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The New York herald., 1871-09-09

WALL STREET,
FRIDAY, Sept S-6P MI
On Change to-day wheat was active ana strong.
The cotton market was steady ana ffrm.
THE COTTON CROP OF 1s70-71.
The statistic,ans are still at work upon the esti-
mate or the cotton crop for the year just closed
The Financial Chronicle Is already In the field with
well digesred ana carefully prepared statement.
According TO Its figures the total crop this year
reaches 4.352,317 bales, while the exports are
alice, 742 bales and the home consumption 11oo,l9
bales. leaving stock on. hand at
enc close OF the year OF lo4,s14 bales
The total receipts at the Atlantic and Gulf ship
ping ports this year have been 4.os2,l bales
against 29l1 121 bales last year. Adding the ship
ments from Tennessee ana elsewhere direct to
manufacturers, we have the following as the crop
statement for the two years:-
tEaf ,frTwgf 1s69-70. 1901.
Bales. BG'es.
Receipts at shipping ports. ,121 4032, ,154
Shipments from Tennessee, &c.,
direct 70 manufacturers.. 163,825 228, 1928
- 4 ls~1fg --flI5sIs ft.-t tJt -- --
Total. .a06i946 426l,O
Manufactured South, not included -''. -
above. Observation-Disclosures. 10000 o1.24o
...aI ..sft.. .-.ra..rr .lA ..rr -------
Total CROP. 4,s4s s52,Sl7
TN on
The New York herald., 1871-09-09
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-09-13

claws in the brute's hind feet would soon
have torh cpt his entrails. Ia ierocity
and wildness nothing could surpass the
horrible appearance Of the brute, with
bloody foam dripping from his jaws, while
the poor nan called to the party to help
MIN for God 3 sake or he would die No
one had load to fire. Armstrong, be-
licying that there was load in his car
bine, jumped off his horse, and placing the
muzzle st his piece against the side of the
bear pulled the trigger, and 1t only snap
ped. The next instant the bear left Hyde
and was tumbiing Armstrong, biting and
tearing him as he had done with Hyde,
who was lying covered with blood a few
feet distant. 1t looked in this position Of
affairs as if two of the party would receive
mortal wounds before the others could as
sist them. But here Haley get one load
10 his pistol and fred it at the bear The
ball must have cut him, for he bounded
tway from Armstrong, and, with his leg
held up, again ran for the mountains
The two men presented dreadful sight
with pale faces, streams of blood running
down them. and their clothing torn IN
shreds. tlter a few more shots, aud sew
eral attempts Of the brute to get at the
horses, he turned at bay under scrub oak
evidently unable to 90 further, and ready
to fight. Still the bears vitality was so
great that dozen more deliberate shots
were required, each passing through some
part Of his body, before his head dropped
and lie expired.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-09-13
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-09-13

SrEu-It quite surprising. Al "a time
when almost everything Is done bv steam.
to auoy hov lev people have any correct
ldea oiUbat steam really IS. Let the qucs-
tIon, What are tie bubbles which rise
through boiling water filled with be pro
posed to a number of people of all age~
aud conditions IN life, aud a large part Of
them. three out flour, If not ulue out Of
ten, viii answer ct once, They are filed
wth arr But how air enough TO fu so
many aud such large bubbles ever cot into
toe water, It Is quite r.a.u they have never
taken the trouble to taiuk. And these
same persons w;l Tell you. with equal
promp,ac~s, that the white cloud which
come, from the nose of tue boiling tea
kettle. and the whistle ofthe iron horse on
a winter morning. Is steam.
Now. both these common notions are
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-09-13

GENERAL BolNToN's DAEEEY-When
General Boynton was in the South, swar-
tiny, good-natured darky became quite at
tachod 10 that Jolly son Of Mars and quill
driver The General, ia course ef time,
sent him to his father IN Ohio. The old
gent asked Sam il he knew amy thing about
horses aud carriages. " Spec | does,
mas>a was massa's ole coachmau, dis chile
wasr lie was told TO 20 TO the barn and
" grease up the buggy, meaning, of course.
the wheels. After a whilc sam WIS told
to rut the horse INTO the buggy. which he
did. The old gent then got IN but thought
the dasher was rather sticky as he laid his
hand on IL TO assist himself IN getting in.
Bur what was his horror TO tiud that Sam
had literally creased up the buggy; for
he had applied the wheel grease to every
part Of 1.-THE seat, top, sides, wheels,
dasher, and shafts. HIS rage was not
cooled much by Sans remarking, as he
scrambled out ofthestjck Y concern. Golly,
massa, couldn't grease dis yere harness,
co, DC grease it's all dun gone r
The same aarkey was aiterward taken to
the village with Mrs b, who, wishing to
leave a snort message with lady friend,
and rot desiring to get out Of the sarriage,
told Sam to ret out and ring the bell.
sam got out and stood in the road, peer
ing and gazing up IN the air and around
the sides of the house, with his great hands
stuck in his trowser's pockets Mrs b.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-09-13

These included all kinds Of combinations ol
letters, after the true spirit of English
spelling, of course, as was remark ed by
Professor Fradenburgh.
In the nnety-four papers examined, there
were two thousand SIX hundrhd and sixty
three mis-spellings-ap average of twenty
eight.
The hard words were as follows; Inter
nitent, Heresy, Bilious. Coercion, Eesta-
cy, Clarionet, Surcjngle Paralyze,
Licorice, Traffieking, Suspicion, Elipsis,
Apostasy, ,Mortgaging, Singeing, SkiIlfully,
Subpoena, Ailegeable, Ignitible, Phosphor-
escence, Skyline, Cachinnation, Yacila-
tion, Catechse, Trisyllable, Tyrannize,
Apologize. Gauging, Saccharine, Hemorrh-
age, Rendezvous, Fahrenheit. Galilean. Sad
ducee Eryslpeas, Canaille, Cannibal,
Mignonnette, Kaleidoscope, ,fiieroglyphics,
Apocrypha, Daguorreotype, Idiosyncrasy,
The Newburg Jouraa{, in closing up the
report says there is one redeemiug feature
in the achievement of the Orange County
Teachers Institute The per centage Of
words mis-speit Is slightly less than that Of
any other institute that has been tested -
But the shocking work which all the insti-
tutes have made is sad yet faithful COM
menrary on the disgraceful neglect of this
important branch OF education.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-09-13

The HUMAN EAR-It would appear
that all our hearing is done IN very lite
raj sense under water, as shown by the
following extract from a London paper
:. Professor Tyndall concluded one Of his
recent lectures by giving minute descrlp-
ton Of the human ear. He explained how
the external orlfce Of the ear is closed at
the bottom by a circular tympanic mem
brane, behind which IS a cavity known as
the drum; the drum IS separated from
the brain by two ori6ces, the one round
and the other oval. These orihces are
closed by fine membranes. Across the
cavity Of the drum stretches a series OF
four little bones, one Of which acts as
hammer and another as an anvil Behind
the bony partition, which Is pierced by the
two ortces already ment oued, Is the ex-
traordiuary organ called the labyrinth,
filed with water; this organ Is between
the partition ard the brain. and over it,
lining membrane the terminal tbTes OF the
auditory nerve are distributed There Is
an apparatus inside the labyrinth admira-
bly, adapted to respond to these vibrations
Of the water which correspond TO the rates
of vibration of certain bristles, of which
the said apparatus consists Finally, there
is in the labyrinth a wonderful organ.
which is, to all appearance, q musical IN
strument with its chords 50 stretched as
TO accept vibrations of different periods
and transmit them TO nerve h.aments which
traverse the organ. Within the ears of
men. and without their knowledge or con
trivanee. this lutte of three thousand strji .
has existed for ages, accepting the music
of the outer world and rendering 1t tit for
reception by the BRAIN Each musical
tremor which falls upon tins organ selects
from its tens. oued flores the one appropri-
ate 10 its own pitch. and throws that fibre
INTO uni<onant vibration. Aud thus, no
matter how complicated the motion Of the
external air may be, these microscopic
strings can aualyze it and reveal the con
sutuents of which it is composed: at least
slch are the present views OF those author
titles who best understand the apparatus,
which transmits sonorous vibrations 10 the
auditory nerve.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-09-13

AMRrISs RooSr IS AGEoEGIA CITY.
About five years ago growth Of mul-
berry trees in front OF residence on the
corner of Hunter and Pryor streets, in
Atlanta, Georgia, became the resort, or
roost,' of few martins, who came regu-
arly there every evening during the sum
mer months. Year By year the number
that resort to these trees has been on a
rapid increase, and now they are almost
pnumerable. The Era says During
the day not a martin can be observed IN
the city limits but at SIX O'Clock in the
evening, they can be seen coming from all
directions in swarms of hundreds They
collect and hover high IN the air over the
rooSt until toe whole force seems to be col
ected They form black cloud of ami
mated, feathery nature, that spreads over
acres Of space and the Pipings from their
tiny throats, together with their queer an
tics, make a scene that nightly attracts
a large crowd Of ladies aud gentlemen to
the place. When the time comes for
roosting the cloud gradually settles in
compact shape, and then with a revolving
motion, unwmds, and pours rapid stream
into the tree-tops, which IN five minutes
time are literally loaded down, and black
with their presence. They are never IN
terfered with, and with early morn swarm
away in every direction Z teY doubtless
come In from almost every portion Of
Georgia and the neighboring States
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-09-13

SEVENTEEN HUNDRED YEARS IN THE
OvES-One house in Pompeli had evil
IDENTIFY been in state of repair when the
volcano storm buried it. Painters and
decorators and cleaners were masters Of
the situation. The household goods were
all in dIsord T. and the family, if not out
of town, must be undergoing that condition
OF misery which spring ceanjngs and other
like infections inevitably entail. Painters
pots and brushes and workmens tools were
scattered about Tell-taie spots of white
wash starred wall and floor Such domes-
tic implem nts as pots and kettles had
been bundled up in a corner all by them
selves, and the cook was nowhere. Din
ner, however, had not been forgotten. A
solitary pot stood simmering (if ever it did
simmer on the stove. And (start not, for
it Is true) there was a bronze dish in wait
ing before the oven, and on the dish
sucking pig, all ready to be baked. But
the oven was already engaged with Its fu'l
complement of bread. So the suckling pig
had to wait And 1t never entered the
oven. and the loaves were never taken out
till after a soiourn of LOO years They
had been cooking ever since November
23i. 4. d 70 VI. F'orelH has them
now in his museum at Pompeji. twenty
one of them, rather hard, Of course, and
black, but perfectly proserVed.-LeiS1tre
Hour
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-09-13

MIzEEs' BooTs-In Worcester, Mass,
are several factories whicbmakea speciality
OF boots for the coal miners Of Pennsylva-
uia. aud formj table articles Of attire these
are, from the description The leg is made
of heavy leather. aud comes far up towards
the thigh, and the soles are three quarters
Of an iuch thick anI made to guard the
foot. like the Tenders on a river steamer.
The heels also project ia the same manner,
and fare out towards the bottom. 50 that
q very respectable hold IS afforded the
wearer. In both heel and s0es are fat
headed nails. the tops about as large as a
gold dollar. and driven as closely as possi-
bic So that the entire bottom Of the boot
Is metal clad. and, as ifthis were not enough,
three long nails of Swedish iron are driven
through the heel and clinched on the in
side. and SIX are driven similarly through
the shank The sewing on these slippers
is done with a sixcorded thread, calculated
to bear a weight of one hundred pounds.
\ pair Of these miners boots will weigh
SIX and half pounds, the leather weigh
ing i've pounds and the armor in the shape
Of nails one and a half
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-09-13

Some OF our young readers may have at
times attempted to follow in the footsteps
of the illustrious philosopher in dabbling
with soap bubbles, either for the purpose
OF studying the beautiful iridescent play Of
light which they display. or for the purpose
Of using them as miniature balloons, which.
when filed with hydrogen gas, mount aloft
with a grace and rapidity which would have
thrown MontgolGer into an ecstasy of de-
light. These recreatjons are often sadly
married by the evanescence of these fairy
ike fins. and our Juvenile savans may ike
to know how to overcome the difficulty
BY using good soda soap-oleate of soda
and adding to the solution a small quanti-
t. of glycerine. bubbles of extraordinary
size and strength may be produced. They
may be placed in a dish and preserved
many hours Drop them on the floor and
they rebound like rubber ball By
little skllllul practice smaller bubble may
be formed inside Of larger one, thus form
my a very much more beautiful play of
colors.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-09-13

feet in width over the guards; engine OF 400
horse power cylinder. So inches stroke, II
feet wheels "a feet diameter and feet
inches face, and will make twenty three rev
olutions in 4 L;inute; tonnage. ,409 tons
Cost. $500. 900: Her dining cabin will seat
one hundred and fifty persons. She has a
grand state-room han extending in an un-
broken sweep l7-5 feet and l9 feet wide :
sixty-one state rooms, besides reading rooms,
presidents room, family room. bridal room,
etc. She Is gorgeous with Brussels and Ak
minister carpets, luxurious with sofas Ot the
richest material, trimmed with walnut,
chestnut marble and gilt. Ten men could
manage the first Vermont. The second Yer
mont's officers and crew number sixty.
w bile the first, as already stated. had an
ordinary speed of four miles an hour, the
second, on her trial trip ran twenty-five
miles in seventy-throe minutes. The de-
lighted voyager who took passage in the
first, from " hitehall 20 St Johns, paid so
for the privilege The second floats the
modern traveller from Whitehall 70 her
northern landing place, at this port, with
royal accommodations on the way, for only
81. Few were found to patronize the awk
ward little pioneer of 800 The Vermont
of 1871. carries over two hundred and thirty
passengers daily, and she is but one Gl three
daily line steamboats, on the lake. Colonel
Cannon, President Of the Champlain Trans
portation Company is the prime mover in
originating and building tie Vermont, Of
which be may justly be proud. while Cap
tain William H. Flagg, dignifed man of
princcly defueanor, walks the deck of this
- thing OF beauty" with the heart OF gen
tlcman and the step OF a lord
Having made the comparison, and noted
the striking contrast, the reader can Judge
if there is progress in steamboat building IN
the past sixty two years on Lake Champlain
And so we move down the stream of time.
from CHamplaIn In his ten foor blrch canoe,
Kahn in a twenty foot yacht. Winans in his
httle homely, slow, black noisy steamboat
and lastly to EiagE in his 4 atiug Talaoc
The future what viii inventive genius. sell
ence ami skin b-in, out 81 its hidden years 2
ID. +. p. . ~ \ j. Ere Post
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-09-13

The Natick Bulletiu is responsible for
the following
Squire X, a well known barrister of
Belknap. having occasion to transact some
business at the Ossipee court, found few
days at his disposal which ne determined
to spend in trouting in the mountain
brooks. la company with an artist friend
he wandered several miles into the country
Night came down and the sportsmen con-
cluded to spend the night at a farm house,
if permission could be obtained, and return
early next morning to the village. A
CHEEKY faced old lady granted permission
to remain under her roof that night. Now,
as it was necessary that our legal friend
should be at court at eight next day, the
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-09-13

OF Mr.. Charles Francis Adams, the
newly appointed arbitrator OF claims with
England. the following amusing person
al is told Before going 10 the polls 70
vote on the day Of last Presidential elec-
ton. be fixed q ticket which he intended
10 vote. Before reaching the voting place
he became posscs,or If one of the village
srocer's printed advertisements He fold
cd II mp neatly. as was his habit to take
home and examine, ana proceeded on his
way 20 execute a freeman Will which.
after arriving at the balIot-box, he fully
supposed that he had ac. ompl.-hed. No
person saw what lac voted, but soon after
leaving the votin. room to his chagrin he
discovered that he had cast the grocer
advertisement into the box and held the
evidence of American cijizeushjp-his bal
Iot-in his hand. 4 question naturally
arose iu his mind how he could mend the
matter. lie decided quickly to return to
the polling place and state the facts to the
officers in charge Of the b4llot-box, and
DID So. They examined the box and found
the grOcers advertisement folded exactly
a. Mr. Adams described it. They decided
that. upon Mr.. Adams. statement it should
be removed from the box and handed to
Mr. Adams. and that he should he per
mittittcd to east his vote Mr. Adams,
VITA the dignity characteristic Of him,
thanked the officials who had decided In
his favor, and ia order this time 10 avoid
another mistake, he voted an open ticket,
which developed a startling fact to the Of
tieials around the baliot-box, and soon be-
came subject OF gossip in the town, and
OF course matter of deep concern to the
Republican. Mr. Adams voted the dem
ocratic ticket for Congressional, State,
county, and town officers but he voted
the Grant electoral ticket
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-09-13

good dame arose early and prepared break
fast by the light of a tallow candle. The
anglers were seated at the table in dark
corner of the kitchen, while the old lady
was engaged over a sizzling frying pan Oh
the stove, How's this steak, T., tough,
eh?" asked the lawyer. Don't know
why p By Jove, I can't chew the stuff
continued he. Wipmg the sweat from his
forehead, he made another effort to masti-
cate the mouthful, then shouted, My
good woman, will you be kind enough to
see why this steak Is 50 very tough ?" The
pleasant-faced old lady appeared with her
candle, wiped the moisture from her spec
tacles and looked at the plate, dropped the
tallow candle into the lawyers lap and
shouted with horror; Great State of
Hampshire Fre fried nly holder p
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-09-13

A Hr-We find in on Of the newspa-
pers the following story, which Is told Of
the Rev. E P Cowan. pastor of the Mar
ket-square Presbyterian church, German
town, which. if it is not true, is good
enough to be true ." Soon after he cane
to Germantown, he asked for collection
in his congregation for his Sanday-school
The collection was made, and amounted to
eighteen dollars, The next Sunday he got
up and said l have an apology TO make
to the congregation The collection for
the Sunday School last Sunday amounted
to lhteen dollars. Had | been better
acquainted among you, [ would have
asked the Sunday school 10 take up one
for the church 80 After that, he got mon
ey when he asked for It p"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-09-13
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-09-13

BLUSDERs OF BAsHFULNEss.- there IS
any defect more striking than another in
American character, it IS bashfuness.
Young America, in particular, Is painfully
affected by it. An incident is mentioned
by correspondent, who was desired by
his aunt to 60 over TO neighbor Shaw's aud
see If he had any straw for sale for filling
beds.
Mr. Shaw. says our informant. was
blessed with a goodiy number of Misses
Shaw. and l therefore felt little timjd at
encountcring them To make the matter
worse. l arrived just as the family was
seated at dinner. Stopping at the doorway,
hat ia hand | stammered out, "Mr.Straw,
can you spare me enough shaw to fill
couple Of beds ?"
well" replied the old gentleman, CLAN
cing around at his large family, and enjoy
ny my mistake, " don't know but what
can; how many will you need ?"
Before [ could recover, those hateful
girls burst into chorus of laughter, and
broke for home in a cold sweat.