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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-12-04

SAGAcIrY OF 4 MARE-A CASE FOR OAR
VIVA Montana paper tells the follow
ing story:
\ remarkable instance Of the sagacity
Of a horse has Just come to notice Mr.
John Fletcher Of Norwegian. owns an
unbroken cayuse mare which runs in q
pasture adjoining his house The mare.
viii ch is very wild, has yonng colt at
her side. \ few nights since. after Mr.
Fletcher had returned, he was aroused by
the mare coming to the window of MS
house, and by paving, neighing, and in
every way possible trying to get his atten-
tioD. This continuing for some time, he
got up and went out and drove her away.
and returned again to bed but she i'm
mediately returned, and if possible in
creased her demonstrations; he again went
out, when the mare came up to him and
rub bed er nose against him, although be-
fore she had been very shy Of allowing any
one to come within reach of her, then
ran on few yards before him, continuing
her neighing then, as he did not fol-
low her, she returned to him, rubbing
against him in the most demonstrative
manner. He attempted to drive her eff,
struck her with stick, and followed her a
few yards to frighten her away. As soon,
however, as he turned toward the house
she turned and tried in every way to pre-
vent him from doing so. He then re-
marked that her colt was not with her,
fact he had not noticed before, as it was
quite dark. 1t occurred to him then to
follow her, which he did. So soou as she
saw that he was doing so she ran off be-
fore him, STOPPING every few yards, turning
around to see that he was still following
then again running, on keeping her calling,
until she reached distant part of the
field, where she stopped at an old pros,
pect hole" On coming up with her she
again commenced rubbing against him
and drew his attention to the hole, where
he soon discovered the colt. 1t appears
that it had slipped into i; and was unable
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-12-04

At a recent meeting of the Farmers Club.
in New York, the question of sunaower seed
for poultry was debated at some length,
President Ely saying that by feeding it mixed
with buekwheat he had reached astonishing
results in the way of eggs. IL was generally
considered, however, that the plant was not
a good crop, thotg gh the seeds may be made
useful for oil.
Mr.. j c. Adams wrote of plan by which
gas might be obtained for farm houses. lie
thought that the gas generated in coal sto see
could be collected and conveyed to reservoir
in the cellar, whence it could be carried by
pipes to all parts of the house. The difficulty
OF a blue and feeble light can lie otviated by
! passing it through petroleum.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-12-04
Mixing from acres 237 I2 bushels, beini

Mixing from 9 acres 2}7 I-2 bushels, being
267 Is bushels per acre.
The land was all planted the year previous,
8 acres TO potatoes, l acre to corn. Sowed
without anv additional manure except ashes
on a part of that sJwed in 1870 carried
10 bushels Of the crop Of 1872 to mill il
bags, ais it came f~om the threshing machine,
(Au these fzures are threshers' measure)
and estimating tue four at SO per barrel.
end the feed at the market price, would fix
the value of the wheat at 81 per bushel or
S64 90 per acre. One Of my neighbors said
be would take 40 cents for oats. threshers'
measure. which would be a high price for
this seas n, considering the shrinkage. At
the above price, it would require 100 bush
els of oats to equal IN value one acre Of
wheat. 1871 was dry, and uniavorabIe for
wheat and other grain, but my crop OF wheat
was equal in value to oats at Is bushels per
acre.
am unable TO IN Ele comparisons with the
preceding yeas. but IN of the opinion that
ID would have required 100 bushels Of oats
per acre to equal 10 value my cropof wheat
for the past four years. But there is anOth-
er view Of the matter. It Is the custom OF
111-t farmers in this section to sow grass
se,d with grain, and all admit that we are
more likely t, yet "a good crop of grass after
wheat than after oats.
The only drawback think Of now i, that
oat straw is OF some value as fodder, wheat
straw is nearly worthless as fodder. It is
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-12-04
ElenDrr.

| EtppPT-
Il Californian story # q Telegraph Up
eratOr.
The following story originated. we be
ieve, with the San Francisco Post. We
give it in the words of the Californian
writer;
| ''Many amusing stories have been told
of the festive freaks of telegraph operators
who, whenever afforded an opportunity
for the display of their penchant for a
good joke, rarely fail TO improve it. Al
most everybody has heard OF the operator
in an eastern city, who, on a hot SUNNI Ell
day, desiring to borrow a chew Of tobacco
from one of his fellows in the same room
instead of making known his request by
words of mouth, chose what he deemed
the least exhausting measure Of inditing
despatch, which, travelling over circuit
of upwards of thousand miles, in about
two minutes reached the identical office
whence it started. much to the surprise OF
the other chap, who b.andiy SHE'D his
tobacco box at the head Of the irrepressible
jokist.
1T often happens that teIegrapher- are
called into service at the representation OF
a stage play, IN winch occurs what Is
known as telegraph scene, such as the
one shown in Byron's Across the Cont
nent, or BoucicauIt's Long Strike" and
1t IS then that the operator behind the
scenes mana q 70 amu~e himself by talk,
ing to the fraternity IN the audience,
unknown Of course to most fthose present
who fad no meaning in the "click' Of the
instrument.
LAS an evidence that the operators OF
our city are not behindhaud in the matter
of having their fun. the following i5relatei
of } i'm --. o weil-kuown attache Of the
Western Union
During the theatrical season Of last
year the drama OF The Long Strike" was
produced at one OF our theatres. and for
the manipulation OF the telegraph lnstru-
meut. which plays an important part IN
the most important act Of the play, Jim
was engaged
His position was such that he could
see the audience without beng seen. and
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-12-04

were rescued from their perilous condition
on a raft after two days by brig bound
to China Ia one of the Chinese seaports
Capt. Vincent lived for years, clerk in
an English trading house. lie wrote sew
eral letters home, but received no answer
He gradually became prosperous IN bust
ness, and will return TO China in few
months wi h his bride.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-12-04

JUMPING THE BROOMSTICK.-A curious
story Is told by the Paris S ecle, illustra-
ting the evil consequences of arbitrary no.
tions of marriage held by the followers of
religious sects in opposition to the simple
view of the matter taken by the State.
An Algerian correspondent of this journal
says that the Indigenous Jews who have
now become French citizens are not at all
clear on this point. They look into their
religion for their law, and to this fact
must be attributed the following painful
story. The ancient customs of the Jewish
people make the reception by young
woman Of a gift from a young man tender
ed with the words, - consacrate thee to
myself with this valid marriage. A
young aud INDECENT jew. being in want
Of rich wife, fixed upon 4 rich young
Jewess as q fit person on whom to try a
stratagem sug- ested by this custom. He
introduced himself to his victim as Jew
eler in the town, and succeeded in MAJ
ing her choose q bracelet. While paying
him. she perceived that the money she had
put down was insufficient, and said so to
he pretended jeweer, who instantly hand
ed her a coin, at the same time pronounc-
ing the sacramento words which made her
his wife. The girl instantly threw down
the piece, but the rascal had in the esti-
nation OF the bigoted rabbs, acquired
sufficient right over her to induce them to
summon her before the synagogue that the
AFFAIR mi ght Dc investigated, although it
was obvious that, both parties being French
subjects. no such claim could stand.-The
rab5rs decided that the conditions making
gift marriage had not been fulfilled,
but the poor girl tell IN from agitation and
anxiety and died in few days
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-12-04

\ LEARNED MAGIofAN-Prof Pepper,
a learned English naturalist now in this
country, in one of his recent lectures gave
quite an entertaining account of the So
called fire eaters. Fire, he said. might be
handled with impunity if various condi-
tions be complied with. and, as he frequent
Iy remarked, ''if you know how" Some
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-12-04

BEDs.-The enormous beds in fashion
in the middle ages, in when not only the
whole family, but tavorite domestic animals.
hunting dogs. cats, &c., reposed together,
excite oJr Iiveiiest astonshmeut In those
days the aristocracy did not find it undisni-
fed 90 share their couches with friends or
guests who sought their hospitality. 1t
was, on the contrary, considered mark of
sincere friendship.
II is now commonly believed that where
two persons sleep together, one abstracts
from the other some amount of vital force.
This is especially the case where old and
young persons share the same bed. Besides,
in room where there Is no decided current
of air, the carnations from the lungs and
skin of the sleeper poison the atmosphere
for . considerable distance La the public
wards OF great hospitals, never less than
two and half feet Is allowed between
each bed, for this reason. In the sleeping
apartments Of royalty and nobility single
beds are everywhere the rule, and nowhere
the exception The Emperor of Germany
sleeps uDon a narrow bed and hard
mattress. The single bed covering is a
wadded silk quilt. The Emperor and
Empress Of Austria take their royal slumb-
ers on similar beds, with the same descrip-
tion of coverlet. One of the principal
advantages of these narrow beds is that the
mattresses are more easily aired Even
the poorest housewives in Germany recog-
nizs the fact that bedding requires daily
airing, and on a pleasant day in winter,
and nearly every day in summer, one may
see stretched out of the courtyard windows
for an entire half day, the feather beds so
dear to the heart of a German frau
GGlazy.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-12-04

FACTS ABOUT SroRMs.-A vast amount
: ,nlormatlon is constantly being gathered
: sl- co'!afed by the United States S gnaI
! ISsI''ee respecting storms, out OF which Il
- 'ug ',g gradually built up the true science
'aat class OF meteorological phenonena.
,-IoDg the general observations thus far
',s1 may be mentioned the following:
s., o'v,ms are accompanied with a depres-
~ u the barometer near the central line
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-12-04

FAILS OF IHE ZAMBEsG.-- Have you
smoke that sounds in your country ?" was
a question often asked by the natives when
DR.. Livingstone was exploring the Zlmbesi
They assured him that some way off
" smoke dil sound He went in the direc-
ton pointed ont by the natives, and wnile
sailing down rhe river ZImbesi saw, at a
distance OF five miles, vast columns Of what
looked Ike the smoke caused By burning
large tracts of grass There were five col
umu~. which beut with the wind. and their
tops appeared to bend with the clouds !.
they were white below, and higher up moth
ing but 1o,~e white c'ou could be seen
From this cloud rushed up a great jet Of
y4por exactly ike steam and itmounted two
hundred or three hundred feet high there
conieu-u-, IL changed its hue to that OF
dark smoke. anj came back in a constant
shower. When the falling water reaches
the bottom Of the fissure. 1t - eeunr~ASSed
for ta-tris no. 80 much space there as
above. aud the rent is not more than sixty
feet WIDE down below The FIVE columns
ascending from the abyss are formed IN
consequence of this compression. One
side of the fi-,ure is said to be very much
deeper, aud there is one part where the
walls are So slopug that the people accus-
toned to 1t can 20 down The river looks
Ike white cord at the bottom OF u precipice
three hundred feet in depth. Livingstone
named this wonderful cataract the Victoria
Falls.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-12-04
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-12-04

SLAUGHTER Your Owx MEArs-We are
paying twice as much tor meats as We ought
Less than half of all we pay goes to the PRO
ducer oC the cattle. Enough TO make thi,
up to a full half, and a tri1e more, very
properly goes to the butcher I honest. be
is fairly eutited II So much. What becomes
of the other half of all We are paying for
fresh meats
TIE honest butcher and the fair drover arc
getting, as a general rule, no more than a
lust compensation for the labor AMI hardship
they take upon themselves in supplying the
public necessities, at all seasons, and in all
weathers So many OF them rs are not I'M
reasonably graSping. and VIII not s.oap %
fraudulent practices in their weights should
be paid the amount OF their bills cheeriullv
and promptly. But nearly half of what we
pay tor our meats is yet unacc0uuted for.
Who gets it ? Auswer-the big spectators
in cattle of all kinds, men with large means
already accumulated IN this business. and
Others with slender means of their own, but
with large bank accOmm 1datiOns who can
run out from the large mIrSets 500, 1000 or
1900 miles, and buy up all the drOvCs that
are approaching any OF our large cities, and
hold them back TIL they can sell at their
own prices This if one of many arp prac-
tiecs by which the great mass OF the Ameri-
can people are forced to pay twice as much
as they ought for an important article oil liv-
ing.
No law exists, and perhaps none could be
made, strong enough TO correct, or even to
keep these speeulators within bounds and
we see not but that the professional men
and the merchants, mechanics and all the la
boring classes, must make up their minds 10
swallow the imposition as easily as they can,
in despair of the great wrong ever being
righted.
But with the farmers (and we have in
mind those who live near cities the case is
different. Redress, in part, is IA their own
hands. They are under 10 necessity of sell
ing all their lattene animals to the drovers
and then repurebasing 50 much of the meats
as will supply their own families, at great
advance on their selling prices. They can
slaughter their iattened animals at home. 10
the extent OF supplying their own families
with fresh meats. In many casts when
large animal is slaughtered, they can advan-
tageOusly turn over the surplus above their
wants IN the payment of merchants and me
chanics' bills; and 1t nO5 uuiroquently hap
pens that the farm lab0rar wa0 woras for
them would be glad to take home 20 his fam
lily piece of fresh meat. az a reasonable
price, inst, ad OF 50 much case. The farmer
and his man could so arrange the matter
to favor the interests OF both parties. We
close with these few suggestions, thiuking
that some of our readers may be SO situated
as to profit by them.-N. 7. EraHg elist.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-12-04

How uE Cor OvER.-In Scotland tbev
have narrow, open bitches they cal. sheep
drains. \ man was riding a donkey one
day across a sheep pasture, and when Mr..
Donkey came to i sheep-drain he would
not 20 over it. So the man rode him back
n short distance, and turned him round,
and put the whip to HIM thinking, of course.
that the donkey going SO fast. would jump
the dam before he ever knew it. But not
so. Ga they came, and when the donkey
got to the drain he stopped all of a sud
den, and the man went over Mr. Jack S
head. No sooner had he touched the
ground than be got up, looking Mr.. Don
Key straight in the face. he said. :. Very
weeI pitched bat then how are ye going
to get over yerseI 2''
An absent minded professor in going
out the gateway of his College ran against
a COW. In the confusion Of the moment be
raised his hat and exclaimed beg Your
pardon, madam :" soon after ha -tGmh el
against a lady in the street. In sudden
recollection OF the former m shap, he called
OUT, With look OF rage ia his countenauce.
= Is that you again, yua brute 3.'
The first chapter Of a western novel has
the follow NJ All of sudden the girl
eoat'aued to sit on the sand gazing on the
briny deep, on whose heavin- bosom the
ships all went merriy by, trejghted-5h
who can tell with how much joy and sor-
row, and pine and lumber aud emigraurs,
and hopes and salt fish
That was good, though rather se-
we're pun, which was made by student
in one Of our theological seminaries aud
he was not one OF the brightest Oft class
either when he asked ''Why is Prof
- the greatest revivaiist of the age ?''
and on all giving it up" said, "Because
at the close of every sermon there was a
.Great Awakening ="
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-12-04
For he Freeman
Raise Yonr own Wheat.

VIII it pay to raise wheat in Vermont is a
question Of interest to farmers. have raised
wheat fjB fur years with the following re-
suits.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-12-04
THE MEXICAN COMMISSIONS.

The Proceedings Of the Commission under
the convention with Mex CO OF the Fourth of
July, 1868. on the subject OF caims, have
unfortunately been checked by an obstacle,
for the removal OF which measures have been
taken by the two Governments, winch it is
believed will prove successful.
The Commissioners appointed pursuant TO
the joint resolution OF Congress on tie I'm
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-12-04
rms SAY JUAN BOUNDARY

By the 54th article Of the Treaty OF
Washington the respective claims Of the
United States and Of Great Britain in their
construction of the treaty Of the 18th OF
June, lS46, defining the boundary line
between their respective territories were
submitted % the arbitration and award of
his Majesty the Emperor Of Germany to
decide which IF those claims is most in
accordance with the true Interpretation OF
the treaty Of 1876
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-12-04

Government, and hefara the reception in tAe
United States of the award sicned hv the
Emperor. Her Majesty had given instructions
for the removal Of her troops which had
been stationed there nd FIR TIE cessation Of
oil exercise oF claim Of Jurisdiction. so ~ TO
leave the Unifef States in 'xH'usiva possess
sion of the latelv d. puted t'rritnrv- I am
gratified to he abe tn announce that the
orders for the removal nf rhe tronns have
hepn exeru ed. and the military ioint "c'n-
patton Of San Juan has ceased tn" Islands
are now in the exclusive possession of the
limited States
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-12-04

Il will be the province of Congress to pro-
vide tor the distribution among those VIII
may be entitled to it. of the respective
shares to be paid Although the sum
awarded Is not payable until year from the
date OF award, It is deemed advisable that no
time be lost IN making a proper examination
OF the several eases in which Naturalization
may bd due l consequently recommend the
creation oil beard Of commissioners for that
purpose
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-12-04

1t now hecnmes necessary [ c'nn'ete tho
survey. and the determination nf that n1r-
ti0n Of the boundary line through the llara
Channel. upon which the Commission which
determ ned the remaining part Of tho line
were unable to agreP. | recommend the
appointment Of Commission n not ihiotly
with one which may be named by Her MaJes-
ty for that purpose.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-12-04

Hs Majesty the Emperor of Germany
having been pleased to undertake the arbi-
tratiou, has the earnest thanks Of the Gov
ernment and Of the people of the United
States for the labor, pains and care which
lie has devoted to the consideration of this
long pending difference. | have caused an
expression OF my thanks to be communicated
TO His Majesty
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1872-10-02
Greeley On the Question of Color.

Greeley discussing the question of col
or, said: "Fcllow-citizens, if our move,
Inent should prevail, as trust it will, we
will sweep away all this refuse of lies in
three months, and will say to the colored
men VIC profier you nothing except the
protection of the laws, the same for YOU
as for us. You have your living to earn
as well as we have. You will have to
use all your abilities, all your energies,
all your faculties and make the most of
them you can. If the laws do not favor
you they will thoroughly protect you,
and I'M three months, if we succeed, the
colorcd people will be so disabused that
some men can never deceive them again
never again. Blu. suppose we fail, and
we may fail if the colored men do not
believe thatpowcr is against us, that mon.
ey is against US. If they do not realize
that the Treasury, the army of one hun-
dred thousand otfice-holders are all band
ed against us in force. They believe VIC
cannot overcome them or they would not
be so universally hostile to lis. They
think we cannot succeed, and they want
to be upon the winning side. That is a
part oft, but they are also deluded in
regard to our purposes. Wesay we are
not your enemies, we will not be your
opPfessors, we will not, though you have
done us injustice, we will try as we'll rs
we can to have your children educated
and enlightened, SO that the mistakes
you have made cannot be made over and
over again.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1872-10-02

The STATE EEEcrfoNs.-On the third
Wednesday Of October next, the people.
of the State will be called upon to vote
for State and county officers, and to vote
for one or against two amendments to
the State Constitution, which will be
submitted for their ratification. The first
amendment proposes to change the day
of the State elections fromthe third
Wednesday of October to the first
Tuesday after the first ,Ionday, the day
of the Presidential election. The second
amendment proposed, prohibits the con-
tracting ofany State debt except for or
dlnary current expenses, unless ratified
by two-thirds of Unqualified voters of the
State L is saprose,i that these amend
mcnts Will. be unanimously adopted