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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-29
TINDER BOXES AND LUCI-
FER MATCHES.

Many housekeeper can still remember the
tedious, difficult process Of obtaining light by
flint and tinder. Sometimes it took quarter OF
an hour Or more to get light, But about twen
ty years ago, Chemistry discovered that the tin
der box might be abolished. But Chemistry set
about its function with especial reference to the
wants and means of the rich few. The first
chemical light producer was complex and or
namental casket, sold at guinea. In year OF
SO. there were petty portable cases of phal and
matches, which enthusiastic Young house Keep
ers regarded as the chea pest of all treasures al
G~e ~hinines Ru and nv the light box was cold
as low as shilling. The fire revolution was
slowly approaching The old dynasty OF the
tinderbox maintained its preponderanc' tor
short while in kitchen and garrct, in farm. house
and cottage. At length some bold adventure
saw that the new chemical discovery might bt
employed for the production of large article
of trade-that matches in themselves the vehl
cles of fire without aid Of spark and Under
MIGHT he manufactured upon the factory system
that the hunblest in the land might have ne'
aud Indispensable conhotI Ill inc very ''"''
rate of cheapness. When Chemistry saw tha
phosphorus, having an affinity for oxygen at til
lowest temperature, would ignite upon sllgl
fnction-.and SO ignite sulphur, which requlre
much higher temperature to become nhamm'
bic, thus making the phosphorus do the work
the old tinder with far greater certainty or whf
Chemistry found that chIorate of potash
sigh friction, might be exploded SO as to pr
/ nroduce combustion, and might be safely US
, in the same combination-a blessing was
slowed upon society that can scarcely be met
I urcd by those who have had no former know
d edoe of the miseries and privations of the
= der.box. The Penny Box of Luclters, or CT
3; greves, or by whatever name Called Is
1t triumph of Science.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-29
vOrITION AND DEATH.

The following singular statement we copy
from the Louisville Journal, Of the 9Th nit Du-
ring the ravoges of the cholera in this country
last season. we recoect seeing accounts ofsev'
eral similar deaths.
"On Tuesday, the wife Of man named Ja'
cus in the lower part of the city, was attacked
bv cholera. DR.. Knight was called in, and by
his direction, Jaquis went for medicine. On hts
return, he inquired anxiously OF the doctor no"
his wife was. He was informed that she was IN
collapsed state and could not possibly i've
Thereupon he calmly took out his wa'cn' anu
handing it to his brother said" My Wlie Is
going to die, and l cannot live without her'
shall die, too He seemed nPeriect health a
the time. butall the symptoms of cholera made
their appearance, Immediately, and ne dleo Il
three hours"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-29
ITPELIER, VERMONT, AUGUST 80, 1850.

gars in white hair, girls with faces gray and
shriveled, the grave stamped upon them in de.
cree which could not be recalled women with
the more touching and tragcal aspect of linger.
ing shame and self respect not yet effaced and
among these terrible realities, imposture sinking
in pretended fits, to add the last touch of horri-
bic grotesqueness to this picture have seen
these accursed sights, and they are burned into
my memory forever Away from the towns, 9TH
er scenes of unimaginabe horror disclose them
selves. The traveller meets groups, and even
troops, of wild, idle, lunatic looking paupers
wandering the country, each with some tale
of exterminaton to tell. If he penetrates into
cabin, and distinguish objects among filth and
darkness, of which an ordinary pig stye affords
but faint image, he will probably discover
from dozen to twenty inmates in the hut-the
elected colliers- clustenng together, and breed
ing a pestllence. What kind OF creatures n,o.
and women become living in this dungheap
what kind of children are reared here to grow
up into new gencration, | have no words tc
paint"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-29
TRUTHFUL NARRATION.

The CINCINNATI Gazette vouches tor the
trnthfulness of the following narraton;-
About four years since, poor, miserable IN
temne,ate woman wandered about the streets oil
Cinclnnatt accompanied by delicate Dut
briobt little daughter of about six years OF age
They called together at the house OF lady then
living on Broadway, and asked charity. 1t was
freely dispensed and the lady being pleased
with the lovely appearance Of the child, insisted
upon taking it into her keeping, which was
granted.
The mother went away, and was not heard o.
until obont one year afterwards, when the LADY
who had charge of the little girl, to whom sn'
had now become strongly attached, was sent 10
70 an obscure part of the city. She there ioon,
.ho woman in filthy and dying condition. wit'
inst strength enough to tell her that tne cli'''
had m uncle, its fathers brother, liVlhg So"'e
who're down the river, but where she knew "o'
-,.o ,hot there was no dishonor attached TO IL
h;rtb And the woman died. From 'na' ','"
a.1 obout n week since, the foster mo'her ia
made every effort to ascertain the tru'n o' y"
,o,bers statement, when she sncceeue'
and IN Monday last the uncle OF the ''''o g.
80 nm from Louisville and took the little M's
omav That little unfortunate is the now so'
heir of an income of fourteen huhu'eu CVh1' ch
. pcr aunum, bequeathed TO her by ner own '"'''
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-29
THE MOUNTAIN OF LIGHT.

Hen Majesty's steam sloop Media has just
arrived at Portsmouth, with freight more prec.
ous, in nominal value, than was ever carried
from Peru to Cadiz. Major Mackeson, one of
her passengers, a meritorious and distinguished
officer, brings with HIM that famous diamond of
the East called in the fondness of Asiatic hyp.
erbolc, the Kohl moor, or Mountain Of Light,
which, after symbolizing the revolutions Of ten
generations by its passage from one conqueror
- "nn'hnr comes now, in the third centenary of
its discovery as the forfeit Vi UrlcmCar l,..,>-,
ness and the prize of Saxon galor, to the distant
shores of England
In this way did the "Mountain of light" pass
in the train of conquest and as the emblem Of
dominion, from GoIconda to Delhi, from Delhi
to Mushed, from Mushed to Cabul, and from
Cabul to Lahore, verifying by the esteem which
it everywhere commanded the pcrspcurlty and
Judgment of Nicer Junla (who is the MlrsimoIa
of Taverner's travels) and the Prince Shah Je-
| haun. Excepting the somewhat doubtful claims
Of the Brazilian stone among the Crown Jewels
of Portugal the Koh l. moor IS the largest known
diamond in the world. When first given to
Shah Jehaun, it was still uncut, weighing, 1t is
said, in that rough state. nearly 500 carats,
which were reduced by unskuness OF the
artist to 279, it present weight, 1t was cut BY
Hotenso Borgs, Venetian, who instead OF
receiving remuneration for his labor, was TN"
ed 10000 rupees for his wastetuIne99 by the en-
raced Mogu In form it is ''rose cut'--that
is to saw. it is cut to point in a series Of small
faces or "lacets,' without any tabular surface
A GOOD general idea may be formed of its shape
and size by conceivlng it as the pointed half OF
small hens egg though 1t is said not to have
risen more than hulf an inch from the gold SET
tinp in which it was worn by Runjeet. Its
value is scarcely computable, though two mil
lions sterling has been mentioned as Justll'
able price if calculated by the scale employed
/ in the trade. The Pitt diamond brought oVei
, from Madras by the grandfather of lord Chat'
t ham, and sold to the Regent Orleans IN l"l'
for 125 O0OL weighs scarcely l30 carats no.
, does the great diamond which supports I'M
Eagle on the summl' o' Vl5 N"9''u" ''oP',
; weigh as much as 200. Such is the eNtraoFd'
nary Jewel which in virtue of conquest an
> sovereignty has passed into the possession {
- England. 1t was prudently secured among II
's,. remaining valuables of the Lahore Frea
J., ury at the commencement of the last insure
tlon, and although even its nominal Walt
of the Sikh wars we may GisptaR i6os Boh 's Is acqus
! ton as a fitting symbol of that supreme
y which we have so fairly won-LOndOn Time
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-29
A HORRIBLE PICTURE.

The Dublin Nation contains horliylhs az
count of the condition of Ireland, from the pc"
of MI Duffy. He says:-
"No words printed in a newspapers OF ei'''
where, will give any man who has not see' ~
conception of the fallen condition oil tue :" "o9'
and the South. The famine and the lahu.o'"1
have actually created u neo race in lreianu'
have seen on the streets Of Galway cro"u' VI
creatures more degraded than the faloos VI
Swiit-creatures having only distant ana niue,
GUS resemblance to human beings Urey' 'hai'ou
old men, whose idiot faces had hardened INTO u
settled leer and mendicancy, simmons ana se'n,
T human; and women filthier and more irig"uui
than the harpes, who, at the jingle oil COL" vi
J the pavement, swarmed in myriads from unseen
places, struggling, screaming, sHRIEklNe 'o'
J, their prey, like some monsrous and unclean u'''
e imals, In Westport, the sight Of priest on 'n'
a street gathering an entire pauPer population
s. thick as village market swarmlng rouhu nin
8 for relief Beggar children, beggar adults peg
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-29
ANECDOTE OF A HIGHLAND
SOLDIER,

No man who has lived among the peasantry
of Scotland, will deny effects produced on them
by their popular songs.
During the expedition of Buenos Ayers, a
Highland soldier while prisoners in the hands
of the Spaniards, having formed an attachment
to woman of the country, and charmed by the
easy life which the tropical fertility Of soil ena-
bed the inhabitants to lead, had resolved to
remain in South America. When he i'm
parted this resolution to his comrade, the lat.
ter did not argue with him, but leading him to
his tent, he placed him by his side and sung him
" Lochaber no more" The spell was on him.
The tears came into his eyes, and, wrapping his
plaid around him. he murmured, " Lochaber nae
mair!-I maun gang back" The songs Of his
childhood were ringing in hi ears, and he left
that land of p'enty for the naked rocks and ster
lie valleys of the Badenoch, where, Mt the close
of life OF toll and hardship, he might lay hl'
head near his mothers grave.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-29
THE CONDITION OF THE
WORLD.

We are again on the eve Of momenous e.
vents. The signs of the times from the old
world are ominous of mighty changes. The
young giant Of Liberty is only lnlled in his era
die. :" He as mol dcad, b,d sleepeth." He will
begin 10 awake again, ere the close of the pres
ent year and by the dawn of the next one, the
@i'"to' r--' "F E"rnnn NAV he in the midst of
revolution.
The recent events in Europe, like the battles
of Concord, Lexington and Bunker Hill, in this
country, hive but tested and neryed the spirits
of the people. They now know what it is to
meet tyranny face to face, in battle. They have
guaged and measured the enemy Of the rights
of man, in the heat of deadly strife. Overpow-
cred by superior numbers crushed by the
weight of tie accumulated gold of The enemy
of liberty, and the hindrances of their own haste
to be free--horne down by the accursed union
of the crosier and the sword, the cross and the
sword, the cross and the battle aXe-they have
retired, for awhile, to their hearts. But they are
not idle there. They are forging, in the secret
fastness of freedom, the weapons of their war
fare--weapons that shall yet be used in the
high places of the earth, and that will be
"mighty, through God, to the pulling down o
stronghods."
The mountains of the North of Europe arr
ripe with the harvest of liberty. II is wayin!
on their glorious heights, and warts for the sick
le of the reaper to gather it into the granory q
the world The ancient warning of the North
man may well be adopted there:
|Lochiel Lochiel beware of the day, Tray
When the lowlands shall meet thee in battle al
OliUc Branch.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-29
SINGULAR VEGETABLE PHE-
NOMENON.

The Knoxville (Tenn) Register, gives the
following account of singular vegetable phe'
nomenon:
About this time last year the cane upon sew
oral islands in the rivers of East tennessee
was discovered to be producing small grams
which very much resembled rye, both as 10 SIZE
and shape. 1t grew in heads and was covered
with chaf, like that of wheat The production
wos then considered remarkable, and so unusual
Tint "tbe Oldest inhabitant" had ever seen any
thing of the kind. The coniectures respecting
the cause of the appearance OF this unusual
orain were very numerous-many persons (and
some Of them skilled in potanc learnlng) sup
posed that the cane had, by some means, been
inoculatod with wheat
This wear we are told that the cane through
ont East Tennessee is bearing in almost lncfed-
lille quantities, the same grain. At some places
il would not be difficult to collect as much as
twenty-five or thirty bushels per acre. Some
persons owning cane lands have already gather
ed large quantities of the grain, which they lind
makes a flower equal in appearance to that ol
wheat, and equally as palatable when cooked ii
the form of cakes, &c. Hogs and fowls eat the
Grain as IT fall from the cane, with the same
preediness that they devour any other smal
Grain. Another remarkable feature about th'
matter is that so soon as the grain begins to ma
$ ture the cane begins to die, and the indication
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-29
Select MlistelIanp,
THE MARRIED MANS EYE.

This is the title of an admirable story i'll the
last Knickerbocker. "UncIe Andover" Is an
old bachelor, who was never married because
he has always seen husbands, even the best,
"scourge their wives with the eye" and, Tor the
same reason, he advises young nephew not to
morIv if he can't do better and then finally sal
" out on a walk to test the truth of his objec-
tons. Their first call is on happy bride and
groom, before the honeymoon is over.
The newly married couple were sitting to-
gether very lovingly, and everything around
them was bride.like and comfortable. They
Jumped up quick to welcome us, for my uncle
as said, was a general favorlte. He praised
everything over and over again; even the ugly
clock on the mantle piece had his kind notice.
eyes knew you would like it," sad the
lively little lady, but James does not think
suitabe for this small room. 1t is rather large
to be sure but then bronze is so much more
fashionable than gold. am sorry, since he dis
likes it so much, that did not take the gilt one
but. Mr.. Andover, how could tell, then, that h
preferred the gilt one ? Then, he thought as
thought, and, as uniformly preferred the bronz
clock, why, he was only too happy to approve
was you not, Jauos? never heard, then, 1
his dislike to this poor clock: but month aitc
marriage makes great difference, you know
Mr.. Andover."
While she was laughing out gaily, in til
pride and Joy of young BRIDES heart, Ormsb
was trying to catch her eye. | saw that hi
prattle disconnected him, and he wanted to stt
her but she ran on, and my uncle listened wi
> as much glee and innocence as herself. Orm
by walked across the room, so as to get in fro
of her, under pretence of pushing the clio
straight.
e 81 believe James is satisfied with all my n,
IL chases," said she, " but that foolish clock a
if could, would change it yet, for the g
IT. one. Why, only little while before you ca
III in"
'0' Her husband caught her eye this time,
his look quaied her, for her laugh and her
business were at an end. She was puzzled
ays know why her nonsense was taken amlss n
cry when it was so pleasantly listened to before
nd marriage. This was evidently the first stroE
the the married mans eye 1t embarrassed
in she cast timid glance at her husband, and
the silent.
,en- "Did you see the fellows eye ?" asked III
no when on our way to the next house. "NoV
end poor child said nothing amiss; she was Of
mes little bradish. Ormsby did not like the e'
arlv IRE. It showed he had struck the false C
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-29
D. p THOMPSON EDITOR & PROPRIETOR.

he became the subject of friendly gossip, the goa
praised him.
"Pooh !" said the lion, " this is too absurd
The beast is pretty beast enough, but did you
hear him roar? heard him roar, and by the
names of my fathers, when he roars he does
nothirg but cry bO-a-a" And the lion
bleated his best in mockery, but bleated far from
well.
"Nay," said the deer, II do rot think so bad
ly of his voice, | liked him well enough till l
saw him leap. He kicks with his hind legs in
running, and, with all his skipping, gets over
very little ground"
at is bad beast altogether" said the tiger.
' He cannot roar, he cannot run, he can do moth
ing-and what wonder? killed man yester-
day, and, in poitencss to the new conner, offered
him bit; upon which he had the impudence
to look dlsgusted, and say No, sir, eat nothing
but grass"
So the beasts criticized the lamb, each IN his
own way and yet it was good lamb, neverthe'
less.-- Dickens Household WordS.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-29
TUE PARROT.

We have no idea that the parrot has a sy'nya-
,bo,c feeling. or that it has the least knowledge
Of the sense of the words he utters' ana '"eiV. %
c,ro in relating the following circumstance give
!, only as singular coincidence
In n small family in the south part OF tins c"y
there was parrot which had found nome 'ne'e
for wears, and had become pet Of the family
A child was taken sick this spring, and was no
seeu by the parrot for some days The bird ha'
beeu used to repeat her name; and IN the chlId
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-29

Jono VANHoosER is still living IN the county
of jefferson, Tennessee, and he voted Tor Uen'
WAsH,NGroY for the Presidency He Is IN the
122d year OF his age. Until recently the
Knoxville Tenn Register tell US, he was IN
the habit of walking to and from that town on
business. distance of five or six miles, without
experiencing fatigue. He is German by olr'n
but emgrated to this country about luo years
since. He was in several of the most important
battles of our revolution.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-29
VOLUME VII. NO. 35.

now are that all the cane in East Tennessee
will die out this season.
1t has been suggested to US, that the farmers,
by collecting this seed, might sow it upon their
woodlands, and thus have excellent cane pas
lures for their stock, as there can be little doubt
but that the grain will germinate, especially in
moist lands.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-29

We are much indebted to our Wlhdsor TO-
friend for eparing the following instructive ar
ticle for our paper. ED
THE NEWsP APER PRESS.
An,iouaries find the beginnings of the News
Daper Press in ancient Rome; Afterwards IN
Venice. in the 10th century the government
from time to time posted up written accounts OF
the more in,portant events Of the war then gong
on with the Turks, which pe'sons were permit
ted to read on paying a small price of money
called gazeta, from which. the word gazette mas
its origin. 1t was some time after the IN
ventlon Of printing before printed papers were
introduced at Venice, owing to the jealousy
with which the government regarded any ex-
pression of political opinion, but as soon as
tbey began there, they rapidly spread over It.
aly. Pope Gregory XIII. who reigncd from
1879 to 1885, issued bull against newspaper
writers. as bad and seditous fellows.
In Germany the first regular newspaper was
founded in 1915, and called DdS FrdnkJ,Uter
Journals; a PRINT of the same name is still pub
! lisbed in Frankfort. In France the first paper
was began in 1852 by NJ. Renaudot, physI-
clan for the purpose OF supporting his patients
with news. 1t was published weekly. In
England the first paper was The English Ner-
clvio. issued in 1888, on the instance OF Lord
Bureigh, at the time when the Spanish Arman-
da threatened the independence of the Nation
- when the danger was passed the paper ceased
y. though it was followed by other similar pubca-
cations.
The first regular paper was established in Aug
1922 under the title of "Ihe Certain .NewS q
The present WCek." The first American news
paper was the Boston .Netg Letter, which first
appeared in l704
From such beginning modern journalism
dates its immense extension, usefulness, intiu
g, ence and Importance. There is now no cvlliz
; ed country which has not its Journals even Il
- Russia, where the principles Of Asiatic despot
ism are still supreme, there are something llk
a hundred printed including those printed in tn
different provinces in the provincial languag
as Polish, Swedish, Finnish, French &c. Son
other Oriental nations have their regular perio
n! cals, owing, principally, to the untiring effo
of European and American missionaries The
are few newspapers printed in the Greek Ii
-. guage.
RS The leading presses of the world are ovide
teo " the Germpn, French, English and Americ
" The national character Of each Of these gr
nations is fully manifested in its journals
THE GERMAN PRESS.
The news in German papers is almost al"
made up in the form of correspondence. E'
Journal of any Importance has its corresp'
ents In the principal cities Of Germany, and
more solid establishments employ writers
other countries In printing their letters
initials employed by way of signature are
|LE. erally put at the beginning of the first line
to the that the reader docs not have to look to the
% 9TH to know whose article he is reading: next c.
when the date, and then follows the letter regu
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-29

Eva communications corrupt good manners"
Punch says that is the reason why editors are
so ant to have their manners spoiled, they re-
ceive from one correspondent and another such
vast number of evil communications !" Punch
sets saw remarkably well for an Englishman
-SentineL
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-29
How a Man Foretells the time
of his Death.

know not whether sent you some curious
facts respecting vivaciousness, but have met
with enough to lead to important physiological
conclusions, and, in particular, to explain the
sufficiently common fact of sick persons fixing
the hour of their death, and living exactly to
that time the simple solution is, that they would
else have died sooner [Soulhey to Coieridge.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-29

absence to keep repeating her name3 so nces-
sanity as to annoy the family. The child died {;
the repetition Of the name was kept up, and one
the family took the parrot to the room where the
corpse lay. The parrot turned first one side Of
Its head and then the other towards the corpse,
apparently eyeing il, and was then taken back
He never repeated the name again, was at once
SILENT and the next day died,-Portsmo,th Jour-
nal.