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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-30

SCcEE~.HUIo>~.- Speaking ot Fhia-
de.phia lawyers. tile dI>rr.huuu. y.erk jn
charge ot .he foreign letters which come
through tae Chicago ro-tctii-e. was evident
lv cu. our FIR one; II not, hls experience
has been ~lca a> amply 10 fit him for tine
profession et decipheru- uulufciHgb. .e
signs ana hierog.yphlcs. Many OF The SUI
per~crl lt-ouS Which "ome through his haud-
are among the most mysterious OF cipher~
-UuuteII.io.c from the writer's not know
ing what he wanted to write, rather than
iie-lbIe through careiessuc~s ia writing
When countryman OF Gu>tayus Nasa, for
instance. s;iU hihornatiuL upon his native
hills. sends "a letter TO his brother in this
country, aud. writing from memory, anu
memory not much trained in letters at
that ~uper,cribe> It .Seederabst lcueo La,
be has succeeded jn my~tIi}lns the avcra e
human mind considerably regarding tnc
intended destination OF ms mI,sIyc. Not
at all the postotiicc clerk, however, who at
once secs that Cedar Rapids, Linn county.
Iowa. is mcaut So, too, when from the
Bremen bog greasy packet futtcrs ont,
addressed to 'Ilatte Lac Co H. 1t j. not
difficult to discern. after the letters of the
legend have been evolved from the chao,
ia which "a stiff i-t and villaiuous pen
have left them, that the packet Is intended
for some one in Half Day, Lake county,
Illinois, aud thithcr it therefore goes.
But when the only address to be made out
from ano;her-Iui that by no mcaus sure,
80 vague are the forms OF the ictterS-is
.Cho!y yhutvilIe CO. IN. then it is that
brains tell i'm the distributing business.
Brains finally result in solution Of the
palimPsest, and Joliet, VIII county, Hi
nos, Is the Interpretation thereof. In like
manner y erscaux iucauQue Co Amerika'
"a superscription which could have ema-
mated from nowhere else but Francis
decided to mean Warsaw, Hancock coun-
" and it is found that Illinois has such
town, in such a county; 50 the letter is
forwarded thither, and has doubtless glad
dened or saddeued the heart Of its object
before now-LaLeSjde WoRthiU.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-30

FI6sr FAILUEE>.-Ies, indeed, ii we
have the right stuff in Us, these failures at
the outset are grand materials for success.
To the feeble they are, Of course, stun
bling blocks. The wretched waaklinS GOES
no farther: he lags behind, and subsidies
into a life of failure And 50 by this
wiunowin9 process the number OF the ath-
lctes in the great Olympjcs Of life Is re-
stricted to a few. and there Is clear space
in the arena There Is scarcely an old
man amoug us-an old ana successful
mau-wts3 viii not willingly admit that he
was made 10y his failures, and that what
he once thought his hard fate was in re
aity his good fortune. And thou, my
bright-faced, quicI-witted chlId, thou who
+ thiukest that thou canst carry Parnassus
+ by storm, learn to possess thyseif in pa
tience. Not easy the lesson [ know; not
cheering the knowledge that success Is not
attainabe, per SaltuDi, by hop. step and
jump, but by arduous Efforts long sus-
tanned, aud most Of all. by repeated fail
uies. Hard, [ know, IS that last word,
grating harshly upon the ear OF youth.
Say, then, that we molify it a little
that we strip it OF It's outer crustaceoUs-
ness and asperity and t-uthfully may we
do so, my dear Fer these failures are,
as | have said, out stcpping-stones to sue
cess graduS al ParpaSStn1,-at the worst,
non-attainments of the desired end before
thy time. If success were to crown thine
efforts now, wAere would be the success OF
the hereafter? i IS the brave resolution
to =" do better mkt time" that lays the
substrata Of all real greatness. Many a
promising reputation has been premature
" destroyed by early success. The good
sap runs out from the trunk into feeble
offshoots er suckers The hard discipline
of the knife is wanted Ilepeat that is not
pleasant; but when thou feeIest the sharp
ness Of the edge, think that all who have
gone before thee have been lacerated in
like Essays IF az Optimist, By
JoHn William Kaye, F. r. S.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-30

OPTICAL Observation-Disclosures List
ing of Gottingen, IN an article on certain
optical phenomena, explains why birds are
50 often found dead under telegraph wires.
1t is not, as it popular believed, that they
were killed by a passing current while
perched on the wires. but because, their
eyes being in the same horizontal plane,
they cannot calculate their distance from
the wires, and are consequently killed by
flying against them. 1t IS to this same
fact-the horizontal plane-that the diff
Guilty Of distinguishing the edges of the
steps occurs while going down stairs, and
of clearly calculating the distance from
one to another.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-30
q -$ . 90 .

The WILLOW WHIsTLE-Who does not
love to make willow whistle, or see one
made =? Can you not recall your first
lesson in the art, the cutting of the flexible
bough. the choosing a smooth part, passing
the knife round it, above and below, pound
ing it judiciousy, wringing 1T earnestly, and
feeling the hollow cylinder OF bark at last
Tipping on the sappy, ivory-white, fragrant
wood That little plaything grew, with
the growth of art and civilization, to be the
great organ with thunders at Harlem or IN
Bos ton.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-30

Just in proportion as ones speech is a pure
and simple efflux Of his spirit, just in proper
tion as its utterance lies in the order and
inevitable procedure of his lie, he will be
liable to undervalue it. Who feels that the
universe is greatly enriched by his heart
beats that it il much that he breathes,
sleeps, walks? But the breaths of supreme
genius are thoughts, and the imaginations
that people its day-world, are more familiar
TO it than the common dreams of sleepers to
them, and the travel of Its meditatOns is
daily aud customary; insOmuch that the very
thought OF all others which one was born to
utter he may forget to mention, presuming
it TO be no news
The silent tears that fall at dead ofnlght
over sOIled robes which once were pure and white :;
The prayers that rise like incense from the soul,
Longing for Christ TO make II clean and whole;
These are not lost
The happy dreams that gladdened all our YOUTH
When dreams had less oi self and more OF trptn-
The childlke faith tranquil and so sweet,
Which sat like Mary at In Masters fest
These are not lost-4rgOsy-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-30

unfortunately mpc ssible. the negroes could
not by any means be persuaded to 90 beyond
the waterfall my clothes were torn TO pieces,
my provisions greatly reduced, and had not
powder enough for eight days. The length
OF the fall is nearly an English mile; It is
400 feet deep. and the cliff over which the
water flows, is from go to 500 ieet wide.
The stream above the fails flows from the
northwest to south southeast. To the south
OF the fall, and parallel With it, lies thick
tropical wood on a peninsula its soil is
covered all over with she foot prints of buff
ialoes, rhinoceroses, aud elephants Nearly
in the middle of the stream. close TO the fall,
lies Garden Island. where its discoverer, Dr.
Livingstone. landed and planted a small gar
den with useful plants, wlch. however, have
been destroyed long ago by animals and
weeds. The most imposing view of the fall
Is from point at the extreme east OF the
western peninsula. The greatest mass of
water comes from the west, the least from the
east; t-e two unite under your feet, and the
com bned stream Il lws on in a C lannel only
30 feet wide, between dark precipices-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-30

HAND SHELL CRABS il A STREET CAR
No little CONSERVATION was created in !
South Baltimore city passenger car ona late
evening. caused bv dozen or more Of hard
She'll crabs making a curcujt of the floor
Of the vehicle. These unusual passengers
belonged to a young man who had caught
.hcu m the vicinity OF Ferry Bar, and a
Gentleman in entering the ear at the cor
n.raf Cimien and SaarD streets. accident
4 stumbled against the basket. and ia a
fs..a..Ila- the crab, were crawling about
the door IN all directions. 4 ladY in the
ear was first notified Of the presence OF the
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-30
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-30

An ENGLIsHMAN TAKES HIS MoENIyG
BArH-The following story Of Judge
Bowling, who has just returned from Eu-
rope, is told in one of the New York pa
pers:
Among Justice Dowiing's fellow -passen-
gers in the Queen was an English traveller
who had taken delight in sea-bathing at
Batbgate. He privately told Justice
Dowliug, one day after dinner, that the
only discomfort Of crossing the Atlantic
was the deprivation of salt water baths
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-30

commenced 1t length the game deepened
IA interest. The lady's queen was in dan
ger; there was just one possible chance Of
safety tor her, but somehow the general
had begun to regard thegame as significant
OF the real contest il progress, and he
watched with intense interest to see what
the next move would be; the lady was in
earnest too. With her fingers She traced
out possible chances for escape, and found
them worthless. Suddenly she laughed
merrily, ANSWERING to his thought.
GU needn't be exultant yet, sir, if you
are almost sure. Doubtless you think YOU
have me trapped, Just as your General
fancles our Lee is securely netted. But
see my way out-and so does Lee I'm
not checkmatcd yet, and your army plans
will prove quite as futile as your hopes Of
winning this game see, | can move so.
and then, taking your pawn, Im-whv!
L thon9ht L could move this way, Fairly
beaten, sir; it's no use But you won't
find our old warrior so easy to checkmate,
I if [ am conquered and since it can do no
harm now, HI tell you what a nice blum
der your Sheridan has made He feels
very sure that Lee Is retreating toward
DanyIlIe; but to morrow morning will see
our forces safe beyond the Appomattox.
and you Will find you must play another
game before you win. Lee and his staff
were our welcome guests last night
The general was startled and amazed
butwlseiy kept from betraying his surprise,
and answered a. II very weary:
oh please let US forget the army lust
now If Grant has made a mistake, it's
uot my business, and you cant imagine
what delight this evening has been to
me. 1 shall never forget it ; and when the
conflict Is over, [ shall hope to renew our
acquaintance. We leave so early that [
shall not see you again, so | must say good
/ bye with my thanks.
I'm sure | am equally your debtor,
graeiously replied the lady. 1t is not
often that [ meet gentleman now, and for
your sake I shall think less bitterly of our
conqueror-. Good night
Little cared the general just then for
military rule Always a tayorite with
Grant, he risked little with the rude wa KEN
ing which he now gave sleeping chieftain.
and his information was whispered in low
tones. Grant thought Il moment. Ill,
plans mad been carefully matured he had
thought his information certain but If
Lee had really passed the previous night
at that very farmhouse. be could not Be
aiming for DanviI.e, and the lady's story
must be true. Meanwhile Gen. B4bcock
stole quietly out, silently reused mesyen-
gers. slddled horses, and carefully marked
/ the appearance Of things about the in-
closures 1t was evident that a larger
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-30

the wheat was threshed out and fell along
the meadows and highway, while the straw
was carried on for miles The whirwind
ended by apparently parting and letting
drop an immense quantity of wheat straw,
corn leaves and stalks, leaves of trees, &c.
II carried desolation and ruin along a mar
row line for about twenty miles, destroying
farm houses, forests, crops, &c.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-30

THE WONDERFUL VICTORIA FALLS IN ARR
CA.-The last number of Petermann' Matt
heiiuaqea contains an interesting description
by Herr Mohr, ola visit to the Victoria Falls,
on the Zambesi: Il attained the object, re
says, .sfor which [ had made so many sacri-
fees, after innumerable difficulties and end
less trials of patience, on the morning of the
21st eff June To proceed any further-an
undertaking had often contemplated-was
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-30
tnder The M aNeN.


y,dc,.,l,c u,,aS
~ "1"t means lhe ai'efS 60 oo"h 20
the bottom oil rivers ana seas To examine
sunNen ships, and TO recover lost treasure,
+ question tnat wtI interest our read
erS.
Some improvements have been made IN
the AR vessels ln which the divers descend.
W hat Is called tse diving bell Is no bell
but "a box OF glass aud iron, SO large that
II may easily bo.t -'z persons. \ dozen
windows admit the hight, each beng "a
magnl!ylnE sa>, of nine inches IN diane
ter. When clouds above darken the space
"Ithln' a lamp + ~onetimeS used though
>parng.y-
\ plpe OF leather communicating with
the atmosphere. supplies air, which must
be Kept fresh hy an ar pump worked by
the assistants above on a foai'HG platform.
or boat. There ar- different ways IT 80
uaIug general y those below make
sounds loud enough % b, heard above hy
striking with hammer.
This apparatus Is not - convenient a.
the heImc, and waterproof Row more gem
orally used it consists " a water tight
armor, protecting the body from the water
"""r around ,-a l,'i '- "a ''A't vance
not t"aNe Z metallic p3' {" "aIe1 tine
mead : i.ee 3" turn. The dl'er can see
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-30

String bnaL lie boat SuOuld De sent DJ
the first train, nine thirty a. NJ. and this
IN time arrived, borne on the shoulders OF
about ten men, and a splendid boat she
was, large. built entirely Of sheet iron,
with air tight chambers a boat that
would not sink. She was girt round with
strong ropes, and two NV two inch cables
! brought with her. All this arrangement
naturally took up much time, and the poor
wrctch's impatiencc seemed extremes that
/ it was thought advisable to let him know
what was going on. This was done by
means Of sheet, upon which was written
| in large letters in Dutch (his native Ian
guagc,) " The life boat is coming He
stood up, looked intently for minute,
and then nodded his head. When the
boat was at last launched, the excitement
was intense. Two cables, each held by
many men, were let down from either end
Of the bridge, 80 that they might have
some command in directing the course Of
the boat down the river. She seemed lit
orally to dance upon the surface OF the
water ike a cork.
Tie rapid consists Of a number Of small
falls, distributed unevenly over all parts of
the river, so that there are thousands Of
cross currents. cddies, and WhirlpooIS
which it would be utterly impossible to
avoid, and in which lies the danger of
transit for any boat between the bridge
aud the log. The lite boats course was
steady at first she arrived at the first
fall, She trippcd up anu swung round with
u rush, but continued her course safely,
only bali filled with water Again She de-
-ceuded with safctv.but at length approach
inc the lor She became uumanageable
swinging either way with immense force
spinning completeiv over. ana finally
dlshinr AGAINST the Iog with such violence
that cV-,octcd the whole tb;n, man ami
aU u b.ve been di-,ojosI and hurried
down the rapid. But. no. it stood irrn-
the b5at had reached its destination. Yet
ala, how useless was it, ro.itiou r lav
cornpletelv on its side above the log. and
with boIr6gy inside directed towards the
briJ,e ulavcd imam by the whole force Of
the current which fixed its keel firmly
,.,,in.4 tba to, f. seemed i,n,novab.e
( The man himself climbed toward. it. and
IN vain tried 10 pull. Ift or shake the
boat nor wa. IL moved until both cables
neins, bron,b+ ~ on, side of f5a river by
tbe united force u Gf,y ~ ..xtv men. she
rr,. Ji.la3..ed ami ..,-,o., .l.,ro tl,. randi
ur..iI.-doUn fn,iIy ,i,c6in, bc,jIaa, ie-
nr,tb ,n ally eora6 ,Iin, 9ae If her ga.
tr.. a, -b. ro.l. ..4 thsr.. r,.-,,.. t.n...tI
n be,vv fan Of water. unit. in the s3urs.
. the dav. one cable being brokeu &. the
efforts of the mon to di.lodge her. and tine
other by the ..eer force -of the current.
f.....t.. tb.. moor f..av. ,gho -t.I. clrn, ta
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-30

The colonel laughed, aud answered that
II, It was 10 part or bravery TO invite de~-
truction, he presumed the general never
cared 20 renew tie acquaintance.
Then | wanted 70 know + might re-
peat the story ~ the dear public; and this
IS my proof that he didn't say No.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-09-01
UAMPSIIIRE ITEMS.

MIR. EpIToR:-We have had a very
1uiet time in this part of tho county
since the new fashioned way OF tanning
was introduced. Some of thepeople say
that they don't like such tanning, but
others say $50 mote it be-" as the tam
ming was done. ton the level and on the
square.)
The Masonic Hall and school house in
Hampshire, is finished. School will
commence in September, we learn.
Corn crops are not as good as they
have been, but plenty, ut one dollar and
seventy-five cents per barrel, can be
bought in this country. and great deal
will be sold under that.
GREEN II. CuRI;Y, and his son-in-law,
will start 90 Texas in October, we learn.
Tur people are all training their fine
Reckless colts in this country for the
Fair. Mr. FLETCHER FARRIs has the
finest one. and the fastest one that has
been produced rs yet, here.
10. HILL Will open fine school at
Mt. JOY, September LIST. S. V. PERKINS
has a fine school at the Baptist Church,
two miles south of Hampshire. JOIN
:. CASE has hourishing school at
Donaldson's Academy, two miles east of
Hampshire. He has about 81 scholars.
C.S. j.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-09-01
DOINGS ATASHWOOD.

OWNERS WANTED FOR TWO HATS
The calm quiet that generally reigns
at Ashwood on Sabbath evenings, was
completely broken up week or so ago,
thusly, and in this wise:
As Mr.. RoBT. KERR was taking his
usual walk through his garden about 0
of the clock, he observed some one
leaning on his garden fence, who sprang
over, and was soon in; Tho watermelon
patch, humping away for the ripe ones.
Now, as these melons were very nice
and large, and the owner had devoted a
great deal of time to them, he conclud-
ed that this interloper, who proved to be
18th Amendment, had no right to
them; so he hurled a brickbat at the
thief, which made him leave in double
quick. Mr.. KERR then armed himself
and went on guard duty. All remained
quiet along the line until about IL
o'clock, when the same, or another
thief, entered the patch. As soon as he
got fairly at work, pistol shot sent
him over the fence quicker than double
quick, and then an other ball to hurry
him little faster on the pike.
Mr.. KERR determined to fight it out
on this line if it took all night. Well.
the morning came at last, and with it's
first faint streaks he observed another
thief stealing through the patch. He
fired again, and this time with effect, for
the firing awoko neighbor, who on
raising his window, saw a negro, with
his hand on his hip, moaning, and NOV
ing along pretty rapidly. Mr.. KERR
found hat in the garden, and another
was found in the morning about so
yards from tho first. The owners of
these hats are requested to come to Ash
wood, prove property and take the
same away. AsHwooD.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-09-01
County Matters.

Inc AYpIOUebthS RAM
As the time has arrived for handling
stock for exhibition-especially horses,
which will need lessons in the many
PAGES now taught them, We would sug-
pest that the attention of all he directed
10 n line on the Premium List. 1t reads:
"No Entrance Fec for any Article or
Animal Exhibited" This is as it should
be. Worthy articles have been debar-
red the arena, by fees, but, now that
tho tax has been removed, thanks TO
the society, we may surely expect rings
MS full as those OF Congressional char
acter, and of better disposed animals.
Let every man possessed of good stock
he urged to bring 1t forth-let no ring
contain less than five entries-give us
variety-spice as. What though but
one gets the premium, 1.-TWO mighty the
others 60 taXless, and a knowledge that
we have assisted the show-contributed
10 the pleasure of the day, is ample pay
for one who enters into the display in
the right spirit. 1t is not necessary that
animals should be in condition to please
the eve of vender OF meats-stock Is
presentablc in good growing order, and
it's fine points can be sooner scanned
than IL shapcly fat. Without whale
bone brush, or glycerine, the hair can
he made pretty enough. To use a turf
phrase, let us have large fields; have
entries so numerous that people will
come from other States, that this spot of
Maury's sol, will be peopled as it has
not bcen by civil body since 1910 or
1874, when Wing and Democratic null
titudes, perhaps twenty thousand each
time, met TO weigh Presidential aspi-
rants. We should do all within our
best efforts TO have a large, pleasant
gathering We owe it to the fair and
beautiful of this and other localities.
DO they not, without thought of premi-
um, come TO bless by their presence,
and coming, gid our annual, moving,
Lying, varied picture? NJ.
MT. PLEASANT, Aug. 18th.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-09-01
CHANCERY SALE
~ al. OF REAL. ESTATE

By virtue Of decree Of The Chsncerx Court
At Columbia Tenn. q The june tern. ISL, in
I win sell to the highest bidder. ct the court
day the 18th day Of September, 1S7l, the tract
Of land lying in the 9Th civil district Of Maary
BEGINNING ct . rock in the old road, thence
S. So e. AHP. to rock with besch and dog.
wood pointers; thence n. o. 3. al6 poles and 6
links to q rock; thence N. s90 W.. poles and
l6 links to rock with Q beech and two spanish
chestnut stump; thence N. So w. 81 poles and
links to q pile Of rocks with black walnut and
red oak pointers; thence s. So w. IS poles
and . links to stake, an ash and two elm
pointers; thence s. l28 poles and links to
stake: thence 8. 11ho e. 40 poles to stake in
old road thence S. ash' E. % poles to stake
and rock, is links with large poplar pointer
thence 9. AZ deg. 8. s. poles and 16 links to
the beginning, containing 1l61 acres. Said
ton, on credit of twelve months from day of
sale with interest from date, notes with two
good securities required of the purchaser, and
a lien retained for payment Of purchase mon
ey. ID. B. COOPER, G. & NJ.