The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-11-10

ne regular ntCJtnE OF tIl5 sCcie'y YVES
held at the residence Of Rev. w. W. Eos
ter, jr., October 3).h, at four p. n. Dr..
Northrop exhibited the fine collection OF
Colorado minerals mentioned il the last
reports OF the club.
PRE- HISTORIC EEMAlNs.
Dr.. Northrop exhibited several flint i'm
plements recently obtained from the gu
dian zelda" Thy were in vely rude
state, indicating that the makers were in
no high state of intellectual developm 1T
Mr J. Culver of Hydoville has several
stone implements found in the same local
ity, and on Ihe plain south oil it. Among
them was a watcr-woIn stone of an ovoidal
shape that had been appropriated for some
grinding purpose by means Of which it had
become polished. lie has also chisel OF
black hornblendc, a material MT often found
10 this section.
1t ID known tina, among The lndians their
method Of heating watcr was to heat stones
very hot and throw them into the water
by this means they could boil thiuge, and
even evaporete maple sap and thus obtain
sugar. q recent visit TO the borders OF the
large plain north Of Ilydevile revealed
lMge quantities Of these stones that had
been repeatedly heated aud alternately i'm
mersod in water. Stones thar have been
thus treated usually scale off in q crescent
shape, become assured and epongy. The
kind of stDnc uaed for this purpose is flint.
STONES, SCRATCHED AND GRooyED BY GLA-
CIAL AGENCY.
East of Mr.. Theodore Sherman's stone
mill, just across the Hubbudton brook, a
bank rises up about seventy-fiyo feet. This
bank is so steep that slides occur here aud
there in the sprinT, leaving exposed a stra-
tum Of clay Mingled with bunldcgs Of va
rious sizes. This 10 the best locality in this
section for obtaining specimens Of stones
that haze been groOyed, scratched and pol
ishcd hy glacial egeLcy. The scratches
are very distinct, running in all directions.
The writer obtained one specimen two and
one-half by five inches, on which one hun
dred and nine scratches can be counted,
scarcely two having the same direction.
They occur on flint stones 80 hard taat
they can with difficulty he scratched with a
knife. These stones vary in size from one
inch in length up to a ton in weight but
N''N A"ANHNiA4N't 'l'~NitAiNho hNl6ah NbONt nun
Il pound.
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE
was exhibited several specimens of the
vegetable organizations found in vinegar
and on sailed cucumbers The substance
called smother is often thought to be CO.
senlial TO the life of strong vinegar, but such
is not the case, it il "A substance that grows
in that fluid because it furnishes food for it's
growth, and il cannot be develOpee there
unless its spores are lodged there.
EVOLUTION
is the subject for the next meeting which
will be at no very distant day. The pub
are invited to tend this meeting, suila-
bic notice of which will be given. The eX-
ercises will be opened by lecture from
Rev. Mr.. Foster, who has bestowed consid-
cradle thought upon the subject, and fol-
lowed by discussion of the subject by the
members or any persons who may desire
to do so.
CANIADAU TOMORROW
is the name of a collection of poems in the
Welsh language, written by Mr.. Rowland
Walter, whose post Office address is Hyde
vile, Vt. Mr.. Walter is Welshman who
has lived in America twenty-three years,
and has written this volume of poems Of
800 pages In the evenings, after laborng in
the slate quarries during the day. The
WelsltDfdn pronounces them good, certain
ly they are handsomely printed.