Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-12-09

NUAs WORK.-llirman Brown, residing in
n'Is own about IL mile South of the village on
III FlNSIoFd road, hung himself on Saturday
"""t"'"e 'ast' Tie had given evidence of Nber-
'a'ioh OF mind Tor some time before, and the
uuy oe'o'e' anu The same day ct the melancholy
OCCURRENCE, so much 50 that his wife kent q
close watch upon him. He had mot been ont
Oh Inc mouse twenty minutes, when his anxious
vile followed him, and found him hanginp in
'he Darn quite dead. Had it not been for the
cause OF rum. which grew with his growth and
strengthened with his strength, he would have
-been an estlmable citizen. As it was, we knew
10 harm Of him.
ANoTHERR-O Dur readers noticed an advertise
'hhht IN our last for Il bear hunt on the Ripton
mountains. The results Of that hunt was The
SHocKlng death OF Mr.. Charles Adams, n resident
OF hlplon, who, while undeF the influence of
ram, $" handled his gun. that he received the
rAtife charge IN his right side, just above the
mp oone, and come out in the left shoulder.
killing him Instantly.
Still ANoTHER.-We were told by a resi-
dent OF Mlddlabury, that a man in that town.
dld not recollect his name--and addicted TO
drunkenness-drank SO much OF the poison on
going to bed one day last week, that he will
never wake up, I
We have not the remotest intention of giving
PAIN TO the relatives OF either the above unforlu,
nate men, but il they will think of the matter
dlSpasslonaleIy and humaneIy, they viii see
that we but do our duty when we expose the
horrible effect of ruin drinking.-Brandon Post
25h uH. m
A LARGE TUMoR.-Miss Hannah White of
Gill, whose death is recorded in an another place,
4dtsb som the effects Of an Ovarian Tamor.
AtterBer death her body was examined By4Doc-
tor Seymour and Revere of this town, and
Lyons of Gill, and the Tumor taken from her.
The total weight OF the Tumor was liz pounds.
The sack of It weighed II | 2 pounds, The ball
ance being water, which, on being cmptied out,
filled a common sized wash tub. Miss White
has had the Tumor for about eleven years. but
has not suffered much from it until within a few
months Greenfield Couier.
EARrHQUAKE.-The .Nevbuyport Herald
says that a smart shock Of an earthquake was
felt in that city and IN Exeter, N. II al about
half past eleven o'clock on Sunday night. 1t
shook the doors and windows violently, and in
one instance iarr d down some of the plastering
Of Il dwelling house.
We learn from the Salem Register that the
shock was felt in that city at the same time.
The r%umbIng nose and the jlrring of the win.
dows and doors were very preceptible for the
space, some say, of half a minute.
The same shock was felt in this city, though.
probably, not so preceptible as in the other places
named.
The wing who obliged himself to saw half a
cord OF wood if Pierce and King were elected,
fulfIled his task on the LIST, at Philadelphia. hay-
ing a large crowd of spectators.
A medical journal printed at Richmond Va,
gives an account Of a pair Of twin babies in
North Carolina, that are more wonderful than
the " Slanese Twins" are united at the lower
part Of the back. They are coiored children
and about a year old.
FooLHARDNEss- The steeple ola new church
was completed ia Hartford, Ct, a few weeks
ago, and Just before the last stone was laid,
Andrew Corner, one of stone masons, mounted
the top Of the stonework, and standing erect,
made a hadsome bow, at the same time taking
! oil his hat-then pluclng his hands on his hips
turned completely around. The place on which
he stood was only about a foot i'll diameter, and
two hundred and ten from the ground!
Booth, the tragedian, died few days ago on
the steamer J. s.. Chenoweth, on her passage
from New Orleans TO Cincinnati. The body was
put into a metallic coffin, and will be forwarded
to hts friends.
SUIcIDE.-A son Of Mr.. Luther Corse, of
Dover, hung himself with a horse halter on Fri
day, 18Th ult. There was Il - turkey shoot at
" est Dover, to which the boy wanted to 60
but his father refusing, he went to the barn and
hung himself as above.
About two years ago, a jewelry store in Brat
tleboro', VT, was robbed OF about $4,000 worth
OF stock. A man, who was strongly suspected,
moved out of the place, and, in the house he
vacated was found The whole Of the stolen pro-
perty, besides about a $1,000 worth more.
Senator Clemens arrived at BaItimore on
e Wednesday, and says while on his way through
f Alabama, he saw William r. King, and that
the health of the latter has greatly improved.
A SUBSTITUTE FOR DEPoT."-The English
word station Is very properly now used, instead
of the French word depot, by Mr., Swami, PresI-
dent of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, in his
Official communications, and will, 1t is SAID, be
adopted generally " in railroad language IN this
d. country.
If YOU would relish your food, labor for it
e if you would enjoy the raimenl, pay for 1t be-
q fore you wear it; if you would sleep soundly
tnke a clear conscience to bed with you.
II LONGEVITY IN CANADA.-The Montreal Her.
aid mentions some regular instances OF longevity
brought to light by the late census. 1t says:
1--WE understand that more than twenty per
sons are returned whose ages exceed one hun
r, bred years. The most venerable patriarch Of
these, if we make no mistake, resides in the
township of Grey, Slmcoe county, aged one
d hundred and fifteen years. Ninety Hve years
lie ago he acaIed the cliffs of Quebec with Gen.
eral Wolfe so that his residence in Canada
is coincldent with British rule in the province
, He has attached himself to the Indians, ant
y lives. in all respects, like them. This veteran
ne is named Abraham Miller. Gallantry will no
rs permit us to omit honorable mention of an al
an most equally distinguished person Of the othe
sex. Helen Mcguire is one hundred and sl
years of age. She still dresses without help
and walks out, for air and exercise whenever thl
,at weather is sufficient fine to tempt her from tn,
81 chimney corner. She still has all her faculties
:" and can thread a needle without spectacles."
i, A workman employed on the Scottish Contra
~ Railway, had lighted the fuses connected wit
some charges of gunpowder, by which a bias
'e' was to be effected, and having given the signt
Jut to be drawn up, the rope slipped, and the poe
IN. fellow was suspended but a few feet above tn
spot where the explosion was about TO take plac,
and having before him the prospect of lnstaI
mol death. HIS presence of mind, however, di
" no. iorsake him. He called out that he migI
VI he lowered again, and then approaching ii
burning f%usees, extinguished them one aft
the another, and his life was saved. On examin'
ton, they were found to have burned within ha
an inch of the powder!
ng' A farmer in Canton, Mass, has a cranber
Of meadow of IL acres in extent, lying ne,
arm Punkapoag Pond, from which he has raked, Il