Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-12-05

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enriched with beautiful, substantial build
ings and choice farm stock, is said TO
have handsome property. But this very
individual may know nothing of his own
nature, of science or philosophy, or of
what is passingn the world He is scarce
ly conscious ofany thing further than his
bodily appettes. Yet we call him rich
And he is SO in every thing that can COM
fort the body. Wealth for the mind he
has not. No library, noenlarged, gener-
Gus views, no inquities after truth, ard no
instructive conversations. He has spent
his days in working with the bones and
nucles, in charging his farm, in building,
and in raising stock. All has been for
the body He has not given one hour to
make his mind larger and richer He
laughs at you, if you talk of mental pos
! sessions with these h has had no trade,
no intercourse. Reader, do you work
one half of each day for the mind Or is
not this the state Of the case? You have
improved your farm, you have improved
your breed of cattle, and the only thing
left unimproved is your mind. We now
leave the country and enter. the city,
Before US stands magnificent Palace
! We enter it. The furniture is proiuse
and gorgeous. Therooms are light and
spacious-al is cost y and magnificent,
and the only little mean thing in it, is the
soul of the owner. He has spent his youth
and manhood in getting Together this out
ward wealth. He has made no impora-
lions for the mind, they have all been for
the store. He has sought his fellow men,
! not for information, but to empty their
pockets into his oWn-not to increase his
virtues, but his dollars. And after "a life
of such labor, the only beggarly thing he
has, must be his mind If there was an
" aims house" for mind, many Of those
called rich, would be sent TO it by the Po-
lice as Migrants. The public charity
wonId then deal out a daily portion oftruth
! tothose, who now to the beggars deal out
a daily portion Of potatoes.-CommO5s
School assistant.
THE STORM IN ENcLAND.-Thec city
storm on the night of October 28th-the
same having swept the whole northern and
| eastern coast of England, with fearful vio-
ience. In London, rain fell without in
Permission until midnight, when the wind
increased to a furious gale, which; at 2
O'clock in the morning, became q hurri-
cane, and tagged for hours with dread
ful fury. ~-" -.- - 81"
Great numbers of chi!nneys were blown
down--the leaden coverings of roofs were
stripped off and rolled up like paper
some roofs gave way under the weight of
ehimnies falling on them-and in the out
skirts of the city, many small tenements
were Frustrated. Great numbers of trees
were torn up by the roots, and Hyde Park
was completely strewed with limbs and
branches
The suburb villages, Putney, High
gate, Hampstead, Kensington, Barnes.
&C., suffered severely. The extent of the
damage may be inferred from the fact that
three columns of one Of the papers are fill
ed with the details. Numbers of persons
were hurt, some very severely, but we be-
iIeye that no lives were lost
On the river the damage was Compare
lively light, owing to the eff :iency of the
means employed for securing the vessels
: &c.
V The hurricane was very severe all a
i long the eastern coast.
: DEATH FROM CHARcoAL-In house
in Sd Avenue, on Saturday night, two col
, ored persons were sutfocated blythe fume
= Of charcoal, which had been placed nea
their bed in furnace. They were doubt
less unable to realize the dreadful effect
d Of this careless practice, in time to he'll
themselves, as the bed-clothes had caugh
v fire when they were discovered lileless.-
r. Neo- York Post
d TEMPERANCE LECTURES.
k The Executive Committee of the Vel
a. mont State Temperance Society con6den
$, ly commend Mr. Chapman to the favora
II. bic notice of the friends of temperance an
g. to the public. His long experience as
i lecturer, and his extensive collection
facts, showing the effect of the use of sp
a, tuous liquors in producing crime, pGups
rs asm, tares and death, combine to rends
v, his lectures profitable and interesting
IN all, and to draw out full houses whereve
OF his reputation is known-CaIedoaian.
e Corn IN THE WEsT.-The Nashvii
- Wing of the l4th instant states that Il
. superabundance of the late corn crop ]
Missouri and Illinois has just been iIlu
:" trated,by a Government contractor, wh
= purchased in the counties of Saline, Ii
o. hyette and Clay, (Mo.) 10000 bushels.
AS be delivered on the bank of the Nilsson
IS at Is cents per hushel. Further dow
!, the river the same contractor was offert
n 1000 bushels at IL ] 2 cents.
ht The WEATHER.-We have had, wit
Il in the two last DAYS, sample of seTe
IE;..o. a