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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-02-12
MIR. Bright on Tory RefOrmerS.

In recent speech Mr. John Bright ami
madverted on the inconsistency of tories,
and especially of tory lawyers in support
ing Lord Derby's and Mr.. DIsraelrs re-
form bill. He said:
During that session of 1866 it is i'm
possible in language which would nut be
exaggerated unfair. an1 even insulting. TO
describe the eager and bowling rage which
they exhibited against the unfortunate pro-
posal of seven pound franchise. Their
bitterness and malice against the bill would
have been scarcely JUST fed if the bill had
been SO bad as they said it was. AMI it is
clear now that it was not nearly SO bad as
they declared it to be. Their conduct in.
the pursuit of office reminds me- of some
lines which were published good m1ny
years ago. which never had more exact
application than when they describe the
course IF the tory party last year. The
poet III the Rejected Ad'raSSes says:
when Dogs meat re-echoes through the stree.
Be!m with bright blaze their 81 lplira'ing ewes,
sink their hind legs. ascend their joyful cries
Then, wild with hone. or mtldening u prevail,
Points The quick ear and wass the expectlnt tail"
Lpad laH .hter- Just so the gentlemen
II the front opposition benches, AMI such
of them behind who thought that there
0as something to be had Especially. and
more Ill tho a,r,y-err. NJ 49,
gorged with patronage. and for the sake of
that patronage and plunder, which in In
dia is called loot. formed a combination to
overthrow the bill of 1866 To place
themselves in office and keep themselves
there they consented to pass bill infinite
ly worse on all the points for which they
condemned the bill of 1865. and venture
to say their conduct on this occasion leads
to the conclusion that there is scarcely any
institution of the country, however honor
able and ancient. that they would not sell
for the permanent possession of office"
[Cheers.
Mr. Bright has probably added to the
stock of Parliamentary and Congressional
quotations.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-02-12
SloiSl.inG in Now Ivrh.


An enthusiastic writer thus discourses of
the sleighing in New York city one bright
day not long since:
Yesterday the sun shone Enfn! Not
in the hum-drum way in which it has been
wont TO shine either 1t was, in a word,
a sunstroke of the most decided success.
The whole city, banketed in snow from
Loew to High. blinked and staggered, and
seemed stunned with the golden inundation
that had broken through week of slush
and sleet and equinoctial nastiness-and
then it took to its sleighs Madly took to
them, as though sunshine on snow in Jan
uary meant unbridled jolhty. In less than
an hour after breakf fast, the streets, espec-
tally those uninvaded by steam-sweepers
and sacrligious shovellers were given up
to flying fun. There was no hesitancy, no
laggards. Every man, woman and child,
felt it to be sacred duty to string his or
her bells on the outgoing season and to set
them Ginning the old naturalization of
former Winters, when sleighs rusted not,
and the ice broke not through with steel.
Well, 1t was riproarious The Fifth
Avenue danced itself delirious; the fan
taronade began in the morning, and at
twelve o'clock the snow on that thorough
fire had been winnowed by fifty thousand
hoots; firted into more and muddier drifts
than even Boreas conceived of trampled,
hattened, fiurried and fused as though a
phantom army of bisons had torn through
It, 1t is safe to say the city gave itself
up to sleighing. The sun, strenuous and
bright, was yet not warm enough to melt
the snow. The air was of that clear reson-
ant kind which blows off the Great Plains,
and which we call bracing; full of ozone,
squirting the arterial blood, and setting a
world to dancing as though the ambrosial
day had dropped wreath of sleigh-bells on
every mans head Not alone the cutters,
those baubles with vanished wings that
seem ever on the point of shooting ahead
of the horses and flying off to some geld
place in the distance-not alone the sabled
ladies and maid-hanked children SWIM
ming through the sunshine in bed OF
robes; not the fast young men with tan
dems. nor the club parties, nor the hired
family sleighs-but the crates the sled ges,
the packing boxes, milk wagons, carts, ex-
press vehicles, everything that had nc
wheels held babies, mothers, pink-faced
sisters, registering sons, thawed-out fathers
sprouting indulgence under the blessed
suns. ine-and so they all went a-sleigh'
ing.
1t was the first out-and-out snow frolic
of the Sc eason The poor storms that came
be ore left only teathery powder thai
went dancing into needles with the slight
es1 wind, or wept themselves away il
slush with the early sunlight. But thi'
was reminder of olden times, not in 1T
quantity to be sure, but its quality. L
had tone to it, this snow. There wer'
body" and suggestiveness to 1t; an'
then, too, it was spread so invitingly TO
US after siege of sloppiness in the afore
said sunshine and ozone, that no wonde
that we all gave way to the boisterou
looseness of boys, and made racket enoug
with our bells in one day to make up TO
the deprivations of the past.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-02-12

heat of it, till both pershed. The man
still alive. He was going to the Neutral
Lands, where he was trying to make him a
home. He was a widower and had four
small children. Poor things, they are in too
desolate region to bear such calamities.
We have had prairie fires nearer home
than Ottumwa. Just across the river at
Neasho Falls, a fire did great damage Judge
Woolman, as he was generally called, an old
man who has been here eleven years, and
had just made him a snug little home, had
every thing burned up and destroyed He
had a valuable fruit orchard of different va
rieties, containing some six hundred trees,
which were just beginning to bear, but every
one of them was spoiled. Mr.. Woolman
had taken great pride in his place and in
tended to spend his days on it, but this COM
pletely discouraged him. He sold out and
returned East. He had toiled ever since
this part of the country was open to settle
ment, to make him home, but in an hours
time ho was left on the open prairie, just
where he began. The old man hadn't the
heart to commence his work over again, now
that his youth and strength are gone.
Ordinary precautions v~oro or no avail
against these fires, this season. I am told
that these prairie fires crossed Neosho river
between here and lie Roy, distance of less
than ten miles, at three different times, the
force of the wind being SO strong, and the
grass so dry, that burning cinders were
blown across and ignited upon the opposite
bank.
was going to speak of our prospects for
winter grain, but have made my letter so
long | will defer it to another time.
WIBTR
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-02-12

HAwTHoRNE'S Salem, Octo-
Der /. Union street Family MansionI :
Here | sit, in my old accustomed chamber,
where [ used to sit in days gone by. Here
[ have written many tales-many that
have been burned to ashes, many that
doubtless deserved the same fate. This
claims to be called haunted chamber, for
thousands upon thousands of visions have
appeared to me in it; and some few OF
them have become visible to the world. 1t
ever | should have biographer he ought
TO make great mention Of this chamber IN
my memoirs, because so much of my lonely
youth was wasted here, here my mind and
character were formed, and here [ have
been glad and hopeful, and here l have
been despondent. And here | sat long
time, WAITING patiently for the world to
know me, and sometimes wondering why
it did not know ME sooner, or whether it
would ever know me at all-at least till |
we're in my grave. And sometimes 1t
seemed as if | were already in the grave,
with only life enough to be chilled and he
numbed But oftener | was happy-at
least as happy as knew how to be, or was
aware of the possibility of being By and
by the world found me out in my lonely
chamber, and called me forth-not indeed
with loud roar of acclamation, but rather
with still small voice and forth | went,
but found nothing in the world that |
thought preferable to my old solitude till
now And now begin to understand why
[ was imprisoned so many years in this
lonely chamber, and why | could never
break through the viewess bolts and bars
for if [ had sooner made my escape into
the world, L should have grown hard and
rough, and been covered with earthly dust
and my heart might have become callou:
by rude encounters with the multitude
But living in solitude till the fullness o
time was come, [ still kept the dew of my
youth. and the freshness of my heart.
used to think that | could imagine all pas.
sions, all feelings and states of the heart
and mind but how little did [ know
Indeed we are but shadows-we are not
endowed with real life, and all that seems
real about us is but the thinnest substance
of dream-till the heart be touched
The touch creates us,-then we begin tt
thereby we are beings of reality anc
inheritors of eternity.-AtLantic Monthls
for January.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-02-12

history, to be sufficient reason to 20 to war.
The question naturally arises, if taxation
without representation was iorong, is repre-
sentation without taxation right? To us it
seems that wealth has advantages enough
without giving it the exclusive protection of
law. Bonding towns to build railroads seems
to be new phase in Vermont legislation.
That fifty voters of a town should have power
to take the property of forty nine others, and
appropriate it to the benefit of a private cor
poration, without any equivalent, seems
to us to be outside of the compact We entered
into in the formation of our State govern
ment. know the lawyers told us the judges
had decided such law to be constitutional
But the decisions of the judges are not al
ways the end of the law for righteousness
Judge Taney once decided that g niggers :"
had no rights which white men were bound
to respect, and we felt sore under that deci-
sion for long time; but, thank God, the
people have reversed that decision And SO,
we opine, the people of Vermont will reverse
all decisions not based upon the principle of
their inalienable rights.
We have thus briefly attempted to oomply
with the wishes of your correspondent, with
a modesty, we hope, worthy of his Difference.
Indispostion is our apology for delay.
Interrogator " demurs to the charge of
vaunting, and justly, too. 1t was only
strong way of saying 1--WE hope he and the
people will carry their - determinations "
into effect Reform is the watchword, both
state and national. Let the ball 90 round,
B. R.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-02-12
VARIETY.
The sheriff. religion-writ-ualism.

The sheriff's religion-writ-ualism
An old saw new set-What can't be en-
dured must be caricatured.
A trial trip-a trip with two Saratoga
trunks, four band-boxes, and a-woman.
When is charity like top? When it
begins :: to hum
How may a man be known from a fa-
tigued dog? One wears shirt, the other
pants
Why is cat sitting on the top of
chimney like an orange? Because she
looks round.
Paris hopes that matrimony and melody
will not be Incompatible.
a hair apparent-one that you see float
ing in your soup.
There is chance for a new office in
Alaska-keeper of the seals.
The ray that lights up woman's des-
paIr-rai-ment.
Mrs. Japiter thinks the modern drama
rather legitimate
Why can a rope maker exceed Fanny
Ellsler in agility? Because he can wipe
his nose with his tow.
An invalid disturbed all the inmates Of
his boarding house recently by initiating
dog. When asked why he did it, he said
he had been ordered by his physician to
take "port-wine and bark
A little boy in New Bedford, in giving
an account to his brother of the Garden of
Eden, said % The Lord made n gardener
and put him in the garden to take care of
it and see that no one hurt anything, or
pasted bills on The trees"
A Paris landlady requested Christmas
party on the third floor to cease dancing as
a man below them was dying. The guests
acquiesced. Returning an hour later, /" My
dear children" she exclaimed, with the
most benevolent smile, "you may begin
again; he is dead ="
A MEAN" EDIroR-The editor of
western paper having lent his axe to one
of his subscribers, the borrower unfortu-
nately broke off the handle. On returning
it he said: & You can easily get it fxei."
Yes" replied the editor, {" but that will
cost at least quarter of dollar."
"Well," rejoned the borrower, "if you
amt rather small for an editor. Here's
the quarter; but I'll thank you to stop my
paper at once"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-02-12

! PANTHER KILLED-A party of four
sportsmen from Chazy, y. Y, on hunt
ing excursion in the Adirondack wilder
ness, killed a panther of the largest size
on Blue Mountain, recently. The animal
was treed, and reee' ve four balls from the
rifles Of the party riioh brought him tum-
bling to earth, br 1king branches AMI strip
ping bark from tue tree in his descent.
On striking the grouni he made leap. it
is stated, of more than twenty feet, AMI
after running a mile, TOOK refuge under
some rocks, where he was overtaScn and
killed, receiving eleven shots before he
finally surrendered The carcase. meas
uring seven feet from tip to tip, and weigh
ing lis 3-4 pounds, has been on exhibition
in Champlain, Chazy and Patts5urgh.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-02-12
Visit 10 an Indian Village in Alaska.

y correspondent of the Boston Journal
gives the following account of visit to
an Indian village in Alaska:
The dwellings or g lodges" are about
twenty-five feet square, built of logs, about
ten feet posted, and extended in line along
the water front. I counted over eighty
dug out cedar canoes moored in front and
fastened by ropes made of the wild net
Tie, which grows abundantly on the island
ana Is covered with coating fthe tough
est hbre. Around each cabin is group
OF wolf-iaced dogs, which lie torpidly dur
ing the day and howl dismally all night.
i've or SIX slippery steps lead up to a hole
not n unlike the opening in kennel-then
'here was an equal descent down greasy
steps to what constitutes the floor. In the
center burns huge log fre-the sticks
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-02-12

How PAT HEAvED TIE LEAD.-Any
one who has travelled on the Mississippi
during low water has witnessed the process
of heaving lead, and will sec where the
laugh comes in p" in the following without
much difficulty: The was coming
down the Upper Mississippi, loaded with
pig lead. As she was going over shoal
place the pilot gave the signal to heave the
lead the only man forward at the time.
was green Irishman. g Why don't you
heave the lead?" :" Is it to heave the
lead, your honor2 Where to-" Over
board, you bIOckhead " Tae Irishman
snatched up one Of the pigs of lead ani
threw it overheard; the mate in enleavor-
ing to prevent him, lost his balance and fell
into the river. The captain, running to
the edge of roof, asked: = Why don't you
heave the lead, and sing out how mu-h
water there is ?" The lead Is heavy
your honor, and the mates gone down to see
how much water there is responded Pat
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-02-12
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING.

For square of l2 lines o o, N.npareI tyre
one nserioB, Sl.00 for each suh>eauenI IS
cents Unless the number inSerIt,ns are marx ed
the advertisement II will he I'LL ordered
made to merch aud others aovertise
by the year.
Probate aud Commissioners Notices, $500 each.
For notices OF Liherzions, EStrays and
Dissolution OF C"psrnerships, &c. Si50 h. three
insertions, u sent by the money accompany
N0icr~ ~ news columns 10 per lire each nse
',e'' s-t 81 made ut less than so cents
Notices at E-aths aud Marriages inserted gratis, hrt
extended h'F"aty N"tre Poetry will be charged at
-'s as- per iine.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-02-12
4 SchOOlbOy'S Letter.
BIRCHTowN ACADENY.

DEAR PoP-I am getting along first
ra at the School, and like it very much
all except Whacks the assistant" Old
Beeswax," we call him, and we are down
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-02-12

Dotty. thoughtfully; d" I shall have eight
girls, for l like girls very much Sophie
May.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-02-12

A borrowed tool. if broken. should be
promptly replaced bya new one. A nice
sense of honor in such matters is much to DO
commended.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-20
Dr. ScIienck's Pulm Onic Syrup.

This great pledi'iuc cured Dr. J. II 4.
kehcnck, the proprietor. ol ulmcnhry Con-
sumption, when II hail assumed its mos' for.
mdahle aspect, asd when speedy death ap.
ptared to lie inevitable His physicians pto.
ndunced hi, case incniable, when he com
n,enced the Use of this simple but powerful
remedy. HIS health was restored in very
short time, aud no return Of the disease has
teen spprchcnded for al the symptoms quick
more than two hundred.
Since his recovery he has devoted lns niten.
tion exciusivey to the cure of consumpti on,
and tho diseases which arc comp liclted with
IL, and the cures Effected hy his medicines
bsse been yery numerous, and truly wonder
ml. pr. Schenck makes protest. nal visits
10 several Of the lIrge cities weekly, where
he has large concOurse Of patients. and itls
trul Astonishing to see poor corsumptiyes
that have to be. lifted out of thor carriages,
aud IN a few months healthy, robust persons.
lr. Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup, Seawced Ton.
ir .snd Mandrake Pillssrc generally all re.
quired in curing CONSUMPTION. Full direc-
ticns accompany each, so thntany one can
ttke them without seei ng DR.. schenck, but
Nhcn1t Is convent rnt it is best to see h im.-
Hs.gi yes advice tree, but for II thorough ex.
animation with his -Respirometer his fec Is
three dollars. . -rH.. -.r lid.
Please Conserve, when purchasing, that the
two llkenesses of the Docior-one when in
the last stage OF Consumption and the Other
as be now 10, in perfect health-are on the
Gov. stamp, ,.ts's
sold:by Pll Druggists. sp3 dealers. Price,
tl,5o per bottle, or 80 the half dozen. Let
tsrs for advice should always be directed to
J,r. schenck's Principal ohire, No Is North
s,h Street, Philadelphia, Pa. i. t...'r ...'.
ten nsralI Wholesale Agents. nemas Barnes
&Co., MY. 8. s. lIance, baltimore, sId., J.
D.aPArk, :ciucinnati, o.; Walker 4 Taylor,
Chicago, Illinois; Collins Bros, 81. Louis, No.
Jan. %. li''f'
)
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-20
Childrcn'S Lives saved Tor
Fifty Cents.

THOUSANDS OF CHILhREN Die ANNI.
AILN oi Group Now, mothcrs, if YOU woI.l !
Apend 50 cents, aud al ra!S hare q bottle Of
pr, Tobias yGnilian Linilnrnt in the house
you never need fear Inosirc ! tie mes when
att'cked with this conn lAint. |, T. now 90
NearS since have put up Ny I.iuimcnt, and
never heard Of II clnl dying with Group Wh"n
my ILnimcnt was usel; but hundreds Of eases
otcures have Fseen reported to me- aud many
state II il we've sio per bottle they would not
hewithout it. Besides whf, 1t il certain
cure for CUTS iRru', II HeadM.bc, roSthsche,
'ore Throat, SwtlLngs, Mumre, Coli, Dmi.
rhoca, pysintcry, Spasms, II Sores, and pains
IN the Back and Chest. NJ one Who tries 1t
i.ever, without 1t. IL is warranted rnrS
f"cily safe to take internnly, Full Iircctinns
with every bottle. Sold by tho Druggist .
l'eput, 81 Conrtland street, New lura:.
Seb. 2o-lm. -.Hh ~
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-20


In the summer Of 1868, Gen.
Grant wrote from his camp on
the Mississippi;
81 never was an anti-sla-
very man; but | try to judge
Justly of what l see. | made UP
my mind wien this war com,
menced that the north and
south could only live together
in peace as one nation, anu
they could only be one nation
by being a free nation. Slavery,
the cornerstone of the s.
called Contederacy, is knocked
out, and it will take more men
to keep black men slaves than
to put down the rebellion,
Much as | desire peace, ] am
opposed to any peace until
this question of slavery is for
ever settled r..
That was a private letter to
Mr.. f. B. Washburn, and Sena-
tor Wilson brings it to light
That would have been called
radical doctrine then. Events
have justified it, The princi-
Piles which bore such utteran-
ces at such a time, are sound
principles. 'l
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-20
All the approved Patent
Medicines, at Strong's.
"Thc Farm and Fireside."


"Thc Farm and Fireside."
An Illustrated Agricultural
and Family Magazine for the
Rural Fireside. The cheapest
and best published in the world.
The most reliable and popular
family magazine of the day
Published monthly in large
quario form for binding beau
tifully illustrated-at one dol
lar per annum.
Melodeons, Sewing Machines,
Albums, and other valuable
prizes are sent TO agents rails
ing clubs. Agents clear from
$40 to S15 per day canvassing,
besides getting a chance for
each subscription sent. in the
grand distribution of prizes,
amounting 10 over $4,000 in
greenbacks. Agents wanted
everywhere. Sample copies,
with prize list and full instruc,
tions TO agents, sent by mail,
free. Address
A. g. GOODRICH & CO.,
81 Nassau Street, New York
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-20

WE und derstand that petl,
tions are in circulation request
ing the State to furnish $685.
600, towards the project OF i'm,
proving Raccoon. We don't
want 10 throw cold water on
anything the company may do
We heartily wish the success
of the enterprise, but We pre-,
dict they will not get one cent
from that source. There can
be no question but the propc-
sed improvement would be a
vast benefit to the property
holders along that stream, but
if they desire the completion
of The project the,s must un
loose their purse.strings and
respond to the cali of the com
pany with the cash from their
own pockets. A'g!laa...I 'gll., 4. 7. F.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-20

Mr.. JOIN MOORE, the clever
salesman of CLAYTooL d MACK
ly's, started to Omaha, last
week, where he intends estab-
fishing himself in business
Mr.. MOORE has many warm
friends among our business
men who will regret TO part
with him, but wish him abun-
dant success in his new under,
taking. 'a taa.N., F....a
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-20
10 COilsInptiycS

The Rev. Edward \. WlSun will send Gree
al ,hsrgc) to III who desire IT, the prescrip.
Hon Slth the directions for NlkiRg and using
,he simple remedy Ly whHli he IVES cured of
y lung affection aud tlat dread disease Con.
sumption, HIS only object isio Lensnt the
Piiicted and he hopes every sufferer will try
this prescription, a. il will cost them nothing,
and inry prove blessing ease address
-. REV. EpWARn' W WlISUN,
No. ldi South scchn ST. WILLIAMSBURG y. Y
maygly
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-20

Wo would call the attention Of merchants
dealing in Boots, Shoes, Hats aud Leather
IN the large and wen Assorte sto'k Of II.
Lloyd 6 sons, 70. 2 Buckeye Block, Front
street Portsmouth Ohio, who are exclusive
~ Wholesale Dealers, and have the greatest
facilities possible of huying, anil oifer to the
trade stock Of goods at exceedingly low rri'
sHs.. De sure TO i've them e,ll.
Pep. 10, lSR7-vl.