Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-01-08

bove, we suppose, was written in prose, by
some ono who knows the effect Of cold SHOWS.
The Charleston, S. c., Courier thus alludos
to the emancipation Of his slaves by the late
G. W. p. Gusts; "h is high time Virginia
had some lac on her statute boot dgains, this
destruction Of property
TO Julius. can you tell me how Adam
got out Oh Eden r.
"Well. ] spose he climbed dc fence"
mo. dat amt it,
"Woll. den. he borrowed wheel barrow
and walked out"
"No.'
81 CUBS it up, den"
"IIe got snokcd out. Yah !'
TRuE.-Profane swearing is abominabc
Vulgar language is disgusting Loud laugh
ing is impolite. lnquisitvenoss is offensive
Tattling is mean. Telling lies is contempti-
bic Sandering is devlish. Ignorance is
disgraccfl. Laziness is shameful Avoid
all the above vices and aim at usefulness.-
This is the road in which to become respecta-
bic; walk in it, Pride is curse, a hateful
vice. Never act the hypocrite. Keep good
company. Speak the truth at all times
Never be discouraged, but persevero and
mountains will become hills.
New Patent LIFE BoAr.-Tho Brandon
Adrocdte says that the Rev. Mr.. LUDLUM of
Fair Haven, has designed and constructed
/ Life Boat which promises to take precedence
of all others 1t consists of a boat and two
sets of attachmcnts-one for propellng and
shelterng the other 10 prevent swapping or
sinking The first consists of paddle-wheel
7 playing between the floats, rack pinions and
awning, perfectly portable and ready for i'm
mediate use the second embraces two floats,
two or more solfadiusting valves. pumps, and
a continuous air chamber. SO constructed as
20 be used for lockers and reservoirs. The
boat can be propelled by oars sails or pad
dlc-whocls between the floats Mr.. LUDLUM
has got out patents in England and France,
and is now exhibiting it at the Crystal Pal
ace, New York
BURGLARS ARREsrED.-A FtNE NEST
FouND.--A few days ago Mr.. Eli b. Henry
of North Bennington had a large quantity Of
Butter. Lard Cheese, &c, stolen from his
residence and at about the same time Mr..
Chas. Thatcher, Jr.. lost whole washing
which was left out through the night. On
Monday last Mr.. Thatcher received word that
a quantity of articles answering the descrip-
ton of his. had been discovered at a hotel in
WindhaIl, kept by one Luther Moon. Moon
was arrested and lodged in Jail in bennington.
II is thought that this arrest will lead to more
discoveries, as it is supposed that this Moon
belongs to large gang of thieves and cut
/ throats, who have been committing deprcda-
tions in various parts of the county within
the last few months. Moon had but recently
moved into the hotel in Windhall and unless
he can give good reasons why these articles
were In his house he will undoubtedly re-
ceiye a ticket for Windsor for few years.
SINGULAR CAUSE OF DEAru.-The Con-
cord IN. I'D Congregational Journal gives
the particulars Of the death of a young lady
named Helen NJ. Ktuodge, of vigorous phys
ical powers, at Nelson. n. H., under some
what singular circumstances On Tuesday,
9th inst, she exhibited some symptoms of the
typhoid fever, then prevalent in the family.
Some one proposed as a remedy what is ia
miliarly termed a rum sweat. This her
anxious and afectionate mother attempted to
administer After being for moment sur
rounded by the ascending hot air, she gave
signs of suffering; she called to her brother
who stood near, for aid, upon whose arm her
head fell, in manner indicating that her life
was departing. She was placed upon the bed,
and gaze, and an exclamation Of agony,
from the almost frantic mother, followed
Her idolized child-her beautiful Helen-was
dead! Alcohol had been used, and too much
of it; the nervous system of the sufferer
seems TO have been completely overpowercd,
and her whole body was dreadtully burned
SHoorGNG THE DEsERrERs. The Wash
ington Union denounces the following decla-
ration Of the Chicago Times, Mr. Douglass
home paper, "a total Abandonment of a
principle which we supposed and had hoped
no democrat would ever deny:
" No slavery exists in several Of the states
under the constitution. Other states and terri
tories may under the constitution. establish
slavery, but slavery exists nowhere, nor is it
carried any where, by oirtue or operation of
the institution"
The Union ircts sadly at this insubordina-
tion-declarcs it to be, as it is, reputation
of the bred Scott decision, and closes its dis
cplinary lesson as follows:
As certain as the sun shines, the repudia-
tion Of the doctrine To which wc hare referred
wW land the djsseaters in the ranks Of the OPP
position. Our only security as political or
ganization is to maintain the principles of the
party at all and eUcry hazard, whether the
working of the same otends the prejudces of
this or that section
! Ht utdNN iidu ucPllA 10 turn Lnc uemOCfdt-
ic stomach. The epitaph of the party must
be written: " Died Of too much niger"
Last Sunday night Mr.. Bookings house.
in Gardiner, Me, was discovered to be on
fire He is an old miser, and after the fire
the cellar presented a resemblance to a Mexi-
can silver or California gold mine, so busy
were people searching for gold and silver
Some $4,000 of melted gold and silver were
sited from the ashes, filling a large milk pan
holding some ten quarts. Brookings has
been in the habit ofhidng his money in stone
heaps and walls on the farm where he lives,
and long stocking full of silver coin was
found in a stone heap, by his brother, a short
time ago At the time of the fire he had
5000 in bills and the silver and gold found
IN the cellar, slowed away under the chamber
floor, next to the plastering. 1t was sight
] to behold, to see the old miser frantically
calling upon the bystanders to shoot him.
/ SAD ACCIDENT IN AsHUELor.-A very sad
affair happened in Ashuolot, n. H., on Satur
day morning last a little son of Silas Priest.
about SIX years of age, went into the Pail
Factory of Mr.. Bell, and attempted to kindle
fire in one of the stoves in an upper room.
lie had seen the workmen use turpentine in
the operation, so he took up dish of that ar
tClo. which hannonp1 to stand ,oa,