Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-12-26
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than 10, UUU copies IL 10 maue up Will
careful regard for the family circle; its re-
ligious news is full and fresh; its SECULAR
intelligence in the form of a summary for the
week, is given in a connected and racy style;
it's selected articles are gathered with great
care, and It's children's stories are read with
eagerness and widely copied. 10 point OF con-
tributors, this paper has few if any superiors
among the religious journals of the country
Among its writers are Rev. +. a. Park, ID.
D., Rev. A. II. Quint, d. D., Rev. John
Todd, d. D., Rev. DR.. Thompson, OF New
York, Rev. Henry NJ. Dexter, d. D.. Dr.
Leonard Bacon, Hon. Amasa Walker, Sophie
May, Lucy Larcom, etc. etc.
A premium Of $50 was lately offered for
the best religious narrative. aud $25 for the
best children s story, and these two articles,
selected from more than one hundred and
forty manuscripts which were offered, will
soon be published in the Congrfgdtiondtist
! Household Reading, noticed on the ou'-
side of this paper, is Low sent ~ d premium
Tor two new subscribers. Thus any person
may obtain it by sanding to the publishers,
SIS. THIS is certainly q tempting oHer, ~
/ took of nearly 500 pages, composed Of choice
articles and sketches from more than one hun
dred different authors, will be priz9d IN any
family, while the Co"gregdhondii.t Is one OF
the best religious papers in the land.
HARPKR's MAGAZINE for January has The
! following conten,s: At the Area Gate
WON and Finette Heroic Deeds of Heroic
Men, Different Points OF View Personal
Racolec ions OF the War /; A London Police
Court; The Quiet Hour; Hous with the
Dead Our Gold Mine In Connecticut Ad
am Gorson The Virginians III Ttxls; Slack
Little Three Days of Terror Stool
Pigeonry Three Hundred a Yesr; Old
Aunt Matilda Medical Delnsiors Of the
Oden Time Easy Chair Literary Notices ;
Monthly Record Editors Drawer.
BLAckwooD is at hand. The following -
the table Of contents fer Noyember: Nina
Bilatke The Story of a Maiden Of Prague
Party. Cornelius ODowd; The Lost Cable
-B.ibers and Bribery" Dignity Balls > In
"Our Village Profitable Vice Historic
Portraits Sir Brook Observation-Disclosures
Scraps of Verse from Tourists Journal ::
Celestial Rule and Rebellion Three Presi-
dents Of the United States What Should
the Ministers do?
TAG GALAXY for January /, 1867, contains
Tristan Story IN Three Parts Par. |.
Winter Wind Whose Fault is IL? The Pol
icy of Confsca'ion Savonarols ; The Jane
McCrea Tragedy The Guest at the Funeral ;
The Exhibition of Wafer Coiors Summer
Hours; The Quest for English By-g9ne
JOYS The Claverings; Kate FergustCn; The
Galaxy and the Sun The American in En-
gland Misunderstanding Snubblng il
= Congress; The Giant Fa:raguti Mr.. Whites
I Letter on SwInburne DR.. Palmer's " Folk
D Songs; Nj. X 4ndoi pa )" Margaret Brown /;
D The Negro in Paradise. The illustrations in
e this number are from original designs BY
: Hennessy and Muller. The cover by Ben
c jsmin Day.
With this number the Gaiary is enlarged
sixteen RACES and printed on new type. The
story Ct Tristan, commenced in this numbsr
J
Isl.
: In the number ior February 18th Will b
= commenced the new serial novel, Wai,inE fol
the Verdict, by Reips".a Harding n-v's. &C
!, thor If Lie u toe Iron Mile, F." Margre
+. uowth," g.. With Illustrations by v J
: Hennessy. Before the end of she year
e another novel by celebrated author may b
: expected.
The price OF The GaiGry Will remain q
o besore, IS year. Subscriptions may com
: mence with any numb-r desired.
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;, representations of the weather, everybody
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far as that information is pecGnisry IL il
character, Is looking for q neat, weli-shapet
+ carefully and tas;etuliy = got up y diary II
IS which TO record tie fluctuations of his purse
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g Interesting and valuable occurrences OF AuO
" Domini, 1867. Such FIGURING seekers after
ls diary will fod our bookstores we'll supple
with the article, though We believe they vii
find the quantity OF those poorly designed. an
r manufactured SO as not 10 relieve the desigr
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j. very much in excess of he diaries which ar
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d often, and persons Of cultivated taste WA
n not ufend their eyes for all the DAYS and hour
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