Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-08-09

From the Graham Journal.

W0V cOuIu not ldUOIluS HAou SeueEdlly
perform as much hard labor upon diet
purely vegetable, as they could with the
free use also of flesh food, provided their
appetites and stomachs should be so habit
uaied to it as to receive the same amount
of nutritious matter at meal, as when
making the meal partly Of flesh?
1t is certainl fact that the vegetable
eater, whether man or beast, can take as
much nutriment in day, as the flesh eat
err, while it is hard to see how given
amount of mo~rishing matter taken in
wholesome and palatable vegetables, will
not actually nourish and strengthen body
as far. as the same amount Of nourishment
in the flesh of animals If the unlearn-
ed laborer cannot solve this question sat
isfactorily, will not the learned physician
who believes true nourishmcnt more mOur-
ishing from flesh, than from vegetable
food, and will he not give us clearl y his
reasons, in the Graham Journal?
H. J****S.
ELECTRICAL SHOCK FROM A SHEET
OF PAPER-PIace an iron jappaned tea
tray on dry clean beaker glass then
take sheet Of foolscap writing paper, and
hold it to the fire until all its hygrometic
moisture is dissipated, but not so as to
scorch it; in this state it is one of the fin
est electrics we have. Hold one end
down with the finger and thumb and
give it about dozen strokes with large
piece Of india rubber, from the left to the
right, beginning at the top. Now take it
up by two of the corners and bring it over
the tray, and it will fall down on it like a
stone; if one finger be now brought un-
: der the tray, sensible shock will be felt.
, Now lay needle on the tray with its
) point projecting outwards, remove the pa
per, and the positive brush will APPEAR
? In fact it forms a very extemporaneous
, electrophorus which will give spark an
. inch long and strong enough to set fire to
some combustble bodies, and to exhibit
all the electric phenomena not requiring
coated surface s. If four beaker glasses are
t placed on the floor, and a book laid on
7 them, person may stand on them insulat-
ed; If he holds the tray vertically, the pa
per will adhere to it, and sparks may be
? may draw sparks from any other person,
? as The case may be; or he may set fire to
t some infammabIe bodies by touching
: 'hem with piece of ice.
STEAM BOAT ExPLos1oN.-The steam
boat Union blew up at Hull, England,
,, about the 9th ult, causing the destruction
= Of the boat and the loss of many lives
The persons on board Of the GazeIle,
which was passing at the time, say that
Immediately after the explosion, the sky
was covered with the fragments of the
-, lll-tated vessel, and from 70 to 80 persons
: were blown into the air. There were
y about 60 persons, including many ladies,
in the cabin at the time of the accident,
, and this part of the vessel was seen to fill
with water immediately after the explo-
> sion, which carried away the remainder,
. and, before assistance could be rendered,
sank with all its unfortunate inmates. A
, lad only out of the number escaped, by
, crawling out of the cabin window and
swimming on shore. IAN inquest was
E held on the case, and verdict of man
sIaugh was brought in against Joseph
Gamble, engineer of the boat.]
: Prison DIsC1PL1NE.-WaIton the
and ingenious convicts that has ever been
tried in our courts, died on Monday last
In the State Prison at Charlestown. of
consumption. He was about thirty wears
OF age. He was a man of intelligence,
but had received no religious education,
and was destitute of religious feelings
He avowed infdel doctrines, and declared
his disbelief in the Immortality of the
soul. Within few months past. how
ever, under the attentions and iudicious
instructions Of Mr.. Curtis, the chaplain
of the institution, he changed his Jews,
expressed his belief in the Christian reli.
gIon, and expressed deep contrition for
his crlmes.-BOston Daily Adr
AN ACT RELATIVE TO UNCLAIMED
TRUNKS AND BAGGAGE, was passed by
the legislature of New York. 1t providts
that the proprie;ors of stages, boats rail-
road companies, taverns, &c. shall enter
the same in book, and notify the owner
by mail, if they can find out who he is 49,
and then, after thirty days, to advertise q
description in the State paper. Sixtv
days after this the baggage is to be open.
ed before magistrate, when the maois-
trate must notify the owner if he Can
find out who he is, and if not Sell it at
public auction, the proceeds, after deduct
ing the expenses, to be given to the over
seers ofthe poor.
At late session of the Supreme Court
in Springfield, Mass, the court decided
that, under the present law, intemperance
unaccompanied with extreme crueltv mr. y.
desertion and neglect of a husband to pro-
vide for his wife, is not sufi=ient ground
for divorce; vet it may be oiven in