Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-10-19

bingham can see to read without speeiaeics, sho ye'
talks with good seosr. and appears 70 have a SOUND
J~sdgnen,. and to exercise her mind about msi'eis OF a
domestic kind, with = great deal Of disers'ivn.
/. Interesting 10 Sneisrs. An Englishman in Biz.
~mineham, who deals heavily In cigars, recently had his
materials sei,ed by the Police. They consisted OF
dock, horse radish. and rheubarb leaves, jars and bot
les OF pickle, and other filthy and poisonous mixtures
iVr colorine. staining, and sccniing them.
gentleman by the name Of Breevoo, recently died
in New York city aged 30 years, who had never been
further from the city than Staten Island. lie was
worth his millions, and a man Of Intelligence.
A man who marrics a rich woman mus, expect to
have i, occasionally flung in his teeth. A gentleman
who had the misfortune to marry a fortune, was once
exhibiting the fine points OF his horse to a friend.
NY horse, ifyou please said his amidMe better half,
my money bought that hoise.' Yes my dear replied
the husband, and your money bought me too True
nine times in ter. -IBatre Gazette.
MOI a marrying man. The Editor Of the ST. Louis
Bulletin, who is an incorIigible bachelor, is opposed 10
uniting the marrying with the printing interest. because
during these hard times. he finds it as much as he can
attend to, TO issue a SINGLE sheet, without being bother
ed with hHi. eItraS.
Boston lee Trade. There are now 26 companies
engaged in the business Of shipping ice, in Boston,
They formerly sold ice in New Orleans ut six cents per
pound; but now sell it at one cent, and by the conse-
qreni increase of consumption, and quantity prevented
from melting by the despatch OF sales, they make four
dollars now TO where they made one formerly. The
ice is sawed into square blocks not less than twelve
inches thick, and is packed in vessels with straw and
hay, boxed with thin lumber made air tight. One Bos-
ton company paid $1,000 last year for the hay they
used for packing.
Moral Miracle. A friend who recently travelled for
several days through ireland, states thai, although he
saw thousands in want and misery, he did no, NEE,
with one person Intoxicated. Well and nobly done
Father Mathew!
Accident in a Sham Fight. We learn from the
Greenfield Mass Gazette, that during a sham fgh,
which took place at a military parade in Colerain, a
member ofthe cavalry troop, named Dinsmore Rugg
was struck in the head by a rifle ~wadding, which pen.
etiated his brain and caused almost instant death.
A modern Lambert. A man by the name Of Lewis
Cornelius recently died in Milford, Penn. that when in
health measured g feet three inches in height, and
weighed 666 pounds!
New Sofa StuGng. An extraordinary and ingcn-
ious escape was made from the State Prison at Con.
cold, N. H., a few days since, by one Of the convicts.
He worked in a shop as a cabinet, maker and uphol
s'er, and having orders for a large sofa, he made il
with a false bottom and stuffed it with some very light
materials. In the space formed between the top and
bottom, he contrived to introduce his body, at the time
when the wagner came TO take away the piece Of
furniture. He was quite a small man, and his weight
was not ~sufficien, to produce any suspic ions in The
mind of the driver. The sofa, thus loaded, was &C.
~cordingly slowed away in the baggage wagon, and
our hero made his escape.
Trouble at Sumatra. A gentleman who came pas
sammy in tho (H.r,1i,n t,nn,. Ca-o Czu,u ., -.
to Holmes Hole, informs US tina, the Dutch and the
natives Of Sumatra were at war, and that the former
were rapidly taking possession Of the island. He fur
nished US with no pariiculars.-New Bedford Reg.
Troops on the March. BY orders from the Adju,an
Generals Office at Washington, the 9Th Regiment o
Infantry has been directed to proceed to Detroit ant
the Upper Lakes five companies of Artillery are or
dcred 10 take post a, Buffalo, Niagara, Oswego, anc
Madison Barracks-six companies of Dragons ar,
Withdrawn from Florida and ordered to the South
western frontier.
TREMENDOUS Storm. A hail storm occurred in Uti
ca on Saturday afternoon, 9th inst, Of such trcmen
dous violence as to suspend the proceedings Of tn
Cour, during its continuance. Indications Of a Sc
we're shower began to exhibit themselves from the cas-,
between , and 3 p. NJ, and in the space OF half an hou
the entire horizon changed its complexion, from brill
liant sunshine to the darkness Of the blacklist thunde
cloud. After a preliminary flash Of lightning or two
the windows of heaven opened and then descende
such a fall Of hail as was indeed serious to look upon
Not a stone fell that was no, as large as an ordinar
hickory nut, and but few exceeded that size. The al
most perfect u~nanimity OF their size was the creates
wonder about the storm yet the lremendousncss o
the fall was almost ~frgh,iul. In a few moments III
fall abated, but in a short time the wind cloppe
round to the North, and another fall of hail cam,
Leaving three or fur inches Of it on The ground.
The Trnd Of Csh, for the murder Of MI. Adams, wa