Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-08-17

SIGNS AMONG THE Observation-Disclosures
t0eodrlch made a speech ut Milwaukee during
flie grand rNcursiuIl ia which lac stated that Yale
College ", oppos 10 4 ve ', and the faculty
I AL 1t ne nj an the suhltc, and wished the
faf 10 be- k.uSn ,"tth AIT So. h. 1t is sid
that an unusual number Of southern students
have offered themselves this year.
Among the commencement exercises the pres
ent year at different colleges Friedrich Douglass
addressed the literary societies at Western Re-
serve College; Henry Ward Beecher at Mead.
vile; Wendell Phil fps at Union; J. P rhomp.
sun of Andover; and " ilam H. Seward at
Yale, where George w. Perkins aso preached
the c0acio ad cicruas The alumni at Harvard
chose harl Summer for their Vice President
" abash College conferred the honorary d ID
on Joshua Leavitt and Yale College the LID
ON " H. Seward.
ANOTHER puBLIc ExEcurroS.--Yo Young Casey,
who murdered Il man and his wife in South-
Natick more than year ago, has been sentenced
to be hung on Friday, September 60 He has
served one year i'll { g Stats Prison, and a
strong effort has been made to secure him
home there for life. on the ground # some aher
ration of mind; but the committee on pardons
has reported adversely, and the Gov, NOR and
Council have ordered his execution Boston Con-
gregationia. m
CHILD KILLED BY PANTHER learn
from the Abingdon Frginian that lite daush-
ter of Mr.. Barker, living in the lower part of
Washington county, Va, was xii ell few days
since by panther Mrs Barker had sent the
little girl TO spring for water The child stay
ed longer than was necessary, and the mo her
went in search of her Near The spring she
found traces of b ood. aud short distance beyond
portion of h child's body. few steps from
the p ace " here ilie remains OF the child were
found. large panther was discovered in tree
The rife of one OF the company Tho were
promptly out in search of him, SO soon as
the monster was observed brought him to the
| ground.
A New ENGLAND GIANT met New E, g.
land giant the other day at Lili rton, III the per-
son of Henry d kimb lie is sir feet eleoen
inches in height and will weigh three hundred
pounds. lie is now twenty-five yeas old, and
has grown five inches in the last three years
1t Is though he may reach his seven feet Or more.
a remarkabl" circumstance is that neither Of his
parents e more than the medium height |
have not hea d of but one taller man in the United
States aud that is Kenluckian. Mr. kimbal
is in toerahle health. lie could receive hand
sumo salary to exhibit himself to his count ymen,
I but he prefers moi to crafty thei' curiosity any
further than is necessary III the course of his or
binary business - Boston Correspondent Jour-
nal Of Commerce.
A BIG RATTLE SNAKE On Friday last Mrs.
/ Henry lark, in r turning knme t ON berry
party in Medford. was suddenly notified, by The
nc So OF his rattle tn Il she MAS within a few IN
ches OF an enormous ratLlesuake Nothing daunt-
ed, she lsimcdla ely procured "A stone with nhcn
she 50 far disabled him that sh could taslcn a
cord around his neck and drag him to er home,
much TO the establishment of her frightened hns'
band HIS snlkeshlp lnedsur, S SIN feet IN length
r and has twelve raft S indicating that he is fifteen
years 0 $50 Boston Traveller, Aug. |.
AT recent meeting Of one OF the French Ag-
Tlc,. Itura Sucet $ curious fact was related
A farmer stuck pea IN potato, and planted
them toy Their in arch last The ca produced
s,at which was GOV red with pods, and the
potato gave eleven healthy roots The farmer il
OF opinion that, by This system ii is possible rot
only 10 obtain tw o.iold CROP but 10 prevent the
e nlalady III potatoes.
! Joseph F. Robinson of Nantucket young
r man aged about tweliy, While gaming II ues'
Iav OF last week, Was kill, by the accidental
discharge Of his gun. While placing his gun
in the boat he ship d causing th' 10, TO st ike
e against the beat aud thus producing the fatal
r discha ge
Among the ancient Germans, some two thou
sand years ago, there was ii nlb +, or nailor
called the Sue,i us, who would moi suffer wines
to be brought into their terror4, because, salt
u LII IL IT n kf,flt
e for exercise or labor. Yet hcsc men were
, classed among barbarlans by the Komals
, ACCIDENT AT THE MANHATTAN GAS WoRKs
N Y - BY tn illlng of The roof Of their new
building in l4lh Sir Ell, in this city, several lives
we're lost and il umae considerably injured, Oh
II Saturday OF last week,
$ Fine AT JERSEY CRY Cine of the mott ex
$ ensive conhaglatlons tia, ever Wis ted this city
occurred last Saturday. One woman was burnt
to death The loss ui property exceeds $500,
g 900.
i Five Murders W. re committed in New YORK
r. city last week, three ii them to be laid TO rum
d and light men charged with the crime of murder
e are Now confined i'll the Tonbs.
A crystal palace is to be built at Nap es
l ne kll9 naS hppioVe' inc pan, anu pointed on
the Vile Reale, close 10 the sea, as the site.
D WOMAN s RlGHTs AND WRONGS One onona
a the Rcopers.-ln a place in Essex, Mass +, a wo
- . man may be seen bi, dug sh,a,es after TIT
reapers, who in that is match tor any of ,lu m
She is not obliged 10 20 it. but having bect MI
70 eXpe at the bus ness in her own country (re
~ land she chooses in this way to get dollar an,
st haf or two dollars day during harvest, rattle
y than earn less in some other