... LATEST ASPECTS OF THE UNUTED, STATES. BY W. HEPWORTH DIXON. LETTErIt V. . OBRIETY BY LAW. I ST. JOHNSBUIlY, VEIMONT, November, 1874. WHAT are the secrets ofthis artisans's paradise ? V' y is tho plae so oleasu, the people so 8vell housed and fed P Why sre the little folks so bale in face, so awart in person, nud so neat in dross'P All voices, I nm bound to say, rephl to me, tbat these unusual, ...

... RAILWAY TIME. TABLES. BRISTOL AND EXETER. IDnwir. UP. a~m. am. a.m. e.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. ?? Wess D. a.m. a~m. am. a~m. a~m. a~m. p.m. p.m. P.m1 Exeter ?? 6 0 850 945 10880 1145 12 25 3830 4 43 6 0 Londonn .. 645 9 011 45 1030 ?? 1860 3 0 Stoke ?? 611 859 . .. 115 66.. .. ..a11 Brsatol ?? 615 810 10 3012 80 2,26 8 15 ?? 6 0a 815 Silvertbn 2 .. ..lOS. ?? S.643 9141151? 7 ?? 4 1 ?? 6850 841 ...

... The advqrtisemn 'htsin the Heur are now being set up by Ifr,. ackio' ?? machine. I The delegates of the Durham coalinets met at Durham ( on entarday, and disertsed a scheme for a confederation of all the toulminers in the kingdom. t In Lordon there are o)ilb miles of water vniins which arre constautl$g charged, and upmn which hydrants ean a one e fixed. f It is repeoted from Rome th the ...

... Was celebrated by the customary banquets on Friday, at the one of which the Right Hon. Stephen Cave, in responding l to the toast of Her Majesty's Ministers, expressed regret to, at the unavoidable absence of the Chancellor of the Cb Exchequer, and went on to say :-I will venture on a bold 16 thing. Not being in the possession of Cabinet secrets, and fol having bad no communication with any ...

... yef A few weeks ago at Exeter, on the o&-asion of a civic ,gC, entertainment, when a gold collar and badge were being I presented to the Mayor, Mr. Tucker, Rouge Croix, one Of De Her Majesty's Heralds; whose natue will be remembered in of Sheffield in connection with the Congress of the British ble Archaeological Association, made the rather startling state- wh ment that ,barely one out of ...

... EXETER LICENSED VIOTUALLERS' PRO- TECTION SOCIETY AND BENEVOLENT I ~~~INSTITUTION. Tetwenty-sixth anuntal meeting of this society was Tm heldhat Blacking's Wine and Spirit Stores, High-street, prese on Wednesday evening. The chair was occupied by Mr. doubi H. Elmore (the president), and there were also present- bring Messrs. 3. T. Taylor, 3. Herding, Salter Westlake, Meade, Tb Short, Southwood ...

... V OLimiEm ?? .: Several smbers of ?? YVoluniter Artillery k (Teigurmouth),-have been ?? by Captain Gibbs for R irregular conduct md refusing to obey orders whilst on the line of marcoi','0A the 26th October. c , I5Tx D.A.V.-Orders for thbs ?? h Drill,.at 7.30. Satqrday-Kaebh ,out, undres uniorm, 6.16. OfficerondlutyriLutreant.Tmu-rne. r. - l e - leST ?? Orders for this ?? and non. 0 ...

... EXETER SCROOL BOARD. A L- * -_ A A s Mr. W. BarneE preeided at the monthly meeting of the Board at their offices on Thursday. The report of the Finance Committee ehewed a balance of £397 99. 6d. on the treaeurer's books. The School.Management Committee reported that seven parents on behalf of ten children, had made application for the payment of school fees, and that these applicatione had ...

... STRIKE IN THE FOREST Oh DEAN. On SAturday, tbe several notices of the miasters through. out the Forest mining district expired, and colliers, miners, enginemen, and mechanics withdrew their tools, deter. mined to resist the proposed reduction of ten per cent, In the evening a monster mnss meetiog of the Cinderford Valley ?? was held at Cioderford, and addressed by Mr. William Pickard (Wigan), ...

... A Connecticut man who went West, intending to settle there, has returned disgusted. He went as far as Kansas City and finding 100 lawyers there, and the thermometer 115 degree, in the shade, he thought the combination was too much for hims and came right back home. TarmiyuNG A JuDoB.-Curran was often annoyed when pleading before Lord Avonmore, owing to his lordohip's habit of being influenced ...

... MISOELLAXEA. t If we are good, example is the beet lustre of virtue ; if we a sre bad, shame is the best step to amendment. Y If you have been tempted into evil, fly from it; it is not I falling into the water, but lying in it, that drowns f The worst inconvenience ofa ?? fortune i7, that it will Y not admit of inadvertency. Inadverteney, however, ought a to be placed st the bead of most men's ...

... Elections 1 ab, I have ?? partat matny a one, when electiona were elections. And what merry times we had! It was only then that the country vwoke up; the drowsy old towns threw off their lethargy, aud the rounties flared and sputtered with life, like the log on the hearth there, and seemed a dead thing half an hour aco. The sm 0t towv l were especially lively-they were strongholds, and felt ...