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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-01-19
Ibe family GirtIe.

No SABBATn.--In Prize Essay on the
Sabbath, " written by journeyman printer in
Scotland-which for singular power of Ian
guage and beauty of expression has never been
sifpassed-thera occurs the following passage.
Read it, and then reflect for while, what a
dreary and desolate page would this life pre-
sont if the Sabbath was botted out from our
calculations
lokafellow think how the abstraction of
the Sabbath would hopelessly enslave the work.
ing classes, with whom we are identified. Think
of labor thus goiag on in one monotonous and
eternal cycle--limbs forever on the rack, che
fingers forever playing, the eyeballs forever
straining, the brow forever sweating, the feet
forever plodding, the brain forever throbbing,
the shoulders forever dropping, the lons forever
aching, and the restless mind forever scheming
"Think Of the beauty it would cAace; of the
merry heartedncss it would cxtinguish Of the
giant strength it would tame of the resources
of nature it would exhaust; Of the aspiration,
it would crush of the sickness it would breed
of the projects it would wreck; of the groanl
it would extort; Of the lives it would immo
late and of the cheerless graves that it woult
prematurely dig See them, toiling and moil
ing, sweating a lreting, grinding and hcwing
weaving and spinning, stewing and gathering
moving and rcaping, razing and building, dig
ging and planting, unloading and storing, striv
ing and struggling-in the garden and in th'
field, in the grinery and in the barn, in th'
factory and in thu mill, in the warehouse an'
in the shop, on the mountain and it the ditch
on tbs roadside and in the wood, in the cit,
ami in the country, on the sea and on the shore
IN Ne earth, in the days of brightness and o
slo.n. What sad picture would the worlt
prAs,nt if We had no Sabbath
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-01-19

those seoundrels at Trenton. A champagne
supper for was it "a breakfast!) did the busi-
ness for them. Put on you bonnet and let us
go to the preachers at once, dearest
The widow (who was among widows as
peaches are among apples,) put on her bonnet
and took Jones' arm, and
&C Just look how handsome II Is put on parch-
ment " cried Jones, pulling out the document
before her. g Here's the law which says that
Jacob Jones and Anna Caroline Jones are two !"
Pntting her plump glovod hand on his shoulder,
she did look at it.
" Oh dear." she said, with her rosebud lips,
and sank back, half fainting, on the sofa.
"Oh blazes ! !" cried Jones, and sank beside
her, rustling the fatal parchment in his hand.
/" Here's lots of happiness and champagne gone
to ruin
1t was hard case. Instead of being divorced
and at liberty to marry the widow, Jacob Jones
was simply by the Legislature of New Jersey,
ine"rperetod into a tUrspike company, ana what
made it worse, authorized with his brother di-
rectors, to construct turnpike from Burling-
ton to Bristol. When you reflect that Burling-
ton and Bristol are located Just mile apart, on
opposite sides of the Delaware river, you will
perceive the extreme hopclessncss of Jones'
case
" It's all the fault of that turnpike man, who
gave 'em the champagne supper, Or was it a
breakfast" " cried Jones, in agony. "If they
had chartered Inc to be turnpike from Pig
Run to Terrapin Hollow, might have borne it,
but the very idea of building turnpike from
Burlington to Bristol bears an absurdity on the
face of it, So it did.
50 And you amt divorced!" said Eliza, q
tear mlling down each cheek
"No!" thundered Jones, crushing his hat
between his knees, ''and what is worse the
Legislature is adjourned, and gone home drunk
and won't be back to Trenton till next year ~
1t was hard case
The mistake I had occurred on the last day
of session, when legislators and transcribing
clerks were laboring under the effects of cham
pagne supper followed by a champagne break.
fast. Smiths name had been put where Jones +
ought to have been, and ",viscy jersey" as the
Latin poet has it.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-01-19
A TEMPERANCE LESSON.

On Thanksgiving afternoon, we went to sec
an old gentleman, Uncle s.. who lived on
Long Island, OH his farm, near Brooklyn. Mr.
S. is from Germany, and has been for
some years strong temperance man, although
brought up with an ardent appreciation Of the
grape juice.
"Uncle," said We, as we drank large tan
kard Of cider, while partaking at his bountiful
table, chow came you to relinquish the use Of
wine!'
"Well," responded the hale old gentleman,
unbuttoning his vest to make room for the third
plate of turkey, to which he had helped him
self, ~ tolls ydd, den: When first | came from
Jarmany, we moved into Lancaster county, in
Pennsylvania, and dere was no wine so every
year we make barrel of cherry bounce, and
we all gets trunk on it regular every Sunday
evening. Nexht Shpring when der bounce was
all drinked up, geefs der cherries to der hogs
Der consequence was,-der hogs git shoost as
drunk, as drunk as lot of beeples
By-and-byc, hogs get sober again, and
tries en- nit anoder mess Der hogs was very
hungry, and come runnin' up to the trough,
schquaalin' like der tuyvel; den dey stick in
der shnonts, and shmack deir chops till dey gil
taste of der cherries and den dey all rur
around deir yard nit der tongues wide open ant
deir mouths hanging out, and rub de grount
again deir noses, to take away deir tashte. Hog
couldn't stand it, no how-make dem orfu
sick.
"0ld dad said," neffar geefs it up dat way
80, nexht week geefs der hogs anoder mess o
der cherries; and when comes init der buckle
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-01-19
spIRIT-RAppING SUIT IN CLEVELAND.

The suit of DR.. Underhill, of this city, against
Gen. Jarvis, of Massilon, was commenced yes
terday. Judge Spaulding, Payne, and Tilden,
attorneys for plaintiff, and Hon. D. X. Carter,
Mason and Estep for defendant. The case open
ed with contest between counsel for the inside
track, or rather who should have the opening
and closing speeches. Plaintiff obtained the
choice of track by decision of Court. The suit
was instituted for libel. During the winter of
1851, considerable excitement prevailed in Mas
sllon, growing out of the spirit rappings, then
prevalent in that section.
1t seems that the believers in the new spiritu-
al theory sent for one Abby Warner, a noted
medium then residing in this city, to come
down to MassiIlon and get up the knock
ings Astonishing manifestations ofspirits were
made through her and prosclyt:s to the new faith
rapidly multiplied. After tarrying many days
among the brethren, and doing wonderful works,
the spirit moved the medium to attend the Epis-
copalan Festival at st. Timothys church, DUR
ing Christmas week. Abbey was pres mt at said
meeting, as were DR.. Underhill and many other
spiritualists. Shortly after the services began,
the knockings also began, and were kept up to
the great annoyance of the congregation during
the service The next issue Of the Massi Hon
Ne,cs contained an article signed by Gen. Jarvis
and others, which reflected strongly on DR.. I'm
dcrhll, charging him with helping to get up
the knockings for the purpose of disturbing the
meeting, and setting forth, that the sounds were
produced by physical energy. The Doctor was
represented as bad man, deserving the scorn
and contempt of every good citizen. Smarting
under these accusations, the Doctor sought an
opportunity to justify his character before a ju-
ry, and accordingly when Gen. Jarvis attended
the State Fair, held in this city, summons was
served upon him.
Several depositions were read from respectful
citizens, that the noises could not have been
mado by Abby Warner, as alleged, but were
Involuntary on her part, and produced without
the concurrence Of her will. 1t was proved that
while the sounds were making, her feet were on
the knecling board, her hands on her lap; that
she sat perfectly still, moving neither hand nor
foot The plaintiff offered the testimony of
committee of FIVE persons, who had inyestisa-
ted the cause of the appings, and came to the
conclusion that similar sounds were produced
without physical agency.
The defence objected to the testimony as mad
mss,ble and improper. Carter made one of his
inimitable speeches on the motion for its rejec-
ton. He claimed that under the present con,
sttution and legal practice, that the testimony
tof disembodied, unstomached witnesses, was moi
admissible, that the case must be kept withir
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-01-19
D. ?. THOMPSON, EDITOR & PROPRIETOR

to feed en-, right away dey seen something
wrong. Up dey all walks slowly to deir feed !;
and, when dey schnclt der cherries, deg all
turned right around nit DER hind quarters
to der trough!
/" Ever since dat time, mine poy, when der
prandy subject comes up shoost rights about
face, and has nothing to do NIT der subject. y
We felt as though we had heard an impress
sive temperance lecture, and congratulated our
selves that Uncle $ had strengthened the
conviction that temperance is better than indul-
gence.--N. Y. Jour. of Commerce.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-01-19
TO BE CONTINUED. I

ISAAC WArrs.-Dr, johnson said "Watts
has done well what nobody else could do at all.
After all the improvements that have been made
in versihoation, in metre, melody, smoothness
and force, since the days of Watts it is still to
be doubted whether greater yersifcr than he
he's written in the English language,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-01-19
miscellaneous.
NEW LIGHT ON THE OLD FRENCH WAR

NEW LIGHT ON THE OLD FRENCH WAR.
The following narrative, which has reached
us from a friend in Europe collecting unpub-
lished matter connected with the early history
of America, is doubtless authentic, and as it
has never been Published, and as it relates to
the memorable campaign ending in the dreadful
massacre of Fort William Henry, we believe it
cannot fail to interest our readers. 1t will oc-
cupy one or two of oar columns several weeks
to complete the publication. Ed.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-01-19

LONGEVITY following is list of those
individuals who are known to have lived in mo-
dern days to an age of $50 years and upwards
Peter Tortin, aged lS5-born in Hungary--died
1724. Gilmour NJ Grain, aged lS0--Isle of Ju-
ra-----. Louis Truxo, aged l75--South Amer
ica-l7SO Henry Jenkins, aged l69-York
shire, England-l6S0. Thomas Parr, aged l52
--Shropshire, England--l6S4, James Bowles.
aged 52-Warwiekshire--l655. Francis Car
list, aged l50-Yorkshire-l75S,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-01-19

EXPEDITION TO THE AMAZON enterprise
has been projected in New York, which promis-
es to open new market for our manufactures,
and extend our commerce into regions where it
has never before penetrated. A company with
capital of 100000 proposes to send first
class river steamer, 100 feet long, now nearly
ready for sea, on trading voyage to the head
waters Of the Amazon. Of the capital, it's
said. 100000 is already subscribed,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-01-19
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-01-19

The Algouquns the most ancient aal powerful peo-
pie that dwell around the five Likes from which the river st.
Lawrence flowed They occupd the north of hess lakes the
roquos the east the Illinois the west and the Hur)ns the
south But the Agouqans attacked by their united neigh
bors were almost entirely destroyed, and divided themselves
into little tribes and mingled with their conquerors partc-
lary with the roqoi to whose victorious arms the Hurons
finally yielded and thus ended their existence az people,
The Agouquins were united with the English in the wars
which they made with us in North America However, the
Abuaks who were of the Agouquns race united with US In
arms and embraced for the most part the Catholic religion
Now Crown Point. I'm.
TO BE CONTINUED
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-01-19

CoRPuLENCE A CRINE.-Mr. Bruce,' in his
Classic and Historic Portraits, speaks Of the
dangers of becoming too fat in Sparta -
The ancient Spartan paid as much atten-
ton to the rearing of men, as the cattle beed-
ers in modern England DO to the breeding OF
cattle. They took charge of the frmness and
loseness of mans flesh, and regulated the de-
gree of fatness to which it was lawful, in a
free state, for any citizen to extend his body,
Those who dared to grow too fat or too soft
for military exercise and the service of Sparta,
were soundly whipped. In one particular in
stance, that of Nuclis, the son of Polybus, the
offender was brought before the Ephori, and q
meeting of the whole people of Sparta, at which
his unlawful fatness was publicly exposed, and
he was threatened with perpetual banishment II
he did not bring his body within the regular
Spartan compass, and give up his culpable mode
of living, which was declared to be more worthy
os an Ionian than son of Lacedemon."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-01-19

BAYARp TAYLOR arrived in New York, lately,
direct from China, in the clipper Sea Serpent.
He left New York on the 2Sth Of August, 1851,
and has been gone two years and four months.
In this time he has visited most Of the coun-
tries Of Earope, has ascended the Nile further
than any other American or English traveller,
.journeyed in Palestine, Asia Minor and India,
visited China twice, and taken part in the
American Expedition to Japan. He has travelled
altogether some fifty thousand miles, and in all
adventures and intercourse with men of every
cline and race has been received with kindness
and attended y uniform good fortune. From
the time OF leaving till his return, he has met
with no accident, but has found everything to
favor his purposes, and help him on. He re-
turns to America in excellent health and spirits.
ready to apply to use the varied experience and
information gathered in this long tour.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-01-19

A new volume of poems, under the title
Passion Flowers has appeared with the
wing " Salutatory;"
al hay, sung to lowly hearts
OF tlcir own music, only deeper;
!ay ,ung through the dusty .road
f ig seeds for the unknown reaper.
! tss piped at cottage @oors
Is sweetest measures, merry and sad,
ati.g Toll from his grinding task,
.Aul setii ir the ing rust:cs mad.
Without .r,ci us to hear
Languidy flows the tide of song
Waters uihelped Of bank or brake,
Slowly, sluggshy creep along
Ere this mystery Of lif.
Solving, scatters It's form in air,
Let me feel that l have lived
In the music Of a prayer.
II the headsman of our tribe,
(The stern reviewer, friends, mean,)
Bring me bound in the markct-pace,
Then, like mournful Anne Boleyn,
will stretch my slender neck,
Passive in the public views
Tell him, with Il paintive smile,
That his task is easy to do"
"If wsoms ways you'd wisely seek
Five things observe with care
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-01-19

"If wislom's ways you'd wisely seek
Five things observe with care:
Of whom you speak-to whom you speak
And how-ani when-snd where"
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-10-27
Rrn,px,pIE AsEcporE. A corre.pon

REMARKABLE ASEcporE. A correspon.
den, Of the Aetersburg Express, a! Charles
town, Va, communicates 10 that paper the
following series Of incidents, which, II true,
are certainly very singular: Washington
was cus,on,ed 10 wear on his watch Two
seals, one gold and the other silver. Upon
one Of them the letters &C. W." were en-.
crayed, or rather cut. These seals he wore
about his person the terrible day Of Brad
docks defeat. On that day he los, the silver
seal. The gold one remained with the
general until The day Of his death, and was
then given by him 10 his nephew, a gentle.
man Of Virginia, who carefully preserved il
until abou, seventeen years ago, when ri
ding over his farm he dropped il. The other
day the gold seal, lost seventeen years ago
was /" plowed up" recognized from the
letters I" G. w" on il and restored to the
son of the gentleman 10 whom Washington
had presented it. A,almosi The same time
the silver seal los: in 1854, just one hun
dred years ago, was plowed up on The site
where Braddock was defeated, and in like
manner recognized from the letters &C.
W." So thai in a very short, time the
companions will be again united. have
this whole statement from the most reliable
source possible, namely, from the gentle
man himself, who has thus had restored 10
him these precious memenloes Of his great
ancestor.
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-10-27
Extraordinary Case of longevity.

A Stare of Gen. Wdshington's Still Lip-
ing-l20 Years Old. Marvellous and in
credible as il may seem, there is at present
living in Fayette county Pennsylvania, an
aged negro Who was slave Of Geo. Wash.
ineton, and Who cannot nov be less than
40 years old. HIS history is briefly this
He was brought in slave-ship from the
coast Of Guinia, to the port Of Philadelphia,
sometime between the years l760 and 10,
and was purchased together with nine others,
for farm hands on the Mount Vernon estate,
then owned by Col. Geo. Washington, (al-
ready man fnote in the Colonies, from his
services In the French and Indian wars. y
His name in his native country was Fun.
tumah," sut at Mount Vernon they gave
him the less barberous appellation ofSimon,,
to which he afterwards added the name OF
(" Washington" in honor Of his good mas
tor. Simon continued to reside at Mount
Vernon until the time Of the Revolution,
when, with others, be was sent out 10
tract of land in Fayette county, Pcnnsylva-
mia, owned by Gen. Washington, to assist In
the erection of a mill. After laboripg here
Tor some years hs was sold TO BAIL Brown. /.
from whom the town Of Brownsville is named
and he sold him. 70 Col. Edward Cook, in
whose service he remained ss long as he was
recognized a. slave. ~. " :. -1I1.
These arc the main points Of his life. In
proof Of their authenticity, we have the
venerable old negro's own story which he
told in the Same way, and without shadow
Of variation. to his neighbors, time out Of
mind, and his exceeding simple mindsdness.
entirely precludes the slishtest suspicion Of
is being an invention. Bssides, thero arc
those who remember him Mhsn Gsn. Wash.
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-10-27

WHISKY AND NEWSPAPERS. A glass df
whiskey Is manufactured from pefbaps A
dozen grains of mashed corn the value of
which is too small 10 be estimated. A pinto
this mixture sells at retail for one shilling and
II of a good brand it Is considered by is con.
sumers we'll worth the money. tits drank OF
in minute or two it fres the brain-rou.
ses the passions sharpens the appetite
deranges and weakens the physical system
1t Is gone-and swollen eyes, parched lips.
aud an aching head are rs followers. On
the samc sideboard upon which this Is ser.
we'd, lies q newspaper, the new white papar
of which cost three.iourths of q cent-the
composition for the whole edition costing
from ten to fifteen dollars per day. It is GOV.
cred with halt n million ol types, It brings
intelligence from tho four quarters OF the
globe-it has in its clearly printed columns
all that is strange or new ut home-it tells
you the state Of the market-giyes account
Of the last elopement, the execution of the
last murderer-and the latest steamboat OK.
plosi6n or railroad disaster--and yet for all
this, the newspaper costs less than the glass
Of grog- the juice Of few grains OF corn.
It Is. no less strange than true, that there
are large portion Of the community who
think the corn juice cheap and The newspa.
per dear, and the printer has hard work TO
collect his dimes, when the liquor dealers
are paid cheerfully. rHm ~ 'H' ''
How is this is the body bctter paymas.
ter than the head, and arc things ofthe mo.
ment more priced than things Of eternity I
Is the transient tickling Of the stomaci Of
more consequence than the Improvement Of
soul, and the information thatis essential to
q rational beipg' lf this had It's real value,
would no, The newspaper be worth many
pints Of whisky '-Forsst City.
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-10-27


The Committee were pleased TO see an
increased attention this year 10 this impor-
tan, par, Of our show, and in which they
hope in future 10 witness an increasing IN
ierest. .-.
The work was pretty well done, in good
time, and without huuying; and on the
whole a n,anifes, improvement, on former
trials, yet there is still room for imp'eve'
ment.
The condition and appearance OF the
several lots when finished, had material
bearing on the awards. The mos, notice.
able defect was the state Jf the middle
furrow, some OF the lots having been deep
and broad 10 an undesirable extent. A
little more care and leisure in putting in
and turning out the plow al the ends OF
the lots, 10 keep them s,ra:gh, and square,
would add much 10 the beauty OF the
work. There was also noticeable a differ
'ence in the s,raightness Of the first, or out.
side furow OF the several lots, 10 the disad.
vantage Of the competitor Of the adjoining
lot, who had 10 make like deviation 10
cover the ground, and marring the beauty oi
the whole.
These remarks must no, be considered
as censure, but as justice between COM
peiitors, and hint for future improve.
ment.
Committee on Flowing Match Rufus
NIcIn,ire, Of ParsOrsfeld; Seth Scamman'
of Saco; Joseph Frost, of Eliot; Joseph
p. Juukins, OF York, and DimOnd Roberts,
Of Lyman.
For the Committee,
... RUFUS MCINTYRE.
Biddeford, Oct. 5, 1884.