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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-03-23

the life of a ' thrifty farmer" Is he poor
Now we never regarded ourself very thrift
farmer, and yet we have had number {
suits of new clothes during our life, an
never once thought of it's being anythin
very remarkable besides, we have been t
the county seat and that han't all, woul,
you believe us? we've seen the capital of tn
State Now if we do not rise in the estima
ton of your correspondent we shall be sorel,
disappointed. May we not presume now t,
have some 90 idea of what it costs to obev
the demands of society? Seriously, W,
marvel that your correspondent should have
sent out such line as this to the intelligent
farmers of Vermont The farmers of Yer,
mont not know what it costs to obey the de-
mands of society Who meets the demands
OF Vermont society? Your correspondent
lays much stress upon the fact that all the
extravagances of Congress are done up ac-
cording to law and seems to be fearful that
the people through our ignorance will be in
cited to unnecessary alarm about Congress
We advise the people to keep cool But
what is the difference, SO far as the taxes of
the people are concerned, whether Congress
steal million of dollars from the treasury,
or Uote it out ex xtravagantly aud upri zhteouslya
The one hundred and twenty-five dollars
allowed members of Congress for papers and
stationery amounts in the aggregate to $685.
875 According to the showing of w. not
more than one-half of this sum is expended
for these objects. Sweep away this privilege,
agreeably to Mr.. Parton's theory, and add
twenty-five dollars to the salaries of the
members, if it cannot be shown that with
this economy they are large enough already,
and we have the clever little sum of S29,-
697, which would gladden. the heart of many
poor soldiers widow. But w. eau
tions reiormers against :" exhausting all their
strength - against the - small sins " of
Congress, " SO that they have none for the
alarming ones 1t is the 800, 900 leaks
(which alone can injure the Republican
party" Has w. forgotten the old Scripture
adage, that 81 it is the little foxes that spoil
our vines We have no confidence in
+" Congressman - or reformers, who only run
to the bunghole to stop leaks, while they
leave fifty spiggots running the amount of
a half dozen bungholes. The man who
fights manfully small evils, will always be
ready to meet the larger ones, whereas he
who winks at and is familiar with small evils,
will never know when a small evil becomes
a large one. If the Republican party would
prolong her existence, she must clean off from
the body polite all these leeehes, both great
and small what boot it whether her vitality
be drawn by one or many? She must do it or
die, as sure as effect follows cause The
button-holed members of Congress have our
sympathy, though we think we could manage
those 40 ofice-seekers " without becoming
I" debauched." :" BR
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Irish Bulls.

Al pleton's Journal has an article upon
TIE tendency to edtdshresis so prominent
smosg the sons of Erin. Here are a few
Ass5mens from the collection
Twas an Irishman who wrote to his son
il Ehe 'old counthry,' - Come till
Amkrica. Nike L is fine country to get
Z Ding in. All you have to do is to get
thrbe cornered box and fill it wild bricks, and
clrty it till the top of three story build
iad and the man at the top does all the
wfk" 1t was another of the same nation
alkF who, hearing that his widowed mother
II married again, since he quilted Ireland,
sdlaimed, - Murther! l hope she won't
b4e son oulder than me if she does,
| 4all lose the whole estate
kingularly confused ideas must the son of
Hin have of death, for it is related of one
1o was reprieved the day before that ap-
Mkted for his execution, and wished t. get
ri of his wife, that he wrote to her: -
vas hung yesterday, and died like hero !;
qe as did, and bear it like a man and
f<ahobner whose master had died suddenly,
faving letter ready for the mail, that he
dispatched it after adding at the bottom
4 Since writing the above l have died " or
ktll another, who wished to inform friend
IN a neighboring town of the death of fel-
low workman, that he sent dispatch signed
+ James, come home died last night; y
and an Irish lady ordered her body to be
opened after her death, lest she should be
buried alive. A similar story has been float
ing about the newspaper of Smithson, the
founder of the Smithsonian Institute. He
had five doctors, and they had been unable
u discover his disease. Being told that his
case was hopeless, he called them around
him and said: a. My friends, l desire that
you will make a post mortem examination o
ne. and find out what ails me for, really
have heard such long discussions on the
subject that l am dying to know what my
disease is myself'' 1t was Hiberniar
gentleman who told friend who was study
ing for the ministry: " hope | may liv'
I to hear you preach my funeral sermon
it was an Emerald Islander who, being asket
to 90 on the deck of vessel when she wa
in danger of laundering, said he had no wlsl
to see himself drowned it was Michae
IO'MuIligan who remarked, with much goo'
sense, that a. man gets very poor shoN
who waits till he is kilt before he acts o
the defensive :; . and the following is foun
on an Irish tombstone: " Here lies JohI
Highley and his wife, who were drowned i
/ their passage from America. Had they bot
/ lived. they would have been buried here"
Samuel Ireland tells of the miracle of s.
Dennis walking from Paris after bis deco
lation with his head under his arm, bu
makes the miracle still greater by his mod
of relating the story. lie says: Durln
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-03-23

4 WONDERFUL SALT MINK.-The great
Humboldt salt mine, near Austin, Nevada,
is described by California paper as looking
like lake frozen over. The Salt is as hard
and as smooth as ice. Were 1t not for the
fine PARTICLES which are condensed from va
pors trising frosn beneath, and which cover
the elvstaliine salt to HE depth of perhaps
sssYzeAh nth of an inch, ID would make an ex-
cellen- SSs.sfTass rHak at-atf times cue year.
except on the very unfrequent occasions
when it is covered with water The
expanse Of crystalized salt is no less than
twenty miles in length and twelve in breadth,
without break or flaw for the greater por-
ton of that extent. The stratum of solid
salt is about six or seven inches thick, under
which comes a layer of sticky, singular-look-
ing mud, about two feet thick, and under
this again another stratum of solid salt, as
transparent as glass, of which the depth has
been found in some parts TO be six feet. In
summer this salt, plain, glittering and scin-
tillating in the light of an almost tropical
sun, presents a brilliant appearance. The
frosty covering and solid salt is as white as
snow, while the crystalline portion, when
exposed, reflects dazzling prismatic eolors.
This immense deposit is remarkably pure,
being % per cent. of salt and 5 per cent. of
soda-which is purer than what we com
monty use for our tables
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-03-23

TuE INFLUENCE OF Politics UPoN W oMbN.
Why should one of the noblest. most va
ried and least selfish of all interests, the one
which, if thoroughly felt, of all others, most
widens the intellects of average men, tend
to destroy the intellects of average women
Because it is an excitement? SO is dress, so
is intrigue, so is the social struggle, so above
and before all is ambition outside the polltI-
cal circle, yet women who feel all these do
not go mad. Those who 60 mad are govern
csses, whose minds are concentrated on their
monotonous toll old maids, whose affections
cannot find the centre which would give
their minds full play women in whose brains
from want of political or other intellectual
interest religion has ooune TO be n one idea,
u Eh4tgos Eh4gso filGss sPetl Hpa ths boz HaSiS
/ if filled by politics or anything else-tht
more solid the thing the better-keep theil
perfect form, but untitled, are crushed by the
first blow, the most triaing accident Ex
citement. intimates the Pdn Mall Gazetfe
| is very injurious to women. Is it? Why
is it not beneficial, as MIchelet, very bad
authority, but a well-known one, and every
doctor in every country perpetually asserts
/ OF all excitement nothing is, We believe
/ quite equal to immense success at the opera
for the applause comes quick, and the ap-
plause gives all that is dear to all-money,
position, personal worship; yet the great
female singers of the world, Jenny Lind,
| rietjens, Alboni, Patti, Lucca, Sessi. are
certainly not among the women who create
the impression of approximate insanity.
Even if excitement were bad for women
a notion we believe to be born exclusively
of the results of the one excitement our
civilization promotes, the struggle against
hot air, late hours and injurious food, the
struggle to buy the success of the salon at
the price Of physical health-that would not
show that political excitement was specially
bad. On the contrary, it would seem to be
specially good, if only because its first con-
dition is seif-restraint, instead of abandon.
The pursuit of politics hardly admits of the
mOnomaniacal concentration of thought on
a single object which tends to produce, or
rather, as we should say, to develope insani-
ty it is too varied, admits Of too many
interests, of too rapid an alienation of sue
cess and defeat. No doubt women who get
interested in politics betray more interest il
them than in anything else, get more excited
talk more at random, flush more deeply, arC
more carried out of their ordinary restraints
than men are ; but is not that true of al
pursuits, or where it is specially true, is moi
the cause the law which prohibits them from
action Dumb men always seem, and usu
ally are, very fierce men, bat speech woulC
not make them insane.-SDecfGfOT
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-03-23

FRANCE.-The ancient aspects of coun-
try life are being gradually restored in
France. Not few of the oldest and no.
blest families, who have out-lived the first
revolution and subsequent changes of Gov
ernment, are rapidly gaining their old ter
ritorial Importance. Keeping studiously
aloof from the public life of the Second
Empire, they are occupying themselves
with the improvement of their estates, and
are thereby recovering the wealth and dig
nifty which will gradually reinstate them
in their almost prineely supremacy in the
provinces. The depopulation of the French
rural districts, chiefly from military con-
scription, has compelled the lords of the
soil to have recourse TO a species of coop
erative farming. A community of farmers
concentrate their efforts upon one large
farm, instead of dividing them among a
number of small ones. The area to be cul-
tivated consists either of one large estate
or of several of lesser size, whose proprie-
tors agree to combine, the community of
interests being as favorable to the land
lords as to the farmers themselves The
operations are conducted under the super
vision of one of the proprietors, or of a
general manager appointed by either par
/ ty. The system Is grounded on fair di-
vision of the produce between the land
holder and the farmer, aud the fact that
some of the chief landholders have an an
nual revenue equal TO s250,000 in gold
shows that the old Ho5leSse IS again rising
/ into -importance.-N. \. Times.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-03-23

New STYLES IN BONNETs.-Following
closely upon the importers opening, few
styles for early spring wear have been in
troduced perhaps to test their claims to
popularity. y few selections are worthy
of description.
A bonnet of changeable gold-and-gray
satin is made over a Normandy shape.
with sprays of clematis adorning the top
and dropping back; the girdle of gray
satin is edged with white lace, that extends
around the front.
a novelty is of dotted lace, the shade a
delicate purple. puffed over a narrow
close-ftting frame, the lace falling at each
side in long scarfs, edged with white
blonde; these fall loosely over purple rib
bon strings that tie, and there is cluster
of full-blown roses upon the top.
4 white Grape has dotted lace festooneC
across the back and clasped at the side BY
bows of white uncut velvet. In the cen
ter of the front is large rose of the apri
cot shade, and dropping back on the on
side is small white ostrich feather ol
the other clusters of fine clematis.
An oddity is cottage shape of BROW
silk but resting low upon the forehead
and not reaching the ears, it resembles
round hat There is no trimming in front
but the blonde edging, and dropping frOI
the top, over the chignon, are sprays an
trailing vines of wisteria blossom shade
into orange, brown and red. a chip bon
net is trimmed with crystallized fern.
small marguerites and green satin.
4 round hat with a low crown ha
green dotted lace pulled loosely across tn
crown, to give it high appearance, an
falls in wide streamers, edged with whit
at the back White marguerites wit
green velvet loops form a band above tn
narrow brim.-N. Y. Erening Post.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-03-23
Cupid AStray.

Bob had no idea that the doctor was be-
hind him as he poked the valentine under
the front door. had he not been too fuster-
ed to look round, he would have seen him,
and had not the doctor been deep in a med
ical reverie about Jane Todd's collar bone,
he must have spyed the dapper figure as it
darted away But as it was, he fumbled for
his key minute, and then rang the bell,
and while doing so, spying something white
under the door, he picked it up and tore it
open. Tore it open that letter with all
it's Iavishment of border and blue seal that
letter over which Bob had sat up till two
A. NJ, rounding his periods and curling the
tails of his P's and Q's. Was it for this
that he bestowed SO many slaps on his fore
head ? o Fate
Bridget. that faithful servitor, answered
the bell, charged with message which she
was bent on delivering with the least posi-
BILE delay.
'' If you please, sir, Morton j ones wife S
sister, a been here, and little Johnny a-fell
through the loft and took up for dead, and
they'd like you to come this minute, and
two Irishwomen called and baby, and
there's u little boy with fayver it is in
Long Lane, and Miss Usher's sent this
note
/ Long Lane must watt muttered the
doctor, as he threw his instrument-case and
the letter on the table, and took the note
Bridget held out d" Morton Jones, hey
He's that man on the Flats, isn't he -
~ Yis, sir
I'm go at once. HUM (Skimmine
the dainty notelet in his hand.) "' Dear
Doctor: So nervous and depressed-my ole
foe neuralgia upon me agaln-cOme as soor
as you have leisure, please, and meantime
send that prescription which did me suci
good last year Prescription Yes, o
course, she longs to be dosing herself-al
females do. Yours sincerely, Madeline
Usher That comes of being alone and fan
ciful. If she had one earthly thing to do
she'd be well woman. III see she get
nothing to hurt her, And tearing a SCRAP
from bis pocketbook, he peneilled some cab
alstic signs.
{. Here, Bridget. Fetch a sheet of paper
will you ?-or, stay, this will answer" An
seizing Bob-s valentine, the unconscious doc
tor wrote upon it's back as follows:
"MY DEAR FRIEND: | send somethin
which think will suit you better than th
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-03-23

Planked shad, dish never heard of
in New England, are very popular eating
Just now in Philadelphia. This is the
way they are cooked - Several planks
were placed in an oven and heated to the
exact temperature required. Upon these,
when so thoroughly warmed that blister
would arise on the hand almost at a touch,
the shaa were duly fastened. There was
no peppering. only a slight sprinkle OF SALT
and no butter, ,as the fish is very oleaglnous
The planks were then showed into the oven
which was closed up for what appeared 70
be only one minute of time, and then
the oven opened, were drawn out, Drowned,
and sweet scented, the true planked shad.'
A little nice May butter upon the brown.
and then the fish, released from the plank
and done to nicely, were shifted upon
large dishes thoroughly heated, and imme-
diately served up. The planking is merely
continuation, with very little change, of
the Indian mode of cooking shad."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-03-23

FREDERICK l. OF PRUssIA.-One even
ing, being too unwell to read his usual de-
votions, he called upon his ralet de cham
bre to read prayers. In the prayer oc-
CURED the words, May God bless thee
The servant not deeming it respectful to
use thee in reference to the king. took the
liberty to change the phrase, and read it,
May God bless you' The king, exas-
perated, hurled something at the head of
the speaker. exclaiming, 1t is not so !;
read it again The terrified servant, not
conceiving in what he had done wrong,
read again, May God bless you The
irascible monarch, having nothing else he
could grasp, took off his night-cap and
threw it into the mans face, exclaiming,
: 1t is not so; read it over again The
servant, frightened almost out of his SEN
ses, read for the third time, May God
bless you.' Thee, rogue shouted tbs
king. May God bless thee Dost thor
not know, rascal, that, in the eyes of God
I am only miserable rascal like thyself ?
l-Harper'S Magazine.
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l-like ways, the idea was not unattrac.
Not bad thing for any of us" he NUT
"a, half aloud.
What did you say'" inquired Miss
Ir.
q eFsay, responded the doctor, with great
prnce OF mind, Z" that you have heard
enh-quite enough of this agitating topic
iornight. You won't sleep wink if L
htn 60 on. Go to bed at once. please,
anO morrow III come again and discuss it
thpghly.", And after gallant leave
tai, he stole out on the professional tip
tot srsg to himself: "I'll sleep over it,
at events
Sleed go no farther. When a widower
asE himself Why not ?'' and decides to
Tsp over it" the case is settled beyond a
pe1 e1,entnre.
1ot think Miss Usher, now Mrs. Ray
No knows to this day exactly how it was /;
ttWn the doctor cleared himself some time
lat Of the responsibility of the verses.
Al shall never believe TO my dying mo-
mathat the idea would ever have entered
his hf had it not been for the accident to
Boz title venture. Poor Bob That cupid,
wings, failed in his duty
as as he was concerned but then he
tur S--eTQund and wove spell for two
1L1ssnl ole and perhaps that is as much
r expect OF a cupid
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-03-23

The Schenectady Star is puzzling itself
over the conundrum why girls can dress
so thinly as they do and still keep warm,
and relates the following startling expert
ence: We once rode with a girl in an
open cutter fifteen miles on one of the
coolest nights of winter, and while we sat
frozen nigh as stiff as a snake, our teeth
chattering like castinets, she kept up an
animated conversation, every now and
then exciaiming: oh isn't this delight
full ! Don't you enjoy it?' When we ar
rived at our destination, Notwithstanding
we were dressed great deal warmer than
our fair companion, she had to lift US out
of the cutter and conduct US to the tropi.
cal atmosphere of the kitchen of a farm
house. On the return trip we were froz
en- to death and she drove the corpse home
1t must be that girls are tougher than We
men people.
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bis peregrination, he carried his head un-
der his arm, with much coolness and delib-
Grafton, and often kissed it by the way"
1t was an lrishman who said, in reference
to pair of new boots - Be jabers l shall
never get them on till l wear them day or
two =" who said that his son was so clever
that he had just made two chairs and table
out of his own head, and had plenty of wood
left for another who told his sweetheart
that he thought so much of her that he
couldn't sleep for dreaming of her; who,
having been married at nineteen, said he
never would marry again so young, II he
lived to be the age of Metbuselah.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-03-23


VALUABLE DoG.-A member OF ono E
of the Salem engine companies is the own
.er of a dog which is in the habit OF run
ming with the machine On InursaaS
morning last Just previous to the alarm m o.
fire caused by the burning of Mr. are
barn ON Salem turnpike, the dog, who was
chained at the time, discovered the brlgn.
Iigbt, and, after freeing himself, starteo
for the engine-house. Finding that ne
could not Gain admission to the house, ne
started down the street and found Watch-
man upon seeing him he commenceu %
bark so loudly and act SO strangely--rruLh-
ning away ard then returning. as II ne
wished the watehman to tolioW-tnAl u' e
o4;ner concluded TO watch him and see =
onTtb;n, lT was wrong. He followed the uos
ase Gar as the engine house, when the an
NAL halted, and commenced 70 O''i .-Tever, :
To. bearipe- .nx- alarm Of sre, hoSssSs &C.
he was in doubt as e the cause OF ss--z
demonstration, until looking up, he dis
covered the light from the fire and imme
diately proceeded to give the alarm. He
then unlocked the cngine-house, when the
dog rushed in and seized hold of the end
of the rope by his teeth, and waited the
arrival of the boys to take the tub to
the scene of confagration The dog is
not for sale.-Lyza7z Reporter.
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stIH more curious, when the Professor
added as pendant to the above
Under nv first my second stood
mink you'll own this quite as roo5
IT. had ali eseeS5 S5nar of juvenile voices
Let US hope my gFown-up readers have
nal
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TERMS FOR
1SING.

Forone Square of I2 h g or less of Nopoarer
ssIon s one g. Insertion sIO0 for each subsequent In
% non . cents Unless the humber ofSnS erfious
"a marked on the advertisement it viii he
chants out Liberal discount made to mer
Probate and Commits sione er,s Notices - ooa..A
~, ror notices of Liberations Estrays the Fo,ra
Zach o "a DtlssolutlOn of Copartnerships, &C.. els
s eaohs Ior three Insertions. If sent bv Mai the
money mustaecOmpany the letter.
Notces IN news columns, 10 cents per lJv-each
AseIuOn' but NO charge made of less than SO cents
NotlceS of Deaths and Marriages insertas3 --ratis
III eS t5-sfed OBITUARY Notices or Poetry y@isi hs
ecu Oy the rate Of FIVE cents per line.
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In my first my second sat;
Ny third and fourth 1 ate.

The answer to which is like Columbus egg
problem-very easy when we have learned
what it is.
I7lSdtldte.
Our Juveniles applauded it exceedingly
and quite appreciated it; but, what was
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-03-23

prescription you ask for. 1t isn't eracfl,
~ inedlcine, but will do you more good than i
II were, and be a great deal better for you al
TINS season of the year. Be sure to take 9
orlsk walk after it.-You know l alway,
told you more than half your bad feeling,
come from loneliness and want of occupa-
tlon wish L could make you feel this hall
as strongly as do. I'll drop in this eve
ming II possible. Yours faithfully,
"L. RAYMOND"
Poor girl, - he muttered she puts me
out OF patience sometimes, but she's a good
creature. Bridget. see that this goes to Miss
9sher as soon as Wiley comes from school,
I'm in great hurry And he huddled the
papers into an envelope, and was off with a
bang OF the door, leaving the note in Brid-
gets custody. The prescription lay upon
the hoor. where it had fallen unperceived.
Miss Usher, sitting in her parlor by her
bright fire, pale, detected, wrapped in a
shawl, was not little amazed when, two
hours later, the missiye was put into her
hands. DR.. Raymond had written her notes
before, half professional, half friendly, but
this was something unexampled. Silver
doves, smirking cupid, with one pink wing
and one blue one, roses, eglantines, and
round the edges, these howery lines
enclosed