Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-05-15

home and happy. Certainly" said I, she
loves you better than the crumbs"
We left the wood, and walked a mile or
more into the country when l perceived,
as l thought, another robin watching US
from tree. IL think all the robins in the
neighborhood know you," said l to Miss j.
She looked to where pointed, and, after
moments hesitation, exclaimed, ''Why,
that's my own little darling Dcky Dicky."
TIE little bird directly began chirping and
huttering his wings, as if quite delighted
to be noticed by his friend. We now OBJ
served htm more particularly, and found
that wherever she went he followed, flying
from bush to bush. and always keeping
near her, until she reached her home, when
he gave chirp, as if TO bid her good-by,
and flew away to his home in the woods.
During my stay with my friends, this
occurred not once or twice, but whenever
they left the house for their walks; and
when they left the place at the end of the
winter, they were very sorry, as you may
suppose, to part with their faithful and
loving Dckey; and L dare say he missed
them too, though he could now find food
in the woods, and did not so much need the
crumbs -LoCing Words
TUE GREAT AMERICAN DESERT.-The
= Great American Desert which we
school-boys a quarter Of century age
saw on the map of North America has dis
appeared at the snort of the iron horse
coal and IRON are found to abound on the
p aims as soon as the railroad kings have
need Of them the very desert becomes
fruitful, and at Humboldt Wells, on the
| Central Pacific Railroad, in the midst oil
the sage brush and alkal country, you
will see corn, wheat, potatoes, and fruits Of
i fferent kinds growing luxuriantly, with
the he p Of culture and irrigation; proving
that this vast tract, long supposed to be
worthless, needs only skiltuI treatment &c
become valuable.
Ole cannot help bat speculate upor
what kind Of men we Americans shall be
when all these now desoIate plains ar,
& Cd. when cities shall be found where
now only the lonely depot or the frequent
cabin stands, when the iron and coal o.
these regions shall have become the ioun
iation Of great manufacturing poPlur
uou,, aud when, perhaps, the whole CONT
ueuJ will be- covered 10y cur S.ars anu
Stripes No other nation has ever spread
over SO large a territory or so diversified d
surface as ours. From the low sea
washed shores OF the Atlantic your Cali.
tornin Journey carries you TO boundes>
plains which lie nearly as high as the 5 Im-
mlt Of Mount Washington. Americans
are digging silver ore in Colorado three
thousand feet higher than the highest point
ut the White Mountains At Virgins
City. I'D Nevada. one Of the busiest cen
ters of gold mining the travellers find II
nard 10 draw in breath enough for rapi,
motion, and many persons, when they first
. arrive there. suffer from bleeding At tn,
nose by reason OF the ia ity OF the air
A-tiu. VI ijue half the tarmer's year i,
-peut 10 aceumgl ting supplies for tt,
rtacr and frozen half, al, over the North
ira state, the preparation for winter Is al
. Important part of our lives, but ia SlI
Fr4u..sco Jnc winter j., the pIeasantest par
NJ the year. la 10. Angeles they DO no.
think II ueci'u 10 bullI fire places. anc
s. rely ch.mneys In their houses Anc
Nue people. speaking the same language
r.ai.nL the same books. holding a common
religion, paying taxes 20 the same govern
u,H-, ani proud 81 one common d4g. per-
ylIe~ the various attitudes aud climates
uttt1 sits. Iutercommunclte>, intermar
rie-, ami -. with tine potent help OF tn,
railroad. tu~cl constantly more closely To-
-ether Us a nation. WHAT manner Of man
.a.us v.u viii BE the American Of 1872
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