Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-01-31
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President GRAN1's ORDER This i-t.s
very principle upon which oar a-a---
framed their constitution and established.
form Of government for Vermont Aa-
declaring Vermont free ami independent
State. they laid down, As par, NJ ----
organic law, that ''n0 person in -a.->-1--
shall be capable Of holding and exercising
more than one Of the following Office 10 tie
same time. viz governor. leuteDal--- .,a--
nor. Judge Of the supreme court, Treasurer
OF the State. member Of the colne.. mem .--
Of the general assembly. surveyor genera.
or sheriff. nor shall any per- q. -..-.1z
any office ofproft or trust under ,.s ---..-.-
" of Congress. be eligible o. any appoint
ment in the legislature. or Of t.-al- ans
executive or Judiciary OtHre under t---
State nder this c0nS-.---..l. us W-
have said. we have lived ana ,arge-
Bribery and corruption in politics have
been unknown. However 10 may have
been in other State, whether politics AMI
l official positions have been held Or cl1--l --
/ by federal 0ihce-hOlders or not, we.
| Vermont, have been entirely free from $40.
| interference. When. year after Year. and
campaign after campaign, We have read .
| federal 0fhce-h0lders interfering IN elections.
or Of the corrupt Use Of federal patronage
we have believed as much or As little thereof
a. was reasonable and probable We -l,-
seen and heard the same charge made
/ against every administration and its l1-
poiutees 10 office. no matter what NAV have
been their politics. but Nerm0nter- knew
that, whether true Or false there was @.
such balelul influence at work in her midst.
| Thanks. perhaps, to the wise provision lr
our constitution, our eustOm-house 0.tce-~.
pOstmasters. marShals. and other luite-
States officers. have Just 50 much or SD ll-t-
influence in our local politics, rs their p.-.
s0nal character, aside from their oA.
position. entities them to. Neither ban.
they sought any such interference Rgt'g
Herald
The FROZEN WELLS or BRANDON -Ail1-
4 mile southeast Of Brandon. Vt. there -
situated a well forty-one feet deep, the wa
ter Of which has the PECULIARLY Of remain
ing frozen all the year round. In lsj4, the
owner Of the property began the usual ez
cayatI0ns for water. After passing through
four feet of clay and ten feet of soil. q bel
Of frozen gravel, sixteen feet in thickne>,
was encountered, which rapidly changed o.
mud when exposed 10 heat Further dig
giug penetrated another bed of clay, and
finally q layer of clean gravel, In which
water was found. ~ the winter months
approached, ice began 10 form in the well
at the rate of from two to four inches over
night, while during the succeeding summer,
though the well remained open, an occas-
l0nal skim of ice would appear on the
surface
Eventually the well was abandoned. but
since it has remained unused it Is found
that If the winter ice Is not removed when
the weather Is quite warm, the water Pc
mains frozen through the hottest months
During April last. ice twenty inches u
thickness was taken out. but as the atm0--
phere NJ that time was chilly. freezing again
took place. On July 10th, the tempera
ture in the shade was - degrees. at Two
feet from the surface Of the ice in the well.
the mercury sank 20 - degrees.
In 1850 four shafts were sunk In imm--
date proximity 20 the well without strik-
ing frozen ground a fifth endeay0r was
more successful. lut the experiment was
never completed, though we learn thac -
viii be once more undertaken next Summc-
There is considerable speculation in che
scientific circles "a to why this particl.ar
locality, possibly two hundred feet square.
should permit the winter cold o. ia
scend through from twelve o. twenty
nine feet Of clay and gravel. and freeze g.
mass OF material averaging fourteen 'ea.
thick, and yet not effect any other ~u-
composed Of similar strata. Professor Ia
ger Is Of opinion that the phenomena is
due 10 glacial remains. The beds Of c.l,
which intercept the suns heat and beside
shed of surface water. together with favor.
able arrangement Of the strata in c0uue--
ton with its dip: and the proximity Of yae
7utcr0pping limestone, il i believed. have
protected the frozen mass from thawinE for
thousands Of Years, while the remainder .t
the glacier has long since melted away
leaving only rs moraineS in the neighblr-
hood. Mr.. Clarence Sterling. of Bird
port, Conn. who has already spent some
time in the investigation II the subject.
proposes next year to carry down the f.j4
well 10 greater distance.-S4.aHf- lr.
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