Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-03-10


not toyercharge. you are conveyed to any part
you choose to go, and they are liable to PEN
atty for asking OF receiving any gift for porter
ago, or any service of the kind. These cabs,
which are like all the city cabs, are two and
four wheel carriages, very heavy, and strongly
built, and while in the four wheel ones you see
nothing peculiar, the two wheel oneis curl
osity to Yankee. tits built much like.our
covered chaise, but 50 hangs upon The axle that
tho body Of tho carriage comes within i foot or
SO of the ground, and the driver riies Id d sent
for his own convenience, perched near tic top
and behind the whole, while the one q two
passengers he can carry hare The full yicwef
N before them, and the driver can overlook
Md gnard thenl--by no means 1 - fortabh
y easx congcyanoe fer beast Or driver. IN
wRsile there are Il plenty Of thess tbr transient
sTtrayel, there are also full complemcntsof
coaches or omnibuses, and while here IN London
you sec nothing particular to remark Of them,
in Manchester you find new feature. They
there use three horses side by side, and The car
riages are constructed to carry from forty to
forty five persons, and presume have seen
near sixty on them at o time, 50 you need not
ldispair of achance ride for if asthe saying Is
in Boston or New York, there is always room
for one more upon q bus, you need not fear
there will not be here, and for your wife, too;
SO don't leave her I; ON any such causc.
But perhaps you would like to know some of
the news local, or of the whole government.
Well, the latter has 'iz, after long session.
, in which it is said Lord Palmerston has run the
gauntlet-used himself completely up-hung
up his fiddle and his ow,-during which they
bavc talked any amount about the awful state
OF the Thames, passed bill admitting Jews,
and done many other things equally important,
They adjourned just in time to join in the great
fetes and National gala of the Queen visiting
! Napoleon Ill, at Cherbourg,-an event which
has been accupylng the attention Of very many
{ for the past week.
J But as there is quite move in the Temper
ancc question, it may be pleasure to you to
,
mons caused large quantity of nice wines to
- be stored upon the steamer in which they visit
cd this great entertainment, thus putting for
ID ever out of the way of people who indulge in
- such beverages, the temptation of slipping those
y wines for am not afraid to say that they
y drank them all before they returned, and thus
Is set for the people good example of the virtues
- of Temperance. But while am on this, allow
me to notice that they are backed by by r. F.
:, Cough, who delivered two lectures in Man
chester, quite recently, to large audiences, and
y Rev Horace James Of Mass, has also delivered
one there; although, as is usually the case,
:. their congregations are not the drinking public
:. or the House Of Commons Still it is hoped
!. that they may do some good by coming at them
by roundabout course A long while, how
ever, must elapse before the very many who
- almost daily, become intoxicated upon beer
&C., can he reached, and there be any effectua
reformation.
- But then, there is some feeling on this ques
. tion, and | see posted a Call for large meet
ing on Saturday next, to be attended by many
- prominent men, as u sort of demonstration o
y thankfuness for the.~ late results IN Maine.
- :, am fearful our Vermont State Temperance So
- cioty will have to wait for the fulfllment O
4 their I'd Resolution of July 9th, until anothe
= fete like that of Cherbourg, or new House o
AZ Commons. Still, with them. | could gadl,
n welcome its passage to-day, and with mucl
~ more feeling for have seen more its qrea
p0 need but as has ever been the case, we mus
'00 labor, shoulder to shoulder, and wait. and tn
- walls of stiong beer will bend, and finally civ
n way.
r Let every Freeman of Old Vermont ever
I I lover of his country, of his age, and above al
"o of those privileges which the laws of God,
not Of his country, give to every man, take tha
!" standard which is the motto of your nob]
oul sheet
a' 4 with bis hand upon Ills charter,
nj. And his foot upon the sod,
pu lie will stand--ordie martyr
Il. For his Freedom and his Godn
4 Aud not take il like some pretty toy which 4,
us please for time, and ID then cast aside, but
III, here to tas il bono in your bones--a part
nm your cxistoncc- and you would not part vii
-. it, as you proclaim at less value than your iii
ncb With such determination, YOU may, indec
MN meet opposition. but it can be Of no avail d,