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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-09

SPIDERS TRAVELLING BY BALLooN.-A
correspondent of the Scientific american
relates singular incident. In company
with other persons, he was crossing Seneca
Lake on the 10th of October. when a
small wave was seen near the centre of
the lake, caused by the moving of some
insects. Upon investigating the matter,
it was found that three spiders we're Gid
ing over the surface of the water and at
tached to them was a single thread, the
size of knitting needle. extending into
the air to the height of thirty feet at an
angle of sixty7, and terminating with an
enormous balloon-shaped web. This latter
was Judged to be eight feet long and five
feet wide, with stays fastened to the main
thread, something similar to those of a
balloon, and it was managed, apparently
by an innumerable number of the insects
stationed at proper intervals. The party
attempted to take closer view, but when
within few feet of the web it began to
rise, though the last spider, which proved
to be about the size of house fly, Was
brought back by the stroke of an oar
Toe balloon went onward and upward until
lost to sight.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-09
THE RAPIDS OF THE ST. LAwRENC

The RAPIDS OF THE ST. LAWRENCE
The general story of these rapids is
familiar enough, but there are some facts
concerning them by no means appreciated
by most persons who have not passed over
them, and not always by those who have.
Think of an immense river, with descent
of more than two hundred feet in one
hundred and forty miles. This would be
equal to considerable more than the preci-
pice of Niagara between Albany and New
York. Yet such is the story of the ST.
Lawrence between Ogdensburg and Mon
treal. Besides this, we must remember
that about forty miles of this distance are
included in the placid expanse of the river
called Lakes St. Francis and St. Louis.
This will leave only one hundred miles for
the immense delivery. In the rapids
proper the descent is in various instances
as follows, viz: The Long Sault Rapid,
nine miles long, has descent of about
forty.fve feet. The several rapids known
as Coteau Cedar, Split Rock, and Cascade,
have descent in eleven miles of eighty
two and half feet. The Lachine Rapids
are the worst of all, but their precise de-
scent is not given. They are about two
miles long, and the canal which passes
around them, in distance of eight and
a half miles, has descent of forty-four and
a half feet. From this we infer that the
Lachine Rapids must have descent some
where between thirty and forty feet in the
distance of two miles
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-09

WHAT Is EDUCATION II would make
men and women discontented, with a
divine and wholesome discomfort, at their
own physical frame, and that of their
children. would accustom their eyes to
those precious heir-looms of the human
race, the statues of the old Greeks,
to their tender grandeur, their chaste
bealthfulness, their unconscious, because
perfect, might and say-There these are
tokens to you, and to all generations yet
unborn, of what man could be once of
what he can be again if he will obey
those laws of nature which are the voice
of God. | would make them discontented
with the ugliness and closeness of their
dwellings | would make the men discon-
tented with the fashion Of their garments,
and still more just now the women, OF all
ranks, with the fashion of th eirs and with
everything around them which they have
the power of improving, if it be at all
ungraceful, superfuous, tawdry, ridiculous,
unwhoesome. L would make them dlscon
tented with what they call their education
and say to them-You call the three
royal RS education? They are not edu-
cation no more is the knowled &c which
would enable you to take the highest
prizes given by the society Of arts, or any
other body. They are not educ tion they
are only Instructions necessary ground
work in an age like this for making prac-
tical use of your education but not the
education itself. And if they asked me
what then, education meant, [ should poin
them, first, | think, to noble old Lilly
noble old " Euphnes," of 800 years ago
and ask them to consider what it say:
about education, and specially this passage
concerning that mere knowledge which il
nowadays strangely miscalled education
There are two principal and peculiar gift!
in the nature of man, knowledge and rea
son. The one-that is reason-command
eth, and the other-that is knowledge
obeyeth These things neither the whirI
ing wheel of fortune can change, nor tht
deceitful cavilings of worldIings separate
neither sickness abate, neither age abolish.
And next | should point them to thos
pages in Mr.. Gladstones "Juventu
Mund," where he describes the idea
training Of a Greek youth in Homer
days, and say-There that is an educa
ton fit for a really civilized man, eve
though he never saw a book in his life
the full, proportionate, harmonious educing
that is, bringing out and developing, Of a
the faculties of his body, mind and heart
till he becomes at once reverent, yet
selfassured graceful, and yet valiant
an able, and yet an eloquent person.
Charles hiRlskeH IN Good Words
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-09
Tle.GOIdeu Side.

There is many a rest onlthe road of life,
five only would step to take it,;
And many a tone from the bett r land,
If the querulous heart would wake it.
To the sunny soul that is full of hope,
And whose beautiful trust ne'er faileth,
Though the wintry storm prevalent.
Better to hope, though the clouds hang low,
And to keep the eyes still lifted;
For the sweet blue sky will soon peep tn rough,
When the ominous clouds are lifted.
There was never night without day.
Nor evening without morning;
And the darkest hour, the proverb goes,
Is the hour before the dawning.
There is many gem in the path of life,
Which we pass in our idle pleasure,
That Is richer far than the jewelled crown
the misers boarded tr reasure;
1t may be the love of little child,
Or mothers prayer to heaven,
Or only beggar's grateful thanks
For cup of water given.
Better to weave in the web of life
A bright and golden Fl len,
And to do Gods will with a ready heart
And hands that are swift and willing,
Than to snap the delicate silver threads
OF our curious lives asunder;
And then heaven blame f'r the tangled ends,
And sit to grieve aud wonder.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-09
How the Stars were Named.

Men had to name the stars because they
had to speak about them but We must
not suppose they began by giving to the
different groups the names of animals they
fancied them to resemble. Ancient OBJ
servers-I mean very ancient Observers
had no sharper eyes than we, and had
quite as little thought Of shaping the stars
into animals on the contrary, they seem
to have begun by giving them very simple
and sensible names, as we would have
done had we been in their place.
The formation Of these figured constel-
latious was an after thought. 1t was the
work of great many generations of men,
and took place gradually, like the forma-
tion of all mythology, being helped on in
many instances by curious mi.under-
standing of names which had already been
given to certain groups of stars, but whose
true meaning had been forgotten. Many
absurd and groundless ideas became after
while in this way connected with the
stars; but the original consultations seem
to have been very simple.
The more striking groups were thus
singled out and provided with names in
very ancient times, ard are mentioned in
the oldest books we have. The Great
Bear, or rather the seven stars of the Dip
per, and Orion are frequently spoken of IN
Homer, and are mentioned too in the
sacred books Of the Hindoos, and in the
Bible of the Book of job These are
among the Oldest of the consultations
but when the practice Of observing the
stars had once become established anC
the more remarkable consultations had
been named, other noticeable stars OF
groups of stars, were in time found to bt
equally serviceable, and in like manner
received some appropriate name. And 81
the work of forming consultations, having
started In very natural way, went on
until in the historical times of Greece anC
Rome, nearly the whole visible heaven
had been covered with them.
But the work did not stop here. Mod
, ern astronomers found these ancient divis
ions of the heavens very convenient aid
in naming the stars. These they call b.
the letters of the Greek alphabet, addin
also the name of the constellation in whic
they are found. Thus they call YER
bright star in the northern hemisphere
Alpha Lyrs, meaning the star alpha, Q
a, in the constellation of the Lyra. Bet
Orionis means the star beta, or b, in Oh
ion. In order to make their system
naming perfect, they had to fix very e
actly the boundaries of the old constela
tions, which were not very clearly defined
? and as the heavens we're found not to b
quite covered, new consultations wer
!: = added to fill up vacant spaces.
Thus the work of naming the stars hal
= gu see, been very long one. commen
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-09

Though here the base concomitants
OF slavery. pride, and Incidence.
Have tainted and depraved their morals
And Cpd the sluices to all evils:
Yet men of worth are sometimes found
And men of genius here aboun1:
To wit. the patriot Washington,
With Jefferson and Madison,
Our worthy President Monroe,
And others but Il grade below"
The writer in the National Teacher
knew the author of this work, and gives a
pleasant description of him. He was a stage
driver and an expressman of the day,
between small town in Litchfeld County
and hartford:
"He was full of life, and everybody
liked to ride with him, and hear him talk
for he was not only delightful story-teller
but had rare fund Of wisdom on almost
all topics. He was deacon in the church
of the village where he lived, was super.
intendent of the Sabbath school land a
most instructive and entertaining superin
tendent he wasj, and he often represented
his town in the General Assembly or Leg
islature of Connecticut"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-09

KEEPING COUNTRY PosT OFFICE
The free and easy manner in which some
rural post offices are kept is illustrated by
a case stated in the Belfast Me- Age.
The post Office in the town of Liberty has
been kept by proxy: Mr.. Kuowlton, ira
der, being postmaster, while the duties of
the office were done by woman, st her
house. Frequent complaints having been
made of the loose manner in which it was
kept, Mr.. Carr the agent Of the Post Office
Department, proceeded to make an inves-
tigation. Stopping incognito in the vii
lage, he visited the post Office and found no
difficulty in abstracting quite number Of
letters. During the same evening, after
arrival of the mail, he called again and
took away. the mail bag, which was care
lessly left exposed. The next morning he
called upon the postmaster, who stated to
him that the mail bag had been stolen. He
thereupon informed him that he was the
supposed thief, and advised him to resign
which he did. A new postmaster will be
appointed Journal.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-09

A BLUSDER.-WhiteIaw Reid was a
dozen years ago editing the Y :nia 20 lio)
Neacs La his :. Traits of Journalism" he
tells the following: "One day We had an
advertisement of the Columbus G ommerclal
College, aud the foreman cane to me aud
told me there must be an editorial notice
of it, My time was short. Toe forms
we're waiting, and [ wrote straightway.
The Columbus Commercial College is an
excellent and well deserving Institution.
The advertisement appears in another
column | sent it to the proof reader
and went home. got up late the next
day. and the edition had all been mailed
before [ saw it. You can imagine the
perfectly amiable state of feeling when [
read, the Columbus Commercial Col e.e is
an excellent and hell-deserriny institution
You can't believe it, but this day the bill
for that advertisement is running
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-09

THE LEGAL MEANING op THE WORD
" EITHER" was gravely argued in an
English court of chancery, the other day.
A certain testator left property, the dis
position of which was affected by q" the
death of either " of two persons. One
lawyer insisted that "either " meant
both and in support of this view he
quoted Richardson, Webster, Chaucer
Dryden, Southey, the story of the Cru
cifxion, and passage from Revelation
The judge suggested that there was an
old song in "The Beggar's Opera" which
took the other view :" How happy could
l be with either, were 'tother dear
charmer away" In pronouncing judg-
ment, the court ruled that either 81
meant one of two, and did not mean "both. y
1t might have that meaning occasionally
in poets, but never in 3 court Of chancery
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-09

An intimate friend of the late Dr..
Duncan inquired of him as to the gen.
uineness of the story Of bis proceeins to
undress in family drawiug-roon on the
conclusion of devotional services, fancying
himself retiring to rest, AMI being arrested
only by the intervention of the ladies pre-
sent. "Oh, no, that's not true, re-
piled the doctor, ''5ut a curious incident
happened to me the other Sunday
F,n ling myself rather late for the fore
noon service, | set out for church as ex
peditiously as possible. with the WIND
pretty strong in my face. When ab,ut
half on my way l in iulgei in pinch Of
snuff. La doing so | had turned my back
to the wind, and only realized my position
on finding myself at my own door,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-09
In a Hourishinp town six miles out fro

In fourishing town six miles out from
Dummerston, a costly and stately looking
monument has been erected in the village
cemetery to the memory of a wealthy citi-
zen. Not long ago, while some Irish la
borers were looking at this monument
and admiring its grand proportions. the
query arose, "Ofwhat material is it made?'
Surely, it was not made of marble" said
one. "for it is very spotted" sit isn't sand
stone, either said the third man." it is
Scotch granite polished to make it shine"
"Arrah, you blockhead of a man, said a
fellow laborer, "you can't fool ue that way.
And sure it is made Of glass dndt stuffed
,cih saSsage mate."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-09

ing several thousand years ago. and only
ending the past century. 1t began in the
necessity which men were under Of speak
ing about particular stars by which they
regulated the affairs of every day life, and
was continued by modern astronomers for
the convenience of scientific observation
Young Folks.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-09

Mr.. S. P. Taylor o. Tennessee, has in.
vented mittrailleur so effective that an
army may train one of them on the op.
posing army, and then adjourn to dinner,
satisfied that on their return they will
have nothing to do but to bury the op.
posing forces and await another attack
1t is intended for the Vienna exhibition
The gun barrels are in a water casing
which prevents them from heating. II
has twenty-four barrels, and fires 700 te
1000 shots per minute.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-09

QUESTION easier for them, as well as for our
own infant learners. The punitory miracle
at Babel has set up barriers all about US.
How shall we beat down the wall for our
allies in Japan ?-Scribnsr's or April.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-09
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A Liverpool Journal says that among
the late De Lushiugton's papers is
minute history of the quarrel between
Lord and Lady Byron. While the greater
portion of the interesting narrative is not
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-09

That was brave and good little boy
who sat on the fence for two hours in the
freezing winter cold. and watched broken
railroad track, 60 a. to carry the first news
Of the impending accident to bis father,
who was local editor,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-09

A rural lady in getting on train at
the Danbury station, Saturday. was polite
enough to knock at the car door. The
brakeman managed to comfort bis visage
into a semblance of gravity until he got
the door open, and then he precipitately
adjourned. He said he thought he would
laugh his head off before he got through
with it.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-09

HEMoRRHAGE FROM EXTRACTING TEETH.
The remedies are few and simple, and
can be had in every family. The first
remedy is cold water, held in the mouth
and copiously used on the outside. This,
in many cases. will be sufficient; yet there
are instances when this will not answer.
In such a case take cotton or lint. we'll
soaked in a strong solution of alum water,
rolled up in small. hard wad, and press
it firmly up the cavity of the tooth so as
to reach the mouth of the bleeding vessel,
and at the same time close your teeth up
on and compress it so as to retaiu it IN
that position, where it should be kept from
two to twelve hours without being re-
moved. This remedy we have never
known to fail. 1t is simple, easily applied
and within the reach Of every person.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-09

While a clergyman in Atlanta, Ca,
was extolling the excellence of charity on
a recent Sunday evening, an unknown man
suddenly arose from nis seat. walked to the
pulpit, and laid a roll of greenbacks be-
side the Bible. After the services be
again went to the pulpit, shook hands with
the clergyman, and departed, without hav-
ing uttered word.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-09

At private party in st. Louis. fev
nights since. young man sat talking to
his beloved, when she suddenly grew pale
and tainted in his arms. Did he rush
around frantically, seize glass of water
and dash it in her face, and otherwise
make fool of himself? Not bit of it.
Comprehending the exigencies of the case,
he simply unfastened her dress and loos-
ened her corsets. With a sigh of relief
she returned to consciou ness and sweetly
murmured, Thank you, dear Charles"
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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-08-23

To The Elllor OF The Dallas ilnnldi
DEAR SlR-iAn article IA your lpuC
Of the 10th places our line IN II false
position, and we hope you viii, In lns'
ilce TO tie road, furnish your readers
with the correct charges for transport
ntlon over our line from Shreveport "a
Dallas, M you viii 500 by reference to
lnclosod tariffs.
In the comparison ofratesOf Height
between the Central and oar lIno,
"Plaln Fax In, made use Of our local
distance tariff In use nj that Time to
Dallas, but which was prepared 10 be
used during construction TO the new
stations that nrc being opened every
week, aud not intended for through
frelghts. lie gives our rates NJ fol-
lows.
Salt per car loud, Shreveport to Dali
las, sos. Should he $75.
Live stock per ear, Dollas TO flreye-
port, $72 30. Should be 800.
Lumber, Shreveport to Dallas none
shlpped), sol. Should be $50.
Cotton per bale, Dallas to Shreveport,
81 50. Should be ~
would also call your attention TO
the rates on lumber TO Dallas from sta
tions from which II Is shlpped--s35 to
S3S per ear load. As you shy thestatc-
mcnt Of "Plain Fax Is presented for
the information Of the general public,
who do not have access TO the publish
ed tariffs, we hope yon will also,call
attention to the above facts AMI sci us
right before the public.
am, very respectfully, yours,
A. II. NEWMAN,
General Freight Agent.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-08-23
T'I,d a'rosg.

DALLAS, August %, 1873.
To the Editor OF the Dallas Herald,
Alta meeting Of oar citizens, somC
time siuce, for the purpose of securing
the Democratic State Convention here
| was appointed one Of u committee t.
conferwith the proprlctor' ofthcdiIler-
emf hotels ana restaurants IN the city
to secure n free reception Of the mcn-
hers Of the press who might bc IN
attendance.
The Republicans afterwards held Il
conference, and appointed his Honor
Ben Long, Capt. H. l.. Ray and myself
to extend like courtesies to those
editors in attendance upon the lIepub-
iicnn State Convention.
In both instances accepted the
trust in no partisan sense, but IA q
most pleasing duty, as an cx.member
of the press, and in the interests OF
Dallas.
The Impression that | was acting ms
Il member of the General Reception
Committee for tie delegates Of the
Convention Is an error.
in conclusion, beg leave to state, rs
Chairman Of said committee, that The
proprietors of the hotels and restau-
rants IN the city extended every cour.
tesy IN their power to the various rep
resentatives Of the press, and am in
strdctcd by the committee to tender the
thanks of our citizens for the hosptali-
ty so literally shown in the premises.
j, NJ. THURMOND.