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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

ORIGINALIrY.-One does feel sometimes,
if one writes, that there is nothing left in
the world to be original about that pretty
much everything has been said, sung, and
described. The cyclical theory is a dread.
full nightmare. And to think Of Living
ston's finding in the very heart of Africa
just the same sort of a bird-trap that CIV
i!ized American boys catch chippies with !!
Given, a human being-and everything is
included. You get your original idea
down to its simplest statement, and there
is nothing left but some proverb, familiar
as household words One doesn't know
whether to be fattered or annoyed but,
if one does strike off something really orr
glnal-something that one may be NOR
| ally, It not statisticaly, certain cannot be
found in the ancients-he is sure to read
1t next day in the Presidents inaugural
or George Eliot's latest novel. These col,
umns OF choice extracts from the best wrl-
ters, new and old,-which are getting tc
be more and more in vogue in journalism
are more harassing than any specia
class of reading to person who imaglnes
that he has patent on any one idea, oil
group Of ideas. But doubtless one should
congratulate ones self that the seed ol
truth is sure to struggle to the light through
every soil that deep drainage does not
necessarily help, nor do superphosph ates
hinder it, This is the view [ myself am
inclined to take. If Shakespeare happens
to saw the sama tlinr that | do let me
not be ignobly jealous. Rlther, let the
race receive my congratulations.-Scrib
ner'S TOR May
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

GRAMMATICAL TECHNICALIrIEs.-Sp
ing of grammar. the following conversation
is said to have occurred iD a railroad car
recently between young lady teacher,
who also writes for the -, and an old
gentleman who had a notion that he could
speak the English language:
Old Gent Are there any houses
building in your village?"
Young Lidy-'No, Sir. There is
new house being built for Mr.. Smith. but
1T is the carpenters who are bu ling"
Gent" True: sit corrected. To be
building is certainly d ff,rent thing from
to be being built. Aud how long has MIR.
Smiths house been being built -
L,dy-(ooks puzzled a moment, and
then answers abruptly {" Nearly year"
Gent How much longer do you think
it will be being bullt?"
Lady-(explosiveIy.) Don't know"
Cent should think Mr.. Smith
would be annoyed by its being so long
being built, for the house he n Nv occupies
being old, he must leave it, and the new
one being only being built. instead of be-
ing built as be expected. he can not"
Here the gentleman perceived that the
lady had disappeared.-EDIroR's DRAWER
in Harper's Magazine for July.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

ENJOY lie PREsENT.-lt conduces
much to our content if we pass by those
things which happen to our trouble, and
consider what is pleasing and prosperous,
that by the representation of the better,
the worse Nay be blotted out If [ be
oVerthrown in my suit at law, yet my
house is left me still and my land, or
have yirtuous wife, or hopeful children,
or kind friends, or good hopes If have
lost one child, it may be | have two or
three still left me. Enjoy the present,
whatsoever it may be, aud be not solicit
Gus for the future for if you take your
foot from the present standing, and thrust
it forward to to-morrow's event, you are
in restless condition by fearing you
shall want drink the next day. If to
morrow you shall want, your sorrow would
come time enough, though you do not
hasten it /; let your trouble tarry till its
own day comes Eljoy the blessings of
this day, if God sends them, and the evils
OF it bear patiently and sweetly, for this
day is ours. We are dead to yesterday,
and not yet born to the morrow.-Jeremy
Taylor.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

expressed her willingness to make the flag,
Out suggested that the stars would be more
symmetrical and pleasing to the eye if made
with i've points, and she showed them how
such star could be made, by folding sheet
OF paper and producing the pattern by sim
gle cut. Her plan was approved, and she at
once proceeded to make the flag, which was
hnlshed the next day. Mrs. Ross was given
the position of manufacturer of flags for the
government, and for some years she was en-
gagged in that occupation. The business
descended to her children, and was carried
On ~ her daughter, Clarissa Claypoole, who
w unfairly rellnquished it on becoming a
member of the Society of Friends, lest her
handlwork should be used in time of war
Harper's Jor july.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

The AUTUMN OF LIFE-It is the solemn
thought connected with middle life, that
lite's last business is begun in earnest, and
it is then, midway between the cradle and
the grave, that man begins to marvel
that he let the days of his youth 90 by so
half enjoyed. 1t is the pensive autumn
feeling, it is the sensation of half sadness
that we experience when the longest day
of the year is passed, and every day that
follows is shorter, and the light fainter,
and the feebler shadows tell that nature is
Fastening with gigantic footsteps to her
winter grave. So does man look back
upon his youth. When the first gray
hairs becomes visible, when the unwelcome
truth tastens itself upon the mind that
man is no longer going up hill but down,
and that the sun is always westerning, he
looks back on things behind. When we
were children We thought as children.
But now there lies before US manhood with
its earnest work, and then the old age, and
then the grave, and then home There is
a second youth for man, better and holier
than his first, if he will look on, and not
look back.-W. Robertson.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

FIrz LEES IMPUDENcE.-Among the
incidents of the recent excursion from
Washington to Mouat Vernon was the tbl-
loving, relate i 10 the Alex lndria Gazette.
of an interview between G n. F,tz Lee aud
Miss Nellie Grant. The Glzetre says:
The ex-Confederate having accidentally
met an old friend among the lady visitors,
was introduced by her to her daughter,
and also, and to his great surprise, when
he heard her name, to her daughter :
friend, the daughter of the President but
being as courteous as he is brave, ne
strove to render himself agreeable to his
distingui he'd Acquaintance, and By his
afflbillty and genial Southern manners
was so successful that in short time the
reserve of new acquaintauceship was worn
off and they were talking together as
as familiarly as if they had known each
other for years.
On their return be was particularly at
tentive, pointing out to her from the dac<
of the steamer the several objects OF inter
est along the banks Of the P1tomlc, and
uarratny the legends ATTACHED to item
aud as the bat nearel this city, he ex
pressed his regret at not beiny able to es-
cort her to her home, saying tnat he would
certainly beg that hoaor were 1t not that
he must meet dear and near relative, an
invalid lady, who was expected to arrive
here that evening. Then taking the hand
she profsred him as he arose to leave her
he said with smIe,'' Please bear regards
to the President, and be kind enough to
tell him that if he'll only furnish the neces
sary rations and transportation, I'll take
squadron of the Back Horse Clvalry
and promise to end the Moloc war aud
make him present of Capt. Jack, dressed
in Gen. Canby's uniform, within thirty
days." and, lifting his hat, bowed himself
toward the companion way, down which he
disappeared, she having laughingly remark
ed as he blie her a1eu. /" Well, sir, |
must say you are the most impulent man
| ever met"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

A DEspIcABLE MULE.-The negro and
mule writes friend in Clinton, La.,) are
inseparable companions in the Southern
cotton fields, and, like the Hawaiian
string and bow, useless each without the
other. The lazy indifference and careless
cruelty of the one, and wonderful powers
Of endurance of severe labor, bad treat
ment, and neglect of the other, complete
the compatibility Of the two races neces.
sary for the production OF four millions OF
bales. A characteristic anecdote may be
relished by those who have had experience
of the two. The spectator had taken re-
fuge from the suns perpendicular rays
under the shade Of a spreading beech, and
lay recumbent, enjoying the fsful breezes
and the sombre frothiness of the country
newspaper. Along the dusty road which
passed by this retreat came jogging a
negro, mounted on mule, both apparently
fast asleep. As the somnolent pair ap.
preached the spot, some wicked sprite Of
the place gave the paper q firt, which
was no sooner seen and heard than the
mule, as mules only know how, instantly
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

THE TRUNDLE BED.-The balmiest sleep
we ever experienced was when we were
nesting in the old trundle bed, with a
curly headed brother just turned out of
the parents nest to make room for new
customer. But trundle bed dreams were
soon at an end, for when the next custo-
mer came we were crowded out of the
trun1le bed to make room for the next that
was turned out of the parent nest, and so
they kept alternating for years until we
were turned out into the wide world. Oh .
where are the little heads that We have
kissed a thousand times DER as they nest
led in the old trundle bed Some of them
have grown old and gray, and others are
resting upon their everlasting pillows in
widely separated lands. We are always
sad when we think of the old trundlt
bed.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

The HUM)Rs OF MovfNG-The first
Sunday 10 the new house is notable
day. Toere is an entire absence of old
land marks, aud strange, weird new
ness on everything, AMI you can't fai
your shaving soap. You start for a
scuttle of c3al, but you don't see the
scuttle. 1t Is in the bottom of a barrel
in the garret You take the dripping pla.
When you change your shirt you LOOK for
it first. 1t is in one of the bureau draw
ers, which are piled upon another in the
paror, and you find you have got to lit
a half ton of carpets and feather-beds be-
fore you can get down to the drawers.
After you have lifted them down and
searched them through, it is re nembered
by your wife thta the desired garment is
in one of the barrels-the one in the shed,
she thinks, although it may be the one
in the garrett, and yet it woutd be just
like the stupid carman to have carried
ta at barrel down cellar. A bel-quilt
comes out first, then picture, next a
piece of cold ham, neatly done up in your
vest and packed away in the missing scat-
tie.
Below is an assortment of iron ware
and length of stove-pipe, half loaf
of bread, a couple of towels, and roll
ing-pin. You begin to expect you will
eventually come upon coil-mne. and
perhaps some dead friend. Then you 60
down in that barrel again, and come up
with pleasing assortment of stockings
and half emptied medicine bottles. The
way you come up this time leads you to
consider that barrel itself. 1t mas caught
in the back of your vest, and made the
cloth let 90 it took off one half Of one
sleeve, and created a sensation on the
back of your head as if bonfire had
ragged there. 1t is quite evident the coop
er who built that blrrel Was called away
before he commenced to clinch the nails
You involuntarily grasp the rolling pin,
and look aronnd as if you had expected
to see him. Then you call the girl to
re-pack the barrel, and start up stairs to
look after something that is eaiser to find,
but finally change your mind, and pass
the balance of the day in digging carpet
tacks and worthless wood from the palms
of your feet. and concocting lies about the
wealth of your uncle ; aad the moon looks
though the window at night, and touches
up with blow OF FURNISHED silver sew
eral lengths of stove pipe, a half dozen
odd chairs, sheet of dingy zinc, and a
barrel with bed-quilts foaming over the
top.-Danbury Ners.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

SUDDENLY DELIvERED.-Ama man who was
conf IN Il anl hopeless drunkard. being
.boat to % out to the fishing banks with
isherml n, pro Dsel, bsto re they started,
=. to take drink
NJ" said the fisher man, " l don't
drink
Opn't you drink aaything?"
"No; don't drink any thing
Why not p
Because [ am Christian"
Waat, - said the man. d" doss
Christ keep you from drinking ;"
The fisherman, at 6cst confused by the
novelty of the question, hesltated a mo-
nent, then answered., g" Yes !; Carist keeps
me from drinking"
The poor ine5r,ate was struck with the
reply. II thought, q" There is help TIA.
Ildn't think Of" He went home and into
MS room. aud knelt dIwn and said, F" 0
Lord Jesus Christ, keep IN, from drin<-
n.y." HIS appetite foc liquor suile nly
left him. He Was delivered.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25
Holiday.

The earth is nothing but flowers and grass;
The sky is light, and the wave its glass:
will make part of the shadowless whole,
And be body without soul.
leave the troublesome creature bound
By hopes and fears that hedge it round;
So may 1 look, for single day,
To live unhindered the life of May;
To spring into bloom from the clover root
To feel the sap in the young leaf shoot;
To hive my honey, to spread my wing;
To work or idle at any thing;
To slide with the fly on the waters face,
And swim with the fish that follows chase:
To feel myself once more at one
With all the life that is under the sun
But what is signing about the spot?
What sound of wind where wind is not?-
Poor wretch pursued by all thy cares,
Hast stolen after me unawares?
Go, get thee back, kind soul, pray!
Sad or merry another day,
l ask for only these few short hours
To grow in the light like grass and flowers.
But still the poor soul, all undone,
Sishs and shivers beneath the sun
l cannot bear the pitful pain
The homeless creature must come again.
Alas the time when | could lie
AS free from thought as the open sky
Is never for me henceforth, trow:
Soul, we must comfort each other now
KATE PUTNAM OsGOoD, in Rarpers Mrgaz
TOR July.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

Use THE NAKED EDGE. Robert Hall
says: Ii L were upon trial for my life.
and my advocate should amuse the jury
with his tropes and figures, burying nus
arguments beneath a profusion of the
flowers of rhetoric, L would say to hun,
s Tut, man. you are more for your vanity
than for my hanging. Pat yourself in
my place, speak in view of the gallows,
aud you will tell your story plainly and
earnestly" l have no objection to
lady's winling sword with ribbons and
studding it with roses when she presents it
to her lover, but in the day of battle he
will tear away the ornament and use the
naked edge"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25
In tho year 100 lived in Kent. En-

In the year 100 lived in Kent, Eng
land, Eliza and Mary Chulkhurst. who
were joined together after the manner
of the Siamese Twins. Their will Or
dered that the income given by the lands
of which they died possessed should be
perpetually applied to the distribution of
an annual dole of cakes and cheese. A
few days ago the churchwardens of the
parish made the distribution for this year.
The cakes are made of -four and water, and
bear the date HOO, together with the i'm
printed eff yies of the sisters.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

CHIEF JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT. -
John Jay, of New York, was appointed first
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States, September 26, 1889. He held
the Office until appointed Minister to En :
gland in 1794, when he resigned. There
was vacancy of one year and three months,
when John Rltledge, of South Carolina, was
appointed July |, 1895, during a recess of
the Senate, aud presided at the August term.
December 10Th he was nominated to the
Senate, and he was rejected December Is.
1875.
William Cushing was nominated and con-
hrmed January y. 1897, but declined the
appointment. Judge Cushing was then AS
sociate Justice of the court, having been ap-
pointed in 1899. He held the position Of
Associate until 1871, when he died.
Oliver Ellsworth, of Connecticut. was
nominated and confirmed March 4, 1896.
He presided until 1899, when he was ap-
pointed Minister to France.
John Jay, Governor of New York, was
nominated, confirmed and appointed Dec. 10,
1900, but declined the appointment.
John Marshall, OF Virginia, Secretary of
State under John Adams, was nominated, ),
confirmed and appointed Jan. 81, 1901. lie
presided on the Bench as Chet Justice dur
lng the February term and acted as Secretary
OF State until March i. Chief Justice Mar
shall held the place until 1885, and was the
first Chief Justice who died in Office
Robert b. fancy. of Maryland, was ap-
pointed March II, 1886. He died October
II, 1864.
Salmon P. Chase was appointed and con-
firmed Dec 6, 1864.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

CALGRAFT, TIE FAMOUS ENGLISH HANGMAN,
recently went to Dundee, Scotland, on a
professional visit to Mr.. Scobbie of Dundee,
who had had trihng but somewhat fatal
alteration with a game-keeper. Scobbie
wasn't quite ready to hang on account of a
reprieve, and Calcraft loated around the old
town few days to see the sights, and every
where he went there was a multitude gather
ed to gaze on him. He was lionized and
stared at, and when he left the city, the gov
ernor and vast crowd escorted him to the
station. His carpet-bag was an object OF
absorbing interest to the gazers, and specu-
lation was rife as to its contents. But CAL
craft was unmoved through it all.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

Tbs Public AND SOCIAL LIBRA RtEs IN MAS
are eighty-two towns and
cities in Massachusetts,, according to the
Boston Journal, that support free public
libraries, in whole or in part, BY tax %
the ratable property of the town as provided
in the general statutes. The number OF vol vol
umes In these libraries in 1872 was SOD, ,419,
the additions in the year 1871 having been
5O, ,l3O volumes. The number of volumes
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

"swapped ends.' and leaving the negro
sprawling 10 the dirt, took his departure.
under full sail. The negro, half raising
himself, and wipiug the dust from eyes and
mouths watched the retreatiug mule for
some time in silence, but at length. uucon.
scious of an auditor, gave expression to
this philosophic solioquy:
"Dat's wat makes me 'spise a mule -
EOIroR's DRAWER, in Harper's Magazine
for July.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

In reply to a letter from the chairman of
the Ohio Constitutional convention, joseph
Medill makes this report on the practical
working OF minority representation IN llli-
nols The unjust monopoly OF representation
is broken. Every democratic district elected
two democrats and one repu bIiean, and every
republican district two republicans and one
democrat to the House. The exception to
this rule only Occur red when a candidate
OF the stronger party was unpopular, or that
of the weaker party the filter man to such
degree as to constraln enoug of his oppo-
nents to vote for him to elect him. 1t was
a noticeable fact that, taken as a wb ole, the
so called 50 minority members were the
ablest men. Several of the strongest and
most conspicuous members were sent to the
Assembly by the " pumping vote OF the
minority, showing that the wea ker party, as
a rule, were more careful and conscientious
in making selections of represen tatves than
the majority side. Minority representation
In lllinoIs has Leen demonstrated to an ac-
tual retorm-not chance merely, but an
improvement in the science of popular gov
ernment, and the people are pleased with the
experiment., and intend to give it fair and
thorough trial. At first many were hostile
to it's adoption; but few of them now vote
tor It's abrogatl0n.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

A wasp with yellow hustle is no in
significant agent in dispensing crowd
but nervous woman making through
crowd for the cars, with vslise 10 ono
ha nd and an umbrella in the other, is
about as appalling an object as the human
mind can conceive and maintain its BAL
ance.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

The flag of Sumter. that was lowered by
Major Anderson, April IA, 1861, is in the
possession of man in Stamford, Conn.,, and
was exhibited in the procession there on
Decoration Day.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

Working of the optional system at Dart
mouth Calculus and Greek are optiona
during part of the course. The following
extract from the first recitation of Ger
tain class in Calculus is instanced
Professor" H., what is the object Of
studying Calculus 2"
r. To get rid of Greek. sir"
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colonization of Virginia, grew in the end
to splendid success. Those who believe
In the Divine Leader ,of men seem 10 see
clear y here the work of the higher hand.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

That LooK.-There was on board one
Of our naval ships during the war, sal
lor who was a marked man on account of
his peculiar department. When all the
othor sailors crowded up to the grog-tub
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25
The Atheneum says that the following in
scriptou, hitherto unpublished, is emblaz.
oned round the banqueting hall of Bulwer's
OF K KnahU0rth

Read the Rede of the Old Roof Tree.
Here be trust fast. Opinion free.
Knightly Right Hand. Christian knee.
Worth in all. Wit in some.
Laughter open. SANDER dumb.
Hearth where rooted Friendships grow,
Safe as Altar even to Foe.
And the sparks that upwards 60
When the hearth flame dies below,
If thy sap in them may be,
Fear no winter, Old Roof Tree.
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through years of peace and sunshine, and
when Its hour of trial comes it is ready.
The children of to-day, protected, cared
for now, must soon begin to fight their own
battles with the world; nay, more, must
make the world in which they live. The
future America lies in these little hands.
They are
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

Brought forth and reared in hours
Of fchanse, alarms, surprise"
What shall we do to make them efficient
for the times upon which they have fallen
and Society,"" Scribner's for
June.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

The earth is nothing but flowers and grass;
The sky is light, and the wave its glass;
will make part of the shadowless whole,
And be body without a soul.