Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-04-29
OUR CRITICAL FEATURE.
Written for the Green Mountain Freeman.
Dottings and Inklings--No. Q.

APRIL l, l858.-We have just been reading
about +" Festival and Calendar Days" in New
York paper, and, among other things, we read,
" All FOOLS Day-children make April Fools of
each other in thesame manner, the world over"
And remembering that " children of larger
growth " sometimes indulge in like foolish
sports, the thought occurred to us-whata joke
it would be if our fun-louing editor should take
advantage of this +" time-honored custom, and
lock up his sanctum, turn his printers and jours
over to the gentleman in black" and give
that parsonage the length of his chain-leaving
us all to " whistle for our paper " this week,
and come out, next Thursday, as smiling as
ever, looking as if nothing had happened.
Wewould beg the editors pardon, were 1t any
other day, for here he comes with his gravest
bow and most serious smile.-s Montpelier, VT,
Thursday, April l, 1853" We almost blush
and tomorrow is Fast Day! But let us sec
what the Freeman has for our edifcaton Near
ly five columns of the current story; winding
up with the death of Judith McDermot, which
we deplore as at the loss of valued acquain-
tance. The character of Judith was finely
drawn, and we would wonder at meeting such
one in such place, did not daily observation
convince us that good hearts aresometimes found
in the worst society, and bad ones in the best.
readable story of lion hunt, and very
interesting sketch of Roger Williams; we al
WAYS love to read about our fathers-and moth
ers
"The Farmer is we'll provided for; but that
cucumber story looks little " "curis." We
have seen the experiment tried and it might as
well have been on the first of April as any other
day. If any reader of the Freeman has ever
multiplied cucumbers in the manner recon-
mended. we should be pleased to see statement
of their success.
Reading i" Kansas in Congress-" we fancied
we saw the editor finger slightly raised with
gesture towards the next President. However
much we honor the late action against the Le-
compton vllainy, by one whose name, very
short time SINCE was associated with that OF 4
wel-known traitor, the tide sets strong in an
other direction, and it will take more than one
editors finger to turn it. No offence, friend
Boyce; we do not presume to offer advce-keep
g old men for counsel" still.
Henry Miles, on &C Free Labor Movement
aud B. W. D. on Temperance, we assign places
in the first class, inasmdch as their sayings are
!. without error, to our thinking.
Other good communications and clippings We
read, and pass to the g News and Comments, y
and then to the Congressional, which isinterCst
ing-as usual
Emily R. Page, in the Poets corner, is enti
tied to whole page, if not more. But we sex
that our editor appreciates her, and need only
: say that she is one of the rery many true poets
and one of the uery .fe,o true poetical writer's
' who can SO pleasingly erpress what most Of u
u can only feel.
Isaac Ingleby's "Sparking Song" woul'
e sound better with less g's-while it pretcnds t.
ignore them. But please Mr.. Ingleby to Yankee
u fy" the bitten frost sea fra" and gle us th'
manin' O. it. We dinna ken.
We might be able to add another dot or two
: but the fact is, Mr.. Editor, there are no les
than eight little eyes peering saucily at our pen
y and if there is not April Fool pictured on ever,
s roguish face at the " windo' pane," then w
: never saw one1 LUCE of Dinglemere.