Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1837-04-25

AK INDIANS JoEE.-In n time OF Indian !
troubles friendly Indian visited ,he house |
Of Governor jerks, Of Rhode Island, v hen !
the governor took occasion to request him, !
il any strange Indian should corIe TO his !
wigwam, 10 let him know II. This the In
dian promised to do, and the governor told |
him tina if he should give him such niur- !
nation, he would give him mug of flip
Some time after the Indian came again, !
and on meeting the governor said, "WeIl |
Mr. Gubernor, strange Ingin come to my
house last night" "Ah," says the COVER |
nor, what did he sayi" "Ile no speak" |
replied the Indian. "Whai, not speak at
alI!" inquired tie governor. "No, he no
speak at oil" "That lsoks suspicious"
said his exceIlency, and inquired ii he were
there still Being told that he was, the
governor ordered The promised mug of Zip.
When this was disposed Of and the Indian
was about to depart, lie mildly said, "Mr
gubernor, my squaw have child last nights"
and the governor finding the strange lndisn
was new born papoose, was glad 10 find
there was no cause for alarm.
Buried .4lire.-A correspondent Of the
East India Magazine relates a singular &C
count ola man who suffers himself to be
buried for weeks and months, by any per-
son who will pay him handsomely for the
exploit. The first time the writer saw him
was at Jaisulmer. in the East Indies, where
lie was dug OUT alive from grave, or tomb,
IN which he had been voluntarily inferred
a month He is abonl 80 years of age,
ana travels about the country suffering him
sell 10 he buried for week or month, or
less time, in proportion as he is paid. He
is sewn up in bag Of cloth, and the cell
is lined with masonry, and hoored with
cloth, that the wild ants and other insects
may not easily lie able to modest him. The
place in which he was buried at Jaisulmer
Is small building about 2 feet bv-9 feet,
built Of stone and in thu floor was hole a.
bout three feet long, two and n holt feet
wide, and the same dpph, or p'rhgps
| yard deep, in which he was placed ina Sit
ting posture, sewed up in his shroud, with
his feet turned inwards towards the stom-
ach, and his hands also pointed inward
towards the chest. AT The expiration of n
month"; the waling up of the door was bro.
Ken and TIE bur e, man dug out,ol The grave.
| tie was taken out IN a perfectly senselpss
state, his eyes closed, his hands cramped
and puwerless, his stomach shrunk very
much, and his teeth jammed so fast together
hat they were forced to open his mouth
with an iron instrument TO poura little VIZ
ter down his throat. He gradually recov-
cred HE use of his senses, and use of his
limbs. A first he was laughed al for an
lmpo>ler; n Cornei OF British Regiment
proved his powers Of abstinence by encln-
sing him without food in a wooden chest for
thirteen days, when lc was taken out alive
DR.. Parker suggests that Medical Mis-
! Sionnrv Society be formed in this country,
To provide the means Of relieving the dis
rrcsSes Of the heather.
Miss Scdgwick, in a note t, her new
work entitled "Ilr Poor Rich Man, and the
Rich Poor Man. remarks as follows =
"The superintendent of the House Of
Refuge in this city, (Bos,nr) has said thai
he believed The love q dress was the most
| efficient cause OF the degradation ana misc
! ry Of The young lies Of the city. II this
he SO, should not The reformation begin a.
mong the educated and reh:ciing-amon..
those ~ho can afford indulgence -
A LUMP OF GoLp II has been calcula
ted, that if the capital of the II. S. Bank.
| go 1900 000) were III one cubic block of
gold, II would measure on each side about
90 - inches, and its weight would be up-
wards Of IS tons.
Tie "Boston rirgcry," 50 called, is 81
acres in extent and situated G miles from The
city. 1t has 700 hogs kept fat on The of
falls OF the dwellings in Boston, for which
the owners OF the the establishment nives
the public authorities 500 year.
Besides the annual appropriation o.
S2p0,OOO Tor the support al the common
schools throughout lie Stale, the legislature
OF Pennsylvania at It's rcccnt session ma, Ca
further appropriation Of 100000 for the
same object. Seven hundred Thousand dali
lars will therefore be distributed on the frs,
OF June next, TO The common schools of,he
commonwealth.
The Kentucky editors have lately held
convention and among other things agreed.
THAT in all future discussions, whether pn-
Utica! or otherwise, the editors Of the Ken
lucky press shall carefully abstain from all
dsrespeclinl personal illusions or cplhels
towards each other.
Congress has granted pensions a. lie
widows oi those who lave died in the Ma
w, whatever wns The cause If The death,
aud whether they were seamgn or ma
rines.
IN 1871 Tie inkng Capital OF Massa-
chnsells was $3,S5000O. In 1886 il a.
mounted To SI0,S30. 900.
1t is supposed Illat 1900 cords or wood
are consumed daily in New York irr steam
purposes, making rolaI in the course OF
the year OF 81, 100000.
Ravenue Of Notwithstanding To a
statement in The Boston Posi-, The revenue
secured at The Custom House from january
10 March |, amounts To 81 ,O29, s25 50; /
exhibiting decrease OF 1865, Sl5 from he |
clrce .nnnlinn nerinE Of .hr Ia II urnr