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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-02-15
VOLUME XII. NO. 8.

fraud, and allopathic force, tha
in this old myth; which stands written for
your instruction in enc OF the earliest records
of the Gothic race.
And now, quitting stories, Sir Benjamin,
hope that in your old age, (which may God ana
long put off and protract,) when
this Marylebene has been resigned, and your
palace of health is occupied by your succsssrs,
you will write final Bridgeyater Treaties, as
the legacy Of your faithful life and the record
Of your providential experiences, for the home
archieves of the British people. The wisdom,
power, and goodness of God displayed in the
creation. No longer the anatomical muscles
and tendons of the human hand, but the living
Divine Palmistry itself is your theme. The
revelation of God to man, in the great healing
power as it wells from God. You will shsw
that the smallest drops of the life Of nature,
juices beyond all eyes to see, have each their
predestinsd and most manifold play Of charities
for the human constitution That man is put
down upon planet made by an everlasting
physlcian-a globe whose fints, chalks and
sulphurs are to repair the old depth Of his dis
eases, and whose plants grow for our casualties,
and to palliate the trembes and pains that
seasonably arise out Of the stem of our weak
ness. You will show that poisons are run
through with goodness, and that serpeants are
emblems and processes of eternity in this also,
that life for the ailing mainsprings Of life lies
under their well-appointed fangs. You will
show that water and cir are great pharama-
cop@ias, as helping the world of medicaments
in solution the air columns of each perish for
itself, and the boundless envelope for ue all.
You will stand in wonder among the peaks and
spits of the electric laws, and will sarmise that
they also are medically precise that they pierce
the flashing heavens that health may come down.
In evidence of all this you will look with hum
BILE satisfaction at the unrolling of yoar Stats
tics. Like river getting purer and purer, they
run from the muddy beginnings of pestilence
and disease, by their own virture dissolve their
grievous freight, and tend US into the desired
haven and sea of clear and common old age.
The human hand Of Providence, Sir benjamin
the yain-work and sinew-work of Gods mercies,
is seen, and will be moro and more seen, in this
grand correspondence of nature with our wants,
and your wants in this medical suficency Of
the inverse to the primal creature. If you
please, it shall be the last theme that the first
Health Minister of this kingdom, as ho stand:
on the great brink, shall rehearso for our chill.
dren's children.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-02-15

MORAL FnAcRANcE.-" What pity" said a
little boy to his father, as they walked through
the garden, +" that the rose, after blooming, does
not produce fruit, and thus return thank-of-
fering in summer, for the lovely season of its
spring-life. Now, it is called the flower of in
nocenco and joy; then, it would be also the
emblem of gratitude" The father answered,
"Does it not offer all its loveiness to beautify
the spring and, for the dew and light which it
receives from above, does it not fill the air with
its delicate fragrance Thus, like gratitude,
bestowing charm unseen, which enhances eve
ry other good. Created for the spring, it dies
with the spring but its wthered leaves retain
portion of its sweet fragrance: 50 in the heart
Of innocence does gratitude abide, after the kind
deed, which called it forth, is forgotten in ou1
breast '--Krummacher.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-02-15

The MILWAUKEE RIFLE.--Mr. J. c. Howe, at
Milwaukee, genuine Yankee, has invented q
most formidable 6rearm, hreech-loading rife,
that promises to go ahead of anything else in this
line, ever got up. 1t can easily be loaded and
fred IL times in minute. The diameter Of the
barrel diminishes from tho breech to the muzzls,
causing the ball or slug to t the grooves exactly,
thus destroying the ,Oindage. The cartridge tits
into the base of the barrel, like the countsEsunk
head Of a screw, preventing any escape OF gas
The rife is also selfcapping. At 40 yards, it
drove ball thirteen inches into solid pine tim
ber, and it is claimed that it will carry mile
and a half with force and precision. The editor
of Wisconsin paper says he has seen sundry re-
markable experiments tried with it, and believes
it to be great and most promising invention'
and one bound to securs for Mr., Howe Fortune
~ Y Family Journal
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-02-15
f FEBRUARY Is, 1855.

As for Ham, after having been chosen consta-
bic in "the orderly and peaceable town of Sa-
lem, !" he fell out with the Deacon, left him,
returned to the State of Maine, repented of his
sins, joined an orthodox church, and became a
man of sober life and conversation. But alas
TOR his companions! They were respectable till
the onset, but soon scattered and came to naught
One lost his property, another his life, and a
THIRD moved to the far West, because, as he
said, he would not live in town where the
first inquiry on the arrival of every stranger,
is" Where is Deacon Giles Distillery =
Show me Deacon Giles Distillery,'
And what has become of the old distillery-
will be as anxiously asked by every reader now
as its kindred question was by every seranger
formerly. Alas! its fnality was more tragical
even, than that of any one of the assaulters.
But as it lived an eventful life, some further
account Of that viii first be expected The
reader has already been made acquainted with
its works till within . few years Of It's close.
We'd. whcn isse Deacon and his company had
ceased operation, and the smoke Of their fires
had ceased to ascend, the old building itself
looked sorry, and seemed to repent. 1t did in
deed meet with sudden change, and brought
forth fruits meet for repentance. 1t was bought
up by James N. Buffom, the most thorough
tectotaller in that region, and concerted into a
sort of Temperance Asylum, Mansion House, OR
Hall for Temperance Jubilees; and was dedica-
ted by grand tea party of teetotaliers, male
and female, who held their first jubilee there,
and made it as merry, by the manufacture Of
toasts and songs, jokes and jibes, as the Deacons
company of strolling dsvils had, in manufactur-
ing their bewitching tricks upon the Deacon
and his customers. But this was too much for
flesh and blood to bear; and one night the old
distellery took FIRE and burned down, whether
by self combustion, by being saturated or sur
charged with spirits, or whether it was ignited
by some incendiary, in consequence of its hav-
ing became an object of hatred, is not known.
1t lived turbulent life, but died peaceful
death. Peace to its ashes.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-02-15
We 60, we 60,

From spring to sea, like the river we go
Through plenty and poverty, grandeur and wo;
From the happy nook where our life began,
To the busy scenes Of the busy man.
Thro' all that on earth is bright and fair
Thro the ills that corrupt and the dangers that snare
Hurrying and spurning the shore,
And passing from sight to be more;
But sailing away, like the mighty river
With outstretched arms to the vast FOR EVER -
And thus, from our birth to Eternity's flow,
From the spring to the like the river we 60.
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Our correspondent must excuse US for the
liberty we have taken with his article, in trying
to remedy some obscurities, &C., in the meaning
Clearness in the sense and correct measure
should be deemed indispensable in any article
forwarded for publication.
Ed. OF FREEMAN.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-02-15

In Is4s two men, named Tuttle and Brown
one living in Acton and the other in Conooro'
went to law to determine the weighsy question
whether a coA with one dry teas should be sold
at full price. A final decision in the negative
wss piyeu at Cambridge last week, at cost Of
over $780,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-02-15
Altstellaneolls.
DEACON GILES, DIsTILLERY,

DEACON GILES DIsTILLERY.
The Boston Telegraph has furnished us with
the following history of Dr. Cheevers noted
production entitled " DEACON GILES DIsTILL-
ERY, which it considers as forming the I'd era in
the Temperance agitation. The particulars at
tending the writing and publication of any pro-
duction occupying SO prominent place in the
public mind, as this has done, ut the time of its
appearance in 1885, and ever since, should not,
and can not fail to interest not only the friends
of temperance, but all classes of readers.
Ed. OF FREEMAN.
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GREEN MOUNTAIN FREEMAN.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING,
OGce.. ....... Oper Hubbard q Blake's Store,
Matn Street, Montpelier, Vt.

Tsaas-)ae d)llar aud fifty cents per year in advance
500 after three months. Village subscribers who have
tn bic papers lsft at their door, $500.
Avsrnnsats iuserte1 in neat and tasty syle at GUS
tomary prices.
Po5ite AL sl,ther Legal Notices published at the usual
rates.
III eachtown in Washington County
free postage The postage for any distance within the State
will be 10 cents per year. payable quarterly in advanced FOL
any distance out Of the Sac % cents yearso payable
advance Where payment Is not made quarterly in ad-
ance, double these rates are charged.
J. W. wHEELoCK, PRINTER.
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HOW RUSSIA FIRST GOT THE CRIMEA.
Chambers's Repository contains an account
which will be interesting at the present time, of
the means by which Russia became possessed of
the portion of territory which the English and
French forces are now trying to wrcst from her.
1t forms part of a biographical sketch of the
fomouo
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-02-15

who could blame them if they "a mob) should,
In their honest indignation, assail the offender
and administer juitice in summary manner
IL - J--6 w pN~''
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-08-01
The Sag NIGHTS.

It is confidently believed by many OF
the uninitiated, that this order of polltl-
clans has become Systematically organized
in this city. To what extent they nave
succeeded in enlisting recruits to their or
der we have not the means of knowing
1t is supposed, however, that their num-
her cannot be much short Of the number
of candidates for nomination in the old
line ranks of the dear Democracy-to
serve the people of the county this fall
IF so. their name must be legion. We
should be sorry in any way to misrepresent
the policy, or misstate the ritual of this
class of politicians, but noticing in some
of our exchanges he alleged obligations
of the second degree members Of this sa-
cred order, we publish it for the informa'
ton of all parties, without vouching for
its correctness. Here it is:
"Brother, you are now about to take
upon yourself the obligation of the Sec
ond Degree of this Democratic and truly
Catholic order of Say-Nothings, commonl!!
called "sag-Nichts." Place yourself il
a situation to receive it-arms crossed up
on your breast-eyes raised towards heav
en-. Repeat after me the obligation:
A. B. pronounce your proper name, pra
that God may strike me with imbccillt
and madness when I cease to oppose Kno'
Nothingism! May heaven overWhelm m
. with its tbunders when | cease to hate th
Order May the anger of God, OF Pe''
: and Paul, and of Washington, Jefferso
and Jackson fall upon me in this worlc
and be my punishment in the next, if
e cease to war upon this self-constitute
: American party! May the whole univer'
= revolt against me, if I cease to be reg
n lar contributing member of this society
|, May the earth swallow me up alive If
IS prove unfaithful to my solemn vows! MI
If my name perish from the memory Of mi
t. if 1 ever vote foT a Wing Or Democr
'e who favors Know Nothingism! And nj
J. NY flesh be boiled, roasted, baked, frie
D. beat, and hashed by savages if | st
n away f.om the ballot-box on the day Of
at election when Know Nothing is CAM
le date p
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-08-01
A Word from b. W. Bsschsr.

A noble stand has been made in Ohio
for the cause of Freedom. The Repubh-
can party has nominated Hon. Salmon I,
Chase for Governor. We long ago set
forth the Importance of this measure, and
now rejoice greatly in its consummatiOn'
Mr.. Chase is admirably qualified for the
Office to which he is nominated indeed
there is no Office in the gift of the people
that he would not fill with dignity, ability
and grace. He is a statesman of compre-
hensive and liberal views; gentleman OF
handsome carriage and true refinement; a
Christian of consistent life and principle.
All good men should rejoice and thank
God when such men are brought into pub
lie life. We see not upon what ground
any Christian elector in Ohio can decline to
vote for Senator Chase. He is sound up
on all questions of public morality, and
upon all the great issues of principle now
before the people whether of local or ma
tional interest.
But we chiefly rejoice in the nomination
of Mr.. Chase, because he is just now more
prominent than any other man in Ohio as
the advocate of freedom according toprin-
ciples and intent of the Constitution. The
Standardization of Slavery is his watch
word. Around that banner multidueS will
rally in the South as in the North and
West. 1t is the true American ground,
the ground of the Fathers of the ConStl-
tuition.
Much praise is due to all parties in the
Convention at Columbus, for the magnan-
unity with which they subjected individu'
al preferences to the public good. The
nomination of Mr.. Chase insures his elcc'
ton. But let this be done by an over
whelming vote, and in due time the peo
pie of the United States will ratify the
choice of the people Of Ohio.-Ns~ fOr@
Independent.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-08-01

Congress that the country ever had, more
thoroughly Democratic one than it viii
ever have again, lived and died without
reducing the tariff upon any article what
ever, or touching the protective principle.
The cause of all this discord in Democrat
ic practice is perfectly well understood.
There are no such things as fixed Demo-
cratic meas ures. An able Southern editor
Justly remarks that the Democratic lead
ers, with an eye to the interests of their
party, agree upon certain formulas Of words
as enunciative of their princlples-they
agree upon the form of words for the sake
of appearing to agrcc-for party purposes
for catching votes at the North and at
the South but when they are called upon
to put the principles into practice, they
Immediately fall to loggerheads, because
one portion of them understood the words
in one sense, and another in different
sense-both being aware at the same time
of this double sense in which the words
were understood. Does not every man OF
ordinary intelligence in the nation know
more of the American party's distinctive
principles in one minute than the whole
Democratic party will ever know of its
own principles in all its life.
What is the policy of the old Democrat,
ic party on the land question? The Bal
timore Convention passed generalizing
and equivocal resolution upon the land
question and we suppose that all the Dem
ocratic members of Congress considered
themselves as acting in conformity with
the resolution; yet they differed with each
other as widely as possible in regard tc
the land policy.
Look at the internal improvement ques
ton. The Baltimore Convention passed {
resolution upon that subject, SO susceptl
BILE of different, and even opposite inter
pretations, that even the most sklllful read
er of riddles in the world could not fix 1T
true meaning, it had none. Itwas for o.
against internal improvements. 1t made
no tangible declaration in regard to any
thing but "a general system of interna
improvements" and it was very careful
not to explain what it meant by "a gener
al system Of internal improvements
In respect to Wing policy we have noth
inc to say, for in doing so we should b
compelled to "speak of things that ar
not, as though they were"
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timately, for nine years past, and believe
that he was universally esteemed. We
never heard any one say aught against
Brother Warren, as we verify believe. He
will be missed from the ranks of the Con-
ference. And many heart will feel a
pang, on receiving the intelligence of his
departure. He was a vigorous, strong
man, and has been called away in the
prime of his days. What an admonition
to his brethren in the work of the minis
try, to pursue their duties, in the spirit Of
their Master, and strive to be ready fol
their final summons. And then, what an
admonition is here to those who have en-
loved the lnbors of our departed brother
Who were the favored ones, and where,
who heard his last sermon, his last exhor'
tation. May they every one remember
the gracious words he spoke in the name
of his Master, and heed his solemn admo'
nitions, that they may be saved in the day
of the Lord Jesus.-N ". Protestant
1t is due to the memory of the virtuous
and the good, that their names be tender
ly cherished after they have departed, by
their surviving friends.
With the Rev. O. V. Warren we hac
the pleasure of a personal and intimate &C
quaintance, for period of fifteen years
We knew him when boy, and always
found him to be true friend, and high
minded christian gentleman. For tw(
years he labored in the ministry on thu
Mt. Pleasant circuit, in this County, wher'
he was beloved by all who knew him. III
has gore-we doubt not-from labor tt
reward, and the loss sustained by th'
church and the community, in his decease
is his great gain.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-08-01


THRILLING ESCAPE FROM A BLACK
SNAKE.-On Monday last, several chill
dren, among whom was an interesting
daughter Of Joseph Hemphill, Esq, aged
about ten years, were enjoying sociable
pic mic in wood about mile south Of
West Chester, and were throwninto pan
ic by large black snake. Miss Hemp
hill, lingering behind her comrades at some
blackberry bushes, espied nest Of young
snakes, and Immediately started to run TO-
wards the clearing. She succeeded ii
crossing the fence, when her progress was
impeded by large black snake that hae
wound itself twice around her thighs, Oh
the outside of her garments, and boun'
her so tight that she could not move. Hov
or when it got there she could not tell, he
ideas being SO confused by fright on seein
the nest from which she ran. She was re
lieved in her locomotion by the snake ia
king higher position, when she threw u
her arms and ran, using her basket to fgt
the reptile, which clung to her and bit il
cessantly at her dress. She was final
relieved from her perilOus situation by
gentleman who was attracted to the sp
by her cries, and who killed the snake
Wat Chester { Pa.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-08-01
H0w thew Read the Newspapers.

1t is a proof of the great variety OF hu-
man development to notice persons read
ing newspapers:
Mr.. General Intelligence first gances at
the telegraph, then at the editorial, and
then goes off into the correspondence.
Mr.: Sharper opens with stocks and mar
kets, and ends with the advertisements for
wants, hoping to find a victim.
Aunt Sukey first reads the stories, and
then looks to see who's married.
Miss Prime looks at the marriage col
umu first, and then reads the stories.
Mr.. Marvellous is curious to see the list
of accidents, murders and the like.
Uncle Ned hunts up the funny things,
and then smokes and laughs at his will
Madam Gossip turns to the local de-
partment for her thunder, and having OBJ
tanned that, throws the paper aside.
Mrs. Friendly drops the tirst tear OF
sympathy over the death column, and the
next over the marriages; for, says she,
t. one is about as bad as the other.
: Mr.. Politician dashes into the telegraph
o and from that into the editorial, ending
s with the speeches.
s Our literary friend is eager for nice
l. composition from the editor Or some kind
d correspondent. After analyzing the rhet
If oric, grammar, and logic Of the production,
is he turns a careless glance at the news de-
l. partment, and takes to his Greek, perfect
1t y satisfied.
!, The laborer searches among the want
a. for better opening in his business and
sr but enough, an extension of the list wer
ly useless. There is just as much dliferenc
in readers as many thing else.
as But the worst is yet to come Ii eac
8, does not find column or less Of his pecu
h. liar liking, the editor has, Of course, bee
is lazy and is unworthy of patronage. VI
@. who vouldn' be an editor.-Alany Rntch
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For the True American

SM1ruF1ELD Ono, July 10Th 1855
AT meeting of the members Of Niaga-
ra Temple of Honor No IL, the following
preamble and resolutions were unanimous
y adopted.
Hall Of Niagara, Temple Of Honor No.
Al.
Whereas, it has pleased our Heavenly
Father, to visit this Temple with the rod
of afliction, by calling our worthy and es-
tcemed Brother, James Menyman from
labor to reward, from this Temple of Hon
Or and Temperance, to the everlasting Tenn
ple of Holiness and Love; and whereas
our faith in the Gospel of the Son of God,
and our confidence in the piety and moral
worth of this lamented Brother, gives us
every assurance that he is now rejoicing
with the spirits Of just men made perfect
therefore,
RESOLVED, That while we regret the
loss of his wisdom, intelligence and virtu
GUS example in all the various relations O.
public and private life, we rejoice in tn
belief that one more is added to the angel
ic choir aud that though dead, he ye
speaks to all who knew him in life by tht
: purity of his prccepts and example
RESOLVED, That we deeply and sincere
lys ympathise with the afflicted family, rel
atives and friends of our deceased Brother
t RESOLVED, That in token of respect, tn
0 charter and emblems be shrouded in mour
$ ming for thirty days
RESOLVED, That the foregoing pream
y BILE and resolutions be signed by the officer
e and published in the Templers Magazine
i and the county papers, and the W. r. fOl
!, ward copy of the same to the family
# the deceased.
= BENZ. LADD, W. G. T. pro tenn.
GEO. MATHEWS, W. R.
- Herald and Union please copy.
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REMARKABLE MEETINa.-The children
of Noah Davenport, eight in number, all
met on the 2Sth of June, 1855, at Wm'
Davenports house in speneertOwn, Colum'
bia county, New York, in the same house
where they were all born, after a separa
ton of over fifty years. Their average
was sixty. The house they motin is thu
same house the father took for hom'
over seventy years ago. 1t has been oc
cupied by the family ever since, and will
probably be held by the fourth generation
Not many families of this number an
age can get together in this way.