Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-02-14
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Notes and Comm onts.

NEW ORLEANS AGAIN iiREATENED.-'A Gre |
vase, r week or two since, was formed about |
30 niles above New OIeans, AT the plantation |
of Madame Dcvain. From Is feet, the width |
at the onise, it has gradually increased till, at
the last accounts, it was about quarter OF a.
mlle wide, having already swept away all the
buildings Of Madame D. and those of an adjojn
ing plantation, and threatening still greater de-
yastaton to the country below, That great and
fearful torrent much nclines lattery TO burst out
wholly from its old channel above New Orleans,
and if it should wo to all that slauds in its way.
RUTLAND RAIL RoAD--The shares CT this
road are down 10 81 per cent. of the par value
which is 500, being 80 per cent below par.
The par value Of the Central is $66,W and its
shares are selling now at a44, or only % per
cent below par, showing an advantage Of the
latter over the former of II per cent. in market
We have no disposition to build up our re ad by
dlsparaging others but then the use of little
arithmetic occasionally is good exercise for
the mind.
CoLD The mercury in Fahrenheit's tier"
mometcr at sunrise, Feb. 6, stood, in several To-
: calities in Montpelier, at 40 deg. below zero
. This is the greatest degree of cold that has &C.
, CURED here since Jan 1874, when our thermom-
( eters indicated that point, Or very nearly, for
three successive mornings. In 1882 the mech
ry, ono morning, not only fell to DO deg below
zero, but shrunk two or three degrees after con-
\ reatlon. which would not have been effected
n probably by any degree of cold short oil % or
= 46 degrees below zero. This is the greatest de-
n GREE of which, in Vermont, we can find any rec
l. ord; and this, and the two other winters above
/ named are the only ones, to our knowledge IN
II which the mercury has ever reached the point
of Of congelation. The memorable cold Friday,
about 40 wears ago, exhibited a greater aveiage
l. or cold. indeed, when taken through the whole
CT d hours, than was ever experienced probably
~, in this latitude, but though the mercury stool
RS at about 80 deg. below zero, nearly all day, l
x did not at any time, fall below that point.
40 was the driving wind, which, when combined
- with that unexampled degree Of cold after tn
ey sun was up, made that day so terrible.
ty, As regards the other morning, we, IN the vel
'rs Of the Yankee who asked the Boosting Englst
"a man. as he was staggering under the concusslo
by of a tremendous peal of thunder whether the
m had any better thunder than that in Englan
a were intending to boast little over other pit
'.o ces, believing that Montpelier, from its low 81
not uatjon, could Guido anything, in still mornln
ess in the way of cold. But We find several 9TH
places presenting claims to be allowed to COT
, ,,, pete with u.s. The CaledoDan says, the me
rter curv, at ST. Johnsbury, stood at 81 deg belle
zero that morning, and in some lower localtl
near, :" 1t even run down to the freezing Poin
0N "a slip of the pen in friend Chadwick, doui
to less, for congealjng point. In Franconia Notc
ght also. we learn the mercury congealed on
onS morning of the 9th but it would not be ialr
the nut that place against Montpelier, for Franc
ON MIA Notch is the coolest place this side of Gree
-, land.
The OLDEST WOMAN IN THE WoRLD.-l
out Savannah Republican notices the death OF La
Gus rianna Thowcr, VINO ded III oer''eh Co"i
arv. aoed one hundred and th,rty-tlrec years!
removed from Virginia to Georgia before
, eff Revolutionary war All her children were b
the before the Revolution. Her youngest dau
her for is between seventy and eighty years
the She has grandchildren quite aged, ana grt
ress. grandchildren over tn rty. She always ehl
en-. ed GOOD health; her sight was perfect until W
IN few years, and her mind and memory g
VERY SrNGuLAR.-Some forty years sill
hole the family of DR.. Denornandle formerly OF
m of tleborough, Bucks county, Pa, received pa
h;cb written in a language they did not understi
1t was thought nothing Of except as matte
curiosity, and remained among the family
pers until lately, when 1t happened to pc
T. by some person who translated 1T ana pen
tate # nroved to be will leaving to the family
lash ,n,nanse estate. DIR Denormandie left Il
des- sons an perhaps other chidIen, Two OF
sons went to Kentucky about 1918, where
Qua Of them died; the other two, it Is belived
from still living. They are worthy men, and n
lived, fr;ords will rejoice 10 learn that the long
vote loc,od beouest NAV vet be realised.
''S''N 0O,i Philadelphia So
plain H..
ion of The PopE.-This dignitary has address
,rday, long encyclica letter TO MS clergy ~ ion
agita- deed that it occupied six or seven colum
tho French papers, in which he denounce
d Mr.. liberals of Europe in the most unmeasllreu
yman, ses. He is particularly lhuis"ahI W." ri ~
publicanlsm, or, as he terms IT. socialism o
occur pge and urges his preutes and priests to p'
o dis against it with all their might
ijourn W me Drec' pao u iss,od circular
future Railroad company INV noro,;on Offering
stockholders of that corporation o HI
w his the right to take one snule ~ for ever
shares owned in tae Central, The We
andizo and Canada roaa, ~ ",n G,r 6ltv wears
red. been leased TO ul OGno.' - tho s5orebold
ing for corporation guara1Wsees ~ Dor cont ner Al
las to the Vermont anu SpnauT ,o tirio oG havm,
ropria- subscribers. Ino oI'u, ricos vii he les