The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-11-12
,Sc,r,r CIVILIZATION N VERMONT


lrssburEh euud raBi of maf', relied 'e-
Tctbcr aud lying at tbn feal ID, largo
birch tree, II was mnch chrraded hv
rust upan Ihe outside, and seemed 10
have lain in that position a very great
length at time u wss made of steel
riugs about onc.inurth Of au iueh in aj.
ametcr, locked together in the wav steel
rings purses arc made. bat much thicker,
aud instead of being hragad. nr leG open
were an nicely riveicd The wire WAS
shout the size of coarse kuiiias needle
The form of the article was like that ar a
shitt. reaching down helaw tho hips,
with the collar m.de of several ihickucss.
es OF brass wire pnt together in tho same
way, the ends ot the sleeves aud The bot
tom being bordered also with the brass
rings. The collar was open before snt.
ficiently for passing the head ibrengh.
when IL c0uld be fastened so as to secure
" protect the chest and throst. II was
cyiIcnDlv designed To protect the wearcr
against spear. and arrows, and pcrhans
the sword also, but by whom and WHOM
II was len, is opeu to conjecture Il is
now in the National Museum at Wash
ington. I. c,
Some twenty wears ago, while party
were at work repairing the Central VIZ
mont Railroad at Swantou. one of he
wolkmeu discovered "a peculiar white
looking stone, as he supposed, in the
bank He struck il with his shovel and
picked II mp, It's heft slill further at-
lracted his attention; aud h. threw II mp
to the overseer for his examination. The
over,ecr found il 10 be a chunk Of lead,
much corrodcd, aud covered with spruce
gum upon the ends; this he removed
with his kuife aud found the lead hollow,
In the interior Of which he found a paper
rough and old, hat written over on Qua
side with the words which he could not
fnIy make ont. but which were after.
wards read, aud fac simlc made of the
D NilAllEH u t'I'N W W Ntll'l - litN IAi wv
State Cabinet, where the original was
/ placed by DR.. Hall OF Swantou, subject
/ to his control, aud was by him taken aud
/ the fac simile left in its place, IN 1873 |
understood from him that the owner IS
lady in Burlington, aud Il is to be hop.
ed that she viii donate the same to the
state collection. The written manuscript
being III ancient English reads as loluws .
Nov. %, a. D.. 1864.
This ia the solemn day. I mu.tuow
die. This is the 90h day since we leit
The ship; slI have peri.bed, aud on the
banks of this river die. So farewell
May future poslerity know onr end,
JonY GRAVE.
Many suppose this the trick Of some
insane person or rogne, and that il ought
not TO receive cfedence; but the argu
ments IN its favor are, TO many minds,
conclusive as to It's antiquity II is deem
ed certain that IL was honestly found a.
above stated, aud also found several teel
from the surface. It's exact history cuI
probably never be known.
In 1864. MIR. NJ. Mott Of Alburgh, cur
a hemIoCk, which stood in hem lock
grove about three fourths OF a mite from
tho lake. The tree was abOnC twenty.
eight inches in diameter. After the tree
was cut, Mr.. Mott noticed bulge neat
the butt which he thought might iujurt
the stick which he desired, and so cut of
.ix feet of il, which he drew 10 his house
/ for wood, when he came to split il ht
found axe marks IN the interior, showing
that it had, when small, been hewed o,
four sides, making it nearly square iol
eighteen inches, over which marks had
grown two hundred and forty graius that
could be distinctly counted. It was prob
able there were several more, bat a'
many a. above stated distinct II seem,
not improbable that thi, tree was marked
by Champlaiu when be discovered ibr
take in 1909, or by him ia some Of hit
later visits TO the lake, as il seems b,
visited it several times before hi. death IL
1885.
MIR. Mott preserved ibis specimen fol
several years, but one day while from
home his hired man burned 1t.
In Jannary. 1872, Hosea Garfield cut
hemlock tree about two aud half feet il
diameter, on hi, place mi'e north of th'
village in Shelf Id II grew on the high
land, aud was apparently sound, thougl
somewhat shaky, a. is usual for hcm.ock
% be. When the tree n, about ctgbeet
inches of tue heart pulled out aud re-
mained hanging on the stump, revealin.
axe marks st the upper eud. This lee
Mr.. Garfield to investigate, aud he cu
uut the mark II seems that when Jb.
rree was about four inches in diameter lt
Vas cut more than haH down With
4 sharp axe. Tlis came near dcstroyiu.
the life Of the tree, and the growth l.
marked BY a hard kuuriy growth ralhc
than by regular grains umi. thl. uarl
vas nearly heated; oul-i Of OBJ.
growth tners were couHlcd distinctly
IVA hundred and iiiy-.ix grains, !
seems prohable that Che mtrs was madp
two hundred and -eveute-Gys year. age
/ tt least. This Il. earlier thau it +, sup
posed that meu with steel axe. ifaycie,