Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-01-19
Che Nous GIeoner.
NOTES ATTACHMENTS.

last weeks Freeman miss reading the heart
touching story of Emanual Damon, principally
told by Judge 'Larabee of Wisconsin, before
whom his heartless murderers were tried and
convicted' If 50, look up the paper and read
1t. for it recounts one of the most remarkable
incidents Of the times, and one that cannot be
forgotten; and we arc glad to learn, by late
paper, that a movement is making to erect a
monument to the memory of this little MARTYR
to Tmth
FEMALE Type Settlers. scheme Of EN-
poylng females to set type in printing Offices,
has, the past year, been making great progress
In various parts of the country and we can
sec no earthly reason why the practice should
net become general SO far as relates to COMPOSE
TON. 1t would give more profitable employment
to class of females now working for the most
inadequate wages-it would lessen the expenses
OF printing establishments, and, for general
thing, we suspect, be the means Of mcnding both
their appearance and morals
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DIN, one of the greatest minds of New Eng
land s rearing, was, while at Middlebury Col
lege, of which he was graduate, alike noted
for his love OF disputation, and his ingenious and
practical way of disanning his opponents in az
gumast- One severe cold day in March, as he
stood with classnate of about as much pride
of opinion and tenacity of purpose as himself,
looking out of hisNCollege room window, down
upon the Otter Greek, which, few DAYS before,
had been broken up by winter food, that had
lett the current clear, but strpwcd the banks
with massive cakes of ice, the latter advanced
an argument to show that battling was as equally
safe i'll winter as in GUNNER. DIN. as was his
wont, advanced another to show the f.lsity and
folly Of the position. This brought out re-
londer, and the dispute was carried on with
much emrnestness, for some time: when DIN,
suddenly pausng, said, perhaps yoa are right
and sincere; bat the thing can be SO easily test
ed, that it is hardly worth the while to prolong
the discussion. You see that large cake of ice
jatting outaover the Creek down there! Now
l't ua both proceed to the spot, strip, and dive
| off. What hesitatng''
| "No, sir
81 Come on then"
And they both seized their hats and started
for the Creek, each fully expecting, every rod of
the way, that the other would back out
But neither showed the least sign of misgiving,
and they reached and mounted the cake of ice.
" Now strip p" said Oln, throwing off his
coat by way of example.
1t was done.
" Now dive p"
And souso they both went into the turbid ice
water beneath; but probably no two fellows wore
ever more thankful than they to reach the sur
face, climb up the bank, and reach their clothes
on the ice. They dressed as quickly as possible,
and run for the College, on reaching which they
We're both 50 hoarso tina, they could scarcely
speak.
"Ah what ;.ils your yoice'' cried Olin
triumrhantly. Where is yoar argument, as
to the safety of the thing, now! And as to Your
own sincerity, it was all CANNON; but I'll adj
nit yoa have as much pride as most of folks,
So here endcth the first, and last lesson III ever
have with You on practical argument
We have the best reason in the world to know
that tic above is strictly fact
The SorLE DUELs.-With what pride must
the American peoll look upon the examples set
to represent their customs and sentiments before
the eyes of Europe,by ambassador Soule and his
son In Spain, tue son fighting duel witha Duko
io1 harmless joke uttered at a party, on his
l mother dress, and the father fighting and per-
haps mortally woundng his host because he did
not think it reasonable to apologize for the of
tending remark Of another, with which he had
nothing to do!
This is specimen Of the Southern chivalry
We witnessed one oursclf, in our younger DAYS.
young cheyalier, who had Just returned from
West Point to his home in the South, imbued
with double portion of fight and chivalrous
fustian, happened, at Barbecue, to have the
modification of seeing his invited partner of the
dance led off by another fellow; whereat tho
brave chevaler aforesaid sprang on to bench
and exclaimed:
" Ladies and gentlemen pronounce Join
: Mundle scoundrel and coward!'
Friends then led the foaming sprig into an
other room to await the expected challenge,
which'soon came, to fight with PISTOLS at ten
PAGES. in one hour, in a ncishboring field.
Now, really" said our West Point hero,
not only cooling off quite rapidly, but soon
growing terribly uneasy now-really 1t
: is a great pity I'm sorry for him. shall
certainly kill him at the first shot, poor fellow
and then his family. Yes-yes-!md enough
Now to stop this certain effasion of blood, sup
pose some one run down to the Sheriff to come
and put Us under bonds -
The suggestion was followed but the Sheriff,
i happening to he man of sense, laughed and
r declared he would not crafty the Young fools
1 so much"
, This news being brought to the equally anx-
r lous proposed contestants, they both, by re-
, narkablc coincidence, were taken alarninglv
i'll of cholie before the appointed hour arrived,
, and taken home, which happily put an end to
this bloody duel
$ So much for the chivalry The Green Noun
tain boys alone have more aggregate true courage
than the whole of the South togasber. And if
President Pierce is half tho Christian or half
the jackson his friends claim him to be, he will
forthwith recall Minister Soule, and send him
back in disgrace to the swamps of the Mississippi
, to cxpend his powder on the alligators, who
will not be 50 likely as the Spanish Dons to ac-