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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-07-24

DESTRUCTION or FISH IN CALTFORNIA.-The
CalifOrnians are very much excited over an
outrage recently perpetratei on the west
side OF Lake Tahoe, viz, the planting of
traps by certain fishermen in the streams on
the Californian side of the lake. In these
traps all the fish which pass up to spawn are
caught and slaughtered. The sight at the
mouth of the stream is absolutely scken-
ing. = When the poor fish, . says a recent
account, - find themselves entrapped and IN
Ible to pass up the stream, they become
perfectly frantic. They leap out of the
water to the height of five or six feet,
striking against the pickets of the trap,
breaking their noses, knocking out their eyes,
and otherwise lacerating and manning them
selves. They even become SO wild that they
start into fighting and tear each others fms
and backs till hardly a sound fish is to be
seen Many of the trout become so much
exhausted and are SO near dead that they
may be taken up in the hand yet all these
sick and half-dead fish are sco0ped out of
the water, put up IN baskets, and sent TO
the markets of Nevada and California.
While on our side of the lake no fish are
being taken, on the California side the fisher
men are siaughtering the trout at such
rate that in a few years the lake and streams
with it will hardly contain fish. >
The fish commissioners are earnestly request
ed to interfere.
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" Let us Have Peace. p"

q Let US have peace p Oh, golden words of fate
We hail the watchword of the worlds sure prime
And on the scroll of Freedom dedicate
These sacred syllables 70 coming time.
" Let us have peace 2! Ye joy bells ring, ring out
Peal your glad chimes through all the vibrant sky
Till earth's remOtest peoples hear and shout
Responsive psalms ofloye and liberty
Let us have peace r'Too long man groan beneath
The sceptred dcspot's ruthless hand and VIII ;
And now, to all the angry tides OF death,
GoIs mighty voice has whispered, "Peace,be still"
" Let us have peace !" Ye tecming tribes OF earth
Called by the chain and bruised beneath tn heel,
HeTe claim the promise of your higher birth,
And pulse of Gods regeneration feel.
% Let US have peace i7 &c myriad martyr souls,
Who throng the watch towers ofthe life beyond,
Heed this new peu which Columbia rolls
To every cline where free men dare despond
90 Let us have peaeei - Where on earth,s farthest
shore,
on, glorious cohorts Of fames deathe5s dead
Zach tiniest flower that blooms shall eyermore
Resanctfy the sod whcreon sc bled.
" Let us have peace e. lis but the song we sang
From Texan slopes to old Potomacs flood
The echo OF our slogan cry which rang
Where sabers cleaned and bayonets dripped with
blood
Let us have peace 90 And Tor each CHASTITY scar.
And rent,and stain. that marked oppression IS
doom,
Let lilies blossom, and the roses star
shine up from ashes OF the tyraut's tomb
IS Let Us have peace I" Oh Thou whose victor sword
Flashed down the front of Freedom early van.
To every field and counsel, sovereign Lord
Proclaim Thy peace on earth, good VIII 70 man lr
50 Let us have peace" From Heavens Uattlemeut,
With song OF stars and thunder monotone,
Oh, God OF battles De thv nat sent.
To make these worls of history thine own
Let US have peace g. uu hostile flags are furIed.
From Cuoas isle to Turkey golden horn,
And thy one banner 10 a waiting world
Reflects the sunbur-t- ofmilenium's moru.
-. j.. DRIVER.
Boston Tr1lscrIDt
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analogous to ebullition-i E., throwing
off continually vast bubbles of gas that
form the so called prominences of which
more anon. Many simply withhold assent,
on the ground that where the conflicting
influences sf pressure and temperature so
far transcend all terrestrial experience it
is unsafe to dogmatize. From what we
can learn upon the earth it would seem
that no substance could possibly remain a
gas under such pressure as those tlat
must prevail even few hundred miles be-
low the solar surface, though perhaps the
recent researches of Andrews partly re-
move the difficulty.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-07-24

Ii there is one thing which We want settled
it is the Great Sea -Serpent-Snake Question.
1t was ferociously discussed when we were
boy-so is it now we are man, and so per-
haps it will be when we are no more. 1t
ought to be settled now, when the great
Prof Corbin declares that he lately saw
three (3) Sea Serpents. One Of them was
' enormous big enough, in fact, to COM
pei an alteration in the course of the vessel
say !, 900 yards long his tail was fan-shape;
he resembled cobra; his head was like
bulls; his eyes were large and glowingi
his head was surmounted by horny crest !;
he swan with incredible velocity, lashing
% the sea into foam like breakers dashing
over Jagged rocks. Perhaps he knew that
the Professor was looking at him through
spy-glass from the quarterback, and cut up
these antics in order to secure a good report
OF his agility. He must indeed have pre-
sented a most extraordinary, not TO say raw.
ishing, spectacle; for, says Prot. CorbIn, 1
saw his overlapping scales open and shut
with everv arch of his sinuous back colored
like a rainbow" Who can believe that
this magnificent creature was nothing but
horse-mackerel ?
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-07-24

New York tells a good campaign story for
Horace Greelev: Some time ago one Norton.
Cashier of the Post Office. turned out as de-
faulter. and the United States came down on
his securities. among whom was Horace Gree
lev. responsible to the extent of about
$4,000 Greeley was very restive under the
obligation, and he is so much in fear Of debt
that he actually wanted to give his check for
the whole sum and get it off his mind.
Finally meeting of the endorsers was held,
and Mr. Greeley put on his spectacles, took
M his boud and dolefullY read over the CON
ditions. 4" Thew saw write an internally
bad hand. = said Greeley. AZ but they can
read it p'ain enough when it gets on one of
these things.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-07-24

The Noupou FESTIVAL. On St.
Johns Day kind of entertainment more
curious than nice was held in the
neighborhood Of New Orleans. 1t was not
4 novel festivity by any means, since the
correspondent who acquaints Us with the
details speaks of 1t as an affair Of yearly
repostion The fact, however, that such a
ce Celebration should be still kept up under
the changed condition of the .colored pop
ulaton o. the South is matter for regret
and surprise 1t Is hard. no doubt, for
people to change old habits. Those who
practice the unearthly Noudou" business
are comparatively few in number, and we
may hope that, with its present devotees,
q practice so anomalous in a civilized land
will pass out OF existence On this
occasion the '' oudou Festival was held
near Bayou Tchoupitoulas. 1t is the
custom to conceal the place of the
intended rendezvous, probably for the
same reason that leads to the concealment
of spots chosen for pugilistic battles but
the correspondent named contrived to find
out where the thing was to be, and saw it
entirely through. 1t began at midnight
and lasted till morning. About three
hundred persons assisted, one third of whom
were whites, and the majority OF the whole
were females The performance witnessed
was very much in the nature of the old
witches Sabbath. There was a queen
one Marie Lavaux, a comely quadroon-
who arrived in great state after all the
rest. \ fire was built on the exact edge
of the lake, and all present brought piece
mood r,aEinr, ruTSh rhrorr .
on. In the water salt was put by hideous
old negro, who jabbered something in
Creole. Black pepper was added by
young girl. \ box was now brought, and
from it black snake was taken and cut
into three parts. One of these was put
in the pot by the queen, one by the old
man, and the third by the young girl At
this point grand howl was INDUCED in
by the company, after which the queen
called for a cat. The animal being
brought, the "queen" deliberately cut its
throat, and pitched it into the cauldron
a fresh chorus followed, and then black
rooster was handed to her majesty, who
tied its head and feet together, and flung It
into the pot alive. The "queen" now
ordered the entire party to undress, which
songs and wells. White and colored
powders were meanwhile poured into the
cauldron, and on the fire, which thereupon
burned with various changing colors. The
company next Joined hands, and danced
madly round and round, singing an extraor-
dinaTy chorus in " Gumbo French, .
interspersed with peals of demOniac
laughter This choice of diversion,
alternated by the enunciation of a lot of
mystical gibberish by the queen" was
followed by a simultaneous rush into Lake
Ponchartrain by the entire crowd. They
remained in the bath for half an hour, and
on emerging enjoyed the intellectual treat
Of sermon from the queen" prior TO a
more material feast, the provision for
which is said to have been brought in
baskets, but which might appropriately
have been eked out from the contents of
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-07-24

Really, clergymen do have hard time of
it. In Cincinnati, recently, the Rev. :. .
j. Thompson, Methodist pastor of Leaven-
worth, Kansas, but formerly of Cincinnati,
called upon a Mrs. Shingledecker, with
whom he had been on terms of close pastoral
relations for years, having attended many
marriages and funerals in the family
There was man named Bond boarding IN
the house OF Mrs. S, who had passion for
her, and was partly engaged to marry her.
Well, the Rev. Mr. Thompson coming to
make a final call upon Mrs. Shingledecker,
according to one account, gave her a vale
dictory kiss. This so aroused the ire of
Bond that he attacked Mr.. Thompson
with hatchet, and so wounded his head
that his life is despaired of. What renders
this all the more painful is, that the slaughter
Gus Bond is himself member of the church
The Rev Mr.. French Of Christie Chapel GER
titles that - he did not consider it strange
that the minister should kiss the lady, as his
relations with her and her family were of the
purest and most intimate character, and as
she sought 10 bestow the kiss upon him,
there was nothing improper in his accepting
it, Strange to say, many people are of the
opinion that the murderer is insane.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-07-24

That ingenious sea-lawyer but Indifferent
yachtsman, Mr.. Ashbury. has come to grief
once more. At the International Regatta,
off Havre, last week, the gallant Harwich
Commodore appeared to have the race all to
himself. as few yachtsmen of standing seem to
care about becoming entangled with his fine
spun technicalities. The American Sappho,
Mr. Douglass owner, was one of the vessels
withdrawn when Mr.. Ashbury appeared as
the prominent figure in the race. But, IF
teen minutes start being given to the rest Of
the fleet, the SapphO hOisted sail, ran out TO
the leeward of the contestants, sailed around
Ashbury's LivOnia, and was back at the
anchorage an hour and half before that
vessels return. Mr.. Ashbury will probably
retain his low opinion of American seaman
ship and legal knowledge.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-07-24

a WEAsEL's MILITARY TACTICs.-The
Portland Transcript prints this funny des-
cription;
"A good old Westbrook Quaker vouches
for the truth of the following story of a
battle between a weasel and a rat, in which
the former showed military capacity that
would be the making of general. The
good old man gave his peace principles a
little vacation while he watched the fight
with lively curiosity. 1t was evident from
the first, that, in an open, fair field, the
rat carried too many guns for his slippery
enemy, and drove him at every set-to.
The weasel at length appeared discour-
aged, and was, for a time, lost to sight.
Our friend soon found he was burrowing in
the ground He rapidly made a tunnel,
which, when finished, had large entrance
and a very small exit. This done, he ven
tured out and again attacked the rat, but
soon fed before him, as on each former oc
casion He disappeared in the larger open
ing to his tunnel, the rat pOuncing in after
him. He soon appeared squeezing himself
out of the small opening at the opposite ex-
tremity of the mine, dashed back with
great speed to the hole down which the
rat had just disappeared, and plunged in
without the slightest hesitation. The mo-
mentum Of the rat must have wedged him
fast in the cunning trap prepared for him,
and the weasel was upon his unprotected
rear before he could change front. All
that followed must be left to the imagIna-
tiop."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-07-24

THE WEAruER-Aside from the sud
den and severe eases Of sickness caused bv
the heat, it Is becoming apparent that the
prolonged high temperature Is creating
other and more chronic forms of disease.
So far, there Is little to encourage the hope
of an immediate relief from the heated
term which has set in, and which Is the
very natural antithesis of the extreme
cold of last winter and the early spring.
Even the showers which are so frequent
and copious, and, more extraordinary, the
heat lightning itself, do not tend in any
y---->r- .,hla Aaes-aa - ar,,ajiorata the heat
We have before Us two hot months. july
and August are trying months at the best,
and commencing with the thermometer
among the nineties in the shade, the phys
ical system will nece zsarily be reduced In
strength and vigor of resistance to disease
long before the malarial season c0mmen-
ces. 1t Is well to be prudent in living at
all times, but now it Is indispensably nee
essary. Any well-read physician will
say that there is nothing recondite in the
matter. 1t Is as easy TO preserve the
health as it Is to carry on a trade The
rules of life are few and SIMPLE the ma
jority of the people understand them well
enough for ordinary occasions, but they
also fail to recognize the exceptional eases
in which exceptional care Is essential.
Of all the eases of sunStroke which
take place, the vastly large proportion
might be avoided by wearing wet leaves or
wet handkerchiets in the hat, and abstain
ing from strong drink. \ less amount Of
81 - ].
the appetite in health Is the best Indicator
Of the necessity for eating, when one does
not crave food one had better let 1t alone.
Nor is there less danger from over-indul-
gence of the passions than from excess in
eating and drinking That anger which
sends the blood coursing through the veins
with impunity with the thermometer at
forty, is dangerous and may be fatal when
the temperature Is ninety-ive. Tae con-
clusion OF the whole matter Is that one
should be temperate In all things. and
should understand that it Is possible to be
Incorporate IN the use of ice water as well
as in drinking champagne. 1t IS well to
eat vegetables, but they should be fresh
1t is wellto eat some meat, but only when it
Is really craved 1t is well to be in earnest,
but not to be angry and right to be leis-
urely and wrong to be lazy. The body and
mind should be occupied, yet neither
should be Overtaxed. If possible, all ex-
ira exertion should be postponed till cool
weather, and above all, there should be no
worrying about ones health, and no swal-
lowing of drugs and nostrums. \ cheer
full spirit and the performance of ones
duty will be better than pills or powders.
This sort of weather Is best, or we should
not have it.-Proridence Jonrnal.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-07-24

AN IwNEVsE CACTUS The Rochester In
ion of July 1st saws "a Saturday James Wick
the celebrated florist and scotsman of our
city, received from D. D. Ranney, Of Dem
yer. Colorado, beautiful and rare specimen
of the cactus plant. It resembles a large
turtle in shane. It weighs one hundred and
thirty pounds. and under Mr. Vick's direc-
tion will in few years weigh double that.
Mr.. Rannev writes that he Obt4ined it in the
vicinity of the Spanish Peaks in the southern
rart of the territory. and that hundreds can
he obtained there in fact. that he could
furnish them cheaplv. Mr. Ranney con-
veved the specimen in question from the
place where it grew TO Denver, two hundred
miles, in a wagon. This clctus has already
attracted many admirers. It can be seen at
Mr.. Vick's salerooms in State street"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-07-24

How a SPrDxR Spins Few things are
more wonderful than the spinning of spi-
der On the under side Of the creatures
BODY are placed four or six little knobs. each
not larger than the point of pin. These
are outlets Of certain receptacles within the
abdomen. where the silk is prepared
When the snider wishes to spin a thread.
It presses the knobs. or spinnerets with one
of its legs and forthwith there issue from
each. not one. but thousand fihsrs, Of sueh
exquisite fineness. that it II only when tha
products of all the sninnerets are united
that they become visible TO the naked eve.
The '' thread - of the spider is thus tiny
rope of four or six thousand strands.
The twisting into one cord is performed
hv the hindmost pair of legs, which. like
the rest are furnished with three claws
apiece Using these claws as fingers. the
little rope maker twists her groups of thread
iuto one with surprising rapiditY. Selected.
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THE FIRST L0COH0TIvE.-The first lOComo-
tive engine introduced and worked IN Amer
lea, was run upon the Delaware and Hudson,
railroad Ia the year lS2S, Honesia lie
(named from the late Philip Honey offered
its friendly glen for the purpose of conduct
ing the experiment The locomotive. called
the '' StourbridSe Lion, = was built in Eng
land, Of the best workmanship and material,
and most approved pattern of that date.
Ihe road passed out Of HOnes1ale bya sharp,
nOrthwestly curve. with moderate grade,
and was carried over the Lle6awaxen by a
,ong hemlJck trcstling, considered too frail
by many 10 support the great weight of the
mysterious looking engine, all ready for the
hazardous Journey. As the crowd gathered
from far and near, expecting that bridge,
locomotive and all would plunge into the
streams the moment the passage was attempt
ed. no one dared TO run the locomotive across
the chasm but Major H5rati0 Allen, who,
amid exultacIOn and praise, passed over the
bridge and portion OF the road In safety.
The engine. however, was abandoned, as the
slender trestIing. forming much of the body
of the road, sufficiently strong for ordinary
ears, was found too feeble for the - weight
and tear. MAJ. Allen, in his account OF tins
firss si st l--sll4ot.va pom this EirlorIS =
saws - As | placed my hand on the throttle,
/ was undecided whether l would move
slowly or with q fair degree; but believing
that the road would prove safe, and prefer
ring, If we did 90 down to 90 down hand
slmely and without any evidence Of timidity,
[ started with considerable velocity. passed
the curve over the creek safely and was soon
out of hearing of the vast assemblage. At
the end of two OF three miles reversed the
valve, and returned without accident. hav-
ing thus m9de the first railroad trip by
locomotive on the Western Hemisphere.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-07-24

Caleb Cushing says the English are to him
one of the standing miracles of the age. The
exquisite simplicity with which they attack
positions which no one cares to defend or
try to defend-positions hopelessly untenable
is thing you can never explain by any
reference to the ordinary rules of human
conduct
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Greeley's first effort at writing of epitapbs

Greeley's first effort at writing Of epitapbs
for himself was this
May IL be written on my grave thatI
(H. g.
NEVER WAS 4 FOLLOWER
OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY,
AND
LIVED AND DIED
IN NOTHING ITS DEBTOR.
In 1869, he thanked the Republican State
Committee for the faith they evinced in his
devotion to the Republican cause, and said
- trust that some friend may be able to
say with truth at my grave, that my
political friends never were asked by me for
any favor, and never required of me any hon.
orable service that [ did not eheerfully
render
In Boston, the other day, as if recognizing
to what depth he had sunk, 'he said he
asked only this epitaph
4 GOOD PRINTER,
A RESPECTABLE PUBLISHER,
AND
AN HONEST EDITOR
Ii would have been well for his fame, If
his epitaph could end there; but to it must
be added this:
AN EVIL HOUR
DEMOCRACY TEMPTED HIM,
AND HE
DIED ITS DEBTOR
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e. 4 FELLOW BY THE NAME OF HOLMES. -
la lS45, says a correspondent of the Free
Prs e Abe Lincoln, as he was then call
ed. came = Bloomington, Ill, about sixty
miles from his home in Spring gfeld, to defend
an aged father IN suit for slander brought
by his son. The old mans spouse, second
wife, and not altogether sanity IN the estima-
ti0n of her step-sOn, had spoken severely of
the step-sOn's wife, and he prosecuted for
SANDER, as was supposed by some more TO
get the old mans money than to keep peace
IN the family. They had gone through the
evidence and Lincoln made the closing
speech. As he approached the close he cali
Ell the father TO his side before the jury. and
spoke OF the unnatural aspect there present.
Ell in 4 man Of these gray hairs defending
himself against the conduct of his child.
kaiSing his hand higher than that frosted
head, he summoned the spirit of the depart
ed mother to console the defendant in these
unmerited sorrows: to shield him in these
days when he needed some requital of affee-
ton from the assault Of their thankless child.
Her spirit of love is ali that remains to him
now. For
IS The messy marbles rest
On the lips he has pressed
In their bloom
And the names he loved tO hear
Have been carved for many year
ON the t0mb.'
These lines fitted like an exquisite piece of
mechanism. The case was gained. A wit
ness OF the scene who reports the case says
that at the close be asked, 8 Mr. Lincoln,
who was the author of those lines you re-
peatei " Oh" said he, q it was fell
low by the name of Holmes" This " fel-
low by the name of Holmes = had become
pretty WIDELY known sixteen years after,
when Mr.. Lincoln took up his abode at the
White House; but the lines which had help
ed the lawyer 50 we'll in gaining his case
clung to the memory of the President, who
was accustomed to refer to g The Last Leaf .
as inexpressibly touching, and those six lines
specially as the finest in the English language
tor true pathos.
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the pot. After this, again there was a
vast amount of howling and horn-blowing,
and finally the fire was extinguished, and
the delicate-minded assemblage dispersed.
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partners, is altogether mysterious, and for
which there seems to be no satisfactory
theory.
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Engagement bracelets are the last poy-
city. They are placed on the lady rs arm as
soon as papa gives his consent. and then
locked with small gold key.