The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-08-26
Budget cf ,,arieiies.

cause II accidents. ~heti,"f ~ COLLISION or
otherwise. straight Ancs must, ,n the cnd.
be adopted and though Al 6rsi more cs-
pcnsivc, thcy ar IN the end mosc coonCui-
cal, and S:e certainly safest. Curves, the
writer contends. should be limited by law,
Az states that one degree curve. 81 also
fee, radius. ofcr. a. much resistance 60 a
tram A. a grade oi ten feet 10 tho mile.
Too degrees cqual finccu feet three DE-
r,ccs equal twenty feet four degrees equal
twenty-five Zee, FIVE degrees equal thirty
feet six degrees equal ihirty-hvc feet
that Is. # a sixth degree curve be loratcd
upon a level, II offers ,he same resistance
to tram as would grade Of ,hiry-hvc
fec, to the mile, on straight huc. The
writer contends thai = ra.lFoad At the pres
en-, time that viii ~, bear the expense Of
making !, straight. had better be- postponed
until the funds are raised, as evidently II
is too soon for the community for which Il
is intended.
- The New Orleans Bee says that the
Mexican newspapers absolutely team with
United by the Indians In Coahuila, Duran
20, and other States. These barbarians
sssassinatc all men they can find unarmcd,
steel the cattle, and carry of the women
and children. In some instances they have
beaten the troops sent against them while
in others they have been worsted, and
forced to deliver up their esptiyes and plum
der"
- A gentleman in New Haven has been
engaged in an interesting enterprise. He
has caught in his garden since the 10Th
day of June. with twenty -four wide mouth
ed bottles. partly filed with molosses and
vinegar, three bushels IF flies, bugs, miiIers,
&c. The bottles were hung upon his gar
den fence. During the first seven days,
the amount Of flies, &c. caught, were forty
two solid quarts.
- Billy Bowlegs has failed to come to
Fort Myers, though he had promised to do
80 immediately after the green corn dance,
which was over about the middle of June.
Mr. Walbridgc, acting Indian agent, has
gone TO Fort Myers, however, with the
usual presents, and it wa. expected that
"Billy" would make his appearance.
- The Tomato, which is now so COM
monty used at our tables, is of late intro
duction. Thirty years ago its name was
almost unknown; now, the demand for it
is so great, that we import in the spring
from the islands of Bermuda
How TO GET UP EARLr.--Place basin
of cold water by the side of your bed
when you first wake in the morning, dip
your hands in the basin and wet your brow,
and sleep will not again seal you in its
trcacherous embrace.
ana, has your tongue got legs 2" go,
what, child ?" "Got legs, ma ?" "Cer-
tainly not; but why do you ask that silly
, question:" "Oh, nothing; only heard
pa say your tongue was running from NOR.
ming till night"
, BARNUM IN THE FIELD.-Among the
, premiums to be competed for at the FAN
, Of the Fairfield Co. Comm Agriculture
7 Society, TO be hello at Stamford the 9th
by Barnum for horseback riding. TIL,
, prizes range from S25 to a gold pencil
/. open to unmarried ladies under 81 years
e from all parts of the State.
- Before you cut your throat, seek com
fort in a outlet. What you take for des
pair, may only be morbid excitement o
. the gastric Juice. An empty stomach take
U AVERY lowering look at things, almost a
II much so as an empty pocket-book. w
repeat, don't sever your juglar till you hav
z dincd.
- Hendrickson, who murdered his wifi
last March in Albany County, and who wa
=, sentenced to be hung this month, has, thru
T, his counsel, succeeded in procuring iroI
Judge Marvin bill Of exceptions. A mo
: ton is to be made for stay of proceed
= ings, and, should it be granted, a motto
for new trial will be argued before III
Supreme Court early in September.
, EARL OF SriRLisG.-It appears that tn
l. Earl Of Stirling, who has succeeded IN ge
5. ting his name into notoriety IN connectio
with the fishing business on the shores
the provinces, is the notorious Aexandi
d HUMPHREYS, whose groundless claim TO th;
e title was completely destroyed by the prof.
er court in Scotland some years ago.
is Boston Advertiser
- If all the money circulating in III
United States were divided equally anon
- the inhabitants, every one would reloiS
'' for about three minutes) in the possessic
y of twelve dollars.
ID - young poet in Iowa, in describr
10 the voice Of his lady love, says i, is :
in 'aireiorm bridge connecting dream Lar
a. with reality" A fanciful young man tn
o. Cupid. What & pity he deals so extensiv
,d ly in vernillion.
ne - The last Legislature Of Illinois pass,
IN a law prohibiting the circulation OF all f.
gs elgn bills less than FIVE dollars, after Il
er first Of the present month. II is now
n force.
A correspondent Of the ". O. 81
I'm letin, says he has discovered a new fac,
nv animal anatomy, and that is, twin lam.
ut kids, fawns, &c, have but half liver, o
,s- lobe being wanting. lie wonders wheth
IA. twin children are so.
"a 80 DIR. RUFUS w. Gnswold has receIy
OF $4,000 from the New York g. New II
1t ven Railroad Co., for injuries inflicted u
hi on his wife and daughter, by the Norva
Dr. accident
-- The double track from the Bost
Mr. switch along the curve towards Vail
10 Falls, where the recent accident took pla,
,uf on the Providence and Worcester railrol
20. has been commenced, and will be comp
an ted in about fortnight.
ct = How many hats cover multitude
ID. sins and worthless heads and how ma
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