Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-05-06
OUR CRITICAL FEATURE.
Written for the Green Mountain Freeman.
Dottings and Inklings-No. 4.

FREEMAN, OF APRIL 15.-"Harley Hartman
or the snaggers of Memphremagog. Two
chapters, the last of which concludes the story
" 1t ends well" says one, 80 don't like it,
says another-'' would rather he had told us
what he leaves us to guess saysa third. Like
the fourth of Jobs friends " we also will shew
forth our opinion" The Tale is long enough,
and Yankees can guess the remainder. Aquizzing
critic whispers over our shoulder that the author
must be an old bachelor, who cannot finish the
husbands tenderness, and wife's devotion are
well portrayed in two instances, Harriman's
and McDermot's. But the author is not quite
orthodox how could he (or she) be SO unfash-
lonable as to let Clovis die in such way? He
should have died for love, or have been killed in
duel by his rival brother! However we will
excuse this detection
Curiosities from shakespeare-No, 81 All
right Mr.. P.
"V Vermont Poetry" by E. R. Towle Il
was truly well pleased, &C." so say we but is
the title of the work to be &C Vermont Poetry?
or Vermont Book of Poetry?" Some one told
us 1T was, or we dreamed it. How would sConn-
ecticut Poetry sound ? or " Mississippi Book
OF Poetry" We hope the title will not be
quite so prosy.
good assortment of selected Miscellany,
and we turn to the Farmer And here we
must be allowed room for compliment to the
taste of our editor We cannot choose an ar
ticle for special praise the various items are so
we'll arranged, so seasonable, and important
without exception, that the Farmer who is dis
satisfied with the Fireman ought Immediately to
emigrate to the land of " Locusts and wild
honey"
That makes us think what we concluded long
ago about the editor of the Patriot (2)-that he
ought to remove proper distance southwark
from the Black Republicans" though we
fear that let him 60 where he would, like " Fitz
James. he would meet g the Douglas eye'-is
not a. Roderiek Dhu"
Cuba" we care very little about, personally,
but hope it will never sparkle bloody red'' on
our g star spangled banner"
b. Shaw talks it straight out-we fear ther
are many besides shareholders who might sa,
g we are verify guilty concerning our brother
Crittenden Kansas Bil'' at length.-elec
ton Reports, and " Monument to Ethan AL
lem Why not name one of the numerou
NJ Sral monuments for the old hero. to kee,
hfS4nemory evergreen? Or if it must be i,
woyk of man 8 hands why not erect colleg,,
e~ficlng---a hospital-an aims house--or some
thing that might be useful to living humanity,
as well as show our reverence for departed
worth?
| In the ''news and comments column we de,
sire to record an emphatic amen with the two
first articles viz Tricks Of the Trade''-ana
" Pure cold Water especially the latter,
knowing from experience, that the value Of
pure water can scarcely be overrated
We areglad to see the Freeman right side up,
on reforms, generally, and predict for it an in4
creased circulation, as liberal and comprehen.
sive spirit increases the interest in the columns
The great progressive questions of the day.
steadily gaming the public ear, through jour,
nal of home manufacture, will preclude the ne.
cesslty for 50 many city periodicals, so that Il
we can afford but one or two papers we can af,
ford Eyes that's the word) to support our own
neighborhood paper.
The ordinary amount of taking up bills, lay,
ing them down again, postponing and adjourn
ing, in the reports from Congress.
Wonder if the speet singer in the Poets cor
nor of the Freeman ever saw any sour sugar
If he had been with us the past six week
watching the sugar,
"Bubbling in its liquid sweetness,
Chuckling in its jolly brownness.'
he would not have thought SO funny the " sticky
sweetness, y
| On the babies lips and noses,
On the wee ones' clothes and faces,
On the towels and the dishes;
no, no, his poetry would have been too stick
to flow SO glibly. But this " linked sweetness
has been 50 g long drawn OUT that we fn
,ce're out. LUCE of Dinglemere.