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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-21
George SomerviIIe's Estate

WCUESt SOHHtFN HffCs Ast"tO'
THE SUBSCRIBERS having been appoin ted b y
L the Honorable Probate Court for the District OF
Washington, Com nissioners, to receive, examine
and adj last all claims and demands of all persons,
against the state of George Somervill~ late o; rays
ton, in said District deceased, represented iDsoIV-
ent and the of six months from the 9Th day OF
December, 1870, being allowed by said Court 20 he
creditors Of said decea xhibt nd he II
respective claims before Give notice that We
will attend to TIE duties of appoint nj stthe
dwelling house Of widow Jane Somsrvile in Fay sion,
in said Di trio the first Tuesday OF January aud
June nre O'Clock in the forenoon, each Of
said Gays.
JOHN P. BROWN, ! r.,,rs
WILLARD B. PORTER. -
FAys'ol, Dec. G. 1870. F49-S
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ened, falling hair checked, and bald
ness often, though not always, cured
by its use. Nothing can restore the
hair where the lollicles are destroyed,
or the glands atrophied and decayed-
But such as remain can be saved for
usefulness by this application. Instead
of fouling the hair with a pasty sedi-
ment, it viii keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. Free
from those deleterious substances which
make some preparations dangerous and
injurious to the hair, the Vigor can
only benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for
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\ dressing which
Is al once a-reeal le,
healthy, and efect";1
Tor preserving. e {
hair. Foded o. gtav.
mar IS soon restored
to its original color
scih the gloss and
freshness Of yotth.
Thin hair is thick
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BENsBURG, PA, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 1870.


other bets were made by different persons,
with heavy odds against Sans horse.
When Sam rode up to the starting place
there were shouts oflaugh;er at his appear
ance and the most unspairing censures
at his presumption in entering on the race.
Sam paid no attention to this, but started
with the rest, and it soon became appar-
ent that he was not such a fool as thew
took him TO be. He was among the fore
most in two minutes, and at the end of
the race 'that awful ugly horse" was pro-
nounced clearly and unequivocally the
victor.
Sam coolly received his dubloons back
again, and put them in his belt, together
with the planters check for $40, 1000.
which was afterwards duly honored.
He offered to bet on other horses, but
could find no takers. For this however
he was compensated by the most liberal
offers for his horse. Five hundred dol
lars, thousand, fifteen hundred. two
thousand, were bid for him This last
figure being the highest offered, he accept
ed it.
On his return to the brig, Sam learned
that no one Of the crew but himself had
been at the races. AS soon as he came
on board the usual bantering began.
"Well, SAM said the cook, Show
about that venture %
81 guess it will do ?" replied Sam.
'Is that<<awful ugly horse sold yet p
said the second mate.
"Snouldnt wonder if he was" said
Sam
"You don't say so. How much did
he fetch p said the second mate.
''Guess,' . replied Sam.
''Twenty dollars
''AIore than that. Guess again.
Fifty"
''Nfore ihan that. Guess again.
ga hundred"
''Oh, it's no use your guessing. That
awful ugly huss brought two thousand
dollars, besides the ten thousand | won on
him at the races. SO you fellows had
better shut up and say no more about Sam
Farrey's venture
And they did shut up Sam, on the pas
sage home, was treated with mark ed at
tention. The worst that was said of
him among the sailors WAS, ''Cute fellow,
that Sam his eye tooth is cut
Sam went 10 sea no more. He pur-
chased farm in the Green Mountain
State, married rosy cheek Green Mount
am girl and had many sons and daughters.
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the result of the action of lightning, when
some person had been sitting near, others
thought this theory one of impossibility
Ot course the many superstitious were
satisfied that ii was the "ghost of the dear
woman, and nothing more.'' There is
one thing about it, at least, that seems
strange, and that is the fact that no face
or figure is to be seen in looking out from
the inside During the day firm Of
photographers, after several attempts,
succeeded in getting very good likeness
OF the sash and face it contained.
No one can account fer this strange
phenomenon, but men who are practical
and possessed Of a good share of common
sense conclude that 1t must be one of
those curious defects that will sometimes
appear in window glass The strangest
thing in its connection is that it was not
discovered until after the death of an in
mate Of the house. Those who believe in
the 'splrltuaP' are making the most of
the circumstance, and doubtless there sell
dom occurs such instances upon which
they can surely reach ;he partially super-
stitious mind. Ghost or not. there has
nothing occurred in the city of Lawrence
of this nature that produced such wonders
ment since the well remembered stories of
various apparitiOns in connection with the
fall of the Pe:nberton Mills.
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CHOSTLY PHENOMENON.

Since the fall of the Pemberton Mills
the city of Lawrence, Mass, has known
10 such excitement as that produced on
Saturday, the 2Oth instant, by The upac,
countable appearance of females fea>
lures in a light of glass in the window of
a house on Broadway. 1t appears that
few days previous to the discovery of
the phenomenon an elderly lady, after a
long and wearing sickness, had died The
day succeeding that on which the funeral
occurred, lady who was visiting one of
the tenants of the same house, in passing
saw a figure in the attic window, which
she instantly recognized as that of the de-.
ceased lady, and with great CONSERVATION
communicated the fact 10 the other occu-
pants of the building, and in short time
the entire neighborhood was made aware
OF the strange and exciting discovery.
The window of the room in which the
woman had died was Immediately under
that iii the attic. and was the usual sitting
place of the deceased. Some supposed
that by some means her face had become
lmprt ssed upon the glass; but the fact that
it was not in the room occupied by her,
and in a room that was usually occupied,
displaces all belief in the idea. Du.inp
the day and evening the story of a ghost
on Broadway was widely circulated
throughout the city, and early the next
morning, which was the Sabbath, people
commenced TO gather about the ill-fated
and haunted house, much to the annoy
ance OF the inmates and immediate neigh
bors. More proiessed to believe a word
of the wild story, and were only convinced
upon an actual view with their own ewes.
A sister Of the deceased, hearing of the
matter, visited the place, and pronounced
the likeness to be that of her relatiYe.--
The only remaining members of the fami-
ly are two small children.
The excitement momentarily increased,
as also did the crowd in the street, and by
noon 1t was so great as TO render the pas
sage of the horse cars quite difficult. The
inmates tried various means to remove
the figure from the glass, but were unsuc-
cessful, and, with view of sending the
crowd away, removed the sash to the
rear of the building, where the face was
seen TO a still better advantage, though it
seemed TO have a somewhat different ap>
pearance. 1t was only when the sash
had been removed and secreted in the
house that the crowd began to disperse
and wander back to their homes, each
having an idea as to the cause of the sim
gular vision, and all agreeing that ''there
was something in IL"
Early on Monday morning another
crowd gathered around the house, and DR.
William d. Lamb, a prominent physi>
clan, obtained permission to remove the
sash to his office, on Essex street. Here
it was placed in his window, opening upon
the main business street in the city, and
every one could get fine view FROM be-
low The window was examined by in
telligent and scientific men; and while
seme were of the opinion that it might be
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MIcA.-WuEeE ANnIInm ~ Is onr.1sr,

MICA.-NHERE AND How IT Is OBrAINEp.
How many good people who sit around
their coal stoves in winter know whence
cnnes the beautifully clear mineral through
which. ike bright red eyes, the glowing an.
thraCite shines 1t is impossible TO melt it.
IL will not burn, however fierce your fire
1t can be split into plates of astonishing thin
ness. When thus split it often exhibits tba
colors of the rainbow with marveloi 5 perfec
ton and beauty. 1t is almost perfectly elias
tic. On the whole it is a curious mineral.
and moreover, has important uses in the
arts.
Up in New Hampshire. on the Northern
railroad, about forty miles above Concord
lies tie town of Graftoni on the height Of
land between the Merrmac and Connections
rivers. exceedingly hilly and wild. You
gain the western side Of the mountain. and
ascend by deep footpaih through the woods.
On the southern side Of the mountain. uer
haps thousand feet high. Is the mica quarry.
1t covers, perhaps. an acre, aud can be seen
FOR miles away, like great white blotcil on
the side OF wooded mountain. Here il
mica everywhere
The rock all about is granite. but at this
particular spot the constituents of granite.
-mica. feldspar and quartz-seem TO be-
separated, each by itself. in great Masses
This mica is found tightly bound in the rock
like the leaves of a boak. and inclined at
every angle. 1t is sometimes found in sheets
yard across. several inches thick and beau
tifuily transparent. Along with it are now
and then fotind other minerals, such as beryl.
taurmalne garnet, opaiite ,ra ck crystal. &c.
The quarrymen drill deep holes and blast
out huge blocks of stone. which sometin,s
60 crashing with terrific force down the
mountain side' This will be updersto- 4
when it is known that the holes drilled are
sometimes twenty feet deep and the
amount OF powder fired IN a single blast Is
sometimes nine or ten kegs.
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IHE SINGING Tree "A writer, des-
cribing the various plants in Queensland.
says: "But though these tropical scrubs
are so luxuriant and beautiful. they are
not without their dangerous draw backs,
for there is one plant growing in them
that is really deadly in its cfftcts-that is
to say, deadly in the same way that one
would apply the term TO fire. as, if GER
tain proportion of ones body is burnt by
the singing tree, death will be the result
| would as soon pass through fire as to
fall into one of these trees. They are
found growing from two TO three inches
high TO ten and fifteen feet in the old
ones the stem is whiIish, and berries usual
ly grow on the top. 1t emils peculiar
and disa9reeable smell, but is best known
by It's leaf, which Is nearly round. and
having point at the top, is jagged all
around the edge, like the nettle at home
all the leaves are large, some larger than
saucer. Sometimes, while shooting
turkeys in the scrubs, | have entirely for
gotten the singing tree, till warned of its
close proximity by lis smell, and have
then found myself in a little forest Of
them. | was only once stung, and that
very slightly. It's effects are curious; it
leaves no marks, but the pain is madden~
ing, and for months afierward the part
when touched is tender, in rainy weather,
or when it gets wet in washing, Sc. |
have seen man, who treats ordinary pain
lightly, roll on the ground in agony, after
being sIung, and have known horse so
completely mad, after getting into a grove
OF the trees, that he rushed open>mouthed
at every one who approached him, and
had to be shot in the scrub. Dogs. when
stung, will rush about, whining piteously,
biting pieces from the affected part The
smaller stinging trees, a few inches high,
are as dangerous as any, being so hard to
see, and seriously imperilling ones ancles
This shrub is usually found growing in
palm groves"
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MAKING a FORTUNE.
BY MARK TWAIN.

BY MARK TWAIN.
Samuel Moi was watcl,nan IN
a bank. He was poor but honest. and
his life was without reproach The trou-
ole with him was that he felt he was not
appreciated. His salary was only four
dollars week, and when he asked to
have 1t raised the President, the Cashier.
and the Board OF Directors glared at him
through their spectacles, and frowned on
HIM and told him to go out and stop his
insolence when lie knew business was
dull and the bank could not meet it's ex-
penses now, let alone lavish one dollar
week on such miserable worm as Sam
uei Mct--. And then Samuel Mes
r felt depressed and sad, and + q
naughty sco' n of the President and Cash
Ter cut him TO the soul lie woun often
90 into the SIDE yard and b, W his vepera,
bic twenty~four inch head, and weep GAL
Ions Of tears over his insignilicance. I'd
pray that he might be ma worthy of the
Cashiers and Presidents poit attention.
One night happy thought struck him;
a gleam OF light burst upon his soul, and
gazing down the dim vista Of years with
his eyes all blinded with joyous tears he
saw himself rich, honored aid respected
So Samuel AIcF-- fooled around and
got Jimmy, a monkey wrench, a cross
cut saw, cold chisel, drill, and about
hall ton of gunpowder and nitro glyccr-
Inc, and all those things. Then in The
dead OF night, he went to the lre-proof
safe, and, after working at it for a while
burst the door and brick into an itnnor-
tai smash with such perfect success that
there was not enough of that safe left TO
make a carpet tack. Mr. McF--- then
proceeded 10 load up with coupons. greens
backs, currency and specie, and to mai! all
the odd change that was lying anywhere.
SO that he nranced out of the bank with
over one million dollars on him. He
then retired TO an unassuming residence
out OF town, and sent word 10 the detect
ives where he was
y detective called on him one dny with
a soothing note from the Cashier. Nc
= treated it with lofty scorn. De-
tectlVes called on him every day with
humble notes from the President. Cashier
and Board of Directors At last the
bank officers got up magnificent supper,
TO which Mr. McE-- was invited He
came, and, as the bank officers bowed
down in the dust before him. he pondered
over the bitter past, and his soul was
filed with wild exultatiUn.
Before he drove away in his carriage
that night it was all fixed that Moi
was 10 keep half million of that money
and to be unmoleSted if he returned the
other half. lie fulfilled his contract like
an honest man, but refused with naughty
disdain, the offer of the Cashier to marry
his daughter.
Mac is now honored and respected. -
He moves III the best society, he browses
in purple and fine linen and other
good clothes, and enjoys himself first rate
And often now he takes his infant son on
his knee aud tells him OF his carly life,
and instlls holy principles into the child's
mind, and shows Lin how, by industry
and perseverance, frugaiity and nitro-gly
cerine, monkey wrenches, cross cut saws
and familiarity with the detective system,
even the poor may rise TO afflucnce and
resPectability. !
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AN urchin being sent for five cents
worth of maccaboy snuff, forgot the name
of the article, and asked for five cents
worth OF make a-boT sneeze.
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"MT DEAR" asked husband, on OBJ
serving pair of new striped hose on his
only heir. ''why have you made barber
poles of Ernest's legs - because he's
q little shaver" was the reply.
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The gfrl in Eimirs who helped her
mother to do the Loasework had sixteen
offers Of marriage within twenty minutes
after the fact was first announced in the pa
pers. She accepted the best, and is now
doing her OWE boussYOrk.
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The following is promulgated as a cnfe
Tor corns. 1t Is susceptible of easy triad -
ocrape piece of common chalk. put small
portion ol 1t upon the corn. and biad it Oh
with linen rag. Repeat the application
Tor a few days and yen viii tind the corn to
come OF like shell, and be perfectly cured.
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:" KINKEAD, Justice Of the Peace
AAs and Claim Agent.-0fice removed to
the Office formerly occupied by M. Hasson,
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~ for bra.1 a are on every side, and orphans
hs,s eau u because husbands and fa-
i'ed and died uninsured.