The people's press, and Addison County Democrat. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1838-1841, 1840-01-07

n an ambuscade of smugglers. they seized him
,Iiudfolded him, and tied his feet together, cry
a,brow him over the cliff throw him over the
cliff "Disregarding his entreaties for me "a,
thew bore him TO the edge, and gradually n q
ed him over, feet foremost, till his arms ~
chin only remained above the brink; 10 wll'ai
he clung BY digging his finger nails into the |
sell. and in this cruel position they left him.
He remained thus for above an hour, in agoh-
les ofrerror, screaming for help. and straining
every sinew 10 maintain his hold. till at length
the blood seemed 10 s,agnate in his arms; his
strength faed, his. brain rceed at the thought OF
the depth beneath, and he was on The point Of
letting 20, in despair, when, as last effort, he
released one hand. tore the bandage from his
ewes. turned his head with horror. and beheld
the bottom ,ciihin yard Of his )eeE lhe
smngelers having selected shallow chalk pit
for their purpose, upon the brink Of which ne
had been so long tormea'ingly suspended =
Eng. Paper.
The BLoopHoUxDs. A letter ha, beer
cciyed at Boston from Fort Leon, Flo1
which saws The much talked. oi bloSSi1R
10 scent the Indians. will arrive here fS51SA.
a soop having sailed hence for them last week.
The Indians are as fearless as ever. and the
war is rs likely to continue ten years as ten
weeks.-N. Y. Sun.
The BLIND BUFFALO. This extraordinary
animal is sometimes. but not often, found COM
pleielv deprived of sight. Prairie travellers
offer III accounting for lis loss of vision, but
its singular pcculiari,ics when blind are well
known. 1t is seen alone, having lost tic track
or smell of companions, and at this time ITS
conduct is most curious, running with head
long speed a small circle, which 1t gradually
widens until it forms Il circumference OF miles.
lis object in this must be 10 make sure OF the
nrouud-or perhaps 10 catch scent 81 its
companions But its most striking character
istic is attacking instead of flying from dagger.
The hunters well know that the buffalo 80 Ever
dangerous until wounded, and then wliH no,
pressed, it will often gore the horses. ~ the
blind bull (the COWS are never found IN this
cond,;on.) darts at an enemy the instant he is
discovered, and wo TO the unfortunate hunter
who is not expert in his horsemanship. These
animals are extremely hard 10 kill, and die
tearing the ground with their horns in great
fury. They are invariably old, and their flesh
is unli. for food. Their skin is taken by the
hunters, but their carcass is left for the wolves
and crows, and the bones do not lie long before
they are polished as white as marble grave
stones, and like grave stones they lie all over
the green rrairie; while the travellers won.
der at the legions that have passed away is
only exceeded by his establishment al the nv
riads that remain.
PROPER RESENTMENT. We rccolectka story
told some time since Of n boy running bare
foot in the snow. An ACQUAINTANCE kekl him
he reason of his exposure. Why; sh'd the
lule hero. the shoemaker promised 10 get
my boots done this morning and didn't, aud l
am only showing proper resentment. "--Barre
Gd=.
SnogISe HORSES IN WINTER. In Canada,
where the winter is never Of less duration
than months, they shoe their horses IN The
following manner, winch serves for the whole
winter The smith fixes a piece of steel on
the fore part of each shoe, not tempered too
hard. which turns up about a I of'an inch, in
the shape Of horses lancet the same 10 the
hinder part of The shoe, turned up little high
er than the fo'epart, tempered in the Same
manner. In going up hill, The fore part
gives a purchase that assists the horse, and In
going down prevents him from sliding forwards.
--Pockct Fdrrier.
Hoes. The writer of the following para
graphs, (Which VIC find among the editorial
Correspondence Of the Franklin Farmer
understands his subjcct-he knows what
he is talking about. We commend his re-
marks TO the attention Of every farmer.
Early maturity,or quick growth is valuable;
but large merely. unless ii can be obtained
at comparatively small expense, is of no
consequence. Long hogs are every thing
with some people but long back is as
bad a point in a hog as in horse and a
holLo,o back is one ofthe worst Of all points.
1t indicates bad constitution, and as this
writer days. ian enormous gormanddizes. y
Il can breed hogs as long as alligators
but it makes an enormous gormandize,
hallow back, and a great risk of breaking
down when YOU come to fatten them
heavily or breed from them.
| declare honestly to YOU
this raising large hogs, is an affair more =
pride than profit. -
If your breeders would be advised by me,
they would not 90 over two hundred and
fifty pounds for breeding sows. These
would make barrows that would weigh at
eighteen months old, three hundred and
! fifty to four hundred pounds. which is large
enough in all conscience, and the weight
most desired in the Smithfeld market. !
/ have resided in Alabama and had many an
argument with the planters about large
pork. They are mistaken entirely in sup