The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-05-07


reference to an Earthquake which "had
the honor" Of being reported in the pa.
per, Of tho learned Society Th. is
an honor which Il seems has no, hron
accorded to m Earthquake at Hereford
with sufficient prompiiinde ia the Lon
don Journals, and the consequence OF
this Sigh, to a highly respectable Earth
quake, ha. been some incrcduliiy as to
is very existence, 4 correspondent,
justly tenacious Of the honor OF his
Earthquake. writes 10 the Times
"rhc nop-appcaraRce in the Times
Of this morning Of any reports of an
earthquake shock having been felt in
any towns. has s0mcichot slakeH me be-
Ecf Of NE good people ef Hereford IN
the fact that perceptibie, and, iHderd,
serious shock, was really felt here on
Sunday night. Such, however, was the
case, and the evidence Of 100 or more
people Of Hereford and the neighbor-
hood could be obtained Of the fact"
What tribute is this TO the power
Of the press. The earthquake was an
earthquake or no earthquake nj n.l, ac-
cording 10 its recognition in the Times
or the contrary. The good people OF
Hereford were shaken in their beds on
Sunday night, by the shock Of an earth
quake but they were again ms much
shaken in iheiI belief that they had been
shaken in their beds, when they found
no news of the event in the Times. 49,
"Who should know best. you or The
docior;' says the sailor, in Joe Mil
ler,' 10 his mate who protests against
being thrown overheard as dead. And
"who should know best, you or the
Times = is now the established qucs-
ton, valid against the evidence of The
senses On board ship, when sunset
is reported 10 the commanding officer,
he gives the word make it so; = with
out which authority the sun could not
go down in the log. nor the pcnant from
the masthead. And in like manner,
conyuson of nature which shakes pco-
! pies bodies and crockcry-warc. is not
established in their belief or set down
| in their minds log. unless the word
"make il so' has been passed by the
| conductor Of the Times. The earth.
quake was the talk of all Hereford till
! Hereford found il was not in the Times.
Where were its rumblings when it was
discovered that il made no noise in the
Times "Aiicr all il was no great
shakes" was the disparaging reflection
Of the disappointed Hereford citizen
upon finding no mention in the Times.
The breaking out of peace between
England and France made all the noise
Of the week for peace, which once up
on time was the most silent Of all
thing', has now taken TO prating about
itself in n strain most egolslical and
clamorous. From the disturbance you
would fancy all the world At loggerheads,
but II is nothing but the professions and
protesiniions Of that gossip peace, CAD
ding next door with proclamation Of her
virtues. But what said an impudcnt
Frcnchman, " listen TO her and she
keeps 100000 fighting men of all sorts,
soldiers and sailors" What has the
breaking ont Of peace TO do with the
Hereford earthquake some one asks
Much, all, we reply. The earthquake
was lost in the other sort Of quake, from
which the word quaker Is derived
Was the quaking of the little city Of
Hereford, deserving Of a mention, when
the great city Of London was quakng,
and FILLING down at the feet Of the
French Emperor? We're we at such a
moment TO be told that the respectable
Mrs. Bullock, wife Of M attorney at
Hereford, thought something had blown
up, (very probable nothing more than
the report of the peace proceedings ,
that others arose aud dressed themselves
in the utmost irepilaiion, obey did not
90 80 FAR as 10 sign their names 10 the
French Address in the same III . that
other. again fincicd robbers were break
ing IN, though they might from the noise
mach more reasonably have lodged that
peace was brcnkins out. What were
these alarms to the alarms Of a peace
commoiion. and 10 the apprehensions
created by provoking I.onis Napoleon
TO pro'cstaiions Of peace, appropriately
and Immediately followed. ia the cx-
pres paragraph Of the Times, By the
announcement lhaii The Bcllona l. launch
cd at Cherbourg Happily, A. counter
augnry, Samuel Gumry IL on the
stocks nj Portsmouth,, with such broad.
side Of Quakers ns the world has never
yet sccn.-- London Esaminer.
fSThe liquor laW" j, working won.
drfs down east. ~ tie following extract
II n letter by an apolbecary dwelling 10
Portland viii shows a man came
rushing into my Store n dag or two since,
as II something dreadful was Tie narief
with eyes stared side open, and bis
couniennuce flushed nud excited. lle
grabbed oG Lis l.si. ani raa IN behind
fhe counter. where I wa. ani exciaim-
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