Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-10-08

son or persons Who stole pants pattern
fTOm each OF lNO pieces Of their rag cloth
on the same occa4iun, wall, hy callbug upun
them, receive the ult complete. ready 10
put ON, This Is a guoi chance ior some one,
THE INSANE A,NLuN The New York
Express SAYS; Tie INSANE Asylum at,
Brallleboro, Vt, continues 10 bay an the
land that joins, OF is la the immediate vi
entity, With reccut urehases they have a.
farm Of over GOO aercs, besides very exlen'
slye woodland, lul-iRs by the political
career OF the Nermontcrs, they need a very
large unailc asylum, and We would not
blame the authorities OF the BrattleboFo in'
s,itution il they were TO buy pretty much all
the land In the State" Aud the Poulmey
Bulletin adds "The Express makes slight
mistake, The purchase OF new lands Is In
expectation Of the large accession Of 'luuiCs'
from the Seymour ranks, after the rresiden,
tial election, '-RfCard.
Stp~nENCr % rm SANDWICH Is
LANDS, a correspondent Of the New
York irttnHt say, the Island Of Hawai-
is apparently settling slowly into the sea,
This uncomfortable phenomenon was first
noticed soan after the great earthquake OF
last Apy.l but the arrangement OF level
was a, inst ,uppoci Ia hc temporary and
due 10 the tidal wave, which would rocvte
in due course uf tine. Ii soon became
apparent, however, thu, the crust Of the
eaylh Was yielding and allowing the
greater part Of the ISLAND, which has an
area Of no less than tour thousand square
miles, TO settle gradually toward the cen.
tie. The island has settled on It's whole
coast line, but chiefly ON the southern and
western shores, where the depression
amounts TO several feet; elsewhere II Is but
few inches, though enough 10 cause the
oycrilowng If the low lands.
How InE Rock CAuL DowN Al JAY
PEAK,-On the nth inst, there was a ccle-
bration At Jay Teak. \ writer in the Stand
ard gives the following description of roll
Ing down the big rock:
I Imagine to yourself rock as large as
good sized room, torn from an adjacent
I ledge by some mighty CONFUSION Of ma
turc, and left resting, poised upon the
brow OF a prtCipiCt 80 feet high, so neal
tue edge that it seemed as though a child
could push il OF There il had sat, de
/ Tying the storms aud tempeSts OF age upon
/ age, aud now IL seemed an easy taSb
for il 10 resist the pUnv efforts OF man Il
compel il To make the leap into the ahyS'
Z below, But the men were already nj work
and every turn OF the screw brought the
/ huge rock gradually, but almost impercep
I tbiy nearer the edge oi~the ClliG
/ Slowly the rock moved gradually the sun
went down, and the patience Of the Specta
tors began to be exhausted. Wise one,
shook their heads, und declared that The
rock was no 20; speculative ones bet then
money on the result; Discontinued ones be
gan their journey homcward. Lower and
lower sank. the sun, nearer and nearer Crcp
the rock, thinner and thinner grew III,
crowd, until only few faithful wituessc
waited the result. just rs the sun sank he
You'd the Champlain the huge rock gave
sudden start, every one held their breath, j
paused an awful moment on the brink, n
ii dreadng the fatal leap, aud then wen
down, down, down on to the rocks below
with n terrible crash, shaking the mighty
mountain 10 its foundation and sending nj
I cloud of dust and smoke like that iron
I the bottomleSs pit. The shock was toe
great even for the rock 10 endure. Tn,
huge boulder was broken into several piece
4 which wont tumbing and crashing alOu!
down the mOuntaing, smashing down tim
her and rocks in their passage and leayini
behind a long white trail. The sight Taste
only while one could count half a dozen
but it was several minutes before the piece
of rock found a resting place far down th
mountain AL. mud ,r,l.r wee ragta-s.l