The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-12-01

unites the two distinct ideas Of life-bo
and liie-buoy. The sides Of the raft
are formed BY two square tubes laid side
by side, four feet apart, with their ends
bent toward each other and SO joined ~
to form sharp bow and stern. The raft
has an open bottom. the only decking be-
ing stout rope netting street ahed over the
space between the sides midway Of her
depth, a set Of light iron s,anchions
hinged outside, are also placed midway
of her depth on either side. The raft,
which is twenty feet long, with eight fee,
beam aud two feet deep, is provided with
movable rowlocks, q mast and squaresail
The sides are each divided By bulk5cads
into seven wa,eriight compartments, two
of which-one on either side-are foe
provision stores The raft is built Of ma.
hogany, aud has double skin, her tim
bers being arranged diagonaly. She
weighs about fiye.hundred. weight, and
her immersion when heavily loaded is
fourteen inches, thus giving ten inches of
frceboord. She vas thoroughly tested
the other dag in the Eat Ibda deck bs.
sin in l.oudon and was found to be prac-
tically uuskinablc, and a. tar as could be-
judged incapable Of being overturned.
AN iNyENToRs REMARKABLE CAREER.
The Dctr )it Free Press Ola late date
seys;
In lonely, secluded position in the
northwest corner oil the cemetery near the
beautiful little village Of Richmond Ka!.
amazoo county, Mich, the historian may
find engraved on a pure white marble
slab, nearly concealed from view by o
large cluster Of lilac bushes, the name of
"Bcujarnin Cun,uins, born \ D. 17T2,
died \. u. lsl,S and who was Benia.
min CumminS , The inventor of circular
saws now IN Ne all over this country and
EuroFr. Nearly sixty years ago at
| Bu'"H i.r. Nrw otk. he hammered
out. a' h,, avn tl,rk-mith's anvil, the
first ci ifii >,w hn"vn TO mankind He
was n'.tcd plu'.vr ia Michirau tr,t
cousin to one OF the presidents of the
United States, slayc.owncr in New
York State, leading Mason in the days
of Morgan, aud at his table the very elite
Of the then great State of New York
feasted and drank freely Of his choice
! liquors and wines He was vessel
owner on the Hudson river before the
days oi steamboats,, and captain in the
war Of 1912. Once, after having three
horses shot from under him, with one
s'foSc OF hi sword he brought his supe-
| rinn officer to the ground FOR an insult
ard because he was traitor and COW.
ard, and after having been eourt.martial-
ed, instead of being SHOT he was appointed
a coloue in his place
And in this lowiy grave are the ashes
Of the man who, nearly seventy years
ago, at Albany. New York, took up ana
moved bodily large block of brick
buidings and, to the wonder and aston
i.hmen, Of the world, constructed mile
and hall OF the Erie canal through
he'd oi rock End who also built. on con
tract thc first low bridge on the same
aided. too, in the construction Of the FIRST
ten miles Of railroad built in the United
States. aud founded both the villages Of
Espefance and Burtosville. on the Soho
harie, near Amsterdam. The study aud
aim Of this mans life appeared to be to
accomplish that which none other could
WHAT A WESTERN MAN TuINgs of
MoNTPELIER.-The following was written
to the St. Louis Journal, with the AID
OF powerful microscope we were enabled
to detect a little stream writhing along
| by the side of the town. This is the On
ion river, more popularity known as the
Winooski. Montpelier is not lively
place. 1t may not be exactly dead, but
it certainly sloepeth. Its population is
about 1000. The Capitol is handsome
building, and it is said to contain the US.
ual aattering majority of political trick
stcrs. Montpelier is decided temper
ance town. Vendors Of the ardent are
waylaid on dark nights, knocked 10 the
head aal thrown up dismal by-ways,
What money is found in their pockeis
goes to the cause" This seemed lit
tie cruel to Us, until We tasted some OF
their liquors. Then we provided our
selves with clubs, aud got ready for that
saloon.keeper when he should go down
from Jerusalem to Jericho We cordial.
y recommend the prohibi:ory law in VeE-
mont. Any but cast iron stomachs de-
mand it,
Ncw York, Nor. ls.-The case Of Til
ton VS.. Beecher came up this moraiDg in
the Brooklyn city court beioro Judge
Reynolds. Counsel for plaintiff stated
they were ready to proceed Counsel for
detendent said they were aws'iiug the
disposition Of the bill OF particulars, and
added that il the decision should accord
them what was deemed the rights OF their
clients they we're ready to proceed But
if it should bc adverse, some delay might
be asked for The case was finally set
down for December sth.
Women dress "to please the men," 10
they? Why, if the whole male genus
we're extinct, it wouldn't make feather
or furbelow difference n the get,up OF
the dear creatures, SO long as there was 4
living chance of spiting some other NO
man,
On the Amoor river they have queer
plan OF performing capital executions
They give the culprit Chinese brandy IN
I'll he becomes unconscious, and then thes
bury him alive. Before he RECEIVERS con-
sciousness he is, of course, smothered BY
the earth, and so it is q merciful plan
A goat is more inexpensive than agree.
able, and will live on almost anything
but capricornus in Buffalo was an eS-
ception to the rule the other day in lc
gard to inexpensiyeness. 1t got into the
house and had regular blow out or =