Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-11-23
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GoLD IN SToNE.-A bona .fde discovery Of
gold, which promises to throw the Windsor
County gold discoveries entirely into the shade,
has recently been made in the south part Of
Stowe, on brock which comes down from the
Elmoro Mountain, and crosses the Plank Road
about mile from the northerly line of Water
bury. The discovery was mado, as early as Au-
gust last, by returned Californian, while fish
ing in the brook. But keeping his own counsel,
be sought out the owner Of the farm, through
which the brook runs, and soon succeeded in pur-
chasing it on reasonable terms And last week.
having come fully into possession, he made
known his discovery, dug and washed out a small
quantity from the banks, and permitted visitors
to do the same, as matter of curiosity we
have conyersod with reliable friend, who has
been on the spot, dug one painful of earth, and,
washing if out, found at the bottom thirty seven
cents worth of gold, which he showed us, at
the same time relating the far greater success Of
other visitors in similar process. The owner
thinks, from the few experiments he has made,
that tho diggings will prove as rich as the aver
age of diggins in California.
Our informant states that gold has been found
also in the north part of the same town, by an
other returned Californian, on the stream COM
ing from Mansfield Mountain.
FiRE AND PROBABLE Loss OF LlFE.--It be-
comes our melancholy duty, as journalist, to re-
cord the destruction, by fire, on Monday evening
last, of our village Nire-Pin Alley and Billiard
Room, standing on the land leased to the projec
tor of the establishment by tho Hon. John Spaul-
ding and in the rear Of his store. The fire was
communicated we understand by the spilling Of
some camphene, and, owing to the "mastery
inactivity" Of the fire companies, was not over
powered till that splendid establishment was re-
duced to black mass Of smouldering iuins. In
excuse for their strange apathy on the momentous
occasion, the fremen alledge, it is said, that
though the establishment was insured to the
amount of $3.50, against losses from fire, the
morals Of the village were not insured agains
losses from the establishment 1t is generally
believed that several rats and mice umtimel,
persisted in the flames.
Sic transit gloria capitals.
CLARK ELECTED IN New YoRK.-Clark, tn,
Republican and Temperance candidate for Gov
ernor in New York, is elected, as all the New
York papers now admit, by between two ant
three hundred plurality. This is a &" marrow
squeak, in State giving 260, 900 votes butt
will not now break in on the remarkable uni
formity. Of the elections Of the season All
this popular sovereignty is q great matter
that is fact
FANNY FERNS NEW BooK.-In another col
umn will be found an annouacepent of :" Rurr
HALL" the name Of Fanny Fern's" new new
Of. In this connection, the following prediction
by DR. John 8. Hart, which occurs at the close Q
biographical sketch Of this auth0ress, 10 hi
Female Prose Writers Of America, )" will prob
ably be read with interest -
"FANNY FERNS pastsuccess and her constant
natural and healthy improvement up to the pres
ent time, warrant us in predicting for her eli
more brilliant future. We think she possesses a
the necessary elements of great novelist. lie
narrative and descriptive powers are of the higl
est order; her wit and humor are Of the most bri
liant and irresistible quality her religious faiti
her sympathy with the poor and weak, her int,
tive insight into human character. and hsr subt
perceptions of the nmost workings of the sou
are certainly greater than those of most of ii
successful noyeists Of the ago; while her col
structiveness, as the Boston PosL says is so larg
and active that her articles as they grow, tab
form naturally like a fower.' Now, should the'
qualities be brought to bear upon the writing
a continuous story, VIC think the result would
the production Of book, which in artistic mel
would far surpass anything this author has y
written, and exceed in popularity all her 9th
works What direction FANNY FRRN's eeni'
will hereafter take,is probably only known to he
self but the public await the Developments
her future literary career with deep interest al
hopeful anticipa,iOns."
A FEMALE HgSMlr.--In the comfy of Ha
rson, Miss, lives female hernit-a curiosi
d,ed of her sox, because prone to solitude al
silence. She lives in house the fabric of h
own hands cuitivates her own fields, does h
own fencing, and the present autumn she W
have enc nuhdred bushels Of potatoes, all t
product Of her own unaided and indomitable
bors. She lives alone no husband nor caildre
nor nei9hbors nearer than three miles. :