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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-03-27
Tit for Tat.

A girl young and pretty, but above all
gifted with an air of adorable candor, late
ly presented herself before a certain Paris
ian Lawyer, and thus addressed him.
Monsieur, | came to consult you upon a
grave affair. | want TO oblige a man | love
to marry me in spite of himself, How shall
| proceedP
The gentleman of the bar ofcourse had a
sufficiently elastic conscience. He reflect
a moment then being sure that no third
person overheard him, replied unhesitating.
ly
'Mademoiselle, according to our law
you already possess the means of forcing
a man to marry you. You must remain
on three occasions alone with him then
you can swear before a Judge that he is
your lover.
And will that suffice, Monsieurr
Yes, Mademoiselle, with one further con
dition,'
'WenP
That you produce witnesses who will
make oath to their having seen you remain
a good quarter of an hour with the in
dlyidual said to have tril1ed with your affec-
tons
very we'll, Monsieur. | will retain you
as counsel in the management ofthis affair
Good day.
"A few days afterwards the young girl re-
turned. She is mysteriousIy received by
the young lawyer, who, scarcely giving her
time to seat herself, questions her with the
most lively curiosity.
well, Mademoiselle, how do matters
prospect
'Oh! all goes on swimmingly, | have
passed a half an hour with my intended. |
have been seen to 60 up stairs and come
down again. have four witnesses who
will affirm this under oath
Capital! Capital | Persevere in your
design, Mademoiselle but mind the next
time you consult me you must tell me the
name of the young man we are going to
render happy in spite of himself
You shall have it, without fail
A fortnight after, the young person, more
a y and candid than ever, Knocked dis
creetly at her counseI's door. No sooner
was she within than she flung herseif.into a
chair, saying that she had mounted the
stairs too rapidly, and that emotion made
her breathless. Her counsel endeavored to
reasure her; and made her inhale salts,
and even proposed to unlace her garments.
1T is useless, Monsieur said she Il am
much better
well now, do tell me the name of the
fortunate mortal you are going to espouse 2
Are you impatient to know it?
Exceedingly So
well, the fortunate mortal, be it known
to you, yourself! said the young
beauty, bursting into a laugh. Ilove you ;
| have been three times tcte tetc with you,
and my witnesses are below, ready and will
ling to accompany us to the magistrate,
graveIy continued the narrator.
The lawyer, thus fairly caught, had the
good sense not to get angry. The most
singular fact of all was that he adores his
young wife, who, by the way, makes an ex-
cellent housekeeper,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-03-27
The Frog and the Chestnut Burs.
Berlin March, 1851

A correspondent of The Peterborough IN.
H) Transcript, tells the following good
UNI;
Many years ago, a young man, twenty.one
years of age, and whom | will call Daniel,
was hired to work on a farm by Mr.. W,
a man of considerable note as a farmer, in
Massachusetts. Mr.. W had daughter
and hired girl, both about eighteen years
Of age, and Daniel being of a steady turn,
was not laxative enough to suit their fancy,
and after trying various plans and tricks
without success, to las they said) raise his
ideas, they caught a large frog and put it
into Daniels bed. On going to bed, he
soon discovered the whereabouts of his I'M
comfortable bed-tellow, and pitchedhis frog.
ship out Of the window, and never adeI-
wards betrayed the least signs of knowl-
edge in regard to the Joke.
About a month afterwards, Daniel found
a lot Of chestnut burs nearly as sharp as
thistles, and contrived to deposite nearly half
q peck in the girls bed, and after the girls
went to their room and had time to undress,
he took a candle, went to the door and
, ratified the latch, when the girls put out their
Z light and Jumped into bed, and such a squall"
ing was seldom heard or seen before. Dan
lei now opened the door and stood in it with
light in hand.
"Dan, torment your picture; | wish you
were as far beyond the lighthouse as you
are this side" said Suky.
"Why, what is the matter-haye you
any frogs there p said Daniel.
"Dan, if you don't shut the door and
clear out, | will call Mrs. w." continued
the same voice.
al will call her myself, if you wish" SAID
he.
Daniel" said Anna w, eff you will shuI
the door and go back to the kitchen, there
shall be no more tricks or jokes put upoI
you by US for one six months, at least
Daniel, thinking he had punished the
girls enough, shut the door and left. A few
moments after this, Suky came out to ligh
her candle.
81 thought you had gone to bed, suky,'
said Mrs. w.
Suky made no reply, but looked dagger
at Daniel and quickly returned. After TIL
scrape these girls put no Jokes or trick
upon Daniel. He was a steady, faithful
man, saving every dollar of his earnings
aud in six years from that time owned
good farm, married Anna w., and was thre,
years first selectman in the town, which HI
afterwards represented in the State Legisla
ture,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-03-27

IHE PRACTICAL UTILITY OF KNOWING THE
COMPOSITION OF CULTIVATED PLANTs.-It is
not enough for him who tills the ground to
know the constituents of his soils, and that
of the rocks on which his soils rest. Every
one who follows the pursuits of agriculture,
who attempts to avail himself of the advant-
ages which practical chemistry affords,
finds that after he has obtained an ANALYSIS
of his soil, and that of the rocks on which
it rests, that although this information is of
great practical use, yet there is stiIl a m
thing wanting in order to regulate and adjust
the compass which is to guide him under,
standingly and safely on, He says to HIM
self, ~ understand what the ingredients are
which compose my soil, but | do not know
what my crops remove from it, as | am
ignorant of the substances which compose
them. III did know what Ingredients en-.
tered into the composition of my several
crops, and the percentage quantity Of each
ingredient, then | could calculate nearly
the exact amount Of each that is taken
away from my ground, and could adopt
measures to return them as fast as remov.
ed"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-03-27
Early Vegetables.

Permit me to make some suggestions for
the benefit of your agricultural readers
| have been in the habit for some years past,
of putting the seeds of tomatoes aud other
vegetables, to sprout in a box, jar, or flower
pot, about the last of January or the first Of
FEBRUARY, so that by the time the danger of
frost is past, in the spring, l have large
healthy plants for transplanting. In this
way l have tomatoes a month earlier than
my neighborS, who wait till the usual time
for planting garden seeds IN the spring
My method is to place tan or half rotted
manure in the bottom of the box, and gar
den soil on top, in The same way as a hot
bed is prepared, and after the seeds are
planted, the box is kept with the house
plants. Those Of our readers who desire
vegetables, with very little trouble, will, I
am assured find this an admirable PLAN
Dollar Newspaper.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-03-27

REAL ESTATE IN SoDoM. "A minister
who was trying to raise money to erect a
house of worship in very immoral village,
is said to have approached a gentleman who
lived at a distance, but owned large posses
SONS in the village, with the question,
Glow much do you think real estate was
worth In SodomT This simple question
so struck the mind Of the keen, calculating
man of the world, that though he had made
up his mind to give nothing towards the
object, he changed his determination and
contributed largely. And we have nc
doubt that, in a pecuniary point of view,
he was the gamer in a very few years.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-03-27
Professions.

What a mistaken estimate of the true
nobility of profession that man makes who
abandons the culture of the soil for the
pursuits OF trade, or for anv of the %"learn-
ed professions" All honest toll is honora-
BILE and dignifed, just in proportion as it
answers the necessities of man, and adds to
human comfort and independence. The
tiller of the soil, therefore, ranks frst-he
is the king of laborers-for the soil provides
for the first and greatest necessities, food and
raiment. The farmer, standing in his fur
row, is more substantially a king than he
who sits on a regal throne, and depends for
his daily bread on the tilIer of the SOIL
The first is independent, he creates for him
self; the latter is dependent for all he eats,
drinks or wears.
Next to the cultivator Of the soil in es-
sential nobility are the mechanic and artizan
the men whose brown hands build houses
and ships, and furnish the endless a%pplian-
ces of everyday lite. Who does most TO
bless mankind !-the shoemaker, who keeps
our feet from the damp and cold the man
who covers our heads and fashions our gar
ments ; or he, who, without creating for US
a single comfort, calls himself a king and is
a tyrant-consumer of the sweat and blood
Of nations? Does it need arguing to
answer SO simple a question? Surely not.
We can see at once that he is most noble
in his pursuits who most relieves the neces-
sites and advances the comforts of man
kind. What man on the broad earth SO
imperial as the possessor of acres from
which his own toll can draw a supply for
every need. He is not forced to do homage
to any being less than God, no to depend
upon any chances for livelihood.
The young man who leaves the farm-feld
for the merchants desk, or the lawyers or
doctors office, thinking to dignity or emo
bic his toll, makes a sad mistake. He pass
} es by that step from independence to vassaI-
age. lie barters a natural for an artificial
pursuit, and he must be slave of the ca.
price Of customers and the chicane of trade,
) either to support himself or to acquire a for.
tune. The most artificial a mans pursuit
= the more debasing is it morally and physic.
ally. To test it, contrast the merchants
clerk with the plougtboy. The former may
have the most exterior polish, bnt the lat.
1 Ter, under his rough outside, possesses the
truer s%tacina. He is the freer, franker
happier and nobler man, Would that young
d men might Judge of the dignity of labor BY
t its usefulness and manliness, rather than BY
0 the superficial CLOSES it wears. Therefore
we never see a mans nobility in his kic
n gloves and toilet adornments, but in tina
sinewy arm, whose outlines Drowned BY tn,
sun, betoken a hardy, honest %toiler, unde
: whose farmers or mechanics vest a kingli
est heart may bent.-New Yorker.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-03-27
The Thief and the King,

A HlndOo thief was once convicted and
condemned to die, but he hit upon the follow
ing expedient to escape the penalty of the
laws. He sent for the j%ailer, and told him
he had a secret to disclose to the king, and
when he had done so he would be ready to
die. The king sent to him to know what
the secret was. He told him he knew the
art of producing trees that would bear
gold. The king accompanied by the prime
minister and high priest, come with the
thief to a certain spot, where he began his
incantations. The thief at length produc-
ed a purse of gold, declaring that if plant
ed, it would produce a tree, every branch
of which should bear gold. "But," said
he, "this must be put in the ground by a
person perfectly honest. am not so, and
therefore pass it to your Majesty! %
The king replied-"When | was a boy
/ remember of taking something from my
father, which although a trife, prevents my
being the proper person. pass it, there
fore to my prime minister"
The latter said-"L receive the taxes
from the people, and as | am exposed to
many temptations, how can ! be perfectly
honest? therefore give it the priest"
The priest pleaded that he received the
sacrifices, and was equally exposed. At
length the thief exclaimed 81 know not
why we all four should not be hanged, since
no one of US is honest?'
The king was SO pleased with the in
genuity of the thief, that he granted him a
pardon.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-03-27
Agricultural.
Errors in Composing Farm
Mauures. .

The farmers manure heap is usually the
receptacle for every substance that has
served its original purpose but it is IA mis-.
taken idea that everything thrown in there
will serve a useful purpose. We may how
ever, just say here, that this error has con.
siderably influenced farm practice. Belief
in the aIchymy, rather than the chemistry
of the farm yard, has led some persons to
cart soil into the manure yard, and to carry
it back again with the dung to the very
field from which it was taken adding ma.
terialIy to the bulk and expense of the ma
nurlng. They presume that they added to
its value, but the effect of the earth upon
TIE farm yard manure would be merely to
retard decomposition, and thus might be a
loss or gain, according to the circumstan-
ces of the soil aud the crop,
Animal substances, offaI, and fish of eve
ny description are also very unproftabIy
applied to farm yard manure The natural
tendency of animal substances to enter into
putrefactive fermentation is well known to
be greater than that of vegetable substances.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-03-27

New ALIMENTARY SUBSTANCES FOR THE
PEoPLE.-The French Consul at the Re-
public of ECUADOR has brought thence two
allmentary plants of great Importance
The TUDOR of one, called HOcas has the
form of an Oblong potato: the interior of
the substance, however, has a red and
yellow color, and the taste is that ofa chest
nut. The other ia called MiHico, and its
form and taste is very near that of the DO.
tato. Both grow wild and in great album
dance near Quito, even in the most meagre
soil. Experiments on their propagation are
now being made at the Jardin des Plantes
Paris.-IHc Builder.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-03-27

By placing them in the manure heap, we.
in a further degree, facilitate the quantity
in which they naturally excel, and the ten
dency of which is to rob them of their
most natural element, nitrogen, Judiclcus
practice should avoid this error, by adopt
ing, if possible, a system having an oPpo-
site effect.
Lime is one of the substances which it
is also an error to use with compost in
which we have farm yard manure, 1t is
equally an error TO mix lime with any COM
pound rich in ammonia. The tendency of
lime, in all composts, is to promote decom-
position and to waste nitrogen, which es-
capes, by union with hydrogen, under the
form of ammonia, which is the very treas
ures of the dung heap, and of most other
~manuring Observation-Disclosures Practical
Agriculture.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-03-27

To PREVENT THE NAILS GROWING DOWN
INTO TIE ToEs.-This is very troublesome
and sometimes dangerous thing, for | know
IN instance of a toes having to be ampu-
tated in consequence. But the cure is
very simple. Take a sharp pointed knife
and cut a little furrow all along the top of
the nail l~engthwise. As it fills up scrape it
out again. This will cause the nail to CON
tract at the top and so loosen its hold from
the flesh. PerSevere until the difficulty is
entirely overcome.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-03-27
Enigma.


lam composed of 30 letters.
My 7, II, l, is a kind OF tree,
My 10, IL, 8, Is, IA, 8, 6, is what some de-
light in.
My IL, %, Is, 16, 4, 10, is used by mariners.
My 20, %, Is, 10, l6, is a sweet incense.
My Is, 2, 5, 28, 81, %, is a vegetable.
My 8. g, 10, 25, is a city in Asia.
My Is, 4, 26, 81, 10, 25, is an island belong
ing to Africa.
My q, %, H., Z, is a county in Ohio.
My IA, 8, 10, IA, "a, 4. is a color.
My 2, IL, 25, 8, is a Mexican plant.
My whole was a distinguished person who fell
in the war of the revolution.
Berlin March, 1851. H.T,P.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-03-27

REMEDY FOR SICK HEADAcHE.-A friend
informs us that if persons who are subject
to the headache, will look steadily for two
or three minutes at a piece Of green baize,
green silk, or other green material, when
they feel the spell coming on, they can
throw it off entirely. He has tried it fire.
quently, and never knew it to fail.-Port-
land Adpertiser.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-03-27

DURABLE WnITEwAsu.-Mix up a pail
tul OF lime and water ready to put on the
wall then take a quarter Of a pint of -four
and mix it up with water, then pour on it
a sufficient quantity of boiling water to thick
en- it; then pour it, while hot, into the
whitewash. Stir it well together, and it is
ready for use, This whitewash will not
rub off,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-03-27

A CLASSICAL BONE PLAYER.-GiIfllan,
in his recent work, 1.-The Bards of the BIZ
bic" in illustrating the obligation of Re-
Iigion, both true and false, to Poetry, has
the following "Lucretius has extricated a
wild and magnificent music from Atheism
a music played ofon the dry bones Ga deal
uaiUerSe! !"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-03-27
j ottrn.
Written for the Freeman.
The Dead.


Written for the freeman.
The Dead.
BY E. R. MORSE.
How silently they sleep,
Beneath the coffin lid
Within their narrow houses deep,
The dead the dead the dead
o, calm and undisturbed,
Their last and long repose
BY a cold world how soon forgot,
How soon by mortal foes,
On hill and plain they lie,
In valleys sweet and low
They heed no moro the winds low sigh,
Nor winters drihing snow.
The Husband and the Wife,
The Father and The Son,
The Daughter, and the blushing Bride,
Beside Der cherished one.
And little babes at rest,
Sleep by their mothers side;
and near a Shaft in earth's cold breast,
Tells when a stranger died.
The tolls Of life are past,
Theii pilgrimage is DER,
The storm that rides upon the blast,
Shall wake them never more,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-03-27
D ort&t y.


For the Freeman.
THERE is one word and only one, in the Bible
composed of the following letters viz; A., h, c, L,
y, R, U, c, E. What is that word.
Woodbury., March, 1851. sc.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-03-27

A SMALL quantity of vinegar will gener-
ally destroy Immediately any insect that
may find its way into the stomach, and a
little salad oil will kill any insect that may
enter the ear.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-03-27
RECOMMENDATION.

CortIhcate of Dr.. Perry, Portsmouth, N II.
PORTSMOUTH, Sept, 90, l849.
Mr.. J. P. Morse, Agent for q" Whites Hair Restorative"
Dear Sir-I deem it my duty to state some facts respecting
the inestimable value Of Whites Hair Restorative. Several
years ago, after a severe fit of sickness, my wife lost all OF
her hair, the scalp appeared diseased, and the hair grew
out brash and uneven, About a year ago, by another 1T OF
sickness, she lost all of her hair a second time, and for a
long lime there was apparently no action in the scalp. AT
ter varivus applications was induced TO try The above
mentioned Restorative, and nOw, after the use ofa few
bottles, her hair has grown ont ms thick. as iustrous, and OF
MS beautiful Il color as ever. Furhermnre,f for a long time
have been afflicted with neuralgia and other pains in my
head, and | have found it the best external remedy | have
ever tried ! can therefore, cheerfuly recommend it to an
who are afflicted as above, as the best article | have ever
seen. Most respectfully yours,
A. PERRY, MI D..
Manufactured by Z. WHITE, Lowell, Mass.
Sold in Montpelier by Redfeld and Grannis. Wholesale
and Retail in Boston, by Wilson, Fairbank & Co. as Han
over Street. Wholesale and Retail in st. Johnsbury, by
j. C. Bingham. At retail in Wells River by t. Shedd &
Co.. Passumpsic, L. P. Parks Dnnville, Vail and Dem
ing Cabot, S. Trussell Barre, o.. French, Mortified, II
II. Camp. sly
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-03-27

This article is offered to the public with entire confidence
as being perfectly sale in all cases Tor infants, children or
adults, and il is believed to be the most etftctual destroyer
of worms of all descriptions. Much Of the disagreeable
and nauseating taste which render other Vermifuges 80
difficult to administer to children, is ave ided in the Ameri-
can V~ermifuge. Thousands perish by worms without the
real cause being known-assigning some other reason for
the sickness, until 1t is too late to reach and remove the
cause.
There is no disease that produces so much disturbance in
the system as worms they have been known to produce
Plurisy, ,Dysente,ry, Vomiting, Fever, Dropsy ofthe Brain,
S%pasmodic Coughs, ETC., etc
THIS recipe was received through one of the best pbysi-
clans in New York, and ofthe vast quantity we have sold
we have never known a failure. We have known it to
bring away OTIS 81 worms, from the Pin Worm to the lsrg-
est size, after other Nermifu6es have entirely failed.
CURTIS Il PERKINS, Druggists, Bangor, Me-, are the
sole pioprietors of the AMERICAN VEKMlFUGE, by
whom it is sold wholesale and retail-also by their agents
Price 25 cts per hottie.
Collins and Pierce, wholesale and retail agents, Montpe
lier, Vt and by druggists and medicine dealers generally
throughoutthe state. 30:ly
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-03-27
10 the Public.


Having oflate associated with ministering brethren who
were labonng under Pulmonary difficulties, and knowing
this is The common lot ofsuch difficulties, and the public
generally have but little confidence in patent medicines, !
deem IT my duty To state a few facts touching mp own case
believing they will be of public utility. For some years
past have been afflicted with a disease of the lungs, &C.
caslonlng hoarseness, soreness, and pain through the chest,
ana al times difficulty of breathing. During the past win
ter II mad arrived at that stage that ! found | must suspend
my ministerial labors unless ! could obtain relief, whce !
considered doubtful, having tried several physicians pro-
scflptons Without any benefit. Stating my convictions to
some OF my friends, they persuaded me to use Hunters
Pulmonary Balsam or Cough Syrup. | had so little faith in
THESE medicines that | should not have procured il had not
he money been given by the person, who made the request.
| called on Curtis 4 Co., who recommynded The above
named Balsam, aud the Indian Dyspepsia Pills, to be taken
m connection with it. ! used them with Be good success
That my friends were astonished. | have not enjoyed so
good health for years as | now do. / therefore feel willing
to give my name to the public, together with my advice to
those afflicted with coughs, colds and lung complaints, to
try the liasam and Pills.
Collins & Pierce, wholesale and retail agents Montpelier
VT, S. C.. Hutchins, Waterbury-D. w. Aiken, Barrel.
Hooker, Paintield-E. D. Putnam, Marshfeld-E. Perry &
Co., Cabot-N. P. Kidder& Co., Hydepark-H. NJ. Villas,
Johnson-D. Gilbreth, Morristown-H. Montgomery, Hard
wick. 30ly
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-03-27
HARD WARE,

6kUR Stock Of Hardware isnow complete. Ifyou want
House Trimmings-if you want Table Cntlery-if
you want Joiaers' Tools-anally, if you want any thing
in this line, please give us call, We can supply your
wants, SCOTT & FlELL
October l6, 1850. 42tf