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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-28

them. The Towara are also occasionally
visited by an epidemic, probably the plague
which they call - the yellow pest. Ii
comes with the hot wind, and strikes mer
down suddenly in the midst of their occupa-
tions. 1t is said never to attack the " coun
try of our lord Moses, where grow the shiat
and the myrrh - that is, the elevated granite
region about Jebel Musa.
somewhat erroneous impression exists
with regard to the features of BedOuin life
and they are generally described as wander
ing necessarily from place to place. They
live in tents, it is true. but no people are
more attached to their native place than the
Arabs, or less inclined to wander, in the
sense in which we understand the word.
They have their Summer and Winter camp
ing-grounds, but except to move from one to
the other, as occasion requires, they seldom
change their residence. W hen travelling
they never make use of their tents, but sleep
in the open air, merely wrapping their cloaks
around them. Their encampments are not
unlike those of the gipsies here, only the in
habitants.arc more wild and picturesque
The women wrapped in their dark-bluC
mantles, grinding corn in primitive hand
mills, OF weaving the materials of which The
tents are composed; the children, dogs, and
goats playing about with happy communi
ty of aeas the men lazily drinking coffee
-.-ruVf1lssR-
eEque and amusing.
The men are, OF course, the breadwlnner:
OF the tribe, but their means Of livelihood
are scanty and inadequate. Their camels
are their chief support, and more destitute
condition can scarcely be imagined than an
Arab who does not possess one. The con
veyance Of travellers, pilgrims, stores, etc
to the convent, is an important item IN the
traffic of the Peninsula but this Is uncer-
tain, and confined to the few tribes who are
the ghulara, or protectors \ small trade Il
also carried on with Suez and Cairo, the
Arabs taking IN charcoal, mIllstOnes, lbe1
horns gum arabic, and turquoise, and selling
them 10 purchase corn and tobacco. Some
few who live in the more fertile districts
such as Feiran, possess small pieces Q
ground, in which they grow tobacco, and sci
or barter il to their ueighbOrs. The date-bcar
ing palms in Feiran and elsewhere are eact
the property OF individuals, and their trul
forms an important article OF food with tn
Towara Those who possess Hocks OF sheel
and goats make use of the hair and wool, am
in spring-time. Of their milk they seldom
slaughter them. except for the purpose o
sacrifice Another article of commerce Wit
them is the a. mama, a gummy, saccharIn
subtance which exudes from the tariah o
tamarisk tree. Except in name, the mann
Of Sinai bears no resemblance to the mlracu
Ious food described in Exodus. The Bedou
ms Of Sinai arc of peculiarly cheerful an
contented disposition, notwithstanding a
their privations and suterings -- Goo
Words.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-28

Colonel W, Register of Wills in
short time since, on a shooting excursion,
used breech-loading double-barreled
shooter Isaac, his pusher, of the colored
persuasion, had never before seen breech-
loader. As Isaac pushed the boat into
the grass, he said, Look out dar, Kunnel;
dar's a bird
Bang bang, two birds down. Bang
bang birds falling fast
Look a yer, Kunnel,' said Isaac, what
de debbil is yer doin dere l don't done
gone seen no ramrod'
Bang bang
All right, Isaac said the Colonel
push ahead
Isaac subsided, but watched the Colonel
fearfully. When they landed, one of the
/ Colonel's friends said. Isaac, what sort of
/ "a shot is the Colonel p
Isaac looked up bewildered. Shot /"
said he he is de debbll. Afo' God,
marser, if de Kunnel didn't jes taken
break his gun rite in haf ebry time, an
shoot free or fo' times afo' dish yer niger
had time to spit =
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-28

will ruin your family Battle that spirit to-
day, and next Sunday take your boys and
90 to the house of God, whatever she says
and be real man-at the head of your own
house and family"
Its rather late to begin said Cults
shaking his head in way that would have
warned others from the trap in which his feet
were fast.
. You see the purse is hers he added,
'' and that has been a crueler fetter than be1
will to me. But / will try to begin anew for
her goodwill and the children s.
The boy was sent with the message, but
the boy WASH sharp enough. Madam Cults
discovered the whereabouts Of her lord
tackled up and went after him.
All the way home, and far into the night,
she used her eloquence, both in pleadings
and threatenings, 10 find out the mysterious
errand Of that hateful town nabob that had
come into the country to separate happy
families.
But Cuts yielded himself up to {" dumb
spirit - for the night, and no measures could
induce him to talk on any subject, lest she
should pry the mighty secret out of him.
About midnight she wore herself out and
went to sleep: but at break of day she be-
gan again. lie then ventured to say, - As
soon as breakfast is over, I'll break the news
to YOU"
= You'll never eat a morsel in my house, !
can tell you cried Xantipb tsii - Ea ve-
told me what the man wanted of you"
Then you'll wait good while to lear
it" said Cults, Z" for have vowed I'd never
tell it till had first eaten my breakfast, - and
with these words he went out.
Ma'am Cults endured the torture as long
as possible, and then got breakfast. She
called to the door to no one in particular,
- Come
But Cuts didn't come After a while she
went out to the barn and found him seated on
an upturned half-bushel measure, calmly peel
ing and eating a raw turnip.
- IL does seem as if this here man had pos
sessed you Your brea kfast is coolin'; do
come in.
Here was point gained.
Cults went in as requested, and ate his
breakfast. When that was over, ma am set
tied herself back in her chair, with her face
full of eager expectation, and said:
NOW begin. What did that ere man
want?''
- He wanted some cedar posts, replied
Cults, calmly, without looking up. ''and
that all"
If an arrow had struck Madam Cuts, she
could not have manifested more surprise and
shame.
. am the laughing stock of this town =
added Cults, - and from this hour | turn
over a new leaf. I'm henceforth head of
ny family, and unless this house is made
nine | shall finish off room in the barn
y hich is mine-and you Will be welcome to
hare it with me. If not, I'll live there
With the boys, and you will find me civil
leighbor.'' -
Ma am Cults power was broken. Since
hen the farm has been called John Cults
place, - and he's the head Of the house
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-28

In one Of the towns of Pennsylvania
the freemen had for many years deposited
their votes sOlidly for the Democratic can
didates. Such a thing as a Whig or Re-
publican was unknown, and prior to the
Grant and Seymour campaign no local
Republican ticket had ever been run. At
that time, however, the politicians Of an
adjacent township thought it an opportune
occasion to attempt the establishment, in
that town, OF Republican organization
To this end they persuaded = certain Mr.
/ lsrea2. who BgA recently settled there. e
+ become their candidate for some minor
office, hoping to procure for him few
votes under the popularity of the great
name OF Grant, and thus TO get an entering
wedge in the local affairs of the town.
ship.
The day Of election arrived, but Mr..
Green was unable TO ret to the polls by
reason of sickness. In due time the re-
turns were published, and Mr.. Green had
just one rote, Chagrined at this, and an
noyed by the accusation that he had voted
for himself, he announced that if the per-
son who had voted for him would come
forward and make affidavit to the fact he
would reward him with a good suit of
clothes. \ few mornings atterward a
burly, stupid-looking Pennsylvania Dutch
man called upon Mr. Green, and abruptly
remarked L wants DAT suit of cloes.'
All said Mr.. Green, then you are
the man who voted for me p
Yah, I'm dat man
Are you willing to make an affidavit of
it,
Yah, | swear to EN-.
Mr. Green, accompanied by the intelli-
gent voter, went to the office of the justice
of the peace, and the required affidavit
was made after which the clothes were
purchased and given to the deponent.
So delighted was Mr. Green to be re-
lieved from the unpleasantness of his stu
alton, and so glad to learn that there was
another righteous man in the township, that
he had taken the Dutchman's Republican
ism as a matter of course However, at
parting, he said Now, my friend, you
have your suit of clothes, Just answer me
one question-How came you to vote for
meP
You wants to know dat?'
Yes
And you Won't go back on da cloes? p
No
Vell,' said he, slowly, and with a sly
twinkle Of the eye, den tole you; I
makes mistake IN dc dicket p
Wasn't that consolatory! NJ Green
avows his unalterable determinal 4on never
again TO appeal to popular suffrage for
public position
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-28
Farewell.

There is a word whose faintest tone
Can thrill the bosom and dispel
The brightest dream the heart has known;
'Tis the wild word, Farewell, Farewell.
If this dark world can boast bliss,
'Tis when with kindest souls we dwell;
II there's pang, tits this, 'ts this,
When friends, thus met, must say Farewell
The sad and long-negleeted lutte
Slumbers in silence deep and long,
Till zephyr fans the strings so mute
anu gryes tlIe -vvii,ivst song 4
The hearts the lutte, so hushd, so lone;
Friendship, instead of zephyr's spell,
Avails its fondest, sweetest tone,
Till comes that chilling word, FAREWELL.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-28
Bic Words for Sman Thoughts

-Richard Grant white says little thoughts let od
N enormous phrases sound like hre-crackers IN an
Empty barrel; and he denounces fthe vain parade
Jy quoting the following stanzas
How detest the vain parade
OF big-mou,hed words OF large preteHce-
Aul shall they thus my soul degrade,
% tongue so dear 70 common sense
~houIist thou accept the pompous laws,
Bv which our clustering tyros pirate,
soon ~haksaear,-s songs and Bunyau'- saws
some tumil tr1rkster must translate
oar Language. like our daily life.
A-eorls the homcly and sublime,
And fars with phrases thai are rife
Win pedautry Of every CLINE.
For eI8luaA ce it clanEs Ike arms,
For iovet touches tender chords
But he 10 whom the worlds heart warns
Must speak in wholesome, hoEne-brel words.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-28

At the battle of Perryville, when Gen
eral Cleburne saw the criti cal moment TO
advance arrive, turning his horses head
toward the point of attack, he rose IN his
stirrups, and shaking his clenched hand
in the direction of the enemy, he shouted
with his stentorian voice, Come on and
give them -, boys give them -"
This went straight to the heart of the dare
devils he led, and in an instant his whole
division was following him at the double
quick Just then the bishop general,
Polk. rode up, and wishing to encourage
the men, yet not daring to swear, he roared
Go on, boys and give them what Pat
Cleburne says y
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-28

A great bother in railroad travelling is the
frequent change which one meets in going
any distance east or west. Each railroad has
its own standard of time, and no two agree
very naturally. An ingenious man has in
vented plan, which he thinks viii obviate
trouble If only it is gensrally adopted. 1t
takes Washington time for the eastern por-
tion of the country as standard time one
hour slower than Washington time for the
Mississippi valley; two hours slower for the
Rocky Mountain section, and three hours
slower for the Pacific States. These stan
dards are designated BY the small figures 0,
l, 2, 8, respectively placed in a little elevated
position before the names of the stations.
Then, to designate the minute difference be-
tween the local time of any station and rail-
road time or standard tiRe, small figures are
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-28

placed in little elevated position after -
name of the stations. These figures, VIZ
they indicate that railroad time is too ias'
have the sign plus before them, and the s.s,
minus when they indicate railroad time y =
slow. Having the standard time and the -
cal time both before him, and having one
compared his own watch with standard tiin,
the traveller could always be on tlIn''
wherever he was.
1t is said that the originator, Mr.. L
Dowd of Saratoga, has received for the SCI
entific part of his plan the Endorsement :
Professors Loomis and Newton OF lsl "a,
College. Professor Hough of the Albany Ou
servatory and the professor of astronomy
the Military Academy at West Point.
praeticability and feasibility of it is
endorsed by the superintendents of
the principal railroad lines at the ea
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-28

TIE STEAMBOAT GEYsER.--NATURAL
1NK.-Rev. DR.. Newman, writing from
California to the Methodist, says: Some
Of the California geysers are very remark
able What is known as the Steamboat
Geyser is an opening two feet in diameter
out Of which steam rushes, sounding like
hiqh-rressure even-boiler boat blowing
off steam. The old guide had placed a
long iron whistle so that the steam rushes
through it, and by a slight movement 1t
sounded ike a locomotive whlstllng to
clear the track The people of California
have fancy to call certain curious things
after his Satanic majesty. Between Ogden
and Sacramento there is the Devils Slide
and the Devils Bridge, hence [ was not
/ surprised to find here the DEVILS Punch
/ Bowl over seven feet in diameter, and OF
unknown depth. The contents are thrown
up three feet high, in state OF great
| ebullition, are semi-hquid, blacker than
/ ink, and are used as ordinary writing fluid.
After standing for a while in -. :
I thick, black sediment is form1dIs2 -
paper OF cloth the liquid is indelible. As
the cauldron Is of unknown depth. and
ever full to overfowing, large quantities
might be exported 1t is ink mixed by
the hand of Nature. =. rhe temperature is
! 1852 Fahrenheit. Near it is a spring SO
acid that, with little sugar mixed with
/ the water thereof, it makes delicious lem
onade, and as such it is given to the guests
at the hotel as a cooling beverage. Lem
onade from the rocks may sound queer,
/ but facts are stranger than fiction"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-28
The Trials of Santa Claus.
As TOLD BY HIMSELF.

l know l am considered jolly old fellow,
with nothing to do but drive down chimneye
with broad grin on my face, but have my
trials, like all other saints and sinners. il
is not Christmas-eve the whole year round
there is a before and after, and if YOU think
! have jolly times then you are mistaken
Just now, 1t is the before that worries me
l must have before the 25th Of December,
private consultation with at least FIVE mil
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-28
A QUEER BEAsr-A singular amphibi.

A QUEER BEAsr.-A singular amphibi-
Gus creature was brought to our Office,
Yesterday. by " H. Tiffany. restaurant
keeper in Asylum street, Hartford. The
thing was caught in the Rocky mountains
some months ago. 1t Is about a foot long,
of the lizard type, with a long head, wide
mouth, and tail like an eel 1t has four
legs with web feet, and of an olive green
color, dotted with both minute and large
dark spots. Its especial popularity is the
possession, beside plainly visible nostrils,
of beautiful fringed gills of delicate Grim
son color, on each side of the head, which
pulsate gently to and fro while the animal
is undisturbed, and fold close as soon as he
is troubled. Since the creatures capture
it has eaten nothing save what it may find
in the constantly renewed water. Mr..
Tiffany has taken the strange thing to
Pittsfeld, where Festus Campbell is said
to have its counterpart, caught in the Hud
son, some time ago. Campbell's has
been pronounced batrachiaus, allied to
the izard.-SyrinQfetd Republican.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-28

The four-year-Old son of neighbor
evinced an ingenuity and perseverance IN
an emergency which brought present re-
ward, and augurs well for his fertility IN
expedients hereafter.
He was spending part of this last sum
mer with his grandfather, whe is country
merchant, and, boy-like, was both anxious
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-28

We are quite sure that in no country
other than the United States could vale
dictory on the defunction of newspaper
be written and published like the following
which chronicles, in charming and Pc
culiarly Western style, the collapse OF the
Keithsburg (IIlinOis) Observer:
= .sOEITUARY-A short time since, after having
been exposed to the smallpox, and feeLnS some OF
the premonitorv symptoms of that uncomiofIAole
disease we wrote our own obituary first, because
We iilr,t like TO trust such delicate matter TO the
hands Of lust any body; and next, because II is a
good idea to have every thing ready IN goou uIle.
Not happeninC to have any use for the artlcie1 li
was consigned to the stove, and the world VIII
never in ail probability, know what loss II was
in danger of sus aiming. The well known cohtId
ness ofthe editor having baked ouIgood intentions,
we now ESSAY tc chronicle the death OF the OoseTeF
with a welI-founded faith that this tune we are on
the right track. About two and a half years ago
We TOOK uossessiOn of this paper. 1t was tnen IN
tbe very act of pegging out having neither fends,
money nor credit. We tried to breathe INTO II the
breath of life we put into II all our own money
ana every bodv else's we could get hold Of; but II
was NO 20: either the people of hethsburg don't
appreciate our efforts, we don't know now 10 run
a naper we went into the business with conn
dence determined to run 1t or bust. We have
husted During our connection with the OoserreTi
We have made some friends and numerous enemies
The former will have our gratitude while life lasts
The latter are aecuonately requested 70 go 70 the
devil. l. "i-ANohi'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-28

Yesterday forenoon a gallus-lcoking
Celestial, with we'll oiled tail, hanging
down to his heels, followed by robust
specimen of the Flowery Kingdom, with
her hair dressed Ia fan-tailed pigeon,
came to Justice Ellis court room to be
married Mclean style.
You have got license, John p asked
the Judge.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-28
BedOuInS of Sinai.

of Sinai, by their own reckon
but four thousand males; for
Rcounts the females or younger
|us of the tribe They are not
inhabitants of the country, but
pa Arabia proper with the Mo
nquests. They are a hardy,
E, and the men, though clad in
tched tatters, have often a GER
entity about them. Their dress
"a white shirt with long open
Phich serve for receptacles for their
Iluables-iastcned around the waist
4athern girdle and covered with a
lobe of goats OF camel's hair, called an
Wayeh. They seldom wear the kuhyeh or
triped handkerchief, with which we are ia
hiliar in pictures of the Bedouin, but prefer
he turban and the feZ cap. Sandals are
hade of fish-skins, obtained from the Red
kea near Sherm, and apparently-from the
description given by the Arabs-the hide OF
SspecIes of dugong, are also worn by the
Een. The women are closely veiled, wearing
what Thackeray has aptly and graphically
described as = nose bag" 1bey tattoo
their chins, and married women plait their
hair into kind Of knot, or horn, IN front,
sometimes surmounted by red bead, and
seldom if ever united. The unmarried girls
dress their hair in short curls over the fore
head, across which they tie an ornament Of
red cloth, with pendants of mother-of-pearl.
called skebeikeh. The children are for the
most part without clothing of any kind,
though in the cold weather they are some
times furnished with piece of goats skin,
or tattered strip from worn-out abayeh,
and turned whichever way the wind blows.
The scanty food and constant exposure pro-
duces, as might be expected, many diseases,
especially with aged persons and children,
and Intermittent fever, ague, asthma, and
neuralgia are by no means uncommon among
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-28
TERMSFoR ADVERTISING

Forone Square of II lines OF les OF Nonparcl
type one insertion, $l-00; for each subsequent
sertion 25 cents. Unless the Der of IN Rrtops
re marked on the advertisement will be cOntinn
ell TIL ordered out. Liberal discount made to mer
chants and others advertising by the year.
rebate and ommissioner'kNOtices $9.oCeae
For notices of Liberations, ,Estrays the Fo1 ma
tion and Dissolution of COpartHershIps, &C. 81.
each, for three insertions. II sent by Mail the
money mustaccompany tn ell etter.
Soticesin news columns, l cents peTliv each
insertion, but no charge made Oflessthan so cents
Notices of Deaths and Marriages inserted gratis
but extended Obituary Notices Poetry wi be
charged by the rate Of i've cents per line.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-28

The following actually occurred not long
since in neighboring city. A clergyman,
after the usual preliminary Sunday morn
ing exercises, commenced his discourse,
when a gentleman entered the church, and
stood respectfully and attentively listening
inside the door. No sooner had the
preachers eye lighted on the newcomer
than, dropping the thread Of his sermon,
he said to him
Come in, my friend, come in; We are
always glad to see those here late who
can't come early
Thus addressed, the unknown individual
stepped forward, eoolly took his seat. and
then as coolly asked the preacher, Would
you oblige me with the text .
Certainly was the reply; and the re-
quest having been complied with, the ser
mon proceeded.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-28
We all remember Tom Hoods verse 3;

We all remember Tom Hoods verse
His death, which happened in his berth,
At forty odd hefell,
They went and told the Sexton, and
The Sexton tOlled the be L.
A frontier poet, having in view the
heather Chinee,' of whom Mr.. Brett Harte
hath given US such diverting account,
thinks a verse of this sort might do:
The pagan, ere he breathed his last,
Discovered what to do:
The trader sold the cody, and
The cody soled the shoe"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-28
Not Knowing.

Not Knowing.
THE following beautiful and touch
find floating through the press withol
the author givenl
know not what will befan mel God
DER my eyes;
And DER each step OF my onward
scenes to rise,
And every joy He sends me eomes
glad surprise
-TEee nor a-srrI,-.,s'ss-s..,lse. as I -rrc.
- the year,
But the past Is still in Gods keepi4
mercy shall clear,
And what looks dark in the dista-s,
~ draw near.
For perhaps the dreaded future hasie
than Think; :.
The Lord may sweeten the water be.
Or, if SIaSab mug he 8arah, lie
= its brinsa
It'f>@ay be there is waiting for
FSet,
some giir- Of such rare blessednsslk\
j strangely'sweet,
That my lips can only tremble with thansN
= cann9t sReak,
o restrdl, DHssful ignorance Tls blessed not
know,
1t keeps me quiet in those arms which viii not
me 20,
And bushes my soul ipr res, on the. bosom viii
loves me so,. a
So 20 on not know fsi would not if / might:
l would rather walk On IA the dark with God, tn
20 alone in the hight,
would rather walk with bim by faith- than VS.
alone by sight IS.
NY heart shrinks back from trials wlIich '.e olta
may disclose,
Yet ] never had sorrow but What tie dear Lo
chose;
so l send the coming tears bafh u ths WA
pered word " He knows.sy'