Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-05-13
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Notes and Comments.

Of May, we visited the spot where the workmen
we're digging, or rather blowing up with gun
Oowder the frozen earth, under the arch,way
leading to the rear OF the village Hotel in this
place, for the purpose of laying the foundation
Of new part to be added to the old building ;
when noticing the extraordinary depth of frost,
We measured it, and found the depth from the
surface downward Just five feet and two inches !
On the 9th of May we were on the highlands Of
Berlin and Willianstown, and crossed one field
Of snow of some acres, which we measured, in
several places, and found the depth 3 l2 feet,
while large and extensive drifts were often to
be met with, measuring from 10 10 feet deep
Such are the evidences of the severity of the
past winter, which, upon the whole, has been
harder, perhaps, than any that has occurred
since the settlement of the country.
DANIEL WEBsTKR'S FISH PoND.-On the
. Northern Railroad, few miles above Franklin,
lies beautiful pond, which, in that neighbor.
hood, is spoken of as Daniel Webster's fish
pond, it being the favorte resort of this some
times wonderous great and sometimes wonder
GUS little statesman. while on his summer visits
to the old Webster Homestead near the village
Of Franklin. 1t ia we'll stocked with pickerel !;
and Webster will sometimes, we were lately told
by resident of that section, spend whole day
alone in his boat in trouting for them. 1t was,
when, by himself, in his boat, on this pond,
last summer, it is conjectured, that he concocted
his noted Hulseman letter, which he says was
composed at the Shades of Franklin, and which
he may well be proud Of as the finest of his po-
litical productions.
THE REVERE HoUsE.-The name of old
Paul Revere, the ardent patriot, the colleague
and the consulting friend of the Adames, Han
cock, Warren, and others, at the opening
scenes of the revolution, has fallen on public
House in Boston, which, as far as such com
plimen can 90, does both honor to his memory
and TO the city he did SO much to build up and
defend. High, healthy and removed from the
throng and din of business, on one side Of the
spacious area of Bowdoin Square, this princely
establishment boasts an unrvalled locatlon
while the finishing and furnishing of the COM
modlous and airy rooms, the excellence OF the
table and the perfect quiet, order, and safety of
all the arrangements, under the supervision Of
Mr.. Paran Stevens, the respected and popular
landlord, make it one of the most desirable re-
sorts of the temporary sojourner, to be found on
this or any other continent The prices, at this
House, arc SO little above those OF olher large
city hotels, that, with the other manifest advan-
tages, we wonder why Vermonters visiting
Boston alone, or with their families, do not Of
tener patronize it.
BRADFORD, Mass, ITS SIENNA RY, &c.-Brad-
ford, on the Eastern bank of the Menimac, at
the head of it's navigation, is one of the hand
scmest villages in New England. 1t is several
hundred feet above the river, and directly over
looks the old and populous town OF Haverill,
on the other bank of this noble stream, which,
with the well cultured and picturesque back
grounds, make it beauty Of residence.
But the town is most known for its old acade
my, now givon way to its successor, the Female
Seminary, which, under the fostering hand Of
Benjamin Greenleaf, Esq, the we'll known author
of our most popular arithmetics, sustains, and
most Justly too, an enviable reputation for moral
training, solid science, and ornamental educa-
ton. With almost every residence, also, is con
nected some old and interesting historic or per-
sonal associations. II was here that the Foreign
Missionary Society held its first meeting. Here
the house where Harriet Newell was born
and reared for her eventful life and melancholy
destiny. Here the family from which Judson
took his FIRST wife, Miss Hazeton, sister of the
present accomplished principal preceptress Of the
Seminary. And here also stands the old man.
sion of Samuel Williams, l.. L. D., who here
for a while had Count Rumford under his tut.
ton, but who afterwards became, we believe. q
professor in Harvard University, and finally re-
moved to Vermont, where he reared his children
among whom is our present governor, the Hon
Charles X. Williams.
All these make Bradford pleasant and inter
esting place for the visit of stranger, and es
peciaIly so. should he be as fortunate, as W
were on late occasion, to fall in with the socie
and the hospitable father Gleenleaf, and his il
telligent and courteous family.
GRATED FRUIT TREES. Mr.. A. c. Whet
ler, for ]. Broadman, proprietor of theGenese
Nursery, near Rochester N. Y. has brought in'
town and has deposited for sale in the basemen
of the Free Church, a most extensive and exec
lent assortment of engrafted fruit trees for thi
springs setting, embracing thirty varieties
fayorite fruit. We never saw better lookin
trees.
A. N. JOHNSON, whose advertisement wa
among our late Boston advertisements has opene
new Music Store 1t No So School Stree
opposite the CITY tlaIl, Boston.
RESIGNATION OF Mr.. RHETr.-A private dt
patch from Columbia states that Mr.. Rhett ha
resigned his seat in the United States SENATE
Mr.. Rhett has certainly filed that place VII
high ability, and singlehearted devotion to tn
stale but of so little account now appears to IL
the value of our representation at Washington
that we can neither much rejoice at any one bt
ing elected to that Office, nor greatly grieved
any one leaving it. All good men can fnd some
thing useful to do at home.
THE UNCoNsTITUTIONALTTY OF THE CANA
BILL.-Wc publish to-day the opinions OF Judge
Strong and Morse on the inva idiy Of certificate
Issued under the Canal Enlargement bill of 1856
Yesterday VIC gave the opinion Of their associa
Judge Barculo. Some weeks since, we pubshC
that of Judge Brown. All four of these Judg'
of the Supreme Cont, after solemn srgumen
concur IN p,ououncing the Nine Million bill VI
constitutional and void, and every debt or obg
ton, contr ,cted under it on behalf of the stat