Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-03-14
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE

Ordered, That Messrs Washburn of
Worcester, Duncan of Haverhill, & Smith
of Sheffield, with such as the Senate may
ioin, be Committee to inquire and report
what resolutions, if any, ought to b. adopt
ed by the Legislature, instructing the Sen
ators aud requesting the Representatives
from this State. in Congress, to use their
endeavors to obtain some action OF Con
gress, to prevent the savage. coaoardiy and
abominable practice of duelling in this
country. Sent up for concurrence.
SENATE, Friday, March 2.
Messrs Motley of Suffolk, and Lee Of
Worcester, were joined to the Committee
OF the House 90 the subject Of the proven
ton o. duelling.
RECEIPT FOR MAPLE SuoAR.-Be
particular to have clean buckets for the
sap, and to have clean kettles Boil only
one barrel ofsap to each kettle, and when
boiled to proper syrup to strain thro'
flannel take it off the fire, and clean the ket,
ties then pour in one pint Of sweet milk
| 10 each barrel OF water evapo rated,-put it
over the fire and when it is about to COM
mence boiling take it off-Iet it stand few
minutes, skim it and strain it through fam
nell Ii should not be suffered 10 stand off
the fire more than one night, then put it
over the fire, and for every three barrels
of water, use at least four eggs well bea-
ten-skim it and if it is not perfectly clear
take it of and stain ii again,-then boil it
down with rapid fire, adding, if necessa-
ry, clean butter or lard to prevent its boil
ing over; and when it is sufficiently boil
ed to lift from cup of water with the
point of knife. take the kettle off to cool,
and let the crystals form, for which pur-
posetwo days are amp Y sufficient. Then
put it ia the cones made Of poplar boards,
holding from Is TO 20 pounds, bringing
them to point at the lower end, and leav-
ing hole at the point about the size of a
Single nail-set them in stove room, or
some other place where it may be made
hot, so as to cause the moIasses te separate
from the crystals; leave it in the stove
room for week, so that it may become
perfectly dry.-N Y. Eoan.
ANGELINA E. GR1MKE.-On Friday
afternoon last, the House Of Representa-
lives was, for the third time, densely
crowded with highly inteIIigentaud
to hear this intellectually and spiritually
gifted woman plead before the Legislative
Go .nmittee for the deliverance of the ell
shaved in the District of Columbia. The
floor of the hall was reserved for men
and the galleries for the women. A lar9e
number of the Senators and Representa-
tives were present. For more than two
hours the audience we've speIl-bound by
the p wer ard eloquence of the speaker
The extent OF her information. the conclu
siveness of her facts, illustrations and ar
guments, the beauty aud energy of he1
eIoquence, all served to secure for her no
only the respect but the admiration oftht
vast assembly. The effect has been a
happy as the case is indispulably novel
+ More ereafter.-Li6erGtor.
CHITTENDEN Co. ANT1-SLAvERV So
c1ETY. AgreeabIy to pubic notice. {
number of the citizens Of the county as
+ sembled at the White Church in this town
on the I'd inst, and in pursuance of TIT
objects of the meeting. formed a county
Society-of which VIM. Hurlbut, o
Hinesburgh, was elected President, Tr~
man GalBshd, John Emery, and JosepI
Marsh, Vice Presidents, Henry p. Hie
= kok Secretary, and James Mitchell Treas
urer. Alvan Stewart, of Utica, and CT
Knapp of Montpelier, we learn, wer
present and addressed the meeting.-Bu'
Free Press. >..--. .- -s~.-~.- -.@.a-.
Il The finest bridge in the United State
!, IS said to be that just built by the state 8
j Pennsylvania across the Susquehannaf
4 at Duncan's Island, near the mouth of ID
I Juniaia. Il IS 2066 feet long, and 40
|. swers the double purposes of tow path f.
1.-THE canal, and A ordinary bridge.