash of
time it was split in seven parts. Where the
lone mountain had stood doomed up seven
peaks, each 1000 feet high
A GOOD many physicians never think of
advertising. Z" 1t would not be professional,
you know" but they hump about pretty
lively in order to have their names appear
in newspaper account of an accident where
they officate. -Pr0cidence Star.
A NINE-YEAR-oLD boy signed pledge in
this city few days ago. When told by his
mother that it didn't amount to anything"
he replied " 1t may not, but if dad had
| when
might have amounted to something '-Ne1e-
, burNport Herald.
AN original Interpretation was made by
, an Albany coroner. A witness said: " He
. was very thirsty; kept calling for water
, peatedly." In order to abridge the sentence
) the coroner said to the clerk: " He was
troubled with severe drouth," and so it
went down in the minutes.
Miss SCIDMoRE of Washington, d. c., is
now at Bergen, Norway, and says, in pri-
vate letter to friend: give seen the mid
night sun and a. that; but after three weeks
in high latitude I'd give dollar for dark
: night and an honest sleep. But Norway is
lovely and its people still hold on to some
pumitiveness, and / am enjoying it so
much"
PARIS has new institution that is pop
ular. tbs an establishment on main boule-
% ward where, by paying half a franc ten
! cents, one can wash his hands, have his
u boots BACKED, his coat brushed write letters
: newspapers, consult reference library and
g use a telephone. New Yorks many hotels
u render such an establishment unnecessary
there.
r A CHICAGO communist was haranguing
=, crowd on the inequalities of the rich and
t. poor, when he was interrupted by voice
l. You've got a gold watch and | haven't
+. any. | want yours" The speaker was nom
l. plussed. Recovering himself, however, he
/ said: " / bought the watch and paid for it,"
! naly Tod tba
r. voice, you've got gold watch and
e haven't want it, The spouter very
: shortly subsidized
IS ALVIN ADAMS, when the express business
: was in its infancy, had an office and two
a horses in New York. One of these horses
: was a fine, fast animal and the other an old,
Al broken-down nag. Packages that We're to
st be delivered Immediately he sent out be-
l. hind the fast horse. OF goods that didn't
4 have to be rushed he would say: Leave
Office to this day there is an g old boss "
room, where undelvered and unclaimed
packages are kept.
IN A HOUSE on fire is a London toy which
I'd would no doubt delight children who love
* excitement. Two tiremen stand and work
,e a fre-engine while third climbs up lad
ne der to the top story window into which he
,e plunges head foremost subsequently re-
W appearing through the ground. Another
~ clever idea is boys violin, containing a
" musical box In pressing the violin to the
ic shoulder spring is touched, which sets the
k musical box going, and the boy can then ac-
lie company the tune on the dumb violin
d THAT'S what l call a good dinner" re-
re marked Bobby, as he leaned back in his
1T chair with an air of repleton. D." Bobby
ID said his mother, I'm ashamed of you.
is The minister, who was dining with the
re family, laughed heartily. Bobby appre
in ciates the good things of life, he said, " like
$ all the rest of us" Don't you think il
III was good dinner" Bobby asked of the
a minister. Yes, indeed; | enjoyed it very
es much" g Ma said she thought you would
re because she didn't think you got very much
ne at home. Macon telegraph.
~ THE earthquake at Gold Hill, Rowan
IL county, was a frightful affair, from accounts
- The people on top thought that the mines
A seven hundred eghty-fve feet deep-were
IL sinking or caving in. The families of the
OF large number of men under ground were
Z, frantic. But in about five minutes the force
~ was out and safe. 1t was the quickest time
D. on record. The shock was felt in all the
e- levels, from the top to the seven-hundred
Is foot, except in the six-hundred. But they
- We're warned and came to the surface will
ne the rest.-Rdleih (N. CO NelcS.
ny A BRIDGEPORT paper says that detec
,st tive of that city recently received the follow
al ing letter: " viii you oblige me by going tc
,ir some picture gallery and set for my pictures
"a | will pay you. My children and relations
H. are botherng me to have one took as | an
~ CROWN old and as | am buzzy Citing il
ot crops | cant spair time to come down.
ot hear you have dsgizes you can do al
." well as me. Have on red side-whiskers ant
good clothes. Make the picture good-lookin
and when you laif show your teeth, as | hav,
a bran new set of false ones. | am forty
. eight years old and a widower."
~ ii JOHN STETsoN tells story to this effect
no " One day a poor miserable tramp, witt
~ rags on his back and woe, born of starva
inr tion depicted on his face, threw himself 81
20 70 the lawn of friend of mine, and in the DIES
,rS peration of his hunger began to nibble a
rs, ,ro the short blades of grass. My friend gaze
, n1 at him from an upper window for a shor
~, ns time, and then, in the fulness of his genei
ri GUS heart he addressed the tramp thus
nd Are you hungry my poor man.? Yes,
al gasped the forlorn wretch. Then my friend
10 with his heart overlooking with the milk O
~, human kindness, said, consolingly: Com,
an around to the back yard, where the grass
'sa taller"
ed He sat in one seat of the railway coach
as with his knees outspread as to occup
Ow the entire seat while the cushions of tn
r. next seat were piled high with his baggag
ch and bundles. A modest-appearing gentle
ties man walked up the aisle and stopped oppC
too site the barricade, expecting, of course, tina
lily the other would remove IL. Vain hope! Th
for fellow in the seat didn't care how many ha
yht to stand, so long as he was all right. FINAL