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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-08-31

A PEEP At GATHERED.
Having anchored at the north and middle is
land, at the latter of which we are to load, we
will borrow the boat and have closer look at
the huge muck-heap. Pulling half round the
island, to the landing place, which appears to
be clear from the surrounding rocks for their
special convenience, our appearance disturbs
thousands Of the web footed natives; these
thousands count, with the old hands, as moth
ing; for they tell US that the shippers have
driven all the birds away. Sailing about us is
focks of pelicans, lowering over the clear water
like hawks, which they resemble in their mode
Of darting down, or sporting on their prey. One
of these, at this very instant, drops from his
flock, as though a ball had whistled through
his brain, but after plunge, he is seen rising
to the surface, with a fish struggling in his ca
pacious pouch.
Near to us, whirling round our heads, are
gannets, news, mutton-birds, divers, gulls,
guano-birts, and a host of others, whose names
are unknown to the vulgar. On the detached
rocks, and lower edge of the island, numbering
a pretty numerors convocation, stand the pen
guin-the parson bird of the sailor--whose
good name is fairly owned by its cut-away black
coat, white tie, and solemn dcmeanor His
short legs planted far back, and his long body,
do not fit him for walk ashore but he will
sit for hours on little rock, just washed by the
waters, apparently in such IL deep absence of
mind, that passcrs by are tempted to approach
in hope of catching him. just as the boat
ncars him, and hands are already out to grasp
his neck, away he goes head over HEELS in a
most irreverent and ridiculous manner, dive
under the boat, and showes his head about a
i quarter Of mile 6at at sea, where the sails-
may catch him who can, for he is the fastest
swimmer and the best diver that ever dipped. :.
Stepping over the mortal remains of several
sea-ions, in few strides we are ON the guano,
and the next step in it we are to our knees.
The guano is regularly stratiied; tho lower
strata are soidifcd by the weight of the upper,
and have acquired dark red color which be-
comes gradually lighter towards the surface.
On the surface it has whitey-bro vn crust,
containing eggs, being completely honcy-combed
by the eggs, seldom nolc than two in the nest
are deposited.
These holes, often running into each other,
form long galleries, with several entrances ;
and this mining system is SO elaboratoly carried
o4t, that you can scarcely put foot on any
part of the island, without sinking to the knee,
and being ticklod by the sense of hard bcak
digging into your unprotected ankles. Tie egg
shells, and the bones, and remains of fish brought
up by the old birds for their young, must form
II considerable part Of the substance Of the
guano, which is thus, in great measure depos-
tied beneath the surface and then thrown out
by the bird-D,ckeaS' Household Words.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-08-31

The sting of bee consists Of an extcnsile
sheath, enclosing two fine necdle-shaped darts.
These darts are distinctly separate from each
other; and though SO close together as to ap-
pear like one to the naked eye, are capable of
acting independently OF each osIeE, They are
each provided with ten minute teeth near the
extremity, like those Of saw, 50 that when
tley are plunged into any tough Substance the
bee can seldom withdraw them, and consequent
ly both darts and sheath are wrenched from
his body, and the mutilation causes the speedy
death of the unfortunate insect. When the
bee is prepared to sting, he first plunges one of
the darts, having the point little in advance
of the other, into the skin until the foremost
barb catches, and then repeats the process with
the other he thus pushes them alternately
deeper and deeper, until they are firmly imbed-
dod in the Aesl. At the base Of the sting, and
communicating with the tube OF the sheath, is
a httle bag, or bladder, filled with transparent
poisonous huid The contraction of this bag,
which is produced BY means of strong muscle
connected with IT, causes the poison to flow out
OF the sheath into the wound.
The alleged remedies for the wounds inflicted
BY this wonderful weapon are countless and
various. Cotton says that the sting should be
pulled completely out, as it is barbed like fish
hook and would otherwise work deeper into the
desli " Then squeeze the poison out with the
tube of a small key, and put little honey on
the place to keep the air away" But sydserH,
d bee taker at Leigh, in an old treaties on bees,
describes the most singular remedy which has
come to our notice, and one which we cannot
conscientiously recommend our readers to try.
He says that more than thirty years experience
in this calling has led him 70 the conclusion
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-08-31

SLASDER.-How frequently is the honesty
and integrity of man disposed of by smile
or shrug! How many good and generous ac-
tions have been sunk into oblivion by distrust-
ful look, or stamped with the imputation of
proceeding FROM bad motives, by mysterious
and scasonable whisper! Look into companies
of those whose gentle natures should disarm
them, we shall find no better account. How
large portion of chastity is sent out of the
world by distant hints-nodded away, and cruel
ly winked into suspicion, by the envy of those
who are past all temptation of it themselves
How often does the reputation of a hopeless
creature bleed by a report-which the party
who is at the pains to propagate it beholds with
much pity and fellowf feeling-that she is hearth
ly sorry for it-hopes in God it is not true
however as Archbishop Tillotson wittily observes
upon it, is resolved in the mean time to give
the report her pass, that at least it may have
fair play to take its fortune in the world-to be
believed or not, accordingly to the charity of
those into whose hands it shall happen to fall
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-08-31

Loss AND GAM remcmber--says the Rev.
George Burder-reading of woman whose
house was on fire. She was very active in re-
moving her goods, but forgot her child, who
was sleeping in the cradle. At lengeth she re-
membered the babe, and run with earnest desire
to save it, But it was too late The flames
forbade her entrance. Judge of her agony of
mind when she exclaimed, " Oh my child my
child!'
Just so it will be with many poor sinner,
who was all his life 'careful and troubled about
many things" while the "one thing needful -
was forgotten. What will it then avail for a
man to say, "Igot good place, or a good
trade, but lost my soul | got large fortune,
but lost my soul I got many friends, but
God is my enemy lived in pleasure, but now
my pain is my everlasting portion | clothed
my body gayly but my soul is naked before
God "
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-08-31

that the sting of one bee serves to mollify, pre-
vent the swelling, and in effect, to cure the sting
of another" lie relates that his little brother
was once stung by bees to such an extent that
he-Sydserf-pulled several stings from his
tongue, and thirteen from one of his ears. The
boy did not subsequently suffer atal from the
effects of the wounds. Sydserif further says
that if he is stung by two bees, the swelling is
not SO great as arises from the sting of one bee.
If stung by ten bees, the swelling is very little
or none at all On one occasion, while suffer-
ing from one set of stings, new set was infiict-
ed, and to his great astonishment all pain was
instantly removed, and the swelling passed off.
Three days after this he WIS again very much
stung, but these had no effect whatever upon
him, and he only felt them when they first
pricked. He recommends, decidedly, as the
best remedy fora wonnd, that another bee be
iinmediTely Nrsuadcs to sting near the same
place We presume the homepathists would
claim this remedy as Pertaining to their prac-
tice.--Boston Journal.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-08-31

Stick TO SOME ONE PURsUr.-There cannot be
greater error than to bo frequently changing
ones business If any man will look around
and notice who have got rich and who have not,
out of those he started in life with, he will find
that the successful have generally stuck to some
one pursuit. Two lawyers for example begin
to practice at the same. time. One deyotes his
whole mind to his profession, lays in slowly a
stock Of Legal learning, and waits patiently ii
may bo for years, ill he gains an opportunity
to show his superiority. The other trring of
such slow work, dasics into politics. Gener-
ally, at the end of twenty years, the latter will
not be worth penny, while tho former will
have handsome practice, and count his tens of
thousands in bank stock or mortgages Two
clerks attain majority simultaneously. One
remains with his former employers, or ut least
in the samc line Of trade, at first on small
salary, then on larger, until finally, if he is
meritorious, he is taken into partnership. The
other thinks it beneath him to gil a subordinate
position, now that he has become a man. and
accordingly tarts in some other business on Ills
own account, or undertakes Il new firm in the
old line of trade. Where does he end Often
in insolvency, rarely in riches. To this every
merchant can testify. young man is bred IL
mechanic. He acquires diStaste for his trade,
however thinks it is IL tedious way to get ahead
and sets out for the West or for California. But,
in most cases. the most reckless, discontented,
and speculative spirit which carried him away
at first, renders continuous application at any
one place irksomc to him; and so he goes wan
dsring about tae world, sort of scmi-ciyilized
Arab, really vagrant in character, and sure to
die insolyent. Meantime his fellow apprentice,
who has staid at home, practising economy, and
working steadilyat his trade, has grown com
Portable in his circumstances and is even per-
haps citizen mark. There are men Of ability,
in every walk of life, who are notorious for
never getting along. Usually it is because they
never stick to any one business. just when
hey have mastered one pursuit, and are on the
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-08-31
Ubr Gamtlp Girlle.

We judge so specifically of things, that COM
mon words and actions, spoken and done in an
agreeable manner, with some knowledge of what
passes in the world, succeed often beyond the
greatest ability
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-08-31
J. W. wHEEL0CK, PAINTER.
y oetrp
For the Green Mountain Freeman.
OLD FRIENDS AND NEW.

OLD FRIENDS AND NEW.
asked girl with laughing eye,
whichnQst sle pFized, new friends, Or old ,sg
The LOOK She gave me plainly told,
That this would be her coy reply:
"I scarce can choose between the two;
The old are dear-I love the new"
asked youth which most he loved,
The hope that in his eye was beaming,
Most clearly told he still was dreaming
or friends whose love must yet be proved.
lie smiled and said 81 dare not tell.
fear love them both too w,l."
asked man which were most dear,
Old friends or new lie quick replied:
"To me most dear old friends and tried
'Ts them alone know sincere;
BE they in numbers e'er 50 fsw,
III keep the old, nor seek for new."
Aud one asked with temples white,
What choice was his /! lie sighed and said:
"The friends OF old long since are dead
Their m,norys my sole delight.
ask more to form new ties,
My home and friends are in the skies"
Then to my throSbing heart turned,
And, trembling made the same request
Dost love the old new tho best
It's bcatngs this rcponse returned:
'sThe friends of old, they're still how dear
Though not less dear the new,
If but through Life's vicssitudes,
They prove themselves as true" WILL.
ashington, VT, August, 1851
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-08-31

NUTNEGs.-On our return to the shop we WIS.,
tied nutmeg plantation. The trees, are from
tive y io thirty feet in height, are planted in
rows, at intervals Of about twenty feet The leaf
is dark green and glossy, resembling that of the
laurel, and the fruit, at little distance. might
be taken for small russell colored apple. When
ripe, the thick husk splits in the center show
ing scarlet nut-work of mace. enyeloping an
inner nut, black as ebony, the kernel of which
is the nutmeg Of commerce. The Glove tree, not
now in its bearing season, has some resemblance
to the leaf is smaller and the foliage more loose
and spreading. As we drove through the Or
chard the warm air of noon was heavy with
spice. The rich odors exhaled from the trees
penetrated the frame with sensation of Ian
guild and voluptuous repose. Perfume became
an appetite, ,and the senses were drugged with an
overpowering feelingof luxury. Had continu-
ed to indulge in it, should ere long have real
ized the Sybarite's complaint of his crumpled
rose lesf.-Bayasd Taylor.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-08-31
D.P THOMPSON, EDITOR & PROPRIETOR.

ioint of making money, they change it for
another, which they do not understand: and,
in little while, what little they are worth is
lost forever We know scores of such persons.
Go where you will, you will generally find that
the men who have failed in life are those who
never stuck to one thing long.-Phiiadelphia
7 IL,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-08-31

Said one to an aged friend, 81 had letter
from distant correspondent, the other day
who inquired if you were in the land of the
lividg.' "No," replied the saint-like, venera-
Bile man, "but I ain going there This world
is alone the land of shadows; and the eternal
is the only one of living realities"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-08-31

BoNAPARTE's POVERTY IN EARLY LFE.----
rbiers, in bis history of the Consulate, recites
someaavery strange and previously unknown par
tculars respecting the early lic and pennry
OF Napoleon Bonaparte. 1t appears that after
he had obtained subaltorn's commission in the
French service, by his skill and daring at Tou-
lon, he lived for somo time in Paris in obscure
lodgings, and in such extreme poverty that be
was often without the means Of paying ten sous
(tcn ccnts) for his dinner, and frequently went
without any at all He was under the necessi-
ty Of borrowing small sums, and even worn-out
clothes, from lis acquaintances He and his
brother Louis, afterwards King of Holland, had
at one time, only coat between them, SO that
the brothers could only 60 out alternately,
time about. At this crisis, the chief benefac-
tor OF the future emperor and conquercr "at
whose as y name tue world grew pale" was
the actor Talma, who often gave him food aud
money. Napoleon's face, afterwards SO famed
for its classical mould, was, during that period
u starvation, harsh and angular in its Inca
nents, with projecting cheek bones. His mea-
ser form brought on an unpleasant and insight
y cutaneous disease, OF type so virulent and
Malignant, chat it took all the skill and assi-
'uity OF his accomplished physician Coryisart,
20 cxpol it, after duration of more than ten
years.
Ihe squalid bessar then, the splendid cmpe-
ror afterwards; he threadbare habiliments and
Aperial mantle; the meager food aud gorge
ons banquet; the friendship of poor actor,
the homage and terror of the world; an exile
and prisoner. Such are the ups and downs of
this changoful life; such are the lights and
shadows Of the great and mighty.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-08-31

Vanity is so constantly solicitouso Of self, that,
even where its own.rlaims are not interested, it
Indirectly seeks ailment which it loves, by show
irry ,,v-siit.,v rs deserved by. other -ss6
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-08-31

TOBACCO.
In the deed of trust made by DR.. Eliphalet
Mott, and Urania Z. Nott his wife, of six
hundred and ten thousand dollars, for the use
of Union College, New York, are the following
stipulations -.
sit is earnestly recommended to, and expect
ed of, every professor to avoid the use of tobac-
co, in any of its forms.
And each assistant professor, before entering
on the duties of his Office, shall subscribe, in
the book to be provided therefor, declaration
in the words following, to wit:
~ solemnly promise that will neither use
tobacco in any of its forms, 50 long as | con-
tiyue to receive the ayails of an assistant pro-
fessorship, founded by the deed Of trust execu-
ted by Eliphalet Mott and Urana L. Mott to
the Trustees of Union College, bearing date the
29th day of December, 1858, and that | will
discourage the use of such articles"
The Buffalo Democrat remarks -
"The reason for adcising the professor not to
Use the poison, and forbidding the assistant pro-
fessor to use it, is perhaps to be found in the
difference between their ages, and in the impor"
tant fact that the assistant professors are more
Immediately in contact with the young students,
and therefore much more likely to influence
them by example.
From knowledge Of the dynamic action
of tobacco upon the constitution of man, de-
rived from an experience of fifty years, among
thousands of youth Of every temperament, the
great teacher knows well that the weed is exceed
ingly injurious to those that use it, and cs-
pecially SO to boys Of immature organizations,
and leading sedentary lives. Its action is well
known. 1t induces dyspepsia, affects the sight,
produces vertigo, paritation of the heart, hnsAes
of sweat on slight excitations, loss Of flesh, ex-
treme nervousness, loss of memory, and dal
ness Of the faculties. When CONSUMED to cx-
cees, worse and more fgonoanced symptoms
than these manifest themselves.
/" The wise old man moreover knew, from
half ccntury's observation, that the stimulus
of tobacco craved sympathetically other stimu-
lus. The Sophomore that chewed and smoked
freely, got his nervous system into a condition
where the bracing influence Of brandy was but
too agreeable. All stimuli Of the human or
ganization are Of one kindred. Tobacco and
alcohol are cousins german. Cigars and pipes
invariably accompany the wine, in every college
feast. The President knew too we'll the agency
Of tobacco in whipping and squirting the ner
vous system of the young and unbaked fool of
Il student into exccsses and follies that peculiar
y attack Boys oi nineteen and twenty, away
from their mothers, associating only with those
Of their own age, and leading life which stim-
ulates the imagination, while it does not inform
tho reason. We honor the good and wise old
man, for this provision in his imperial gift to
Union College. 1t viii do much good
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-08-31

THECAUsEs OF CHAIF LIoHTNING.--in a discoures
recently read before thr Royal Academy, by Mr..
". R. Groye, ii was stated and proved by expe-
riment, that the effects of frareiaetion upon gases.
either as produced by the air pump or by heat,
tend to render discharges of electricity more fa-
cile, and to enable them to pass across much
large spaces than would otherwise be the case.
So strikingly was this evidenced with flame, that
when the hamo ofa spirit lamp was held near
one of the terminal points of the coil apparatus
Ruhmkorff, the terminals being separated to
distance far beyond that at which the spark
would pass in cold air, the spark darted to and
along the margin Of the flame, and could be
curved or twisted abo ut in any direction, at the
will of tho experimenter, giving @ perfect illus
tration of the crooked form of lightning, and Of
the probable reason why it does not pass in
straight lines-the temperature of the air being
different at different points of its passage, and
much of this variation of temperature being in
all probability occasoned by the mechanical Of
fects of the dischage itself upon the air.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-08-31
VOLUME XII. NO. So.

oelngs having hearts susceptible of human love-
" hat with frauds and expressions, vanity and
ostentation, frightful intemperance, rowdyism
ana CRIME, induced by ,recless despair the great
oody OF the operative denizens here live the life
OF demons. In the language of an able cotem-
porary, cities and city life are all in state Of
horrible disorder. The magnificent results which
ought to spring from the combination and CO.
operation of SO many thousand contrasted INTEL
iects and capacities, are still undeveloped, from
the entire absence of harmonious organization
of the active interests and forces which create
the movement of society. Instead of these re-
suits, we have nothing but discordant interests
and passion-blind competition, which in every
occupation and employment establishes, for
pretty momentary advantage, precedents and
and practices whea must destroy itself-and
such shameless individual hyprocgiav ard scf6sh-
ness as make misery in0theE the only chance
T for comfort for ones self 1t is as il band of
lunatics were to take possession Of an orches-
ira, each selling one of the instruments which
In proper hands can discourse much eloquent
music, and all uniting in "a deafaning and ter.
rife uproar
In the present state and tendency Of things,
the country is the only home of an imperfectly
developed indastry-the only escape from life
Of narrowing toll and care by day, and frightful
dreams at night. Unless called by some specific
and imperative duty let no sane man or woman
think Of tempting the perils and the miseries of
Il city life There are always enough of rogues,
lunatics, men Of genius, and other distinguished
characters, male and female, to populate our
cities; and even were there not, we do not
know that mankind would have reason to COM
plain. As for all honest, bright, sincere and
well-meaning persons, we beseech them to re-
main in the sanctuary Of the counry. If they
could but know the fierce longing and envy for
their calm and hcalthful existence which RACES
in the city slaves breast, whenever he dares to
think, people in the country would shudder at
the fate they still have power to escape
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-08-31

The skeleton of the Mastodon dug up at
Newburg, N. Y, few years ago, is in the
possession of Dr. Warren of Boston, who has
erected fre-proof building for its preservation,
at an expense of about ton thousand dollars
1t is twelve feet high, and weighs twenty-two
thousand pounds.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-08-31

War engaging greater odds than any British
sailor in a melo-drama ever ventured upon, are
told by disbanded volunteers throughout the
States.
Anecdotes calculated to propitiate the Peace
Society appear in Californian papers, mention
ing that large parties of Indians beholding these
irresistible peace-nkers in the hands Of hand
full ofgold carriers, have been seen to drop their
greedy eyes and stink away. Our own officers
at the Cape of Good Hope, who were graciously
permitted to purchase Colts revolvers for their
own usos with their own money, relate their
marvellous achievements, till her Majesty Board
of Ordnance begin to hear of them. When
British and Russian gun boats shall have come
to hand-to-hand fighting in the narrow and shall
low channels of the Finlandic Archipelago, we
may perhaps hear of them again. Household
Words -
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