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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-14

A DEER ATTACKED BY ALLIGAToRs.-We
have Just heard of an incident that oc
CURED in the campaign of party of sports
men who were recently out on a hunt for
deer. They scared up three deer in the
vicinity of one of the bayous of the Ogee-
chez and succeeded in killing two, the third
made for the bayou as the only means of
escape. He had gone in the water but a
short distance before he was set upon by
two large alligators. The water was not
over three and a half feet deep at the
place, and the attack was in full view of
the sportsmen The two hounds had follow
ed the deer, and were consequently drawn
into the combat, which we are informed
was most terrific and bloody. The stag
made gallant defense with his antlers and
fore hoofs, but the fight was unequal, and
the water was soon crimson with the blood
of the noble animal as he sank down in
his death throes. The dogs battled brave
ly with the alligators, but they too. had to
yield to the terrific onslaught of these
enemy.
The party tried to get in some shots on
the alligators, but they counted not, and az
ter finishing their bloody work the monsters
glided off The affair was extremely ex-
citing. The sportsmen returned to the city
with the other deer, but the loss of their
valuable hounds marred all satisfaction in
contemplating the booty of their hunt
SlUannah NeJrS-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-14

The announcement that the city of Chica-
90 is about to commence the construction
of another lake water tunnel, reminds the
public that the recent disaster by fire
did not destroy the pluck and enterprise
of the Queen City of the West. The
Chicago Journal says that all the necessary
preliminary details for this mammoth un-
dertaking are at present in course of com :
pletion, and actual work on the lake shaft
will be commenced very soon. The con-
tract price of this work is fixed at about
1885,, 700, but there is every probability
that the cost will be about 100000.
When this new tunnel is finished it is the
intention of the authorities to pump the
present tunnel dry and then 90 into it and
clean it out, as it is deemed highly pro-
bable that there are incrustations and
formations in it which should be removed.
The completion of the new tunnel will
afford this city the largest supply of water
Of any city on the continent, and provide
for any emergency that may arise with re-
gard to water facilities
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-14

600 for the whole, including the fund
which pays the librarian, etc. In one OF
the rooms is a selection Of the English
and American reviews, magazines and
newspapers, which for its extent is one of
the best | have seen, and certainly better
than know in Massachusetts, outside OF
Boston, only defect l noticed being
the absence of the Daily RepuJliean,-
but perhaps 1t was so much in demand |
did not see it. And all this wealth Of
books and papers and engravings is at the
service of the people of the town, without
cost to them, and of any student or literary
man who may wish to avail himself of it.
1t | had a book to write or lecture to
get up, L should be strongly tempted to
come up here to do the reading and refer
ence necessary, all the books would be
at ones hand, easy of access, and in rooms
which are better for work than the libra
ries of any college or city in America
that l have visited. Probably the mum
Der of volumes will not be very fast in
creased, but for a town of 5000 people
they are very numerous.-SprinQfcld Re
publican.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-14

The WITHERED HAND AND HEART.-It
is Sabbath morning; and its doors thrown
open as the hour of worship approaches, tn e
synagogue begins to fill. Among those who
enter, Is a man with withered hand; and
however others come there in haste in his
step, and high expectation seated on his
brow Blessed day, now is his chance to be
healed. Jesus is in the neighborhood, and is
sure to be at worship. Early there, likely
the first, this man, needing nothing else.
looking at none, talking with none, keeping
his eye on the door. Keenly observing all
who enter, and often, as it opens and Christ
appears not, disappointed At length the
feet of a group are heard; again the door
opens; and the color that fushes his face
tells that the person has now arrived whom
he has come to meet Nor is this all he
can do, and does. Observing where Jesus,
attended by his disciples, sits. he rises, and
elbowing the crowd aside without regard to
their challenge or murmurs, pushes on to
place himself before the Saviour, right in
his eye. All this he can do, and does, and
more.
Ordinarially concealing a deformity he
was ashamed of, he now drops his robe, and
exposing the poor unsightly hand in the
hope that it may catch Christ's eye and his
pity, sits with looks fixed imploringly on
our Lord There was no need for him to
speak His eager looks and the POOR,
barred, withered hand were touching pray
ers. Nor did these prayers wait long for
an answer. The eye that never saw misery
but to pity it, is at length turned on him
J esus says, Stretch out thine hand
Strange command to others, perhaps also
to himself, as biding him do the very thing
he had no power to do. Still he tries it.
Again doing what he can be makes an effort,
and glory to God bursting from his lips.
succeeds. Virtue goes out of Christ.
The shrunken hand instantly acquires a
healthy color and swells into its right pro-
portions In his Joy the man shuts and
opens it moves the plant fingers, holds
the miracle aloft to the gaze of a crowd,
dumb with astonishment Give him
a harp and with that hand he would sweep
its strings to the praise of Jesus Pattern
10 men who have souls to be saved, and
he did what he could, using all means with
10 his power to obtain the blessing. And
lid people with equal eagerness repair to
he church on Sabbath, as he to the syn
lgogue, to meet Jesus Christ and with the
iame earnestness and the same faith, lay
,ut their sins and souls sorrow before him
,ur Sabbaths would witness greater work
han this. He who healed that withered
land, healing withered hearts, and whether
hey required to be saved or sanctifed,
irving power to them that have no might.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-14

the fifth has been commenced, thus. leav-
ing the rock above, which is about ten feet
thick, resting on solid columns. Some of
these columns have already been pierced
for the reception of nitro-glycerine. On
completion of the work of excavation and
the nitro-glycerine ready, the cofer-dam
will be cut, and, as it is easier to raise
weight under water than above it, the
shaft and mine will be flooded, and with
the electric spark the dangers of He'll
Gate will no longer exist. But should
the explosion by any accident not prove
successful, or, indeed, if it should never
take place, there will still be sufficient
room for the largest ocean steamers to
pass through the shaft after the Golfer
dam shall have been cut.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-14
The recent fatal water spout in Color

The recent fatal water spout in Color
ado is fully described by Denver paper
1t will be recolIected that it occurred in
the Golden gate guieh on the Central stage
road, four miles above Golden, a week ago
Sunday afternoon. People residing in that
vicinity report having seen, Just above the
higher mountains, numerous dense clouds
from which a conical pillar, resembling
condensed vapor, was seen to descend, and
almost simultaneously a deafening peal of
thunder was heard. Mr.. Jack Nirden,
wife, and his sister, and Miss Blood,
daughter of Lyman c, Blood, all of whom
resided some FIVE or six miles up the canon
had been to Golden, and were returning
home in a double carriage, and had reached
the point indicated, when the peal of thun-
der came and the water spout dispersed. A
moment before, they had passed Fred
Buckman, who had pulled his team on to
an elevated spot Of ground, and was shell
tering himself under a ledge Of rocks from
the approaching storm. Presently vio-
lent c0mmotion, with a confusion of sounds
like the tumult of the elements, was heard
high up in the mountains. Then came a
tremendous torrent of water, bearing trees
and boulders, and calculated 10 astOnish
and terrify By Its magnitude, force and Vi
olenee. The horses, seeing that they were
to be sacrificed to this prodigious volume,
took fright, and, shying to one side, upset
the carriage and all the occupants were
pitched into the bottom of the guleh In
an instant. before they could recover their
feet. the wave with perpendicular breast
of ten or twelve feet, was upon them and
licked them up like the sands of the gulch
Mrs. Eirden clung to her husband and he,
by miraculous chance, got hold of limb
and held fast until the flood subsided. The
poor girls, Misses Blood and Eirden, aged
respectively II and IL years, were carried
down, down by the mighty current to an
appalling death After the torrent had
exhausted its fury, aud a search for the
bodies had been instituted, that of Miss
Blood, mutilated beyond recognition. was
found buried in the sand, all but one foot,
about a mile below where the accident
Her skull was completely
denuded in places, and her body was
frightfully gashed. 1t is a singular fact |
that Lyman G. Blood, her father, who had |
been down the valley and was returning on |
horseback when the accident took place,
and had Joined Buckman in the search for
the bodies, was the first to discover the |
corpse of the girl, though it is still more
singular that he did not recognize her, for
he supposed her to be at home. The body
Of Miss Virden was recovered some three
miles below the scene of the disaster, where
t had lodged against tree and was strip
ped of its clothing. 1t is amatter of history
ind will be readily y recalled by many, that
water spout equally prOdigious descended
lpon Guy hill few years ago and flooded
stage-coach containing Gems. Grant,
Sherman and Sheridan though they were
ar enough removed to escape disaster.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-14

DEATH or A FORMER SLAvE-The Al
bany ArQrS tells the following story of
colored man who died in that city few
days since and was buried by the hand Of
charity.
&" Old Uncle Jake died in a back room
over a stable in Que Of the alleys on the
hill. Some friends brought him plain
coffin, and had him buried quietly. No
paper announced his death, and the unfeel-
ing neighbors said they "were glad the
old nigger was gone. " Beneath the dark
exterior and repulsivc form Of that old
man was a heart as true in its sympathy
and a conscience as pure in its motives as
ever graced the human form. A diamond
of the purest water, passing Unnoticed
through earth to flash resplendent in the
Masters crown hereafter. One dreary
night in September, 1868, a company of
the Fourteenth Vermont infantry was on
picket duty in a pine swamp near New
bern, North Carolina, when Udcle Jake
came into the lines at the risk of his life to
tell that large force of rebels would COB
BILE them up that night. On this informa-
tion the company we're deployed as
skirmishers, and about midnight came in
contact with the enemy and drove them
back in great astonishment to find the
Yankees ready to meet them A few weeks
later the captain and two sergeants of the
Vermont company were taken prisoners
and put in boat to cross the bay. Uncle
Jake, who was rowing, cut the cords that
bound them, and they, with desperate
struggle, succeeded in overpowering their
captors and making them prisoners. Lat
er still. Uncle Jake went out to get his
wife and children and bring them within
the lines, when he was seized by the rebels
and tortured to get some information of
the Union forces. News was carried to
the Union pickets, and squad OF cavalry
went out just in time to find the rebels in
the act of stringing old Jake up to tree,
having failed to get any satisfaction from
him. A short fght, and Jake was free
again. These are only some of the incl
dents, which would form a volume if writ
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-14
No HOme--Saturday Night Sketch of
New York

This Saturday night the wind howled
as it whirled by, lifting dirt, dust, rags, and
the like from the street to dash them in the
faces of those who hurried along. And it
was cold, shivering, garment-searching as
if in anger at one who would be comfort
able. The heavy omnibuses rumbled by
over the frozen pavement The horses
seemed all in shiver-the driver sat
pounding his gloved hands on his knee, his
face well muffied as the bus turned from
Broadway into Fourteenth street Every
one was hurrying to reach home or some
where.
Hir
Too late. We sprang to catch the hors-
es to a carriage. The driver turned out
to meet the old omnibus. A little ragged
girl ran to cross the street-did not notice
the team-two gentlemen sprang at the
same time with US to save her, but too
late
The carriage with its driver in livery,
buried on, as if it were not worth while
to pick up a ragged little girl,
We helped to bear her into a store.
Her little face and hands were blue with
cold. The little calico frock and thin pet
ticoat did not keep the cold from her body.
The ragged shoes kept her feet from the
cold pavement, but there were no stockings
or little panties to keep her little ankles
or legs warm. The poor little thing moaned
and shrank away as we placed her on the
counter, while the great, agony-filled tears
came to warm her frozen cheeks. Gently
as mans hand could were the few hooks
to her dress unhooked-the blood from a
cut on the left side of the forehead wiped
away and her little feet warmed by our
hands. Then we found three ribs broken
by the foot Of one of the horses, as he
struck her down.
What is your name, little one ?"
''Sarah Ryan, sir"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-14
The excavation at HelI-Gate is just

The excavation at Hell-Gate is Justly
considered one of the greatest works of
engineering. The work is now consider
ed more than half accomplished. These
distractions it should be understood are a
huge mass of rock. To remove this, the
engineers have made vast excavations In
tunnel shape under it, with a view of
blasting If all out at one grand explosion.
OF course the excavations are under the
sea, and down under the beating waves
under the oceans roar, men are at work
drilling, shoveling, &c. Only ten tunnels
are visible from the outside, but there are
sixteen all told, six commencing in the in
rerior of the work. Four galleries of in
tersecting tunnels are now completed, and
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-14

An apparatus for obtaining water from
the depths of the ocean, has been invented
in Germany. An open vessel is lowered
by means of ropes and weights, until the
desired depth has been reached. Then an
electric current is transmitted through an
accompanying wire, which, by inducing
another current in an electro-magnet In
an apparatus attached to the vessel, re-
leases springs which turn stop-cocks. and
the water of the depth is enclosed. Sew
eral most interesting experiments for the
of the amount of carbonlc
acid in deep sea-water, have been made By
means of this invention.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-14

But Uncle Sam grew angry,
And roared, 9 hand me my gun,
Ii this is such funny thing
They'll get enough of fun
Alas for Uncle Samuel,
His gun was stolen too,
His big, old continental gone,
And pray what could he do
Call five and seventy thousand
Brave men, to lead the van
Forge rifle, sword, and cannon too,
As fast as e'er you can"
The call was soon re-echOe1.
From mountain, vale and glen,
And forth from many a northern home,
Marched brave and staIwart men.
Then came the tramp OF armies,
Earth shook beneath the tread
OF warriors swift and hurrying feet,
BY charging squadrons led.
An then our hearts grew heavy,
The air with strife was hot
And many a weeping Rachel mourned,
Because the loved were not.
said England to Napoleon,
Who wore the imperial crown,
90 Proud Uncle Sam Is crippled now,
Let's bit him while he's down"
Said France, &" If you'll excuse me,
III leaYe to you that labor
But while he's busy there at home,
I'll gobble up his neighbor.'
Just then our Uncle Samuel
Put forth a proclamation,
That rebels slaves should thence be free,
throughout the Yankee nation.
2. Vow | must wait, said England -
With hand upon the trigger
/ 'vc made 50 much ado about
Their wallopping the Niger,
That if help the southrOn,
Since this great proclamation.
/ III soon become unsavOry in
The nostriIs Of creation
50 she remained a neutral,
Before the public eye
But helped the south when 'er she could
Securely, on the sly.
Twas Ou the nation birth day,
In eighteen sixtv-three,
That Eicksburg yielded up to Grant,
Who made her people free.
On that same day OF glory.
Came other glorious news
The :. boys IN blue at Gettysburg.
Had given the rebs the blues.
Then Uncle sam grew cheerful,
And felt once more that he
Could now securely celebrate
His Jld-time jubilee
And soon each rebel daughter
Stood at the Union door
The prodigaI returning home,
10 feed On husks no more.
Wars din no more alarms US,
No more with bated breath,
We wait to hear the tidings told.
Which bring us life or death,
tn Joy and peace we gather,
From happy homes and gay,
IJ celebrate in gIadsOmeness,
This Independence day.
Here : health to our brave soldiers
Wen drink it in cold water
a health to Uncle samuel,
And every loyal daughter.
They We got the constitution
All meuded up, they say.
TIL every man is really free,
Both black and white to-day.
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Nor A BRICK.-Rev. B. Pomeory 50 well
known through Central New York is report
ed to have been preaching at Camp Meeting
when 4 was rumored that he was the notori-
GUS Brick Pomery, and the consequence was
an immence crowd.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-14

or a Count Monte Christie, at least. Aud
how does he manage to do it2 By what
subtle alchemy does be coin gold to meet
his lavish current expenses? ? What Is
his heavenly receipt for living sumptuously
on nothing a year.
Most people who have not inherited
money or made it by lucky stroke, have to
work very hard and very economically, if
they have wife and children, in order to
face their butcher boldly and meet their
tax collector without a blush. But here
is our friend Dore who tolls not neither
does he spin, and yet Solomon in all his
glory was never less affected by the fuc-
tuations of the money market or the price 5
of provisions. He Is q social mystery
We look upon him with kind of awe
Enveloped in that faultlessly cut coat, and
buried under that snowy shirt bosom, lies
the secret which half the world longs for,
the secret of living on nothing. the art
of economy. for this we take to be economy
elevated to a fine art.
We have all met in our large cities with
such people as the Dore family, aud have
received from them a vague impression
that there is royal road to soft living en-
tirely disconnected with hard work, frugal
ity, and the petty annoyances which enter
into a successful struggle for competency.
We have beheld these people, and v wondered,
and sometimes while we were wondering,
they and their gorgeousness have disap-
peared, like the enchanted things in a
fairy tale,-Ieaving naught behind except
some unpaid bills But this has only
heightened the mystery and splendor of the
phenomenon.-Erery Saturday.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-14
mysterious PeODIe

Every one has now and then encountered
in society people who have no apparent
property, real or personal, yet who seem
to have all the comforts and luxuries which
wealth procures without making any of
those exertions which procure wealth
They are generally very pleasant, com
panionable people who have been every
where and seen everything. Tnev know
everybody, and everybody knows them
up to a certain point. The father drives
neat two-in-hand, the wife and daughters
dress elegantly. aud the sons pocket-mon-
ey Is the allowance of prince imperial
They have the best rooms in the most
fashionable hotel, or, If they keep house,
their meu1gs is unexceptionab.e They
have the most premature lamb. and the
earliest peas the handsOmest landau and
the choicest seats at the opera. Ia short,
they feed on the roses and lie in the lilies
of life, But how do they manage to do
it? The Dores, you say, are charming
people the ladies are weli-bred and bright,
and Dore senior Is eouTtly, not TO say dis
tinguished but what Is the trade, business.
profession of Dore senior what does he
DO for a living He is evidently i'm
menseiy wealthy, but it is just as evident
that he Is not worth q cent. Nobody can
find out that be owns a square inch of real
estate or a dollars worth of any kind Of
stock,-petroleum or other. He Is not a
speculator, that is certain. Is he q gam
bier His habits and associates are be-
yond reproach. + he .and this should be
put in the smallest diamond type, ike the
whispers In Charles Reade's novels a
counterteiter2 The suspicion dies of its
own folly. If he were foreigner one
might suppose him to be an eccentric noble
man examining the social Institutions Of
our country but unfortunately for 50 fat
tering an hypothesis he Is an American /
born and bred. There are just two things /.
known about him, the rest is mystery. The 4
two things are first. That he has no visi- T
BILE means Of support and secondly, That I
he lives ike.
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aftisttllanu.
For the Free man.
A Fourth of July IdyI.

Form. rrso,,,r
\ Fourth OF July IdyI.
&.
hundred years are passing,
Have almost passed away,
Since our brave sires fret proclaimed
9 They burst the bands that bound them
z TJ British rule-aul cried,
FL. We Owe her no allegiance now,
FEssrEs
: -.'Ne own no man rs sovereign,
~ Ge-ugt-= right Ot way
Al men are equal, AN arc free,
.Tllr made Ia Boston a4rh0r
mI,rr- aau of tea.
TasrIy the B-iu-A governors
Trq~ called them Yankee rebels.
And Thought % make them yield
Rr -b1via. them IL grand display
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with tru-ty sWart and gun,
Though clad ln rustic homespun cloth
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Tb~5u,b 7ong and drearv wears
Men gave tneir '1-t tnd tIucst Diooa'
>. And lrgsI and fears and treasure
shall ever freely a,gr
Is Yielded bv Inc fac :
-aii Jar sturdy fathers
hundred veqrsag,
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