Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-06-24


discharging their arrows as they fed.
Here again the victory was with the Allies
and the Wolf of thesMohawks, LEFT five of hii
warriors dead on the ground
TO DE CONTINUED.
The SLINc.-The art of singing, Or casting
stones with sling, is of very high antiquity
We see it represented on the Nimrod monu.
ments, and the feat of the divine youth David
is familiar to every one. In the earliest times
there were bands Of singers, and probably
whole regiments of them, and there is little
doubt that the art of singing was earlier than
that of archery. The former seemed, however,
to belong to the Asatic, as the latter did to the
European nations. Our Saxon ancestors, how
ever, seem to have been skillful in their man.
ner of holding the sling. Its form is preserved
in several of their paintings, and the manner
in which it was used by them, as far back as
the eighth century We have also sufficient
testimony to prove that men armed with slingt
formed part of the Anglo-Norman soldiery.
In country districts, singing of stones is q
commonsport and the sling so used consists
simply of piece of leather cut in circu.
lar form, to which are affixed two cords, one
having loop. In using it, the leather issuffer
ed to hang downwards the singer places his
little finger in the loop, and holds the other enc
in his hand, and then putting the stone in the
hole of the sling which prevents its falling
wbirls the whole round for three or four times
to obtain strong centrifugal force, and sudden
ly letting 60 of that part of the sling held in
his hand, the stone flies forward with inconceiv
able rapidity, making a twanging sound in the
ear as it flies. Singing is very good exercise
for imparting strength to the arm, but young
singers should be very careful where they sent
their stones, or they may do much damage.
MISTAKES OF PRINTERS people are con
tinually wondering at the g carelessness'' Of ed
itors in allowing SO many errors and blunder'
to appear III their columns and mar the print
Such people know very little of the difficulties
we had almost said impossibiities-of keep
ing them out. The most careful attention t.
these matters will not prevent errors creeping ir
even when professional proofrcadcrs are enga
gcd expressly for the purpose And when it ii
borne in mind that in most papers such an cx
pense is necessarily dispensed with, and the
proofs on that account are often hurredly ex
amined, the fact will no longer appear strange
In connection with this subject the following
anecdote is not inappropriate.
A Glasgow publishing house attempted tt
publish work that should be perfect specimen
of typographical accuracy. After having been
carefully read by six experienced proof-readers
it was posted up in the hall of the University
a reward of $50 offered to any one who shoult
detect an error. Each page remained tive
weeks in this place and yet, when the worl
was issued, several errors were discovered one 0
which was in the first line of the first page!
When such was the case in city long cele
brated in Great Britain for publishing the fines
and most correct editions of the classics, wha
is to be expected in newspaper which mus
necessarily be hurried through the press 'chie
is ne,cs; and where the compensation will hard
ly afford one experienced proofreader,' lie
alone six. The wonted accuracy of our paper
is really astonishing.
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DEATH BYlDRowNING.-At this season of tn
year we usually hear of numerous instances o
drowning, and this city is no exception to th
mnlnnchnlu frennencv of the nccnrranca Yes