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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-24

OF the day prepared. The apparatus en-
pioyed IN cooking was of primitive char.
acter. Each boat carried quantity of rig
ging from the Polaris, and a can of oil.
with these fire was made in the bottom of
an old iron bucket. Tea was the only thing
that cou d be made With such an apparatus.
ihey state that the privatons they suffered
Were not serious. The life was rough, la
borious, and monotonous but though dan
gers occasionally presented themselves well
calculated to inspire the greatest fear, no &C.
r:ous accident occurred, and on the 2lst of
Janc the boats reached Cape York in safety.
Here thev were again C ose beset with ice
On the 23d their troubles came to an end.
a Ghaler was descried few miles of, and
the whole party was at once in a turmoil of
excitement. A greet fear seemed to take
possession of them all at once that the
ship might get away before seeing them,
and they put forth every effort to push
through the ice with the least p,seible delay.
The vessel proved to be the venscraIy of
Bundee, Capt. Allan. She soon saw their
gnaIs, and Capt. liam sent his crew to
their assistance and took on board their ef-
'ects, and one OF their boats, the other being
lett behind Capt. Allen treated them, they
all say, in the klndest and most generous
manner. Subsequently, in order that the
whaling operations might not be interrupt
ed, Allan shipped some OF the Poiarls crew
on the Arctic. The latter vessel completed
her seasons work earlier than had been ex-
pected. and knowing that the crew Of the
Polar5s were anxious to return home, Capt.
Adams searched Tor the Ravenscralg, and
took on oard the members of the party who
had been l. ft with her, except three, who
had previously been transferred to the H.
trepld. These were
K. ". d Bryan, astronomer and chaplain
j. B. Maucn, seaman.
John w Booth, fireman.
The Intrepid is expected home in a few
weeks.
The rescued sailors say that when they
were picked up they had bread enough for
month, but it is the general opinion among
them that they would not have succeeded in
reaching any settlement. Chester, however,
who is spoken of in the highest terms o
praise by every one of his companions, has
no doubt whatever that they would have got
southwark without any assistance.
Capt. iiall was regarded as peculiarly
| adapted for the great enterprise under hi,
charge, and all lam Mt his untimely end
AS to the statement that the ship might have
aided the party on the ice, all agree that il
was impossible alter the Polaris broke adrift
to learn even the whereabouts of those left
behind. Every effort was made to find them
but to no avail.
Capt. Markham, R. NJ, accompanied Capt
| Adams of the Arctic ON his whaling voyage
for the purpose of making scientific investi-
cations IN the northern regions. He lef
Dundee o-day, and intends TO be present a
the British Association meeting at Bradford
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-24

MERIToRIoUs MANUFACTURES The
Brandon Manufacturung Comp ,uy's dis
play of articles made by them at the re-
cent State fair, consisted of baggage and
express trucks of al imprnvei and sub
stsntial kind. for which they were awarded
medal. As to their scales. which CON-
prised twelve varieties. from the d,iuty
post Office balance to toe ponderous plat
torm, they were debarred from competition
for previously having won such awards at
other fairs. However all VINO we're CAP
able Of judging Of their merits pronounced
them decidedly superior article. Tue
beautiful make and 6uisb, and the conven.
'ent grading from large to small. of the
specimens exhibited we're freely and admir-
lngly commented on by the many who no.
t'ced him. The iscale account made by
this company have taken the 6rst pre-
MUM in several of the State Fairs of the
country. On that they are debarred from
competing for premiums in this and our
other states.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-24

A lady in Nevada city has botanical
curiosity in the shape of a night blooming
cactus. The plant is round. and about
SIX iDches in diameter. Oace q week it
blooms. . stem being thrown out from the
body OF the cactus about eight inches long,
upoa the top of which is beautiful white
flower, the size of an ordinary tea-cup. the
aroma from which fills the whole house.
The flower begins to unfoli itself about 7
O'Clock in the evening, at 9 o'clock IS in
tull bloom. and remains so until 6 O'Clock
IN the morning, when it begins to close up.
and BY noon mas entirely disappeared. Toe
flower upon the stem only bIooms once,
and but one stem is thrown out at time,
IN. Y. Post.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-24
A MORAL POINTED WITH THISTLE SEEr

A MORAL POINTED WITH THISTLE SEEDS.
"A story is told of a woman who freely
used her tongue to the scandal of others,
and made confession to the priest of what
she had done. He gave her ripe thistle
top. and told her to go out in various direc-
tions and scatter the seeds, one by one.
Wondering at the penance, she obeyed,
and then returned and told her confessor.
To her amazement, he bade her 60 back
and gather the scattered seeds and when
she objected that it would be impossible,
he replied that it would be still more diff
cult to gather up and destroy all the evil
reports which she had circulated about
others,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-24
WHITTIER.
By CARRIE A. SPALDING.


"Whither goest thou, and whence comest thou"
Judges 10: II.
1 come from land of beauty,
Where skies are entrancngy fair,
Where the flowers dressed in their reg robes,
And their perfume ,ats the
But the blossoms withcr as the night dews fall,
And the deooping petals become pail.
I come from a land of promise,
Where the rainbow is scanning the cloud,
Where the song of the skylark is cheering
The heart that is earthward bowed.
But the bright hues fale on the darkening sky,
And the strains of music in echoes die.
come from land of changes,
Where nothing bur death is sure,
Where the tempest follows the sunbeam,
And the meteor flashes allure:
Where The heart grows cold it turns into dust,
Where the moth consu mes and the treasures rust
come from land of trial,
Temptation aud bitter stri ife,
Where the good that we would we do not,
Where the conflict ends but with life.
Where the path is beset with pitfalls and snares,
Where the reaper seeks grain and only finds tares
come from the land of parting,
Where the loved of the early days
With cirtained eye and unclas sped hand
Pass helplessly from our gaze;
Where we dare not cling the loving aud fair.
List the black plumed wing should be hoverin
there.
go to land of beauty,
More far than poets have told,
Where the wsving palms nd the jasper wall,
And the streets of the pureat & Id,
And the gates of pearl y the crystal sea,
A I,ut phoil DIM of rha rln tn ha
go to land of promise,
Where the rainbow arour the throne
Is the pledge that none of his words shall fail
| Wherewith he has gathered his own.
No broken chords in the harmony there
| No heaven born hopes exchanged for dispair.
| go 10 a land unclouded
| BY any shadowing night,
| Where they need no candle nor sunbeam"
| For our God is its changeless light.
Where the dazzling beams on our vision that fall
Are but wandering rays from he fountain of all.
| l go to land celestial
| Where God wipes away all the tears
Where the former things have departed,
| The sorrows, the pain and the fears:
Where g. beauty for ashes !" anu joy for our woe,
When He = makes up his Jewels" His hand wi
| bestow.
| Oh, glorious, beautiful land
| Unworthy and fettered by sin,
How dare hope for a vision
| OF all the glories within?
His promise is sure, His robe shelters me,
' Whe re the Master is there the servant shall be-
| -Ne,o York Obserrer
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-24

A SENSIBLE GoosI.-rhe Syeaca % Xasdeyd
ss,is OF q Iainiiy in the city That kept Q
sm Ill fock of geese. Some lev weeks since
sne geese we're missing, and all efforts 70 6od
shem proved fruitless. But one day recently
the gander of the q ,ck returned 70 the front
gate OF the Premises of bis owaer, and lmms-
d,stely set up loud scream, and would nos
" quiesed, nor oome into the yard. Finally
tho owner came 00s and followed il for .
number Of bucks unsil is entered . yard, At
The rear OF whloh vas an old barn. On
opening IL the balance Of the a,ck were
found, and were taken poseesslon OF By the
owner. IL appeared tbss the gandsr had
msde its escape throngh hole in the ho1r
y, tns Tara. and then started Log home 70
|glye ths slArp. .-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-24

PHYSICAL GEoGRA autobiography as
taught in our grammer school compre-
hends practically little else than political
geography. 1t is true there is usually
taught shadow or an outline of physics
little of the rivers and mountains, and of
the outlines of superficial bodies of water
and of land but barely enough to consti-
tute glimpse of the subject, properly
considered. At the same time, also. We
have few generalities in the direction of
astronomical or mathematical geography ;
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-24

THE PLANrAIN.-The plautain iMusa
paradiSaica) is one of the best gifts OF Prov.
,dence to the teeming multitudes of tropi.
cal lands, living, as many of them do with
out stated homes. and gathering food and
irlnk as they 6nd them on the roadside
and in the jungle. Under friendly p .Im
the simple peasants fad needed shelter
from the sun by day and the dews by night,
while bunch of plautain or bananas pluck
ed fresh from the tree will furnish al sbun.
liant meal, aud the water of green CO.
coauut all the drink they desire. Tue
pIantain tree grows to be about twenty
leet in height. its rouud. soft stem beng
composed of the elongated foot stalls of
the leaves, and its cone of a nodding aoser-
>pike or cluster of purple blossoms that
are very graceful ami be ,utiful. Like the
palms, this tree has no branches, but its
smooth. glossy leaves are from six to eight
feet in length and two or more in brea1th.
At the root of a leaf double row of fruit
comes out half around the stalk the stem
then elongates few inches. and another
leaf is def ,cted. revealing another double
row and 80 on, till there comes to be
-ome thirty rows containing about two
nuudred piantsins, weighing in all sixty
r seventy pounds. THIS mammoth bunch
S the sole product o the tree for the time;
.fter the fruit is pldcksd the stalk is cut
iown, and another shoots up from the
>ame root; and it is thus constantly re-
newed for many successive years. TIE iu-
calculable blssslny of su,h a tree iu regions
where the intolerable heat renders all labor
oppressive may be concelvei from the esti-
ate of Humbollt, who reckons the sur
tace of grouni needed to the pro oiuction Of
four thousand pounds of ripe plantains to
u.hce for the raising of only thirty-threef
pounds of wheat or ninety nine pounds o
potatoes, What would induce the indo-
ent East Indian to make the exchange Of
crops?
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-24
A MAG1c1AN's JOKE ON A LANDLORD

A MAG1c1AN's JOKE ON LANDLORD
A short time since Martino. the magician
and ventriloquist, came to Quincy, ILL.,. to
commence q series Of entertainments in
that city.
On arriving at the hotel he inquired Of
the landlord If he could have lodgings for
the night Our worthy host, being jolly
fellow, quickly replied, You can have .
dozen rooms If you choose, as there have
been no other arrivals tonight.
Taking lamp in his hand, and followed
ny Martno. the landlord started up stairs
10 give Martino the choice of half dozen
of vacant rooms. As the landlord proceed
ed to unlock the first room q voice from
within cried out What do you want in
nere2 The l,ndlord apologzed for the
intrusion and passed on to the next room,
when q vo ce from tire inside criesout
Go away from here or L will blowyour
prains out. They pnsed on to a third
room, and were just unlocking the door
when chlld commenced crying, with the
father and mother trying to comfort IT.
The landlord began to look confounded,
but still passed on from room TO room. and
every one seemed to be occupied by either
Irish, German. French or some other for
eiguers. The landlord being an old bache-
lor, had selected one of the choicest rooms
IN the hotel for himself. F nd,ng all his
rooms occupied. he said: My dear sir, l
shall have to give you my room tonight,
as the others seem to be occuE led. On
arriving at the door lady from within
cried out: Go away from here whoever
you are. Toe landlord gave me this room
for the night, and | do not wish to be med
died with. Beside | am not what you
take me for. l am a married woman,
travelling for my health, and do not wish
to be disturbed, especially at this late
hour.
The landlord. finding all his rooms occu-
pied, quickly set down che lamp, with the
remark, [ would like to know how it is
that my hotel is full oil travellers and no
!, names appear on the register. After
amusing h,mself some time at the old man
expense, NJ lrtino informed him that there
vas no one in the rooms, aud that he was
, the gentleman that was to commence au
engagement in the opera ho lse in that city
the next week. He remarked to the old
man that he ID been out of practice for
some time, and Was merely testing h,s ven.
tr loqual powers. The laod:ord on d Ring
out who his visitor was qu,cki iy said Mr.
Martino you cau have the best room 10 the
aouse during your stay. He says the nex'
. time ventriloquist stops at his hotel hs
Will give him all the KEYS an 4 let hi Sc.
leot his own room,-Quincy Ill.,, Herald
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-24
TERMS FOR ADveRrIsIya.

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W., one insertion, elUO; Tor each fubsequens
slstion Is cents. UnIess the number of inser1seos
are markell on the advertisement it viii DC eunue
ueai I'll ordered out Liberal discount made 20 oer
chants and others advertising by the year.
Probate and Comm. .ssioners' Notices 600 eacl
For notices Of Liberatioas, Estrays, the fornn-
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each for thre Insertions. IT sent BY Nail -
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Notices OF Deaths and Marriages inserted Gzaus.
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Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1873-08-14
CLERGYMAN WANTED.

The Auburn street Congregational
Church in Paterson has been robbed OF
about fifty dollars, which had been de-
posted in the contribution box in the
vestibule. The box was not broken.
1t is reported that the key to the box is
held by the pastor, the Rev. s.. M.
Hageman. No suspicion is entertained
against the paster. His connection with
the church, however, is about to be dis
solved for other reasons. He is talent
ed but elratic young man, devotee OF
tobacco, favorite with the girls, a
singer in quartet, and an active mem
Der Of q base ball nine. He also writes
poetry and plays chess. The old-fash-
toned members of the church are now
looking for an old man who has had the
small -pox, and who is too stiff to make
the distance between bases. W
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1873-08-14

dered desperate by losing their money
on horse races could, at q moments no.
lice, be taught that the race is not to the
swift nor the battle to the strong. Those
whose hearts were torn by the anguish
Of rnrequited affection had an oppor-
tunity Of learning Of better love,
eternal and passing comprehension.
And must we speak Of other advanta-
tages !? Is it necessary to say that even
within the sacred precincts there might
be suspicion of an unmistakaple hirta-
ton? Even regenerate hearts, two of
them, may beat as one. From the earli-
est camp-meetings, in the sternest days
of primitive Methodism, there is reason
to believe that Cupid was not always
banished. Even the annual Newport
gathering Of " the people called Qua
kers, it is well known to the society,
has had q well-marked hymeneal ten
dency-and why not, if the popular be-
lief in the celestial origin of matches
is true? The camp-meeting affords an
undeniable and excellent opportunity
for the study of female character; and
if John Wesley, good man, had found
his Mrs. Wesley III such o congregation,
who knows but she might have proved
to him blessing instead of calamity =?
AS one reads of the brave doings and
the religious festivities of the Vine
yard, it is not strange that the mind
should wander back to those early days
of English Methodisni, when sweet
Charles Wesley rode with his saddle
bags over the highways and through
the byways of England, composing and
chanting to cheer his travel, immortal
hymns which are now sung by every
Protestant congregation, and which lit
erary criticism has acknowledged to be
next to those of Watts--the finest re-
ligious lyrics in the English language.
One thinks too of the greater brother,
John, preaching, at the risk sometimes
of his life, to drunken golfers and to
ignorant peasants, melted to disturb
and possibly to assault him, by the
Methodist hating curate of the parish.
One thinks of that forlorn hope, the
two devoted men sent by Wesley to Am
erica of the infant church in our own
John street, of the first rare CONVEX
sions, and Of the great things which
have come Of such small beginnings.
Methodism, like Puritanism and Qua
kerism, was poor, and it has become
rich; was weak, and it has become
strong was but handful, and it now
covers a continent. 1t has had the us
ual fortune of prosperous religious
bodies. YIt has foated somewhat away
from the hard ascetic.sm of its original,
and ceased to produce martyrs partly,
perhaps, because nartyrdom is no long
er necessary 20 sGsulsossA t.fA.i@sA
But Methodism is still great religi-
GUS power, if only by reason of its fas-
cinating traditions, its methods cohgen-
ial to the popular taste, and its thorough
church discipline, the master work of
its great founder. In its appeals to the
rude, the poor, the illiterate, the cultis'
waited, rich and somewhat scholarly as
it has become, it is still an enormous
force, potent for good continually,
though it may be only partially true to
its lofty professions, Tribune. og
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1873-08-14
SACRED AND SECULAR.

We suppose that there can be no
harm in wondering what the great and
good Mr.. John Wesley, could he haye
seen it with prophetic eyes, would have
thought of the Martha 8 Vineyard, Mass.
camp-meeting. 1t must be admitted
that the Methodists first discovered the
charming Oak Bluffs, and first took pos
session of this cool place for their fer
vent exercises; but the frisky world has
followed fast upon their sedater heels,
and has refused. to allow them, any
monopoly of the shore scenery and the
invigorating ocean gales. When, thirty
years ago, the good people held their
first field meeting at the Vineyard one
tent under one tree Accommodated the
pious and the still unregenerate
Around were the naked meadows brown
ed by the sun and the Salt sea breezes,
above was the Heaven which in their
own way those gathered together were
Seeking, while before them was aAsug-
gestion at least of the great ocean which
symbols eternity. Naturally this fine
locality became popular with the New
England Methodists, and those of them
who could afford it, and who did not re-
lish the tabernacular style of accommp-
dalton, began to build cottages for sum-
mers residences. Then the yaehtmen
and the piscatory enthusiasts became
acquainted with the conveniences of the
Vineyard. 1.-THE u throngA of pleasure
seekers steadily set in that direction,
and Saratoga, with salt water instead
Of fresh, suddenly elbowed the seclusion
of the faithful. hess sss ssals,sos ss,,,o
They held their ground nobly. They
sold lots at good prices to the sinners,
but they kept sacred center for them
selves. The worlds people might dance
and sing, play billiards and race horses,
and, in all other doubtful ways refresh
themselves; but if they wanted religion
4. they knew where to Come for it, If
they became weary of their thin social
frivolities, there were Substantial and
eternal consultations at hand. IT. was
but step from the gilded saloons of
the wicked to the tents ofithe righteous.
Those who were sick of Italian melo-
dies might listen to the sweet voices
of the sisters chanting "O that will
be joyful !" while those who were rem
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1873-08-14

That railway trains are daily driven
through Elizabeth at a speed that EN-
dangers human life mono deny. That
the outrage should be allowed to con-
tinue another day is 'discreditable to
our authorities. We have an ordinance
regulating the speed Of passing trains,
and its penalties should be enforced
forthwith or the ordinance repealed.
The offending companies regard our
municipal regulations with contempt.
Year after year they deceive our con-
iafding councilmen. The perils that
threaten our people who have occasion
to cross the railway lines are manifold,
and constantly increasing. In no other
city in New Jersey do these great cor
porations set public opinion OF defiance.
Fellow citizens, how much longer will
you consent to have your lives endan-
gered, and your prosperity retarded, by
unprincipalrailway magnates?1I
A WORKING MAN.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1873-08-14
" e. SMITH q CO.'S
a lfli El-lHll PHI A~t
CRUSHED WHITE WHEAT.
Manufactured at the
ATLANTIC FLOUR MILLS,
Nos 10, 20 AND % HAMILTON AvHFUR, BRooEI


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Nos. 10, 20 AND % HAMILTON AvIFUR, BRooELYS
N. Y.
The most delicious, wholesome and nourishing
preparation of Natures great food yet produced,
contains TIE elements of phosphorus and nitrogen
as organized by Nature in wheat which are found
in no other single article of food in such proper
proportions to meet the requirements of the whole
human system, and almost entirely taken by sepa
alton from fine white iour-tht greatest mistake
committed in the use of any one of the Creators
beneficent gifts. ..e-
All physicians and scientific men unite in attest
ing to the fact, that if such food as our crushed
white wheat was more extensively used az a daily
diet there would be much lest sickness, and q
healthier race would grow up.
/: To those suffering with dyspepsia, cestiyeness
Indigestion lack of mental and bodily vigor, 1t is
particularly recommended.
1t can be used for puddings, SOUPS, Cruel, muf-
fins, cakea, dessert, cold, with milk, sugar or
syrup and is an excellent substitute for rice, oat-
meal, corn meal barley, tapioca sage, &c.
Boiled. and when cold, sliced and fried, either
with or without batter, it makes most excellent
dish.
Directions for cooking on each package.
For sale at the mills, and by srocers generally.