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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-22
THE WOODEN WARE MAN.

Some fifteen years ago there lived up in
Vermont, young man who was noted for his
green appearance, shabby cloths and uncouth
actions. He followed the business of turning
wooden ware of every kind upon lath of his
own construction. Now Lem, for that was
the name by which he went, prided himself
upon his shrewdness in making bargains, and
it was generally understood that whoever got
to the wndward Of him in making trade
would be looked upon as somewhat smart.
1t happened that NJ, who kept country
store in the village nearest our hero, had, in
two or three transactions with Lem, come off
second best, and he had determined to gain
some advantage over him the first opportunity
that presented itself. He had lot of white
birch wood lying in his yard, which was al
lowed to be considerably worse than nothing
by all who had seen tt.
So he ordered his boys to pile it up in such
manner that it would have the appearance
of good wood. The pile was some twenty
rods from the store. The next time Lem called,
M. dared him to make an offer for the pile
about a cord to appearances. Lem hssitated
little, and finally said that he would give
him a dozen salt-mortars for it, which was a.
greed to.
Lem, after looking at the wood, concluded
that he had been "done" at last, so he went
home rather down in the mouth. But bright
idea suddenly came upon him. AS nothing
had been said about the pestles he concluded
to carry the mortars alone, per agreement, de-
posting them in the back store of the mer-
chant
Not many days afterwards, M. having oc-
casion to sell mortar. discovered that they
were minus the pestlcs, when the joke flashed
upon him. "Sold again. said he, leaving
the store in pursuit of Lem. He found him
selling logwood at retail about tho village, at
price much below what he could afford to
sell it for. After passing the time of day, M.
told his business, saying he would pay the
price OF dozen mortars for dozen pestles,
if Lem would keep mum about it, which our
hero promised, if NJ. would take his FIVE re-
naming sticks OF logwood at the Boston price,
which was readily assentsd to.
The pestes were duly brought in, and the
logwood weighed and paid for. Some few
weeks afterwards NJ. asked his boys what had
become Of some sticks Of logwood which had
been lying in the yard.
do you mean the great, black, heavy
stick, father ?' said the youngest.
YES" answered the father.
ooh, We put them into the old pile Of poor
wood that you sold the wooden ware fellow,
replied the urchin.
Nobody laid any traps for the wooden ware
pedlar after that True Flag.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-22

spelt by large, acknowledging man, who
was evidently liberal patron of old bald
face" He broke off at the letter y with " D
your temperance carraturs f.; you needn't come
round here with tracts. He was interrupted
at this point by stout-built parsonage, who
cried out, " He's got his SHELTON in thar, and
he's Altered to give them likker for they'll
break il if he does" "Handle carefully"
said man with red hunting-shirt, and the
size of whose fist was twice that of an ordl-
nary man. "There's some live critter in that;
don't you hear him groan9" This was said
as the box struck the ground, and the concus-
sion caused vibration of the strings.
No sooner had all hands let go, than the
doctor was besieged by his neighbors to know
what was the meaning of the word "piano.
forte" On his telling them it was a musical
instrument, some reckoned it would take a
tarnal sight of wind to blow it" Others, that
4" it would take lot of men to make it CO."
The doctor explained as well as he could, but
he could only get rid of his inquisitive neigh
bors by promising them sight at an early
day.
Three'days elapsed, d. :. and all was ready
for the reception of the vizters," and Miss
E. was to act as performer. The doctor had
but to open the door, and half score of men
were ready to enter. :. Some went derectly
up to the instrument crittur," as it had been
called on account of its four legs some, more
shy, remained close to the door; while others
who had never seen carpet, were observed
walking round on the stripe Of bare floor, lest
by treading on " the handsome kaliker," they
might "spile" it. The first tune seemed t.
put the whole company into ectasies. Tht
raw-boned man, who was SO much opposed tt
temperance tracts, pulled ont a flask Of whis
ky, and insisted "the gall" as he called Mis-
E., should drink. Another laid down dime
and wanted "thats worth" out of the =" forty
palms, as the name had come to him after
travelling through five or six pronunciations
Another, with broad grin on his face, de-
clared he would give his claim" and all the
"truck on it, if his darter" could have such
"cupboard." The "pine-fort' man suggest
ed that if that sort of music had been in the
Black Hawk war, they would have skeerec
the Injuns all holler."
"The result may easily be anticipated; tho
ladies were long tired Of playing ere thei1
"vizters" were tired of hearing. The whole
country, for twenty miles round, rang with
the praise of DR.. AS consarn,' the musica
cupboard Patients came in crowds for ad
vice, or a few agur pills. all determined tt
appear in person, bnt none of whom woulc
leave without hearing the forty pains : anc
the physician, thanks to the first pianoforte
in illinois became one of the first men in the
State"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-22

An Irishman, at country tavern, was OBJ
served by a friend of ours to be looking long
and intently at the bar-post near the house,
to which traveller had tied his horse by
slipping the fold of the bride through the
hole for bar, and then throwing the blight of
the fold over the head of the post--a very
common and etfectual mode of fastening horses
in the country On being asked what he OBJ
served to attract attention, Paddy replied,
"Shure, and I'm after wondering how the
haste got through the hole afther the bride
was hung up!' The mystery of the tie being
explained, he departed wiser man.
This was good, but not quite so bright as
was the Yankee lad who saw, for the first
time, some sailors raising heavy anchor at
the bow of ship in port, for the purpose of
securing or fishing" it as we believe it is
called They were singing away at their work
with the usual "Yo heave oh !'' when the
green spectator who had stopped to " scruten-
ize" little, hailed them with, You may
"heave.ho !" and "hi.ho!" all night, but you
wont get that big crooked thing through that
hole in hurry-now mind | tell YET" He
thought they were trying to draw the anchor
through the hawse-hole!
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-22
THE FIRST PIANO I'm ILLINOIS.

Judge Halliburton tells a very laughabe
story abont the first piano ever heard in Lii.
nois
"A Baltimore physician having removed,
with his family, to settlement near the Hi
nois River, during the earlier period of emf.
grafton thither, with goods and chattels slowed
away in seven large wagons, excited no little
wonder and conversation among the back
woodsmen on their appearance in those far-off
regions, whose inhabitants had "never seen
the like before"
"Glass-this side up with care! Why, l
thought this ere Teller was doctor. What
on yearth is he going to do with that box full
of windersa' "This side up, with care" ex-
claimed another "He's got his paragoric and
lilo of spike 6xins in that. Wont he physic
them agur tellers down the river?'
In the last wagon there was but one large
box, and on it were painted the words, "Pi.
anoforte, keep dry, and handle carefully" 1t
required all the assistance of the bystanders
to unload this box; and great was the curios-
ity excited. Pineforte" said a tall, yellow
haired, fever-and-argu.looking youth. won.
der IT he's afeerd Of the injuns? He can't
scare um with q pine fort" "K.s.e-p d-r-y.''
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-22

MENoH1KoFr's PoL1TENETs.-An English
officer, now prisoner in Sebastopol, had a
letter sent him from young lady in England,
to the effect that she "hoped, when he took
Menchikoff prisoner, that he would send her a
button from his coat, for her to keep as rel
ic.' Tho letter was forwarded by flag of truce
into Sebastopel, with other letters for prison
ers now in the enemies hands. This letter
fell into Menshikoff's own hnds, of course, to
be read ere delivered. On coming to the a.
bove passage, he Immediately cut button
from his coat, and sent it out under flag of
truce, to be conveyed to the lady, with re-
mark to the following effect that he had
no idea yet ofbsing taken prisoner; but rather
than disappoiut young lady of SO simple
request he would fulfil her wish himself be-
fore that time arrived"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-22

MAPLE SueAR.-Maple sugar is one of the
staple products of New England There
were produced during the year ending june
LIST, 1850, according to the United States CEN
sus, S,588,l1I pounds of sugar, as follows:-
Maine 93,542 pounds; New Hampshire 1893,
1868 Vermont 6,349,357 !; Massachusetts
795, 525; Rhode Island %; Connecticut So
1876. At nine cents per pound the value of
the annual product of maple sugar in New
England would be $772,029.
The proper depth of the incision to be
made in the maple tree, obtain the greatest
quantity of sap has been a mooted questio n.
Upon this point the Agricultural Club of
Brattleboro' instituted the following expert
ment. which seems to be conclusive -
In the spring of 1850, committee con-
sisting of three persons, was appointed to as
certain by actual experiment the proper size
and depth of the bore in tapping the sugar
maple. They accordingly proceeded to test
the question in the most thorough manner,
using all sizes Of bites, from half to an inch
to an inch and half in diameter-each max
ing his experiment independent OF the other
and the result of all was, that no difference
could be peroeived-the half inch giving as
much sap as any other. Each one also tapped
several trees, sitting two buckets to tree,
with single Spite to each, and boared defer
ent depths from one to three and half inches,
and the results in this case were in every in.
stance, when the weather was sufficiently warm
10 thaw the tree through, that the flow of sap
was in proportion to the depth of the bore ;
and to make The matter more certain, on Deep
ening the shallow bores subsequently,, they
Immediately overlook the others III quantity.
These experiments were repeated in 1851 by
different committee, with the same general
results.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-22

DURATION OF VEGETABLE LIFE-Lord Lind
say states that, in thee of his wanderings
amid the pyramids of Egypt, he stumbled on
mummy, proved by its hieroglyphics to be
at least two thousand years Of age. On ex-
aiming the mummy after it was unrapped,
he found in one of its closed hands a tuberous
or dubious root. He was interested in the
question how long Vegetable life could last and
he therefore took that tuberous root from the
mummy's hand, planted it in sunny soil,
allowed the rains and dews of heaven to de-
scend upon it, and in the course of few weeks,
to his establishment and joy, the root burst
forth and bloomed into beautiful diahlia
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-22
Dartetp.

An irregular apprentice frequently keeping
late hours, bis master at length took occasion
to apply some ,0eighty arguments to convince
him Of the error of his ways. During the
chastisement the, master exclaimed
"How long will you serve the devil ?"
The boy replied Whispering
"You know best, sit-I believe my inden-
lures will be out in three months.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-22
IMPORTANT TO FARMERS

THE undersigned would respectfully call the attention Of
Farmers 10 The cultivation OF the Basket Willow and
he would assure them hat is business well worth their
notice.
There Is an immense quantity Of Willows annually i'm
ported into this country from France and Germany, and
yet our half supplied with this very
sary article Now this should not be so, and trust IL will
not when il 10 known that we can grow willow In Thu
country nj profit from one TO two hundred dollars pei
acre, above ali expenses.
The only objection cuItivatng them extensively In
this country has been the great amount OF labor required
peel them which made impossible for TO cul.
tivate very few But that objection Is removed
the Subscriber has been entirely successful in making
machine peel th, that be operated horse any
other pOwer-and that will do much work twenty men
by hand With the help of this machine any can
cultivate many willows he has suitable land for.
1yFor further information apply to the subscriber, who
Is prepared furnish cuttings tor planting Of the hest Eu
ropean Willow. GEO. J. COLBY, Jonesvilrc, Vt.
N. B. Thy can be seat to any part of the Union.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-22
ID oetrp.
For the Green Mountain Freeman.
IN MAIDS ANSWER.

For the Green Mountain Freeman.
GID MAIDS ANSWER.
/ read last week your sad complaint,
And Ia It almost made me faint
To see you plungd In gulf despair,
And how you kick'd and scrabed there
O, If you'd only let me know,
I'd had you thirty years ago.
When was blooming. bright as May,
And you we're young, both spry and gay;
think It's wicked quite, and wrong
That we should live apart so long
That we shond shrivel up and die,
And not increase and multiply;
I'm sure tits right, It's our command,
That We TO do should take in hand:
For years are rolling on so fast
The time with US will soon be past;
I'd do yocswork from morn till night,
House work was always my delight;
In stocking holes I'd take up stitches,
And work your shirt, and mend your brooches;
Yea, make your bed, and keep out cold,
And tuck you up when you grow old;
I'd make you feel 90 smart and clever
You'd want to live with me forever;
But don't, dear sir, don't hang yourself,
I'd rather have you twice by half
No, spare the use Of rope and garter,
Nor drown to 60 to HI by waterj
No longer stay through doubt and fear,
In what I've said am sinoere
And now for sake of rhyming tinkle,
Sign myself your BETTY WRINKLE
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-22

Macaulsy being lately DESTROYS of OBJ
tanning information respecting 1Sth-century
poetry as material for his new volumn took
his way from the Albany to Whitechapel, and
bought roll of London ballads from singing
boy. Happening to turn round as he reached
home again. he perceived the youth, with a
circle of young friends, was keeping close to
his heels. Have not given you your price,
sir" was the great mans indignat remon-
STRANGE. GAN right, governor" was the re-
Spouse, we're only WAITING till you begin to
sing"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-22

Corn AND Coz MEAL-The grinding of
corn and cobs together, which we have heard
ridiculed very much by some, formerly has
now become an every day occurrence, farmers
being convinced that the cob contains too
much nutriment to be thrown away.
Our experience heretofore in regard to its
use is this: for those animals ahat chew the
cud it is most excellent provinder, but for
those that do not it is not so valuable. Thus,
for oxen, COWS and sheep, tt is capital feed.
These animals, after what they swallow in the
,Darm vat, called the first stomach or paunch,
have the faculty Of throwing it up again in
small portions called cud, and chewing it over
in leisurely manner until it is ground very
fine, and then after being thus thoroughly
mingled with the saliva, swallowing it again
into another stomach, where all its nutritive
matter is extracted by the proper organs Gre
ated for that purpose
The horse and the hog having no such Or
gans to re-chew, do not derive so much benefit
from the ground cob, as the animals above
named.
Hens derive more benefit from corn and cob
meal, than they do from corn meal alone. In
fowls of this class there is an apparatus ana.
logous to animals that chew the cud.
First they take dry food into their crops,
here it becomes soaked as if it were in a warm
vat, from this it passes into the gizard, which,
furnished with gravel stones, acts the part of
grinding fine, by aid of the strong muscles of
that organ, whatever passes into it. Here,
the particles Of the cob meal, thoroughly pull.
verified aud mingled with the gastric juices,
become dissolved, and form nutrition for the
body.
We do not mean to say that the corn and
cob meal is good provinder for horses and
hogs, but that they do not derive SO much
benefit from pound to pound, or bushel for
bushel, as oxen, COWS, &C., do.-Maine Farm.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-22
WHITES
DAGUERREOTYpES

Rooms, Two Doors East of the Post Office
STATE STREET, MONTPELIER,
ONG practice enables take pictures in the very
~ best STYLE On hand great variety Of Cases Lockets
Pins, Rings, &C. Particular attention paid to copying
Daguerreotypes.
Montpelier, Oct. IA, 1852
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-22
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MANDRAKE PILLS

MILL be found to possess those qualities necessary IL
W the total eradication of all bilious attacks pron,pt ia
start the s.cretons Of the liver and give healthy tone
the entire system. Indeed, it Is ordinary discovery
IN Medical Science 10 have invented remedy for these
stubborn complaints, which develope all The results pro-
duced by heretofore free calone-a mineral lust.
ly dreaded by mankDdand ack to be destruc.
tive N the extreme to the human system That tina prop.
critics OF certain vegetables comprise all the virtues of
one, without It's injurious tendencies now an admit
ted fact rendered ndispntabe by scientific researches
and those WHO the Mandrak Pill, will be fully salts.
fled that the Il med clnes those prov ded by nature
IN the common herbs and roofs of the fields
The Pills open the bowels and correct all bilious de
engagements without salvation any of the injurious eff
fects Of caomel other posons The secretion of bile
Is promoted by these Pills viii be by the altered
color of the stols and disappearing Of the saIlow
pexon and cleansing of the tongue.
Ample directions accompany each box of Pills. and the
price Of quart bottle of the Sea Weed Tonic and box
Of these Pills combined is only one dollar But separate
boxes Of Pills be had of any Of the agents for
ty-dve cents
These remedies prepared under the personal super
vision Of DR.. j. II Scenck, proprietor Of schencks Pull
monte syrup, the we'll established remedy for Consun,p
ton, Coughs Colds &C., &C.. and the investor of the
celebrated Respironeer Tor examining and detecting all
discusses of the the Lungs, Heart, &C.
WHOLESALE AGENTS.
Philadelphia Gilbert, Wentz & Co., III N Third
treet.
New York &C. V. CLIcENER & Co, 81 Barclay
Buston.--Re ding & Cc., No. State Street.
And every respectable Druggist throughout the I'm
States Fred E. Sn it'll. Agent, MODtpalier
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-22

REvDR LYMAN BEEcHER, Bosten, late President OF Lane
LEONARD WooDs, Abbott Prof of Theology in Apdoyer
Theological Seminary, Mass-Eos DAsIEL p. Tnos.
ESQ.,, formerly Collector of the Port of baltimore Ma
REV JOSIAH L,rcH, Philadelphia, Pa-and many others.
:. How ESTEEMED BY PHY,icANs.-JOHN A. BERRY,
years, have seen used all the popular remedies Gr
Coughs, and am well satisfied thai your vrorrABLr puL
hoNaRT BAtsAM j. best and hope il will better kncwa
and more gene rally need,o - 49,
Beware of Commercials and limitations :.EnuuiFe q,
the article by its Whole Name, VEGETABLE PULMos.py
BALsAM." v~@tf-s
Prepared only by REED, CUTLER & CO, Druggist. 10
linda street, Boston, Mass and sold by Apothecafes and
Country Merchants generally. PsicE, New Style large
bottles, containing nearly fur times the Quantity of tbe
small, 81 Old style, small bottles, so cents.
For sale In Montpelier, by F. E. Smith Collins & PIERCE
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-22

"Dick, I say, why don't you turn the buff
falo robe t'other side out !-hair is the warm
est"
Bah, Tom, you get out. Do you suppose
the animal himself didn't know how to wear
his hide? follow his STYLE"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-22

lney cant Keep house without II
Experience Of more than sixteen years has established
the fact that Merchants Celebrated Gargng OIL or Un
vcrsa Family Embrncation, will cure most cases, anil re-
Sevs all such as
Spavihs, Sweeney, Ringbone, Windgals. Poll
Evil, Callous, Cracked Heels, Calls Of all
kinds, Fresh Wounds, Sprains Bruises, Fis-
lula, Sitfast, Sand Cracks. Strains. Lameness.
Foundered Feet. Scratches or Grease, Mango,
Rheumatism. Bites of Animals, External Poi
snns, Painful Nervous Affections, Frost Bites,
Bes, Corns, Whitlows, Burns and Scalds,
Chillblains. Chapped Hands, Cramps. Con-
fractions of the Muscles, Swellings, Weakness
Of the Joints. Caked Breasts, DC DC. DC.
Tie unauns.lsd success Of this Oil, In the Of dis
sasss N Horses anCattle, and in human fesh is
daily becoming known TO the farming community
hardly he credited except by those who have besn
n the habit keeping their stables and houses, what
vast amount of pain, suffering and Time are saved BY
the timely application OF this O
II Be sure the name of the sole proprietor. GEORGE
W. MERCHANT, IOckport. N. y, is blown in the side
Of the bottle, and in his handwriting over the cork.
All orders addressed to the proprietor VIII be promptly
responded to.
Get Pamphlet of the Agent, and what wonders
accomplished by the use OF this medicine.
Sold by rcspectabe dealers generally, IN ise United
States ami Canada. Also BY
. Fred E. Smith and Lyman King Montpejjer: Fred
Smith, Mortified j. s. Bradley, Waterbury; ]. M Rici
ardson, Watsfeld; Putnam & Wooster, MaIsb6eld.
len Jenney, Div. 10, Roxbury G. W Cardel. Wa2rer
z. X. Ainsworth, Williamstown; and p RJSIatcyk "a
WhIesale Agents for N. e. States, Boston. Ms e9m6
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-22
The Great Standard Remedy

containing neither Prussic Acid, Tar.
ter Emetic, nor any other delete irus
drug. Extensively used, tested and
approved In New England, Cana da.
and the British Provinces during ne !.
nod Of THIRTY YEARS by Emjn ent
phy,sicians, Clersymen, Professors Of
Colleges, Theological Sc inaries, DIS.
tInguished Scientific Men, and in fact
by oil classes in the community. See
Pamphlets and wrappers containing
EeIiificaiea annona ,u hiaA s
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-22
Probate Court.

STATE OF VERMONT Notice Is hereby gwen that
WAsHiNeroS DIsTRcr,s s. Probate Courts within and
for said District win be- held the Probate Office In Mont
eer, on Tuesday Of each week during the ensuing year
NELSON A. CHASE, Judge Of Probate.
Montpelier, Dee. l, le5A 5lw9
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-22

Mr.. MAoAULAY AND THE BALLADs.-The
following anecdote is related of Mr.. Macau-