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YosP eommittes further recommend
the adoption of the report Of Mr.. Tests
sin, and that the clerk be direetsd &c
shasws shs Treaserer, Mr. PoEtsT6sAl. b
balance Ga funds and cash as CONTAINED
IA shs EepsFs Of said Tosterln.
Your ccmnittes would further reson
mead that iha eut.tanding taxes % ths
tar Iisss of laa6, 1851. 1883, 1859, 1850
aud 1861. be- declared unavailable By
the preseat areasas~s-ss the came ara
composed principally CT deiiuqusas, per
sonal end ausaleabls real estate
Signed By the Conmitsss 90 Finasoes
MesDAT, January 8, 1868.
On motion Of Dir. Dankl>, the follow.
ing resolution vas adopt q = ~
RacIcsd, That Perry Reed b SLOWED
81 enter ths Sc 1 Of SE 4 Of sec.isn
1, r rs, r ii w, estimated as 81 s. per
acre, oas-thiva down, and the balance Ia
sas year from data, vita tea per cent.
intessss and thai the clerk be aushof-
ised 20 make qais eiaim deed fer lhs
same, said land hsviag been sppraissd
BY the commissioners at that pEies.
us mesiea Of Mr. GsFnsE, tie falisw-
lag resolution vas adJpsed
Rssalpsd, Hy shs nenbers af The
biara oil Supervisors Of Potsswastamis
. .uBsy. that the Cisrk Of thu llisssiss
O ,sst of said eoansy be. aaa IL hsrshT
sushoFisca to ehangs shs vaissaisn e
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NY 4 IA ssessnn M. n Il kAlf.w
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sed 20 aie them - Ee4a1re4 b. law.
Al peFponz fnasbsea 90 said estate viii Aas
payzaeHs ~ The G1asrxigaed.
John v. EGeLgsrua.
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susA other reports. sssslemeass and
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-03-25
The Great Exhibition and Continental
ketchPS.

This is the title of a volume of 1856 pages,
recently issued by Iiurd & Houghton OF New
York 1t was written by Howard Payson
Arnold, and is lively, gossiping, humorous
record of what he saw and did during his
visit to the continent Of Europe at the time
of the Great Exhibition, l;et summer. we
have. we think, seen some p, tons oil the
book in letters from Europe, pfl"tcd at the
time of the Exhibition, but they are enter
tanning enough to bear second rcldIng-
We copy below the authors rather am@Slng
account of a race he witnessed, at Paris, b.
tween two dromedaries.
Among the immense number of curIositles
from every part Of the world, which one en-
counters at the Great Exhibition, not by any
means the least interesting are four drome-
daries Two OF these come from Egypt, and
were sent over by the Viceroy of that coun-
trv; the others belong to the French govern
ment. and have been for some years used by
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-03-25

and then threw it down with an expression
of disgust
However, it lucky my head was saved !;
and | could always calculate figures pretty
speedy if couldn't other things so the
man that owned the sign father was paint
ing, he got me a place here. Here's your
boat, ma am, and here's my relief
\ tall stalwart man-such painful con-
trast to this poor creature-walked into
the box, and little Azel came siding and
wheeling out on a crutch Just outside the
bars rosy face in sun-bonnet peeped in,
and seeing the cripple coming, began to
dance up and down with JOY.
''She's my sister, exclaimed Azel; ''she
always comes for me-
And seeing her run along, impatiently
thrusting her arm through every hole in
the CRATE, one after another, till she had
covered herself with all sorts of dirty hi
eroglyphics, he made me queer twisted
motion, that did its best to express bow,
and disappeared up the village street, the
little one clinging to his coat and making
vain efforts to aid his unequal footsteps
Boys and Girls.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-03-25
District Convention.

The delegates from the First Congressional
District assembled at Village Hall, Rutland,
Wednesday, March lSth at two o'clock p.
NJ After waiting until seven minutes past
three o clock, and no member OF the District
Committee appearing III the Convention, il
was called to order by II. c. johnson. Esq.
of Nergennes, who read the call.
On motion Of Nathaniel Fish, Esq, of
West Haven, Hon. Merritt Clark, of Poult-
ney, was elected president, and II c. john
son. of Nergennes, was appointed secretary.
On motion the president appointed as a
committee on credentials Edwin Hammond.
ESD, Of Middlebury, John Y Hall, Of Ben
nington Nathaniel Fish, of West Haven,
Hon. George Nichols, of Northfcld.
The committee on credentials reported a
list Of delegates The following were pres
ent from Washington county.
Barrc.-Gcorso W. Tilden. d. W. Mower
Carlos Carpenter
B0In.-R. II. Stewart. Daniel Chandler
Niddieset.-D. p Carpenter, c. c. Put
MontpeHer.-C. ". Willard, Joseph Po-
land, W G. Ferrin. John A. Page.
NorthfeM-J. IL. Orcutt, f. X. Jones,
Heman Carpenter, John Gregory, George
Nichols
PlrinfeH.-C Charles T. Batchcldcr, S B.
Gale.
WaterJ1rg-W William W Henry NJ f.
Smile, f. F Palmer.
Wo0dbury.-J- ID. Celley, 5. E. Wells.
Worcester-D ID. Field, F. Leonard.
The convention then proceeded to the elcc-
tion of the first delegate
Col. George \. Merrill nominated Gen
w Y. W. Ripley, of Rutland, who was
elected by aeclamation.
The convention then proceeded to the elec
ton of second delegate
| Joseph Poland, Esq, nominated George c
/ Shepard, of Montpelier.
c. NJ. Willard, Esq, of Castleton, nomi-
mated VIM. X. Sanford, Esq, of Orwell.
/ The president appointed tellers Messrs-
c. NJ. Willard, Joseph Poland, Edwin Ham
m0nd and w G. Ferrin.
The ballot resulted as follows
Whole number of votes, 129
Necessary to choice. %
George c. Shepard, 50
Wm. R. Sanford, 80
W. p Nash,
On motion of Col. Redfield Proctor, Chas
Field, Esq, of Dorset, was appointed alter
nate for Gen. Ripley.
On motion of G. {. Martin, Esq, of Fer
rsburgh, VIM. p. Nash Esq. of:New Haven
was appointed alternate for Mr. Shepard.
On motion, the Convention adjourned.
MERRITT CLARK, President.
II. G. JOHNSON. Secretary.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-03-25

4 PROCLAMATION,

OF old the Prophets proclaimed unto the
people :. Sanctiiy We a fast, call a solemn as
-emblv. gather the elders and the inhabitant.
If the land unto the house of the Lord your
tiod. and rrv unto the Lord The father.
obcyed the command, and left the custom
rich legacy unto the children.
In compliance Herewith. and recognizing
our dependence upon God who may turn
.a fruitful land into barrenness, for the
wickedness Of those that dwell therein. - dc
hereby appoint FRIDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF
lPRIL next. to be observed as day of FAST-
I>G- HCMLIATIoN AND PRAYER
Let Us IN that day abstain from secular
fmployments, and gather in our places ot
solemn assembly" and there devOutlv en-
-,a-e IN prayer with confession for our sins.
Lccus huInbly seek aid from the source OF
III wisdom. for those in authority. that they
NAV discern the right, regard the safety.
honor and welfare of the people. that judg-
fucut NAV be executed in the sight of the
nation. thus shall UNION and peace be
restored to all the land.
Let " impIorc the blessing of God that
honorable labor may receive its reward, that
the ground give her increase, and that all
NAV eat in plenty and be satisfied that
wasting sickness come not near our habita-
tfYn-. that our institutions of learning be
prospereI. and above all that pure religion
NAV prevail in all our borders.
ln pur supplications let US seek the inter
.c--ion of our only Mediator and Advocate,
Jesus Christ; thus may our fast prove ac-
ccptahle 10 the Lord, that he deal not with
us according u our iniquities.
fiireu uHder my hand and the Seal Of the Stat
ID tte Erccl,Ire ChGD,ber at Rutland, Lis
eighteenth dag IF March, IN the year Of ou1
Lorf one thousand eight hundred and sirty-
,tghl. ald Of The Independence Of The United
States the liHefy-Seo0Hd.
JOHN B. PAGE.
BY the Governor.
:. f.. BURNHAM. Secretary
of Civil and Military Affairs.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-03-25

Mark Twain, the lively Washington cor
respondent of several papers, gives the fol-
lowing amusing account Of the resources
in men and money etc, offered to Mr.
johnson in his time of need:
SLEEPING LION ARoUSED-GIDEoN RAM
Feb. 26
The ball is in motion The Philadelphians
send encouraging dispatches to the Presl-
dent. Chicago mass meetings tell Illinois
representatives to impeach. New York
city threatens blood and slaughter in be-
half of the President. Gov. Geary prom
ises another uprising for Congress. And
last, MIR. Gideon Welles lis & standing by
with his redoubtable four hundred marines
to rush to the Chief Magistrates protec
ton 1t is time to tremble when Gideon''
Band is hitching up its trowsers, shifting
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-03-25

walls among Christians. But among Ma
hommedans even, the use of " the prohibit
ed, as they call it, is not uncommon, but
is greatly on the increase. Some of all
classes es-ecclesiastics, mobiles, people-are
said to drink freely, though the practice is
considered disreputable, and is therefore
kept as private as possible. As the man
ufacture of Intoxicating liquor would be
fragrant violation of their law, they pur-
chase supplies from Christians, many of
whom find the traffic a lucrative business
Those Mussulmans, who disregard their
prophets prohibition, are, according to my
observation almost universally addicted to
excessive drinking. They resort to it main
ly for its exhilarating and Intoxicating eff
fects.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-03-25
From the Springfield Republican
All Hands on Beck.

IN EEN. WA>HINGTON GLADDEN.
steady, there
strip the bending topmast bare
Wear the ship the breakers stare
Through the grnning jaws of foam
Pipe them down-the crazy crew.
Give u sober men and true;
Let the ship he manned anew
Quick we felt the shock of doom.
Pipe them down.
shall the ship of old renown
Sink because we fear their frown:
shall her precious freight be lost.
They have turned her from the track;
They are sailing swiftly back
Through the drear and binding rack
Toward the dangers we had crossed.
Now she rightsi
Hoist the canvas turn the lights
She has lived through darker nights;
She was built IN angry seas;
None but shipmen brave could launch her,
But she rode the waves in GRANDEUR
And the storms have made her stancher;
IIai she laughs at gales like these.
Ready about
Bring the broken compass outl
Take the helm, o Pilot stout;
Righteousness thy chart shall be;
Brightly, Freedoms morning star
Beacons through the clouds afar;
That's the headland see, the scar
There's the port of Libertyi
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-03-25
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING.

For one Square Of l2 lines or less of Nonpare type
insertion, $.00 for each subsequent
cents Unless the number OF insertions marked
the advertisement will be till ordered
Liberaidscount made to merchants and others
ng by the year.
Probate and Commissioners Notices. So 90 each.
For notices of Liherations Estrays, the
dissolution OF Coparnersbips, &c, so each
INSERTIONS j. sent by mail the money accompany
the letter.
Notices IN news columns, 10 cents per lire each nse
ton, but no charge made of less than so
Notices of Deaths and Marriages inserted gratis, but
extended Obituary Notices Poetry will be charged
the rate of five per line.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-03-25


Why is candle with "a long nose like
a contented man? Because it wants muffin.
Why does policeman seize his man by
the collar? For collateral security.
4 self-denying woman-one who sends
word :" not at home" when she Is.
By fashionable young married woman
The latest thing out-my husband.
4. is = Tom and Jerry Old Ad In
term and Jerry Black. The people don't
like the drink.
The New York World has unconsciously
furnished companion for "Lo, the poor
Indian" in "Lags, the Veteran on the
Stage"
An eccentric clergyman lately said in
one of his sermons, that 90 about the COM
monest proof we have that man is made of
clay, is the brick so often found in his hat
A little girl, after noticing for some time
the glitering gold filling in her aunt's front
teeth, exclaimed, with admiration. " Aunt
Mary, wish [ had copper-toed teeth ike
yours
As lamps burn silent, with unconscious
light,
So modest ease in beauty shines most
bright;
Unaiming charms with edge resistless
fall.
And she who means no mischief-does
it all.
A credulous man said to a wag who had
wooden leg, How came you to have
wooden legI' 90 Why" answered the wag,
" my father had one, and so had my grand
father 1t runs In the blood
Program resides in Nova Scotia Here
is the way he closed his grafton in favor of
repeal the other day: g Had ten thousand
voices, each as loud as a dozen cats in a
garden-ay' louder still; with those ten
thousand voices, 1 would cry till my ten
thousand throats were raw, Repeal, Repeal.
Repeal 70
"What brought you toprison, my colered
friend 2" Two constables, sah.' Yes
butI mean had intemperance anything to
with it -" !" Yes, sab, dey was bofe of 'em
drunk"
Punch illutrates plump youngster apply
ing for the place of a page, to whom the
mistress says, /" wish my servants to have
plenty, but don't allow any waste" Page
=" Oh, no, mum which I'd eat and drink
till I'd busted, rather than waste anythink,
imum 4"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-03-25

prophetic, in my first paragraph? ? Nobody
suspected on the 20th what the President
was going to do next day.
MARK TWAIN.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-03-25

THERE is a strong smell of the sea about
the April number of the RircrSide Magazine,
for Young People The frontispiece, by
Thomas Mast, shows the renowned Robinson
Crusoe in various scenes Of his life; one
writer describes the Strait of Magellan, and
another gives picture of Day on Deck
when going around Cape Horn there is an
amusing paper on Sailor Songs, which have
been overheard and taken down, music and
all, by some lively landsman then Mr.. Hale,
the author of = The Man without Coun-
try" gives a racy account of the book
- Robinson Crusoe, subject ON which he
has a right 10 speak, for his own productions
are De Foe like in character. The last page
Of the number contains the nursery song of
Robby Shaftoe's gone to Sea, set TO
music. and with one of Castor Fay's ex-
travagantly humorous pictures But there
is plenty OF good reading matter besides, llar-
bingers of Spring in My Three Gardens, and
The Adventures of the Crowioot Family !;
more of Ainslees experience, this time at
Amanda's Party. while Mrs. Dodge gives a
capital account Of Shadow Charadcs as played
at Bessic's Birthday Party. Hurd a Hough-
ton, publishers, No. 459 Broome Street, New
York
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-03-25

In the next number of Oliver Optics capi-
tal weekly. O,n y as npd C'-l-, ,'ill b. com
mcnced q new story by Oliver Optic, entitled
Make or Break or, The Rich Mans
Daughter" There will also be a full-page
illustration by Mast, to be followed by one
each month by the same artist
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-03-25

GRANDPA'S IIoU>E.-Helen c. Weeks has
written, and IIurd Houghton have pub
lished, volume Of 80 pages with this title.
None of the readers of the Rrerside Maga-
-,ne need to be told who Helen c Weeks
is, after watching from month to month for
the Ainslee and SHINY stories. She is one of
the most charming writers Of the day for the
little folk, and not one Will be disappointed
in finding Il pleasant and interesting story
IN Grandpa House
The volume has six full page illustrations,
and bound in cloth is sold for $50. 1t
is, children being judges, most welcome
addition to the already large number of books
which find their way to their separate book
shelves
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-03-25

EASILY SUITED.-This morning young
gentleman from the country stepped into
a store on East Water street, and Informed
the proprietor that his occupation was that
of a carpenter, and he desired to get a
bosom pin emblematic of that profession.
The obligng jeweler looked over his stock,
and finding nothing else, showed him very
fine Masonic pin.
Yes" said he, % there's the compass
and square. use both of them-but why
didn't they put saw in it? It's first
rate as far as it goes. Hullo. there's G
there-what does that stand for ?"
The jeweller didn't know.
The man studied it carefully for a mo-
ment, and bright idea strnck him. His
face flushed as if he had made discovery.
L have it," he said " It's all right.
G stands for gimlet. Compass, square
and gimlet. that will do will take it.
There was little touch of sadness in
his voice as he pinned the emblem on his
coat, and went away muttering:
Compass, square and gimlet- [ do
wish there was saw, though. Maicam
kee Wisconsin.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-03-25

What with running to Congress to see
the impeachment fight, and to the hotels to
hear public opinion about it, and to an oc-
caslonal reception to endeavor to forget it
all and start fresh again, and meanwhile,
trying to carry on two colds in the head at
the same time (Which cannot be done,) |
have taken about week to write this let
ter. | wish you would put in dates just
wherever you please. Dates are cheap,
and | wish to be reliable. There is moth
ing mean about me when it comes to dates.
Bnt was not that old cemetery almost
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-03-25

GoDEY's LADY's Book. for April, 1865, is
on our table, and is bright with Spring
colors, and quite in keeping with the season.
The steel engraving is the Rustic Belle 1t
has the usual eolored fashion plate. contain
ing six figures, and large extension sheet,
containing thirty-nine engrayings. 1t has,
besides, other excelleneies in engraving and
letter-press, quite too numerous to mention.
Address l.. 4. Cooley Philadelphia.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-03-25

TALMUDIC MAXTMs.-Professo Stowe,
in his papers on the Talmud, read before
the New England Historic Genealogical
Society, at Its recent meeting, gave some
interesting specimens of the maxims and
proverbs contained in that wonderful col
lection. We give few of the pithiest:
If you speak in the night, speak softly;
if you speak in the day time, look around
you before you speak.
What business Is 1t of yours to search
into the mysteries of God?
IF you want leader, look for a man
who has nose. The Jews, by the way,
had great repugnance to pug noses.)
In the pot in which you cook, you will
yourself be cooked.
The camel aspired after horns, and the
Lord took away his ears.
(In defence of early marriage.) If
had married at fourteen, | could have said
to the devil, There, you have sharp
stick in your eye"
The man Is fire. the woman tow
And the evil comes the Goals TO blow.
(The professor read it - blow the GOALS
but good couplet is made by slight
change in position.)
While the rabbi was fasting, the dog
stole his dlnnGa.
OF the felfthat we reap prematurely,
even the straw is good for nothing.
Great is the value of labor, and it hon.
ors those who devote themselves TO it.
The speculator puts his money on
stag's horns.
Woe to him who builds a big door and
has no house behind it.
While Noah was planting his vineyard,
the devil came to him and said, & What
are you doing here ?" Noah replied,
' Planting vineyard?" What is the
use of vineyard" inquired the devil
said Noah, L" Its fruit whether fresh or dry
GRAPES or raisins,) is sweet and good and
its wine gladdens the heart" Let us
work it on shares" says the devil. Agreed,
says Noah Now what does the devil do
He brings lamb, "a lion, hog and d
monkey sacrifices them, and mingles the
blood with the soil Therefore, if a man
eats only of the fruit of the vineyard, he
is as innocent and nice as lamb if he
drinks wine, he thinks himself lion when
he is not, and falls into mischief, if he
drinks habitually, he becomes as selfish and
as unmannerly as hog if he gets drunk
he jabbers and jumps about. and is silly
and nasty, like monkey.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-03-25

Mclean man welly good. You sabby
China man? No hab got, how can catch
Chinaman wclly good man, John. Send
YOU nine hundred Cinnamon, help smash
'um Congress. Homo We SEE YUP.
know Cinnamon too well. They are
a nation of Pub Fumes They are not par
tisan enough. They would come here with
their tubs and take in washing from both
sides.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-03-25
ST. Louis, Feb. -.

The people here are with YOU and ready
almost to i man to sustain you in whatever
may be necessary in upholding the Con-
stitution and resisting Congressional usurp-
alton.
Good again,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-03-25

squatted iEstanter on all fours in the middle
of the track; and there he stayed under a
fire of blows and punches, curses and kicks,
from his exasperated Fellahs, that would
have disconnected even mule. Meanwhile
ponderous dignity came numbering up, passed
by, like the Levlte, on the other side, ana
coming to II stop at the goal, was declared
the winner His Jaws were both covered
with froth. and as he looked round for some
one to spit at, he opened his mouth till we
could see almost the whole of his internal
machinery. He could not have yawned more
comprehensivcly if he had been reading the
poetry of Satan Montgomery, or been preach
ed at by bishop. His commissions were
dreadful to witness and he evidently thought
that no created thing had ever been wan
tonly abused as he. He elaborated such
sighs and groanS from within as if seeking
to work upon our better natures, that had
any member of the nti-Cruelty-to-An Animals
Society been present, we should all proba-
blv have been at once hailed before the nearest
jugc de pair. He was finally led away to n
grove near by. and tied to a tree, where for
quarter of an hour after he was kissing at
any one that came near him, and shooting
out from under his eyebrows flashes of vim
dictive lightning from the storm that was
believing within him.
90 enueu the course ar dFOWdddFcS. IL
seemed to be the general opinion that - the
ship of the desert hardly reliable craft
in the Bois de Boulogne, and that. unless
his performances in Algeria were somewhat
different from those had Just seen, the
minister of war had better set up another line
of expresses, if he did not wish to let the
African subjects of Napoleon revolute "
themselves out Of his dominions. Whatever
their descent might be claimed to be, it was
plain that they had in their veins little of
the blood of Mohammed's - Alborak, - and
in spite of their genealogy, there could be
but little hope Of profit in trying to breed a
racing stud from them. The turtles that
were present would hardly be induced to
back them, either in purse or person, and
thought that though these creatures were
very well in their way, the sooner they were
out of ours the better.