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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-07-23

Twice did Mrs. Shaw essay to interrupt
the speaker, but anger and shame checked
her utterance. When she concluded she
sprang to her feet.
"Malinda Jane" she exclaimed " do you
pretend that you don't know that is my
boy ?"
Your boy !" exclaimed Mrs. Lane
starting with we'll dissembled amazement !;
''is it possible! Now that l look closer, ii
does look like Johnny. But who would
have though it? 1 leave it to you," she
said, addressing the other ladies " if the
mistake was not very natural one, or il
ever a child stood more in need of your
friendly Offices"
This assertion could not be denied by
Mrs. Shaw, who was completely silenced
although she looked unutterable things.
This sharp but much-peeded lesson had
most happy effect. and was evident not
only in Johnny's improved appearance,
but by the increased comfort of the whole
family. Mrs. Shaw learned what, it is
feared, too many forget-that no object,
however praiseworthy, can excuse the
neglect of home duties that as there lies
the truest happiness, so there are found
the dearest objects of her care, who have
the first claim on her time and affections.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-07-23
Aunt Malinda.

Aunt Malinda. please give me a
pin," said a bright-looking but shabbily
dressed little fellow, opening the door OF
Mrs. Lanes kitchen.
Just see here" he added, pointing to
a large rent on the knee Of his trousers,
" me aud sWill Brown were playing tag,
and [ fell down and tore this"
"Why don't you run home and get
your mother to mend it, Johnny?" she
said as she did her best to bring together
the several parts.
"Oh, cause mother amt to home. She
is gone to the society for clothing desti-
tute children"
destitute children :? said Mrs. Lane,
as she surveyed her nephew from head to
foot. "If you don't come under tina,
class, then never a child did. Why, my
dear, you are all rags and tatters."
"I know it, aunt" responded the boy
moodily, " but it amt my fault. Mother
says she has no time to mend my clothes,
and if she did they would be just as bad
the next day, so what's the use a? Father
said last MI ght that 1 looked like a little
heather, and he almost wished l was, fol
mother would think l was worth looking
after little"
Have you have your supper, Johnny
You look hungry"
"No," said the boy, casting longing
look at a generous piece Of pumpkin pie
his aunt was cutting; mother left some
cold victuals on the table for father anG
me, but"
"Well,' interrupted the good woman,
placing the pie upon a plate and adding
to it couple of doughnuts she was fry
ing, and slice of cheese "you just tax,
this, and mind you don't leave bit of it.
John lost no time in obeyiDg his aunt
peremptory but by no means unpleasan
Injunction, and the contents of the plat
rapidly disappeared before the energetic
assault.
"I wish mother would stay at home
Just as you do, aunt" he said, as he open
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-07-23

A DEsPIcABLE MULE-The negro and
mule writes friend In Clinton. Louisiana
are inseparable companions in the Southern
cotton fsldi, and, like the Hawaiian
string aud bow, useless each without the
other. The lazy indifference aud 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
necessary for the production of four mill.
ions of bales. A characteristic aoecdote
may be relished by those who have had ex-
perience of the two. The spectator had
taken refuge from the suns rays under the
shade of spreading beech, sub tegmine
fagi, and lay recumbent, enjoying the fit-
tul breezes and the sombre frothiness of
the country newspaper. Along the dusty
road which passed by this retreat came
jogging negro, mounted on a mule. both
apparently fast asleep. As the somnolent
pair approached the spot, some wicked
sprite Of the place gave the paper firt
which was no sooner seen and heard than
the mule, as mules ooly know how, instant
ly swapped ends" and leaving the negro
sprswling in the dirt, took his departure,
under full sail. The negro, half raising
himself, and wiping the dust from eyes and
mouth, Watched the retreating mule for
|soms time in silence, but ct length, uncon-
soious of N auditor, gave expression to
this philosophio soliloquy:
"Dat's what makes me 'spise mule ~
Hayper's Magazine.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-07-23
Talks on Everyday Subj ects

Patience is better than wisdom: an
ounce of patience is worth a pound of
brains. All men praise patience, but
few enough can practice it; it is a medi-
cine which is good for all diseases, and
therefore every old woman recommends it :;
but it is not every garden that grows the
herbs to make it with. When ones flesh
and bones are full of aches and pains, it is
as natural for us to murmur as for a horse
to shake his head when the flies tea Sc him.
or wheel to settle when spoke is loose !:
but nature should not be the rule with
Christians, or what is their religion worth {?
If soldier fights no better than plough
boy, off with his uniform. We expect
more fruit from an apple.tree than
from thorn, and we have a right to do
SO. The disciples of patient Saviour
should be patient themselves. Grin and
bear it is the old-fashioned advice but
sing and bear it is great deal better.
After all, we get very few cuts of the
whip, considering what bad cattle we are.
and when we do smart little, it is soon
over. Pain past is pleasure, and expe-
rience comes by it. We ought not to be
afraid of going down into Egypt when we
know We shall come out of it with Jewels
of silver and gold.
Impatient people water thcir miserie
and hoe up their comforts; sorrows are
visitors that come without invitation, but
complaining minds send wagon to bring
their troubles home in. Many people are
born crying, live complaining and die dis
appointed; they chew the bitter pill which
they would not even know to be bitter if
they had the sense to swallow it whole in
. cup Of patience and water. They think
every other mans burden to be light and
their own feathers to be heavy as lead !;
they are hardly done by, in their own opin-
ion no ones toes are so often trodden on
by the black OK as theirs the snow falls
.hickest round their door, and the hail
rattles hardest on their windows; and vet,
if the truth were known, it is their fancy
rather than their fate which makes things
60 60 hard with them. Many would be
we'll off if they could but think 30. A
little sprig of the herb called content put
into the poorest soup will make it taste as
rich as the Lord Mayors turtle. John
Ploughman grows the plant in his garden,
but the late hard winter nipped it terribly.
90 that be cannot afford to give bis neigh
bors slip of it; they had better follow
Matt, xxv. 9, and 60 to those who sell. and
buy for themselves. Grace is good soil
70 grow it in, but it wants watering from
the fountain Of mercy.
TO be poor Is not always pleasant, but
worse things than that happen st sea.
Small shoes are apt to pinch. but not if
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-07-23
Enough.
BY MARIA W. JONES.

From q cleft in a rock harebell grew,
And gathered of sunshine ana ra n and dew
Its measure O life, in its cup of blue.
In cabin, out in a western wild,
maiden bent over hec work and smiled,
For g. the old, old story" her heart beguiled.
the world is widel but bit of its earth
In the cleft of rock gave Beauty birth
And nourishment, fitting its own sweet worth
The world is wideI but the maiden well knew
No heart in it all was more fond and true
Than the one that her troth was plighted to.
for Auy,tst.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-07-23

weight no longer presses upon and crushes
the life out Of our spirits We are in the
long covered passage built to protect the
road against the destructive avalanches
which otherwise would seriously impede
travel. and even render the road insecure
at every season. We run out into the
sunlight, and what a glorious scene is
presented Oh, how wonderful is the view
before us and on our left, as we gaze off
upon the mountain ranges, whose SHOWS
are on level with our railway track, and
then down hundreds of feet upon the roofs
Of Switzer houses and fields. vineyards,
villages and little goat pastures, around
and through which winds the splendid
oarriage-road constructed by command of
the great Emperor Napoleon [.
1t was over these grand mountains. and
through these fearful gorges, and amidst
the ice, the SHOWS; the storms of an awful
winter, that Henry w., of Germany, at
tendeed by his faithful wife. the good
Bertha of Susa and her infant son, wander
ed on his penitential pilgrimage to crave
the pardon of Gregory VII, and to obtain
withdrawal of the ban of excommunica-
tion. There was scarcely a mule path
here then, and we cannot imagine half the
horrors of the journey to the helpless en-
peror and the objects OF his tender soici-
tude! But for Us the scene is enchanting !;
and yet there is a nameless terror still
clingiDg to US, for We are poised, as it were
in air, running along on mere ribbon of
a road, that winds around fearful rocky
projections. and over abysses which would
swallow our train, and leave scarce a ves-
t,ge OF it to be found, were any accident to
befall US! But only for short tune long
er are ouI nerves subjected to the t-rrib,e
strain they have endured for the past hour,
for the scenery is becoming more and more
peaceful in character, as We descend to-
wards the plains of that Italy the dream
of which was suspended during our passage
through the Mont Gems Tunnel
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-07-23

The Plastatien says hens will thrive well
on . mixture Of beans boiled soft and abous
one part corn meal TO two OF beans we'll
ssirr Cd together. U .marke.ahle bssns my
be ussd soe thsD puSpves.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-07-23

''Carroches, coaches, jades, and Flanders mares
Do rob us Oi our shares, our wares, our fares;
Against the ground We stand ami K ock oaI heels
While all our profit runs away on wneels.''
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The Rest Path Il u d e ~.

DO my young Americans know who are
the best pathiinders on the American con-
tinent, the great original pathfnders of the
West: I'll tell you: They are the bufa-
loes. Yes, sir, it's true. Hear what cor
respondent Of ST. NICHOLAS writes with
the Quill of dear gray-goose friend Of mine:
As the frosts Of Winter destroy their pas
lures in the North, so the heats of Summer
parch those in the South, and the butialOes
must, each Spring and Autumn, take long
journeys 10 search of fresh feeding grounds.
The large size and weight Of these some
what clumsy explorers make il rather diff
cult for them to cross the mountains, so they
seek out for themselves the most practical
routes; and hunters and emgrants have
found that buifalo-track" offers the
surest and safest path for men and horses.
The best passes in the Cumberland and
Rocky mountains, and the regions OF the
Yellowstone, and the Colorado, have been
discovered by following the trail OF these
sagacious animals.
l know this is so, for the great traveller,
Humboldt, once wrote: :" In this way the
humble buffalo has filled most important
part in facilitating geographical discovery
in mountainous regions otherwise as track
less as the Arctic wastes, as the sands of
Sahara. ST. Nicholas for December.
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Agents for the New National Era

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A New Educational Plan.

The great desideratum in modern education
is TO combine instruction with certain
amount of amusement. A judicious blending
of the two. we are convinced, would accom-
plish more in an hour than the ordinary dull
school routine wouldin day. And the rea-
son is obvious. 1t is in studies rs in every
thing else--those things are remembered best
in which the interest Of the scholar is most
strongly excited. 1t requires just as good a
brain for instance, to remember the nOmen-
clature of base balls as to remember the
various moods and lenses ofthe verb. Yet
how many boys there are who could give you
the distinctions between "foul' and
:" fairn ball, "daisy cutter" and d" a liner"
who could not for the life of them explain
the difference between the perfect and plu-
perfect lenses, the potential and subjunctive
moods. And on the other hand if the peda-
gogue who can run through the whole verb
as glib as you please, were to undertake to
master the base ball phraseolOgy without
having the slightest interest in the game, he
would find it would take him long hours OF
study to accomplish what would hardly cost
an effort to the stupidest of his scholars.
The nearest approach that we know OF to
a solution of the problem of entertaining the
instruction, if we may use the term is the
college steamship" plan, which has been
inaugurated by company of New England
youths, styling themselves The Young
Yachters," prominent member Of whom is
Mr.. &. A. Stephens, the author OF " Camp
ing Out" Left on Labrador" and other
books comprised in the Our Dung Yach-
ters' Series" These enterprising young gem
tlemen propose to fit out a steamer with the
necessary educational appliances, and sup
piled with an able and experienced corps Of
professors. The students will then be taken
gu four years. cruise around the world, en-
ploying their time on the trip in acquiring a
solid, practical education. Particular atten-
ton, Of course, will be paid TO all studies ap-
pertaining TO the countries and places which
the steamship will visit. BY this means q
healthy interest In what is taught them will
be fostercd in the students. And independ-
emily of that, travel is an educator in itself,
the value of which can hardly be overrated,
particularly TO Americans.
1t is hardly necessary TO add that the young
yachters do not propose TO make any money
out Of the college steamship, but have en-
barked in the enterprise solely pro bono pub
leo, rightly judging that there are higher
things to strive after than the dollar, almig hty
as it may be- Philadelphia Prs,s.
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The Jubilee Singers.

On Friday evening the Jubilee Singers
gave a second concert in the High Church,
which was crowded in every part. The pro-
gramme was varied from that of the previous
concert. The chanting of the Lords Prayer
was performed in a truly artistic and solemn
manner, and was received with great appro-
baton by the audience. The singers evinced
q desire to please the audience, and on every
occasion when an encore was asked they
readily complied, and several times substitu-
ted other melodies. Provost Murray presided
AT the conclusion, the Rev. Mr.. Hutton, in
proposing vote of thanks to the Provost,
referred to the great pleasure he had received
when, on a recent tour in America, he visited
the Fisk School, and witnessed the earnest
ness and devotion of the students there. In
the course of Friday afternoon the Jubilee
Singers visited the large warehouse of Messrs.
NJ. Wbitehill & Co., manufacturers, and in
spected the various departments of the bust
ness. Each of the young lady singers were
presented with Paisley shawl as memen-
to of their visit to the town, and the young
men were presented with specimens of local
manufacture. Before leaving the warehouse
the workers were assembled in the arcade Of
the ground fat, and were delighted with the
singing of "Over the Snow" March On"
and "Good bye, Brothers," by the Jubilee
Sngers.-North British Mail, Glasgow.
CARDS, BILLHEADs, POSTERS, SC.
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View oi Lecture Dy +. Douglass
ISs Teachlngs.

TO he Editor ofhe Sunday Morning Chronicle ::
SIR; | desire to thank the Hon. FreGerich
Douglass through your valuable columns, ior
the very excellent lecture which he delivered
Oh Tuesday evening, in this city. j take thls
method of communicating my thanks because
desire TO say something additionally for the
public ear.
This lecture was indeed a masterpiece oil
rhetoric, full of pathos, fervent IN splrt oil
yeneration for the noble hero, John brown,
which was the topic of the lecture, and many
savings worthy to he remembered were ut
tered Ly the great orator, of whom the great
Senator once said, in substance, that when
ever Mr.. Douglass utters sentence, IL
frequently becomes a matter oil record IN the
history OF the nation. l recognize the truth
that the economy of events is governed BY
immutable laws, and that no less is social
event the consequent OF prime cause Than
the falling of an apple, and that il is phlo-
sophcally wiser TO trace effect 10 cause than
TO talk Of effect. The birth and death OF
John Brown were necessary causes. John
Browns death was the leaven that inflated
the mass OF slayeholdng society until il rose
10 a pitch of seli-destruction. And this
never more clearly perceived than by the in
struction received from Douglass lecture.
The motto of this great hero wac, as is seen
ia his life and actions, Better II were a
brother died at once" than that race should
die forever. But what | have 10 say for pub
lie reflection is, how strange it is that one
man should teach by example that 1t were
veil that one man should die and race ele-
waited, and yet that race to-day seem indif-
:srent TO the principles Of such a teaching.
l regard John Browns life worthy OF e.
ample so far as his perseverance to demand
justice from man to man, and he leaves as
our Inheritance his chart Of belief that "All