Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-04-05

CHIPS AND CLIPPINGS.


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CHIPS AND CLIPPINGS.
A skeleton was lnteiy dug from the earth ncnr
Dayton, Ohio having one hundred and seventy
copper beads around It's neck also some very fine
spear heads Of flint.
One thousand nine hundred and thirty .Goar per-
sons have joined the Irish Temperance Society,
III Lowell, Mass: and OF this nuinher, NIL have
have kept the pledge, with e exception of one
lriShnlan, one Scnrhman and one woman.
During The month Of February over 5000 per
SONS in The city md vicinity Of Philadelphia, sign
ell the total abstinence pledge.
Juore election riots in Canada. The Montreal
Herald Of Saturday speaks of scenes OF nnpara-
leled violence aud h'oodslIed ut The election in
HerItrer county. That paper states that ahuu, Il
thousands Cana'iinns, armed with bIudeeors at
tackled body Of Irishnem, estimated at forty or
hty and that The encounter resulted in the death
of one Canadian and six lrishnlen, and lie Gun
ing Of great number on both sides. This beats
ibe 'unresuiaietl ,lem0rrary OF The United States"
Ias they call as,) nil 10 nolhing. Our height ors
across the lines will have to take lessons from us
yet.
More De6fulfers. 1t is stated in the Richmond
Star, on the authority of private advces, that the
Assistant Postmaster at Abingdon, in that slate,
John W. Stevens had been detected in plund.r.
ing the Post Office At That place he was caught
wNh letters in his Goa. sleeve, which contained
money, sna j, h supposed be has operated pretty
largely i,4 that way. he WIS arrested npon the
charge, nnd lslge, i'll WyILe connly jail. The
accused has hitherto borne IL very high character
ami the discovery of his villainy las created ~
q eat sensation aIhOAg those who knew him. il.s
tlnughier it is STATED, iius gone deranged.-- NJ Y
Express.
butter. II is said thar The excellence of the
eream from which butter is made and upon which
the favor of he bn,teY depends, arises very much
from the purity of Tie water hitch HE cows
drink.
4Dd you holler, thought heara A Yell"
Mss .Ha,fineau.
A. YELL Governor Of Arkansas, has vetoed the,
bill entitled, Az act for The protection and pres
ervation oi tile rights and property OF married
women"
! PoliienesS on all occasions. A, wedding re-
Gently which took place ut The ahar when The Of
| feiang priest put TO tie lady the home question::
wilt hou take this man to he Thy welded hus-
band :" she dropped The prcuiest curresy, ana.
win mod.sy which lent her beauty and addi.
rional grace said, "H YOU please, SIN" Charming.
simplicity.
Mode # preseyrilg Timber. The Civil Engi-
nerr and Architects Journal, for JANUARY lS4l.
describes patent lately obtained IN the Omitted
States, t"r preSt rvng wood by boiling il in lime
waier The editOr Of ial losArial remarks how
ever, that wood can he mush better preser, ed
from decay Ivy soahing it in n strong solution OF
lfme in cold water lie assigns, as n reason for
this, tlat ,Aueh greater 9tiaalhy of lime, when,
fresh burned or cnclned, is soluble in given
quantity II cold than Of boiling water; aud also.
rehies several satisfactory experiments, proving
sIe great efficacy Of lime, when thus used in pre-
serving timber tron derny. The length of time.
} or which the nn,ber should lie seissed depends
very much upon the thickness anI texture of the
weod some kinds of timber requiring only IL
fortnight, an5 Others three or four weeks, and
even onger. An arli6eal pond, the sides made
nSpIf or apafi 4 tt,aI,.
| The city Of Paris has mt length succeeded in
procuring wafer from an Artesian well, which has
tor several years been IN progress nj f;reensse,
nj nn expense of 100000 francs. The borias ii,-
s'rumen', alter having re@rhed the enormous
depth of 500 metres, (Is37 English fee,.) reached
the wafer, which Immediately sprang up in alum
danee 10 the top oi the bore. This operation has
resolved highly interesting geographical prob
hem, ond proves that body Of water exists untes
The green chalS strata which forms The bed of he
environs OF Paris
The Fourth # March. VIM. Oalmun, Esq, qtr
Powml, appropriately honored the Glorious.
FoHrtl,' by ba,chering Mammoth hog. IL was
eighteen months old, aud weighed Gao pounds!
II was weighed by The Messrs. LincHl,is of Pow
nat .Shits Banner
No t,ading in human flesh in England The
Sunderland Herald says: "On Sainr'lay Inst n
| eonDtSywoman WINS sold publicly, by AUCTION, Ivy
her husband for Is Cd IN The faveMenl, in the
cathedral city Of York;
Damages for Libel Mr. S, W. Benedict the.
anti slavery book and newspaper publisher in n.
York, was tried in the Crcuil Coua in HAT city
ON Tuesday, NJ Tie sHite ola police nnrsIlu and.
fined fifteen hundred dollars, for libel. The
nledged be! was published in the Anti slavery
Almanac" AMI charges tue plaintiff and others,
WIN beng kidnappeIS; asserting that they had!
on n Sunday IN November le;36 stolen u colored
man away from his family in New York, and
hurried hM iato slavery.
CattSraiG Expedition. Al late meeting in In
dependence, Jackson county, Mo- fifty eight per-
SOM, nineteen of whom will lake Illeir families
with them, registered their names rs members Of
the expedition which is 10 leave this spring for.
| Upper California Persons including TO migrate,
nre recommended 10 meet NJ Ssll'lug G8ove, Oh
the old Sanie Fs route, on The roth MaN.pext
where officers will lie elected. Various lulons
for the safety and comioEt ii those engaged
| in the enterprise, were adopted and we observe.
a specific resolve, that no person vii, be allowed
to Iake amy spurious hqnors, except for lnediral
purposes, the qualify 10 he determined at the
! general meeting al the rendezgoga cannon
has been presented TO the company, aud II Is to 20
mounted anh Made ready for se,yire,
| The Northampton ConreE states That mr. W ptH
marsh who went ont 10 Jaa,aica for he establish
neut oi the Silk business in that islah,' nas sue
ceeded IN ofgqni2lng company, pW'.u wy ~
maiea silk Company fhisC Company nave male
Fetin,inary arrangements, Hnf agreed 10 pay Mr..
\ Wi,tmarsh $4,000 tor his trees, and further
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