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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-22

WoMANLY DIGNIrY.-Here is an article
on " Womanly Dignity" from the Satur
day ReUieao. the truth Of which will be
generally recognized We commend it
to all our readers, and to the ladies' espe-
ciaIly, as revealing secret of po wer which
is no doubt, well known to them, but which
is not so generally used as it ought to be.
The principle, however, is not limited to
women. Quietness, sef-composure, and
sweetness of speech and manner, are the
essential element of true dignity in man
or woman
" There are various kinds of dignity,
and if some are more exasperatIng than
others, some are very lovely, and among
the gratest charms Of womanhood. There
is in particular that soft dignity that be-
longs to women who are affectionato by
nature and tlmid by temperament, but who
have reserve of self-respect which defends
them against themselves as we'll as others.
These have a quiet dignity, tempered by
much sweetness of speech and manner,
that is the oveliest kind Of all, and the
most subtle as we'll as the most beautiful.
They are like the lady in - Comus," and
seem to cast the spell of respect on all
with whom they are associated. No man,
save of the coarsest foer, and such as only
physical strength can control, could be
rude to them In word, or brutal in deed !;
for there is something about them very
lndefoite, but very strong withal, which
seems to give them special protection
from insolence; and loving woman Of
soft manners, whose mind is pure. and who
respects herself, is armed with power
| which none but the vllest can despse.
This is the woman who gets a precise
obedience from her servants without ex-
acting it, and whose children do not dream
of dlsputlng her wishes, who though so
gentle and affable, stops short of that kind
Of familiarity which breeds contempt, and
with which no one takes liberty. For
this one can scarcely give reason. She
would not ramp or rave if she Was displeas
ed. she would not scold, she would Dot
strike but there is a certain quality II
her which we may not be able to tormu ar
ize, vet which would make US ashamed tx
pass beyond the boundaries OF the strict
est respect, and which restrains other
less consciously critical than ourselves, a
certainly as fear. 1t is the respect W
} pay to those who respect themselves !; tn
, consideration and honor which all rea
t purity of nature demands and obtains
This is womanly dignity in its lovelies
} aspects, and the kind We all desire to Sc
t in woman whom it would not harden, no
t render less loving"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-22

WHAT MAKES LADY-When Beau
Brummel was asked what made the gen.
teman, his quick reply was, Starch,
starch, my lord!" This may be true;
but it takes great deal more to make .
lady; and though it may to some seem
singular, am ready to maintain that no
conceivable quantity of muslin. silk or
satin, edging, frilling, hopping. aouncing,
Ut furbelowing, can per Sc, or per dress
maker, constitute a real lady.
Was not Mrs, Abbott Lawrence just as
much lady when attired in twelve-cent
calico, in Boston, as when arrayed in full
court dress at St. James, London7 "As
Mrs. Washington was said to be SO grand
a lady," says a celebrated Euglish visitor,
(Mrs. Thorpe.) I've thought We Lust put
on our best blbs sud bands, 90 we dressed
ourselves in our most elegant ruff .s and
silks, and were introduced to her ladyship,
and don't you think we found her knitting,
and with her check apron on! She receiv-
ed US very graciously and easily. but after
the compliments were over she resumed
her knitting. There we were without .
stitch Of work and sitting in state, but
Gen. Washington's lady, with ber own
hands. was knitting stockings for her hus-
band" Does not that sweet republican
simplicity command your admiration
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-22
though. fact, was contrary to the British

fact. was contrary to the British
constitution. This the EugIishman must
have known absolutely, and yet he spoke
in such deferential, doubling way, that
the American was left to search into the
matter for himself Had he remained
here longer, he would have discovered that
even an Englishman OF science would
hardly commit himself without reservation
to the rotundity of the earth or the quail
ties of triangle. have sometimes
thought that when these gentlemen are
most certain of thing they are then most
likely to "venture to suggest" it with
great hesitation. And this difference be-
tween tha Englishman and the American
still more marked among the ladies of
the respective countries-though it may in
some cases manifest itself in an unpleasant
frequency of superlatives and .peculations
on one side, and of dull, heavy hesitaticos
on the other. may be recogn zad in higher
characteristics d. Con,eay's London
Letters.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-22

rHl INsINCERITY OF SOCIAL LIFE.-Who
is the prophet that shall uncover the
abysses of our acted lives. and pour ade-
quate shame on our mutual impositionsf
Smiles on our faces, With envy an jealousy
underneath cordiality in our grasp. with
no connecting nerve between the fingers
and the heart Difference in our profession,
with no suitable esteem, no genuine respect,
no sacred sincerity; invitations issued with
fraud lurking in their poI,tsness; get
ting the company together by one false
hood greetings of indiscriminate aud ex-
travagant welcome, receiving them with
another; fashions made up of composite
illusions, ornamenting them with another |;
ceremonies Of elaborate mske-believe,
sustaining their mock dignity with another !;
and dishonest regrets at the farewell. dis
missing them with another-who will dare
aff rm these do not enter appaIlngly into
the staple of all civilized and ele CANT life z
When is the rugged, truth speaking,
Christian time coming. which shall tear
open and rend apart these guilty illusions,
plant the communion of soul With soul on
on some pure and just foundation, aud re-
store the social Worli to its primitive and
upright simplicity ?-F. d. Huntington
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Now fingers long The warm and gorgeous light
Dying by slow degrees into the deep,
Delicious night
The fatal triumph OF the perfect year,
Rises the woods magnificent array;
Beyond, the purple mountain heights appear
And slope away.
The elm with musical, slow motion laves
His long 1.-the branches on the tender air,
While from his top of gray, Sordello waves
His scarlet hair.
Where Spring first hid her violets meath the fern,
Where Summers fingers opened fold fold,
The odorous, wild red rose head now burn
The leaves of gold
The loftiest hill-the lowliest Towering herb
The fairest fruit of season and of cline
All wear alike the mood Of the superb
Autumnal cline.
Now nature pours her last and noblest wine
Like some Bacchanta; beside the singing streams
Recines enchanted day, wrapped in divine,
Inpassioned dreams.
But where the painted leaves are falling fast,
Among the wales, beyond the farthest hill,
There sits shadow-din, and sad, and vast,
And fingers still.
And still we hear voice among the hills,
A voice that means among the haunted woods,
And with the mystery of sorrow fills
The solitudes.
For while gay Autumn gilds the frnit and leaf,
And doth her fairest festal garments wear,
Lol Time, all noiseess, in his mighty sheaf,
Binds up the year.
The mighty shear which never is unbound
The reaper whom your souls beseech in vain
The loved lost year, which never may be found,
Or loved again.
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people, 1t is time that this terrible pro-
cess of bl lndering and slaughtering should
cease. 1t is disgraceful to Americanlsm
that it should have continued 80 long. The
American people are now aroused to an
intelligent consideration of our Indian
policy. and will command the abandonment
Of those erroneous principles which have
too long guided our relations with that
people, and return to that first principle
of republican government. the equality OF
all men before the law.-Opeyldnd Month
Ia for September.
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settle the soap on her in his will as part
of her share of his property, for be was
sure. unless they not only washed at no NE
but took in washing, they could never use
that quantity.
swell, my dear, 1 have bought nothing
but useful things" retorted the lady angrI-
ly; "we certainly cannot do without
SOAP"
. Linen 2" inquired Mr.. Ponder. as the
last instalment came in, his wife following
with anxious vigilance.
"No. Mr.. Ponder. it is not linen," she
cried, de6nantIy; it is two dozen OF china
plates that will just make up my set, l
was delighted to see them; | despalred OF
ever being able to get any,"
What are they tor-diuner plates I"
"Dinner - said the lady " they are so
tender the touch of knife wonld break
them"
"What use will you put them to, then3'
Use ? don't | tell you, they make up
an imperfect set which being imperfect
was worth little. but now
Would 60 for very good bargain at
Repp's," suggested Mr.. Ponder.
HIS wife did not stay to argue; she went
off with her bales to see them stored 10
proper quarters. and found the work sufti
cient to occupy her till bedtime.
Leaving her to her work, let US ask
What are Mrs Ponder's shelves full OF
glass and china. and her stores, multita-
rious of all sorts, worth to her3 Ali
picked up " at sales, m trvelously rare
and fabu ously cheap! First, look at the
| glass and china.
Every and then Mrs Ponder is fol
day invisible to her friends, unavailable
to her lam ~ aud uncomfortable to herself
because she has to dust and wash pr1clou:
articles that she dares not eutrust even te
her parlor-maid ; and when they are washet
and busted. they are put back on the
shelves till they want washing again.
Some are much too costly. others far too
fragile, to be used except on the most spe
ciaI occasions and when such an even
does happen, her heart is in tremor til
the precious bargains are once more saf
in their hiding places. The real valu
Of them is imaginary the true cost is no
only the price she paid. but large addl
tlou OF time and trouble. and when CT ,c'
or chip comes (spite of all precautions,
the loss of temper.
Mr.. Ponder, who had received with hi
wife the brilliant reputation of her bein
frst-rate manager. wishes he had bee
SO happy as to light on second or even
third rate. for his experience of :. first
.ate management is that 1T leads to
very little comfort and a very great ez
pense. When he is complimented by out
side observers on what a capital mana
ger Mrs. Ponder is." he wishes to himse
that she knew the secret Of " managing t
do without" He sonnet mes tells her tia
they will have to take another house fo
her accumulations of linen they will neve
use. home made wines that will 60 dow
to their heirs and assigns as vinegar, pre-
serves that are fretting away all thei
sweetness. and pickles that are drying u
their vinegar and as to furniture. he onI
wishes he could get day at Repp's to Sc
t at half their cost the bargains that Co
Just nothing"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-22
A POINT OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

A POINT OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
ENGLIsHMEN AND AMERIcANs-Althou
Americans have the reputation of being
people who reckon" in one region, or
+" guess and calculate in another. really
Americans are people who assert thing
which they know, without hesitation or
misgiving that they may be wrong. But
the English, in society, are never positive.
Even when they are most certain, they
say :" l believe not" or Z" think 30 and
so. They are SO habitually deferential in
this respect as to be sometimes misleading.
knew an American once to express . con-
victiou in the presence of an eminent
E,glishman, with reference to something
which the latter knew was impossible.
The Eoglishman said, 81 think you must
be mistaken 1t least I have never known
it to be So" It Was question OF fact,
and the American afterwsrd spent several
hours in trying to discover whether be or
his courteous English aequaintaooe we're
right. He fouad not only that the EaS-
lishman was right, but that whst he
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-22

WHAT LOVE Is.-That alteration which
a man gives to a woman whom be feels to
be greater and better than himself, is hard.
ly distinguishable from religious feeling.
What deep and worthy love is not sol
whether of woman or child, or art or mu-
sic. Our caresses, our tender words, our
still rapture under the influence Of au-
tumn sunsets, or pillared vista, or calm.
majestic statutes, or Beethoven sympho-
nies, all bring with them the consciousness
that they are mere waves and ripples in
an unfathomable ocean of love and beauty |;
our emotion in its keenest moment passes
from expression into silence, our love at
its highest food rushes beyond its object,
or loses itself in the sense of divine mys-
terry. Is it any weakness, pray, to be
wrought on by exquisite music? to feel
its wondrous harmonies searching the SUBJ
tlest windings OF your soul, the delicate
6bers of life where no memory can pene-
trate, and binding together your whole
being, past and present, in one unspeak-
able vibration; melting you In one moment
with all the tenderness, all the love that
has been scattered through the toilsome
years, concentrating in one emotion of be-
roic courage or resignation, all the hard.
learned lessons of self-renouncing sympa
thy, blending your present joy with past
sorrow, and your present sorrow with all
your past Joy? If not, then neither is it
a weakness to be SO wrought upon by the
exquisite curves of woman's cheek, and
neck, and arms, or the sweet childish pout
of her lips. For the beauty of lovely
woman is like music: what can one say
more? Beauty has an expression beyond
and far above the one woman's soul that
it clothes. as the words of genius have
wider meaning than the thought that
prompted them; it is more than woman's
love that moves US in a woman's eyes-it
seems to be far off mighty love that has
come near to us, and made speech for it.
self there; the rounded neck, the dimpled
arm, move US by something more than
their prettiness-by their close kinship
with all we have known Of tenderness and
peace. The noblest nature sees the most
of this impersonal expression in beauty,
lit is needless to say that there are gen.
tIemen with whiskers dyed and undyed,
who see none of it whatever). and for this
reason. the noblest nature is often the most
blinded to the character of the one WON.
ans soul that the beauty clothes. Whence.
l fear, the tragedy of human life is likely
to continue for long time to come, 10
spite of mental philosophers, who are
ready with tn. best receipts for avoiding
all mistakes of the kind.-Gcorye Elliot.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-22
The >weet Betrayal.

My darling tries with all her art
To hide young love within her heart,
But, prisoned IN that tender nest,
He frets and frets, and will not rest;
And soon the little rogue spy
At play within her laughing eye.
My darling tries with all her skill
To bind young Love unto her will,
But work such witchcraft as she may,
The pretty rebel hath his way.
He decks her cheeks with bushes rare,
And fingers in the dimples there;
In glance and bush and smile spy
All that my love would fain deny.
-Hdrper's Weekly.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-22

By very unfortunate oversight every.
thing relating to the important subject of
mortality statistics is entirely omitted.
from the new compendium OF the census
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The vintage Of the Australian vine-
yards Is estimated at 100000 gsllons
that Of CAl,fornis for 1917 Was 4, ,OOO, ,OV0
gallons.
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In Autumn.

'fhe year grows splendid; on the mountain steep
Now fingers long the warm and gorgeous light
Dying by slow degrees into the deep,
Delicious night.
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{COMMUNiCATED

DELEGATED RIGHTS. BY j. B. Johnson
A wise legislator prefers those plans OF legisla-
ton which seek to harmoDige the difference In
the various branches of human industry, rather
than those which have for their object the cre-
alton of class distinctions, and which, by i'm
piled or expressed intentions, give to one trade
or branch of commerce, advantages over another.
He finds nothing so conducive to this feeling,
or 80 adequate to avoid answers to invitations
to hasty and inconsiderate action, as slow and
careful consideration of measures presented for
his acceptance or rejection; for he is always ar-
preheusive that hasty legislation not only be-
gets dissatisfaction, but opens the way to ati
tudinarian legislative conduct which ne knows,
is more easily insugurated, than arrested after
it is once started. He is aware too, that from
class legislation, springs all the evil OF delbera-
tive bodies; and that it allures the mind OF the
legislator from the common welfare OF bis con-
stituents, and entices him to use bis vote ln be-
half Of the interest OF selhsh rev. Henee'
however obscure aw-making assembly may
be, and however short it may be to gratlty an
honest mans most distant ambition, or Halter
his remotest vanity, his duty is still! that OF an
agent or trustee, acting as the sworn represen-
tative of the interest of the whole people 10
whose good such IN assembly was originated,
and not the mere automaton to be swayed by
the specious promises ct any individual or lndl-
viduals that, il certain franchises are granted him
or them great gain will result to the body polltc
and upon such superficial iDducement 60 into
ecstasy over mere promise, or be carried away
By representations based upon the flatus of =
conjecture Such being his understanding. Of
the province of representative, he never falls
to deem it bis positive dnty to be careful not to
vote on any measure without FIRST making an
intelligent examination of it in its every view,
and to be very charry not to vote tor those sub
jects which are Intended to benefit special
class without good commensurate with the vel
lare Of every class whose interest is alike en-
titled to the conservatism Of his vote, and he
{aoes not give his support to any question that
mas not an equal bearing on every variety OF the
subjects to which it appertains, nor yields bis
assent to legislation beyond what is common
to the duty Of the position which he holds, and
has not the sympathy of the kindred class or
variety of the subjects to which it relates.
Therefore, from his stand point, he readily ap-
precates the evil of class, or special legislation
as ever likely to inaucurate policy which is
not only apt to prove unwise as custom and
detrimental as system, but injurious in the
extreme as practice, and as productive of a
chain Of evils too disastrous in their commercial
and social influence, to be even medtated in
view OF the clamor With which each business or
Official position, would demand protection 10 the
form OF an adroit act, cunningly vorded to Coz
ceai It's personal or selfish designs. j"
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'pU1LDERS' HARDWARE-A full stock
~ for sale BY J. +. OARLIH d SONS.
3s& - King st,ssk
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BOOTS .AyrD SHOES.

r AIDES FINE FRENCH KID NEW
IL PORT TIES st
WADDEY'S, IA King street
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Physician of this celebrated institution, has dis,
covered the most Certain Speedy, Pleasant ana
EtFactusl Remedy in the world for all
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L q. SWAINE,
GROCER & COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No. % North Royal street,
On hand and for sale well selected stock OF
GROCE r E S.
Consignments of GRAIN, COUNTRY PRO
DUCE, &C., respectfully solicited. Strict at
tention paid to sales, and prompt returns guar
anteed. jy l9-tf
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NEW STORE.
F. G. SWAINE
Wouldinform his friends and the public gener
aly that he mas leased the store on the corner OF
Cameron and Royal streets, [J G. Milburn's old
stand) and will keep, in connection with the
Grocery, Liquor and Commission store, No. E
Royal street. irst-class
FAMILY GROCERY,
whore can DC found At all times fresh Roll But
ter, Poultry, Eggs, Hopiny, Beans, Dried
Fruits, Potatoes, Canned Peaches, Pineapp!e,
Tomaoes and Corn, &C., sc. Call and exam
ine leD
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DIR. JOHNSTON.

Member of the Royal College Of Surgery Of
London, Graduate Of one of the most eminent
Colleges in the United States, and the create
part OF whose life has been spent IN lhe nospi-
t.ls Of London, Paris, Philalelphis snd else-
where. has effected some of the most astonishing
cntrs that were ever known; many troubled with
ringing in the head und ears when asleep, great
nervousness being alarmed st sudden sound,
bashfulness with frequent blushlng, attended
sometimes with arrangement ot ''lhdr were
curod immedistcly
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r AIDES PARIS TIES, the latest, at
IL WADDEYS, ID King street.
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THOMAS PERRY,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT
AND AGENT FOB
.MAGNUh BONUM AND BAUGHS
RAW BONE PHOSPHATE,
No. II King street. Alexandria, Va. :,
Particular attention given to n;1 the sale OF al
kinds of Country Produce, and filling orders for
,Gusno, Plaster, Farming Implements, Seeds.
Groceries, Fish, Salt, Lime, &c, a. lowest
market rates. aug 3l-tf
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A LARGE STOCK OF MISSES COLOR.
n ED BOOTS. OF FSUPERlOH QUALITY
which will be sold for less than cost at
WADDEY'S, IA King street.
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HooE & JOHNSTON
(Successors to Fowle & Co..
NO. 2 PRINCE STREET.
GENERAL
COMMISSION AND SHIPPING NERO TS.
Dealers in sli kinds of
FERTILIZERS, SALT AND PLASTER
Agents OF tne
NEW YORK & BALTIMORE STEAMERS
Also of the
LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE IN
SURANCE COMPANY.
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