The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-07-04
Pith and Point.

The world owes every man living and
is never slack in paying it to a good col
lector.-SmHhyaie (Gd) Ne,os.
A MAN in town not thousand miles
from Bangor is trying the experiment of
grating apple-twigs into a pine-tree. He
wants to raise pp)es.-Bdngor Conn
mercidl.
In "A divorce suit in Sacramento the hus-
band acknowledged that he had contributed
for the support of his family during the past
seven years the sum of S7-Sdn Francisco
bulletin.
ACCORDING to official reports, 400 wills
have been contested in the surrogate's court
of New York city during the past six years,
and in only fifty cases were the contestants
successful.
THE Siberian railroad will connect Nap
risk, Chita, Irkutsk, Tompsk and Ekate-
rineburg. The brakemen who call out the
names of stations on that road will earn
their money.
A LONDON house has made for the thakere
sahib of Morvi the most costly state car
riage ever constructed. 1t will be drawn
by six horses wearing harnesses mounted
with pure gold.
HEIDELIMPER: "Vod's der madden nit
mein little sohn?" Davey: "Abe Levy
knocked Won ohf men toot soud!" Hell
delimper: "Py chim You vos always lucgkyl
You geds toot oud mitoud payn' nod
dings '-Tid-Bits
OF 5000 convicted criminals examined by
a French medical man, NJ. Marambet, more
than half were drunkards-that is SEVENTH
nine per cent of the vagabOnds and mendi-
cants, fifty per cent of the assassins fifty-
seven per cent of the incendiares and
seventy-one per cent Of the robbers.
THE case of the watch formerly belonging
was killed in South Afrino hoe hean gort 60
London. 1t is slightly battered 1t bears
the young princes monogram and crest
The watch was given to him by his mother
ex-Empress Eugene An Englshman re-
Gently purchased it of Zulu.
Mr. Rtopps. "Mariab HADN'T bet+er
take that hen To marxet9V Nariab % she's
ohont fortv vaars old Zaka an; I'm afraid
she'll snoii onr trade Rettpr think nm some
other wav Of getting rid Of her - :" I might
give her to the editor in payment of our sIib.
scrption." 81 paid that yesterday in last
years turnips." Well we'll save her for
the next donation party "-O,ndhd World.
AN Enplisb religions ma ner lately contained
the foiIowing advertisement. '.WantadN
BEFORE Advent unmarried nriest (earnest
evangelical bigh churchman1 for small
countrv church the conoregation of which
ia LARGELY comnosed III men Tho al
noints7 Choral services. onen.air nreach.
ING. cricket. foot. hall and working-menis
clubs; no moustached or lawn-tennis- play
ing priest need apply"
THE "secret bonevmoonu is described
"a tbe latest whim Of New York societv
The groom leaves fine route of the wedding
| Journey entirely with the hest man Nsither
he nor the bride have fine least idea where
the honeymoon il to he snent until he enters
the steamer or train and onens an enveIone
which Describes the roita and exnlains
that all hotel arranpements and other details
have hpen attended, to
A SMALL. sandv-bearded man of marl,ad
Hebraic characteristics came into one of the
railroad ticket-otfices on Union avenue
HAT Won a ticket TO Sprinpfeld9' he asked
~ think so. responded the ticket-broker
DO Won want one to Snringfeld Mo. ar
Springfeld. Ill?" aft makes no difference, y
was The renlv. "Gif me the one vich il the
sheanest The astonisbed ticket-vender
soId him MASSAGE tn the Missouri town :
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"A NE" nofk Clergy man nan ihaue the sug-
eestloh 70 WeaIvnH llIeiloers vi ms ms coneIe-
ga.ioih tnaV 'ley ALLOW popI ialhilies Vi .he
allsn, VIM a'e lesponslpio' " pccupy tne
oaseIn s ., vi vneii HOUSES wnlie .ney are
away ioi .lH summer, gu u,ie SrI,nu una. IL
wouIu give Ine poor colllortaple homes wltI-
gu. rem uullIs .naV season; anu wouli give
Ghe ron gool suaTulans vi thelr properly
uuI my apSehce: me pan nao peen cariieu
ou1 anu Is meeting WIFI SraViiyihs success
NEW ORLEANS seems to have awakened
with surprise to knowledge of surplus