Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-08-31

plant owned by the PATRON of
Albany, and that it was now exhibited in
his garden for the benefit of the Orphan
Asylum, went with several friends to
enjoy the sight. It has been in the fami-
ly for more than half century, and. until
very recently, appeared nothing different
from an aioes plant of great magnitude.
The aloes or century plant is the same
hardly any person who has visited a green
house, or the store of florist, could have
failed of noticing different specimens of it.
The appellation of century plant is given
to it from its blooming only once in CEN
fury. [: seems. however. that it blooms
often in less period. Eighty years is
supposed TO be about the age of this one,
which is profusely budded and must very
shortly reveal its fullest beauty.
Il is enclosed in a hot house. perhaps
IL by Is feet, three sides of which are
composed of glass and the other of boards,
and the altitude may be 90 feet. No 9TH
er plant is with it. 1t appears to be set in
a hillock with the lower leaves, which
are of great magnitude, extending down
and resting on the ground; the upper
leaves are also :hick and heavy, and form
at their articulation considerable basin,
from the centre of which shoots a huge
perpendicular stalk 10 the altitude proba-
bly, of eighteen feet, as round and smooth
as bamboo stick, three inches through
at the bottom and tapering very gradually
| to the top, which is surmouuted With
cluster OF buds. From the top some three
or four feet down, there are sixteen sprouts
shooting off from different parts Of the
main stalk from one to two feet, or more,
thickIy studded with rows of white buds
the size ofacorns, which will shortly open
and show The plant in all its glory.
When in bloom it must present magnif-
icent sight. though the flowers can not be
larger than a morning glory. The color
of them is said to be yellow. In June last
the stalk frs: made its appearance, and
has grown since then TO its present alti-
tude. In twenty-four hours it has grown
eighteen inches l have taken some
pains in giving this description of the
plant. as it is rarely seen in bloom in this
northern region. In the tropics where it
grows naturally, very rich beverage is
obtained from it by cutting off the stalk as
soon as it begins to make its appearance.
Many gallons are obtained from a single
plant. As soon as it has finished the dis
plav of its blossoms it withers and dies
The Orphan Asylum will reap rich har
! vest from it, am happy to say, as 1t at
tracts very many to see it--citizens ant
strangers, and no doubt many from som'
Distance NJ V Ram Roc
el DEArH FROM DRUNKENNEss.-T
: annals of intoxication scarcely furnish
Y more shocking case than has just occurre
o near the city of Rochester. A Mrs. Tur
) was burnt to death by her clothes takin
e fire while she was drunk and while he
IS husband, though lying by her. was to
T. drunk to save her from destruction He
clothing was almost wholly burnt, savin
:, only small fra gmen, between her should
e ers and the ground where she lay, an
Ie her body was burnt to crisp!-NY. Ba
re Register.
l. BLASTING Rocks BY GvLvAN1sM.-
e. method of blasting rocks by GaIvs mis-
N has been invented by Mr.. Roberts,
n, Scotland. The elias glow Courier Civ
al an account OF an entirely successful expel
lie ment of this kind, performed at the We
ern Craigs Quarry.
AT the close of the description of tn
40 experiment the writer says.--Chrastat
a. Register.
at "The whole face of the rock was riv
< asunder from top to bottom, and from thr
= to four hundred tons Of stone was to
,e' from the hill, and came laundering do,
lu- like an avalanche. It is impossible
ed imagine anything more grand or inlere
- ing than this triumph ofscience as appl
to practical utility in rendering hithe
llt- most dangerous process perfectly sale
his simple in execution"
re- A RUNAWAY SLAvE.-On Friday
The Saturday of week before last, three sla
arrived at Boston on the Worcester RI
road. They had deserted from their N
= ter who belonged in Georgia, but had K
track OF them, and was waiting at the
pot when they arrived. Two of tn
we're secured, and while irons were be-
all fixed upon them, the third. a power
OIL man, proslrated his master by blow, I
hen rushed through the crowd ofs9ectators
and He went down to Salem in the East
erG cars, and was followed in the next tr
ght by his master. He was secreted in Sal
,lgs by some abolitionists during the Sabb'
it'll aud on Monday came to this Town, VIII
so he was secreted till the latter part of
or week the master Of an Eastern Goa.
- having declined TO take him on board,
ex was finally taken to Portsmouth and
on board The steamboat Huntress for
e Of john New5uryport Herald.
the OIL.-Amid all the changes wi
oeen trade is passing through, none is so
Een- markable as that of oil. Heretofore
Ioes whale fishery has supplied light for