Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-05-18

A REMNANT OF ANCIENT SUPERsriTIoN.-A
German known as Dutch Charlie, was recently
murdered in Colorado Country, Texas. As the
body was surrounded BY people, an lrlshman pro-
posed that those present should successfully place
their hands upou the body of the dec as d--be
lieying that whenever the murderer touched it
the wounds would commence bleeding anew.
The suggestion was acted upon, and as soon as
man named Hiltebrant applied his hand, the
blood began to flow. Hiltebrant was arrested,
and shortly afterwards committed suicide by
hanging himself
A Cashmere Goat has been successfully intro
duced and bred in South Carolina. The Charles.
ton papers say that the animal seems perfectly at
home in the climate, and is as hardy and easily
raised as the common goat. The fleece obtained
is in weight about equal to that of the choice va
rieties Of sheep, while It's value is ten times
greater.
The Rev George L. Adams, to whom poor
widow of Henniker, N. H., had given power
of attorney to collect $4,000 due her from the
railroad as compensation for the loss of her hus-
band and child in the Norwalk Catastrophe, has
absconded with the money.
A son of Bagley, Of Chelsea, was accidental
ly killed on the 9th ult., by the bursting Of a
piece of gun-barrell, which SEINE boys were fir.
ing. He approached the gun inst as the lighted
match was communicating with the printing,
when the powder caught fire, and the gun burst
into three pieces. each ofwhch entered his thigh,
tearing it dreadfully and nearly severing it. He
died in a few hours, after suffering extreme pain
Young Bagley was boy Of good promise, and
was highly esteemed among his acquaintances.--
N. Journal. ~ - - "-'-s4+s=-
Hydrophobia is the name Of new spiritualism
introduced into France it is the art of evoking
phantoms by means of a pail of water. 1t is quite
popular in Paris, and has caused the degeneracy
of spiritual rappings into mere divination.
The commencement at Dartmouth College
will take place on the 25th, Goth and 9th days
Of July. The orators for the occasion, are Pres
ident Hitchcock, of Amherst College, and P rof
Shedd, of Andover ]. y. Fields, of Boston,
will deliver poem. The graduating class num-
b''rs forty seven.
The quantity of rain which fell in Boston,
during the late storm, in eighty hours, was 80
lUCUcS, TIC gauge dt III oPiihSHOiu
indicated SIG inches.
AT three o'clock on Wednesday the 10th inst.
the water at Hartford had fallen six feet and two
and three fourths inches. The precise height of
this food above that of 1901, was one foot nine
and fourth inches.
The SNAIL TRADE IN PARIs.-A curious
branch of commerce is every year acquiring an
increased Importance at Paris 1t is the trade in
white snais, the consumption of which amounts
now to some hundreds of thousands Of these ami
mlas in the year.
In Philadelphia, during one of the thunder
storms recently, little boy was beating an
iron hoop on the pavement, when fash of light
nighg struck and bent it, and threw it half way
across the street. The boy was not injured.
Lynch law was applied to liquor seller in
Gloucester, Mass, on Thursday week, his shop
was demolished and he was ordered to leave the
town.
A little girl aged eight years, in the village of
Rochester, N. Y. died from the effects of jump
ing the rope. After jumping four hundred times
without stopping, she was taken home insensbe,
but the movement of the muscles of the limbs, as
if in jumping, continued without cessation for
forty-eight hours, until she died.
A SINGULAR CAsE.-The Worcester, Tran
script says that the blade of penknife, one and
quarter inches long, was recently taken from
the hand of Mr.. Frederick E. Abbott of that CT
ty, where it had been for about six years. Ithad
caused him so little inconvenience that he was
not certain it was there until tho surgeon found
it, -. ..-s, --
The Chicago Journal states that a family con
sistlng of six persons, suffered death few days
since, in their own shanty. The flames of
burning prairie swept over the building, and the
father, mother and four children persisted in the
flames. tGtr
The New Hamprhi1e Superior Court, at its
late term held at Concord, heard arguments in
eighty-three divorce suits. Thirty three of the
applications were granted, seven denied and the
decision of forty-three reserved. The Superior
Court of Rhode Island at a late session had sew
enty-seven similar cases before it, of which forty
two received judgment of divorce, four were de-
MED, three settled, and the remainder continued
for consideration.
GoLD IN A STRANGE PLAcE.-The last dis
covery of gold we hear Of, is that made by far
mer near Black Lake. Canada, who found four
pieces of the precious metal in the gizzard of one
of his ducks, which frequsnted brook on his
farm.
On the 22nd ult., at Beayertown, Morgan Co.,
Ohio, during the performance of Barnum' show,
the centre pole was struck with lightning. One
man was instantly killed, and twenty four others
more or less injured.
A few days since, some workmen in Pough-
keepse engaged in saving locust log, which
was perfectly sound, and probably one hundred
years old, found cavity in the centre, contain
ing live toad, seven pounds in weight.
WREcKs ON THE COAST OF GREAT BRITAIN
The official report on this subject states that as
far as can be ascertained, nearly 900 wrecks,
with the loss of about $40 lives, occurred on the
coasts and within the seas of the United Kingdom
in 1858. In the terrible gale Of January,
1854, 257 wrecks occurred on the coast, with the
loss of 1856 lives. In the year 1852, the total
number of wrecks was 100, and the loss Of life
upwards Of 900.
Mr.. Hobbs, now in London, in contradicting
the rumor that the American lock under his care
had been picked says: " Since have had it ia
my charge, it has been operated upon by differ
ent parties one hundred and twenty-three days
with the offer of two hundred guineas as a re-
ward and the strong national feeling SO often
expressed, prompting them TO pick H."
THE ERlcssoN. THE submarine explorers
have succeeded. it is thoughtin closing the ports
windows, hawse holes and scuppers Of this un
fortunate vessel, and three pumps are ready, with
a fourth being rugged. The raising will be com
menced Immediately. Capt Ericsson thinks the
engines will be found uninjured. The cost O.
raising the vessel will not be less than from
$4,000 to SIS 600.
Last spring thousands of young chickns died il
the neiphborhood of Indianola, Texas, of dis