Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-06-27


for Gail Hamilton s last publication
The present volume is mostly new, near ly
all of the nine papers liz this volume being
now prln'ed for the first time. Some week,
since We gave 50 Riding 10 Mill an extract
from the advance sheets of this b,ok. We
make q characteristic extract from the article
on Fancy Farming:
L went out one morning to build q barn
Not that | knew exactly how to build barn
but knew very well how to keep up a clatter
till some ore should come that did now which
amounts to the same thing. There was in-
deed, already barn on our plantation. Ii
there many years before we were
ought TO say. part OF it; for the barn is a
cong nglomerate,- farther end stretching far
back into antiquity, and the hther end COM
ing down 10 period which Is within the
memory of men still living. OF course its
ancient history is involved In obscurity; but
we read in the rocks somewhat Of the earth's
otherwise unWrItten story, 50 IL barn are
many marks which point out to the curious
student the different eras of its Great ton The
main line OF demarcation comes in the centre
and consists chiefly OF g kind Of bulge That
part of the front which dat back to the
Lower Silurian epoch ran south-s Juthwest
but at some time during the Drift period il
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norJh-northeast. The result is a bold frons,
subtendiug Obtuse angle. People who have
nothing else In the world 70 annoy them NIGH
afford 20 be annoyed by this departure from
right line but, unless one IL reduced to
such straits, he viii do well to call II a bow
window, and be at rest which, indeed it is
only the window Is little to the wndward
of the bow.
Viewed IN certain aspects. Az old barn is
a ~ Won htY
new barn, you have 10 resources II is all
finished, and yOu know where you are. There
Is place for everything, and every thing in Its
place. There Is no IN looking for any
thing If It Is not where It belongs. 10 will
not be anywhere. An old barn, on the con-
trary, is a mine of wealth. II has hooks and
corners fu. Of rubbsh waiting IT, be turned
10 ali manner Of beautiful use. DO You want
( shIngle, board, door, = window. a log.
screw, wedse? There are heaps and pies
OF them somexne-e, If you do not mind cob
webs. The Oid barn has sort Of svmpa tn
with you, welcomes you t. secret recesses and
never snubs you with pr mness when you are
ct pinch not 10 mention the dove cots, and
the ma rtIns nests. ana the mouse-ho!es. and
the lur king places loved Of laying hens
l VIII tell you veVy romantic story too.
about tins Old barn. Once, grea. many
years before any of US were born. there lived
on this pantauou q charming young princess
beloved by all who knew her. One d4y the
KING sent word that lie was coming to sup
with her. But II 50 happened that On the
Cay the KING was TO come TO supper the urIr!-
cess and ell her household We're t. be away on
al excursion, which Vas lied, IN the some
what homely language Of mat DAP, :" clam
bake. However, the princess concluded to
90 &c the clam bake, an come nome IN season
20 cit with the king at supper So they
cooked nightly beforehand D.. tor il was the
fixed law q royel SUPP ler- IN tbaI day 10 have
cream-tOast, tbs cream flowing IL rivers, cheese
and jelly, p0und-c cake. and pium-caks, and
cranberry -t4Tt, ana three KINDS oi pie mInce.
apple. and squash, or die " nereat The peo-
pie OF other countries laughed hut they ate
the sun: tor al th p -th- .--,i--i--.
ana came agaln- 50 the pies were all made
with elaborate scalIoped edges and the hoar-
frost Of The cake; and all wA- set carefully
away, awaiting the eventful hour, and the
princess and her household went forth and
! locked the doors behind them Ana when
! the time was fully come, the princess LETT the
| clam ke and waited by the roadside iii the
| king came by, and then they both went To-
! gether 10 the princess : house And as ruey
| went up the steps 10 the house, the charmi u :.
| young princes, who never drau< tea herself,
| sad seductiveiy C0 the king, - Do you mind
1 II you don { have TIA? 1, Is Z, great trou Die
| every way, anu the s-it-deuIal Will do you
/ goo1 - And the king, IuTe1 INTO = wrong
| story by the music OF hur voice, suppressed Il
4 rIsug Sigh, and SAID uJ, 1t wa9 - matter.
| And then the princess unlocked the door, ana
| essayed TO 20 IN; but though the door wac
| unlocked, 1t refused open. And suddenly
| the unhappy princess be,hought herself that
| she had locked the door upon the In-I1e, and
| jlted it aud herself pass out through the
| pltt=rn-gare, Of winch tier lord high steward
| suil held tGe Key. 30 there they v ele. linen
| t,ou bled, they marched hlther and thltbeI
| around tle bouse with stately and III jestiC
step. trying every door and wIndow. ana find
| in, every avenue OF approach barrlcaded ex-
| cept the sInk-nose, whica LIBBY prisoners
| mi bit try, intent on getting Out, but not a
| constitutional monarch, however anxious 70
| get in. As two mice, lurking near the ful
| cheese-safe, proWI around the crevices, Drawing
| cold and darkness IN the mid lie OF the night
safe on the shelf the cheese repOses, unmInd-
| full they fierce and needless with anger, rave
against IC out of reach and emit a squeal a
rage tor eating, colleored from long last and
throats dry from cuTd, urge them on not
| otherwi ise anger Intltmed the king and princess
surveying the walls, and anguish burned IN
their bones by what way they might obtain
| access IN what manner they might dIslodgt
| the rarons shut up in inaccessible places
| NeqtncqunDs They could only look at each
| other win a wild surnise, ami then, uniriend-
| ed, melancholy, SLOW, Detake themselves &c
| The rude shelter and frugal fare OF the barn
| Tnen the scene suddenly changed. Tae west
erIng sun came serenely in. The dreamy mist
| of graceful cobwebs, testoJuIng and fantastic
| ana many tIny window ali adjust, softened
| his brIilIancy 20 DIN, religious hight. 1he
brown Old r;lfter5 shone, amOeI-hued, IN thai
| mellow glory. The rough floors were iretteo
| gold A hundred somh4ar sunsets glowed II
the yellow corn that lay maseed IN rloged anc
FURNISHED sp.endor Mounds OF apples, ruddy
and round, loaded the air with their rich fla
GRANGE Innumerable clol er-blossoms, succu
| lent with evening dews and morning showers
impur pied In the dusky silence Of June nights
4 and cut down with all their sweetness IL
! them treasured up their dense delIcIousnes
! for talm-breat he'd cows, but did not dIsdair
TO flood our human sphere with tides OF pleas
ant perfume. Meet ng and mlngllDg Will
these dear home-sceIJs came gales from Ia
Spree islands and Ar&by The Bltst, breathing
over wild w estern seas, to be tangled IN pun
gent grasses and freight with welcome burdei
our rustic goudoIt-. mean English ha.
and salt hay.) And there, eoothe INTO ez
ceedDg peace Dy Natures lullaby, borne INT
ethereal realms on her clouds OF unseen IN
cense, all through the golden afternoon ga
the king and princess, dlscoUrsing dfeamlly c
the time
With an gels may psrtic pate and find
No inconvenieut cate, to- lignl fere;
And from these corporal nutriments per maps
Our bOdI-s may al last turn ali 10 spirit.
While ever and anon squat old hen or d
elegant young rooster would mop up the step
: and tread into the rooms, looking curi0usi
at the unwonted sight, whereat the Kan
!, would rise from his throne an old cldel