Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-02-06
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Notes and Comments.


NEW VOICE FROM OREGON. have
Oeen especially gratlfed, the past week. At 70.
ceV'ng neat and highly respectfully conducted
sheet, from Milwaukee, Oregon, entitled Tvr
WESTERN STAR, published by Lot Whi,comb
hSqn-"h"se excellent letter we Inserted In ,nr
paper some weeks ago,--prin,ed BY VIM. n
Garter q John o. Waterman .-whn lct, onr re-
nee Tor California in October, IS 9,-and edited
Oy the latter These three, oil Vermont rs NOS.
Sesslng more than an ordinary share of talents
ana enterprise, are just the men TO succeed in
sue" an undertaking n such place and with
VI If world "f unappr prlaled materials around
'hen' they cannot f,iI to make journal at
VIII De as Interesting 10 the peon,e of the old
State as to those Of Their new and 6ourishiug
Territory.
some Times CAV BE Dow. AZ WELL 4.
oTHERs."-Some ten years ago, a nerve in our
right hand, BY hard and constant usay. IN
eiaSP'hg our II, rot unhlnged TO such DEGREE
tnat we could not write legibIy. We ,nonrnpd
over the misfortune, as it really promised to be
!" US Tor some weeks when OH da while non.
"er'ns sadly on tie subject, we thousht Of the
no'ed saying Of Sam Patch, (the ouIv thing he
ever 'a'd worth repeating, we believe. r.. Some
'"'"gs can be done, rs well as other Wber4-
uPo"' we Siez"d pen in our Jeff hand. made a
t"orough essay at sinister chirographv then. and
followed up the practice faithfully n or,.at NOR.
''o.' OF the time, for thPe weeks, when we sc-
CURED perfect and easy command of the hand,
ana very soon wrote as rapidly, and as well.
l'hongh that is not saying much as We eve did
IN our lite. We have penned this noe 10 r..
'l''"u Diners ~hn may meet with like nisfor-
'uHe' that learning tn write wit the lief, hand IA
""e oil those things that "can BE- done ss wall
as 0'nefS," The Ieft hand, indeed, possesses
one decided advantage over the right. in this re.
apect-the fingers are usually les. cramDed and
Tar more PIlable tor holding the pen; and we
would suggest the policy Of training I e v,nnO
10 whiting with the lett, as we'll as the right
"a"u' In case OF any failure IN the right hand.
20" are not thrown out Of employment =: besides.
u
the ability to change the pen occasionally. from
the right hand to the LETT, will be a great relief
10 thSe who make writing a business aud may
prevent the serious and dangerous in;urv ,ba,
is sometimes caused to the muscles IF III. r;,b,
slde' by the Constant ami labOrious use Of tn.
pen. wv
The WEATHER.-At loon. on the 9otb -,
January, the mercury in our thermometer stood
at 81 degrees above zero; at 6 o'clock, the same
evening, it stood at 6 degnss below-mak,nO
change OF 80 : in 6 hours From tina, time. The
mercury WIS scarcely above ze,o an hour I'll
Saturday, on which morning i, sunk to 81 : be.
low, The lowest OF the season. Such change
as occurred on the 9Oth is not common.
IN so short time, nor is such fOarlulIy
temPestuons night, with so great degree of
cold as on that night much less so, But far
greater change, and greater degree Of cold,
with stronger wind, has several time, occurred
within Our memory, the most striking instance