Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-04-14

-THE lloRsEs attached to n Stage in
West Lawrence, n. y, ran away a few days
since, and dashed the stage to atoms, frac-
turing the skull of a young lady and very
seriously injuring FIVE others including Mrs
o. T. Raymond and little son formerly of
Kcescvllc, \. I.
Nav BEDS Of Iron Ore have been dis
covered and opened recently in Elizabeth
town and Morah, across the Lake, and the
keeseyille Rrpbbhcda thinks the mineral re-
sources of Essex, Co., are just beginning to
be developed.
- LOCOMOTIVE attached to freight
train on the New Albany and Salem Railroad,
in Indiana exploded few days since, killing
three persons--John Nlurris, the engineer
L. Ratcif, fireman and j. Merrill hand
on train. 1t was afterwards found that the
steam GuaGe had been screwed to its utmost
tension, and then hed dorn to prevent the
the least possible escape Of steam Where
fore this was done no person lived to tell,
Prof. AG,sst2, IN II recent lecture be-
fore the Lowell Institute, in Boston, stated
bis belief that the human race existed on the
globe hundred and 6fythousGs6 Yc7Hs 7go.
-GREAT EXCITEMENT arose on Saturday
last in Auburn, y. Y, and vicinity, in con-
sequence of report that a man named Geo.
Washington, in State Prison ut Auburn,
whose term OF confinement expired next morn
ing was to be Immediately arrested again by
the United States Marshal as Il runaway
slave. \ riot was anticipated. lie was,
however, discharged from prison, and no ar
rest attempted There were three or four
hundred persons present but nc disturbance.
He was put on his way to Canada.
-LATE ACCOUNTS from the Sandwich Isl
lands state that no Government action has
been taken on the subject of annexation to
the United States. and the Polvnes,dn say.
there does not seem to be much probability
that the topic will be taken up until the meet
ing of the Legislature next month. 1t will
them doubtless, be brought to the notice of
the Legislature by his excellcncy the Minis
ter Of Foreign Relations, and the action of
the Government upon it will be duly promul-
gated.
-TRAcIcAL ScENE.-Messrs. Editors |
take the liberty of sending you brief sketch,
rs related to ne by MY brother-in-law (who
resides in Waupacca Co, Wisconsin, about
two weeks ago
\ farmer sold yoke of oxen to an indivi-
dual in the neighborhood, and received his
n n mn nor hn
chased the oxen, being in Il hurry to start of,
requested the farmer to assist him in yoking
them up. He accordingly went to the yard
with the man for that purpose, leaving the
money lying on the table. On his return to
the house, he found his little child had taken
the money from the table, and was in the act
of kindling the fire in the stove with it.
From the impulse of the moment he hit the
child slap on the side Of the head SO hard
as to knock it over and, in the fall, it struck
its head against the stove with such force as
to break its skull
The mother, who was in the act of washing
a small child in a tub of water, in an adioin-
ing room. on hearing the fracas, dropped the
child, and ran to the room whence the noise
proceeded-and was much terrified at
what she there beheld, that she forgot the
little child instho tub for time, and upon
her return to the room found the little one
drowned The husband, after Il few moments
reviewing the scene before him, seeing two of
his own children dead. without further re-
tlecton, took down his gun and blew his own
brains out Ciereldad Leader.
- MUTATION OF WoRDs.-IIelter skelter
is a contraction Of latin, h,lor'tcr ccleriter,
" cheerfullv and quickly lIocus pocus, is
III Ike manner verbal mutation Of hoe est
cor pus-" this is my body
Ma. WHlrrENoRE of the Fitchburgh
Read, was it is stated, shoemaker in his
youth. Having procured All education,
through his own exertions, for the ministry,
he soon became conspicuous as one of the
ablest Cnversalist divines in the country.
He is now President of three great corpora
tions viz the Boston and Fitchburg Railroad,
the Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad,
and the Cambridge Bank thus immediately
directing the operations of more than three
millions of capital. He edits the Trumpet,
an organ ofthe Cniversaists, and is now en-
gagged in an elaborate life of the late Rev.
Hosea Ballou, lie breaches, too, almost
every Sabbath, and not unfrequently lectures
and speaks at public meetings.
a NOVELTY Y.-Iho most extraordinary
operation we have ever heard of was per-
formed, ON Tuesday, by locomotive on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. while coming
up through the farm of Mr.. David NJ Meehen,
4 valuable COW belonging to him, that was
expected daily to have calf, was ON the
track and was torn limb from limb the
calf SO suddenly brought into existence being
unhurt, and still alive and we'll We doubt
whether there is a locomotive in the country
can beat that Wheeling Times,
-THE New HAVEN PALLADIUM records
case Of the cure Of eIyslpeas by the simple
application Of raw cranberries pounded fine
The patient was young lady, one side of her
face had become so much swollen and inlam-
ed, that the eye had become closed and the
pain excessive. A poultice of cranberries was
applied and aNcr several changes, the PAIN
ceased, the inflammation subsded and in the
course of couple of days, every vestige Of
the disease had disappeared.