Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-09-04
che Nems Gleouer.
Notes and Comments.

The D RoUTH-In all this section of the
State the drouth is very unusually severe; equal
ly so, we think, with the great drouth of 1s49.
Literally, the heavens above are as brass, and
the earth beneath as ashes. The pasturage,
corn, and other crops are greatly suffering. We
presume more than one half the springs and
sma brooks in Washington County are wholly
dried up,-whie in our mill-streams and even
rivers there is scarcely water enough to cover
the trouts' backs. If this is specimen of CAL
ifornia and Oregon, let hose 90 there who will.
HUsK BEDs.-We know Of no improvement
in our domestic matters which we hail with
more satisfaction, than the introduction of husk
beds, which can, we think, be kept from general
use no longer than the time required to mako
known their superiority over everything o.
under beds in winter, and beds without al
dition in summer. ~ ls.sisS .d,,as
] hsalthE, yhe1
eva . the "a!
two or three dollars nat will iasf nearlv
ration. We have been at the trouble and
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OF changing the filling of our straw beds tw;cls
year quite long enough; and quite long
enough endured the dust, vermin, and copseouent
unhealthiness which they create in our sleeninq
rooms and we hope we shall turn in md NAT.
ronlze the manufacturing of husks for beds. now
Oe'ng introduced in to various parts of the State
ny Mr. Alttrdge, Of New Hampshire, and do it.
too, less for his sake than our own.
"NBSIERs Observation-Disclosures the
Legislature OF N. Y, at its late session, passed
an act supplying schools with copy of Web
sters Dictionary, yet it was not done without
violent opposition, and minority report of the
"oung committee who assaied Webster as a
Pl0ooer' lnnoVator in photography whom no schol-
ar would follow, or acknowledge as standard.
and citing the letters and declarations If Ran
CROFT Irving &c, In support of their POSITION
we were much surprised on reading the opinions
OF these authors, as we supposed it was admitted
oy all that Webster was the greatest etvuoIo
glst In the world. Indeed, these earning M.
thors themselves do not say a word against
"e0sters etymology, but expend all their
ammunition against him, as an orthopranb;st
iof leaving out one in traveller, and the n in
words which were made to end mo Nc.
an Innovation for which we ever felt IN tb,oL
Webster and but for the letters of those -,
'norS IN question, we should have judged thew
were OF the same opinion; for their recent works
snow In spite OF what they now say, that thew
themselves have followed Webster in far tho
greatest part of his innovations But if ,bov
wish to retract, and continue to " 90 to mill with
stone In the ends of their bags" why, we have
no objections but for ourselves, we shall coD.
tinue 10 go for Webster " to the fullest ex,ont
to the fullest extent"
WHET-sToNEs-Ira Allen, who carefn,lv nv
plored nearly all Vermont when an entire wilder.
ness states, among the many other curious and
interesting observations of which he has made
mole and left IN manuscript, that on one side If
Bolton Brook 1.-THE largest brook in that town mo
conclude up mile or two from where if emD.
''es ln'o Onion River, he found ledge of rock
which would make best whet-stones of ANYTIME
OF the Kind to be found in Vermont. We n.Lo
THIS note that those of our readers who live IN
that section may be on the look out when nm ,b.t
beautiful stream. '"'
FooR Tiger is DEAD The beautiful and
very remarkable dog known to us, and srcb sc
our readers as have noted what we have written
Of MN under the caption of The schooi ,o,.,r...
ana her canine FRIEND" is dead The owror
who last week came to us to announce the f.o,
says ne was evidently poisoned by some person
ana after lingering in agony several weeks had
just died. Sooner" he added, with a STA rt;rn
tear' sooner would have lost the best COW Or
morse own, than poor Tiger We cried with
nl'n' and now we cry for him." Some Of orr
readers we md, were disposed to dscredi, the
statement we made in our last account thar the
Jog sned tears when the name of his dead mis-
'esS was mentioned in his presence. Since
writing that account we have conyered with
Two truthful neighbors of the family, and each
u'sl'nctly affirmed that, at different times tho,
"au Witnessed the fact that they sat conyersinu
wit" the oereaved mother, and no sooner nro.
"ounced the daughters name than the doc came
,o'"a'0' groaned pieously, and shed tears so