Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-04-29

$3.50 =" oodIu vessel pound to Mora
aore, to which port it seems he has beer
trading much of the time since his returr
from captivity.
Inc narrative of his suferings while :
captive Is most extraordinary book. anJ
so remarkable were many of the state.
ments i contained, that strong doubts were
entertained at the time whether they couJd
DE- true These doubts were in part dis.
slpated by the late Captain Judah Pad.
dock, OF Hudson, who, many years before
had suffered shipwreck upon the same
coast, and captivity among the same reo.
p.e' Having heard Of Captain Paddock.
captain Riley made visit 10 Hudson
lot which placethe writer was then res.
ldent.) to see him. On COMPARISON Of
their experience, there were found some
remarkable condolences.
The result was, that at the instance Of
RIiey, and in compliance with the solicit
ations OF his friends, Captain Paddock pre-
pared brief account of his own CAPTIVITY
II was plain narration, less ambitions
and tiorld in its style than the narrative of
Riley. which was written bvthe late An.
thony Blocker, and had the effect of sus.
tanning, In a good degree, the almost an.
possible marvels of the latter captive
Nor, probably, would these statements
have again been so nearly associated with
tales OF romance as they afterward were
had 1t not been for some of the adventures
recorded by the captain, as having occur
red with him during residence Of a few
years in the far West.
& One of these stories was Of sernents
The captain stated, among other things
that, in traversing the prairies, SO plenty
were the rattle.snakes, that he was oblig-
ed to wear thick buck-skin Iegeines. com
ing high up to the hips. From the snon-
gy substance of the leather. the snakes
could not strike their fangs through the
leggIngs, and moreover when thew did
strike they could not extricate their hook
ed teeth, so that they were compelled to
dangIe at the legs of the traveller, until he
chose 10 shake them off. Sometimes. ac-
cordng to the captains statement, on
from the bushes, or the tall
grass OF prairie. his legs were hume
WIN Protuslon of these pretty things,
twenty or thirty of ,hen-writbinr and
visiting themselvestogether like the snaky
resses Of Medusa!
The Arabian tales, with Mr. Bleeck
er's embellishments, were not quite as i'm
plictly believed after the snake story as
before,-N. Y. Spectator.
A CHURCH BURNED DowN.-SaIem.
~. T., April IA few minutes before
EN- o'clock the solemn stiffness which or
dlnarlly marks the Sabbath morning in
Dur village, was broken by the alarming
Try of fire fire and the smoke ARISING
rom the steeple of the Brick Church told
bat too fearfully the cause. The mem
oers OF both congregations had already be-
gun to assemble for public worship, but the
lire had made such progress tina. all tho't
Of saving the house was from the first
abandoned, and the energies of all were
directed TO removing as much as possible
OF the interior of thehouse, and protecting
the neighboring buildings from fire.
1t should also be mentioned with graft
tude to God, that no lives were lost and
no personal injury sustained BY any one.
The walls yet stand to mark the waste
in which all our pleasant things are
laid
TIE roof gave way slowly and fell a
part at tlme-the steeple too, the lower
tier of which was of brick, fell into the
house, and falling in any other direction,
life must to all human appearance have
been the sacrifice.
This edifce was the third which thew
erected, and all have been DESTROYED bv
the devouring element The first, built
in the year IVA, was probably fired bv
political em;ssaries in the DAYS Of the rev.
dictionary struggle. The second took fire
from defect in the manner Of warming
the house, and burned on Sabbath morn
ing, Feb. 90, 1886, very soon after re-
pairs TO the amount of $4,000 had been
made upon it. The third was built OF
brick IN the most substantial manner, and
the utmost pains were taken to make it
perfectly secure. The cost of the house
was about $40, 000.- Washington Coun.
ty Post.
HONEST POVERTY REWARDED. A
gentleman Of New York arrived at the
fremont House day or two ago on hi:
way to Lowell, and while in the city had
occasion to exchange some money. He
placed the bills in his vest pocket, ano
took the cars for Lowell. When he reach
ed there he discovered that he had lost
FIVE hundred dollar bill. The loss seem
ed irreparable, and he abandoned all hop,
OF recovering the money.
The gentleman returned from Lowell
and vas not a little surprised to learn tina
a Methodist clergyman, the Rev. T. C
Pierce, had been put in possession of hi