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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-09-29
PATENT STUMP puLLEK.

Among the visits made by Us during the
present month TO tho homes Of the farmers in
various parts Of this State, and New Hamp-
shire, was one to the town Of Orange, Mass.
to witness the operations Of the eighth wonder
Of the world, the Patent Stump Puler, owned
and operated by Mr.. w. w. Willis, of that
town. Notice Of the trial had been given, so
that persons assembled from the adjoining towns
and few had come from remote distacos.
Atten O'Clock the hook Of n stout chain was
placed under the the root Of moderaiely-sized
stump, and II was turned out with as much ap-
parent ease as hough it had been mere log
with no Attachments 10 the ground. Other
siumps Of still lager size, aad more extensive
roots, were then iiken out, and all with certain.
ty, aud without III, slightest confusion, and the
timc occnpried in removing each one after the
chain was applied, net exceeding ten minutes !
F At length, the visitors having multiplied TO
quite a crswd, larger chain was attached.
and an enormous stump, the growth, perhaps,
Of centuries, was selected. With a small,
hai-crcular spade, room was made under one
Of the roots and a stout hook attacked Near
ly The whole surface of the ground about the
stump was covered with the stumps Of a later
growth Of young pines. whose roots penetrated
the coil, and mingled with those Of their an
cieit progcniior. The stump itself was be-
tween two and three feet in diameter, aud
sound, as were its roots.
pair Of stout oxen were then hitched 10
the ever, aud driven forward. When they had
advanced some three or four rods, the chain
was taken up, and they were iurhed back with
out my unhitohing, the roots in the meantime
cracking and making a noise like a pistol ex-
plodsd under wafer. The ground gradually
rose about the stump, and in five minutes il,
gnahy roots which had securely laid there ior
ages was brought to the light At the expi-
ration of fen minutes the old hero was fairly
turned over, and the roots on the upper side
pointing to the heavens Upon actual meas
urenent, we found the roots extending some
thirg more than 10 feet from each side Of th,
stump.
4 gentleman from Valparaiso, who accom-
panied Us and who is entrusted by the Chiliar
government with funds to purchase agricultur-
al implements, after witnessing the exhibition
at once ordered three of the machines to be sen
to his country.
The experiment was one OF the most aston
ishing exhibitions of mechanical power tha
we have ever witnessed. The machine is ex
ceedingly simple, and no, liable to get out o
repair-N f. EdryarT
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MISCELLANY.


A day at Pompeii A day with the dead
past, and one to be remembered till the sea and
the earth give up the dead
AT breakiast-table we found a couple of Eng
lish gentlemen who had actually "done" Vesu-
vius, Herculaneum, and Pompeii, with much Of
Naples besides, in a single day-lhe day before
and were now leaving the city. They con
fessed it was "sharp practice" but said it could
be done, for they had tried the experiment.
The English are as rapid sight-seers as the
Yankees and have never heard of any ofmy
countrymen who have done more in day ofthat
business than these gentlemen achieved. As
we had no intention Of running race with them
we determined 10 take tie nattor lcisurely,
The drive along the shore through the street
of Naples is never without its incidents. The
people eating their maccaroni, which looks like
little snakes dropping into their mouths; the
women searching the heads Of their children ;
the donkeys with all sorts of burdens, and led
by women or old men but more than all, the
cart with its load of ten or twenty men and wo-
men, sitting and standing, holding upon each
and the cart wherever they can get place for a
foot, driven at break-neck pace, the entire
freight in gale Of laugh, as if they were the
happiest people in the world we met cart
in which solitary laborer was riding with his
load his wheel struck the carriage IN which
man in military dress was riding with lady
and gave it such blow that the gentleman was
thrown out upon the ground. lie recovered
himself, drew his sword and rushed aiier the
luckless carter, who took TO his heels, lthou'i
we were 10 have an Italian murder on the spot.
But the enraged soldier expended his wrath
in beating him with the fiat of his sword, while
the poor fellow put up his hands and implored
mercy, warding of the blows TIL the blood
streamed from the wounds on his arms. The
lady came down from the carriage and wiped
oifthe dust from her solled companion, who was
white with rage, and appeared to have suffered
from his fall and chase. Our way was long the
shore to Porlici and Resina, by the side of the
beautiful villas, and near to immense heaps o
lava that are piled up in the midst of houses
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-09-29
wAKEFULNEss--CA AND REM
Enys

EDIToR OF THE RURAL MANY persons O
nervous Temperament, ,-hypochondriacs with I'M
easy stomachs, from the use Of too much rich
and cofiee,-the thinkers, inventors, authors,
and those who have domestic or other troubles
pressing on the brain in fact all who are not
Of mere animal construction and Of redundant
health, are subject more or less to rakefulnesS,
and a difficulty Of obtaining that repose neces-
sary to reinyigorate the system, after the labor
and cares Of the day. 1t becomes disease,
and sometimes as distressing as 'the snakes in
the boots" of the nebriate.
What is more tedious and eneryating than
the difficulty of procuring sleep, or Of waking
and waiting for the snorous bell Of the clerk oil
time, and after hopelessly trusting it will pro-
claim the approach of day, hearing him bluntly
tell all he knows by striking heeire' Then,
the melancholy hours passed in solitude and
ihick-coming thoughts of real or anticipated
troubles and cares, are painful in the extreme,
and disorder the whole vitality of the animal
machine.
Many devices have been suggested TO bewild-
or the mind and induce the leihean iorgelinlness
of sleep. Counting up 10 hundreds-muliply
ing two or more numbers in the mind and OBJ
taining the result--calling over The names oil
acquaintances, or the counties in the State, &c
The most effective course is to jump out of bed
and commence walking in the dark, exercising
your judgment in avoiding and in finding o6.
jecis about the room, taking no heed what the
matter is It's effect is to break the chain OF
-a.,nulfVo fla oircnla.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-09-29

TnR PaEAcniSo MoSKEY. There is Curl
Gus animal, native Of South America, which
is called the preaching monkey. The appear
ance Of the animal is at once groiesque and for
bidding. II has dark, thick beard, three in
chcs long, hanging down from the chin. This
gives il the mock air Of a Capuchin friar from
which ii has acquired the name Of the preach.
ing monkey. They are generally found in
groups Of twenty to thirty, except in their morn
ing or evening meetings, when they assemble
in vast multtudes. At these times, one Of
them, who appears by common consent 10 be
The leader or president, mounts the highest tree
which is near, and the rest take their places
below. Having by sign commanded silence,
the orator commences his harangue, consisting
Of various modulated howls, sometimes sharp
aud quick, and then again slow and deep, but
always g.. 1--I ~ s----i ---->--i s..;Ia.
The mingled sounds at distance are said 70
resemble the rolling of drums, and rumbling
and creaking of cart-wheels ungreased Now
and then the chief gives signal with his hand,
when the whole company begin the most fright-
ful chorus imaginable. and with another sign,
silence, is restored. The whole scene is des-
cribed as the most ludicrous, and yet the most
hideous, that Imagination can conceive
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-09-29

Hoosic TuSNEI.-This stupendous enter
prise, or at least the building Of it, may now
be considered as "a fixed fact" Workmen have
been employed for some weeks past in excavat-
Ing part of what is called ''the little tunnel,"
in North Adams, west of the mountain, but the
large tunnel has not yet been taken by the
horns. The Troy and Greenfield Railroad cor
pora,ion have voted to furnish Mr. Serrill, the
contractor, with the corporations bonds, for
sale or hypothecalion, to enable him to proceed
with the great work. The Vermont and Mass
achusetis Ralroad viii be greatly benefited by
the construction of this tunnel, which Will make
their bonds worth as much as any in the mark
ct bearing the same rate of interest. More
than half the old bondholders have agreed TO
take the new bonds at 95 per cent, and it is
believed that all will ultimately sign the agree
meni, which can be found at the Treasurer's
office, over the Webster Bank, in Exchange
sireet.-BOSiOn Courier.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-09-29

H- Mr.. NrIpcE's process Of obtaining posi-
tive photographs is to expose a sheet ofcaloiype
paper to the day light for few seconds, or un-
i'll visible discoioraiion or browning Of its sur
face takes place. Then it is dipped in solu-
iion of iodide Of potassium, consisting Of 500
grains to the pint Of water. The visible dis
celebration is apparently removed by the immeti
sion-ihongh such is not really the casei for. If
the paper were dipped into solution of gallo
nitrate of silver, 1t would speedily blacken over.
When the paper is removed from the iodide Of
potassium, ii is washed in water and and then
dried with bloi,ing paper 1t is then placed in
the camera obscura, and after FIVE or ten min
uies il is removed therefrom and washed with
gallo-ntraie of silver, and warmed.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-09-29

Henry Ward Beccher has ia realizing sense"
of what good coffee is. He writes of it thus
-"Breakiast is ready. A most useful and
salutary custom is that of breakfast. One may
work with his hands before breakfast, but not
much with his head. The machine must be
wound up. The blue must be taken out Of
your spirits, and the gray out of your eyes. A
cup of colee-real cohee-home-browned,
home ground, homemade, that comes 10 you
dark as hazel eye, but changes 10 golden
bronze as you temper it with cream from its
birth, thick, tenderly yellow, perfectly yellow,
perfectly sweet, neither lumPy nor fro,hing on
the Java such cup of coffee is match for
twenty blue devils, and will exercise them all.
Involuniarily one draws in his breath by the
nostrils. The fragrant SAVIOR fills his senses
with pleasure-for no coffee can be good in the
mouth that does not first send sweet offering
odor to the nostrils.'
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-09-29

THE TELEscoPE--ITs RAsor.-It is well
known and often proved fact that light travels
two hundred thousand miles per second and
electricity speeds over copper wire at the raie
of two hundred and eighty-eight thousand miles
in the same time. The mammoth telescope Of
Lord Rosse is capable Of penetrating so far in
to space that il would require two hundred aud
fifty million years for light to traverse the i'm
mense interval between US aud the remoiest
point brought to our view by that giant reilec-
tor.
Inference 1. Swing it upon its pivot to a sec
tion Numerically opposite, and an equal degree
of remoteness is reached on the other side Of
our standpoint Direct it towards various 9th
or quarters, and the exiremities of these long
radii if joined together, would form quite ca
pacious sphere.
Inference .. The light daily arriving at the
speculum of the telescope and revealing the ex-
istence Of those distant tracts Of visible matter
proves that they must have existed at least two
hundred and fifty million years.
Inference 8. Their very existence, now de-
monstrated by occular evidence, shows the vas
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-09-29

A small party Of ladies and gentlemen were
laughing over the supposed awkwardness attend
ing declaration Of love, when gentleman re-
marked that IL ever he offered himself he would
do il in a collected and business-like manner.
"For instance, !" he continued addressing himself
to lady present, al would say, Miss s.,
have been two years looking for wife. ]
am in the receipt of about thousand dollars
year from my business, which is daily on the
increase. OF all the ladies Of my acquaintance,
| admire you the most, indeed love you, and
would gladly make you my wiie." "fou fat
ter me by your preference" good humoredly
replied Miss s., 10 the surprise Of all
present; 81 refer you to my father" ''Bravo!'
exclaimed the gentleman. '.Well, declare,"
said the ladies in chorus. The lady and gen.
tlemen, good reader, were married soon after.
Wasn't that modest way Of looming to the
point" and a lady-ike method of taking man
at his word
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-09-29
BRILLIAN-TS.

Who loves not Springs voluptuous hours,
The carnival of birds and flowers
Yet who would choose, however dear,
That Spring would revel all the year
Who loves not Summers splendid reign.
The bridal Of the earth and main
Yet who would choose, however bright,
A dog-day moon without n night
Who loves not Autumn's joyous round,
When corn, and wine, and oil abound
Yet who would choose, however gay,
A year of unrenewed decay
Who loves not Winters awful form
The sphere born music of the storm
Yet who would choose, however grand soeyer,
The shortest day to last forever
Montgomery.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-09-29

Cist's Advertiser, Cincinnati, estimates tho
wheat crop Of this year 10 the United States at
one huadred and eighty,tfre millions Of bushels!
OF this mountain ofbreadstufis Ohio yields forty.
Pennsylvania eighteen, Virginia thirteen, New
York fifteen, Illinois twenty, Indiana fifteen,
Michiaan nine, Wisconsin eleven millions Of
bushels each. Alabama yields less than two
millions Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee
yield six millions each. The proportion Of
Georgia, South Carolina, New Hampshire aud
Massachusetts are not given,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-09-29
POETRY.
HOME.


ny W. WEBSTER CLAfllN.
Earth may boast her ruined scenes
or beauty rich and rare,
Her boards of wealth and glitt firing gems
That sparkle everywhere
But steered by fortunes hand along,
Whichever way roam,
find no spot so dear to me
As my old cottage home
Il is not hard to gather friends
Our iourncyings to cheer
Friends for day, but friends in name
Unlike the near and dear;
The cherished few who cluster round
The old ancestral scat,
Where, tired of all the cares Of life,
We rest our weary feet.
The heart will own no intercourse
With flattering smile and word,
But turns to a more genial place
Where Loves soft tones are heard
A mothers smiles are not forgot
fathers lessons kind
Such love and kindness we may search
The world in vain to find.
Dear home, though may wander far,
And traverse land aud sea,
Thoul't ever be the dearest spot
In this wide world 10 me.
I'll not forget those cherished friends,
The constant and the true,
Who shared my early cares and joys,
Though often finding new.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-09-29
THE LILY OF THE naLLEY.

White bud that in meek beauty dost so lean,
The clustered cheek as pale as moonlight show,
Thou seemest, beneath thy huge high eafof green
An Eremite beneath his mountains brow
White bud thour't emblem of lovelier thing
The broken spirit that its anguish bears
To silent shades, and there sits offering
To Heaven the holy fragrance Of its ears.
Crosby.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-09-29
LOgE.

LpGE.
The more thou damn 81 it up, the more it burns
The current, that with gentle murmur glides,
Thou know st being stopp'd, impatiently doth rage
But when its fair course is not Kindred,
He makes sweet music with tn enameld stones,
Giving gentle kiss to every sedge
lie overtaketh in his pilgrimage;
And so, by many winding hooks, he strays,
With willing sport, to the wild ocean.
Shakespeare.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-09-29

Our AT LAST. About two years ago, Mr..
John Cookson, of Montpelier, swallowed some
thing while drinking at brook, that troubled
him good deal. Last Saturday, feeling a
crawling motion in his stomach. and a nausea,
he yomited hUe red epst, three and half in
ches long. The animal may still be seen alive
at the store of Collins and Pierce, in Montpelier
So says the Christian Repository.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-09-29
jon woFK executed in good style at fOir prices.

durability of light, and that the creation must
have commenced considerably more than six
thousand years ago
Inference 4. Ecclesiaslics are apt 10 err in
their Interpretation OF the Bible, or the Biblo
itself is at fault on this point, which latter part
of the inference we believe inadmissible.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-09-29

carry the person safely through almost any OK.
posuro.
II is e simple experiment. and the fees for
adyice-gratis. Rural Ne1o YORKER.
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vessels that visited the waters of China from
this country was one Of these identical Albany
sloops, which, as the legend tells. was misla-
ken for boat OF one Of the larger merchant
ships.
AT that point of land, terminated by half
sunken wharf, the first steamboat was launch
cd Il was bull, by Fulton and his associate,
Chancellor Livingston, and was the first wind
defer and tide compeer that foated on our
beautiful river. The revolution in river nayi-
CATION soon became complete. The cabin Of
the sloop was robbed Of its ieanis the horse
boat, which had superseded the tub-like scow,
with its heavy lugeer-sail, was in its turn dis
placed by the steam fcry-boai while The pct
tauger, with its sonire or side-boards, and
without jib or bowsprit, sailing as gracefully
as gull from the quarantine to Whitehall, or
cropping through ths Kills to Richmond or New
ark, almost disappeared on the approach of its
more speedy rival. The ark, the broad-horn,
and the fat-bcat hive almost vanished from our
inland rivers; and at later period, when the
philosopher, Lardner, proved conclusively in
his closet the impcssibiliiy Of crossing the At
lantic by steam, the Sirius and Great Western
passed from Liverpool to the harbor Of New
York. AT the present day, the atmosphere
Of the Atlantic and Pacific, Of tho Medilerra-
mean Seas Of the East aud the Yves, are black
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state Convention.

The Freemen Of the State Of Vermont
who desire to cooperate in the State cleo
ton Of September mex, and the approaching
Presidential Election, in opposition to the
pro-slavery policy of the present Nstiona
Administration and to the propagsndists o
Slavery of every name in the Umon-fo
the defence Of Freedom and to protect to,
rights Of the Free States, are invited to NEE
in State Convention at Burlington on Wednes
day the 9th June inst, at 10 o'clock A. NJ
10 nominate State Officers for the year ensu.
ing, and for the transaction of such othel
business as shall be proper to the occasion.
JoHS PoRTER, Chairman Of Stat
LawREscr BRArSrHp, Committees.
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Very truly yours,
L 4 Il 4.

Chauiauque County " y:
When ! Joined this Council, ! Joined in
good faith and have acted according to the
obligations of the Order ever since, as nm
dersinnd them. That is, that we are to vote
for second degree members for office, If we
Judge Il best for the interest Of tine Amer.
can cause. And, ms ! Judged it not for the
interest of the American CAUSE 10 vote for
Mr.. Ullmann for Governor of the State of
New York, under the circumstances under
which he was romnated, | therefore voted
for Mr Myron II. Clark for Goyernor and
for second degree members Of the Order for
other offices, and have acted upon this prin.
ciple ever since | have belonged. But re-
Gently, learning from some Of the members
Of the Council, that the obligations of the
Order are construed By this Council 50 as TO
bind us to vote for second degree members,
and those only, aud that If We vote for any
others. and not such MS are nominated by the
Council, and It come 10 the knowledge Of
the Council, we must be expelled and as
have seen documents from the Supreme
Council Of the Order, constituting the obliga-
tons the same way; aud as |. with many
others joined before such construction was
given, Of which We had any knowledge. by
our Supreme Council and az such coBstruc-
ton operates upon rs as an e. post faco law.
which IS making an act punishable m a man
ner IN which It was not punishable at the
time II was committed and as such law
IS contrary to the Constitution Of the United
States. aud Of every State IN the Union, !,
therefore, do hereby most respectfully uiA-
draic from this Order, that | may exercise
my elective franchise consiiiutionGllg, and
according TO the dictates of my own con-
science and judgment, untrammeled by the
dictat.on Of any man or set Of men,
| n TACKlTT.
Forestyille, n. Y, March -, 1855.