Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-09-15

n MAN SHOT BY A SNAKE.-A letter in the
rh'iaaelphla LEDGE states hat a few DAYS aoo
u huh mined Truman, stcorkeeper in Sidd0ns.
Jury, YORK county, was out cunning, when he
u'scoVefeu q large snake, and in order quickly
10 secure IL IRON running away, he placed the
OUT OF his rife, lneded with a bail at The time.
upon Inc snakes body, with his hand directly
across me Inu2zle. The snake, in his wrlhinGs
10 iree himself, coiled around the gun stock, and
10 one OF his coils struck the hammer, which
was down upon the cap at the time. so hard as
TO discharge the gun, the contents of which en-
Tered the bal Of the hand near the wrist. and. in
a diagonal direction. came out bet ween the
%lnncllre OF the little finger and the one next 10
II. Happily no bones were broken.
Divorce AND A resident
ct This city sued Tor II divorce fom his wife of
one OF our courts last winter. i was granted,
and The couple duly separated. lie went to n.
Orleans and engaged in business. and she re.
NAMED IN this c't3 among h-r her friends. The
VI How fever, which is driving 50 nav persons
nom New Orleans at present, induced MS we
understand, the ex husband TO seek refuge in
lhlS city. He arrived a few DAYS AGO, and one
hout after his arfival here, Witnessed The second
marriage knot tled between himself and former
wife. 1t was said to have heen done more effec-
tnaiIy than before, and boil, parties were conf
dent that there would be no further need of nn-
tying 1t. Divorces are quite common, but such
second marriages are OF rare occurrence. st.
Louis htetigtncer.
RAILROAD CURVES "A correspondent of 'hc
fd'i'odd Record Is OF opinion that curvature on
railroads Is the main cause of accidents, whether
| bV cpIIIslnn or othar,uiSo St.o,rl,t Enoa ,n,at
III the end, be adopted, and though at first more
expensive, and IN the end more economical, and
are certainly safest Curves. the writer con-
tends, should be limited by law. aud states that
one degree curve, or $3.50 feet radius, off,rs as
much resistance TO a tran as a grade Of 10 feet
to the mile. Two degrees equal Is feet 3 de-
grers equal 20 feet, and so on up TO the 9th de-
gree, which, if located upon a level, offers the
same resistance To a train as would a grade Of
80 feet to the mile. on Il straight line. The wri
ter contends that a railroad, at the present time,
that will moi bear the expense of making it
straight, had better be poisoned until the funds
are raised, as evidently it is too soon for the
community for which it is intended.
LIBERIA.-A project is on f OF for the settle
menl Of th;riy.one rural districts in the territory
of the republic of Liberia, by the thirty-pne
States of The American Uuion. 1t is proposed
to settle three hundred families in each district,
each family having a f,rrn of its own. making,
IN all. an aggregate OF nine thousand five hun.
dred Inhabitants.
A NEEDLE THREADER!--A. M. Ward, Jew
eIer. opposite the American House, has for sale
a very convenient litlle instrument called "A
needle threader," for the especial accomnoda-
ton OF those troubled with unsteady nervcG or
weak eyes, who, with this new aid, will find
Notwithstanding one The easiest things in the
world, Let II who ever had trouble in filling
the eve of a g. cambrick needle" 90 to Wards
and never be troubled afterwards .-Independent
Democrat, Concord, N. H.
Al New York yesterday, the Worlds Tenn
peranoe Convention was the scene Of disturb.
ance and rowdyiSm. A bloomer named Rev.
AntioneDie Brown attempted to speak. This
caused a disturbance. She was supported by
Wendell Philips. bnt the audience would not
hear her. AT length the President of the Con
%vention was obliged to cal the Police and The
hail W. cleared. The regular delegates TO the
Convention were tn reasonable in another place.
The Northern Vermont Central and Passump
sic Railroad Companies have missed articles of
freight. for sevcral months, to the value OF be-
tween $4,000 and $1,000 Alter keeping watch
for some time, two boys we're detected steal ing
from the cars al franklin. They have impIlca.
ted a man named Harrison Arlin, who has been
arrested. aud in whose house a large number of
stolen articles were found, including tickets
stolen from thu Mcredii" Depot, and implements
for breaking doors. Several men and boys are
snsp cted OF beng Arltn's accopplices.
Comstock, the conductor of the train in the
Norwalk DISASTER, has been tried for mauslaugh-
ter and acquitted.
THE TALLEsr YET.-M. J. Bronner. of Low
ell wires to the LoveH .Ners, that while on Il
visit to Andover, he siw IA stalk OF corn nineteen
feet high and ii had fourteen ears Of corn on ii!
The FLYING VEssEL.-Mr. Rufus Porter,
who has been 20 long aud earnestly engaged on
the " Etoport," or hsing ship, announces with
confidence that he shall make an excursion IN it
from Washington to New York some time dur
ing toe next month. The machinery is now
nearly advanced to completion, and a Snail
amount Of funds and labor will put 1t on the
wing.
Miss Cooley. a talented and respectable wo-
man, OF PittstirId, VT, hung herself on account
ut her unhappy marriage to some man whose
maine Is not mentioned.
A violent fever is said 10 be raging in Gilmor
and Gordon counties. Ga, aud 100 deaths from
It are already reported.
A terrible cloud of Iocusts is ravaging South
ern Mexico, destroying the indigo and corn
crops tor u space OF 400 miles.
THE Fur TRADE.-ArtivaIs from the Upper
Missouri, represent the last seasons oHeratlons
in the fur trade us very successful. The deer
snow prevented the hunting OF buffalo among
> the mountains; but it drove them down to tht
plains, where they were easily taken by Tie 10
dams, so the supply Of buifllo robes will be as
. large as usral, and the quantity of beaver ant
other skins very fair.
, WIDow, WIFE. MAID.-An instance has
D recently occurred in Cincinnati, 10 which a lady
i was u maid, a wife, and n, widow, all in onC
$ day. Mrs. Comet, wife of a man who wa
$ cruelty murdered on Front Street, recently. hat
married her husband on the same day on which
;, the fataI ARRAY occurred. At morn a maid, a
noon u wife. ut evening a widow
y The yNatchez Mirror compla ms that while Mrs
Stoves Unite Tom sells at a great rate in tn
Sou heru States. "ihe ablest, most learned, an
criiical defence of slavery" written by a MI
" Fletcher, will bring lis Publisher in debt. !
Y then adds very d~olefulIy. "lhe Aey TO Uuci
Toms Cabin has just arrived, and is going d
rapidly"