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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-04-15

fire, at which shc may warm her numb fin
gers and put on her skates when she arrives
on the ground, and to which she may retreat
in intervals of fatigue; so she catches cold
and perhaps sows the seed which with air
tight stoves and other appliances of hot-house
culture may ripen into consumption.
What provision is there for the amuse-
ment of all the shop girls, seamstresses, fac
tory girls, that crowd our cities? What for
the thousands ofyoung clerks and operatives
Not long since, in respectable old town in
New England, the body of beautiful girl
was drawn from the river in which she had
drowned herself--a young girl only fifteen,
who came to the city, far from home and
parents, and fell victim to the temptation
which brought her to shame and desperation
Many thus fall every year who are never
counted They fall into the ranks of those
whom the world abandons as irreclaimablc.
90 Let those VINO have homes and every ap-
pliance to make life pass agreeably, and who
yet yawn over an unoccupied evening, fancy
lively young girl all day cooped up at sew
ing in close, ill-ventilated room. Evening
comes, and she has three times the desire for
amusement and three times the need of it
that her fashionable sister has. And where
can she 90? To the theatre, perhaps, with
some young man as thoughtless as herself,
and more depraved then to the bar for a
glass of wine, and another and then, with
a head swimming and turning, who shall say
whcrc else she may be led? Past midnight
and no one to look after her-and one night
ruins her utterly and for life, and she as yet
only child
q John Newton had a very wise saying
Here is man trying to fill bushel with
chaff Now if | fill it with wheat first, it is
better than to fight him This apothegm
contains in it the whole of what [ would say
on the subject of amuscments.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-04-15
From the Toledo Blade.
Nasty.
THE FRIGHrFUL DREAM THAT HE DREAMED.
I,NS1Nc Mich March oS

THE FRIGHrFUL DREAM THAT HE DREAMED.
LANSING, Mich, March %.
Methawt | wuz in Liberia, that country
across the waters, settled by civilized Mig
gers. [ wuz somewhot surprised at wot
met my gaze, Niggers to the rite Nv me
niegers to the left Nv me-niggers In front
Nv me-rode the six hundred thousand
Nv EN-. Occasionally in the streets NV
Monrovia. the cheef town, | seed white
man-more frekently a mullatter, and oc-
casionally one in wich wuz only tinge Nv
white blood-iist enuff to show that his
ancestors had left Canetucky many years
and cenerashens before. Passin a full
blooded nigger on the street, he pushed me
contemptuously into the gutter, and forth
with a rabble NV full-blooded nigger boys
pelted me with mud, yellin at me, ez tho
it wuz opprobrious term. White man
yah, White man! Yah yah! White
man
\ mild-faced nigger came to my rescue
and rebooked the boys. Is he," sed he,
to blame for bein so white? Remem-
Der, BOYS, the same God made him ez made
YOU, and that he is not to blame for his
color He"
At this period he stopt talkin, The
fust nigger returned, and dammin him for
disturbin one-idea Radikle, knockt him
into the gutter, and mutterin suthin about
bein troo to the tradishuns Nv his race
stalked hawtily away.
lis ther," sed [, Indignantly, "no Law
pelted by boys and pummeled by men, and
no redress? Is
Alars, sir 3" sed the benevolent lookir
nigger, who he'd the appearance NV Sun
day school teacher, - alars, sir, ther isn't
Yoor color, sir, yoor color. They have
prejoodices wich they can't overcome, and
that preioodis the boys even possess. Fare
well, sir; some day it will be different, bu
now,"
And he drawd a sigh and walked OF
hastily, ez he notist fresh crop of boy
approachin.
| walked on in my dreem. Seein larg'
and boldly [ essayed to pass the door Th
doorkeeper, with an expression uu skorn
never saw outside NV Kentucky. remark
that the white gallery wuz up that way
| Up | assended, clost under the roof, wher
there was possibly dozen more like me
and [ sot and listened to curious debate
The measure under considerashun wuz (;
amendment to the Constitooshn Nv Liberia
strikin the word - black " out Nv that in
strooment. The thing he'd been long pend
in. Adyocatin it wuz half dozen mem
bers in corner by themselves, and opposil
it wuz all the rest Nv the House. Th
sceen wuz very much sich ez [ witnessed ;
good many years ago at Washington, whel
J ohm Quincy Adams wuz a champion in tn
idea Nv ekality Nv all men in the House
One member denounst the leader Nv tn
little minority ez "base, groveling, loy
wretch, who he'd lost all pride Nv race-al
regard for the purity of blood-and VIII
wuz insidiusly plottin to debase the pur
and proud race Nv Ham by minglin with
the pale, milky blood of the inferior races
Another wantid this House to ask itsel
Do 700 want too march up to the pool
longside Nv white man2 Do 700 want t
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-04-15

ToUGH YARN-The Berkshire Eagle
says: A man in Beckett, while in the woods
for timber, had the misfortune to " lodge"
tree, and in order to get it down hitched
his oxen to the butt and made them pull.
The tree fell into the fork of another near
by, when the top over-balancing, the other
end was jerked twenty feet high in the air
carrying the oxen with it, where they re-
mained suspended in imminent danger of
being choked to death Perceiving the
tree to be very nearly poised, the man at
tempted to drag them down by the tails,
but one of these failing, he had recourse
to a fifteen foot pole, with which by reach
ing up to the top he could so raise it that
the oxen's hind feet could touch the ground,
thus enabling them to catch breath Be-
ing unable to sustain the top for any length
of time, he adopted the see-saw motion,
causing the tree to vibrate up and down
often enough to give his cattle chance
for air. He continued this operation four
hours before aid arrived. He then climbed
up and out on the tree, cut off twelve
log, which falling released the oxen, and
he " snaked it home without even unhitch::
ing"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-04-15

\ FRENCHMAN SWALLOWS LIVE OYs-
rER.-We copy the following from the
Schenectady Union.
SCENE-Sullivan & Gill's restaurant.
Enter Frenchman-'' Sair, you keep the
raw oystaIr
Coney-'' es, sir, fine fat Shrewsbury. y
Frenchman-' Tries bien, L will eat
some raw oystair."
Coney opens fine fat one and puts it
on plate before the Frenchman, who eyes
it sometime and says:
Monsieur, you call dis de good oystair p
Yes, sir prime"
The Frenchman swallows tit was the
first he ate-opens his eyes and mouth, puts
his hand on bread basket, and
"Bl-u-up up comes the oyster on the
plate.
"Saire dam, by gar, dat IL not de good
oystair."
You do not put on the salt and pepper,
sir"
"Oh. pardonez, mol" Put on salt
and pepper and swallows the same one.)
Bl-u-up, up it comes again.
Now you tell me Eat oystair good ?"
Why, sir, you must, use vinegar.
/ Oh oni certainment be no gar. oui ~
and he swallows the same one again.
Bl-u-up, and up it comes again.
| Just then gent enters.
Give us dozen raw"
The Frenchman turns to him." All,
my friend, you eats re raw oystair?"
"Of course"
{" You call zat de good oystair :? -
Z" Yes, fine fat one"
"Ha, ha. tink zat is good oystair
suppose you eat him.
with pleasure, sir" and gent gave it
dash of pepper-sauce and-bolted it.
The Mortified Coney stood aghast; he
didn't mind selling Frenchman, but an
old customer and clever fellow was an
other thing.
The Frenchman turned on his heel and
said; All moi fren, zat may be good
oystair but | no like him. | swallow dat
oystair tree times
"Bl-u-up, and up came the oyster,
and the Frenchman danced with delight.
"Ah. Monsieur Gille, zat bad oystair
oui, certainment."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-04-15

words, and said he would do it in few days.
but never thought about kicking Mr. STAN
ton out
Cross -examination-From March, 1863 to
February Is, 1868, did not perform the office
duties of Adjutant General Mr.. Stanton
took to the President General Grant recon-
mendation to retire the witness, but there
was unpleasant feeling between them E; had
no lntimation before the 18th of February
that the President wished to make him Sec
retary of War ad interim sworn by mistake
to the contrary when examined by the House
Committee, but corrected his evidence after
ward he swore then that he had received
intimation to that effect about two weeks
previously, from Colonel Moore told the
President at the time of receiving his APP
pointment that he would obey orders; did
not expect to receive any particular order
WI hen he received the note from Colonel
Moore, February 81 , he did not know what
the President wanted him for: after return
ing from the War DeparT ment he did not tell
the President that Mr.. Stanton was not go
ing to give up the office, that such was
witness opinion did not show him Mr..
Stanton's letter. did not think it necessary :;
what he said to Wilkinson about applying
to General Grant was only boasting what
he said to Burleigh about breaking down
doors he felt inclined at that time To do ;
changed his mind before he WAS arrested the
arrest didnot produce change his inten-
tion to use force was in reverse of the Presi-
dents orders; never expressed to the PresI-
dent his belief that he could not obtain pos
session without using force; sugge'ted to
the President that the best way to get posses
sion of the papers and mails of the office was
by issuing an order through Gen. Grant
the President has never said anything To him
about his published expressions ; the Presi-
dent has not acted on his suggestion how to
obtain the papers; had admitted before the
House Committee that karSner's testimony
was correct, but explained that he used words
attributed to him playfully
The cross-examination being concluded the
Court adjourned at 500 clock.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-04-15
4 ReminiScence of Thad. stevens.

THE EARLY LIFE OF THE = GREAT CoMMoNER.
Snugly nestled among the mountains of
northern Y ermont lies the good farming
town of Peacham. Some years since, the
writer, while passing few months in that
hill country, with the pastor of the village,
called one day on an aged parishioner. who
lived in a small red house on the outskirts
of the town. 1T was during the war, and
the wrinkled hands of the good woman were
employed in knitting socks for the soldiers.
OF course the conversation turned naturally
upon the affairs of the country. While
talking Of the army, the President and
Congress. the name of Stevens was men,
toned. Instantly the large black eyes of
our hostess frightened, and she said
.. 1t was over there on that farm that
Thaddeus Stevens was born = and she
pointed to gray farmhouse, in sight, a
mile or more across the hills.
You knew him, them" | asked.
Indeed | did, ma am was the en-
thusiastic reply. We used to sit on the
same seat, in the old school-house down in
the hollow yonder.'
1t required but little questioning tc
draw from the willing and garrulous old
soul, the story of the early life OF hel
former school mate.
The family were poor" she SAID, anc
Mrs. Stevens was one of those hard-Work
ing mothers who toiled from morning til
night, week in and week out. She woulo
have worked her fingers to the bone, thai
her boy might get book-learning. Ihad
deus was sickly boy and very lame
Folks never supposed they'd be able tC
raise him. But they did, Why, re-
member him as though | had seen hlm yes
terday. He was still and quick like
different from the rest of boys-and some
times they'd laugh at him, boy-llke, anc
mimic his limping walk. They dldn'
mean any harm, but Thaddeus was sen
stive little fellow, and it ranked. I've
always thought perhaps that's the reason
he has never been back to the old home
stead"
"Are any of the family left here ?"
asked
"No, not any near kin. The old folk:
died many years ago, of course; Tor | an
an old woman now," and she stopped tt
heaye a sigh over the dead and buried
years. But, deary me! how PLAIN l cal
see that old school-house. Senath Jones
she was our teacher and | remember sh'
used to go round and tap US on the hea5 .,s
with her thimble finger to make US set stlli
Pears to me to this day, that | can feel th'
dent of Senath Jones's thimble on m.
head. | wonder if Thaddeus Stevens eve
remembers the old times. 'Ialnt at al
likely. He's had so many other things t.
think of. I've heard that he's got to be
great man amongst 'em there at Washing
ton"
As 1 said, four years have passed sine
the story was told me ; and some items
the account have escaped my memory
But | think l shall never lose the lmpres
sion of that sad silent boy, plodding wea
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-04-15

be tried for yer little crimes atore a jury
NV white men? White men in offs, [
shudder at the thot. See F." sed he,
pullin out from under his coat portrait
Nv a white woman, ez 1 seed Vallandygum
do wunst in Ohio, at Dimocratic meetin,
only he he'd on his pasteboard wench
see to what the gentleman wishes to ally
hisself" Another member askt the House
to seriously ask themselves, afore they
voted on the bill, whether this House
wanted to marry white woman? He
wantid this House to ask herself whether
she wanted his dorter to marry a white
man? "Ef we let EN- vote we must mar
ry em" The vote wuz taken, resultin,
Nv course, in the votin down Nv the bill.
The six Radicals were towunst expelled
for introdoosin sich a incendiary measure,
and the House adjourned.
The populace got hold NV the news, and
the widest JOY prevailed. One wagon
wuz rigged up, into which wuz twenty-four
black girls with banner over EN-, Faith
ers perfect us from white ekality," and an
other similarly loaded carried banner onto
which was written, Black husbands or
none. The purity Nv our race." Noticin
II -.-0c. - ror,,la went for me
The police, who ought to have preserved
tie poavc, they were mostly migrants nvuI
an island off the coast, wich they had left
on account Nv bein oppressed by the king
NV another island wich had got possession
Nv EN-, the perlicemen, instead wv pertectin
me, headed the hunt, and lively they made
it. | was caught and rolled In the cutters,
amid shouts Nv Kill the id white liv-
cred whelp and they pounded and pum
melled me, and tore my clothes off. "To
the white orfun asylum " shouted one Nv
| EN-, and to that cry [ owed my life They
believed in wholesale KILN ruther than
retale, and they made rush for an asylum
where the orfuns Nv fue despised whites
wuz a livin. Short work they made Nv it.
| The orfuns wuz roastid and beaten to death,
the teachers run for their lives, and the
buildins wuz sacked, the black women
meantime riding aronnd with the banners
over EN-, and the principle citizens address
sin the mob, deprecatin violence, but never
theless applaudin Nv EN- for their zeal in
preserving the purity of the race. Two
white school houses and eighteen dwelling
wuz gone thro, es ef by inspirashun- FL
nally they got site NV me agin, and ez there
wuzn't any others in site, they cheerfully
ceezed me, and riggin a rope, run me up TO
a lamp post. g Wat inhoomanity. wat
crooelty ! wat injustice shreekt l. For
tunately l did not further commit myself
The shoutin and the sense of chokin awoke
me. [ wuz not in Afrika, he'd not beer
beaten and punched and rolled in the gut
ter and hung, but, thank the Lord, [ Wi
in Ameraka, the land Nv the free, where
when such things is done, the white men dt
EN- themselves, which is more comfortable
But wat friteful dreem. Wat a mis-
forchoon it must be to be Nv another rac'
when that race aint in majority. | reel,
sympathize with the niggers in this country
PETROLEUM Y. NAsBY, 2. NJ,
fWich is Postmaster.)
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-04-15
I'm the Twilight.

BY J. L. LOWELL

BY J. K. LOWELL.
Men say the sulIen instrument
That from the masters bow,
With pangs of joy woe,
Feels mItsies soul through every fibrelsent,
Whispers the ravished strings
More than he knew or meant.
Old summers in its memory glow;
The secrets of the wind it sings,
1t hears the April IoOsened springs,
And mixes with its mood
All it learned when it stood
In the murmurous pine wood
Long ago.
The magical moonlight then
Stepped every bow and cone;
The roar of the brook in the glen
Came dim from the distance blown;
The wind through its glooms sang low,
And it swayed to and fro,
Full of dreams, as it stood
In the wonderful wood
Long agoi
o my life, have we not had seasons
That only said live and rejoce2
That asked not for causes and reasons,
But made Us all feeling and voice:
When we went with the winds in their blowing
When nature and we were peers,
And our days seemed to share in the flowing
Of the inexhaustibIe years
Have we not from the earth drawn juices
Too fine for earth's sordid uses?
Have 1 heard, have 1 seen,
All feel and know
Doth my heart overween'
Or could it have been
Long ago.
Sometimes a breath floats by me,
An odor from Dreamland sent,
That makes the ghost seem nigh me
OF splendor that came and went
OF life lived somewhere, know not
In what diviner sphere
OF memories that stay not and go not,
Like music heard once by an ear
That cannot forget or reclaim it
\ something so shy, it would shame it
To make it a show:
\ something too vague could name it,
For others to know;
~ il I had lived It or dreamed il,
-As if had acted or schemed it,
Long ago.
And vet, could I live It over.
This life that stirs in my brain
Could | he both maiden and lover,
Moon and tide, bee and clover,
A. I seem to have been. once again
Could but speak i, and show it,
This pleasure more sharp than pain
That battles and lures me So
The world should not lack poet,
such as it had in the ages glad,
Long ago.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-04-15

A Newburgh paper says that one min
lister in that place recently said another
" I came near selling my boots to-day"
The other marveled, and made the brief
but sage remark: "Ah." Then seeing
that further comment was expected, he
asked Z" How was that?" Then parson
No. l sprung his trap: so! l had them
half soled." Parson No. 2 is not ex-
pected to recover.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-04-15
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING.

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insertion e00; for each subsequent insertion Is
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the adversemenit will be continued till ordered
made to merchants and others advertise
ng by the year.
Probate and Commissioners Notices, S2.00 each.
For notices of Lberaons, Estrays the Formation and
Dissolution of Coparnershps &c, so for three
insertions, Ifsent by mail the money accompany
the letter.
Notices in news columns, 10 per line each iRse
ton, but no charge made of less than so cents
Notices of Deaths and Marriages inserted gratis, ba
extended Obituary Notices Poetry will be charged
the rate of five cents per line
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-14
RECEPTIONS.

We ARE AUTHoRIzEo TO ANNOUNCES that the
Ladies OF the Executive Mansion, Mrs. Patter-
son and Mrs. Slower, will b. at home on Mon
day evenings, after seven o'clock. The even
ing has been fixed upon for the drawing room
receptions of the ladies in lieu of the afternoon
IS during last season, and they will receive
every Monday evening until further notice.
Mrs POSTMASTER GENERAL RANDALL will
hold receptions on Wednesday afternoons of
each week.
THE LADIES OF SECRETARY BEowSIyG's
FAMILY Will receive their friends, as usual, on
Wednesday,, from ~ to O'Clock, D. m Resi-
dence on Montgomery street, Georgetown
Heights.
SPEAKER CoLFAx's RECEPTIONS are TO be
every Friday evening, from * to II p. m,
commencing Friday, January nth The recep-
tons Of the Speakers mother and sister, Mrs
and Miss Matthews, for ladies, and gentlemen
accompanying them, will b. every Wednesday
afternoon, from I TO 4 p. m.
GENERAL GRANT will be at home on Wed
ne~day evenings, January 18th and February
esh. No cards of invitation will be issued.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-14

Making stones q business in 1T. Louis
There L. q concern there which ma kes out of
common sand mantel equal TO one of white
marble, and sells il for about ten dollars The
sand IN few hours is converted into rock pre-
ctsey similar 70 the straits andledges beneath the
earth that have required ages of aqueous and
igneous action to form them. Tbs process is
strictly scientific and chemical The materials
used are common brown or white sand. soda
HINT chlorine, and calcium. The flint which
Is the cementing agent is melted by being SUBJ
Jected TO heat, in connection with soda Flint
In It's chemical constitution. is an acid and like
all other acids, readily combines with an alkaH
Combined with soda, the flint Isl ica) forms a
silIcate of Soda thick, yiscid. TRANSPARENT
substance. very much like glue. II il is too
thin. when first made. il is reduced by evapora-
ton IN pans, till IL reaches the proper consis-
tsncy. 1t Il then mixed with the sand, in a
mill from which the mixture comes forth. a
good deal like wet brown sugar. This SUBJ
stance Is called ''pug." II is very plastic, and
works as easily in the hand As wet CLAW or
putty. Each mOulder has a quantity of the
'-Pug placed IN n box on the end of his work
bench, from which he takes handfuls as he re-
quireo 1t, 10 press into the mould. 1t matters
not whether the mould is q rosette, a diamond
4 flower or leaf Ornamental keystone a vase.
PEDESTAL, OF the section of a mantle-p Iece-he
moulds anything and everything with auaI
ease, beauty and accuracy and when the form
~ taken from the mould, the prOduc is a plastic
stone ornament more perfect and BEAUTIFUL than
carver could execute in n week of constant
and patient labor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-14
The Reconstruction Conventions.

Yesterday the Virginia Con invention adopted
n resolution appointing a committee to inquire
INTO the proprlety of relieving Virginia from
her debt incurred prior TO and during the war
1t was laid over. The amendment embodying
a recognition Of the Deity in the bill of rights
was adopted. An article declaring that Vir-
glnla shall ever remain one of the United
States, and a substitute to the effect that the
Government of the United States can only be
dissolved by the consent of the majority or
armed revolution, were discussed. A resou-
ton declaring secession null and void, and the
citizens OF the Southern States still citizens of
the L nited States, was ordered to he printed
In the Louisiana Convention yesterday res
olution was adopted endorsing the proposed
action OF Congress nth regard to State Cover
nors- A resolution asking the continuance of
the Freedmen's Bureau was adopted by large
vote.
Yesterday n resolution was adopted by the
Mississippi Convention to appoint committee
of three To inquire INTO the validity of the char
ter OF the Jackson Gas Light Company, with
power to send for persons and papers. A res
olutIon was offered by colored man, but not
finally voted upon, for the appointment of a
committee of seven to inquire into the charges
preferred against n portion of the people of the
State, a promulgated in a recent proclamation
by b. G.. Humphreys, Provisional Governoro
Mississippi.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-14
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

The gold market continues excited, and very
hrm. On Saturday evening, about 1i,Co,, oo)
was bought at the Fifth Avenue Hotsl, New
York, and yesterday the market ran gel at I3sx
al39H, with n still strong upward tendency.
There are parties in the market for large pur-
chases below 40. The large amount Of coin
had the full effect anticipated in making gold
abundant. Indeed, at the close of the second
week of January, we find the position to
supply little changed from what it was at the
beginning of December last. Government Sc
curities continue active and very strong.
Yesterday prices were again generally higher
Sixty-twos advanced to 10oai09k. Sixty-fours
to 1Usa1074. Sixty-fives to 107ha107x, and
other bonds in proportion. The chief eiemen,
strengthening the market is the steady advane1
in gold without corresponding fall in the
price of bonds abroad.