Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-10-19

teal, uncertain, and unintelllgible, which |
has been sanctioned and recommended by |
some of the greatest names that ever adorn-
ed the pages of history. That is pro-
nounced /" neac, which is in fact old, nay
older than antiquity itself-belng the plan
and order Of NATURE"
There is fatal error in the manner in
which it has been taught; men have Civ
en- lessons to a class and been with them
only sufficient time to communicate to
them knowledge of the theory all this
is very we'll, if the class have force and en-
ergy enough to reduce it to practice but
in too many cases it is not put in practice,
and the consequence is it is partly forgot
ten, and ofcourse of but little or no benefit
to them. This mode of instruction has
produced multitude of smatterers, which
Of all things, is the most detrimental to
lis universal extension.
1t should be introduced into all our
Academies, Colleges and Seminaries Of
learning, as a necessary branch Of educa
ton, and then it cannot fail to become a
powerful auxiliary for the accumulation
acknowledge.
lfthis course was to be pursued, there
are few who obtain a knowledge Of it,
while in their academic course, but would
be able, when prepared to enter upon
! profession, to record language with the
rdpidity Of speech.
A STENoGRAPHER.
WooD PAvENENTs.-The suggestion
in the annexed article is cminently de-
serving of attention. The experiments
made, both in England and France, or
the conservative qualities of corrosive sub
Innate, applied to timber, and the compar-
alive cheapness of the mixture, forcibly
recommend its use on such an occasion
as paving with wood.
Should the city authority conclude to
pave Broadway with wood, would sug-
gest to them the expediency of immersing
the blocks in solution Of corrosive SUBJ
Innate, to preserve them from decay
Experiments have been recently made
in both France and England, which prove
that wood prepared in this way is no lon
ger liable 10 be affected by moisture, but
acquires a frmncss from the sublimate
| that enables it to resist decay. AT Wool.
witch, "pieces of wood that had been sub
jected to this process, and others that had
not, were left for twelyemonth in a ditch.
A quantity of decayed and rotting timber
had been thrown in along with the same
and the whole had been kept rather warm
for the purpose of encouraging fermenta
Ition. When removed at the end of the
twelvemonth, the prepared wood was found
perfectly sound throughout, while the
other places were oil more or less rotten.'
j A committee appointed BY the Royal AGA.
DENY of France, to inquire into its preser
vat!ve powers, have reported in its favor
and in England some large 1essels have
been built altogether of timber that had
been seasoned inthis way. The solution
which is recommended, is made by dis
solving about pound Of the salt in eigh,
, or ten gallons Of water. The requisite
period for incarceration must vary accord.
ing to the thickness and hardness Of tim.
Der, from week to three or morc.-N
Y American.
MARBLE CEME>T.-An important i'm
provement. which has been for severa
years in progress, is about being introdnc
ed 70 the more general notice Of the public
, and we believe into extensive use for build
ing purposes. 1t is composition or &C.
ment, (which the ingredient is marble O
limestone, which, when applied to the in
; ner or outer walls of buildings, present
: the appearance of polished marble, of tn
: various hues and qualities, which distin
+, guish the beautiful material inflated
1 What would be thought of a magician
who possessed the power Of changing tn
0 sombre brick and stone walls of the bull
dings Of city, in one week, into substan
+ ces resembling the most beautiful Greciat
l. Italian, Egyptian or Verd Antique mar
o bic, Or porphyry, like tho rock of Gibral
c ter2 Yet all this may be done by thi
e invention Of a humble citizen of Orang
RI County in this State. This cement ha
been sufficiently tested by experiments O
e buildings, to satisfy practical men Of il
n decided superiority over any other c,
TT ment, stucco, or other hard finish fc
T. walls hitherto unknown. In our ne,
!e number we expect to be able to furnish th
IS pubic with some interesting particula
I, on The subject; and IA the mean time W
ID can state, that company has been forme
= in the cHy, to carry on the operations COZ
N nected with the manufacture Of this ne
a. cement, and its application to buildings
hi n. Y Far.
s. Co1NAcE.-The whole coinage of Il
is United States from 1905 to the prese
v time, amounts TO about $2l, 900 tlttO
gold, S43, 1869 in silver, and 1894
I'd SIS cents and half Cents. Of the po
'r- about 100000 has been coined sin,
m the alteration Of the standard value
IL 1884. The new coinage of the Gao
g. dollar, as we'll as the gold eagle, vi