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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-12-06

house. The Scotchman soon found the
father and mother, who recognized and
gladly welcomed him. Don't you re-
member fifteen years ago l took your lit
tie four years old girl on my knee in
Scotland and said | meant some day to
make her my wife? g Oh yes [ remem-
Der" said the mother, " but not for years
have l thought OF those happy old days"
= am here to redeem my pledge" said
the Scotchman. " Let the girl speak for
herself" said the old gentleman, choking
with emotion 1t did not take a long time
for the young lady to get acquainted, nor
ong for her to decide that this Scotchman
was Just the man she had been waiting for
all her life want to be married at
once" said the Scotchman But I've
Just engaged to work in Lewiston said
the young lady. Then, getting hold of a
bright idea" I'll 20 down there to work,
and then, I'll not like, you know, and then,
t'll come back here to be married" Down
to Lewiston went the girl; at work for a
week was she, when she concluded she did
home. Next week the parson drove up in
his two wheeled chaise, and the twain
were made one The Scotchmau and his
young wife are now settled happily in
Iowa, where the old folks, who have finally
agreed that truth is stranger than fiction,
now comfortably pass their declining
years.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-12-06
For the Messenger.
Air Castles.


When the sultry day is over
And the twilight drawcth nigh
And the shadows darkly gather
Ger the Western sunset sky,
sit at my sclward window,
Looking out upon the strand,
Rearing up amid the cleaning
Airy castles, rich and grand.
Pilgrim like, in thought l wander
With the busy, restless throns,
Over countries made historic
BY old legend, tale, on song,
With them linger, charmed and spcll-bouud.
BY the Old Worlds treasure -hrincs,
Tracing in their many changes
Destiny's mysterious lines.
Up the Alpine sleeps 1 Chamber,
'Mong the fields of ice and snow;
List the avalanche-s thunder
Ringing down The vale below.
By the mountain lakes I tarry
At the breaking of the morn,
While the wakened echoes answer
To the >witzcr's sounding horn.
Where the skies are soft and dreamy,
And the sunlighr- parting glow
Paints the West with iliIer color-
Than our Northern sunsets know;
Where the inland sea, rejecting
Back the heavens matchle-- blue,
Breaks upon Italia borders
With an anthem ever new,
There rest, ANA dream 81 beauty
Thinking not of year- gone 10y.
There forget tuat care and trouble
To my heart have EYER come nigh;
Living only iu the present.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-12-06

THE FRAGRANT PNCH.-Suulf-takin
Is indeed an old custom. If we came sud
denly upon it in foreign country, and
had been unacquainted with it before, it
would make US split our sides with laugh
ter. A grave old gentleman takes 4 lit
tie casket out of his pocket, puts finger
and thumb in, brings away pinch Of a
sort of powder, and then with the most
serious air possible, as if he were doing
one Of the most important actions of his
life (tor even with the most Indifferent
snutt-takers there is a certain look Of i'm
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-12-06

after which he shakes his head, or hi:
waistcoat, or his nose itself, or all three
| in the style of a man who has done hi
duty, and satisfied the most serious claim
Of his weIl-being.
1t Is curious to see the various modes
in which people take snuff: some do it by
little fits and starts, and get over the
thing quickly. These are epigramatiC
snuff-takers, who come to the point as fast
as possible, and to whom the pungency Is
everything. They generally use a sharp
and severe snuff, a sort OF essence Of pin
points. Others are all urbanity and pol
shed demeanor; they value the style as
much as the sensation, and offer the box
to those around them as much out Of dig
/ nifty a. benevoIence. Some take snuff IT.
ritabIy, others bashfully, others in a man.
ner as dry rs snuff itself, generally with
an economy Of the vegetable; others with
a luxUrlance Of gesture and layishness
Of supply that announces mOlster article,
and sheds its superfuOus honOrS Over shirt
front and coat Dr. johnson was prob
ably u snuh-taker of this kind. He used
to take it out Of his waistcoat pocket in
stead of a box. There Is a species OF
.ong-armed snuff-takers that perform the
operation in a style Of potent and elabo-
rate preparation, ending with a sudden
activity. But a smaller and rounder man
sometimes attempts it, He frst puts his
head on one SIDE then stretches forth the
arm with a pinch la hand; then brings
round hi- hand, as a snuf-taking elephant
might his trunk ana finally shakes snuff.
mead and nose together ia a sudden vehe-
meuce OF co0vulsiou-his eyebrows all the
while lifted up. as If 10 make room for
the onset aud when he has ended he
draws himself back to his perpendicular,
and generally pr9c.aims the victory he
has won over the iu~ipidIty OF the pres
enr moment by sniff and a great - Tia ~
Snuff. generally introduced as a medi-
cine speedily became better known as q
luxury. and the qualification of a pinch
was general. y iudu'g-d IN Spain, Italy
aud France during rhe early part of the
seventeenth century It was much pat
r8uizai by the clergy. a patronage which
ed to the auarhama ot Pope Urban Viii,
in Ib24 against any person who took snuff
in church. In L boV LSzJe 10 Tabac
cq Poalrc Paris, I10uI, the author says
it is $ the passion of prelates and abbies;
the religious community generally are fond
of 1T ana n spite of the Pope aud his
orliuauce-. ,be Spanish priests will not
Iu.e 70 place their suut-b0zes on the
{ tar for their U--
j is. however. to the courtiers of lie
GRAND Nanarque that we owe the intro
u--5.a ot u1ur.ou-.v scented ~uuff- and
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-12-06

Sir t1sra.. thus describe, th. meet
iug 1s rae w1rsmca IS tHc Mount Cen.-
-uuneI f4e thousand feet beneath the sum-
mit Of the mountain, on the @Ja ii November
was on my regular round 0f inspection as
asaal. when / .auci5i 1 heard through tie
rocks the noise ol the explosion of the mincs
.n THE Blrl1nueeaIa side sent a dispatch
1. discover 1t THE hours agreed They ala.
and t.en there could be NJ longer any doubt
,ye were nearing the goal. Each following
Iav t.c exp. -lons were tJ be heard more
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-12-06

RELIGION As A COsTUME.-We have q
good many Oriental Christians in our
churches; that Is members who wear them
Christianity as the people of the East
wear their garments. In that oppressive
climate, the drapery of the person is as
light and airy as Is consistent with the de
mands of propriety. Something must be
put on for decency's sake, but the exter-
nal robe is loose and flowing. 1t rests as
lightly as possible upon the shoulders, and
floats away unbeted and unconined. Ii
Is unsuited to active motion, an interdict
upon strenuous endeavor 1t Is adapted
only to the habits of a languid and iDdo-
I lent life. For running, or for labor, il
must be gathered up and girded upon the
/ loins.
Not few professors Of religion wear
Christian habits after the Oriental fashion.
They can't quite consent to be without
them, but they don't like to be burdened
by them, or to feel them touching at too
many points. If some artists were taking
their measure for any Of those habits,
their Instructions would be, Make them
as free and loose as you can. Don't let
them pinch we want them roomy. Let
them cut little more under the arms and
across the back. The fewer points they
touch the better -
There's the habit Of Bible reading. 1t
is an essential part OF a Christians ward
robe They put it on, but they wear 1t
loosely. Both IN the times and in the
manner of reading, they are very loose.
They make it matter of convenience.
Sometimes they read every day; then
again, they do not open the Word of God
for days together. 1t Is an Oriental gar
ment resting upon them very lightly.
There's the habit Of closet prayer
They have put them on. Ask them if
they pray in secret. :. Oh, yes" d" How
often p" Well, sometimes twice dav."
" Not always that " No, perhaps not
always " Sometimes omitted for several
days." We are s1 busy, that we have
not time for it on some days You see
they wear the habit loosely. 1t Is one of
their Orenta garments. made roomy and
easy, warranted not to pinch.
They have put on the covenant of fel-
lowship with a Christian church, fellow
ship in worship, in prayer, and in work.
But they are not mucl constrained by this
covenant They adjust it to their inclina-
ton and convenience. They wear it with
a large liberty. They are off and on, They
play fast and loose with it. They have noidea
OF being in bondage to it. 1t Is the ORR
ental robe. touching them only here and
there, open, loose and flowing
Such members DO not add strength to a
church They are an element of weak
ness. They need TO hear from the Master
that supreme word of command. =. Gird
up the IONS Of your mind r. and, in obe-
dience, to gather in their loose drapery,
belt it about them aud be ready for actual
~crvice.-Pzcifr
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-12-06

Miss Spaulding, NJ. D.. Of Sandusky,
amputated a mans leg few days ago.
Season. This is nothing. We have known
a woman to imprison a mans fingers break
his heart, blast his hopes, take his eye
and commit numerous other depredations
upon his masculine personality, any OF
which was worse than to merely cut of
his leg.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-12-06

SNAKE SWALLOWING SSAKE.-Gou hear
enough Of telescoping' railroad cars in
America Have you ever heard Of tele-
scoping serpents2 4 few days ago, a
rabbit was put into a cage at the zonlogical
gardens in Regents Park, occupied by two
or ,hree pythols and boa-cOnstrictors.
Soon, from the excitement Of the specta-
tors. the keeper noticed that something
unusual had happened. Running around
to the back Of the cage, he saw that an
immense Indian python, II feet long, had
swallowed, not only the rabbit, but a boa
constructor, who hailed from South Ameri-
ca. and measured about feet. BraveIy
jumping into the cage, the keeper, whose
name was Holland, seized the monster by
the throat. Open few the wide mouth,
and out fell first the dead rabbit. HOl-
land seized the prOtruding ! inches Of the
tail Of the Jonahized snake, and by punch
ing the big fellow in the ribs, and shaking
and squeezing him while he kept his firm
grip on his throat, be compelled him to
disgorge. The smaller snake backed out
and clided away. He was not hurt par
tice. He only seemed to wonder where
ne had been, as he lay with his mouth wide
open on the floor Of his cage. 1t IS prOba-
bic that the two snakes seized the rabbit
simultaneously, and when once the smaller
one came within those terrible jaws, the
teeth of which are set backward, there
was no retreat possible. The sharp strong
and merciless teeth could not give up even
brother snake, and though he must have
regretted it, the python did his best to save
his friend, even to his skin.-Letter from
/ London.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-12-06

Hurt me Great Heavens, did YOU
expect to split me open with watch
spring, and not have it hurt me? What
was the matter-did you Slip
Certainly not, he.said. was simply
getting hold of the tooth. Just hold your
head back an instant and will have it out
at once
guess | won't try again, said | with
a shiver. The toothache is bad enough.
bat it IS heaven alongside that watch spring.
You may come up sometime, and pull it
out when | amt at home. | think | could
endure the operation if was off about
eight blocks. Come up when you can.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-12-06


woman OF sixty, with two unmarried daugh
Iers, Susan and Hannah. residing within
Z stone throw Of the meeting house: thithe
q Jhe miscIieyOus girl directed the Deacon
{ but AZ he stopped to speak to the parsor
2 ana other lIgnitarics she ran over TO appris
2 IlahHah Adams, whom she found alone, o
/ nus coming. Hannah was the finance o
Ia"Ith3 brother, manager of the widow =
. llrm, while la5itLd had promised to wee
. Edward White, another young man emploveo
upon tie premises.
+ five minutes suticed, amidst giggliug anC
suppressed eJacuiatiOns, for Tabitha to un-
I ipl4 q plan, and Hannah to accede % it. by
winch The deacon was 10 be victimized
IaJitha met ner lover as she returned up
the hill. and informed hm of the part be
was expected to play in the drama, so when
the suIJOr, proud Of his horse and horseman-
ship pranced up the long lane. everything
was M readiness for an appropriate recep-
ton.
The worthy man never dreamed Of anv
mistake y large substantial farmhouse with
long barns ami an abundance Of outbuildings
surrounded by orchards, fields and meadows.
everything evlnced wealth and care.
Hannah answered his knock. =. Yes, the
widow Adams resided there. She was alb
sent, but would return BY sunset Would
nos the gentleman walk IN and wait, the
man would take his horse. Pigs. oh YES,
here was quite 4 number he could look at
chem Edward White threw the bride
over hl- arm and the deacon accompanied him
Up tile stable More and more pleased alter
a due inspect % the place, and many in
OUR es all oi which his companion managed
% answer satisfactorily. tie visitor returned
~ the house, where a mug 90 flip awaited
aim, and he was placed in a large arm chair
beside he tira, in the ccan, bright family
room.
The ioga snapped and suarklel in the huge
fireplace the long dresser, brilliant with
pewter and mauy-hucd cr9ckcry. cleaned in
the treIgIt, the tea-kcttle sang mcrrily en-
Tho long tremme! the supper table, with its
81 r.e~7 cloth, and beautifully painted china.
was drawn out in the center of the neatly
sauaed floor. When Edward White had
handed him a nicely lighted pipe the visitor
icit remarkably comfortable. and lis he puted
the aarl- al smoke about his bead and watched
pretty. Huz0u Hannah Adams a. she b.stIeI
ABOUT Ae th5a-ht Ii the maid was 81 good
looking h- never doubled her to tie the
serving uait-wAat would be the mistress
H. scarcely cared, be liked tile looks 0t this
-lgi, 81 -lrv ana a .lt iu her movements
~ II- la-i e. -e1 eyes he gIzed. as the pies
au. a]u-hnut- were placed on the hearth to
warm bread. cheese and cake cut, the toast
dipped and -au-a.e- fried
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TERMS FOR ADVERTISING

Forone Square of L. tines or less of Nenpsr'
ype one insertion, $l.O0; for each subsequent II
serton 25 cents Unless the number of in ertlons
are marked on the eadvertisementit it viii be contnu
ed till ordered out. Liberal discount made to mel
chants and Othersa dvertising z by thu eyear.
robateand CommissiOner'sN sNotices S7.OCeat
For notices of Liberations, ,Estrays the EoIH
tion and Dissolution of COpartn erships, &C. 81
each, for three Insertions If sent bv Maa thu
money mustaccompanytheIe etter
NOticesln news columns 10 cents perIir each
insertion, but no charge mad than so cents
Notices of Deaths and Marriages inserted gratis
nut extended Obituary Notices or Poetry viii bs
harged by the rate Of I've cents per line.
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was tue matJer-dId you SllpI
Certainly not, he.said. [ was simply
getting hold Of the tooth Just hold your
head back an instant and | will have it out
at once
guess | won't try again, said | with
shiyer. The toothache is bad enough
bat it Is heaven alongside that watch spring
You may come up sometime, and pull il
out when | amt at home. | think could
endure the operation if | was off about
eight blocks. Come up when you can.
MISTAKEN IDENTIrT.-The Cincinnati
Times and Chronicle gives these remark
able examples;
Ia 1871, Captain John Bucksou, master
of sailing vessel, lived with his wife
Nancy in beautiful little cottage in the
village Of Seekonk, near Providence, II. !.
Tie was man of spotless character, relig-
ious almost to Purtani<gn, but also very
passionate, and that Nancy, being greatly
younger than himself and very fair to look
upon, should have grown trettul and un-
ruiy, did not add much quietncss to his
temper They quarrelled often and late
one evening "a neighbor passing the cottage
'N' '-"e-' '.'1 Wy" "i"~o" 'lo ubHoiiu
staining over the "lte I'D d threatening attn
.uie' WIN "a i'n5 "AlPeord Ia MS eienenei
Ha"| "li Ne'f1 also an unconlro. ao'e
I'I7''' rag ana many threats OF violence.
The next morning the cottage was closed
and deserted This, however, excited no
attention, a~ John was supposed to have
.eit on sailing trip, aud Nancy was ae-
cu.tomej 10 depart frequently, without
aHAo' 'AeeileHi. 70 Visit relatives IN "a neI5h-
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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-10-21
An Appeal from the Governor
I'm RBe half of isis Suffering
EelIOyT-Cftizens.

DETROIT, Oct. 17.-Ata late hour last
night Governor Baldwin issued the fol
lowing proclamation:
To The people Of Michigan
While you have been occupied in the
noble work of furnishing relief to the
sorely afflicted people of the neighboripg
city of Chicago, large sections of our
State were being devastated by the same
terrible scourge of FIRE. Several coun
ties have been almost entirely ruined,
thriving cities, towns and villages have
been reduced TO ashes; mills giving EN-
ployment and support to hundreds of
families, whole townships of valuable
lumber, dwellings, barns, crops and
property Of every description have been
totally destroyed. The destruction OF
both life and property has been appalling
Thousands of our citizens have been
rendered houseless and homeless and are
destitute of the absolute necessaries of
life. The calamity which has betallen
our people, terrible as it would be at any
time, is doubly so at the commencement
of the approaching inclement season of
the year, and calls most earnestly upon
every citizen of the State who has es
capped this sad disaster to contribute
promptly and literally toward the relief
of these our suffering fellow-citizens.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-10-21
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Trust what Time has sane

Inc maxim that the voice of the people is
the voice Of the divinity, may n some eases,
be open to doubt but the testimony of
honest and enlightened witnesses extend
ing through a series of years, and all to
the same purport, is worthy of credence,
sdmirs OF no question. Upon such testi
mony the reputation of Hostetters Stomach
oitters as an antidUte and cure for many
ailments is based. During the twenty
years that 1t has been before the world in
Vulnerable preparations intended to com
pete with it, have gone up like rockets. and
come down the extinguished sticks Mean
Whiie The progress of that Incompatible
tonic mas been swift and steSdy-always
upward and onward like the eagle's flight
It's Introduction produced revolution in
therapeutics, and it proved 20 be one of
those salutary revolutions that cannot go
BACKWARDS. To-day Hostetters Bitters is
one OF the most popular remedies in chris
tendon, and commands a larger sale han
any other medicinal preparation, domestic
or imported, on this side of the Atlantic
As cure for dyspepsia, bilious disorders,
nervous affections, general debility and as
preventive of epidemic feFer5, IL takes
precedence of every other remedy This
iact should teach the ambiti Gus country
dealers who endeavor to foist their local
sbortions on the public in its stead how
tntlIe their small attempts to cajole the
community must necessary be. Where the
game fish have failed there is no chance for
The suckers"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-10-21

| ENCOURAGE HOME TRADE-When
ever We run short of local items, we can
always fall back on this kind, with Ger,
tainty of striking one of vital interest to
our whole community. It's repetition
does not lose its interest, but the more
each citizen of Hickman can be induced
to think of it, the better it will be for
the prosperity of the town. If leading
business men and real estate owners,
those who are able to send abroad for ar
ticles, would practice it in every partic-
ular, their business and property, would
DE greatly enhanced thereby.
1t is the duty of every citizen who
wishes to see home institutions prosper,
and who desires to increase the wealth
and build up the city in which he lives,
to patronize at all times the local dealers
and mechanics. Always buy at home
when you can get what You want, and by
doing that you can always get what you
want at home. Do not send off to some
other city to buy your dry goods or gro
ceries, or get some sort of work done,
because when yon do that you send too
much money out of town and it never comes
back. If you buy your goods at home
the business of the city IS largely inereas-
ed, the dealers make larger sales and can
afford to sell for smaller profits. If you
get all your work done at home your
mechanics and manufacturers are there
BY encouraged and can increase their ia
silities for doing the various kinds of
work, and will be better able to supply
the wants of the people. We are all
dependent on each other. If any one
neglects to patronize his home trade or
he has no right to ask |
from his fellow citizens. Money
sent away from home is money out of
pocket to every man, in the community. /
Il is the duty of the people generally to /
buy everything they want at home, and /
Ill the railroads that could be built viii /
10 the merchant and mechanic but little
good, if the citizens of the city do not
them. Patrouize home enter
prise and thereby build up the city.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-10-21
The Gaming Eiections.

The following are the only important
elections to be held this year:
On Thursday, October 26, West Nir-
GINA will close the elections of the
month by the election of delegates Of
the Constitutional Convention, which the
people voted Ia Auguat to hold. On
the same day the State will choose
the members Of its Legislature. and
county and township officers.
November 7-Maryland, election of
Governor, State officers and Legislature
November 7-Massaehusetts, election
of Governor and Legislature.
November 7-MinEesota, election of
Governor, State officers and Legislature
November mississippi, election of
Legislature
November New jersey, election of
Governor and Legislature.
Nov. 7.-Ilinois, election Of Con
gresham at large.
Nov. New York, election of State
officers aud Legislature.
Nov -YNi-oonoiu, election of Gov
eruor, State officers, aud Legislature.
Nov. Nebraska, election of State
officers, if new constitution shall have
been adopted at the election Sept 10
Nov. Virginia, Legislative cleo
tious.