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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-08

leans. His name Is a household T0Fd With
US. Every resident OF our country at that
time would have been pleased to testify ap-
probation OF the services he had rendered
our colonies when struggling for their lnde-
pendenee. There was a determination n the
c0mIaunitv to prove 20 him that republics
are not always augratetul, and no sooner had
it become known that Gen lafayette wanted
'pOssUm than it was unanimously resolved
that a 'posSUm he should have ae arT cost OF
labor and expense of money. Hence the ed
it0r 9t the paper we have referred To was not
nuch surprised when the coach from Paw
tuxent arrived, and no was informed that it
had q box for him with an oPossum.
lie said % himself that this Is only as 1t
should be, and felt gratif;ed that Gen. Latay-
cites wishes had been SO soon complied with
Our readers must recollect that in those days
stage coaches were all the 90, ond that rail
roads were mt in vogue. Hence lt took
news and 'pOssums all she longer to travel.
When, however, the Phiiedelphia coach ap-
peared and brought two more boxes of pos
sums. each containing two lively specimens.
the editor was satisfied that the country had
3oac its duty So that next day, when the
regular stsge from the Eastern Shore came in
and brought hin six additional 'possums, the
editor felt that he hsd enough but when
the Chesapeake boat landed as the wharf NJ
Baltimore and resented him with one hun
dred and twenty fresh aud vigorous sPecl-
mems. be began 10 think that they were get
cIng too many ioT HIM.
Our people are a grateful people. They
proved themselves So couspicUously on this
occasion As for the 'possums, the cry was
$ still they come FROM north. from east.
from south, from west by coach. by stage,
by carriage, by private and public convey
tncc, by steamboat. bvr0wb0aJ, by saliBoat
rom Maryland, from Virginia, from Penn
,ylYaniG, from the Allegheny Mountains, and
possibly even (ron the Rocsy Mountains, /
hey poured On in one steady stream. In the
.0ursc of two weeks the enthusiastic friend /
md admircr had accumulated twenty-five /
hundred 'possums.
What 10 Go with them he did not know. t
lie could not store them separately, and yet /
I seemed equally impossible to store them I
oEether; and finally he turned them all /
oose IL Monument Square, in Baltimore. |
lext day the hearts of the darkey residents |
n that neighborhood were delighted Col f
red gentlemen love the willy animal, and /
possums were abundant-alDost too abund-
Mt, they wandered through the Square,
hey climtei on the stoops Of the houses,
hey hung on the caves, perched on the
eaks. mounted the chimuevs. gathered on
be Monument, and cluns Cd every place
here it was possible for a possum ID cling
nd there they remained, slowly dispensing
Iemseives through the city. lasting evil
ence of the high character of our people in
leir devotion To those public men who are
ne to them and help them in time of ma
onGl distress. Lafayette never wanted for
possum afterwards. and Baltimore editors
ave no admiration. for them
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-08

Subjects that are only suited to the minds
Of men, / so pBsex myself that l shall
only bring SORROW and disgrace into their
hOme.n
Madam s believed that she had nag.
nitied their prejudices and went to see
them but alas it was all to true, they
were truly an afflicted family, for they
could only see ruin staring their daugh-
ter in the face, and could not. and would
not, yield to her eatreaties Every plan
was devised by Madam S. 70 rescue the
girl. She related the fact to 4 party Of
friends gathered at her house one evening.
and young. man ,Tho was present said:
. | viii marry the girl; she shall receive
her marriage portion, and use it to ed1cate
herself as she wishes she shall understand
that | lay no obligations upon her as a
wife. / viii ask no love, and promise
none II return. ] will merely rescue her
and place her in position to act for her
self
The young man was presented 10 me
family, and Of course their Joy knew 10
bonds that their daughter would accept
him as hsa husband Tire marriage GER
emony vas performed, and the welded
pair left Immediately for Germany, where
the lady entered a university, and has
ever since, now ten years, pursued her
studies uninterruptedly, and has already
taken the rank of mathematician of
great power And, said third party
who listened to the story, she will doubt
less, In the end. love and lie 7Tith the man
who proved himself so noblc and that
would make the romance complete.
Madam s told me that many Of her
young lady friends said at the marriage, .
= | wish plurality Of wives were allow
able, SO that this young man could at the
same time prove q saviour TO US Vienna
7orreSDondeRt Of tie Rerozuttoa
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-08

SECURE HoNE.-A man with family
should own the house in which he dwells,
if it be in his power to make such an ac-
quisition. When a working man owns his
home, he feels stronger, more confident,
more cheerful. and much happier, in the
midst of all worldly trials, than he would
or could feel if he were without so sub
stantial an anchorage, so 10 speak, for
his purposes, aims, resolutions, affections,
and aspirations. Bonds bearing gold
interest. well secured, are all good in
their way But home Is the most as
suring bond for the head Of family, and
the love, and hope, and trust, of which
it will become the center, viii. under the
blessing of heaven, yield golden fruit
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-08

One HUNDRED BILLION or SILVER N
THE OoEAN.-Already twenty years ago,
Durocher, and Malaguti, and later Field,
found traces of silver in solution in the
ocean. Piesse found, ten years ago, silver
and copper, while Field made a quantita-
tive analysis, and consequent estimate, Of
the amount of silver in the whole ocean /;
he found it to be more than two million
tons, or over 1000, 100000 pounds, worth
about 500, ,00O,0O0,0 The quantity
is unquestionably there, but the difficulty
is in getting it out cheaply; unfortunately
by our present method, the expense of ex-
tracing would far exceed the value of the
amount gained. 1t is the same with Phil
adelphia bricks. They contain gold to
such an extent that every medium-sized
house can be said to contain about thirty
dollars worth of gold in its bricks but
we have no cheap method which permits
of an extraction of this gold at profit.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-08

the groom and kissed the bride, thinking
that had earned this latter favor.
The horse was tractabe and obedient
after that. and took the bit kindly. The
Col. rides him at present; and though he
has lost something Of his fire, he is still a
proud, handsome and feet animal.
The Major did prefer charges against
me, as he should have done bat on my
acknowledgment Of the breach Of dis
cipliue, and on the CoIonel's request, he
withdrew them.
As for the Indians about there, we had
the satisfaction Of destroying their village
soon after, and q coed many Of their braves
With them. Z don't think theyGTill trouble
us any more.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-08

Some 90 years ago, James Joslyn, funny
fellow in Waterford, had a horse which he
claimed was under the most perfect suhjec-
ton. The neighbOrs once bet with him that
he could not lead him up certain pair of
stairs. The bet was promptly taken. and
Joslyn as promptly led the willing brute to
the top of the stairs and won the wager
Fhe joke comes in right here When J0slyn
ordered a return movement. the horse didn't
consider himself under orders He persist
emily refused the first step on the down grade,
and Joslyn, as he looked first at the horse
and then at the crowd who we're laughing
their sides sore, unwillingly owned up that
the Joke was on him. He raised bee, cast
the horse. and slid him down on skids. but
while he lived in town, he would have been
willing TO pay the bet every year to keep
boys and neighbors from saying . horse > to
him.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-08

THE LANGUAGE or SIGSs.-Nany per-
sons are no doubt under the impression
that the deaf and dumb talk to each other
BY means Of the finger alphabet; but the
use of this presuppoSes a knowledge of the
meaning of words and letters. which the
deaf and dumb child can hardly be taught
till ineligible communication has been es-
tablished with H. Alphabetical speech Is
slow and clumsy. whereas the deaf mute
speaks 10 his comrades as rapidly, if not
as precisely. as We do by means Of vocal
speech. He uses q copious and expressive
language of signs. Indicating words and
ideas by means Of simple motions and ges-
lures This language has the advantage
of being natural ana universal. English,
French. and German children. 10 a great
extent, understand each other, and even
North American Indian would be able to
talk with them all, It being 4 curious fact
that many Of the signs used by the Indian
tribes are identical with those of the deaf
and dumb schools Of Europe; and Mr..
Tyler states that a Sandwich Islander and
a Chinese both made themselves under
stood in an American deaf and dumb IN
stitution. The gesture language Is also
connected with spoken language in two
remarkable ways. Among low savage
tribes. there are cases IN which speech has
TO be supplemented by gesture 10 make it
ineligible, and it Is, perhaps, reasonable
to suppose that at an earlier stage of civ
ilization the proportion of gestures to
words would be greater than 1t IS now.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-08
Che Other Shore.

In the raptulou- visions of holest thought,
: CLEAN of Tho future nperlectly caught
8 on pinious % fa.t 70 ~ oestacy soar.
Through the uaist4 discern youuc. r1d57nt -oIc
And The loved ones who passed an aIltriumphantiy on
Who had fought tie good fight and the victory won
With the good of an ages shall congregate there.
tnd ucaaulc -inr'e= ctewally share.
Throu-Iu4 millions .ului.a crl Excessively stand
ON jhc borders Of umc-upou lile's ,uriI -,ranI
And the boatuan "a pale bears thom silently o'er,
in Dis phautom-Iile aarz to the mystical shore
if araycl m white robes they forever shall stand
with The gloried ones, iu that beautiful land;
aud uiumphWuy sing am euwutuIius song,
While the ages eternal ..re rolling along.
Jacksonville, February, I~-i.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-08
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING

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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-08

DESTRUCTION OFF FR.CrIoNAL CURRENCY.
The Washington correspondent Of the
Boston AdrertiSer says that on Saturday
upwards of two millions Of cancelled frac-
tional, legal tender and national bank notes
were destroyed in the basement Of the
Treasury. Almost every day in the week
a large amount Of condemned money is
thus destroyed, though seldom so large a
sum as above referred TO. \ large iron
furnace has been made which Is 50 built as
to consume its own smoke, and into which
the condemned notes are placed by a com
mittee appointed for the purpose. The
concern is then closed, and an immense
draught of air Is conveyed into the furnace
by means of a hydraulic force pump,
which is supplied from the Potomac water
pipes in the building. The notes are then
ignited, and the blast soon reduces them
to tinder, which passes through pipe into
a reservoir Of water, through which it IS
strained, leaving nothing but the chemical
refuse, resembling somewhat the Stag from
a copper smelling furnace.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-08
How A RUSSIAN Girl GOT PRorrss1c

How \ RUSSIAN GIRL GOT A PROFESSION
Having just read in your journal how
the daughters Of Russia are disposed of, /
will relate to you an incident told me by
a Russian lady living in St. Petersburg,
whose acquaintance l have had the pleas
ure to make while here. She has aposition
in Russia which has given her the oppor-
tunity to know much of this terrible mar
riage system, and of the heart burnings
and struggles Of women to become educa-
ted and self-reiant | shall tell you the
story as it was told ne:
My door bell rang, said Madam S, and
the .ervant showed into my room young
girl with slight figure and pale, excited
expression of face, with deep, black eyes,
that told of her longing even before she
spoke. She said +" You will pardon
my coming to you, stranger, but know
u have done so much for women, and
you viii listen TO my story, if you cannot
help me. My parents are wealthy, my
dowry is already announced, and suitors
are not wanting to take me for the sake of
my money but | abominate them. l
have hope, desire, an aim to achieve,
which only can pacify my restless spirit
and make me happy, and render life
worthy of living. | wish to study phys
les" and then she added, with energy.
. to master them, and to become a prof
essor."
thought, said MadamS, it was wild,
childish fancy, and that she lily compre-
hendend the scope of her aims but the
longer | conversed with her, the more l
became convinced that she was worthy to
make the effort, and 1 promised visiting
her parents to reason with them on the
subject.
She said: 1t is of no use; have
pleaded, | have begged, have asked for
private teachers, but they say l am insane
or if not, that if | persist in studying
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-08

\ good story is told of Dean Stanley
parrot, which was great pet with the
whole family. One day Polly managed to
open her cage and get away, to the con-
sternation of the whole household. After
a great search, some one found Polly in
the garden on the top of an apple-tree
The welcome news was communicated TO
the Dean, who, with the whole of the
inmates, rushed out at once, aecomra-
MED by DR.. Vaughan, who with some other
friends, was then on visit to the Dean.
Polly was found swinging herself on a
topmost branch but when she discovered
the large audience below her, she looked
gravely down on them ard said, Let us
pray
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-08
HE EcIinse Of the sun.
LITTER FROM PROFESSOR NEwCoNB, ONE o
THE AMERICAN OBSERVERS.

LITTER FROM PROFESSOR NEWCoNB, ONE OF
THE AMERICAN OBSERVERS.
Professor Simon Newcomb, Of the Uni
ted States Navy, in letter to a relative
in this city, Just received, gives the follow
ing interesting account Of his observations:
After a very stormy passage IN Ii. b.
NJ. ship Urgent, on board which my wife
and myself were invited by the Lords of
the Admiralty to take Passag age-we reached
Gibraltar at last, and having exchanged
time signals by cable with Professor Hall
at Malta, il was necessary to take the sun
with sextant and chronometer. So, taking
a prince (Moorish) detailed by NJ. de San
try, to help to carry my boxes, we went
to the ramparts Of the fortress, where L
could have a good bore for the artificial
horizon on the parapet. As we passed
them the sentinels eyed the mysterious
boxes, and visions Of Gibraltar blown up,
doubtless, passed through their minds.
reached the parapet, opened the boxes,
took out the instruments, and was Just be-
ginning my observation, when a red coat
came up and informed me that | could not
survey there | assured him that | was
not surveying, to which ne replied that
whatever those things pointing to my IN
strupents might be, l could not use those
kind of things about the works without a
permit Finally, however, upon appeal to
an officer, a compromise was effected
whereby l was allowed to take sights from
a neighboring and less vulnerable point
until my Moorish friend returned with a
permit. Next day was presented to the
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-08

The Lewiston Journal is accountable for
the following good story
One of our city clergymen exchanged pull
pits, Sabbath or two since, with brother
clergyman of Lewiston. Il so happened
that the pulpit was too low for his near
sighted optics, and he was under the neces-
sity of piling up Bible and hymn books
whereOn to place his manuscript. He opened
his sermon and was delivering it with wonted
enthusiasm, when by luckless gesture, be
struck the cover of the Bible, up it flew and
tipped his sermon to the floor Hymn books,
Bible, stationery, fell with loud noise to
the floor. To add to the misfortune, the
sheets of the sermon were loose and were
scattered hither and thither, like autumn
leaves, over the church. The crisis for the
minister-how to get out of it. With the
utmost eoolness and self possession, the
minister, taking birds eye glance at the
wreck Of bis affairs on the floor below, turn
ed to the congregation and said . trust
my friends this may be an emblem that the
good seed may be sown as these sheets have
been sown,' and without troubling the dis
heveled manuscript further, took up the
thread of his discourse and extemporized
the latter half of the sermon with general
acceptance.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-08
An ODOSSOn Story.
A NATIONS GRATITUDE TO LAFAYETTE.

A NATION GRATITUDE TO LAFAYEITE.
The New York Citieen tells good. story Of
Gen. Lafayette and the opOssum. Col. Skin
ner, who is mentioned in the subjoined arti-
Gle, is still in the land of the Pharaohs:
When Gen. Lafayette paid a visit to this
country, after it had attained its independ-
enee, he expressed a desire to take home
with him specimen of that essentially ma
tive animal, the opOssom. An intimate friend
of his, who was editing a paper at the time
in Baltimore, a near relative Of Col Skinner,
lately on the Turf, Field and Farm, hearing
of this desire on his part, inserted a notice
to that effect in the columns of his journal
Now, Lafayette has always been greatly
aud deservedly loved and respected by Amer
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-08

Theologians have no business to prate
about science unless they know something
about it. And it is no small task to un-
dertake. A man must have been fed up
on its table, and have wandered Familiarity
in its groves, before he pretends to talk
about science.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-08

The marriage was celebrated at the
lour named, in proper style. l stood with
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1871-03-25


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And at all other times the books will be found
at the Sheriff Office in Pamela, | also inform
the Taxpayers, that the Certificates of In
debtedness issued by the State, better known
as "Alcorn money" will be received for all
taxes due the county-haying been so author
lied by the Supervisors Court.
| earnestly request all taxpayers to be
prompt in the payment of their taxes.
| call tax-payess' attention to Section "a,
Article 8, requiring, when taxes are collected
by d~istraint, to distrain upon personal prop
erty before selling land for taxes. ! hereby
give public notice, hat said section wH be
strictly enforced,
Being anxious TO make a close collection of
the taxes Of this county, which win in the fu-
ture reduce the burden Of taxation, ] appeal to
every citizen, to circulate amorg freedmen,
the time and place where taxes are to be paid
and to afford them every assistance they posi-
bly, can TO meet Their taxes.
The tax levied, amounts to one dollar on ev-
cry hundred. But few counties are better off
than Pauola; aud il a close collection can be
made, taxes can be easily reduced next year.
U. 0zANNE, Sheriff, and
2a-bw Tax-Collector Of Pamela Co,
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Al Wesson. J. ]. Rol
Wesson & Ross,
D { NTIST S,
243 Main street, Memphis,
Corner Of Jefferson.l

Corner Of Jeferson.)
In presenting our claims for a continuance Of
patronage, to n people to whom we have so long
been known, (having practieed over twenty
years in this county, we deem It in a great
measure only necessary TO give the location Of
our Office lna word we are able to give rer.
feet satisfaction in every branch known to the
Dental Profession, at greatly reduced rates Of
charges. Full sets, upper and lower, for $50, as
fine work as ever done in this city, and medi-
um sized gold filings, $3.50.
We have in eur Office now, in successful on.
Grafton. one Of the latest improved machines
known to the world for producing NITROUS
OXIDE AND OXYGEN laughing GAS
The pure Gas emittecarom this machine win
transport, as il were, the patient tofhe dream
land while being robbed Of the offending tooth,
without the slightest pain, and Is perfectly
harmless In its effects, :
t wEss0S 4 ROSS.
1As AIN sfHEtr mills
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Notice.

IN aceoriance with IN ~ ofihe Legislature
of this state approved March 7, 1871. entitled
'an Act 70 enable the Board ~ School Directors
IN The several counties IN the Chickasaw ces-
sion 10 pay tuition Of benefclaries In said eoun-
ties for the term commencing July 1T, 1870,
and eudinl December 3lsi, 1870, the Board If
school Directors Of Pamela county will meet nj
their Office In The courthouse in the town Of
Pamela on the Gath day Of April 1871. 10 re-
oeiye all applications Of teachers for the tuition
of beneiciaries which may have been taught
in the several schoolsof Pamela county between
he first day Of July, 1870 and the Dist day Of
December, 1870, and will pay the same.
by order Of the Board Of School Directors,
m25-tf O. II. GLEASON. Sec'y.
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Senatorial Election.

Governor Alcorn is again trium-
plant. The effort to elect a Senator
in the Legislature last week showed
the strength of the Alcorn adherents
to be in the ascendaut, and it is now
agreed among the Republicans that
AlcOrn will remain Governor until
after the general election in the
State in the fall and then 90 on tc
Washington rs Senator.