Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-07-06


udices against the root were not 90 great |
q all parts Of France. even at that time in |
which Parmentier was laboring 50 hard |
r its favor. In the seven years VAR
l756.l763-a small detachment Of the
French army, while in Saxony. having It's
supplies wholly cut off, the soldiers subj
sisted for eight or ten days entirely upon
potatoes. Obtained from the fields nor
was the manner Of living considered
among them as by any means narosnlp. |
Less than thirty years before lnis event.
the potato was unknown 70 the icuitur. |
Ahont the middle Of the last century,tbe
.culture Of the potato in Switzerland, which
was beuun in 1870, had so much increas.
ed that il constituted the food OF two thirds
If the neople. In the present day, It still
forms 4 leading article of food among the
peasantry of that country. In italy'Wlth,
In the present century, the cultivation OF
the potato has been greatly encouraged j;
and the traveller, in the city OF Naples, for
instance. must remember the large vessels
filed with boiled potatoes, in the pubic
streets, and near the royal palace Itself,
from which, at cheap rate. the poor laz-
zaroni can procure wholesome meal
the supply Of their favorlte maccaronl be-
ing deficient or too dear.
Potatoes eaten raw have been found to
be among the best remedies for the sour
w. as well as an excellent preservative.
THE PLAGUE AMONG THE BEASTS.
A Mortal distemper once ragged among
the Beasts, and swept away prodigious
numbers. After it had continued some
time without abatement, it was concluded
in an assembly Of the brute creation to be
Judgment inflicted upon them for their
sins; and day was appointed fora gen.
eral confession !; when it was agreed, THAT
he who appeared to be the greatest sin
ner, should suffer death as an atonement
for the rest. The Fox was appointed
Father Confessor upon the occasion and
the Lion, with great generosity, condo.
scended 10 be the first in making public
confessions. For my part. said he. lmuss
own have been an enormous offender ;
have killed many innocent sheep IN my
time; nav once, but il was a case of ne
.cessity, made meal of the shepherd
The Fox. with much gravity, acknowl-
! edged that these in any other thanthe King
would have been incapable crimes; but
that his majesty had certainly right toa
few silly Sheep, nay. and to the Shepherd
too, in case of necessity. The judg-
tment ofthe Fox was applauded by all the
superior savages and the Tiger, the
i Leopard, the Bear, and the Wolf, made
4 confession of many enormities of the like
sanguinary nature which were all paI-
lated or excused with the same lenity and
i mercy, and their crimes accounted SO
4 yenial. as scarce to deserve the name oil
offences. At last, poor penitent Ass
with great contrition acknowledged thai
once going through the Parsons meadow
| being very hungry. and tempted by the
sweetness Of the grass, he had cropt a little
of it, mol more however in quantity, than
the tip Of his tongue: he was very sorry
,. for the misdemeanor, and hoped : Hope
exclaimed the Fox with singular zeal
what canst thou hope for, after the com
mission of SO heinous crime What
eat the Parsons grass Oh sacrilege
This, this is the fragrant wickedness, my
Ibrethren, which has drawn the wrath 0
Heaven upon our heads; and this the no
torious offender, whose death must max,
atonement for all our transgressions. S,
: saying, he ordered his entrails for sacrifice
and the rest of the beasts went to dinner
) upon his carcase. 81
MoRAL.-The poor and helpless undergo
those punishments for small and trivia
offences. which the rich and powerful
escape for crimes OF a much blacker ma
: ture.- Modern Fables.
i. tool-using animal. And surely, five con
!. slider the interval between the first wood
9 en- dibble fashioned by man. and the Lis
y erpool steam car:io ges, or British Hous
i Of Commons, we shall note what progress
he has made, Man digs up certain blac
stones from the bosom OF the earth. an
says to them, Transport me and this luz
:, gage, at the rate of five-andIYenty mile
I. an hours and they do it. Ele collect
! apparently by lot, six hundred and fit.
eight miscellaneous individuals, and sa,
to them, Make this nation toll for U
y bleed for us, hunger and sorrow. and 81
: for u.s." and they do TT Carlyle.
WHENCE, AND WHITTIER I'll an
r and lately was not. But whence how
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: ten in all colors and motions. uttered in a
: : tones Of jubilee and wall. 10 thousand6 8!
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= ture; but where is the cunning eye al
ear, to whom that Ged-written apocaiyp
:. will yield articulat meaning2 Create
- - lies before Us, like glorious rainbow
=. but the sun that made it lies behind .