The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-01
Pith and Point.

wash the 'front.' windows of a house than the
back windows.
" STEEL PENS heads an article in an ex-
change. But It is little more common to
steal pencils.-DdnsUMe Breeze.
AN emigrant wagon recently passed through
Omaha which bore the legend: "Going to
my wfe's relatives in Kansas"
INqUIs1TIvE party and do you go up
that ladder all day long?" Pat: No, sir;
half ov the tonne Oh cum down"
a CITIZEN of Salamanca has a United
States six-dollar bill dated 1774. On its
back are the words: " 1t Is death to coun-
terfeit"
LARGE insurance company of Paris has
warned its agents against insurng the lives
Of persons who are in the habit of dyeing
their hair or beard.
The largest dog in America is said to be
an Ulmer dog, species of Danish hound.
Though he has not attained full growth, he
is nine feet long and five feet high.
In spite of precautions for safety on
English railroads the number of accidents
is large. During the first six months Of the
present year 449 people were killed and
1856 were injured.
IT is estimated by those who have made
the subject study that the losses occasioned
by insects injurious to agriculture in the
United States reach the enormous sum of
S400,O00,000 every year.
THE people in Westminster town have
refused to give food to tramp, and now he
threatens to have them arrested for boy
cotting him and interfering with his legiti-
mate business.-Iid Bits.
THERE are about 100000 men interested
in brass bands, either as players or makers
of instruments. There are 10000 brass bands
in this country at the present time, and the
number is rapidly increasing.
GIVE been on this road ten years" said
the conductor on southern railroad to
passenger who complained of the slow time,
can | know what I'm talking about"
What station did you get on at?''-Hdr-
per'S Bdzor.
A LARGE and sound Missouri pumpkin,
recently cut open, was found to be filled
with thrifty vines and leaves. The seeds
had sprouted and sent out vines, though
! there were no signs of decay, the meat
! being sound and sweet.
" If mine dog doan' bite anything" ex-
planned Gratiot avenue saloonist, "eafery-
pody say he vhas no good. If he bites som
| pody den eaferypody say he must be
killed. Seems to me dot dog doan' get
some fair show. "-DetroH Free Press.
THERE are 172 species of blind creatures
known to science, including craytish, myria-
pods, etc. They are mostly white, whether
from lack of stimulus of the light or from
bleaching out of the skin. Some species
have small eyes and some have not any.
YES Mr.. Odboy," she simpered, 81
have seen twenty-seven springs. Would
you think it?' Well, yes, ma am, don't
know but what I would" Mr.. Oldboy said
"and l guess some of them springs must
have been very backward. - Hdrper'S
Bdzdr.
AT Comstock Mimi, an eight-year-old
girl was driving home cows when wolf
attacked her One of the cows rushed at
the beast and tossed it in the air. A large
dog also went to the child's assistance, and
the COW and dog soon drove the wolf back
| into the woods.
A PHILADELPHIA woman is reported tC
have sent this note to an oil broker: Please
buy me 10000 barrels of oil at ninety mine
cents and sell at S110. Remit me the diff
ference, less your commission. Upon the
promptness with which you execute thi:
order depends my future patronage"
In 1880 the printing of the colossal manu-
script catalogue of the library of the British
museum was introduced. BY the present
time the first three letters of the alphabet
and the last columns of V to the end of
have been published, and at the rate o
thirty volumes annually brought out it il
expected that the printing may be completed
in the twentieth century.
A ST. LOUIS tailor named Joseph Hoff
man, in trying to initiate sword-swallower
accidentally let a table-knife slip into hi
stomach and his stomach had to be Gu
open to recover the knife silver-handleC
affair with blade six inches long. Thu
operation was successfully performed b,
four surgeons, and the man is likely to re
cover unless Inflammation and blood poison
set in.
THE other day passenger train of til,
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad il
Iowa ran over and killed a number q
skunks but the victims had an instant re
venge, for the odor that pervaded the ca
made the passengers feel that life was no
worth living. And the train men are will
ing to make an affidavit that they coul,
hang overcoats on the smell anywhere out
side of the cars.
Mrs. SUMPKINs' oldest boy had gone West
and friend of the family was making som
inquiries about him. Il understand Johi
is an attorney" he said. Yes, and he
got lots of business, she answered, with
mothers pride. " Is he criminal lawyer?
\ shadow fell upon the good old lady's face
"No, not yet" she said. " LeaStways h
han't told me. But I'm afraid he will be
The law is so dreadful tempting. It'd Bits
SAN DIEGO citizen bought ticket 70
San Francisco and sat down on the pie
until the boat should he ready to start. III
became much interested in seeing the wor
going on, the passengers hurrying down, tn
gangplank pulled in and the lines cast of
and expressed pleasure at the sight of til
big steamer as she left the pier Then he re
membered he WASH on board, but that hi
baggage was. and his language was some
thing shocking.
) a YOUNG man of Griffin, Ga, took
; stylish girl to church the other Sunday, an,
. on the way thither he told her that it wa
his general custom to put tve-dollar gol
piece in the collection plate. Then h
, Cinched the statement by showing her tn
| fve-dollar gold piece he was going to pu
| into the plate that morning Such an inter
| est in religion plainly made great impress
4 sion on the young lady. But unfortunatel
2 for the young man the minister announces
| the amount of the collection at the close G
: the service. 1t was just S375.
, In recently published recolections of Ly
man Beecher it is told that while walkin
home one night with big book under hi
arm skunk suddenly crossed his patti
He threw the book at it, and when h
reached home they had to fumigate him an
bury his clothes. a few weeks after til
catastrophe one of his sons came rushn
into his fathers presence with "A pamphle
: in his hand, saying, eXcitedly: " Look here
! father; see what this scalawag has write
5 about you. You must answer him." Pooh
, pooh' said the old doctor, " I'll have notl
2 ing to do with him. issued a whole quart
l volume against a skunk lately, and got tn
worst of it,"
: MoTHERs.--Th are upon the skin
\ every human being, child and adult alik,
E 100000 pores Through these pores, i