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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-11-29

Some things which make 1871 marked
year are thus set forth in the y u Posi-
Victor Hugo should have waited to see
1871 before he called 1870 = the terrible
year. For earthquakes Icstience, fire,
famine, tJrnadocs, and an extraordinary
number OF disasters and calam!ties, which
steamboat, ferry boat and railway directors
call r. accidents have made this wear
terrible one tile wide world over. Ii has
been. too, "a year remarkable for what chill
drcn call terrible " stories According ~
accounts from all parts of the country game
was never So abundaut-th0ugh prices IN our
restaurants and markets do not indicate an
over plentiful supply. But vast herds Of
deer arc rcpoT ted On the pralrIes all along
the lines Of western railroads. Birds Of an
kinds are h5cking in from the forests u the
very doors Of farm houses, almost asking %
be shot Bears abound everywhere In the
North and IS est, and up in Maine and New
Hampshire men are trapping and shooting
300 Founders every day. And if our ex-
changes from all sections are u be believed. I
those game stories are surpassed by the won
deriul PRODUCTS OF the field, farm and garden. /.
Under the snow on the hills of Vermont
vIJlets are now blooming. Second crops Of
strlwb berries in October are reported at the .
South. In Georgia all Hawkin-vlle is .
puzzling over two ifferent varieties Of pota- I.
toes in one hill 60 one plant, Mr.. Rodenberg .
oi New Fairfield, Conn, has gathered from
a single tree five bushels Of walnuts, one (
fifth of which grew double. Mr.. Best, of
somewhere in Massachusetts,, has raised a
four pound radish-though the Boston Post .
thinks Sc the neighbors know Best Father .
Ac1lt, Of san Jose has sent to San Francisco F.
stalk of tobacco five feet high. with leaves .
eighteen inches broad and two and one-half
feet long The Toronto Ga,eue chronicles a
cabbage weighing forty pounds and a mangel ,
wurzeI Weighing seventeen and one-half I
pounds Down south, in some places, they
talk Of seven sweet potatoes to the bushe!, Of
.'musictl' beet--that, Is, as an editor ex-
presses it, e three beets To the measure -
while TO us in this city the most wonderful
of all the stories is the statement that apples
are sid in the streets of Indianapolis at
thirty cents "A busheI. / Thanksgiving,
close at hand, il especially for the fruits Of
the earth" the thanks this year should be
gratefully given.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-11-29
1 Dangerous Predicament.

4 YoUNG INDIANS COMBAT WITH A
HUNGRY BEAR N \ FREIGHT CAR.-The men
on the mixed tram going west yesterday
morning had pretty good-sized sensation
Just as the train arrived at Boutwell, As
the noise of the waeel suhsided, unusual aud
excited sounds were heard Issuing from a
g bonded" ear which all along the passage
from the Suspension Bridge had remained
under lock and Key, attracting no special
notice from any one, as no one on the
train seemed aware Of its true contents.
Gradually the noises grew louder and more
excited. Scufling was heard, aecompa-
MED BY yells ana imprecations from hu-
man voice, and series of low, fierce 51arls
and growls as from an enraged and wer-
full animal then a shutting t. nd fro,
and more excited but perfectly ntelligi-
bic exclamations. The men VI. re at loss
what to make of ell this, all maryeled
eedingly. a crowd collected, and
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-11-29

The PATAGONIANs AND THEIR INFANTS.
Their superstition makes them regard
as divinities all phenomenal children, prin-
cipally such as are born with large num-
Der Of fingers or toes than is natural.
According to their belief, such child is
a presage Of great happiness for their
f ,mily. As to those that are altogether
detormed-such cases are very rare-or
whose constitution does not appear to ft
them for the kind of life they would have
to lead, they make away with them. either
by breaking their limbs or smothering
them they then abandon them, without
burial, to the wild dogs and birds of prey.
If the innocent little creature is considered
worthy to live, it becomes from that ia
slant the object of the entire love of its
parents, who, if necessary, will submit to
the greatest privations to satisfy its least
wants or exactions They place their
newborn on a small ladder, which serves
it instead of a cradle The upper portion
of Its little body rests on the cross-pieces
or rounds ranged close together, and cover
ed with sheep-skin, while the lower part is
inclosed in sort of hollow formed by
other cross-pieces below the uprights.
The child is held in this position by soft
chords wound above the skins which serve
it instead of linen.-T2ree Years Of .Slar-
eTg among the PatdqOaianS.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-11-29

OFFENDED DIGNJTY.-The Democracy
have ad clear working majority in
H., for a number Of years But when the
10Th amendment went into effect it en-
franchised so many of our eullud bred
rem" as to make it apparent to the party
leaders that, unless a good many black
votes could be bought up, the Republicans
would carry the city election According
ly, advances were made to the Rev. Bro.
--, whose influence It was thought de-
sirable to secure, inasmuch as he was cer-
tain to control the votes of his entire
church.
He was found " open to conviction, and
arrangements progressed satisfactorily un-
til it was asked how much money would
be necessary to secure his vote and in
fuence.
With an air of offended dignity Brother
replied,
Now, gemmen, as a reg'lar awdained
minister OBJ de Baptis Church, dis ting has
gone jes as far as my consc ience will low
but, gemmen, my son lrW call round to see
you IN dc nlor7lin' Editors Dralcer, IN
Harper's Magazine for NoUen5er.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-11-29
Il Cannot Afford Ii.

Mr.. St. John entered the fashionable dry
goods store of " Lowering 4 Brothers to
see one Of the proprietors
L" He has stepped out for a moment" one
Of the clerks informed him.
And, Withdrawing to an obscure corner
he stood watching, with a half-amused, half
cCmical look upon his handsome face, the
streams of g1ylv-attiredi iwomen, that hOated
past him, gazing, with enyious and admirng
eyes, upon the rich fabrics Of every hue and
texture, that were suspended from the cell
ing and spread out on the broad counters.
Many Of them were known 70 him, but he
was no N lOd to met the sparkling glanc-
es AMI gay sallies that he knew would be
showered upon him f he made them aware
of his presence for Mr.. St John was rich
and bachelor, and had been so aattered
and besieged, by ambitious mammas with
marriageable daughters, as to make him al
most resolve to remain one always
So he stood back in the shadow, marking,
with curious eye, unconscious betray q Of the
natural dispositions, like glimpses Of femi-
nine human nature, which the dear creatures
would not have him observe for the world
As he stood there, the two Misses Parker
came in, charming and brilliant girls, in
whose society he had passed many pleas
ant hour.
They were lavish in their purchases. And
Mr. St John contrasted their smiling faces
with the careworn face of their father, whom
he met in the street scarcely an hour before
hurrying from one friend to another to bor-
row money to pay note on the point Of be-
ing protested Their lively chatter jlrred
harshly on his ears.
g Isn't it lovely exclaimed one Of the
sisters, holding up some costly lace trim
mings. = suppose pa viii scold when he
sees the bill but so it would be If it were
only half as large"
To be sure he would, " responded the
other. . But m not going to let the Day
ton girls Outshine me, you may be certain
It's my belief that they give the party sim
ply on account of 81. Johns return from
Europe. suppose they are trying to catch
him for Georgiana. Did you ever hear of
ANYTHING so ridiculous? ?''
% Never Such horrid taste as the girl
has in dress, too. She showed me a new silk
she is going TO wear. Would you believe it ?
1t is blue And she is as dark as an Indian. ="
Sc That is for the benefit of Mr. ST. Jota
it is his favorite color. ! met him on the
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-11-29

however, an event came to pass which put
marriage out of the question. So what
did this young gentleman I'VE mean this
middle-aged gent eman, who was, at the
time indicated, a young gentleman)-
what did this infatuated young gentleman
do ? This is what he did. He went
and purchased him two horse pistols; he
dressed himself in his handsomest suit of
clothes; and he called at the farmhouse
which sheltered the object of his heart
desire. It was a moon-lit summer night.
So what did this infatuated young man ask
the young lady to do He asked her to
take walk. The yOung lady assented,
of course, and they stroled far from the
haunts of men, and out of the reach of any
voice or eye. They sat down upon a log,
and this young gentleman very plainly told
this Young lady that they could never be
man and wife, and all the why's and where
fores. which were indeed, conc 'usive. The
young lady, like an affsctionate. dear girl
that she was, began TO cry whereupon
our hero produced his twp h0rse-pIstols,
loaded down to the muzzle with buckshot.
Susan SAYS he, and there was solemnity
in his voice and a terrible earnestness in
his eve. Susan says he. Susan looked
up frightened to behold the murderous
weapons cleaning in the moonlight.
8 What are you going to do ? says she.
3 am going to get over this IN thirty
minutes he says sternly, taking out his
watch. and YOU snail DO the same thing,
or TT Kill you first and then kill myself
I mean It, Susan. Don't doubt it She
I
aud meditated, and time ran along with
the moonbeams that trottcd round the
watch-dial. At the end of % minutes he
said Times up. I believe that I had
rather live without you, Susan. than die
with you What do you say - Them's
my sentiments, says Susan. Good,
says this infatuated young man, replacing
his watch in mis- pocket and firing off the two
horse-pistols In the air Let's 90 home
and say no more about it.. They went
home. Susan was married to another
gentleman inside of year Our hero Is
still q bachelor jolly bachelor with
plenty of money aud friends and health
and he says now and zen referring to this
episode in his young career, Now wouldn't
[ have been a blasted fool if l had let the
30 minutes run out? Why, sir, Susan is
old aud tat and ugly, and has nine chill
dren. and as for me-whY, damme, [ feel
as Young IS a gal with ribbons Certainly
the gentleman does. AMI Is moved beside
bv the sweet consciousness of having saved
not only his own life but the life of an in
nocent young woman and the lives Of nine
innocent young children, by an act of Sc
we're but practical wisdom aud virtue; the
which is commended to all seekers after
Louisville Courier Journal
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-11-29

the effects of which he died within hour
and half They then sought refuge in
their quarters. The block in which these
Cinnamon secrets themselves was surround
ed by mob, and none were permitted to
leave. Shortly after the blockade com
menced one Chnaman attempted to escape,
aud, with a hatchet in hand, determined to cut
his way through the human band encirc-
cling the Chinese stronghold He was quickly
captured, and the cOnstables endeavOred to
carry him off to Jail, but the announcement of
the death of Thompson being made generally
known, the mob became infur lated, and
several attempts were made to wrest the
prisoner from the officers When within
about two hundred yards of the Jail the
crowd closed upon the officers, and, over
poweriug them seized the Chinaman and
marched him up Temple street to the corner
Of New High street Here the cross beam
Of the sliding door Of corral offered a con-
venient gibbet A rope was Immediately
procured attached to the victim s neck,
thrown over the cross-beam, and amid mad
shouts Of the mob he was hOisted up.
50 This mob, consisting mainly Of native
Calif1ruians, returned a once to the scene,
drunk with their fendish work. 1t was not
until 10 clock that any real ATTEMPT was
made to storm the stronghold of the Chinese,
who hai barricaded their doors. La the
mean time several futile attempts to hre the
block were made At 10 o'clock an entry
was made into one Of the houses and the in
mates. more dead than alive, were dragged
out and hurried to the first hanging-place at
hand Four were suspended from the sides
of a wagon. SIX were hung from the avn
ing of some dwelling on Los Angeles street
one was a mere boy Of OF nine years Of age.
All Of these were fearfully mangIed before
reaching the place of execution. Ropes were
placed around their uecks IuI n'tiatc.y upon
bciag captured, and some f them were
strangled before being hanged.
80 Thieves made good use of their Opportuni-
ty, bresking open every trunk IN the Chinese
quarters, aud taking everything of value
Two or three dozen Cinnamon took refuge in
the cIty jail, where they now remain in Gus
todv
q. Hints Of a repetition of last evenings 1
proceedings having been thrown out, the old
= vigilance committee has been rc-organized, 7
and will act should such occur.
- The city is IN the greatest state of ex-
element. II is reported that ahou, forty of
Of the Chinese belonging To the other com
pany left town during the time of the dis
turbance last evening. Only one of the
parties who shot at the officers and citizens
has been identified among the dead. The
other guilty ones have escaped, while the
rest Of those hanged are supp osed 70 be in
nocent.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-11-29

! Woodruff, last week The speaker is re-
ported as saying
or what does marriage consist? 1t is ad-
mitted to be a union of the opposites in sex,
but it is a principle Of nature outside of ali
law. or it IS a law outside of all nature.
Where is the point before reaching which it
Is not marriage, and after reaching which it
Is marriage 2'' Since law cannot change
what nature has already determined, she
contended that 1t had nothing to do with
marriage any more than with love itself
The individual affairs Of two persons are not
the subject Of interference by any third par
ty, and if one Of them chooses to separate
no power outside of the two ought to prevent
suppose a separation is desired because one
ot the two loves and is loved elsewhere If
ohe union be maintained by force, at least
two Of them. probably all three, are unhap-
ny but il they are separate, only one is
rendered unhappy. So if the greatest good
Of the greatest number is to rule. separa-
tiOn is legitimate and desirable 1t is bet
ter 81 break a bad bargain than to keep it,
She wished marriage laws would be abroga
Jed t1-m 1rrJw-therc would be no chaos.
hut all would turn into harmony and order
Thousands 1t marriages now are but leg4lized
rr ,ttutiJn, thousands oi poor, uuresist-
fu- wives are yearly murdered, and stand
- the sririI-Iile looking down upon the
~.ckIy haif-made-up children left behind,
imu.9ring humanity to correct the abuses
which now defic it She asserted positively
chat ali w .ch is good and commendiblc now
existing would continue TO exist if all mar
rage laws were repealed tomorrow.
Free love. she said. viii be an integral
part of the religion of the future The le-
Zirimate sequence Of Social Freedom is Free
Love. Or freedom Of the affections - And
are y.u Free Levor2' e Yes / am a Free
Lover ] have an ju0IluGb'e constitutional
1nl uu'1frQi right To love whom may to
love as lang or as short "a period as ! can, to
change Hat .a.. erTV 6aV, ii / please, and
with that right neither you nor any law you
can frame, 1as any right TO Interfere ; and |
have tile further right to demand free and
unrestricted exercise of that right. and il Is
r rlr duty not only 70 accord it. but. as
community, IL sac that I am protected IN it
/ trust chat ] nm fully understood for |
mean just that. and nothing less Why did
fIr-- Fair Eill CrI-tenden Free Love was
not r.c uei-er it was because she believed
20 Che -.-i- VI the marriage law that she
bad IL .fter right 90 him than had Mrs Crit
rcnisa- t1 whom the law had granted him
anil, rata5- than give him up to her to
whom ae evidently desired 10 20, and where
al.3wing h.s right to freedom he did %, size
killed him. Could O. more perfect case Of
tho spirit p. the marriage law be formula
tel Most as-ureiiy no TT Mrs Fair had
told him G. % .n peace when he desired such
rccl1m. would II not have been the more
l---rIlu course. and would not Mrs Crit
-elleu lsFe orea har for sJ doing [ tell
vou. aF friends, that you have take 2 hid
\ -.a wrong end u the business
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-11-29

The GOVERNMENT AND THE INDIANs.-At a
recent meeting Of the American Missionary
Association in Hartford, Secretary Delano, of
the II terror Department, m tde a long and eO-
auent address. After showing that the Gov
ernmcnt had always been liberal in It's dona-
tions to the Indians, who We're swindled by
agents, 50 that they had become literally
hostile to the Government, he proceeded to
explain the new policy which was adopted
by General Grant, who sounded the keynote
in his inauguration message when ne said:
The Government, as a power, has never
neglected its duty - these people its treaties
have been liberal, but maladministration has
balaed its intention. When this administra-
tion went into power the hostility of the
Indians had eliminated, and that hostility
was based upon the manner in which they
had been treated This hostility, further
more, was general, and felt among all tribes
of Indians The idea Of slaughtering and
externinating the red men had become gene
raj, and the argument was based upon the
supposition that that was the only way out
of the difficulty. The whole difficulty was
because the agents were not selected because
thev were honest and capable. They were
appointed because they were applied for the
position. and many of them bought their
places, not to make money out Of their salary
Of 81 800 a year, but out Of the steallngs.
1t was a disgrace to the nation to which we
belong Bat, thank God that shame is in
process Of determination. Looking out to
see a way out Of the embaTrassments, the
President Of the United States in his IN
augural address said, 81 | viii favor any
policy IN regard to the Indians that Will tend
= civilize them, and that should be written
IN words Of gold. He recognized that civili-
zation was the grand engine to reconcile and
better the Indians.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-11-29

4 NEw EXFEnIT.oN ro THE NoRTH
PoLE.-Ocrave Pavy. of New Orleans. an
American citizen OF French extraction, Is
now on his way to San Francisco, where
he Is to make his final preparations for an
attempt TO reach the North Pole ria
Wrangles Land, a vast region north of
Siberia near whose mysterious shores but
few travellers have veutured. Mr.. PavY :
plans as matured, are TO start from San
Francisco to Yokohama, where he will
charter a vessel to Petropolski, Kan
schatka, to take part OF his provisions, con
sisting of pemmican, preserved meats, etc,
instruments, eight assistants, and clothing
At Petropolski he viii buy q quantity of
fish. two hundred reindeer, and htty dogs,
and start on sledges for Geezhega An
dirsk and Cape Iakan The reindeer will
serve to draw the Slc1ges without firing the
dogs, and at Cape Iakan half of them will
be killed and preserved frozen for fresh
meat. An attempt will be made to reach
Wrangels Land, seventy miles distant
from Cape Iakan. and an open sea should
be found between these points. To cross
II Mr. Pavy is provided with a modified
'' Monitor raft " capable of supporting
10000 pounds. The Monitor, or Non
pareil . raft is composed of four water
tight cylinders, connected by planks, form
ing seven tbwarts, on which 4 spar deck
protected from the weather, IS to be con
structed There are two masts with square
rigged sails of sufficient breadth OF can
vas to propel the craft at a speed of from
four to seven knots an hour when q full
cargo of 10000 pounds is on board. Ten
minutes are sufficient to unload the cylin-
ders from sledges and to get the ungainly
but useful vessel afoat. In a heavy sea it
Is next 20 impossible to capsize it, and in a
calm it is easily propelled by oars. 1t
was built by the Life-Saving Raft Compa-
ny at a cost of 81 900.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-11-29

\ Lesson FOR WoULD-BE SUICIDES =
There is a gentleman of middle age,
who might be summoned as witness for
a walk of half block, who assures US that
there is never any sense in self-destruction.
He declares that when he was a very
young man he was madly in love. His
love was returned and there was every
prospect of happy result. Of q sudden,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-11-29


i-A-t-. Ai.A- a----A lgll0 Oh Apparit-Ons
.H- "-.-.t-- Ise=erVed IN the British
-'', 1-.'l --. tatt, tt Jurhain' on .he
- -. -..-, -t'ir "HCh tAe evening
7Nt was serene ana HUI oi stars, a strange
-aA Ifa4 e'H.s light spread over It7 north
WE LEH quarter. a- " tae sun lt-ell was
7t- ..- I--h l-lAo -tFeaLlef7 "hi-n turned
rnei men ianfeI on h)rse5aeE- y
L mons Pc tlc writer NJ the t-01ds1ect adds
f ~a- Thought rhev would see the apparl-
1-- ."-lsr -n scotland, because II appeared
way n''lA. me same he continues
grave "a7 seen in t1e latter cni ol
@tf.I. lt"f' ana lle 9tItie Ol hJchsJadt
wen ~ -D7 mast refer % me 7ec3hd
'.-... .a-.- lle.e- "-icA we cIl blcuheLlh'
gen Marshal ballard was defeated and taken
ITi Hef as NAr-H9r}u-l But TINS wonder
.al iI-A, " -l .A turned Cd armed men at Dur
1.tIa "a- 'li'ne HF marFe. at Churcuii'
0A i-a.Te. who're ln the same collection
we "..A Ja+-. 'A tae 'tH q January, l.09,
i}aF -iHs were H.i visible m the ar at once
.. -'f SH- H1l' mtntini. ADDS tsa
li.-.-".E. pr. ie'Sey n 95- christopher
-9l-1- ' tul H1YioL their siEnlhcati ms oi
l"e D. .'t- iiS. lie Ht"i"Titins unto ms ser
want DAM.
IL llti-a man named d. Stricket, when
1ers'H. q tIr. Lancaster. oi Bhkehllis, sa"
~. evening H.dt d clock, troop OF morse
10 - '-'- .--'-7 '' 4-el CA III I'm 'oi-
End. iaey were in close ranks and ere
.'h- l3'aa'.'t .le.r pace. A- tEi' man had
been sharply r-iicd.si AS the solitary behold-
- 20 r. .-ei h 'r-eman 10 the same place IN
l"i lLe .in- y ar' he watched these strange
'l'ai7 l"E -'LA1 liAa ere ne summoned ms
.la7-.l .t.." -.'1 mousse % look TOO. Du1 ere
7t'H' I'd. "''- "N7 % o5 seen u.
Lame '7-7f "'-.o'e4et lis "eIiAi troopers,
appearance "l7 IF pltihly Nsioie %
pun '7 = ".7 sii'"''- i"e-' ''7iohaIy /
me-. seemed c, come from tHe lo"es1
pti' ~ 95HleF +ii- ana became visible at
p'ae. H@iaed hH'JJ tiey moved IN sue
er--i'c troops lor slaadrou-) along the side |
-. tHe Fell I'lI they came opposite 70 BAKE /
4il-s, Where tAeY went oyer the mountain |
pain. t-eiT Ars5 and last appearances being |
.ouadeI 'y .e mountain. Lhey were Two
hours Pc -i-"5 ana - TINS phenomenon "a9 |
seen " every person t0"eh1y-72 x u nulnI I5') 4
m every e'i'.-e "41n.n tAe distance ol
ml-c' according 70 TN statement a'te91eu
b7'ore 4 magistrate BY Lancaster and S'ricKet'
tHe -ist oL JaiT, ~ 12
Duriaz enc iaIii.e of the last century
'si-k'ei er 10 PeE5hsaire aihrmed on o"th,
s-i ~" i'7'l''7 =. e'io
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-11-29

SIycULAR-The Montrea Witness says
that Mr.. W d. Blackner has brought from
chicago curious memorial of the great fire
Among the ruins Of the Western News
Company establishment, where an i'm
nense stock Of periodicals and books was
reduced to ashes, there was found single
leaf of quarto Bible, charred around the
edges. IL contained the first chapter of
the Lamentations of jeremiah, which opens
with the following words q How doth the
citv sit solitary that was full Of eople ,
how is she become as a widow she that was
great among the nations and prince among
the provinces. how is she become tributary
She weepeth sore in the night and her tears
are on her cheeks among all her lover she
hath none to comfort her" And that was
the only fragment of literature from the
News Company's great depot.