Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-06-06
srATrsTICs OF DENEvOLENCE.

American Tract Society, 1880
American Home Missionary Society, 1886
American Bible Society, 166,652
American Board of Foreign Missions, during The
last nine months, about SlS5000 that if the
contributions continue in the ratio for the next
three months they will, for the year, amount TO a
bout 2lb,OOo
Baptist Board of Forcgn Missions, s2,276
A tcord TO correspondents OF agricultural papers.
For the purpose of making every communication
which may appear, as useful as possible to readers,
we would suggest u ca, 5.nl attention to the follow
ing PARTICULAR In giv,Tg the weight of animals,
state their n,. 9, breed 3, quality of carcass if
dead or api.ir, nee and 81. pc if alive a, manner
Of feeding and tfea'ncnt-an especially any devia-
ton from the ordinary course pursued in rearing
them or fattcning then If crops, specify, ], the
exact kind of variety .,.where the seed OBJ
tanned, and of whom; 3, b nd of soil A, mode of
culture, including a statement of the previous
dtion Of the ground ;kind and qualities Of manure
added &c. The purpose should not be to amuse
so much as to interest, and to publish that such
person has raised an OK, weighing 1000 pounds
hog, 1900; or Sheep 200; or had sheared Is
pounds of clear wool, is to inform them simply of
monstrosity: but, if tell them at the same time
where they can procure such breeds, and how they
may attain such weights, we place information in
their hands, that will enable them to derive practi
cal benefit from the PlotCboy.
Fmfllment Of Prophecy In one ofthe very in
terestng letters which the senior editor Of the Sa-
vannah Republican is writing to his paper, descrlp-
tive of scenes and events on his tour to Europe,
Egypt, Syria and Palestine, we find the following
extract giving an account of his visit to Tyre:
awe arrived at Tyre early in the afternoon, and
surely no place better correspond to the de-
scrpiion of it. Formerly insuar, 1t has been con-
nected with the main land since the conquest OF
Alexander the Great, and the isthmus is still mar.
rover than the site of the town, notwithstanding
the accumulation OF centuries. OF the ancient
town not a vestige remains. Al is buried beneath
the sand and several excavations in progress eX-
pose to view the substructions of ancient buildings
the piers and arches of an aqueduct, &c, but even
these remains DOUBTLESS long posterior to the |
era Of the first Tyre. The present town is mis-
cradle place, full of filth and wretchedness. The |
only thing of interest within the walls is the re- |
mains of a very fine church, which has been iden-
tilted as the one in which Eusebius used to preach
in the third century. Several fishing nets spread |
out to dry, called to mind the prophecy 'Andl will
cause the noise ofthy songs to cease and The sound
of thy harps shall be no more heard. And | will |
make thee like the top of rock, thou shalt be
place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no
more"
Emigration to Tennessee We learn from The
Nashville Banner that an enterprise is on foot for |
establishing colony Of Dutch emgrans in Nor |
gan county, Tennessee About two hundred thou
sand acres Of land have been purchased and two
or three hundred emigrants are daily expected to
arrive Others will follow from time to time as fast
as preparations can be made for their reception
Manufactures and agriculture will engage the at /
tentlon of the colony.
Honorable Conduct A correspondent sends us
the following interesting paragraph, which we in
sert with pleasure:
SIN the year 1914. an amiable promising young
man was unfortunate in business in Boston. 1t be
ing war time, but little encouragement seemed to |
offer here, and he soon after left for the South
Within few days he has voluntarily sent me prn-
cipa and interest of debt made in 1914, with a
letter, saying, 1t gives me as much pleasure that
am able to pay, as for you toreceive it. Everything
] am worth has been earned by hard and close ap
plication since you and met | find, on inquiry
that he is now the senior partner of one of the
most resDoctabe auction and commission houses in
Philadelphia Boston paper.
Important Discovery. A scientific gentleman,
residing at Ipswich. England Mr.. Frederick Ran
some, engineer has lately discovered method
by which the hardest stone can be brought into n
conscience resembling common putty, so that it
can be cut and moulded into any shape for or.
namental purposes without altering its general
character and appearance, for it becomes as hard
and IN some instances even harder than when sub
jected TO the process. Another peculiarly of the
process is that any color, variety of colors can
be impaired TO its solid substance, so that an end
less variety oil shades can be produced, and it is
capable of being polished, it effecualy resists the
action OF the weather. 1t can also be used as &C.
ment, and can be brushed over the surface of wood
SO as 10 render it fire proof
u An officer of the U. S. Dragons writing
TO the New Orleans Tropc an account of the incl
dents OF an expedition across the prairies, makes
mention of vast plain, miles in extent and level
as table, entirely covered with thin cake of salt
which shone in the sun like vast mirror. Little
pools were found on the plain, strongly impregna-
ted with salt, and very offensive.
Mare -a-time Performance. Fashion and Peytona
are both Ct the feminine gender, whence arose
ING following pun, the perpetraor of which is still
"Why Sam, tho't you were too much of sal
Tor to be seen at horse race" Horse race" res
pended Sam, This is to be mare Rhine perform
ance, amt it"
Mechanical Triumph. A two story brick house
has been raised in Barclay street, N Y, opposite
81. feters Church by being lifted nearly thirty
feet. The house has been raised by machinery,
and two lower stories are to be built beneath the
upper ones. Thus four story house will be built
without breaking up the roof
.Hua6eau. 1t is said that the celebrated Mira
beau, in the latter years of his life bitterly regret
ted the follles and vices of his youth. If his NOR
al character had been pure, his influence would
have been immense. One of his biographers says
that " he was so fully aware that if he had enjoyed
personal considerations, all France would have been
at his feet; and there were moments when he would
have consented to pass "seven times through the
heated furnace" to purify the name of Mirabeau.
have seen him weep with grief and heard him
say, almost sufocated with sobs: 81 am cruelty ex-
plating the errors of my youthw
'4necdote. Good old parson Roberts, formerly of
-, had sometimes the presumption to preach
without notes; and being dull man. his spirit,
wnlcn ne however, mistook for a very different
one a,a mot not always supply him with matter On
the space of several minutes, to the Great wonder.
meht Of oil the congregation. Being asked by his
deacon after the service, what in the world made
him run out ms tongue So he REPLIED Why 10 be
IN Ingenious Lock. The Lowell Jourra, .o,,s
that Mr.. Aldridge, Superintendent of the Lowss,l
Lock Company, has lately made paddock, which