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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-11-19

The NECESSITY OF FAsHIoN.-It is not
whether you shall or shall not follow the
fashion: it is what fashion and whose
fashion shall we follow. 1t is whether
you shall follow unintelligently or intell-
gently, moderately or extravagantly. Mr..
Nordhoff's party came across man at
work in very scanty attire. Oat OF re-
spect to his visitors, the man, after receiv-
ing them, slipped into the bush, and reap
peared clad in hat and shirt, confidently
believing, no doubt, that he had thus ap-
proved himself a cosmopolitan. But IN
rejecting Hawaiian attire he had not be-
come wholly American, and while the first
may have been somewhat startling, the sec
ond was ridiculous into the bargain. And
when to this you add that the gentle and
gracious Hawaiians are dying out at the
rate of 60 per cent in forty years, and
partly, at least, under the weight of theil
close houses, it is surely time to pause
and consider whether fashion, in Hawai-
and elsewhere, may not have its own suf
6cient reasons for being. IF life ano
death are the same, why do you not Kill
yourself ?" asked a rash man of stole
Because they are the same, replied tn
stole Why not dress like the peopl'
who are alive and will make remarks
rather than like the people who are deac
and tell no tales? 1t is certainly pleas
anter to be. inconspicuous than consplc
uous. There are tollies and whlmsles IL
fashion. There is opportunity for ind
vidual taste aud choice. Nevertheless
the wisest thing for people in general to
do is to follow the fashion that prevails
1t is only in exceptional cases that the,
will obtain larger result of satisfaction
at less outlay of trouble by setting u
their own standard. Dress is too impor
tant to be denounced, too significant to b
neglected, but too pliable to found
fight on Gail Hamilton IN the Bazar.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-11-19
Not Lost.

The look of sympathy; the gentle word,
Spoken so low that only angels heard;
The secret art of pure selfsacrifce,
Unseen by men, but marked by angels eyes;
These are not lost.
The sacred music of a tender strain,
Wrung from poets heart by grief and pain,
And chanted timidly with doubt and fear,
Ts busy crowds who scarcely pause to hear;
1t is not lost.
The silent tear that falls, at dead of night,
Over soiled robes, which once were pure and whit
The prayers that rise like incense from the soul,
Longing for Christ to make it clean and whole:
These are not lost.
The happy dreams that gladdened all our youth,
When dreams had less of self and more of truth
The child-lke faith, SO tranquil and so sweet,
Which sat like Mary at the Masters feet;
These are not lost.
The kindly plans devised for others good,
So seldom guessed, SO little understood;
The quiet, steadfast love that strove to win
Some wanderer from the woeful ways of sin;
These are not lost
Not lost, Lord for in that city bright,
Our eyes shall see the past by clearer light,
And things long hidden from our gaze below,
Thou wilt reveal, and we shall know
They were not lost.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-11-19

"JoHN PAUL's Opinion OF VANDERBILT-
II is usual to make Commodore Wander bilt
,, an exception and to speak praisefully of the
manner in which his roads are run. How
are they run ? So as to produce large divi-
dends on doubled and trebled stock, it is
true, but at the expense of the country
which they penetrate and the victims whom
they stick. Commodore Vanderbilts control
of the Hudson River railroad has kept West
chester county back twenty years. The res
idents along the line of his roads are cOnsid-
cred by him simply as tributaries to his
treasury. How the most may be got out OF
them and the least given in return, is the
sole problem that has agitated his venerable
scalp for years. In no respects does he keep
his roads up to the requirements OF the age.
Cars, engines, and stations-the whole equip
ment of his vaunted properties may gener-
ally be written down as disgrace to civili-
zation. As he runs steamships, SO he runs
railroads The line which OF old be main
taned-or ather forced the travelling public
to maintain-bctween New York and Aspin-
, wall, had, for dlt aud discomfort, but few
parallels in the navies of the world, and is
still remembered with hot curses by Califor-
mans. When he at last gave his steamers
up, they were fit only to be broken up And
when Providence finally reaches for the Com
modore, and he is summoned to go where
the question of broad and narrow guage will
perhaps not be left wholly to his own option,
it will be found, l apprehend, that the rolling
stock of his roads needs nearly complete
renewal. IT, instead of doubling his stocks
and doubling the dividends thereon, he had
met the requirements of the travelling public
in some respects given them cleanliness in
stead of filth, decency instead of the other
thing, safe transportation instead of travelling
made dangerous by niggardly economy in the
matter of switch and signal men, established
reasonable rates of Communication and conven-
lent trains instead of charges and timetables
which have driven the proper population of
New York state over into New Jersey-had
he done all, ay, or any, few even, OF these
things then might Commodore Vanderbilt be
called, if not railroad king, at least rail
road man, entitled to the esteem and good
will of other men. As it is, he simply
stands an example of avarice to be Stunned,
of selfshness to be execrated, and if by any
of the righteous mutations of fortune his
wealth were to shrink and crumble into
nothingness, so far from words Of sympa-
thy and commiseration falling upon bis
prehensile ears, even his satellites would
turn contemptuous backs upon him, and join
in the universal verdict that it but served
him right-NetD York Tribune.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-11-19

LOST AND FoUND.-A few weeks ago a
brilliant wedding occurred in this city.
A young gentleman now in business in
Boston, though formerly of our city, was
united to one of our Portland bellies. The
happy couple left at once for Boston.
About week after the marriage, the lady,
whose father is one of the officers of the
steamer John Brooks, plying between this
port and Boston, went down to the boat as
she lay at the wharf in that city, to see
her father. Busily engaged in pleasant
conversation, she failed to note the flight
of time, aud the boat put for her trip east
before she was aware OF it. Of course she
became terribly excited on discovering
that she was sailing down Boston harbor.
She flew back to the cabin she found her
father; her father tried to find the cap
tain, which, after a little delay, he succeed
ed in doing. Meanwhile the boat was
moving majestically down past island, fort
and rect, out into the broad bay. When
the captain learned the circumstances the
boat had proceeded so far that he deemed
it best to continue on his course, especial
ly as her father was on board and could
care for her. That night violent gale
arose and the steamer was obliged to put
into Cape Ann for safety, where she re-
mained throughout the next day The
lady, however, was not to be persuaded to
remain quietly on board. Her agony OF
spirit created such sympathy among the
crew that some of them ventured to pu,
her ashore in a small boat, which offer she
gladly accepted. After great peril the
shore was reached, and in short time she
was on her way to Boston, where she soon
met her somewhat puzzled and troubled
husband. The husband, too, had his share
of anxiety, for when the wife went to the
boat she thought to return in an hour, and
took tn e key to their room. Going home,
he found the room locked, and could get no
answer to his call. Naturally alarmed, he
broke open the door and found no trace oil
his wife. He then called upon the police
and the city was searched far and near
but no wife. In his excitement he tele.
graphed to the mother-in-law living in thi
city, and filled that house with the conster.
nation that the husband and wife, out Of
their home, were suffering. But calls
we'll that ends WE'LL" though the lady
will hereafter leave note when she visits
a steamer that is to sail-Portland Press
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-11-19

In Virginia City, New, according to the
Territorial Enterprise of that town, a
gentleman has placed on each side of the
gravel walk leading from his front gate
to his door handsome iron fence the top
rail of which is made Of gas pipe filled
with small holes. Before he thus fenced
his walk he was much troubled by book
agents, map peddlers and other persis eut
cattle, but now all is lovely with him.
When he sees man enter his gate with
books under his arm he simply turns a
cock and instantly thousand streams of
water dart across the whole length OF the
walk from side to side The book ped iler
retreats to the gate, gazes wistfuly up the
walk for time, concludes the man of the
house does not want to see him. aud then
travels, wondering what sort of internal
machines people will next invent for the
dscouragement of honest industry. This
beautiful and useful iuveat,ou is uot pa
tented.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-11-19
GREAT MEN.-We always think of men a

GREAT MEN-We always think of men as
in the act of performing the deeds which
give them Fenown, or else in stately re-
pose, grand, gloomy and majestic, and
yet this is hardly fair, because even the
most gorgeous and magnl lfcent of human
beings have to bother themselves with the
little things of life which engage the atteu-
ton of US smaller people. No doubt Mo-
ses stuffed and got angry when he had a
severe cold in his head. and if fly bit
his leg while he was sitting in the desert,
why should we suppose he did not
jump and use violent language and rub
the sore place and Casar-isn't it toler-
ably certain that he used to become furi-
Gus when he went up stairs to get his
slippers in the dark and found that Cal
phurnia had showed them back under the
bed so that he had to sweep wildly
around for them with the broom handle
And when Solomon cracked his crazy
bone, is it unreasonable to suppose that
he hoped around the room and looked
mad and felt as if he wanted to cry? In
agine George Washington sitting on the
edge of the bed putting on clean shirt
and growing at Martha because the but
tons were off; or St. Augustine with an
apron around his necl having his hair
cut; or Joan of Arc holding her front hair
in her mouth. as women do, while she fixes
her back hair; or Napoleon jumping out
of bed in frenzy to chase a mosquito
around the room with pillow or Martin
Luther in his nightshirt trying to put the
baby to sleep at two o'clock In the morning
or Alexander the Great with the hiccoughs;
or Thomas Jefferson getting suddenly over
a fence to avoid a dog; or the Duke OF
Wellington in bed with the mumps; or
Daniel Webster abusing his wife because
she hadn't tucked the covers in at the foot
of the bed; or Ben Franklin pairing his
corn with razor; or Jonathan Edwards
at the dinner-table wanting to sneeze just
as he gets his mouth full of hot beef; OF
Noah standing at his window at night
throwing bricks at cat.-Mar Adeler.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-11-19
The Laconia Democrat tells the follow

The Laconia Democrat tells the follow
ing singular incident:
We are told of one of old who was fed
by ravens, but we had not supposed until
within a few days that the miracle would
be duplicated in this age. A few days
since a well-known ell Zen, then living
near the Weirs, was quite sIcS, aud a i ct
of partridge was reco'nmeniei, to procure
which a son Of the sick man travelled the
woods in all directions. Althout success,
and returned home dis rppointlng the house
hold. Very soou hawk was seen flying
owe with something strugglingiu his caws
and that something proved to he a n'ce
fat partridge, WOUNDED but not dead, that
while over the dooryard of the sick mau's
house, got free OF the haw>'s claws and
came tumbl'ng down at the very door
where he was needed.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-11-19

- "hso' L. IL. y. CLEAN ELAND, AUTHOR OF NO
sECTS IN HEAVEN"
:. My beloved is gone down into his garden to
gamer lilies "-SolOmon s Song 2.
The Lord went down to his garden one day,
10 gather lilies, the Scriptures say,
And set them again in the borders green
That blossom the heavenly hills between.
And just as he came in the sweet old song,
Year after year he has passed along,
Seeking the bowers of the Sc Son of men,"
Gathering now as he gathered then.
miser sat by his bag of gold;
Hundreds of times were its contents told
- Eve gathered the fragments, Lord" said he,
" All for myself, and none for Thee.n
Co. scatter it all, your shining store,
TO feed the hungry and clothe the Door;
These were the words that the dear Lord said;
Il III gather you, then, for my royal bed.n
And as he went on his shining way
He came where another had toiled all day
In the winters cold and the summers .heat-
Was he for the heavenly garden meet?
" have builded churches, great and small
For all persuasons, and given them all
For the worship of Thee" he pleading cried.
Then the gentle voice of the Lord replied:
- But you nave not 0Hered a single PRAYER.
Nor bowed your head in those temples fair
And there stood tear in his plying eve
As he looked on the man, but passed him by
Still looking for lilies, he came again
Where another strayed from the haunts of men
Trembling, he stood before the Lord,
And made the plea, says the holy word
" l had one talent, but was afraid
And safe in this napkin it is laid;
There now thou canst take what is lust thine own
Then the eye OF the Master turned to stone
And he moved his lips these words to say:
| Coward thy talent I'll take away;
No leaf can bud and no flower can bloom
On thy naked stem in my heavenly home"
Then he stood where pure and simple child
Sat humbly down by savage wild,
And was telling him o'er and DER again.
| How the Lord came down to ransom men
And a radiant light from the Christ-eyes ell
AS he heard her warning of death and hell
& Lo here is a flower in my home to set"
| Said he, and his cheeks with tears were wet.
'' Since thou hast told with thy feeble breath
The way that a soul can be saved from death
Thy sins, so many, I'll freely hide"
| The Lord in his loving kindness cried,
- And I'll gather you now, o lily fair;
Come up to my garden and blossom there"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-11-19

q repetition of yesterdays tolls. I am
iuiiy aware, kind reader, that have failed
10 70 give you but faint idea, of the peris
tnat peset the traveller into the Apache
wlids; L only wish possessed the pencil
OF Blerstadt, that [ might portray upon
canvas some of the features of the remark.
able country which [ visited during my
two weeks trip with Cochise. From
" me MaruelouS Country" or Expzora-
t1ons IN arizona and Nea0 Merico.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-11-19

The old eagle goes off and futtereth
over her young, and that brings us to the
second pint of our discourse. She futter-
eth, she hops her wings, like unto as you
have seen hawk just Citing ready to
pounce down upon poor field mouse
though it amt like that neither, for the
hawk futters in wrath, but the eagle lut-
ters over her young uns in love,-Breth
rem and sisters, she futters in love just
like when you see your dear little ones
treading of the downward path, and your
heart futters and futters because you are
atraid-and she goes above the nest and
hollors squawk-which when you hollor
you means to tell 'em to take keer, take
keer-only the birds talk not like unto our
falkland they hear that voice, and creep
unto the sides of the nest, and see THAR
fond parents Topping of their wings,
and cry with their little peeked voice
peek-which means father dear [ like to
foller you-fur
| Pm bound for the land of Canaani
I'm bound for the land of Canaanl
| I'm bound for the land of Canaan
For it is my happy home.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-11-19

Acr1vITy.-The doctors will tell you,
and your own observation will confirm it,
that the healthiest men in the world are
the men most actively employed. The
child's hymn has it that Satan finds
mischief for idle hands; and the ghastly
goddess of i'll health and disease finds mis-
chief for sluggish blood and indolent
muscles.
Even the mountain turn, for oil the
cool, fresh winds that constantly crisp its
dark surface into tiny waves, grows dull /,
and stagnates in its vicinity; and that
Christian life which is only . pool, shut
into its own broodings must Of necessity
stagnate also.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-11-19

A henpecked gentleman determined to
sup with party of friends against the
will of his wife. He resolved that he
would, and she that he should not 90. He
did not 90. His friends missed him and
Just for a lark, invaded his residence,
where they found him and his wife sitting
in their chairs, fast asleep. He had given
her an opiate that he might slip away.
and she had given him ons that he might t
not
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-11-19

There is no absolute sin in horseracing, We
learn from religious paper. Certainly
not but if there is anything provoking
in this world. it is to bet your money on
the wrong horse, and be obliged to steal
a ride home or 90 atoot. ats where
the trouble is.-Rochsster Chronicle.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-11-19

LANDsL1DEs IN BoL1vIA.-The Reforma
de Ia Paz in Bolivia, gives an account OF
some terrible landslides that have taken
place in that republic:
"On the 10Th of August last, about one
o'clock in the morning, terrible noise
was heard in the direction of San Pedro,
to the south of the city. On the following
morning it was observed that large tract
Of arabic land situated at the foot OF the
heights of Potosi had gone down out of
sight. Up to eight o'clock the immense
and dense clouds of dust announced that
great masses of the hills had given way
This place which had disappeared SO COM
pletely was called Tembladerani, name
given it, no doubt, from the swampy nature
of the soil, caused by the rivulets that rar
into it. The people focked for two days
to look at the place where so large an ex
tent of ground had sunk out of sight. Tht
crack and rents extended south to dis
tance of four thousand metres by two
thousand wide. The transformations o
the field offer curious aspects. The cart
seems to be as if it were in ebullition
producing uprisings of the ground. Fiv
Indian huts, with their gardens, granarie
and cattle went out Of sight in moment
The other houses near are in a state o
ruin. By taking off the roofs the cattl
and vegetable products we're saved. 1t
supposed the base of the hill was so soak
ed with water that it allowed the bill
sink down through it, and that there ha
been also a sort of eruption from below
raising the earth above its usual level"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-11-19


A CHINESE FUNERAL.-The Sacramento
Union gives an account of a curious fune-
raj in that place. The dead person was
the wife of a rich Chinaman About 5
o'clock in the afternoon the body, enclos-
ed in fine coffin. was placed on the side
w-lk in front of her late residence, and by
its side were ranged tables loaded with
roast chicken, roast pig, boiled rice, candy.
nuts, brandy, whiskey. &C., sufficient In
quantity to keep the spirit of the deceased
from being hungry for month. These
articles and the coffin remained on the
sidewalk until late the next forenoon, sur
rounded by paid mourners, who seemed TO
carry on a lively competition in the matter
of giving full value for the money receiV-
ed. At the cemetery, after the coffin had
been lowered, hired mourners aud two
children of the deceased walked around
the grave once, while the husband remain
ed standing silently by. The vessels con-
tanning food were put in the grave at the
head and foot of the coffin, followed by a
small quantity of earth. Next to be put
in were live chickens and ducks, and these
were promptly covered with earth. The
grave having been filled up, brandy and
whiskey were sprinkled upon it in liber
al manner, while pigs head, roast chick
en-, boiled rice, oranges, apples, nuts
candy, &C., were laid upon the mound
The ceremony being concluded, the
Chinese returned home in their carriages
while some Christian boys. who had beer
closely watching the proceedings, gathered
up the fruit, candy, &C., and likewise lef
! for home
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-11-19

HENRI CINQUE AT HoME.-The count of
Chambord. although possessing an annual
income of 100000, is content to inhabit
the ground floor of Frohsdort castle, his
residence. His reception room is very
plain. The furniture represents the style
of the latter part Of the last century, the
proprietor having an extreme dislike of
what he calls gew-gaws of modern civ
ilization. The prospect from the windows
is splendid, embracing a range of hills
thickly wooded with fir trees. His closet
contains large variety of heavy walking
sticks-their owner being lame-and an
equally varied assortment of sporting i'm
plements, the count having inherited from
his grandfather, Charles X, who was the
crack shot of his time, decided taste for
sporting, and marked ability for hitting
a bulls eye. His favorite seat is an easy
chair, made entirely from gigantic stag
horns and upholstered with stag-skins.
His father, the duke of Berri, was very
corpulent, and the count inherits the pa
rental obseity. He limps in consequence
of having had one of his thigh-bones brok-
en- Dy IaII lrom norseodch. Ills STATURE
is less than FIVE feet eight inches, and his
age is 81, although he appears not more
than As. His clocks of gold ," are rapid
ly " turning toward the shining silver, "
and SO is his beard. While speaking he
usually strokes his beard with an air of
complacency. He speaks a good deal of
Versailles, and thinks that the bed of
Louis XIV. is there ready for him to
sleep in. His wife is three years his senior
is both more cautious and bolder than ner
husband, and is regarded as his superior
in intelligence and force of character.
The counts handwriting is neat and easily
legible, and his signature always 1" Hen
ri" He wears hat sixteen inches high,
with broad, turn-up brim.
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I their parents, and seek country like un-
| to the good old Abraham

Whar, oh whar is the good old Abraham!
Whar oh whar is the good old Abraham?
Whar, oh whar is the good old Abraham?
Safe in the promised land.
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Gathering Lilies.

| 81 MRs E. H. J. CLEAvELAED, AUTHOR OF '' Nc
| SECTS IN HEAVEN"