New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-14

| equal i. Is stimulating pr9ptriiss 70 gtsaa is
nsierA ns,Us EXISTS in immense quantities n As
region. Orleans anty alone IS es:ims.ed % contain
eco eco iuDs II viii supply ine1ksussS'e pea:s
Of fertility 10 this productive State. Nolbisg socli b
ore convenen. 70. the srmsr; be has 1ny 20 cast !.
| on bis heds.
Here. TOO, are traces Of .be prueva. s,od whi.h
once swept over this portion Of the ,onasent hugo
houlde,s being found which have been carried frou,
OWE Head, q mountain in Canada 30 miles distant.
The hard rock OF the boujers identical with that Of
the mountain. il entirely diersn; iron the crumbles
arglaceous rock Of the locality in wh'ch The boulder.
row lie. The route, too, L. MARRIED BY deep scores
and scrstches" in the rocks Of the Misssco Valley,
made by the debris borne along BY the i,soerss Of ma
diluviol period.
Speaking of foods, perhaps the sivsntrres Of Rur-
away Ponc may rot De familiar " many OF your 'ead-
.rs lbs was pond four miles long, in The sjwo of
Glover. It's waters ran SOUTH while tho ws'es d no
surrounding country How in northsr!y direction.
miller in the vicinity conceived the idea that by open.
ing passage in the upper bank Of tbe poni be could
turn psrt OF its waters into the Barton River, on
Which bis nil was situated, and thus increase ais
water power Hspless thought No soons. vas
an ope nil made than the water pressed rapi1iy INTO
il al the now broken crust OF the bSnk being OF clay
with substrstum of sand only, tie waters immedi.
at. " wasbed on, immense hssure IN tho bank ana
rub, down with fearful ippetuosi:y. The dsmsyed
miller bad scarcely tine to warn his family Of he;r
dar GER. His mill and bouse were carried Oh ~ tho
inundaton. The waters swept on VIII gress vssocity
Standing up in a. solid column 70 the hight Of many
tres In twenty minutes the pond vas entirely
en- pty and the waters in not much l,pger time fosnd
repose in tbe bosom of Memphemagog Lake.
This region is also quite ricb IN minerals. Crys'Gs
of magnetic iron ere occur in caloIe elate. Seaut'
full spt cmeps of serpenne, steaie and asoes'as AZ
also TO be found in the town Of Iroy. In wes;nsd
$ a valuable bed Of chronic iron, when NeS.!ok
company proposed last year so;k, but MS net YET
attempted. The compounds OF chrome are extern
sively used as pigments. Dana gives direction: Tor
,heir mar ufac'ure by making chromate Of lime fow
he cbrvmici iron, in the following Gamer:
"Pulyerize very finely chalk and chronic IRON, AMI
mix the sifted material well by meaas u re-
volvirg barrel. Calcire for pine or ten houn ss
a bright red heat in reverberatory fnrnsees
when, If completed the whole he's yelIowish. green
color. and dissolves eninely In munstic acid. The
porous mass after being crushed under MILL 20 DO
nixeo with bpt water aud kept sgtst ID adding shee
sulphurc acid till slightly redds rs blue itius pepsr
Irurated chalk should then be added, and the oxide
Of iron is thus removed. After being lsf quiet tof Q
while the clear supcrnaian' liquid IS % be drasn o6.
Ii contains bicbrome'e, with little sulphats Of hs,s.
The cbropate Of potash may the, o. nxoe it1u ~
addte carbonate Of potash; tho chr0mate d lead "
adling acetate Of lead chrcmate VI zinc, by sidng
chloride Of zinc.
The people Of Northern Vermont afford no less
scope for study than DO their soils rocks They are
h. spitable without exception and beyond precssens.
The stranger is always welcome. The best they nsve
"a freely set before him, and he Is maoe perfectly g
hon G. Southern hospitality, so frequently Gaaea;
cannot smpass the generous open-oeared kn1nsss Of
the farmers Of Vcrn ont. Intelligence and industry
are traits no less general in their character. Their
daughters are educated in many respects more
aly than are ours The ncessapt da VI piano jinsAS
NOT heard nor are the beSthours OF the day oOnsa9ed
in toilet decorations. They educated to % aetves
faithful wives and mothers, such as were the wives
and mothers in our Revolutionary struggle we were
told of one Who in the absence Of her husband ana
in the event Of an approaching thunderssofm, isn't
into the bayfield, and put herself st me Aead o. toe
~. n. urging them ON by her own example, ana thus
saved valuable crop Of grass. Tbs saals Isay e
afterv ard Had the pleasure OF convsrsnS w,o,
and and found her a. entertaining and polished 10
sddres 50, az as dgnifed and adylke in manner g
apv Of her SEX Il would 10 some OF our Ssw-Y0k
gentry vast deal Of good, we opne - see how nsen
eutue, refinement, worth OF character aud coutent-
melt OF mind can exist where there arc NO eegaaces
whoteyerwhere there aie houses over oae story end
hail high, and VERY many Of these unpsntsdt bat few
carpets; no forks with more than two proogs scarcely
sny silks. and no c,inoine BY the ladies' And no
broadcloth by the gentlemen. What the Aruhcai re-
fpem.pt of our city life has come 10 make % regnd
as absolute necessities are really upcssentisi %
bappy and true development Of Character and life.
The poet IS correct when he says
MAN wants bat little bore below,
Nor that little lone"
The simplicity of Nature Is the test OK true mar
hood. h' De s'