Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-11-18
Windham, Oct. 1910.
genera INTELLIGENCE.

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| HINTS FOR RAILWAY TRAVELLERS.
/. If you love comfort and safety, never
travel by night.
i 2. Always arrive at the depot at least
twenty minutes before the time. You can
then choose your seat, and make at leisure
and other arrangement as may be neces-
lsary.
8. Occupy the seat near the centre of
| the centre division ofthe centre car Of the
train. The motion is less in that situa-
ton; and you cannot thrust your head or
arms out of the window. Besides, if the
car is capsized, or otherwise demolished,
Iyou will not be SO liable to be cut by the
i glass land il is not quite certain that you
will be " literally smashed.to pieces"
1 4. Never go by the first morning train,
when there is second. Ii there is any
Eobstfuction-or if any embankment has
been washed away in the night. the first
train will discover i, perhaps to its sorrow.
/ S. Never quit your seat, or car, when
making temporary stop, unless it is alb
1solutely necessary-for the en- gineer waits
/ for no man-and person seldom looks
so awkward, or feels so foolish, as when
chasing railroad train
g. Never get In or get out of the cars
while the train is in motion, however
slow
z. Never smoke, or chew tobacco, or
sleep. in the cars. !.
! s. AT the first notice you have of the
trains running off the track, or coming
into collision with another train of cars,
throw yourself suddenly into heap, re-
semblIng as much as possible sphere
curtail your legs and arms, instead of ex-
tending them, as is too often the case
and await with patience and philosophy
! the result. 1t is, however, often the case
that the effect treads so closely on the
cause, that no time is left to assume an
attitude, therefore it may be advi sable to
be prepared for the worst the whole time,
albeit the posture may be somewhat in
convenient. ..a-
i Thus COUNCILS the Boston Mercantile
Journal If we were going to advise in
the matter we should say. AS soon as
you have taken your seat in the car, forget
lihat you are on a railroad. s..~..
i
keep COOL and trust in Providence.-N
| Y. Spectator.
i Loss OF ONE THOUSAND LIVES BY
AN EARTHoUAKE.-The st. Petersburgh
papers contain accounts of a terrible disas-
! ter by an earthquaqke:- %~
JFFLIs, August---N has
been totally destroyed, all the buildings
of Erivan more or less injured; and the
. whole of the village in the two districts o {
Scharour and Sourmata have persisted.
The cotton and rice plantations are all
laid waste; but the immediate neighbor-
I hood Of the mountain itself has been the
scene of the most awful calamity. A
huge mass slid from the mountain, over,
fwhelming every thing and person in its
progress, for distance of seven Wersts
: (aboat five English miles Among 9TH
ers, the great village of Akhonli. has had
the fate of HefcuIaneum and Pompeii,
and about one thousand inhabitants have
: been buried beneath the fallen rocks. The
| mountain opened, giving passage to a
thick fluid, which swelIed into a river.
and following the same direction, swept
over the ruins. At the date of the 18th
) of August, Ararat was not yet quiet.
i IMPROVEMENT IN SHIP-BUILDING.-
$ The Rosanna, new ship, lately built by
Mr.. Jackson, at the South Shore, Liver.
pool, is the first vessel ever entirely fitted
, with iron lower deck beams. They are
remarkable for their strength and neatness
and, above all, give additional room fol
!, stowage, equivalentto twelve inches depth
: of hold Il is by such practical comb
/ sc III tL,,
pect to compete with other nations more
highly favored with ship building. -Por
: Of Tyne Pilot.
q From the Kingston GU. c. Herald
o MELANCHOLY CATAsTRoPHE.-By {
: gentleman from Consecon we learn tina
On Monday, the 26gh ult. seven persons
went to fish on the fishing ground border
ing on Weller's Bay, near Presq' Isle
n three of them were intoxicated when the
!. left the shore. and they had jug of wits
!, key with them. By some accident III,
: boat was upset, aud six OF the seven sunk
TO rise no more A young man names
: Terry succeeded in reaching the shore
after having remained on the bottom of tn
: boat, which had slip.keel, for 90 or 81
!, hours. Three Of the unfortunate individ
lie uals have left families to mourn there pre-
d mature deaths. The names Of the pei
!. sons drowned are Cudlip, Harris, Linton
: Church, Rosebury and Chase; thei
+ Christian names our informant did DC
know.
Form Tie Quincy Sentinel Of Oct. 80.
A SAD ACCIDENT occurred few day
: since on the Chattahcohee river. at Blount.
: town. The steamer /" LIE Roy" engage
m in plying between Chattallochee and Iof