Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-30

pie are most intelligent, virtuous. useful.
ana happy who are most constantly EMPLOYED
and they most worthless and miserable who
have most leisure time. And vet our nation
al legislature have adopted the eiyht-hour
system of labor, giving all the mechanics and
iaborers employed in every department of
government work half their waking hours in
which to serve the devil. who :. always finds
some wicked work for idle hands to do
DIR. Bellows belongs to the Homeopathic
school, and IN this volume he gives many sta
tisties which he claims show the superiority
of that treatment over what he calls the Old
School treatment. What he says upon this
subject, as upon all subjects, is, however, said
IN a popular way, quite free from all pedant-
ry, making the book an instructive one to
every class of readers. For sale by WILDER.
GLovERsoN, AND HIS SILENT PARTNERS By
Ralph keeler, limo, cloth, $50: Bos-
ton, Lee & Shepard.
The acthor, Mr.. Rail- ph Keeler,. of San
Francisco, California, is the young gentle
man who made the tour of Europe for SlSl
in currency, and whose lecture, entitled
9 Views Barefooted,'' detailing his expert
enccs, has met with much favor wherever de-
livered. A mere youth he left Western
city in the middle of this continent, and
Travelled seven hundred miles for nothing,
disguised as cattle drover; crossed the At
lantic in the steerage; and, after studying
over a year at the University of Heidelberg,
roamcd all over Europe a-foot in the dis
guise of a travelling apprentice. Raising
few meagre supplies from the London maga-
zines, and barely escaping starvation, he
finally returned to America by way of the
Mediterranean, after an absence of over two
currency. His health and spirits were, it
seems increased rather than diminished by
his early trials and this interesting story of
San Francisco is the product of his maturer
years.
The scene of the story being located in the
comparatively new country along the shores
of the Pacific. gives the author an opportuni-
ty to describe new civilization. and make
more readable book than many of the stories
now offered to the public For sale by
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\ KISS FOR BLOW. OR COLLECTION OF
STORIES FOR CHILDREN showing them how
to prevent quarreling. By Henry c.
Wright. New edition with ten illustra-
tions by Billings, Boston Lee & Shepard.
The stories in this volume all have as a
moral, that little children should love each
other, and never let their angry passions
rise and no doubt great many children at
times, need all the good advice the book sup
plies The publishers have done their part
of the work of issuing the volume in a neat
and attractive manner. For sale by WILDER.
JOHN CARTER THE ARTIST Messrs. Hurd
& IIoughton of New York, have issued in a
neat volume of l22 pages, a sketch of the
life of John Carter, the artist.
John Carter silk weaver, and when
twenty-one years of age, fell from tree and
injured his spine so that he never was able
afterward to move his hands or feet or any
part of his body. He retained the power,
however, of moving his head, and afterward
learned by the most patient perseverance. to
draw and paint with surprising excellence,
some Of his productions being equal to the
productions of the best artists. He held
TIE brush or pencil in his mouth while doing
his work This little volume gives the his
tory of this singular case, and it is embel-
lished with illustrations Of some of his draw
ings and paintings.
HIS chef deuUre I" 4 RAr-CArcHER AND
HIS DoYs. There is no copy of it in this
book-has elected great praise from the best
Judges of art, and is considered equal to the
of the most accomplished
artists The story is really wonderful.
For sale by WILDER.