Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-03-28

NEW ARTICLE OF DIET.-A short TINA
SINCE person IN the western part of this coun-
try found buried in the sand nest of eggs
Surprising them to be turtles eggs, and being
pasSionateIy loud of that article he carried them
home had them properly cooked, and commence
ed his luscious repast After eating fourteen,
"unslsht and unseen" curiosity prompted him
to examine the "critteFl )" when, upon opening
one of those left he found an infant blue racer,
beautifully coiled therein. Reader, place your.
self in his condition; and then you may know
his feelings Oakland Gaz.
VERDICT IN THE CASE OF PEARsoS.-Pear.
son was on trial las week in Boston for the muir.
der Of his wife and tive twin children, and was
found guilty of the same, bu was unanimously
recommended to mercy by the jury, in cousc-
quence OF his low mental capacities The
Judge pronounced the sentence of the law upon
him on the 2nd.
IMPORTANT REsoLvEs-- convention of
Minister'S recently assembled at Syracuse, de
nounced the honorary degiee OF d. D. AZ a
mark OF distinction, aud resolved that the title
belongs to all teachers Of Christianity. They
recommended in addition, that in future all min.
listers should be called ID. d. This is very well,
upon the general plea that every teacher of
Christianity should be doctus, learned, In lis 20.
cation; bit we fear That in that profession, US in
all others, there are too many, who, while still
mere neophytes, have made rash reach for the
distinction which assumes that they have pene-
trated deeply into the arcana Of tIenlogic lore
Honorary titles have, of late, been sadly at
discount; AMI there are not few of the dis
ungushed schools Of this and transatlantic
| "a In bIy rntt .oI d,
10 their names. If /" d. d.. H. of itself, the
certain sign of learning in the wearer of it,
then it is not unfair to infer, all circumstances
considered, that many have discovered "Royal
road" to it, notwithstanding the time hOnored
declaration that there can be- none.
A PErRrrED BoDY.--A subject which had
been buried five or six years, was taken up
few das since, says the Houston Miss Repub-
Iican, Of the 26th ut for the purpose OF relnoy-
ing to a dlfferept LOCATION, and found it in
high state oi petriEcaton. 1t required the
strength Of SIX men to raise the coffin from the
vault, this caused them to open it, to discover
the cause ut the weight; when, to their surprise
they tound 1t 10 contlion form of stonc.-
with the exception of the fingers, part of one
OF the feet, and a small spot underline position
of the hands, which had decuycd before pctrifi
cation had taken place, the body was apparently
a solid stone.
A GREAT SUSPENSION BRIDGE.-Thu cost Of
the great suspension bulge over the Dnper, at
klef, in Russia, recently completed, was two
millions of dollars. The model, and three
Thousand tons Of iron used in The bridge, were
furnished them from England. It took two years
to complete the model and stand, of which the
cos was thirty thousand dollars The passage
over which the bridge is thrown is half an Eng
sh Scientific american,
FAILURE OF Iron STANDARDIZATION Of
the iron steamboats, employed on the transporta-
ton line between this city and Philadelphia,
have failed by corroson,' although, protect.
ed by paint. They are now unsafe, and are
to be panked by screwng planking to their iron
hulIs. The best substance to protect the iron Is
red lead. These vessels have only been in use
live years, and the iron is so oxidized that II
f scales Oft to half the thicknass of the plates
r ScehtGe .4Meritdf.
LAW OF DrtoRcE II New YoRx-Thc Sc
lee, Committee of the House Of Assembly, or
the subject OF divorces, dssolving the marriage
> contract have introduced b in which, after
stating that under the constitution the case
~''~''d DO v onri'vfy GO the jurisdiction OF the
Courts adduce the following causes as reason.
able grounds for granting the application
First-Wilful deserton and abandonment fol
the term of five years if accompanied by an Ell
tire neglect of all the dute; and obligations o
the marriage state.
Standardization and sentence to three
years incarceration, followed by actual impris
onment in the State Prison or Penitcntary.
Thrd--Gross habtual drunkenness.
Fourth lncurabe insanity, followed by FAR
= tial ldiocy