Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-09-08
School Books.

Vermont Board OF Education and which are
binding upon both Teachers and Superintend-
ants until 1864. 1t is of the utmost Importance
that all Schools be supplied with uniformity
of School books, and no doubt all parents and
guardians will be willing to cooperate in the
movement.
sPELLERs.
For Primary Glasses in ordinary District Schools
Vermont speller or Progressive in the English
Language. In two parts, by R. NIX ormsby.
For Advanced Glasses in ordinary District Schools and
for Ora led AMI Union pronouncing
'pelling Book.
READERS.
For the ordinary District Schools-Town Holbrook's
Progressive Primer and First Second and Third Readers
and Common School Reader and Speaker.
For Graded and Union Schools--Town Holbrook's
Common School Reader and Speaker, and Fourth and
Fifth Readers.
GRAMMARs.
For ordinary District Schools-Tower's elements of
Grammar and Gould Browns First Lines of English Gram
For Graded and Union Schools-wel's Grammar of the
English Language, and Bulon's Anal t,a and Practical
English Grammar.
BIOGRAPHIES.
For ordinary District Schools-Cornels First Steps,
Primary and Common School Biographies, (rejecting
Cornell's Intermediate.)
For Graded and Union Schools-Cornes High School
Geography and Companion Atlas.
ARITHMETICs.
For ordinary District Schools-Greenleafs Primary,
intellectual and Common School Arithmetics.
For Graded and Union Schoos-Greenleaf's Higher
Arithmetics.
For Mental Exercises in all the Public sohoos-Warren
Coburu's Intellectual Arithmetic.
And that said list Of books, thus selected and pub
shed in the language of the act referred to- has become
authoritative and binding upon the Board Of Education,
Superintendent and Teachers, until January l, A. d..
1864 and Teachers and Superintendent shall
mend for in the District schools, books shall
become ssary for instuctonin the branches named
oher than books included in said list established"
INLAND HALL, J. D. BRADLEY,
BURNHAM MARTIN, TIM. P. REDFIELD.
CALVIN PEASE,
BY order of the Board
December IL, A. D. 1858.
All the above books can be had at the Free
man Bookstore, Wholesale or retail at the lowest
possible rates.
PEARL HUNTNG.-In many parts of the east or
section of our country, during the past year or
two, people have found rare pleasure and some
profit in hunting for pearls not. we fear, the
pearl of infinite price, but the kind yielded by
mussels, or common fresh water clans. For
many years, it is well known, they have been
found in plentiful quantities in New Jersey
Some very valuable ones have been obtain d from
this source. But that State is not the only one
in the Union where pearls have been found.
Several years ago some very handsome ones were
found by some truant boys, in II small stream in
New Hampshire we never heard. however, that
anybody ever made business of hunting pearls
in that State, renowned for at least, her granite
hills,-we will not add and also for the great
men she has produced That has been said
times enough. In Vermont pearls are found in
various localities but in and near Montpelier
the beautiful capital of that magnificent State,
magnificent, spite its politics,) they chiefly
abound. Several have been found there by la
dies, and even by small children, that were of
great value. Indeed, Montpelier pearls have
already become celebrated, and a commerce is
now carried on in them. Numerous elegant
pearl rings, of this origin, deck the delicate
fingers of ladies in Chicago. 1t has been our
good fortune to examine a very costly pearl
necklace, from the same quarter, which is now
owned by the wife of u wealthy banker in q
neighboring city. A set of these pearls have
been estimated tn be worth $500. The pearls,
as we have intimated, are hunted mostly by
ladies and children, and exciting sport they
make of it. When found they require but very
little polishing, and are mounted tastefully and
richly both in Montpelier and Boston. We
have seen, recently.a pearl breast pin, which
Montpelier, and which is highly priced by its
owner. The pearl is large and whole, and its
lustrc equals any of the New Jersey, and many
of the Panama pearls even some of the oriental
pearls do not excel it.-Chicago Times
In the case Of the election of field officers in
the Sd regiment of Vermont militia, which wal
claimed to be invalid, adjutant general Kellogg
has decided in favor of their validity. Those
officers holding commissions in the Vermont
militia merely, without the addition of " Uni
formed in the document, have no sort of in
terest in the present regimental organizations
Their position is but nominal one, and fol
present the three regiment organized last yea
ale to report only to the adjutant general, ant
are expressly ordered to recognize no superior
authority but his.
The AyRoRAL DIsPLAY.-On Sunday evenin,
about ten clock commenced one of the mos
magnificent auroral exhibitions seen in New
England for many years. At first it appeared
in the cast or northeast, resembling fire at
distance streaming up above the horizon. Tit
light increased in brilliancy, at length apparent
ly streaming up from all parts Of the horizon
and apparently coming to u point little south
west of the Zenith. Although there was III
moon it was as light as if the moon had BEEF
full. What was Il peculiar feature was tn
varying shades and hues, not only of differen
parts of the heavens, bus the changes at differen
times. So strong was the electrical force, tina
the Geographic operators found difficulty II
working their machines The effect upon tn
wires by those currents is not steady, but vary
ing, sometimes reversing and sometimes increas
ing their power. 1t is said by those who stool
observations that these displays lasted 70
some hours, and then subsidized, but returneC
at about clock more brilliantly than before
4 Ar- Moses ~. PHILLIPS, OF dhe we'll Know
book publishing firm of Phillips, Sampson
, Co., recently died at Boston,
1t requires no better evidence Of the strengt
of Governor Chase in Ohio, than the fact tina
b although not before the people as 4 candidate
yet every meVement, every smart thing said 0
done by the Republicans, is attributed to hir
by the Loeofoco papers. lie will doubtless b
Mr.. Pugh's successor in the L. s. Senate
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