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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-02-24
VOLUME \. u 9
A Thrilling Adventure.

| A merchant wishing to celebrate his dangh-
companions; they circed around her, wishing
much happiness to the youthful bride and her
chosen one. Her father gazed proudly on his
lovely child, and hoped that as bright prospects
for the future might open for the rest oil his chill
dren, who we're playing among the gucsts.-
Passing through m hall of the basement, he
met servant who was carrying lighted candle
in her hand, without the candle slick He ba-
med her Tor such conduct, and went into the
kitchen to see about the supper. The girl soon
returned, but without the candle. The merchant
immediately recoected that several barrels OF
gnnpowder had been placed in the cellar during
the day, and that one had been opened,
"Where is your candle' he inquired in the
utmost alarm.
8" couldn't bring it up with me, for nv arms
are full of wood" said the girl.
'Where idyon.put it p" M
swell, Id M candestick 10 | st..ck Il II, !
some black sand that's in the small barrel."
Her master dashed down the stairs, the pas
sage was long and dark his knees threatened to
give way under him, his breath was choked, his
flesh seemed dry and parcbed, as if he already
felt the suffocating blast of death. AT the end
of the cear under the very room where his
children and their friends were revelling in fe-
lcly, he saw the open barrel OF powder full at
the top; The candle stuck loosely in the grains,
with long red snuff of burnt wick; this sight
seemed to wlther all his powers; the laughter
OF the company struck upon his ear like the
knell Of death. He stood IA moment unable TO
move.
he music commenced above-the feet OF
the dancers responding with vivacity, The floor
shook, and the loose bottles in the cellar iingled
with the motion. lie fancied The candle moved,
was falling. With desperate energy he sprang
forward-but how to remove it! the slightest
touch would cause the red hot wick to fall into
the powder. With uncqnalled presence of mind
he placed hand on each side of the candle
pointed towards the objects of his care, which,
as his hands met was secured in the clasping of
his fingers, and safely removed away from its
dangerous position.
When he reached the head of the stairs, he
smiled at his previous alarm, but the re- ,ction
was too powerful, AMI he tell into fits or the
most violent laughter. He was conveyed to his
bed senseless, and many weeks elapsed ere his
nerves recovered sufficient tone to allow him to
resume his business.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-02-24

SPEED OF RAIL CARS. AT the time George
stephenson constructed the first Locomotive en-
gine. people look at It, but nobody believed i,
could ever be made to move. That was bu
orty-one years ago. He asserted that there
was no limit to its speed, II the works could be
made to stand. When called before Com
mlttee of the House of Commons, to testify IL
the matter, his friends urged that he should no
state the speed at more than ten miles an hour
and when he told that story he was declared tt
be insane and that was but about twenty five
years ago, since then they have been run OF
the London and Birmingham road sixty five
miles IN sixty mnutes-which is the fastest il
England. In this country they run from Pough
keepsre to Peekskill ID New York, thirty i've
miles in thirty minutes: and last Sunday they
went from Boston to New York t.ro hundred ant
thuty sir miles in three hundred and fue minutes.
Considering the distance, this last was probably
the greatest speed ever made IN America.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-02-24

The SELFIsHNEss OF VICE.-Where there
is no integrity there can he no nnannty. Three
German robb rs having acquired, by various
atrocities, what yan,pnnted TO very valuable
booty. iney agreed to divide the spoil, aud to
retire from So dangerous vocation. When the
day which they had appointed io' this purpose
arrived one of them was DESPATCHED to neigh
boring town 10 purchase provisions fo7 last
caronsal. The other two secretly agreed to
=, murder him on his return. tina, they might each
come IN tor a whole hrIf of the pIunder. instead
Of only third. They dad 40. But the murdered
man was a C'ose Calculator even than his as
sassIm,, for lie had previously poisoned a part o
the pr,vsons. thar he might get the whole OF
the spoil. TINS precious irIulnvIrate were found
dead together ia single instance that nothing IS
So blind and suicidal as the seifshness Of wee.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-02-24
The Reasons for Attending Public
Worship.

Rea er, do you attend on the public worship
Of God on the Sabbath? Do yon do it babually,
at some one place, and as a matter OF principle
and consclence? II not, will you consider the
following reasons why you should do so?
1st. God, your Creator, Preservcr and Ben
etactnr, is worthy ot your worship especially
on his holy day.
I'd Gods wo'd enjoins it upon you: Bring
an Offering, and cnne into his conrta. o wor
ship the Lord IN the beasy Of holiness" Ps.
80: 8, 9.
Sd. Gods command, Remember the SibbatIl
day to keep it holy" includes this US part Of
the proper keeping OF the Sabbath.
4th. The Sanctuary is peculiarly the place
aud The Sbbah the time for making progress
10 religious knowledge.
5tb. In public worship, If any where, you
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-02-24
A Novel VI nufac ory.

We find the following curious description OF
the manner in which Ladies' Muffs are manu-
factured in London, in Hunts Maszine. The
writer gives the following as The manner in which
the Tubing" process of the skins used for the
Ladies' Muffs Boas, &C., conducted: "The
workmen are ranged in tubs along the sides Of
an apartment, or shed or any kind Of outhouse,
in yard or some secluded spot in London.
Every tubber with the exception of those who
may be unwe and who may then wear loose
jacket, which, however, tells against the eff.
cheney of his work, is altogether naked The
tub in which the man works reaches up to the
waist, and thick, yelIowisb cloth is thrown over
its top, which the workman keeps every now
and then, gathering about him, and which he
can draw around like bag so that, while at
his labor, tho upper part of his person alone is
;sssisible. To stranger, the effect of visit to
sSgsshop-,o which i, is not easy to gain
&is startling. Pale, brawn. and
0ute men, move up ana down in tubs,
stamping and alternating their feet with little
cessation; sometimes in silence, and in many
cases with little or no expression in their faces.
Each OF these men are tubing" that is, he is
'readlng or stamping, first upon one foot and
then on the other, on the skins which are the
compemrnls Of hls tub. These skins are for
the supply Of furriers who employ the master
skin dresserS. There is no water or Other fluid
used in Tubing, but the feshy part of the skins
are all bnttered, and with the cheapest butter
or scrapings. and in some places rancied butter,
when such things are purchasabe in sufficient
quantity. Saw-dust is used, which gives The
the tubber tirner tread and tends to aid, by its
friction in securing the SIX lns Upon those tub
bed skins, SO prepared, the men tread, and the
persp'ratlon witch sometimes pours from them
Is considered better and reader for the cure of
the skins than any butter or other fatty compound.
which are looked upon as merely auxiliary to
what oozes from the workman's body. And in
this way mems sweat is forced for hours to-
ge'her into the skinny p'r's of the furs which
are to be ladies' mufs, boas, and tppets."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-02-24

DISCOVERIES OF THE LAST HALF CENTURY
There has been no period since the commence
nent of the world in which SO many important
discoveries tending to the benefit of mankind,
were made, as in the last half century. Some
of the most wonderful results of human intellect
have been witnessed in the last fifty years. Some
OF the grandest conceptions of genius have been
perfected. 1t is remarkable how the mind of
the world has run into scientifics invesli CATION.
and what achievements it has affected in that
short period. Before the year 1900 there was
not slnge steamboat in existence and the
application of steam to machinery was unknown.
Fulton launched the first steamhoat in 1907
Now there are three thousand steamboats, travers-
ing the waters of America, and the time saved
IN travel is equal to 70 per cent. Nearly every
river in the world is traversed by steamboats,.
10 1900 thnre was not single railroad in the
world. In the United States alone, there are
now S,797 miles IF railroads, costing 1896 0t0,-
600 to build, and about $4,000 miles OF railroads
in England and America. The locomotives will
now tAsel in as many hours, a distance which
In 1900 required as many days to. accomplish.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-02-24

SINGULAR ANEcpOTE OF THRUsH--A An
English writer to the London Dispatch, relates
the following anecdote concerning the nteIli
gence of thrush:-
There is much more intellect in birds than
people suppose. An instance of that occurred
the other day, at a slate quarry belonging to a
friend, from whom | have the narrative. A
thrush not aware Of the expansion properties of
gunpowder, thought proper to build her nest on
ridge of the quarry, in the very center of which,
they were constantly blasting the rock. At first
she was very much discomp,sed by the frag-
ments flying in all directions, but still she would
not quit her chosen locality she soon observed
that bel rang whenever train was to be fired
and that, at the notice, the workman retired to,
safe POSITIONS. In few days when she heard
the bell, she quilted her exp ,sed situation, and
flew down TO where the workman sheltered them
selves, dropping close to their feet. There she
would remain until the explosion had taken
place, and then return to her nest. The work.
men observed this, narrated it to their employers
and it was also told to visitors who came to view
the quarry. The visitors naturally expressed
wish to witness so curious specimen of INTEL
lect; but, as the rock could not always be ready
to be blasted when visitors came, the bell was
rung instead, and for few times, answered the
same purpose. The thrush flew down close to
where they stood, but she preceved that she was
trihed with, and it interferred with her process
o. Incubation the conscauepce was, that after
~ d.. -~~'' !. , ~. .,.... -,...,,
over the ledge tcascer woiFmsn 'ii' dia
retreat, and if they did she would remain
where she was, probably saying to herself, "No,
no, gentlemen I'l not to be reused off my eggs
merely for your amusement"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-02-24
D ?. THOMPSON. EDITOR & PROPRIETOR.

nay reasonable hope God will meet you for the
bes,owment Of his Holy Spirit.
9th If parent, or master. it is your solemn
duty to your children and servants, to train Them
up IN this habit. by example and precept.
9TH If neghbor or frienl, you are bound,
in this practice, TO exert the influence of good
example, upn all around you.
eth Sef-respect, and a regard for your own
character in the estimation OF all virtuous and
good men, should lead you to the practice of
this duty.
9lh. 1t is necessary for your own highest good
as an Immortal and yet a sinful being -hut YOU
may be prepnred here to glorify and enjoy God
hereafter.
10ih. Remember that for neglect of this
solemn duty and precious privilege. &c ID will
bring thee into judgement" And you will
mourn and weep in eternity, at the recollection
Sig 9tdld dHst~u-svisvasrsss.- brivilaues. here
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-02-24

{ [ t |: D.
the freeman.
LIN Es,

The hight black eye, the melting blue,
/ couid mol choose between the two;
All! many lids love turks between,
For heeds the c0luring OF tie screen.
o, w. HOLMES
'Tis of moment small, and yet
I've n choice between the two;
Between the fash Of the bright black eye,
ANY The glance of the melting blue.
There's a conscious power in the glance
Of the hack eye proud and free,
That wei might fash meath the dindem
On the brow OF majesty
But pnrer, hoer light
10 the sweet blue eye is given,
And truth beams forth from its azure depths
Like the stars In the blue of heaven.
And give me- the s0tl blne eye,
In SORROW, lonely hour,
With the tear Of affection trembl' ng there,
Like the dew drop in the fower.
A. pearls. and brilliant gems,
In the depths of the ocean lie,
81 the gems of true feeling, countless and rich
Shine forth from the deep blue eye.
And thong of Cupid's qnver is robbed
By eyes Of darker hue,
His arrows trIest, most tenderIy thrown,
From those of the melting blue.
raintree, Nov. %, 1852.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-02-24

ARTIFICIAL STONE.-A Mr.. Williams Of
England, has just taken out a patent for the
manufacture of artificial sone The following
ingredients are used in preparing it; lSo lbs.
pitch, l.2 gals. dead oil or creosotc, IS lbs.
resin, Is lbs. sui phur, "A lbs. finely powdered
lime, $50 lbs. gypsum, 25 cubic feet of sand,
breeze, scpria. bricks, stone, or hard materials
broken to pieces, and passed through half inch
sieve. The phur is first melted with about
thirty pounds of pitch, after which the resin is
added, then the remainder of the pitch with the
lime and gypsum, which are introduced by de-
grees and well stirred, and the mixture BROUGHT
TO boil. The sand, or broken earthly or s,onv
sae' si;rsa. a%a Is 'i1 sSasd Add n ar1t ]
nodded into blocGee /. H'.o consolidate ejeSe jges
blocks, pressure is applied to them in the molds
The patentree gives also the proportions of The
above materials to be used as a composition for
LAYING pavements, as a cement for uniting to
each other blocks Of the first named composition
when used for building purposes, and as coat
ing for bridges, the roofs, of buildings, &c. The
artificial stone hardens in about week, when
it becomes as stubborn as granite. The compo-
slton is not only a very durable, but cheap one,
it costing less to erect buildings out of this ma
terial than from the comnonest kind of brick.
A roadway, plastered with this material, be-
comes snoth, solid, flooring of rock in about
ten days.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-02-24
RAILROAD TO CALIFoRNIA.-A correspondent

RAILROAD TO CALIFoRNA.-A correspondent
of the Providence Journal, after quoting the re-
mark that direct railroad from the Mississippi
to California is the noblest physical project of
the age, and not without important moral and
intellectual bearings, and ought TO be speedily
built" thinks it may be said with equal truth
that the road can be built speedily, with great
advantages to the United States, and especially
to the eastern section of them. The writer
makes the following suggestion:
mo similar work has been erected by native
laborers. The foreign population which the op-
presslons of Europe have driven to our shores,
has furnished the bone and muscle necessary for
such works. Ii is apparent that there Is now ali
along the Atlantic States, and especially here a,
The North, an over supply of foreign hborers.
They cannot obtain the employment necessary
for their support; nor can they reach the western
regions of this vast continent, and here add to
the wealth Of the nation by cultivation of the
soil aud exploration of the mines WHY not,
then, aid them, and bece6t the Atlantic States.
and the United States, by enlstlng 20 or $4,000
of the loboring population in the Atlantic States
to build this railroad, through the territories.
giving them pay and ratlons, the same as soldiers
now receive, thus realizing the noble aspiration
Of an Industrial and Productive Army instead
OF Destructive one. Offer to each individual
serving a certain time in this army, a tract of
land adjoining the railroad, on condition that he
build and settle upon it. By this means line
of defence is created, and without additional
expense. To what better use can the surplus
revenue of the nation be applied ?"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-02-24

SNoRiNs PREvENTED.- -Ercision ofthe UuMa,
DR.. l.. A. Dngas relates (Southern Med. and
Surg. Jour. 1852 the case of boy about FIVE
years OF age, whose respiration during sleep was
so bad that his parents feared he might sufocate.
tie found the uvua to hang flabby and rest on
the base of the tongue, though not paralyzed, as
il retracted when touched by an instrument, and
sometimes spontaneously Dr. D. clipped off
the uvua, and the child has not snored since.
de suggests that it might be advisable to resort
to this operation for the reiet of snoring adults.
or rather for the relief of those annoyed by such
bed-felows.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-02-24
A PERSIAN PRECEPT.

Forgive thy foes hot that alone;
Their evil deeds with good re,ay;
Fill those with joy who leave thee none,
And kiss the hand upraised to slay.
So does the fragrant sandal bow
In meek forgiveness, to its doom
Aud o'er the axe, at every blow,
Sheds IN abundance rich perfume,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-02-24
THE PAINTER" pity the printer" said
TTpcln Tohy

Uncle Toby.
"He's a poor creature" rejoined Trim.
"How OF" said my uncle.
Because, in the first place." cont iuued the
| corporal, looking full upon ny uncle, because
he must endeavor to please everybody. In the
negligence of Il moment, perhaps small para
graph pops upon him he hastily throws it to the
compositer, it is inserted, and he is ruined to all
lntents and purposes"
"Too much the case, Trim," said my uncle
with deep sigh. "Too much the case"
sand please your honor" continued Trim
",hs is not the whole"
go On, Trn," said my uncle, feelingly.
"The printer somel nes," pursued the corporal
"hiis upon piece that peases him nightly
and he thinks it cannot but 90 down with his
subscribers. But alas Sir who can calculate
the human mind !? He inserts it, and all is owe,
with him. They forgive others, but they cannot
forgive the printer. He has host to print for
and every one sets up for critic. The pret,,
Mss excIaims, why don't you give US more
poetry, ularriges, and bon mots ? away with hese
stale pieces The poll icaiu claps his speces ovel
his nose, and reads it over in search of violent
invective he finds none, takes his specks of
folds tn IN, sticks them in his pocket, declares
the paper good for nothing but to burn So il
goes. Every one thinks it ought to be printed
expressly for himself, as he is subscriber: and
yet after all this complaining, would you believe
1t, Sir, said tho corporal, clasping his hands
beseechingly, would you believe ii, Sir, there
are some subscribers who do not hesitate to
cheat the printer out Of his pay /! Our army swore
terrible IN Flanders, but they never did anything
so bad as that >"
"Never!" said my uncle Toby, with the
strongest kind Of emphasis.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-02-24

Cteobuus being asked, why he sought not to
be advanced to honour and preterinenl. made
this reply: o friend, AS long as | study and
practice humility, know where | am; but,
when shall hunt aiter digultes and promoton'
am afraid shall lose myself.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-02-24

If you act part truly great, you may expect
that men of NEAR spirits, who cannot reach you,
will endeavnur. by detracuoli, to pull you down
to their level. But posterlty will do you justice;
foi envy viii die with you.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-02-24

Whit man IN his right senses, that has
wberew,,hal 10 live tree. wonld make himself IL
slave for sup nfntts? What does that man
want who has enough? Or what is he the
better lor ABUNDANCE. that can neve' be satisfied
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-02-24

There il more true greatness IN generously
owning fault, and making proper reparatIon for
it. than IN obstlna,eIy defending wrong con-
duct. But quitting your purpose, retreat rather
like hon than cur.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-02-24

ToBAcco VS.. LrrERATURE.-Fo Four hundred
years have elapsed since the invention of print.
ing ye. books are no. in circulation all over the
globe; while the use of tobacco became uniyer-
sal within fifty yeals Of its discovery.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-02-24

/ Ss.a.lasS.-
of Down. rnor aHa'whose mother died~s
was buried, about FIVE weeks ago, in Brs,nd n !l
church-yard The helpless lad was evidently
deeply affected by the loss he had sustaineti
last week, conceivlng that his fond parent mad
moi been inferred as she ought to have been, and
that her body was floating in water under the
soil he proceeded with whcelbarrow and spade
to the grave, dlsin,erreG The remains, and car
ried them away. The operation was witnessed
by several neighbors, who, when they attempted
to interfere, were obliged to withdraw, the idiot
threatening their lives, imagining, it is believed,
that they had some interest in the body, and
were resolved at all hazards to obtain it. The
parties in question, finding they were unable to
restrain him, gave immediate information 10 the
police, and in short time the unfortunate idiot,
who had the coffin placed on a wheelbarrow,
and was on his way with it to the mountains,
was arrested and obliged to return. He was
subsequently allowed, under surveillance, to car.
nv off his wonderful burden, and It Is stated, thai
during three days and nights he proceeded, in
the manner descrh d, among and over the noun
tains in the nelgnborhood that he dug three
! graves, which did not seem to satisfy him. and
that eventually. exhausted by fatigue, he reached
! Ros,revor W here he had the remains carefully
Inferred"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-02-24

The Medical Times states that carniverous
qnadrepeds always eat men in preference to
woman, sparing the latter in most instances.
This only shows they are blutes, and want taste.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-02-24

LoNGrELLow, in his prose tale Of " Kava-
nagh," calls Sunday the golden clasp which
binds together The volume OF the week.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-02-24

True goodness Is like the glow worm: it shines
most when 10 eyes save those OF Heaven are
unun uS.
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become nesrly or quite blind, and continued thu
as long as he lived"

We we'll remember that terrible day which
was even much colder in Vt. than represented in
the foregoing account of it in New Hampshire !;
the thermometer standing at "a deg. below zero
good part of the day in this State, as reported
at the time. Water when thrown into the air
with dipper would reach the earth in solid drops
of ice. The wind blew perfect hurricane
through the whole day, and the night following,
like the day, was the coolest ever known in Ver-
mont Ed.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-02-24

| n 1900 il took weeks to convey intelligenc
between Philadelphia and New Orleans; now it
can be accomplished in minutes, through the
electric telegraph, which only had it's beginning
in 1913. Vollasm was discovered in March,
l800 the electro magnet in 1921. Eleclrotyp
ing was discovered only few years ago.
Hoes printing press, capable OF printing ten
thousand copies an hour is very recent dlscov
cry. Gas light was unknown in 1900; no"
nearly every city and town of any Pretence are
lighted with it; and we have the announcement
of still greater discovery, by which light,
heat and motive power may be produced from
water, with scarcely any cost. Doguerre COM
municated to the world his beautiful invention
in 1889. Gun cotton and chloroforD are dis
coveries but few years old. Astronomy has
added number Of new planets to the solar sys-
TEN. Agriculture chemistry has enlarged the
|n<ninion of knowledge in that imppHapt branch