Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-02-12
Che Nous Wlranrr.
Notes and Comments.


DEMERrT's NEW RAZOR STRoPs.-John De.
merit, the unequalled blade maker, of this vii.
Iage, has discovered, in the course Of his exper.
iments in polishing his exquisite'y wrought Ian
Gets, razors and Other blades, a new substance
for razor strops which must soon, we think,
supercede all others now in USE Diskng to
be compelled TO squeal while shaving, we had
bought every new one we came 'oss, but find
ing them all no better than dusty boot we had
concluded to eschew the article altogether, when
we were induced to try one of Dement'S, And
The result was that every one Of our razors, old
condemned ones and all, have at once, By its
aid, become smooth and excellent cutters, rem
dering the process OF shaving a comparative
luxury. We understand that Mr.. D. has secur.
ed patent for his strops, and that he is selling
them, at prices varying from IS cents to dollar,
according to size and finish, as fast as he can
make them, while every sale he makes, BY
spreading the just repue Of the article, is sure
TO bring new purchasers.
TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY.-Our Meteo-
Biological correspondent of East Montpelier, has
which it appears that the mean temperature for
the month was 16 l.2o being l2 colder
than January 1851 and the codest in Vermont,
we think, since 1910. But as cold as the wealth
er has been at the North, it has been far colder,
in proportion to the latitude, IN the South A
friend of ours lately received letter from Gen.
there was l6 inches deep; and that the Their
mometer had sunk to l8 : below zero "a de-
gree of cold never experienced within the mem
Org of man, in that usually mild climate.
The GAMER RASH, in its most malignant
form has made lis appearance in several towns
n this vicinity. In addition 10 the remarkable
fatality Of the disease in the death OF three
children, in one family, in Calais, which has
been published, we hear of fatal cases in Barre,
and several undecided cases in Berlin. tbs
said 10 assume much of the type of The old spot
led fever The present unusual nmlign'v Of
this ever fearful disease may be one Of lii, fruits
of the unmitigated cold of December and Jan.
uary; the bad effects of which we felt confident,
at The time, would be developed in one shape
or other.
COUNTRY IGNORANCE CORRECTFD.-" Byron
was certainly an Odd Fellow, as he wished to
erect a Lodge in some vast Wilderness See
Childe Harold tor particulars"
The above is from late number of the Ros.
ton Commonwealth. We, here in the country,
"out Of the world and in Vermont" had suppos-
ed the passage thus quoted to be from Cooper
instead of Byron. We stand corrected, and gu r
city brethren will excuse our ignora nee.
JENNY LIND, JENNY LIND NO MoRE.-Fhis
renowned Songstres, who gave up her public ex-
hbitl0ns on the death of her mother, and soon
after came to Boston for retirement in a private
family, vas last week married, in accordance
with the Episcopal church service, to Otto
Goldschmldt, noted pianist, aged "a, she be-
my 81. What charming lullabys with a plan,
no accompaniment, may In due time be expect
ed
MYsTERIOuT CONDUCT OF DOG.-To the
many remarkable anecdotes related of the dog,
we have one to add from our own personal ex-
perlence. When just starting IN our profession,
we slept for short time, alone in our office,
though much dlsllkiDg to do so, because we
were occasionally su biect to severe fits of the
incubus, or nightmare, from which we used 10
depend on others TO arouse US. One day. our
door was beset by small, red, stranger dog,
that seem singulary intent on entering We
drove him away twice but he as often returned
and manifested the same earnest desire to come
in. Being somewhat surprised at this, knowing
that no one, who could be his master, had been
there that day, we at length opened the door
and, by words or gestures, invited him to come
IN. Joytully avalling himself Of the liberty. he
entered, and, without seeming to look round for
any one, quietly laid down under the table
where he remained till bed time; when We
tried to make him go out. But he absolutely
refused, and, being struck with the singularity
of the animals conduct throughout, we conclu.
ded to let him remain for the night, and, aftel
procuring some food for him, retired TO our bed
which was in a small adjoining room, the en-
trance to which from the Office, VIC always, fol
the sake of better air, left open. Sometime du
ring that night, we were visited by a frghlfu
fit OF the nightmare, from which, though per
fectly conscious, we probably should never have
come out, without assistance. At our first groan
the dog bounded to our bedside and commenced
barking Finding this did no good, he mounted
the bed and barked in our face. Failing IN this
also, he stript down the bed.clothes and fell I,
paving on our chest, more and more turiouslv
TILL he tore the skin, which instantly broke IN.
horrd spell aud we arose with feeling of graf
itude, for the interposiucn, us We never coule
help viewing it, more intense than any we re.
member tver to have experienced. We woulC