Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-05-09
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Notes and Comments.

The LATE FLooDs.--Thc late floods have
everywhere been destructive to roads, railroads,
private property, and, in several cases. to human
life. The Central r. R. gave way in several
places between this place and Randolph. Six
or seven hundred feet of the Concord R. r. was
swept away. The Northern, or Concord and
Lebanon road was also torn away at Fishers
vile. The Passumpsic, at Bradford and the
Sullivan and Cheshire have Jared but little bet.
ter An Irishman was drowned in the Connect
lcut at Holyokc and at West Townshend, DR..
Dana Hyde and his son, lad of twelve years,
we're drowned in attempting to cross branch Of
West river, the bridge having been swept away,
The Connecticut and Merrimnc, it is said, have
not been so high for three years. Great damage
is also reported to have been done on the Hud-
son river.
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION ON LAKE ERIE.-The
two boilers of the Steamer Wayne exploded a.
bout o'clock at night near Sandusky, reducing
the boat to wreck, and destroying, it is report
ed, frightful proportion of her crew and pas
sengers, who numbered about 100.
MORE KNocKINGs.-The alledged spiritual
manifestations made at Rochester the past win
ter, by rappings, on something or nothing, as
the case may be, are becoming epidemic. They
have now broken out in Stratford, Connecticut.
These manifestations, however, are evidently on
the decline at Rochester. The Editor of the
Buffalo Republic has been on the spot, and af-
ter expressing his own notions respecting the
marvel, relates the following ingenious plan re-
Gently resored to by way of testing =
An old lady who had kept boarding school
at Rochester, which school one of these spirtu-
al ladies formerly attended, determined to put
them to the test. 1t appears that during the
time Of her scholarship the girl could not spell
SCISSORS invariably spelling it s s-S-o-rs. The
schoolmistress went to the house, and having
seated herself by the table, put the following
question, "Wi the spirit spell scissors ?" Then
through the means of the alphabet it spelled
sis So.r-s. Aha said the old lady, never
could learn you how TO spell scissors, and in
dignantly took her departure. What the gils
said after that remains mystery.
MAMMOTH Cow.-The larges and handsom-
est COW we have ever seen IN these parts, was
brought into this city yesterday. She was rails.
ed in Merideth, N. H., by Stephen Wadeigf
she is seven years old, and in prime condition for
beef. She weighs en- the hoof 1000 pounds
--LolCeN Courier, 25th uh.
~ We notice that GEORGE w. BENEDICT
ESD Of Burlington, and Professor CHARLES B
HADDocK of New Hampshire, are among those
) who have been invited by the Secretary Of Wa
to attend tho examination of the Cadets of the
Military Academy at West Point, which com.
mences on the LIST day of June Bur. Free Press
PLATTsBURGH VOLUNTEERs.--Mr. King,fron
the Committee on Military Affairs, reported, OF
the 2sth ult., "a bill for the payment ofthe Vol
uuteers Of the State of Vermont, for service at
the battle ofPlattsburgh; which was read frs
and second time, and with the accompanying re
port, ordered TO be printed"