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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-12

THE LANGUAGE OF THE GYPsIEs.-The
vulgar idea has long been that the gypsies
were nothing more than the gatherIngs-up
of the nomadic rogues ani tramps of the
countries wherein they were to be found,
and that their language was little more
than mere thieves slang. But the more
learned in matters chronological maintain
that their physical features aud peculiari-
ties alone sufficiently answer the first taunt;
and that, as regards the second, the folk
speech of the gypsies is really language
One enthusiastic German doctor says
This national language does not originate
either in the Egyptian or any other tongue
but solely in the idoms of Northern HIM
dustan; and thus, though never so much
adulterated, it stands in affinity with-of
all tongues the most perfect in combina-
ton and structure-the proud Sanscript,
and, however modestly, may glory in the
parentage.' 1t has been often asserted
that Indian officers have been abe to un-
derstand the gyPsy language, simply from
their knowledge of Hindustauti, aud it is
a curious fact that if some of the gypsy
words in George Borrow 5 interesting story
Of Laveugro are taken and compared
with the Hindustan they are found to cor
respond almost exactly-as, for instance,
the words signifying snake, man, knife,
woman.-Once a Week.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-12

ment his frame exhibits symptoms of de-
cay, or his mental power show sighs OF
en- eeblement, his employers will very po-
litely give him to understand that he Is
no longer up to the mark and that he
had better-when he is old and broken;
perchance-select some line in life other
than that of Special Correspondent.
Yes; this may be his goal. He may find
himself stranded when it is too late in
life to haunt Westminster Hall or the ses-
sions-house in quest of briefs, to paint
pictures, to tout for patients, or to enter
into business. The public, who knew so
much about him when he was a Special
Correspondent, entirely forget his exist
ence the day after he ceases to write.
Who, save his kin, bestow a thought upon
the poor gentleman, the correspondent of
the Times in China, who was murdered by
the siIken barbarians twelve years ago?
The unhappy Special may have been
toiling in the literature of journalism for
twenty years yet he may never have
published one book He has no place in
the Republic Of Letters. He is bursted
musket, a blunted word, a spiked cannon.
Nobody wants to know anything about
him. | declare that | do not know what
the decayed Special is good for, save TO be
pawnbroker's assistant or the governor
Of Jail for in the course of his expert
ence he must have become familiar with
an amazing amount Of human rascahty j;
and by bringing his knowledge of meu
and manners to bear on the people who
bring jewclry to pledge and on the rogues
who are locked up for stealing jewelry,
he might be very useful to his master in
the one case, and do good service OF the
country in the other
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-12

and speak cheerily very lean wit will be
applauded in a good-humored circle; and
your kindly speech will awaken kindly
echoes all through the dwelling Then
the house will miss you when you are out,
and every living thing in it will welcome
your return. You will give happy,
healthy, lively tone to the whole circle,
and save tears, time, and medical attend
ance.
We would not willingly convey the i'm
preston that all the good feeling is to be
on the side Of the father, for much might
be said to wives and others on the infu-
ence of temper and tone in making home
happy. Meantime my fancy roams
through dwellings into which l have peep
ed, into quiet " parlors where the carpet
is clean and not old, and the furniture pol
ished and bright into " rooms where
the chairs are deal and the floor carpte-
less into kitchens " where the family
live, and the meals are cooked and eaten,
and the boys and girls are as blithe as the
sparrows in the thatch overhead, and see
that it is not so much wealth, nor learn
ing, nor cloth ling, nor servants, nor toll,
nor idleness, nor town, nor country. nor
rank, nor station-as tone and temper that
make life joyous or miserable, that render
homes happy or wretched And | see,
too, that in town or country, in Ulster or
Lelnster, in Europe or America, Gods
grace and good sense make life what no
teachers or accomplishments, or means or
society, can make it, the opening stave Of
an everla sting psalm, the fair beginning of
an endless existence, the goodly, modest,
wei-proportioned vestibule to temple of
Gods building, that shall never decay,
wax old, or vanish away.-John Hall, ID.
ID
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-12

how she clawed it, when she found her
self alone?
All this is a direct deceit, however.
practised upon unsophistIcated old bache-
lors, who, when they have made the dain-
ty creatures theirs, find out by the
butchers book, an occular proof, what
sturdy trencher-women they have mar
ried. Watch healthy girl at supper,
during the intervals of. dancing she con-
sumes by installments four times as much
as her partner, and seems, and is, none
the worse for it. Our experience tells us
that women eat, in proportion to their
weight, as much as men, and are no more
fairies in this respect than in the matter
of weight.-Appletons' Joar7aal.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-12

GOLDEN ORANGEs.-A lively and highly
entertaining scene occurred in the city of
Halifax between vender of oranges and
myself.
She accosted me on the street with
basket.o this delicious fruit ,importuning me
with no ordinary praise of their superior
excellence.
What is the price ?" l enquired.
Three shillings a dozen, and cheap at
that. SIR
Are they sweet p
Yes, like honey
Taking my knife from my pocket. and
cutting one into pieces, a golden sovereign
lay in the center, to the amazement of the
seller, who looked alternately at me and the
money with wonder. A similar coin ap-
peared in another, at which her countenance
betrayed the most intense surprise and de-
light.
Golden oranges. by ST. George =
a third orange was cut with the same
success, when the woman suddenly stopped
me, and commenced squeezing her fruit.
refusing to part with any more of her
valuable commodity. Taey were not for
sale! Her fortune was made! With
great animation and agility she hurried to
d secluded spot on one of the wharves,
where she cut up all her oranges. without
realizing single golden hope. Tae dis
appointment was beyond her endurance.
Sae came to me, expressing her iniigna-
tion and contempt, and applied to the
mayor of the city for u warrant to prose-
cute me for being instrum ent in destroy
ing her prospects. [ sent for the delu led
woman and more than compensated her
for the loss she hal sustained-FroDr
Fifty Years IN the Magic Circle. by Sig
nor Bits.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-12

SUMNER SHowERs.-Summer showers
frequently overtake persons and "wet
them to the skin :" it is then safer to walk
steadily and rapidly on, until the clothes
become dry again, than to stop under a
shelter and remain there still until the
storm is over. If home is reached while
the clothing is yet wet, take some hot
drink instantly, a pint or more; 90 to
the kitchen fire, remove every garment,
rub the whole body with coarse towel or
flannel put On wooden under-clothing, get
into bed, wrap up warm, and take anoth-
er hot drink ; then go to sleep, if at night,
If IN the daytime, get up in an hour dress
and be active for the remainder of the
day. Suppose you sit still, in the damp
clothing IN a few minutes chilliness is
observed, the cold "strikes in," and next
morning there is violent cold, or attack
of pleurisy, or pneumonia, which if not ia
tai in week often requires months and
weary years to get rid Of The rule is, if
the clothing gets wet, change instantly, or
work or walk actively, briskly. until per-
fectly dry.-Halz's Journal of Health.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-12

TEMPER At HoNE-A handful of snow
is a beautiful thing, soft or sparkling, as
thecase may be, outside but very damp
and disagreeable by the freside And
there are domestic -balls-soft as
wool, or sparkling as gems outside
" pleasant spoken, nice men + who leave
al that aside, as they wipe their feet (if
they do that), at their own door and who
become cheerless, cold, and depressing the
moment their shadow falls on their own
hearth. The poor mother instantly goes
+" on her good behavior + the children
cease to be natural, and put on their hum
bic looks; the dog and cat retire to the
corner farthcst from lin with an express
sion which, rightly interpreted, says plain
ly, " It's all up, now = Surely this is
the way to unmake happy homes Come
now, my dear friend, let me talk to you.
If there Is a pleasant word in your mouth
in the twenty-four hours, do say it to that
hard working woman whom you vowed to
" cherish to cherish, mind, not only to
provide for and all that, but to CHERISH.
And these title boys and girls that are
hungry for petting and affection from
you, can not you make out any little man.
ly pleasantly for them? They are not
culprits, of whOmyou are the jailre Why,
they are your own children, with young
hearts in their bosoms, to whom HOME
ought to be the dearest place, and father
the best man in the whole world faith
er, " the name and the the object By which
their child's heart ought to climb up to
the notion Of our Father in heaven If
you had trouble and toll outsde-as who
has not (which gathered your brows
aud set your lips during the day, lay off
the load when you lay off your coat, and
let your presence make little holiday in
the dwelling. You are the strongest,
most commanding person there the hus-
band or house-band knitting all together.
Well, bind them together not with the
cold hard grip of iron, but with the silken
cords of human love. Brighten up, and
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-12

WHAT WOMEN EAT.-It is popular
belief that women eat nothing. 1t is of
course conceded that they sustain life by
the consumption of some article of nour-
ishment; but eating, in the whole accept
ance of the word, is supposed to be for
eign to female nature. This fallacy is
founded and sustained by women them
selves, who, during the affected period of
their lives, cultivate small appetites as be-
ing OF semi-angelic construction. When
this pernicious nonsense is conscientiously
carried out, the results upon the would
be angles are squalor, red noses, certain
loss OF vigor, general limpidness, and
some other unpleasant consequences. But,
as rule, the smallest appetites at the
fashionable tables are exhibited by those
shrewd girls whose natural and healthy
wants have been thoroughly appeased by
secret stufing. Need we refer our readers
to the historical poem concerning Vio-
lante in the pantry, gnawing of a mutton
bone reminding them how she gnawed it,
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he would know that this circumstance
which | have explained happened thou
sands and thousands of years ago yes
Sir, thousands of years before the age of
biographies. and before there 1oas any
equat0r, [ think, brethren and sisters, |
have answered the gentlemen complely"
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zine for July.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-09-21
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The Confessions or an Invalid.

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written by one who cured himself and sent free
on receiving postpaid directed envelope.
Address, NATHANIEL MAYFAIa, Brooklyn, N. vi
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1871-05-06
RICHMOND. Va. Jan. /, 1H05.

!
Thursday last arrived in this city His
dcr-in-chicf of the late patriot army, sent
against the insurgents in the Western coun-
tics of Pennsylvania. He was met about
four or five miles from this city by the
Richmond Troop of Horse, who escorted
him in; and every mark of respect due to
his exalted Republican character, was tcs-
titled by all classes of citizens.
Dec. 81, 1S17.-A Town meeting of the
merchants and business men Of Frederick
was held at Turbutts Hotel, called for the
purpose of consulting on the most eligible
mode ofsuppressing the circulation of notes
below the denomination of One Dollar
George Baer, ESD, was called to the chair
and Samuel Barnes, Editor OF the Exam
incr, appointed Secretary.
A number of Resolutions were passed
on the occasion, and NIcssrs. George Trisler,
John Markell, Benjamin Rutherford and
Cyrus Mantz were appointed q committee
to wait upon the business men of Frcdc-
rick and obtain their signatures to the
resolves. Among the 70 or so signers to
the call for the meeting there is not now
one living; save Dr. VIM. Gunton, OF
Washington city
At Town Meeting held in Frederick
on the 18th of Dec, 1917, convened at the
Frederick Academy, for the purpose ofor-
ganizing a Bible Socicty-lIev. Patrick
Davidson was called to the Chair and the
Rev. Chas. Mann was appointed Secretary
RESOLUTIONS were passed in aid of that
purpose - the Rev. Messrs. David f.
Schactler, Icltcnstein, Hatch, Martin and
Mann, together with Col. John Ritchc
and Mr.. John Brien were appointeda com
mittce to procure subscriptions in aid Of
said society.
Jan. 3D. 1sls-A large meeting of the
citizens of Frederick met at Turbutts llo
tel on Saturday evening, the 9th of Dec.
1917, to consult upon what means shoull
be adopted relative to Il petition before the
Legislature of Maryland, to lay out a
turnpike road from Georgetown through
Frederick to WilliamSport, in Washington
county. Hon. Abraham Shrivcr was Gale,
to the Chair, and Samuel Barnes appointcl
Secretary.
A Committee consisting of VIM. Colds
borough, John Nelson, John Mcpherson
Samuel Barnes, Stephen Stoner, John
SchIcv, George Baer, Richard Brooke b
appointed to draw up Il memorial on tina
subject.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1871-05-06
Death of Hon. James N. Mason.

The Hon. James Murray Mason, OF
Virginia, departed this life at his coun-
trv seat of Clarens, near Alexandria,
Virginia, on Friday, the 2Sth Of April.
Mr., Mason was son Of Gen. John
Mason, born on Analostan Island,
near Georgetown in 1877. He was
frequently chosen q member OF the
LEGISLATURE of Virginia from the coun-
tv Of Frederick, and member Of Con-
yress from Frederick and Shenandoah
counties. He was q U. S, Senator
from Virginia for many years, and Tor
a long time filled the position OF Chair
man of the Committee on Foreign
Relations. He was in his seat in the
Senate at the commencement OF the
Rebellion. He left that body in high
dudgeon and was afterwards expelled
when he joined his political fortunes
with the Southern Ccnfederacv. lie
was jeff Davis alter Gao. He was ap-
pointed by President jeff Davis Min
ister to Great Britain, and while on
his way in company with John SlldeIA,
Minister to France, on board Of a
British ship, he WAS taken out OF the
"Trent" by Capt. Wilkes, Of the U. S.
Frioatc San Jacinto, and taken to
Boston where he was Imprisoned IN
Fort Warren IN company with Sill
dell-but was subsequently released
on the interposition Of the British
Government-thc Lincoln admlnlStra-
ton Welding the point that we had nc
<yipht to capture citizens of tins coun-
trv found on board Of British Ship.
Mr.. Mason vainly tried while re-
siling in London in the capacity OF
Southern Envoy and quasi Minister
10 oct the British Government to re-
cognizc the Southern Contederacv, but
failed. After the close Of the Civil
War he went to Canada, and subsc-
ouentlv returned to Virginia. Ills
fine residence "Selma,' near Win
chester, was destroyed by I. $. troop>
during the war. lie was a fine Nlr-
uinia gentleman Of the old school, but
entertained crack Drained notions
about "State Rights" constituting them
to mean Notification and Secession
indorsod by the Resolutions OF Nlr,
pinia and kentucky of l19S- "9--a
construction which James Madison
one Of the authors Of the Resolution,
and the Constitution OF the United
States, denied that they ever sane.
toned. Moreover, Thomas hItcAr
Andrew Jackson, Wilkins and Dallas
VIM. C. Rives, Thos. II. Benton, Ley
Woodbury., Silas Wright, all lenu%%yI.
yania and New York, and the plI!ar
of the Democratic party repudlateo
and denounced all such hereslcs a
Modification and Secession. v ItI
the death of Mr.. Mason we trust thcS'
Resolutions, which expired, as Mr.
Clay said with the laws which brought
them forth, will be consigned to the
tomb Of the capulets.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1871-05-06

DrsrRT1oy.-Duke de Mouchy ha:
deserted his wife, formerly the Irln
cess Pauline Murat, and the latter, re
ducel to splendid poverty, has bee>
compcllcd to sell for 10000 francs
pearl necklace originally costing 300,
600 francs, which was presented tt
her as wedding gift by the Emprcs:
Eugene.
Juries in San Francisco, California
are taken to the theatre by the Shcrll
during the night recess of the Court
by A yag says: In Germany
when a paper says anything witty
they kil} ihc editor Strangely
enough not one editor has been KILLED
there for two hundred years.
eesg- A Young nam with u Bible
name, resident in ST. Louis, Missouri
is the proud author OF the following
(and more too}:
daisy Of the daisies sweet violet
colored blue, what you might call a
couleur dc rose verse, with a tInge OF
pink in it. And now comes into
court Elizabeth Schumacher and saith
she's that disadvantages SD, 600
by Til, contest for the Democratic
Conservative Nomination for the
Mayoralty in Baltimore city lies be
tween the Hon. Robert T. Banks and
Joshua Vansant, with the chances IN
favor Of the former.
The Democratic State Convention
Of Pennsylvania will meet at Harris
burg on the oath inst.
Col. John R. johnson continues to
write interesting accounts OF foreign
travel for the Baltimore 'Suut(W Zc(c-
gram.
The Legislature Of Pennsylvania
has been relieved Of its dead lock
by the passage Of an Apportionment
Bill, which is regarded as pretty falr
and free from "Gcrrvmandering, =
BY it Franklin and Adams counties
elect one Representative each, and
Adams and York one Senator: while
Bedford, Somerset and Blair elect
another. The contest for Legislative
ascendancy in the Keystone State be-
tween the Republicans and Democrats
will be spirited this fall.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1871-05-06
CrOakcrs.

There is in every community q class
of crpakers, who every time the sun
is obscured by heeting clouds, appre-
bend that something terrible is going
to bcfall our terrestrial sphere. These
same croakers fear that in case the
Branch Railway is made from Rocky
Ridge to Emmitsburg, that it will re-
tard if not ruin the prosperity of Me-
chanicstown. We indulge in no such
peurile calculations. The more Rail
roads there are constructed through
the county, the better it will be for
the farmers and all classes of the
community. TO every region of the
State the Legislature owes . paternal
care in this respect; and its obllga-
lions are only limited by the condl-
ton of it's resources, and the question
whether such Improvements as are
contemplated will advance the public
veal. We must expect to encounter
local prejudices; men whose MINDS
are limited, or narrow and contracted
in their views, will carp and crltlclse;
but these, when disclosed, are seldom
able to defeat a merltorlous enter
prise. We must be prepared, by
generous and lofty motives, and pat
riotic and expanded views, to over
come the more formidable opposition
which arises from an honest but I'M
wise indulgence in prejudice and pas
sion.
The Railroad from Rocky Ridge to
Enmitsburg, instead of injuring wl|l
vastly benefit Mechanicstown. What
viii it do? 1t will bring to Emlnlts-
burg, the modern Athens Of America
from foreign and distant regions, vast
crowds of people, to view the institute
tons located there, and magnificent
scenery near by, and from thence
these travellers will spread out to
Gettysburg and Mechanicstown and
Monterey House and other attractive
places, and scatter large sums Of mon
ev among our citizens. Why not cs-
tablish . large Hotel and Female
Seminaryin MechanicStown and lAEltc
strangers to tarry am ngus?
The Legislature Of Maryland has
granted to the people of Emmitsbnra
| the privilege Of making a Branch Rail
way. Now let them 90 ahead and
make it. 1t Will confer immense ad-
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