The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-10-14

"NSHAC1h ~ ShSll AlIN III ~ a
remember, that the Goosberrians are driven
ahead with their mill, and eff we don't choke
them of, or at least get our mill made first,
wo be to Huckleberry Hucklebcrrians, du
drop these minor questions, and come up to
the rescue =
Then three or four more spoke, and then
they went TO votin. But it was no use
They wouldn't yield. All stuck to their
great Questions, and of course no choice was
made.
The house polled twenty-seven times, and
the result was every time as follows;
Whole number of votes, 81
Necessary tn d choice, ID
Squire John jenkins (Whig) had
Squire Jason Jones (diInicratl 5
Leftenant Era Snobbs Liberty
Col. Timothy Dodds (capes) 8
Deacon Lenucl Goss (grist-milI) i
So you see the state of body polytics in Huck-
leberry It's orful to think on What shall
be did ? that's the question. Deacon Goss
and Aunt Susan Gibbs thinks as how we
better not try agin till we can hev time to
write tn Gineral Taylor and get his opinion
as to which is the great question now afore the
Huckleberrians and when we git it, to 90
in for the great question which he SEES is the
great question. | thinks so tn, and am goin tn
call a meetin on Saturday night to see bout
it.
I'd ute more, but hewitt time, and my feel
ms won't allow Of it-besides my son Reuel
is at the door, with old Kate in the wagin,
ready tn bring this dispatch to you.
Yours, IN haste and trouble,
Col. SIMON SPIKES.
P. S. The later rot has lately struck the
taters in this settlement. Aunt Gibbs ses,ses
she, 'its all OWN tn SIGH quarrililng bout
who shall be Representatives
Cor. SIS
SCIENCE OF MATCHES. We don't mean
matrimonial matches, tho since we have
mentioned them, we can't helpquoting an old
couplet in reference thereto. 1t ran thus
Wed a Scold with a blockhead, the match must be
For to make q good match, we need birthstone and
wood.
We designed, however, to speak of the i'm
provements that the science Of chemistry has
made in striking a light In old times, -ev-
cry housekeeper was careful to provide him
self with a finder box, we'll stufled-a cha1yed
rdg-a hardened steel and Il flint, with any
quantity Of little dry sticks of pine or cedar,
tipped with birthstone; and whenever he
wished to kindle his fire, had to whack away
with his flint upon the steel, carefully poised
above the magazine of finder, and as soon
rs SOlllC AuSAJ SIJdlA lioLtL NlIINilCu IL, Apply ltIC
match, and by careful blowing get up a
blaze. Ii the finder was wet, or the flint be-
came dull, or any Of the apparatus mislaid or
lost, he had to turn out to some Of the neigh
boris and DofT0O fire. or 90 without. The
first improvement on this, was q match pre-
pared with birthstone and chloratc OF potash,
putinto a case, with q little bottle containing
sulphuric acid. By dipping the tip Of this
into the acid, the rapid action of it upon the
chlorate resulted in fire. Next, this prepara-
ton was modiicd-with the addition of a lit
lie crude anthony, and by rubbing on sand
paper, fire was produced. These were so
fiery that they received the name of Lucifer
matches, after 'Old Clootie' himself, who il
supposed to be so full of igneous matter that
the mere rafting of his ribs together, when
he laughs, would strike fire. Then came the
Locofoco match, which is a combination of
sulphur, chalk and bosphorus, and so touchy
are they, that all you have to do is to rub
them on your coat sleeves-if you don't wear
too fine cloth-or on any rough substance, and
presto out gushes the flames before you can
say Jack Robinson Since science has per-
tected this part of matchmaking, there was
nothing more to be done than for art to exert
itself in putting them up in a portable shape.
The last improvement that we have seen, we
met with the other day at Prince & SANKEY'S,
(Winthrop,) and consisted Of small boxes Of
wood or paper, very neatly made and la
Boiled, and crowded with matches Of the best
kind. These are very convenient for carrying
about, and they come at the very low price
of a cent per box. When we think over all
the labor and different manipulations which
have to be gone through with-after taking
the several materials of which this box and its
contents are made of-how they can be at
forded so cheap is surprising. The proper eff
feet of science is to simplify, perfect, and
make cheap every thing needed for the COM
fort or subsistence of mankind, whether APP
Piled to apparently SO trihing thing as a
match, or to a steam ~engine.-1{aiae Farms