Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-02-15

Ia The Hon. James Mcdowell, Loco,
is a candidate for reelection in the Rock
ingham Congressional District Virginia.
A PERT REp1Y.-A young buck belong,
ing to the independent drink. or let-t-alone-
just as-I please, without.signing the pledge
society, POPPED the question to pretty
girl short time since, who brought blush
TO his oi,odys blushing counlenance, by re-
plying she had signed the pledge to neither
drink nor traffic in ardent spirits, she did
not feel at liberty to traffic herself of for 4
hQgS-hcad Of drandy
A BAcuELoR's LIFl.-Miss Bremen tells
us that the life of a rich old bachelor is a
splendid breakfast, toIerablc fiat dinner,
and a most miserable supper. If we mis-
take not, Miss Bremen is an old maid We
doubt not that she would like to save some
"ricA old bachelor" from making his mis-
cradle supper
70 The cooked hat ofNapoleon has been
elected President of France, says one Of
the Taylor papers. 1t is the name of Ma
poleon that has conquered Well, a cooked
hat has been elected President of the Unit
ed States. The French have done as wise
ly to rely upon the reminiscence of cock
ed hat that once contained head, as the A.
mericans to choose a cooked hat with moth.
ing in t.-Erchange paper.
INCREDIBLE, EVEN IF TRUE.-One Bran
hall (says the London police reports) was
lately brought up and convicted of having
married nine wives, all of whom were still
living on the day of his arraignment. The
court thought that the heaviest punishmen
the law allowed him TO impose-seven years
transportation-was much too light; and
with yindictiyencss almost, if not quite
amounting to the terocious, expressed hi
deep regret that he could not sentence tn,
culplit to the whole seven years residence
with his nine wives A very rhadaman
thus of Justice. this
IoRRIBLE ArFAIR--A girl named Pru
dence Arnold, about Il or IL years of age
living with DR.. Richardson of Uxbridge
was murdered on Wednesday night, by
ruiiian, who attempted to cut her head frou
her body. He then attempted his own ll
, by cutting his throat but did not kill him
self The girl survived but few hours
E We did not learn the name OF the man O
the cause of the murde.ous attempt. II
was about % years old, and lived in til
, same family with the unfortunate little cir
, He is in custody Of the sherf.--PropidcRt
., Journal
Educalion.--We, all of us, have two educt
3 tons, one of which we receive from others a,
t other the most valuable, which we give GU
selves. It is the last which fixes our grade III S
ciety, and eventually our actual value in tins lii
i and perhaps the color of our fate hereafter.
> the teachers and professors in the world won
= not make you a wise and good man, without 20
9 own cooperation; and if such you are dete
. mined to be, the want of them will mol preye
>. it.--W S. Landor.
y " The Daily Mail puts the following thr
G Yes, let Hebe, ever young,
High in heav'n her nectar hold,
n And to Jovc's immortal throng
C PouE the tide in cups of gold
ct fWnot envy heavens princes,
81 While with snowy hands, for me,
70 KATE, the china tea cup rinseS,
re- And pours ont her best Bohea
at Hates Jsau-he wrote that, "Becky reckons.'