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

Tin. Los Angeles sOUrRAGE.-AccOrding to
ali accounts the affair at Los Angeles was
IrtIa better than a brutal massacre. The
s5-resp3ndent Of the san Francisco Chroni-
c2e says: -,
Tie trs 1edy or Yesterday arose from an i'll
gee.rnr. og long s6lntng, between two rival
C5inese c5mpaaies. These parties had a
digiealtv with one another on the previous
dag. and preliminary lmination was
held in the alteraoo1 at one Of the justice $
courts. which was adjourned until the next
morning On returning to their quarters
and Just as night set in they resumed thelr L
quarrel and pistols were freely used ollceIs
- separate and arrest the combatants.
some 5r the Chinese, however, turned upon
their pursuers and fred their pistols at them
w0unding one officer in the shoulder, shoo',
ing boy in the leg, and citizen namea cza
Robert Thompson, through the breast IRON
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-11-29

SENSE AND NoSsENsE-Josh Billings
Traus1ated-Some of the aDothegms in
the " Farmers Allminix for 1872" put
into good English. are worth preserving
As follows, for instance:
Men of little authority, are Ike men of
little strengtb-always anxious to lift
something.
Young ooxcombs end their lives as old
sloveus.
There are folks who do nothing but
watch their symptoms. have seen dogs
act Just as sens bic. I have seen q rat
terrier watch the symptoms Of a knot-hole
in a board-feuce all day, for some rat to
come forth. and ne rat came
Prudes are coquettes gone to seed.
The devil never goes into partnership
with busy man but you will often see
him, offer to join the lazy, and furnish all
the capital
Hope has made a great many blunders,
but she means we'll
The highest rate Of interest that we pay
is for borrowed trouble. Tnings that are
always going TO happen never do hlppen.
L have known people who had 50 little
character, that they didn't even have any
failirgs
Be humble and you are sure to be thank
full be thankful and you are sure TO be
happy.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-11-29

A young man who had seen the Fourth
of July was discovered by his mother on
the fifth, sitting on the wood in the yard,
trying to pull off his boots. His mother
held up her hands in horror at the sight.
while he. endeavOring to stand erect, ex-
claimed, I'm not drunk, mother, but a
sicker child you never had
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-11-29
Freaks of Memory

There are no phenomena of memory
mere strange than those in which-usually y
through some illness, or some accidental
injury to the brain-some particular facts
or classes Of facts battle recollection alto
gether. The instances recorded by Aber-
crombie, Winslow, Wgan, Carpenter,
Holland, and other physicians, are too well
founded to admit Of any doubt. There
was a gentleman who, when in disturbed
health, uniformly called Goals, paper, and
paper, Goals, quite unconscious Of any
anomaly in the matter. Another called
his snuff box a hogshead and it was re-
marked that IN earlier life he had been
connected with the tobacco trade in the
West Indies. Doctor Scandella, an Italian
physician resident in New York, was at
tackled with yellow fever in that city; he
spoke only English when attacked, only
French in the height Of the fever, and re-
memberCd his own original Italian just
before his death.
\ Frenchman, at the age OF twenty
seven, spoke English we'll; he received an
injury in the head. and could then for some
time only remember French, believing aud
asserting himself TO be out sixteen years
old A It. Thomas Hospital an invalid
suddenly began to talk ia Welsh, lan-
guage which ne had entirely neg.ec1ei for
thirty years Oae lady lost the memory
of exactly four years, well remembering
events before anI after that period; and
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COW Fen'eat tnoIe OF referring 70 .Heui,
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tnder his other frame Of mind. live at i
-. can YOU tel. me mv name
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ter more need he cited as Illustrations.
There was a man who could remember the
first v..aa'e- ot long words but no others.
soldier. after receiving an ir lrv To the
head. forgot the figures , aud Z. and every
thing connected rlra them A gentleman
In similar way lost the memory Of the
letter T. Au old French lady could ex-
press herself iu-c.H-ib.v In auv ordinary
conversation. bar # direct question were +
put ID hev her memory seemed to depart f
from her II once. except In reference to t
two words. her regular reply was Saint +
Aut0uia lib another ease. Of a wounded I
French soldier. he evidently understood T
the m, aiming of what was said 20 him by F
others. bun hi, memory could only assist F
him to the uniform reply. BI5a John I
Hunter, the great surgeon. called on "a
friend at 4 time when iuJ.-posed for a
few hours he could not remember anything
any person or object beyond the
walls Of the room he was In it was pain
.aI time to him, for. wth0u, any haI.uciu
alton he knew perfectly well that his
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-11-29
From the Atlantic Monthly for Decembt
The Legend Beautiful.

Ine Le9eHu BedCIIlUI.
Hadst thou stayed, must have fed"
That Is what the Vision said.
In his chamber all alone,
Kneeling on the floor of stone,
Prayed the Monk in deep conuiuon
For his sins Of indecision,
Prayed for greater selfdenial,
In temptation and in trial;
It was MONDAY by the dial,
And the Monk was al alone.
Suddenly, as if 1t lightened,
An unwonted splendor frightened
All within him and without him
In that narrow cell Of stone;
And he saw the Blessed Vision
OF our Lord, with light Elysia
Like vesture wrapped about him,
Like garment round him thrown.
Not as crucified and slain,
Not in agOnIes ofpain,
Not with bleeding hands and feet,
Did the Mons hI7 Master see;
But Is 10 the village street,
In the house or haryest-deid,
Halt and lame and blind he healed,
When nc walked m Galilee.
In an attitude Imploring,
Hands upon his bosom crossed,
Wondering, worshipping, adoring,
Rnelt the Nlouk Ia rapture lost.
Lord, he thought, in heaven that reigncst
Who am ], thar thus thpu dcIgucst
To reveal thyself % me
Who ann 1, that from the center
nftF.r. ,.T..r.v- +R..tr N.ttT.E-r. ..r-f.r
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-11-29

Once upon d time there was a Yankee
topsajl-schooner on its way to Leghoru,
which encountered an English nobIeman's
yacht on pleasure cruise in the Nediter-
rauean. John Ball banterei the Yankee
for a trial of speed, and the Yankee sail
ed John Bull almost out of sight Milor
vas greatly astonishel a. this result, and
invited the victorious skipper to come on
board and join him in a bottle of wine.
Ghe invitation was accepted, and as they
sat opposite TO each other, the Englshmau
generously proposed Brother Jonathans
aeaIth, adding | say, captain this is the
irst tine nv yacht was ever beaten, you
know g Wa! 7 said the Yankee captain.
that's Ainder singIer, for [ vow this is
the first time my craft ever beat anything
It may perhaps seem ungracious to recall
this story IN connection with the yacht
race of yesterday; but migl, it not be
well for our English commodore to stipulate
that in future races the New York boats
should not get out of sight of him? You
can't well race with boat if you can't
see it, you know.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-11-29
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-11-29
Love and fzarriare.
= ~ y LII In Is
WEDNESDAY, NOV. %, 1871.

Love and flarriage.
rRz by REV HENRY WARD BEEcuER.
HE -h.rI lecture in the course was de-
el last evening by Rev Henry Ward
.er- 10 hear whom the people f0cked t0
luiys hall IN numbers which filled it.
and gallery, and also many seats on the
ur.G. Alr. Beecher spoke on =. Love +
-u-arIv an hour and half IN his usual
entertaining manner, which made the time
l much shorter than it really was. To
long lecture justice in a brief ADJ
-.s.l-o specially lecture SO full Of though.
.rl 6uc passages cannot be expected. of
-e. therefore we viii only attempt to
.- 3uce few of hIs sayings he discussed
charming subject
III. sl.I the rJmancers and poets had done
rne too much in extolling the charmin.
Experiences 81 carly love we look back a.
tie rartgral- 3u- gushing 9f affection ia
..riE years, and laugh at the lud crJus1Cs-
the enthusiasm with which young lovers
.lei- agt. when he was first in love
-..l lie said there seemed tl HIM t. b.
a- all luIierJus about it. he was
-. more ion earnest in his lie: iC made aI
rencc in tIe world Ms 20 the point 81
u which we regard the matter Ilc
never saw two noble young hearts 10
-IHut wishing hJ was one Of them
-a only faculty which bias the power
the whole world and make every
--.ss new beauty in our sight n.
...- % observe this sudden change
thing -H new beauty, when he thinks
rs He may rest assured that it II Il
.rt ae l- not IN love. after all. r..
....a rse- il is when under the d. . /
..e.-e u0 love. If over an artist. /
.e.r niger. tGcn- II i- not a lure
...-. .l- 81 rca lily, transform f.
everything -eL upon, before which f
.-.H. -. ..a wa tllI down and wlr-
-. u.-. ..H own love Las created .
..s..-a. ....- r.-.- bonfire before mar
.a- ashes after-a di-cr-
...-t Fl bal f rcpe-lt- .n .
"H H5un"-
. a d lt-1 oL tIJru~ al JAa
I -- --a evI philosophy which
irily short, begin
."lA.h- out- an4 Illus
y % ME wrecked bE early
--- -lare than any other thing
-oIea-' upon tl- power ol
exciting love; and # he would
-.-. -15.-i' % love terms
=. e e --c ialis INTO intlter-
.-A1 -ceAias love lu That
-- .lr diamonds ana carry
"1Le the diamonds were
".IH % right knowledge "
-.se"'A -a7l through llle Hales-
- ...-A i.F 10 needs more cu--
a. .-..- else iH the World IT,.
..- Fl regarded as q iall9Ilc~5
.A@ e supply NJ l.te l.r
..i .--iH- J' run -nal4. uuJi'
.sHt -A r instead ot q iata1m-
s.. .il- Ha- become 2 Res-t.ra.
eastern ~ t-at Great artists
.'..ln Try studies before '--
..--.i' anu Sd iH love- tAAt eA-
.- marriage d only q --lIv ior
A .IIiaZc. lue late ~ court
.##l--etl9g- I- tI real love
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-11-29

Hay of good quality il selling in Verm ont
at $4,000 per ton.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-11-29

Woodruff, last week, The speaker is re-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16

INSURANCE CoMPANIEs.-A correspon-
dent says of the value of insurance stock:
When surprise is expressed that business
men should have had so much invested
in single interest, it must be remem-
bered that for years and years our fire
insurance stocks have proved a most re-
numerative investment. In a recent
law suit it became necessary to deter
mine the present value of 1865 of stock
in one company, which was alleged to
have been misappropriated in 1851,
twenty years ago. A careful compute.
ton by the value of the stock, with all
the dividends that have been paid to
date at compound interest, showing the
enormous accumulation of $4,000.
And in the smaller companies equally
astonishing results have been attained
Another company started in 1850 with
chartered capital of 100000, only ten
per cent paid up. Since then the,whole
capital has been made up by stock divi-
dends and the handsome cash dividends
paid on the shares, which were quoted
at $40 before the fire.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16
A Printers Proverbs.

Never sendest thou an article for pub
LEGATION without giving the editor thy
name, for thy name oftentimes secures
publication to worthless articles.
Thou should'st not rap at the door of
a printing office, for he that answereth
the rap sneereth in his sleeve and loseth
time.
Neither do thou loaf about, ask ques-
tons, OF knock down type, or the boys
will love thee like they do shade trees
when thou leaveth.
Thou should'st never read the copy on
the printers case, CT the sharp and
hooked container thereof, or he may
knock thee down.
Never inquire thou of the editor for
the news, for behold it is his business
at the appointed time to giveth thee
without asking.
IT is not right that thou sbould'st asl,
him who is the author of an article, for
his duty requireth him to keep such
things to himself.
When thou dost enter into his office,
take heed unto thyself that thou dost
not look at what may be lying open and
concerneth thee not, for that is not
meet in the sight of good breeding.
Neither examine thou the proof sheet,
for it is not ready to meet thine eye,
that thou mayst understand.
Prefer thine own town paper to any
other, and subscribe for it Immediately
Pay for it in advance, and it shall be
we'll with thee and thine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16
Save YOnr Burned Trees.

Untold numbers of valuable trees, both
fruit-bearing and ornamental, have been
destroyed by the devastating fires of the
West Yet, in most instances, the vital.
ity of the roots has not been impaired.
1t may not be generally known that by
cutting off the trees close to the surface
of the ground, before Winter, and coy
ering the wounds with heavy coat of
grating wax, the life of the tree will be
preserved until next Spring, when most
young trees, and many large ones that
have been standing for more than score
of years, will send up strong and luxuri.
ant canes, which will grow rapidly into
desirable trees. Some varieties of ever
greens and some deciduous trees will
not sprout, while fruit-trees of every
sort, grape-vines, currant and berry bush
es of every variety, rose bushes and
valuable shrubbery, the tops of which
have been killed by fle, will sprout
again, provided that the tops are cut of
close to the ground before Winter If
left until next Spring, the vitality of the
roots of many trees and many valuable
grapevine will be impaired to such an
extent that no sprouts will ever appear.
Apple-trees and pear-trees, six to ten
inches in diameter, which have been
burned to blackness, below the collar of
the tree should be removed with axes
and carpenters adj until the live wood
and bark have been reached beneath the
surface of the ground. Small trees and
grape vines should be sawed off smooth
ly close to the surface of the earth and
if the wood has been injured below that
point, remove the soil, and continue to
cut of the heated portions until live
surface is laid bare, Then apply a heavy
coat of warm grafting-wax, in liquid
state, and before the wax has become
hard press piece of strong brown paper
or piece of any sort Of cloth into the
wax, after which cover the stump with
fine and mellow earth, several inches in
depth. Early next Spring remove the
soil, leaving not more than an inch in
depth over the stump. A suitable graft
ing-wax for such purpose may be made
of equal parts Of tallow and resin Of any
kind, or pitch. We have frequently
made it of one part of linseed oil,
mingled with two parts of course, cheap
resin or pitch, heated in an iron kettle
until the pitch is all dissolved, and the
mass is of the consistence of thin tar.
1t should not be applied scalding hot.
In lieu Of paint-brush, employ II swab
made of piece of course cloth wrapped
around the end of stick. Veay few
young trees, and but a small proportion
OF grape vines and shrubbery have been
burned to such nm extent as to injure the
wood below the collar of the main stem.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16
The Building Societies of England,

These societies have become to be IN
important feature in the labor reform
movements there, and are closely iden-
titled with the improved industrial life
of the kingdom. In spite of aristo-
cratic opposition, q middle class is con-
stituted thereby which will be the
strength, perhaps the salvation of the
nation. The value of the dwellings
which, through these societies, have be-
come the property of workingmen, is
estimated at 81, 000,000,000. A great
many of these societies are called Bow
kelt societies, from DIR. Bowkelt, who
originated them. The fundamental
principle is that, by certain arrange
ment men uniting together can realize
in the first instance the same amount Of
interest for their own saving that they
are accustomed to pay for the use of
other peoples money; next, that they
can practically obtain one-fourth more
than that rate of interest, and next, that
the rate of interest is compound interest
The result is, that while ordinary men,
out of their savings can secure very lit
tie indeed, throughout their whole life
time, if they are poor, yet if those small
earnings accumulate at high rate of
compound interest, it is sufficient abso-
lutely to emancipate any of them, or all
of them, from poverty. In Birming-
ham alone $1,000 houses belong to the
workingmen through this agency, and
there are streets more than a mile long
whereon every house is the property Of
the working classes. The society does
not build houses, but lends the money
to member to build The streets are
all drained, and every man is bound to
drain into the main sewer. The society
advances on the certificate of the sur
veyor as the work proceeds, always tax
ing care not to advance too much. If II
man goes to a sale and buys by auction,
the surveyor goes with him by order of
the committee, and charge is paid if
he buys the property but if he gives
more for it than the surveyor has valued
it at, he must find the surplus himself.
These Birmingham societies also serve
as banks Of deposit. A servant.girl can
put away ESQ, draw thereon ten shillings
a year, and at a months notice get back
every cent with interest up to the time
the notice was given. A great love for
freeholds exists in Birmingham, and
thousands of working men possess them.
The great object of the land society is
to buy a large estate ; to buy land whole
sale, and sell it to the members retail at
the wholesale price. Thus, the society
gave lately e33, 900 for one estate, and
divided it, after draining it, into nearly
500 allotments. "The first thing we do, ;"
says the secretary, sis to have plan
made of the land then streets are made
and drained, foot-roads are paved and
curbed, and cutters are formed, and so
on, and whatever it costs is added to the
original cost of the land"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16
what DysDepsia NAV End In.

Indigestion is not dangerous say the faculty Perhaps
not in itself, while it remains mere indigestion but
look at the consequences to which may lead and often
does lead when it becomes a chronic disease A spark
of fire is small thing, pressure of the foot will put
it out breath will extnguish 1t. Yet it may fire
powder MILL or kinde flame that will consume city.
In like manner indigestion mayproduce gastritis cancer
of the stomach congestion of the bowels, apoplexy,
liver disease or other dangerous mnadics Is it not
wise, then, to check it in the germ Nothing is more
clearly and indisputaby established than that Hostel
ter's Stomach Bters will eradicate dyspepsia in all its
stages The true policy, however is to exnguish it in
the first stages with this wholesome, powerful and in
fable tonic and Alternative. 1t is easier to quench
spark than flame, and it is easier to cure dyspepsia
when it is first developed than when it has made head
way by neglect and become complicated with other all
ments. There is not the shadow OF doubt that the
btters directly anagonstc to dyspepsia as water
to fire. There thousands of on record PROV
ing this fact The remedy is safe and agreeable. All
the liquors of commerce prescribed as stimulants.
leave sting behind. But the sting is taken ont Of the
spirtuous basis OF this great remedy by vegetable med
ication and moreover the -tmulant thus medcaed is
of exceptional purity. OF all toncs taken as safeguards
remedies for fever and ague, bilious rcmttents and
other fall epidemics il is the only one that can Uniform
ly be depended upon.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16

Grace Greenwood, who has been among
the Mormons thus speaks of them:
You hear good deal about that
"cross," from both Mormon husbands
and wives, but you only see the shadow
oft in the faces of the women. 1 do not
mean to intimate that they all look de-
cidedly unhappy. There is rather in their
faces quiet, battling, negative and alb
negative expression, which certainly is as
far from happy content MS it is from des-
perate rebellion. Naturally, they are
more alive to the outside pressure of
public opinion, more sensitive to the
obloquy and ostracism which their posi-
ton provokes, than men. Patient and
passive as they seem, they feel these
keenly-the more intelligent among
them, at least, and though upheld by a
sincere, devout faith in this strange delu-
sion, they have toward strangers pecu-
liar air of reticence, of mistrulst, almost of
repulsion. | do not wonder at it-their
hospitality and confidence have often
been abusei-they have been intruded
upon by impertinent interviewers, and
their reluctant answers to persistent
questioning published abroad, with
startling additions and dramatic embel-
ishment. Those have met appear to
me, must say, like good and gentle
Christian women. They are singularly
simple in dress, and modest in demeanor.
What saddens me is their air of extreme
quietude, retirement and repression.
But for the children around them you
would think some of them were women
who had done with this world. I am
told that the wives of even the highest
dignitaries show little pride in their lords.
1t were perhaps difficult to feel much
pride in the sixteenth part of a man, as
men go. Even the first wife of a wealthy
saint betrays in her husband and house
hold, they say, no eXrlltant Joy of posses
sion. An investment in Mormon heart
and home must be rather uncertain stock
for n woman. / am assured, though,
that the second wife is seldom taken
without the full consent of the first. Not
only are the poor woman's faith and zeal
appealed to, but her magnanimity toward
her sister out in the cold. 1t
must he through great suffering that
such heights of self-abnegation are
reached. The crucifxion of the divine
weakness of a loving woman's heart must
be severe process. But there is some
sorry comfort in the thought that for
these poor polygamous wives there is
no wearing uncertainty, no feverish
0nxiety-that they are spared the bitter
est pain of jealousy, the vague nightmare
torture of suspicion, the grief and horror
of the final discovery, the fierce sense of
treachery and deception, They know the
worst. Perhaps it is the "dead certain
ty' that gives them the peculiar cold,
still look | have referred to. As to the
Mormon men whom | have met, mostly
leaders in the Church, and prominent,
wcll-to-do-citizens, [ must say that they
look remarkably care-free and even jolly
under the cross. Virgil, believe, has
somewhere the expression, go three
times and four times happy y Well,
that is the way they look.