Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1839-04-16

Fcyct quito nfound 90 every tide en hnfffrhtat
lite. 10 search Il iis prey. bot no, discovering H.
she cssi furious look aioit sa,ong the tops 81 The
trees uhca 10 a moment % two The eyes u Whea'
ton and The panther had met. Now ~ smother
leap. Whrn the dropped ior porposs. bat the bullet
was OF aud two buck shot q old smooth bore were
too aoiek, ss he lodged then exactly 70 the BRAN
of,he ,ssRe monster and dropped her dead on'ile
600, where the hurtcr had slept bot short time
I before IN the soon6ucss Of a mountain cream.
/ Farmef, Darglicr. "A few years sgo far
mer living few miles from Esslon sent his daugh.
ter on horseback 10 that town TO procure smaller
notes for one Of 100 dollars. When shc arrived
there tle bank had closed. and che endeavored 10
eiiee: her object by offering 1t at several stores,
bu, could no, get her note changed. She had not
gone far on Der return when a stranger rode up TO
her ind eccos,ed her with much poli,eness that
she bad not the slightest, suspicion Of any evil in-
ieniion on HE part. Aher ride Of mile or two,
employed in very social conversation, they came
| to q retired part Of the road, ADD the gentleman
commanded her give him the bank note. 1t
wss'wi,h some difficulty that she could be made 10
believe hin in earnest, ns he demeanor had been
go friendly but the presentation cf pistol placed
the matter beyond doubt, and she yielded TO ne
cessity. just ne she held the nots to him, sud.
den puff Of wind blew the note into the road, and
| carried i, several yards from them. The discour-
ieous knight alightcd to overtake it, and the lady
whipped hsr horse TO get out of his power. and The
other horse who had been left standing by her side
started with her. His owner fired pistol, which
only increased the speed Of oil parties, and the
! young lady arrived safely at home with the horse
Of the robbcr. on whichwas pair of saddle bage.
When these opened, they were found to con-
tain, besides quantity Of counterfeit bank notes
fifteen hundred dollars in good money. The horse
was good one, and when saddled and bridled
was thought to be worth at eas, es much as the
| bank note that was stolen.
| Atrocities incident to Wor.-It is not very un-
common for the out posts Of two armies, encauped
near each other to BE on terms Of friendly inter.
course and, after having messed together one day
they have the very next, when called forth to bat
tie, imbrued their hands in each others blood. lr
some cases protested disciples of the Prince o.
Peace. have attended the sacrament together, ant
then gone, in a few hours, to the field of mutua
slaughter. In the famous battle of Bennington
members Of the same church fought on 5oi!, sides
and actually Sutchered ono another.
al hesitate not TO say, that Of females not ont
in so, fear not in 500. dresses sufficiently loos,
to suffer no i'll consequence from ligature or com
preston So says Mrs Cove, and we beliey,
she is more Than half right Surprising our sdie
had always jeen in the habit Of dressing perfectly
loose. what would they say If the y we're compel
ed to lace themselves up after the present. fashio
as a punishment Why. they would raise III
very old nick about t.--.N. o. Pic.
Cror tcho cana young man by the name
, f. Mack killed in this town, few days since
twenty-five crows at enc shot-and got kcke
over into the bargsia. lie had it appears, prac
tired little Indian with them having laid an an,
/, bush and bai,ed them with dead carcsse an
when they had literally covered the carcase, h
A let strip tremendous gnst of shot from an oil
. queens arm. There trouble at both ends
A the gun, and the only wonder 10 that any one es
, capped 10 tell the news Good Ho,c IA. Mer.
in Indian Tap:-Among the first settlers OF Brun
= wick in the State OF Maine, was Daniel Malcolm ma
Of uncaunted courage and an inveterate enemy Of III
d Indians, WHO gave him the name Of sungernumb
N that u.s. very strong Early in the spring he vel
tored alone into the forest, for the purpose Of sptu
rails from the sprace, not apprehensve Of Indians
early in the season While engaged in his work an
having opened log about half lis length with srna
wedges, he was surprised by Indians who crept up
" secured his musket, standing near him Sungernumb
said the chief, now me got youj long me want you.
= lou iuup bptuh long Hbe worry him,
n have got you now--look up stream to Canada We
A said Malcom, with true sang roid, you have me b
: just bel me open this log before 20 They all Fl,
in number, agreed Malcolm prepared large wood,
wedge, drove IL carefully, took his small wedge
and told the Indians TO pot their fingers into the pa
"a tally clefed log and help pull open They did ~
then suddenly struck out his blunt wedge the sast
wood instantly closed fast their fingers and he IN
N secured them BeitoiCs Falls Ga1eus.
Al one Of the stngs Of the convention which fran
=, the constitution Of the United States a member M
:" posed 10 insert article limiting standing army
x Ave thousand men TO which Gen. Westminster
ID Piled that he should have objection TO the
Of such article, provided were so amended as
, read that no enemy should invade the country wi
~ more than three thousand men.
I'd As an instance of the nie,v ~ a.. ,;,,h, h.,
OF Charles James Fox, ii is related by Warren in his
I'm ceany, that he never omitted saying the Lords pray
when he went to bed late early, drunk or softer.
US Al county hotel short time since a servant 8
enquifed Of gentleman al the breakfast table II
". cup was out "No, be replied, "bot my coffee is
eir The poor thing was considerably confused but Diet
mined 10 pay him In his coin While at din,
the stage drove up, and sesesl coming n the re n,
ss man asked Does the stage dine here ~ mo SIR
I'D the gf'' "bnt The passengers do"