The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-01-17

luH spectrum vi SnDW Multo DuhUuTy
marble to a dealer in Laporte, lie greatly
admired it, and paid tho following com
plmentary remark to Its merits-vir -
" A quarry yielding such marble to any
considerable extent, is worth s. 900 900
even though it be located on the top Of
the Green Mountains, or In the bottom
of Lake Champlain. The worldn said be,
"will have it, at whatever cost"
The west has plenty Of coal. but no
marble. Vermont has plenty of marble
but no coal. The following items ore
not without interest both at home aud
abroad In 1850 there was quarried at
West Rutland $780, 600 worth of mar.
bic in 1858, s360,00O worth; in 1854,
a6 out 100000 worth From other
towns in the county it is thought tba.
5000 900 worth of marble will be exe
ported this year. The value of the
M arblc sold is twice as great as the wool
clip of the county in 1850 1t exceeds
the value Of the wool and dairy products
Of the county. At the West Rutland
Quarry, there arc consumed annually,
l50 tons of bay--6,0o0 bushels of po-
tatoes-6 tons of butter, and 5000 bush
els of corn. Of the value Of the mar.
bic exported, three fourths is added to
the wealth of the county. The demand
has always exceeded tho supply. There
is no fear of decrease of the dc.
mand. To increase the supply more
capital should be invested In quarrying
aud saving marble. Rutland can fur.
nish annually marble to the amount Of
sl,50000 The quality of the Slate
in Vermont is equal to that Of any part
of the world 1t is incxhaustible in quan.
tity, and the demand for it, is far great.
or than the supply. 1t is thought that
this year, not less than 100000 worth
Of Slate will be quarred in Rutland
County. Thus by the laws of trade
Vermont is intimately connected with
the west, and must in commercial poiut
Of view have strong and increasing claims
upon her.
OF the 9S5 banks and branches in tue
United States, Indiana has no less than
90. Within recent date, these banks
had no less than 100000 in circula-
ticn. They ara all secured dollar for
dollar, by various State Stocks. Many
of these stocks are below par. Hence
the panic and discount on 1udi ana money.
1t is not uncommon, to meet men in
the west, who have accumulated cousid.
cradle fortunes, and yot can neither read
nor write A good anecdote was told
us, of one of this stripe of men, who had
passed his three score years and ten
lie was in the habit of having some ono
of his family, at stated periods, read
over his notes 10 him. On one occasion,
the readers Informed, him, that a certain
note had no signature to it, The old
fellow suddenly aroused himself, aud in.
lurcd, il it was on interest Certainly,
certainly-it is on annual interest was
the prompt reply Very we'll then
that's the point--its all right-paas ou
said the old fellow, as he sank back in
his easy cnair, and resumed the enjoy.
ment ofhispipc and tobacco. s. B Il.
A Thin House.
One Saturday night, a short tins
since, the performances at Niblo's Gar
den were postponed. One Of the per
formers was-well perhaps not abso-
lutcly sick, but indisposed, and the per-
formances were consequently omitted.
No bills were printed and the play
boards at the door we're taken in.
But by some strange omission the door.
keeper was not informed of the posts
ponemcnt ,and punctual to the hour wos
ready at his post to take the tickets.
Much to his surprise he found the
house shut up and in darkness. To
save the man whose business it was to
open and light up from scoldins, he
did his business for him, lighted up
the entrance, the long hall and the
saloon, threw open the doors, and sat
down in lis little ticket Office to wait
for the audience. About seven o'clock
Mr.. Corbyn, the director of amuso-
ments, happened to be passing sdown
Broadway and saw the doors open and
the hall brilliantly lighted. In much
surprise he hurried across to learn what
it could mean.
"Ah! Mr.. Corbyn, is that you 2
said the door>keeper Though the little
hole, where lie takes the tickets. 81
am afraid We shan't have much of an
audience to night, Mr.. Corbyn."
Mr.. .Corbyn, without waiting to explain,
went through into the saloon where he
found about five hundred persons wait
ing patiently for the curtain to rise,
and the performances to begin. So
he had the curtain ruhg up, made the
necessary explanations, and dismissed
the audience to get back their half
dollars at the door.
Mr.. Wax BuREN's AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Mr.. Van Buren, is at. .Veyay in Swift.
zerland, aud earnestly at work upon
his autobiography, in which he has az