Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-07-17
Ube Nems WIeaner.
Notes and Comments.

A PROBLEM FOR PHYsIOLoGIsTs.-Mr ]. S.
Perham, of Brookfed, a gentleman on whose
truth and accuracy full reliance may be placed,
communicated to US, some weeks since, the fol-
lowing curious fact, which had just fallen under
his observation:
While ploughing in his field, he crushed with
his foot a common meadow mole, which he had
started out from its covert,-in such manner
as to force its heart, with one lobe of its lungs
entirely from its body. Noticing that the heart
though wholly detached from every part of the
body, and even the vitals, except the lung, still
continued to beat, he began to take more partc
ular note of the pulsations; when growing more
interested and surprised, he began, after it had
beat about dozen times, he thinks, to count
them This he continued to d. till the distinct
ly visible pulsations had reached the number Of
1919, making, in the whole, at least lao, before
that little heat, so instinct with life, ceased its
mysterious operations.
This fact is so much beyond all our precon-
ceptions respecting the continuance of the func-
tons of this prime organ of life, under such cir
cumstances, that we will attempt no explanation
of the marvel, but present it for the solution OF
psychologists, from whom we should be happy
to hear on the subject.
TwINGvmLE.--Few travellers, in passing
through Barre, will have failed to notice the
neat and thriving appearance of the lower, or
most westerly village in that town, known by
the name of Twngville, so called in honor of
its founder, Joshua living, Esq, the noted mill
wright, whose practical knowledge of hydraul-
les is surpassed by few, or none, in New Eng
land. Besides his own fine brick mansion,
which, taken inside and out, together with the
arrangement of the grounds and out. buildings,
is among the best in the country, he has con-
structed whole street of neat, uniform cottages
which are mostly occupied, and perhaps now
owned by the workmen connected with his mills,
foundry, or machine shop. But to the utilitarian
the greatest attraction of the place is Mr.. I. 3
model grist-mill, which contains four run Of
stones, with the most perfect machinery and ap-
pdratus for cleaning, grinding and Touring to be
found, perhaps, in any establishment of the kind
in the whole country. However we may disa-
gree with men in politics, 1t shall ever be our
pride to bring to notice the merits of our native
mechanics, among whom we scarcely know
where Mr.. living could find superior in his
department.
PLAINFIELD SPRINGS .Invalids flock by
thousands to Saratoga, while four out of five,
probably, would receive double the benefit, with
half the expense, by visit to the health-giving
fountain that gushes up from the bed of a 70.
mantle dell among the mountains Of our neigh
boring town of Plainfed. In all cases of hu-
mors, impurities of the blood, &C., the relief af-
forded by this spring, is so marked and sensible
that, if its virtues were generally known to the
public at large, VIC have no doubt that the kind
and gentemanly proprietors, Messrs. Wells a.
Batchelder, would need, instead Of one, dozen
boarding houses to accommodate their guests.
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