Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-08-02

District of Montfs physiological phenomenon
which CONSIDER ut Interesting aud deserving
OF the attention of zeiantifc nien, The facts, as
tar as have been ne to ascertain, are as fol-
lows sS ss,.ss.
There is in ST. Eiyssin,lis. :. young gifl about:
IL or 10 years ofage, Belonging to very res
specialize family ofsthat place. who has for about
three months tsAen % ,kipd Of food whatsser.
Her healthhas not rsdffeFea, her complexisnsfis,
fair she is always h&ay aud busy about the Z
house. orteaching the poor children Of her own
place reading, wiring, sewlngand praying still
she does not seem to enjoy 4 s4tng constitution.
Last Christmas after an absolute fast of three,
months, she began to take some light food, which
however, she has never been able to keep on her
stomach. This young person, who is said 10 be-
of very amiable and candid dsposifiop by those
VINO know her,sdoes not have any6iatention of
deceivine, and after strict surveillanc&it has been
as'erained that there is no deception on hsf part
There must necessariiysbe someihing extraof-..
binary in the physical orgaaizatioh Of This per-
son to produce such phenomenon. Wesan'un,.
derstand that lethareic sleep may last several
days or even weeks. thai person may exist for
some tive pHler the influence OF fever without
t tn. ssbat in this case, where young girl
&c llesin her usual state preserves her COM
plexion, her sleep, her strength, her good humor,
without any palpable change, without eating Or
dfipkGs there is. it appears 6me, something
yelf sordl1ary--someihag which certainly
deferses .lhe attention Of science.
/ THE WEsr Polsr CnAlN.-Bishop's derrick
haabeen employed for some time past in attempts \
A over the massive chain which was stretch
N. acgd5s the Hudson River at West Point dur
ING she a4eeiGGtet4 Ito prevent the passage of
I.Bsitishssessels abose.. that. place, Two chains
ssose ketctied across the river, ons at Fort Mont 4
enna Which was brctten Sy ihe British feet,
and an nkmn the Present .vabe one was
ia fewNlidks have been Covered, which
shoM that ,lisAweight fhaips must have
been immense, hel whichshe action
q the water for YEN aas corrSded and
v$6sn them away, (Sout two inches square in
the1bars The linke are about ls inches long
and 8 ibsfes broad, and are secured toihe floats
by heavy iron collars around the ends, rheA
weight of the chains--the historical idea is chaih
must have been something hkeA50, 900 lbs,'
Independent Of the floats.
A man living about 40 miles from Cairo. ILL.,,
named Evans. was bitten BY mad dog, recent
w. He became mad and during his paroxysms
FIVE mon were unable to hold HIM aid, in COM
plance with his earnest enireaqes, number Of
persons placed him between two feather beds and
snolhered him to DEATH
The schooner Active, Capt Morehouse, from
Turks Island June 30lh, brings the intelligence
that the schooner Emma, in which Col. Kmaey
sailed from New York, was lost on Caicos Reef
on the l9lhsnt. No lives were lost The YES
sci and car %, witt HaIyAILTke effects of the
passengers are CO destroyed. The pas
sengers proceeda Is Island, which they
reached after ID Col. Kinney was not
disheartene@, o1t WI ndeavoring to charter a
vessel to convey him his party to Nicaragua J.
HIGH Pace OF a. JR.-Mr. White, OF tlM
Agricultural. WarehJ be, informs us that farm
ers are paving $3.50 fos 4 in haying
and harvesting and thu Nv cai.s obtained even
at that high figure. men oura.t about
saloons and wonderful when the .Yaine Law
will go into operation, IN please take note and
act accordingly -BGfa@ Courier.
The Mount Washington Road Company are
now pushing on the work degrading up the
mountain as rapidly as possible. Between Two
and three miles are finished, and the wno'e is to
be completed Il fall. The cost of the road is
estimated to he ABOUT $50 0G0. The stock is all
taken. The average grade Of the road is one
foot rise to every . l-2 feet linsal The carriages
Of which we have just seen model, are To be
lfie Veafces are 10 De drawh'bJ ,uh hosSess =
The passengers will not sit facing Zach other nor I
facing the front, but half way btween these two
POSITIONS A separate seat is arranged fox each
passenger, and each carriage has only seats in
side.
The body of the carriage is so arranged, as TO
be raised in front in descending, and inthe rear
in ascending the mountain, so as to always keep
the body on a level. The brake is so applied to
insure perfect safety, being separated much in the
same way as ranroad car brakes. The only dit
ference is that the moved BY the feet uf the
driver instead of his hands. A safety strap pas
ses mp into the carriage, and by ng lying on
The bottom, the notion of the horses may be ar =
rested by any one IF 4 passengers II ne'essa-
ry.- Portland Trans ~.
Since ne Reciproc treaty went into opera
ton, dJzen new Vi "a have sprung up on the
shores of Lake Huro Re Huron district, to
ship oduce Build going on rapidly, and
wharfs and piers are - CONSTRUCTED. 'Specu-
lation in village lots rams gh.
A ishing-boafa was I'd htly capszed off Ma
bray Head, North of Sc md, and 3young men
were drowned AS the Mage to which they
belonged numbers not more fllsRsixteen or TWEEN
ty scattered houses, there. was Savcely family
which was notdarkened bythis hdden presence
of death A person who pass ID through the
village reports that the lamentatid> of the strickn
en- people could be heard on the .roM.,
The Medina Tribune gives an accnlmt of a
young man % aars of age, who, when @Nr nine
years old, became deaf and durh and fhps re-
NAMED until about fortnight ago, when he was
taken with violent spasms ofe,he chest, during
which time he threw up smaHquantity Of blood,
and after which he suddenly discovered that his
hearing and power OF speech hid been entirely
restored .stiast accounts he was slowly recoy-
ering q Ahls late debility. and his hearing was
The liquor dealers league for the State Of
Penas glyaria .~now numbers about 20 900 MEM
bers, ssfd they are tAagQpghly orgcSsaing 10 she
iuteaafof the STATE Jet being alcoacert
of aciion, to xGateei les and their inter.
es,s, By iesl land political rrycess,
against Leg 1h,he p hbitory question.
- absHiissiu,,-sff newspaper postage
I1SoE Canada on the Sd inst
The oalpgo 1naessay ssaAa. during Tie last
week IN kpncs Of beef cattle ifs gone. down
from $40 Saas,6Q sperh5 Edred -eig CHI, and il
is the opinion of layers that the Asas2fs ~ not
feac1el ~, NJ ~,S.s o.Fs
A kXberapee society Rip course Of forma
ton at ions, France, founded on the sEnglish
modelT = <es. ,--.~ "
i Archer #szsssaied at,Sprigfeld, H., on abe
LIST inst, in the lc7ehy easof his age. =
A shark, 80 feet long and sayage as nea
axe, was caught at New Bediora vew evening"
since, 81