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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-01-18
Secrets of the Heart.

Guess, what counted pebbles lie
In the rushing river;
Guess, upon how many buds
Mays first sunbeams culver,
Guess, what words the nightingale
Sings in woods apart
'Twere easier than divining them.
The secrets OF the heart.
Why, AZ a careless word or phrase,
Eyes may Hash or till.
Why lily or a rose
Seem a sign of i'll,
Why at some familiar name,
sudden shrink or start;
DO not try to fathom them,
The secrets Of the heart.
Why a merry tune may bring
Hidden weeping aftcr;
Why a mournful air may make
Plea for happy laughter;
Why one common day may Doe
sadly held apart,
And another kept "a feast,
by the secret heart
why some paths untrod3cn sum
BY the wandering feet;
Why a strange euchanmeut hang,
Round some woodland seat.
Why some book unopened lies.
Why some flvorite art
Len neglected, owns tie sway
OF the secret heart.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-01-18

4 CALIFORNIA SToRY.-One day al
honest miner up in Calave, bit himself
with a small snake, of the garter variety,
and either as possible antidote or with
determination to enjoy the brief remnant
of wasted life, he applied brimming
jug of whisky to his lips, and kept it there
until, like a repleted leech, 1t fell OF.
The man fell off likewise. The next day,
while the body lay in state on pine slab,
and the bereaved partner of the deceased
was unbending in game of seven-up with
a friendly Chinaman, the game was IN
terrupted by a familiar voice, which seemed
to proceed from the jaws of the corpse
| say Jim = Bereaved partner played
the king Of spades and claimed high ;
then. looking over his shoulder at the
melancholy remains, Well, what IS it,
Dave? I'm busy | say, Jim +" re-
peated the corpse in the same measured
tone With a look of intense annoyance,
and muttering something about people
that could never stay dead morn a min
ute, the bereaved partner rose and stood
over the body, with his cards in his hand.
Jim continued the mighty dead, how
fur's this thing gone p I've paid the
Chinaman two and half to dig the grave.
Did he strike anything p The Chinaman
looked up; Me strikee pay dirt; me no
bury dead Mclean in EN- grave. Me
keep him claim The corpse sat up rigid
ly; Jim, get my revolver and chase that
pigtail off. Jump his sepulchre, and tax
his camp five dollars each for prospecting
on the public domain. These Monaghan
hordes hev got to be get under. And
say-Jim if any more serpents come
foolin' round here drive EN- off Taint
right to be bitin' feller when whisky
two dollars gallon. Dern all foreigners
anyhow And the mortal part pulled on
his boots Such, dear reader, was the
origin of the coolie movement.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-01-18

But, nothing daunted, she at once retook
the box and threw again-this time throw
ing up four deuces, and the fifth dice cooked.
Terrible mischance Miserable luck
Again she threw. and threw deuces
and two trays. Putting all the dice back
into the box, she had but one other and
last throw upon which now rested her on
ly chance. For the first time since she
sat down she spoke, asking for glass of
water. Having drank tumblerful, she
sat for a moment, pressing together her
eyebrows, between her thumb and forefnger
the dice box, threw-three fours and two
skies, and won. And did she take the
money you ask me. l answer emphati-
cally-she did.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-01-18

\ LoGeISG ASEcDoTE.-The Lyndon
Union says; Ed. Clement told US the
other day about a friend of his down in
landau, y H., who was out logging in a
swamp, and found log in the mire so far
that he couldn't back his horse to it, with
in about six feet lie was an original
genius and very quickly devised a way to
reach it. He tied his heels TO the whiffle
tree and crawled to the log, clasping it
with both arms, and sang out, 'g'lang, Old
Dol = She Changed at once, and took
her best gait for the house, with Ed 5
friend dangling at her heels The road
from the woods to the house was strewn
with old rags, bits Of hair. flesh, etc He
got up, winked himself into correct points
of compass, and remark ed that the next
time he tried that experiment he'd tie
his d--d heels to the log instead of
the whiffietree, so he could let 60 when he
wanted to-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-01-18
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-01-18

TIE DEAD OF l87O.-The year has not
witnessed the removal Of so many men emin-
ent in political life as its predecessor. Among
the most prominent who have deceased may
be named Anson Burlingame, ex-SenatOrs
Daniel 5. Norton Of Minnesota, James S.
Green of Missouri, Charles Durkee of Wis
consin, Pierre Soule OF Louisiana, and Law
renee Brainerd of Vermont ex- Representa-
tives George Ashmun of Massachusetts,,
John 7 Caskie and VIM. L. GOggin of Vir-
ginia, Albert Rust of Arkansas. Hugh White,
F. b. Cutting and Hiram WalbrIdge of New
York John l.. Dawson Of Pennsylvania
GOV. Washburn of Vermont; ex- Cows. w
F. Packer Of Pennsylvania, Allen rrinble of
Ohio; Cornelius Wendell, and B. B. French.
American literature mUurns John P. Ken
nedy, VIM. Gilmore Simms, Albert Barnes,
Anna c. NJ. Richie, E. Littell. George D.
Prentice, Nathaniel Willis. 6. c Verplanck
and Geo. Wakeman. Literature in Europe
has lost Charles Dickens, Alexandra Dumas
and Mark Lemon. The army has lost Gen
Thomas, Gems. W I. II. Brooks, joseph A.
Mower, J. w. Ripley and E. a. Hitchcock.
The navy has given up David G. Farragut,
John A. Dahlgreen and Samuel r. Breese.
OF lawyers, Robert G. Grier, Judge Field of
New Jersey, George NJ. Wharton and Gran
vile T. Jeuks-
OF elergymen, Bishops Edward Thomson
aud Calvin Kingsley of the NJ E. Church
Rev DR. Nathan Lord. Rev. DR. John Meal
lister, Revs Holman Banks, Collins Stone
and Solomon Allen; Bishops Chase and
Kemple of the Episcopal Church aud BIsh-
op DAVIDSON of the MOravian Church.
of miscellaneous personages who have de-
ceased may be named Gen. r. E. Lee Gen
L. Ii. Wilcox an ex-rebel jerome Napoleon
Bonaparte; J. W. Harper the publisher
Zerah Colburne the engineer; Salnave, ex-
president of Hayti Count Montalembert of
France Lopez of Paraguay; Leopold Ii, of
Tuscany Earl Clarendon, and Nathaniel
Rothschild
\ number of celebrated actors and musl-
clans have departed, among whom we note
Gottschalk, Henry PlacIde, George Holland,
Fanny Stockton. c. j. Parsloe, De Beriot,
Balie and Charles Durang.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-01-18

The PLAINSMAN Is a character. He Is
SUI generiS. He is the connecting link be-
tween barbarism and civilization, and with
him, it Is difficult to tell where the barba-
rism ends and civilization begins. He is
a chieftain without followers; an emperor
without subjects He asks not for retain
ers. He is not aggressive, but he is ab-
solutely fearless. He never courts fight,
except on extremely rare occasions, and
when on Spree which he seldom in
dulges in. He is a model of temperance
and sobriety-his name is never found en-
rolled in the Father Mathew societies but
he is far from being drunkard. He
seldom drinks to excess, and for weeks
never tastes drop His diet for months
is meat only vegetables he never eats;
flour IS consumed when he has it, and, when
he don't jerked buffalo for a continuous
chaw answers very well. He is gener-
Gus and magnanimous to friends, hospitable
to strangers, and relentless to enemies He
does everything on the square. His drinks
are square drinks his meals are all
square meals He is your best friend
in a fight. If dozen savages are to be
chawed up; if a gambling house is to
be cleaned out gone through, eviscer-
ated to use another term of western phrase,
by all means let the contract out to the
pioneer plainsman. He will do the job
with as little noise, and with as little use
for policemen. writs of fieri facius. certio-
rari, and subsequent habeas corpus as any
other man. In finishing up job there
will be no use for judges or juries. a
coroner and vigorous Irishman with
spade, will be about all that is necessary
to provide for.-Correspondent Of Chicago
Tribune.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-12-14
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.-.-lIIF. 3Il lg.l3II - ~. -eT'a Y q
What q Rotten Bridge
,ua. JGCost; {. 9Yik)

The little, town Of Ashlieid, ,
Massachusetts, has all unfortu-
unate experience in litigation.
Some four years ago coachcon-
taining q, dozen persons fell
through a defective bridge, and
all the passengers were more or
lessinjured. Thetown settled
with most Of them, but reiec-
ted the claims of others as. un-
reasonable. ~ Judgments a :
mounting altogether to- nearly
$50, 900 have now been recover
ed against the town by these
claimants, and the town has had
to pay its own witnesses, coun-
sci fees and other tees, besides.
ThG)yalnation of the town is a
little less than-$6l2, 900 and the
whole cost Of the rotten bridge
is at least about five per cent.
upon it, a loss which a few doll
lars properly expended in rin-
spection and repairs would
have prevented. IN a7 -
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-12-14

An old man of seventy, liv-
ing near Newport, Ind, quar-
relied with his wife, and taking
down his shot gun, announced
that he wouId commit suicide
forthwith. He went into the
yard, lay down on the ground
where he could be seen from a
front window, fired the gun off
in the air, and remained mo-
tionlcss for an hour, during
which time he slyly watched
the door and window for. the ap-
pearance of his grief-stricken
wife. "But he was sadly mista-
ken," says the old gentleman's
home paper. s'They did not
come out to see whether he had
blown off the top of his head
or not. This was more than the
old man could stand; he rose up
went into the house, and made
things hot for the old woman
and children for awhile. He'd
show them whether they
wouldn't come ont when he had
killed himself"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-12-14
Letters Of Recommends.
E-r- tim H9f- 81

[. A gentleman advertised for q
boy to assist him in his Office, and
nearly fifty applicants presented
themselves to him, Out of the
whole number he in a short time
selected one, and dismissed the
rest.
81 should ike to know said a
friend, "on what ground you Sc
lected that boy, who had not even
q single recommendation" 11H
=, you are mistaken" said the
gentleman, ''he. had a great many.
He wiped his feet when he came
III, and closed the door after him,
showing that he was careful. He
gave up his seat to that lame old
man, showing that he was kind
and thoughtful. He took off his
cap when he came in and answered
my questions promptly and re-
specttully, showing that he was
polite and gentlemanly. He picked
up the book which l had purpose
ly laid upon the floor, and replac-
it oa the table, while all the
rest stepped over it or showed it
aside; and waited qpietly for
his turn, instead of pushing and
crowding, showing thar he was
honest and orderly. WhenI talked
with him, Inoticed that his clothes
were carefully brushed, his hair
in nice order, and his teeth as
white as milk; and when he wrote
his name, I Doticed that bis fin
ger nails were clean, instead Of
being tipped with jet. like the
handsome little fellows in the
blue Jacket. Do not you cali those
things letters ofrecommendation?
l do, and | would give more Tor
what / can tell about boy by
using gmy eyes ten minutes than
all the fine letters he can bring
mo " rA - .-ss OK. sAtA .AEA
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-12-14

Recently a man in Troy, New
York, applied at the Mount Ida
cemetery, and requested grave
to be dug, to be ready on the fol-
lowing day The instructions
were needed, and at the appoin.
ted time the cortege arrived at
the "house Of the dead" The
corpse was contained in an elabo-
rate coffin, lined with white satin,
on the outside Of which was the
usual inscription of birth and
death. The ceremony was per-
formed, and the mourners wended
their way homeward. 4 head
board was placed at the grave, on
which appeared the following in
scription: Our little adopted
child" A day or two subsequent-
ly the superintendent of the Gem,
etery, having his suspicion excl
ted, had the grave opened, and
upon raising the coffin lid the
body of a dog was found calmly
reposing in death. The unsenti.
mental superintendent had the
coffin and ''our little adopted child
pitched into the creek.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-12-14
thursday, DnCEllBER IN, e.: :iS7i.s.
-.T5I-W vi ..fiI.lJL = I-i7ll q
The Scoundrel Cornered,
What the Cedar Rapids Husband
Found in His Wife's Closet.

2IiCedar Rapids has had a ,lealou,
Husband sensation. A rich resi-
I dent Of that ambitious city, who
liihas a pretty and sweet young wife,
3 has for some time been the vic.
TIM Of suspicious. u. He laid plan.
He announced he. was going East
to stay at a water cure for a month.
And he did go. But he came
back on the next train, reaching
his home as it slumbered in the
peace of drowsy midnight. 'o If
there was anything wrong, he
knew he had it by the ear. The
bohlyo light was in his wifefs bed
room. He fingered 3 under the
window to hear the murmnr of
low voices. He heard it. How
his wrath ragged, With pistol in
one hand and night key In the
other, he bounded up the steps
through the outer door Reach.
ing the bedroom door, it was.
locked = o His wife had heard the
Footsteps, and in terror wanted 10
know "who was thefe?Y He re-
piled he believed it was her hus.
band! She would open the door
in a minute. This was the straw
that made thegi giFate husband irat-
= ergo.5With heavy and iwrathfnl
foot he banged against the door,
and the.do6r yielded, TRe oOb-
sefeer tells the rest: aI'This bonn
bardment was greeted with ashriek
from the wife, and the infariated
husband rushed in just in time to-
see the door of closet closing.
Now he had him ]! Now (and he
ground his teeth in an ecstacy of /,
-rage) how he would rend the de. |
stfoyer Of his domestic happiness. I
His wife placed herself in trontiof /
theiclosetdoor, and entreated him !
not to open it. This only added .
fuel to the flame of jealousy that
wse raging like a volcano within !
'"the pent up Utica" of his breast. |
lie thrust her away, end jerked |
open the door-and-saw- - en- (
dishabtde-Miss =, neighboring |
lady friend, who had been invited |
to stay with Ler during his alb,
sence." $3.50 3daU o. aa5I sra
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-12-14
George Kremer and John
l4a Randolph.

81. Col. Forney writes in his
~Anecdotes Of Public Men,
A good story is told of the
celebrated George Kremcr who
figured conspicuously during
the "bargain and sale" excite
ment forty-fiye years ago. He
was firmly convinced that Mr..
Clay threw his influence against
Gen. jackson, by which the G.
lectoral vote of Kentucky was
given to Mr.. Adams for con-
sideration. John Randolph of
Roanoke dilated upon the accu-
sation against Clay to such an
extent that the new Secretary
Of State was compelled to chal-
lenge him to mortal combat
But / do not propose a chapter
on the bargain and sale" That
episode is happily ignored by
the retiring generation, and is
no longerrecalledas a reproach
on the memory Of Henry Clay.
I write simply to revive an Incl
dent between Randolph and
kremer, characteristic Of both.
After one of the peculiar
speeches of the eccentric Vir-
ginian, which be interlarded
with coPious quotations in Lat
in and Greek, Kremer rose,
and in a strain of well-acted
Indignation, poured forth q tor
rent of Pennsylvania German
upon the head of the amazed
and startled Randolph. His Vi
olent gesticulations, his loud
and boisterous tones, his defiant
manner, were not more annoy
ing to the imperious Southerner
than the fact that he could not
understand a word that was spo-
ken. And when honest George
took his seat, covered with per-
spiration, Randolph rose and
begged the honorable gentle
man from Pennsylvania to en-
Tighten the House and country
by translating what he had just
Il
Kremer retorted as follows:
81 have only to say in reply to
my friend from Virginia, that
when he translates the dead Ian
guages, which he is constantly
using for the benefit OF lis coun-
try members, into something
like English, / will be equally
liberal in translating my living
Pennsylvania Dutch into some
thing that the House can under
stand" The laugh was COM
pletely against Randolph.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-12-14
Gerllpte ot 1t 5tf1:. 5tfe, J{IEltl1ses. 81 1aa
THE GOLDEN SIDE.

/, There rs many rest IN the .rosdlofs l1e,T
to If we only would stop TO take. it; 47E-...
: And many a tone-froni the better land,
10 ii thequeruIous heart would wake it &
Tothe sunny soul that's full of hope, id
And whose beautiful trust ne'er faifeth
Thegrass is green and the flowers are brigh
!. Though the wintry storm preysileth.IO
Better to hope though the clouds hang low
. Andto keepthe eye still lifted :;
For the sweet blue sky will soon speeT
l.; through, ,---...grtF
When the omihous clouds are rifted.
There was nevera a night without day, sH
Nor an evening without q morning /; roo
And the darkest hour, as the proyerb goes
7 Is the hour before.the dawning. 80
s9I3 1jgd1
There is many gem in the path Of lfe,l
Which we pass, in our idle pleasure,
That is richer far than the jeweled crown
Or the miser's boarded treasure gfri
1t may be the love of a little child,
Or mothers 5 prayer to, heaven.
Or only a beggar's grateful thanks Gs--5
Z For cup of water giTen1 Hr.5.Isj
.at lIH 5iaaI1 70 d3O1s 54gal
Better to weave in the web of life 5vE
A bright and golden filling, y,
And to do Gods will with,a ready heart q
And hands that are swift and willing,
Than to snap the delicate, minute threads
Ofour curious lives asunder ''i' %
And then blame heaven for the tangled ends,
And sit and grieye. and wOnder.refo -
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-12-14

LtcK-An exchange tells, US
''itisan old superstition that, at
her bridal, a lady should always
wear some article borrowed from
friend, Tor the occasion, to bring
good luck" 1t is cutious, but it
is nevertheless true, that the same
superstition prevails here. It was
only last week that a young man
tried to borrow something of a
friend to take to the bridal eere-
mcny. We believe it was q ten
dollar bill he wanted. 'assa,- -
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-12-14
AnsInaiahapolis paper thus

3 Ansndiahapolis paper thus
sums up the divorce. market
"Brisk competition among the
lawyers has brought down the
price of divorces very low in
this market. We quote: Com
mon separation, SIS psmall ali
monyj $25 ;slarge alimony, $50;
to $780, There are fetFiidf the
latterinz the marketax General
business good and increasing. =
'''' - --G ~ '.,.,, GnIIHl19 6al
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-12-14

A telegraphic dispatch re-
ports Gen. Spinner to be en-.
gagged in writing his report.-
That is all very well, but who
is to readit? IF he makes as
incomprehensihlc a jpmble out
Of figures as he does with letters,
a Chinese puzzle viii be a fool te
@L4 aCa,s4-f 20 ( - : =, 90 - 70
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-12-14

A sadly deceived man lhaspoSt,
ed the following notice in the post
Office at Berlin, Vermont: "My
wife, Mary Miller, having de.
ceived me in regard to her age, be-
fore marriages claiming to. be
twentysix only when she was
thirty-two, with teeth badly de.
cayed, while / am not twenty-five,
with perfectly sound teeth there
fore, | will pay no debts of her
contracting. L. II. CHURCH"