Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-01
Obe News @leauer.

ATTACKED BY A RATTLEsNAHE. As
Mrs Enoch Bryant, of South Danvers, was
taking walk in the garden on Tuesday
afternoon, she was attacked by rattlesnake,
which sprung and caught her by the foot.
Her screams brought her husband to the
spot, who succeeded in killing the monster.
Fortunately, Mrs B. had on at the time
pair of India rubber overshoes, which pre-
vented the fangs from penetrating to the
flesh. The snake measured three aud half
feet and had nine rattes.-Independant
Democrat
SINGULAR CoINcIDENCE.-Some years
ago we noticed paragraph pointing out
the singular fact that a majority of our
Presidents had left the Chair of State du-
ring their Goth year. On reference to au-
thentc documents we find this true, and
now we may add Gen. Taylor to the list
The elected Presidents, and their ages on
FetifIhg were az l6H5ws
w ashington retired in his Goth year.
John Adams {" 66 Jackson. :" " 70
Jefferson. " 1" &c Van Buren,. " &" SO
Madison. $50 Harrison. " " I" SO
Monroe. "66 Polk. L" 81
J. @. Adams. "62 Tailor. &c
The oldest graduate of Harvard College,
James Lowell, Esq, died in South Carolina
on the 10th aged SO years.
W. IT,, C.n,.s 49,, l
ers will doubtless remember the extraordi-
nary feat performed by Mr.. John Travis, at
Saratoga, four years since, that of shooting
an apple from the head of Mr.. P. Carter
1t was supposed, at the time, that this was
one of the accidental shots, which any man
occasional make This idea, however, is
now proved to be fallacous, by the fact
that Mr.. Travis performed similar feat last
evening, at his gallery, under the st. Charles,
in Broadway, having been successful, upon
the first trial, in driving ball through the
hat ofthe above mentioned gentleman, with
out disturbing his equanimity in the slightest
degree. If this can be surpassed, we wish
to know where and by whom ?-Sunday
atlas.
IMPORTANT USE OF DAGUERkEoTYPING.-
Daguerreotypes of the stars and phenome-
ma in the heavens as they appear through
the Telescope are now taken at Cambridge
and other places.
No MORE DURIALs IN LoNDoN.-All
churchyards in London are to be closed
forever on the LIST July, 1851, when buriaIs
are to take place in the Suburban Gene
teries
A happy couple in Lowell, Illinois, on
their bridal night, were serenaded with
horns, tin pans, and all the horrible noises
of a charivari, when, at last, they got up g.
sent cake to the outsiders. The cake was
eaten, and good heavy dose of tartar
enetic in every piece, which cured all fur
Their ambition for horn-blowing. Served
'em right.
New PAINTS. B. Spaldng of Bran
don, VT is said to have discovered a new
kind of mineral paint, capable of taking a
great variety of shades and growing bright
er by the action of the atmosphere. 1t is
claimed that 50 will cover as large sur
face as 100 lbs white lead.
Scarcity OF Observation-Disclosures.
ing the favorable reports received the first
OF the season, of a plenty of mackerel al the
Bay OF Chaleur, our fishermen are having
poor luck. Three vessels arrived here this
week. One of them had a decent trip of
poor mackerel, but reports that out of twen-
ty vessels which came through the Gut with
them, not more than two or three had full
fares. Another vessel, which arrived yester.
day, brought home short of one hunderad
barrels, and gives the same discouragina
accounts. Out of a feet of forty vessel.
which came through the Gut at the same
time, not more than FIVE had full fares
while some had as low as three and ter
barrels.-GIoucester Telegraph.
II The " Rochester Knockers" are still
"the talk" in New York. Rnynders II
swearing at them, Grimes is rapping then
) through the press, Greeley is staggered bu
won't "give it up So" GrswoId mas exhaus
ted enquiry and cooled off, ministers prav
for revelation, doctors can't discover tn,
cause of such beatings, and lawyers declar
the operations Fraudulent Blow the trum
pet, Balaam.-Bee.
The LATE PRESIDENTS PRoPERTY.-I
is said letters of administration have beef
taken out on the property of the late Presi
dent, in Washington, valued at $50, 900, il