Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-29


who fairly out. Sared himself, in the thirty or for
~ stanzas leach of itself perfect epigram, and
some OF them, like bee, with u sung in its tail
which he let off like series Of blazing rockets,
or perhaps more like the single, rapid shots of
some weIl.Ianded mutiphcatc rifle revolver
each (which tod on its object with the certainty
Of death and taxes But enough: The variety
and brllliance of the intellectual displays of the
occasion did honor to Mddebury College while
they will leave an impress in the bosoms of the
participants which can never be forgotten.
We found the hearts and houses of the hos
pitable and public spirited people Of Middlebu-
ry wide open on the occasion; aud for our share
OF acknowledge for hospitalities cordially
rendered by, and no less cordially ard thankful
" accepted from the late Intelligent and gentle
manly representative to the Legislature from that
own, Joseph Warren, Esq, and his kind family
we avow ourselves douby debtor
JENNY LIND, the matchess daughter Of song
after half Grazing Europe for the last half dozen
years, is now on her way to Amenca, to appro-
PIRATE the lionizng propensities of our people,
If she could produce the effect she has there,
what will she do here, among poopIe who are
already keyed up to pitch of excitement that
will not allow half ofthem to think or act like re-
hectng beings? Barnum, who engaged Miss
Lind, has offered 5000 for the best song of well
come, to be sung at her first appearance; and
we shall now see whether money and an ade-
quato occasion will call forth something that can
live longer than the rest of the poetic ephemera
of the day.
The AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INsTRUCTGoN
held its annual meeting this year at North
Hampton Mass, on the 18th, 18th, and 18th
nsts. The attendance was large, and the exer
cises it is said, able and interesting. The
speakers we've Henry Barnard, of Hartford, CT.
Edward Lyman, of st. Louis, B. Field and Rev
G. Brooks, Of Boston, S. Jennings, of New York
and others. This association is yearly sowing
in the different states where it meets the rich
kind OF seed to ensure improvement in our i'm
perfect aud disjoinied system of popular educa.
ton.
0, that the people of Vermont could be aware
of what they might do for their State, by tax
ing as much interest in popular education as it:
Importance demands. If they would even be
gin to do this, by taking as much interest in thu
Improvement of their common schools as the,
now take IN the improvement of their pigs ant
horses, we would look upon it as very protnis
ing step in the advance.
DEATH OF A PATRIARCH. The patriarch
Dorner died lately, near the foot of the
Hill of Allen, county Kildare, at the ad
vanced aye Of l25. The deceased livet
in the same townlaud in which he was borr
in the year 1925, having thus seen the
throne of England filled by six successive
sovereigns He had been in a state of sec
ond infancy for nearly quarter of a cen
; fury.
y CANNiBALs IN THE NORTHWESTERN
d fact, we believe, not generally known
Y Y that a tribe or band of Indians, inhab tin
" the country beyond the Mississippi, are &c
# dicted to the practice of eating their tello
is creatures. They me called the Tho
J. Woods Indians, and are regarded with til
e utmost adherence by the surroundin
le tribes -.Gaiena. AdvertiSer.
ExTRAoRDINARY-A female domest
h. rt tbo Ac,,
ri of at empting to poison her mistress, he
III confessed motive being the hope of gettli
SIS a mourning dress from the family! 81
ur was sentenced to be hung.
The PEERAGE.-Ofthe present llou
Of Lords, which, including the Scotch al
Il. Irish representative peers, but eXcludiI
on the Bishops, consists of about 1875 member
lg there are only ID whose peerages are mo
he than 3'0 years old; in other words, Il
a whole Of the British peerage. as it EXIST
a. in the year 1850, with the exception Of
ia teen members, has become extinct. Al
he it is to be remarked that of this fiGee
mt more than he proper portion consists
as Scotch and Irish representative peers,
similar extinction is nearly completed
~ the baronetage Ofthe 200 English baro
cts created by James only 30 have re
resentatives remaining; all the res, ha
~ disappeared. Foreign countries displ
the operation of the same law.-Brit.
Banner.
m. IDIoCY.-A careful exploration of o.
of hundred owns in Massachusetts brought
10 light five hunored and seventy five cases
,'' idocy. OF these four hundred and twer
ny were idiots from birth, and of this numb
u- they obtained information respecting t
parents oft three hundred and fiIly-nine.
is all but four of these examined cases, II W
en- found that one parent or the other, or bo
ed had in some way departed from the laws
I'D life and health, being either scrofulor
a. predsposed to brain affections, intempera
grossly sensual, or unnaturally intermarrl
with blood relations. The lessons taua
-, - by such disclosures should prove wal
Tue ing.-NOrth Americm
vas
his METEoRIC SHOWER OF lS50.-On I
on, Iul8IL vi NV Ilull anu lCllll lnSt, Dell1
in of the periods at which numbers of sho
ing stars are supposed regularly to appe
observations were made al Yale Collie!
&C. which are said to have fully realised exp,
on, tation. Three observers, who took SCI
en- rate fields of vision, counted. in two hot
ape and one-third, 45I meteors Some oftht
ors were followed by trains of momentary {
nd. ration None, however, were Of extra
erv binary size or spendor, and many We
ore mere luminous points, which darted W
~, remarkable velocity
U'' From s to 9 o'clock, an aurora of mo
'ae rate intensity was visible, and again, a
III quarter before O'Clock, a 0ery bright
roral arch rested on a dark cloud along
lal Northern horizon, and, at intervals, s
tier up numerous streamers or pencils of Zig
,er. NORTH american.
led From TExAs.-By the arrival of
and Portland. from Galveston, we are in rece
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