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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-02-19
In Search Of the Clerk Of the Ju-
dietary Committee.

Mark Twain writes from Washington
to the Chicago Republican:
was standing, all by myself, in the
committee room, reading a vast law book
and wondering what 1t was about, and
whether the plaintiff had done so and so,
OF whether it was the defendant; and
which of them they found guilty; and
low the mischief they ever knew he was
guilty when the words were tangled up so
md noting, with qualification the refer
,nces to Perkins Y. Bangs, lIo. Rep. iii,
&C., whereby it was apparent that if one
lid not get mixed up enough in that book
there were others that could finish him
md wondering also at the bewildering tau
tology Of the said aforesaid book afore-
said, when youth to fortune and to fame
unknown hourished in in the most frisk V
way, and came to a halt before me. This
Young man had u moustache that dmmed
t re lehtneSs of his countenance about as
,our breath dims the brightness of razor
md he bored down into IL with his fingers
and rave it a twist which was sineularly
gratifying to him, considering that no ef.
ect was produced upon the moustache by
the operation. Then he tilted his little
soup dish to the port side OF his head with
ais gloved hand, and said
Hello,
said " Hello
He looked surprised. Then he said
" Do you belong here?"
[ was Just finishing sentence abou
Perkins V. Bangs. [ finished it and OBJ
served: The weather is very fine
He whisked nesvously up and down the
room couple of turns, and then stopped
before me and said " Are you the CLERK
Of the Judiciary Committee?"
said in the urbanest manner
In view Of the circumstances that OF
so short an acquaintance you betray 81
much solicitude concerning my business
will venture to ask what you may hap
pen to want with the Clerk of the Judlcla
ry Committee ?"
That is not answering my question
Are YOU the Clerk Of the Judiciary Com
mlttee
| In view of the circumstances that OF
so short an acquaintance you betray S
much solicitude concerning my business,
will venture to enquire what you may hap
pen to want with the Clerk of the Judlcla
ry Committee
THAT don't concern anybody but mt
What | want to know is, are you, or al
YOU not the Clerk of the Judiciary Con
mittee p
In view, as 1 said before, of the eli
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-02-19

cumstances that on SO short an acquaintance
you betray SO much soicitude concerning
my business, | will venture to enquire
what you may happen to 'ca,a with the
Clerk of the Judiciary Committee p
He scratched his head in apparent per-
plexity for matter Of five seconds, and
then said with deliberation and impressive
earnestness
Well, LII be damned
q presume so. hope so. Still, be-
ing stranger, you cannot expect me to
take more than passing interest in your
future plans"
lie looked puzzled and a little chafed.
He said Z" Look here, who are you?"
. In view of the circumstances"
"Oh, curse the circumstances "
Amen."
He did not reply He seemed worried
and annoyed. Presently he started out,
and said by George he would go after the
Michigan Senators and enquire into this
thing. [ said they were esteemed ac-
quaintances Of mine, and asked him to say
that was we'll But he refused to do
this, Notwithstanding all my politeness, and
was profane again. | never saw such a
trebrand as he was.
Now what can that young fellow mean
by going around asking respectable people
IL thoy clerks Of the Senate Commit
tees? Ii my feelings are to be out
ragged in this way, | cannot stay in Wash
ington. don't liked to be called Hello
by strangers with imaginary moustaches,
either. This young party turned out to
be an importation from KaE,mazoo, and
he wished to ship as a sub-cierl to the
Judiciary Committee. He Is it;ie fresh.
1t might have been better if he had staid
n the kalamazooogica Gardens until he
got his growth, perhaps Still, if his
friends would like to have the opinion of a
stranger concerning him, | think he will
make success here, in one way or anoth-
er. He has spirit and persistence. The
only trouble is he has most too much - he'll
10 " about him.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-02-19
The Old Copper Coins of Vermont.

Rev Pliney H. White, president of the
ermont Historical Society, writes to the
Historical Ma yazine g In Vermont the
coinage Of money took place at later
date than in any other of the states. This
was not quite a necessity, but it was re-
suit OF that sturdy independence which
characterized ali the movements of the
Green Mountain boys Refused admit
tance to the Union, they felt perfectly as
sured that if the United States could do
without them, they could do without the
United States in regard to money in re-
gard to all things else. In 1IS3 the leg
i>lature granted to Reuben Harmon, Jr., OF
Rupert. the exclusive right of coming cop
per money within the State for two years
He had already made preparations fol
coming, and would perhaps have engaged
/ IN the business as a private enterprise, a
others had done in other states, but the
/ legislative appropriation and the exclasiv"
privilege were worth having. He was
required to give bonds in the sum of five
thousand pounds, and to make no coin
weighing less than a third of an ounce
Troy His establishment is described By
the historian of Rupert in the Vermont
Quarterly Gazette, as follows:
His mint house was located in the
northeasterly part of the town, little
east of the main road leading from Dor
set to Pawlet, on a small stream of water
called Mill Brook, which empties into
Pawlet River. 1t was 4 small building.
about sixteen by eighteen feet, made OF
rough materials, simply clap-boarded, un-
planed and unpainted. At the east end
was the furnace for melting the copper and
machinery for rolling the bars; in the
middle Of the room the machinery for cutting
and at the west end, that for stamping.
The latter was done BY means of an iron
screw attached to heavy timhers above,
and moved by hand with the aid of ropes
Sixty coppers per minute could be stamped,
although thirty was the usual number.
The mint building is still standing (lS61
but its location is entirely changed, hay
ing long since been removed to the edge OF
the adjoining town of Pawlet where it is
now used as corn house.
In 1856 the legislature granted Harmon
an extension of his privilege for eight
tirst three years without compensation,
out requiring nm TO pay INTO the treasury
OF the State two and half per cent OF
all that he should coin during the remain
der Of the term. The weight of the coins
was fixed at four pennyweights fifteen
grains each. Harmon then went into the
business somewhat largely, taking nine
other persons into partnership, and carry
ing on an esta ablishment in Ulster County,
New York. as well as in Rupert. As
there are no coins extant of later date
than l7SS, it may be presumed that the
business was not continued much, if any
after that year, and that the State Treas
ury was never any richer for the two and
a-half per centage reserved.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-02-19

tered about the plantation with broad,
shallow trays, made of plated grass or
bamboo, strapped over their shoulders and
supported at their waists; into these they
were gathering the coffee, some of the ber-
ries being brilliantly red, some already be-
ginning to dry and turn brown, while here
and there was a green one not yet quite
ripe, but soon to ripen in the scorching
sun. Little black children were sitting on
the ground and gathering what fell under
the bushes, singing at their work u monot-
onous but rather pretty snatch Of song, in
which some took the first and others the
second, making a not inharmOnous music
As their baskets were filled they came
to the administrator to receive a little
metal ticket on which the amount of their
work was marked. y task is allotted to
each one-so much to full-grown man, so
much to a woman with young children and
so much to child-and each one is paid
for whatever he may do over and above it,
The requlsitlon is very moderate one, SO
that the Industrious have an opportunity OF
making little money independently. At
night they all present their tickets, and are
paid on the spot for any extra work.
From the harvesting ground we followed
carts down to the place where their burden
Is deposited. On their return from the
plantation the negroes divide the days har-
vest, and dispose it in little on the drying
grounds. When pretty equally dried, the
coffee is spread out in thin even layers over
the whole enclosure, where it is baked for
the last time. 1t is then hulled by very
simple machine in use OH almost all the
fazendas, and the process is complete. At
noon we bade good bye to our Kind hosts
and started for Juiz de Fora. Our stage
was not bad imitation of Noahs Ark, for
We carried with us the beasts Of the field
and the birds of the air and the fishes from
the water to say nothing of the trees from
the forest
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-02-19

GAIL HAMILTON AS a CONSERVATIVE
Female suffrage appears to be toregone
conclusion it remains for us to prevent 1t
so far as possible from being conclusion
in which nothing is concluded. Right or
wrong, England and America seem tending
towards universal suffrage, and in fact, as
in terms universal suffrage must include
female suffrage. Not attempting or de-
string to interfere with those who would
hasten our steps, l feel more concerned
that there should be preparation for IT
To me, female suffrage. in the form IN
which it is proposed, shares with equa
suffrage. though in less degree, the
character of an experiment whose result
is doubtful. Manhood suffrage has noble
ring to it. But it's warmest advocates d(
not mean precisely what they say. NJ
suffrage is meant to be absolutely universal
absolutely unrestricted. Lunatics are de
MED it, Notwithstanding that the poin
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-02-19

twenty miles distant from the scene of the
outrage.
Judge Thompson, of Jasper County
Court, fither-in-law of the murderer
Barnes. came to Coventry and wanted to
compromise the matter with the freedman
Brown, offering to take care of him until
he recovered from his wounds, and would
bind himself to raise the children until
they were twenty-one years of age, and
would write Homer Barnes to come back,
and he would have fair trial before the
Courts Of Jasper. The negro, however,
refused this offer, declaring that it was
their intention to kill him in order that he
might not testify against the murderer OF
MS wife
An officer sent to Jasper to investigate
the facts of the case, had the following
conversation with the Sheriff and the coro-
uer:
. Mr.. Sheriff, have you made any at
tempt to arrest this man Barnes -
No"
"Why ,"
" Because | had no warrant"
Have you any doubts as to who killed
the woman
Answec-'' If had been there the find
ings of the jury would have been differ
ent.'
T." Do you know that you oan arrest a
tellon without IA warrant
9 Yes. know that bit they are my
ri iHb2rS. Jud/e T'nonpson tires on one
site Of me, and iiomer BuneS on the 9TH
er."
DO you think you can arrest this
man."
j." Not without the assistance of the mil
itary"
To the coroner. Where is the testi-
mony you took before the inquest f"
Answer only swore one witness ;
that was the freedman Brown, and the iu-
ry would not believe him, so | did not put
down his testimony"
" Was there a post ntorten examina-
ton?
" No sir
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-02-19

TuE nvINa SnnonA>sr- Tho following
is told bv delegate at Mission Ridge:
1--WE met four soldiers bearing back
comrade on a blanket. The men halted
when they saw us and laid down their
burden, asking if we would see whether
the coor-sergeant was badly wounded. |
knelt down by him and said, Sergeant
where did they hit you ? Most up the
ridge sir | mean, sergeant, where did
the ball strike you p Within twenty
yards of the top-almost up No, no,
sergeant; think of yourself for moment ;
tell me where you are wounded > and
throwing back the blanket l found his up
per arm and shoulder mashed and mangled
with a shell. Turning his eye to look for
the first time on his wound, the sergeant
said, That is what did it. 1 was hug
ring the standard to my blouse and making
for the top 1 was almost up when that
ugly shell knocked me over. IF they had
ct me alone little longer-two minutes
longer-I should have planted the colors
on the top. Almost up; almost up We
could not get the dying soldiers attention to
himself. The fight and the flag held al
his thoughts; and while his ear was grow.
ng heavy in death. with flushed face he
was repeating. Almost up, almost up.
The brigade to which he belonged had car
ried the ridge and his own regiment. rally
ing under the colors which had dropped
from his shattered arm, was shouting ths
victory for which he had given his youns
life, but of which he was dying without th'
sight"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-02-19

talked about the weather. and it was only
by degrees, and after quiet glances from
under my hat brim. that came to q def
mite conclusion regarding her appearance.
Something had happened to Mrs. Pleia-
dess cloak. 1t had always been large,
matronly. cozy wrap, the sort of cloak for
which you might feel an actual friendship,
and by which you might know Mrs. Pleia-
des any where; and in my secret heart
had always fancied that she produced in it
majestic and imposing effect. Now it
was short, 1t had sleeves, it had shrunken
in about her. 1t looked as if, stricken
with sudden terror by the purple silk, it
had attempted to end its wretched exist
ence, and only stopped in the mad attempt
Just below Mrs. Pleiades's waist The ef-
custOmed TO fullness and folds about the
shoulders, and in her skimped and dimin-
lshed condition was plainly at loss how
to dispose of her hands and arms. She
was equally troubled with her train
Worthy woman, what had she to do with
trains? She was doubtful about the gor-
geous silk among the sober walking dresses
around her She wondered what people
said Of her brown cloak and green bonnet
She wished that her gloves were fresher
and that they were not black. If she had
committed murder, she could hardly have
looked more conscious and uncomfortable
Mrs. Pleiades's savings. our fund in bank,
her anXietes, researches, and struggles,
lad only made her ridiculous and uncom-
.ortable
You think, my dear Madam, that | had
better have listened to the sermon than to
sit there pokng fun at my wife? But |
was not poking fun. | was ponderng, as
became philosopher, on one of the deepest
Peiades is a fair example, not a noteable
exception, to the rest of womankind.
Plenty of women there are like her, for
whom, given a merino, and the result is
happiness ; given a silk. and the result is
misery. Why will nine out of ten of such
women choose the silk? | am convinced,
~ wretched experiences, that there is some
perverse domestic demon who breaks the
bottle in the medicine chest that is to be
wanted next in the middle of the night,
and keeps the trunk in which are the chill
lrens night-clothes when part Of your
baggage Is left behind Can there be
similar shopping-demon, airily promenad-
ING beside the walking-clerks. and malic-
ouSy deciding the wavering woman in the
plain shawl aud the puzzled, apple-cheeked
country girl secretly counting her money
under the shelter Of a pile of coakings p
Harper's Bq1ar.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-02-19

where sanity ends and insanity begins Is
often indeterminabe. Foreigners are de-
med 1t, though no one questions that Count
Gasparin on his arrival in America would
know more of our political philosophy,
our practical tendency, and national needs,
than an ordinary Irish laborer after five
years residence Minors are denied it
but many a lad of eighteen or fifteen. and
not few of twelve years, understand the
issues better, and are far more able to vote
mtelligently than many of our naturalized
citizens. Strictly speaking, then, no one
advocates universal suffrage. All are IN
favor of limitations, and limitations which
must often be somewhat arbitrary, though
follow, the great natural lines Of distlnc-
ton. There is therefore nothing unnatural
nothing inconsistent, nothing unrepublic;n
IN an endeavOr TO restrict still further the
suffrage. Surely in a country like ours in
ability to read and write is as strong pre-
sumptive evidence of incomp p4teney to
exercise the right of sutferage the ioct
Of being only twenty years old. L SHOULD
be glad to 90 further, and not onl y have
the standard of qualification higher, but,
Notwithstanding the antiquity OF tie idea,
make the possession of property. Prop
erty suffrage has indeed an aristocratic
and odious sound-beside manhood suf-
frage Il mere materialistic tinkie, but gov
ernment itself we want chiefly for
materialistic purposes, chiefly to keep
men from preying upon one another, and
50 give ample room for all excellence to
flourish Government deals very largely
with property interests, and it seems as il
those who earn and dispense property are
the ones to understand best the laws which
control it. He who cannot manage it for
himself is hardly the one to manage it for
other people. The aristocracy of prop
erty suffrage may be very democratic
aristocracy. In our country the race is
open to all. | would have the ballot
made a noble and desirable possession, a
sign of capacity, of ability, of worth
something to be striven for, a guerdon as
well as power And when it is thus en-
nobled, let it be open to all who can fulfill
the conditions-men and women. black
and white
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-02-19
Coming to Their Oats.

correspondent of Punch proposes
banquet of horse flesh The dinner is to
be served on a horse shoe table, spread
with saddle-cloth and the following is
the bill of fare proposed
First course.-Sadde of horse, with ca
pers; vegetable-grass.
Second course,-Curried horse.
Obligato accompaniment from SKwEEz-
ER on one string.
Issh... .ssh.....ssh. (as like groom as
he can make it,
This we expect will be very effective,
and cause SO much emotion that probably
no one will eat the curry. Still hoch is
now to be passed around.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-02-19

NATIONAL FrcTITIoUs NAMEs-The inhabi-
tants of the different states are nicknamed a
follows
Malne-Foxes. New Hampshire-Gran-
ite Boys. Vermont-Green Mountain Boys
Massachusetts Bay Staters. Rhode Island
Gun Flints- Connecticut-Wooden Nut
megs New York Knickerhockers. New
Jersey-Clam Catchers. Pennsylvania -
Leatherheads. Delaware-Musk NARY
Tnhumsd- Clawpers. Virginia Beagless
North Carolina-Tar Boilers South Carolin
-Weasles. Georgia-Buzzards. Louisana
-Creoles. Alabama Kentucky
-Corncrackers. Ohio-Buckeyes. Michi.
gan-Volvereines. Indiana-Hosiers- H.
inois-Suckers. Missouri-Pukee. Miesis-
sippi-Tadpoles. Florida-Fly-up-the-cre
Observation-Disclosures. Iowa--Hswkeyes
Kansas Redlegs Oregon-uard Cases.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-02-19
arietieS.

important announcement. De dlsso-
luton OBJ bcompassionship heretofore resisting
1etwiZt me and Moses Jones rs Iuire, In de
barber perteshine, am heretofore resolved.
PussOns wat ose us must pay de scriber,
wich am me. Dem dat de firm ose must
call on Jones, as de said incorruptibel body
politlck am solved. Sam JOHNSON.
The best thing out-an aching tooth.
Food for the imagination-tancy bread.
A horse (marine)-the walrus.
Chariyari has school scene. Why
don't YOU study your Roman history ?"
says 4 schoolmaster to 'szy pupil. Il
am waiting for it to be finished" is the re-
ply
The Gazette says that " In parting with
the Duchess Of Gerolstein,' the New York
ers no doubt expressed u wish TO see her
Offenbach."
Thackera. tat when man is in
love with 81. ,TcIlan IN a family, it is as
TOM. ~ .t.0 45e. 3 becomes of every
pa connected isa l."
.cn = ~ like teapot? When
youa tcas;o' it.
Aa o'a Nrah.an prove. =a Ys, :. {, i. the
second b.oa which begins the quarrel"
Dreams are the novels that We read
when we are fast asleep.
PolitenesS often contributes more to
ones success in life than brains or capital
Some one calls the time of squeezing
girls hands the palmy season of life.
The 1asses candy wedding is when the
first baby gets big enough to lick.
People talk a great deal at the end of
the year about making both ends meet
Why not make one Of them drink
What is the difference between a barber
and a mother? One has razors to shave,
and the other shavers to raise
\ snow song. dir, " We Gather
! Shells '')-One Wintry day with careful
/ foot, wandered Ger the slippery way;
/ The snow in balls beneath my boot. Made
/ it task upright to stay. And SO | wad-
/ lied in my walk, jostled every one | met
So that some in familiar talk, Remarked
he's very tight, you bet" Repeat.l
| stopped and stood upon one leg with
cane to clear my hampered tread But as
stopped boy did peg" another snow
ball at my head. thus, said, as
down my neck felt ted SNOWFALL
run, We gather ball al little reck
Where'er they go or ws;e they come.
Repeat.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-02-19
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING.

For Square nf II lines less Of Nonpareh typs
one insertion, 9i.0o erticA zS
cents Unless fhs number Insertions marked
the advertisement il will till ordered
made and others advertise
ng by the year.
Probate aud commissioners Notices, s2oo each.
For notice. of Lherafnns, Esrrays the Formation and
dissolution OF Copainershps, &c. 81 50 h. tor three
insertions, j. sen, by mail the money accompany
the letter.
Notices IN news columns, 10 cents per lire each inss
ion, but 10 charge made Of less than so
Notioesot Deaths and Marriages inserted srsa, brt
extended Obituary Huice~ Poetry will charged At
ihe rate of five per line.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-02-19

4 COMEDY Or ERRoRs.-The Canadian
blunders in announcements of The recent
Bishop tragedy in this place. One of them
found the following item of news:
John Bishop of St. Adams in fit Of
jealousy shot his wife and himself
Believing that this would be very in
toresting TO his readers he set himself to
translate il into French
John, Jean, Bishop, Eregae, st. Albans.
de St. Al5anS, in fit of jealousy, dan an
acces de jal0uSje, shot his wife, tue Sc
femme Horribles ! But was this mis-
cradle bishop married? That would never
10 for Bishop of the Church of Rome.
and the Franco, Canadien accordingly made
it, Tho Protestant Bishop of St. Al
bans"
The Minerre gave this news from ST.
Albans as follows:
The Protestant Bishop of this city
shot his wife and himself He was killed
and his wife is not expected TO recover
Jealousy was the cause of this depiorable
crime"
The Daily Ne,cs gives q still stronger
version. 1t says:
\ murder and suicide took place yes
terday at St Adams Ii n fit of jealousy
a man killed himself and afterwards killed
his wife"
The Montreal Witness thinks the Moni-
feur, from which the foregoing article is
translated, must have made a mistake WITH
regard TO the Daily Netcs.-St. Adams
Messenger.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-02-19

FAcErroTs the : Ja1-sville Gazette con-
tain e. ;olS let;e, written by Mr.
Jane Burgess, OF J ln1syille, who writes
tro'u NJ lison, where he has been attend
n. he L. S. District Court. His letter
brought to mind the incident that occur
red IN the steps of the capitol louise, dur
ing me sharp contest between COWS. Lew
is and Solomon for the Republican nomin-
alton in 1868 jim" as Burgess is "a
miiarly called, was delegate from Rock
County, and a strong Solomon supporter.
In the afternoon. the chances for Solomon
were decidedly the best, and consequently
MS friends felt jubilant. But when Lew
IS friends carried the adjournment for sup
per, they became a little alarmed and when
after supper, the ballots showed Lewis
four votes ahead, were decidedly disguised.
An Oconto delegate met Burgess few
minutes after and tenderly asked him how
he felt noao. Feel, feel" replied Jim.
Il feel like Lqzarus-as if I'd been licked
by doJs ,'-Green Bay Gazette.