Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-05-27
Couriship Of uuliap, NE Commemorative fol.

aIn appears TO have become desperate. aud, II /
we may trust to the evidence of the Chronicle
Of lngerbe, in the year l0l7, waylaid Matilda in
the streets of Bruges as she was returning from /
mass, seized her. rolled her in the DIRT, spoiled
her rich array. and not content with these outra-
ges. struck her repeatedly, and rode off ut full /
speed This Teutontic method of courship, nc
cOrdng to author brought the affair to a crisis
for Matilda, either convinced of thu strength Of
Williams passion by the violence Of his behavior. |
or afraid Of cncountering second beating, con-
scented to become his vi p. How he ever pre-
suncd to enter her presence again, after such a
series of enornites. the chronccr saith not, and
we are at a loss to imagine. "--.uiss Srictiand.
A writer gives US the following advice TO
wives:
"Should You find it necessary as you unloubt-
edly will, many Of you, to chastse your husbands,
you should perform this aiicctionate duty with the
soft end OF the broom, and not with the handle"
Deal gently with those that stray Draw back
by love and persuasion. A kiss worth thou
sand kicks. a kind word is more valuable TO the
lost than mine OF gold.
An absconded debtor is advertised bv a Mr.
Mater as having sloped. This is one case, we
suppose, which the " debt of naier7 viii never
be paid
The Sand,eich Island Joicano.-The volcano
ut Hawaii, sandwich Islands, beats Nrsnpius
ruptuns. " e have the following further account
OF the last eruption, in he PoiyuesiGn, received
by the recent California mail
We have received verbal information in re-
gard 10 the state of the eruption as late to the
9TH inst, from the leward side of Hawai-. At
that date, the light from the flowing current was
bright as Il had been at any former period,
sufficient to enable a person TO pick up a needle
FROM the ground al midnight, from when fact
the Inference drawn that the current is still
flowing on toward The sea.
The current seems TO have broken ont through
an old assure. about unc-thrd down the -ldc of
Mauna Loi on the northwest SIDE and not from
the old crater un the summit, culled MokuOw eo-
weo. The altitude OF the present eruption Is a.
10000 feet above the level of the Sc. and from
the bay Of Hilo, (Byron's Bay. must D some 30
or 81 miles. lfit succeed no reaching the ocean
/ at the point supposed, after hsvng Oiled up all
tn riviues. gulches and inequalities OF very
broken county, 81 will undoubtedly he one OF the
n.osi extensive eruplous OF modern times
\ correspondent ot the Pog.iesim gives thn
following d scuptlon;
" jy an accurate measurement Of the enorn-
I Gus of guwng lava whore DC first broke forth
on ihr side OF Mama l.oa, 1t WIS ascertainud go
be live hundred feet high. Tins was upon th
suppos ton that ~ was thrty miles distant W e
are of the opuiuu that % WAS greater d.~t1ncr,
I sly from iulty to sixty miles lib a eItss thr
Play OF this JET, at night, was distinctly observed,
and more sublime sigh cnn scarcely be mlag
med column of molten lava, glowing with
the most intense heli, and projecting INTO the ai
/ u "a distance of lve Hundred feet, was sight su
rare, and 40 the same time so awiuilv grand or
/ o. excite the most Ayrly feeling. OF awe and ad
miriu-n. even when viewed at distance OF fer
g. or lny miles.
The diameter of Tins iet supposed to be ov
or one hundred feet and ih,s We can easily be
ncyc when we reflect that if0m u issued the nv
er OF lava that flowed Of FROM 1t toward tine SEQ
In some places this river is a mie wide, and
others more contracted Al some points 1t D.,
filed up ryines one undred two hundred an
three hundred feet 100 depth, and stall t 1owe
ON. IL entered a heavy forest. ani the gmt
growsh of centuries Us cut down before o. Dos
grass before ule mowers sryihe. No ohsitc
can arrest 10 ia its descent 10 the sea Noun
are covered over. raVnes are filed up, forest
are destroyed, and the hihtations OF man att
consumed like fax the furnace. Truly, II.
ouchcth the hills and they smoke
We have not yei heard of 9ay destruction o
lte from the eruption now in progress. Tum"
has reached Us that small native village ha;
been destroyed. but Of tins we have no authcn
tic intelligence"
q" remember" says the celebrated Wesley.
hearing my father say 90 ny mothcr. " how
could You have the patience 10 tell that bo,k
uthl the @diite llluI twenty litr over
"Whv' std she. # had t1ld him but nine
teen tiues should have lost all my labor"
Napoleon was five feet SIX inches high an'
the Duke OF Wellington five feet eight mche
and half.
The Albany hnick says that in one Of th
+ proverbs % solomon, we lind the most compre
hens,e and satisfactory expos tons OF the pin
losephy of advertising that ever was or can b.
written, W.;
Z here is that scaitercth and yet increaseth
aud there is tmt wlthholdeth more Than is meet
: but 1t tendeth 20 poverty
one Of Mr stewards clerks undertook to com
init suicide last week by shooting hts dagueueo
! type tie fired four SLOTS when his rmp'oye
rushed IN and saved hmm from his rdshncss In.
: is the third attempt he has made on his life with
IN the last two months. au,r-brohcn sleep
brought on by a most intenss devotion 20 young
d lady w,gh auburn rngleis.
SNGuLAR DIscoyERY. For some time pls
workmen have been engaged n removing th
y rock on the soutnerv side of Meeting House iii
Dorchester. On 1hnrsdny at noonlast yer
severe blast was made 10 the solid ruck, th-oWn
? fragments ~ every direction, and dIslodgiu
? pieces of two tons weight lmme dluiry aile
the EXPLOSION. among the ir .ments thrown ou
was found a piece of him m.tnl, and near by a
Y mother piece very similar, winch on beng apphe
10 the hrst was found 10 1T exactly forming
e bcl shipped vessel, a mches high y inch
1 vide at the top. and - inches vide at the base
e j. was about one-eighth 81 un inch thick. am
10 constructed af Il mettic composition of whcl
e. siiyer seems 10 form part. On the top IS 20 h1l
q about an inch anl h,lf IN diameter, whore zap
parcutly handle has been brote off In hn
- with tins hole is another ar tho bottom, whlc
has been covered with plating resembling lea'
= he inside oi the vessel is corfoded the uutsid
= Is entirely free from rust en- the outer surac
!, ls carved, in "A beautiful manner several wreath
IL of flowers and other tluciiul designs. he ir,
e ing was apparently made with grlycr or chisel
and Is heavily inlaiu with pure silver. Whe
u now Il must have presented beautiful appear
3 ance and bee, highly valuable.
The whole sse is dec dediy unique, nothin
IS Of the kind ever having been seen in this pa
l- of the country. Various conlectu as as to At
e origin are gycnby scientific gentlemen, to who
e il has been submitted. There is litie doubt TIA
d It was thrown out by the blast, and q So 1t mu
n have been embedded IN solid puddngstone,
e. feet from the surface of the ground. II such
s. the case II is impossible to divine It's origin
Is " hcIher II was placed IN the ground before Il
" rock was formed, OF thrown into position by
r Volcanic eruption, is matter of conjecture
The vessel Is NOW IN the hands of John kctti