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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-09-11

Is DRUNKENNESS RARE IN NINE-GRowING
DISTRICTS Rev. DR.. Bellows writes from
Bingen-on -the-Rhine to the LlberGt Christian
of this city
- 1t is much to be regretted that the
friends of temperance have of late been try
ing to unsettle the opinion that drunken
ness is rare in vinc-grOwing countries. 1t II
So patent in France and in Germany that
intemperance IN the form Of drunkenness Is
most exceptional vice, that only willful
blindness partisanship could deny it |
do not recollect to have seen ono tipsv man
since left Paris, and only one in Paris and
| have diligently sought the places where,
in our country, they would he found. The
truth is. wine Is one of the most common
and one of the most beautiful gifts of Prov
idence an article iOined with corn in the
praises of saints. The countries which pos
it understand it's use and are lust as
little subject 10 excess in using wine rs in
using corn. Excess is found everywhere,
and all hea ems gifts are liable To abuse ;
but TO expect France and Germany to give
up wine or beer is absurd. nor would any
thing but harm come from the attempt 10
enforce their disuse by legislation. Special
efforts must be made in northern climates t.
resist the tendency To strong drink. which is
aggravated by cold and by the necessity OF
harder work to live, not to add g.oomines>
of weather, short days and much darkness
| was somewhat Mortified to find. later, in
common uses among field laborers, both men
and women, in certain districts aside from
the Rhine, fiery alcoholic drink called po-
tato whiskcy-strong, intoxicating and full
of fusil oil. 1t is part Of the daily ration OF
field laborers in the region about Frankfort
half pint per day and in harvest time
even this does not satisfy them. They ex-
pend certain portion of the extra pay Of
this season in adding to their whiskev ra-
non, ana nI"n. vf tile4l. lIinh, uvid. u
drunkenness. This is proper deduction II
be made from the universal temperance oh
served among the better classes, and should
give some pause to the inquirer verdict up
on the sobrietv of wine making countries
Unhappily, the whiskev is only twenty
three cents gallon, and wine Is many times
dearer. 1t is. however, universally conceded
that drunkenness is more and more rare even
among this field class. and that it is wholly
confined to it, with rare individual exceptions
| shall press the investigation wherever
find opportunity, and report results without
fear or favor. be they in accordance with
theories or expectations or no"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-09-11
keuOuSfrance.

Daughters of Eve your mother did not well
she laid the apple in your fathers hand
And we have read, wonder! what befel-
The not deceived, nor yet could stand
He chose to lose, for love of her, his throne
With her could die, but could not live alone.
Daughters of Eve he did not fall SO low,
Nor fall far, that sweet woman fell;
For something better, than gods to know,
That husband that home left OF to dwell;
For this, TIL love he reckoned, less than lore,
shall man be first and best forevermore.
Daughters of Eve it was for your dear sake
The WORLDS first hero died an uncrown'd king;
Bat tsod's great pity touched the grand mistake,
And made his married love sacred thing;
For vet his nobler sons, il aught be true
Find the lost Eden IN their love for you.
JEAN INGELow.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-09-11

REMARKABLE CUSTOMS OF ORIENTAL
SHoPKEEPERs.-The Armenians who divide
with the Greeks and Jews the entire mer.
camille traffic of western Asia, are accus
toned to sit down and weep bitterly wher
they have sold any article of value, de-
claring that the purchaser has ruined them
The Jews, on similar occasions. rend theil
garments (which by the way, are said te
be worn purposely for such sacri6ce.) with
still louder protestations of ruin
The Greek shopkeepers, in most of the
Turkish towns send crier through the
city to proclaim the arrival of new good.
and their prices, every announcement being
regularly concluded with a declaration
that his employer is running himself, but
must SELL l54
In Asiatic Russia, the shopkeepers con
slider it incumbent on them to absolutel,
refuse selling their goods to any customer
and the latter is expected to employ him
self at least an hour In pursuadine the mer
chant to deal with him.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-09-11

THE WOMEN OF A SCOTTISH IsLAND.-A
correspondent of the Glasgow Herald, who
recently visited the island of Lewis, in the
Hebrides, says "the women do all the
heavy work. They dig, delve and hoe;
they carry heavy loads of manure to the
fields, and in the peat season you may see
them all day carrying creelfuls of peat
from the bog. You will often see man
trudging along the road beside woman,
but the creel is on the woman's back. If
they come to a river or ford, the woman
crosses first, deposits her creel on the other
other side, and then returns to carry the
man across. l only saw this once, but the
farmers tell me that it is thing of every
day occurrence When the creel is empty,
the man sometimes slings it over his own
shoulders. and then mounts upon the back
of the woman, who carries them both
across together. This, l am told is the
only occasion on which, by any chance, you
see creel on the back of man. The
woman in the rural districts here is, in fact,
a beast of burden, and men, in looking
out for wives, look largely to muscular de-
velopment. A story is current among the
English-speaking farmers that illustrates
this conception of woman's mission In
the middle of one peat season, when labor
was much in demand, a man who was sup
posed to be a confirmed old bachelor, sud
denly married A friend met him some
lays after. What for did you take a
woman like that?" said the friend. Ibid
you no hear" replied the man, "that my
horse was dead ?"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-09-11

| factory result anpther was Immediately
made in the side between the eighth and
ninth ribs, and with complete success. A
flowed freely.
Mr.. Paines cough, which had been most
distressing, ceased entirely within thirty
five minutes after the operation, which was
performed on the 18th of November, 1866
he has not coughed since. He now has an
excellent appetite, sleeps well, weighs one
hundred and forty-fve pounds, walks with
out difficulty, and says he thinks he could
easily walk ten miles day. There has
been no discharge from the tube for more
than month, and the tube in fact dropped
out In word, Mr.. Paine calls himself
we'll man, and talks of soon going to
Milwaukee, not with the expectation OF
dying within few weeks, but of entering
into active business
guished surgeon, DIR. III. s. BeardsIey, as
sisted by that most successful practitioner,
DR.. Brown, performed the same operation
upon the right lung of Mr. J. H. Cowdry,
of Perry At the time of the operation,
Mr. COwdry was very feeble, being able to
sit up but part of the day, and suffering
from a constant cough. Already the
cough is gradually diminishing, and there
is every prospect of an entire restoration
to health
Has not Dr. Walcott opened the door
of hope to the consumptive ?-Memphis
Post
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-09-11

I BIRD MoUND MISUNDERSTANDING the
most remarkable of the feathered tribe are
the birds of Australia, which construct
large mounds, and then leave their eggs to
bc hatched IN thom, not by the birds them
selves, but by the fermentation of the as
sembled mass OF materials The heap en-
ployed for this purpose is collected by the
birds during several weeks previous to the
period of laying; it varies in size from two
to many cart loads, and in most instances
is in pvramidal form The construction
of the mound Is either the work of one
pair of birds, or, as some suppose, the
united abors OF several years in succession.
the birds adding fresh supply of materi-
ais each succeeding season. The materials
composing these mounds are accumulated
by the bird grasping a quantity in its foot
and throwing it backwards TO one common
centre; the surface of the ground for a
considerable distance being so completely
scratched over that scarcely leaf or a
blade Of grass is left. The mound being
completed and time allowed for sufficient
heat to be engendered, the eggs are depos-
tied i'll a circle, at the distance of nine or
twelve inches from each other, and buried
more than an arms depth, with the large
end upward; they are covered up as they
are laid, and allowed TO remain until they
are hatched. Mr. Gould, from whose
Handbook" we derive this description,
says that it is not an unusual thing to OBJ
tain half a bushel of eggs at one time from
a single mound. Some of the natives state
that the females arc constantly in the
neighborhood of the mound about the time
the young are likely to be hatched. and
frequently uncover and cover them up
again, apparently for the purpose of as
sisting those that may have appeared !;
while others relate that the eggs are mere
" deposited, and the young allowed to
force their way out unasssted. One point
has been clearly ascertained, namely, that
the young from the hour they are Matched
are covered with feathers, and have their
wings sufficiently developed to enable them
to fly up to the branches of trees, should
they need to do so TO escape from danger
They are equally nimble on their legs.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-09-11

in held immejitly, the fol.erin resolooshens
wuz passed
Resolred, That it is possible for men
whose faith is bigger nor grain NV mustard
seed to hev confidence in President johnson
but ourn is gin out.
ResoLced, That we asked him for bread and
he gave a stone we asked him for an egg
and he gave us a scorpion.
Resoired, That a committee NV two be APP
pointed to toss up for the difference between
Sheridan and Thomas, and another to figure
up wherein we are better off under Grant
than we wuz under Stanton.
Resolred, That the President in awak-
enin hopes only to dash EN- to the ground,
is guilty Nv crooel disregard NV our
feelins
Resolred, That if he is ever going to do
n,thing for us why don't he do it, and
At this pint another dispatch came. l
wuz too much affected to read it, and passt
it to the President. 50 He'll - sed he,
. Gentle sirs, hunt your holes. Thomas is
sick and won't come, and Sheridan is going
to stay after all
Concludin that my official duties prevent
ed me from maxim a longer stay in Moo Or
leans, hasted North agin with all speed
Jest ez | wuz leavin the city, got another
dispatch Stain that Hancock WIZ appointed
to Sheridans place. didn't consider the
nooze suffshently cheerin to indoose me to
go back agin. feel that men NV nv upinion
is safer in Kentucky than anywhere else.
kentucky didn t secede, and therefore within
her borders secesheniss are safe. Thank the
Lord for Kentucky.
They dom do johnson Justice down there
tho. He would help en- if he Good, but he
can't. Congris tied his hands. He can ap-
pint this man or that man, but both this
man and that man are bound to execoot the
law. Wat kin the President do?
PETROLEUM V. Massey. p NJ.
witch is Postmaster
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-09-11
SAD CAsEIx LANsrSGBURGH- WouA,

SAD CASE IN LANsINGBURGH-AW WOMAN
LEFT To DIE IN THE STREErs.-A very
remarkable as we'll as horrible affair devel-
oped in the village of Lansingburgh, y
Y, on Thursday night. The victim is a
young girl, l9 years of age, named Caro-
line Hubbard She formerly resided with
a dress-maker in the town of Pittstown.
Rensselaer, county, named Kate c. Croft.
but about a month since deceased left her
employment Late on the night in oues-
tion she was seen in company with a
strange man in a carriage passing through
the village of Lansinburgh. She was cry
ing and the man endeavoring to pacify her
After proceeding short distance. they
ahghted from the vehicle, or according to
some accounts the young woman was put
out of the carriage by the man, and the
two sat down upon the steps of a house,
where her condition speedily attracted
crowd of people. Soon she ceased to speak,
and rapidly grew worse, until she died in
the arms of lady who had been called
from her house to attend the dying girl.
In the excitement incident to this death
scene, her companion reentered the car
riage and drove rapidly away Now, a
singular case of mistaken identity occurred.
A cousin and brother in-law of a Young
lady living in Cohoes, named Annie Com
ners, both identified the body as that of
Miss Corners but upon dispatching an
officer to her residence that person was
found at home in bed, alive and well. 1t
was not until next morning that the remains
were identified. A postmortem examina-
tion showed that death was caused bv
inflammation resulting from an operation
to produce miscarriage
On Friday, a young man named Oscar
Williams, in whose mothers family Miss
Hubbard had lived, and who is the sup
posed seducer, was arrested, together with
Mrs. Wager, of Troy, who is charged
with effecting the abortion John Henry
Wager, who claims to be her son, confessed
to have thrown the unfortunate girl from
the carriage. He is also in jail
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-09-11
Surgical Operation for Consumption.

A friend who fee Is deep interest in the
subject, has handed US an account taken
from the Painesville (Ohio) Telegraph, of
novel and seemingly impracticable sur
gical operation, that of relieving patient
suffering from tubical consumption by cut
ting directly into the lower part of the
lung, and relieving the abcess by inserting
a tube. This apparent hazardous opera
tion, it is stated, was performed by Surgeon
General r. B. Walcott, of Wisconsin.
upon Mr.. James II. Paine, of gainesville,
and was attended with gratifying success.
We extract the following portion of the
account
The abcess was in the left lung, but
there was no surface indication of its exact
position this. of course, increased the
difficulty of the operation. An opening
was first made between the sixth and
seventh ribs, in front, and with no salts
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-09-11

MODERN GENs.-The progress of human
skill in the imitation of precious stones, and
the gradual giving out of the diamond mines
Of Golconda and India, have rendered spu-
rious gems more abundant and more perfect
in imitation than ever. Even expert con-
noisseurs are said to be sometimes deceived
by certain classes of limitation gems and
so far as this is the case, the advantage of
the genuine stones over the spurious is a
merely ornamental point of view, has GER
tainly been reduced to a very fine shade A
recent work on the subject states that . very
small proportion of the gems now sold and
worn are genuine, and that largo quantities
IRE made in Birmingham and Paris, sent to
India, and sold by the natives to strangers
as '' gems from the mine.'' The steady pro-
grees of science in the re-composition of
natural products leaves ittle room to doubt
that man will eventually conquer this feld
,lso from nature and occupy it with more
exquisite products of art. 7il1-a -iad7
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-09-11

\ CHEERFUL HEARr.-I once heard a
lady say to an individual Your counte-
nance to me is like the rising sun for it
always gladdens me with cheerful look ,"
A merry or cheerful countenance was al
ways one of the things which Jeremy Tay-
lor said his enemies and prosecutors could
not take from him. There are some per-
sons who spend their lives as if shut up in a
dungeon. Everything is made gloomy and
forbidding. They go mourning and COM
planning from day to day that they have SO
little, and are constantly anxious lest what
little they have will escape out of their
hands. They look upon the dark side, and
can never enjoy the good that is present
for the evil that is to come. That is no
religion. Religion maketh the heart cheer
ful and when its large and benevolent
principles are exercised, men will be happy
in spite of themselves The industrious
bee does not complain that there are so
many poisonous flowers and thorny branch
es in bis road, but buzzes on, selecting the
honey where he can find it, and passes
quietly by the places where it is not.
There is enough in this world to complain
about and find fault with, if men have the
disposition. We often travel on a hard
and uneven road; but with a cheerful
spirit we may walk therein with comfort
and come to the end of our Journey in
peace-Dr. De,cey
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-09-11

But the most extraordinary custom is
that which prevails among the merchants
of Thibet, regular stand-up fight being
required to take place between the seller
and purchaser, on the disposal of any con-
siderable quantity of goods. the former OBJ
stinately rejecting the price to which he
has already once agreed, and the latter as
resolutely forcing it upon him. 1t is not
business like to settle matters till few
blows have been exchanged on both sides,
after which they peacefully shake hands,
and the bargain is concluded.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-09-11
What a Little Boy Thought about
Things.

am little boy about so many years old ;
don't know whether am a good little boy,
but l am afraid not, for l sometimes do
wicked things, and once | cut sisters kit,
tens tail off with chopping knife, and told
her that big dog came along and bit it off
and swallowed it down before poor kitty
could say Jack Robinson, and sister said she
was sorry. and it must have been a very
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-09-11

PosT OFFIs, CoNFEDRIT y ROADS,
(Which is in the Stait Nv Kentucky,)
August 20, 1867.
wuz a settin all SO pleasant in the Post
Offs last mite, musin onto the mutability
NV human affairs, when | received the toller-
in despatch, per boy on mule, from the
stashen
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 1867.
To P. v. Nasty, etc.
Hev determined to be President or nothin.
Shel remove Stanton, and immejitly there
after Sheridan, and ultimately the balance
Nv EN-. Go on 10 Moo Orleans and make
this known to our friends. Draw on the
general fund for expense A j.
What a thrill run thro me ez l red this.
| never felt SO good but wunst before in my
life. Iwuz in an interior town in Massa-
chusetts four days where the stimulatin
bevrage wuz root beer. The occasion when
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-09-11
TERMS FOB ADVERTISING.

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ng by the year. --it=-- -A f--+
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For notices Lberafinns Estrays. the Formation and
Dissolution of Copauershipe, &c. of50 ssd cy three
Insertions, ~ by mail tho money must accompany
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Notices in columns 10 cents lire cash nsos
ton, but no charge made of le-s fhaa so eenss.
Notices ot Deaths and Marriages inserted Rrats, but
extended Obituary Notices or Poetry will bs ehafEsd
the rate of hve cents per line. ,-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-09-11

The Wisconsin Ssste Journal ssys - ss.Wn-
consin is better rspresentsd in the Unitsl
States Senate at present than it has ben Sor
a long time past. Senator Howe is present,
and Senator Doolittle is absent 7o1a'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-09-11
RECENT DISCOVERIES.

The planets known to the ancients were
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Sat
urn, but they were not visible in the min
utiae of satellites and belts to the early as
tronomers. who had not the facilities offered
by the powerful telescopes of the present
day to aid them in their discoveries, and
much, consequently, Of their astronomical
postulates were after all mere theories that
the light of modern science has revealed
to be truths in the main, but as incorrect
in minor particulars.
The knowledge possessed by the Chal-
deans, Egyptians, Indians, and Chinese,
seems TO have been purely that of observa-
ton. The knowledge ascribed by some
authors to the Indian nations was proba-
bly, derived from comparatively modern
sources Copernicus, born 1473, the first
of modern astronomers, was the first to re-
store the Pythagorean view of the universe
that the stars and the sun are at rest, the
planets revolving about the sun, and the
moon about the earth. To the planets
known to the ancients the moderns have
added Uranus, the asteroids, and Neptune
Uranus was discovered by Sir William
| Herschel in l7S1. Its distance from the
sun Is ,SZS,UOO,OuO miles, WnlcH nlakeS
its time of revolution round the sun in
about eighty-four years. The planet Nep-
tune was first seen in 1916, and one sat
! elite was soon discovered. The existence
of Neptune had long been suspected, from
the motions of Uranus, which indicated an
exterior attraction, and its place and mag
nitude were calculated by Adams, of Cam
bridge, England, and by Leverrier, of
Paris, before it had been seen. Herschers
discovery of Uranus in 1871 was an acci-
dent, but that of Neptune in 1916 was the
result of calculations by Leverrler, and
must be ranked among the finest triumphs
of the human intellect. The asteroids are
a group of small planets, revolving between
the orbits of Jupiter and Mars. The first
was discovered in January, 1901 the fifth
in December, 1915 ; the forty-third, April
16, 1851; the forty-seventh, October 8,
1857, by Mr. James Ferguson, at the Ma
tional Observatory, Washington, d. c.,
and the fifty-frst at Rheims, in France,
December a, 1857. by Mr.. Laurent, of
the Assay Office. If, therefore, Professor
J. G.. Watson has discovered new planet,
the three discovered in modern times have
been by an Englishman, Frenchman, and
an American.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-09-11

Professor j. c. Watson, of Ann Arbor,
Michigan, announces the discovery of a
planet hitherto unknown, which was first
seen by him a few evenings ago 1t is in
the constellation of Cetus, which lies about
6 IL degrees west Of Mera Ceti, the Won
derful variable star; it is also IS degrees
SW. of the Pleiades, and rises about l
p. NJ, being invisible through any but tel
escopes of superior power. 1t is situated,
according to astronomical phraseology, in
the right ascension. degree and 40 min
utes, and in declination, ;; degrees and 10
minutes South, and Is at present moving
" est and South.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-09-11
From the Toledo Blade.
Nasty.

Mr.. Nasby goes TO Nep Orleans TO ac4ua'nt
the Presidents friends rcith the contemplated
chnnQe.