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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02

THE HIDDEN HANDS OF HELP.-How lit
tie is known of the private history of great
statesmen, orators, and writer's How few
of them have revealed the secret influences,
the little helping hands that shaped and
uplifted the lives of their genius, If the
truth could be known, doubtless it would be
found that every one of them. as he strug-
gled upward, fixed his eyes upon some one
human face, and knew by its smile when he
had won a success. How many had reached
nights they never would have attained, had
it not been for little white hands, which
the world never saw, that were extended
to them when the beetling cliff of difficulty
seemed to bar their upward way. The
subtle lines of sympathy are more invisi-
BILE than the threads which sunbeams spin
through mid air Those between sympa-
thetic hearts, finer than the finest tissues of
light, have fed great aspirations to glorious
strength and issue. We know what they
did for many of the old masters. Dante
had his Beatrice, and Petrarch his Laura
and Thompson his Countess of Hertford as
a better and purer inspiration of his gen
ius. These were not hidden hands; for
each poet revealed the one that helped him.
But what they were to these great writer's,
other hands the world never saw have been
to men of every rank of distinction
E1ihu Burrit'S FWeside Words.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02

A former professor of natural history
in a New England college, now occupying
a higher position of the same character at
the West is sometimes quite absent-minded
On one occasion, while hearing class in
zoology, he put the question "Did you
ever see porpoise ?' "No sir" Profess
sor, very forcibly, as was his wont: "The
merit. Did you lever see a porpoise ~ No.
sir" 'The aaext. Did yom ever see por-
poise ?" NO, sir" At this point, forget
ting that his question was entirely extra
neous, he closed the book with bang. and
an indignant. Take this lesson again,
amid the laughter of the class.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02

hearts and without brains, whose movements
and habits, independently of thousands of
contingencies to which they are exposed,
prove in the most satisfactory manner that
their acts are a near approach to the ele-
ments ola reasoning faculty, if they do not
Indicate reason itself. When by accident,
a thread of a SPIDERS web is broken, the
weaver examines the misfortune with ex-
treme care, and by taking different rositi-
tions, surveys the damage, and then pro-
ceeds artistically to repair it by splicing
or inserting an entire new cord Again,
when a wandering fly becomes entangled in
the net, the cautious approach of the owner
of the trap, lying patiently near by for
game, indicates calculation in regard to the
character and strength of the victim.
Does it not strongly resemble reason
when all its movements, under such an as
pect of affairs show beyond doubt the
spider considers the matter in all its rela-
tions before venturing to seize the prey ?
And yet spiders are without brain.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02

BArBING EXTRAORDINARY Thurs
day afternoon says the New York Times. a
young married woman, babe in arms, went
in bathing near the coal yard of Abner
Reeves, River street, Newark. There she re-
mained over a quarter of hour in the
water, where she amused herself performing
all the evolutions known to expert swim
mers, and throwing her infant some distance
from her diving for it. The babe enioyde
the sport hugely. The woman after having
swan with one hand round the pond. and
the other holding the child, came on shore.
donned her wearing apparel and walked
home with rosy cheeks and elastic STEP
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02

The FIRES ~ THE CANADIAN WOODS.
TIE Rochester D-mocrat says at Bis-
sett's Creek, about one hun lrel an l fifty
miles above Ottawa City, on the Ontario
side Of the Ottawa river, large lumber
ing depot. com orisint sone fifteen or six
teen buildings, has been con oletely de-
stroyel, with an imnense stock OF provis-
ions, everything having been consune1
except the pork, which was stored unier-
ground. On the Gatineau, too, the de-
structon has been m)s5 extensive, the
townships of Lowe AMI links, ar1 some
others having been almost overruu with
| the devouring element Similar devasta-
tlons are reported on the north hank Of
the Upper Ottawa, AMI also at several
places throughout the Province of Quebec
Extensive fires are raging also 10 the for
ests on the north shores of lakes Huron
. and Superior.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02

AN EAsY-CHAIR.-A delightfully."- easy
sewing chair can be made in a few hours
from an old cane-seat chair, from which
the canes have been broken away, by saw
ing off the front legs about two inches, the
back ones three or four tack bit Of old
strong carpetlng, canvas or something OF
the kind, across the seat make a curtain
of an old smali-fgured dress or Of a pretty
print, fasten it to fall around the sides of
the chair fit u cushion to the back and
one to the seat, cover it with the same,
and YOU will have comfortable and pret-
" chair, in which YOU can rest while you
work This fashion Of chair, in the par
ticular of having the seat slope backward
4 little, was the invention of a friend of
mine suffering from a prolonged illness.
tired of them even faster than in an ordi-
nary chair, and lounges were no better,
while in this chair, manufactured under
her superintendent by a brother, she
found Just what she desired. Chairs and
rocking-chairs, as ordinarily made, give no
support to the back below the shoulders,
and thereby tend to make person round
shouldered by throwing them forward ; a
chair made in this way. on the contrary,
allows person to sit, giving support to the
small OF the back. in which case the shoul-
ders Will look out for themselves, and in
stead OF being placed in an unnatural po-
sltlon, with the support in the wrong place
entirely, you will find yourself just right
in all respects, and will rest in your chair
almost as we'll as in lying down.-Harper'
Bq-1r.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02

" BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT.-Some fifteen
years 90. Rev. j ohm y. Maffitt, then in his
prime. delivered lecture which closes with
the following passage: The Phoenix, fabled
bird of antiquity, when it felt the chill ad-
vances of age, built its own funeral urn,
and fired its own pyre by means which
natures instinct taught All its plumage
and its form of beauty became ashes; but
ever would rise the young, beautiful form
from the urn of death and chambers of dc
cav; would the fedgling come, with its eye
turned toward the sun, and essaying Its
dark velvet wings, sprinkled with gold
and fringed with silver, on the balmy air,
rising Il little higher, until at length, in
the full confidence of flight, it gives a cry
of JOY. and soon becomes glittering speck
in the deep bosom of the aerial ocean,
lovely voyager of earth, bound on Its hea-
venward journey to the sun.
So rises the spirit bird from the ruins
oe the body, the funeral urn which its
maker built, death fires, so towers away to
its home in the pure elements of spiritual
itv, the intellect Phoenix to dip its proud
wings in the fountain of eternal bliss. Sc
shall dear, precious humanity survive from
the ashes of a burning world.
So beautifully shall the unchanged SOU
soar within the disc of eternity's great lu
minary, with undazzled eye and unscorcheo
wings-the Phoenix of mmortality-taker
to its rainbow home and Graded on the
! beating bosom Of eternal love-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02

FEMALE BEAUTY.-Revive the beauty OF
bygone ages, and you will revive all the ug-
illness of those days; for there must have
bcantv would not have been so forcibly ap-
preciated Had there been more pretty girls
in the DAYS of Troy, Helen would have had
few suitors, and Ilium might have neen
standing vet. What L mean to say IS TINS
in those days people dressed so that unless
their features were almost perfect they were
literally nothing All the minor sraees l.,l when
set off a mediocre person now were periec'ly
unaya;Iahle under the system of costume
But imagine for moment all your acqualh'
ances dressed in this way. Would not the
majority be frightful? How few faces "a ana 40.
commissions would stand that binding PACK
of the hair how few forms could show to
advantage beneath the simple robe, wlthou
STAYS or stiff petticoats how few feet woul'
be endurable in sandals; how few arm
would bear the MONDAY suns and the sharl
winds. which would soon turn them 10 .h
pattern and form of a washerwoman s fer
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02

An amusing incident occurred the other
day at Democratic meeting in jacksonville,
Ill. While Gen. Mcconnell was speaking,
a circus procession, preceded by music.
drove around the public square, the band
playing lively tune; whereupon Us or
$50 of the 200 persons present left the
meeting and ran off to hear the band, or
to the show At this, Gen. Mcconnell,
usually so amiable, seemed to lose his
temper, and after pausing few moments,
said 90 Fellow-citizens, it is a bad sign, to
see the people leave Democratic meeting,
and run after id monkey show. Such
conduct convinces me that you care neither
for your party nor your principles
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02

STRANGE PHENoMENA.-The Lyons On
" Republican records strange phenom-
ena that has occurred along the shore oil
Lake Ontario. For three weeks previous
to last Friday the water of the lake has
been unusually warm-so warm, indeed,
that very many persons resorted thither
for the purpose of bathing, remaining in
the water an hour or more at a time with
out experiencing sensations of chilliness.
On Friday, however. a chlng9 oeeurred-
the temperature of the water falling nearly
twenty degrees within three hours.-An1
now comes the strangest part of the story.
The fish, great AMI small, as the cold in
creased, seemed possessed with a desire to
sot o1horo, came lcaping aud tumhling
against the banks in hunlreds and thou
sands. Large quantities were taken with
spears and nets, and the shores Of the lake
We're lined with dead fish. Whether the
fish We're benumbel by the increasing cold
ness, and instinctively sought the shore
where the water was of less dep th, let the
naturalists say: we will not pretend to ex-
plain. The water of Lake Ontario is now
colder by several degrees than it has been
for several years at this season. and natur-
ally excites considerable comment and dis
crsslon.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02

The significant men of New England
were born on the hill-tops kissed earliest
by the rising sun. They went to their
greatness with sunburnt faces and hands
calloused at the plough. Your best i'm
ports are your births. Your best exports
are your cultured men. Your best real
estate is your manhood. Your glory and
honor sit on the heads and in the hearts of
your thronging children,-Rec. A. S.
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The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-24
Chf 9su 6rlsaux Qrssttud.
Written for the N. o. Crescent
Pour Eux. Mes Canarades.

Written for the N. o. Crescent
Pour Eux. Mes Canarades.
Our love that we lost and buried,
And our star that set in pain:
The sleep that we sought avearied,
The Lethe we sought in vain
Our sorrow that came in the May.time-
A stroke from the good Gods handi
The light that went out from the daytime,
The shadow that swept our land
But watched while my brothers slumbersd,
watched while the web was spun;
And knew when the nights were numbered,
saw when the sands were run.
knew when the heavens would open,
And the shadow would fade away;
And knew by the winds Eothen,
That blew in the van Of day,
That the darkness was done, aud the morning
Would leap from the arms OF night,
And promise would gid the dawning
With glories Of lavish light.
saw that the stars waned palIid, u
saw that the sky waxed red,
knew that the day had dalied.
But marked what the voices said:
And voice from the South said "Onwardln
/. And the wood grew blind with gold,
And the wind turned streaming sunward,
And voice at the heart" Behold"
90 The day and the dawn are pregnant
With promise of better things
Take note of the sun risen regnant,
Take note what the South wind singsi
q" Oh, why do ye wait and wonder
Oh, why do my children wait
With their hearts and their hands ssunder,
And the morrow filed with fate ~
II spoke and the sun burst burning;
And the meaning of day was clear,
As 1t said with q sound returning
The hour of hours is near"
And know that the Seer has spoken;
know by the Frightening sky
And tell by tenfold token
That the JOY of the day draws nigh
Parish st. mary, March l9 1893.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-24
+ r. sARRAZIN's
- TOBACCO MANuFAcToRY.

Corner Chaztrss aud Cont streets
M T. p sIREAZIN thankful for the patronage sxended
10 Rim re The Of his factory. has constantly
used biz b-st sxsrous bis repn
ton sad able Offer the Soafbsn states superior
article Of Tobncco for smoking pnt All sorts s<
ages 70 tsde his assortment Of uhewing focsss
Pi,ss, Cigars, ETC.. u rcnsks1 ~ ssery arrival
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-24
TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

~ SkW 0Elk&ua U1EakENts
TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
NATIONAL
TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
new enterprise, to be known the NATIONAL TELE-
GRAPH COMPANY. has been organized, with vslaAbls
franchise conferred by Of Congress- for the
pose Of establishing TRUST LINES OF TELEGRAPH on
III the principal railroads mail routes in the United
States The Stock to be issued upon the principle
that Of the Merchant Union Express Company which
Gently commenced operations The design to interest the
BUSINESS
not so much to dispose Stock is to ssours the
pe.s of the country shrOagh which the lines pass.
The Capital is to be
sIo.ooo.0Oo.
In 100000 Shares. of the par vAlusOf
800 PER SHARE.
But the actual amour. to be paid !. O.'As
SIS FER share.
-
'''-'-' '@'
the Board Of Directors instruments exceed Eve
cent per When hiynvs per of the par value
'''
CASH CAPITAL OF sa.soo.ooo.
bepsyng points reached BY the present monopoly.
me present Oh inc ''e"
consolidated into one huge mo00p0y and are no" earning
ever six millions OF dollars per year. or over one pc
cent on the actual cost OF their Ines 'hs present eaP'A
saving been waiereo over one thousand per cent
The NATIONAL TELEGRAPH COMPANY have a re-
every Railroad and Main Route in the United States The
before organized The question Of the Right Of Way Is
forever settled
transferred any other Company The act Of Congress
...u.s,... ...n,.a
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-24

T,nNE.T TURPIN. wHOLEsALs MASUFAc-
IL furer Of stick Candy Fancy Candies Chocosts Cream
Dr.ps sng.r almonds, Rock Candy ysisos PASTE Ssa
Drops and s. rups. By Importer OF feDcn vln<-
nenfs such Cupds, Fosers Gam Leaves. ORE D,a-
phns Decorated Toys, cossaques Fancy pADer oI c~xe
stands Eouquets CstonAses Fancy BOXES iof 1nris
mas and Nss Year Presents cornncypas eie sic Ne -
Old Lsvee street. between 81 Louis nd Cont stfeet Ns~
Or,ears. La
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1868-12-31

To walk along the street with an
umbrella or cane under your arm, the
point sticking out for everybody to
run his face into.
How stupid for thrco ladies TO
walk abreast, and move so slowly
that persons in a hurry must either
go between them or get into the gut
ter.
How stupid to puff and blow, aud
we'll nigh faint on ascending stair.
way, with forty pounds Of fashiona-
bio cloak on your back.
How stupid to go late to church
and annoy the minister and congre.
CATION by your fussy entrance.
How stupid to wear a dress four
feet too long, aud then look daggor'
il any one steps on il.
How stupid to walk for exercise
when you need rest.
How stupid not to know what you
want when you 30 into dry goods
store.
How stupid to cat when you arc
not hungry.
How stupid to think that peoples
opinion of you increases in proper
tion to the cost Of your clothes.
How stupid to refuse to sing or
play when urged or to bore people
to distraction by doing so when not
asked.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1868-12-31

agaii .st the United States, or adher-
Ing. to their enemies during the late
cNil war, with the restoration Of
all rights, privileges and immuni~
ties, under the Constitution and the
laws which have been made in pur-
suanco thereof.
In testimony whereof / have
signed these presents with my hand
and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.
Done at the City Of Washington,th
tweuty-ffth day Of December,
in the year Of our Lord eigh-
teen hundred and sixty-cight
and Of the independence of
[sEAL1 the United States Of Amer
lea the ninoty-third.
ANDREW JoHNsoN.
T. w. SEWARD, Acting Secretary
Of State.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1868-12-31
Notice in Bankruptcy.

INTHE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
/ states tor the Northern District Of Ohio
In the mlttcr OF James W. Ryan, bankrupt
In bankruptcy.
AWArrant On bankruptcy has been issued hy
said Court against the estate OF James W.
RYAN of TiMu, In the County ot SeneeA,
OF tho state nfOhio, in said District adludsed
bankrupt upon the petition OF Eli j. Root AM
others his cioditors; and the pay mout
of any debts, and the delivery Of any property
belonging to said bankrupt, TO hia or TO hls use,
and the transfer Of any property by hlm' are
forbidden by law,
A meeting of the creditors OF said hAhkrup',
10 prove their debts aud choose one or more
assignccs OF his estate, will be held atA Court Oh
Bankruptcy To be holden at Cleveland, IN sAa
District on the 26th day II January, lto9, az ~
O'Clock, A.. NJ, at the ONCE Of Myron X. kelth'
Esquire, one OF the Registers In bankruptcy OF
said CouIt. HARRY THOMPSON,
Deputy U. s Marshal, Messenger
ELwrLL MARvIN, ANnrneys for PelNoher'
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1868-12-31

T he New York Sun editorially de.
man ds that the Postmaster General
shall explain several ugly trausac-
tious in mail contracts, 1t specifics
the overland mail contract at ST.
100000 with Wolls, Fargo &sCo.,
when carlton Speeds offered TO car
ry it for $3.50 900, aud the contract
TOR 100000 over the route in Ari1o-
ma, which does not exist, and where
the contractor performs no service
whatever, 1t further mentions the
Baltimore aud Havana steamship
line, which is paid 81 900 each trip
for a hundred dollars worth Of ser.
vice.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1868-12-31

The Louisiana eN.rebels arc doing all In
their power TO prevent freedmen from buy
ing or leasing land. A number of tho resi-
dents Of Pointe Coupeo have recently writ
I'm letter forbiddiug the leasing Of lR0d
60 cologed men, aud a meeting was held re-
Gently "a we learn from the New Orleans
Republican, At Alexandria, m Rhpides Par
ish, 10 the name of the planters aud land-
holders, aud a long preamble and resolu-
tons were passed Tho preamble sets forth
that Tor tho three past years a number of
hand owners In that parish have thought
lessly allowed freedmen to cultivate their
vacant lands, and believing the practice a
bad one, as il allows them 10 became iuie-
pendent proprie,ors said so-called planters
and andholdcrs meeting unanimously
agreed tha, they would not do SO In the tn
ture unless Il was to known CoRserrd6rs
ireedmeui said freedmen to be under their
own eye and direction, and they to he re-
sponsible for their conduct Il was also re
solved that any planter or land owner who
is so uumindMl Of what Il due TO himseli
and the society In which he lives as to let
out hand in opposition to the will Of large
majority OF tho people, deserves TO be and
will be branded as pubhe ntHy ana
treated accordingly.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1868-12-31

On Christmas day negro named
JohnBoll murdered and robbed auo'h'
or named George Biggs, near Bart.
lott, on the Memphis & Louisville
Railroad, aud then placed tho body
On the track, where it was run over
by train, He then proceeded to
tho house Of VIM. Miller, set the gin.
house on hre, and then concealed
himself behind a rose bush with an
axe, as he Afterwards confessed, for
the purpose of killing Miller when
he como out, lie was discovered and
traced in the snow by citizens, black
aud white, aud hung to a tree.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1868-12-31
In Bankruptcy.

TN the District Court Of the United States fol
L the Northern District Of Ohio. ~
In the mHtterof
Eli pcppen, IN hauHrup'o!'
bankrupt
Al Cleveland, In tho said District, on THO ed
day OF December, A. D., 1868 -t.
NopruEUS DtsrRicr or Onto, IS.
Take notice that a petition has been hled In
said Court hv El Deepen uf 'riiiln, In the county
Of Seneca in said District duly declared n Hank
rupt under tho Act OF Congress OF March "a, 'b1,
for A discharge, and certificate thereof rom
all his debts and Other claims provable under
said Act and that the 2Ith day otJannary heNt,
Al 10 o'cloclt, A. NJ, liz assigned for the hearing
OF the same. when and where you may attend
and show cause, itany you have, why lhe prayer
OF tho said petition should not be granted
You will also take notice that the second hna
third meetings of Creditors, required by the 2'lh
and 28th sections OF said Act, will be held by or
der ofsaid Court on the 22d day OF January 4.
D., 1869, at 10 O'Clock, A. NJ. at Norwalk In SAID
Diatrict before Frank Sawyer, Esquiro, one OF the
peristers Of said Court EARL BILL,
clerk oftho District Court,
To the Creditors OF said Bankrupt,
nOll=1M.