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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-03

BEAR SToRY.-Romance has its heroes
that exist only in imagination, and it has
embeihsaed their deeds OF noble daring in
graphic language. Historians, on the 9TH
er hand often omit the names and
achievements Of real and most worthy y
heroes. The one that | am gong to in-
troduce was a citizen of Newbury. He
was known by the sobriquet of Col.
Kelley, so named IN consideration Of ser
wees IN the last war with Great Britain.
He used to say that he served in the ca
pacity of Camp Compton" When asked
by the late J John Wallace, then an eminent
lawyer, what we're the functions of his
Office, he replied that it was to clear the
parade ground of horse droppings and
lawyers.
The crowning glory OF the Colonel's life
was an encounter ne once had with bear.
1t occurred on one of those interesting
occasions when young Col. Kelley frst
made MS appearance in this busting
world 0ao Of the ladies' in attendance,
stepping to the door, saw = huge black
bear carrying off a sheep. Sac at once IN
formed the Colonel, who started in pursuit
1t being. on = steep grade, and Brufn
having heavy load the Colonel soon over
took the culprlt, and caught the sheep by
the hind legs, while Bruln held on to the
head The bear turned around, when
they met face to face Then came the tug
of war. The Colonel looked his antago-
MIST square in the face, gave tremendous
shout, and at the same time a strong pull,
and secured the sheep. The bear then ran
away, aud the Colonel put the sheep on
his shoulder and carried it IN triumph to
his house. The sheep belonged TO
neighbor, to whom ne carried it, told him
the circumstances, and received the sheep
as his reward The Colonel again shoul-
dered his prize and returned to his own
house, happier and richer man for this
days achievement.-Lygd0n Union.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-03
rresLaent Nonroe and lhe MaaIes.

1t Mr.. Monroe did not share the pecu-
liar tastes Of Marshall, Henry, and Tyler,
1t Is presumab.e that he was more than
suspected OF the love OF good eating which
characterizes every true NlrgJnlan, As may
be inferred from tue following remarkable
occurrence Ga his return from abroad
with his beautiful bride he tarrIed for a
number of days IN the capital OF his na-
tive State, and while there was entertained
maguihcently by the hospitabIe citizens Of
that place b. far the finest entertain
meut given him was at the house OF very
wealthy, i5hly-conuected, aud eccentric
lady. The fashion, the intelligence, the
refinement, the beauty, and the cdivalry
OF Richmond, then IN her pamlest days,
were gathered IN the ample parlors. In
der the blazing waxhghts IN the candelabras
moved a thr0ug OF danes and demoIselles
resplendent in diamonds, laces, silks, and
feathers In due time came the hour TOR
supper, and presentlya q number OF servants
entered, bringing with them a quantity Of
small tables, which were distributed about
the rooms Chairs also were not wanting,
with plates, etc. This proceeding excited
comment But what was the amazement
OF the whole company when the fat negro
cook belonging to the eccentric lady walk ed
IN, holding before her an immense tray Of
batter, while behind her came = negro boy
with tic2 or three pairs Of old fashioned,
louy handled, lcaGie irons Nothing abash-
Ell by that goodIy company, the old cook
walked straight up to the fireplace, in
which a fine wood fire was burning and
then and there proceeded to make her
watfles, with a dexterity, qulckness, aud
perfection which some other Virginia cooks
might have equaled, but none could ever
hope to surpass. They were served hot
and hot" with superb butter and other
appropriate accOmpanimentS, and enjoyed
intensely by all present, but by no one
more than Mr. Monroe. The lady of the
house confessed that the proceeding was
rather odd. But" said she, L knew
Mr. Monroe-poor mau hadn't had any
wafflss fit to eat since he left Virginia, and
was determined he should have some.
And what account are watf1es if they are
not hot aud what's the use OF eating II you
can't sit down and eat comfortably like a
Christian '.-Lippincott's Magazine.
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Nasty.
He G1Es TO CoSSECTIcUr. AND lie GOES HOME
AGAIN.

he CJES TO COSSECTICUT. AND lie GOES HOME
AGAIN.
Mr. Nasty had a call from the beleagured
Democracy of Connecticut to 20 and help
them out Of the campaign. But as they
hadn' heard from hun lately, the State
Committee thought they must test him
little on new issues before sending him to
the public lie addressed them as follows {:
Dinocrisy, gentlemen, is a eternal prln-
s;pple wIch, like the everlastin hills, KIN
never change. Ez some Nv you may never
hev he'd the pleasure nv herrln that eele-
brated speech, | will give you synopsis Nv
it. After aludn breehy to the granjer
NV the country, dwelIin more fully On the
granier Nv the partlckler state into which
happen u be 10 (wich | assertane afOrehend)
| perceed to wunst to a yiggerus denunsIa-
zhon OF the Niger"
The Chairman begged me to pause.
On general prins'Pies, sed be, : and ez
a rule | sympathI8e with our friend Ia dam
min the Niger. But it Will hardly do in
/ this State at TINS time, TO indulge IN that
most natral dammn. Tue fact is, Mr..
\ Nasty, there Is several thousand niggers in
/ Connecticut, and they vote DimOcrIsy can
afford to damn any class wich votes, Give
MIR. Nasty a drink.
took the drink and continued.
II protest agin the ngger-a Nashnel
Dimocrat, perIickerIy Kentucky Dimocrat,
must perpetually protest agin the niger
but | recognize the sItoOashen here, and Will
struggle 10 adapt myself TO it. | will do
violence to my DimOcrisy and my ieeilna
and let the Niger alone. But while am
wrllin to abuze him on general prinsiples, ca
a matter OF course | shel Oppose with all the
power have the unholy anu unc institution
al amendments which emancipated him.
aud
Will Mr.. Nasby pardon me- sed the
Chairman blandly: = IN the platform adoptio
by the Dluocrsy Nv CounocticuS emansI
passion il accepted ez a fixed fact, and-bu'
give Mr.. Nasty drink"
! 1 took a dnuk-a very large one. Tor II
my hurry it wuz necessary, and went on;
spose," sec |, - that Il you have done
this, suel hev to swaller emansipashon-'
leetle drop more nv that whisky ell yo'
please-but it don't matter KIN at leas
yoose that porshen Nv my speech WhicI
denies to em civil rites and the ballot. XII
do this consistently, fur, alter all, what doe
emansipashen amount without ekal rites an
the ballot, and wat
" May Interrupt you wunst more
terrupted the chairman blander than ever
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-03

SILENcEs.-Ljfc, with its daily din,
needs interiected silences. They are the
souls sober-second thoughts. They band
ace us into blindness to the life that
now IS, and open before US vision OF
that which is to come They are water
fonts in our desert-places, whereat, like
the camel, we may drink once, and not
thirst for thirty days.
Now, many are the ways out OF this
mortal life. One is to be dashed out OF 1t
a blow, as Fisk was by the assassin anoth-
er is to limp out Of it on the crutch of old
ace another is to wither out Of 1t with
pale cheek, like a blighted blossom anoth-
or is to be born and die at once, blending
birth and death in the self-saTe hour !;
but the sweetest of all possible exits from
this world is to steal out of it while one Is
vet in the body, taking no leave OF the
flesh and yet making flight with tae spirit
mounting to the heavenly places, tarrylng
there while, and returning home again
bringing with US full pitchers from ever
lasting wells.
Once las the record runs) there was ST.
lence in heaven for the space OF hall an
hour. What if there should be silence or
the earth for SO long a time! What Il
all mankind would suddenly qusnch fol
half an hour their greeds, their rlvalries
their revels, their slaughters, their vari'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-03

How IT FEELS To BE HANGED.-A
Frenchman writing TO the Gaulois gives
an account Of his sensations while hanging
himself, which may be of benefit to per.
sons of suicidal turn of mind, and who
would like to know what the thing Is
like" As if preparing to hang up his
coat, he drove a nail into the wall, and
therefrom suspended himself by looped
cord, which he fastened about his neck,
aud then slowly kicked away his chair.
From the crown of his head to the soes OF
his feet, he felt general mixing up of
the fluids of the body" This was sue
ceeded by flashing, dancing light before
his eyes, and then concentrated at a single
focus. and thence rippled into space in con-
centric circles. His head seemed compress
sed in an iron ring; needles without nun
ber seemed to dart from the end of his
fingers and toes then there was a terrible
swapping at the Dape of his neck, and a
serpent seemed to wriggle down his spine.
His last sensation was one of pain at the
throat aud shoulder blades. He had ex-
pected to wake up and find himself dead,
but kind-or unkind-friends cut him
down
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-03

\ curious outside issue of the ubiquit-
Gus Woman question came up recently for
adjustment in Philadelphia. a few wo-
men there, who seem to have had heads as
clear as their hearts were warm, conceived
the idea. at the close of the war, of home
for such soldiers and sailors as were una
BILE to support themselves and had no chill
dren on whom to depend. The ladies
raised funds enough to start the undertak
ing, and then inaugurated monstrous fair
similar to those held by the Sanitary Com
mission, by which a large sum was oe-
taincd, enough they claim, to have kept
the asylum open until the grave had closed
over the last old soldier But whea the
funds reached this proportion they grew
alarmed, apparently, and called in their
husbands aud brothers to take charge of
matters, when, according to the usual
practice OF the tyrant man, the ladies were
courteousy laid on the shelf, or only al
lowed an oversight over such insignificant
details as the kitchen or laundry. A week
or two ago these usurping masculine man
ayers declared that the whole affair had
lapsed into the worst of failures; reported
the treasury to be almost empty, and the
old soldiers irretrievably abandoned to
lying, laziness, and liquor. Tney therefore
proposed to shut up the asylum, shunt part
of their load of veterans into some other
charitable concern, and allow the rest to
betake themselves to organ-grinding accord
ing to the custom of their kind. Where
upon the ladies came gallantly to the front
in a body, hinted that the laziness and
ineficiency were to be found in the mana
gers room rather than among the blind,
halt, and lame in the wards insindated
in pretty plain terms that if these old sol
diers liked their grog and tobacco nobody
had earned better right to it, and iually
demanded their money back, IN order that
they might carry the affair on successfully
So the battle stands at present. But the
warriors and women bid fair to win.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-03
For the Freeman.
Unseen.
BY G.N BRIGHAM.

Thy ways, o God, to me are dark;
hesitate and doubt, but still
Rides on my weather-bcaten bark,
Unknown what purpose to fulhll.
/ seek for Thee, ana yet Thou art
Unseen unless the universe
Thy mighty form reveal. But heart
OF mine lifts to that sweet immerse
or hight, ANA love which from Thy face
Outpours. an ! fools with life this mould
OF being. Weak, yet in Thy sr ace
Made strong, we strive - yet unto a.
We strive, we watch, we send our prayer
t. Thee; would lead our human head
Where lhrobs the dear paternal care,
Find hope, our doubts we so much dread.
What can we more We know not Thee;
We only know the common road
That wends down 10 an unknown sea,
And all life's burdens are our load.
That we can never stray 50 far,
But skies are shining DER us still;
That our friil keel shall strike 20 bar
Unseen by Thee, if not thy VIII
0 yes, we know haven lie-,
To which we drin, dift where we may,
Whose fronded shores snail greet our eyes
When warps our bark into the day.
That all our sorrow, all cur PAM
Prepared Us a- ia year. we wait
To row the dark ani trea-hcrpus main
With less of loss 70 the ships good freisu
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-03

A Whole FAMILY OF " Settlers. - In
Rhode Island lately farmer was tugging
away with all his might and main at at a
barrel of apples, which he was endeavor-
ing to get up the cellar stairs, and calling
at the top OF his lungs for one of the boys
to END him hand, but in vain, When
he had, after an infinite amount of sweat
ing and snufing, accomplished the task,
and Just when they were not needed, Of
course the " boys" made their appearance
Where have you been, and what have
you been about, I'd like to know, that you
did not hear me call ?" inquired the
farmer in an angry tone, and addressing
the eldest.
Out in the shop, settin' the saw" re-
piled the youth.
And you, Dick p
"Out in the barn, settin' the hen"
"And you, sir p
"Up ngranny's room, settin' the clock.
"And you, young man p
4" Up in the garret, settin' the trap"
And now Master Fred, where wer'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-03

Anybody can soil the reputation of an
individual, however pure and chaste, by
uttering suspicion that his enemies will
believe aud his friends never hear of. A
puff of idle wind can take away million
of the seeds of thistle, and do q work of
mischief that the husbandman must labor
long to undo, the floating particles being
too ine to be seen and to light to be stop
ped Such are the seeds of slander, SO
easily sown, so difficult to be gathered up,
and yet 50 pernicious in their fruits. The
slanderer knows that many a mind will
catch up the plague and become poisoned
bv his insinuations, without ever seeking
the antidote. No reputation can refute
sneer, nor any human skill prevent mis-
chief
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-03

WHAr some NEx AND WOMEN Do
Some men move through life as a band of
music moves down the street, finging out
pleasure on every side through the air TO
every one. far and near, that can listen.
some men6u the air with their presence and
sweetness as orchards, in October days, fill
the air with the perfume of ripe fruit. Some
women, cling TO their own houses ike the
honeYsuckle over the door, yet like it fill all
the region with the subtle fragrance OF
their goodness. How great bounty and
a blessing it is II hold the royal gifts of the
soul that they may be music to some, and
fragrance to others, and life to all 1t
would be no unworthy thing to live for, to
make the power which We have within US
the breath Of other mems Joy to fill the at
mosphere which they must stand in, with
i brightness which they cannot create for
themselves
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-03
4 WISE SpousE.-A lady of this cit

A WISE SPoUsE-A lady of this city,
of French parentage, bright, witty, and
good, became the wife of a gentleman
whose business called him regularly every
summer to Paris. In his youth his pace
had been rapid, and the ladys relatives
gave many shakes of the head when talking
Of the marriage. He told her very frank
~ that be had been of naughty habits,
out promised to be proper. And he made
a very good husband. On each return
from Paris he brought her some nice little
presents-sometimes a bonnet, sometimes a
dozen of A,exandre's, sometimes a dress.
But on this. his eighth return he surprised
her by placing in her hands magnificent
lace shawl, the cost of which could not
have been less than seven OF eight hundred
dollars. Well might her bright eyes spar
kIe, as they did over the exquisite gossamel
ike gift Putting an arm tenderly around
his neck, aud giving him soft sweet kiss
she said, '' All, what good, kind husband
you are, to bring me such present! but
:. Charlie dear, with a roguish smile
H0lC lad gon must hare been IN Pari
this IaSt time! She knew him ,-EDIToR'>
DRAWER, IN Harper's -uaya-ilae for AprH.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-03

4 PERILoUs RUuE-The Bangor IFltg
relates that as a train on the European 4
North American Railroad arrived at Old
town a mau was found ciingine to the
front Of the engine, covered with snow,
with one leg broken, and so chilled through
that be was helpless save TO mold on to
tie iron braces with clutch Ike that Of
a drowning man. lie was taken into the
station and restoratives administered when
he said that he was walaIng toward his
house in O,dtown, when he was overtaken
by the train moving At . SLOW rate OF
speed through the deep snow. Thinking It
safer to junp upon the engine than TO get
off the track. where there was possi bilIty
OF his falling back from the steep drifts on
either side, he made = leap with the inten
tion of landing upon the narrow ledge IN
front of the boiler, and atterward making
his way back into the cab. He had mis-
calculated the speed OF the train, however
and when he jumped his lee was struck
and broken by the frame. But he c'ung
desperately, and managed to drag himself
up to the position in which he was found,
hanging there during the run Of mile,
receiving the full force of the bitter cold
wind and covered with flying snow thrown
up by the locomotive IN its way through
the drifts. HIS cries for help were drown
ed by the wind and the noise Of the train.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-03
What We E1t-Percentage of Grue

Dr. Hall has reduced the science Of
living down to so fae thing that by fol-
lowing his directions one may exist for
almost nothing, pecuuiarily speaking, and
at the same time gather more bodily sus-
tenanee than by eating expensive food and
owing butchers bills. Tue cheapest arti-
ces OF food at present prices are bread,
butter, molasses, beans and rice. In the
economy of nature, three pounds of -four,
at six cents q pound will atfJrd as much
nouiishment as nine pounds OF beef at 25
cents pound seven cents worth of white
beans will make man grow fat when he
would starve to death on three pounds and
q half of beef costing 81 II cents. The
following table shows the percentage of
nutriment in various common articles of
fooJ onJ ,ba tip,a raauirat for dioastiOn .
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-03

PERFUME OF MOUNTAIN FLowERs.--Sweet
smelling flowers as a class are found In
greatest abundance in mountain regions.
4 large proportion of the plants growing
on the high pasturages OF the Alps are
possessed of aromatic as well as medicinal
qualities The blue forget me-not of the
Scottish mountains the Peruvian heliotrope
of the Andes, the snow rhododendron of
the Sikkim Himalayas, are all possessed
of exquisite fragrance, and enshr;ned in
many a local legend. The costly spikenard
of Scripture is obtained from a curious
shaggy stemmed plant called Nardostachys
Jatamansi, q kind of valerian growing on
the lofty mountains OF India, between the
Ganges and the Jumna, some of which are
for SIX months covered with snow. All
these aromatic plants of the mountain re-
quire climatic circumstances for their
growth which art Is in most cases incapa-
Die of supplying and hence they cannot
be cultivated with any success. When
brought down intothe valleys. they deteri-
crate, losing the brilliancy aud fragrance of
their bossoms-In kind of home sickness
for the purer air and brighter light of the
far off SUBMITS
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-03

A clergyman chose for his text on one oc-
casion passage of Scripture which had been
variously interpreted. In concluding his
sermon he said, - These are the conclusions
[ have reached after the most dlligent study,
but must inform you that the Commentators
desagree lcIih me - 4 farmer, great ad-
mirer of the parsons eloquence, had paid
marked attention to the discourse. lie
went home, filed large bag with choice
kidney potatoes, and pacxed them of TO the
parsons house with the following note
a. RsUerend and Dear SIR You told me
this mornin as how common tdtuTS did not
agree lUith you. l hope as choice kidney
does. That farmer don't live in Vermont
or New Hampshire.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-03

a NOVEL CHURCH ANNoUNCEMENr.-In
the village of North Bennington a few
miles from Troy an old Universalist
church is occupied jointly for service by
the Methodists in the morning ant the
Universalists in the evening. The other
day the Uuiversalist preacher, Rev. Mr..
Carson Parker, who was deposed a few
months since from the ministry in the
Methodist church, announced in the pa
pers that on the following Sunday evening
he would preach upon the " Death Of the
Devil" As . matter of courtesy the
Methodist clergyman, Rev. S. W.Clemens,
officiating in the morning, announced the
services for the evening, and did it in the
following quaint and original way. Said
he: This evening, my friends, there IS
to be funeral in this house. One pecu-
liarity about the service will be the fact
that the son breaches his fathers funeral
sermon. Mourners and relatives are in
vited to take the body pews." This was
said in the gravest manner by the speaker,
but it is needless to say that quiet smile
ran over the faces of the worshippers.
Whether the body pews were occupied or
not at the " funeral" deponent saith not
Troy Times.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-03

TIE SUN.-Prof Young of Dartmouth. in
recent lecture at New Haven, upon the
great luminary, impaired much information.
The theory which most seemed TO favor re-
specting the suns constitution, he illustrat-
ed very simply thus;
- Put a pail of water in a room the tenn
perature of which is below the freezldg-
point; the temperature of the water settles
slowly till it reaches 30, and there remains
till every drop is frozen. The sun may be
vast quantity of merely gaseous matter,
which is gradually iquefying, and accord
ingly will not change it's temperature till
this process is entirely accomplished : then
the temperature Will fall, perhaps thousands
of degrees, till solididcation begins, when it
will again remain stationary. One authOri-
tv believes the sun To be surrounded with
liquid coat alre dy, and the sun spots are
places where the surrounding metallic clouds
have opened, and we see the liquid surface
below it. The theory that the sun s heat is
kept up by matter constantly falling into 1t,
he doubts, arguing that, il such masses of
matter existed outside of the sun, they would
exert some slight influence on the surround
ing pl pl,nets, no evidence OF which is dis
cernible.
Speaking Of iron, he said that if the word
were written in great letters across the suns
face, the proof CT its ex stence there would
not be 50 satisfactory as that afforded By the
spectrum. He pointed out lines in the spec
trum made by metals which exist in the sun,
though entirely unknown 70 US.
lie gave several illustrations of the heat of
the sun. Ii a pillar of ice covering nine
square miles extended from the earth TO the
sun, ami the heat of the latter should be di-
rected upon it, the whole mass would be
melted in exactly one second. If an icicle
forty-fve miles 10 diameter were to be thrust
rnt ; the sun with the velocity oflight, say H.
OOO, 900 miles minute, 1t could never touch
the sun it would melt as fast as it came.
still, physicians are as yet unable to deter
mine the exact temperature, one placing ID
at 81 ,O0O- Fahr., another at 20 900, O00@
Fahr.-sOme difference.